Clarine (Japanese:クラリーネClarine) is a playable character inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade who first appears inChapter 4. A quite spoiled and snobbishtroubadour, Clarine is the daughter ofPent and the younger sister ofKlein ofEtruria.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

Clarine is the second child ofPent andLouise, the counts of Reglay. As most ladies of Etruria, she has lived secluded and surrounded by all kinds of luxuries. However, previous to the games' events, she left the family mansion to visit her brother, Klein, who is the current Archery General of their country and whom she greatly admires.

While searching inLycia, she is captured byErik, the marquess ofLaus, who claims to be able of reuniting her with Klein. His real motive, though, is to offer her as a gift toNarcian, one of the Wyvern Generals ofBern. When presented to Narcian, she mocks him, barely keeping her life thanks to the unexpected invasion ofRoy's army. Erik locks her up, so that Narcian can use her later, butRutger, a mercenary hired by Erik, sets her free and makes her leave the castle amidst the confusion.

Suddenly, Clarine finds herself in the middle of a battle and decides to join Roy's side to stay out of danger. When Rutger appears on the battlefield, she rides towards him and angrily berates him for not treating royalty correctly; her remark about fighting against Bern makes him to defect to Roy's side as well. After the battle, she remains in the army for the rest of the war.

Some time after, when theLycian Army is fighting bandits in theWestern Isles, she finally meets her brother and convinces him to not attack the Lycian Army and to join their cause, confessing how mortifying the Etrurian nobles' behavior towards the islands is.

After Bern is defeated and the war is over, she returns home and carries on with her normal life, gaining the admiration of her peers with her kindness and charm.

Starting stats and growth rates

Troubadour Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 4, let her talk to Roy StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 15 Luck 8 Magic 2 Defense 2 Skill 5 Resistance 5 Speed 9 Constitution 5 Movement 7 Aid 15 Max HP 40% Luck 65% Magic 30% Defense 10% Skill 40% Resistance 40% Speed 50% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Heal Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Valkyrie	+4	+3	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	+1	E (+1), +50

Analysis

Clarine is the firstTroubadour you get inThe Binding Blade. Because of this, along with being your second healer, she is an invaluable unit in the early game. Thanks to her mount, she has high movement at base, particularly useful thanks to the large maps in the game. She also has a lowConstitution, which gives her a very highAid, allowing her to rescue most player units, and the ability to be rescued by most characters. Her low constitution might seem like a flaw after promotion, but anima magic inThe Binding Blade has such low weight that the only tomes she loses weight on areBolting and the trial-map exclusiveFimbulvetr. This is also without mentioning Clarine's high availability, and her being the only unit with both mounted and healing utility for a large part of the game. Her competition isSaul andElen, who both lack a mount.

However, she comes with fairly low bases in every area, besides luck, speed, and resistance, and has a mediocre magic growth and poor HP and defense growths. Because of this, Clarine mostly relies on dodging, as she can often be one-shot by physical attacks, and takes a lot of damage from magic-using enemies. Luckily, thanks to the low accuracy of most enemies inThe Binding Blade, Clarine can dodge consistently if given a few levels or a support partner,Klein andRutger being notable examples, but the player should not rely on her dodge-tanking much as she can get one shot easily, and with the low experience gain of staves she will often be underleveled.

Clarine comes with a low staff of D, which allows her to only useMend and the Heal staff at base, but this will improve if she is used; by the time she can be promoted, she should have C-staves and another 28-31 out of 50 WEXP towards B-staves (Lv1 to Lv10 takes 81 casts ofHeal, before factoring in EXP from being attacked); this goes up another full rank with her promotion, leaving her very close to A-staves. Once she is promoted toValkyrie, she can deal chip damage with anima magic. However, she starts with an E rank of anima magic and she is not a good user of higher rank staves thanks to her aforementioned low magic.

Overall, Clarine is a solid unit that is invaluable in the early game and offers great utility throughout the game. However, she faces competition as the game goes on from other staff users with better magic, better staff ranks, or better combat.

Comparison with Cecilia

Once promoted, Clarine becomes the same class asCecilia. Statistically, Clarine has better speed and luck, while Cecilia has better magic and defensive stats. More importantly, Clarine starts with an E in anima, causing her to do a lot less damage than Cecilia, who can use stronger tomes. Clarine does have the staff rank advantage, notably an expected B-staves for Physic, but neither will have particularly high healing output anyways. Cecilia's greatest advantage however is that she does not need a Guiding Ring, and while Clarine can be used without needing a promotion, Cecilia will then be significantly better due to higher movement and the ability to attack.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Clarine/Heroes

There is one variation of Clarine available inHeroes.

Personality

Clarine is a self-centered and arrogant girl who is often rude to others, although she does have good intentions. She usually looks down on people due to their social status, and takes great pride in her Etrurian heritage, remarking thatLance is not as good as Etrurian knights are. She also seems to romanticize the concept of gentlemen and knighthood, asking either Lance or Rutger to take care of her at all costs,^[4] and even authorizing the Pheraen cavalier to kiss her hand.^[5]

Despite her mean appearance, Clarine does have a kind side, shown in her support conversations with Rutger andDorothy. She takes the timid archer under her protection and tries to make her a true lady, helping Dorothy with her self-esteem issues and becoming good friends in the process,^[6] while with Rutger, she recognizes some of her mistakes with her treatment of the swordsman and apologizes to him. While growing up, she heard many stories aboutDieck, the mercenary who saved Klein's life. She is really happy to have met him at last, as she always considered him an important person.

She greatly admires her older brother, Klein, and strives to become a source of pride for him. Her need for his approval is so big that she is willing to do anything, even to mistreat others. Eventually, he calls her out on it, stating that she is still a child.^[7]

Clarine takes great pride in her appearance; despite being in the middle of a war, she suggests Dorothy to wash her hair three times a day.^[8] When reminiscing about her childhood with her brother, she mentions how one of her goals was to be the most elegant lady in Etruria. Yet, some time after joining Roy's army, she states that she does not want to go back to the mansion, even though she wants to see her parents.^[9] According to her she would have to live a boring life. By then, she has grown up enough to desire a more interesting life than just decorating herself.^[10] This shows that she has grown up as not just a snobbish girl but a quite introspective lady.

Supports

Main article:Clarine/Supports

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Endings

Clarine, Willful Lady
Short: Returned to Etruria.

Long: Clarine returned home to Aquileia and lived her life as she did before the war. Her personality never changed, but her charm earned her the admiration of her peers in the Etrurian nobility.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Clarine/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Clarine's official artwork fromThe Binding Blade can be viewed inPath of Radiance's extras menu if a copy ofThe Binding Blade is connected to a Japanese copy ofPath of Radiance. This illustration, along with all otherThe Binding Blade-related artwork, is inaccessible in the international versions of the game, owing to the fact thatThe Binding Blade was not released in those regions.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Clarine is featured on four cards inFire Emblem Cipher.

One of the below card' quote is still in raw, untranslated Japanese; it needs translation.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Clarine
	Carefree Little Lady, Clarine
		"There's no one in the world dreamier than my big bro!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Valkyrie		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		"I command you to protect me!":[Activate] [] [] Choose a card in your Retreat Area with the same name as another ally in the same area as this unit and add that card to your hand. "Big Brother Klein!!":[Always] During your turn, while this unit is being supported by "Klein", this unit gains +50 attack.
	Card #B05-027HN • Artist:Tetsu Kurosawa
	Distinguished Lady, Clarine
		"あなたなんか、お兄さまと比べればお月さまとスッポンですわよ!"
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Troubadour		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Heal:[Activate] [] [] Choose a card in your Retreat Area except "Clarine" and add that card to your hand.. Miracle Emblem:[Support] Until the end of this battle, your opponent's attacking unit cannot perform a Critical Hit.
	Card #B05-028N • Artist:Tetsu Kurosawa
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		"True, I could live a life without worry if I stayed at the manse... But it would be so dreadfully dull!" "I shall be a Mage General like Lady Cecilia! And I will give you, the new Archer General, my full support. Then we shall be together always!"
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Valkyrie		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Toward Her Dream Future:[Activate][Once per turn] [] Choose 1 ally in the same area as this card. Then, choose 1 card with the same name as that ally from your Retreat Area, and add it to your hand. "Oh, I love you, Klein!":[Always] If you have an allied "Klein", this unit gains +10 attack.
	Card #B16-011R(+) • Artist:Tetsu Kurosawa(B16-011R),Kokon Konfuzi(B16-011R+)
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		"Listen and be dumbstruck! I am Lady Clarine, of the noble Etrurian House Reglay!" "Being the most elegant of Etruria's ladies no longer has the same appeal as it once did."
		Attack: 20	Support: 20	Range: -	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Troubadour		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Heal:[Activate] [] [] Choose 1 non-"Clarine" card in your Retreat Area, and add it to your hand. A Lesson in Primping:[Activate] [] Choose 1 other ally with a Deployment Cost of 1. Until the end of this turn, that ally gains +10 attack. Miracle Emblem:[Support] Until the end of this combat, your opponent's attacking unit cannot perform a Critical Hit.
	Card #B16-012N, P16-006PR • Artist:Tetsu Kurosawa(B16-012N),Kyo Uda(P16-006PR)
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Clarine .

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Trivia

• According to the third book of the non-canonElibe Disturbance novels, Clarine is at least 15 years old.^[11]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Troubadour Valkyrie Staff Anima Staff

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine fromThe Binding Blade.
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  CG image of Clarine inPath of Radiance.

Battle animations

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  Clarine attacking withanima magic as aValkyrie inThe Binding Blade.
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  Clarine performing acritical hit with anima magic as a Valkyrie inThe Binding Blade.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.
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  Clarine in artwork ofKlein: Silver Nobleman.

Wallpapers

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  Wallpaper of Clarine: Refined Noble from theA Hero Rises 2018 event.

Other artwork

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  Artwork featuring Clarine released on the second day ofChoose Your Legends:Round 8.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine.
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  Artwork of Clarine.
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  Artwork of Clarine.
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  Artwork of Clarine.
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  Artwork of Clarine.
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  Artwork of Clarine.
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  Artwork ofKlein and Clarine.
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  Clarine in artwork ofPent andLouise.
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  Clarine in artwork ofElise andSakura.
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  Celebratory artwork featuring Clarine forCipher's 4th anniversary.
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  Commemorative artwork featuring Clarine.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Clarine fromOne Hundred Songs of Heroes.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.