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Dáinn
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| “ | It was the legendary dracoknight Dáinn who founded Thracia all those years ago... With his heavenly lance, Gungnir, in hand, he dared to challenge the king of demons himself! | ” | — ANorth Thracian villager |
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Dáinn (Japanese:ダインDain), dubbed the "Dragon Knight" (Japanese:竜騎士Dragon Knight), was a member of theTwelve Crusaders, the original wielder of the Heaven LanceGungnir, and the co-founder of the Kingdom ofThracia alongside his younger sister and fellow CrusaderNjörun.
Biography
As with the other Crusaders, Dáinn was a warrior fighting in a revolution against the tyranny of theLoptrian Empire, and was one of the survivors barricaded inDahna Fortress when the tide turned against their movement. It was at this fortress that theMiracle of Dahna occurred, changing the tide of the war: Dáinn was chosen by an unidentified member of the twelvedragon "gods" who descended upon the fortress, to undergo ablood-bond with said dragon, transforming him into one of the Crusaders. He was grantedGungnir, sealed to his new holy lineage, by this dragon.
With the other Crusaders, Dáinn fought in the rest of theHoly War and contributed to the downfall of the Loptrian Empire. At the war's conclusion, Dáinn and Njörun settled in the Thracian Peninsula and founded the Kingdom of Thracia, then encompassing the entire peninsula. Ten years after Thracia's foundation, an event known in Leonster mythology as the "Tragedy of the Gáe Bolg" occurred: Dáinn entered a dispute with his best friend, Njörun's husband, over an unknown subject, and the two resorted to combat in a bid to settle the matter. Njörun attempted to break them up, but instead she inadvertently killed her husband with the Gáe Bolg, committing suicide as a result. Shortly afterward, Dáinn himself died under mysterious circumstances, and the Thracian throne was succeeded by his son, who proved to be a tyrannical rule whose reign led to Njörun's son leading theMunster District in secession from Thracia.[1]
Trivia
- No playable character possesses DáinnHoly Blood inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Dáinn is the only holy lineage to hold this distinction, even includingLoptous.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English | Dáinn | As ofFire Emblem Heroes. |
| English (unofficial) | • Dain | • Used in theGenealogy of the Holy Warfan translation. |
| Japanese | •ディーン | • Officially romanized asDain, though the katakana more closely reads as "Deen" or "Dean". This name is used in-game inGenealogy of the Holy War, but all subsequent material (including the Holy Blood chart poster shipped with the game) usesダイン.[2] |
| Spanish | Dáinn | Mentioned inHeroes. |
| French | Dáinn | Mentioned inHeroes. |
| German | Dáinn | Mentioned inHeroes. |
| Italian | Dáinn | Mentioned inHeroes. |
| Portuguese | Dáinn | Mentioned inHeroes. |
| Traditional Chinese | 岱因 | Dain; mentioned inHeroes. |
Gallery
Artwork of Dáinn fromTreasure.
References
- ↑"A: Njörun married a knight who was friends with her brother Dáinn and lived a happy life with him. One day, her husband and King Dáinn fought each other over some dispute. Njörun tried to stop the two fighting, but accidentally killed her beloved husband (the weapon that took his life was her lance). That was the beginning of events, Later, Njörun committed suicide and King Dáinn died a mysterious death." —Designers' notes from aGenealogy of the Holy War playing guide, translated by Serenes Forest,Retrieved: November 21, 2013
- ↑"here's a 'fun' bit of trivia. the name of the thracian crusader, dáinn, is spelt two completely different ways in japanese between fe4 and fe5: he's ディーン in fe4, and ダイン in fe5. later sources, like the old museum site, follow fe5's lead even in fe4 contexts" — @bookofholsety,[1], Twitter,Published: May 12, 2019,Retrieved: June 12, 2019
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