Dart (Japanese:ダーツDarts) is a character inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. He is one ofFargus' pirates, but likely is alsoRebecca's brother Dan, who went missing after he andWil leftPherae.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Pre-game

Dart likely grew up in a village inPherae,Lycia, with his younger sisterRebecca, his father, a local magistrate, and an unknown mother. At that time, he was known as Dan. Five years before the events of The Blazing Blade, Dan and his neighborWil left home in search of fortune. The two were split up after a fight, and Dan disappeared.

Soon after, Dart was found amnesiac on the coast byFargus. Remembering only that his name began with "Da", Fargus named the man Dart, and trained him to be part of his crew. Over their years together, Dart became Fargus's right-hand man, and head of his "Suicide Squad".

In-game

WhenEliwood and his companions seek passage to theDread Isle,Fargus tests them in battle, during which time Dart stands with his squad near the arena. With the test passed, the pirates allow Eliwood passage to Valor. Dart is unable to helpwhen the Black Fang attack the ship, due to needing to fix the hole the assassins put in the boat. Upon arriving on Valor, Dart chooses to join Eliwood in his travels. While Fargus is annoyed, he accepts Dart's resignation.

Post-game

After the events of the game, Dart returns to life as a pirate under Fargus. His solo ending states that Dart took a grave wound defending his captain, and was lost to the sea. However, true to form for Dart, some say that his innate sturdiness allowed him to survive, and he lives on somewhere in Pherae. He also has a possible paired ending withFarina, which involves her joining him as a pirate. His possible death is not mentioned in that paired ending.

Starting stats and growth rates

Pirate Level 8 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 18E/19H, Automatically at the start, if he was not defeated inChapter 16xE/17xH StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 34 Luck 3 Strength 12 Defense 6 Skill 8 Resistance 1 Speed 8 Constitution 10 Movement 5 Aid 9 Max HP 70% Luck 35% Strength 65% Defense 20% Skill 20% Resistance 15% Speed 60% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Axe Hand Axe Torch Weapon Levels -- -- B -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Berserker	+4	+1	+1	+1	+0	+2	+2	+3	+1	+ 40

Analysis

Dart comes with fairly unimpressive bases in every area besides HP and strength, and because of his use of axes and low skill, he will have shaky hit rates in his joining chapter, and because of his average speed he will be unable to double most enemies. He can walk in water, but said ability isn't incredibly useful. Thanks to his growths Dart will likely be able to one round most enemies after being trained up, however it's somewhat hard to promote him as theOcean Seal is hidden in the sand in chapters 22/23, which can be annoying to get while also trying to gain enough EXP to get the gaiden chapter. It is also twice as expensive than the other promotion items, so it hurts the funds rankings more and can be sold for more. Dart will eventually grow into a strong unit, however he requires some notable investment, and the low enemy quality means that most mounted units and prepromotes can do almost as well.

Personality

Dart has a blunt and sometimes rude manner of speaking, but he also has a sense of propriety when it comes to women, as demonstrated most clearly when Fargus's crew found the barely-conscious and amnesiac Ninian adrift on the sea near Valor: He bluntly insisted that Lyn handle Ninian, because he didn't know how.^[2] He also disliked it when Hector called him a "gentleman" for it.^[3]

Although he has spent many years at sea, he sometimes likes to "raise some trouble on land,"^[4] and he found that Eliwood's mission to stop Nergal was a good reason to do so.

Supports

Main article:Dart/Supports

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Endings

Dart, Badon's Commando
Dart took a grave wound protecting Fargus in a skirmish. He vanished at sea, but rumors claim he might be in Pherae.

Dart and Farina
Farina's love for Dart compelled her to stay in Lycia. She visited Badon often and flirted with Dart at every chance. He never knew how serious she was when she told him that a female pirate would be quite profitable!

Quotes

Death quote

Battle quotes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Dart's official artwork fromThe Blazing Blade can be viewed inPath of Radiance's extras menu if a copy ofThe Blazing Blade is connected to a copy ofPath of Radiance.

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

363

Dart The Blazing Blade

470

CYL 2 (2018)

331 (−32)

Dart The Blazing Blade

613

CYL 3 (2019)

359 (+36)

Dart The Blazing Blade

520 (−93)

CYL 4 (2020)

427 (+32)

Dart The Blazing Blade

275 (−245)

CYL 5 (2021)

414 (−13)

Dart The Blazing Blade

187 (−88)

CYL 6 (2022)

411 (−5)

Dart The Blazing Blade

194 (+7)

CYL 7 (2023)

435 (+24)

Dart The Blazing Blade

122 (−72)

CYL 8 (2024)

402 (−33)

Dart The Blazing Blade

131 (+9)

CYL 9 (2025)

386 (−16)

Dart The Blazing Blade

118 (−13)

CYL 10 (2026)

352 (−34)

Dart The Blazing Blade

98 (−20)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	2,728

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Pirate Berserker Basic axe Ranged axe Basic axe Ranged axe

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Dart fromThe Blazing Blade.

Heroes artwork

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  Dart in artwork ofFargus: Badon Buccaneer.

References

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