Douglas (Japanese:ダグラスDouglas) is a playablegeneral inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is the Great General ofEtruria, and is highly loyal to his country. Douglas is also the adoptive father ofLarum.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

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Starting stats and growth rates

General Level 8 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 16x, automatically from turn 1 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 46 Luck 11 Strength 19 Defense 20 Skill 13 Resistance 5 Speed 8 Constitution 17 Movement 5 Aid 16 Max HP 60% Luck 20% Strength 30% Defense 30% Skill 30% Resistance 5% Speed 30% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Silver Axe Silver Lance Weapon Levels -- A A -- -- -- -- --

Analysis

Douglas is aGeneral available starting in Chapter 16x if he was not killed in Chapter 16. His recruitment condition is annoying, because he actively seeks out and attacks the player units in that chapter - therefore, the easiest way to recruit him is to use aSleep staff on him. He has very lopsided base stats - his defense, strength and HP are very good, and his luck and skill mediocre, but his resistance and speed are terrible. He also has excellent base weapon ranks - an A-rank in axes and an A-rank in lances, letting him use most axes and lances in the game with no investment. Much like other promoted units inThe Binding Blade, his growth rates are low across the board, so his stats will not improve very much even if he is deployed in every chapter after he joins.

In Douglas's joining chapter, this combination of stats is to his detriment. The chapter is filled with magic users who target Douglas's low resistance when attacking him, and since his speed is also terrible, he gets doubled. Status staff users can easily disable him orBerserk him, since he is the last unit on the deployment order, no matter what the player does. As such, the player is essentially forced to useBarrier staves on him, or just leave him behind, away from enemies.

Outside of his joining chapter, Douglas does not impress. While he can tank physical attacks well thanks to his high defense and HP, most enemies will double him. He does hit hard, but since his skill is only average and the accuracy of his weapon types is low, he will often miss. He also has a terrible 5 movement, which dooms him to fall behind the rest of the army.The Binding Blade is a game full of large maps - maps on which Douglas will never be able to keep up. While he could be rescue-dropped to mitigate this issue, Douglas has a massive 17 constitution, which prevents every single mounted unit in the game, except forSin, from rescuing him.

Lategame chapters are also full of magic-using enemies, and just like in his joining chapter, Douglas does terribly against them. In fact, on Hard Mode, he is likely to get one-rounded by them, because his speed and resistance are both terrible - a deadly combination (for him) in the lategame. He can use aPure Water or receive a Barrier boost to fix the issue, but then he must still reach the enemies to fight them (which he struggles with), and he will not double them. And he will still have hit issues due to the low accuracy of his weapons and his mediocre skills.

However, despite his flaws, there is one area in which Douglas performs well, specifically, the Sacae route. His 20 base defense is so high that Nomads flat out can't hurt him. Nomad Troopers fare little better, barely managing to deal single digit damage to him even on Hard. While he is unlikely to kill them on retaliation due to the low accuracy of Javelins and Hand Axes, he is quite valuable for his ability to block chokepoints or be sent in as a "Nomad Magnet" to distract a large group of enemies with a Vulnerary or two. He can also safely bait out the few Swordmasters when they show up (the only one he can't tank is the Silver Sword Swordmaster inCh20B and only if the Swordmaster rolls max-STR and double-crits), who otherwise pose significant threats to other units by potentially double-critting.

Douglas can build supports to mitigate his hit issues.Elffin is arguably his best support partner, because they share a similar movement type, and Elffin's dancing ability can help Douglas reach enemies. Their support together is also relatively fast. Douglas's support withPerceval is also relatively fast, but Perceval is a far more mobile unit than Douglas, so building up a support between them and keeping them in support range limits Perceval's potential. Both supports give Douglas hit, totaling at +7.5 hit at A-rank, but he has no supports that give him full hit - something he would need the most.

Overall, while Douglas has strong points in defense, strength and HP, and does not require investment, he has too many weaknesses to be considered a good unit. His movement is low, he is difficult to rescue, his speed and resistance are terrible, and his skill is only mediocre. He faces frequent accuracy issues and cannot fight magic users without a Pure Water or Barrier boost. While he can still perform decently against physical enemies, he is usually not the optimal deployment choice by any means.

Personality

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Douglas is the greatest general in the Etrurian Army.^{[by whom?]} He is willing to sacrifice his own life to protect hiscountry, and his king.

InChapter 16, he is cooperating with Bern's army so that they do not murder KingMordred of Etruria.

IfCecilia talks to him, he tells her that he is fighting with the enemy to protect the kings life.

IfElffin talks to him, Douglas is pleased to see that he is safe and tells him to drive the rest of Bern's forces out of the palace.

IfKlein talks to him, Douglas tells him that he will not join theLycian Army so that King Mordred will not be killed.

IfLarum talks to him, she thanks him for bringing her out of a life of poverty and for all that he has done for her.

IfPerceval talks to him, Douglas tells him that if the Lycian Army kills him, then the king would be safe.

Supports

Main article:Douglas/Supports

Douglas General Elffin Bard Initial: 30 Per turn:+2 Igrene Sniper Initial: 1 Per turn:+1 Cecilia Valkyrie Initial: 30 Per turn:+2 [[{{{support7}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin7}}}affin.png|link={{{affin7}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints7}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support9}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin9}}}affin.png|link={{{affin9}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}} Per turn:+ Geese Pirate Initial: 1 Per turn:+1 Perceval Paladin Initial: 30 Per turn:+2 Larum Dancer Initial: 30 Per turn:+3 [[{{{support8}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin8}}}affin.png|link={{{affin8}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints8}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support10}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin10}}}affin.png|link={{{affin10}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints10}}} Per turn:+

Endings

Douglas, Great General
Short: Retired and lived peacefully.

Long: Try as he might to retire from the military, Douglas received unending requests from Etruria to come back. Unable to refuse, he returned to the palace to lead the Etrurian Army once more.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Douglas'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

Douglas is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Douglas
	The Great General, Douglas
		"No matter what happens, I will stay by the king's side."
		Attack: 60	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: General		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		"Lion-Hearted General":[Always] If the card supporting this unit has a Deployment Cost of 3 or more, this unit gains +10 attack. "Armor Expertise":[Always] While this unit is being attacked, it gains +20 attack unless the attacker is a unit.
	Card #B09-069HN • Artist:Ippei Soeda
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Douglas .

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

562

Douglas The Binding Blade

152

CYL 2 (2018)

652

Douglas The Binding Blade

93 (−59)

CYL 3 (2019)

573 (−12)

Douglas The Binding Blade

118 (+25)

CYL 4 (2020)

667 (+29)

Douglas The Binding Blade

67 (−51)

CYL 5 (2021)

707 (+40)

Douglas The Binding Blade

42 (−25)

CYL 6 (2022)

671 (−38)

Douglas The Binding Blade

56 (+14)

CYL 7 (2023)

661 (−10)

Douglas The Binding Blade

44 (−12)

CYL 8 (2024)

579 (−82)

Douglas The Binding Blade

72 (+28)

CYL 9 (2025)

651 (+72)

Douglas The Binding Blade

44 (−28)

CYL 10 (2026)

658 (+7)

Douglas The Binding Blade

30 (−14)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	718

Trivia

• Despite having the same stats between his appearance as an enemy duringChapter 16 and his playable appearance in Chapter 16x, Douglas'slevel decreases from 10 to 8 when he becomes playable.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
General Lance Basic axe Ranged axe

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Douglas fromThe Binding Blade.

Battle animations

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  Douglas attacking with alance as aGeneral inThe Binding Blade.
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  Douglas performing acritical hit with a lance as a General inThe Binding Blade.
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  Douglas attacking with anaxe as a General inThe Binding Blade.
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  Douglas performing a critical hit with an axe as a General inThe Binding Blade.
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  Douglas attacking with aranged axe as a General inThe Binding Blade.
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  Douglas performing a critical hit with a ranged axe as a General inThe Binding Blade.

CG images

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  CG image of Douglas carryingElffin, withLarum in the background, inThe Binding Blade.
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  CG image of Douglas inPath of Radiance.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Douglas.

References

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