Not to be confusedGareth, a character inRadiant Dawn.

Garret (Japanese:ガレットGarret) is a playableberserker inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Biography

Garret grew up in theWestern Isles but moved away after his parents were murdered in a bandit attack on his village. He eventually slaughtered the ones who killed his parents, but was forced to turn to banditry in order to make a living.

Eventually, Garret fell in with a group of bandits near theEtrurian border and became their leader, but he prevented them from unnecessarily killing people, much to the ire of his crew. During theDisturbance of Bern, while taking advantage of the battle overFae to ransack nearby villages, Garret was spotted byLilina, and joined the Lycian army to ensure that the Ostian noble stayed true to her word and fought to aid the people.

After the war, Garret gave up banditry and led a peaceful life as a farmer, never picking up his axe again.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

Garret is a playable character recruitable in Chapter 15. He is initially an enemy unit, and can be recruited bytalking to him withLilina; because he comes in the map as areinforcement, hegains boosts to his stats onHard Mode.

Starting stats and growth rates

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range, representing stats that vary due to random growths. The figures to the left and right of the ~ are the stat's minimum and maximum possible values respectively.^[2]

NormalHard

Berserker Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 15, talk to withLilina StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 49 Luck 12 Strength 17 Defense 9 Skill 13 Resistance 4 Speed 10 Constitution 13 Movement 6 Aid 12 Max HP 70% Luck 15% Strength 45% Defense 15% Skill 25% Resistance 5% Speed 25% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Axe Hand Axe Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- -- -- --

Berserker Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 15, talk to withLilina StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 54~57 Luck 13~14 Strength 20~22 Defense 9~11 Skill 15~17 Resistance 4~6 Speed 11~12 Constitution 13 Movement 6 Aid 12 Max HP 70% Luck 15% Strength 45% Defense 15% Skill 25% Resistance 5% Speed 25% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Axe Hand Axe Weapon Levels -- -- C -- -- -- -- --

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Analysis

Garret is a unit who joins past the halfway point ofThe Binding Blade. He has very high strength and HP, especially in Hard Mode, but his speed is subpar. Garret is not fast enough to double any enemies except for the slowest ones. This makes it more difficult to make use of his strength. While he does have high HP, his defense and resistance are both mediocre, making him less durable. His speed is also low enough that he may get doubled by faster enemies.

Garret does have positive traits, though. His C-rank in axes is enough to useKiller Axes with no investment. Thanks to his high strength, he can oneshot enemies if he crits. TheBerserker class gives him a crit bonus, too. Thanks to that, while wielding a Killer Axe, Garret can kill enemies in one round by critting them. As a Berserker, Garret can also walk on mountains, which increases his avoid. The player can exploit this to improve Garret's defenses and make him better at combat on enemy phase.

Garret suffers from the low accuracy of axes inThe Binding Blade. Despite having a solid skill stat, he will still miss quite often. Considering he cannot double most enemies, this impedes his combat performance. Besides, having a C-rank in axes is decent, but not outstanding. For instance, Garret cannot use theBrave Axe at base. It is a shame, because the Brave Axe would circumvent his low speed by allowing him to attack twice. Increasing Garret's weapon rank is also a chore. Weapon EXP gain inThe Binding Blade is very slow, and Garret will miss quite often, further slowing it down.

In summary, Garret is good enough at base level to contribute in combat, but he is not excellent. His growths are low, preventing him from gaining many stats as he levels up. He is better in Hard Mode than in Normal Mode, because he enjoys Hard Mode bonuses to all stats. That said, even with these bonuses, he suffers from the same issues that plague him in Normal Mode.

Personality

Garret is a broken man due to his past experiences. He resents bandits and by extension himself for being one, but he was forced to continue banditry as it was the only way he could make ends meet; in spite of this, he is upfront about his banditry and does not hesitate to admit it to others likeCath.^[3] He is cynical and pessimistic; whenLilina told him about the time she gave an old man her valuable bracelet after he told her that he was starving; Garret immediately believed that the old man was lying.^[4]

For all his flaws, Garret does have some redeeming factors. He genuinely repents his actions as a bandit and has a heartfelt desire to become a better person; he is eager to find jobs that don't involve criminal activity, which is shown when he once requested a position inGeese's crew, but then immediately backed out when Geese told him that the crew recently had to resort to piracy.^[5] However, he does not show any true passion for these other jobs and only does them for the cash, something that is acknowledged by Geese^[6] andLarum.^[7] Fortunately for him, he does eventually find a job as a farmer after the war, never needing to resort to banditry again. He also has some sense of humanitarianism; despite admitting to killing innocents, he hates unnecessary bloodshed and actively tells his underlings not to do any unnecessary killing,^[8] which earns him his fellow bandits's annoyance.^[9]

Supports

Main article:Garret/Supports

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Endings

Garret, Veteran Berserker
Short: Quit banditry and led a normal life.

Long: Garret quit banditry and led a normal life. He worked and tended to his crops just as any ordinary villager would. He never picked up a weapon ever again after the war ended.

Quotes

Final Chapter quote

Death quote

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Garret'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.

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

729

Garret The Binding Blade

52

CYL 2 (2018)

744

Garret The Binding Blade

40 (−12)

CYL 3 (2019)

661 (+15)

Garret The Binding Blade

36 (−4)

CYL 4 (2020)

754 (+15)

Garret The Binding Blade

21 (−15)

CYL 5 (2021)

792 (+38)

Garret The Binding Blade

16 (−5)

CYL 6 (2022)

770 (−24)

Garret The Binding Blade

23 (+7)

CYL 7 (2023)

661 (−109)

Garret The Binding Blade

44 (+21)

CYL 8 (2024)

666 (+5)

Garret The Binding Blade

48 (+4)

CYL 9 (2025)

788 (+122)

Garret The Binding Blade

20 (−28)

CYL 10 (2026)

784 (−4)

Garret The Binding Blade

14 (−6)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	314

Trivia

• TheThe Making of Fire Emblem – 25th Anniversary Development Secrets, Awakening and Fates artbook features a work-in-progress map ofElibe, with characters being placed on their then-place of origin on the map. Notably, Garret was stated to come from what would later becomeValor inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, instead of coming from theWestern Isles in the final version.^[10]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Berserker Basic axe Ranged axe

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Garret fromThe Binding Blade.

Battle animations

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  Garret attacking with anAxe as aBerserker inThe Binding Blade.
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  Garret performing acritical hit with an Axe as a Berserker inThe Binding Blade.
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  Garret attacking with aranged axe as a Berserker inThe Binding Blade.
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  Garret performing a critical hit with a ranged axe as a Berserker inThe Binding Blade.

CG images

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  CG image of Garret inPath of Radiance.

References

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