Iuchar (Japanese:ヨハンJohan) is the middle son of DukeDanann ofDozel. Along with his younger brotherIucharba, he served his father in theGrannvale occupation ofIsaach, presiding over Isaach Castle. He came into conflict with his family over the rise ofSeliph's liberation army in Isaach, or rather overLarcei/Creidne, one of its warriors.

Biography

WhenSeliph commenced his fight to liberate Isaach, at first Iuchar and his axe cavalry unit remained stationed as a defensive perimeter surrounding Isaach Castle; once Ganeishire fell to Seliph, the order came through from Danann for both him andIucharba to attack, to which Iuchar agreed despite his misgivings about fightingLarcei/Creidne. Upon encountering Larcei/Creidne, he was swayed to side with Seliph's army, provoking Iucharba; otherwise, when Iucharba was recruited to Seliph's side, Iuchar was provoked by him getting to Larcei/Creidne first, and died in battle with Seliph's army.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Iuchar is playable character in the second generation. InChapter 6, Iuchar appears as the commander ofIsaach. Iuchar, along with the Isaach army, initially appear as neutral units. OnceGaneishire is seized, they will turn into enemy units. Iuchar is recruited whentalked to byLarcei/Creidne, causing the Isaach army andcastle to become partner. Iuchar is mutally exclusive withIucharba: recruiting Iuchar will make Larcei/Creidne unable to recruit Iucharba, and recruiting Iucharba will make Larcei/Creine unable to recruit Iuchar.

Starting stats and growth rates

Axe Knight Level 12 Holy Blood Movement 8

Recruitment:Chapter 6, enemy, talk to withLarcei/Creidne ifIucharba isn't recruited StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 40 Speed 12 Strength 15 Luck 5 Magic 0 Defense 12 Skill 10 Resistance 1 Max HP 110% Speed 50% Strength 40% Luck 10% Magic 5% Defense 60% Skill 20% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Axe Speed Ring* 5,000Gold Vantage Weapon Levels -- -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Great Knight	+0	+6	+0	+1	+1	+0	+4	+3	+1	A

Love growths and events

Iuchar Axe Knight Lana/Muirne Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Larcei/Creidne Initial: 200 Per turn: 2 Julia Initial: 0 Per turn: 0 Fee/Hermina Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Patty/Daisy Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Patty/Daisy Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Nanna/Jeanne Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Lene/Laylea Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Tine/Linda Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 {{{portrait9}}} {{{option9}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}} Per turn: + {{{portrait10}}} {{{option10}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints10}}} Per turn: + Tine/Linda Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 {{{portrait9}}} {{{option9}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}} Per turn: + {{{portrait10}}} {{{option10}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints10}}} Per turn: + {{{portrait11}}} {{{option11}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints11}}} Per turn: + {{{portrait12}}} {{{option12}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints12}}} Per turn: + {{{portrait13}}} {{{option13}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints13}}} Per turn: + {{{portrait14}}} {{{option14}}} Initial: {{{initialpoints14}}} Per turn: +

• InChapter 6,Larcei/Creidne can talk to Iuchar while he is an enemy, recruiting him; this cannot be done ifIucharba has already been recruited.
• InChapter 6 after he has been recruited, if Iuchar waits next toCreidne for ten turns in a row, this will trigger an event which grants Creidne +2Strength and +3Luck.
• Inthe Endgame, if they are lovers,Larcei/Creidne can talk to Iuchar afterDozelCastle has been seized, granting him +3Strength.

Analysis

Iuchar joins with decent base stats and a mount but unfortunately can only use axes and does not haveFollow-Up. His growths will be worse than any child character, and his performance overall resembles a substitute character. Even if he gets the contestedFollow-Up Ring, he will suffer from the high weight and low accuracy of axes. Fortunately, he can easily get the Brave Axe, and the only other character who might want to use it is Leif, who has many other choices for strong weapons. Overall though, Iuchar is a mediocre combat unit whose main strength is his ability to keep up with the rest of the army.

Comparison toIucharba

Compared to his brother, Iucharba, Iuchar has a massive advantage in his mount. This means that he can keep up with the rest of the mounts, while Iucharba lags behind. Iucharba's only advantages over Iuchar are marginally better stats and access to bows, but neither of these are as impactful as Iuchar's consistent movement advantage as neither unit will be particularly strong in combat. In a ranked run, Iucharba's better combat means he can get through the arena better so he is arguably better, but Iuchar will still contribute better on the field, so Iucharba is only the better pick when the player has already decided that neither unit is worth using. Other small details to note include that while Iuchar's growths favor speed, Iucharba's growths favor skill.

Note that it is possible to recruit Iuchar and obtain Nosferatu by letting the allied unit on Isaach Castle die to the enemy forces, seizing the castle, and then talking to Julia.

Personality

Iuchar presented himself as something of a romantic, constantly speaking in floral prose, especially when talking to or aboutLarcei/Creidne, an ongoing object of affection for him.^[1] He believed that constantly hovering her them was a way to express his love and to protect them, even though it actually greatly frustrated her.^[2] A decent person unlike his father, he refused to follow through on performing the more heinous activities of the Grannvale occupation such as the child hunts.^[3] For much of his life, Iuchar held a rivalry with Iucharba and the two constantly quarreled, fuelled partially by their mutual interest in Larcei/Creidne;^[4] their rivalry ultimately resulted in the two going head to head as enemies.^[5]

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game

Iuchar was featured on three TCG cards.

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game data for Iuchar
	Class:Axe Knight	Level 1 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 5	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip:Iron Axe	Skills:Canto •Vantage
	Card #050 •Rarity: ★ •Artist: Mayumi Hirota
	Class:Axe Knight	Level 10 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 7	Atk.: 3 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip:Steel Axe	Skills:Canto •Vantage
	Card #2-027 •Rarity: ★ •Artist: Koya Katsuyoshi
	Class:Great Knight	Level 20 Cavalry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 8	Atk.: 3 / Counter: 2	WLv.: A
	Equip:Steel Axe	Skills: Class Change •Canto • Training •Vantage
	Card #3-021 •Rarity: -- •Artist: Koya Katsuyoshi
Card scans and information translation provided byAquantis.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Iuchar is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Iuchar
	Axe Knight who Lives for Love, Iuchar
		"In your words, I hear birdsong most sweet! In your eyes, I see starlight most brilliant! Oh, without you at my side, what purpose would life hold? What joy could possibly be?"
		Attack: 50	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Axe Knight		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Love Rival Brothers:[Special] This unit cannot be deployed in the same area as "Iucharba". "Oh my love!":[Activate] [] Until the end of this turn, allied "Larcei" gains +10 attack.
	Card #B08-072N • Artist:Nekohayashi
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Iuchar .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

655

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

92

CYL 2 (2018)

691

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

65 (−27)

CYL 3 (2019)

591 (−16)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

103 (+38)

CYL 4 (2020)

638 (+2)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

88 (−15)

CYL 5 (2021)

689 (+51)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

48 (−40)

CYL 6 (2022)

723 (+32)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

39 (−9)

CYL 7 (2023)

691 (−32)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

39 (No change)

CYL 8 (2024)

740 (+49)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

30 (−9)

CYL 9 (2025)

651 (−89)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

44 (+14)

CYL 10 (2026)

638 (−13)

Iuchar Genealogy of the Holy War

32 (−12)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	580

Trivia

• Iuchar was initially listed as Luchar on theFire Emblem Heroes Choose Your Legends poll. This was corrected to Iuchar a few days in.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Axe Knight Great Knight Axe (Brave Axe) Axe (Silver Axe)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Iuchar fromTreasure.
• 
  Artwork of Iuchar from theTrading Card Game.

Cipher artwork

• 
  Artwork of Iuchar.

References

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