Iucharba (Japanese:ヨハルヴァJohalva) is the youngest son of DukeDanann ofDozel. Along with his elder brotherIuchar, he served his father in theGrannvale occupation ofIsaach, presiding over Sofala 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 Iucharba and his axe warrior unit remained stationed as a defensive perimeter surrounding Sofala Castle; once Ganeishire fell to Seliph, the order came through from Danann for both him and Iuchar to attack, to which Iucharba agreed despite his misgivings about fighting Larcei/Creidne. Upon encountering Larcei/Creidne, he was swayed to side with Seliph's army, provoking Iuchar; otherwise, when Iuchar was recruited to Seliph's side, Iucharba 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

Iucharba is playable character in the second generation. InChapter 6, Iucharba appears as the commander ofSofala. Iucharba, along with the Sofala army, initially appear as neutral units. OnceGaneishire is seized, they will turn into enemy units. Iucharba is recruited whentalked to byLarcei/Creidne, causing the Sofala army andcastle to become partner. Iucharba is mutally exclusive withIuchar: 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 Fighter Level 12 Holy Blood Movement 6

Recruitment:Chapter 6, enemy, talk to withLarcei/Creidne StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 42 Speed 16 Strength 16 Luck 5 Magic 0 Defense 14 Skill 7 Resistance 1 Max HP 110% Speed 10% Strength 40% Luck 10% Magic 0% Defense 60% Skill 50% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Steel Axe Paragon Ring* 5,000Gold Accost Weapon Levels -- -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Warrior	+0	+3	+0	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+0	A B

Love growths and events

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• InChapter 6,Larcei/Creidne can talk to Iucharba while he is an enemy, recruiting him; this cannot be done ifIuchar has already been recruited.
• InChapter 6 after he has been recruited, if Iucharba 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 Iucharba afterDozelCastle has been seized, granting him +3Strength.

Analysis

Iucharba suffers from the same problem as most foot units, in his inability to keep up with mounted units. Worse still, he is locked to axes and later bows, the two worst weapon types available, the former due to low accuracy and high weight, and the latter due to the inability to counter at 1 range. While he does have decent base stats and is relatively close to promotion, he suffers from the same problem as most substitute characters and has subpar growth rates and lacks Follow-Up.

Iucharba has some notable strengths over his brother,Iuchar, even if he doesn't have a mount. His Arena performance is better, which, in terms of ranked runs, is useful as he can get more experience out of the Arena, as the source of experience does not actually matter. Additionally, his bow access gives him a niche in that he can one-shotWyvern Riders inChapter 8 andChapter 9, many of whom haveJavelins that allow Iucharba to enemy phase a few at a time. If theParagon Band wasn't inherited, then Iucharba will start with it in his inventory; since it costs 40,000 to buy out of the pawnbroker, he will likely be holding onto it for a while, making it easy for him to get promoted early; his Lv20 promoted averages are high enough to one-round every unpromoted enemy inChapter 7 with theBrave Axe while taking minimal physical damage in return. However, his lack of a mount limits his ability to reach the front lines and make these contributions quickly.

Personality

In contrast to Iuchar, Iucharba is more down-to-earth and straightforward: he presents himself as being rough-hewn and seeks to protect that image, but has no interest in the bullying tactics of his father.^[1] 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,^[2] and was consistently frustrated by Danann's constant bending over backwards to accommodate the will of theLoptr Church.^[3] Even so, he saw himself as nonetheless culpable for the misfortunes of Isaach, seeking to atone by joining Seliph's army.^[4] For much of his life, Iucharba held a rivalry with Iuchar and the two constantly quarreled, fuelled partially by their mutual interest in Larcei/Creidne;^[5] their rivalry ultimately resulted in the two going head to head as enemies.^[6]

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game

Iucharba was featured on three TCG cards.

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game data for Iucharba
	Class:Axe Fighter	Level 1 Infantry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 4	Atk.: 3 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip:Iron Axe	Skills:Accost
	Card #051 •Rarity: ★ •Artist:Mayumi Hirota
	Class:Axe Fighter	Level 10 Infantry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 6	Atk.: 4 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip:Steel Axe	Skills:Accost
	Card #2-028 •Rarity: ★ •Artist:Katsuyoshi Koya
	Class:Warrior	Level 20 Infantry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 7	Atk.: 5 / Counter: 2	WLv.: A B
	Equip:Steel Axe	Skills: Class Change • Skilfulness • Training •Accost
	Card #3-022 •Rarity: -- •Artist:Katsuyoshi Koya
Card scans and information translation provided byAquantis.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Iucharba is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Iucharba
	Fighter of Love and Justice, Iucharba
		"Larcei, the men and I wanna pitch in with your cause. Just say the word, yeah? Listen up, lads! We fight for love and justice!"
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Axe Fighter		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Love Rival Brothers:[Special] This unit cannot be deployed in the same area as "Iuchar". "Did you miss me?":[Always] During your turn, if there is a "Larcei" in play, this unit gains +30 attack.
	Card #B08-073N • Artist:Nekohayashi
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Johalvier .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

640

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

98

CYL 2 (2018)

700

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

59 (−39)

CYL 3 (2019)

624 (+10)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

62 (+3)

CYL 4 (2020)

664 (−8)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

68 (+6)

CYL 5 (2021)

656 (−8)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

59 (−9)

CYL 6 (2022)

723 (+65)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

39 (−20)

CYL 7 (2023)

655 (−68)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

46 (+7)

CYL 8 (2024)

681 (+26)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

43 (−3)

CYL 9 (2025)

479 (−202)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

83 (+40)

CYL 10 (2026)

559 (+80)

Iucharba Genealogy of the Holy War

45 (−38)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	602

Trivia

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

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Axe Fighter Warrior Axe (Iron Axe) Axe (Iron Axe) Bow (Iron Bow)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Iucharba from the Super Tactics Book.
• 
  Artwork of Iucharba fromTreasure.
• 
  Artwork of Iucharba from theTrading Card Game.

Cipher artwork

• 
  Artwork of Iucharba.

References

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