Karin (Japanese:カリンKarin) is a playablepegasus rider inFire Emblem: Thracia 776. She rides a pegasus called Hermes (Japanese:エルメスHermes).^[2]

Biography

Karin was a pegasus rider of Silesse, and a friend of PrincessFee. Following the death of QueenErinys, she decided to go search for PrinceCed. One day, as she was assaulted by soldiers, she was rescued byFergus. Both of them were then captured and thrown inMunster's dungeon.^[3] WhenLeif was placed in the same cell, Karin decided to escape and follow him. During their escape, she was able to find Ced, now leading theMagi in Munster. Karin informed Ced of his mother's death; Ced decided to stay in Munster in order to free the city, and gave Karin an heirloom of the Silessian royal family, theCed Scroll.

Karin followed Leif outside the city. During her travel, she metMisha, a captain of the knights of Silesse, now working underFriege, and was able to convince her to join Leif. After the war, Karin became a Pegasus Knight of Silesse.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Karin is a playable character. InChapter 4, Karin appear as a player unit next toLeif andFergus; as the chapter is indoors, she joins dismounted. InChapter 4x, Karin cantalk toCed, granting her theCed Scroll. InChapter 16A, ifOlwen is dead or unrecruited, Karin can talk toIlios, recruiting him. InChapter 17A, Karin can talk toMisha, initiating her recruitment.

Starting stats and growth rates

Pegasus Rider Level 1 Action --

Recruitment:Chapter 4, automatically from the start StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 18 Speed 14/12 Strength 4/3 Luck 12 Magic 7 Defense 4/3 Skill 4/3 Constitution 4 Movement 8/5 FCM 1 Max HP 55% Speed 70% Strength 30% Luck 70% Magic 15% Defense 15% Skill 35% Constitution 5% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills -- -- Weapon Levels D (+20) E (+40) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Con	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Pegasus Knight	+0	+3	+2	+2	+2	+0	+1	+1	+1	+Canto, −Canto	+50 WEXP

Supports

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Analysis

Karin joins in Chapter 4, where she is dismounted and unarmed, like Fergus, who joins alongside her. She cannot contribute much indoors, because her movement is hindered, her strength is low and she has bad physical durability, with low HP and defense, which make most enemies a threat to her, especially due to the dismounting penalties. She has very high base speed and luck and excellent growths in those areas, so she dodges well, is very resistant to critical hits, consistently doubles enemies and will quickly cap those stats. However, her constitution is very low at 4, which will give her penalties to her speed, especially with heavy weapons. Her primary use in theMunster escape arc is baiting enemies and exploiting her high avoid to her advantage while other units kill them and open doors and chests. She also has a mutual support withFergus, so it's a great idea to keep them together so Fergus can performs critical hits more efficiently. Karin's base magic is high at 7, so she can take hits from mages better than other units, but her strength is very low, rendering her unable to kill most enemies at full HP in one round, and her shaky HP and defense mean that she can't be exposed to too many enemies or she will be in danger of death if she has to rely on her bulk, as she relies on her ability to dodge.

Once Karin is deployed on outdoor maps and can ride her pegasus, she becomes a useful utility unit thanks to the new mechanics. Karin's greatest contributions involve her ability to travel across terrain unimpeded. She can help unmounted units in escape maps by picking them up and ferrying them to the escape point viarescuing them, which helps in several useful strategies. She can pick upLeif or a thief to help them reach an important objective, or rescue a staff user to protect them from harm. Karin is also among the best users of theLeg Ring available in Chapter 8x, because her movement is never impeded by terrain on outdoor maps like forests and can fly over mountains. Especially with the Leg Ring, she can visit villages difficult or impossible to reach with non-flying units, and allows her to travel through a Ballista or siege tome's range (which she can also do with a promotion). By rescuing allies, she can also help them in reaching escape points faster, especially in terrains that slow them down, as she has no movement penalties when she's mounted. However, she only benefits from terrain bonuses when she is dismounted, and she will be easily killed in one hit by bows and balistas if she's mounted, so she also needs to get off of her pegasus at the right time depending on the situation when she is outdoors. Always make sure that Karin has a sword to use after dismounting, as she will be captured if she's unarmed and dismounted.

Karin's primary flaw is that her combat remains irrelevant without significant investment. Her base weapon ranks are very low: D-rank in swords indoors is mediocre, but E-rank in lances outdoors is even worse, although she's only 10 wexp from a D-rank. Karin cannot even useJavelins without raising her weapon rank in lances. Since she cannot use weapons with high might well due to her low constitution of 4, her attacking power will stay very poor for a while because of her low base strength. Karin's defense of 4, while not impossible to salvage, is also very low, grows even less than her also lacking strength, and makes it dangerous for her to fight more one enemy at a time. She can make use of scrolls to increase her growth rates and allow her to fight enemies more easily, but this applies to any player unit. She greatly benefits from a B rank in swords, as her solid base magic makes her a good candidate for magic swords, improving her combat when she's dismounted.

Karin is also not the only unit inThracia 776 who can fly outdoors. That said, she joins first, granting her several chapters of exclusive utility. The next two fliers join much later, in Chapter 14, giving Karin almost ten chapters with no competition in her niche.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Karin/Heroes

There is one variation of Karin available inHeroes.

Personality

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Endings

Karin, Driven Knight
Returning to her native Silesse, Karin finally fulfilled her dream of joining the Order of Pegasus Knights. Although her service record doesn't indicate she went on to do anything particularly noteworthy, Karin nevertheless became regarded as an excellent Pegasus Knight in her own right.

Quotes

Death quote

Escape quote

Heroes quotes

Main article:Karin/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Karin is featured on two cards inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Karin
	Girl Who Flies a Pegasus, Karin
		"I'll be part of the royal pegasus guard, too, someday, protecting the Silessian royal family!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 30	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Pegasus Knight		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Rescue:[Activate] [] Choose as many allies as you wish, and move them. "Keep it up, Hermes!":[Bond][Activate] Deploy this card tapped. If you do, choose an ally, and move them ([Bond] This skill can only be used while this card is in the bond area).
	Card #B10-022HN • Artist:Yoko Maturica
	Sweet Pegasus Rider, Karin
		"I'm not a real knight just yet, so there's not much else I can do besides fly. But I get along so well with my pegasus!"
		Attack: 30	Support: 30	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Pegasus Rider		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Winged Deliverer:[Activate] [] Choose an ally, and move it. Elysiam Emblem:[Support] You may choose one ally that is not the attacking unit, and move it.
	Card #B10-023N • Artist:Yoko Maturica
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Karin .

Trivia

• According toThracia 776's website, Karin was designed to look 14 years old.^[4]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Pegasus Rider Pegasus Knight Lance (Steel Lance) Sword* (Longsword) Lance (Steel Lance) Sword* (Longsword)

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Karin fromThracia 776.
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  Portrait artwork of Karin fromThracia 776 Illustrated Works.
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  Artwork of Karin with other characters fromThracia 776 Illustrated Works.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.
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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.
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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.
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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.
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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.
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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.
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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight.

Other artwork

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  Artwork featuring Karin released on the second day ofChoose Your Legends:Round 8.
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  Artwork featuring Karin released on the third day ofA Hero Rises 2024.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Karin.
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  Artwork of Karin.

References

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