Not to be confused withLeicester, a country fromFire Emblem: Three Houses whose name is pronounced the same.

Lester (Japanese:レスターLester) is the eldest child of LadyEdain ofYngvi. Along with his sister,Lana, he was born and raised in hiding in theIsaachian village ofTirnanog in the aftermath of theBattle of Belhalla, alongsideSeliph ofChalphy and under the care of his mother,Oifey andShannan. He was later one of the first members of Seliph's liberation army in Grann 777.

If Edain was not married in the course of the first generation, Lester'srole is filled byDeimne.

Biography

Lester was on a scouting mission outside of Isaach with Oifey andDiarmuid/Tristan when theDozel army launched an assault on Tirnanog, but arrived early on in the battle to assist Seliph in combating the occupation.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Lester is a playable character during the second generation, ifEdain was married and still alive at the end ofChapter 5. InChapter 6, Lester, along withOifey andDiarmuid/Tristan, appear as player units at the start of turn 3.

Starting stats and growth rates

Main article:Lester/Stats

Arch Knight Level 1 Holy Blood Movement 8

Recruitment:Chapter 6, automatically from turn 3 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP Variable Speed Variable Strength Variable Luck Variable Magic Variable Defense Variable Skill Variable Resistance Variable Max HP +45% Speed +15% Strength +10% Luck +45% Magic +15% Defense +10% Skill +10% Resistance +2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Iron Bow Inherited items Inherited gold Inherited skills Weapon Levels -- -- -- A -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Main article:Lester/Stats

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Bow Knight	+0	+3	+0	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	A

Love growths and events

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• InChapter 6, Lester can talk toLana after he has been recruited, rewarding her with +1Luck.
• InChapter 10, Lester can talk toPatty/Daisy at any time, rewarding her with +3 maximumHP and 100 love points between the pair.
• Inthe Endgame, if the two are lovers,Patty/Daisy can talk to Lester at any time, rewarding him with +3 maximumHP and +3Speed.

Analysis

Lester joins early in the second generation, not long after the start of Chapter 6. As an Arch Knight, he has high movement and can attack from far away. He is one of the best options against flying enemies due to their weaknesses to bows. He inherits Minor Ullr Blood from his motherEdain, which grants him an A rank in bows at base and increases his luck growth. However, his lack of 1-range is a more prominent flaw than in generation 1 due to the greater access to strong units and weapons. As his mother is a healer, he ends up with growths that do not fit him, and he can only use bows, which few fathers can pass down to him. Without access to good bows, he will be stuck with a weakIron Bow at the start, and cannot gain access to strong bows until mid-Chapter 8. Edain also has no skills, so Lester is the unit that relies the most on inheritance to be useful. He desperately needs a father withFollow-Up and that passes down bows to him.

BothClaud andAzelle can grant theRescue staff early, when it normally can only be obtained in Chapter 10, but they strengthen his sisterLana more. Claud is the worst option for a father, since he has no skills, his growths do not help him and he passes down nothing to him. Lester also cannot make use of Major Bragi Blood, and Lana cannot use theValkyrie staff because she ends up with Minor Bragi Blood. Azelle is a better option, as he passes down high speed and Follow-Up, but Lester will not inherit any bow and will still suffer from strength issues, so he is not an optimal father either.

Only three fathers can pass down bows to Lester:Midir,Jamke, and a promotedArden, with only the former being able to also pass down Follow-Up. From them, he can inherit any bow, including theKiller Bow and theBrave Bow, though the latter can be only be inherited if Midir or Jamke marries Edain. Arden passes down high strength, HP and defense, but Lester does not benefit from Vantage and his skill growth will be low. Jamke has similar growths except more speed and less defense. He will pass down bothAccost andAdept, but they are not reliable as Follow-Up, which Jamke only has as a class skill rather than a personal skill, so he cannot pass it down. The best option is Midir: while his growths are lower than the others, they are balanced, he passes down bows and Follow-Up instead of Adept, as well as Accost, which is a good set of offensive skills. With Midir as a father, his growths in strength, skill and defense are not bad, and he will have good growths in speed and luck. However, Lana will not be as useful as she would be with Claud or Azelle as a father, though she will not suffer as much as Lester with a magical father.

Overall, Lester is a decent player phase combat unit who is hindered by a lack of 1-range combat, and is only viable if his sister does not get a desired pairing.

Personality

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Endings

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Genealogy of the Holy War

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quotes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Lester is featured on two cards inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Lester
	Brave Oath-Sworn Arrow, Lester
		"We've got to give this battle our all, both in Mother's name and in the name of our lost father... Someday, I know, we'll finally be able to help Mother return to her home, Yngvi..."
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Arch Knight		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Canto:[Trigger] After this unit attacks, you may move this unit. Anti-Fliers:[Always] If this unit is attacking a unit, this unit gains +30 attack.
	Card #B08-065HN • Artist:mineri
	Tirnanog's Bow Knight, Lester
		"I guess news of Tirnanog, Seliph and all that must've leaked while we were off scouting. I hope everyone's doing alright..."
		Attack: 40	Support: 20	Range: 2	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Bow Knight		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Anti-Fliers:[Always] If this unit is attacking a unit, this unit gains +30 attack. Liberation Army's Riding:[Bond][Trigger] When this card is placed in the Bond Area, you may move a ally.
	Card #B08-066N • Artist:mineri
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Lester .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

774

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

32

CYL 2 (2018)

734 (−40)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

46

CYL 3 (2019)

629 (−11)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

60 (+14)

CYL 4 (2020)

678 (−3)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

60 (No change)

CYL 5 (2021)

758 (+80)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

25 (−35)

CYL 6 (2022)

713 (−47)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

42 (+17)

CYL 7 (2023)

743 (+30)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

23 (−19)

CYL 8 (2024)

746 (+3)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

29 (+6)

CYL 9 (2025)

660 (−86)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

42 (+13)

CYL 10 (2026)

537 (−123)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

49 (+7)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	408

Trivia

• Lester bears a resemblance to theDozel noblemanLex. This is due to the fact that, early inGenealogy of the Holy War's development, children were intended to be determined in-part by their father as well as their mother; this was scrapped due to memory limitations.^[1]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Arch Knight Bow Knight Bow (Iron Bow) Bow (Iron Bow)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Lester fromGenealogy of the Holy War.
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  Artwork of Lester fromTreasure.
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  Artwork of Lester from theTrading Card Game.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Lester.
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  Artwork of Lester.
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  Lester in artwork ofSeliph andJulia.

References

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