This page is about the noblewoman of Friege. For the Archanean mage who shares her name in Japanese, seeLinde.

Linda (Japanese:リンダLinda) is a noblewoman ofGrannvale'sFriege family, and is the daughter of the late LadyEthnia. Following her mother's demise, Linda reluctantly served her uncleBloom as a warrior fighting on the behalf of theGrannvale Empire in theMunster District, but defected upon meeting her long-lost brotherAmid and joinedSeliph's liberation army.

Linda isTine'ssubstitute character, filling her role in the story and gameplay ifTailtiu died or failed to be married in the course of the first generation.

Biography

Linda was born during Ethnia's exile inSilesse following the events of theBattle of Belhalla, and for a short time she lived there in hiding with her mother and her elder brother,Amid. However, when Linda was still very young, Ethnia's elder brotherBloom arrived in Silesse and found them, abducting Ethnia and Linda while inadvertently leaving Amid behind.^[1] The two were taken toUlster, the seat of Bloom's rule over theMunster District, and imprisoned in the castle, where they were subjected to years of constant abuse and torment from Bloom's wifeHilda. Following her mother's demise, Linda was left with a single pendant as a memento of her.

By Grann 777, long after Ethnia's death, Linda had entered Bloom's employ as one of his chief fighters in the Munster District. However, despite her service to Bloom, she frequently broke rank to assist the villagers suppressed by Bloom's rule.^[2] Late in the siege ofLeonster following its recapture byLeif, Bloom deployed Linda as the leader of a small unit of mages to launch an attack on the western Fort Melgen, which had recently been captured bySeliph. During this skirmish she encounteredAmid, who upon spotting her pendant identified her as his sister and convinced her to join him on Seliph's side. She continued to serve under Seliph for the rest of the war, eventually pitting herself against both Bloom and Hilda in the name of avenging her mother.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Linda is a playable character in the second generation. AsTine'ssubstitute character, Linda only appears ifTailtiu wasn't married or was dead at the end ofChapter 5. InChapter 7, Linda appear as an enemy unit affiliated withUlster onceMelgen has been seized. She is recruited whentalked to byAmid.

Starting stats and growth rates

Thunder Mage Level 3 Holy Blood Movement 5

Recruitment:Chapter 7, enemy, talk withAmid StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 26 Speed 9 Strength 0 Luck 2 Magic 11 Defense 2 Skill 12 Resistance 7 Max HP 90% Speed 30% Strength 10% Luck 20% Magic 40% Defense 10% Skill 40% Resistance 20% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Elthunder 5,000Gold Wrath Paragon Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- A -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Mage Fighter	+0	+3	+5	+3	+6	+0	+4	+5	+1	Adept	B A B C B

Love growths and events

Linda Thunder Mage Seliph Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Scáthach/Dalvin Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Oifey Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Diarmuid/Tristan Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Lester/Deimne Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Lester/Deimne Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Amid Initial: -- Per turn: -- Iuchar Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Iucharba Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Shannan Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Leif Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Iucharba Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Shannan Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Leif Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Ares Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Febail/Asaello Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Ced/Hawk Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Coirpre/Charlot Initial: 0 Per turn: 3

• InChapter 7,Amid can talk to Linda as an enemy after she appears, recruiting her.
• InChapter 7, Linda can talk toSeliph after she has been recruited, yielding no reward.
• InChapter 8,Seliph can talk to Linda afterConnacht has been seized, granting her +3 maximumHP and 100 love points between the pair.
• InChapter 8, if Linda waits on the spot southwest to the tree in the map's central valley with the river, she will initiate an event where she meetsJake, granting her +3Resistance.
• Inthe Endgame, if neither is married,Amid can talk to Linda at any time, granting her +1Luck.
• Inthe Endgame, if the two are lovers, Linda can talk toSeliph,Ced/Hawk orLeif, granting him +3Magic.

Analysis

Despite being asubstitute unit, which is typically weaker than their non-substitute counterpart, Linda is generally better thanTine. Firstly, unlike Tine, she has A rank in thunder magic at base level, allowing her to use theThoron tome before promotion; since the Thoron tome is accessible in the same chapter, this improves Linda's combat significantly from the start. She hasWrath, just like Tine, which guaranteescritical hits when the user is below half HP; taking advantage of this skill is risky, since Linda's durability will always be poor, but with the Thoron tome, she reliably OHKO's basically everything, except for a few extremely bulky bosses, as well as those withNihil. With a Magic Ring, even the Endgame'sIshtar is fair game to be OHKO'd. Additionally, Wrath enables Linda to clear enough of the arena with herElthunder to afford Thoron on her join chapter. Finally, Linda hasParagon, which increases her experience game; since she joins underleveled, only at level 3 in Chapter 7, having Paragon helps her catch up with the rest of the army and allows her to reach her promotion much faster than she would otherwise.

Linda still has flaws outside of poor durability. She is unmounted, and mounted units dominateGenealogy of the Holy War, so even though her combat can be good with Wrath, she will fall behind and rarely get to use it unless the player plays slowly. Her promotion does not fix the issue, and it is a mediocre promotion overall; it gives Linda an additional point of movement, the ability to use staves, fire tomes, and wind tomes at B rank, statistical bonuses, andAdept. Adept is not a perfect substitute forFollow-Up, which Linda can never obtain without using theFollow-Up Ring. She is still best at using thunder tomes with Wrath, so the weapon ranks in other magic schools and swords are useless. The ability to use staves, however, is useful, as B level is enough to use strong staves such asWarp andReturn, and thanks to not needing theParagon Ring she will usually have more money to buy them than other units.

Tine's main advantage over Linda is the ability to gain inheritance and her better growth rates. However, Tine can't inherit anything particularly notable that Linda doesn't already have or can't already do, regardless of father; Linda has Paragon built-in, doesn't need any other skills or stats to do her job well enough, and Tine can't use Thoron at all until she promotes. It should be noted that to obtain Linda, one must also haveAmid, who is a much worse substitute forArthur than Linda is for Tine; in a sense, to get Linda, one must give up on Arthur's benefits. If the player is willing to do that, however, they will find Linda better than Tine in some aspects, making her worth the sacrifice to some.

Personality

As a result of the years of abuse she suffered, Linda was initially very meek and submissive, obeying Bloom's commands and shrugging off his taunts to avoid further torment.^[3] After meeting Amid and joining Seliph, while still timid and quiet, she quickly became more assertive and determined to right the wrongs she and her family had inflicted upon the world by properly helping its people.^[4] While still initially terrified of Bloom and Hilda, she nonetheless worked past this out of sheer determination to avenge Ethnia. She also, however, maintained that most of her family was not evil even when Amid still lusted for vengeance, insisting that Bloom,Ishtore andIshtar were always decent to her and that she didn't wish to fight the latter.^[5] She quickly developed an extremely close bond with and respect for Amid upon meeting him.

Endings

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Genealogy of the Holy War

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quotes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game

Linda was featured on four TCG cards.

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game data for Linda
	Class:Thunder Mage	Level 1 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 3	Atk.: 1 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip:Thunder	Skills:Wrath
	Card #075 •Rarity: ★ •Artist:Mayumi Hirota
	Class:Thunder Mage	Level 10 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 5	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip:Elthunder	Skills:Wrath
	Card #2-051 •Rarity: ★ •Artist:Katsuyoshi Koya
	Class:Thunder Mage	Level 15 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 5	Atk.: 1 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip:Bolting •Magic Ring	Skills:Wrath
	Card #AN-022 •Rarity: ★ •Artist: Kaya Kuramoto
	Class:Mage Fighter	Level 20 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 6	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: C B B A B
	Equip:Elthunder	Skills: Class Change • Skilfulness • Training •Wrath •Adept
	Card #P012 •Rarity: ☆★★ •Artist:Katsuyoshi Koya
Card scans and information translation provided byAquantis.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Linda is featured on two cards inFire Emblem Cipher. These cards and other JapaneseCipher parlance denote her name as (リンダ（ユグドラル）Linda (Jugdral)) in order to differentiate her fromLinde, who has the same Japanese name; English-language fandom parlance has no need to make such a distinction.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Linda
	Indignant Lady of Thunder, Linda
		"I... I had no idea that Bloom did that to Mother..."
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Elthunder:[Always][Once per turn] [] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack. The Mage Knight's Sorcery:[Bond][Trigger] [] When you place this card in your Bond Area, you may pay the cost and if you do: Draw 2 cards.
	Card #B12-092HN • Artist:Tetsu Kurosawa
	Thunder of the Liberation Army, Linda
		"I'll fight for peace, together with Lord Seliph."
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Thunder Mage		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Wrathful Lightning:[Activate][Once per turn] [Flip 1 bond card face-down] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Magic Emblem:[Support] Draw 1 card, then discard 1 card.
	Card #B12-093N • Artist:Tetsu Kurosawa
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Linda .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

675

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

75

CYL 2 (2018)

676

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

76

CYL 3 (2019)

597 (−2)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

99 (+23)

CYL 4 (2020)

661 (+13)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

69 (−30)

CYL 5 (2021)

663 (+2)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

57 (−12)

CYL 6 (2022)

725 (+60)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

37 (−20)

CYL 7 (2023)

553 (−172)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

78 (+41)

CYL 8 (2024)

636 (+83)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

56 (−22)

CYL 9 (2025)

535 (−101)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

70 (+14)

CYL 10 (2026)

742 (+207)

Linda Genealogy of the Holy War

19 (−51)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	636

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Thunder Mage Mage Fighter Anima (all tomes) Sword (Slim Sword) Anima (all tomes) Staff (Heal)

Official artwork

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

References

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