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Massena

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Massena's portrait fromEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Nationality

Rigelian

Starting class

Gold Knight[1]

Voiced by

Appearance(s)

“Welcome home, PrinceAlbein. I am Massena, captain of Emperor Rudolf's imperial guard. His Excellency told me everything before facing you in battle. Afterward, I gathered the remnants of his forces and awaited your arrival.”
— Massena

Massena (Japanese:マッセナMassena) is aRigelian commander appearing inFire Emblem Gaiden and its remake,Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He was very close toRudolf. He appears as an NPC inGaiden'sfinal Act.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Role

Massena appears inRigel Castle afterAlm defeatsRudolf, informing Alm that the remaining soldiers are waiting to meet him.

Despite being a member of Rudolf's guard, he is never faced in combat.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Role

Massena appears in the end of Act 1 in Rigel Castle, alongRudolf andJedah. Massena criticizes Jedah's arrogance insisting that his arcanists would win against theDeliverance unlikeBerkut's army.[2]

In Acts 4 and 5, as inGaiden, Massena appears in Rigel Castle afterAlm defeats Rudolf, informing Alm that the remaining soldiers are waiting to meet him. He explains that Rudolf always loved Berkut, but was forced to keep him in the dark for the sake of his plan to save Valentia.

Personality

As with many characters inGaiden, he has minimal dialogue, but Massena seems to be a loyal Rigelian knight.

Choose Your Legends placement history

RoundPlacementCharacterVotes
CYL 3
(2019)		648
(+12)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		45
(−3)
CYL 4
(2020)		727
(+12)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		34
(−11)
CYL 5
(2021)		799
(+72)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		14
(−20)
CYL 6
(2022)		746
(−55)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		30
(+16)
CYL 7
(2023)		715
(−31)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		34
(+4)
CYL 8
(2024)		782
(+67)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		23
(−11)
CYL 9
(2025)		753
(−29)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		25
(+2)
CYL 10
(2026)		658
(−95)
Massena
Gaiden /Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		30
(+5)
Total resultsThis character has 9 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.283

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
LanguageNameDefinition, etymology, and notes
English

Massena

Possibly a reference to real-life historical figureAndre Massena, one of Napoleon's most successful generals.

English
(unofficial)

Massena

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Japanese

マッセナ

Officially romanized asMassena.

Spanish

Massena

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French

Massena

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German

Massena

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Italian

Massena

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Dutch

Massena

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Portuguese

Massena

Used in theChoose Your Legends polls forFire Emblem Heroes.

Korean

마세나

Massena

Simplified Chinese

马塞纳

Massena

Traditional Chinese

馬塞納

Massena

Gallery

Official artwork

References

  1. ↑According toEchoes: Shadows of Valentia concept artwork
  2. ↑"Jedah: Pathetic… Pathetic! A Rigelian Knight, the emperor's sworn defender, scurrying away like a rat? My arcanists would never have painted so sorry a picture…
    Massena: Hold your tongue, Master Jedah.    " — Jedah and Massenah,Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Playable charactersAlm •Atlas •Boey •Catria •Celica •Clair •Clive •Deen •Delthea •Est •Forsyth •Genny •Gray •Jesse •Kamui •Kliff •Leon •Lukas •Luthier •Mae •Mathilda •Mycen •Nomah •Palla •Python •Saber •Silque •Sonya •Tatiana •Tobin •Valbar •Zeke
Non-playable charactersHalcyon •Irma •Massena
BossesAurum •Barth •Blake •Cerberus •Deen •Delthea •Desaix •Dolth •Duma •Garcia •Garth •Gazelle •Gharn •Grieth •Hades •Hestia •Jamil •Jedah •Jerome •Lawson •Magnus •Marla •Mikhail •Mueller •Naberius •Nuibaba •Rudolf •Shizas •Slayde •Sonya •Tatarrah •Wolff •Xaizor •Zakson •Zeke
Background charactersLima IV •Liprica •Mila
Personal weaponsFalchion •Royal Sword
Acts and BattlesAct 11:Ram Woods Battle • 2:Fleecer's Forest Battle • 3:Thieves' Shrine • 4:Storming of Ram Valley • 5:Attack on the Southern Outpost • 6:First Battle of Southern Zofia • 7:Second Battle of Southern Zofia • 8:Deliverance Hideout • 9:Liberation of Zofia Castle
Act 21:Skirmish • 2:First Pirate Raid • 3:Second Pirate Raid • 4:Assault on the Pirate Throne • 5:Third Pirate Raid • 6:Beast Hunt • 7:Seabound Shrine • 8:Fourth Pirate Raid • 9:Fifth Pirate Raid
Act 3Alm1:Northern Zofia Battle • 2:First Battle of Zofia Forest • 3:Forest Crossroads Battle • 4:Siege of Desaix's Fortress • 5:Second Battle of Zofia Forest • 6:Sylvan Shrine • 7:Forest Northside Battle • 8:Retaking of the Sluice Gate
Celica1:Zofian Coast Battle • 2:Skirmish • 3:Attack on the Desert Stronghold • 4N:Northern Desert Battle • 4S:Southern Desert Battle • 5:Attack on Grieth's Citadel • 6:Storming of the Valley Approach • 7:Dragon Shrine • 8:Liberation of the Temple of Mila
Act 4Alm1:Border Battle • 2:Rigel Forest Battle • 3:Fear Mountain Battle • 4:Fear Mountain Shrine • 5:Siege of Nuibaba's Abode • 6:Rigel Plains Battle • 7:Fight at the Dragon's Maw • 8:Rigel Falls Battle • 9:Secret Shrine • 10:Attack on the Last Bastion • 11:Attack on Rigel Castle
Celica1:Dead Man's Mire Battle • 2:Skirmish • 3:Attack on Dolth Keep • 4:Lost Treescape • 5:Storming of Duma Gate • 6:The Swamps of Duma Battle • 7:Duma Tower
Act 51:Duma Temple • 2:The Final Battle
LocationsValentia •Mila Shrines •Novis •Rigel (Fear Mountain Shrine •Lost Treescape •Duma Tower) •Zofia (Ram)
Groups, objects and conceptsDeliverance •Monsters
ListsActs •Characters •Classes (Class change) •Items •Scripts •Weapons
Related topicsManga adaptation •Name chart • Other games (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light •Awakening •Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) •Sound Test Mode •Timeline •Unused content •World map
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Playable charactersAlm's PartyAlm •Clair •Clive •Delthea •Faye •Forsyth •Gray •Kliff •Lukas •Luthier •Mathilda •Mycen •Python •Silque •Tatiana •Tobin •Zeke
Celica's PartyAtlas •Boey •Catria •Celica •Conrad •Deen •Est •Faye •Genny •Jesse •Kamui •Kliff •Leon •Mae •Nomah •Palla •Saber •Sonya •Valbar
DLCEmma •Randal •Shade •Yuzu
Non-playable charactersHalcyon •Irma •Massena •Mila •Peddlers
BossesArgentum •Aurum •Barth •Berkut •Blake •Brigand Boss •Cerberus •The Creation •Deen •Delthea •Desaix •Dolth •Duma •Fernand •Garth •Garcia •Gazelle •Gharn •Grieth •Hades •Hestia •Jamil •Jarth* •Jedah •Jerome •Lawson •Magnus •Marla •Mikhail •Mueller •Naberius •Nuibaba •Rinea •Rudolf •Slayde •Sonya •Tatarrah •Wolff •Xaizor •Zakson •Zeke
Background charactersForneus •Lima IV •Liprica •Shanty Pete
Legendary and personal weaponsBeloved Zofia •Falchion •Gradivus •Mercurius •Parthia •Royal Sword
Acts and BattlesPrologueAlm and Celica
Act 11:Ram Woods Battle • 2:Fleecer's Forest Battle • 3:Thieves' Shrine • 4:Storming of Ram Valley • 5:Attack on the Southern Outpost • 6:First Battle of Southern Zofia • 7:Second Battle of Southern Zofia • 8:Deliverance Hideout • 9:Liberation of Zofia Castle
Act 21:Skirmish • 2:First Pirate Raid • 3:Second Pirate Raid • 4:Assault on the Pirate Throne • 5:Third Pirate Raid • 6:Beast Hunt • 7:Seabound Shrine • 8:Fourth Pirate Raid • 9:Fifth Pirate Raid • 10:Zofia Castle Battle
Act 3Alm1:Northern Zofia Battle • 2:First Battle of Zofia Forest • 3:Forest Crossroads Battle • 4:Siege of Desaix's Fortress • 5:Second Battle of Zofia Forest • 6:Sylvan Shrine • 7:Forest Northside Battle • 8:Retaking of the Sluice Gate
Celica1:Zofian Coast Battle • 2:Skirmish • 3:Attack on the Desert Stronghold • 4N:Northern Desert Battle • 4S:Southern Desert Battle • 5:Attack on Grieth's Citadel • 6:Storming of the Valley Approach • 7:Dragon Shrine • 8:Liberation of the Temple of Mila
Act 4Alm1:Border Battle • 2:Rigel Forest Battle • 3:Fear Mountain Battle • 4:Fear Mountain Shrine • 5:Siege of Nuibaba's Abode • 6:Rigel Plains Battle • 7:Fight at the Dragon's Maw • 8:Rigel Falls Battle • 9:Secret Shrine • 10:Attack on the Last Bastion • 11:Attack on Rigel Castle
Celica1:Dead Man's Mire Battle • 2:Skirmish • 3:Attack on Dolth Keep • 4:Lost Treescape • 5:Storming of Duma Gate • 6:The Swamps of Duma Battle • 7:Duma Tower
Act 51:Duma Temple • 2:The Final Battle
Act 61:Archanea Seaway 2 Battle • 2:Archanea Seaway 4 Battle • 3:Archanea Seaway 6 Battle • 4:Thabes Labyrinth
amiiboDuma's Ordeals •Mila's Ordeals
DLCThe Astral Temple •The Inner Sanctum •Band of Bandages •Lords of the Grave •Wretches and Riches •Wealth Before Health •Altar of the Destrier •Altar of the Titan •Altar of the Skylord •Altar of the Sorceress •Altar of the Faerie •Altar of the Ogre •Altar of the Marksman •Altar of the Savant •Altar of the Queen •Altar of the King • 1:Battle of Zofia Harbor • 2:Outpost Rescue • 3:Flight from the Ruins • 4:Siege of Zofia Castle •Cipher Legends I •Cipher Legends II •Mila's Bounty 1 •Mila's Bounty 2 •Mila's Bounty 3 •Mila's Bounty 4 •Mila's Bounty 5
LocationsValentia •Rigel (Fear Mountain Shrine •Secret Shrine •Lost Treescape •Duma Tower •Duma Temple) •Zofia (Deliverance Hideout •Dragon Shrine •Novis •Ram •Sylvan Shrine •Temple of Mila •Seabound Shrine •Thieves' Shrine) •Archanea •Thabes
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ListsBase conversations •Acts •Characters •Classes (Class change) •Items •Scripts •Sidequests •Skills •Supports •Weapons
Related topicsAncient Letters •Minor characters •Name chart •Downloadable content • Other games (Gaiden •Shadow Dragon •New Mystery of the Emblem •Awakening) •Pre-release information (Unused content) •Sound Test •Theater •Timeline •World map