InFire Emblem Fates, enemy units who arecaptured are sent asprisoners to the prison facility at the player'sMy Castle. The player canrecruit these units from the prison. Prisoner units can fulfill several uses, including helping to reinforce their army if they are missing proper units, giving access to unobtainable classes in the player's route, and giving the player a unit with access to uniqueskill combinations which ordinary playable units would otherwise not be able to easily obtain.

Overview

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Once the prison has been constructed,Orochi andNiles can use their personal skills,Capture andKidnap respectively, to send defeated units to the prison. After clearing the map, the prison can then be visited in My Castle to view the captured units. There are two ways of convincing prisoners to defect to the player's army: to spendresources to bribe them, or to have the current prison guard attempt to persuade them. Bribing works automatically, but persuasion may require multiple tries to succeed depending on how high the prisoner's stats are.

Prisoners behave asbonus units. They have no dialogue of their own, and unlike the bonus units ofAwakening, will not display dialogue boxes when they activate anevent tile. However their portrait's expression changes during a level up depending on their stat gains; for example, they smile enthusiastically on a great level up, and wince when receiving a bad level up. They also cannot formsupport relationships, although they can participate inpairing up, and they are not mentioned in the epilogue's character endings. Like other bonus units, prisoner units can have their current stats saved to the Unit Logbook and can be re-bought later in other save files. They have a specific section of the Logbook dedicated to them, which can save a maximum of 100 prisoner units. A prisoner's Logbook entry can be updated at any time to reflect any changes made to their stats, and entries can also be removed or locked to prevent automatic overwrites.

Generic prisoner units retain the same portrait and battle model that they had as enemies, with the exception ofOutlaws, whose hoods will be lowered once they have been recruited, likeNiles. Uponchanging class, they keep their original portrait but use the head model of their new class. For example, a genericFighter will keep his brunette, helmetless portrait, but will have a grey haired, helmeted model if promoted toHero. The capturable bosses retain their own portraits and appearances when converted into the player army, including head models.

Stats

Main article:Prisoner/Stats

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• Class: Prisoners retain their original class. If they are in a base class, they can bepromoted normally usingMaster Seals. The onlyreclass option available to them is the alternate promotion of their base class, if they are promoted, so they cannot useHeart Seals if they are unpromoted. However, prisoners are allowed to use items such as theWitch's Mark andSighting Lens to reclass into specific gender-compatible classes. The exception to this isCandace, who cannot reclass at all.

Several promoted classes can promote from more than one potential base class, leaving some ambiguity as to which base class captured generics of these classes are regarded as having promoted from for the purposes of reclassing andskill-learning. Below is a table of which unpromoted classes are assigned to each of the promoted classes that have multiple possible options.

Promoted generic class sets

Starting Class	Heart Seal Class	Unpromoted Class
Great Knight	General	Knight
Hero	Bow Knight	Mercenary
Bow Knight	Hero	Mercenary
Master of Arms	Swordmaster	Samurai
Basara	Spear Master	Spear Fighter
Onmyoji	Basara	Diviner
Kinshi Knight	Falcon Knight	Sky Knight
Mechanist	Master Ninja	Ninja
Merchant	Mechanist	Apothecary

• Stats: Prisoners retain their original stats without changes after conversion into the player army. This means that prisoners captured on higher difficulties will be stronger than those captured in lower difficulties.
• Maximum stats: Boss units have unique max stat modifiers like regular playable characters do. Generic units have no negative or positive stat modifiers, so their maximum stats are just the standard maximums for their current class.
• Growth rates: Both generic and boss units have their own personal growth rates. For generic units, their personal growths are dependent on the class they were captured in, disregarding any potential future class changes. SeePrisoner/Stats for their exact growths.
• Inventory: Prisoners do not retain theirinventory from before their capture.
• Skills: Prisoners retain allskills when recruited, with the exception of enemy exclusive skills, which either disappear or are downgraded into regular skills. Skills that are unusual for a class but aren't enemy-exclusive will remain, such as an enemyArcher retainingCounter after conversion into the player army. If they do not currently know any of their class line's skills, they will learn them normally when leveling up. The following skills are designated as enemy-only and will be removed when a prisoner is recruited:
  • Dragonskin
  • Void Curse
  • Staff Savant
  • Divine Shield
  • Resist Status
  • Immune Status
  • Hit/Avo +10
  • Hit/Avo +20
  • Immobilize
  • Self-Destruct
  • Inevitable End
  • Winged Shield

Compatible enemy units

All generic human enemies in the main campaigns are able to be captured and recruited, including members of the otherwise enemy-onlyLancer class. Non-human units cannot be captured at all; this includes both members of non-human classes (Faceless,Stoneborn,Kitsune,Nine-Tails,Wolfskin,Wolfssegners), andVallite and Illusion soldiers.

Only thirteen bosses are capturable and recruitable, most of them coming fromparalogues. All other bosses cannot be captured. These thirteen are:

Names

There are 137 possible names for generic prisoner units, which are assigned to them once they enter the prison. The names are assigned to units based on their gender and nation of origin, and are divided into five sets: Hoshidan men, Nohrian men, Hoshidan women, Nohrian women, and Einherjar names. The capturable bosses retain their own names once imprisoned.

Hoshidan men

Nohrian men

Hoshidan women

Nohrian women

Einherjar

These names are used for the generic units that can be bought in thecastle's Einherjar Shop. The first nine are Hoshidan, and the last eight are Nohrian.

Trivia

• Like theNintendo DS-erareplacement units, some prisoner names are (probably accidentally) shared with other characters in theFire Emblem series.
  • In the Japanese version, the Nohrian male nameFels (フェルスFerusu) is shared withPheros fromAwakening.
  • The last eight Einherjar names in Japanese and Spanish (the German numbers one to eight in the Japanese version; and the Latin names of animals of the Chinese zodiac in the Spanish version) are shared with the first eightDeadlords, though the Japanese version spellsSieben slightly differently (ズィーベンZīben inFates viceズイーベンZuīben for the Deadlord).
  • The Nohrian prisoner names are shared with the first eight replacement units fromShadow Dragon in both English and Japanese.
  • In the English version, the namesStefan,Bertram,Roland,Astrid,Ursula, andNina are all reused.Nina uniquely is used by a character inFates.
    • The namesHilda,Reinhard, andStella (Astrid's Japanese name) also appear, though they had not been used in any English localization at the time.
• Villagers have data for being captured, and their own personal growth rate, but as enemy villagers are only found in the arena or as Vallites, they cannot be captured in-game.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

References

See also

• Bonus unit
• Replacement unit

Fire Emblem Fates

Playable characters Birthright Asugi •Azama •Azura •Caeldori •Corrin •Dwyer •Felicia •Hana •Hayato •Hinata •Hinoka •Hisame •Izana •Jakob •Kaden •Kagero •Kana •Kaze •Kiragi •Midori •Mitama •Mozu •Oboro •Orochi •Reina •Rhajat •Rinkah •Ryoma •Saizo •Sakura •Scarlet •Selkie •Setsuna •Shigure •Shiro •Shura •Silas •Sophie •Subaki •Takumi •Yukimura Conquest Arthur •Azura •Benny •Beruka •Camilla •Charlotte •Corrin •Dwyer •Effie •Elise •Felicia •Flora •Forrest •Gunter •Ignatius •Izana •Jakob •Kana •Kaze •Keaton •Laslow •Leo •Midori •Mozu •Niles •Nina •Nyx •Odin •Ophelia •Percy •Peri •Selena •Shigure •Shura •Siegbert •Silas •Soleil •Sophie •Velouria •Xander Revelation Arthur •Asugi •Azama •Azura •Benny •Beruka •Caeldori •Camilla •Charlotte •Corrin •Dwyer •Effie •Elise •Felicia •Flora •Forrest •Fuga •Gunter •Hana •Hayato •Hinata •Hinoka •Hisame •Ignatius •Jakob •Kaden •Kagero •Kana •Kaze •Keaton •Kiragi •Laslow •Leo •Midori •Mitama •Mozu •Niles •Nina •Nyx •Oboro •Odin •Ophelia •Orochi •Percy •Peri •Reina •Rhajat •Rinkah •Ryoma •Saizo •Sakura •Scarlet •Selena •Selkie •Setsuna •Shigure •Shiro •Shura •Siegbert •Silas •Soleil •Sophie •Subaki •Takumi •Velouria •Xander DLC Anna amiibo Ike •Lucina •Marth •Robin Non-playable characters Cassita •Layla •Lilith •Rainbow Sage Bosses Anankos •Anthony •Arete •Candace •Daichi •Daniela •Funke •Garon •Gazak •Haitaka •Hans •Iago •Kilma •Kotaro •Kumagera •Llewelyn •Lloyd •Mikoto •Nichol •Omozu •Senno •Sumeragi •Takumi •Tarba •Zhara •Zola Background characters Cadros •Ikona •Katerina •Moro •Shanty Pete Legendary andpersonal weapons Astral Blessing •Aurgelmir •Bifröst •Bölverk •Brynhildr •Chakram •Excalibur •Fujin Yumi •Ganglari •Hagakure Blade •Missiletainn •Pursuer •Raijinto •Siegfried •Skadi •Waterwheel •Yato Chapters Prologue P:Ties That Bind • 1:Nohr • 2:Gift of Ganglari • 3:Journey Begins • 4:Hoshido • 5:Mother • 6:The Path Is Yours Birthright 6:In the White Light • 7:A Vow Upheld • 8:Fierce Winds • 9:Land of Gods • 10:Ninja Village • 11:To the Sea • 12:Dark Reunion • 13:Another Hope • 14:Light Scatters • 15:Wolfskin Peak • 16:Pleasure Palace • 17:Lost in the Ice • 18:Leo • 19:Rainbow Sage • 20:Fort Dragonfall • 21:Burning Falls • 22:Hidden Capital • 23:Camilla • 24:Tears of a Dragon • 25:Traitor Revealed • 26:Xander • 27:King Garon •E:Dawn Breaks Conquest 6:Embrace the Dark • 7:A Dragon's Decree • 8:Cold Reception • 9:Another Trial • 10:Unhappy Reunion • 11:Rainbow Sage • 12:Bitter Intrigue • 13:Uprising • 14:Voice of Paradise • 15:The Black Pillar • 16:Invasion • 17:Den of Betrayal • 18:Black & White • 19:Kitsune Lair • 20:Winds of Change • 21:Eternal Stairway • 22:Sakura • 23:Possessed • 24:Hinoka • 25:Ryoma • 26:Treason • 27:The Empty King •E:Night Breaks Through Revelation 6:Into the Ground • 7:Unspeakable World • 8:Traitor's Brand • 9:Wanderer • 10:Voice of a God • 11:Mutual Enemies • 12:Frozen Sea • 13:A Lost Peace • 14:Orders • 15:Rainbow Sage • 16:White Flames • 17:Black Flames • 18:Veiled Kingdom • 19:Hidden Strings • 20:Seeds of Doubt • 21:Going Forward • 22:Memories • 23:Arete Undone • 24:Days Lost • 25:Blades Drawn • 26:The Vallite King • 27:Hear My Cry •E:Anankos Paralogues 1:Tragic Start • 2:Dragon Blood • 3:Surprise Duet • 4:Fight or Flight • 5:Bold Approach • 6:Herbal Remedy • 7:Father & Liege • 8:A Great Hunt • 9:Saizo vs. Saizo • 10:Hunter & Prey • 11:A Long Grudge • 12:Sweet Dreams • 13:Truly Talented • 14:After the End • 15:Hidden Bravery • 16:Abducted • 17:Two Defenders • 18:Nutty Family • 19:Great Heroism • 20:Ultimate Power • 21:Bright Smile • 22:Abrupt Clash Invasions :Invasion 1 •Invasion 2 •Invasion 3 •:Invasion 1 •Invasion 2 •Invasion 3 •:Invasion 1 •Invasion 2 •Invasion 3 DLC chapters Ghostly Gold •Boo Camp •Museum Melee •Beach Brawl •Royal Royale •Before Awakening •Hidden Truths 1 •Hidden Truths 2 •Vanguard Dawn •Anna on the Run •Ballistician Blitz •Witches' Trial •A Gift from Anna •Another Gift from Anna •I: In Endless Dreams •II: Realms Collide •III: The Changing Tide •IV: Light's Sacrifice •V: Endless Dawn •End: Lost in the Waves •Hoshidan Festival of Bonds •Nohrian Festival of Bonds Hero Battles Hero-King Marth •Radiant Hero Ike •Princess Lucina •Grandmaster Robin Locations Deeprealms (My Castle) •Hoshido (Flame Tribe •Izumo •Kohga •Mokushu •Wind Tribe) •Nohr (Dragon's Gate •Ice Tribe •Nestra) •Notre Sagesse •Valla (Bottomless Canyon) Groups, objects, and concepts Ancient Texts •Bond unit •Dragon Vein •Einherjar •My Castle •Prisoner Lists Chapters •Characters •Classes (Class change) •Items •Scripts •Skills •Supports •Weapons Related topics 4koma Comic & Character Guide Book •Crown of Nibelung •Downloadable content •Minor characters •Name chart • Other games (Awakening) •Pre-release information (Unused content) •Soundtrack •Theater •World map