Ralf (Japanese:ラルフRalf) is a minor playable character appearing inFire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is amercenary working to defend a remote village in the mountains from bandit raids. He also dislikes theGrannvale Empire and its presence inThracia.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Ralf is a playable character. InChapter 15, Ralf, along withAmalda, initially appear as NPC units near the church. He is recruited whentalked to byLeif; his recruitment will make Amalda move to escape.

Starting stats and growth rates

Mercenary Level 3 Action --

Recruitment:Chapter 15,talk withLeif StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 38 Speed 14 Strength 12 Luck 6 Magic 1 Defense 9 Skill 12 Constitution 14 Movement 6 FCM 1 Max HP 60% Speed 20% Strength 35% Luck 15% Magic 5% Defense 35% Skill 30% Constitution 35% Movement 1% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Hand Axe Iron Blade -- Weapon Levels A -- C (+40) -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Supports

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Analysis

Ralf joins with good base stats (apart from magic), an A-rank in swords, and a C-rank in axes. His C-rank in axes is deceptive – he has 40 weapon experience, so a couple of axe swings will get him to B-rank. There are no A-rank axes in Thracia 776, so B-rank is enough to use every non-personal axe in the game. TheMaster Axe is especially notable as it gives him a decent 1-2 range option. This makes Ralf a good combat unit with no investment. Ralf's growth rates are unimpressive, but his base stats are enough for the remainder of the game.

Ralf has no special traits to speak of - he is a good filler unit with solid stats who joins halfway throughThracia. While he has no utility outside of combat, he is good at what he does.

Personality

Ralf has very little dialogue for a playable character. Regardless, he is shown to be a generous individual; he works to defend a village in the mountains from roaming brigands; he does so only in exchange for somewhere to sleep.^[1] He is unwilling to accept pay from the villagers as they already have virtually nothing.^[2] WhenLeif's forces arrive duringChapter 15 and assist him in defeating the bandits he offers to join Leif's cause purely to fight against theGrannvale empire.^[3]

Endings

Ralf, Wandering Mercenary
Putting down his sword, Ralf took up farming to help rebuild Thracia's trampled lands. Nothing else about him remains in the records.

Quotes

Death quotes

Escape quotes

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

727

Ralf Thracia 776

53

CYL 2 (2018)

731

Ralf Thracia 776

48 (−5)

CYL 3 (2019)

634 (−3)

Ralf Thracia 776

55 (+7)

CYL 4 (2020)

672 (−11)

Ralf Thracia 776

65 (+10)

CYL 5 (2021)

673 (+1)

Ralf Thracia 776

52 (−13)

CYL 6 (2022)

625 (−50)

Ralf Thracia 776

74 (+22)

CYL 7 (2023)

649 (+24)

Ralf Thracia 776

48 (−26)

CYL 8 (2024)

714 (+65)

Ralf Thracia 776

37 (−11)

CYL 9 (2025)

729 (+15)

Ralf Thracia 776

29 (−8)

CYL 10 (2026)

618 (−111)

Ralf Thracia 776

35 (+6)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	496

Trivia

• According toThracia 776's website, Ralf was designed to look 30 years old.^[4]
• Ralf is programmed to be able to promote into a Mercenary with aKnight Proof, however, this is impossible to see in normal gameplay, as the game prevents a unit from promoting into the same class. No other pre-promoted unit has this distinction.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Mercenary Sword (Iron Blade) Axe (Hand Axe)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Ralf fromThracia 776.
• 
  Artwork of Ralf 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.