Soan (pronounced /⁠ˈsoʊən⁠/^[key][1]; Japanese:ソーンSoan) was one of theThree Heroes of ancientTellius, and a direct ancestor of theBranded warriorStefan.

Biography

Soan was one of the strongest warriors in the service of the goddessAshera, and in the aftermath of theGreat Flood, he was chosen along withAltina andDheginsea to defeatYune after she was stripped from Ashera's being. To help her fight Yune, Ashera empowered Soan with a potent blessing, giving him the ability to pierce divine protection and harm Yune.^[2] However, after subduing Yune, Soan joined Altina andLehran in convincing Ashera to enter a covenant where, if humanity upheld a promise to not war for a millennium while the two goddesses slept, then Yune and Ashera would reunite. Soan pledged to achieve this on behalf of all beast tribe laguz.^[3]

In the first years of the era of the sleeping goddesses, Soan joined his friends Altina and Lehran in the new Kingdom ofBegnion, founded as a place where both laguz and beorc could co-exist inthe year -131. When Altina and Lehran conceived a child together, Soan and Dheginsea believed that the child would become a symbol of peace between the two races, until the pregnancy resulted in Lehran losing all of his laguz powers and retreating from society. Soan later succeeded Altina as the ruler of Begnion,^[4] and at some point had a child, whose lineage eventually resulted in theBrandedStefan, who became the leader of a Branded settlement in theGrann Desert.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Role

Soan appears in the background of the default title screen ofRadiant Dawn, along withAltina andDheginsea. While he does not have a speaking role, he is stated by other characters as being present in the flashback scenes in thethe fourth andthe fifth parts of the Part IV, Endgame.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Soan is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

The below card's epithet is still in raw, untranslated Japanese; it needs translation.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Soan
	無双なる獅子戦士, Soan
		"When Ashera set out to defeat me, she gathered her strongest warriors: the swordswoman Altina, the laguz warrior Soan, and Dheginsea, king of the dragon tribe. I failed then..."
		Attack: 100	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 6
		Class: Beast tribe		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Paw of the Divine Charge:[Activate][Once per turn] Move this unit. This skill is only usable if this unit is untapped. Jade Mane:[Activate][Once per turn] Choose up to 2 other allies. Until the end of the turn, the chosen allies gain +30 attack. ( becomes usable if a total of 2 or more cards are stacked with this unit.)
	Card #B20-095HN • Artist:Daisuke Izuka
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Soan .

Trivia

• In the English version ofRadiant Dawn, the Three Heroes's Introduction page erroneously states that Soan became the second king of the beast tribe laguz. In actuality, Soan became the second king of Begnion. This error was not present in the Japanese version.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Soan fromRadiant Dawn.

Heroes artwork

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  Soan in artwork ofAltina: Dawn's Trueblade.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Soan withDheginsea andAltina.
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  Soan in artwork of Dheginsea.
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  Soan in artwork of Altina.
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  Celebratory artwork of theThree Heroes forCipher's fourth anniversary, drawn byDaisuke Izuka.

References

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