This article is about the character from the Archanea games. For other uses, seeTomas (disambiguation).

Tomas (Japanese:トーマスThormas) is a knight of theHoly Kingdom of Archanea. He was one of the retinue of knights who assisted in PrincessNyna's doomed escape attempt fromPales at the onset of theWar of Shadows, and was captured and imprisoned for the rest of the war, until Nyna returned withMarth's forces to reclaim Pales.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Role

Tomas was imprisoned withBoah,Midia,Macellan, andDolph, in a cell inPales under the occupation ofVolzhin and the forces ofDolhr. DuringMarth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Tomas and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 8 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment:Chapter 12, automatically from turn 1 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 20 Speed 5 Strength 7 Luck 4 Skill 6 Defense 6 W. Level 9 Resistance 0 Max HP 50% Speed 30% Strength 20% Luck 10% Skill 20% Defense 10% W. Level 50% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✓ Tome ✗ Staff ✗ Ballista ✗ Stone ✗

Promotion stat gains

• InShadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, promotion gains consist on giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class' base stats. If the character's stats are higher than their promoted class's base stats, they will not receive any bonus.

Analysis

Tomas joins in chapter 12 as a level 8 archer, and he joins with abysmal stats. If you have trained up and consistently usedGordin by this point in the game he will likely have surpassed Tomas, andJeorge, who joins 3 chapters earlier as a sniper, also has mostly better stats, and Tomas's growth rates aren't particularly stronger than those two units. Thankfully, Tomas is only 2 levels away from a promotion to sniper, and theOrion's Bolt required to promote archers is acquired in the same chapter Tomas joins. If you can grind Tomas for a couple of levels, he quickly is able to reach about the same level as Jeorge. Of course, since Tomas has the worst availability of these three archers, if you have used Jeorge up until that point he will still surpass Tomas even if Tomas promotes. Also, archers inShadow Dragon & the Blade of Light are generally not good enough to justify using multiple snipers over stronger potential units, and if you want to use a bow unit, the horsemanWolf as well as Jeorge are better in almost every way and both join earlier than Tomas. If you have lost some of your stronger units, Tomas can be used as a replacement unit, but otherwise it is hard to justify using him over other stronger units.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Role

As inShadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Tomas was imprisoned withBoah,Midia,Macellan andDolph, in a cell inPales under the occupation ofVolzhin and the forces ofDolhr. DuringMarth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Tomas and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 8 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment:Chapter 10, automatically from turn 1 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 20 Luck 4 Strength 7 W. Level 9 Skill 6 Defense 6 Speed 5 Resistance 0 Max HP 50% Luck 10% Strength 20% W. Level 50% Skill 20% Defense 10% Speed 30% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items -- -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✓ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Promotion stat gains

InMystery of the Emblem, promotion gains for HP and weapon level consist of giving the character as many points as necessary—thex value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class's base value. If the character's value for one of those two stats is higher than their promoted class's base value, they will not receive any bonus in that stat.

Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga

Role

When the army of Dolhr came to lay siege to Pales at the onset of the War of Shadows, Tomas was part of the band of knights convened by Boah to lead Princess Nyna to safety. The group was instead cornered by Dolhr's forces and was forced to try and fight its way out. In the end, they were defeated and captured upon the arrival ofCamus, and were imprisoned in the palace, where they remained for three years until Marth arrived with Nyna.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 1 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment:Episode I, automatically from the start StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 20 Luck 4 Strength 7 W. Level 9 Skill 6 Defense 6 Speed 5 Resistance 0 Max HP 50% Luck 10% Strength 20% W. Level 50% Skill 20% Defense 10% Speed 30% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items Killer Bow Iron Bow -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✓ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Role

As inShadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Tomas was imprisoned withBoah,Midia,Macellan andDolph, in a cell inPales under the occupation ofVolzhin and the forces ofDolhr. DuringMarth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Tomas and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 8 Movement 5

Recruitment:Chapter 12, automatically from turn 1 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 22 Speed 5 Strength 7 Luck 4 Magic 0 Defense 6 Skill 6 Resistance 0 Max HP 65% Speed 50% Strength 25% Luck 25% Magic 0% Defense 10% Skill 30% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory -- Weapon Levels -- -- -- C -- --

Growth rates when reclassed

Promotion stat gains

ArcherCurateCavalierMageMyrmidon

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+8	+2	+1	+5	+5	+0	+1	+3	+2	+75 WEXP

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Bishop	+6	+1	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0	+3	+1	E +30 WEXP

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Paladin	+4	+2	+1	+3	+1	+0	+1	+6	+1	--

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sage	+6	+3	+1	+1	+1	+0	+1	+2	+0	+30 WEXP E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Swordmaster	+6	+2	+1	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	+75 WEXP

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Analysis

Tomas joins in Chapter 12 ofShadow Dragon as a level 8Archer with a base C rank in bows, which allows him to use theKiller Bow at base. He is available much later thanGordin andCastor, and he joins unpromoted, unlikeJeorge. His base stats are all unimpressive; in higher difficulties, he gets doubled and one-rounded by most enemies, making it difficult to engage in combat with him.

Tomas's stats will be better than Gordin's and Jeorge's on average in the long term, but training him does not have significant returns; he cannot counter enemies at 1-range and struggles to gainexperience in higher difficulties. Tomas requires only two levels to reach level 10 and promote, but many units compete for theMaster Seal and many better options for promotion exist.

Reclassing is not very beneficial for Tomas, since his personal bases are all quite low, and he cannot take advantage of his C bow rank as any class without access to bows. It is best to keep him as anArcher before promotion; after promotion,Sniper has C bows, and can use theLongbow.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Role

When Marth's army travelled toGra after recovering Altea, Tomas was there residing in a village. He offered his services to Marth, joining his army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Main StoryExtra chapters

Sniper Level 1 Movement 7

Recruitment:Chapter 17, visit easternvillage StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 29 Speed 13 Strength 12 Luck 9 Magic 1 Defense 12 Skill 10 Resistance 3 Max HP 90% Speed 70% Strength 65% Luck 50% Magic 0% Defense 30% Skill 70% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Silver Bow Killer Bow Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- -- -- B -- --

Archer Level 1 Movement 5

Recruitment:New Archanea Saga Episode I, automatically from the start StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 20 Speed 5 Strength 7 Luck 4 Magic 0 Defense 6 Skill 6 Resistance 0 Max HP 90% Speed 70% Strength 65% Luck 50% Magic 0% Defense 30% Skill 70% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Bow Iron Bow Weapon Levels -- -- -- D -- --

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Growth rates when reclassed

Original set

Second set

These classes are only available after beating Hard Mode.

Analysis

Tomas is a very impressive unit, not because of his usefulness, but because of the fact that he joins fairly late into the game he somehow comes with a worse bow rank and worse bases than Jeorge who joined far earlier. As such Tomas has practically nothing to offer aside form his useful weapons, which can be crucial in dealing damage to the enemy wyverns in his joining chapter and he can even OHKO them in some lower difficulties, his growths are overall fantastic, but they don't make up for his awful bases. You will likely find a far more useful sniper in Jeorge, Gordin and Ryan as well and any reclassed character to sniper as Tomas is easily outclassed in most important areas by most characters.

Personality

Tomas' personality receives almost no exploration inFire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remakes and sequels. However, his death quotes imply he is strongly loyal to PrincessNyna.Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem gives slightly more insight into his character; he has a strong enough sense of justice to desertHardin when he becomes a tyrant, he enjoys archery, and he is somewhat childish.

Supports

Mystery of the Emblem

Tomas Archer Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} Supported by: None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}}

Shadow Dragon

Tomas Archer Mutual supports: Midia Paladin C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 Macellan Knight C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 Dolph Knight C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Boah Bishop C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co2}}} B: {{{bo2}}} A: {{{ao2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co3}}} B: {{{bo3}}} A: {{{ao3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

New Mystery of the Emblem

Tomas Sniper Mutual supports: Macellan General C: 3 B: 6 A: -- Dolph General C: 3 B: 6 A: -- Midia Paladin C: 2 B: 4 A: -- [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Kris Mercenary C: 3 B: 6 A: -- [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co2}}} B: {{{bo2}}} A: {{{ao2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co3}}} B: {{{bo3}}} A: {{{ao3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

Base conversations

Main article:Tomas (Shadow Dragon)/Conversations

Endings

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Tomas
In search of a quiet life, returns home.

Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Tomas, Quiet Bow
No one knows what became of Tomas after the war, but some suggested he returned home to live in peace.

Shadow Dragon

Tomas - Quiet Bow
No one knows what became of Tomas after the war, but some suggested he returned home to live in peace.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Tomas - Quiet Bow
Tomas joined the watchmen, protecting the Archanean border. Rather than serve the military, he preferred to remain among the people.

Quotes

Death quotes

Everyone's Conditions quotes

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)	687	Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon	68
	718	Tomas Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem	57

CYL 2 (2018)	688 (+1)	Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon	68 (No change)
	767 (+49)	Tomas Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem	33 (−24)

CYL 3 (2019)

605 (+28)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

83 (−19)

CYL 4 (2020)

631 (−12)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

93 (+10)

CYL 5 (2021)

621 (−10)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

71 (−22)

CYL 6 (2022)

581 (−42)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

100 (+29)

CYL 7 (2023)

510 (−71)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

92 (−8)

CYL 8 (2024)

579 (+69)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

72 (−20)

CYL 9 (2025)

488 (−91)

Tomas Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light /Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem /New Mystery of the Emblem

81 (+9)

Total results		This character has 11 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	818

Trivia

• Tomas'Shadow Dragon incarnation is one of two characters to receive the exact same number of votes in both the2017 and2018 editions of theChoose Your Legends poll forFire Emblem Heroes, receiving 68 votes in both. The other character to do so isByron ofGenealogy of the Holy War.
• There is a second, unused portrait of Tomas inShadow Dragon that is slightly different than his used portrait. The unused file is named "TORMAS" while the used one is named "THORMAS".

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Archer Sniper Bow Bowgun Silver Bow Bow Bowgun/Silver Bow
Mystery of the Emblem Archer Sniper Bow Bow
Archanea Saga Archer
Shadow Dragon CavalierArcherMyrmidonMageCurateDracoknight Cavalier Paladin Sword Lance Sword Lance Archer Sniper Bow Bow Myrmidon Swordmaster Sword Sword Mage Sage Tome Tome,Staff Curate Bishop Staff Tome,Staff Dracoknight Lance Axe {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}
New Mystery of the Emblem PaladinDracoknightArcherSwordmasterSageBishopGeneralHeroWarriorHorsemanBerserkerSorcerer Paladin Sword Lance Dracoknight Lance Axe Archer Sniper Bow Bow Swordmaster Sword Sage Tome,Staff Bishop Tome,Staff General Lance Bow Hero Sword Axe Warrior Axe Bow Horseman Bow Sword Berserker Axe Sorcerer Tome {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Tomas from theTrading Card Game.

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  Artwork of Tomas 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.