Wallace (Japanese:ワレスWallece) is a character inFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. Initially a retired knight in service toCaelin, Wallace later becomes a traveling mercenary after his adventures withLyn.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Pre-game

Wallace was born in Caelin, Lycia, and as such, he attempted to become a full-out knight of Caelin at a young age. Despite this, Wallace was a thin and weak child, and other squires bullied him, often by calling him a girl. In this time, however, Wallace eventually met a new teacher who helped in his training, leading to him becoming one of the best knights in Caelin's employ; this teacher also taught Wallace one of the most important lessons in life: use his fighting skills not for evil, but for the sake of the people. Wallace does not know what became of this teacher, but upon rejoining Eliwood's or Hector's army, he comes across afigure who bears an uncanny resemblance to him, as well as his name.

Despite declaring loyalty to Caelin, Wallace had previously intentionally refused to follow orders declared by LordHausen; one of these events occurred when he was assigned to prevent Madelyn and Hassar from fleeing to Sacae. While Wallace did eventually catch up to them, he elected to leave the pair alone, claiming that the duo eluded him when he reported to Hausen. While he ended up getting locked in a dungeon for six months, he did not regret his decision.

In-game

While he continued to work with Caelin, including training a youngKent andSain, Wallace later retired from his work and elected to become a farmer. UponLundgren's attempts to seize control of Caelin, Wallace was later ordered out of retirement to capture "impostors" to the throne. Wallace then first appears inChapter 9, confronting the supposed "impostor". Upon finding that this impostor is none other than the daughter of the couple Wallace had previously let go, he elects to fight for Lyn instead of Lundgren; in addition, Wallace refuses to believe Lyn could be lying about her past, saying that not only are her eyes truthful, but that the proud nomads of Sacae never tell lies.

After the defeat of Lundgren, Wallace begins to attempt to explore the lands of Elibe, his lust for battle renewed. Owing to his poor sense of direction, however, Wallace is not seen by the people of Caelin for over a year.

One year after he helped Lyn to regain control of Caelin, Wallace shows up by sheer chance in Bern at the same time that Eliwood and Hector's forces, along with some of Lyn's own forces, begin an assault on members of the Black Fang; initially joining the fray because he believed the Black Fang were "cowards" for attacking using the guise offog, he joins the main lords's cause upon learning that his former comrades are part of their fighting force. While initially claiming that he showed up in Bern because he got lost, an A support with Lyn later reveals he actually traveled up the mountains of Bern in order to destroy the hideout of theTaliver Bandits that had killed Lyn's tribe; when confronted by Lyn over this decision, Wallace claimed he did so in order to prevent Lyn's hatred of them from corrupting her.

Post-game

After the battle against Nergal, Wallace again resumes wandering the land, though this time with plans to return to Caelin. Again, he loses his way and instead ends up inIlia. Deciding he has had enough adventures, he elects to return to farming, this time on the cold soil of the land.

Starting stats and growth rates

Lyn's taleEliwood/Hector's tales

Knight Level 12 Affinity

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General Level 1 Affinity

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Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
General	+4	+2	+2	+3	+0	+2	+3	+2	+1	+ 30,

Analysis

Wallace's effectiveness in-game and in all three available stories (Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector) varies strongly on how the player uses him, and what type of playthrough the player has performed. In Lyn's tale, Wallace acts as aGotoh for inexperienced players, due to his high defense and offenses, as well as being at a higher level than most available characters. He will take no damage from the majority of enemies, with only two generic enemies, a Mage and a Shaman, being able to damage him at all.

In Eliwood's and Hector's stories, Wallace joins with poor bases, especially his 8 base speed. While he can be trained in Lyn Hard Mode, his high level means he will only gain a few levels at most, and his low speed growth means he will only gain a few points of speed at most. He also has poor mobility thanks to his class, and his high constitution makes him hard to rescue drop around. The only thing he is good at is at blocking off enemies at a choke point, however, there are only a few times where this is wanted, and his poor speed and resistance mean he is not that amazing at even this, andHector andOswin are also capable of this.

One last note is that if Wallace dies in Lyn mode, he will join as a General regardless of if he was promoted. Killing Wallace is not an easy task, however, as onlyLundgren and a single Shaman will deal any meaningful damage to him.

Comparison to Geitz

Owing to the fact that the player can only get eitherGeitz or Wallace in one playthrough, there exists a choice that the player must make. UnlikeHarken andKarel, however, there player cannot make a choice when the chapter begins; rather, the criterion for getting either varies with the previous chapters. As the chapter with Geitz requires all the player's lords to have an average level of around 16 to 17, Wallace is considered more practical to get, as making the lords have high levels at that point in the game is considered counterproductive due to their promotions still being far off, especially in the case of the main lord of the story.

Complicating the comparison between Geitz and Wallace is Lyn's tale; while Geitz will always appear as a prepromote, Wallace can appear as an ordinary knight, thus allowing for more improvement than Geitz. However, Geitz has much better base stats in every area besides defense and is in a better class, so even with the possibility of training Geitz will be the better unit.

Personality

Due to being a former knight looking to rekindle his old days of glory, Wallace comes across as a brash and confident man interested in battle and teaching those more inexperienced than him; as a knight, he is well-known among Caelin's recruits for his work "Manual of Knightly Prowess", a fact that he points out to both Lyn andVaida, and whatWil originally refers to him as. In addition, Wallace frequently tries to prove his prowess as a teacher to other characters; with Wil, he tries to make the archer more powerful similar to his companions Kent and Sain, and when Lyn speaks about how some recruits of Caelin are unable to complete one objective of the guide, Wallace lambasts these recruits, under the claim that even defying one guideline of his work would be tantamount to ignoring the entire tome.

Wallace is also highly competitive; in both of his appearances in the game, Wallace is put into action not only for an interest in help the lords, but to also help himself get back into the fray of war: in Lyn's tale, he elects to fight with Lyn not only to help save Caelin, but to also rekindle his fighting prowess, and in Eliwood and Hector's stories, he joins the battle the lords are in in order to cover for the sneak attacks of the Black Fang from the fog. In addition, with his supports with the wyvern lord Vaida, the two end up attempting to prove their superiority in combat against each other, culminating in two duels with neither emerging as the clear victor; Wallace himself notes that "No knight of Caelin runs from danger!!".

Supports

Main article:Wallace/Supports

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Endings

Lyn's tale

Wallace, the Caelin General
For Wallace, Lyn's struggle only whets his appetite for battle. He sets off in search of a cause worthy of his blade. He lacks any sense of direction, so it may be years before he returns.

Wallace, the Caelin General (if Wallace was defeated)
Wounded in battle, Wallace realizes he is past his prime. With some sadness, he returns to his simple farmer's life.

Eliwood/Hector's tale

Wallace, Crag of Caelin
Wallace intended to return to Caelin, but he got lost and ended up in Ilia. He now spends his days tilling the frozen soil.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Defeat quotes

Final Chapter: Light quote

Battle History quotes

Tactician quotes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Wallace's official artwork fromThe Blazing Blade can be viewed inPath of Radiance's extras menu if a copy ofThe Blazing Blade is connected to a copy ofPath of Radiance.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Wallace is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Wallace
	Crag of Caelin, Wallace
		"You are Lady Lyndis of Caelin! Anything for you. I, General Wallace, will lay low every foe you face!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: General		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Knight Crest:[Activate] [] Choose 1 "Wallace" from your Retreat Area, and stack it on top of this unit to Class Change him. "If you're not afraid to die, show yourselves!":[Trigger] When this unit Class Changes, then until the end of your opponent's next turn, this unit gains +50 attack. Armor Expertise:[Always] If this unit is being attacked by a non-, this unit gains +20 attack.
	Card #B21-060HN • Artist:mineri
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Wallace.

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

374

Wallace The Blazing Blade

442

CYL 2 (2018)

442

Wallace The Blazing Blade

326 (−116)

CYL 3 (2019)

429 (+11)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

333 (+7)

CYL 4 (2020)

525 (+43)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

172 (−161)

CYL 5 (2021)

574 (+49)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

95 (−77)

CYL 6 (2022)

518 (−58)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

127 (+32)

CYL 7 (2023)

529 (+11)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

85 (−42)

CYL 8 (2024)

528 (−1)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

87 (+2)

CYL 9 (2025)

479 (−49)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

83 (−4)

CYL 10 (2026)

424 (−55)

Wallace The Blazing Blade

74 (−9)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	1,824

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Knight General Lance Lance Basic axe Ranged axe

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Wallace fromThe Blazing Blade.

CG images

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  CG image featuring Wallace inThe Blazing Blade.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Wallace.

References

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