Fir

"I've also been training my sword skills, and I've won at many arenas around the continent. You don't have to go easy on me!"

- Fir to Rutger in a support conversation

A young myrmidon in Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi, Fir (フィル Firu) is the daughter of Bartre and Karla, therefore being the niece of Karel as well. She travels around Elibe in an attempt to hone her skills and is often associated with the cavalier, Noah, training with him during the rebellion in Ostia. She is quite headstrong and exudes the same calmness and single-mindedness of purpose as her mother. In chapter 9, she carries a Wo Dao, an extremely rare sword in Elibe that Scott seeks to grab.

She can be recruited only by speaking to her with Noah. She makes a brief cameo appearance in chapter 17 of the Hasha no Tsurugi manga.

Background
Fir is the niece of Karel and daughter of Karla and Bartre, struggling to improve her skills in swordsmanship until she achieves the title of swordmaster in the footsteps of her late mother. As the rebellion against Lilina and Hector occurs in Ostia, she is oblivious to the turmoil while she trains with Noah in an arena. It isn’t until chapter nine that she joins Roy’s party, later learning that Noah has been in love with her since he first saw her through support conversations.

Supports

 * Noah
 * Rutger
 * Bartre
 * Shin
 * Karel

Initial Stats
|Myrmidon |Fire |1 |19 |6 |9 |10 |3 |3 |1 |? |? |sword - ? |?

Hard Mode Initial Stats
|Myrmidon |Fire |1 |24 |9 |12 |13 |6 |5 |3 |? |? |sword - ? |?

Growth Rates
|75% |25% |50% |55% |50% |15% |20%

Overall
Fir is one of the two Myrmidons who join, the other one being Rutger. Fir joins at Level 1, at a time when most of your characters will be Level 11+ and she is a fairly difficult character to train. A way to get around this is in the chapter you get her give her an iron sword or two and have her wait in the forest in the middle. The immense amount of pirates will all attack her with little to no chance of hitting her and will give easy experience. In contrast to Rutger, Fir puts more emphasis on Luck and Speed, and falls short in Strength and Defense (though they can be compensated with a good support, most commonly Noah.) As such, she usually ends up dodging more attacks than Rutger, but will have lower Strength and perform critical hits less often. She can become a powerful ally if trained, and could be used if Rutger has not been trained, or find Fir's higher luck rating better.

Possible Endings
Fir - Heir to the Sword Saint (『剣聖』をつぐ者 “Ken Kiyoshi” wo tsugu mono)


 * Fir set out again to travel around the world in training. Her name eventually spread throughout the continent as the next Sword Saint, and her legends were to be told for centuries to come.