Arthur (Fates)

Not to be confused with Artur, a character from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones; or Arthur, a character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

"There's nothing to fear, Arthur is here! The allies of justice have arrived!"

- Arthur

Arthur (ハロルド Harorudo, Harold in the Japanese version) is a playable character in Fire Emblem Fates and an ally on the Conquest and Revelation route. He is voiced by Riki Kitazawa in the Japanese version and by Cam Clarke in the English version.

Profile
Arthur is Elise's subordinate. He fights fully believing himself to be a "Hero of Justice", with his only flaw being his incredibly poor luck. If he achieves an S-Support, he will have a son named Percy.

Conquest
Arthur first appears in Chapter 7 with Effie to assist the Avatar. The two appear on turn 3, and when Arthur appears, he apologizes to the Avatar for being late, as while navigating the swamps, he fell into a hole and a bird stole his map. He took out his backup map, but another bird stole the map, forcing the two of them to wander around without any sort of navigation.

Birthright
Arthur appears in Chapter 23 along with Effie while searching for Elise. They spot her with the Hoshidans and believe that they have kidnapped her, and decide to report it to Camilla. During the battle, Elise advises the Avatar to talk with either him or Effie. If the Avatar talks to either one, Elise will tell them that she is with the Avatar and that they mean no harm. Both will follow Elise's orders, although they will tell her that Camilla's soldiers will not and decide to fight them instead.

It is unknown what happens to him if he survives the battle.

Personality
Despite having the worst luck out of everyone in the army, as a "Hero of Justice", he has an optimistic view on things and does good acts for people in need. However, his poor luck causes his good intentions to go horribly wrong, shown throughout many of his supports. Despite this, he is used to this bad luck, as a support with Felicia show that while he was teaching her how to not spill water, a banana peel and a swarm of mosquitoes appeared out of nowhere.

Arthur's support with Azura reveals that he grew up as a commoner in Nohr to parents who taught him that justice was acting on what his heart told him to do. He met Azura as a child when she ran away from being mistreated in the castle, and subsequently stood up for her and got punished when the guards came to take her back. Since that time, he studied martial arts and decided he wanted to protect people on the streets from injustice.

He is the most flashy when falling down out of everyone in the army. His birthday is January 14th.

Base Stats

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Standard Sets

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Friendship Sets

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Partner Sets

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Special Classes

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Growth Rates
◾ Note: Growth Rates are based on the character in their starting class
 * 70%
 * 65%
 * 0%
 * 70%
 * 50%
 * 10%
 * 50%
 * 20%
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◾ Note: Growth Rates as a Berserker
 * 80%
 * 70%
 * 0%
 * 70%
 * 50%
 * 5%
 * 45%
 * 20%
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◾ Note: Growth Rates as a Hero
 * 70%
 * 60%
 * 0%
 * 75%
 * 50%
 * 10%
 * 55%
 * 20%
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Supports
Romantic Supports Other Supports
 * The Avatar (Female)
 * Camilla
 * Elise
 * Effie
 * Peri
 * Beruka
 * Selena
 * Nyx
 * Charlotte
 * Felicia
 * Mozu
 * Azura
 * Setsuna (Revelation only)
 * Kagero (Revelation only)
 * The Avatar (Male)
 * Benny
 * Keaton
 * Niles
 * Azama (Revelation only)
 * Percy
 * Shigure (If Arthur is his father)
 * Kana (if Arthur is his father)

Base Class
Arthur can be an incredibly risky unit to use on the front lines. While his growths in every other stat are respectable enough, his Luck, in both his starting stats and his growth rates, are horrendous. It is very likely that the player will never see his Luck increase without using Goddess Icons on him, and even after the fact is the issue of Arthur by fact of his personal skill having -5 Critical Dodge, making it very easy for enemy units to get criticals on him using ordinary weapons as opposed to quite literally any other unit you could possibly use, where the enemy would need to use Killer weapons to get such results.

At the same time though, Arthur has the potential to be extremely dangerous to the enemy, as the same skill that lowers his own Critical Dodge also lowers that of enemies within 2 spaces much more (-15 Critical Dodge). This can make him extremely dangerous when wielding any weapon that can crit, including the same Killer series that would spell his doom in enemy hands.

As a Fighter, Arthur will start off with HP +5, which will extend his survival slightly. Upon reaching level 10 he gains Gamble, which further boosts his Critical chance in exchange for some Hit%. This skill loses usefulness after a while, but early on it can help Arthur in scoring critical hits.

Arthur's two promotion classes are the Hero and Berserker. In canon, Arthur is placed as a Hero. From the Hero class, he can learn Sol to recover some health when he attacks, which shouldn't be a problem with his critical hit rates. Axebreaker allows him to fight axe users better, especially against other Berserkers.

From the Berserker class, Arthur gains several benefits. The Berserker class has a built in +15% critical chance, which is boosted to 30% because of his personal skill. He can learn Rally Strength, which is not as helpful due to other units which can fill up the rally role. He will also learn Axefaire later on which will boost his damage greatly when using axes. With a Great Club and Death Blow, Arthur can achieve consistent 100% critical hit rates everytime he battles.

Secondary Class
Arthur's secondary class is the Cavalier line. From this class, Arthur can learn Shelter and Elbow Room, although neither will work efficiently later on.

It's promotions are the Paladin and Great Knight classes. From the Paladin class, Arthur can learn Defender to boost up his stats when he is paired up with an ally unit, although this will lose effectiveness later on. He can also learn Aegis to protect himself better from tome and bow users in battle. From the Great Knight class, Arthur can learn an offensive skill, Luna and Armored Blow to take less damage against melee units when he initiates a battle.

Buddy Class
Arthur can achieve A+ Support with Benny, Niles, and Keaton. In Revelations, Arthur can achieve an A+ Support with Azama.


 * Benny - Benny offers Arthur the Knight class, along with its promotions the General and Great Knight. Arthur can learn Indoor Fighter and Defense +2 from the Knight class, although both skills lose effectiveness later on. From the General class, Arthur can learn Wary Fighter to prevent himself from being doubled by speedier units (although he will be unable to double slower units also), and Pavise to help him shave off physical damage. Since Arthur has access to the Paladin class and its signature skill Aegis, Arthur can reasonably reduce damage from most sources of attack.
 * Niles/Keaton - Both Niles and Keaton offer Arthur the Outlaw class and its promotions the Bow Knight and Adventurer classes. From the Outlaw class, Arthur can learn Movement +1 which will stack with other movement boosters to surprise enemies. Locktouch is not exactly needed as Niles can do this for the player. From the Bow Knight class, Arthur can learn Rally Skill and Shurikenbreaker to help him against Master Ninjas. From the Adventurer class, Arthur can learn Lucky Seven to get a +20 hit/evasion rating for the first seven turns, although this helps more in PvP considering that most chapters can be completed quickly. Pass can allow him to surprise support units when a physical wall is blocking his way to them.
 * Azama - Azama offers Arthur the Monk class and its promotions the Great Master and Onmyoji classes. From the Monk class, Arthur has nothing special to learn; his poor Luck prevents him from taking advantage of Miracle and Rally Luck is not helpful for him. The same applies to the Onmyoji class because of his poor magic and its skills specialize in said stat. Arthur benefits the most from Great Master as Renewal allows healers to focus on other units and Countermagic helps intimidate magic users in battle to cover his poor resistance.

Marriage Options

 * Female Avatar - The Female Avatar can help with Arthur's offense depending on their secondary class. If doing so, the Oni Savage is a good class for Arthur to use due to its promotion to the Oni Chieftain class; Death Blow makes him extremely devastating in battle when given a high critical weapon and Counter will punish melee attackers, and when combined with Countermagic will make Arthur dangerous if his defense is good. Alternatively, other classes like the Samurai class with its promotion Master of Arms can be used to learn Life and Death, which when put in the Berserker class with Death Blow and other damage boosting skills like Aggressor, should allow Arthur to dispose his opponent with ease.

Quotes
Refer to Arthur (Fates)/Quotes.

Possible Endings

 * Arthur - Hapless Hero
 * Arthur was offered many lofty positions, but he turned them all down in favor of guarding Elise. Scholars say the hero led a happy life of helping others. Rumor has it his luck improved in his old age.


 * Arthur and Beruka
 * Arthur returned to his true calling, justice. Scholars believe his luck improved slightly after the war. Beruka was torn about leaving Camilla but enjoyed having enough emotions for them to conflict.


 * Arthur and Camilla
 * Arthur returned to his true calling, justice. Scholars believe his luck improved slightly after the war. His wife, Camilla, gave up her royal title and spent her days at home doting on her family.


 * Arthur and Charlotte
 * Arthur returned to his true calling, justice. Scholars believe his luck improved slightly after the war. Records show that his wife, Charlotte, was a caring wife and mother, and they had a happy family life.


 * Arthur and Elise
 * Arthur returned to his true calling, justice. Scholars believe his luck improved slightly after the war. His wife, Elise, grew out of her childish ways into a talented healer of extraordinary compassion.


 * Arthur and Selena
 * Arthur returned to his true calling, justice. Scholars believe his luck improved slightly after the war. After marrying, he and his wife, Selena, disappeared from records. They likely lived happily ever after.


 * Arthur and Peri
 * Arthur returned to his true calling, justice. Scholars believe his luck improved slightly after the war. Peri eventually learned the difference between right and wrong. It took a while.

Etymology
Arthur comes from the Roman clan name Artorius, meaning heroic or courageous.

It could also come from the legend of the hero Artur who pulled the sword excaliber from its stone, as his son Percy is named after the hero Perseus in Greek Mythology.

Harold is an Old English name, from here "army" and weald "rule", meaning "heroic leader", same as the title herald. This leads credence to his character archetype of the stereotype, strong-jawed superhero of western culture.

Trivia

 * Arthur shares his English voice actor, Cam Clarke, with one of the Fates male Avatar voices.
 * Arthur's birthday is the same date Fire Emblem Fates was first announced.
 * Arthur was voted the 19th most popular male on Nintendo's official Fates character poll.