Raphael


 * For the similarly named Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn character, see Rafiel.

"Look at my body! I'm buffer than usual, aren't I?"

Raphael is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Raphael is a student at the Officer's Academy who hails from the Leicester Alliance and is part of the Golden Deer. He is 18 years old at the start of the game.

Profile
Raphael is the son of a Leicester merchant family, but was orphaned after a monster attack killed his parents.

Personality
Despite the tragedy of his family, Raphael remains optimistic about life and aspires to become a knight. He is focused on honing his muscles and often worries about what is on the menu at the Academy cafeteria. At the same time, he has very little interest in academy lectures.

Etymology
Raphael is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has healed".

Raphael is one of the seven archangels in the apocryphal book of Tobia. He is the angel that healed the blindness of Tobias' father. In Christianity, Judaism and Islam, he was the archangel who announced the end of times.