Forum:Hidden character "Strainge"

Hidden character in Fire Emblem Awakening?

I was playing the American version of Fire Emblem: Awakening and had a very curious thing happen. I had just beaten the DLC map "Roster Rescue" and when I returned to the world map, I noticed a recruitable Paladin that I had not summoned from the Outrealm. When I parlayed with the character it came up as no character from a previous Fire Emblem game (to the best of my knowledge.) I recruited him for around 20,000 gold I think.

His name was "Strainge" (a noun, not the adjective) and he was a level 14 paladin with the skills solidarity, outdoor fighter, veteran, discipline, and defender. His character portrait looks like it is wearing the same "tactician" outfit the Avatar wears and looks like he could have been a customized avatar available to start the game with based on the art style. So far I have re-classed him to a grandmaster at level 15 and it appears his stats except for luck cap at 40. I'm not too sure about his defense and resistance just yet but they're not at 40 yet.

In battle he has battle quotes done by a voice actor and he says everything the Avatar says in battle.

Has anyone else come across this character?