Edelgard

"Such a brutal, irrational world we live in. Some believe the Crests, tokens of the Goddess's power, are necessary to maintain order. But they're wrong, Teacher. The Crests are to blame."

- Edelgard speaking with Byleth

Edelgard is a playable character and one of the protagonists in the upcoming Fire Emblem: Three Houses. She possesses a minor Crest of Seiros. Edelgard's birthday is June 22.

Profile
Edelgard is the princess and heir of the Adrestian Empire and a student at the Officer's Academy in Garreg Mach Monastery. She's also the house leader of the Black Eagles.

Personality
Edelgard has a dignified, high-minded, solemn air about her, and she coolly evaluates her surroundings and those around her before she acts.

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)
Edelgard is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

Etymology
Edelgarde is a female German name meaning Noble Protector.

Hræsvelgr is a figure from Norse mythology who is a giant that takes the form of an eagle.

Trivia

 * Edelgard shares her English voice actress, Tara Platt, with Awakening's Miriel and Flavia.
 * She shares her Japanese voice actress, Ai Kakuma, with Flora from Fates.
 * Edelgard was voiced by Cristina Vee in the original E3 2018 trailer for Three Houses, whom she shares with Tatiana from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, as well as the Fire Emblem Heroes appearances of Lachesis and Athena.
 * Edelgard is one of the few Lords in the Fire Emblem series to not feature the color blue either in her hair or her clothes along with Claude from Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Celica from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia/Fire Emblem Gaiden.
 * Edelgard does feature blue post-timeskip.
 * The Crest Marianne possesses also appears the axe Edelgard wields post time skip.