Giffca

"The power of Daein's king has filled me with despair... It is more than I'd imagined... I beg your leave... I must...tell the king..."

- Giffca's death quote from FE9

Giffca (ジフカ, Jifuka) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He is a very close friend of the Gallian King Caineghis; he is so often in the king's company that he is dubbed the king's shadow. Very taciturn, he is one of the three powerful laguz you have to choose from in the Path of Radiance endgame (due to other affairs occupying the true Caineghis' time, Giffca was sent in his place as the beast king's shadow). The only times where Giffca enters actual conversation in PoR is when he talks to Ranulf, when he first faces the Black Knight and in a PoR Endgame bonus conversation. After the last battle, as in their youth, Giffca continues to stay at his king's side as his loyal shadow. He died proud of the way he spent his life. In Radiant Dawn, despite not actually being a Royal laguz, he has stats equivalent to the Laguz Kings. Also, he gets a Laguz Gem to account for the fact that he does not have the capability to shift forms at will and has initial stats only slightly below Caineghis. Because of his Laguz Gem he is somewhat like a clone of Caineghis without formshift.

Base Stats
|Beast tribe (Lion) ↓ Lion |Dark |20 |68 |32 ↓ 40 |10 |28 ↓ 32 |25 ↓ 29 |22 |25 ↓ 30 |16 ↓ 19 |17 ↓ 32 |37 ↓ 52 |7 ↓ 9 |N/A |Roar |Claw Laguz Band Elixir

Base Stats
|Beast tribe (Lion) ↓ Lion |Dark |36 |73 |21 ↓ 42 |4 ↓ 8 |22 ↓ 44 |18 ↓ 36 |28 |20 ↓ 40 |11 ↓ 22 |17 ↓ 27 |27 ↓ 47 |7 ↓ 9 |Strike - SS |Nullify Shove Roar |Great Fang Laguz Gem

Growth Rates
|40% |35% |10% |35% |50% |25% |30% |15%

Bond Support

 * Caineghis:5%

Epilogue
Lion King's Shadow (獅子王の隻影)

Since their youth, Giffca had been ever at Caineghis's side as his loyal shadow. He died proud of how he spent his life.