Corrin

The Avatar (マイユニット, Mai yunitto, My Unit in the Japanese version), placeholder name Corrin (カムイ, Kamui in the Japanese version) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Fates. The Avatar of Fates is the main protagonist of the game and the Avatar's identity is customizable by the player. The male Avatar is voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki while the female Avatar is voiced by Satomi Sato.

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The Avatar was born to the Hoshido royal family as the third eldest child of five. They were kidnapped as an infant and raised by the royal family of the neighboring kingdom of Nohr. The Avatar in Fates has the unprecedented ability to transform into a dragon, inheriting particularly strong manakete blood, as not only can they transform, but also have pointed ears, a feature of many manakete in the series. They only gain the ability to transform after Chapter 5. As a member of royalty, the Avatar wields the power of Dragon's Vein, allowing them to alter the terrain of a map. Curiously the Avatar has a different father named Hydra, a dragon of Touma.

A great war looms over Hoshido and Nohr and soon the two kingdoms meet on the battlefield. The Avatar must choose to side with a kingdom and help with their respective causes or be neutral in an attempt to combat a larger threat by joining the two kingdoms together. The Avatar has the services of Silas, Gunter, and Kaze as well as both Felicia and Jakob, though recruitment order is dependent upon the Avatar's gender. They will follow the Avatar regardless of the route they choose. If the Avatar achieves an S-Support with any character, they will have a child named Kanna, whose gender is the opposite of the Avatar. Male Avatars can also be the father of Shigure or Éponine while female Avatars can be the mother of all children aside from Shigure.

Birthright
When the Avatar sides with Hoshido, they will be defending it from the invading Nohr kingdom.

Conquest
When the Avatar sides with Nohr, they must revolutionize the Nohr kingdom from the inside.

Third route
When the Avatar sides with neither side, not wishing to hurt those they care about, they will be hunted down by both groups, although they know there is a larger threat looming ahead that both sides do not know of, and will attempt to bring both sides together to face this threat.

Supports
Like the Avatar from Awakening, they are unique, as they can support with every character in the game. They can also marry (S-Support) any character of the opposite gender, including children characters. The only exception to this is that male Avatars can also S-Support with Zero and female Avatars can also S-Support with Syalla.

Male Avatar

 * Nohr Prince - Promotes to Dark Blood (Conquest) or White Blood (Birthright)

Female Avatar

 * Nohr Princess - Promotes to Dark Blood (Conquest) or White Blood (Birthright)

Etymology
In Hinduism, an Avatar is a terrestrial manifestation of a deity. The term is commonly used to refer to an entity that represents the player in a video game.

Kamui is the word for a divine being in Ainu mythology, although it is almost never written with kanji in modern times. In a more general Japanese context, Kamui refers to the might and majesty of the gods, particularly the Shintō Kami. This is more to tie the Avatar's roots to the Hoshido kingdom which is based on feudal Japan.

Corrin may also be a variation of Corin which, while it can retain the same meaning as its counterpart, is the French variant of Quirinus. Quirinus was the Sabine god of war. This could be a reference to the conflict between Hoshido and Nohr in which the Avatar is caught in the middle of. Quirinus is also derived from the Sabine word quirus, which means "spear." Corin is also a male Irish name meaning 'spear bearer', further referencing how the Avatar is forced to take up arms by circumstances.

Quirinus was also an epithet of Janus, the two-faced Roman god of beginnings, transitions, doors and endings. This two-faced nature could represent the Avatar's dual nature as Royalty of both Hoshido and Nohr, and the role of presiding over the beginning and end of conflict, hence war and peace, is a part of FE14's story. It is also notable that "Quirinus" is phonetically similar to the Japanese "Kirin", which is a variant spelling of "Qilin"; this was a mythical, cloven-hoofed, two-horned Chinese beast, which the Avatar's dragon form strongly resembles.

Corrin may be a variation of Corinne which is, in turn, the English and French variant of Corinna. It derives itself from the Greek word κόρη (kore), meaning "maiden." In Greek mythology, this is the epithet of Persephone, who was kidnapped from her mother, Demeter, by Hades to become his wife. This could be reflecting the Avatar's own kidnapping from their family at the hands of King Garon.

Corinna is also the name of a Greek Lyric Poet from the 5th Century BC. It fell into common usage following the 17th century poem "Corinna's going a-Maying" by Robert Herrick, whilst Corrine did not become popular until Madame de Staël's 19th century novel of the same name.

Trivia

 * Both Avatar's official artwork depicts them wielding Yato.
 * The Male Avatar in Fates is the second playable male unit to wield Dragonstones after Bantu.
 * Both genders of the Avatar are the only Lords that can use Dragonstones.
 * The Avatar's default name in the Japanese version is shared with Kamui from Fire Emblem Gaiden.
 * The official artwork of the female Avatar shows her having two left feet. This is most likely an overlooked error.
 * The artwork on the official website was later modified to show the correct feet.
 * The Avatar has a different father than his/her Hoshido relatives.