Quan

"In a war of justice there is no loser. My father wants us to give this battle all we’ve got. Ethlyn, don’t worry. I have the Gaé Bolg with me. I’m not going to fall with this at my side."

- Quan to Ethlyn in Genealogy of the Holy War

Quan (キュアン, Kyuan, Cian in the Japanese version, romanized as Cuan in the Fire Emblem Museum) is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is the son of King Calf and Queen Alfiona of Leonster. He is the husband of Ethlyn and therefore the brother-in-law of Sigurd. He is also the father of Altena and Leif. Being a direct descendant of Crusader Noba, he has the ability to wield the Gáe Bolg. His life-long dream is to unite the war-torn Thracia Peninsula into one nation.

Profile
Prior to the storyline, Quan trained at the Royal Academy of Belhalla alongside Sigurd and Eldigan. During that time, the three of them became close friends and vowed to always aid each other in times of trouble.

At the beginning of the game, Quan and Ethlyn hear about the war between Grannvale and Verdane and rush to Sigurd's aid with Finn in tow. During Chapter 1, Quan tutors Finn, whom he strongly trusts, despite his lack of experience. He also meets Ayra and learns that her father, King Mananan of Isaach, is not responsible for the invasion of Darna. During Chapter 2, Quan gives the Brave Lance to Finn, which later becomes the latter's personal weapon in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. Near the end of Chapter 3, Quan receives the Gáe Bolg from Ethlyn, who held onto it earlier without giving it to him because she heard about its curse. However, he does not seem to believe in the curse and expresses confidence with the Gáe Bolg in his possession. After hiding in Silesse with Sigurd for one year, Quan leaves his army alongside Ethlyn and Finn to bring back reinforcements.

Quan and Ethlyn appear once again when travel through the Yied Desert to reunite with Sigurd. Despite Quan's opposition, Ethlyn brings along a three-year-old Altena. When he discovers that they are being followed by King Travant of Thracia and his Dragon Knights, he tells Ethlyn to escape with their young daughter, but she refuses and instead gives him hope that they can win the battle. If Ethlyn dies first, Quan will be forced to surrender the Gáe Bolg to Travant once he uses Altena as a hostage. Whether or not this occurs, he will perish in the battle, which later becomes known as the Yied Massacre.

Base Stats

 * [[File:Minor_Holy_Blood_Indicator.gif]] - Minor Holy Blood
 * [[File:Major_Holy_Blood_Indicator.gif]] - Major Holy Blood

Growth Rates
(With Holy Blood Bonuses)


 * 110%
 * 50%
 * 5%
 * 30%
 * 40%
 * 10%
 * 50%
 * 5%
 * }

Overall
Quan is a very strong Pre-Promoted unit, starting out with good stats across the board(other than Luck)and a very impressive 16 Strength. He is quite useful at weakening enemy units for your other units to finish off. While Quan does have the Adept skill, the heavy weight of his Lances will only give him a roughly 20-35% chance to activate it depending on his Speed stat, making it unreliable. However, if he does activate it, he is strong enough that he will probably kill almost anything he attacks. On top of his potential hard hitting offense, he has respectable Defense. His Noba Holy Blood ensures solid growths in the most important stats as well as allowing him the use of any lance in the game other than Gungnir.

Quan, like Finn, may initially be a bit awkward to use as the Prologue and Chapter 1 are full of Axe wielding units that will have a much higher chance of hitting Quan than many of your other units. His durability should be enough to sustain several blows, but caution should still be taken early on.

If you really want to make Quan truly brutal, you can give him Arden's Pursuit Ring, but this is not necessarily advisable since Quan will leave at the end of Chapter 3 and the Pursuit Ring will not appear again until very late in the second generation on his daughter, Altena.

Conversations
In the Prologue, Quan may speak to Sigurd, but nothing will result of it.

In Chapter 1, Quan may speak to Finn, resulting in Finn gaining one point of Strength, one point of Skill, and one point of Defense.

In Chapter 2, after Hierhein Castle is captured, Quan may speak to Finn, resulting in Finn receiving the Brave Lance.

In Chapter 3, after Silvail Castle is captured, Ethlyn may speak to Quan, resulting in him receiving the Gáe Bolg.

Love
Quan is in love with Ethlyn by default, and thus does not possess any love growths with any other character in the game.

Inheritance
Unlike most fathers, his daughter Altena is his primary child, and thus she will inherit his inventory and her stats and growths will come primarily from him rather than Ethlyn.

SpotPass
*Enemy only, joins unequipped.

Quotes
"Quan: Urgh... What have I... Ethlyn: Quan! Are you okay? I hate to run on my brother, but we must get you home to recover. Quan: Sorry, Ethlyn..."

- Quan retreat quote in Genealogy of the Holy War

"Die! You hyenas! As long as I have the Gáe Bolg, I will not lose to your kind."

- Quan as an NPC fighting Travant's troops in the Yied Massacre

"Damn... this is it."

- Quan as an NPC after Ethlyn is killed in the Yied Massacre

"Ethlyn... I'm sorry. Finn... Look after Leif..."

- Quan's death quote as an NPC during the Yied Massacre

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

Trivia

 * The Fire Emblem Treasure family tree reveals that Quan's father is King Calf and his mother is Queen Alfiona, who are both mentioned in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.

Etymology
Cian was the father of Lugh in Irish mythology. His partner was Ethniu (Ethlyn).

The name 'Quan' is Irish and is the reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cúáin ‘descendant of Cúán’. Cúán’ is also an Irish name, and means "little wolf" or "little hound".