Tomas (Shadow Dragon)

"Princess Nyna..."

- Tomas' death quote in Shadow Dragon

Tomas (トーマス, Thormas, Thormas in the Japanese version and Thomas in the fan translations) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, Book 1 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and their remakes. He is one of the prisoners that joins Marth at the beginning of Chapter 12. He loyally follows Marth for the duration of the game after his rescue.

He did not appear in the original Mystery of the Emblem, but in the remake, he can be recruited in Chapter 17. It is implied he was assigned to Akaneia's occupation forces in Gra, but left the army when he witnessed the brutal treatment of the country's citizens, and that the Gra soldiers were being sacrificed to delay the Altean army.

Base Stats

 * Archer
 * 8
 * 20
 * 7
 * 6
 * 5
 * 4
 * 9
 * 6
 * 0
 * 5
 * Bow
 * }
 * }

Growth Rates

 * 50%
 * 20%
 * 20%
 * 30%
 * 10%
 * 50%
 * 10%
 * 0%
 * }

Base Stats

 * Archer
 * 8
 * 20
 * 7
 * 6
 * 5
 * 4
 * 9
 * 6
 * 0
 * 5
 * Bow
 * }
 * }

Growth Rates

 * 50%
 * 20%
 * 20%
 * 30%
 * 10%
 * 70%
 * 20%
 * 3%
 * }

Base Stats

 * Archer
 * 8
 * 22
 * 7
 * 0
 * 6
 * 5
 * 4
 * 6
 * 0
 * 5
 * Bow - C
 * }
 * }

Growth Rates

 * 65%
 * 25%
 * 0%
 * 30%
 * 50%
 * 25%
 * 10%
 * 0%
 * }

Overall
Tomas' growth rate in strength and defense are rather low, and low strength in particular prevents him from doing what Archers are meant to do: hit the opponent from afar with decent damage output. Thus, he can tend to be overshadowed by other potential archers, such as Catria and Abel. He makes an okay cavalier, trading average defense for a slight growth rate in resistance, but Tomas has stiff competition from Abel, Cain, and Frey, though on modes of lower difficulty, it really does not matter. Tomas' slight growth rate in resistance may also nab him an extra point of resistance or two, which is always welcome. Overall, Tomas is not the most useful character there is, but on modes of lower difficulty, he can still function, despite being overshadowed by units with higher growth rates.

Base Stats

 * [[File:Male Sniper FE12 Map Icon.png]]Sniper
 * 1
 * 29
 * 12
 * 1
 * 10
 * 13
 * 9
 * 12
 * 3
 * 7
 * [[File:FE12 Bow.png]]Bow - B
 * [[File:FE11silverbow.png]]Silver Bow [[File:FE11killerbow.png]]Killer Bow [[File:FE11vulnerary.png]]Vulnerary
 * }

Growth Rates

 * 90%
 * 65%
 * 0%
 * 70%
 * 70%
 * 50%
 * 30%
 * 5%
 * }

Support Relationships
Supports
 * Dolph
 * Macellan
 * Midia

Supported by
 * The Avatar
 * Dolph
 * Macellan
 * Midia

Overall
As far as growth rates go, Tomas barely edges out Gordin in most stats except for Defense and Luck. Tomas can be a good unit as he starts out on a good level, so if you ignored leveling Gordin up or lost him, Tomas can be a good reserve. He may be seen as the strongest archer, (stronger than Gordin or Norne) but he only has a 5% higher chance of increasing his attack than Gordin, and has the same attack as Norne.

Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~
Quiet Bow

"Tomas joined the watchmen, protecting the Archanean border. Rather than serve the military, he preferred to remain among the people."

Trivia

 * He shares his portrait with Gordin in Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi.