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===Overall===
 
===Overall===
Compared to fellow tome-wielders, Etzel boasts amazing defense and resistance base stats, while having greater growths to easily outpace other mages in those areas. However, he will most likely end up with lower speed than other potential mages and may struggle to [[Double Attack]] on higher difficulties. Etzel is recruitable in Chapter 9 and has a high enough staff and tome level to be a worthy user of [[Excalibur]].
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Compared to fellow tome-wielders, Etzel boasts amazing defense and resistance base stats, while having greater growths to easily outpace other mages in those areas. However, he will most likely end up with lower speed than other potential mages and may struggle to [[Double Attack]] on higher difficulties. Etzel is recruitable in Chapter 9 and has a high enough tome level to be a worthy user of [[Excalibur]].
   
 
===Fire Emblem Awakening===
 
===Fire Emblem Awakening===

Revision as of 06:04, 11 June 2018

“My name is Etzel. I am a traveling sorcerer. Those Grustian cowards stole a ring from me, and were it not for you, I might never have seen it again.”
— Etzel to Marth

Etzel is a Sorcerer and is one of the exclusive characters in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. He is a wandering spell slinger that got caught in during the War of Shadows. He had a wife named Ursula, who died in one of many attacks that Dolhr launched, and all that is left of her is her ring he holds as a memento.

Profile

Shadow Dragon

During his travels, Etzel was captured by General Dactyl. He was held as a prisoner of Helena Castle, a stronghold and key supply fort of Grust and Dolhr, during the events after Marth had reclaimed his homeland, Altea. When the Altean Army began marching towards Helena Castle, Dactyl strips Etzel of his weapon, along with his ring he holds in memory of his wife, Ursula. After giving it a second thought, Dactyl uses the ring as an advantage to force Etzel to fight against the Altean Army, not caring on how experienced he was in combat. After Dactyl is killed, Etzel regains his ring and joins Marth intending to end the war.

After the war concludes, Etzel disappears and travels the world over the years.

Before the War of Heroes

After his travels, Etzel journeys to Khadein and remains there for a time being. During his time there, Wendell is suspicious of an appearance of a Heretic Bishop somewhere in the outskirts of Khadein and requests Merric to investigate. Merric is accompanied by his friend and rival, Arlen, and Linde, who also happened to have returned to Khadein at the time. Once Etzel heard of this, he volunteers himself with his reasons of having ties with Khadein and that he owes them a lot, and joins up with the group on the investigation. Upon arriving to their destination, Etzel is concerned that the team is only assembled of mages, and notes that they should proceed carefully. After the investigation concludes, the team discovers that the dark bishops that served under Gharnef in the previous war were trying to resurrect him, with Arlen being the only one witnessing that Gharnef has returned.

New Mystery of the Emblem

After the investigation requested by Wendell had concluded, Etzel chose to remain in Khadein. When the War of Heroes began, Etzel heard rumors that Marth had turned against the kingdom of Archanea, and he liberated Grust and Macedon, whom they were up against. When the Altean Army were heading towards Khadein, being pursued by Astram's Archanean Mercenary squad, Etzel could not sit out of this war and volunteered to join the ranks of Khadein to stop the Altean Army. When meeting Marth on the battlefield, he couldn't believed the person that Marth has become and asks him if he still wished to bring peace to the world. When Marth gives him his answer, Etzel believes that Marth speaks truly to his words, and joins his cause until war is ended.

In Game

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Recruitment

Clear Chapter 17 with 15 or fewer units to unlock Chapter 17x. Etzel is a foe in this chapter. To unlock him, complete the chapter without killing him.

Base Stats

Starting Class
FE11 Sorcerer Map SpriteSorcerer
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
63021114977126
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - B
FE12 StaffStaff - D
FE11elfireElfire

Growth Rates

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
40% 0% 30% 40% 40% 20% 0% 30%

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Recruitment

He appears as an enemy unit in Chapter 9. Have Marth speak to him.

Base Stats

Starting Class
FEDS Sorcerer Map SpriteSorcerer
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
6302111412810126
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - B
FE12 StaffStaff - D
BlizzardBlizzard
FE11healHeal
FE11vulneraryVulnerary

Growth Rates

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
80% 0% 40% 60% 50% 40% 30% 40%

Support Relationships

Supports

Supported by

Overall

Compared to fellow tome-wielders, Etzel boasts amazing defense and resistance base stats, while having greater growths to easily outpace other mages in those areas. However, he will most likely end up with lower speed than other potential mages and may struggle to Double Attack on higher difficulties. Etzel is recruitable in Chapter 9 and has a high enough tome level to be a worthy user of Excalibur.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Base Stats

Starting Class
FE13 NPC Generic Sorcerer (M) Map SpriteSorcerer
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
115372722191825196
SkillsWeaponStarting Items
FE13CurseHex
CrimsoncurseAnathema
Vengeance (FE13)Vengeance
Luna (FE13)Luna
TomeIconFE13Tome - BWaste FE13Waste*

*Enemy only, joins unequipped

Quotes

“Wait for me, Ursula!”
—Etzel's death quote
“Sorry. I mean you no harm, but neither have I any wish to die here.”
—Etzels battle quote upon fighting him.

Endings

Shadow Dragon

Spell Slinger

The spell slinger Etzel vanished after the war as quickly as he came. His wanderings took him around the world for years to come.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Spell Slinger

After the war, Etzel resumed his travels, as if looking for something he had lost.

Etymology

Etzel's name could come from the Israeli organization, Igrun, whose acronym was 'Etzel'. Or it can be the German translation of Attila the Hun's name, Etzel again. Also, a mountain in the Swiss Alps is called by the same name.

Trivia

  • Etzel is the only recruitable character of the Sorcerer class in the Archanea series, excluding reclassed characters.
  • Etzel's late wife shares the same name as Ursula from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, who is also a Magic User and at the game's end, deceased.
  • Etzel is quite similar to Canas from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, who is also a married dark magic user with a monocle.

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