Friege Castle as it appears in Chapter 11.
Friege (フリージ, Furīji, romanized as Freege in Japanese releases) is a location from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. It was founded by Thrud, the Mage Knight, as one of the six duchies of the Kingdom of Grannvale. The Holy Thunder Tome Mjölnir is passed down the Friege family lineage. Accordingly, most of the mages found in Friege are proficient with Thunder magic. The Gelben Ritter, the knight squadron of Friege, is made up of Mage Knights. It first appears in the final chapter of Genealogy of the Holy War.
Geography[]
Like the rest of the duchies, the extent of the territory controlled by House Friege from Castle Friege is unclear. It occupies the northwestern corner of Grannvale, with Agustria beyond the mountains in the west and Silesse across the sea to the north. Historically, it has been friendly with its neighboring duchies, Velthomer and Dozel. Friege Castle is a short distance from three national capitals: Agusti of Agustria, Silesia of Silesse, and Belhalla of Grannvale.
The vast majority of Friege is covered in mountains. Where the cliffs will not suffice, Friege has built walls and gates around its borders to control who goes in and out. Though it is mostly covered in wind-swept plains, there are also sparse trees and a sandy beach sloping toward the northern sea.
Story[]
When Grannvale invades Isaach in Grann 757, Duke Reptor is leader of Friege. He is an instrumental part in the assassination of Prince Kurth and the Belhalla Massacre, working closely with Arvis of Velthomer, Lombard of Dozel, and Andrey of Yngvi. While he ordered Lombard to kill Kurth, he assassinated King Mananan of Isaach with his own hands to prevent him from attending peace talks in Belhalla. Before that point, Friege had long been a vocal opponent of Prince Kurth; when Sigurd learns that Reptor is responsible for Kurth's death, he is not surprised, and had in fact suspected it from the start. Ultimately, Duke Reptor falls in battle against Sigurd when Arvis tricks him into leading the Roten Ritter in Velthomer. Its commander and Arvis's lover, Aida, betrays Reptor and his own soldiers surround him.
With Reptor's death, House Friege passes to his son Bloom. Reptor's daughters, Tailtiu and Ethnia, are subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of Bloom's wife, Hilda of Velthomer for their support of Sigurd, with Tailtiu having been an active member of his army. They eventually succumb to their injuries and depression, having given their all to protect their daughters, Tine and Linda respectively. Meanwhile, Bloom's family experiences great prestige under Arvis and his son, Julius's rules. Bloom's daughter, Ishtar, is Julius's lover and one of his most valued warriors. Arvis grants Bloom control of the Munster District and proclaims him a king. During Thracia 776 and the second generation of Genealogy of the Holy War, most of House Friege is in the Munster District, which is now called the Northern Kingdom of Thracia. In Grann 777, they and their forces are defeated by Seliph's army: first Bloom's son Ishtore at Melgen, then Bloom himself in Connacht. Hilda becomes queen of the Miletos District, though she is eventually forced to retreat back to Friege, where she ultimately dies.
As an important military and political figure, Ishtar enjoys some level of freedom under Julius's oppresive regime. The Gelben Ritter act as her personal guards, as her retainer, Reinhardt, commands them. This and her own prowess with a tome grant her the confidence to make her own decisions. When the New Loptrian Empire begins conducting child hunts, she works with Emperor Arvis to hide children in Friege. King Bloom maintained a carefully neutral stance on the child hunts. Even possessed by Loptous, Julius does his best to prevent harm from befalling Ishtar, warping her out of danger more than once. Ultimately, she perishes in the final battle of the New Holy War while leading the royal Weissen Ritter and Silessian Pegasus Knights against her own cousins, despite their plea for her to surrender.
After the end of the second generation, Tailtiu's son, Arthur, becomes Duke of Friege. If he is unavailable, the rule passes to Tine. Ethnia's children, Amid and Linda, will also go to Friege if they are able to. If no heir to House Friege exists, the newly crowned King Seliph will govern the territory from Belhalla.
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Notable citizens of Friege[]
Nobility[]
- Reptor - Duke of Friege in the first generation and Prime Minister of Grannvale.
- Bloom - Duke of Friege in the second generation, Reptor's eldest son.
- Tailtiu - A noblewoman and Reptor's oldest daughter who appears cheerful but is hiding her troubles.
- Ethnia - Reptor's youngest daughter.
- Ishtar - The daughter of Bloom and heir to Mjölnir, whose descent of her love into the darkness troubles her.
- Ishtore - Prince of Friege, Bloom's son, brother of Ishtar.
- Arthur - Tailtiu's son who was separated from her and his sister at a young age and harbors resentment toward House Friege.
- Tine - Tailtiu's daughter, who joins the liberation army after reuniting with her older brother.
- Amid - Ethnia's son.
- Linda - Ethnia's daughter.
- Kempf - An ambitious general of the 12th division of the Grannvale Empire's army and a member of Thrud nobility with a single-minded focus on his rival, Reinhardt.
Military[]
- Reinhardt - The formidable and admired commander of the Gelben Ritter who is ever ready to lend an ear to his younger sister.
- Olwen - A mage knight in Friege's army whose ideals sometimes puts her in opposition with her beloved brother.
- Fred - Olwen's subordinate.
- Amalda - General of the Friege army.
- Paulus
- Rist
- Largo - General of the Friege army.
- Baráth - General of the Friege army.
- Oltof
- Ilios - Mage Knight who wishes to become a noble.
Etymology[]
Friege may be derived from Frigg, the wife of Odin from Norse myth.
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