Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Relatives	May contain spoilers Bors (Brother)
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 8: The Reunion
Starting Class	Knight
Voice Actors
Japanese	Toa Yukinari
English	Cherami Leigh
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“The weight of a knight's armor is a symbol of his loyalty”
—Gwendolyn in a support conversation with Lilina

Gwendolyn is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. She is a knight of Ostia and is the younger sister of Bors. She first appears on turn 5 of Chapter 8 of The Binding Blade, along with Ogier and Barthe, in the northwest corner of the castle. The group assists the Lycia Alliance Army in retaking Castle Ostia. She then joins Roy's group for the rest of his journey. It is notable she can perform a Triangle Attack with Bors and Barthe.

She makes a brief cameo appearance in chapter 18 of the Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi manga.

Profile

Growing up, there were no girls of Gwendolyn's age near where she lived, save for Lilina, the daughter of Marquess Hector. The two became acquainted with each other as a result. Later in life, Gwendolyn joined the Ostian Armor Knights, a notably strong sector of Ostia's military, serving alongside her older brother, Bors. During her time as a knight she befriended Barthe, another Ostian Armor Knight who acts as her mentor, Ogier, also part of the Ostian Armor Knights, and Astolfo, an Ostian spy.

When a rebellion in Ostia headed by the well-respected general Leygance and a former lieutenant named Devias broke out, Gwendolyn, alongside Barthe and Ogier, were apparently absent from Castle Ostia. They returned, however, to save Lilina, who had been imprisoned and used by the revolutionaries. Upon their arrival, they met up with Roy and his army, who were engaged in a battle with Leygance to stop the rebellion. Under Roy's command, they helped to defeat Leygance, ending the revolution and saving Lilina. Afterwards, Gwendolyn, along with Barthe and Ogier, joined Roy's army on a journey to stop King Zephiel of Bern from eradicating the humans of Elibe.

After the war, she continued to serve as an Ostian Armor Knight, rising through the ranks to become their first female captain.

In-Game

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Base Stats

Starting Class						Affinity
Knight						Fire
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov
1	19	4	3	3	6	8	1	10	4
Weapon					Starting Items
Lance - D					Iron Lance Javelin Vulnerary

Growth Rates

HP	S/M	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
85%	40%	40%	40%	45%	30%	10%

Promotional Gains

Item Required				Promoted Class
Knight Crest				General
1	+4	+4	+2	+4	+3	+3	+1	+1
Weapon Levels
+1 E

Supports

See also: Gwendolyn/Supports

• Bors
• Barthe
• Astolfo
• Ogier
• Lilina

Overall

Circumstances and statistics conspire to make Gwendolyn nigh-impossible to use effectively. She joins in Chapter 8 with base stats inferior to her [[Bors|brother's]] - who had joined in the first chapter. While one would expect a Knight to be physically resilient, she is in fact one-rounded by generic archers on her join map in Hard Mode. Her offensive parameters are woefully inadequate as well. All of these issues are exacerbated by the usual Knight issues: 4 movement prevents her from reaching enemies before your other playable units, and her low speed keeps her from doubling effectively. Worse, she joins just before the [[Western Isles]] arc, in which the most common enemies are axe users, to whom she suffers [[weapon triangle|weapon triangle disadvantage]]. In short, feeding Wendy EXP is at best a tedious, frustrating chore. However, she is still usable. Her Defense is worse than that of the other two knights, Bors an Barthe, as well as her HP, but she has more Strength than Bors, as well as Skill, and they have similar Speed and Luck. Her Strength is worse than Barthe's, but she has much more Skill, Speed, and Luck. She has good promotion bonuses, including a boost of 4 to her Strength and Speed. She does have the Triangle Attack with Bors and Barthe, and on chapters with many units able to be deployed, they can prove useful for their Defensive capabilities, especially in Chapter 21, if they're trained enough. Overall, Gwendolyn is one of the hardest units to train, but she is still usable. 

Fire Emblem Heroes

Adorable Knight

Armored knight of Ostia. Intent on mastering defense, despite feeling awkward in armor. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Base Stats

Rarity:

1

		Title
		Adorable Knight
		Group
		Armored
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	21/22/23 42/45/48	6/7/8 23/26/29	3/4/5 18/21/24	10/11/12 31/34/37	4/5/6 21/24/27
Skills			Weapon
Steel Lance			Lance

2

		Title
		Adorable Knight
		Group
		Armored
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	21/22/23 43/46/49	7/8/9 25/28/31	3/4/5 19/22/25	11/12/13 33/36/39	4/5/6 22/25/28
Skills			Weapon
Killer Lance Buckler			Lance

3

		Title
		Adorable Knight
		Group
		Armored
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	22/23/24 46/49/52	7/8/9 26/30/33	4/5/6 21/24/28	11/12/13 35/38/41	5/6/7 24/28/31
Skills			Weapon
Killer Lance+ Buckler			Lance

Skills

Weapon

Name	Prerequisite	Might	Range	Effects	SP Cost	Default	Unlocked
Iron Lance	-	6	1	-	50	-	-
Steel Lance	-	8	1	-	100		-
Killer Lance	-	7	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1).	200
Killer Lance+	Killer Lance	11	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1).	300

Weapon Evolutions

Evolution	Might	Original Effects	Evolved Effects	Cost
Killer Lance+ ↓ Slaying Lance+	11 ↓ 14	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1).	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count -1).	300 SP 200 20

Special

Name	Prerequisite	Effects	Charge Cost	SP Cost	Default	Unlocked
Buckler	-	Reduces damage inflicted by attacks from adjacent foes by 30%.	3	100
Escutcheon	Buckler	Reduces damage inflicted by attacks from adjacent foes by 30%.	2	200	-

Passive

Name	Prerequisite	Effects	SP Cost	Unlocked	Type
Drag Back	-	If unit initiates attack, the unit moves 1 space away after combat. Foe moves into unit's previous space.	150		B
Hone Atk 1	-	Grants adjacent allies Atk +2 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	50	-	C
Hone Atk 2	Hone Atk 1	Grants adjacent allies Atk +3 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	100		C
Hone Armor	Hone Atk 2	Grants adjacent armored allies Atk/Spd +6 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	200		C

Quotes

The Binding Blade

“You're joking right? I can't die...”
—Gwendolyn's death quote in The Binding Blade.

“Uh... Lets go! Triangle attack!!”
—Gwendolyn's triangle attack quote in The Binding Blade

“You'll be fine, Gwendolyn… Just trust in yourself.”
—Gwendolyn's final battle quote in The Binding Blade.

Heroes

Gwendolyn/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings

Gwendolyn - Beautiful Knight (可憐な重騎士 Karen na Jūkishi lit. Lovely Heavy Knight)

• Gwendolyn chose to live her life as an Armor Knight. Her actions gave courage to many, and she is still remembered today as the first female captain of an Armor Knight squad.

Trivia

• On the official Japanese website for Nintendo, Gwendolyn won 28th place  out of 80 in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The male-female vote ratio is 5:1. The voter comments seem to focus on her brave and bold personality and her gameplay abilities as a Knight/General.
• Gwendolyn shares her English voice actress, Cherami Leigh, with Caeda, Cecilia, and Mae in Fire Emblem Heroes.
  • Coincidentally, Gwendolyn also shares her Japanese voice actress Toa Yukinari, with Cecilia and Lucius.

Gallery

Artwork of Gwendolyn from Fire Emblem Heroes by Masao Tsubasa.

Artwork of Gwendolyn from Fire Emblem Heroes by Masao Tsubasa.

Artwork of Gwendolyn from Fire Emblem Heroes by Masao Tsubasa.

Artwork of Gwendolyn from Fire Emblem Heroes by Masao Tsubasa.

Gwendolyn's portrait in The Binding Blade.