—Izuka
Izuka is a character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He plays a minor role in Path of Radiance, but acts as a major antagonist in Radiant Dawn. He is a mad scientist and responsible for the creation of an elixir that turns laguz into Feral Ones.
Izuka is the boss of Chapter 4-5 in Radiant Dawn, where he wields the most powerful dark tome in the game, Balberith, which he drops when defeated. He can summon four enemy Laguz per turn and uses the Rewarp staff to avoid enemy units.
Profile[]
Path of Radiance[]
Izuka makes his first and only appearance in Chapter 28, where he is shown to be in charge of Gritnea Tower, the place where he conducted the experiments that resulted in the creation of the Feral Ones. Upon hearing that the Crimean Army is approaching, he orders the demented Laguz to be released, and then promptly makes his escape. He is never seen again in the game.
Radiant Dawn[]
Izuka reappears in Chapter 1-5, where he is introduced as the adviser and caretaker of Pelleas, the supposed long-lost son of the deceased Ashnard. Pelleas explains that Izuka is the one who revealed his lineage to him and reunited him with his mother, Almedha. Because of this, Pelleas' loyalty to Izuka is unwavering. At first, Izuka is extremely hostile to both Sothe and Micaiah, but appoints Micaiah commander of the Daein Liberation Army upon discovering that she is the famous Silver-Haired Maiden. Sothe is well aware that Izuka only wishes to use Micaiah's popularity to rally the people of Daein behind Pelleas, but goes along with Micaiah's decision to accept Izuka's offer regardless.
Throughout Chapters 1-6 and 1-7, Izuka proves to be a very poor strategist, first planning an attack that would have turned out to be suicidal were it not for Micaiah's gift of farsight, and then by planning to poison the water supplies of a prison despite the fact that this would likely result in the death of the very prisoners the Liberation Army intended to free.
In Chapter 1-8, Izuka vehemently opposes Micaiah's decision to rescue the citizens that Jarod is planning to execute, fearing the massacre to be a set-up meant to draw out the Liberation Army. Eventually, Pelleas gives Micaiah his permission to proceed, much to Izuka's frustration. He later tampers with Muarim's food, feeding him the elixir that turns laguz into Feral Ones. However, Muarim is saved by Rafiel's Galdr of Rebirth. Both Sothe and Tormod are revolted by Izuka's action, but Pelleas refuses to punish Izuka, causing an enraged Tormod to storm out of the tent.
In the epilogue of Part 1, it becomes obvious that Izuka has grown resentful of Micaiah's growing influence on the troops. When Jarod begins bombarding Nevassa in a last act of defiance towards both the Dawn Brigade and the Begnion Senate, Micaiah once again sets out to fight the Occupational Army, only for Izuka to forbid her from doing so. Izuka accuses her of plotting to steal the throne of Daein from Pelleas, which enrages Sothe. Pelleas breaks up the argument by agreeing with Micaiah and personally orders the Liberation Army to rush to the besieged capital's help. Pelleas is then crowned King of Daein following Jarod's defeat.
The same day, Izuka tricks Pelleas into signing a blood pact with Lekain, for whom he had been working the entire time, thus bending Daein to the will of the Begnion Senate. It is later revealed that Izuka vanished without a trace shortly after Pelleas' crowning. While Almedha suspects that his disappearance is the work of people trying to throw Daein into disarray, he had in fact been kidnapped by Volke at the behest of Bastian. The latter was desperately searching for a way to cure Duke Renning, who had been fed the elixir that turns laguz into Feral Ones during the Mad King's War. Izuka thus spends the vast majority of the game in custody at the castle of Fayre in Crimea, where he undergoes a lengthy interrogation by Bastian. Eventually, Izuka offers to make an antidote in exchange for his freedom, but Bastian refuses, not willing to let him roam free.
After Ashera's Judgement hits Tellius, Bastian joins the Hawk Army in Chapter 4-5, bringing Izuka and Volke with him. Izuka subsequently escapes, prompting a frantic chase that culminates in a battle in which he summons waves of Feral Ones to defend himself, to no avail as he ends up slain by the Hawk Army.
Personality[]
Izuka is a mad scientist wholly lacking in empathy for others. In particular, as the creator of the elixir that turns laguz into Feral Ones, he has no qualms with using it on anyone, laguz and beorc alike. Similarly, while serving as Pelleas's caretaker in Part 1 of Radiant Dawn, he openly suggests poisoning a prison's water supply regardless of the number of innocent casualties that would result, argues against the rescue of prisoners that are due to be executed, and goes so far in his attempts to turn Muarim into a Feral One that he spikes his food with the elixir.
Izuka sees himself as a genius and calls the results of his immoral experimentation "humanity's greatest triumph". He is also prone to fits of anger when his advice is ignored, such as when he throws a tantrum when Micaiah's strategy is preferred over his. When Pelleas prevents him from turning Muarim into a Feral One, Izuka sees him as a traitor despite the fact that Pelleas ultimately does him a favor by electing not to punish him for an act others present considered heinous. Further, Izuka makes this accusation despite the fact that, all this time, he himself is actively working against Daein as an agent of the Begnion senator Lekain.
Through his schemes, Izuka manages to bend the nation of Daein to the will of the Begnion Senate, and he is even able to avoid Ashera's Judgement.
In-Game[]
Base Stats[]
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Summoner |  Thunder | ||||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Wt | Mov |
| 13 | 46 | 15 | 38 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| Skills | Weapon | Starting Items | |||||||||
 Shove Flare |  Dark - SS Staff - S |  Balberith* Rewarp | |||||||||
* Dropped upon defeat
Biorhythm[]
Quotes[]
Battle Conversations[]
Default[]
- Izuka: Don't you see? If I am harmed, my knowledge will be lost! Can the human race survive such a tragedy? If you fools cannot see the larger picture, you will have to be destroyed!
Vs. Tibarn[]
- Izuka: Ah... You must be the hawk king! Understand that my work was never intended to harm the laguz, specifically!
- Tibarn: No power on Tellius will protect you from me. With your death, I can finally lay my brothers' souls to rest.
Vs. Elincia[]
- Izuka: Elincia, the Crimean queen! Are you here to seek revenge?
- Elincia: Revenge? On whose account? What are you talking about? I am arresting a dangerous fugitive.
Vs. Ranulf[]
- Ranulf: I saw the results of your experiments at Gritnea Tower. The mutilated bodies... the rotting flesh... It was the most horrifying experience of my life. I wonder if my nightmares will pass when I kill you?
- Izuka: How could you not see the importance of my beloved research? That was my life's work!
- Ranulf: Then it is appropriate that you will pay for those terrible crimes with your life. My long-suffering kinsmen, watch as I destroy your tormentor!
Vs. Lucia[]
- Izuka: Don't you see? If I am harmed, my knowledge will be lost! Can the human race survive such a tragedy? If you fools cannot see the larger picture, you will have to be destroyed!
- Lucia: I don't know what atrocities caused Bastian to hold you prisoner, but I know what you did to the laguz, and that's reason enough for me to kill you!
- Izuka: Don't be too rash! If you kill me, Crimea will surely suffer!
- Lucia: I will silence your lying tongue, degenerate!
Vs. Geoffrey[]
- Izuka: They've broken through my Feral Ones! I must create more!
- Geoffrey: After the war against the Mad King, I always regretted not capturing you. Prepare yourself for justice!
Vs. Bastian[]
- Izuka: Have a care, Crimean count! If my knowledge dies, so does your only hope of saving that man!
- Bastian: Hmm... it's true that your knowledge is a valuable asset.
- Izuka: Ah, my noble count! You are most merciful!
- Bastian: I have some knowledge of anatomy. Once you are dead, perhaps I will dissect your brain and see if I can identify the root of your intelligence.
- Izuka: Y-you monster! What you suggest is unconscionable!
- Bastian: Exactly, yet you had no hesitation before doing worse to the laguz. I will speed you now to the afterlife, where you may contemplate your life's egregious mistakes.
Vs. Pelleas[]
- Pelleas: Izuka!
- Izuka: Ah, my dear prince Pelleas! Excuse me, King Pelleas! I'd assumed that you had been turned to stone. How nice to see you again! But I am saddened to see that you would betray me and fight alongside these shortsighted fools! I found you and set you on the path to royalty! I served you well, did I not?
- Pelleas: I know that you've been working for the senate, Izuka.
- Izuka: So you found out. Very well. At least I don't need to pretend anymore. It isn't like you will spare my life, anyway.
- Pelleas: With most of Daein turned to stone, the blood pact can no longer harm anyone. But that doesn't change the fact that you tricked me into risking the life of every citizen of my kingdom. Why would you betray me, Izuka? Were you ever loyal to Daein?
- Izuka: Betrayal? What of your betrayal of me? I remember well how you valued one worthless laguz life over mine! It was your betrayal that forced me to abandon my work! You were supposed to be my puppet, a weakling boy-king that I could control, giving me free reign!
- Pelleas: What? How could that be...
- Izuka: Oh, princeling boy, how completely I've fooled you... You are not King Ashnard's son. All I did was look for a boy that could pass for the king's son.
- Pelleas: But... Mother said... She said she was certain that I was her child!
- Izuka: Ah yes, Lady Almedha, paragon of sanity! She is certainly fit to identify a boy she hasn't seen in fifteen years. She was so desperate to have her son again that she would have believed anything I told her.
- Pelleas: No... No! Stop it! Stop talking!
Vs. Zihark[]
- Zihark: Izuka the Cruel... You are the author of this atrocity against nature? What gives you the right to perform your vile works on the laguz!
- Izuka: The sub-humans are perfect subjects! What could be wrong with using them?
- Zihark: ...She always told me not to let anger and hatred get the best of me, not to let them guide my blade... This will be my only exception.
Vs. Volke[]
- Izuka: You! You're...
- Volke: ...under a new contract. Good-bye, Izuka.
- Izuka: Feral Ones! Kill him! Do it now!
Vs. Reyson[]
- Izuka: Hm, a heron. I was disappointed with the results of my heron trials. Your frail bodies succumb to the poisons too quickly.
- Reyson: Despicable butcher! This forsaken place will be your tomb, and it won't be soon enough.
Death Quote[]
—Izuka's death quote
Non-Canon Appearances[]
Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]
Izuka is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:
Choose Your Legends Placement History[]
| Round | Placement | Character Version | Votes |
|---|
| CYL1 | 770 |  Radiant Dawn |
33 |
| CYL2 | 758 ↑12 |
Radiant Dawn |
36 ↑3 |
| CYL3 | 560 ↑198 |
Radiant Dawn |
28 ↓8 |
| CYL4 | 572 ↓12 |
Radiant Dawn |
12 ↓16 |
| CYL5 | 489 ↑83 |
Radiant Dawn |
15 ↑3 |
| CYL6 | 499 ↓10 |
Radiant Dawn |
14 ↓1 |
| CYL7 | 419 ↑80 |
Radiant Dawn |
13 ↓1 |
| CYL8 | 429 ↓10 |
Radiant Dawn |
13 |
| CYL9 | 386 ↑43 |
Radiant Dawn |
13 |
Trivia[]
- Izuka is the only Summoner in Radiant Dawn, and is the only default Summoner in the entire series to date.
- Izuka's name is apparently taken from the name of graphic designer Daisuke Izuka, whose name appears in the credits of Radiant Dawn.
- If Izuka is attacked while he has the Rewarp Staff equipped, his battle animation will show the staff moving around on its own. This may imply that Izuka possesses some form of telekinesis, a skill occasionally demonstrated by experienced dark magic users, such as the Druid and Summoner.
Gallery[]
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