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“No. I won't stand for my brothers' vile ways but I just won't betray my father, either. I'm going back to the capital. I'm going to try, one more time, to convince my father.”
—Jamke, in a conversation with Edain

Jamke is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is the youngest prince of Verdane, the son/grandson of King Batu and the brother/nephew of Prince Cimbaeth and Prince Munnir.

He is the Verdane royal who is seen to actively resist the changes Sandima and the Loptr Church are attempting to bring about in the country.

Profile[]

Jamke goes behind his brother's back and rescues and frees Edain and Dew after Munnir captures the former. While Cimbaeth and Munnir eagerly attack Grannvale, He repeatedly attempts to talk Batu out of invading, to no avail. He's forced to fight against Sigurd's army despite wanting to end the bloodshed but can later be convinced to join Sigurd's army if Edain speaks to him.

Jamke will eventually perish in the Battle of Belhalla, alongside many of his fellow comrades. If he is paired with someone, his children will eventually inherit Verdane, if they survive the war, as Jamke became the sole heir of the kingdom since the other members of his family fell on battle against Sigurd's army.

Personality[]

Jamke believes the war to be unnecessary and immoral. Unlike his older brothers, Jamke is worried about Sandima's influence and deeply distrusts him. Though he is a competent warrior, he dislikes senseless violence.

Jamke is willing to lay aside his "honor" in order to do what he feels is right. When he is unable to convince his family to desist from attacking Grannvale, Jamke undermines their immoral actions first by subterfuge and then by openly taking arms against them. He cares deeply about his father and the future of his country, and decides that he'd rather be accused of treason than let Sandima and his brothers continue an unprovoked war against a neighbor they had been at peace with.

In-Game[]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War[]

Base Stats[]

Starting ClassHoly Blood
FE4 Bow Fighter Sprite (M)Archer-
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMovLeadGold
6361101414490605,000
SkillsWeaponStarting Items
PursuitPursuit
ContinueAdept
ChargeCharge
FE4 BowBow - AFE4killerbowKiller Bow

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
90% 50% 0% 10% 35% 40% 30% 5%

Promotion Gains[]

Promoted Class
FE4 Sniper Sprite Sniper
+5 0 +2 +2 +2 +3 0

Overall[]

Secret Book (Artwork)
Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Jamke is a powerful ranged unit obtained near the end of Chapter 1 in Sigurd's tale. Jamke is one of the most offensively impressive units in the first generation, sporting the Pursuit, Adept, and Charge skills and good strength, skill and speed on top of wielding a Killer Bow. Pretty much everything Jamke attacks, he kills. He can make short work of almost any Boss or unit in the game, and will have a very easy time clearing the Arena on each map.

He does, however, come with some flaws. Jamke, as an Archer/Sniper, cannot counterattack enemies that attack him from melee range. Meaning he will need to wait behind other units and wait for opportune times to move in and strike. Compounding this issue is the fact that Jamke has low Movement like all infantry, which will not be fixed by his Promotion, Jamke might have trouble reaching the action sometimes, let alone strategically positioning him so that he is not overrun by melee units. His durability is not particularly outstanding, though his high HP will help him eat a hit or two.

Despite all of that, Jamke is a good unit and excellent at killing troublesome unit leaders and Bosses even if he may have some movement issues.

Father Overview[]

Jamke has pretty good growths and skills for a father, but he has a few fairly notable problems. The first problem being that his Pursuit skill is a class skill and not a personal skill, meaning he cannot pass it on to his children. Secondly, he cannot pass any weapons on to any children except for one pairing. Lastly, his Skill growth is abysmal.

Luckily for Jamke, Skill in Genealogy of the Holy War has a rather limited effect of increasing Accuracy by 2 points per 1 point of Skill as well as increasing the chance to activate Astra, Luna, Sol, and Critical (including Critical bestowed by weapons) by 1% per point. While obviously having high Skill growth is preferable, having low Skill growth is not as crippling as having low growth in other stats since Accuracy is much more dependent on the weapon equipped than the Skill of the unit. It is also not difficult to pass a Skill Ring on to Jamke's children since there are two of them in the game and the item is not very heavily contested anyway.

Jamke is best paired with Edain. Ayra and Brigid are solid choices, but with some flaws. Generally his other pairings are not very good because the children will lack Pursuit, Jamke cannot pass on any weapons, or the children are focused on Magic. Passing on Adept generally is not worth such a mismatch.

  • Edain: Jamke is a perfect fit for Lester. He can pass on a good array of Bows (including the Brave Bow as long as Edain and Jamke fell in love by Chapter 4), Lester will get Adept and Charge, both great skills for an Arch Knight to have. If you also pass along a Pursuit Ring and maybe a Skill Ring, Lester will maximize his potential and be a great unit. Lana's Magic growth will be a little low, but it should not impact her capability to act as a strong healer. Assuming Jamke does pass on the Pursuit Ring, he will likely be Edain's best fit as well. Without the Pursuit Ring, Edain may find a better overall partner in Midir.
  • Ayra: Both kids already have Pursuit, so Jamke being unable to pass it down to them is not a problem. Plus, his Adept and Charge skills synergize well with Ayra's Astra. The only problem is that he cannot pass his weapons down to Ulster, so Jamke will need to kill Chagall or Jacobi in order to obtain one of their swords.
  • Brigid: This pairing will result in Brigid's children having high Strength and HP, alongside inheriting the Adept and Charge skills. Febail's offense will reach his maximum potential with this pairing. However, Febail may have difficulty inflicting critical hits on enemy units if he inherits the Killer Bow from Brigid, as he will have low Skill. Patty will suffer somewhat with this pairing as she will not inherit any weapons, will not inherit Pursuit, and the Charge skill may adversely affect her offense. However, she will have Adept; although it is not as reliable as Pursuit it will help her offense.

Conversations[]

In Chapter 1, Edain can recruit Jamke by speaking to him.

In Chapter 4, if Edain and Jamke are lovers, she may speak to him, resulting in him receiving a Brave Bow.

In Chapter 5, after Lubeck Castle is captured, Dew may speak to Jamke, but nothing will result of it.

In Chapter 5, after Phinora Castle is captured, if Jamke is in love with Brigid, she may speak to him, but nothing will result of it.

Love Growths[]

Supports
Character Bonus
Adean
Edain
250+1
Ira
Ayra
0+2
RaquesisFE4
Lachesis
50+2
Fury
Erinys
50+2
Sylvia
Silvia
0+3
Briggid
Brigid
150+3
Tiltyu
Tailtiu
120+3

Fire Emblem Awakening[]

SpotPass[]

Starting Class
FE13 NPC Generic Archer (M) Map SpriteArcher
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
1533143191881245
SkillsWeaponStarting Items
Skill +2Skill +2
EarlyInitiativePrescience
LightningspeediconGaleforce
BowIconFE13Bow - CKiller Bow FE13 IconKiller Bow*

*Enemy only, joins unequipped

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Prince of Verdane
The prince of Verdane. He does not carry the blood of a crusader in his veins. He turns his bow against his homeland to try to stop the war. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

Base Stats[]

Rarity:
✯✯✯
Heroes Jamke Sprite (3*)Title
Prince of Verdane
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
15
34
7
32
9
28
6
25
3
14
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Steel BowFEH Bow Bow
✯✯✯✯
Heroes Jamke Sprite (4* & 5*)Title
Prince of Verdane
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
15
35
8
34
10
30
6
26
3
15
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Slaying Bow
FEH skill special Night Sky
FEH Bow Bow
✯✯✯✯✯
Heroes Jamke Sprite (5*)Title
Prince of Verdane
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
16
38
8
36
10
32
7
29
4
17
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Slaying Bow+
FEH skill special Night Sky
FEH Bow Bow

Skills[]

TypeNamePrerequisiteDefaultUnlocked
FEH skill offenseIron Bow---
Steel Bow-FEH Star Rarity 3-
Slaying BowSteel BowFEH Star Rarity 4FEH Star Rarity 3
Slaying Bow+Slaying Bow-FEH Star Rarity 5
Bow of VerdaneSlaying Bow+-FEH Star Rarity 5
FEH skill specialNight Sky-FEH Star Rarity 4FEH Star Rarity 3
AstraNight Sky-FEH Star Rarity 4
AFEH Heavy Blade 1 Heavy Blade 1-FEH Star Rarity 3
FEH Heavy Blade 2 Heavy Blade 2FEH Heavy Blade 1 Heavy Blade 1FEH Star Rarity 4
FEH Heavy Blade 3 Heavy Blade 3FEH Heavy Blade 2 Heavy Blade 2FEH Star Rarity 5
BFEH Cancel Affinity 1 Cancel Affinity 1--
FEH Cancel Affinity 2 Cancel Affinity 2FEH Cancel Affinity 1 Cancel Affinity 1FEH Star Rarity 3
FEH Cancel Affinity 3 Cancel Affinity 3FEH Cancel Affinity 2 Cancel Affinity 2FEH Star Rarity 4

Overall[]

Secret Book (Artwork)
Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.
Base Set[]

Jamke comes to Heroes as a Grand Hero Battle unit. While he initially seems similar to Leon, his higher offensive stats set him apart; he actually has the highest base Attack stat of all colorless units in the game (tied with Sothe). His Defense is also serviceable, with Resistance being his only real weak point in terms of stats. To further augment his dueling potential as an archer, he can even refine his base Slaying Bow to boost his HP along with any other stat he chooses, although he will most likely look to boost his Speed.

Jamke has the tools to use his strong stats as well. Thanks to his very high Attack, decent Speed and Slaying Bow, combined with Astra for a Special, he ends up putting out some very nasty burst damage. If he has both a Speed and Attack advantage over the foe (the former of which can be easily achieved with a Sacred Seal), he can activate Astra every combat he enters against ranged units thanks to Heavy Blade. He also comes with Cancel Affinity, a skill which turns the common Raven-Triangle Adept combo on itself.

Jamke does have his weaknesses though. Although his Defense is definitely usable and valuable, the same can not be said for his Resistance. With a paltry base 55 magical bulk, most boosted mages will take him out in one hit, and even some unboosted mages, although refining Jamke's Slaying Bow to give him more HP definitely helps his matchups along. Dragons can also be very dangerous if they find their way into melee range. Jamke's job is to use his high Attack to punish units without high Defense, and for a free unit, he does his job very well.

Counters[]

Jamke is very easily beaten by most mages with respectable power, especially Blade tome users. He will struggle mightily against anyone who deals magic damage to him, especially those whom he can not retaliate against, such as staves, dragons, or the increasingly common Windsweep users. However, he doesn't go down so easily to physical damage dealers without their Specials ready, especially when his refined bow pushes his physical bulk to at least 72.

Skill Inheritance[]

By a bow user's standard, Jamke does a ton of damage, and most of his inheritances should be focused around boosting this damage as far as one can. Keeping Slaying Bow is recommended as Jamke can refine it to boost his stats while reaching his Special more quickly. An ideal possible set is to use Draconic Aura combined with Life and Death, two skills available on four-star units, and then a Heavy Blade seal. With these skills, an external Speed buff from an ally, and a Speed refinement for his Bow, Jamke becomes a Player Phase monster that inflicts severe pain on anything he attacks. An offensive B skill such as Chill Speed or Desperation can give him far more avenues by which to decimate his targets. With his huge Attack, Jamke also becomes a dangerous user of a Firesweep Bow+ set.

If desired, Jamke is also just physically tanky enough to consider a Close Counter set; although Leon is slightly better at tanking physical hits thanks to his marginally higher Defense, Jamke offsets this by having higher Attack and Speed, making him more dangerous on the counterattack. He can choose to run Guard (inheritable from Leon) to deny enemy Specials before firing off his own, or even Vantage to pack a surprise wallop if his Special is still ready on enemy phase.

Jamke's stats make him able to run just about any set you want on him, but he's best off using his high offensive spread to blast through enemies.

Meet Some of the Heroes[]

Prince of Verdane Jamke
Jamke prince of verdane pop01 Jamke is the third prince of Verdane, a kingdom in the dense forests of Jugdral. He's an amazing shot with a bow!
Jamke prince of verdane pop02 Unlike his older brothers, Jamke has a very gentle disposition. When Verdane started an invasion of Grannvale, he desperately tried to get his father, King Batu, to put a stop to the fighting.
Jamke prince of verdane pop03 However, his pleas fell on deaf ears, and the invasion continued. Jamke was forced to participate in the conflict, but after some convincing from his confidante Edain, he made the difficult decision to turn against his own kingdom's forces.
Jamke prince of verdane pop04 In the end, when the bloody war was over, Jamke was left the only surviving member of Verdane's royal family. But even so, he continued to fight for the sake of his kingdom, and for Edain!
Closely Associated Characters
Edain Daughter to the duchy of Yngvi. Brigid's twin sister, she is a kind and beautiful cleric. When she was kidnapped by Prince Munnir of Verdane, Jamke rescued her.
Sigurd Heir to Chalphy, descendant of the crusader Baldr, and Seliph's father. He's courageous and has a strong sense of justice. Jamke joins his army, though they were enemies at first.

Quotes[]

Genealogy of the Holy War[]

Recruit Conversation[]

  • Edain: Prince Jamke! Wait!!
  • Jamke: Edain, is that you?
  • Edain: I thought you went to talk to your father! Now you're fighting? What is going on!?
  • Jamke: I don't know. Something was real odd about him. He just won't listen to me. Everything's been upside-down since that Sandima showed up. My father and brothers have done anything he has asked them to.
  • Edain: So why does that bring you into battle? Please, Jamke, don't do this! Let's return to Verdane and speak with the king once more. We're stopping this war! Sir Sigurd did not come here to invade your country. He was merely fighting to rescue me. Please, Jamke, listen to reason!
  • Jamke: Alright, let's give it one more try. And I'm exposing that traitor once and for all. But no one lays a finger on my father. That's my one condition.
  • Edain: I'll see to it no one does. Thank you, Jamke. You really are a good person.
  • Jamke: Edain…
“I don’t want to hurt you! Retreat! Don’t force my hand!”
—Jamke's battle quote as an enemy, in Chapter 1 of Genealogy of the Holy War
“W-what!? Sandima! You...!”
—Jamke's battle quote versus Sandima in Chapter 1 of Genealogy of the Holy War
“Urgh... I`m already done for...?”
—Jamke's death quote in Genealogy of the Holy War
“Urgh... I`m already done for?...[Lover]”
—Jamke's death quote in Genealogy of the Holy War, if he has a lover.

Awakening[]

“Easy. I mean you no harm.”
—Jamke's SpotPass parley quote
“Stop! I don't want to hurt you!”
—Jamke's SpotPass battle quote
“You make an impassioned case.”
—Jamke's SpotPass recruitment quote
“Leave this place! We have no quarrel with you!”
—Jamke's battle quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 1
“Go home! You've no errand here!”
—Jamke's battle quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 3
“Leave, unless you want me to decorate you with arrows!”
—Jamke's battle quote as an enemy, in Rogues & Redeemers 1
“Careless... I must retreat..Give up. You've just met your match.”
—Jamke's battle quote as a NPC, in Rogues & Redeemers 2
“Run home, or die in this foreign world!”
—Jamke's battle quote as an enemy, in Rogues & Redeemers 3
“Why do you keep fighting? It will gain you...nothing...”
—Jamke's death quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 1
“Careless... I must retreat...”
—Jamke's death quote as a NPC, in Lost Bloodlines 2
“I must away... I am not too proud to admit defeat...”
—Jamke's death quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 3
“Why...am I not strong enough? Ahh...”
—Jamke's death quote as an enemy, in Rogues & Redeemers 1
“Putting me...in my place... I see...ahh...”
—Jamke's death quote as a NPC, in Rogues & Redeemers 2
“Don't let this...go to your head. One wrong move, and you'll be next...”
—Jamke's death quote as an enemy, in Rogues & Redeemers 3

Heroes[]

Jamke/Heroes Quotes

Non-Canon Appearances[]

Fire Emblem: Light Inheritors[]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (Mitsuki Oosawa Manga)[]

In the Mitsuki Oosawa manga adaptation Jamke is shown to have a good understanding of strategy, as exemplified where he is seen discussing tactics with Sigurd and Quan from time to time. In this version, he is recruited by Edain and marries her, being the future father of Lana and Lester.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (Nattsu Fujimori Manga)[]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Gag Paradise[]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War - Sigurd's Tale[]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War - Last of the Earth Dragons[]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War - Forest and Lake Country[]

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]

Jamke is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Round Placement Character Version Votes

CYL7 397
↑61
CYL Jamke Portrait
Genealogy of the Holy War
35
↓24

Etymology[]

Jamke is a corruption of Jamukha, a Mongolian political and military leader who was a rival to Genghis Khan. Jamke's father, Batu, also derives his name from Mongolian history.

Trivia[]

  • Jamke is the only male member of Sigurd's army who is of royal heritage but not of Crusader heritage.
  • According to the Mitsuki Oosawa manga, Jamke was born on Gran 737, stands at 183 centimeters and weighs 70 kilograms.
  • The Fire Emblem Treasure family tree revealed he was the son of Batu's first son, thus being the grandson of Batu. But in the game, Jamke calls Batu father, and Munnir refers to him as his brother. In Fire Emblem Heroes, he also refers to Batu as his father.
  • Jamke was originally planned by Shouzou Kaga to be an Axe Fighter, much like his two brothers/uncles. However, as his character began to grow on Kaga, Jamke's class was subsequently changed to that of an archer. [1][1]

Gallery[]

See main article: Jamke/Gallery.
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