Jesse

Jesse
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Age	24
Relatives	May contain spoilers Unnamed Father Unnamed Half-Brother
Affiliations
Nationality	Zofia
Occupation(s)	Mercenary
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem Gaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
First Seen	Chapter 3: War of Deliverance (Celica's route)
Starting Class	Mercenary
Voice Actors
Japanese	Go Shinomiyarai
English	Mick Wingert
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“I guess some folks just need to live by that kind of tight framework. Me railing against that wasn’t going to make anyone happy, you know? So I figure I’ll find my own place where I can live in a way that does.”
—Jesse

Jesse is a playable character in Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Profile

A free spirit who hates the strict rules of the household where he was constantly told what to do and not do, Jesse's father was a high-ranking Zofian nobleman, and he was in fact friends with Clive and other nobles around his age. There were high expectations for him due to his skill with the sword, but trouble arose with the birth of his younger half-brother, as Jesse himself was born to a low-ranking concubine rather than a proper wife. Most of their vassals hoped Jesse would succeed his father, but Jesse decided instead to abandon his family name and run away for the sake of his sickly brother's future.

At some point in time, Jesse encountered Silque being kidnapped by bandits. Realizing her plight, he rescued her and then accompanied her during her travels for a distance, parting at Zofia Harbour. Later on, Jesse attempted to save Est from Grieth, but was captured and imprisoned at the Desert Stronghold. When Celica's party frees him he then joins their team.

After the war, Jesse made his own nation in Grieth's land, joined by Saber and Kamui. He became known as the "Desert Mercenary King".

Personality

Jesse is a individual who enjoys life without restrictions, leading to his ambition of creating a kingdom that could not be tied down by anyone. Being very flirtatious and often smooth talking women in Celica's army, and even Celica herself, he is also quite a dreamer as shown in his supports with Saber.

In-Game

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mercenary
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
6	28	11	10	12	9	5	7	4
Magic				Starting Items
-				-

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
40%	25%	40%	40%	20%	25%	0%

Learnt Magic

Class	Level	Magic Learnt
‎Mage	1	Fire
	2	Excalibur
	9	Thunder
Sage	1	Recover

Overall

In Celica's route, she gains access to three Mercenary units: Jesse, Saber, and Kamui. When considering the three Mercenary units that Celica can obtain, they can generally be simplified into 3 types. Saber is the durable, defensive Mercenary, Kamui is the all-rounder Mercenary with even stats, and Jesse is the late recruit with the best base stats and growths making him the most dangerous. An optional, Pre-Promoted Myrmidon, Deen, is also available to recruit. Deen is best described as fragile and aggressive.

Jesse can be considered a quasi Est Archetype, in that he joins a ways into the game and comes to you below your average party level. However, unlike Est, Jesse actually starts with better stats for his level than other characters of the same class. While Jesse's growths are very high, they are not quite as explosively high as Est's (Jesse having 190% total growth, and Est having 250% total in a game where the average is roughly 150%), but they are high enough where he will outshine characters of the same class. His starting level and stats should only be a little behind your current party, so giving him a sword and catching him up is perfectly feasible without any grinding. He is, overall, one of the strongest units available to Celica.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mercenary
Level	HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
6	28	11	10	12	9	5	7	4
Magic			Skills			Starting Items
-			-			-

Class Sets

Class Sets
Base Class	First Tier	Second Tier	Third Tier	Overclass
Villager	Cavalier	Paladin	Gold Knight	Skogul*
	Soldier	Knight	Baron	Spartan*
	Mercenary	Myrmidon	Dread Fighter**	Yasha*
	Archer	Sniper	Bow Knight	Oliphantier*
	Mage	Sage	-	Guru*

*DLC class; visit Shrine to access.
**Possible to loop back to Villager after Dread Fighter and Yasha.

Learnt Magic

Class	Level	Magic Learnt
Mage	1	Fire
	2	Excalibur
	9	Thunder
Sage	1	Recover
Guru	1	Lemegeton

Growth Rates

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
40%	35%	40%	45%	55%	30%	0%

Personal Max Stats

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
52	39	40	40	43	39	40

Supports

See also: Jesse/Supports

• Saber
• Deen

Passive Supports

• Silque

Quotes

Gaiden

“Heh, me, of all people, falling short of the rebel image...”
—Jesse's death quote

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Jesse/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Quotes

Possible Endings

Gaiden

"In the former territory of Grieth, he built a new country.
Afterwards, he became known as the Desert Mercenary."

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

"After successfully founding a mercenary kingdom in Grieth's former land, Jesse then proved successful at ruling it. In times of strife, he worked with Alm to secure peace. Tales of his valor are told even now, in which he's reverentially called "the Steel Amidst the Sand."

Trivia

• The "Choose Your Legends" event of Fire Emblem Heroes revealed that he was 747th out of 791 with 43 votes, tying him with Grieth as the lowest scoring character of the Gaiden portion.
• In the "Choose Your Legends 3" event of Fire Emblem Heroes, Jesse placed 456th with 196 votes and was 49th out of the Gaiden/Shadows of Valentia characters, 28th out of the playable characters, 25th out of the male characters and 19th out of the playable male characters.

Gallery

Concept artwork of Jesse from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Artwork of Jesse from The Complete.

Artwork of Jesse from Cipher by Tetsu Kurosawa.

Jesse's portrait in Gaiden.

Jesse's status screen portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Jesse's portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Jesse's village sprite.

Jesse's battle model as a Mercenary in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Jesse's battle model as a Myrmidon in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Jesse's battle model as a Dread Fighter in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.