Kliff

Kliff
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem Gaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
First Seen	Chapter 1: Zofia's Call (Gaiden) Prologue: Alm and Celica (Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)
Starting Class	Villager Boy/Villager (Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)
Voice Actors
Japanese	Mitsuki Saiga
English	Chris Patton
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“To keep another’s secret is a sign of strength and trust. But when we hold our own secrets in, we’re only judging everyone else. “You can never understand,” we think. It’s sad, but…it’s what we do.”
—Kliff

Kliff (クリフ Kurifu, Qulyf in the Japanese version) is a playable character in Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He is 15 years old.

Profile

He is a Villager from Ram Village and joins the Deliverance after Alm joins to learn more about the wide world. After the war, he bid farewell to Alm and vanished to another continent. Later a boy claiming to be the son of Kliff served under Alm and displayed a great proficiency for magic.

Personality

Alm's childhood friend from Ram Village, Kliff likes reading and researching history and he speaks maturely for his age. He dislikes smalltalk. As a child, he was prone to fits of crying or emotion, and was commonly made fun of by Gray or Tobin because of it. This is most likely why Kliff is more reserved and cold once he gets older.

In-Game

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Recruitment

Talk to him before leaving Ram Village.

Base Stats

Starting Class
Villager
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	20	7	1	2	10	3	8	4
Magic				Starting Items
Fire (Mage) Thunder (Lv 4) Excalibur (Lv 7) Sagittae (Lv 11) Aura (Lv 20) Recover (Sage)				-

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
50%	20%	40%	50%	20%	40%	0%

Overall

Of the three starting villagers in Alm's team, Kliff starts out the weakest and must gain the most levels in order to class change at the first available shrine, but he has the greatest long term potential of the three. Kliff's growths rates are very high across the board, with no notable weaknesses aside from his average strength. He also possesses the highest natural resistance base. Kliff's all around solid stats allow him to function well in nearly any classline the player puts him into, as his high speed growth makes up for the low speed base of classes such as cavalier, archer, mage, and soldier, and his high defenses and good overall stats make him an exceptional mercenary as well. He has relatively few notable weaknesses and can fill any role the player wishes him to in their army.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base Stats

Prologue

Starting Class
Boy
Level	HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	16	5	1	2	10	2	8	4
Magic			Skills			Starting Items
-			-			-

Chapter 1

Starting Class
Villager
Level	HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	20	7	1	2	10	3	8	4
Magic			Skills			Starting Items
Fire (Mage) Thunder (Lv. 4) Excalibur (Lv. 9) Sagittae (Lv. 15) Recover (Sage) Aura (Sage Lv. 5) Lemegeton (Guru)			-			Bread

Personal Max Stats

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
52	40	39	41	39	41	40

Growth Rates

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
35%	30%	45%	60%	20%	40%	0%

Supports

See also: Kliff/Supports

• Tobin

Passive Supports

• Alm
• Celica
• Gray
• Mycen

Overall

In Echoes, Kliff is once again the weakest to start of Alm's starting villagers, though he shares the amount of levels his must gain in order to class change with Faye, at two. His stat growths are very similar to what they were in Gaiden, as his skill, speed, and defense are exceptional, and he once again has the highest base resistance in the entirety of Alm's starting team. Like in Gaiden, in the long term Kliff's high speed growth will fix the low starting speed of the cavalier, archer, soldier, and mage classes and allow him to perform exceptionally in them, however he must deal with the lower starting speed of these classes, as his low base speed of 2 makes him the slowest of all the starting villagers early on, with the most extreme case being mage starting him out with a lowly attack speed of 1. As a mercenary, his high defense affords him a greater deal of survivability than other members of the class and he is the only one able to comfortably reach the doubling thresholds of the fastest enemies in the game, though his average attack means he will be relying on forges to increase his damage.

Regardless of the class the player gives to Kliff, he performs competently in all of them in the long term, and is the most flexible of the villagers on Alm's starting team.

Quotes

Gaiden

Death Quote

“Alm, sorry...”
—Kliff's death quote

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Recruitment Conversations

“You know, I guess I don't mind going along. The Deliverance is fighting all across Zofia, right? Well, I've always wanted to see the world, and now's my chance. ...All I have to do is not get killed. Easy, right?”
—Kliff's recruitment conversation with Alm

“Celica? Celica, is that you? How long has it been?! I can't believe you came back to the village! Alm and the others are gone, I'm afraid. It's... a long story. Oh, and Sir Mycen vanished around the same time. *sigh* Ram Village was never all that exciting, but now it's unbearably dull. So where are you off to, mmm? Somewhere grand, no doubt. Say, why don't you let me come along? I bet we could both use the company.”
—Kliff's recruitment conversation with Celica

First Turn Selection

• "All right." (Prologue)
• "Just say the word." (first turn)
• "Don't worry about me" (almost half health)
• "Well...all right..." (low health)

Level up Quotes

• "Hm...? Maybe I'm imagining things."
• "Everything seems so much...clearer."
• "Yup. I definitely feel stronger."
• "I'm not the only force at play here."
• "Eh, I'm fine how I am."

Class Change

• "This could be exciting."

Upon Being Healed

• "Thank you!"
• "Ah, thanks."

Battle Quotes

Enemy Dodges

• "I miscalculated..."

Critical

• "You watching?"
• "Now you die."
• "Don't push me!"
• "Fine!"

Finishing Blow

• "Gotcha!"
• "Give it up."
• "My turn!"

Defeated Enemy

• "Yeah, bye."
• "Who do you think I am?
• "Now you hate me." *laughs*
• "Heh."
• "We can do this again."
• *sighs*
• "Very amusing, full marks."

Death Quote

“Ngh...So this is it... Wish i could have...seen more of the world before the end...”
—Kliff's death quote in Classic Mode

Retreat Quote

• "Ngh... I took this a bit too far, but I'm not ready to die just yet. Sorry, but you're on your own for now..."

Summary Screen

• "They never stood a chance."
• "I'm worn out." (fatigued)

Ending

Fire Emblem Gaiden

"When the war ended, he bid farewell to Alm. Afterwards, he was never seen again."

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

"With the war over, Kliff bid Alm farewell and vanished—with some speculating that he left for a new continent. Decades later, a young man claiming to be Kliff's son arrived in Valentia to serve the king. The boy was said to have a tremendous gift for magic."

Trivia

• Kliff is the only male character that can learn six spells.

Gallery

Concept artwork of Kliff from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Artwork of Kliff from The Complete.

Kliff's portrait in Gaiden.

Kliff's portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Young Kliff's portrait.

Kliff's village sprite.