—Lowen to Eliwood
Lowen is a playable character for Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. He is a fresh recruit of the Pheraean army, whom Marcus chooses to train personally.
Profile[]
Lowen was born to peasants in a poor village on the outskirts of Pherae. Although the village was far from the castle and had little worth saving, the knights protected the villagers from bandits. Inspired by their valor, Lowen aspired to become a knight himself, and traveled to the castle to begin his training as a squire. His father also became the chef for Eliwood's grandfather, the previous marquess of Pherae, until he threw out his back, and cooked for Eliwood's father Elbert later on, with Lowen getting his unusual tenacity in regards to food from working with him.
Even though Lowen was a soldier, he followed in his father's footsteps and made sure that Eliwood was fed well up until he was chosen to go with Marcus on a journey to find Eliwood's father. While moving ahead to recruit able-bodied men in a nearby village to aid in Eliwood's expedition, he encountered pillaging bandits and subsequently rescued the archer Rebecca as well as Mark to enlist their help in protecting the villagers. Once the village was saved, Lowen continued his service to Eliwood by fighting for him under Marcus's command.
After the war's end, Lowen returned to Pherae to be decorated for his accomplishments and continue his knightly career. Depending on his supports, Lowen can marry Rebecca, making him the father of Wolt, who is said to have inherited Lowen's chivalrous spirit.
Personality[]
Lowen is a very gentle but insecure person, who constantly berates himself despite possessing a lot of talent in both swordfighting and cooking. Nonetheless, he is incredibly determined as well, and does not let his shortcomings get the better of him, which is most evident when he spars with Marcus.
With such an obsession with staying full coming from him birthed and raised on poverty, it leads to him passing out if he misses even one meal, causing him to carry emergency rations in his pack onto the battlefield, crammed with large quantities of food, all while concerned about the nutrition of others, panicking when he heard Eliwood was unable to eat breakfast. However, since he excels at cooking, he handles Eliwood's meals and preparation during the journey and also serves as the army's cook.
In-Game[]
Description: A knight in service to House Pherae. A fresh recruit.
Recruitment[]
- Chapter 11: Eliwood's Mode: Automatically from the start.
- Chapter 12: Hector's Mode: Automatically from the start.
Base Stats[]
Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
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Cavalier | Fire | ||||||||
Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
Sword - D Lance - D | Iron Sword Javelin* Iron Lance** |
* Eliwood's Story
** Hector's Story
Growth Rates[]
HP | S/M | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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90% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 50% | 40% | 30% |
Promotion Gains[]
Item Required | Promoted Class | |||||||
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Knight Crest or Earth Seal | Paladin | |||||||
1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +1 |
Weapon Levels | ||||||||
+30 +30 E |
Supports[]
- See also: Lowen/Supports
Overall[]
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.
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Lowen is the first cavalier available in the main campaign, and tends to be one of the best choices at that stage. Though he lacks any real strong points, he is average or above-average in all his stats, and is in a good class. He has the second greatest Movement of the starting roster, and is one of two characters with Canto. The general mediocrity of most units prior to Chapter 16 mean that Lowen tends to be the best recipient of early experience, which will enable him to snowball without much trouble.
Lowen's first distinctive trait is his rather low offensive growths, with only a 30% in both Strength and Speed. This is not quite as large of a problem as it seems, though, due to Lowen also having a base of 7 in those stats. He should be able to double particularly slow or weighed-down enemies and avoid doubling from all but the fastest enemies, and he needs only one or two points to double medium-speed enemies like Archers, Fighters, and some Cavaliers, and should rarely struggle to kill generic enemies in under two rounds. Additionally, Lowen has rather high growths in Defense and HP, as well as solid bases in both stats, meaning that, if given time to grow, he tends to become one of the tankier units in the player's army. If he stays on his averages, he should become one of the more reliable choices in the player's army, due to his mix of serviceable offense, above-average durability, and a great class. His promotion provides small bonuses to Speed and Strength, which tends to push his offense to respectable levels (helped by the generally slow enemy roster in Blazing Blade), and provides him with axe use to overcome his average Strength, made better by his somewhat higher Constitution causing him to lose less Speed while wielding them. Lastly, Lowen has a Fire affinity, which can provide another small offensive boost.
Lowen's only truly significant issue, aside from his reliance on gaining a few points of Speed on a 30% growth, is his promotion. The Knight Crest is a very rare promotion item, with only two being available for most of Hector Hard Mode, and Lowen faces fairly stiff competition from Sain, Kent, and Oswin to use the item. Sain and Kent can reach a relatively high level on Lyn Mode, at which point they tend to be better Knight Crest recipients (though one of them can also promote there, if the player desires). On the other hand, their levels and stats if the player does not play Lyn Mode are relatively low, making a trained-up Lowen a significantly better character.
In general, whether Lowen is more worthy of promotion more or less depends on whether he has managed a stat and level lead over his cavalier fellows.
Quotes[]
Death quote[]
—Lowen's death quote
Final Chapter: Light quote[]
—Lowen's quote in Final Chapter: Light
Possible Endings[]
- Lowen - Swift Knight
- Lowen replaced Marcus as the most famed knight in all Pherae. His endless zeal served Pherae well throughout his life.
- Rebecca and Lowen
- Rebecca and Lowen were wed, and they became two of Eliwood's most trusted retainers. Their green-haired son inherited his father's chivalrous spirit, as well as his mother's smile and skill with a bow.
Non-Canon Appearances[]
Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]
Lowen is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:
Choose Your Legends Placement History[]
Round | Placement | Character Version | Votes |
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CYL1 | 410 | The Blazing Blade |
349 |
CYL2 | 503 ↓93 |
The Blazing Blade |
238 ↓111 |
CYL3 | 421 ↑82 |
The Blazing Blade |
286 ↑48 |
CYL4 | 433 ↓12 |
The Blazing Blade |
182 ↓104 |
CYL5 | 355 ↑78 |
The Blazing Blade |
163 ↓19 |
CYL6 | 330 ↑25 |
The Blazing Blade |
209 ↑46 |
CYL7 | 251 ↑79 |
The Blazing Blade |
195 ↓14 |
CYL8 | 281 ↓30 |
The Blazing Blade |
169 ↓26 |
Etymology[]
"Löwen" means "lions" in German.