Manuela (Miguela in Spanish) is a character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. As an instructor at the Academy, she offers lessons in Faith and Swords.
Profile
Manuela joined the Mittelfrank Opera Company in 1158 and was renowned as the "Divine Songstress" throughout the capital three years later. She left the opera in 1174 to work as a teacher and physician at the Officers Academy. Her age is a guarded secret.
When Flayn goes missing, she starts investigating her suspect. She ends up managing to figure out that something about Jeritza is off before almost everyone else does, and confronts him by herself.
Personality
Manuela is a friendly and supportive figure and cares for the well being of her students. Her relationship with Hanneman is a shaky one as the two are often getting into verbal spats with each other, but maintain a professional relationship for the most part in front of their students.
She loves her vices, mainly alcohol and has been known to drink frequently and in vast quantities that often leave her in a drunken stupor the next day. She is sloppy and messy, her room often being a testament to her careless behavior.
Her personal life is somewhat of a sore subject for her as she regrets not having met the man of her dreams at her age, even making some flirtatious comments to potential suitors. She constantly finds dates, but often is left unsatisfied or dumped after the first outings. She constantly worries that she will remain single for the rest of her life.
She fondly remembers her time as a songstress and somewhat misses the days spent on the stage.
In-Game
Base Stats
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| Level | C+ | E | E | E | E | E | B | E | E | E | D |
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Growth Rates
| HP | Str | Mag | Dex | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Cha |
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| 50% | 35% | 35% | 40% | 60% | 35% | 30% | 25% | 50% |
Maximum Stats
| HP | Str | Mag | Dex | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Cha |
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| 91 | 53 | 48 | 56 | 83 | 52 | 42 | 44 | 69 |
Learnt Magic
| Skill Level | Reason | Faith |
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| D | Thunder | Heal |
| D+ | - | Nosferatu |
| C | Bolganone | Ward |
| C+ | - | - |
| B | Silence | |
| B+ | - | - |
| A | Bolting | Warp |
| A+ | - | - |
Overall
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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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Manuela is an unusual Priest character as she does not have the same healing capabilities as many of her role's competition and as an overall character. She has little offensive prowess, having an equal, but low base growth in both Strength and Magic. Her Speed and Dexterity have decent growths, allowing her to avoid attacks. Her best growth is her Charm, making her an excellent Battalion user. Her Personal Skill Infirmary Master increases ally Critical avoid, helping to save some allies in a pinch.
She only packs Heal for basic ally healing and Nosferatu as her sole offensive Faith spell. What Manuela lacks in healing and damage, she makes up for with pure utility as she has Ward, Silence, and Warp. Silence is useful to cripple enemy mages as a majority of the cast tends to have low Resistance or halt enemy healing by silencing their Faith users. The latter spell makes her an excellent pair with Flayn (or Bernadetta if putting her into a Faith using class) as Manuela can warp an ally into range of a target, then Flayn uses her Rescue to bring them back. Unfortunately, this combo will only work once per battle, but it may help eliminate an enemy using Magic Orbs or Ballista on longer siege maps to give your allies more breathing room.
Manuela's strengths are in Swords and Faith giving her a decent option to focus on either physical classes or magic classes. Unfortunately if seeking the latter, she has a small Reason pool of spells and even has a subject weakness in it, her sole weakness. This can be circumvented with time and effort, but the payoff is nowhere near as potent as literally every other magic oriented character in the game. Giving it attention and time does reward the player with Bolting as she is only one of two characters who has it in their spell pool. She also has a strength in Flying, making the Pegasus Knight and Falcon Knight classes as a viable option that syncs nicely with her high Speed and Dexterity.
Manuela is naturally a Priest character and keeping her in this class line is a worthy option, especially as a Bishop where she gains more spell charges, especially Warp for her combo with Flayn to allow them to do it twice. The Gremory line may take effort to bring her to the level to obtain it, but the double usage of all of her spells is sometimes worth sacrificing the raw Reason damage increase of the Sage class or the Bishop's enhanced faith effects as it only improves her Heal. Her natural high Speed and Dexterity does make her viable in the Myrmidon lines, though she is outclassed by the likes of Felix and Catherine. Finally, as mentioned above, the Pegasus Knight lines are a viable option competing mainly with Ingrid for this role.
Supports
- See also: Manuela/Supports
- Byleth (S-Support with male Byleth)
- Edelgard
- Ferdinand
- Dorothea
- Sylvain
- Lorenz
- Seteth
- Flayn
- Hanneman
- Gilbert
- Alois
- Cyril
Quotes
Possible Endings
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Manuela - Divine Songstress
- Manuela left Garreg Mach to build her own academy in a small, war-torn town. There, she contributed heavily to rebuilding efforts while teaching future generations the necessary skills of survival. Though she never married or had children of her own, she spent the last years of her life happily devoted to her students.
Manuela and Hanneman
- After the war, Hanneman and Manuela held a grand wedding ceremony, to which all of their many students were invited. Later, after the church was transformed and rehabilitated under the super vision of the Empire, the Officers Academy finally reopened, with a renewed focus on accepting students regardless of status and offering classes on a wider variety of practical subjects. Hanneman and Manuela returned to work as teachers, almost as if nothing had changed, and filled the halls with their banter in the way only married couples can.
Manuela and Seteth
- After the war, Seteth remained at the monastery to rebuild the church. Several years of hard restorative work later, he received a letter from Manuela. She wrote that she had traveled to a small, war-torn town and opened up a school for children. Reminded of the beauty and compassion in Manuela’s heart, Seteth was moved to leave the monastery and join her there. As they worked together to manage the budding institution, the couple fell in love and eventually were married. It is said that their students were overjoyed.
Manuela and Byleth
- Very soon Byleth and Manuela had finished their grand and elaborate wedding ceremony, the struggle against those who slither in the dark began in earnest. The pair fought many battles together, but Manuela had to leave the front lines when she discovered she was with child. Though they spent many days apart, the family reunited once true peace had come to Fódlan. The happiness of their family was plain to see on the faces that were immortalized in their family portraits.
Manuela and Dorothea
- The Mittelfrank Opera Company was on the brink of collapse until two of its star songstresses, Manuela and Dorothea, returned to the stage and brought the troupe new life and prominence. They toured all around Fódlan, sometimes even visiting troops on the front lines, soothing hearts with their beautiful songs wherever they want, and donating their profits to the relief and rebuilding effort. When the damage from the war had finally healed, the pair once again retreated from the stage, this time retiring to a private life together. It is said that their relationship was full of light and love.
Etymology
Manuela is a Portuguese,Spanish and Italian name and the feminine equivalent of Manuel. It is descended from the Hebrew name 'Immanuel,' which means "God with us".
Casagranda may be a variant of Casagrande, meaning "Large House" in Spanish and Italian.
Miguela is the female form of Miguel, descended from the name Michael, which means "Who is like God?".
Trivia
- Manuela shares her English Voice Actress, Veronica Taylor, with Micaiah as she appears in Fire Emblem Heroes.
- Despite Manuela's age being classified as secret, in the paralogue Oil and Water Hanneman says that he is "barely fifteen years her senior". Since Hanneman before the time-skip is 51 years old, that makes Manuela roughly 36 years old during the Academy Phase and roughly 41 years old in the War Phase.
- Manuela is one of the three characters to not have a unique battle model as an Advanced Class. The others are Ingrid and Flayn.
- Manuela is one of the three characters to use completely different class between NPC appearances. The other two are Ladislava and Acheron.
- If Manuela is taken to the Opera House in the Enbarr battle map, she will express nostalgia.
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