Mathilda

Mathilda
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	マチルダ, Machilda
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Age	28
Relatives	May contain spoilers Unnamed Father Four Unidentified Younger Sisters Clive (Husband) Clair (Sister-in-Law) Unnamed Father-in-Law Gray (Brother-in-Law)
Affiliations
Nationality	Zofia
Hometown	Zofia
Faction(s)	The Deliverance
Occupation(s)	Founder of the Deliverance
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem Gaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Act 3: War of Deliverance (Alm's route)
Starting Class	Paladin
Voice Actors
Japanese	Yuko Kaida
English	Caitlin Glass
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“On the battlefield, man and woman are equals judged by skill alone.”
—Mathilda to Clive in a Support Conversation in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Mathilda is a playable character in Fire Emblem Gaiden. She is the founder of the Deliverance and a legendary knight of Zofia.

Profile

Mathilda is the idealizer and founder of the Deliverance rebel organization. She founded the group with Fernand and her fiancee, Clive, who turned the first leader.

She is the older among five daughters, her father was a famous soldier celebrated for his military achievements. Despite being expected to act like the other noble ladies, Mathilda has been training with her father since she was a child. She became intimate with her husband-to be when both joined the Zofia army, and their respective noble houses were also in cordial terms. At first, Clive's younger sister, Clair, disapproved of their relationship and tried to keep her far away from him.

At some point, she was captured by Desaix and was planned to be executed. Her capture left Clive and the rest of group down, resulting on the newcomer Alm being chosen as a figurehead leader to inspire and raise the morale of the army. She returned to the deliverance after being rescued during Alm's lead. After the war, she retired from the knighthood and married Clive. If Clive eventually dies, Mathilda reluctantly became the leader of the Order of Knights of Valentia.

If Mathilda dies during her rescue arc, Clive has a break down and regrets choosing Alm as the replacement leader. Clive blames him for losing his lover and other people that are important to him like his friend Fernand.

Personality

Mathilda is an extremely calm, courageous, and driven knight. Despite being well mannered, she has very direct and sometimes harsh speech mannerisms, a result of her father's influence. She is said to be "clever as a cat", and is very understanding and in tune with others emotions and reactions.

Mathilda is confident in her prowess as a knight, but due to her being very strong and talented, she sometimes worries about how socially acceptable it is to outshine her "lord husband" Clive in the battlefield. She is often worried of hurting others's feelings and is anxious about how they view her, as a result she take criticisms at heart, be they fair or not.

In spite of Clair's initial opposition to Mathilda courting Clive, Mathilda actually likes Clair. She understands that her sister-in-law is motivated by love for her brother, and show to be proud seeing Clair growing up and maturing during the war.

In-Game

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Recruitment

In Chapter 3, talk to her at Desaix's Fortress if she survived the previous battle.

Base Stats

Starting Class
Paladin
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	26	12	14	12	13	7	10	8
Magic				Starting Items
-				-

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
40%	30%	20%	40%	10%	30%	0%

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.

Mathilda is the best all-rounder Cavalier/Paladin/Gold Knight in Gaiden. While she winds up with the lowest HP and is tied for lowest Defense, she gets the highest Skill, Speed, Luck, and Resistance. She winds up better than Clive in everything except HP. Both Zeke and Mycen are stronger and more durable than Mathilda, but they have significantly lower Skill, Speed, and Luck. Giving Mathilda a strong weapon will benefit her more than the other horse units since she is fast enough to Double Attack many enemies that the other horse units cannot. While all of the mounted units in Gaiden are solid, Mathilda is good even for a mounted unit and can be considered one of the better units in the game. Zeke is very close to Mathilda in overall power and they can both be considered the stronger horse units.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base Stats

Starting Class
Paladin
Level	HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	26	12	14	12	13	7	10	8
Magic			Skills			Starting Items
-			Mounted			-

Class Sets

Class Sets
First Tier	Second Tier	Third Tier	Overclass
-	Paladin	Gold Knight	Skogul*

*DLC class; access with the Altar of the Destrier.

Learnt Magic

Class	Level	Magic Learnt
Mage	1	Fire
	8	Thunder
Priestess	1	Recover
Cleric	1	Recover Nosferatu
Saint	1	Seraphim
Harrier	1	Fire
Enchantress	1	Mire Death
Exemplar	1	Ward Restore

Growth Rates

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
40%	50%	45%	55%	45%	40%	4%

Personal Max Stats

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

Supports

See also: Mathilda/Supports

• Clive
• Clair

Passive Supports

• None

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.

Mathilda retains her title as arguably the overall strongest base Cavalier/Paladin in the game. While her HP growth is still arguably on the somewhat low side, her buffed growths mean that she now has the capacity to both hit harder and take hits better than she did in Gaiden, which coupled with her frequent double attacks due to her good Speed makes her a fantastic unit to have on the frontlines. Mathilda will still on average eclipse Clive in every stat except for HP pretty quickly, and generally only the much later-joining Zeke is capable of comparing to her offensive prowess, however Mathilda will still tend to double attack much more frequently. Not only that, but Mathilda's base Resistance is surprisingly high, surpassing every non-magical unit (with the exception of Est and Conrad) in that regard, making her a good unit against mages, in contrast with Clive and Zeke, which Resistance is terrible and pretty much average respectively. Mathilda also outshines the newcomer Conrad in terms of offense overall, but since Conrad is not on the same path as Mathilda the comparison does not matter much.

Unfortunately, Mathilda has her downsides too. Her base Strength and Defense will definitely be lower than most characters at that point of the game, plus it might be hard for her to defeat a unit in one round of combat. While her Strength is not a big problem per se with her very good growth, her Defense might hinder her. Her HP is not particularly good either. In the end, Mathilda will either easily surpass Clive or be slightly better than him.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Legendary Knight

A paladin of the Deliverance and Clive's betrothed. Strong as a demon, yet gentle to her love. Appears in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯

		Title
		Legendary Knight
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	14/15/16 29/32/35	5/6/7 22/25/28	6/7/8 25/28/31	5/6/7 18/21/24	6/7/8 27/30/33
Skills			Weapon
Steel Lance			Lance

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Legendary Knight
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	14/15/16 30/33/36	5/6/7 23/26/29	7/8/9 27/30/33	5/6/7 19/22/25	7/8/9 29/32/35
Skills			Weapon
Ridersbane Rally Resistance			Lance

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Legendary Knight
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 32/35/39	6/7/8 25/29/32	7/8/9 29/32/35	6/7/8 21/24/27	7/8/9 31/34/37
Skills			Weapon
Ridersbane+ Rally Resistance			Lance

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Lance	-	-	-
	Steel Lance	-		-
	Ridersbane	Steel Lance
	Ridersbane+	Ridersbane
	Knightly Lance	-	-
	Rally Resistance	-
B	Cancel Affinity 1	-
	Cancel Affinity 2	Cancel Affinity 1
	Cancel Affinity 3	Cancel Affinity 2
C	Hone Atk 1	-		-
	Hone Atk 2	Hone Atk 1
	Hone Atk 3	Hone Atk 2

Quotes

Gaiden

“Ah, Clive. I wanted to pass the days together with you in peace.”
—Mathilda's death quote

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Mathilda/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Quotes

Heroes

Mathilda/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings

Gaiden

(If Clive is alive)

"She shed her armor and became Clive's wife."
"The legendary female knight, Mathilda --"
"That name shall surely be carved within the histories of Valentia for eternity."

(If Clive is dead)

"Having lost Clive, she reluctantly took command of the knights' order."
"The legendary female knight, Mathilda --"
"That name shall surely be carved within the histories of Valentia for eternity."

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

(If Clive is alive)

Mathilda cast her armor aside and wed Clive. She was rarely seen in public after that, having perhaps chosen to support her husband behind the scenes instead. However, her legendary exploits as a knight are sure to live on forever in Valentian history.

(If Clive is dead)

Clive's death forced Mathilda to carry on in his place as captain of the One Kingdom's Brotherhood of Knights. The grief in her heart steeled her, and she became a key figure in the kingdom's growth. Her legendary exploits are sure to live on forever in Valentian history.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B09-031HN

B09-032N

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	429	Gaiden	313
CYL2	362 ↑67	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	521 ↑208
CYL3 saw the transition to different counting mechanisms involving versions of characters and ties, so change measured between CYL2 and CYL3 shouldn't be taken at face value.
CYL3	362	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	444 ↓77
CYL4	446 ↓84	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	168 ↓276
CYL5	388 ↑58	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	122 ↓46

CYL6

403

Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

120

Etymology

Mathilda, sometimes spelled Matilda, is a female name, of Gothic derivation, derived from words corresponding to Old High German "maht" (meaning "might, strength") and "hild" (meaning "battle").

Trivia

• Mathilda has four younger sisters who often write letters to her, as revealed in her base conversation with Alm.
• Mathilda's victory quote "For Zofia!" is shared with Clive and Forsyth.

Gallery

See main article: Mathilda/Gallery.