Mathilda

Mathilda
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Relatives	May contain spoilers Clive (Husband) Clair (Sister-in-Law) Gray (Brother-in-Law)
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. She is 28 years old.

Profile

The child of a soldier celebrated for his military achievements, Mathilda has been training with her father since she was a child. At some point, she was captured by Desaix and was planned to be executed, although she was saved when Alm's army arrived. After the war, she retired from the knighthood and married Clive.

Personality

Mathilda is an extremely courageous, calm, and driven knight. As a result of her father's influence, she has very direct and sometimes vulgar speech mannerisms.

While confident in her prowess as a knight, Mathilda sometimes worries about how socially acceptable it is to outshine her "lord husband" Clive. In spite of Clair's initial opposition to Mathilda courting Clive, Mathilda likes Clair, understanding that she is motivated by love for her brother.

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

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

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. 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.

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:

1

		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

2

		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

3

		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

Weapon

Name	Prerequisite	Might	Range	Effects	SP Cost	Default	Unlocked
Iron Lance	-	6	1	-	50	-	-
Steel Lance	-	8	1	-	100		-
Ridersbane	-	10	1	Effective against cavalry units.	200
Ridersbane+	Ridersbane	14	1	Effective against cavalry units.	300

Weapon Refinements

Ridersbane+

Type	Stats	Effects	Cost
	+3 HP	Effective against cavalry units. If in combat against a cavalry foe, nullifies foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	350 SP 500 200
	+5 HP +2 Mt	Effective against cavalry units.	350 SP 500 200
	+5 HP +3 Spd	Effective against cavalry units.	350 SP 500 200
	+5 HP +4 Def	Effective against cavalry units.	350 SP 500 200
	+5 HP +4 Res	Effective against cavalry units.	350 SP 500 200

Assist

Name	Prerequisite	Range	Effects	SP Cost	Default	Unlocked
Rally Resistance	-	1	Grants Res+4 to an adjacent ally until the end of the turn.	150

Passive

Name	Prerequisite	Effects	SP Cost	Unlocked	Type
Cancel Affinity 1	-	Any weapon triangle affinity granted by unit's skills is negated. Also negates any weapon triangle affinity granted by foe's skills.	50		B
Cancel Affinity 2	Cancel Affinity 1	Any weapon triangle affinity granted by unit's skills is negated. If affinity disadvantage exists, weapon triangle affinity granted by foe's skills is negated.	100		B
Cancel Affinity 3	Cancel Affinity 2	Any weapon triangle affinity granted by unit's skills is negated. If affinity disadvantage exists, weapon triangle affinity granted by foe's skills is reversed.	200		B
Hone Attack 1	-	Grants adjacent allies Atk +2 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	50	-	C
Hone Attack 2	Hone Attack 1	Grants adjacent allies Atk +3 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	100		C
Hone Attack 3	Hone Attack 2	Grants adjacent allies Atk +4 through their next actions at the start of each turn.	200		C

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

  

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.

Gallery

See main article: Mathilda/Gallery.