Nealuchi

Nealuchi
Artwork of Nealuchi from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	ニアルチ (Niaruchi, ニアルチ)
Name (Localized)	Nealuchi
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Laguz (Raven)
Affiliations
Nationality	Kilvas
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
First Seen	Chapter 13 (Path of Radiance) Part 2, Prologue (Radiant Dawn)
Starting Class	Raven (Radiant Dawn)
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“Fear not, my lady. This senile old bird would gladly trade his life for your protection.”
—Nealuchi to Leanne.

Nealuchi is a non-playable character from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and a playable character in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

Profile

An elderly raven chamberlain and advisor to Naesala, Nealuchi fights to defeat Duke Ludveck's rebellion in Crimea. He is assigned to guard the Serenes Princess, Leanne, on behalf of his King and Prince Reyson. He is very fond of the heron siblings. He calls Naesala "nestling" (much to the latter's chagrin), as he was the raven king's caretaker when he was a child. After Ashera is defeated, when the bird tribes are united into one nation, Nealuchi works to cleanse the severely-damaged reputation of the raven clan.

In-Game

Path of Radiance

NPC Stats (Unused)

Starting Class								Affinity
Raven								Light
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
10	33	14	4	17	18	12	14	11	-	-	-
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
-				-				-

Growth Rates (Unused)

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
110%	35%	0%	40%	40%	65%	20%	20%

Radiant Dawn

Base Stats

Starting Class								Affinity
Raven (Untransformed) ↓ Raven (Transformed)								Fire
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
22	53	10 ↓ 20	4 ↓ 8	9 ↓ 18	18 ↓ 36	24	10 ↓ 20	10 ↓ 20	7 ↓ 16	7 ↓ 15	8 ↓ 10
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Wrath				Strike - A				Beak Laguz Stone* Vulnerary

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
55%	35%	10%	40%	40%	80%	40%	25%

Availability

Part 1											Part 2					Part 3															Part 4							Endgame
P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	E	P	1	2	3	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	E	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5
											◎		◎		○																□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□

◎=Forced　○=Available　□=Available for selected

Biorhythm

Bond Support

• Leanne: 5%
• Naesala: 10%

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.

Nealuchi is an interesting unit. In Chpater 2-P, he starts off transformed and is by far the best combat unit, barring Haar, who comes in too late to contribute much. In Chapter 2-2, he has to worry about his transformation gauge and has no vision in the fog, but his actual combat performance is still top notch and using him is definitely recommended. In Chapter 2-E, he is outclassed by Haar and Elincia with the Amiti, and many enemies deal effective damage against him. Still, he can deal decent damage, fly over terrain, and doesn't take much damage from most of the enemies, although the player has to ensure that his gauge doesn't run out when facing many enemies in one turn. Sadly, when Nealuchi returns in Part 4, he isn't nearly as good as he was before, as his strength is too low to deal meaningful damage to most enemies, and it's very unlikely that he has reached S-rank Strikes by this point. Still, he doubles basically everything, his durability is decent, and he flies, so he could work as a filler unit. He should be part of the Silver Army, as his flying is most useful in Chapter 4-3, and he shares bond supports with Leanne and Naesala, who are forced into the Silver Army. It's also quite easy for him to build a support with Leanne. In the Tower of Guidance, Nealuchi's performance is laughable without ridiculous amounts of investment, so he should never be part of the team that enters the tower. However, until then, he has served his purpose well.

Quotes

Retreat/Death Quotes

“No, this won't do at all! If we fall, who will take care of the nestling? I hate it, but I have to pull back!”
—Nealuchi's retreat quote

“I've...lived a long life... I think about the decades that I watched over the nestling... It makes me feel so fulfilled. Ahh... I had so much fun...”
—Nealuchi's death quote

TBA

• Nealuchi: Slain by beorc warriors... How...disappointing... Lady Leanne... Watch over the nestling...
• Leanne: (Stop! You can't die, Nealuchi!)

Ending

Wise Old Crow (鴉の古老)

Despite his age, Nealuchi worked hard to restore the name of the raven clan. Every year he set a new age record.

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	739	Radiant Dawn	47
	744	Path of Radiance	45
CYL2	753 ↓14	Path of Radiance	38 ↓9
	791 ↓47	Radiant Dawn	23 ↓22
CYL3	487 ↑266 (From highest)	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	130 ↑69 (From combined)
CYL4	521 ↓32	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	69 ↓61
CYL5	454 ↑67	Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance	52 ↓17
CYL6	474 ↓20	Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance	42 ↓10

CYL7

384 ↑90

Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance

48 ↑6

Trivia

• Curiously, in his unused NPC appearance in Path of Radiance, Nealuchi has higher stats than Naesala, despite being 7 levels lower on top of not being a royal.
• In Radiant Dawn, when Nealuchi is first playable, he only has 2 out of 3 uses of his Laguz Stone available, as opposed to a full Stone, since he transformed during the pre-chapter cutscene to protect Leanne.
• Strangely, Nealuchi is completely blind in the Fog of War (as in, doesn't reveal even adjacent tiles) when transformed. It's either an oversight or it's because of his old age.
• The first "Choose Your Legends" event of Fire Emblem Heroes revealed that he was 744th place out of 791 with 45 votes, making him the lowest-scoring character in the Path of Radiance portion.

Gallery

Nealuchi's portrait in Path of Radiance.

Nealuchi's portrait in Radiant Dawn.

Nealuchi's battle model as an untransformed Raven in Radiant Dawn.

Nealuchi's battle model as a transformed Raven in Radiant Dawn.