—Nino in The Blazing Blade.
Nino is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. She is a mage who later on becomes the mother of Raigh and Lugh in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. In a support with Canas, it is suggested that Canas' wife is the sister of Iris (Nino's mother), making him her uncle, and Hugh her cousin.
Nino has an exceptional talent for magic. Despite being woefully under-trained, she is clearly a natural genius at the art. Although illiterate as well, and never having been formally trained, she instead learned by memorizing the incantations which Sonia chanted.
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Profile[]
Nino's family, comprising of her father Juge, her mother Iris, and her younger brother Kai, were powerful mages, and Nino had the potential to be one herself. They lived peacefully until they were suddenly visited by Sonia, one of Nergal's minions, who held Nino hostage and interrogated her family for their secrets about the dragons. Nino's parents and brother were killed, but Nino was spared by Nergal, who, thinking she could be of some use, had Sonia adopt the orphan mage as her daughter. Sonia resented her "daughter" for as long as she has ever been her mother, but despite receiving coldness, neglect, and emotional abuse from her constantly, Nino still craved the warmth of maternal affection by her. The other members of The Black Fang, including Legault, Jaffar and the Reed Brothers, took pity on Nino, responding to Sonia's neglect by becoming Nino's surrogate relatives. Nino also became close to her new stepfather, Brendan.
Nino makes her first appearance in Four-Fanged Offense, where she is to meet with Jaffar to give him a new assassination contract. However, Jaffar's last job has taken a toll on him, and he faints through excessive loss of blood. Nino quickly nurses the Assassin to health, and protects the house he is in by chasing away anyone who attempts to visit. When Jaffar comes to, he finds himself alive and scolds her for not killing him as is the law of the Fang.
Later, Nino, along with Jaffar, are sent to assassinate Prince Zephiel. Behind Nino's back, Sonia gives Jaffar an additional instruction: Kill Nino after the contract has been completed. But Jaffar, finding that he cannot kill Nino, instead chooses to protect her from harm. Ursula, one of the Four Fangs, arrives on the scene shortly after to check on the progress of Jaffar's mission. Upon seeing that he has evidently defied Sonia, she then takes up the role of killing both targets. Coincidentally enough, Eliwood, Hector, and the rest of their companions storm the castle and manage to protect Zephiel and Nino. Ursula either dies during the siege or is killed by the morph Limstella soon afterwards. During the battle, Nino can be recruited by Eliwood, Hector, and their companions, and, if she talks to Jaffar before the battle ends, they can recruit him as well.
Later in Chapter 26x, Nino, still baffled by her "mother's" wish to have her killed, runs away to question Sonia. When she and Jaffar confront her, Sonia declares her undying loathing and resentment of Nino, and spitefully reveals the truth of the latter's past. She then turns hostile, calling forth other troops to kill both Nino and Jaffar. Eliwood and company, who had followed the trail of the pair, are incidentally dragged into the fray, taking up arms to defeat Sonia. Although she is initially hesitant to fight, Nino quickly changes her tack upon witnessing the Sonia's true nefarious nature firsthand. After the battle, Nino receives a pendant from her step-uncle Jan, which contains a portrait of her family. Nino also finds a bloodstain from her true mother within the same pendant.
Nino then travels along with her new companions for the remainder of their journey, displaying deep regret for having to kill her remaining stepbrother in Cog of Destiny, and later on for having to kill their morph forms alongside Brendan's.
At the end of their journey, Nino settles down in Pherae and goes on to become the mother of the twin mages Lugh and Raigh. It is, however, not known what had happened to her prior to the events of The Binding Blade, within which she is absent and had entrusted her twins to the care of an orphanage. Depending on who she is paired with in The Blazing Blade, Nino's fate is given some clarity in the epilogue. On one hand, her epilogue with Jaffar reveals that she disappears looking for him after bounty hunters came searching for him. On the other hand, her epilogue with Erk states that bounty hunters came looking for her instead, and in order to protect her newfound family, she disappeared.
Personality[]
Contrary to her environment of being surrounded by mercenaries and assassins, Nino retains a positive, cheerful attitude. Though her blood family is long gone, she fondly remembers them. Likewise, she quickly bonded with her "adoptive" family, particularly her stepfather Brendan and his sons Linus and Lloyd. Despite being assassins, they held something akin to brotherly love for her and worry about her. She also bonds with Jaffar when she nurses him back to health after a mission, much to his confusion as Nino is aware of the rules of The Black Fang.
Nino seeks praise and tends to become devoted to those who offer it to her, such as the Reed Brothers and Legault, the latter she calls Uncle Legault despite his protests. In particular, Nino craves praise from Sonia, her "adoptive" mother. Believing that Sonia gave her a second chance at life, she is devoted to Sonia and hopes to be seen favorably in her eyes. While Sonia treats her with scorn, Nino naïvely believed that she would one day acknowledge her. It is only upon Sonia's blunt, brusque rebuke of Nino's "uselessness" does Nino finally muster the courage to oppose her. Still, even in the height of their final conflict, she expresses hesitation at fighting the woman she called Mother for as long as she could remember.
In-Game[]
The Blazing Blade[]
Description: One of the Black Fang. True and innocent.
Base Stats[]
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
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 Mage |  Fire | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 5 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
 Anima - C |  Elfire Elixir | ||||||||
Growth Rates[]
| HP | S/M | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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| 55% | 50% | 55% | 60% | 45% | 15% | 50% |
Promotion Gains[]
| Item Required | Promoted Class | |||||||
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 Guiding Ring or  Earth Seal
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 Sage
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| 1 | +3 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +3 | +3 | +1 | +1 |
| Weapon Levels | ||||||||
+40  E
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Supports[]
- See also: Nino/Supports
Overall[]
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Nino fits the Est Archetype, a unit that joins late and at a low level, but has very high growths. While she has high potential, with most of her stats turning out very solid if you spare the time to train her, it's important to note that the time required for her to catch up with the rest of your army will leave her with really little time to be useful (She joins in Chapter 28 in Hector Mode in a game that ends after Chapter 32). By the time Nino has gotten enough EXP and a Guiding Ring to become a decent Sage, the game is almost over. While most of her growths are solid, it is worth noting that Nino has poor HP & Defense; this means that even if she has a slight Speed or Magic edge on Pent or another trained magic unit, Nino can be more difficult to use due to her fragility.
When looking at Nino's growths, her high Speed growth might suggest that Nino has an important lead in this stat over her competition. However, her low Con causes her to take speed penalties from most Anima tomes; even Fire will weigh her down before promotion, and after promoting she still takes speed penalties from all the other tomes. This undermines her Speed lead significantly, which is a noteworthy drawback as Nino won't be faster than your other magical units until she's gotten a lot of training, and her promotion to Sage doesn't give her any Speed. You might consider handing her a Body Ring to help her Speed, but there are several other units with much better availability that can also benefit from the Body Ring, and even if you haven't already used it, Athos is usually a better target for the Body Ring since it allows him to double several strong enemies in the final chapter. Unfortunately, by the time Nino is up and running, it's too late for her to be useful. The Blazing Blade's late game maps feature many enemies with high Resistance, meaning that there's not a lot for a Sage to do combat-wise.
Unfortunately Nino can't help out much as a staff user after promotion, either; even with significant staff grinding, Nino will probably only attain D rank by the end of the game. Pent will probably be the main unit using staves in the late game thanks to his strong stats and automatic A rank staves, but even if Pent is unavailable Nino is almost certainly the worst staff user available to the player. Her Magic lead might theoretically make her a better staff user than the likes of Serra, Priscilla, or a promoted Lucius, Erk, or Canas, but those units will have had enough time to gain staff rank, meaning that while they can all likely at least use Physic, Nino will be stuck using Heal and Mend.
Overall, Nino is not a good unit, but she can be a fun one. Many players will enjoy training her just to see a weak unit transform into a relatively strong one, and those playing for ranks might find Nino useful as she gains a lot of EXP per kill and can help the player attain a five star EXP rank. For players who are just interested in completing the game, though, Nino doesn't offer much- by the time she's been trained, the player is near the end of the game and there won't be much use for a slightly above-average combat Sage without a solid Staff rank.
Fire Emblem Awakening[]
SpotPass[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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 Mage | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 10 | 24 | 1 | 11+2 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Skills | Weapon | Starting Items | |||||||
 Magic +2 Focus Prescience (Awakening) |  Tome - D |  Elfire* | |||||||
*Enemy only, joins unequipped
Fire Emblem Engage[]
Bond Ring[]
- Hero from beyond Elyos and a kind-hearted mage-in-training. Neglected adopted daughter of the head of the Black Fang assassins. She thinks of the members of her organization as if they were family.
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 C Rank
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Spd +1 | |
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 B Rank
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Spd +1 Res +1 | |
| World |  A Rank
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Mag +1 Spd +1 Res +1 |
 Lady of the Plains
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 S Rank
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Mag +1 Spd +2 Res +1 Giga Excalibur
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Fire Emblem Heroes[]
- Pious Mage
- A kindhearted member of the Black Fang assassins. Longed to help her mother. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: | Title | ||||
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| Pious Mage | |||||
| Group | |||||
 Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 14/15/16 27/30/33 | 5/6/7 26/29/32 | 8/9/10 29/32/35 | 2/3/4 13/16/19 | 5/6/7 20/23/26 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
 Elwind |  Tome | ||||
| Title | ||||
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| Pious Mage | |||||
| Group | |||||
| Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 14/15/16 28/31/34 | 6/7/8 28/31/34 | 9/10/11 31/34/37 | 2/3/4 14/17/20 | 6/7/8 21/24/27 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
Gronnblade Draw Back | Tome | ||||
 | Title | ||||
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| Pious Mage | |||||
| Group | |||||
| Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 15/16/17 30/33/36 | 6/7/8 30/33/36 | 9/10/11 33/36/39 | 3/4/5 16/19/22 | 6/7/8 23/26/30 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
| Gronnblade+ Draw Back | Tome | ||||
Skills[]
| Type | Name | Prerequisite | Default | Unlocked |
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 | Wind | - | - | - |
| Elwind | - |  | - | |
| Gronnblade | Elwind |  | | |
| Gronnblade+ | Gronnblade |  | | |
| Iris's Tome | Gronnblade+ | - | | |
 | Draw Back | - | | |
| A |  Resistance +1 | - | - | |
 Resistance +2 | Resistance +1 | | ||
 Resistance +3 | Resistance +2 | | ||
| C |  Hone Atk 1 | - | | |
 Hone Atk 2 | Hone Atk 1 | | ||
 Hone Atk 3 | Hone Atk 2 | |
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Nino is a Book I unit with a storied legacy as a solid, yet potent unit who could be considered one of the stronger units of the launch cast, especially one that is easily obtained at 3 to 4 star rarity. She carries a 33 Atk and 36 Spd stat, both of which are fairly strong for a Book I unit. In turn, her mixed bulk is on the lower end, scoring 52 physical and 59 magical. While held back by the massive stat difference over the years, Nino's easy to acquire nature and great stat allocations make her a solid choice for a merge unit. Helped by her Resplendent form, Nino can perform admirably as a pocket offensive mage.
Her innate weapon is Gronnblade+ which boosts its damage based on how many buffs she has, though it does slow down her special activation. With easy team set ups, she can run through a huge portion of units with little trouble. Nino herself has been a defining Blade Mage since the earliest period of Heroes, serving as the template for her many successors. She received a power boost when she received her own personal tome, Iris's Tome, which is simply a stronger blade tome, but without the special cooldown penalty. It also can be refined to have Even Attack Wave, further strengthening her Atk on even number turns to fuel her tome.
She has Draw Back for a fairly typical Mage support skill to help move allies out of danger. Resistance +3 is a semi decent starting flat stat increase, but she tends to desire more useful skills, such as Fury. Finally she has Hone Attack 3 which helps boost her allies as they will most likely be doing to her. Nino is a accessible unit that yields above average results. With some investment put into her she is perfectly viable in the Arenas and all around usage.
Counters[]
Red units in general are Nino's biggest bane, especially those that pack Distant Counter or who carry high Res. Common threats like Ryoma, Celica, Winter Tharja, the Black Knight, Zelgius, and even Lyon all easily dispose of her. Her low Def makes her vulnerable to most physical units, even non red ones, allowing her to be dispatched by many common Archer units like Bride Cordelia and Brave Lyn as well as Kagero.
Skill Inheritance Options[]
Nino is ideally kept with her personal tome with its effect refine. To maximize its effects, Nino should take Glimmer as the huge buffs she should be receiving from teammates leads to absurd damage. Skill A ranges from Fury for the flat boosts to her three stats, namely her Atk/Spd, plus the small recoil can put her into range for Desperation for immediate follow-ups before her opponent can retaliate. She could also replace Fury with Life and Death as the boost to her offense is higher. The penalty to her bulk is marginal given that she ideally should not be taking damage anyways though the loss of forced recoil means that she may need to take a hit or use Ardent Sacrifice to put her into Desperation range. Skill C varies depending on player preference and access to certain skills/seals. Odd Attack Wave ensures that she has an Attack Wave bonus each turn while any Even Wave skill, namely Even Speed Wave, further powers her Even turn offense. Regardless, her seal should be Even Defense Wave as it is a natural fit for this even turn offensive builds.
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Pious Mage Nino | |||
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Nino is a member of the Black Fang assassins. But how did someone so sweet and charming end up in company like that? Well, it's because she was adopted by the group's leader, Brendan! | ||
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Nino had two stepbrothers, Lloyd and Linus. They were part of the Black Fang's elite, the Four Fangs, and they worked to help the weak and punish those they deem wicked. They really cared for Nino. | ||
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However, after failing to carry out a mission, Nino was next to be targeted by the Black Fang! It was Jaffar who saved her from the group's clutches. | ||
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While she was on the run with Jaffar, Nino's talent for magic continued to flourish. No matter what predicament she finds herself in, her spellcasting prowess and cheerful smile will see her through! | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Lloyd | A member of the Black Fang assassins. Delivers justice to those they deem criminals. Known as the White Wolf. Son of the group's leader. Nino is his adopted sister. | ||
| Linus | A member of the Black Fang known as Mad Dog and an equal match for his brother Lloyd. He brings judgment down on those he deems evil. Nino is his adopted sister. | ||
| Jaffar | An emotionless member of the Black Fang assassins. Known as the Angel of Death. He and Nino flee the Black Fang together. | ||
- Pale Flower
- A young woman who was part of the assassin group Black Fang. Now she communes with a pegasus in order to aid her allies. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯
 | Title | ||||
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| Pale Flower | |||||
| Group | |||||
 Flying | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 16/17/18 33/36/40 | 6/7/8 30/33/36 | 9/10/11 35/38/41 | 3/4/5 13/17/20 | 5/6/7 22/25/29 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
Giga Excalibur New Moon | Tome | ||||
Skills[]
| Type | Name | Prerequisite | Default | Unlocked |
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| Wind | - | - | - |
| Elwind | - | - | - | |
| Rexcalibur | - | - | - | |
| Giga Excalibur | - | | - | |
 | New Moon | - | | |
| Moonbow | New Moon | - | | |
| A |  Death Blow 1 | - | - | |
 Swift Sparrow 1 | Death Blow 1 | - | ||
 Swift Sparrow 2 | Swift Sparrow 1 | | ||
| B |  Aerobatics 1 | - | - | |
 Aerobatics 2 | Aerobatics 1 | - | ||
 Aerobatics 3 | Aerobatics 2 | | ||
| C |  Spd Smoke 1 | - | - | |
 Spd Smoke 2 | Spd Smoke 1 | - | ||
 Spd Smoke 3 | Spd Smoke 2 | |
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Nino has decided to take to the skies in her Pale Flower form, more or less maintaining her infantry form's strengths and weaknesses. She is much faster however which perfectly syncs with her base weapon and ideally wants to have an Asset in this while avoiding a flaw in Spd. Her main draw in this variation is her Flier status, giving her access to powerful Flier buffs as well as superior mobility. While she has the bulk of paper, she is a glass cannon built to decimate any who try to stand in her way save for the bulkiest of units.
Giga Excalibur is her default tome which boosts her damage by 70% if her Spd is greater than her target (reaching no more than +7 additional damage). Given that it also boosts her base Spd by 3, her target needs to have a minimum of 38 Spd to avoid the bonus damage, which very few units can avoid the damage. With a boon, she reaches an astounding base 44 Spd, further pushing the limits of what units can avoid the bonus damage. Just based on her weapon alone, Pegasus Nino is a potent Mage with the sheer damage output as an offensive unit to run through most units. The weapon refine is even more destructive, as she will always now deal at least a damage to her foe equivalent to 20% of her speed, meaning even more damage to stack on, the greater her speed is. The special refine helps both her and her close allies, as it is both a Joint Drive Attack and a Joint Drive Speed.
If she did not already have enough Spd or Atk, she has Swift Sparrow as her Skill A which means when initiating she gains +4 Atk/Spd which goes without saying how much this skill is a natural fit on her. Moonbow ignores enemy Res by 30% when activated which just adds on to her damage output. Aerobatics allows Pegasus Nino to reposition herself out of danger by moving to an adjacent tile of an ally within two spaces of herself. Speed Smoke inflicts a -7 Spd penalty to enemy units within two spaces of her, ensuring that any unit that attempts to approach her but falls short will feel additional sting of her weapon.
Counters[]
Pegasus Nino's low physical bulk leaves her open to a wide range of units in the Red and Green character pool. Take a pick from any red or green physical unit and they can take her out in a single hit granted that she does not initiate on them first. Bulky units running Distant Counter usually tote high Atk and bulk so they can soak a hit and kill her if she is not within Desperation range against Green users of the skill. High Res Red and some Greens can withstand damage from her and take her out through her middling Res. This Res also leaves her susceptible to common Ploy users while her low HP leaves her vulnerable to Ploys which affects her offensive potential. While Flier status has granted her new advantages, it also makes any bow users an instant death sentence as even the slowest bow user can fell her in a single shot.
Skill Inheritance Options[]
Pegasus Nino can shore up her offense by taking Desperation as it will guarantee her follow-up immediately, ensuring that she can avoid some Distant Counter units from retaliating against her while finishing off some of her mage match-ups. Ardent Sacrifice allows her to give up some of her health so she can enter its damage threshold to activate though Draw Back and Reposition can be alternatively used to assist allies when she is not facing her ideal targets. Skill C can range from other Flier skills, but a Speed Wave Skill, ideally Even Speed Wave will give her the ability to self-buff her Speed for obvious purposes.
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Pale Flower Nino | |||
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Nino was once a member of the Black Fang, a group of assassins active in Elibe. But ever since she was taken into the protection of Eliwood, son of the Marquess of Pherae, she's remained with him as one of his allies. | ||
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You see that pegasus she's riding? I hear that Florina, another of Eliwood's companions, helped to get it acquainted with her! | ||
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Nino loves to go for rides through the sky, lending an ear to the spirits. And while she's flying on the back of her winged mount, she'll blow away any foes with her powerful wind magics! | ||
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Ever since leaving the Black Fang, Nino has found herself in unfamiliar surroundings. Luckily, she's also made new friends, like Florina, and now her days are filled with happiness! | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Lloyd | A member of the Black Fang assassins. Delivers justice to those they deem criminals. Known as the White Wolf. Son of the group's leader. Nino's adoptive brother. | ||
| Linus | A member of the Black Fang known as Mad Dog and an equal match for his brother Lloyd. He brings judgment down on those he deems evil. Nino's adoptive brother. | ||
| Florina | Youngest of three sisters who are Pegasus Knights of Ilia. Shy, gentle girl who loves animals. Nino sees her as an older sister. | ||
- Flower of Frost
- A kindhearted member of the Black Fang assassins. Heard rumors of the winter festival and is attending to deliver smiles to all. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯
 | Title | ||||
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| Flower of Frost | |||||
| Group | |||||
 Armored | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 17/18/19 36/40/43 | 10/11/12 32/35/38 | 10/11/12 38/41/45 | 2/3/4 19/22/26 | 8/9/10 27/31/34 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
| Tannenbit+ Rally Resistance |  Tome | ||||
Skills[]
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Counters[]
Skill Inheritance[]
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Flower of Frost Nino | |||
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Nino might be one of the Black Fang assassins, but she's actually very kind and gentle. And now she's attending the winter festival in an adorable outfit! | ||
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Wow, that really is a cute skirt! Everyone's going to smile when they see Nino all dressed up for the festivities. | ||
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I bet her bag is just stuffed with presents, too! As if the outfit wasn't enough to melt the hearts of everyone at the festival! | ||
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Oh, and Nino's brought company—check out her friend Jaffar! I hope they enjoy this most special of festivals together. | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Jaffar | An emotionless member of the Black Fang assassins. Known as the Angel of Death. He later leaves the Black Fang after being touched by Nino's words. | ||
| Lloyd | A member of the Black Fang assassins. Delivers justice to those they deem criminals. Known as the White Wolf. He's like a brother to Nino. | ||
| Linus | A member of the Black Fang known as Mad Dog and an equal match for his brother Lloyd. He brings judgment down on those he deems evil. To Nino, he's like a kindly older brother. | ||
- Spirited Sorcerer
- Nino, dressed in the robes of the Khadein school of magic, bursting with excitement over the chance to attend a school for her first time. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯
 | Title | ||||
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| Spirited Sorcerer | |||||
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| Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 15/16/17 34/38/41 | 10/11/12 38/41/45 | 12/13/14 42/46/49 | 4/5/6 17/20/23 | 5/6/7 29/32/35 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
| Child's Compass Night Sky |  Tome | ||||
Skills[]
| Type | Name | Prerequisite | Default | Unlocked |
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| Fire | - | - | - |
| Elfire | - | - | - | |
| Bolganone | - | - | - | |
| Child's Compass | - | | - | |
| Night Sky | - | - | - |
| Glimmer | - | - | - | |
| A |  Atk Spd Finish 1 | - | - | |
 Atk Spd Finish 2 | Atk Spd Finish 1 | - | ||
 Atk Spd Finish 3 | Atk Spd Finish 2 | - | ||
 Atk Spd Finish 4 | Atk Spd Finish 3 | | ||
| B |  Spd Preempt 1 | - | - | |
 Spd Preempt 2 | Spd Preempt 1 | - | ||
 Spd Preempt 3 | Spd Preempt 2 | - | ||
| C |  Time's Pulse 1 | - | - | |
 Time's Pulse 2 | Time's Pulse 1 | - | ||
 Time's Pulse 3 | Time's Pulse 2 | - | ||
 Time's Pulse 4 | Time's Pulse 3 | |
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Counters[]
Skill Inheritance[]
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Spirited Sorcerer Nino | |||
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Nino is the adopted daughter of Brendan, the leader of the Black Fang—a group of assassins operating out of the kingdom of Bern, on the continent of Elibe. Today, she's out on a study trip to the magic academy in Khadein! | ||
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Here she is, wearing the customary academy student's outfit with a knee-length dress and cape! It's a super-cute look for her! | ||
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For her weapon, Nino's equipped with a magic compass that can act as a catalyst for her spells. Naturally, it opens up so she can see which way the needle is pointing! | ||
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Apparently, Nino's never gone to school or had any friends close to her age before. This trip is a very special opportunity for her, so I hope she enjoys this little taste of student life! | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Ursula | A cruel member of the Black Fang assassins. Lends her service only to someone truly perfect. She was tasked with disposing of Nino after the young mage failed to carry out an assassination. | ||
| Jaffar | An emotionless member of the Black Fang assassins. Known as the Angel of Death. He and Nino flee the Black Fang together. | ||
- Fang's Heart
- Nino, her ties with her false family in the Black Fang finally cut. She looks to the future having overcome her past with the help of new friends. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯
 | Title | ||||
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| Group | |||||
| Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 15/16/17 34/38/41 | 13/14/15 41/44/48 | 7/8/9 44/47/51 | 3/4/5 22/26/29 | 10/11/12 29/33/36 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
| Göndul Dragon Gaze |  Dagger | ||||
Skills[]
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Counters[]
Skill Inheritance[]
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Fang's Heart Nino | |||
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After leaving the Black Fang assassins of Elibe and joining up with Eliwood, Marquess of Pherae, Nino has truly grown as a Hero! | ||
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And you know what that means—a new outfit! This new attire matches the outfit worn by Jaffar, who fled the Black Fang assassins with Nino! | ||
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Though Nino's a talented mage, she's carrying a dagger for this appearance. Again, just like Jaffar! | ||
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Nino says her friends and family made her who she is today. Though she's come so far, she plans on working even harder to repay her debt to them! | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Lloyd | A member of the Black Fang assassins. Delivers justice to those they deem criminals. Known as the White Wolf. Son of the group's leader. Nino is his adopted sister. | ||
| Linus | A member of the Black Fang known as Mad Dog and an equal match for his brother Lloyd. He brings judgment down on those he deems evil. Nino is his adopted sister. | ||
| Jaffar | An emotionless member of the Black Fang assassins. Known as the Angel of Death. He and Nino flee the Black Fang together. | ||
Quotes[]
The Blazing Blade[]
Heroes[]
Possible Endings[]
- Nino, Pious Mage
- At Eliwood's invitation, she started a quiet life in a small village in Pherae. She plans to return to Bern to visit a certain cemetery.
- Jaffar and Nino
- They were married after the conflict and were gifted with twin boys. Their time in Pherae was happy until bounty hunters came for Jaffar. To protect his family, he disappeared. Nino vanished in search of him.
- Erk and Nino
- They were married after the conflict and were gifted with twin boys. Their time in Pherae was happy until bounty hunters came for Nino. To protect her family, she disappeared. Erk vanished looking for her.
Non-Canon Appearances[]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Spirit Info[]
| No. | Name | Image | Type | Class | Slots | Effect |
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| 652 | Nino | 
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Support | ★★☆☆ (Advanced) | 1 | Undamaged Attack ↑ |
Spirit Battle[]
| Spirit | Enemy Fighter(s) | Type | Power/Class | Stage | Rules | Conditions | Music |
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No. 652 Nino |
•Robin | Grab | 3,600/ ★★☆☆ (Advanced) | Arena Ferox | None | •The enemy's magic attacks have increased power •The enemy favors up specials in the air |
"Attack - Fire Emblem" |
Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]
Nino 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 | 39 |  The Blazing Blade |
7,825 |
| CYL2 | 12 ↑17 |
The Blazing Blade |
15,532 ↑7,707 |
| CYL3 | 19 ↓7 |
The Blazing Blade |
10,682 ↓4,850 |
| CYL4 | 35 ↓16 |
The Blazing Blade |
5,144 ↓5,538 |
| CYL5 | 32 ↑3 |
The Blazing Blade |
3,351 ↓1,793 |
| CYL6 | 26 ↑6 |
The Blazing Blade |
3,288 ↓63 |
| CYL7 | 34 ↓8 |
The Blazing Blade |
2,881 ↓407 |
| CYL8 | 45 ↓11 |
The Blazing Blade |
1,769 ↓1,112 |
Etymology[]
As a feminine name, Nino may derive from the Assyrian name Ninus, or Nina, the name of a Babylonian and Assyrian fertility goddess.
Saint Nino, a woman said to be a relative of Saint George of Cappadocia, is famous for introducing Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century, and the name is still popular among Georgian women (e.g. the famous Georgian princess Nino Chavchavadze). Although it is ironic since the word "niño" is the masculine Spanish noun for "child", whereas "niña" is the feminine equivalent.
Trivia[]
- Nino shares her English voice actress, Sarah Blandy, with Kagero, Midori, Layla, and Fae.
- Nino has known Legault for several years, considers him an uncle and refers to him as such.
- In Awakening, her SpotPass team shows reference to Black Fang members, having a Swordmaster (Lloyd), a Hero (Linus) and an Assassin (Jaffar).
- On the official Japanese website for Nintendo, Nino won 1st place on the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. The male-female vote ratio is 2:1.
- Nino came in 19th place for females in the Fire Emblem Heroes Choose Your Legends popularity poll. She had 7,825 votes.
- Nino came in 7th place for females in the Fire Emblem Heroes Choose Your Legends: Round 2 popularity poll. She had 15,532 votes.
- In Nino and Merlinus' B support, in the English version Nino says "Now you're going to listen closely to old Merlinus here, because..." This statement was mistranslated. In the Japanese version Nino says "Now I'm going to listen closely to old Merlinus here, because..."
- In his A support with Melady, Lugh mentions that his parents died when he was 4 years old (as of FE6, he is 13, since he is 2 years younger than Roy). Because FE6 is set exactly 20 years after the events of FE7, and Nino is 14 years old in FE7, that means Nino was 21 when she had Lugh and Raigh, and 25 when she died.
- In her A support with Canas, when she shows Canas the portrait of her real family, she says "I'm in the middle. The ones on the side are my twin brothers," but then only goes on to name one brother, Kai. This is because the former sentence is a mistranslation; in the original, she said, "I'm in the middle, and the person next to me might be my twin brother."
- In Heroes, her official artwork shows her using a red tome, despite her being a green tome unit.
- Nino has an alternate version in Heroes, where she rides a pegasus steed. According to Nino, Florina, whom she considers to be a "big sister", had taught her to ride a pegasus. This appears to be a continuation of the pair's supports in The Blazing Blade, which begin with Nino expressing wonderment at Florina's pegasus steed, stating that she has "never seen one" prior to meeting Florina.
- Nino shares her Italian name with Nina from Fates.
Gallery[]
- See main article: Nino/Gallery.