—Quan to Ethlyn in Genealogy of the Holy War
Quan is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is the son of King Calf and Queen Alfiona of Leonster. He is the husband of Ethlyn and therefore the brother-in-law of Sigurd. He is also the father of Altena and Leif. Being a direct descendant of Crusader Njörun, he has the ability to wield the Gáe Bolg. His life-long dream is to unite the war-torn Thracia Peninsula into one nation.
Through the blood of Njörun, Quan is a distant relative to Travant and Arion due to Njörun and Dainn being siblings.
Profile[]
Genealogy of the Holy War[]
Prior to the storyline, Quan trained at the Royal Academy of Belhalla alongside Sigurd and Eldigan. During that time, the three of them became close friends and vowed to always aid each other in times of trouble.
At the beginning of the game, Quan and Ethlyn hear about the war between Grannvale and Verdane and rush to Sigurd's aid with Finn in tow. During Chapter 1, Quan tutors Finn, whom he strongly trusts, despite his lack of experience. He also meets Ayra and learns that her father, King Mananan of Isaach, is not responsible for the invasion of Darna. During Chapter 2, Quan gives the Brave Lance to Finn, which later becomes the latter's personal weapon in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. Near the end of Chapter 3, Quan receives the Gáe Bolg from Ethlyn, who held onto it earlier without giving it to him because she heard about its curse. However, he does not seem to believe in the curse and expresses confidence with the Gáe Bolg in his possession. After hiding in Silesse with Sigurd for one year, Quan leaves his army alongside Ethlyn and Finn to bring back reinforcements.
Quan and Ethlyn appear once again when travel through the Aed Desert to reunite with Sigurd. Despite Quan's opposition, Ethlyn brings along a three-year-old Altena. When he discovers that they are being followed by King Travant of Thracia and his Dragon Knights, he tells Ethlyn to escape with their young daughter, but she refuses and instead gives him hope that they can win the battle. If Ethlyn dies first, Quan will be forced to surrender the Gáe Bolg to Travant once he uses Altena as a hostage. Whether or not this occurs, he will perish in the battle, which later becomes known as the Aed Massacre.
Personality[]
Similarly to Eldigan and Sigurd, Quan is a proud descendant of the Crusaders and believes that his ancestry will lead the way to victory. Compared to his friends, however, Quan reacts more calmly to bad news for the most part and tries to quickly improvise with new strategies for whatever situation he finds himself in. Thus early on in the game, he appears to be fairly level-headed, but he begins to panic as things come to a head in Chapter 5, especially when he finds out that Ethlyn brought Altena with her. Quan also knows when he's been defeated, as he accepts his loss to the Thracian Dragon Knights during the Aed Massacre, resigning to protect his daughter until his dying breath.
Quan's level-headed and more straight-laced demeanor in comparison to Sigurd is also highlighted through his interest in the political strife between Grannvale and Isaach. In his Chapter 1 conversation with Ayra, Quan approaches her in an attempt to uncover Mananan's true motives for attacking Darna, and as a result learns partially of the dark schemes underway in the background of the first generation of the game, although not enough to avoid his eventual fate.
Quan is shown at times to put a great amount of value in friendships and familial bonds; this is made apparent immediately as he is first seen rushing to Sigurd's aid in the Prologue despite his country being at war. His marriage to Ethlyn solidifies his friendship with Sigurd, a friendship of which he is extremely proud to have. He also closely tutors Finn with the lance, although it is not made clear if he is aware that Finn would eventually become his son's protector.
In-Game[]
Genealogy of the Holy War[]
Base Stats[]
- Minor Holy Blood- - Major Holy Blood
| Starting Class | Holy Blood | ||||||||||
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 Duke Knight |   Njörun | ||||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Lead | Gold |
| 4 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5,000 |
| Skills | Weapon | Starting Items | |||||||||
 Adept |  Lance -  |  Steel Lance Javelin | |||||||||
Growth Rates[]
(With Holy Blood Bonuses)
| HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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| 110% | 50% | 5% | 30% | 40% | 10% | 50% | 5% |
Overall[]
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Quan is a very strong Pre-Promoted unit, starting out with good stats across the board (other than Luck) and a very impressive 16 Strength. He is quite useful at weakening enemy units for your other units to finish off. While Quan does have the Adept skill, the heavy weight of his Lances will only give him a roughly 20-35% chance to activate it depending on his Speed stat, making it unreliable. However, if he does activate it, he is strong enough that he will probably kill almost anything he attacks. On top of his potential hard hitting offense, he has respectable Defense. His Njörun Holy Blood ensures solid growths in the most important stats as well as allowing him the use of any lance in the game other than Gungnir.
Quan, like Finn, may initially be a bit awkward to use as the Prologue and Chapter 1 are full of Axe wielding units that will have a much higher chance of hitting Quan than many of your other units. His durability should be enough to sustain several blows, but caution should still be taken early on.
If you really want to make Quan truly brutal, you can give him Arden's Pursuit Ring, but this is not necessarily advisable since Quan will leave at the end of Chapter 3 and the Pursuit Ring will not appear again until very late in the second generation on his daughter, Altena. He can borrow Finn's Brave Lance if the player desires, which will be similarly effective, even if it negates his Adept skill.
Conversations[]
In the Prologue, Quan may speak to Sigurd, but nothing will result of it.
In Chapter 1, Quan may speak to Finn, resulting in Finn gaining one point of Strength, one point of Skill, and one point of Defense.
In Chapter 2, after Hierhein Castle is captured, Quan may speak to Finn, resulting in Finn receiving the Brave Lance.
In Chapter 3, after Silvail Castle is captured, Ethlyn may speak to Quan, resulting in him receiving the Gáe Bolg.
Love[]
Quan is in love with Ethlyn by default, and thus does not possess any love growths with any other character in the game.
Inheritance[]
Unlike most fathers, his daughter Altena is his primary child, and thus she will inherit his inventory and her stats and growths will come primarily from him rather than Ethlyn.
Awakening[]
SpotPass[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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 Paladin | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 12 | 59 | 33 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 8 |
| Skills | Weapon | Starting Items | |||||||
 Discipline Outdoor Fighter Defender Sol |  Sword - C Lance - A |  Gáe Bolg* | |||||||
*Enemy only, joins unequipped.
Fire Emblem Engage[]
Bond Ring[]
- Prince of Leonster on Jugdral, a continent in another world. A descendant of crusader Njörun, he inherited the holy lance Gáe Bolg. Sigurd's friend since their academy days, he values friendship and justice.
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 C Rank
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Str +1 | |
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 B Rank
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Str +1 Def +1 | |
| World |  A Rank
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Str +1 Spd +1 Def +1 |
 Holy Knight
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 S Rank
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Str +2 Spd +1 Def +1 |
Fire Emblem Heroes[]
- Luminous Lancer
- Prince of Leonster and inheritor of the lance Gáe Bolg. Husband of Ethlyn, the younger sister of his close friend Sigurd. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯
 | Title | ||||
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| Luminous Lancer | |||||
| Group | |||||
 Cavalry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 19/20/21 41/44/47 | 10/11/12 34/37/40 | 4/5/6 26/29/32 | 6/7/8 28/31/34 | 2/3/4 12/16/19 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
 Gáe Bolg Dragon Gaze |  Lance | ||||
Skills[]
| Type | Name | Prerequisite | Default | Unlocked |
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 | Iron Lance | - | - | - |
| Steel Lance | - | - | - | |
| Silver Lance | - | - | - | |
| Gáe Bolg | - |  | | |
 | Rally Defense | - | - | - |
| Rally Spd/Def | Rally Defense | - | - | |
| Rally Spd/Def+ | Rally Spd/Def | - | | |
 | Dragon Gaze | - | | - |
| Draconic Aura | Dragon Gaze | - | | |
| A |  Darting Stance 1 | - | - | |
 Steady Posture 1 | Darting Stance 1 | - | ||
 Steady Posture 2 | Steady Posture 1 | | ||
| C |  Spur Atk 1 | - | - | |
 Drive Atk 1 | Spur Atk 1 | - | ||
 Drive Atk 2 | Drive Atk 1 | |
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Quan is a Book II Lance Cavalry unit with mostly middling stats save for his solid Atk stat at 37. His Spd at 29 does not allow much natural Follow-Up Attacks and is low enough that a great portion of the cast can double up on him, but does give him enough to deny a few units that ability around his era of release. His 75 physical bulk score is one of his strong points, giving him solid resilence against many physical units, namely Sword units, but he trades this for a much lower 60 magical base bulk. Quan stands as a rather straightforward unit geared towards defensive use and is mostly a reliable unit when used in such a manner. With the addition of his Resplendent Form, he gains a much needed boost to perform his duty a bit more adequately.
Gáe Bolg is his preference weapon giving him Atk/Def +5 during combat whenever he combats any non-flying unit. This boosts his two strongest stats, albeit the limiting restriction against Flying makes it only marginally unreliable. It's late refine gives him an additional 3 HP and also allows more synchronization when used on a specific team, namely cavalry teams. If there is at least one sword, lance, axe, or cavalry unit on his team, he gains an additional Atk/Def +5 during combat and he grants the same buff to the same type of allies during their combat if they are within three spaces of him. The first effect is interesting since it does not require him to within range of said units to achieve the effect and so long as the player puts a single unit of any of those conditions on their team, of which there are no shortage of applicable units, he automatically has that effect active on the field.
Quan has Rally Speed Defense+, giving allies a visible Spd/Def +6 buff to an allies stat. Draconic Aura boosts his damage by 30% on a three attack charge. Steady Posture grants him Spd/Def +4 if his foe initiates combat against him. Drive Attack grants allies within two spaces of him an additional Atk +3 during combat.
Counters[]
Quan is obliterated by most magical units, especially some very common Green Tome units like Nino and Sonya. He is also has weaknesses to cavalry effective units like Micaiah and Rhajat. Due to his picky match-ups, fliers will deal with him slightly better since Gáe Bolg's innate effect does not work against them. Otherwise, his solid Atk can only get him so far against bulky green units who carry color advantage against him and he has no real means of mitigating damage. His Spd is low enough that it only save him against a moderately low range of units naturally and pushing it higher only increases it to a slight degree, still leaving him vulnerable to follow-up attacks and unlikely to do so on his own with inheritances to fix these.
Skill Inheritance[]
Quan is only missing his Skill B, in which Quick Riposte is generally his best option to naturally sync with his Enemy Phase based kit.
Bonfire is a generally better Special skill since his solid Def gives him better damage on activation than just the raw Atk percentage increase of Draconic Aura. Reposition gives him a better utility for unit positioning rather than just stat increase for them, though his innate Rally scores higher in Arena Duels. Quan only has Steady Posture at Tier 3, so giving him the Tier 4 variation will give him better results in this regards. Likewise Joint Drive Attack upgrades his innate Drive Attack and also give himself the same boost. Attack Smoke can further degrade enemy offense against him or soften them up for other teammates to clean up
If sticking to the pure defensive, Guard can also slow down Special reliant enemies and Reopening gives better debuffs in this regard when boosting his overall defensive game. Quan can completely forego a defensive build and become a mixed attacker, giving him skills like Attack Defense Catch or Clash to make use of his innate strongest stats and in the case of the latter, use both his own natural high movement and his perferable target's high movement to use in both phases. Lull Attack Defense gives good debuffs onto the stats of his foe's that naturally clash well against him or can take the Lull Speed Defense to shore up more of the Follow-Up Attack thresholds of some foes. The Far Trace skills give him Canto for after combat to play more hit-and-run.
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Luminous Lancer Quan | |||
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Here's Quan, the Prince of Leonster! He's the descendant of the lancer Njörun, one of the 12 crusaders. He's the kind of chivalrous gentleman that knights aspire to be, and he treasures his friends and family. | ||
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Quan is married to Ethlyn, the daughter of the Duke of Chalphy. He's also very close friends with her brother, Sigurd! | ||
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When Quan heard that his friend was fighting against Verdane, he rushed to his support, bringing Ethlyn and his retainer Finn with him. He couldn't bear to let his friend fight alone! | ||
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With the holy Gáe Bolg in hand, Quan charged into what would be a hard-fought battle to help Sigurd. I wish I could have been there to learn a thing or two about wielding a lance! | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Ethlyn | The younger sister of Lord Sigurd of Chalphy with an adventurous spirit. She cares deeply for her family. After she marries Prince Quan of Leonster, the pair have a girl and a boy. | ||
| Finn | A servant of Leonster who swore his loyalty to Leif's father, Quan. His main objective in life is to protect Leif. | ||
- Lightfoot Prince
- Prince of Leonster. Gallantly taking part in the dance festival is part of his royal duty. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.
Base Stats[]
Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯
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| Lightfoot Prince | |||||
| Group | |||||
 Flying | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 15/16/17 37/40/43 | 7/8/9 37/41/44 | 4/5/6 17/20/23 | 5/6/7 33/36/40 | 4/5/6 17/20/23 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
Courtly Bow+ Dance |  Bow | ||||
Skills[]
Overall[]
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Base Set[]
Counters[]
Skill Inheritance[]
Meet Some of the Heroes[]
| Lightfoot Prince Quan | |||
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Quan is the descendant of the crusader Njörun, and the prince and heir to Leonster. But he's also a dancer, and he's come to the ball in this dashing outfit to take our breath away! | ||
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OK, I might have exaggerated a little bit. Poor Quan isn't really much of a dancer. But still, doesn't he look fabulous escorting his wife, Ethlyn? | ||
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I suppose Quan is much more at home on the battlefield than he is at the dance hall, but he's putting his best foot forward! Instead of his usual weapon, the Gáe Bolg, he's carrying an exquisite-looking bow that fits right in to the sophisticated atmosphere of the ball! | ||
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There's a lot of attention fixed firmly in Quan's direction tonight, but he only has eyes for Ethlyn, which makes him all the more charming! | ||
| Closely Associated Characters | |||
| Ethlyn | Noblewoman of Chalphy, attending the dance festival with her husband, Quan. As always, she supports him every step of the way. After she marries Quan, the pair have a girl and a boy. | ||
| Sigurd | Heir to Chalphy, descendant of the crusader Baldr, and Seliph's father. He's courageous and has a strong sense of justice. A close friend of Quan's. | ||
| Eldigan | Young ruler of Nordion. Also known as the Lionheart. Sets out for the dance festival in dignified attire. He is a close friend of Quan's. | ||
Quotes[]
Genealogy of the Holy War[]
—Quan's battle quote, as a NPC when fighting Travant's troops in the Yied Massacre
Ethlyn: Quan! Are you okay? I hate to run on my brother, but we must get you home to recover.
Quan: Sorry, Ethlyn...”
—Quan's retreat quote
—Quan as a NPC after Ethlyn is killed in the Yied Massacre
—Quan's death quote as a NPC during the Yied Massacre
Awakening[]
—Quan's SpotPass parley quote
—Quan's SpotPass battle quote
—Quan's SpotPass recruitment quote
—Quan's battle quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 1
—Quan's battle quote versus Frederick in Lost Bloodlines 1
—Quan's battle quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 3
—Quan's battle quote versus Frederick in Lost Bloodlines 3
—Quan's death quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 1
—Quan's death quote as a NPC, in Lost Bloodlines 2
—Quan's death quote as a enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 3
Heroes[]
Non-Canon Appearances[]
Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]
Quan is illustrated in the trading card game with the following cards:
Choose Your Legends Placement History[]
| Round | Placement | Character Version | Votes |
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| CYL1 | 270 |  Genealogy of the Holy War |
823 |
| CYL2 | 111 ↑159 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
2,239 ↑1,416 |
| CYL3 | 321 ↓210 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
605 ↓494 |
| CYL4 | 341 ↓20 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
339 ↓266 |
| CYL5 | 326 ↑15 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
197 ↓142 |
| CYL6 | 344 ↓18 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
191 ↓6 |
| CYL7 | 303 ↑41 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
131 ↓60 |
| CYL8 | 334 ↓31 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
108 ↓23 |
| CYL9 | 298 ↑36 |
Genealogy of the Holy War |
102 ↓6 |
Etymology[]
Cian was the father of Lugh in Irish mythology. His partner was Ethniu (Ethlyn).
The name 'Quan' is Irish and is the reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cúáin 'descendant of Cúán'. Cúán' is also an Irish name, and means "little wolf" or "little hound". Quan is also Chinese for "all" and is a given name for one of the rulers of Wu, Sun Quan, during the Three Kingdoms era.
Trivia[]
- The Fire Emblem Treasure family tree reveals that Quan's father is King Calf and his mother is Queen Alfiona, who are both mentioned in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.
- Quan shares his English voice actor, Chris Hackney, with Boey and Dimitri.
Gallery[]
- See main article: Quan/Gallery.