Tethys

Tethys
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	テティス (Tetisu, テティス)
Name (Localized)	Tethys
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Relatives	May contain spoilers Ewan (Younger Brother) Unnamed Parents
Affiliations
Nationality	Jehanna
Faction(s)	Gerik's Mercenaries
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 5: The Empire's Reach
First Joined	Chapter 10: Revolt at Carcino (Eirika's route) or Chapter 13: Fluorspar's Oath (Ephraim's route)]
Starting Class	Dancer
Voice Actors
Japanese	Natsuko Kuwatani
English	Jennifer Losi
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“Then one day I said to myself, "We cannot go on like this!" I watched a dancer on a street corner and memorized all of her moves. I wasn't a very coordinated child and it was so difficult. I didn't have real shoes, so my feet were a mess of blisters, and I fell so many times I was covered in cuts and bruises. It was painful. And miserable. And very, very difficult. But I never cried. Because if I were to cry, he would cry. And I loved seeing Ewan's smiling face. I wanted him to smile all the time, so I worked hard so he could.”
—Tethys revealing her past to Gerik in a support conversation

Tethys is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. She is another member of Gerik's Mercenaries, and the older sister of Ewan.

Profile

Tethys is a beautiful, charming dancer, and a native of Jehanna. She and Ewan were both abandoned by their parents when they were young. After living a sad and hard life on the streets, Tethys began dancing to make money for both of them, and with time, she became famous for her beauty and skill.

In a support conversation with Marisa, it is revealed Tethys is in love with Gerik, and jokes about making a competition with Marisa to see who can gain Gerik's love. Other supports reveal that she's very observant and has a sharp eye for detail; she deduces at mere sight that Marisa is right-handed and not left-handed like she says, and she also tells Gerik that she taught herself how to dance after memorizing a famous dancer's moves and practicing non-stop. She also has a healthy appreciation of aesthetics and beauty, as she wants Artur to tell her the secret to his beauty.

In-Game

The Sacred Stones

Base Stats

Starting Class						Affinity
Dancer						Fire
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov
1	18	1	2	12	10	5	4	5	5
Weapon					Starting Items
-					Elixir Vulnerary* Goddess Icon

*Eirika's Route only

Growth Rates

HP	S/M	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
85%	5%	10%	70%	80%	30%	75%

Supports

See also: Tethys/Supports

• Artur
• Gerik
• Ewan
• Marisa
• Rennac

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.

Tethys is a dancer, which gives her the unique and invaluable ability to give another player unit a second turn. The player can make use of this in a number of ways, from simply allowing another unit to continue fighting, to allowing staff users to warp or heal twice, to allowing a flier to rescue a unit and drop them some distance away on the same turn. She is extremely frail and will likely not receive many level ups to counter this, but she is still one of the most unique and important units once she joins.

By using the enemy control glitch to gain dark magic for Tethys, she can become a combat unit. However, she must not double attack with dark magic if animations are on, otherwise, the game will freeze. Her strength and skill growths are also extremely low; she will almost certainly need stat boosters to max out her strength and skill. Furthermore, dancers do not have high strength caps. Do not expect her to do mind-blowing amounts of damage.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original

Beloved Dancer

A member of Gerik's Mercenaries who is a talented and charming dancer. Together with her dear brother Ewan, she strives to survive a life torn apart by war. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯

		Title
		Beloved Dancer
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	14/15/16 31/34/37	3/4/5 20/23/26	7/8/9 28/31/34	2/3/4 17/20/23	4/5/6 27/30/33
Skills			Weapon
Steel Dagger			Dagger

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Beloved Dancer
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	14/15/16 32/35/38	3/4/5 21/24/27	8/9/10 30/33/36	2/3/4 18/21/24	5/6/7 29/32/35
Skills			Weapon
The Cleaner Dance			Dagger

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Beloved Dancer
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 34/38/41	4/5/6 23/27/30	8/9/10 32/35/38	3/4/5 20/23/27	5/6/7 31/34/37
Skills			Weapon
The Cleaner+ Dance			Dagger

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Dagger	-	-	-
	Steel Dagger	-	-	-
	The Cleaner	-		-
	The Cleaner+	The Cleaner
	Dance	-	-
A	Spd/Res Bond 1	-		-
	Spd/Res Bond 2	Spd/Res Bond 1		-
	Spd/Res Bond 3	Spd/Res Bond 2		-
C	Dagger Exp. 1	-		-
	Dagger Exp. 2	Dagger Exp. 1		-
	Dagger Exp. 3	Dagger Exp. 2

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.

Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Beloved Dancer Tethys
	Gerik's mercenaries operate out of the Kingdom of Jehanna. Among this crew of hardened soldiers is the dancer Tethys, whose poise and grace stand out all the more amid unusual company!
	At an early age, Tethys was abandoned by her parents and left alone to look after her little brother Ewan. Her childhood was a series of struggles…
	But one day, she saw a dancer on a street corner, and learned how to dance just by watching her and memorizing her moves. Eventually, she mastered the techniques to revitalize allies on the battlefield and joined Gerik's band of mercenaries!
	Now Tethys is an accomplished dancer in her own right, and she oozes with a sophisticated, grown-up charm. Her complicated life has given her a wealth of experience, which I hear comes in handy when people come to her with worries about romance… Ooh, I hope I'll get the chance to chat with her one day!
Closely Associated Characters
Ewan	A former member of Gerik's band of mercenaries who went to study magic under the tutelage of the sage Saleh. Tethys's younger brother.
Gerik	Known as the Desert Tiger, this accomplished warrior is the leader of a band of mercenaries. He cares about his soldiers and will never abandon a friend. He relies on Tethys.

Quotes

The Sacred Stones

“The dark rider I foresaw... He was coming for me...”
—Tethys' death quote

“Don't tense up! You'll fight better if you're relaxed.”
—Tethys' final chapter quote

Heroes

Tethys/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings

Tethys, Beloved Dancer (艶美の舞, Tsuya-bi no mai)

She danced from city to city, and the entire continent became her stage. Her fame grew and grew, and large crowds gathered wherever she performed.

Tethys and Gerik

Gerik and Tethys remained bound to no nation and beholden to no authority. They bought themselves a leisurely retirement. Gerik taught fencing to city youths, and Tethys found many stages on which to dance.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B18-094R

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	350	The Sacred Stones	518
CYL2	216 ↑134	The Sacred Stones	1,167 ↑649
CYL3	269 ↓53	The Sacred Stones	807 ↓360
CYL4	487 ↓218	The Sacred Stones	112 ↓695
CYL5	451 ↑36	The Sacred Stones	55 ↓57
CYL6	454 ↓3	The Sacred Stones	64 ↑9

CYL7

386 ↑78

The Sacred Stones

46 ↓18

Etymology

In Greek mythology, Tethys is a Titaness and ancient sea goddess. 'Tethys' is also the eighth satellite of Saturn.

Trivia

• Tethys' dance music is a remix of Larum's theme as she is being attacked on the enemy phase in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
• There is a small typo in Tethys' B support with Gerik where Tethys says "Because if were to cry, he would cry."
• The English version of her A support with Artur has some changes from the Japanese version: the age at which she met her childhood sweetheart was raised from 5 years old to 10, and her line about Artur being a "mama's boy" was changed from the Japanese version's "do you perhaps have an Oedipus complex?"

Gallery

See main article: Tethys/Gallery.