—Tobin to Alm in Echoes.
Tobin (ロビン, Robin in the Japanese version) is a playable character from Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He is 17 years old.
Profile
He is a Villager from Ram Village and one of Alm's childhood friends. He joins the Deliverance in order to travel the continent, gaining money to support his family. After the war, he joins the knighthood of Valentia and seeks Clair's hand in marriage, only to lose to his best friend, Gray.
Personality
Tobin has a serious and direct personality. Additionally, he is very poor at reading other people's emotions. Being the eldest of his family, his mentality and overall demeanor carry over to his enlistment in the Deliverance. He acts like an older brother figure to Alm and company.
In-Game
Gaiden
Recruitment
Talk to him before you leave Ram Village.
Base Stats
| Starting Class | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Villager | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 2 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Magic | Starting Items | |||||||
| Fire (Mage) Excalibur (Lv 6) Recover (Sage) | - | |||||||
Growth Rates
| HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30% | 10% | 40% | 15% | 30% | 10% | 0% |
Overall
Of the three starting villagers in Alm's route, Tobin joins as the second strongest and must only gain one level in order to class change at a nearby shrine. Statistically, he has the worst overall long term performance of the three, as his primary growths rates are of his skill and luck, with all his other growths rates being either average or below average. However, he also has the highest base speed of the villagers, which allows him to start off slightly better than the two other in classes such as archer, mage, cavalier, and soldier, all of which have lower base speed stats than his personal base speed. As such he functions best in one of those options. As a mercenary, he does not have this advantage and has a worse performance in this class compared to Gray and Kliff, but the classline's high base stats mean he will still function well regardless if the player so chooses to use it.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Base Stats
Prologue
| Starting Class | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boy | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Magic | Skills | Starting Items | ||||||
| - | - | - | ||||||
Chapter 1
| Starting Class | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villager | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 2 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Magic | Skills | Starting Items | ||||||
 Fire (Mage)Excalibur (Lv 6) Recover (Sage)Physic (Sage Lv 5)Lemegeton (Guru) | - |  Carrot | ||||||
Personal Max Stats
| HP | Atk | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 39 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Growth Rates
| HP | Atk | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | 30% | 50% | 25% | 30% | 30% | 0% |
Supports
- See also: Tobin/Supports
Passive Supports
Overall
Tobin returns in Echoes still with a heavy emphasis on skill, but has average growths in strength and defense and a slightly below average growth in speed. Tobin will likely end up an average unit due to his average strength and speed, though his high skill is particularly useful in Echoes due to the strong presence of terrain awarding large bonuses to enemy avoid. He also has the highest base speed of all the villagers, which gives him an early advantage over the other villagers in classes such as mage, cavalier, soldier, and archer. As a mage especially, his base 3 attack speed as a mage using fire tomes is enough to double attack early game brigands, which are fast double attack the other two villages thanks to their base 1 attack speed as mages. As a mercenary however, his early speed advantage is not present due to the high base speed of the classline and his overall performance in the class is worse than that of Kliff or Gray, though due to classline's high base stats he can still function in it regardless.
Quotes
Gaiden
—Tobin's death quote in Gaiden.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Possible Endings
Gaiden
- "As one of the knights of the kingdom, he works towards the restoration of Valentia."
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- (if Gray is alive)
- As one of the most scrupulous knights in the One Kingdom's Brotherhood, Tobin spent his life serving his friend King Alm. The king, in turn, placed a great deal of trust in Tobin, eventually granting him both a title and his own castle.
- (If Gray is dead)
- Unable to move past Gray's death, Tobin abruptly vanished before reappearing just as suddenly several years later. At King Alm's suggestion, he joined the One Kingdom's Brotherhood of Knights. The talkative, playful Tobin of old, however, was gone forever.
Trivia
- Tobin is among the few characters in Gaiden to have his hair color changed in Echoes, shifting from purple to brown.
- Tobin's official English name was changed from Robin to differentiate it from the default English name of the Avatar in Fire Emblem Awakening.
- In the Japanese prologue of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Tobin uses "ore" as a personal pronoun (generally used to sound masculine) in front of a crying Kliff and Faye to sound more mature, but then switches back to "boku" after the battle, and then switches to "ore" again to look cool in front of Gray.
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