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{{Character Infobox
{{Character Infobox
| name= Elen
|image=[[File:FEFT Elen.png|200px]]
| image= [[File:FEFT Elen.png|200px]]
|caption=Artwork of Elen from {{title|The Binding Blade}}.
| gender= Female
|help_text=A young cleric serving Guinivere. Serene and gracious.
| race = [[Human]]
|gender=Female
| titles =  
|race=[[Human]]
| startingclass = [[Cleric]]
|age=Teens
| appearances = {{FE6}}
|startingclass=[[Priest]]
|nationality=[[Bernite]]
|appearances=*{{title|The Binding Blade}}
}}
}}
'''Elen''' (エレン, ''Eren''), also translated as '''Ellen''', is a [[cleric]] in {{FE6}} and the player's first healer in the game. She first appears and is playable in [[The Princess of Bern|Chapter 2]], where she is escaping a prison to get help. She is a vassal of [[Guinevere]].


==''[[Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi]]''==
{{Quote|But why? I see no hatred in your eyes. Only sorrow.|Elen to [[Chad]] in a support conversation.}}
 
'''Elen''' (Japanese: {{hl|エレン|Eren}} ''Elen'') is a [[priest]] in {{FE6}} and the first playable healer in the game. She first appears and becomes playable in [[Princess of Bern|Chapter 2]], where she is escaping from a castle to get help. She is a vassal of [[Guinivere]].
 
=={{FE6}}==
===Role===
===Role===
Elen and and the princess Guinevere are on their way to [[Lycia]] to meet with the heads of the league and find a peaceful way to resolve the invasions. When she arrives at the border of [[Bern]] and Lycia, the leader of the fort takes her and Guinevere hostage. The leader of the castle, [[Ruud]], plans to sell Guinevere to Bern's enemies. Elen escapes from the prison, but she is attacked. At this time, [[Roy]] and his small group had arranged to meet a group of mercenaries at this location, and Elen happens to run into them before the castle guards catch up to her. She helps Roy defeat Ruud and free Guinevere. She then accompanies Roy throughout the rest of the story.
Elen and the princess Guinivere are on their way to [[Lycia]] to meet with the heads of the league and find a peaceful way to resolve the invasions. When they arrive at the border of [[Bern]] and Lycia, they are taken hostage by the leader of the fort, [[Ruud]], who plans to sell Guinivere to Bern's enemies. Elen manages to escape from the fort, but she is attacked. At this time, [[Roy]] and his small group had arranged to meet a group of mercenaries at this location, and Elen happens to run into them before the castle guards catch up to her. She helps Roy defeat Ruud and free Guinivere. She then accompanies Roy throughout the rest of the story.
 
Once Bern is defeated and the war is over, she returned to her homeland to work on its restoration. Due to her hard work, she is given the title of "The Saint of Bern".


=== Starting stats and growth rates ===
===Starting stats and growth rates===
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|inventory={{Item|6|Heal}}<br>{{Item|6|Vulnerary}}
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|HP1=45
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|spd1=20
|luck1=70
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|recruit=[[Princess of Bern|Chapter&nbsp;2]], automatically on Turn 1
}}
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===Promotion stat gains===
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|str= 45%
|skill=40%
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==== Promotion stat gains ====
{{PromotionGains
{{PromotionGains
|class= [[Bishop]]
|class=[[Bishop]]
|hp=3
|hp=3
|str=3
|mag=3
|mag= 3
|skill=3
|skill=3
|spd=2
|spd=2
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|con=1
|con=1
|move=1
|move=1
|weaponlvl= {{StaffGBA}} +1, {{LightGBA}} D
|weaponlvl={{StaffGBA}} +50, {{LightGBA}} D (+51)
}}
}}


==Personality and character==
===Analysis===
Elen is a very pious and good-willed lady. She is slightly shy, and is scared of men.<ref>'''Zeiss:''' You're still scared of men? Well, I guess I can't blame you. It was years before you would speak to me normally like this!</ref> Still, she is very friendly, often trying to help others as well as she can, and concerned about the safety of both those in the army and non-fighters in need.<ref>'''Elen:''' Is someone hurt?<br>'''Chad:''' Eh? Yeah, he's a traveler, and he got hit by a stray arrow. It's not a large wound, but the bleeding won't stop.<br>'''Elen:''' Wait, then my healing staff would work better than the herb. Can you show me to this traveler?</ref> When talking to [[Lugh]], she expresses her concern over seeing a child's fighting in a war.<ref>'''Lugh:''' I may be still a kid, but I'm pretty handy with my magic, you know!<br>'''Elen:''' No, I wasn't doubting your ability... It's just that...children shouldn't be on the battlefield.</ref> She truly believes in the good in people, seeing [[Saul]] not as a womanizer but as a priest trying to show the freedom of the Elimine Church.<ref>'''Elen:''' Usually, you appear to be an impious, improper womanizer. Hardly someone I would call a priest.<br>'''Saul:''' ......<br>'''Elen:''' But I finally realized that there was a complicated reason to that. You were putting on a show to show how free the Elimine Church is.<br>'''Saul:''' Ah... I, uh...see.<br>'''Elen:''' Acting like that would naturally cause misunderstandings... Everyone thinks you're just a lazy man always chasing after women...<br>'''Saul:''' ......<br>'''Elen:''' But you purposely walk that path for the benefit of the Church. I surely could not do the same. I sincerely respect you, Father Saul.</ref> As a priestess of [[Bern]]'s Elimine Church, she is very religious and is eager to talk with [[Saul]] about the subject. Elen is also a skilled healer, even having knowledge with medicinal herbs.<ref>'''Chad:''' Okay, if I'm not wrong, one of these herbs is medicinal, right? You can make a vulnerary out of one of them.<br>'''Elen:''' Yes, it's this one. I'm surprised that you knew that one of them was medicinal.</ref>
{{analysis}}
Elen is the first healer you get in ''The Binding Blade'', and as such, she is very useful in the first few chapters because the only other way to heal your units is through the use of vulneraries. Elen joins with low bases, but high growths in magic, luck and resistance, with the latter being the best in the game. Elen's main flaw is her very low magic base of 1, which will plague her despite her very high magic growth and as such, she will need to use Mend to compensate later in the game. Another problem for her is how staff rank is built in ''The Binding Blade''. It is fairly slow and requires a lot of time for her to even get to C rank staves and will lock her out of higher ranks staves for quite some time. Another problem for Elen is how after promotion she will not be a particularly good combat unit, as her speed is too low to double the majority of enemies in spite of the low weight of light tomes, and she will likely get doubled as well by fast enemies.


Elen comes from Bern, having lived in the same hometown as [[Zeiss]],<ref>Zeiss: Eh? Ah, er, well... Well, we come from the same town, and, uh...</ref> and is very loyal to her mistress [[Guinevere]], the princess of Bern. She also seems to know [[Milady]], as both are from Bern and serve under Princess Guinevere. She knows that Bern started the war and understands when Chad is angry at her for being from the country.<ref>'''Elen:''' It's my country that started the war. So I understand...if you have hostility toward me, a native of Bern...</ref>
All of these flaws would not be so bad if Elen did not get outclassed very quickly. In Chapter&nbsp;4 you get Clarine, a unit who is very similar statwise to Elen and has the same staff rank but has a mount to compensate, and in chapter&nbsp;6 Saul joins, who has a worse magic growth but better bases aside from luck, better speed, a higher base level, and most importantly a higher staff rank. Elen has to compete with both of them not only for a deployment slot but also for experience and a [[Guiding Ring]], the latter of which is also coveted by other units like [[Lugh]]. Elen does have the benefit of great availability and not taking up a deployment slot in the first few chapters, but after Chapter&nbsp;6, there are not too many reasons to deploy her alongside your other two healers, as she has a hard time competing against them, let alone the powerful staffbots in the later parts of the game. This is not to say that Elen is a bad unit overall, as staves are very useful in ''The Binding Blade'', but she is simply outclassed.


==Support conversations==
====Comparison with Saul====
Compared to [[Saul]], Elen has the advantage of joining earlier, but at a lower level than him. However, her staff rank is D, while Saul's is a C. This is a massive difference, as staff ranks are hard to level up. He will automatically get B rank upon promotion, while Elen will only get to where Saul started. This also means that he requires half the weapon experience to get to A rank and use [[Warp]]. Assuming they are on the same level, Elen will have worse stats except in resistance and luck, and while her magic growth is high, her lower base means that it takes 30 levels for her to overtake him. While neither unit is particularly strong in combat, Saul has a clear advantage against Elen in this regard as well. As both units join without being promoted, both compete quite a bit for the [[Guiding Ring]] to be promoted into a [[Bishop]] and therefore also for the candidacy to use Aureola, one of the Legendary Weapons.
 
====Comparison with Yoder====
Assuming that Elen was promoted to Bishop, her experience level determines whether she can compete with [[Yoder]] or not due to her stats. However, due to the aforementioned Elen's flaws, in most cases, Yoder outclasses Elen by virtue of already joining at level&nbsp;20 in the late game, as well as having a high level of use of light magic and staffs, since Elen needs a long-term training in light magic. Yoder is likely the only realistic choice for an [[Aureola]] user if not enough effort and training was put into Elen or Saul, though training Yoder's weapon level, again, is very risky when, as a bishop, he works best as a staffbot.
 
==Personality==
Elen is a very pious and good-willed lady. She is slightly shy, and is scared of men.<ref>{{Cite|'''Zeiss:''' You're still scared of men? I remember it was years before you would speak to me normally like this.|[[Elen]] and [[Zeiss]]' B support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> Still, she is very friendly, often trying to help others as well as she can, and concerned about the safety of both those in the army and non-fighters in need.<ref>{{Cite|'''Elen:''' Is someone hurt?<br>'''Chad:''' Yeah, a traveler was hit by a stray arrow. It's not a large wound, but the bleeding won't stop.<br>'''Elen:''' My healing staff will be more effective than the herb. Can you show me to this traveler?|[[Elen]] and [[Chad]]'s C support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> When talking to [[Lugh]], she expresses her concern over seeing a child fighting in a war.<ref>{{Cite|'''Lugh:''' I may be a kid, but I'm pretty handy with my magic!<br>'''Elen:''' No, I don't doubt your ability... It's just...children shouldn't be on the battlefield.|[[Elen]] and [[Lugh]]'s C support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> She truly believes in the good in people, seeing [[Saul]] not as a womanizer but as a priest trying to show the freedom of the Elimine Church.<ref>{{Cite|'''Elen:''' Oh, yes. You appear to be an impious womanizer. Hardly someone I would call a priest.<br>'''Saul:''' ......<br>'''Elen:''' But I finally realized that there is a reason for that. It is a character act. It is to show that the St. Elimine Church accepts even the lowest of men.<br>'''Saul:''' Ah... I, uh... Hmm. OK.<br>'''Elen:''' Acting as you do ruins your reputation and image... Everyone thinks you're lazy and only interested in women...<br>'''Saul:''' ......<br>'''Elen:''' But the truth is that you do it for the church. I could not sacrifice myself as you do. You have my respect, Brother Saul.|[[Elen]] and [[Saul]]'s A support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> As a priestess of [[Bern]]'s Elimine Church, she is very religious and is eager to talk with Saul about the subject. Elen is also a skilled healer, even having knowledge with medicinal herbs.<ref>{{Cite|'''Chad:''' OK, well, unless I'm wrong, one of these herbs is medicinal, right? Vulneraries are made from one of these, aren't they?<br>'''Elen:''' Yes, this one has medicinal properties. I'm surprised you knew that.|[[Elen]] and [[Chad]]'s C support|The Binding Blade}}</ref>
 
Elen comes from Bern, having lived in the same hometown as [[Zeiss]],<ref>{{Cite|'''Zeiss:''' Eh? Ah, er, well... We come from the same town, and, uh...|[[Elen]] and [[Zeiss]]' A support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> and is very loyal to her mistress [[Guinivere]], the princess of Bern. She also seems to know [[Melady]], as both are from Bern and serve under Princess Guinivere. She knows that Bern started the war and understands when [[Chad]] is angry at her for being from the country.<ref>{{Cite|'''Elen:''' My country started this war. So I understand...if you resent a person of Bern like me...|[[Elen]] and [[Chad]]'s A support|The Binding Blade}}</ref>
 
==Supports==
{{main|Elen/Supports}}
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==Endings==
==Endings==
'''Elen - Saint of Bern'''<br>
'''Elen, Saint of Bern'''<br>
Elen returned to Bern with Guinevere to rebuild a land ravaged by war, and to reunite a people devastated by defeat. Her hard work and kind-hearted nature earned her the title, "The Saint of Bern."
''Short:'' Worked to help rebuild Bern.


==Etymology==
''Long:'' Elen returned to Bern with Guinivere to rebuild a land ravaged by war, and to reunite a people devastated by defeat. Her hard work and kind-hearted nature earned her the title, "The Saint of Bern."
Elen is a Welsh name meaning "nymph". The name is a variation of Helen.<ref>http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Elen</ref>


==Quotes==
===Battle quotes===
{{Quote|'''Elen:''' Aren't you...a priest? The things you've done...<br>'''Orlo:''' What of them? Anything can go unpunished...if done in the name of the gods!<br>'''Elen:''' There is no salvation for you... |Against [[Orlo]].}}
{{Quote|Saint Elimine... Give us strength!|In the [[Beyond Darkness|final chapter]].}}
===Death quote===
{{Quote|Princess Guinivere... Please... Don't give up...|Elen}}
==Other appearances==
==={{FE9}}===
[[File:Cg fe09 fe06 elen.png|200px|right]]
Elen's official artwork from {{Title|The Binding Blade}} can be viewed in {{Title|Path of Radiance}}{{'}}s extras menu if a copy of ''The Binding Blade'' is connected to a Japanese copy of ''Path of Radiance''. This illustration, along with all other ''The Binding Blade''-related artwork, is inaccessible in the international versions of the game, owing to the fact that ''The Binding Blade'' was not released in those regions.
==={{TCGCipher}}===
Elen is featured on two cards in {{TCGCipher}}.
{{clear}}
{{TCGCipherData
|name=Elen
|image1=[[File:TCGCipher B05-015HN.png|150px]]
|title1=Saint of Bern
|name1=Elen
|affil1=Elibe
|gender1=Female
|weapon1=Tome
|quote1=God, Saint Elimine, lend us your strength ...<!--神よ、聖女エリミーヌよ、どうか私たちに力を…-->
|attack1=50
|support1=20
|atkcost1=3
|range1=1-2
|class1=Bishop
|tier1=Advanced
|cccost1=2
|skill1='''Fortify:''' {{CipherActivate}} {{CipherTap}} {{CipherFlipThree}} Choose 2 cards with different unit names in your Retreat Area, except "Elen" cards, and add them to your hand.
|no1=B05-015HN
|artist1={{CipherIllust|卵の黄身}}
|-
|image2=[[File:TCGCipher B05-016N.png|150px]]
|title2=Cleric Serving the Princess
|name2=Elen
|affil2=Elibe
|gender2=Female
|weapon2=Staff
|quote2=I cannot fight, but I can save the injured.<!--戦うことはできませんが、傷ついた方をお救いすることはできます。-->
|attack2=20
|support2=20
|atkcost2=1
|range2=-
|class2=Cleric
|tier2=Base
|skill2='''Heal:''' {{CipherActivate}} {{CipherTap}} {{CipherFlipTwo}} Choose a card in your Retreat Area except "Elen" and add that card to your hand.<br>'''"Blessings of the Saint":''' {{CipherAlways}} While this unit being attacked by a [[File:Iw TCGCipher Tome.png|20px|Tome]] enemy, this unit gains +20 attack.<br>[[File:Is TCGCipher Defend.png|20px|Defend Support]] '''Miracle Emblem:''' {{CipherSupport}} Until the end of this battle, your opponent’s attacking unit cannot perform a Critical Hit.
|no2=B05-016N, B05-016ST
|artist2={{CipherIllust|卵の黄身}}
}}
==Flavor text==
{{DescriptionHdr}}
{{DescriptionCell
|game={{title|The Binding Blade}}
|english=A young cleric serving Guinivere.<br>Serene and gracious.{{h|*|Fan translation}}
|japanese=ベルン王女ギネヴィアの<br>側近くにつかえる僧侶
}}
{{DescriptionFtr}}
==[[Choose Your Legends]] placement history==
{{CYL results}}
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==Etymology and other languages==
{{Names
|eng-name=Elen
|eng-mean=As of {{FEH}}.<ref>{{Cite|Melady and Elen are the best retainers a princess could ask for.|[[Guinivere]] on her status page|Heroes}}</ref>
|eng-fan-name=Ellen
|eng-fan-mean=Unofficial romanization. Used in older versions of the [[fan translation]] patch; more recent versions use the official NoJ romanization.{{clarify|which?}}
|jpn-name={{h|エレン|eren}}
|jpn-mean=Romanized as '''Elen''' in the [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/afej/chara/page04.html ''The Binding Blade'' website]. Elen is a Welsh name meaning "nymph". The name is a variation of Helen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Elen|title=Elen - Name Meaning, What does Elen mean?|site=thinkbabynames.com|retrieved=March 5, 2011}}</ref>
[[wikipedia:Elen Luyddog|Elen Luyddog]] (''Helen of the Hosts''), also known as Saint Helen of Caernarfon, was a Welsh saint who is said to have introduced into Wales the Celtic form of monasticism. She received the title of ''Helen of the Hosts'' after having ordered to build roads across her country in order to improve their defenses.<ref>http://www.traditionalharp.co.uk/Caer_Feddwyd/articles/Elen.htm{{dead link}}</ref>
Another Welsh woman with that name is Elen verch Llywelyn, daughter of the Welsh ruler Llywelyn the Great, and granddaughter of King John of England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathematical.com/llewelynhelen1230.html|title=Helen (Elen) verch Llewelyn (born about 1230/34)|retrieved=August 8, 2011}}</ref>
|span-name=Elen
|span-mean=Used in the [[Choose Your Legends]] polls for {{FEH}}.
|fren-name=Elen
|fren-mean=Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for ''Heroes''.
|ger-name=Elen
|ger-mean=Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for ''Heroes''.
|ital-name=Elen
|ital-mean=Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for ''Heroes''.
|por-name=Elen
|por-mean=Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for ''Heroes''.
|ch-trad-name={{h|愛蓮|Àilián}}
|ch-trad-mean=Elen; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for ''Heroes''.
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin: auto; width: 75%; border: 1px solid {{Color2}}; background: {{Color1}}; border-radius: 15px; text-align: center"
! style="border: 1px solid {{Color2}}; background: {{Color1}}; border-radius: 15px" | [[File:Small portrait elen fe06.png]] Sprite Gallery
|-
|
{| style="width: 100%; background: {{Color3}}; border-radius: 15px; border: 1px solid {{Color2}}"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Portrait elen fe06.png]]
| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | [[Priest]] [[File:Ma gba priest female playable.gif]]
| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | [[Bishop]] [[File:Ma gba bishop female playable.gif]]
|-
| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | [[File:Bs fe06 elen priest staff.png]]<br>[[Staff]]
| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | [[File:Bs fe06 elen bishop magic.png]]<br>[[Light (magic)|Light]], [[staff]]
|}
|}
===Official artwork===
<gallery>
FEFT Elen.png|Artwork of Elen from {{title|The Binding Blade}}.
</gallery>
===Battle animations===
<gallery>
Ba fe06 elen bishop magic.gif|Elen attacking with [[light magic]] as a [[Bishop]] in {{title|The Binding Blade}}.
Ba fe06 elen bishop light critical.gif|Elen performing a [[critical hit]] with light magic as a Bishop in {{title|The Binding Blade}}.
</gallery>


==References==
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