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|race=Human | |race=Human | ||
|family=[[Mordred]] (father) | |family=[[Mordred]] (father) | ||
|age=20s<ref name=artbook>{{cite web|url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/fire-emblem-6-elphin-artbook-translation/|title= | |age=20s<ref name=artbook>{{cite web|url=https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/fire-emblem-6-elphin-artbook-translation/|title=Fire Emblem 6: Elphin Artbook Translation {{!}} kantopia|site=www.kantopia.wordpress.com |retrieved=10 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
|nationality=[[Etruria]]n | |nationality=[[Etruria]]n | ||
|titles=*Prince Myrddin of [[Etruria]] | |titles=*Prince Myrddin of [[Etruria]] | ||
*One of True Sight | *One of True Sight | ||
|startingclass=[[Bard]] | |startingclass=[[Bard (Elibe)|Bard]] | ||
|appearances=*{{title|The Binding Blade}} | |appearances=*{{title|The Binding Blade}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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{{Quote|Have you mistaken me for someone? I am Elffin...a simple bard.|Elffin to [[Cecilia]]}} | {{Quote|Have you mistaken me for someone? I am Elffin...a simple bard.|Elffin to [[Cecilia]]}} | ||
'''Elffin''' (Japanese: {{hl|エルフィン| Erufin}} ''Elphin'') is a playable [[ | '''Elffin''' (Japanese: {{hl|エルフィン| Erufin}} ''Elphin'') is a playable [[Bard (Elibe)|Bard]] in {{FE6}}. He is actually Prince '''Myrddin''' (Japanese: {{hl|ミルディン|Mirudin}} ''Myrddin'') of [[Etruria]], using the guise of "Elffin" to conceal his identity.<ref>{{cite|'''Klein''': Prince Myrddin! It is you! Oh...! I’m so glad you’re in one piece, Your Majesty!|Elffin and [[Klein]]'s C Support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> | ||
Prince '''Myrddin''' (Japanese: {{hl|ミルディン|Mirudin}} ''Myrddin'') of [[Etruria]], using the guise of "Elffin" to conceal his identity.<ref>{{cite|'''Klein''': Prince Myrddin! It is you! Oh...! I’m so glad you’re in one piece, Your Majesty!|Elffin and [[Klein]]'s C Support|The Binding Blade}}</ref> | |||
=={{FE6}}== | =={{FE6}}== | ||
===Role=== | ===Role=== | ||
{{ | If the player visits the house on the right in [[The Misty Isles|Chapter 9]], Elffin automatically joins at the start of Chapter 11B. If [[Larum]] is recruited instead by visiting the left or neither village, he takes the role of the character who manages the Auguries. | ||
Elffin first appears in [[Amidst a Struggle|Chapter 10B]]. When the lord [[Zinque]] sets his forces loose on a small village to locate Elffin, [[Roy]] intervenes. The two meet, and Elffin introduces himself as a member of the resistance. He explains the motivations Chancellor [[Roartz]] and Lord [[Arcardo]] had in sending Roy to the [[Western Isles]] - to weaken [[Lycia]] for an invasion from [[Bern]]. After Roy's coolheaded response to this provocation impresses Elffin, he joins Roy as an advisor and directs the Lycian Army toward Caldonia. He also gifts Roy the [[Wyrmslayer]] in anticipation of Bern's dragons. | |||
If Larum is recruited instead, the above conversation will play out at the end of Chapter 11A, where Elffin directs Roy's forces to Juteaux. However, he will neither join nor give Roy the Wyrmslayer, as he then already received it from Larum in [[Western Resistance|Chapter 10A]]. | |||
At the end of [[Flight Toward Freedom|Chapter 11B]], Roy recognizes Elffin as Etrurian nobility, though Elffin denies this. His true identity as Etruria's Prince Myrddin is only revealed in his dialogue with [[Perceval]] in either [[The True Enemy|Chapter 13]] or [[Rescue Mission|Chapter 15]]. Thus, his identity remains unknown in Larum's route. One year before the events of the game, he survived an assassination attempt on him through the help of [[Douglas]], who tasked his daughter Larum with bringing him to safety on the Western Isles.<ref>{{Cite|'''Elffin:''' Douglas was the first to notice and made it public that I had died. A look-alike corpse was placed in my coffin. It was all an act to make it appear that the assassination had been successful. Douglas entrusted me to his daughter and had me escape to the Western Isles.|Perceval's recruitment conversation with Elffin|The Binding Blade}}</ref> | |||
Additionally, unlocking [[The Thunder Axe|Chapter 12x]] requires his survival, if he was recruited. | |||
===Starting stats and growth rates=== | ===Starting stats and growth rates=== | ||
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|sprite=bard elffin | |sprite=bard elffin | ||
|class=Bard | |class=Bard | ||
|classlink=Bard (Elibe) | |||
|affin=light | |affin=light | ||
|lv=1 | |lv=1 | ||
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|def1=25 | |def1=25 | ||
|res1=55 | |res1=55 | ||
|recruit=[[Flight Toward Freedom|Chapter 11B]], automatically from turn 1 | |recruit=[[Flight Toward Freedom|Chapter 11B]], automatically from turn 1 | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Analysis=== | ===Analysis=== | ||
{{analysis}} | {{analysis}} | ||
Elffin is a typical [[Dancer]], possessing fairly high luck and speed, but poor bulk and the inability to fight back. As he will never face combat, his stats do not really matter, but an [[Angelic Robe]] can be used to improve his survivability if needed. It can allow him to survive being struck by a siege tome or a ballista, for instance. | |||
==Personality | Elffin has the ability to [[dance]] for player units who have already taken a turn, allowing them to move again. This is extremely useful for a variety of different situations, most notably allowing the player to easily use [[Warp (staff)|warp]] more than once a turn in order to skip certain maps. The uses of a dancer are almost endless, and are only limited by the player's creativity. Because of the great utility Elffin offers, he is overall an invaluable asset, especially when playing the game on hard mode. | ||
==Personality== | |||
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|portrait=[[File:portrait elffin fe06.png]] | |portrait=[[File:portrait elffin fe06.png]] | ||
|character=Elffin | |character=Elffin | ||
|class=Bard | |class=Bard (Elibe){{!}}Bard | ||
|affin=light | |affin=light | ||
|support1=Perceval | |support1=Perceval | ||
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==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
===Death quote=== | ===Death quote=== | ||
{{Quote|Argh... This wound... I must retreat...|Elffin}} | {{Quote|Argh... This wound... I must retreat...|Elffin}} | ||
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==Other appearances== | ==Other appearances== | ||
==='' | ==={{FE9}}=== | ||
Elffin is | [[File:Cg fe09 fe06 elffin.png|200px|right]] | ||
Elffin'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}}=== | |||
Elffin is featured on one card in {{TCGCipher}}. | |||
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{{TCGCipherData | {{TCGCipherData | ||
|name=Elffin | |name=Elffin | ||
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==Flavor text== | |||
{{DescriptionHdr}} | |||
{{DescriptionCell | |||
|game={{title|The Binding Blade}} | |||
|english=A mysterious bard who supports the<br>resistance on the Western Isles.{{h|*|Fan translation}} | |||
|japanese=西方のレジスタンスを<br>ささえるナゾの吟遊詩人 | |||
}} | |||
{{DescriptionFtr}} | |||
==[[Choose Your Legends]] placement history== | |||
{{CYL results}} | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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==Etymology and other languages== | ==Etymology and other languages== | ||
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{{Names | {{Names | ||
|eng-name=Elffin | |eng-name=Elffin | ||
|eng-mean=As of {{FEH}}. From ''elfin'', meaning charming or mischievous.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wordreference.com/definition/elfin |title=elfin - WordReference.com Dictionary of English |site=www.wordreference.com |retrieved=10 February 2018}}</ref> This is likely an allusion to | |eng-mean=As of {{FEH}}. From ''elfin'', meaning charming or mischievous.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wordreference.com/definition/elfin |title=elfin - WordReference.com Dictionary of English |site=www.wordreference.com |retrieved=10 February 2018}}</ref> This is likely an allusion both to Elffin's [[Play|ability to inspire his allies]] and how Elffin is using this name to conceal his true identity. | ||
|eng-fan-name=Elphin | |eng-fan-name=Elphin | ||
|eng-fan-mean=Welsh name meaning "Legendary son of Gwyddno".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://namemeaningsdictionary.com/meaning-of-the-name/172883/what-does-the-name-elphin-mean |title=What does the name Elphin mean, the name Elphin means, the name Elphin stands for |site=www.namemeaningsdictionary.com |retrieved=10 February 2018}}</ref> | |eng-fan-mean=Welsh name meaning "Legendary son of Gwyddno".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://namemeaningsdictionary.com/meaning-of-the-name/172883/what-does-the-name-elphin-mean |title=What does the name Elphin mean, the name Elphin means, the name Elphin stands for |site=www.namemeaningsdictionary.com |retrieved=10 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
| | |jpn-name={{h|エルフィン| Erufin}} | ||
| | |jpn-mean=Officially romanized as '''Elphin'''. | ||
|span-name=Elffin | |||
|span-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|fren-name=Elffin | |||
|fren-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|ger-name=Elffin | |||
|ger-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|ital-name=Elffin | |||
|ital-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|por-name=Elffin | |||
|por-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|ch-trad-name={{h|艾爾芬|Ài'ěrfēn}} | |||
|ch-trad-mean=Elphin; as of ''Heroes''. | |||
}} | }} | ||
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|eng-fan-name=Mildain | |eng-fan-name=Mildain | ||
|eng-fan-mean=Mistranslation that was used in the old DTN fan translation patch. | |eng-fan-mean=Mistranslation that was used in the old DTN fan translation patch. | ||
| | |jpn-name={{h|ミルディン|Mirudin}} | ||
| | |jpn-mean=Myrddin | ||
|span-name=Myrddin | |||
|span-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|fren-name=Myrddin | |||
|fren-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|ger-name=Myrddin | |||
|ger-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|ital-name=Myrddin | |||
|ital-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|por-name=Myrddin | |||
|por-mean=As of ''Heroes''. | |||
|ch-trad-name={{h|梅爾汀|Méi'ěrtīng}} | |||
|ch-trad-mean=Myrddin; as of ''Heroes''. | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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! style="border: 1px solid {{Color2}}; background: {{Color1}}; border-radius: 15px" | [[File:Small portrait elffin fe06.png]]Sprite Gallery | |||
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| | | rowspan="3" | [[File:Portrait elffin fe06.png]] | ||
| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | | style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | [[Bard (Elibe)|Bard]] [[File:Ma gba bard elffin playable.gif]] | ||
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| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}} | | style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}" | [[File:Bs fe06 elffin bard.png]] <br>''No weapon'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Official artwork=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
FEFT Elffin.png|Artwork of Elffin from {{title|The Binding Blade}}. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Battle animations=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Ba fe06 elffin bard.gif|Elffin [[play]]ing as a [[Bard (Elibe)|Bard]] in {{title|The Binding Blade}}. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===CG images=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Ss fe06 douglas and elffin.png|CG image of [[Douglas]] carrying Elffin, with [[Larum]] in the background, in {{title|The Binding Blade}}. | |||
Ss fe06 douglas and elffin.png| | Cg fe09 fe06 elffin.png|CG image of Elffin in {{title|Path of Radiance}}. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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“ | Have you mistaken me for someone? I am Elffin...a simple bard. | ” | — Elffin to Cecilia |
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Elffin (Japanese: エルフィン Elphin) is a playable Bard in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is actually Prince Myrddin (Japanese: ミルディン Myrddin) of Etruria, using the guise of "Elffin" to conceal his identity.[2]
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Role
If the player visits the house on the right in Chapter 9, Elffin automatically joins at the start of Chapter 11B. If Larum is recruited instead by visiting the left or neither village, he takes the role of the character who manages the Auguries.
Elffin first appears in Chapter 10B. When the lord Zinque sets his forces loose on a small village to locate Elffin, Roy intervenes. The two meet, and Elffin introduces himself as a member of the resistance. He explains the motivations Chancellor Roartz and Lord Arcardo had in sending Roy to the Western Isles - to weaken Lycia for an invasion from Bern. After Roy's coolheaded response to this provocation impresses Elffin, he joins Roy as an advisor and directs the Lycian Army toward Caldonia. He also gifts Roy the Wyrmslayer in anticipation of Bern's dragons.
If Larum is recruited instead, the above conversation will play out at the end of Chapter 11A, where Elffin directs Roy's forces to Juteaux. However, he will neither join nor give Roy the Wyrmslayer, as he then already received it from Larum in Chapter 10A.
At the end of Chapter 11B, Roy recognizes Elffin as Etrurian nobility, though Elffin denies this. His true identity as Etruria's Prince Myrddin is only revealed in his dialogue with Perceval in either Chapter 13 or Chapter 15. Thus, his identity remains unknown in Larum's route. One year before the events of the game, he survived an assassination attempt on him through the help of Douglas, who tasked his daughter Larum with bringing him to safety on the Western Isles.[3]
Additionally, unlocking Chapter 12x requires his survival, if he was recruited.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Analysis
This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience. |
Elffin is a typical Dancer, possessing fairly high luck and speed, but poor bulk and the inability to fight back. As he will never face combat, his stats do not really matter, but an Angelic Robe can be used to improve his survivability if needed. It can allow him to survive being struck by a siege tome or a ballista, for instance.
Elffin has the ability to dance for player units who have already taken a turn, allowing them to move again. This is extremely useful for a variety of different situations, most notably allowing the player to easily use warp more than once a turn in order to skip certain maps. The uses of a dancer are almost endless, and are only limited by the player's creativity. Because of the great utility Elffin offers, he is overall an invaluable asset, especially when playing the game on hard mode.
Personality
This section has been marked as a stub. Please help improve the page by adding information.
Supports
- Main article:
Elffin/Supports
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Endings
Elffin, One of True Sight
Short: Disappeared before anyone could notice.
Long: After the war, Elffin disappeared without a word. Several months later, an official announcement was made in Etruria that Prince Myrddin was alive. The prince that hid his identity to help General Roy in the war... That story is now a favorite among bards and writers.
Quotes
Death quote
“ | Argh... This wound... I must retreat... | ” | — Elffin |
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Final Chapter quote
“ | Let there be peace in your dying heart... | ” | — Elffin in the final chapter |
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Other appearances
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Elffin's official artwork from The Binding Blade can be viewed in 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.
Fire Emblem Cipher
Elffin is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Elffin | |||||
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One of True Sight, Elffin | |||||
"Lord Roy, I am sorry for testing you." | |||||
Attack: 20 | Support: 20 | Range: - | Deploy Cost: 2 | ||
Class: Bard | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
Soul-Soothing Harp: [Activate] [] Choose another ally. Until the end of this turn, that ally gains +10 attack. The League's Tactician: [Activate] [] Choose an enemy in the back line with a Deployment cost 3 or less and move them. | |||||
Card #B09-064HN • Artist: sachie | |||||
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Elffin . |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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The Binding Blade | A mysterious bard who supports the
resistance on the Western Isles.* |
西方のレジスタンスを
ささえるナゾの吟遊詩人 |
Choose Your Legends placement history
Round | Placement | Character | Votes |
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CYL 1 (2017) |
665 | Elffin The Binding Blade |
83 |
CYL 2 (2018) |
592 (−73) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
140 (+57) |
CYL 3 (2019) |
534 (No change) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
170 (+30) |
CYL 4 (2020) |
489 (−53) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
204 (+34) |
CYL 5 (2021) |
436 (−53) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
171 (−33) |
CYL 6 (2022) |
448 (+10) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
173 (+2) |
CYL 7 (2023) |
326 (−122) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
180 (+7) |
CYL 8 (2024) |
345 (+19) |
Elffin The Binding Blade |
171 (−9) |
Total results | This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. | 1,292 |
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Etymology and other languages
Elffin
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Elffin |
As of Fire Emblem Heroes. From elfin, meaning charming or mischievous.[4] This is likely an allusion both to Elffin's ability to inspire his allies and how Elffin is using this name to conceal his true identity. |
English (unofficial) |
Elphin |
Welsh name meaning "Legendary son of Gwyddno".[5] |
Japanese |
エルフィン |
Officially romanized as Elphin. |
Spanish |
Elffin |
As of Heroes. |
French |
Elffin |
As of Heroes. |
German |
Elffin |
As of Heroes. |
Italian |
Elffin |
As of Heroes. |
Portuguese |
Elffin |
As of Heroes. |
Traditional Chinese |
艾爾芬 |
Elphin; as of Heroes. |
Myrddin
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Myrddin |
As of Fire Emblem Heroes. Myrddin is the Welsh name of Merlin of Arthurian legend. |
English (unofficial) |
Mildain |
Mistranslation that was used in the old DTN fan translation patch. |
Japanese |
ミルディン |
Myrddin |
Spanish |
Myrddin |
As of Heroes. |
French |
Myrddin |
As of Heroes. |
German |
Myrddin |
As of Heroes. |
Italian |
Myrddin |
As of Heroes. |
Portuguese |
Myrddin |
As of Heroes. |
Traditional Chinese |
梅爾汀 |
Myrddin; as of Heroes. |
Gallery
Sprite Gallery | |||
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Official artwork
Artwork of Elffin from The Binding Blade.
Battle animations
Elffin playing as a Bard in The Binding Blade.
CG images
CG image of Douglas carrying Elffin, with Larum in the background, in The Binding Blade.
CG image of Elffin in Path of Radiance.
References
- ↑ Fire Emblem 6: Elphin Artbook Translation | kantopia, www.kantopia.wordpress.com, Retrieved: 10 February 2018
- ↑ "Klein: Prince Myrddin! It is you! Oh...! I’m so glad you’re in one piece, Your Majesty!" — Elffin and Klein's C Support, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
- ↑ "Elffin: Douglas was the first to notice and made it public that I had died. A look-alike corpse was placed in my coffin. It was all an act to make it appear that the assassination had been successful. Douglas entrusted me to his daughter and had me escape to the Western Isles." — Perceval's recruitment conversation with Elffin, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
- ↑ elfin - WordReference.com Dictionary of English, www.wordreference.com, Retrieved: 10 February 2018
- ↑ What does the name Elphin mean, the name Elphin means, the name Elphin stands for, www.namemeaningsdictionary.com, Retrieved: 10 February 2018
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