Beorc

Rhys, a beorc priest.

Beorc (Japanese: ベオク Beorc) are one of two races who inhabit the continent of Tellius, in Template:FEPR and Template:FERD, co-existing with the laguz. Beorc are known as the "children of wisdom", a prosperous race who excel in weaponry, tools and language. They are equivalent to Humans, who appear in other games in the series. Beorc often refer to themselves as "Human", which means "the chosen", but the Laguz use the term "Human" as an insult. Beorc can interbreed with the laguz, often resulting in the Branded. For all intents and purposes, they are almost exactly alike to humans.

Differences to humans

Beorc only exist on one continent in the Fire Emblem series. Beorc are native to Tellius. Like humans in the rest of the series, beorc are mostly the dominant race on the continent. The only known race that comes anywhere close to the beorc are the laguz. Beorc, like laguz, are descended from the Zunanma.

Beorc can produce children with laguz, however, unlike unions between manakete and humans, or taguel and humans, the child from a laguz-beorc union looks like a completely normal beorc. Sometimes these pairs will produce a branded. However, this is not always the case, and the brand may not show up until generations down the line. Regardless, a child of this union will possess no laguz powers, but will have a lifespan longer than that of a beorc.

When a beorc has a child with a laguz, the beorc is relatively unaffected. However, the laguz parent will lose their powers. This is a driving motive behind such unions being incredibly taboo.

Trivia

• In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, when a laguz refers to a beorc as human, it is meant as an insult (in the same way that sub-human is an insult to them).

Gallery

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  Elincia, a beorc noble.

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  Heather, another beorc.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Beorc	Beorc is Old English for "birch" and was also the name of the rune ᛒ, which represented the "B" sound prior to the adoption of the Latin alphabet.

See also

• Human
• Taguel
• Manakete
• Laguz