Cornelia (backstory character)

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Cornelia Arnim (pronounced /⁠kɔɹˈniliə ˈɑɹnɪm⁠/^[key]; Japanese: コルネリア＝アルニム Cornelia Arnim) is a non-playable character appearing Fire Emblem: Three Houses. She is a court mage in service of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus.

Cornelia Arnim

Gender Female Race Human Nationality Adrestia Starting class Gremory Voiced by Jessica Gee-George (English, Three Houses) Akemi Okamura (Japanese, Three Houses) Appearance(s) Three Houses

Biography

Cornelia Arnim was originally an Imperial scholar invited into the Kingdom by King Lambert, who was later appointed the high position of court mage of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus in recognition of her deeds in saving the people of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus from an epidemic. She is first mentioned by Sylvain during Part I.

During Part II of the Azure Moon, Verdant Wind and Silver Snow routes, Cornelia frames up Dimitri for the murder of his uncle Rufus, the Kingdom's regent, and has him apparently executed. With him gone, Cornelia pledges her loyalty to the Empire and turns the Holy Kingdom of Farghus into the Farghus Dukedom.

On the Azure Moon route, the Dimitri and Kingdom Army eventually marches towards Fhirdiad, which causes the oppressed citizens in her rule to revolt against her tyrany. Unable to divert forces to suppress the rebellion in the face of Dimitri's army, Cornelia grumbles about how he and Edelgard should have just killed each other and deploys Titanus as well some Viksams to face his forces. Once Cornelia is defeated and mortally wounded and, right before perishing, Dimitri's demands her to reveal the truth about the Tragedy of Duscur, as he suspects she may have been involved in it. Upon hearing Dimitri's request, Cornelia claims Dimitri's stepmother Patricia had a key role in the Tragedy of Duscur and confesses to helping her orchestrate the massacre in excange of the promise of seeing her daughter again.

On the Verdant Wind and Silver Snow routes, NPC dialogue mentions Cornelia suddently vanished from the Farghus Dukedom right after Edelgard's death, leaving her whereabouts after the war unknown.

On the Crimson Flower route, Cornelia alongside Rodrigue guard Fort Arianrhod when they get the news Edelgard and the Adrestian Army is about to lay siege on them. Cornelia is at first shocked upon hearing this, as she's secretly a double agent of the Empire in service of Arundel and had not been given any prior intel of the Empire's sudden change of plans, but later calmly accepts this situation and choses to prepare for the upcoming fight by unleashing her Titanus on the invading army, secretly hoping some of the Kingdom forces would end up killed by them in the ensuing chaos. When she's finally defeated, Cornelia takes her death with grace and simply laughs as she murmures to herself everything had gone exactly as planned, calling it a "delightful dance".

It is mentioned Cornelia had sudden shift in personality sometime after being granted her new position in the Kingdom, and considering her connections to "those who slither in the dark" and her access to their resources is consistent with other characters killed and replaced by Agarthan infiltrators, this suggests she was murdered sometime after solving the Kingdom's epidemy and before the Tragedy of Duscur, and the woman the player has known as Cornelia is actually a high-ranking Agarthan impersonating her.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Role

Cornelia is the boss of Chapter 18 of the Azure Moon route and Chapter 16 on the Crimson Flower route.

Stats

Enemy - Azure Moon Chapter 18

Normal Hard Maddening

Gremory Level 37 Movement - Crest --

Stats Max HP 48 Luck 12 Strength 8 Defense 13+2 Magic 40 Resistance 38 Dexterity 26 Charm 27+10 Speed 18

Inventory Abilities Asclepius Agarthan Technology Black Magic Uses x2 Dark Magic Uses x2 White Magic Uses x2 Reason Lv 4 Defense +2 Poison Strike Defiant Mag Unsealable Magic Combat arts Spells Battalion -- Death Γ Luna Λ Blue Lion Magic Corps Lv 4 Resonant Ice Skill Levels E E E E E A A A E E E

Gremory Level 38 Movement - Crest --

Stats Max HP 54 Luck 16 Strength 12 Defense 19+2 Magic 46 Resistance 38 Dexterity 32 Charm 33+10 Speed 24

Inventory Abilities Asclepius Agarthan Technology Black Magic Uses x2 Dark Magic Uses x2 White Magic Uses x2 Reason Lv 4 Defense +2 Poison Strike Defiant Mag Unsealable Magic Combat arts Spells Battalion -- Death Γ Luna Λ Blue Lion Magic Corps Lv 4 Resonant Ice Skill Levels E E E E E A A A E E E

Gremory Level 44 Movement - Crest --

Stats Max HP 65 Luck 24 Strength 20 Defense 28+2 Magic 58 Resistance 42 Dexterity 42 Charm 43+10 Speed 33

Inventory Abilities Asclepius Agarthan Technology Black Magic Uses x2 Dark Magic Uses x2 White Magic Uses x2 Reason Lv 4 Defense +2 Poison Strike Defiant Mag Unsealable Magic Combat arts Spells Battalion -- Death Γ Luna Λ Blue Lion Magic Corps Lv 4 Resonant Ice Skill Levels E E E E E A A A E E E

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Enemy - Crimson Flower Chapter 16

Normal Hard Maddening

Gremory Level 35 Movement - Crest --

Stats Max HP 46 Luck 12 Strength 8 Defense 13+2 Magic 39 Resistance 36 Dexterity 25 Charm 26+10 Speed 17

Inventory Abilities -- Agarthan Technology Black Magic Uses x2 Dark Magic Uses x2 White Magic Uses x2 Reason Lv 5 Defense +2 Poison Strike Defiant Mag Unsealable Magic Combat arts Spells Battalion -- Death Γ Luna Λ Blue Lion Magic Corps Lv 5 Resonant Ice Skill Levels E E E E E A A A E E E

Gremory Level 36 Movement - Crest --

Stats Max HP 52 Luck 16 Strength 12 Defense 18+2 Magic 45 Resistance 37 Dexterity 31 Charm 32+10 Speed 23

Inventory Abilities -- Agarthan Technology Black Magic Uses x2 Dark Magic Uses x2 White Magic Uses x2 Reason Lv 5 Defense +2 Poison Strike Defiant Mag Unsealable Magic Combat arts Spells Battalion -- Death Γ Luna Λ Blue Lion Magic Corps Lv 5 Resonant Ice Skill Levels E E E E E A A A E E E

Gremory Level 42 Movement - Crest --

Stats Max HP 63 Luck 23 Strength 19 Defense 27+2 Magic 56 Resistance 41 Dexterity 41 Charm 42+10 Speed 32

Inventory Abilities -- Agarthan Technology Black Magic Uses x2 Dark Magic Uses x2 White Magic Uses x2 Reason Lv 5 Defense +2 Poison Strike Defiant Mag Unsealable Magic Combat arts Spells Battalion -- Death Γ Luna Λ Blue Lion Magic Corps Lv 5 Resonant Ice Skill Levels E E E E E A A A E E E

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Personality and character

While presenting a front of an affable servant of the Kingdom, Cornelia is in reality a cruel woman who's willing to do whatever it takes to ensure her dominance of the Kingdom should the situation present itself, views the Dukedom Forces as nothing but pawns and has no care for the people living in it. In contrast, it is mentioned by multiple NPCs as well by Dimitri she used to be more kind in the past, and that she even had different likes and dislikes compared to the woman seen in the story.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Oh my, what a charming guest. Let me take care of you...	”	— Cornelia as an enemy in Azure Moon Chapter 18

“	Cornelia: Hm. I can't quite say that I'm pleased to meet you. Though I do know quite a lot about you. It would be nice if we could catch up a little... But I'm afraid it's time for you to die.	”	— Cornelia fighting Byleth in Azure Moon Chapter 18.

“	Cornelia: My, it's been a long time hasn't it, Your Highness? You've grown awfully strong. Dimitri: How shameless. I bet it was you who killed my uncle and set me up. Am I right? Cornelia: Hah! Too true! I'd already forgotten about all that loveliness. Dimitri: I'll kill you, you monster! You will pay for all that you have done!	”	— Cornelia fighting Dimitri in Azure Moon Chapter 18.

“	Cornelia: Ah, your face brings back memories... Still alive, are we, Gustave? Gilbert: Prattle on, Cornelia. Faerghus will not be cowed by the likes of you. Cornelia: How very dull...	”	— Cornelia fighting Gilbert in Azure Moon Chapter 18.

“	Cornelia: Ah. Such a shame... I always thought we'd end up being good friends. But you're here as an enemy... The only thing left to do is to kill you. Right?	”	— Cornelia fighting Byleth in Crimson Flower Chapter 16.

Death quote

“	So this is as far as I go...	”	— Cornelia's defeat quote in Crimson Flower Chapter 16 and Azure Moon Chapter 18.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Cornelia Arnim	Full name, known by just Cornelia in most menus.
Spanish	Cornelia Arnim	As above.
French	Cornelia Arnim	As above.
German	Cornelia Arnim	As above.
Italian	Cornelia Arnim	As above.
Korean	코넬리아 아르님	Cornelia Arnim
Simplified Chinese	科尔娜莉亚·阿尔尼姆	Cornelia Arnim
Traditional Chinese	科爾娜莉亞·阿爾尼姆	Cornelia Arnim

Gallery

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  Portrait artwork of Cornelia from Three Houses.

• FE3H Cornelia concept art.png

  Concept art of Cornelia from Three Houses.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.