Fado

Fado Artwork of Fado from The Sacred Stones. The devoted king of Renais. His sole concern is for the people he leads.

Gender Male Race Human Family Ephraim (son) Eirika (daughter) Title(s) King of Renais Peerless Warrior King Starting class Peer (As an NPC) General (Creature Campaign) Appearance(s) The Sacred Stones

Fado (Japanese: ファード Fado) is a character who appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. He is the king of Renais, and the father of the main characters, Eirika and Ephraim. When Grado invades Renais, Fado stays at the castle while Eirika escapes with Seth. While he is not playable in the main story, he can be recruited as one of the special unlockable characters in the game's Creature Campaign feature.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Role

Fado only appears in the opening cutscene of the prologue. He is told by a soldier that Grado has invaded. Fado orders his men to lay down their arms, and urges Eirika to escape the castle for Frelia with Seth and Franz while he stays behind to find out why Grado has invaded. He is killed by Grado's forces.

He is an extra recruitable unit in Creature Campaign. Like the rest of the Creature Campaign-exclusive characters, he has no dialogue whatsoever.

Starting stats and growth rates

General Level 11 Affinity

Recruitment: Clear the Lagdou Ruins once in Creature Campaign Stats Growth Rates Max HP 46 Luck 5 Strength 20 Defense 18 Skill 14 Resistance 11 Speed 12 Constitution 18 Movement 5 Aid 17 Max HP 85% Luck 25% Strength 55% Defense 45% Skill 40% Resistance 25% Speed 30% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Silver Sword Silver Lance Silver Axe Master Seal Weapon Levels A A A -- -- -- -- --

Personality

Fado is a caring father and good king. He places the welfare both of his children and his country above his own.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Sacred Stones	The devoted king of Renais. His sole concern is for the people he leads.	ルネス王国の国王　いかなる時も 民のことを思う　至誠の人

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

626

Fado The Sacred Stones

104

CYL 2 (2018)

615 (−11)

Fado The Sacred Stones

118 (+14)

CYL 3 (2019)

512 (−44)

Fado The Sacred Stones

187 (+69)

CYL 4 (2020)

608 (+36)

Fado The Sacred Stones

105 (−82)

CYL 5 (2021)

704 (+96)

Fado The Sacred Stones

43 (−62)

CYL 6 (2022)

610 (−96)

Fado The Sacred Stones

83 (+40)

CYL 7 (2023)

655 (+45)

Fado The Sacred Stones

46 (−37)

CYL 8 (2024)

752 (+97)

Fado The Sacred Stones

28 (−18)

Total results		This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	714

Trivia

• Fado shares his name with several characters from the Legend of Zelda series.
• The Sacred Twin Lord variant of Ephraim in Fire Emblem Heroes features Ephraim wearing Fado's armor.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Fado	Fado is a popular musical style in Portugal. The word comes from the Latin word, fatum, which means "fate" or "destiny".
Japanese	ファード	Officially romanized as Fado.
Spanish	Vari
French	Fado	As above.
German	Fado	As above.
Italian	Fado	As above.
Portuguese	Fado	Mentioned in Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	琺竇	Fado; mentioned in Heroes.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
General Sword Lance Basic axe Ranged axe

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Fado from The Sacred Stones.

Battle animations

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  Fado attacking with a lance as a General in The Sacred Stones.

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  Fado performing a critical hit with a lance as a General in The Sacred Stones.

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  Fado attacking with an axe as a General in The Sacred Stones.

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  Fado performing a critical hit with an axe as a General in The Sacred Stones.

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  Fado attacking with a ranged axe as a General in The Sacred Stones.

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  Fado performing a critical hit with a ranged axe as a General in The Sacred Stones.

Heroes artwork

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Fado in an artwork of Eirika: Twin Refulgence.

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  Fado in an artwork of Ephraim: Sacred Twin Lord.

Other appearances

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  A page of the The Sacred Stones Comic; Fado appears in the bottom panel.

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  Fado in an artwork of Seth from Cipher.

References

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