Lester

Not to be confused with Leicester, a country from Fire Emblem: Three Houses whose name is pronounced the same.

Lester Artwork of Lester from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Gender Male Race Human Family Ullr (ancestor) Ring (grandfather) Edain (mother) Lana (younger sister) Brigid (aunt) Andrey (uncle) Patty (cousin) Febail (cousin) Scipio (cousin) Nationality Grannvale (Yngvi) Title(s) Lord of Yngvi Starting class Arch Knight Appearance(s) Genealogy of the Holy War

“	I see. Lana, we need to do our best out here for mother and our missing father. Someday we'll be able to return with mother to her hometown of Yngvi.	”	— Lester

Lester (Japanese: レスター Lester) is the eldest child of Lady Edain of Yngvi. Along with his sister, Lana, he was born and raised in hiding in the Isaachian village of Tirnanog in the aftermath of the Battle of Belhalla, alongside Seliph of Chalphy and under the care of his mother, Oifey and Shannan. He was later one of the first members of Seliph's liberation army in Grann 777.

If Edain was not married in the course of the first generation, Lester's role is filled by Deimne.

Biography

Lester was on a scouting mission outside of Isaach with Oifey and Diarmuid/Tristan when the Dozel army launched an assault on Tirnanog, but arrived early on in the battle to assist Seliph in combating the occupation.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Lester is a playable character during the second generation, if Edain was married and still alive at the end of Chapter 5. In Chapter 6, Lester, along with Oifey and Diarmuid/Tristan, appear as player units at the start of turn 3.

Starting stats and growth rates

Main article: Lester/Stats

Arch Knight Level 1 Holy Blood Movement 8

Recruitment: Chapter 6, automatically from turn 3 Stats Growth Rates Max HP Variable Speed Variable Strength Variable Luck Variable Magic Variable Defense Variable Skill Variable Resistance Variable Max HP +45% Speed +15% Strength +10% Luck +45% Magic +15% Defense +10% Skill +10% Resistance +2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Iron Bow Inherited items Inherited gold Inherited skills Weapon Levels -- -- -- A -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Main article: Lester/Stats

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Bow Knight	+0	+3	+0	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	A

Love growths and events

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See love for more details on the love system.

• In Chapter 6, Lester can talk to Lana after he has been recruited, rewarding her with +1 Luck.
• In Chapter 10, Lester can talk to Patty/Daisy at any time, rewarding her with +3 maximum HP and 100 love points between the pair.
• In the Endgame, if the two are lovers, Patty/Daisy can talk to Lester at any time, rewarding him with +3 maximum HP and +3 Speed.

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Lester joins early in the second generation, not long after the start of Chapter 6. As an Arch Knight, he has high movement and can attack from far away. He is one of the best options against flying enemies due to their weaknesses to bows. He inherits Minor Ullr Blood from his mother Edain, which grants him an A rank in bows at base and increases his luck growth. However, his lack of 1-range is a more prominent flaw than in generation 1 due to the greater access to strong units and weapons. As his mother is a healer, he ends up with growths that do not fit him, and he can only use bows, which few fathers can pass down to him. Without access to good bows, he will be stuck with a weak Iron Bow at the start, and cannot gain access to strong bows until mid-Chapter 8. Edain also has no skills, so Lester is the unit that relies the most on inheritance to be useful. He desperately needs a father with Follow-Up and that passes down bows to him.

Both Claud and Azelle can grant the Rescue staff early, when it normally can only be obtained in Chapter 10, but they strengthen his sister Lana more. Claud is the worst option for a father, since he has no skills, his growths do not help him and he passes down nothing to him. Lester also cannot make use of Major Bragi Blood, and Lana cannot use the Valkyrie staff because she ends up with Minor Bragi Blood. Azelle is a better option, as he passes down high speed and Follow-Up, but Lester will not inherit any bow and will still suffer from strength issues, so he is not an optimal father either.

Only three fathers can pass down bows to Lester: Midir, Jamke, and a promoted Arden, with only the former being able to also pass down Follow-Up. From them, he can inherit any bow, including the Killer Bow and the Brave Bow, though the latter can be only be inherited if Midir or Jamke marries Edain. Arden passes down high strength, HP and defense, but Lester does not benefit from Vantage and his skill growth will be low. Jamke has similar growths except more speed and less defense. He will pass down both Accost and Adept, but they are not reliable as Follow-Up, which Jamke only has as a class skill rather than a personal skill, so he cannot pass it down. The best option is Midir: while his growths are lower than the others, they are balanced, he passes down bows and Follow-Up instead of Adept, as well as Accost, which is a good set of offensive skills. With Midir as a father, his growths in strength, skill and defense are not bad, and he will have good growths in speed and luck. However, Lana will not be as useful as she would be with Claud or Azelle as a father, though she will not suffer as much as Lester with a magical father.

Overall, Lester is a decent player phase combat unit who is hindered by a lack of 1-range combat, and is only viable if his sister does not get a desired pairing.

Personality

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Endings

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Quotes

Battle quotes

“	I'm Lester... Edain's son. [...] Hmph. I believe that's my line.	”	— Febail, when fighting Scipio in the Endgame of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Death quotes

“	Lord Seliph... I leave the rest... to you...	”	— Lester, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Lester is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Both of the below cards' quotes are still in raw, untranslated Japanese; these need translation.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Lester
	Brave Oath-Sworn Arrow, Lester
		"母上のためにも、まだ見ぬ父上のためにも俺たちはがんばろう。そして、いつの日かきっと、ユングヴィに帰るんだ！"
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Arch Knight		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Canto: [Trigger] After this unit attacks, you may move this unit. Anti-Fliers: [Always] If this unit is attacking a unit, this unit gains +30 attack.
	Card #B08-065HN • Artist: mineri
	Tirnanog's Bow Knight, Lester
		"ティルナノグの情報がもれたようですね…みんな無事だといいのですが。"
		Attack: 40	Support: 20	Range: 2	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Bow Knight		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Anti-Fliers: [Always] If this unit is attacking a unit, this unit gains +30 attack. Liberation Army's Riding: [Bond] [Trigger] When this card is placed in the Bond Area, you may move a ally.
	Card #B08-066N • Artist: mineri
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Lester .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

774

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

32

CYL 2 (2018)

734 (−40)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

46 (+14)

CYL 3 (2019)

629 (−11)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

60 (+14)

CYL 4 (2020)

678 (−3)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

60 (No change)

CYL 5 (2021)

758 (+80)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

25 (−35)

CYL 6 (2022)

713 (−47)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

42 (+17)

CYL 7 (2023)

743 (+30)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

23 (−19)

CYL 8 (2024)

746 (+3)

Lester Genealogy of the Holy War

29 (+6)

Total results		This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	317

Trivia

• Lester bears a resemblance to the Dozel nobleman Lex. This is due to the fact that, early in Genealogy of the Holy War's development, children were intended to be determined in-part by their father as well as their mother; this was scrapped due to memory limitations.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Lester	Used in official websites. Lester is an English surname taken from the name of the English city of Leicester.
English (unofficial)	Lester	Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation.[which?]
Japanese	レスター	Officially romanized as Lester.
Spanish	Lester	--
French	Lester	--
German	Lester	--
Italian	Lester	--
Portuguese	Lester	--
Traditional Chinese	萊斯特	Lester

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Arch Knight Bow Knight Bow (Iron Bow) Bow (Iron Bow)

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Lester from Treasure.

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  Artwork of Lester from the Trading Card Game.

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  Artwork of Lester from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Lester from Cipher.

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  Artwork of Lester from Cipher.

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  Lester in an artwork of Seliph and Julia 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.