Zeiss

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Zeiss Artwork of Zeiss from The Binding Blade A wyvern rider of Bern. Melady's brother.

Gender Male Race Human Age 20s Family Melady (sister) Nationality Bern Title(s) Black Flash Starting class Wyvern Rider Appearance(s) The Binding Blade

“	If the leader of the Lycian Army will allow it, I want to go with you. I want to see the princess that moved you so.	”	— Zeiss to Melady in Chapter 16: Storming the Capital

Zeiss (pronounced /⁠zaɪs⁠/^[key]; Japanese: ツァイス Zeiss) is a playable Wyvern Rider in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is a knight of Bern and the brother of Melady.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

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Starting stats and growth rates

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Normal Hard

Wyvern Rider Level 7 Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 16, talk to with Melady Stats Growth Rates Max HP 28 Luck 6 Strength 14 Defense 12 Skill 9 Resistance 2 Speed 8 Constitution 10 Movement 7 Aid 15 Max HP 80% Luck 20% Strength 60% Defense 25% Skill 50% Resistance 5% Speed 35% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Lance Javelin Weapon Levels -- D -- -- -- -- -- --

Wyvern Rider Level 7 Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 16, talk to with Melady Stats Growth Rates Max HP 35~38 Luck 8~10 Strength 18~20 Defense 14~16 Skill 12~14 Resistance 2~4 Speed 10~12 Constitution 10 Movement 7 Aid 15 Max HP 80% Luck 20% Strength 60% Defense 25% Skill 50% Resistance 5% Speed 35% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Lance Javelin Weapon Levels -- D -- -- -- -- -- --

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Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Wyvern Lord	+5	+2	+2	+2	+0	+2	+1	+1	+1	E, +50

Analysis

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

Zeiss is a Wyvern Rider that joins in Chapter 16 of The Binding Blade. He joins in a rather complicated chapter where it can be difficult to recruit him without putting some of your units at risk due to him attacking with a javelin through the wall. In normal mode, his bases leave something to be desired, but his hard mode bonuses are as beneficial to him as Melady's are, as he starts with ~19 strength at level 7, as well as ~39 HP and ~15 defense.

He joins underleveled and will need to be fed some kills. The easiest way to get Zeiss of level 10 is through the Horseslayer obtained in Chapter 7 if it hasn't broken yet. His high base strength lets him OHKO enemy cavaliers; with his low level, killing unpromoted enemies gets him over 50 experience, and promoted enemies yield even more. Given this, he can reach level 10 after roughly 6 kills.

Early promotion at level 10 is recommended for Zeiss due to him capping his strength very quickly and needing additional speed and skill to be an effective combat unit. It takes him 6 level-ups on average to get the 2 speed his promotion gives him, so going beyond level 10 does not help with the stats he needs anyway. Due to how late he joins (only 12 chapters left), it is unlikely that he will reach level 20 after promotion before the last few chapters, if at all.

Due to his initial D rank in lances, the most powerful lances he will have access to are rather inaccurate Steel Lances, giving him some significant accuracy issues. Iron Lances are also too weak for this point in the game. An early promotion is useful again, as it gets him to C rank in lances, which lets him wield the accurate and reasonably powerful Killer Lance. He also gains swords through promotion, but only enough sword level to use Iron Swords.

His speed will lag behind most other combat units unless he is given Speedwings. He has enough speed to prevent getting doubled by most enemies, though Nomads or Myrmidons likely will. He is a fine candidate for Speedwings if they have not been used before he joins, as most combat units should have sufficient speed by the time he joins. His average speed after promoting at level 10 without the Speedwings (14 to 15) lets him double slow enemies like Steel Lance-wielding Pegasus Knights and Cavaliers or Steel Axe Fighters. If trained well, Zeiss is one of the great candidates for the legendary Maltet lance, as his potential allows him to fight decently against manaketes with this weapon.

Another of Zeiss's issues is his low resistance making him susceptible to enemy status staves and tomes, even after using a Pure Water. His high HP can help him survive against the latter, but the former will always be a problem for him. His weakness to arrows and ballistae will also be a factor at times; the Delphi Shield is an option, but the player may want to give it to one of the other fliers, as Zeiss tends to be the most physically durable among them.

Zeiss's aid gives him a notable niche among the fliers; his physical durability is on par with Melady while his aid is on par with Thea, meaning he can rescue heavy units like Dieck or Perceval that Melady cannot while having the bulk to be positioned a bit more aggressively than the Pegasus Knights.

Zeiss is a great choice for a support partner for Melady (should the player seek one) as he is her only partner with the same movement as her. It is relatively easy to build due to their similar mobility, but bear in mind that there may be times when the player wants to send them in different directions, as opposed to keeping them together.

Overall, Zeiss takes a bit to get up to speed, and even after promotion, he takes some favoritism to have a shot of having combat remotely comparable to Melady. However, promotion gives him respectable combat alongside great utility and durability with or without favoritism.

Personality

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Supports

Main article: Zeiss/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Zeiss, Ebony Lightning
Short: Helped Guinevere rebuild Bern.

Long: Zeiss aided Guinivere in rebuilding Bern. As he rose in rank he was criticized for allying with Etruria, but his firm loyalty to Guinivere earned him the respect of his peers.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Narcian: You... Zeiss: General Narcian... I heard everything from Sir Galle! Do you...have no sense of honor left in you at all?! Narcian: Galle...! He has always been a thorn in my side! But no matter... After I wipe you out here, no one will know the truth...	”	— Against Narcian.

“	I'll focus all my strength into this one strike!	”	— Zeiss in the final chapter

Death quote

“	Melady... Sister... I...	”	— Zeiss

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Zeiss'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.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	A wyvern rider of Bern. Melady's brother.*	ベルン王国の竜騎士

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

433

Zeiss The Binding Blade

308

CYL 2 (2018)

571 (+138)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

159 (−149)

CYL 3 (2019)

499 (−21)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

211 (+52)

CYL 4 (2020)

490 (−31)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

203 (−8)

CYL 5 (2021)

388 (−102)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

203 (No change)

CYL 6 (2022)

351 (−39)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

240 (+37)

CYL 7 (2023)

348 (−3)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

161 (−79)

CYL 8 (2024)

367 (+19)

Zeiss The Binding Blade

158 (−3)

Total results		This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	1,643

Trivia

• Zeiss's wyvern is named Levrey.
• Zeiss is one of the few playable characters in the Fire Emblem GBA games to not have custom palette data attached to one of his possible classes, and the only playable unit in a non-exclusive class to have that distinction. He lacks a palette for his unpromoted class and thus uses the otherwise unused generic playable palette of the Wyvern Rider class.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Zeiss	As of Fire Emblem Heroes
Japanese	ツァイス	Zeiss
Spanish	Zeiss	Mentioned in Heroes.
French	Zeiss	Mentioned in Heroes.
German	Zeiss	Mentioned in Heroes.
Italian	Zeiss	Mentioned in Heroes.
Portuguese	Zeiss	Mentioned in Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	宰斯	Zeiss; mentioned in Heroes.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Wyvern Rider Wyvern Lord Lance Sword Lance

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  Artwork of Zeiss from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

References

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