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Athena
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Athena (Japanese: アテナ Athene) is a swordswoman from an unspecified foreign land who fought under Marth in the War of Shadows and War of Heroes.
Athena appears as a playable character in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem. She also returns as a playable bonus unit in Fire Emblem Awakening.
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Role
Athena washes up on the shore of a village near Aurelis and is rescued by its inhabitants. A group of pirates led by Bathys attacks, kidnapping the village's children. Marth and his passing army learn of the attack and head to the village to rescue the children. They meet Athena, who joins Marth in aiding the children. Once they are safe, Athena accompanies Marth on his quest to defeat Medeus.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Growth rates when reclassed
Paladin Pegasus Knight/Falcoknight Dracoknight Archer/Sniper Mage Sage/Bishop Cleric
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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Paladin | 65% | 30% | 0% | 45% | 35% | 25% | 20% | 0% |
Promotion stat gains
Pegasus Knight Archer Myrmidon Mage Cleric
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Weapon level |
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Swordmaster | +6 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +0 | +2 | +3 | +1 | +75 |
Analysis
This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience. |
Athena joins in Chapter 6x as a level 10 Myrmidon with good bases but mediocre growths, particularly with very low defensive growths. Her base speed is high enough to double a few enemies even in higher difficulties and prevents her from getting doubled even by faster enemies, improving her survivability. Athena joins at promotion level, but the first Master Seal is not available until Chapter 10; Master Seals are competitive as well, as units like Caeda or Cavaliers gain strong bonuses from promotion, and Athena may not promote for a while due to strong competition. This is a downside, as Athena is significantly more useful when promoted.
While her base sword rank is excellent at C, allowing her to use the Killing Edge, she will suffer weapon triangle disadvantage as most enemies use lances, and she lacks access to strong effective weaponry. Once promoted, she has good reclass options; Sniper gives her a C bow rank, and she has better stats in it than Jeorge in every area but in weapon rank. Classes like Dracoknight and Sniper do not allow Athena to use her sword rank, and for that reason, it may be more beneficial to make her a Paladin; while that makes her much slower, it gives her access to lances and keeps her sword rank.
Accessing the chapter where Athena is recruited requires that the player have 15 or fewer units alive at the end of Chapter 6; this will likely require the player to purposefully allow a number of units to die, which many players may be averse to.
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Role
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Starting stats and growth rates
Playable
Prologues Main story Downloadable episode
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Enemy – Prologue 4
- See also:
New Companions (Athena) - Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or otherwise be truncated.
Normal Hard Maniac Lunatic
Growth rates when reclassed
Pegasus Knight/Falcoknight/Dracoknight Cavalier/Paladin General Archer/Sniper Mage Sage/Bishop Cleric
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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Pegasus Knight/ |
65% | 40% | 0% | 60% | 65% | 65% | 30% | 15% |
Promotion stat gains
Pegasus Knight Cavalier Archer Myrmidon Cleric Mage
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Weapon level |
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Dracoknight | +4 | +4 | -1 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +5 | -3 | +2 | +30, E |
Falcoknight | +4 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +0 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +30, E |
Analysis
This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience. |
Athena is a myrmidon that joins you in her version of Prologue 4 and re-joins the army in chapter 13x. When playing the prologue most players prefer playing Athena's version of Prologue 4 as her combat is vastly superior to that of Gordin. In the prologue she will be one of your strongest units thanks to her solid bases and great growth rates even for New Mystery standards. However after the prologue Athena leaves and the only way to get her back is by playing through chapter 13x, which is an optional chapter, where she will be very underleveled and unpromoted unlike to the rest of your army. Athena does join at level 10 with a B rank in swords, but even if she's early promoted her stats will be very underwhelming compared to the enemies in Lunatic. Athena can still contribute on lower difficulties, but sadly her contributions largely end after the prologue on Lunatic and Lunatic reverse.
Fire Emblem Awakening
Role
Athena appears as an ally unit in the DLC chapter Lost Bloodlines 1, and as an enemy unit in the DLC chapters Lost Bloodlines 2 and 3. A version of Athena is playable via SpotPass as part of the New Mystery of the Emblem character set.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Reclassing options
Growth rates when reclassed
Tactician/Grandmaster Cavalier Paladin Knight Great Knight General Mercenary/Hero Bow Knight Archer Sniper Myrmidon Assassin Thief Trickster
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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Tactician/ |
80% | 55% | 50% | 55% | 65% | 55% | 30% | 25% |
Pegasus Knight Falcon Knight Dark Flier Wyvern Rider/Wyvern Lord Griffon Rider Troubadour Cleric War Cleric Mage/Sage Dark Mage Dark Knight Sorcerer Troubadour/Valkyrie Bride
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
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Pegasus Knight | 80% | 55% | 40% | 65% | 75% | 55% | 25% | 25% |
Promotion stat gains
Archer Cavalier Cleric Dark Mage Wyvern Rider Knight Mage Mercenary Myrmidon Pegasus Knight Tactician Thief Troubadour
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov | Weapon level |
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Sniper | +4 | +2 | +1 | +4 | +3 | +0 | +5 | +3 | +1 | -- |
Bow Knight | +8 | +3 | +0 | +2 | +4 | +0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | E, E |
Skill set
Like all female bonus units in Awakening, Athena has access to all base class and advanced class skills available to standard female units.
Fire Emblem Heroes
Role
Athena is one of the characters added to the game in the Echoes of Mystery update, and became available for summoning by players on June 14, 2017. Only one variation of Athena is currently available in Heroes, based on her New Mystery of the Emblem incarnation.
Athena: Borderland Sword
Starting stats
★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★
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Initial Stats Level 40 Stats
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Skill set
Skill set | ||||
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Skill | Unlock | Auto-unlock | SP cost | |
Iron Sword | ★★★ | ★★★ | 50 | |
Steel Sword | ★★★ | ★★★ | 100 | |
Wo Dao | ★★★ | ★★★★ | 200 | |
Wo Dao+ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 300 | |
Concealed Blade | ★★★★★ | — | 400 | |
New Moon | ★★★ | ★★★★ | 100 | |
Moonbow | ★★★★ | — | 200 | |
A | Armored Blow 1 | ★★★ | — | 50 |
A | Sturdy Blow 1 | ★★★★ | — | 120 |
A | Sturdy Blow 2 | ★★★★★ | — | 240 |
C | Sword Exp. 1 | ★★★ | — | 30 |
C | Sword Exp. 2 | ★★★ | — | 60 |
C | Sword Exp. 3 | ★★★★ | — | 120 |
Personality
This section has been marked as a stub. Please help improve the page by adding information.
Athena can not speak the language of Archanea very well. She pronounxes all of her W's as V's, and refers to herself using third person plural pronouns. In the Japanese, she uses her name instead of first person pronounces.
Supports
Shadow Dragon
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New Mystery of the Emblem
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Awakening
Athena cannot support with any character in this game.
Base conversations
- Main article:
Athena/Conversations
Endings
Shadow Dragon
Athena, Vun Voman
Vere she vent, nobody knows... One theory is that Athena returned to the border village where she was born.
New Mystery of the Emblem
Athena, Vun Voman
Athena set sail in a rowboat one day. Vere she went, nobody knows. Perhaps she returned to her distant homeland or washed up elsewhere.
Quotes
Battle quotes
New Mystery of the Emblem
“ | Ve vill not forgive the vicked. | ” | — Athena, in Bonus Episode 2 of New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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Awakening
“ | Ve are a voman. Vun voman! | ” | — Athena's SpotPass parley quote in Awakening. |
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“ | Vat? You have death vish? | ” | — SpotPass battle quote in Awakening. |
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“ | Very vell. Our strength is yours! | ” | — SpotPass recruitment quote in Awakening. |
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Death quotes
Shadow Dragon
“ | Nngh... Vat a vay...to go... | ” | — Athena in Shadow Dragon. |
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New Mystery of the Emblem
“ | Ve... vere careless. Kris, ve must vithdraw now. Vat shame... | ” | — Athena's retreat quote in New Mystery of the Emblem's prologue chapters. |
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“ | Ve... vere... too veak... | ” | — Athena's death quote in New Mystery of the Emblem's Classic Mode. |
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“ | Ve... failed... Ve vill be careful... next time... | ” | — Athena's retreat quote in New Mystery of the Emblem's Casual Mode. |
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“ | Ve... vanted... to save... | ” | — Athena, in Bonus Episode 2 of New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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Everyone's Conditions quotes
“ | Ve feel vonderful today. Ve vill vork harder than any voman. | ” | — When receiving a temporary stat boost in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Ve trained very hard. Ten days in vun. | ” | — When receiving experience in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Ve found something good. Ve vill fight better vith this. | ” | — When finding an item in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Ve can vash, too. Like this, and this... Voops. | ” | — When failing to receive a bonus in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Kris vas it...? Ve vant to know more about you. Ve vant to, very much. | ” | — When receiving support with the Kris in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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Heroes quotes
- Main article:
Athena/Quotes (Heroes)
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
Athena is featured on three cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Athena | |||||
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Myrmidon from Parts Unknown, Athena | |||||
"Ve must repay this favor. This is how ve do things in my land." | |||||
Attack: 60 | Support: 10 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 2 | ||
Class: Myrmidon | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
Myrmidon's Debt: [Special] This card cannot be placed on the Battlefield unless there are 5 or more cards in your discard pile. Levin Sword: [Activate] [] Until the end of this turn, this unit's attack is decreased by 10, but is now treated as a with a range of 1-2. | |||||
Card #B01-049N • Artist: lack | |||||
Grateful Fang, Athena | |||||
"Ve are varrior, not little child to come running. Still, you are nice. Ve stay." | |||||
Attack: 70 | Support: 20 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 4 | ||
Class: Swordmaster | Tier: Advanced | Class Change Cost: 3 | |||
"That blade, too clumsy!": [Always] If this unit's critical hit destroys your opponent's Main Character, their orb is placed in the Retreat Area instead of being destroyed. Inextricable Offense and Defense: [Trigger] When this unit's attack is evaded, you may choose 1 "Athena" from your Retreat Area, and add it to your hand. | |||||
Card #B13-073SR • Artist: Masaki Hirooka | |||||
Female Myrmidon from Another Land, Athena | |||||
"Your children vere taken by the pirates. Ve are offering to go get them back." | |||||
Attack: 40 | Support: 10 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 1 | ||
Class: Myrmidon | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
Foreign Swordplay: [Trigger] [] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy, if you pay the cost, choose 1 card from your Retreat Area, and add it to your hand. Attack Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your attacking unit gains +20 attack. | |||||
Card #B13-074N • Artist: Doji Shiki | |||||
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Athena . |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
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New Mystery of the Emblem | Swordfighter from the frontier lands. A
serious woman who never forgets a favour.* |
辺境の剣士。受けた恩を忘れない、真面目な性格。
暗黒戦争では、子供をさらう海賊から村を守っていた。 |
Heroes | A foreign warrior with a straightforward
personality. Speaks with an accent. Appears in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. |
異邦の剣士。まっすぐで純粋な性格。
この国の言葉に慣れておらず、片言で喋る。 (登場:『ファイアーエムブレム 新・紋章の謎』) |
Meet some of the Heroes entries
Choose Your Legends placement history
Round | Placement | Character | Votes |
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CYL 1 (2017) |
293 | Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon |
697 |
506 | Athena Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
223 |
CYL 2 (2018) |
395 (+102) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon |
458 (−239) |
542 (+36) |
Athena Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
197 (−26) |
CYL 3 (2019) |
281 (−29) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
785 (+129) |
CYL 4 (2020) |
374 (+60) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
352 (−433) |
CYL 5 (2021) |
363 (−11) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
221 (−131) |
CYL 6 (2022) |
387 (+22) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
214 (−7) |
CYL 7 (2023) |
348 (−39) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
161 (−53) |
CYL 8 (2024) |
433 (+85) |
Athena Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem |
118 (−43) |
Total results | This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. | 3,426 |
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Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Athena |
From Athena, also called Athene, the Greek goddess of battle strategy; her Roman equivalent is Minerva. |
Japanese |
アテナ |
Officially romanized as Athene,[1] literally Athena. |
Spanish |
Athena |
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French |
Athenais |
Ancient Greek personal name which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess Athena.[2] |
German |
Athena |
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Italian |
Athena |
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Portuguese |
Athena |
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Traditional Chinese |
雅典娜 |
Athena |
Gallery
Sprite Gallery |
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Shadow Dragon
Pegasus Knight Archer Myrmidon Mage Cleric Paladin Falcoknight |
New Mystery of the Emblem
Pegasus Knight Cavalier Archer Myrmidon Mage Cleric General Falcoknight |
Official artwork
Artwork of Athena from Shadow Dragon.
Portraits
Heroes artwork
Wallpaper of Athena: Borderland Sword from the A Hero Rises 2018 event.
Cipher artwork
References
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/ankoku_bk/museum/index.html
- ↑ Meaning, origin and history of Athenais, Behind the Name, Retrieved: April 22, 2018
This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series. |
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