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Rebecca

FERK Rebecca.png
Artwork of Rebecca from Blazing Sword.


A youth from Pherae. Very helpful and bright.

Gender

Female

Race

Human

Age

15

Family

Unnamed father
Dan (brother)
Wil (childhood friend)
Wolt (son)

Starting class

Archer

Appearance(s)

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

I know that, Father. That's why I want to go. We owe him our lives, and I want to repay him. My bow may not be all that much, but I know I can be of service!
— Rebecca in Chapter 11: Taking Leave

Rebecca (レベッカ Rebacca) in Japan, is a 15-year old archer appearing in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. Initially joining Eliwood in order to repay him for saving her village and to try and find her long lost brother, she later becomes a devoted member of Pherae's army and ends up giving birth to a son that helps out Roy in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Pre-game

Rebecca was born in a village in Pherae, Lycia in a stable family that consists of the village magistrate as her father, an unseen mother, and her older brother Dan; this village is also where Wil hails from, and the two were childhood friends. In her spare time, Rebecca not only learnt how to cook well, but also to wield a bow in order to hunt.

Despite her idyllic early life, Rebecca found herself alone at the age of ten, five years prior to the start of the game; while still with her parents, Dan and Wil chose to leave the village in order to have adventures in the world and to hopefully come back rich. Rebecca initially accepted this departure, but upon receiving no written word from either over five years, she gradually grew more frustrated. Regardless, she keeps herself hopeful that the two will one day return.

In-game

Rebecca is first seen shortly after Eliwood elects to leave Pherae to look for Elbert. Just before leaving the area, a nearby village ends up falling to bandits led by Groznyi; the cavalier Lowen rides out from it to report the state to Eliwood, and in his tow are two people from the village: Mark and Rebecca. The latter informs Eliwood of the banditry, and Eliwood chooses to assist her as one last task before he leaves Pherae. After defeating Groznyi, Rebecca elects to continue to journey with Eliwood, claiming that not only does she plan on repaying him, but also that she may end up meeting her brother again. Amid her continued persistence, her father begrudgingly allows her to travel with him, on the condition that she strictly obeys him at all times.

Just after helping Eliwood liberate Caelin from a surprise attack by Laus, Rebecca ends up reuniting with her childhood friend Wil, who ended up getting enlisted in Caelin's army. In addition, Rebecca also comes across a familiar face; while claiming otherwise, the pirate Dart reminds Rebecca of her older brother, to the point where he even has the same scars as him from an incident with a stag. While continuing to deny his relation to her, he does admit there exists the possibility the two know each other due to him having amnesia starting five years prior, the same time that Dan and Wil left Pherae, and the same time the two split during their adventures.

Post-game

In all her endings, Rebecca elects to return to the village in Pherae, but she continues to stay in service to Pherae. Depending on the player's actions, however, she may return there with a new significant other, consisting of either Wil, Lowen, or Sain. In her paired endings, Rebecca is noted to give birth to a "green-haired son" that shares her skill with the bow, a description that matches Wolt; while she herself does not appear, Wolt fulfills a similar role in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, acting as a close friend to Roy, the son of the man whom Rebecca wanted to repay, and he inherits her starting class of being an archer. Owing that Wolt's character description claims that he is Roy's milk-brother, this also means that Rebecca concurrently breast-fed an infant Roy with her own infant son due to the early death of Roy's mother.

Endings

Rebecca, A Wildflower
Rebecca returned to her father then pledged service to House Pherae. She has formed a family, and yet she still serves Pherae well.

Rebecca, A Wildflower, and Lowen, Swift Knight
Rebecca and Lowen were wed, and they became two of Eliwood's most trusted retainers. Their green-haired son inherited his father's chivalrous spirit, as well as his mother's smile and skill with a bow.

Rebecca, A Wildflower, and Wil, Archer Without Equal
After their journey, Rebecca continued to work for Eliwood and became his most trusted retainer. Her childhood friend, Wil, joined her in service to Pherae. The son they later had shared their archery skills.

Rebecca, A Wildflower, and Sain, the Green Lance
When her grandfather died, Lyn asked that Caelin be taken under Ostian protection. Sain requested a discharge and moved to Pherae with his beloved Rebecca. Their son is nothing like his father, thankfully.

Starting stats and growth rates

Portrait rebecca fe07.png
Archer
Level 1
Affinity Is gba fireaffin.png
Recruitment: From the start of Chapter 11: Taking Leave in Eliwood's story or Chapter 12: Birds of a Feather in Hector's story.

Stats Growth Rates

Inventory
Is gba iron bow.png Iron Bow
Is gba vulnerary.png Vulnerary
Weapon Levels
Swords -- Lances -- Axes -- Bows D
Anima magic -- Light magic -- Dark magic -- Staves --

Promotion gains

Class HP Str Skill Spd Lck Def Res Con Mov Weapon level
Sniper +4 +3 +1 +1 +0 +2 +2 +1 +1 Bows + 40

Analysis

Rebecca is one of two characters in the game that fulfills the Gordin archetype, along with Wil. As such, she starts off as a particularly weak unit, especially in the start of the game; in the first chapter she appears in, she can only deal about seven damage to opposing enemies, she cannot double attack, and her low defence and starting HP can make her very fragile. Despite this, it is recommended that the player continue to raise Rebecca; owing to high speed growths in skill, speed, and luck, Rebecca will starting dodging more often as time passes, and while her strength growth may not be completely reliable, her double attacking prowess will likely making up for this, as well as her extremely high evasion rate.

In addition, Rebecca's support options are all considered quite good, due to her fire affinity, as well as the fact that most of her potential support partners have either the wind or fire affinity, thus increasing her attack slightly, and significantly increasing her evasion, hit percentage, and critical rate.

Comparison to Wil

Compared to Wil, Rebecca has higher growths in speed, luck, and resistance; as a result, she will have a better chance at evading attacks aimed at her, whereas Wil, with better defence and HP growths, will do a better job at absorbing blows. Despite this, it is difficult to ascertain which archer is better, owing to availabilities that are not significantly different, equivalent skill, light weapons that can circumvent their constitutions, and potential to lack in a certain stat (strength for Rebecca and speed for Wil); as such, it is up to personal preference on who to use for archery. Due to the fact that two Orion's Bolts can be obtained in the game, however, there is little risk in using both in tandem, and on the contrary, using the two together is recommended over using just one due to their ability to support both with each other and the ability to form a support triangle with Dart.

Comparison to Rath

Compared to Rath, almost all of Rebecca's growths are superior, with the exception of HP and strength; Rath, however, comes with superior movement and rescuing potential due to being a mounted unit, and he also has the ability to use swords upon promotion, at the cost of taking extra damage from weapons effective on cavalry and with counterproductive availability. While it is again possible to use Rath and Rebecca together due to the presence of two attainable Orion's Bolts in the game, it is likely the least conducive of the potential combinations of bow users; Rath and Rebecca cannot support with each other, and their only common support option is Wil. Using all three, however, can be seen as superfluous, since the game promotes use of various weapon types, and using three bowmen reduces potential variability.

Personality and Character

Rebecca initially appears as a tomboy to most characters around her; to Eliwood, notably, she shows a refusal to flee when her village is attacked by bandits, and instead opts to fight with the bow. [1]

Rebecca's insistence on leaving her village also draws the ire of her father, who eventually relents after calling the youth as stubborn as her own mother. [2] Rebecca also takes a considerably more forceful position in romance than other female characters as well; notably, she kicks Wil in the stomach when he speaks about his adventures after leaving their village[3], berates and refuses to listen to him when he tries to make it up [4], and in a particularly strong case, outright rejects and later insults Sain's numerous romantic advances on her[5], to the point of calling him a pig in their last support[6]. Despite these tomboyish tendecies, Rebecca is aware of her own temperament, and upon meeting Louise, Rebecca implores the noble to teach her how to act like a proper woman.[7]

True to being fifteen years old, however, Rebecca does show a softer, "girlier" side multiple times in the game. Rebecca's view on romance does seem more in line for someone of her age with some subjects. An example occurs in supports with Lowen; compared to other males in the game, Rebecca warms up considerably more to Lowen, and while recounting the supposed tale of how Lowen supposedly saved her, she embellishes countless details her retelling.[8] While she does not fall in love with Raven, she does show interest in him at first, claiming that while Raven's demeanour is quite callous, she likes his physical appearance[9] ; as noted by Raven himself, she still acts like a young child when she starts crying in front of him[10]. Supports with the similarly-aged Nino also show this side of Rebecca; upon teaching the young mage how to construct necklaces out of dried berries, the two briefly discuss their crushes, with Nino giving Rebecca the necklace she made so that the archer can try to romance her love.[11]

Supports

Portrait rebecca fe07.png
Rebecca
Archer
Is gba fireaffin.png
Small portrait wil fe07.png
Wil
Archer Is gba windaffin.png
Initial: 30
Per turn:3
Small portrait sain fe07.png
Sain
Cavalier Is gba windaffin.png
Initial: 0
Per turn:2
Small portrait louise fe07.png
Louise
Sniper Is gba lightaffin.png
Initial: 0
Per turn:3
Small portrait nino fe07.png
Nino
Mage Is gba fireaffin.png
Initial: 0
Per turn:2

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Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}}
Per turn:+
Small portrait lowen fe07.png
Lowen
Cavalier Is gba fireaffin.png
Initial: 5
Per turn:2
Small portrait dart fe07.png
Dart
Pirate Is gba fireaffin.png
Initial: 35
Per turn:3
Small portrait raven fe07.png
Raven
Mercenary Is gba iceaffin.png
Initial: 0
Per turn:2

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[[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin8}}}affin.png|link={{{affin8}}} (affinity)]]
Initial: {{{initialpoints8}}}
Per turn:+

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Quotes

Death quote

Forgive me... Brother...
— Rebecca.

Final Chapter: Light quote

I'll do whatever I can to help!
— Rebecca.

Battle History quotes

Th-That's incredible! I'm so envious.
— Rebecca, with S or A rank
I guess it's OK. That's what I think.
— Rebecca, with B or C rank
I guess a country girl like me isn't helping...
— Rebecca, with D or E rank

Tactician quotes

Um, Mark. Can I ask you something? Do you think Dart and I...have anything in common? What? Not at all? Hmmm... I don't know, there's something about him.
— Rebecca in Hector's story, Chapter 19: The Dread Isle

Other appearances

Outside of an appearance in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance's art gallery, Rebecca has not made any other appearances in official media.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Rebecca

Hebrew name meaning "to tie", referencing Rebecca's weapon of choice.[12] Rebecca was Isaac's wife in the Bible.

Spanish

Rebecca

French

Rebecca

German

Rebecca

Italian

Rebecca

Trivia

  • Rebecca's archer sprite is unique in the Game Boy Advance series; instead of the long hair seen on Dorothy and Neimi, Rebecca's sprite instead has the bandana and pigtails that appear in her mug and official art.
  • Due to an oversight, the game claims that Rebecca dies if she is felled in battle, despite the fact that she is integral to the continuity from Fire Emblem to The Binding Blade.

Gallery

References

  1. "Eliwood: Rebecca, stay here, and keep out of sight.
    Rebecca: If it pleases you, milord, I would rather fight. I hunt almost every day, and I have some skill with a bow.
    Eliwood: Is that so? Very well, but be careful!
    " — Rebecca discusses her plans just before engaging bandits with Eliwood in Chapter 11: Taking Leave, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  2. "Elder: Dear me… You're just as stubborn as your mother was.
    Rebecca:I'm sorry, Father…
    " — Rebecca just before leaving her village in Chapter 11: Taking Leave, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  3. "Wil: Rebecca? What's wrong? Why is your face all--
    Rebecca: …!
    Rebecca: ...Idiot!
    Wil: …....You kicked me... ...in the stomach
    " — Rebecca and Wil's B support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  4. "Wil: You can't let it go, can you? That stuff from when we were little...
    Rebecca: Shut up! You don't know me! I'm no one to you!
    " — Rebecca and Wil's A support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  5. "Rebecca: Look, I'm nobody's maiden, all right? I'm just a girl from a small village, OK?
    Sain: For one so lovely, humble beginnings matter not! Dear Rebecca, take my hand!
    Rebecca: Uhh, no thanks. I think I'd rather walk.
    " — Sain and Rebecca's C support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  6. "Rebecca: Then Sain... You won't mind if I go and tell Lady Lyndis about us right away?
    Sain: …...
    Rebecca: ...Sain?
    Sain: ...Ahhh, sure you can. ...If you feel you must.
    Rebecca: I knew it! Sain, you're a pig!
    " — Rebecca and Sain's A support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  7. "Louise: What is it, dear? I would do anything in my power.
    Rebecca: Please...teach me how to be a proper lady!
    " — Rebecca and Louise's C support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  8. "Rebecca: Anyway, just as their fiendish grip on our village began to tighten, you appeared, Sir Lowen, on your white steed...
    Lowen: But...my horse is sorrel.
    Rebecca: This is the way I prefer to remember it, milord. Please don’t ruin it by correcting me!
    " — Lowen and Rebecca's C support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  9. "Rebecca: Ah... Scary... But maybe not all that bad inside? Sure liked what I saw on the outside! Tee hee..." — Rebecca and Raven's C support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  10. "Raven: ...Don’t cry. Hmm..you may be tough, but you’re still a child." — Rebecca and Raven's A support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  11. "Nino: Rebecca, did you give a necklace to someone?
    Rebecca: Well, I... It’s a secret...
    Nino: Hmm... Here... Take it.
    " — Nino and Rebecca's C support, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
  12. http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Rebecca.html
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