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Zola

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Zola

Portrait zola fe14.png
Zola's portrait used in Fates.


A Nohrian mage who tried to deceive Corrin by impersonating Izana.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Nationality

Nohrian

Starting class

Dark Mage, Sorcerer

Voiced by

HIsashi Izumi[1]
(Japanese, Fates)
Liam O'Brien[2]
(English, Fates)

Appearance(s)

Fire Emblem Fates

Zola (Japanese: ゾーラ Zola) is a dark mage of Nohr, known to be a master of illusions and the ability to alter one's appearance with dark magic.

Biography

In Birthright and Revelation, Zola tries to trick Corrin into execution by disguising himself as Izana, the Archduke of Izumo. He performs this by taking Corrin and Sakura to the execution room at the Izumo Castle. In Birthright, he takes Corrin to the room, until revealing himself as Zola and traps Corrin and Sakura in, only for Hinoka and Kaze to attack the Nohrian forces, as they were both disguised as Nohrian forces. In Revelation, Gunter was already able to notice that Zola was disguised as Izana and exposed him before he took Corrin to the execution room. Because of this, he uses an ice bomb created by Garon to imprison the village in a thick layer of ice.

After failing in both routes, Leo will appear after the battle, calling him a coward and begins to kill Zola himself. In Revelation, Leo is successful at killing Zola, however in Birthright, Corrin convinced Leo to spare his life, and wandered away. Zola appears to be following the army because of Corrin's kindness, although Zola remains a non-playable character. In Chapter 11, Sumeragi and Vallite soldiers plan to defeat the army on their boat, causing the ship to crash in the process. After the battle, Takumi gets a surprise-attack from Sumeragi, only for Zola to take the blow, until Sumeragi disappears, and Zola gets healed by Sakura, as prove of his loyalty to the army. Later on, in Chapter 12, the army plan a trap for Garon at Nestra's opera house by asking Zola to use his magic on Azura, to disguise as Layla for the army to begin trapping Garon in. However, when they arrive at the opera house, Zola betrays the army and allows Garon to ambush them and take over the opera house. Despite this, Garon calls him out for attempting to order him around and executes Zola just before the battle.

In Conquest, Zola plays a similar role to disguising himself as Izana, but instead of tricking Corrin, he tricks the Hoshidan royal family at Izumo and traps them in the execution room. While Zola believes that he got away with the perfect plan, Xander states that he doesn't want to win the war in such a dishonorable way, and Corrin's army instead attacks Zola and the Nohrian army to save the Hoshidans. After his defeat, he begs for mercy, only for Leo to kill him for attempting to kill the Hoshidian while unarmed and nearly winning the war in a cowardly way.

Fire Emblem Fates

Role

Zola is a recurring boss character in Fire Emblem Fates; he acts as a supporting antagonist in all three routes.

Stats

Enemy - Birthright Chapter 9

See also: Land of Gods

Normal Hard/Lunatic

Small portrait zola fe14.png
Ma 3ds02 dark mage zola enemy.gif Dark Mage
Level 13
Movement -
Stats
Max HP 35 Speed 13
Strength 5 Luck 1
Magic 12 Defense 10
Skill 12 Resistance 16
Inventory Skills
Fimbulvetr
Master SealThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat.
--
Weapon Levels
Swords/Katanas -- Lances/Naginata -- Axes/Clubs -- Bows/Yumi --
Tomes/Scrolls C Staves/Rods -- Daggers/Shuriken -- Dragonstones --

Enemy - Conquest Chapter 18

See also: Black & White

Normal Hard/Lunatic

Small portrait zola fe14.png
Ma 3ds02 sorcerer zola enemy.gif Sorcerer
Level 5
Movement -
Stats
Max HP 37 Speed 16
Strength 0 Luck 7
Magic 23 Defense 16
Skill 15 Resistance 21
Inventory Skills
Nosferatu
Fimbulvetr
10000GThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat.
Duelist's Blow
Weapon Levels
Swords/Katanas -- Lances/Naginata -- Axes/Clubs -- Bows/Yumi --
Tomes/Scrolls B Staves/Rods -- Daggers/Shuriken -- Dragonstones --

Enemy - Revelation Chapter 10

See also: Voice of a God

Normal Hard Lunatic

Small portrait zola fe14.png
Ma 3ds02 dark mage zola enemy.gif Dark Mage
Level 14
Movement -
Stats
Max HP 30 Speed 12
Strength 5 Luck 2
Magic 13 Defense 9
Skill 11 Resistance 16
Inventory Skills
Nosferatu
Master SealThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat.
--
Weapon Levels
Swords/Katanas -- Lances/Naginata -- Axes/Clubs -- Bows/Yumi --
Tomes/Scrolls C Staves/Rods -- Daggers/Shuriken -- Dragonstones --

Personality


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Quotes

Battle quotes

Ah, I see you're ready to die. I'm going to enjoy this!
— Zola's battle quote in Birthright Chapter 9.
Why are you fighting this?! I am not your enemy, those Hoshidans are! I act only for the glory of Nohr! Why is this happening? WHY?!
— Zola's battle quote in Conquest Chapter 18.
Mwe-hehehehe! You can't possibly defeat me!
— Zola's battle quote in Revelation Chapter 10.

Defeat quotes

No more... hiding...
— Zola's defeat voice clip.
Urgh... What was I thinking...
— Zola's defeat quote in Birthright Chapter 9.
I must...r-report back... to King...Gar...on...
— Zola's defeat quote in Conquest Chapter 18.
Gah! I can't believe it! Was your weakness an illusion?
— Zola's defeat quote in Revelation Chapter 10.

Other appearances

Zola currently only appears in all three paths of Fates.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Zola is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

The below card's epithet is still in raw, untranslated Japanese; it needs translation.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Zola
TCGCipher B20-043HN.png 暗夜王国の幻影魔術士, Zola
Nohr

Male

Tome
"It’s been a while, hasn’t it, young Corrin? Or don’t you remember me? I’m Zola! Dark mage of Nohr."
Attack: 40 Support: 20 Range: 1-2 Deploy Cost: 2
Class: Dark Mage Tier: Base Class Change Cost: --
"Eeheehee! ‘Twas I all along!": [Special] If there is no allied "Zola" present, you may Level Up an ally into this card.
"Has my dazzling entrance dazed you?": [Trigger] When you Level Up into this unit, your opponent chooses 1 card from their hand, and sends it to the Retreat Area.
Infiltrating Traitor: [Activate] [Once per turn] Your opponent chooses 1 card from their hand, and reveals it.
Card #B20-043HN • Artist: Misa Tsutsui
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest.
For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Zola .

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Fates
A Nohrian mage who tried to deceive
Corrin by impersonating Izana.
暗夜王国の魔道士。イザナ公のふりをして
主人公を陥れようとする。

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 1
(2017)
399 Portrait zola fe14 cyl.png
Zola
Fates
375
CYL 2
(2018)
547
(+148)
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Zola
Fates
193
(−182)
CYL 3
(2019)
503
(No change)
Portrait zola fe14 cyl.png
Zola
Fates
200
(+7)
CYL 4
(2020)
611
(+42)
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Zola
Fates
103
(−97)
CYL 5
(2021)
615
(+4)
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Zola
Fates
74
(−29)
CYL 6
(2022)
577
(−40)
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Zola
Fates
102
(+28)
CYL 7
(2023)
541
(−36)
Portrait zola fe14 cyl.png
Zola
Fates
83
(−19)
CYL 8
(2024)
570
(+29)
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Zola
Fates
75
(−8)
Total results This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 1,205

Trivia

  • Zola shares his English voice actor, Liam O'Brien, with Laslow and Izana in Fire Emblem Fates. Incidentally, Zola happens to impersonate Izana in-game.

Etymology and other languages


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

Zola

Means "quiet, tranquil" in Zulu.[3]

Japanese

ゾーラ

Zola

Spanish

Zola

--

French

Zola

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German

Zola

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Italian

Zola

--

Portuguese

Zola

Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.

Traditional Chinese

佐拉

Zola; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Heroes .

Gallery

References

  1. [1],
  2. [2],
  3. Meaning, origin and history of the name Zola (2), Behind the Name, Retrieved: July 4, 2018
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