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|family=*[[Erinys]] <small>(mother)</small>

*[[Lewyn]] <small>(father)</small>{{#tag:ref|In {{title|Thracia 776}}, Ced wields [[Forseti (tome)|Forseti]] and [[Erinys]] is referred to as the Queen of [[Silesse]],<ref>{{Cite|'''Karin:''' Y-You're right... I... I regret to inform you that Her Majesty the Queen has... she, um...<br>'''Ced:''' Mother?! No, she can't have...!<br>'''Karin:''' I'm... afraid so, milord. Two months ago...<br>'''Ced:''' Mother is... My mother has... passed away...?|[[Karin]] and Ced in [[Hero on the Wind|Chapter 4x]]|Thracia 776}}</ref> indicating Erinys and [[Lewyn]] were wed, and Ced and [[Fee]] are Lewyn's children and royalty of Silesse. In {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}}, Ced's parentage and existence are subject to the player's actions.|group="Note"|name="Lewyn"}}

*[[Fee]] <small>(sister)</small>

*[[Daccar]] <small>(paternal great-uncle)</small><ref group="Note" name="Lewyn"/>

*[[Myos]] <small>(paternal great-uncle)</small><ref group="Note" name="Lewyn"/>

*[[Ced (crusader)|Ced]] <small>(paternal ancestor)</small><ref group="Note" name="Lewyn"/>

Ced and his sister, [[Fee]], grew up in Silesse during its occupation by the forces of the [[Grannvale]] Empire.<ref name="raised"/> The royal family spent the occupation living in the remote Tófa Castle in Silesse's far north, under the protection of Silessean rebels opposing the Empire.<ref name="raised">{{Cite|'''Leif:''' I'd heard that the Kingdom of Silesse had been overthrown by the Empire. How is it the royal family is still alive?<br>'''Karin:''' The rebels have been keeping them safe. Everyone still willing to fight has gathered in the city of Tófa, where they've rallied around the royal family.|[[Leif]] and [[Karin]] in [[The Dungeon|Chapter 4]]|Thracia 776}}</ref> Lewyn was present for at least part of their childhood, but eventually disappeared for reasons unknown to his family.<ref>{{Cite|'''Lewyn:''' Oh, Ced. I guess you've found me. Been a while, huh? How's things?<br>'''Ced:'''' How's things? HOW'S THINGS?! Father, don't you realize? I've been searching for you for all this time! Do you even realize how long it's been since you ran away from home?<br>'''Lewyn:''' Oh, yeah. I guess it has been a few years... Hey, how's Erinys doing these days?<br>'''Ced:''' How dare you... Mother is DEAD! All we ever wanted was for her to see you one last time before she died... That's why I've been looking for you!|[[Lewyn]] and [[Ced]] in [[The Wyvern Knights of Thracia|Chapter 8]]|Genealogy of the Holy War}}</ref> After several years, Erinys suffered a terminal illness which slowly killed her.<ref name="illness"/> Believing Lewyn to be the only one able to heal Erinys, Ced left Silesse on a mission to find his father, leaving Fee behind.<ref name="illness">{{Cite|But Father was the only one who could cure Mother's illness! I couldn't do her any good just waiting at her side! Was I supposed to just sit there and watch her waste away?! So I... I went to find Father, by whatever means I could.|Ced in [[Hero on the Wind|Chapter 4x]]|Thracia 776}}</ref>

During his search, Ced entered the city of [[Munster]] to follow up a rumor that Lewyn had been there within half a year prior.<ref name="rumor"/> He was deeply moved by the plight of Munster's people under [[Raydrik]]'s rule and refused to let their suffering continue, and so put off his search for Lewyn to aid them.<ref name="rumor">{{Cite|'''Karin:''' Then why are you leading some rebel group in Munster?!<br>'''Ced:''' I heard tell that my father had been here in Munster until half a year ago. I came here to pick up the trail, but it had gone cold. As I investigated, I discovered just how deeply the people of Munster suffered. I couldn't abandon them as my father had abandoned Silesse.|[[Karin]] and Ced in [[Hero on the Wind|Chapter 4x]]|Thracia 776}}</ref> He encountered and became involved with the [[Magi]], a rebel band which had recently suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Grannvale's forces, and became its leader and single-handedly turned its fortunes around, turning them into a force capable of successfully resisting the Empire.<ref>{{Cite|'Fore he showed up, the Magi had been all but wiped out by the Empire... Then he showed up, an' just look at how the Magi are doin' now. The Empire keeps tryin' to grab hold of 'em, but they just keep lucking out. More'n luck, maybe. That's why Sir Ced's a man worth believin' in. Can't go wrong with a fella like that.|A prisoner in [[The Dungeon|Chapter 4]]|Thracia 776}}</ref> During his time at the helm of the Magi, he took one of its members, [[Asbel]], as his apprentice and taught him wind magic.<ref>{{Cite|'''Asbel:''' You've spent this whole time teaching me, and I can't even help you in return? Some apprentice I turned out to be...<br>'''Ced:''' No, this is my choice, Asbel. It's no fault of yours. Besides, all I really taught you was that Grafcalibur spell. Do me proud, and use it to protect Prince Leif.|[[Asbel]] and Ced in [[Hero on the Wind|Chapter 4x]]|Thracia 776}}</ref>

Over six months later, Leif returned to Munster with the intent to finally liberate it with a new [[Leonster]] army while his cousin [[Seliph]] fought in [[Connacht]]. News of Leif's approach provoked attempts to flee by the citizens of Munster, which Ced and the Magi assisted by fighting skirmishes with the Munster army throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite|There, emboldened by news of Leif's victory, the citizens seized the opportunity to flee. However, they were caught in the crossfire of two forces: the Magi, led by Ced, who were trying to defend the civilians, and the Knights of Munster, who were determined to stop them.|Opening narration of [[The Fiend's Lair|Chapter 23]]|Thracia 776}}</ref> During the battles, he was approached by [[Saias]], to whom he entrusted the protection of a number of citizens, as well as the [[Bragi Sword]] to give to Leif. As Leif's army drew closer, Ced and the Magi successfully seized control of almost the entire city of Munster, with only a portion of the castle remaining under Raydrik's control.<ref>{{Cite|I am Ced of the Magi. We've taken control of the city, save for one wing of the castle. Surrender now and I'll spare your life.|Ced|Thracia 776}}</ref>

|recruit=[[The Wyvern Knights of Thracia|Chapter 8]], NPC, talk to with [[Seliph]]

*In [[The Wyvern Knights of Thracia|Chapter 8]], while a neutral unit guarding [[Munster]] Castle, [[Seliph]] can initiate a conversation with Ced to recruit him.

*In [[The Wyvern Knights of Thracia|Chapter 8]], if Lewyn is his father, Ced can talk to Seliph and confront Lewyn over his actions. Ced receives +3 luck from this conversation.

*In [[The Wyvern Knights of Thracia|Chapter 8]], after Ced has been recruited, [[Fee]] can initiate a conversation with Ced, which awards +1 [[luck]] to Fee.

The classic, most easily attained pairing for Erinys is [[Lewyn]], as they will automatically fall in love through a talk conversation midway through [[Dance in the Skies|chapter 4]] if they are not already married. Lewyn passes down major [[Forseti (character)|Forseti]] Holy Blood to Ced as well as the [[Forseti (tome)|Forseti]] tome and the Critical skill. With this set-up, Ced becomes a top tier combat unit who can often solo kill entire enemy brigades. However, an argument can be made that since Ced joins later in the game and because Forseti is somewhat overkill on him, that it is better to save Lewyn for [[Arthur (Genealogy of the Holy War)|Arthur]] or [[Coirpre]]; Arthur in particular can use Forseti to fight difficult enemies and bosses before Ced's join time, such as [[Dark Mage]]s, [[Bloom]], and [[Ishtar]], and can eventually get a horse upon promotion, granting him a boon in higher mobility and [[Canto]] that Ced cannot attain.

Another excellent choice is [[Naoise]]. Naoise's physical statline will leave Ced with lower base magic and a 10% magic growth. As stated previously though, Ced's base magic and Lightning tome still grant him very high attack. Naoise's main advantage is that he passes down the Critical and Accost skills, granting Ced the full spectrum of combat skills (Follow-Up, [[Adept]], Accost, and Critical). With this setup, Ced can attack up to eight times in a single round of combat, and can score a [[critical hit]] on any one of those. Naoise is also a great father for Fee for these same reasons, and he is not in as high demand as Lewyn is.

Another viable option for a father is [[Claud]], who will bestow Ced with a ★ rank in staves by way of inheriting major [[Bragi]] Holy Blood, allowing him to use every staff in the game and grants him an excellent [[resistance]] base and growth along with the usual high magic stat. A Claude-fathered Ced would have a base resistance stat around the 20s, which makes him invulnerable against almost all enemy staff users, most of whom have magic stats ranging around 18 to 21, especially during the endgame. Having major Bragi blood allows Ced to use the [[Valkyrie (staff)|Valkyrie]] staff, which can let him revive a single [[Death|dead]] unit back to life before the staff needs to be repaired for another usage. Compared to Coirpre, the only other second generation unit who can use Valkyrie, Ced can much more easily acquire the money for the repair coverage of Valkyrie due to already being able to fight at base, which lets him participate in [[arena]] fights and can equip the [[Thief's Band]] to automatically steal money from every enemy he attacks; Coirpre needs to promote to be able to do the same thing, which takes a lot of time and investment due to starting at level 1, unpromoted. Getting this pairing however, can be somewhat impractical in a first generation playthrough, since getting Claud and Erinys to fall in love with each other requires slowing down Erinys so that she can build up love points by being adjacent to Claud, limiting her contributions. Additionally, if someone needs to be revived, Ced would need to run back to the home castle (or have someone use [[Warp]] or [[Return (staff)|Return]] on him to send him there) to use the staff, after which, he will need to waste more time running back to the front lines and catch up with the rest of the army, which is exacerbated with having no mount and ''Genealogy'''s large maps.

will give her the [[Ced Scroll]]. In [[The Escape|Chapter&nbsp;6]], if Chapter 4x wasn't played, Ced, along with nine other units, appear as ally units on turn 5. In both chapters, Ced's [[Forseti (tome)|Forseti]] tome will have infinite durability.

|recruit=[[The Fiend's Lair|Chapter 23]], NPC, talk to with [[Leif]]

====NPC – Chapter 4x, 6====

Ced joins in [[The Fiend's Lair|chapter 23]] and the player has the choice between recruiting him and [[Saias]]. Ced enters the chapter by killing the boss and destroying the rest of the enemies near said boss. As his introduction shows, Ced is an incredible combat unit with fantastic bases, near mastery of every magic type, A rank in staves, an authority star, 2 Action starts, good growths, a respectable FCM and most notably the [[Forseti_(tome)|Forseti tome]]. Thanks to the +20 speed Forseti gives, Ced is going to easily double every leftover enemy in Thracia, besides maybe Galzus, and if the enemy somehow survives a round of combat against him he still has adept to fall back on. Another important thing is that the combination of his high skill base, +20 skill gained from Forseti and his 3 FCM he will be getting many critical hits. Overall, Ced is pretty much everything you could want from a unit that joins near the end of the game, being able to carry even the weakest teams to victory if used properly.

Between the two, Ced undoubtedly has better combat, has higher HP which makes it harder for him to get fatigued and is quite a bit more durable than the other one as well. Another thing worth noting is how Saias' one extra point of magic and additional action star matter little as they both offer nearly exact utility. However the biggest advantage Saias holds are his three authority stars which significantly boost your units and the fact that Saias saves you a turn since it takes you one more turn to finish the chapter if the player desires to recruit Ced. Another aspect is that Ced's combat is largely overkill due the low quality of most enemies in Thracia and you also get [[Galzus]] soon who has equally godlike combat as Ced. If the player desires to finish the game with the lowest possible turn count, then Saias is the better option, otherwise Ced is better on every other type of playthrough.

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Ced is one of the characters added to the game in the [[Gullinkambi]] update, and became available for summoning by players on January 9, 2020. Only one variation of Ced is currently available in ''Heroes'', based on his ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' incarnation.

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