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Karin
Karin (Japanese: カリン Karin) is a playable pegasus rider in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. She rides a pegasus called Hermes (Japanese: エルメス Hermes).[1]
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“ | Well, I can fly already, but I won't be doing aerial acrobatics like a knight any time soon. Still, my pegasus an' I can already understand each other really well! | ” | — Karin, to Leif |
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Biography
Karin was a pegasus rider of Silesse, and a friend of Princess Fee. Following the death of Queen Erinys, she decided to go search for Prince Ced. One day, as she was assaulted by soldiers, she was rescued by Fergus. Both of them were then captured and thrown in Munster's dungeon.[2] When Leif was placed in the same cell, Karin decided to escape and follow him. During their escape, she was able to find Ced, now leading the Magi in Munster. Karin informed Ced of his mother's death; Ced decided to stay in Munster in order to free the city, and gave Karin an heirloom of the Silessian royal family, the Ced Scroll.
Karin followed Leif outside the city. During her travel, she met Misha, a captain of the knights of Silesse, now working under Friege, and was able to convince her to join Leif. After the war, Karin became a Pegasus Knight of Silesse.
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Role
Karin is a playable character. In Chapter 4, Karin appear as a player unit next to Leif and Fergus; as the chapter is indoors, she joins dismounted. In Chapter 4x, Karin can talk to Ced, granting her the Ced Scroll. In Chapter 16A, if Olwen is dead or unrecruited, Karin can talk to Ilios, recruiting him. In Chapter 17A, Karin can talk to Misha, initiating her recruitment.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Promotion stat gains
Class | HP | Str | Mag | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Con | Mov | Weapon level |
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Pegasus Knight | +0 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +50 WEXP |
Supports
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Analysis
This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience. |
Karin joins in Chapter 4, where she is dismounted and unarmed, like Fergus, who joins alongside her. She cannot contribute much indoors, because her movement is hindered, her strength is low and she has bad physical durability, with low HP and defense, which make most enemies a threat to her, especially due to the dismounting penalties. She has very high base speed and luck and excellent growths in those areas, so she dodges well, is very resistant to critical hits, consistently doubles enemies and will quickly cap those stats. However, her constitution is very low at 4, which will give her penalties to her speed, especially with heavy weapons. Her primary use in the Munster escape arc is baiting enemies and exploiting her high avoid to her advantage while other units kill them and open doors and chests. She also has a mutual support with Fergus, so it's a great idea to keep them together so Fergus can performs critical hits more efficiently. Karin’s base magic is high at 7, so she can take hits from mages better than other units, but her strength is very low, rendering her unable to kill most enemies at full HP in one round, and her shaky HP and defense mean that she can't be exposed to too many enemies or she will be in danger of death if she has to rely on her bulk, as she relies on her ability to dodge.
Once Karin is deployed on outdoor maps and can ride her pegasus, she becomes a useful utility unit thanks to the new mechanics. Karin’s greatest contributions involve her ability to travel across terrain unimpeded. She can help unmounted units in escape maps by picking them up and ferrying them to the escape point via rescuing them, which helps in several useful strategies. She can pick up Leif or a thief to help them reach an important objective, or rescue a staff user to protect them from harm. Karin is also among the best users of the Leg Ring available in Chapter 8x, because her movement is never impeded by terrain on outdoor maps like forests and can fly over mountains. Especially with the Leg Ring, she can visit villages difficult or impossible to reach with non-flying units, and allows her to travel through a Ballista or siege tome's range (which she can also do with a promotion). By rescuing allies, she can also help them in reaching escape points faster, especially in terrains that slow them down, as she has no movement penalties when she's mounted. However, she only benefits from terrain bonuses when she is dismounted, and she will be easily killed in one hit by bows and balistas if she's mounted, so she also needs to get off of her pegasus at the right time depending on the situation when she is outdoors. Always make sure that Karin has a sword to use after dismounting, as she will be captured if she's unarmed and dismounted.
Karin’s primary flaw is that her combat remains irrelevant without significant investment. Her base weapon ranks are very low: D-rank in swords indoors is mediocre, but E-rank in lances outdoors is even worse, although she's only 10 wexp from a D-rank. Karin cannot even use Javelins without raising her weapon rank in lances. Since she cannot use weapons with high might well due to her low constitution of 4, her attacking power will stay very poor for a while because of her low base strength. Karin’s defense of 4, while not impossible to salvage, is also very low, grows even less than her also lacking strength, and makes it dangerous for her to fight more one enemy at a time. She can make use of scrolls to increase her growth rates and allow her to fight enemies more easily, but this applies to any player unit. She greatly benefits from a B rank in swords, as her solid base magic makes her a good candidate for magic swords, improving her combat when she's dismounted.
Karin is also not the only unit in Thracia 776 who can fly outdoors. That said, she joins first, granting her several chapters of exclusive utility. The next two fliers join much later, in Chapter 14, giving Karin almost ten chapters with no competition in her niche.
Fire Emblem Heroes
Role
Karin is one of the characters added to the game in the Evil Ways update, and became available for summoning by players on March 18, 2022. Only one variation of Karin is currently available in Heroes, based on her Thracia 776 incarnation.
Karin: Driven Knight
Starting stats
★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★
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Initial Stats Level 40 Stats
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Skill set
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Skill | Unlock | Auto-unlock | SP cost | |
Iron Lance | ★★★ | ★★★ | 50 | |
Steel Lance | ★★★ | ★★★ | 100 | |
Allied Lance | ★★★ | ★★★★ | 200 | |
Allied Lance+ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 300 | |
New Moon | ★★★ | ★★★★ | 100 | |
Moonbow | ★★★★ | — | 200 | |
A | Atk/Def Form 1 | ★★★ | — | 60 |
A | Atk/Def Form 2 | ★★★ | — | 120 |
A | Atk/Def Form 3 | ★★★★ | — | 240 |
C | Spur Atk 1 | ★★★ | — | 50 |
C | Drive Atk 1 | ★★★★ | — | 120 |
C | Drive Atk 2 | ★★★★★ | — | 240 |
Personality
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Endings
Karin, Driven Knight
Returning to her native Silesse, Karin finally fulfilled her dream of joining the Order of Pegasus Knights. Although her service record doesn't indicate she went on to do anything particularly noteworthy, Karin nevertheless became regarded as an excellent Pegasus Knight in her own right.
Quotes
Death quote
“ | Queen Erinys... Prince Ced... I'm sorry... | ” | — Karin |
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Escape quote
“ | *Pant... pant* Looks like I made it outta there, somehow... All right, I'll go ahead. Ladies first! | ” | — Karin |
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Heroes quotes
- Main article:
Karin/Quotes (Heroes)
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
Karin is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Karin | |||||
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Girl Who Flies a Pegasus, Karin | |||||
"I'll be part of the royal pegasus guard, too, someday, protecting the Silessian royal family!" | |||||
Attack: 50 | Support: 30 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 3 | ||
Class: Pegasus Knight | Tier: Advanced | Class Change Cost: 2 | |||
Rescue: [Activate] [ ] Choose as many allies as you wish, and move them. “Keep it up, Hermes!": [Bond] [Activate] Deploy this card tapped. If you do, choose an ally, and move them ([Bond] This skill can only be used while this card is in the bond area). | |||||
Card #B10-022HN • Artist: Yoko Maturica | |||||
Sweet Pegasus Rider, Karin | |||||
"I'm not a real knight just yet, so there's not much else I can do besides fly. But I get along so well with my pegasus!" | |||||
Attack: 30 | Support: 30 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 1 | ||
Class: Pegasus Rider | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
Winged Deliverer: [Activate] [ ] Choose an ally, and move it. Elysiam Emblem: [Support] You may choose one ally that is not the attacking unit, and move it. | |||||
Card #B10-023N • Artist: Yoko Maturica | |||||
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Karin . |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
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Heroes | Pegasus rider from Silesse searching for the
missing prince, Ced. She can face the most trying battles with the support of her beloved pegasus. Appears in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. |
姿を消したセティ王子を捜すシレジアのペガサス乗り。
愛馬エルメスと共に、危険な戦地でも明るさを失わない。 (登場:『ファイアーエムブレム トラキア776』) |
Meet some of the Heroes entries
Choose Your Legends placement history
Round | Placement | Character | Votes |
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CYL 1 (2017) |
543 | Karin Thracia 776 |
168 |
CYL 2 (2018) |
631 (+88) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
105 (−63) |
CYL 3 (2019) |
556 (−14) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
135 (+30) |
CYL 4 (2020) |
573 (−9) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
130 (−5) |
CYL 5 (2021) |
543 (−30) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
110 (−20) |
CYL 6 (2022) |
547 (+2) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
115 (+5) |
CYL 7 (2023) |
772 (+225) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
18 (−97) |
CYL 8 (2024) |
759 (−13) |
Karin Thracia 776 |
26 (+8) |
Total results | This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. | 807 |
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Trivia
- According to Thracia 776's website, Karin was designed to look 14 years old.[3]
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Karin |
A Swedish diminutive form of Katherine,[4] a feminine name from the Greek Αἰκατερίνη Aikaterínē.[5] |
English (unofficial) |
Karin |
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Japanese |
カリン |
Officially romanized as Karin. |
Spanish |
Karin |
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French |
Karin |
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German |
Karin |
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Italian |
Karin |
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Portuguese (Brazil) |
Karin |
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Traditional Chinese |
花凜 |
Karin |
Gallery
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Official artwork
Artwork of Karin from Thracia 776.
Portrait artwork of Karin from Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.
Heroes artwork
Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.
Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.
Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.
Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.
Cipher artwork
References
- ↑ "W-woah, Hermes, calm down! It's OK. I'm all right, see?" — Karin: Driven Knight when gaining one to two stats in a level-up, Fire Emblem Heroes
- ↑ "Fergus: Fergus the sellsword, at yer service. An' I'm this close to bein' done with Jugdral, lemme tell ya. Saw a bunch of soldiers makin' trouble fer a young lass, so I stepped in. Got arrested fer the effort. Terrible story, really.
Karin: Oh, please! You didn't just try to stop them, you beat one of them half to death! That's the terrible story here." — Fergus and Karin in Chapter 4, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 - ↑ Character ~登場人物の紹介~, ファイアーエムブレム トラキア776, Retrieved: 11 April, 2017
- ↑ Meaning, origin and history of the name Karin, Behind the Name, Retrieved: March 18, 2022
- ↑ Meaning, origin and history of the name Katherine, Behind the Name, Retrieved: March 18, 2022
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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