Tailtiu

Tailtiu
; Artwork of Tailtiu from Treasure.
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Age	16 (as of Grann 757; Ōsawa manga adaptation only)
Family	Thrud (ancestor); Reptor (father); Bloom (elder brother); Ethnia (younger sister); Arthur (son); Tine (daughter); Hilda (sister-in-law); Amid (nephew); Linda (niece); Ishtore (nephew); Ishtar (niece); Kempf (distant relative);
Nationality	Grannvalean (Friege)
Title(s)	Lady of Friege
Starting class	Thunder Mage
Voiced by	Heather Watson; (English, Heroes); Houko Kuwashima; (Japanese, Heroes);
Appearance(s)	Genealogy of the Holy War; Heroes;

Tailtiu (pronounced /⁠ˈtɑltju⁠/^[key]^[2]; Japanese: ティルテュ Tailto) was the middle child of Duke Reptor of the Friege dukedom of Grannvale. Uninterested in her father's avaricious schemes and opposition to the Chalphy family, she accompanied Duke Claud of Edda to Agustria as a bodyguard, and with him joined the army of Sigurd of Chalphy in fighting the Orgahil pirates, in exile to Silesse and in their ill-fated march on Grannvale to clear Sigurd's name.

“	Look, all that fightin' stuff's beyond me.	”	— Tailtiu, on her father's actions

Biography

Six months into Sigurd's occupation of Agustria, Tailtiu accompanied Claud to Agustria to confer with Sigurd, where she expressed her disinterest in her father's behavior. She then followed Claud to Bragi Tower, and the two emerged from it after Sigurd defeated Chagall at Sylvale Castle. With the Orgahil pirates running rampant in the area, she protected Claud until the two could return to Sigurd's group.

Tailtiu survived the Battle of Belhalla, after which she fled to Silesse with her children, Arthur and Tine. Though she successfully spent years in hiding there, she and Tine were eventually discovered and captured by her brother Bloom, leaving Arthur behind^[3]; Tailtiu and Tine were imprisoned and subjected to the care of Bloom's wife Hilda, whose years of constant abuse resulted in Tailtiu's death.^[4]^[5]

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Tailtiu is a playable character during the first generation. In Chapter 3, she, along with Claud, appear as player units next to the Bragi Tower after Sylvale has been seized. She is available up until the end of Chapter 5.

Starting stats and growth rates

Thunder Mage

Level	3
Holy Blood
Movement	5

Recruitment: Chapter 3, automatically from the turn after Sylvale Castle is seized

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	28	Speed	10
Strength	0	Luck	9
Magic	10	Defense	1
Skill	15	Resistance	9

Max HP	60%	Speed	40%
Strength	10%	Luck	50%
Magic	20%	Defense	10%
Skill	60%	Resistance	10%

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Inventory

Skills

Thoron
Thunder
5,000 Gold

Wrath

Weapon Levels
	--		--		--		--		--
	--		A		--		--		--

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Mage Fighter	+0	+3	+5	+3	+6	+0	+4	+5	+1	Adept	B A B C B

Love growths and events

Tailtiu
Thunder Mage

Naoise

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Alec

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Arden

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Finn

Initial: 180
Per turn: +10

Midir

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Lewyn

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Chulainn

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Azelle

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Jamke

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Claud

Initial: 180
Per turn: +3

Beowolf

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Lex

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

Dew

Initial: 120
Per turn: +3

See love for more details on the love system.

In Chapter 4, if neither of them has a lover, Tailtiu can talk to Azelle at any time, granting her +5 maximum HP and 100 love points between the pair.
In Chapter 5, if the two are lovers, Tailtiu can talk to Claud, Lex or Azelle after Phinora Castle has been seized. This conversation yields no reward.

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

As a unit

Tailtiu joins in Chapter 3 of Genealogy of the Holy War during the first generation. Her base level is only 3, so she needs a significant amount of experience to reach promotion. Tailtiu has Wrath innately, which guarantees critical hits when she is below 50% HP, and a Thoron tome, which has a high 20 might. Thoron is somewhat inaccurate at 70 hit, but Tailtiu's base skill is very high—she has 100 hit with Thoron at base, and many enemies have low or negative avoid—and she has a high skill growth, mitigating Thoron's low hit. When Wrath is active, Tailtiu can one-shot most enemies with Thoron; at base, she has 60 attack when critting, which is enough to one-shot every enemy present in Chapter 3 after she joins except the Warriors. However, activating Wrath requires that she remain close to death; she has a high luck growth and a decent speed growth, but her base avoid is only 15 with Thoron—additionally, her durability is extremely poor, and will likely never significantly improve.

Tailtiu is permanently restricted to foot movement, limiting her range and usefulness. Without a mount, a player would have to restrain their mounted units considerably for Tailtiu to contribute on the battlefield or give her the Leg Ring—a highly valuable and competitive item. In combat, Tailtiu can provide significant damage against the mostly low-resistance foes. Tailtiu can gain up to six level-ups by rescuing villagers in Chapter 4, as most of the player's other units may not need as many levels at that point. Tailtiu can also gain a lot of experience when she joins, as she does so alongside Claud (who can heal her) and surrounded by enemy pirates; the only other unit near Tailtiu who can fight the pirates is Brigid—Brigid is already promoted, in less need of experience, and cannot retaliate against all of the pirates on enemy phase, but is significantly more durable than Tailtiu (Tailtiu dies after two hits from the weakest of the pirates, whereas Brigid dies in four from the strongest).

Tailtiu's combat is hampered by her lack of Follow-Up, preventing her from doubling enemies. While she can kill most enemies with a critical hit, not every enemy will die to it and Tailtiu may not always be at low HP. She does gain Adept upon promotion to War Mage, but it is not a reliable replacement for Follow-Up. Additionally, Tailtiu suffers from weapon triangle disadvantage against the wind mages throughout Chapter 4 as she can only use thunder tomes before promotion.

Tailtiu's promotion gives her some statistical bonuses—including a point of movement—and access to staves, magic types other than thunder, and swords. Tailtiu can use the magical swords, but her strength is low and she is frail, limiting her ability to fight most enemies at 1-range with them.

As a mother

As a mother, Tailtiu's two magical children can vary drastically in quality. Azelle provides the most straightforward boost to both Arthur and Tine, granting both children Follow-Up and minor Fjalar blood. Combined with Tailtiu's minor Thrud blood, Arthur and Tine will have very solid magic, skill, luck, and speed on top of improved Fire and Thunder ranks. Lewyn is the other good magical father; he passes Major Forseti blood and the Forseti tome to Arthur. Arthur is arguably the best user of Forseti (over Ced and Coirpre), as he joins very early in the second generation and gains a mount upon promotion; Arthur will not have Follow-Up, but the Forseti blood and tome give him enough speed to activate Adept reliably, and he can use the Follow-Up Ring. However, Tine receives less benefit: minor Forseti blood allows her to use Tornado after promotion, but Critical can be redundant with Wrath and Tine already gains Adept upon promotion. Claud, while he is recruited with Tailtiu and is magic-oriented, does not make a good father for either child. Claud cannot pass his staves to either child, as Arthur cannot use staves and Tine only gains access to them on promotion; the additional staff rank from Bragi blood will give Tine access to Rescue and Fortify, but she is not the best user of either. Claud also passes no skills to the children, which hinders their potential even further.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Two versions of Tailtiu are present in Heroes. The normal version of Tailtiu is one of the characters added to the game in the World of Holy War update, and became available for summoning by players on October 16, 2017. A teatime-themed version of Tailtiue was added in the Invitation to Tea update, and was first available through a Tempest Trials+ on August 8, 2023.

Although initially available exclusively at five-star rarity when initially added to the game and added to the four-star summoning pool after the end of her initial New Heroes summoning event, a three-star variation of Tailtiu was distributed to players who cleared her themed Four Heroes event map; a rarity pool shake-up on April 5, 2019 made Tailtiu available in three-star rarity via normal summoning.

Tailtiu: Thunder Noble

Starting stats

★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★


Rarity	★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats

Maximum HP			15/16/17
Attack	6/7/8	Speed	7/8/9
Defense	2/3/4	Resistance	4/5/6

Maximum HP			32/35/38
Attack	25/28/31	Speed	28/31/34
Defense	11/14/17	Resistance	19/22/25

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Skills
Elthunder* -- --


Rarity	★★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats

Maximum HP			15/16/17
Attack	7/8/9	Speed	8/9/10
Defense	2/3/4	Resistance	4/5/6

Maximum HP			33/36/39
Attack	27/30/33	Speed	30/33/36
Defense	12/15/18	Resistance	20/23/26

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Skills
Blárblade* Rally Resistance --


Rarity	★★★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats

Maximum HP			16/17/18
Attack	7/8/9	Speed	8/9/10
Defense	3/4/5	Resistance	5/6/7

Maximum HP			35/39/42
Attack	29/32/35	Speed	32/35/38
Defense	13/17/20	Resistance	22/25/29

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Skills
Blárblade+* Rally Resistance --

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Unlock	Auto-unlock	SP cost
	Thunder	★★★	★★★	50
	Elthunder	★★★	★★★	100
	Blárblade	★★★	★★★★	200
	Blárblade+	★★★★★	★★★★★	300
	Tome of Thoron	★★★★★	—	400
	Rally Resistance	★★★	★★★★	150
	Rally Spd/Res	★★★★	—	300
_A	Attack +1	★★★	—	30
_A	Attack/Res 1	★★★★	—	80
_A	Attack/Res 2	★★★★★	—	160
_C	Spur Spd 1	★★★	—	50
_C	Drive Spd 1	★★★	—	120
_C	Drive Spd 2	★★★★	—	240

Tailtiu: Teatime Mingler

Starting stats

★★★★ ★★★★★


Rarity	★★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats

Maximum HP			15/16/17
Attack	11/12/13	Speed	8/9/10
Defense	2/3/4	Resistance	7/8/9

Maximum HP			33/36/39
Attack	37/40/44	Speed	39/42/45
Defense	16/19/22	Resistance	25/28/31

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Skills
Teacake Tower Reciprocal Aid --


Rarity	★★★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats

Maximum HP			16/17/18
Attack	11/12/13	Speed	8/9/10
Defense	3/4/5	Resistance	8/9/10

Maximum HP			35/39/42
Attack	39/42/46	Speed	41/44/47
Defense	18/21/24	Resistance	27/31/34

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Skills
Teacake Tower+ Reciprocal Aid --

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Unlock	Auto-unlock	SP cost
	Wind	★★★★	★★★★	50
	Elwind	★★★★	★★★★	100
	Teacake Tower	★★★★	★★★★	200
	Teacake Tower+	★★★★★	★★★★★	300
	Reciprocal Aid	★★★★	★★★★	150
_A	Still Water 1	★★★★	—	50
_A	Still Water 2	★★★★	—	100
_A	Still Water 3	★★★★★	—	200
_C	Spur Atk 1	★★★★	—	50
_C	Drive Atk 1	★★★★	—	120
_C	Drive Atk 2	★★★★	—	240

Personality

Prior to her incarceration, Tailtiu was upbeat, flighty, loud-mouthed, slightly short-tempered and blunt, willing to express her opinion on matters without caring for tact, particularly when bored.^[6] Despite her exterior, she was easily concerned about the opinions others held about her, particularly in the context of her father's status as the nemesis of her allies in Sigurd's army.^[7] She and Azelle of Velthomer were close friends since their childhood.^[8]

Endings

Genealogy of the Holy War

Tailtiu, a noblewoman of Friege...

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Reptor: T-Tailtiu... I can hardly believe it... No matter how traitorous you became... Not once did I expect to face you like this. Tailtiu: Father... I'm sorry... Reptor: Curse that Claude! How dare he fill my daughter's head with lies... No, it's too late. I have no choice... I must protect the honor of House Friege. Tailtiu, for your treachery, you must die. Tailtiu: Oh! Father...	”	— Tailtiu, when fighting Reptor in Chapter 5 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Death quotes

“	No! I can't take any more of this...!	”	— Tailtiu, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	No! I can't take any more of this... ...<husband>, you nitwit!	”	— Tailtiu, if married at her time of death in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Heroes quotes

Main article: Tailtiu/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Tailtiu is featured on four cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Tailtiu
	Free-spirited Daughter of Thunder, Tailtiu
		"I just can't wrap my head around Father's schemes, y'know? Besides, I love the priest!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Wrath: [Trigger] When this unit performs a Critical Hit while you have two or less cards in your Orb Area, draw a card. No! I... I can't take much more of this...: [Trigger] [Once per turn] [Discard a card] When this unit is defeated by an attack, you may pay the cost, if you do: Draw a card.
	Card #B06-043HN • Artist: Fumi
	Lady of Friege, Tailtiu
		"Stop chewing off the poor man's ear. I'm getting bored here."
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Thunder Mage		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Thunder Talent: [Activate] [Once per turn] [ ] Until the end of this turn, this unit's attack is increased by 10. Mage's Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card, then discard 1 card.
	Card #B06-044N • Artist: Fumi
	Heartracing Thunder War Mage, Tailtiu
		"Wouldn't you worry if you left His Holiness to wander all on his lonesome? I figured he could do with my protection."
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		"Now I'm mad!": [Always] If this unit inflicts a Critical Hit, you may send 1 card from your hand to the Retreat Area instead of sending 1 "Tailtiu" from your hand to the Retreat Area. Energetic Thunder Wielder: [Trigger] When this unit's Critical Hit destroys an enemy, draw 2 cards. Choose 1 card from your hand, and send it to the Retreat Area.
	Card #B19-072R • Artist: Kokon Konfuzi
	Noble Hoyden, Tailtiu
		"The pirates'll surely spot us if we don't get a move on – and we're dead as a doornail if they do!"
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Thunder Mage		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Trifling Lightning Strike: [Trigger] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy, draw 1 card. Choose 1 card from your hand, and send it to the Retreat Area. Magic Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card. Choose 1 card in your hand, and send it to the Retreat Area.
	Card #B19-073N • Artist: Kokon Konfuzi
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Tailtiu .

Notable merchandise

Image	Information	Price	Release date
	Tailtiu has a figure in the first and only volume of the Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Exceed trading figure series.	¥714	November 14th, 2006^JP

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Tailtiu: Thunder Noble)	A noblewoman from Friege and descendant of the crusader Thrud. She appears cheerful but is hiding her troubles. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.	フリージ公国公女。魔法騎士トードの末裔。明るい性格だが、内に葛藤を秘めている。（登場：『ファイアーエムブレム聖戦の系譜』）
Heroes (Tailtiu: Teatime Mingler)	Noblewoman of House Friege and descendant of the crusader Thrud. She holds tea parties to form personal connections. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.	フリージ家の公女。魔法騎士トードの末裔。絆を育むため、お茶会を開催する。（登場：『ファイアーエムブレム　聖戦の系譜』）

Meet some of the Heroes entries

Thunder Noble Teatime Mingler

Tailtiu: Thunder Noble

Today I'll introduce you to Tailtiu, a mage from Jugdral! The first thing you might notice about her is her cheerful, wide-eyed disposition, but she's also a descendent^[sic] of the legendary crusader Thrud!

A lady of the Kingdom of Grannvale's esteemed House Friege, Tailtiu was brought up in high society. But she isn't at all constrained by her noble upbringing—she's friendly, open, and outgoing, and she happily mingles with people from all walks of life.

One day, when her friend Claud of House Edda set out on a journey, Tailtiu accompanied him to serve as his bodyguard.

But during their travels, Tailtiu was swept up by the war in Jugdral, and even found herself opposing her own family. Still, she fought with all her heart for the friends and allies she loved.

Closely Associated Characters

Tine	Arthur	Claud	{{{Related_name4}}}	{{{Related_name5}}}
Niece of Bloom, ruler of Ulster and duke of Friege. Reuniting with her older brother, Arthur, she joins the liberation army. Tailtiu's daughter.	Raised alone in Silesse, separated from his sister and mother at a young age, he harbors resentment toward House Friege. Tailtiu's son.	Duke of Edda and a priest of Bragi. He sets off together with Tailtiu to learn more about the cause of the conflict that arose in Grannvale.	{{{Related_blurb4}}}	{{{Related_blurb5}}}

Tailtiu: Teatime Mingler

Here’s Tailtiu, House Friege’s ray of sunshine! She’s volunteered to act as a waitress and bring some excitement to the tea party!

Her serving outfit is simply adorable! The design even incorporates the crest of Thrud, her ancestor and one of the legendary crusaders!

She’s also carrying a cake stand that’s stacked with fruit-filled cakes and other baked treats. They all look delicious!

Tailtiu’s looking forward to making sure everyone has fun at the tea party. With her help, I’m sure it’ll be a great success!

Closely Associated Characters

Tine	Arthur	Azelle	{{{Related_name4}}}	{{{Related_name5}}}
Niece of Bloom, ruler of Ulster and duke of Friege. Reuniting with her older brother, Arthur, she joins the liberation army. Tailtiu’s daughter.	Raised alone in Silesse, separated from his sister and mother at a young age, he harbors resentment toward House Friege. Tailtiu’s son.	Half brother to the head of House Velthomer, Arvis. Compares himself to his older brother and suffers from an inferiority complex. An old friend of Tailtiu’s.	{{{Related_blurb4}}}	{{{Related_blurb5}}}

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Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1
(2017)

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