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Amid

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Amid (Japanese: アミッド Amid) is a scion of Grannvale's House Friege, and the son of its late Lady Ethnia. He was raised in Silesse, left behind when his uncle Bloom came to abduct his mother and his sister Linda, eventually setting out to travel south upon hearing rumors of Linda's presence in Ulster. Travelling with Fee/Hermina, he joined Seliph's liberation army in Isaach while en route to Ulster.

Amid

FESK Amid 02.png
Artwork of Amid from Treasure.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Family
Nationality

Grannvalean (Friege)

Title(s)

Lord of Friege

Starting class

Wind Mage

Appearance(s)

Look, just stick with me and you'll be fine. If an enemy shows up get behind me, okay?
— Amid, to Jake

Amid is Arthur's substitute character, filling Arthur's role in the story and gameplay if Tailtiu died or failed to be married in the course of the first generation.

Biography

During their journey to Ulster, Amid and Fee/Hermina made a stop to give her pegasus a rest near Isaach Castle in the middle of the fight between Seliph's group and Danann's army. When Fee/Hermina told him her story of wanting to join Seliph's army, he volunteered to join it too.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Amid is a playable character during the second generation. As Arthur's substitute character, Amid only appears if Tailtiu wasn't married or was dead at the end of Chapter 5. In Chapter 6, he, along with Fee/Hermina, appear as player units once Ganeishire has been seized.

Starting stats and growth rates

 
  Wind Mage
Level 2
Holy Blood  
Movement 5
Recruitment: Chapter 6, automatically from the turn after seizing Ganeishire Castle.

Stats Growth Rates

Inventory Skills
  Wind
2,000 Gold
  Adept
Weapon Levels
  --   --   --   --   --
  --   --   B   --   --

Promotion stat gains

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

Love growths and events

 
Amid
Wind Mage
   
Lana/Muirne
Initial: 0
Per turn: 2
   
Larcei/Creidne
Initial: 0
Per turn: 2
 
Julia
Initial: 0
Per turn: 0
   
Fee/Hermina
Initial: 100
Per turn: 1
   
Patty/Daisy
Initial: 0
Per turn: 2
   
Patty/Daisy
Initial: 0
Per turn: 2
   
Nanna/Jeanne
Initial: 0
Per turn: 2
   
Lene/Laylea
Initial: 0
Per turn: 2
 
Linda
Initial: --
Per turn: --
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Linda
Initial: --
Per turn: --
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See love for more details on the love system.
  • In Chapter 6, Amid can talk to Seliph after he has joined his party. This conversation yields no reward.
  • In Chapter 7, Amid can talk to Linda when she appears as an enemy, recruiting her.
  • In Chapter 8, Amid can talk to Fee/Hermina at any time, granting her +3 maximum HP and 100 love points between the pair.
  • In Chapter 8, if Amid waits on the northern tree in the map's central valley with the river, he will initiate an event where he meets Jake, granting him +3 Resistance.
  • In the Endgame, Amid can talk to Linda if neither has a lover, granting her +1 Luck.

Analysis

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

Amid joins in Chapter 6 as a level 2 Wind Mage. His base stats are on par with Arthur's average stats. Amid also has Adept, giving him a chance to attack twice in a row based on his attack speed. Since he wields a Wind tome, the lightest basic tome in Genealogy, his attack speed will be solid, giving him a decent activation rate. However, Amid does not have Follow-Up, so he cannot double enemies reliably. On the flip side, he is stuck with Wind or Elwind until he promotes, and the latter is only obtained in Chapter 9's armory, or unless Ced inherited it; consequently, he is stuck with the 8-MT Wind for a large chunk of the game; even with Adept, he will not have enough damage to one-round enemies.

Amid's growths are surprisingly workable with 40/50/40 in STR/SKL/SPD, enough to average capping all three at Lv30. His 90% HP growth is also on the high side for spellcasters. However, like many other substitute units, he requires more resources to keep up and be good at combat. Unlike Arthur, he never becomes mounted, since he promotes to War Mage and not Mage Knight. While War Mage has better statistical bonuses, the movement disparity makes it inferior. His combat does become quite serviceable once promoted; promotion gives Amid the ability to use Thoron, which has enough damage to defeat most enemies with Adept, along with a +6 DEF boost that substantially improving Amid's survivability when facing multiple enemies; he may not one-round every enemy, but he will usually kill between a half and a third with Adept. However, his lower mobility limits his ability to reach the front line, and his dependency on Adept makes him unreliable when his damage is badly needed. He is also unable to inherit any skills or holy blood, while Arthur can either get Forseti or Follow-Up from his father.

Without investment, Amid is a mediocre, foot-locked combat unit with no utility. Even among substitute units, he is below average. With investment, he can become competent at combat, but will never do amazing things.

Personality

Though others easily get the opposite impression as a result of his sarcastic tendencies, Amid is kind and helpful even to complete strangers, as evidence by his asssistance of Jake when he encountered him lost in the Munster District.[1] He possesses a strong disdain for the Friege family as a whole for their abduction of Ethnia and Linda.[2]

Endings

Genealogy of the Holy War

And in Grannvale itself,
Friege's new lord, Amid
and his wife, [Amid's wife, if married],
[...]
and others all returned to their lands.

Quotes

Battle quotes


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Ah, wait! Could you be...
— Against Linda.
Bloom, I've waited for this day! You're going to pay for taking my mother and little sister!
— Against Bloom in Chapter 7.

Death quote

Heh... how silly...
— Amid, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Amid is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Amid
  Mage Fighter of Wind and Thunder, Amid
 

 

 
"I've had nothing but hatred for the House of Friege ever since they took my sister and mother. All I've ever wanted is to crush them all for everything they've done..."
Attack: 50 Support: 20 Range: 1-2 Deploy Cost: 3
Class: Mage Fighter Tier: Advanced Class Change Cost: 2
Kin of Lightning: [Always] If this unit inflicts a critical hit, you may send 2 of your bond cards to your Retreat Area instead of 1 "Amid" from your hand.
  The Mage Knight's Sorcery: [Bond] [Activate] [Flip this card face-down] Choose 1   ally. Until the end of the turn, that ally gains +20 attack. ([Bond] can only be used if this card is in your Bond Area.)
Card #B12-091HN • Artist: Genki Kuno
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest.
For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Amid .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 2
(2018)
814
(+51)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
13
(−23)
CYL 3
(2019)
681
(−15)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
26
(+13)
CYL 4
(2020)
749
(+5)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
22
(−4)
CYL 5
(2021)
680
(−69)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
51
(+29)
CYL 6
(2022)
664
(−18)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
58
(+7)
CYL 7
(2023)
621
(−43)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
56
(−2)
CYL 8
(2024)
818
(+197)
 
Amid
Genealogy of the Holy War
17
(−39)
Total results This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 279

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

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

Amid

Used in official websites.

English
(unofficial)

Amid

Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation.[which?]

Japanese

アミッド

Officially romanized as Amid. From Airmed (or "Airmid"), a goddess in Irish mythology.

Spanish

Amid

--

French

Amid

--

German

Amid

--

Italian

Amid

--

Portuguese

Amid

--

Traditional Chinese

亞米德

Amid

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
  Wind Mage   Mage Fighter  
 
Wind
(all tomes)
 
Sword
(Iron Sword)
 
Anima
(all tomes)

References

  1. "Amid: Look, just stick with me and you'll be fine. If an enemy shows up get behind me, okay?
    Jake: Ahh, you're a good person. You and your sister alike.
    Amid: Well, you'd do the same for me if I were in trouble.
    Jake: I'm not kidding, friend... You're like as good as they come.
    " — Amid and Jake, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
  2. "I've resented the Frieges since the day they took you and mother away from me. I can't tell you how much I've wanted to smash their skulls in..." — Amid, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
  This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Playable characters First gen. AlecArdenAyraAzelleBeowolfBrigidChulainnClaudDeirdreDewEdainErinysEthlynFinnJamkeLachesisLewynLexMidirNaoiseQuanSigurdSilviaTailtiu
Second gen. AltenaAresArthur/AmidCed/HawkCoirpre/CharlotDiarmuid/TristanFebail/AsaelloFee/HerminaFinnHannibalIucharIucharbaJuliaLana/MuirneLarcei/CreidneLeifLene/LayleaLester/DeimneNanna/JeanneOifeyPatty/DaisyScáthach/DalvinSeliphShannanTine/Linda
Non-playable characters First gen. AidaAlvaAnnandArvisAzmurBatuByronCalfCigyunEldiganEthniaEvaEveGrahnyeImcaKurthManananMariccleOifeyLahnaRingShannanTravantVictor
Second gen. AnnaFelipeJakeLewynPalmarch
Bosses First gen. AndreyBeowolfBordeauxChagallCimbaethClementCuvuliDaccarDiMaggioDíthorbaDonovanDuvallElliotEldiganErinysGerrardJacobiJamkeLamiaLombardMacbethMagornMyosMunnirPamelaPapilioPhilipPizareReptorSandimaSlayderVajaWaltzZane
Second gen. AltenaAnguillaArionArvisBanbaBaranBlegBloomBovisBoyceBramselBrianCanisCoulterDagonDanannDistlerDracoEquusEriuFisherFotlaGallusHannibalHaroldHildaIshtarIshtoreIucharIucharbaJavarroJudahJuliaJuliusJuphielKanatzKutuzovLizaMabelManfroyMaykovMengMorriganMuhammadMusMusarOvisOvoPorcusRiddellRobertoRodanSchmidtScipioSimiaTine/LindaTigrisTravantZagam
Background characters BaldrBragiCedDáinnFjalarGairHeimHoðrForsetiLoptousMaeraNagaNálNjörunOdSalamanderThrudUllr
Holy Weapons BalmungForsetiGáe BolgGungnirHelswathLoptousMjölnirMystletainnNagaTyrfingValflameValkyrieYewfelle
Chapters First gen. P: Birth of a Holy Knight • 1: Lady of the Forest • 2: Crisis in Agustria • 3: Eldigan, the Lionheart • 4: Dance in the Skies • 5: Doorway to Destiny
Second gen. 6: Heir of Light • 7: Beyond the Desert • 8: The Wyvern Knights of Thracia • 9: For Whose Sake • 10: Light and DarkE: End of the Holy War
Locations JugdralAed Desert (Dahna) • Agustria (Bragi TowerNordionOrgahil) • Grannvale (BelhallaChalphyDozelEddaFriegeVelthomerYngvi) • Isaach (Tirnanog) • Munster District (ConnachtLeonsterMunsterUlster) • MiletosSilesseThraciaVerdane
Groups, objects and events 12 crusadersAed MassacreBattle of BelhallaChild huntsCross KnightsFall of LeonsterFinal Holy WarHoly BloodHoly WarKnight brigades of GrannvaleLanceritterLoptr Church (DeadlordsLoptrian Empire) • Miracle of DahnaQuintessence
Lists ChaptersCharactersClasses (Class change) • Hidden map eventsItemsScriptsSkillsWeapons
Related topics TreasureGenealogy of the Holy War ExceedŌsawa manga adaptationFujimori manga adaptationSuzuki novelizationHeir of LightName chart • Other games (Mystery of the EmblemThracia 776Awakening) • Timeline