Bantu
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“ | ...This will be a most perilous journey. Ever since the Medeus episode, man has started to view us Manaketes as dangerous. And therefore, no matter the reason, we must not wield our dragonstone. So, we have no choice but to stand between man and Manakete. | ” | — Bantu |
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Bantu (バヌトゥ Banutu) is an Archanean manakete and a survivor of the fire dragon clans. He acted as a guardian and surrogate parent to Tiki, the divine dragon princess, having freed her from her endless sleep in the Ice Dragon Temple after taking pity on her plight. The two travelled the world until they were twice separated, first by Gharnef abducting Tiki in the War of Shadows, and again afterward when Gotoh retook custody of Tiki from him, and in his quests to find her again he allied with the Hero-King Marth in his liberation army.
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Role
Bantu had travelled to a small village in Lefcandith Valley in his search for Tiki, who had been separated from him and abducted by Gharnef some time earlier. When Marth visited the village, Bantu told him how crucial finding Tiki is and joined his army, although having lost his firestone during his travels in Pyrathi he was initially unable to fight.
Bantu was reunited with Tiki during Marth's raid on the Fane of Raman, where he freed her from Gharnef's hypnosis and took her back into his care in Marth's army.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
Book 1
Role
Bantu had travelled to a small village in Lefcandith Valley in his search for Tiki, who had been separated from him and abducted by Gharnef some time earlier. When Marth visited the village, Bantu told him how crucial finding Tiki is and joined his army, although having lost his firestone during his travels in Pyrathi he was initially unable to fight.
Bantu was reunited with Tiki during Marth's raid on the Fane of Raman, where he freed her from Gharnef's hypnosis and took her back into his care in Marth's army.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Book 2
Role
During Marth's crossing of the Chiasmir bridge following his visit to the Fane of Raman, Bantu awaited him in a village, his firestone again stolen by a thief. When Marth visited the village, Bantu told him of how Tiki had been taken back into Gotoh's custody, then joined his army once more.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Role
Bantu had travelled to a small village in Lefcandith Valley in his search for Tiki, who had been separated from him and abducted by Gharnef some time earlier. When Marth visited the village, Bantu told him how crucial finding Tiki is and joined his army, although having lost his firestone during his travels in Pyrathi he was initially unable to fight.
Bantu was reunited with Tiki during Marth's raid on the Fane of Raman, where he freed her from Gharnef's hypnosis and took her back into his care in Marth's army.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Role
During Marth's crossing of the Chiasmir bridge following his visit to the Fane of Raman, Bantu awaited him in a village, his firestone again stolen by a thief. When Marth visited the village, Bantu told him of how Tiki had been taken back into Gotoh's custody, then joined his army once more.
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Fire Emblem Awakening
Role
Bantu does not personally appear, but is still alive in the era of Ylisse: Nowi claims to have met him during Chrom's campaign, although she struggles to remember his name properly.[1]
Personality and character
Bantu possesses a kind, gentle and grandfatherly spirit, which motivated him to act as a surrogate parent to Tiki in light of her once-bleak life. In his gentleness he is also firm, never hesitating to reprimand or criticize Tiki should she do something wrong, but doing so in a way which guides her into learning what the correct course of action would have been and thus encouraging her to do the right thing.[2] During the War of Heroes, Bantu came to believe that he has a responsibility to aid impoverished and suffering manaketes across Archanea, and so resolved to search for such manaketes and to convince them to cease using their dragonstones in a bid to keep the peace between humans and the dragonkin.[3]
Bantu is skilled at a form of pickling vegetables, born of his determination to find a way to make Tiki like eating vegetables.[4] His pickling method involves burying the vegetables underneath certain kinds of stones for roughly a century.[5]
Supports
Mystery of the Emblem
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Shadow Dragon
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New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow
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Base conversations
New Mystery of the Emblem
- Main article:
Bantu/Conversations
Endings
Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
He sealed his stone and lives in Dolhr.
Mystery of the Emblem
Book 1
Bantu, Fire dragon
After sealing his dragonstone he left for whereabouts unknown.
Book 2
Bantu, Tiki's guardian
After sealing his dragonstone he left for whereabouts unknown.
Shadow Dragon
Bantu - Fire Dragon
Bantu sealed the dragonstones' power and disappeared, but his wish was to live out his years in the Dolhrian countryside.
New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow
Bantu - Tiki's Guardian
Bantu left after discarding his dragonstone, his whereabouts unknown.
Quotes
Battle quotes
Death quotes
“ | Tiki... | ” | — Bantu, in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light. |
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“ | Tiki... Forgive me... | ” | — Bantu, in Book 1 of Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Tiki, forgive me... | ” | — Bantu, in Book 2 of Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Forgive me, Tiki... | ” | — Bantu, in Shadow Dragon. |
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“ | Forgive me... Tiki... | ” | — Bantu, in Classic Mode in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | How terrible... It seems... I must retreat... | ” | — Bantu, in Casual Mode in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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Everyone's Conditions quotes
“ | Hoho, how splendid. I feel like I'm young again... Well, maybe not that much. | ” | — When receiving a temporary stat boost in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Training is a bit difficult for my age... Oooh, I think I need to lie down for a bit. | ” | — When receiving experience in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Hmm? What is this...? I wonder if it could double as a pickling stone... | ” | — When finding an item in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | ...Hmm? What was I going to do again? | ” | — When failing to receive a bonus in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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“ | Ahh, I do wonder about that young one. Huh, what was their name...? Err... Kris... was it? | ” | — When receiving support with Kris in New Mystery of the Emblem. |
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Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
Bantu is currently featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Bantu | |||||
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Guardian of the Dragon Princess, Bantu | |||||
"Hey, you. Did you see a young girl named Tiki?" | |||||
Attack: 30 | Support: 20 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 2 | ||
Class: Manakete | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
Servant of the Divine Dragon: [Always] While you have an allied “Tiki”, this unit gains 30 attack. Lost Dragonstone: [Trigger] [Once per turn] When this unit finishes a battle with an attacking unit, this unit loses 30 attack and the and affinities until the end of the turn. | |||||
Card #P02-003PR • Artist: Mikihiro Taguchi | |||||
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Bantu . |
Trivia
- Bantu is the only male playable character of the Manakete class in the entire Fire Emblem series. While Xane and Gotoh are both manakete, they have discarded their dragon powers and take other classes.
- Bantu's eye color has changed from red to blue in Shadow Dragon and onwards.
- In Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Bantu's portrait is an edited and recolored variation of Gharnef's portrait.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Bantu |
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English (unofficial) |
Banutu |
Popularly known by this name prior to the English release of Shadow Dragon. |
Spanish |
Bantu |
As above. |
French |
Bantu |
As above. |
German |
Bantu |
As above. |
Italian |
Bantu |
As above. |
Gallery
Artwork of Bantu from Mystery of the Emblem.
Bantu's portrait in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
Bantu's portrait in Mystery of the Emblem.
Bantu's portrait in Shadow Dragon.
Bantu's portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.
References
- ↑ "I met a new dragon friend! His name was… Banta? …Banter?! Wait, what was it…?" — Nowi, Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "Tiki: A while I ago, I, umm... I broke Mar-Mar's precious mirror......
Bantu: Oh dear... That's a bad thing you did.
Tiki: Yes. I did something bad...
Bantu: So, what did you do after that, child?
Tiki: Oh... Mmm. I told him. I said "I'm sorry" to Mar-Mar.
Bantu: ...And then, Prince Marth forgave you.
Tiki: ...Yes.
Bantu: I see, I see. ...Good, good You're a good girl, Tiki." — Tiki and Bantu, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - ↑ "Bantu: In this world, there are many dragonkin like ourselves. And among them, there are those who are suffering, alone.
Tiki: ...Just like I used to be?
Bantu: Yes, child. That's why I've been thinking of going to meet them.
Tiki: Huh? Then, me too...
Bantu: ...This will be a most perilous journey. Ever since the Medeus episode, man has started to view us Manaketes as dangerous. And therefore, no matter the reason, we must not wield our dragonstone. So, we have no choice but to stand between man and Manakete." — Bantu and Tiki, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - ↑ "I've honed this technique for centuries, all to fix Tiki's disdain for vegetables." — Bantu, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
- ↑ "Bantu: Then, let's not dilly dally. Go on, pick a vegetable of your choice.
Kris: Got it. And then, another one, right?
Bantu: Correct, my boy. Finally, cover it well... Now, we only have to wait.
Kris: I'm looking forward to it. Oh, but how much time will it take before its done?
Bantu: About one hundred years or so.
Kris: Er, I'll already be dead by then..." — Bantu and Kris, Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
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