Clarine

Clarine (Japanese: クラリーネ Clarine) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade who first appears in Chapter 4. A quite spoiled and snobbish troubadour, Clarine is the daughter of Pent and the younger sister of Klein of Etruria.

Clarine Artwork of Clarine from The Binding Blade. A self-centered lady of Etruria. Commander Klein's younger sister.

Gender Female Race Human Age Teens Family Pent (father) Louise (mother) Klein (older brother) Nationality Etrurian Title(s) Selfish Princess Starting class Troubadour Voiced by Hunter MacKenzie Austin (English, Heroes) Runa Onodera (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) The Binding Blade Heroes

“	Hmm... He's a tad rough around the edges for a noble... His hair especially is an absolute mess...	”	— Clarine when Klein asks her opinion on Roy.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

Clarine is the second child of Pent and Louise, the counts of Reglay. As most ladies of Etruria, she has lived secluded and surrounded by all kinds of luxuries. However, previous to the games' events, she left the family mansion to visit her brother, Klein, who is the current Archery General of their country and whom she greatly admires.

While searching in Lycia, she is captured by Erik, the marquess of Laus, who claims to be able of reuniting her with Klein. His real motive, though, is to offer her as a gift to Narcian, one of the Wyvern Generals of Bern. When presented to Narcian, she mocks him, barely keeping her life thanks to the unexpected invasion of Roy's army. Erik locks her up, so that Narcian can use her later, but Rutger, a mercenary hired by Erik, sets her free and makes her leave the castle amidst the confusion.

Suddenly, Clarine finds herself in the middle of a battle and decides to join Roy's side to stay out of danger. When Rutger appears on the battlefield, she rides towards him and angrily berates him for not treating royalty correctly; her remark about fighting against Bern makes him to defect to Roy's side as well. After the battle, she remains in the army for the rest of the war.

Some time after, when the Lycian Army is fighting bandits in the Western Isles, she finally meets her brother and convinces him to not attack the Lycian Army and to join their cause, confessing how mortifying the Etrurian nobles' behavior towards the islands is.

After Bern is defeated and the war is over, she returns home and carries on with her normal life, gaining the admiration of her peers with her kindness and charm.

Starting stats and growth rates

Troubadour Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 4, let her talk to Roy Stats Growth Rates Max HP 15 Luck 8 Magic 2 Defense 2 Skill 5 Resistance 5 Speed 9 Constitution 5 Movement 7 Aid 15 Max HP 40% Luck 65% Magic 30% Defense 10% Skill 40% Resistance 40% Speed 50% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Heal Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Valkyrie	+4	+3	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	+1	E (+1), +50

Analysis

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

Clarine is the first Troubadour you get in The Binding Blade. Because of this, along with being your second healer, she is an invaluable unit in the early game. Thanks to her mount, she has high movement at base, particularly useful thanks to the large maps in the game. She also has a low Constitution, which gives her a very high Aid, allowing her to rescue most player units, and the ability to be rescued by most characters. Her low constitution might seem like a flaw after promotion, but anima magic in The Binding Blade has such low weight that the only tomes she loses weight on are Bolting and the trial-map exclusive Fimbulvetr. This is also without mentioning Clarine's high availability, and her being the only unit with both mounted and healing utility for a large part of the game. Her competition is Saul and Elen, who both lack a mount.

However, she comes with fairly low bases in every area, besides luck, speed, and resistance, and has a mediocre magic growth and poor HP and defense growths. Because of this, Clarine mostly relies on dodging, as she can often be one-shot by physical attacks, and takes a lot of damage from magic-using enemies. Luckily, thanks to the low accuracy of most enemies in The Binding Blade, Clarine can dodge consistently if given a few levels or a support partner, Klein and Rutger being notable examples, but the player should not rely on her dodge-tanking much as she can get one shot easily, and with the low experience gain of staves she will often be underleveled.

Clarine comes with a low staff of D, which allows her to only use Mend and the Heal staff at base, and she will have a hard time building up her staff rank quickly. Once she is promoted to Valkyrie, she can deal chip damage with anima magic. However, she starts with an E rank of anima magic and she is not a good user of higher rank staves thanks to her aforementioned low magic.

Overall, Clarine is a solid unit that is invaluable in the early game and offers great utility throughout the game. However, she faces competition as the game goes on from other staff users with better magic, better staff ranks, or better combat.

Comparison with Cecilia

Once promoted, Clarine becomes the same class as Cecilia. Statistically, Clarine has better speed and luck, while Cecelia has better magic and defensive stats. More importantly, Clarine starts with an E rank in anima, which gives Cecilia an advantage in offense due to her ability to wield stronger tomes. Cecilia's greatest advantage however is that she does not need a Guiding Ring, and while Clarine can be used without needing a promotion, Cecilia will then be significantly better due to higher movement and the ability to attack.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Clarine is one of the characters available to be summoned by players from the game's initial launch. Only one variation of Clarine is currently available in Heroes, based on her The Binding Blade incarnation.

Clarine: Refined Noble

Starting stats

★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★

Rarity ★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 14/15/16 Attack 4/5/6 Speed 7/8/9 Defense 3/4/5 Resistance 5/6/7 Maximum HP 29/32/35 Attack 19/22/25 Speed 26/29/32 Defense 16/19/22 Resistance 22/25/28 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills -- Reconcile --

Rarity ★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 14/15/16 Attack 4/5/6 Speed 8/9/10 Defense 3/4/5 Resistance 6/7/8 Maximum HP 30/33/36 Attack 20/23/26 Speed 28/31/34 Defense 17/20/23 Resistance 24/27/30 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills -- Reconcile Imbue

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 15/16/17 Attack 5/6/7 Speed 8/9/10 Defense 4/5/6 Resistance 6/7/8 Maximum HP 32/35/39 Attack 22/25/29 Speed 30/33/36 Defense 19/22/25 Resistance 25/29/32 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills -- Reconcile Imbue

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Unlock	Auto-unlock	SP cost
	Assault	★★★	—	50
	Fear	★★★	—	150
	Fear+	★★★★★	—	300
	Heal	★★★	★★★	50
	Reconcile	★★★	★★★	100
	Martyr	★★★★	★★★★★	200
	Martyr+	★★★★★	—	300
	Imbue	★★★	★★★★	50
	Swift-Winds Balm	★★★	★★★★★	150
A	Resistance +1	★★★	—	30
A	Resistance +2	★★★★	—	60
A	Resistance +3	★★★★★	—	120

Personality

Clarine is a self-centered and arrogant girl who is often rude to others, although she does have good intentions. She usually looks down on people due to their social status, and takes great pride in her Etrurian heritage, remarking that Lance is not as good as Etrurian knights are. She also seems to romanticize the concept of gentlemen and knighthood, asking either Lance or Rutger to take care of her at all costs, and even authorizing the Pheraen cavalier to kiss her hand.

Despite her mean appearance, Clarine does have a kind side, shown in her support conversations with Rutger and Dorothy. She takes the timid archer under her protection and tries to make her a true lady, helping Dorothy with her self-esteem issues and becoming good friends in the process, while with Rutger, she recognizes some of her mistakes with her treatment of the swordsman and apologizes to him. While growing up, she heard many stories about Dieck, the mercenary who saved Klein's life. She is really happy to have met him at last, as she always considered him an important person.

She greatly admires her older brother, Klein, and strives to become a source of pride for him. Her need for his approval is so big that she is willing to do anything, even to mistreat others. Eventually, he calls her out on it, stating that she is still a child.

Clarine takes great pride in her appearance; despite being in the middle of a war, she suggests Dorothy to wash her hair three times a day. When reminiscing about her childhood with her brother, she mentions how one of her goals was to be the most elegant lady in Etruria. Yet, some time after joining Roy's army, she states that she does not want to go back to the mansion, even though she wants to see her parents. According to her she would have to live a boring life. By then, she has grown up enough to desire a more interesting life than just decorating herself. This shows that she has grown up as not just a snobbish girl but a quite introspective lady.

Supports

Main article: Clarine/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Clarine, Willful Lady
Short: Returned to Etruria.

Long: Clarine returned home to Aquileia and lived her life as she did before the war. Her personality never changed, but her charm earned her the admiration of her peers in the Etrurian nobility.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Narcian: You...! You're that girl! Clarine: Excuse me? Have we met before? Narcian: What?! You have forgotten me?! That...is inconceivable!	”	— Against Narcian.

“	This is the end! We've come too far to lose now!	”	— In the final chapter.

Death quote

“	No! Please, help! Klein, my brother...	”	— Clarine.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article: Clarine/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Clarine's official artwork from The Binding Blade can be viewed in Path of Radiance's extras menu if a copy of The Binding Blade is connected to a Japanese copy of Path of Radiance. This illustration, along with all other The Binding Blade-related artwork, is inaccessible in the international versions of the game, owing to the fact that The Binding Blade was not released in those regions.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Clarine is featured on four cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Two of the below cards' quotes are still in raw, untranslated Japanese; these need translation.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Clarine
	Carefree Little Lady, Clarine
		"There's no one in the world dreamier than my big bro!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Valkyrie		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		"I command you to protect me!": [Activate] [] [] Choose a card in your Retreat Area with the same name as another ally in the same area as this unit and add that card to your hand. "Big Brother Klein!!": [Always] During your turn, while this unit is being supported by "Klein", this unit gains +50 attack.
	Card #B05-027HN • Artist: Tetsu Kurosawa
	Distinguished Lady, Clarine
		"あなたなんか、お兄さまと比べればお月さまとスッポンですわよ！"
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Troubadour		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Heal: [Activate] [] [] Choose a card in your Retreat Area except "Clarine" and add that card to your hand.. Miracle Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your opponent’s attacking unit cannot perform a Critical Hit.
	Card #B05-028N • Artist: Tetsu Kurosawa
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		"True, I could live a life without worry if I stayed at the manse... But it would be so dreadfully dull!" "I shall be a Mage General like Lady Cecilia! And I will give you, the new Archer General, my full support. Then we shall be together always!"
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Valkyrie		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Toward Her Dream Future: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Choose 1 ally in the same area as this card. Then, choose 1 card with the same name as that ally from your Retreat Area, and add it to your hand. "Oh, I love you, Klein!": [Always] If you have an allied "Klein", this unit gains +10 attack.
	Card #B16-011R(+) • Artist: Tetsu Kurosawa (B16-011R), Kokon Konfuzi (B16-011R+)
Normal Promo Pack 16 {{{alt2image4}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}	Young Noblewoman of House Reglay, Clarine
		"Listen and be dumbstruck! I am Lady Clarine, of the noble Etrurian House Reglay!" "どうしてなのかしら。エトルリアで一番のレディになることが以前のように魅力的だとは、思えませんの。"
		Attack: 20	Support: 20	Range: -	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Troubadour		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Heal: [Activate] [] [] Choose 1 non-"Clarine" card in your Retreat Area, and add it to your hand. A Lesson in Primping: [Activate] [] Choose 1 other ally with a Deployment Cost of 1. Until the end of this turn, that ally gains +10 attack. Miracle Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this combat, your opponent’s attacking unit cannot perform a Critical Hit.
	Card #B16-012N, P16-006PR • Artist: Tetsu Kurosawa (B16-012N), Kyo Uda (P16-006PR)
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Clarine .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	A self-centered lady of Etruria. Commander Klein's younger sister.*	エトルリア貴族の姫 将軍クレインの妹
Heroes	Noble daughter of Count Reglay of Etruria. Fond of her brother, Klein. Has lived a privileged life. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.	エトルリア王国の名家リグレ家の令嬢。 世間知らずで高飛車だが、兄クレインを敬愛している。 （登場：『ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣』）

Meet some of the Heroes entries

Clarine: Refined Noble
Today, I'll be introducing you to the young lady of House Reglay of Etruria… It's Clarine! She's as strong-willed as she is charming.	At one point, Clarine left home to see her brother Klein, whom she admires. But during her travels, she was deceived by a villain who then kidnapped her, hoping to make her into a gift to the Kingdom of Bern.	Things looked dire, but as luck would have it, she was freed by the swordsman Rutger. Having escaped with her life, Clarine took shelter with Roy's army and joined the fight against Bern.	During the war, she used the power of healing staves to help her fellow members of the Lycian League. Seeing her stand with them, proud and radiant, her fellow soldiers' hearts swelled with courage!
Closely Associated Characters
Rutger Klein {{{Related_name3}}} {{{Related_name4}}} {{{Related_name5}}} A swordsman from Bulgar, a trading city in Sacae. He swore vengeance against Bern after they killed his people, leaving only him alive. He saves Clarine's life. A young general of Etruria. Clarine's brother. Treats all as equals. {{{Related_blurb3}}} {{{Related_blurb4}}} {{{Related_blurb5}}}

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

231

Clarine The Binding Blade

1,044

CYL 2 (2018)

420 (+189)

Clarine The Binding Blade

389 (−655)

CYL 3 (2019)

390 (−12)

Clarine The Binding Blade

429 (+40)

CYL 4 (2020)

466 (+34)

Clarine The Binding Blade

223 (−206)

CYL 5 (2021)

426 (−40)

Clarine The Binding Blade

179 (−44)

CYL 6 (2022)

451 (+23)

Clarine The Binding Blade

171 (−8)

CYL 7 (2023)

413 (−38)

Clarine The Binding Blade

129 (−42)

CYL 8 (2024)

392 (−21)

Clarine The Binding Blade

136 (+7)

Total results		This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	2,700

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Clarine	As below.
Japanese	クラリーネ	Romanized as Clarine in the Binding Blade website. Clarine is a variation of Clara, which is a feminine form of the Latin name Clarus, meaning "bright" and "famous".
Spanish	Clarine	As above.
French	Clarine	As above.
German	Clarine	As above.
Italian	Clarine	As above.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Clarine	As above.
Traditional Chinese	克拉莉涅	Clarine

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Troubadour Valkyrie Staff Anima Staff

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine from The Binding Blade.

Battle animations

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  Clarine attacking with anima magic as a Valkyrie in The Binding Blade.

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  Clarine performing a critical hit with anima magic as a Valkyrie in The Binding Blade.

CG images

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  CG image of Clarine in Path of Radiance.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Clarine: Refined Noble.

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  Artwork of Klein: Silver Nobleman, featuring Clarine.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Clarine.

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  Artwork of Clarine.

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  Clarine in an artwork of Pent and Louise.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Clarine from One Hundred Songs of Heroes.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.