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This article is about the character from Thracia 776 commonly referred to as "Dagda". For the country in Three Houses, see Dagda.

Dagdar

FE776 Dagdar.png
Artwork of Dagdar from Thracia 776.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Age

45[1]

Family

Tanya (daughter)
Osian (son-in-law)

Nationality

Thracian

Starting class

Warrior

Appearance(s)

It ain't like anybody can replace Eyvel, but you still got a long way to go before this war is lost. An' hey, captured ain't dead, right? We'll get Eyvel back—together.
— Dagdar, to Leif

Dagdar (Japanese: ダグダ Dagdar) is a Thracian ex-bandit, the leader of a group of brigands based in Mt. Violdrake, and a friend and ally of Eyvel and the Fiana Freeblades. Along with his daughter Tanya and subordinate Marty, he was one of Leif's first allies into his liberation army against Munster.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Dagdar, Tanya and Marty arrived in Fiana during Leif and Eyvel's fight to free it from the Munster occupation sent by Raydrik, and quickly joined with the Freeblades to drive the occupation out. He accompanied Leif until his capture by Raydrik at Fort Kelbeth, at which point he retreated to Mt. Violdrake to muster his men for a direct assault on Munster.

Back at his mansion in Mt. Violdrake, however, he was subjected to a mutiny led by his former minion Gomez, and he and Tanya were attacked by his former band. They were saved by Leif, who had arrived while on his way to Tahra, and rejoined his army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Portrait dagdar fe05.png
Ma snes03 warrior playable.gif Warrior
Level 6
Action
Recruitment: Chapter 1, automatically from turn 3
Ch.8x/9, automatically from the start if he survived to the end of Ch. 3

Stats Growth Rates

Inventory Skills
Hammer
Hand Axe
Accost
Weapon Levels
Swords -- Lances -- Axes A Bows E Staves --
Fire magic -- Thunder magic -- FE5RankWind.png -- Light magic -- Dark magic --

As with everyone except Lifis, Dagdar leaves Leif's party at the end of Chapter 3. He rejoins in Chapter 8x or 9 if he was still alive by the end of Chapter 3.

Analysis

Much like Eyvel, Dagdar is available very early in Thracia 776, starts promoted, and is also very useful. He has immense base HP and can attack four times with the Brave Axe, as he is still fast enough to double enemies early on. Dagdar also has the Accost skill, which allows him to initiate another round of combat if his HP and attack speed are higher than his opponent's. Since he doubles enemies in the early game and his HP is enormous, he can trigger Accost reliably, which allows him to one-round most enemies.

Due to Dagdar's high constitution and combat prowess, he is one of the best units for capturing enemies, since he can reliably attack them multiple times and has sufficient constitution to bear the weight. He can be used throughout the game, although his usefulness does deteriorate later on, since he stops doubling enemies and his growth rates are very low.

His Accost skill is a double-edged sword. If he has more HP and attack speed than the enemy, he will initiate another round of combat, but this can occur even if Dagdar cannot attack—for instance, if he is being shot at by a Ballista, it may attack him multiple times while he cannot retaliate.

Dagdar leaves the army at the end of Chapter 3, just like Eyvel, but he comes back much earlier than Eyvel does. Also much like Eyvel, his bases hold up for the majority of the game, which makes him viable even late-game.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Role

Dagdar is playable as a SpotPass character, released in the Thracia 776 character set. He is also present as an enemy in the first and third installments of the Lost Bloodlines DLC series.

Starting stats and growth rates

Small portrait spotpass dagdar fe13.png
Ma 3ds01 warrior playable.gif Warrior
Level 1
Movement 6
Recruitment: SpotPass, hire him for 4,100 G or defeat him in a skirmish

Stats Growth Rates Cap Modifiers

Inventory Skills
Hammer* Despoil
Gamble
Zeal
Weapon Levels
Swords -- Lances -- Axes C
Bows D Tomes -- Staves --

Reclassing options

Small portrait spotpass dagdar fe13.png
Dagdar
Base classes:*
Barbarian Berserker
Warrior
Reclass options:
This unit can reclass to any male class available through reclassing.
See reclass for more details on the reclassing system.

Growth rates when reclassed


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Promotion stat gains

Archer Barbarian Cavalier Dark Mage Wyvern Rider Fighter Knight Mage Mercenary Myrmidon Priest Tactician Thief

Class HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res Mov Weapon level
Sniper +4 +2 +1 +4 +3 +0 +5 +3 +1 --
Bow Knight +8 +3 +0 +2 +4 +0 +1 +2 +3 Swords E, Bows E

Skill set

Like all male bonus units in Awakening, Dagdar has access to all base class and advanced class skills available to standard male units.

Personality and character

Despite his status as a bandit boss, Dagdar is a kind-hearted man; August theorises that he and many of his men were the victims of circumstance of being born in the impoverished nation that is Thracia, and that he was abandoned by his parents as a child and forced to grow up as a bandit.[2] By default he is more inclined to peace and talking problems through, but will gladly take violent exception to being abused by his inferiors/[3] He possesses an immense mutual respect for and confidence in Eyvel, considering her to be far superior to him as a warrior.[4]

Supports

Thracia 776

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Dagdar
Warrior
Supports:
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Marty
Brigand
Bonus:
10

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Supported by:
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Tanya
Bow Fighter
Bonus:
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Eyvel
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See Support § Super Famicom games for more details on supports.

Endings

Thracia 776

Dagdar - Ex-Bandit of Mount Violdrake
Returning to Mount Violdrake, Dagdar again gathered his underlings and set them to restoring the barren land. After a few years, the soil around Mount Violdrake was reborn into rich, fertile farmland.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Looking to trade blows with yer elders? Ya may dislike the result.
— Dagdar, as an enemy in Lost Bloodlines 1 in Awakening.
Scurry home to yer mother, lad. Ya got no business here.
— Dagdar, when fighting Donnel, as an enemy in Lost Bloodlines 1 in Awakening.
Won't listen to reason, eh? Guess I'll have to use my loud voice.
— Dagdar, as an enemy in Lost Bloodlines 3 in Awakening.
Hm? I'd pegged ya for some scrawny villager, but I see I was wrong. All right, lad, let's put ya to the test!
— Dagdar, when fighting Donnel, as an enemy in Lost Bloodlines 3 in Awakening.
I be Dagdar of Mt. Violdrake!
— Dagdar's SpotPass parley quote in Awakening.
Come at me, one and all!
— Dagdar's SpotPass battle quote in Awakening.
Aye. Come to Dagdar!
— Dagdar's SpotPass recruitment quote in Awakening.

Death quotes

I... led an awful strange life, didn't I...? But it was MY life, an' I've got no regrets...
— Dagdar, in Thracia 776.
Ungh...No respect...for yer elders...
— Dagdar, as an enemy in Lost Bloodlines 1 in Awakening.
Bested by the likes of you... Maybe it's time I retired...
— Dagdar, as an enemy in Lost Bloodlines 3 in Awakening.

Escape quotes

Prince Leif, there's nuthin' more you can do! Hightail it outta there!
— Dagdar, in Thracia 776.

Other appearances

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

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

Dagdar

As of Fire Emblem Awakening. From the Dagda, a prominent god in Irish mythology.

English
(unofficial)

Dagda

Used in the Shaya fan translation

Spanish

Dagdar

As above.

French

Dagdar

As above.

German

Dagdar

As above.

Italian

Dagdar

As above.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Portrait dagdar fe05.png Warrior Ma snes03 warrior playable.gif
Bs fe05 dagdar warrior axe.png
Axe
Bs fe05 dagdar warrior bow.png
Bow

References

  1. Character ~登場人物の紹介~, ファイアーエムブレム トラキア776, Retrieved: 18 March, 2017
  2. "Leif: I pity Dagdar and his men, truly, but... Why couldn't they just earn their food through honest labor?
    August: And where would they labor? Their very land was infertile. Many of these men were children of Thracian farmers. Abandoned by their parents, they turned to banditry out of sheer necessity. Their choice was simple: steal or starve.
    " — Leif and August, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
  3. "Dagdar: Listen up, Gomez! I got no reason to fight you an' yer boys. Think about this afore you do somethin' rash.
    Gomez: Naw, it's too late fer you to be makin' excuses, Dagdar! The soil itself don't want us here! Nothin' grows! Tryin' to till a field is like sawing through rock! All I wanted was a full belly, but you let that wench Eyvel cheat you outta the good land! She's got you wrapped around her little finger! You that desperate fer company that you'd let everybody starve fer a chance to get lucky? Shame on you, old man!
    Dagdar: What'd you say?! Hmph, you talk big fer a glorified errand-boy![...] Fine! You want yerself a fight so bad, you got one!
    " — Dagdar and Gomez, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
  4. "It's good to have ya back, Eyvel. I been tryin' to help these lads as best I could, but nobody could ever replace you." — Dagdar, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
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