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|image=[[File:FE776 Dorias.png| | |image=[[File:FE776 Dorias.png|200px]] | ||
|caption=Artwork of Dorias from {{title|Thracia 776}}. | |caption=Artwork of Dorias from {{title|Thracia 776}}. | ||
|titles=Duke of [[Leonster]] | |titles=Duke of [[Leonster]] | ||
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| “ | Thracia... No, this entire continent is watching over our fight. We must not only win: our victory must be one that gives courage to the people suffering from Imperial oppression. We should march in proudly from the front, flying the flag of Leonster. | ” | — Dorias |
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(ドリアス Dorias) was a knight and Duke of Leonster, and the father of fellow Leonster knight Selfina. In Grann 765, he assisted Leif in his escape from Alster following an assassination attempt against Bloom, and lost his right arm in the ensuing battle to buy Leif time. Afterward, he entered the protection of Hannibal of Thracia, living in his mansion with other Leonster knights and nobles and training the resident young Leonster knights, including Selfina. In Grann 776, Dorias and the other Leonster knights emerged from hiding in the mansion to support Leif in his revolution against Grannvale's occupation, and he became one of Leif's two tacticians alongside August.
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Role
When the territory around Hannibal's mansion experienced the sudden appearance of the Thracian army, Dorias assumed that Travant had learned of the Leonster refugees occupying it; however, having received word from Hannibal of Leif's approach, he insisted that they wait for Leif and hold their ground. Upon Leif's arrival at the mansion, Dorias pledged his support as a tactician and his trainees joined Leif's army.
Following the escape from Tahra, Dorias came into conflict with August over the army's next move. While Leonster was the agreed-upon destination for the revolution army, Dorias believed that the army should take the northern high road to Leonster in order to act as an inspiration to those suffering under Grannvale's rule, despite being fully aware of the inevitable casualties afforded by this direct route; August criticized him for his stance of putting glory over the lives of his men. Either way, upon reaching and reclaiming Leonster, Leif's army received word of a Grannvale crackdown on Alster, and Dorias volunteered to lead an advance guard to assist the situation there while Leif remained behind to build up Leonster's defenses. A day later, Leif received word that Dorias's army had been overrun and decimated by Grannvale's might, and that Dorias had distracted the army to buy his surviving men time to escape, dying in battle as a result.
Personality and character
While fundamentally a good and honorable man and an excellent tactician, Dorias nonetheless had an interest with symbolic inspiration and glory to the point of considering losing men in such gestures to be a worthy sacrifice; this was made primarily evident in his argument with August over which route to take to Leonster, with his assertion that taking the more heavily fortified and direct northern route would be superior solely because of the army's ability to use it to rally the spirits of the people, regardless of casualties[1].
Other appearances
Trivia
Gallery
- FE776 Dorias.png
Artwork of Dorias from Thracia 776.
- Portrait dorias fe05.png
Dorias's portrait in Thracia 776.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
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Dorias |
Used in the Thracia 776 fan translation. |
References
- ↑ "Dorias: Lord Leif, we must head west on this mountain path to exit onto the northern highroad."
August: Count Dorias, are you sure we want to take the coastline? I believe we should head east down the mountain and attack Leonster from the south.
Dorias: The thick forests of Melfiye lie to the south of Leonster. Those forests are well-known for people losing their way in them.
August: I'm aware of that. But that also means that the Empire's defenses would be lax. With our small numbers, we must take full advantage of the terrain.
Dorias: I disagree. Thracia... No, this entire continent is watching over our fight. We must not only win, our victory must be one that gives courage to the people suffering from Imperial oppression. We should march in proudly from the front, flying the flag of Leonster.
August: The northern highroad is practically Leonster's front door. Legions of enemy soldiers will be defending it. We will lose many of our troops.
Dorias: I understand. But their deaths will be in glory and honor.
August: Glory? ...Count Dorias, you knights are not the only ones fighting this battle. Some of us don't appreciate having your values one-sidedly forced upon us." — Dorias and August, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
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