Glade

Glade Artwork of Glade from Thracia 776.

Gender Male Race Human Family Selphina (wife) Dryas (father-in-law) Nationality Leonster Starting class Duke Knight Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	Until the flag of the Gáe Bolg flies over Leonster once again, we must remain ever vigilant... But when that day finally comes, old friend, I want nothing more than to sit down with you and share a good brew!	”	— Glade to Finn in Chapter 13: The Walled City

Glade (Japanese: グレイド Glade) is a playable duke knight in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is an old friend of Finn and the husband of Selphina.

Biography

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Glade is initially mentioned by Selphina in Chapter 9: The Banner of Njörun; she states that he left to assist in the defense of Tarrah. Glade has been reporting to his allies by letter and Dryas makes plans to assist him and defend Tarrah before the Empire launches its full scale attack.

Glade appears along with several unnamed accompanying knights fighting in the defense of Tarrah in Chapter 13. Also present are Deen and Eda; though they opt to stay under cover due to the presence of ballistae, leaving Glade and his knights as the city's primary defense.

During the battle it is possible for Leif, Finn and Selphina to meet up with and converse with Glade. Glade is ecstatic to see that prince Leif had survived up to that point and tells Finn to have Leif retreat into the city.

After meeting with Leif's forces at Tarrah Glade fights in Leif's army for the rest of the conflict in Thracia. Like many other characters appearing only in Thracia 776 his exact activities after Leif joins with Seliph's forces during Genealogy of the Holy War are unknown outside of the fact that he assists with the reconstruction of Leonster.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Glade is a playable character. In Chapter 13, Glade, alongside three Lance Knights and two Arch Knights, appear as playable units next to the escape point; Selphina can talk to Glade, granting her a Brave Bow.

Starting stats and growth rates

Duke Knight Level 2 Action -- Authority ★

Recruitment: Chapter 13, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 34 Speed 11/9 Strength 11/10 Luck 4 Magic 2 Defense 10/9 Skill 12/11 Constitution 12 Movement 9/6 FCM 1 Max HP 60% Speed 35% Strength 45% Luck 35% Magic 5% Defense 30% Skill 35% Constitution 15% Movement 1% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Silver Lance -- Weapon Levels E A -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Supports

Glade Duke Knight Supports: Alva Lance Knight Bonus: 10 Cain Lance Knight Bonus: 10 Robert Arch Knight Bonus: 10 Selphina Arch Knight Bonus: 10 [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: Selphina Arch Knight Bonus: 20 [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

See Support § Super Famicom games for more details on supports.

Analysis

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

Glade joins about halfway through the game. At base level, he is a solid combat performer. His base stats are alright, and he has an excellent A-rank in lances outdoors. This lets him use strong lances, like the Silver Lance, and one-round enemies whom he doubles. His 11 speed may not look amazing, but enemies in Thracia are slow, so he is still likely to double many of them with his usable speed growth. If the player has trained other mounted combat units, they will most likely be superior to Glade. However, that does not make Glade any worse at contributing when he joins.

Glade's main advantage is his authority star. It grants all player units +3% to hit and avoid regardless of their positions on the map. While it seems like a minor effect, and its influence is hard to see, it adds reliability and makes combat safer. It also lets Glade contribute positively without ever entering combat or even moving. The last advantage of authority stars is that they negate enemy authority stars. Each authority star on the player's side is one fewer star on the enemy's side. Thracia's mid-to-lategame features many enemy authority stars, and Glade helps negate them.

On indoor maps, Glade is a much worse unit. He receives significant stat and movement penalties from dismounting. The movement penalty is especially painful because it negates Glade's mobility advantage. Outside of that, a dismounted Glade can only use E-rank swords. This is a major problem because he can no longer take advantage of his excellent A-rank in lances. With these penalties, Glade suffers on indoor maps. While he may still be worth deploying for the authority star alone, he will no longer fight well.

Overall, Glade is a decent combat and support unit rolled into one. On outdoor maps especially, he is mobile and can fight well thanks to his A-rank in lances and solid base stats. On indoor maps, however, he turns into a mediocre or even poor combatant, since he can only use E-rank swords. His authority star is his greatest claim to fame, giving all player units +3% to hit and avoid while he is on the map. While the effect of authority stars is invisible, they are useful to have.

Personality

Glade is patriotic and will lay down his life to defend Leonster and its prince Leif; Leonster lingers in his last words if he is defeated in battle. Glade feels much emotional turmoil over the loss of the knights under his command and tutelage in the fight against the Empire.

Glade appears to have been friends with Finn ten years before the events of chapter 13; back from before Prince Leif went into hiding. Glade and Finn used to drink together.

Endings

Glade, Knight of Integrity
Glade was appointed Commander of the New Kingdom of Thracia's military—the highest rank in the army. He was entrusted with overseeing the military's reorganization as it swelled in number with North and South united. Initially too large to be sustainable, the army's excess troops were divided into several new branches, with only an elite few soldiers permitted to stay in the main force. The restructuring of the military was successful, and his organizational acumen saved Thracia from a financial crisis.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Even without me... Leonster... shall... rise again...	”	— Glade

Escape quotes

“	We've done all we can, sire! We must be off!	”	— Glade

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

791

Glade Thracia 776

17

CYL 2 (2018)

352 (−439)

Glade Thracia 776

535 (+518)

CYL 3 (2019)

587 (+245)

Glade Thracia 776

104 (−431)

CYL 4 (2020)

660 (+16)

Glade Thracia 776

70 (−34)

CYL 5 (2021)

767 (+107)

Glade Thracia 776

22 (−48)

CYL 6 (2022)

680 (−89)

Glade Thracia 776

53 (+31)

CYL 7 (2023)

749 (+69)

Glade Thracia 776

22 (−31)

CYL 8 (2024)

802 (+53)

Glade Thracia 776

20 (−2)

Total results		This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	843

Trivia

• Glade finished in last place of the 791 characters from across the Fire Emblem series featured in the first Choose Your Legends poll for Fire Emblem Heroes, with a total of 17 votes.
• According to Thracia 776's website, Glade was designed to look 34 years old.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Glade	Used in official websites.
English (unofficial)	Glade	--
Japanese	グレイド	Officially romanized as Glade.
Spanish	Glade	--
French	Glade	--
German	Glade	--
Italian	Glade	--
Portuguese	Glade	--
Traditional Chinese	葛瑞德	Glade

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Duke Knight Lance (Long Lance) Sword* (Berserk Sword)

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  Artwork of Glade from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

References

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