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Hannibal
; Artwork of Hannibal from Genealogy of the Holy War.
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Family	Coirpre (adoptive son); Charlot (adoptive son*);
Nationality	Thracian
Title(s)	General of Thracia; The Shield of Thracia
Starting class	General
Appearance(s)	Genealogy of the Holy War; Thracia 776;

Latest revision as of 14:51, 28 March 2024

“	Munster's army is headed here!? Raydrik...do you take me for a fool? Troops! Dispatch! Show those fools from Munster the wrath of the Armor Knights of Thracia!	”	— Hannibal

Hannibal (Japanese: ハンニバル Hannibal) is a prominent and renowned Thracian general, widely known as the "Shield of Thracia". A powerful and devoted warrior and the leader of a batallion of Armored Knights, his sense of honor and justice caused him to question the deceitful motives and actions of Thracia's King Travant, who held his adoptive son Coirpre hostage to ensure Hannibal's co-operation against Seliph's liberation army; when Seliph freed Coirpre from captivity in the clash with Thracia, Hannibal turned on Thracia and joined Coirpre in Seliph's service. At the conclusion of the liberation war, Hannibal entered the service of the unified New Kingdom of Thracia under Leif.

Biography

In the year 776, Hannibal was stationed at Meath Castle when Leif and the Magi, having escaped imprisonment in Munster, fled in its direction. He received a report that in a brief absence, four "bandits" (actually Finn, Osian, Halvan and Ronan) had been imprisoned, but was more concerned by his suspicions about Munster's behavior in the north. Upon receiving word of the Munster army led by Eisenau marching toward Meath (unaware of Leif's presence), he and a squad of armored knights sortied in defense of Meath. After the battle, Leif (assuming a false identity, "Lugh Faris", though Hannibal was entirely aware of his identity) explained his plight, released Leif's captured friends and offered Leif assistance in the form of Carrion escorting him to his western mansion.

A year later, in the aftermath of the loss of Meath to Seliph's liberation army, Travant travelled to Kapathogia Castle, where Hannibal was stationed, in order to ensure his loyalty in the oncoming clash with the liberation force. When Hannibal questioned the orders and threatened to turn on him, Travant took Coirpre* hostage to force Hannibal to obey. Soon after, the fight with Seliph's army began in earnest, and Hannibal chose to stay his hand and observe until the enemy approached, at which point he ordered a charge against them. After Seliph freed Coirpre from Kapathogia, Coirpre convinced Hannibal to turn on Travant and accompany him in joining Seliph, fighting for the wishes of the people of Thracia rather than for their king's ill means.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Hannibal is a playable character in the second generation. In Chapter 9, Hannibal appears as an enemy unit, commander of Kapathogia. The player is expected not to kill him, but to go past him in order to seize Luthecia. He is recruited when talked to by Coirpre/Charlot. Recruiting him will cause Kapathogia to be seized.

Starting stats and growth rates

General

Level	20
Holy Blood	--
Movement	5

Recruitment: Chapter 9, enemy, talk with Coirpre/Charlot

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	60	Speed	11
Strength	20	Luck	7
Magic	0	Defense	22
Skill	16	Resistance	6

Max HP	60%	Speed	10%
Strength	50%	Luck	10%
Magic	5%	Defense	30%
Skill	10%	Resistance	5%

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Inventory

Skills

Silver Blade

Wing Clipper
5,000 Gold

Pavise

Adept

Vantage

Weapon Levels
	A		A		B		B		--
	--		--		--		--		--

Love growths and events

Hannibal is not capable of gaining love growth with anyone.

In Chapter 9, Coirpre/Charlot can talk to Hannibal while he is an enemy, recruiting him.
In Chapter 9, Charlot can talk to Hannibal, who gives Charlot a Berserk.
In Chapter 9, Seliph can talk to Hannibal. This conversation yields no reward.
In Chapter 9, Hannibal can talk to Altena, granting her +3 maximum HP.

Analysis

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

Hannibal is one of the latest-joining characters in Genealogy's second generation. He joins promoted, with a respectable 60 HP, 20 strength and 22 defense, as well as a decent 16 skill. These stats give him solid physical durability and allow him to deal plenty of damage with his attacks. As a General, he has excellent weapon ranks; between an A rank in swords, an A rank in lances, a B rank in axes and a B rank in bows, Hannibal can use a variety of weapons, from Silver Swords and Silver Lances to the Brave Axe and Brave Bow. This weapon variety makes it easy for him to clear the arena, as he can switch between the gauntlet for melee units and for ranged units at will by equipping a melee weapon or a bow, respectively. Aside from good physical durability and decent damage per attack, Hannibal also has three skills: Adept, Pavise, and Vantage. Adept is the least useful of the three, because Hannibal's speed is low, so he does not have very good odds of activating it; however, when it does activate, Hannibal can potentially one-round the enemy he is fighting. Pavise and Vantage are the more useful skills for Hannibal, as they further improve his durability by allowing him to negate damage from attacks every once in a while and to attack before the enemy when he is at low HP.

Hannibal's primary problems are his low resistance, low mobility, and lack of Follow-Up. Hannibal's resistance of 6 is terrible, and it is particularly problematic in the context of his join time. The player is about to face scores of magic-using enemies in Chapter 10 and Endgame, as well as many status staff users, both of which Hannibal can do very little against. His high physical durability doesn't compensate either, as Leif and Ares will have similar physical durability, but also have mounts and better offense. His movement of 5 is terrible for a promoted unit – even most other foot units outpace him, and Genealogy has very large maps, so Hannibal's mobility problem becomes more and more apparent as the player progresses through a chapter. Hannibal's lack of the Follow-Up skill means that he cannot double enemies without the Follow-Up Ring, and even with the ring, he often lacks the necessary attack speed to reach doubling thresholds. Hannibal also has very low growth rates outside of HP, strength, and defense – which are his already high stats, so even though he has ten levels to gain, these levels will not improve him very much.

While Hannibal is competent at clearing the arena, he does not end up doing much on the actual battlefield due to his limited mobility and poor matchup against magic users. However, there is one way in which he can contribute – defending the player's castles in his joining chapter. Hannibal's high physical durability coupled with his skillset and starting inventory (which contains a Wing Clipper) make him a good candidate for guarding a castle against Arion's Wyvern Riders in Chapter 9. He can endure many physical attacks before going down, he has a weapon that deals effective damage against flying units, and he does not contribute much elsewhere on the map, because he will be far away from the last two enemy castles when he is recruited. Making him a garrison's guardian is a good way to have him contribute, as the conquered castles in the chapter he joins will be under attack, so leaving him and a couple of characters, possibly with ranged weapons, to guard them is a good strategy. He is one point of Strength off from one-shotting the Javelin Wyvern Riders on counterattack with an Iron Bow; a quick run in the Arena on his 50% Strength growth can patch that up, and failing that, the Steel Bow will suffice. However, it is also possible to clear the final castle before Arion arrives to attack, especially as castle Thracia lacks a guard.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

In Chapter 7, Hannibal, along with four Armored Lances and five Armored Sword, appear as ally units. They will emerge from Meath castle once a player unit has escaped, and will cause Eisenau and the units under his authority to escape. Once all them are defeated, Hannibal will move to escape.

Stats

See also: The Shield of Thracia

General

Level	20
Action	--
Authority	★★★★★

Stats
Max HP	43	Speed	7
Strength	14	Luck	7
Magic	4	Defense	16
Skill	12	Constitution	19
Movement	7	FCM	--

Inventory

Skills

Silver Lance

Silver Bow

--

Weapon Levels
	D		A		B		A		--
	--		--		--		--		--

Personality

Hannibal is an honorable man; though he takes his role as a knight seriously and respects his lieges, he will nonetheless question orders and methodologies he does not feel to be wise,^[1] to the point of willingly turning on Travant in objection to the war with Seliph, which he (correctly) viewed as futile and harmful to Thracia's odds of survival. He bears none of the ill will or aggression toward the Munster District harbored by Travant, and secretly housed a number of refugee Leonster knights led by Dryas in his mansion.^[2] He devoted his life in full to the pursuit of his military career, and as such never married;^[3] he did, however, adopt Coirpre from an orphanage in Dahna and considers him to be just as important as any biological child could be.^[4]

Endings

Genealogy of the Holy War

Then,
General Hannibal,
Helped him too, and they devoted themselves to the construction of the new country.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Do I really have to fight...? For the sake of Thracia... There's nothing else I can do...	”	— Hannibal, as an enemy in Chapter 9 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Death quotes

“	This is fate... Aah, my son...	”	— Hannibal, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	My son... please live on...	”	— Hannibal, as an enemy in Chapter 9 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Hannibal is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Hannibal
	Shield of Thracia, Hannibal
		"We ought to remain on the defensive. I'd prefer to avoid any needless skirmishes with the enemy."
		Attack: 60	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: General		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		The Renowned General's Treasure: [Always] During your opponent's turn, while you have an ally "Coirpre", this unit gains +20 attack. Armor Expertise: [Always] If this unit is attacked by a non- unit, this unit gains +20 attack.
	Card #B08-095HN • Artist: Ippei Soeda
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Hannibal .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1
(2017)

628