Hríd (Japanese: フリーズHríð) is a character appearing in Fire Emblem Heroes. He is the second-eldest of the four royal siblings of Nifl,[1] and its only prince.
Hríd finally makes a physical appearance in Chapter 11, where he finds himself needing to be rescued by the Order of Heroes, including both of his surviving sisters, and reveals that he's attempted to kill Surtr by himself even if it cost him his life, but found himself burned; Hríd reveals that, according to information given to him by Zacharias, the Order needs to head for the Rite of Flames and extinguish the flames that fuel them. Later on in the chapter, he leads the Order of Heroes into Burnt-Bone Gorge, a secret route to the Rite of Flames supposedly unknown by Múspell; after the group winds up ambushed, Hríd deduces that someone among the Order of Heroes could potentially be a traitor in league with Múspell.
There are two different variations of Hríd available to Heroes, both of which are tied to his storyline appearance in Heroes. The normal variation of Hríd is the game's thirteenth Legendary Hero, and the third one to be a character original to Heroes after the two elders among his sisters; this variation of Hríd was made available for summoning as part of a summoning event released on November 28, 2018, and is the first Heroes-original Legendary Hero to be added in a dedicated Legendary Hero update, as Fjorm was added in the version 2.0 update (which added the first twochapters of Book II) and Gunnthrá was added in the Happy New Year! update. A New Year's-themed variation of Fjorm was added to the game alongside the Legendary Hero variation of Azura, but it is currently unknown if she is part of the upcoming Special Heroes focus or the reward for the upcoming version of the Tempest Trials.
↑ 1.01.1"This is my sister, Ylgr. She's the youngest of the four of us. Gunnthrá,
our brother Hríd, me, and then Ylgr." — Fjorm saying her Sibling's names from oldest to youngest, Fire Emblem Heroes
This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.