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Lucina was born two years after Chrom's defeat of King [[Gangrel]] of [[Plegia]]; like her father, she bore the [[Holy Blood#Brands|Brand]] of [[Naga]] which marked her as a worthy heir to the Ylissean bloodline, with her Brand located in the iris of her left eye. It is uncertain how many years she had with the Chrom of her timeline still living; she once described to the main-timeline Chrom how she and her timeline's Chrom had a close relationship where he often shared with her little secrets.<ref>{{Cite|'''Lucina:''' So you say, but your blushing face seems a little less certain! ...Heh. It feels good to share a secret. It's been too long. You were always sharing little tidbits with me in the future.<br>'''Chrom:''' Was the future me really so furtive? I don't think of myself as a man of secrets.<br>'''Lucina:''' Oh, they were just silly little things. Still, it gave me a thrill to hear them.<br>'''Chrom:''' So the future me wasn't so furtive, but more of a hopelessly doting father?|Lucina and [[Chrom]] in their [[Lucina/Supports#B Support 4|B Support]]|Awakening}}</ref> Nonetheless, this came to an end with Chrom's demise at the [[Dragon's Table]], the events of which she heard only through rumors,<ref>{{Cite|'''Chrom:''' ...Do you know how I die?<br>'''Lucina:''' Only rumors... I was told you fell in a great battle, fought to sway your destiny. ...And that you were murdered—betrayed by someone dear to you.|[[Chrom]] and Lucina in [[Flames on the Blue|Chapter 14]]|Awakening}}</ref> and the subsequent resurrection of [[Grima]].

Over the course of over a decade, humanity and the rest of the world fell to Grima and his hordes of [[Risen]], and Lucina worked with the children of Chrom's allies to fight back and protect other people. Lucina adopted the name of Marth as a pseudonym, hoping it would grant her the strength of her legendary ancestor to use to protect people, and took to wielding [[Falchion (Archanea)|Falchion]].<ref>{{Cite|After your murder and Grima's return, I took the name Marth and fought back. I prayed to the Hero-King for a small part of the strength he used to save the world. But I need this subterfuge no longer. I choose to fight as Lucina now. The name that reminds me of the strength in the man and woman who chose it.|Lucina in [[Flames on the Blue|Chapter 14]]|Awakening}}</ref> During this time she and her friends enacted a plan to try and restore the [[Fire Emblem (Archanean item)|Fire Emblem]] in a bid to use its power against Grima, only to be unable to find the last of its gemstones at all;<ref>{{Cite|In my future, one of the Gemstones had been lost forever. There was no way to perform the Awakening or restore Falchion's power.|Lucina in [[The Future Past 3]]|Awakening}}</ref> as a result, the [[Awakening (rite)|Awakening]] they could perform was only a partial one which restored a modicum of power to Falchion, transforming it into the [[Parallel Falchion]].<ref name="comic">Serenes Forest: [https://serenesforest.net/gallery/manga/official-fire-emblem-awakening-comic/ ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' official comic]</ref> As a last recourse, she and her friends conferred with [[Naga]] and had her enact a ritual to send them back in time to prevent Grima's rise to power in the first place. In preparation for her appearance in the past, she put on a mask given to her by one of her companions, [[Gerome]], which would obscure her identity.<ref>{{Cite|'''Lucina:''' You gave me your mask, remember? You said there might come a time where I would need to conceal my identity...<br>'''Gerome:''' Ah. Yes. I remember.|Lucina and [[Gerome]] in their [[Lucina/Supports#C Support 18|C Support]]|Awakening}}</ref> During their journey through time, however, she was separated from her eleven companions.<ref>{{Cite|Naga, the divine dragon, feared mankind would face Grima again. In preparation for that day, she devised a ritual. It allows one to return to the past and alter events already written. I made the journey together with others, but...we became separated.|Lucina in [[Of Sacred Blood|Chapter 13]]|Awakening}}</ref>

Still under the "Marth" guise, Lucina soon reappeared in Ylisstol following the beginning of Ylisse's war with [[Plegia]], sneaking into the castle grounds through a wall accidentally broken by Chrom some time earlier.<ref>{{Cite|'''Chrom:''' How did you get in here?<br>'''Marth:''' The cleft in the castle wall, behind the maple grove.<br>'''Chrom:''' There? But how would you...? Ugh.<br>'''Robin:''' You know the place, Chrom?<br>'''Chrom''' Yes. I bashed in part of the wall while training the Shepherds. It's only a small hole, and I'd thought it well concealed, but...<br>'''Marth: Your secret is safe with me.|[[Chrom]], Lucina, and [[Robin]] in [[Foreseer|Chapter 6]]|Awakening}}</ref> She sought to prevent [[Emmeryn]]'s assassination and Chrom from sustaining a severe wound from an assassin's blade, both events contributing to her disastrous future, but after slaying one assassin her mask was broken by a second assailant, revealing to Chrom and Robin that she was in fact a woman. Still calling herself Marth despite the demasking, she helped defend Emmeryn while Chrom focused on eliminating their leader, [[Validar]]. She disappeared again after the battle, resurfacing briefly later on after Emmeryn's suicide at the Plegian capital, lamenting her failure to change fate.

Lucina joins the player's party under her true identity at the end of [[Of Sacred Blood|Chapter 13]]. Though a Lord character, Lucina's defeat is not a Game Over, and instead she permanently retreats in Classic Mode or temporarily retreats in Casual Mode.

Lucina makes two non-playable appearances before being recruited, both as her Marth guise: the first is as the boss of [[Two Falchions|Chapter 4]], and the second is as a NPC in [[Foreseer|Chapter 6]] assisting in [[Emmeryn]]'s defense; in both cases she has set stats and skills which are not affected at all if Chrom is already married at this point. An alternate-timeline NPC Lucina also appears in the [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Awakening|DLC]] episode ''[[The Future Past 3]]'': this Lucina's stats and skills are affected by those of her parents, and her death will result in a Game Over.

|recruit=[[Of Sacred Blood|Chapter 13]], automatically at the end of the chapter.

====Enemy - Chapter 4====

====Neutral - Chapter 6====

| {{h|Lord, level 1|Innate}}

| {{h|Lord, level 10|Innate}}

| {{h|Great Lord, level 5|Innate, via automatic inheritance from Chrom}}

| Great Lord, level 15

| {{h|Cavalier, level 1|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Cavalier tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Cavalier, level 10|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Cavalier tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Paladin, level 5|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Cavalier tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Paladin, level 15|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Cavalier tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Great Knight, level 5|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Cavalier or Knight tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Great Knight, level 15|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Cavalier or Knight tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Archer, level 1|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Archer tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Archer, level 10|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Archer tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Sniper, level 5|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Archer tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Sniper, level 15|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Archer tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Bow Knight, level 5|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Archer or Mercenary tree is in her class pool}}

| {{h|Bow Knight, level 15|Also inheritable from her mother, if the Archer or Mercenary tree is in her class pool}}

Lucina joins at the end of Chapter 13 with fairly weak bases as a level 10 unpromoted Lord. As the only mandatory character among the second generation, she can have trouble finding a place on the team if the second generation is ignored since she only supports her parents, Robin, and Tiki. However, she easily has the potential to become the strongest character in the game with enough investment. Lucina boasts very strong class inheritance from her father Chrom and most of her available mothers are able to supplement her needs quite nicely. In addition, her growths are solid enough that she can quickly catch up with the rest of the party with a bit of babying. Lucina automatically inherits Aether from Chrom regardless of whether or not he has learned it and where it is in his skill pool. While Chrom's mods lean towards a physical glass cannon, most of Lucina's potential mothers have somewhat poor Strength mods, meaning she overall tends towards a "swift but frail" stat spread. Above all, Lucina wants the Galeforce skill, which gives her four viable mothers and two bad ones.

If Chrom does not have a wife by the end of Chapter 11 due to his potential love interests being married off or dead, he will marry a generic Maiden. The Maiden provides absolutely nothing for Lucina, making her nothing more than a very slightly stronger Chrom; this pairing should be avoided.

| Great Lord, level 25

| Great Lord, level 35

Lucina appears as an equippable [[Emblem Ring]] in {{FE17}}. She is first seen as a Dark Emblem synced with [[Hortensia]] in [[Dark Emblem|Chapter 7]]. She becomes available to the player midway through [[Retreat|Chapter 11]], where she becomes synced with [[Alear]]. Lucina is the boss of the paralogue [[The Exalt]].

There are seven different variations of Lucina available to ''Heroes'', all of which are tied to her storyline appearance in ''Awakening''. The normal variation of Lucina is one of the characters available to be summoned by players from the game's initial launch. A spring-themed variation of Lucina was made available between the period of March 30, 2017 through April 14, 2017 as part of the summoning event surrounding the launch of the [[Spring Festival]] update, the update where this variation was added to the game. A variation based on her masked "Marth" guise was made available as a reward for the first [[Tempest Trials]] event, "Dark Clouds over Awakening", held between June 8, 2017 to June 22, 2017; this variant was later redistributed in the first edition of [[Tempest Trials#Tempest Trials Mini|Tempest Trials Mini]], "To Die on the Battlefield, held between September 8, 2017 through September 15, 2017, then again in the seventh edition of Tempest Trials, "A Gift of Peace", held between December 26, 2017 through January 9, 2018, and again in the fourth edition of Tempest Trials+, "Sweet Dreams", held between July 15, 2018 through July 25, 2018. A brave variation of Lucina was made available on August 31, 2017 as part of the summoning event surrounding the launch of the [[Brave Heroes]] update. A fifth variation, termed "Glorious Archer", is the game's ninth Legendary Hero, first made available to players on July 31, 2018; this variation of Lucina is the first character in the game that wields a [[blue bow]]. A Valentine's-themed variation of Lucina was made available between the period of February 8, 2022 through March 8, 2022 as part of the summoning event surrounding the launch of the [[Here with Me]] update; her outfit is based on the outfit she wore in the artwork of the [[Fire Emblem Awakening Original Soundtrack|''Fire Emblem Awakening'' Original Soundtrack]]. A rearmed variation of Lucina was added on December 7, 2023.

|recruit=[[The Dragon's Table (Warriors)|Chapter 5]], automatically at chapter's end

As an [[Emblem]], Lucina does not have any support conversations. However, upon reaching bond level 5, 10, and 20 with any character, she has short bond conversations with them instead, which unlock the next bond level. Increasing bond level provides a variety of bonuses, such as raising the stat bonus Lucina provides to synchronized units, inheriting weapon proficiencies, unlocking new sync skills and engage weapons, or extending the duration of each engagement.

She and Chrom appear to join the team permanently during "Chapter 20: The Power to Change Fate". After the player reaches the third room in the Great Tree, Kamuz reappears from a Fracture with a group of Risen and his own troops after a few rounds have passed. Chrom and Lucina follow shortly after, appearing next to the third stranded pod. They rescue the allies stuck in the pod, then join the team to fight Kamuz and seal the Summoning Gate.

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|image1=[[File:SSB4 Lucina amiibo.png|150px]]

|desc1=Lucina received an [[amiibo]] in the {{SSB4}} line of figurines. It was released alongside the [[Robin]] amiibo.

|price1=¥1,200{{JP}}<br>$12.99{{US}}

|release1=April 29th 2015{{JP}}<br>April 24th 2015{{EU}}<br>April 25th 2015{{AUS}}<br>May 29th 2015{{US}}

|image2=[[File:Good smile lucina figma 01.png|150px]]

|desc2=A [[figma]] of Lucina was released in the Japanese market by [[Good Smile Company]] in August 2015 after several delays. The figma received a rerelease a year after the original date It was later rereleased internationally six years after its original release in 2021. It is about 150 mm tall and sculpted by Masato Kitade and Masu.

|price2=¥6,296{{h|*|Original release}}{{JP}}<br>¥7,000{{h|*|Second rerelease}}{{JP}}<br>$73.99{{h|*|Second Rerelease}}{{US}}

|release2=August 2015{{JP}}<br>August 2016{{h|*|First Rerelease}}{{JP}}<br>February 2021{{h|*|Second Rerelease}}{{JP}}{{US}}

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[[File:FEH Mini Acrylic Lucina vol.1.png|150px]]

|content2=

[[File:FEH Mini Acrylic Lucina vol.3.png|150px]]

|desclast=Lucina appears in volume 1 and volume 3 of the {{FEHMAFC}}. Her volume 1 appearance is based on her standard appearance and her volume 3 is based on her ''Spring Exalt'' appearance in {{title|Heroes}}.

|pricelast=¥350

|releaselast=February 2018{{h|*|Volume 1}}{{JP}}<br>April 2018{{h|*|Volume 3}}{{JP}}

|game={{title|Awakening}}<br><small>(Enemy, Chapter 4)</small>

|game={{title|Awakening}}<br><small>(NPC, Chapter 6)</small>

|game={{title|Engage}}<br><small>(In battle, Chapter 7)</small>