Ninian

Ninian Artwork of Ninian from Blazing Sword. A somber girl. Quiet, but filled with a solemn energy.

Gender Female Race Half-Human, Half-Manakete Age Late 900s Family Nergal (father) Aenir (mother) Nils (brother) Nationality Ilian Starting class Dancer Appearance(s) Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Ninian (Japanese: ニニアン, Ninian) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. She is a dancer, and uses her mystical dances to invigorate fellow party members with various blessings.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Born in Ilia to a human father and an ice dragon mother, Ninian and her brother Nils entered the Dragon's Gate after their mother vanished during the Scouring and their father went missing looking for her. Despite settling in paradise amongst other beings of dragon descent, Ninian always dreamed of returning to Elibe, the land of her birth.

Nergal and his Morph's pursuit of Ninian and her brother are part of what gets Eliwood, Hector, and Lyn involved with Nergal's schemes.

Ninian is automatically recruited in Chapter 20 (Eliwood's Story) or Chapter 21 (Hector's Story).

Starting stats and growth rates

Dancer Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment: Automatic, Chapter 20 (Eliwood Mode)/Chapter 21 (Hector Mode) Stats Growth Rates Max HP 14 Luck 10 Strength 0 Defense 5 Skill 0 Resistance 4 Speed 12 Constitution 4 Movement 5 Aid 3 Max HP 85% Luck 80% Strength 5% Defense 30% Skill 5% Resistance 70% Speed 70% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Ninis's Grace Elixir Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

• Note: Ninian will only appear with these stats if the player skips Lyn's Story or if Nils dies during Lyn's Story. Otherwise, her stats will match Nils'.

Personality and character

Ninian is a beautiful, shy, and soft-spoken girl. She is polite and considerate, which is especially noticeable in how she addresses Eliwood after his father dies. Ninian does have a weak will and body, she collapsed and suffered amnesia after she tried to escape Nergal a second time.

However, due to her half-dragon heritage, Ninian has difficulty understanding why her allies are so kind toward her, despite her obvious exotic appearance and ability to sense danger. Her kind nature leads her to try to remain a bit distant from others, since she believes herself to be perceived as dangerous by others.

Supports

Main article: Ninian/Supports

Ninian Dancer Eliwood Lord Initial: 0 Per turn:+5 Hawkeye Berserker Initial: 0 Per turn:+3 [[{{{support5}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin5}}}affin.png|link={{{affin5}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints5}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support7}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin7}}}affin.png|link={{{affin7}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints7}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support9}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin9}}}affin.png|link={{{affin9}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}} Per turn:+ Florina Pegasus Knight Initial: 0 Per turn:+4 [[{{{support4}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin4}}}affin.png|link={{{affin4}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints4}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support6}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin6}}}affin.png|link={{{affin6}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints6}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support8}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin8}}}affin.png|link={{{affin8}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints8}}} Per turn:+ [[{{{support10}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin10}}}affin.png|link={{{affin10}}} (affinity)]] Initial: {{{initialpoints10}}} Per turn:+

See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Nils and Ninian
After these dragonkin bid farewell to the land of their birth, they returned to their new world. Meeting Eliwood warmed the hearts of these ice dragons with the hope that man and dragon could live in peace.

Eliwood and Ninian
Eliwood and Ninian were wed after the conflict. Ninian gave up her old life and her people to enjoy a brief life with Eliwood. They have a son named Roy, who will one day take up arms to defend his nation.

Death quote

In-battle conversation

(Eliwood)
Ninian: Ah…

Eliwood: Ninian!

Ninian: I’m so sorry, Lord Eliwood… I…cannot…stand much longer…

Eliwood: You needn’t try. I’ll take care of everything. Retreat to a safe place. Can you do that?

Ninian: Yes…

(Nils)
Ninian: Ah…

Nils: Ninian! Are you well?

Ninian: I’m sorry… I can… stand no longer…

Nils: There’s nothing else we can do here. Come, let us retreat to the rear. We don’t want to become a burden on you.

Post-battle conversation

Eliwood: Nils! How is Ninian?

Nils: I think she’ll be fine with a little rest.

Eliwood: I asked too much of her. It was not right… From now on, the two of you will stay out of combat. Is that understood?

Nils: Yes. I’m sorry.

Battle quotes

Nil.

Other appearances

Ninian only appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, though she does have unused portrait data in Fire Emblem Awakening.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ninian	"Ninian" is a masculine name of Scottish, Irish, and Ancient Celtic usage. While the exact meaning is unknown, it appears in a Latinized form "Niniavus", which could be from the Welsh name "Nynniaw". This was the name of a 5th-century British saint who was apparently responsible for many miracles and cures. He is known as the Apostle to the Picts.
Spanish	Ninian	--
French	Ninian	--
German	Ninian	--
Italian	Ninian	--

Trivia

Ninian's unused Spotpass portrait

• There is an unused portrait of Ninian in Fire Emblem Awakening for Spotpass, implying she was planned to be included at one point.

Gallery

• 

  Ninian in her dragon form.

• 

  Ninian's dancing animation.

References

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