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Ralf

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Ralf

FE776 Ralf.png
Artwork of Ralf from Thracia 776.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Starting class

Mercenary

Appearance(s)

Leif...? So... You're Prince Leif, eh? This is perfect. My name's Ralf, I'm a mercenary. Would it be all right if I joined your army?
— Ralf to Leif in Chapter 15

Ralf (Japanese: ラルフ Ralf) is a minor playable character appearing in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is a mercenary working to defend a remote village in the mountains from bandit raids. He also dislikes the Grannvale Empire and its presence in Thracia.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Ralf is a playable character. In Chapter 15, Ralf, along with Amalda, initially appear as NPC units near the church. He is recruited when talked to by Leif; his recruitment will make Amalda move to escape.

Starting stats and growth rates

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Ma snes03 mercenary playable.gif Mercenary
Level 3
Action --
Recruitment: Chapter 15, talk with Leif

Stats Growth Rates

Inventory Skills
Hand Axe
Iron Blade
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Weapon Levels
Swords A Lances -- Axes C (+40) Bows -- Staves --
Fire magic -- Thunder magic -- FE5RankWind.png -- Light magic -- Dark magic --

Supports

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Ralf
Mercenary
Supports:
None.

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Supported by:
None.

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

Analysis

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

Ralf joins with good base stats (apart from magic), an A-rank in swords, and a C-rank in axes. His C-rank in axes is deceptive – he has 40 weapon experience, so a couple of axe swings will get him to B-rank. There are no A-rank axes in Thracia 776, so B-rank is enough to use every non-personal axe in the game. The Master Axe is especially notable as it gives him a decent 1-2 range option. This makes Ralf a good combat unit with no investment. Ralf's growth rates are unimpressive, but his base stats are enough for the remainder of the game.

Ralf has no special traits to speak of - he is a good filler unit with solid stats who joins halfway through Thracia. While he has no utility outside of combat, he is good at what he does.

Personality

Ralf has very little dialogue for a playable character. Regardless, he is shown to be a generous individual; he works to defend a village in the mountains from roaming brigands; he does so only in exchange for somewhere to sleep.[1] He is unwilling to accept pay from the villagers as they already have virtually nothing.[2] When Leif's forces arrive during Chapter 15 and assist him in defeating the bandits he offers to join Leif's cause purely to fight against the Grannvale empire.[3]

Endings

Ralf, Wandering Mercenary
Putting down his sword, Ralf took up farming to help rebuild Thracia's trampled lands. Nothing else about him remains in the records.

Quotes

Death quotes

Damn... Guess I can't see the end...to this war...
— Ralf

Escape quotes

Damn, just I was getting warmed up...
— Ralf

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 1
(2017)
727 Portrait ralf fe05 cyl.png
Ralf
Thracia 776
53
CYL 2
(2018)
731
(+4)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
48
(−5)
CYL 3
(2019)
634
(−3)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
55
(+7)
CYL 4
(2020)
672
(−11)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
65
(+10)
CYL 5
(2021)
673
(+1)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
52
(−13)
CYL 6
(2022)
625
(−50)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
74
(+22)
CYL 7
(2023)
649
(+24)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
48
(−26)
CYL 8
(2024)
714
(+65)
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Ralf
Thracia 776
37
(−11)
Total results This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 432

Trivia

  • According to Thracia 776's website, Ralf was designed to look 30 years old.[4]

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Ralf

Used in official websites.

English
(unofficial)

• Ralf
• Ralph

Japanese

ラルフ

Officially romanized as Ralf. Ralf, commonly spelled Ralph in English, is a Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse Ráðúlfr, which is composed of ráð ("counsel") and úlfr ("wolf").[5]

Spanish

Ralf

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French

Ralf

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German

Ralf

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Italian

Ralf

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Portuguese

Ralf

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Traditional Chinese

勞夫

Ralf

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Portrait ralf fe05.png Ma snes03 mercenary other.gif Mercenary Ma snes03 mercenary playable.gif
Bs fe05 ralf mercenary sword.png
Sword
(Iron Blade)
Bs fe05 ralf mercenary axe.png
Axe
(Hand Axe)

References

  1. "They gave me a place to sleep, so I'm helping them out in return." — Ralf to Leif, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
  2. "Nope, I wasn't hired. Of course, I wouldn't think of taking money from a penniless village like this." — Ralf to Leif, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
  3. "I can't stand the Empire's tyranny. Is that good enough?" — Ralf to Leif, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
  4. Character ~登場人物の紹介~, ファイアーエムブレム トラキア776, Retrieved: 11 April, 2017
  5. Meaning, origin and history of the name Ralph, Behind the Name, Retrieved: 26 December, 2019
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