Tethys

Tethys Artwork of Tethys from The Sacred Stones. A beautiful and charming dancer from Jehanna.

Gender Female Race Human Family Ewan (younger brother) Starting class Dancer Appearance(s) Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Tethys (Japanese: テティス Tethys) is a dancer who appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. She is from the country of Jehanna, a country on the continent of Magvel. She is the older sister of Ewan and a member of Gerik's mercenary company. Since she is a dancer, she cannot fight. However, she still aids allies by dancing for them and letting them move another turn.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Role

Tethys first appears in a village in Chapter 5, in which she states that the performance is already over. However, she states that a wealthy viewer left her with many gifts, and she gives a Dragonshield to whoever visits the village. She states that wealth is useless if it's not used to benefit others.

Later, she appears in the middle of the game either in Eirika or Ephraim's route. Either way, she is hired by Innes to help him on his way to the country of Jehanna. In Eirika's route, she appears in Chapter 10 with Gerik and Innes, trapped in a fortress in Carcino. After Innes chooses to leave Gerik and Tethys, she stays with Gerik and they fend for themselves. However, Eirika reaches them and convinces them to join her army.

Alternatively, in Ephraim's route, Innes sends them to help Ephraim. They appear in Chapter 13, and first meet Myrrh and tell her where Ephraim is. They are trapped quite far away from Ephraim with few supplies, but they manage to survive against Grado troops until Ephraim arrives to help them. Afterwards, Tethys joins Ephraim and helps to dance for the other soldiers for the rest of the game.

Starting stats and growth rates

Dancer Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment: Eirika's route: Chapter 10, speak to with Gerik or Innes If Gerik dies in chapter 10, Tethys also leaves Ephraim's route: Chapter 13, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 18 Luck 10 Magic 1 Defense 5 Skill 2 Resistance 4 Speed 12 Constitution 5 Movement 5 Aid 4 Max HP 85% Luck 80% Magic 5% Defense 30% Skill 10% Resistance 75% Speed 70% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Elixir Vulnerary* Goddess Icon Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Personality and character

Tethys is a very graceful and beautiful woman who is confident in herself and her dancing abilities. She is quite sociable and often can be teasing and playful. To those she is close to, Tethys is very caring, such as how she cares greatly for her brother Ewan and acts as a maternal figure to Artur. Although she warns Ewan that the battlefield is a dangerous place that, at least to her, he is too young for, she still accepts that he is growing up. She also is quite observant, such as when she notices that Marisa is left-handed.

Tethys is the sister of Ewan, a young novice mage. She and Ewan were abandoned when they were just children, and they lived in the streets alone. However, Tethys worked hard to help Ewan by trying to imitate the moves of a street dancer. She fell many times and become covered in cuts and bruises, but she did it for a better life, so she would not have to see Ewan cry. Eventually, she was able to make a living with her dance, as well as raise her brother on her own. How she met Gerik is unknown, but she is currently a loyal and steadfast member of Gerik's mercenary group. As part of the group, she is also a friend of Marisa. Both Tethys and Marisa have feelings for Gerik, but either one can marry him depending on which girl has an A support level with him.

Supports

Main article: Tethys/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Tethys, Beloved Dancer
She danced from city to city, and the entire continent became her stage. Her fame grew and grew, and large crowds gathered wherever she performed.

Gerik and Tethys
Gerik and Tethys remained bound to no nation and beholden to no authority. They bought themselves a leisurely retirement. Gerik taught fencing to city youths, and Tethys found many stages on which to dance.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Tethys	Tethys was a titan in Greek mythology who was the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife of Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids.
Spanish	Tethys
French	Tethys
German	Tethys
Italian	Tethys

Trivia

• Tethys' dance music is a remix of Larum's theme as she is being attacked on the enemy phase in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
• There is a small typo in Tethys's B support with Gerik where Tethys says "Because if were to cry, he would cry." This line is missing an "I" between "if" and "were".
• In Tethys`s C support with Marisa, in the Japanese version Tethys asks Marisa why she sleeps on her left side. This is incorrect as Marisa is left-handed and Marisa explains how she sleeps with her dominant arm up. The English version corrects this to so that Tethys asks Marisa why she sleeps on her right side.

Gallery

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References

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