Dolph

Dolph Artwork of Dolph from Mystery of the Emblem.

Gender Male Race Human Starting class Knight Voiced by Shinichiro Ohta (Japanese, Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga) Appearance(s) Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Archanea Saga Shadow Dragon New Mystery of the Emblem

“	I've given up my position and have left Emperor Hardin's side. There is no justice left in Archanea. But justice lies in your Altea. And that is why I've come to you.	”	— Dolph

Dolph (Japanese: トムス Tomth) is a knight of the Holy Kingdom of Archanea. He was one of the retinue of knights who assisted in Princess Nyna's doomed escape attempt from Pales at the onset of the War of Shadows, and was captured and imprisoned for the rest of the war, until Nyna returned with Marth's forces to reclaim Pales. After the war, he departed the Archanean army, displeased with Hardin's ascension to the throne; in the War of Heroes, he offered his assistance to Marth in reclaiming Altea.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Role

Dolph was imprisoned with Boah, Midia, Macellan and Tomas, in a cell in Pales under the occupation of Volzhin and the forces of Dolhr. During Marth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Dolph and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Knight Level 4 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Chapter 12, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 20 Speed 5 Strength 8 Luck 3 Skill 6 Defense 12 W. Level 7 Resistance 0 Max HP 70% Speed 30% Strength 30% Luck 10% Skill 40% Defense 20% W. Level 70% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory -- Weapons Sword ✓ Lance ✓ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗ Ballista ✗ Stone ✗

Analysis

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

Dolph joins almost halfway through through the game in Chapter 12, and he offers very little to justify deploying him. He has a speed of 5 with a growth of 30%, meaning he will likely get doubled by most units by that point in the game. He has a strength of 8 with a growth of 30%, and considering he can't double most units he will struggle to deal significant damage. His weapon level of 7 accentuates this problem, as he is unable to use powerful weapons like the Silver Sword and Levin Sword, at best he can use some solid lances like the Silver Lance and Javelin, but he still has a fairly mediocre weapon selection that compounds with his other flaws. His high weapon level growth of 70% can help him reach a decent level, but his other flaws make it hard to justify training him to reach that point. His defense is decent at 12, but it can still be surpassed by many stronger units, and it has a fairly weak growth of 20%. Perhaps his biggest weakness is that he only has a movement of 5, which causes him to get left behind by the units that can cross more distance, and his other stats hardly make up for this fatal flaw. His growths aren't strong enough to build him up into a stronger unit, with his only decent growths being his HP and weapon level, and weapon level is the only significant stat he has a good growth in. Dolph can be used as a replacement unit if you have lost enough of your units, but otherwise he is hard to justify using.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Role

As in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Dolph was imprisoned with Boah, Midia, Macellan and Tomas, in a cell in Pales under the occupation of Volzhin and the forces of Dolhr. During Marth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Dolph and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Armored Knight Level 4 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Chapter 10, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 21 Luck 3 Strength 8 W. Level 7 Skill 6 Defense 13 Speed 5 Resistance 0 Max HP 70% Luck 10% Strength 30% W. Level 70% Skill 40% Defense 20% Speed 30% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items -- -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✓ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
General	+x to 28	+2	+1	+3	+0	+4	+3	+0	+x to 10

• In Mystery of the Emblem, promotion gains for HP and Weapon Level consist of giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class's base value. If the character's value for one of those two stats is higher than their promoted class's base value, they will not receive any bonus in that stat.

Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga

Role

When the army of Dolhr came to lay siege to Pales at the onset of the War of Shadows, Dolph was part of the band of knights convened by Boah to lead Princess Nyna to safety. The group was instead cornered by Dolhr's forces and was forced to try and fight its way out. In the end, they were defeated and captured upon the arrival of Camus, and were imprisoned in the palace, where they remained for three years until Marth arrived with Nyna.

Starting stats and growth rates

Armored Knight Level 1 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Episode I, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 21 Luck 3 Strength 8 W. Level 7 Skill 6 Defense 13 Speed 5 Resistance 0 Max HP 70% Luck 10% Strength 30% W. Level 70% Skill 40% Defense 20% Speed 30% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items Steel Lance Javelin -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✓ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Role

As in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Dolph was imprisoned with Boah, Midia, Macellan and Tomas, in a cell in Pales under the occupation of Volzhin and the forces of Dolhr. During Marth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Dolph and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Knight Level 4 Movement 5

Recruitment: Chapter 12, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 22 Speed 5 Strength 8 Luck 3 Magic 0 Defense 13 Skill 6 Resistance 0 Max HP 70% Speed 30% Strength 30% Luck 10% Magic 0% Defense 45% Skill 40% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory -- Weapon Levels -- C -- -- -- --

Growth rates when reclassed

Mercenary/Hero Fighter/Warrior Hunter/Horseman Pirate/Berserker Dark Mage/Sorcerer

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Mercenary/Hero	70%	35%	0%	45%	50%	10%	20%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Fighter/Warrior	90%	55%	0%	35%	40%	10%	15%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Hunter/Horseman	50%	35%	0%	35%	55%	10%	20%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Pirate/Berserker	90%	55%	0%	35%	40%	10%	15%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Dark Mage/Sorcerer	30%	0%	25%	40%	50%	10%	0%	20%	{{{cha}}}

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Promotion stat gains

Dark Mage Fighter Hunter Knight Mercenary Pirate

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sorcerer	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0	+3	+0	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Warrior	+6	+2	+0	+1	+1	+0	+2	+1	+1	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Horseman	+2	+0	+1	+2	+2	+0	+3	+3	+3	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
General	+10	+2	+1	+1	+4	+0	+4	+3	+1	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Hero	+6	+2	+1	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Berserker	+6	+2	+0	+1	+1	+0	+2	+0	+1	+30

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Analysis

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

Dolph joins in Chapter 12 of Shadow Dragon as a level 4 Knight. His base stats are poor outside of defense, and he will get doubled by all enemies in higher difficulties. His base C rank in lances allows him to use the Ridersbane and the Dragonpike, so he can deal effective damage to enemy cavalry and dragons. Dolph's growths are actually quite good and he has easily the best defense growth among all the default armored units, in addition to possessing good speed growth. Dolph's only weak point in growth is his luck stat.

Dolph is six levels away from promotion, but he struggles to reach and defeat enemies at that point as a Knight, and thus struggles to gain experience he sorely needs. His growth rates, as mentioned before, are quite good and they can be improved through reclassing, but doing so will prevent him from using his high lance level of C.

The key problem Dolph faces is that most other units at that point outclass him; many other units can use effective lances when Dolph joins, and they will likely be at a higher level, have better stats, and possibly be promoted.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Role

When Marth's liberation army arrived at Altea during the War of Heroes, Dolph arrived shortly after they did, offering his assistance and services to Marth's forces; Macellan followed shortly thereafter.

Starting stats and growth rates

Main Story Extra chapters

General Level 5 Movement 6

Recruitment: Chapter 15, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 38 Speed 11 Strength 15 Luck 5 Magic 1 Defense 18 Skill 12 Resistance 5 Max HP 90% Speed 20% Strength 60% Luck 40% Magic 0% Defense 55% Skill 60% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Silver Lance Javelin Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- B -- D -- --

Knight Level 3 Movement 5

Recruitment: New Archanea Saga Episode I, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 21 Speed 5 Strength 8 Luck 3 Magic 0 Defense 13 Skill 6 Resistance 0 Max HP 90% Speed 20% Strength 60% Luck 40% Magic 0% Defense 55% Skill 60% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Lance Javelin Weapon Levels -- D -- -- -- --

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Growth rates when reclassed

Original set

Hero Warrior Horseman Berserker Sorcerer

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Hero	80%	65%	0%	65%	40%	40%	35%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Warrior	100%	85%	0%	65%	30%	40%	30%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Horseman	70%	65%	0%	55%	45%	40%	30%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Berserker	100%	75%	0%	55%	50%	40%	25%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sorcerer	50%	30%	20%	60%	40%	40%	10%	25%	{{{cha}}}

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Second set

These classes are only available after beating Hard Mode.

Paladin Dracoknight Sniper Swordmaster Sage/Bishop

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Paladin	70%	60%	0%	65%	35%	40%	40%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Dracoknight	60%	55%	0%	60%	45%	40%	35%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sniper	70%	55%	0%	60%	50%	40%	35%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Swordmaster	70%	55%	0%	60%	50%	40%	30%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sage/Bishop	50%	30%	20%	60%	40%	40%	10%	25%	{{{cha}}}

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Analysis

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

Dolph's base stats are very unimpressive considering his late joining time. He joins as a General, allowing him access to bows and lances. His lance rank is actually very good at B, allowing him to use good effective weapons like the Dragonpike and the Ridersbane. However, his bow rank is only D, which prevents him from using good bows. He is also unlikely to level up his bow rank much throughout the rest of the game, making his 2-range utility low. This automatically makes Dolph worse than Macellan, who joins around the same time, also as a General, but with B rank in both bows and lances, which gives him access to the Silver Bow, Killer Bow and Brave Bow. Dolph has no such benefits.

Reclassing Dolph to another class makes his defenses extremely poor, because his base Defense is low and most of his bulk comes from the General class he joins as. As such, he usually retains the most usefulness if he is kept as a General. Dolph is a usable unit, but his unimpressive base stats and lower bow rank really hurt his power in the higher difficulties.

Personality and character

Dolph's personality receives almost no exploration in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remakes and sequels. However, his death quotes imply he is strongly loyal to Princess Nyna. Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem gives slightly more insight into his character; he has a strong enough sense of justice to desert Hardin when he becomes a tyrant, and he enjoys eating.

Supports

Mystery of the Emblem

Dolph Knight Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} Supported by: None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}}

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

Shadow Dragon

Dolph Knight Mutual supports: Macellan Knight C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 Tomas Archer C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 Midia Paladin C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Boah Bishop C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co2}}} B: {{{bo2}}} A: {{{ao2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co3}}} B: {{{bo3}}} A: {{{ao3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

See Support § DS games for more details on supports.

New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow

Dolph General Mutual supports: Macellan General C: 3 B: 6 A: -- Tomas Sniper C: 3 B: 6 A: -- Midia Paladin C: 2 B: 4 A: -- [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Kris Mercenary C: 3 B: 6 A: -- [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co2}}} B: {{{bo2}}} A: {{{ao2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co3}}} B: {{{bo3}}} A: {{{ao3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

See Support § DS games for more details on supports.

Base conversations

Main article: Dolph/Conversations

Endings

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Dolph
Throws himself into efforts to rebuild villages destroyed during the fighting.

Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Archanea knight Dolph
On becoming a general he retired from the army.

Shadow Dragon

Spitting Image - Dolph
Dolph had a short career as a general before leaving the army. Some said the move was a tacit rejection of the king-to-be.

New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow

Dolph, Spitting Image
Dolph politely declined requests to return to the Archanean army. He continued to help with the reconstruction on the Archanean border.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Nyna, please forgive me...	”	— Dolph, in Mystery of the Emblem Book 1.

“	Forgive me...Princess Nyna...	”	— Dolph, in Shadow Dragon.

“	May peace come... to Archanea... My motherland...	”	— Dolph's death quote in Classic Mode in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Was I... too big-headed...? I got to withdraw...	”	— Dolph's retreat quote in Casual Mode in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Ugh... Forgive me... Princess Nyna...	”	— Dolph, in New Archanea Saga Episode I of New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Princess Nyna, somehow, please be safe...	”	— Dolph, in Episode I of Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga.

Everyone's Conditions quotes

“	Yeah, I'm in perfect condition today! I'm gonna eat all I can!	”	— When receiving a temporary stat boost in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Hmm, training weren't half bad. I'm hungry; time to eat!	”	— When receiving experience in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Huh? What... is this?	”	— When finding an item in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	I'm hungry! Is it time to eat yet?	”	— When failing to receive a bonus in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	What? How'd you do that?! How'd you eat faster than me...? Oh, it's you, Kris...	”	— When receiving support with Kris in New Mystery of the Emblem.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
New Mystery of the Emblem	Former general of Archanea. A honest man who left the army after the War of Shadows.*	元アカネイアの将軍。実直な性格。暗黒戦争ではアカネイア 騎士としてマルスの仲間になったが、その後、軍を退いた。

Trivia

• Dolph shares his Japanese name with Thomas from TearRing Saga: Yutona Heroes War Chronicles.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dolph	Short form of Adolph, an English variation of the German Adolf, "noble wolf". Association with German dictator Adolf Hitler has rendered use of the original names near-nonexistent, but Dolph is still in use.
Japanese	トムス	Officially romanized as Tomth. May be a corruption of "Tom", the short form of "Thomas", from the Aramaic תָּאוֹמָא, Ta'oma, "twin" this could be in reference to Dolph's near-identicality to Macellan.
Spanish	Dolph	--
French	Dolph	--
German	Dolph	--
Italian	Dolph	--
Portuguese	Dolph	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	湯姆斯	Tomth; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Heroes.

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Dolph from Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light.

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  Artwork of Dolph from the Trading Card Game.

References

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