Duma

Duma Duma as he appears in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A divine dragon who founded the Rigelian Empire.

Gender Male Race God (Gaiden) Divine Dragon (worshiped as a god; Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Family Mila (younger sister) Title(s) War Father Starting class Fell God Voiced by Darin De Paul (English, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Josh Petersdorf (English, Heroes) Banjō Ginga (Japanese, Shadows of Valentia, Heroes) Appearance(s) Gaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Heroes

“	Men are weak. Our duty as gods is to make them strong. Our hands must be firm.	”	— Duma

Duma (Japanese: ドーマ Doma) is one of the two gods of Valentia, also known as the War Father (Japanese: 戦神 war god). He is the brother of the Earth Mother Mila, and the patron deity of the nation of Rigel. In ancient times, Valentia was split into two nations in a pact between the two conflicting gods, and Duma's beliefs in strength above all else shaped Rigel into a powerful and heartless empire.

Biography

Shaping Valentia

In Valentia's distant past, Duma once dwelled on the continent in exile along with Mila, but he grew to hate humanity's descent into corruption, and the two siblings came into conflict over their different views of an ideal world. Duma and Mila engaged in a long, violent struggle to determine whose ideals should shape Valentia, dragging Valentia into an age of darkness. The struggle eventually came to an end through a pact the two made, dividing the land in two, giving each sibling one half to rule as they saw fit. Duma took the northern half, which became the kingdom of Rigel, and his belief that power was everything guided it into becoming a harsh, militaristic empire with little room for kindness.

Thousands of years later, in the year 604, Duma was involved in the instigation of an all-out war between Zofia and Rigel by providing Falchion to Rigel's Emperor Rudolf in order to imprison Mila. Following this, Zofia fell to a coup by its Chancellor Desaix, then to a successful invasion from Rigel. In response to these actions, Alm led a revolutionary army to defeat Rigel while Celica set out to find what happened to Mila.

Their efforts culminated with Alm leading an assault on Duma's Altar, in which Celica was being imprisoned by the priest Jedah. The two engaged Duma and his force of priests and monster servants in battle, which ended with Alm defeating Duma using Falchion. With this defeat, Duma entrusted the welfare of Valentia and its people to Alm and Celica, and bade them to rule more justly and balanced than he or Mila ever did.

Legacy

Thousands of years after his defeat at Alm's hands, the site of Duma's resting place, somewhere in Valentia's south-west, became a volcano known as the Demon's Ingle, and was the site of Chrom's battle with Yen'fay. Notably, the Demon's Ingle is not anywhere near Duma's actual place of defeat. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia's ending clarifies that Alm and Celica moved his and Mila's remains.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Role

Duma is the final boss of Fire Emblem Gaiden, confronted at Duma's Altar in Act 5. All units are capable of fighting Duma until his HP has been reduced to less than 52, after which point he cannot be damaged any further by anything except Alm's Falchion or the Nosferatu spell. After this point, units without these who attempt to attack him will do nothing at all and the battle text will say that "their attack was sealed", and leave themselves open to be counterattacked by Duma.

Stats

See also: The Final Battle

Fell God Level 20

Stats Max HP 182 Luck 0 Strength 20 Defense 20 Skill 10 Resistance 20 Speed 10 Movement 5

Equipment Spells Tentacle Ocular Beam Oculus Weapons Sword ✗ Axe ✗ B. Magic ✗ Lance ✗ Bow ✗ W. Magic ✗

Fire Emblem Awakening

Role

While Duma himself does not appear, he is mentioned as part of the Demon's Ingle location, which is known in Japanese as Doma's Remains. Like with several other locations on Valentia that appear in Awakening, the location of the Demon's Ingle is not in the location of Duma's Altar, and thus the location of his actual defeat. Duma's name is also listed as one of many Fire Emblem locations a player can select as their home on their StreetPass profile card.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Role

Duma reprises his role as the final boss of Act 5.

He also appears in the final Memory Prism, which shows him and his sister ending the war between them and forging their divine accord.

Stats

See also: The Final Battle

Normal Hard

Fell God Level 30

Stats Max HP 182 Luck 0 Attack 30 Defense 20 Skill 10 Resistance 20 Speed 10 Movement 2

Item Skills -- Ocular Beam Oculus Conjure* Tentacle Upheaval Nullify Ailments Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓

Fell God Level 40

Stats Max HP 200 Luck 0 Attack 32 Defense 20 Skill 15 Resistance 20 Speed 10 Movement 3

Item Skills -- Ocular Beam Oculus Conjure* Tentacle Upheaval Nullify Ailments Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓

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Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

There are two different variations of Duma available to Heroes, both of which are tied to his storyline appearance in Echoes: Shadows of Awakening. The normal variations of Duma is the game's second Mythic Hero, and as such was added to the game in a dedicated Mythic Hero update, and was made available for summoning as part of a summoning event released on January 31, 2018. A Halloween variaton of Duma was made available on October 6, 2022 as part of the summoning event surrounding the launch of the Divine Harvest update; this variation is a Duo Hero, teamed up with Mila.

Duma: God of Strength

Starting stats

Duma: God of Strength is only available at 5★ rarity.

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type Mythic Hero

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 23/24/25 Attack 9/10/11 Speed 5/6/7 Defense 7/8/9 Resistance 6/7/8 Maximum HP 45/48/51 Attack 37/40/44 Speed 18/21/24 Defense 31/34/37 Resistance 28/31/34 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Fell Breath -- Dragon Gaze

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Rarity	SP cost
	Fire Breath	Innate
	Fire Breath+	Innate
	Flametongue	Innate
	Fell Breath	Innate
	Dragon Gaze	Innate
	Draconic Aura	★★★★★	200 SP
A	Fury 1	★★★★★	50 SP
A	Fury 2	★★★★★	100 SP
A	Fury 3	★★★★★	200 SP
A	Fury 4	★★★★★	300 SP
A	Def/Res Solo 1	★★★★★	60 SP
A	Def/Res Solo 2	★★★★★	120 SP
A	Def/Res Solo 3	★★★★★	240 SP
B	Bold Fighter 1	★★★★★	60 SP
B	Bold Fighter 2	★★★★★	120 SP
B	Bold Fighter 3	★★★★★	240 SP
C	Upheaval	★★★★★	300 SP
C	Upheaval+	★★★★★	300 SP

Duma: Strength and Love

Starting stats

Duma: Strength and Love is only available at 5★ rarity.

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 18/19/20 Attack 12/13/14 Speed 3/4/5 Defense 9/10/11 Resistance 12/13/14 Maximum HP 44/47/50 Attack 42/46/49 Speed 16/19/22 Defense 37/40/44 Resistance 40/43/47 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Ghostly Lanterns -- Night Sky

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Rarity	SP cost
	Fire Breath	Innate
	Fire Breath+	Innate
	Flametongue	Innate
	Ghostly Lanterns	Innate
	Night Sky	Innate
	Glimmer	★★★★★	200 SP
A	Distant Counter	★★★★★	300 SP
A	Distant Ferocity	★★★★★	300 SP
B	Dragon Wall 1	★★★★★	60 SP
B	Dragon Wall 2	★★★★★	120 SP
B	Dragon Wall 3	★★★★★	240 SP
C	Woeful Upheaval	★★★★★	300 SP

Personality and character

Despite his reputation as a fell god, Duma may not be inherently antagonistic, but he nonetheless came into conflict with his sister goddess Mila over their mutal conviction in their respective viewpoints. Duma strongly adhered to a philosophy of power and military prowess as being the ideal path for mankind, incompatible with Mila's devotion to pacifism. This schism led to a truce in which they divided Valentia into two nations to rule as they each saw fit, and Duma's philosophy took root in his nation Rigel. However, Duma's heavy involvement in Rigel's direction led to the nation practicing his philosophy to an unhealthy extreme, soon becoming a strict and rigid militant regime.

Duma appears to have been aware of the need to end his and Mila's influences on their nations and for Valentia to reach a more balanced state of life. It was he who provided Rigel's Emperor Rudolf with Falchion to seal Mila away, an act which—as planned by Rudolf—led directly to Alm and Celica's uprising against Rigel and Duma and reunification of Valentia.

Quotes

Battle Quote

“	Only power holds meaning. Only strength holds sway. Call to me. Thirst for me. Thirst for power!	”	— Duma, in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Death Quotes

“	Where...did mankind...find...such power...?	”	— Duma's defeat voice clip in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, if defeated with any means other than Alm's Falchion.

“	That should be enough... Hero Alm. I entrust everything to you. Inherit the will of us siblings and govern this land... Carrying both the strength of Duma as well as the love of Mila, guide the people justly... You must not repeat the same mistakes we committed. You must never again disturb our slumber...	”	— Duma, in Gaiden.

“	So be it, Alm. I leave Valentia's future to you, her hero. Take from us what lessons you will and shape her into a land to remember. Make her strong like Duma, and fill her with Mila's love. Let our grave mistakes be warnings of where not to tread as you lead her forth. Now, we shall sleep. And never shall you disturb our slumber.	”	— Duma, in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Heroes quotes

Main article: Duma/Quotes (Heroes)

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Shadows of Valentia	A divine dragon who founded the Rigelian Empire.	リゲル帝国の始祖である神竜。
Engage	Dark Emblem from Celica's realm. Embodies a conqueror who was consumed by bloodlust.	ソンブルが顕現させた闇の紋章士。 セリカと同じ異界より喚び出された存在で 狂気に侵された荒ぶる戦神の力を持つ。
Heroes (Duma: God of Strength)	God of Strength and brother of the goddess Mila. He and Mila fought over the continent of Valentia and split it in twain. Rigel, the north of Valentia, is his domain. Appears in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.	力を司る神竜。ミラの兄妹神。バレンシア大陸を巡り ミラと争い、大陸を二分し北のリゲルの地を治める。 （登場：『ファイアーエムブレム Echoes』）
Heroes (Duma: Strength and Love)	The God of Strength and Goddess of Love who once divided Valentia between them now join in Askr's harvest festival together. They appear in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.	バレンシア大陸を二分していた力の神と大地の女神。 いまは手を取り合い、異界の収穫祭に寿ぐ。 （登場：『ファイアーエムブレム　Echoes』）

Trivia

Gaiden's boxart.

• Duma's human form design from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia appears to have been based on the unknown character standing in the back center of Fire Emblem Gaiden's boxart. It is possible that the character on the box art was intended to be Duma all along, but this is unknown, as no character appearing in Gaiden resemble the looming figure on Gaiden's boxart.
  • The Duma's Helm item also resembles the helmet worn by the character on Gaiden's cover. Further cementing the resemblance and connection, aside from the item's name, is that Duma is depicted wearing the helmet on the Duma statues in the Secret Shrine.
• Duma has the highest raw single-bar HP of any character or boss in the entire Fire Emblem series, with 200 on Echoes: Shadows of Valentia's Hard difficulty. Although there are bosses in Three Houses with higher HP figures spread across multiple bars, the maximum HP in a single bar in Three Houses is 199.
• In Gaiden, a Triangle Attack that would normally deal enough damage to kill Duma will be prevented from performing a critical hit and the Triangle Attack animation will not play, but the attack's damage will still be increased by 5 as usual.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Duma	As of Fire Emblem Awakening. Derived from the Russian думать meaning "to think" or "to consider". A Duma is a Russian assembly with legislative functions.
English (unofficial)	Doma	Commonly called by this name prior to the English release of Awakening.
Japanese	ドーマ	Officially romanized as Doma. A feminine given name of the Latin origin meaning "having been tamed".
Spanish	Duma	--
French	Duma	--
German	Duma	--
Italian	Duma	--
Dutch	Duma	--
Portuguese	Duma	--
Korean	도마	Doma
Simplified Chinese	多玛	Duma
Traditional Chinese	多瑪	Duma

Gallery

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  Artwork of Duma's human form in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  Artwork of Duma's dragon form from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  Concept artwork of Duma's human form from Shadows of Valentia.

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  Duma's portrait when in dragon form.

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  Duma's portrait when in human form.

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  Battle sprite of Duma from Gaiden.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Duma: God of Strength from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: God of Strength from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: God of Strength from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: God of Strength from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: Strength and Love from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: Strength and Love from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: Strength and Love from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Duma: Strength and Love from Heroes.

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  Meet the Heroes artwork of Duma.

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  Meet the Heroes artwork of Duma.

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  Meet the Heroes artwork of Duma.

References

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