Friege

Friege

Capital Castle Friege Government Duchy; part of Grannvale Continent Jugdral

“	We Frieges are of noble rank within Grannvale.	”	— Hilda

Friege (pronounced /⁠ˈfɹi.gə⁠/^[key]; Japanese: フリージ Freege) is one of the six noble houses of the Kingdom of Grannvale. Its territory occupies the north-western corner of Grannvale, north of Yngvi and Dozel, and west of the capital Belhalla. It was founded in the year 649, shortly after the fall of the Loptrian Empire, by Thrud of the Twelve Crusaders alongside Grannvale itself and its other noble houses; its ruling family are his descendants and possess his holy bloodline, permitting them to wield the holy thunder tome Mjölnir. As with the other duchies, House Friege commands their own elite squadron of knights: the Gelb Ritter thunder mage brigade.

History

In Grann 757 the Duke of Friege of the time, Reptor, was serving as Grannvale's chancellor, but feared his power in the royal court would be undermined by the rise of Prince Kurth and his advisor, Duke Byron of Chalphy. In response, Reptor formed a power bloc in the royal court in co-operation with Lombard of Dozel in opposition to Kurth's power, and started spreading rumors of the traitorous intent of House Chalphy and its allies. This culminated in the assassination of Kurth by Lombard and the pair's successful framing of Byron and his son Sigurd for the crime, with the support of Arvis of Velthomer. Following this, Reptor was tasked with maintaining public order at the capital Belhalla, and in Grann 760 was deployed to Velthomer Castle as part of the Grannvale defense against Sigurd's army marching back from Silesse to clear his name. Reptor died in this battle at Sigurd's hands, and with him died the power promised to House Friege by Arvis in staging the coup d'etat.

The rule of House Friege was succeeded by Reptor's son Bloom, and with the conquering of almost the entire rest of Jugdral by Grannvale, the governance of three regions was entrusted to the Friege family by the newly-crowned Emperor Arvis: Bloom himself administered the Munster District as its "king", his wife Hilda was appointed "Queen of Miletos", and Agustria was also placed under their rule. The Friege family governed these regions for the following seventeen years, although their approaches differed: while Bloom was highly reluctant to permit the more heinous actions of the Loptr Church in his territory, Hilda revelled in the suffering of the Miletos people. Meanwhile, their daughter Ishtar became betrothed to Arvis's son, Prince Julius, the human vessel of Loptous. Their hold on their territories collapsed in Grann 777 when the liberation army led by Seliph freed both Munster and Miletos from their control, killing Bloom; however, Hilda survived, and she and Ishtar took part in the final confrontation with Seliph's army in Grannvale, in which they both lost and died.

Characters from Friege

Character	Description	Appears in
N/A Thrud	The "Mage Knight" of the Twelve Crusaders, and the founder of Friege.	N/A
Reptor	Duke of Friege until Grann 760.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Bloom	Reptor's eldest son and successor as Duke of Friege. Appointed "King of Munster" during the Friege occupation.	Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776
Tailtiu	Reptor's middle child. Allied with Sigurd.	Genealogy of the Holy War, Heroes
N/A Ethnia	Reptor's youngest child. Allied with Sigurd.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Hilda	Bloom's wife, of Velthomer descent. Appointed "Queen of Miletos" in the Grannvale occupation.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Ishtar	Bloom and Hilda's daughter; betrothed to Prince Julius.	Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, Awakening, Heroes
Ishtore	Bloom and Hilda's son.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Arthur	Son of Tailtiu; grew up alone in Silesse.	Genealogy of the Holy War, Awakening
Tine	Daughter of Tailtiu; forced into Bloom's service.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Amid	Son of Ethnia; grew up alone in Silesse. (Substitute character for Arthur)	Genealogy of the Holy War
Linda	Daughter of Ethnia; forced into Bloom's service. (Substitute character for Tine)	Genealogy of the Holy War
Liza	A general and tactician serving Ishtore.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Banba	The leader of three mage sisters serving Bloom.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Fotla	One of three mage sisters serving Bloom.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Eriu	One of three mage sisters serving Bloom.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Muhammad	A general of Friege, serving in the Munster District.	Genealogy of the Holy War
Ovo	A general of Friege, serving in the Munster District	Genealogy of the Holy War
Olwen	A knight of Friege, sister of Reinhardt; defected upon learning of the child hunts.	Thracia 776, Awakening, Heroes
Reinhardt	General of Friege's Gelb Ritter; brother of Olwen.	Thracia 776, Heroes
Fred	A knight of Friege; subordinate to Olwen.	Thracia 776
Ilios	A knight of Friege who dreams of nobility.	Thracia 776
Amalda	A general of Friege.	Thracia 776
Largo	A general of Friege.	Thracia 776
Kempf	A general of Friege; bears a grudge against Reinhardt.	Thracia 776
Oltoph	A knight of Friege in Kempf's service.	Thracia 776
List	A knight of Friege, fighting at Tarrah.	Thracia 776
Baldack	A general of Friege, fighting at Tarrah.	Thracia 776
Paulus	A general of Friege, fighting at Tarrah.	Thracia 776
Brook	A knight of Friege.	Thracia 776
Palman	A knight of Friege.	Thracia 776
Nikalaf	A knight of Friege.	Thracia 776
Mueller	A knight of Friege.	Thracia 776
Gustaf	A general of Friege.	Thracia 776
Wolf	A general of Friege.	Thracia 776

Genealogy

Genealogy of the House of Friege
Thrud ┇ ┇ ┇ Reptor ┏━━━━━━━┻━━━━━━┓ ━━━━━━━━┓ Hilda ═ Bloom Tailtiu Ethnia ┏━━━┻━━━┓ ┏━━┻━━┓ ┏━━┻━━┓ Ishtore Ishtar ═ Julius Arthur Tine Amid Linda
An unbroken line indicates direct descent; a dashed line (╍) indicates descent across multiple undefined generations. A double line indicates marriage or had children together; italics indicates the spouse from outside the family. Important relatives not directly connected with the Friege family are marked in gray.

Gameplay

Friege Castle in the Endgame.

Friege Castle is present as a gameplay castle in the Endgame of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is the third castle to be confronted in the chapter's course, after Dozel has been seized; its commander Hilda fights in the field when the Friege army is deployed, while Friege Castle itself is guarded by Baran of the Loptr Church.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Friege	As of Heroes.
English (unofficial)	• Freege • Freeji	• Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation. • Used in the Thracia 776 fan translation.
Japanese	フリージ	Officially romanized as Freege.
Spanish	Friege	As above
French	Friege	As above
German	Friege	As above
Italian	Friege	As above
Portuguese (Brazil)	Friege	As above
Traditional Chinese	弗立吉	Freege; used in Heroes.

Gallery

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  Map of Grannvale with Friege's location marked from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  The coat of arms of Friege from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  Friege Castle in the Endgame of Genealogy of the Holy War.