Halvan

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Halvan Artwork of Halvan from Thracia 776.

Gender Male Race Human Family Patricia (younger sister) Starting class Axe Fighter Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	Yeah, Halvan, I'm sure the village will appreciate your patient attitude while everyone's being rounded up and jailed!	”	— Osian to Halvan in Chapter 1: The Warrior of Fiana

Halvan (Japanese: ハルヴァン Halvan) is a playable Axe Fighter in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Halvan was with the Fiana Freeblades on a job outside of Fiana when it was attacked by the forces of Munster led by Weissmann, during which Nanna and Mareeta were kidnapped by Raydrik. Halvan worked with the rest of the Freeblades to drive out Munster's forces, after which him and the other members of the Freeblades accompanied Leif to rescue the captives. Halvan was separated from Leif after their assault on Kelbeth fortress when Leif was captured by Raydrik. He, along with Osian and Ronan, was arrested by Hannibal, having been mistaken for bandits, and was held at Meath Castle. They were reunited with Leif when Leif sought refuge in Meath and explained that the captive Freeblades were his friends; there were released and rejoined Leif's liberation army. Later during their attack on Dagdar's bandits in Mount Violdrake, Halvan could potentially persuade Marty to join them. Afterwards, Halvan accompanies Leif's liberation army until at least the liberation of Munster. His involvement, if any, with the war after Leif's forces merged with Seliph's is unknown, as he does not appear in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

Starting stats and growth rates

Axe Fighter Level 2 Action --

Recruitment: Chapter 1, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 28 Speed 7 Strength 7 Luck 2 Magic 0 Defense 5 Skill 7 Constitution 12 Movement 6 FCM 4 Max HP 80% Speed 30% Strength 40% Luck 30% Magic 5% Defense 30% Skill 20% Constitution 30% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Iron Axe Vantage Weapon Levels -- -- D -- -- -- -- -- -- --

As with most of the rest of Leif's party, Halvan is forced to temporarily leave after Chapter 3, if he is still alive and has not been captured at that point. He automatically rejoins the party at the end of Chapter 7.

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Mercenary	+0	+2	+1	+3	+3	+0	+3	+0	+0	+100 WEXP

Analysis

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

Halvan is available from the start of Thracia 776. He is a level 2 Axe Fighter with solid base stats, a high FCM of 4, and the Vantage skill. These traits make him a good combat unit in the early chapters.

Halvan is often compared to Osian since they share availability and classes. But despite their frequent comparison, Halvan is much worse than Osian. He lacks access to the tools Osian has, which makes Halvan the worse unit between the two.

Halvan cannot use the excellent Vouge personal axe and has no alternative for it. Halvan receives the Brave Axe in Chapter 1, but anyone can use it - for example, Dagdar. That said, he can make use of Vantage combined with the Brave Axe. Since Thracia 776 Vantage works even above 50% HP, all Halvan needs to do is enter enemy range. Then, he can kill 1-range enemies on enemy phase before they can damage him.

While Halvan's FCM of 4 is high, there are no high-crit axes available early. This is a problem for Halvan, because it prevents him from reaching 100% crit chance on the second attack. Osian does not have this problem, because he has Wrath, and the Vouge axe has a crit bonus. Osian also has more supports than Halvan does. Halvan is only supported by Eyvel, who becomes unavailable after the early game. He does not support anyone himself, either.

This leads to another problem with Halvan - he has no effective way of dealing with low hitrates. Osian can use the Vouge, which has high accuracy. Since Osian has Wrath and the Vouge has a crit chance bonus, he can also rely on critical hits on both combat phases. All Halvan can do is hope he hits. Since his skill growth is low, low hitrates will become a problem for him later in the game.

The player can boost Halvan's skill growth with Crusader Scrolls to mitigate this issue. In fact, Halvan is one of the best users of the Od Scroll obtained in chapter 6. It grants +30% skill growth, raising Halvan's growth from a low 20% to a good 50%. Having higher skill mitigates Halvan's accuracy problems and increases his crit rate. Every point of crit helps him use his FCM of 4 to its full potential.

Halvan lacks several advantages Osian has, making him a worse unit than Osian. But even so, he is a solid combat unit in his own right and has high availability. While he may not excel as much as combat gods like Osian, Finn and Dagdar, he can still help.

Personality and character

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Supports

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

Endings

Halvan, Layman Turned Hero
After Eyvel departed Fiana, Halvan took up the role of village leader. He quickly demonstrated his talent for leadership, and Fiana developed and expanded under his wise rule. Nowadays, Fiana is the envy of every village on Thracia's east coast.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Ma... Pa... I'm sorry... I... lasted as long as I could...	”	— Halvan

Escape quotes

“	Now comes the real battle...	”	— Halvan

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Halvan is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Halvan
	Quiet Hero, Halvan
		"Settle down. The imperials’ll easily take us all out if we just charge back in unprepared."
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Axe Fighter		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Fighter's Expertise: [Always] During your turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Capture: [Trigger] [] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy, you may pay the cost, and if you do: Draw a card.
	Card #B10-012N • Artist: Akihiro Mibuta
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Halvan .

Trivia

• One of the attract mode cutscenes in Thracia 776 shows Halvan sparring with Orsin.
• According to Thracia 776's website, Halvan was designed to look 19 years old.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Halvan	Used in the Meet some of the Heroes website.
English (unofficial)	Havan	Used in the Shaya fan translation
Japanese	ハルヴァン	Officially romanized as Halvan.
Spanish	Halvan	--
French	Halvan	--
German	Halvan	--
Italian	Halvan	--
Portuguese	Halvan	--
Traditional Chinese	哈爾旺	Halvan

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
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  Artwork of Halvan from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

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  Portrait artwork of Halvan from Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.

References

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