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Ilios

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Ilios

FE776 Ilios.png
Artwork of Ilios from Thracia 776.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Nationality

Friege

Starting class

Mage Knight

Appearance(s)

Thracia 776

Say, if a noble title is all you're askin' for, wouldn't that make you just a commoner? You must be a real hard worker to have made it into House Friege's army! I mean, a commoner in House Friege is like a pegasus flying with Thracia's wyvern knights!
— Karin, to Ilios

Ilios (Japanese: イリオス Eyrios) is a playable Mage Knight in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Biography


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Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Ilios is a playable character. In Chapter 16A, Ilios appear as an enemy unit, and the commander of two Arch Knights, one Troubadour, three Lance Knights, and three Cavaliers; if Olwen is either dead or unrecruited, Ilios is recruited when talked to by Karin.

Starting stats and growth rates

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Ma snes03 mage knight playable.gif Mage Knight
Level 8
Action
Authority --/★★★
Recruitment: Chapter 16A, talk with Karin if Olwen was either killed or not recruited

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP 40 Speed 14/12
Strength 10/9 Luck 14
Magic 9 Defense 10/9
Skill 13/12 Constitution 6
Movement 8/5 FCM 0
Inventory Skills
Bolting
Meisterschwert
Thoron
Sol Manual
Miracle
Sol
Weapon Levels
Swords A Lances -- Axes -- Bows -- Staves --
Fire magic D Thunder magic A FE5RankWind.png D Light magic -- Dark magic --

Supports

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Ilios
Mage Knight
Supports:
None.

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Analysis

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

Ilios joins as a great prepromoted combat unit that requires no investment thanks to his high base stats. Of a particular note is his very high bulk—with 40 HP (the third highest base in the game), 10 defense, 9 magic, along with innate Miracle and Sol, he is the bulkiest spellcaster in the game. Ilios's base weapon levels are also excellent, with an A-level in swords and thunder magic. While his fire and wind magic levels are only D, he almost never needs to use fire or wind tomes outside of the basic Wind which he has the rank for. On outdoor maps, Ilios has a horse, making him one of the player's most mobile combat units there. Even on indoor maps, he is still a good deployment choice despite having to dismount; his dismount penalties are negligible, except the loss of 3 movement and Canto. He also has an action star, giving him a 5% chance to move again after completing his turn.

Ilios does have some flaws however. His primary combat flaw is his horrible FCM of 0, preventing him from critting an enemy on a follow-up attack; thankfully, he seldom needs to crit to one-round. He has no utility outside of combat outside of being able to capture outdoors. Indoors, his movement is worse than every other promoted unit and on par with the worst of unpromoted units. Perhaps the biggest and most obvious disadvantage that has nothing to do with his performance as a unit is that he is one of the very few rare examples in the Fire Emblem series in which his recruitment eligibility is tied to the status of a specific unit, in his case, Olwen; recruiting Ilios in the first place requires Olwen be either dead or unrecruited (letting her get captured and taken out of the map, or leaving her behind in escape chapters, does not count, since she will still be alive for re-recruitment in Chapter 21x). If you're not comfortable with intentionally killing your units, you can opt to simply not recruit Olwen in Chapter 11x if you desire to recruit Ilios.

Comparison with Olwen

As Ilios and Olwen are mutually exclusive, the player must choose between the two. This comparison is made simpler due to their shared class and growth rates.

Olwen has access to Dire Thunder and the Blessed Sword, neither of which Ilios can wield. While she is available for longer, the only statistical edge she will usually possess when raised to the same level is a higher magic stat. She also has a respectable FCM of 4, as opposed to Illios's FCM of 0.

Ilios will have much better durability than Olwen when he joins while possessing similar offensive capabilities thanks to his high weapon ranks. He also has Miracle and Sol, while Olwen has no skills without manuals.

Personality


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Endings

Ilios, Aspiring Knight
In the New Kingdom of Thracia, Ilios at last achieved his dream when he was granted a title of nobility. However, the mighty warrior's skills were ill-suited for peacetime, and his government post ended in disaster. He mismanaged his district into ruin, though he was spared from punishment because of his service in the war. Reassigned to a symbolic, do-nothing post, he would often corner his subordinates and force them to listen to the same stories of his bygone glory days.

Quotes

Death quotes

After all this... I still die... a commoner...
— Ilios

Escape quotes

Tch... They think they can push me around just 'cause I'm a commoner... I can't take much more of this...
— Ilios

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 1
(2017)
623 Portrait ilios fe05 cyl.png
Ilios
Thracia 776
106
CYL 2
(2018)
665
(+42)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
83
(−23)
CYL 3
(2019)
614
(+22)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
71
(−12)
CYL 4
(2020)
700
(+16)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
50
(−21)
CYL 5
(2021)
690
(−10)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
47
(−3)
CYL 6
(2022)
664
(−28)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
58
(+11)
CYL 7
(2023)
661
(−3)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
44
(−14)
CYL 8
(2024)
648
(−13)
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Ilios
Thracia 776
53
(+9)
Total results This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 512

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

Ilios

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Ilios

Used in official websites. One of the names of the city of Troy.

English
(unofficial)

Ilios

Used in the Project Exile fan translation.

Japanese

イリオス

Officially romanized as Eyrios. The katakana literally reads "Ilios".

Spanish

Ilios

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French

Ilios

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German

Ilios

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Italian

Ilios

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Portuguese

Ilios

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Traditional Chinese

伊里歐斯

Ilios

Olson

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English
(unofficial)

Troy

Used in the Project Exile fan translation. The English name of the city he is named after.

Japanese

オルソン

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Portrait ilios fe05.png Ma snes03 mage knight enemy.gif Ma snes03 mage knight playable.gif Mage Knight Ma snes03 dismounted mage knight playable.gif
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Sword
(Iron Sword)
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Magic
(all tomes)
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Sword*
(Iron Sword)
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Magic*
(all tomes)

Official artwork

References

Project Characters.png This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Playable characters AlvaAmaldaAsbelBrightonCainCarrionCedConomorDagdarDalsinDeenDiarmuidEdaEyvelFergusFinnFredGalzusGladeHalvanHicksHomerIliosKarinLaraLeifLifisLinoanMachyuaMareetaMartyMirandaMishaNannaOlwenOsianPerneRalfRobertRonanSafySaiasSalemSaraSelphinaShannamShivaSleufTanyaTinaTroudeXavier
Non-playable characters AltenaArionAugustCoirpreDryasHannibalIshtarJuliaJuliusLewynSeliphTravant
Bosses AlphandBaldackBandolBaráthBucksBovisBrookCanisCoddaCohenCulloughCoulterDracoDvorakEichmannEisenauFardenFrausGomezGustafKempfLargoLifisLinecockListMcCloyMerlockMooreMuellerMusNikalafOltophPalmanPaulusPernePorcusRaydrikReinhardtLobosRumeiSaiasSeimetolTigrisTrumanVeldWeismannWolfXavierZaomZyle
Background characters AlfionaCalfEthlynQuan
Personal weapons Beo's SwordBragi SwordBlessed SwordBrave LanceDire ThunderDragon LanceForsetiGrafcaliburKiaLands SwordLight BrandLoptr SwordMareeta's SwordVougeRepairThiefUnlock
Chapters 1: The Warrior of Fiana • 2: The Coastal Village • 2x: The Corsair Isles • 3: Kelbeth's Gate • 4: The Dungeon • 4x: Hero on the Wind • 5: Mother and Daughter • 6: The Escape • 7: The Shield of Thracia • 8: Mount Violdrake • 8x: Dagdar's Manor • 9: The Banner of Njörun • 10: Nowell Valley • 11: Fort Dandrum • 11x: Murder Holes • 12: The Bandits of Dacia • 12x: The Dandelion • 13: The Walled City • 14: The Onslaught • 14x: Yearning to Breathe Free • 15: Two Paths • 16A: Norden Line • 17A: The Gates of Leonster • 16B: Dark Forest • 17B: The Gathering Storm • 18: The Liberation of Leonster • 19: The Empire's Wrath • 20: The Scion of Light • 21: The War of Liberation • 21x: The Prison Camp • 22: Across the River • 23: The Fiend's Lair • 24: The Baron in Black • 24x: The Loptrian AltarE: Sworn Upon a Sword
Locations JugdralMunster District (ConnachtLeonsterMunsterUlster) • Thracia (FianaTarrah)
Groups, objects and events 12 crusadersAed MassacreBattle of BelhallaCaptureChild huntsDandelion BanditsFall of LeonsterFatigueFiana FreebladesHoly BloodLifis PiratesLoptr Church (BergrosenDeadlords) • Magi
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Related topics Other games (Genealogy of the Holy WarAwakening) • Name chartPre-release information (Unused content) • Sound RoomTimeline