Jiol

Jiol Artwork of Jiol from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

Gender Male Race Human Family Sheena (daughter) Title(s) King of Gra Starting class General Appearance(s) Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Shadow Dragon

“	Blast...I deserve the same protection as the rest of the Empire! Betraying Altea was Gharnef's idea! Let...let him fight the brat! Don't just stand there, DO something! I don't want to die!	”	— Jiol, on hearing of Marth's approach

Jiol (Japanese: ジオル Jiol) was the king of Gra in the years of the War of Shadows, and the father of Sheena, who was born from his second wife. At the dawn of the war, while Altea and Gra's forces were in Gra fighting the Grust invasion, Gharnef appeared and persuaded Jiol to turn on Altea. Jiol agreed, and the strike unleashed by the soldiers of Gra caught Altea's army unexpectedly, wiping them out and resulting in the death of King Cornelius. Afterward, the combined Gra/Grust army launched an assault on Castle Altea, and Jiol personally took to the pursuit of Marth along with a contingent of knights, but was successfully tricked and led away from Marth by Frey's decoy sacrifice. Years later, Marth and his army stormed Gra, killing Jiol and leaving the remains of Gra in the hands of Sheena.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Role

Upon learning of Marth's approach toward Gra following his reclamation of Altea, Jiol panicked upon learning he had no substantial backup against Marth's might, being left with nothing but Macedonian Pegasus Knights for reinforcements and claiming that among Dolhr's allies no-one seemed to care to offer Gra the same protections shared among the others.

Stats

General Level 5 Movement 5 Experience 64

Stats Max HP 34 Speed 6 Strength 11 Luck 0 Skill 3 Defense 16 W. Level 15 Resistance 0

Inventory Drops Silver Sword Silver Sword Weapons Sword ✓ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗ Ballista ✗ Stone ✗

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Role

As in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, upon learning of Marth's approach toward Gra following his reclamation of Altea, Jiol panicked upon learning he had no substantial backup against Marth's might, being left with nothing but Macedonian Pegasus Knights for reinforcements and claiming that among Dolhr's allies no-one seemed to care to offer Gra the same protections shared among the others. Engaging Marth's forces in battle, Jiol briefly lamented that he should have wiped out Marth and his forces when he had the chance, and died in the battle. With his last breath, he thought of Sheena.

Stats

General Level 5 Movement 5 Experience 75

Stats Max HP 41 Luck -- Strength 12 W. Level -- Skill 7 Defense 18 Speed 6 Resistance 3

Weapons Items Silver Lance Silver Lance Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✓ Axe ✗ Bow ✗ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Role

Shortly after his betrayal of Altea and the fall of Cornelius, Jiol led a troupe of powerful Gra knights to pursue Marth in his escape attempt, cornering him in a locked fort. On the advice of Malledus, Frey disguised himself as Marth and fled to the south, successfully luring Jiol and his men away. Upon learning of the deception, Jiol furiously bade his men kill Frey as painfully as possible; Frey survived the encounter, if severely wounded, and eventually rejoined the Altean army.

Years later, as in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, upon learning of Marth's approach toward Gra following his reclamation of Altea, Jiol panicked upon learning he had no substantial backup against Marth's might, being left with nothing but Macedonian Pegasus Knights for reinforcements and claiming that among Dolhr's allies no-one seemed to care to offer Gra the same protections shared among the others. Engaging Marth's forces in battle, Jiol briefly lamented that he should have wiped out Marth and his forces when he had the chance, and died in the battle.

Stats

Stats with a decimal can vary randomly; the decimal represents the chance for the stat to increase to the nearest integer, or be otherwise truncated.

Normal Hard-1 Hard-2 Hard-3 Hard-4 Hard-5

General Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 34 Speed 6 Strength 11 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 16 Skill 3 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Killer Bow Weapon Levels -- B -- B -- --

General Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 36.7 Speed 6.6 Strength 11.9 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 16 Skill 3.9 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Killer Bow Weapon Levels -- B -- B -- --

General Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 39.4 Speed 7.2 Strength 12.8 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 16 Skill 4.8 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Killer Bow Weapon Levels -- B -- B -- --

General Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 42.1 Speed 7.8 Strength 13.7 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 16 Skill 5.7 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Killer Bow Weapon Levels -- B -- B -- --

General Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 44.8 Speed 8.4 Strength 14.6 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 16 Skill 6.6 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Killer Bow Weapon Levels -- B -- B -- --

General Level 5 Movement --

Stats Max HP 47.5 Speed 9 Strength 15.5 Luck 0 Magic 1 Defense 16 Skill 7.5 Resistance 3

Inventory Silver Lance Killer Bow Weapon Levels -- A -- A -- --

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Personality and character

Jiol was demonstrated to be, post-betrayal of Altea, a cowardly and malicious ruler, seemingly fuelled by the self-serving perspective of whether or not he was in control of the situation at any given time. When he believed himself to have the upper hand in a matter, he was a clear and efficient commander, sometimes bordering into pure bloodthirstiness when especially so or when angered. On the other hand, he did not take kindly to the idea of his grasp on a situation being undermined, reacting angrily to trickery, or breaking down into panic when the tide of events is turned against him.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	You Altean rabble! I should have ground you into the dust when I had the chance!	”	— Jiol in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

“	Altea's fallen soldiers... I should have killed you all when I had the chance.	”	— Jiol in Mystery of the Emblem

“	Grr... Altean rabble! I should have killed you stragglers back when I had a chance!	”	— Jiol in Shadow Dragon

Death quotes

“	The Kingdom of Gra... is done for... My daughter... Sheena... You must... for me...	”	— Jiol in Mystery of the Emblem

“	Thus falls...the mighty kingdom...of Gra...	”	— Jiol in Shadow Dragon

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Jiol
Japanese	ジオル	Officially romanized as Jiol.
Spanish	Jiol	--
French	Jiol	--
German	Jiol	--
Italian	Jiol	--
Portuguese	Jiol	--
Traditional Chinese	格拉	Jiol

Gallery

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  Artwork of Jiol from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  Jiol, as depicted in New Mystery of the Emblem.

References

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