Karin

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Karin Artwork of Karin from Thracia 776.

Gender Female Race Human Nationality Silessean Starting class Pegasus Rider Voiced by Anairis Quiñones (English, Heroes) Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	Well, I can fly already, but I won't be doing aerial acrobatics like a knight any time soon. Still, my pegasus an' I can already understand each other really well!	”	— Karin to Leif in Chapter 4: The Dungeon

Karin (Japanese: カリン Karin) is a playable pegasus rider in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

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Starting stats and growth rates

Pegasus Rider Level 1 Action --

Recruitment: Chapter 4, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 18 Speed 14/12 Strength 4/3 Luck 12 Magic 7 Defense 4/3 Skill 4/3 Constitution 4 Movement 8/5 FCM 1 Max HP 55% Speed 70% Strength 30% Luck 70% Magic 15% Defense 15% Skill 35% Constitution 5% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills -- -- Weapon Levels D E -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Pegasus Knight	+0	+3	+2	+2	+2	+0	+1	+1	+1	+50 WEXP

Analysis

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

Karin joins in Chapter 4, where she is dismounted and unarmed, like Fergus, who joins alongside her. She cannot contribute much indoors, because her movement is hindered and most enemies are a threat to her. Her primary use in the Munster escape arc is capture-baiting while other units kill enemies, open doors and chests. Karin’s base magic is high at 7, so she can fight mages more safely than other units, but her strength is very low, rendering her unable to kill in one round, and her defense and HP are shaky, so while she has the avoid to dodge better than the others with her very high speed and luck bases and growths, she can't be exposed to too many enemies or she will be in danger of death if she has to rely on her bulk, as she relies on her ability to dodge.

Once Karin is deployed on outdoor maps and can ride her pegasus, she becomes a useful utility unit thanks to the new mechanics. Karin’s greatest contributions involve her ability to travel across terrain unimpeded. She can help unmounted units in escape maps by picking them up and ferrying them to the escape point via rescuing them, which helps in several useful strategies. She can pick up Leif or a thief to help them reach an important objective, or rescue a staff user to protect them from harm. Karin is also among the best users of the Leg Ring available in Chapter 8x, because her movement is never impeded by terrain on outdoor maps like forests and can fly over mountains. Especially with the Leg Ring, she can visit villages difficult or impossible to reach with non-flying units.

Karin’s primary flaw is that her combat remains irrelevant without significant investment. Her base weapon ranks are very low. D-rank in swords indoors is mediocre, but E-rank in lances outdoors — even worse, although it's not too far to raise the weapon level to a D-rank. Karin cannot even use Javelins without raising her weapon rank in lances. Since she cannot use weapons with high might well due to her low constitution of 4, her attacking power will stay very poor for a while because of her low base strength, while her skill is rather mediocre. Karin’s defense of 4, while not impossible to salvage, is also very low, grows even less than her also lacking strength and makes it dangerous for her to fight more one enemy at a time. She can make use of scrolls to increase her growth rates and allow her to fight enemies more easily, but this applies to any player unit. She greatly benefits from a B rank in swords, as her solid magic makes her a good candidate for magic swords, improving her combat when she's dismounted.

Karin is also not the only unit in Thracia 776 who can fly outdoors. That said, she joins first, granting her several chapters of exclusive utility. The next flier joins much later, in Chapter 14, giving Karin almost ten chapters with no competition in her niche.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Karin is one of the characters added to the game in the Evil Ways update, and became available for summoning by players on March 18, 2022. Only one variation of Karin is currently available in Heroes, based on her Thracia 776 incarnation.

Starting stats

★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★

Rarity ★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 17/18/19 Attack 5/6/7 Speed 10/11/12 Defense 5/6/7 Resistance 5/6/7 Maximum HP 34/37/40 Attack 30/33/36 Speed 35/38/41 Defense 20/23/26 Resistance 24/27/30 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Steel Lance -- --

Rarity ★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 17/18/19 Attack 6/7/8 Speed 11/12/13 Defense 5/6/7 Resistance 5/6/7 Maximum HP 35/38/41 Attack 32/35/39 Speed 37/40/44 Defense 21/24/27 Resistance 25/28/31 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Allied Lance -- New Moon

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 18/19/20 Attack 6/7/8 Speed 11/12/13 Defense 6/7/8 Resistance 6/7/8 Maximum HP 37/41/44 Attack 34/37/41 Speed 39/42/46 Defense 23/26/30 Resistance 28/31/34 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Allied Lance+ -- New Moon

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Rarity	SP cost
	Iron Lance	Innate
	Steel Lance	Innate
	Allied Lance	★★★	200 SP
	Allied Lance+	★★★★★	300 SP
	New Moon	★★★	100 SP
	Moonbow	★★★★	200 SP
A	Atk/Def Form 1	★★★	60 SP
A	Atk/Def Form 2	★★★	120 SP
A	Atk/Def Form 3	★★★★	240 SP
C	Spur Atk 1	★★★	50 SP
C	Drive Atk 1	★★★★	120 SP
C	Drive Atk 2	★★★★★	240 SP

Personality and character

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Supports

Karin Pegasus Rider Supports: Fergus Free Knight Bonus: 10 Misha Pegasus Knight Bonus: 10 [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[{{{supportg4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: Ced Sage Bonus: 10 Fergus Free Knight Bonus: 10 [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

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

Endings

Karin, Driven Knight
Returning to her native Silesse, Karin finally fulfilled her dream of joining the Order of Pegasus Knights. Although her service record doesn't indicate she went on to do anything particularly noteworthy, Karin nevertheless became regarded as an excellent Pegasus Knight in her own right.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Queen Erinys... Prince Ced... I'm sorry...	”	— Karin

Escape quotes

“	*Pant... pant* Looks like I made it outta there, somehow... All right, I'll go ahead. Ladies first!	”	— Karin

Heroes quotes

Main article: Karin/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Karin is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Karin
	Girl Who Flies a Pegasus, Karin
		"I'll be part of the royal pegasus guard, too, someday, protecting the Silessian royal family!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 30	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Pegasus Knight		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Rescue: [Activate] [] Choose as many allies as you wish, and move them. “Keep it up, Hermes!": [Bond] [Activate] Deploy this card tapped. If you do, choose an ally, and move them ([Bond] This skill can only be used while this card is in the bond area).
	Card #B10-022HN • Artist: Yoko Maturica
	Sweet Pegasus Rider, Karin
		"I'm not a real knight just yet, so there's not much else I can do besides fly. But I get along so well with my pegasus!"
		Attack: 30	Support: 30	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Pegasus Rider		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Winged Deliverer: [Activate] [] Choose an ally, and move it. Elysiam Emblem: [Support] You may choose one ally that is not the attacking unit, and move it.
	Card #B10-023N • Artist: Yoko Maturica
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Karin .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	Pegasus rider from Silesse searching for the missing prince, Ced. She can face the most trying battles with the support of her beloved pegasus. Appears in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.	姿を消したセティ王子を捜すシレジアのペガサス乗り。 愛馬エルメスと共に、危険な戦地でも明るさを失わない。 （登場：『ファイアーエムブレム トラキア７７６』）

Trivia

• Karin's pegasus is named Hermes (Japanese: エルメス Hermes).
• According to Thracia 776's website, Karin was designed to look 14 years old.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Karin	A Swedish diminutive form of Katherine, a feminine name from the Greek Αικατερίνη Aikaterínē.
English (unofficial)	Karin	--
Japanese	カリン	Officially romanized as Karin.
Spanish	Karin	--
French	Karin	--
German	Karin	--
Italian	Karin	--
Portuguese (Brazil)	Karin	--
Traditional Chinese	花凜	Karin

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Pegasus Rider Pegasus Knight Lance (Steel Lance) Sword* (Longsword) Lance (Steel Lance) Sword* (Longsword)

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  Artwork of Karin from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

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  Portrait artwork of Karin from Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Karin: Driven Knight from Heroes.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Karin from Fire Emblem Cipher.

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  Artwork of Karin from Fire Emblem Cipher.

References

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