Linda

This page is about the noblewoman of Friege. For the Khadein mage who shares her name in Japanese, see Linde.

Linda Artwork of Linda from Treasure.

Gender Female Race Human Family Ethnia (mother) Amid (elder brother) Bloom (uncle) Tailtiu (aunt) Hilda (aunt) Ishtore (cousin) Ishtar (cousin) Arthur (cousin) Tine (cousin) Nationality Grannvalean (Friege) Title(s) Lady of Friege Starting class Thunder Mage Appearance(s) Genealogy of the Holy War

“	I don't remember much of my mother. But I do remember that she always seemed so sad...	”	— Linda

Linda (Japanese: リンダ Linda) is a noblewoman of Grannvale's Friege family, and is the daughter of the late Lady Ethnia. Following her mother's demise, Linda reluctantly served her uncle Bloom as a warrior fighting on the behalf of the Grannvale Empire in the Munster District, but defected upon meeting her long-lost brother Amid and joined Seliph's liberation army.

Linda is Tine's substitute character, filling her role in the story and gameplay if Tailtiu died or failed to be married in the course of the first generation.

Biography

Linda was born during Ethnia's exile in Silesse following the events of the Battle of Belhalla, and for a short time she lived there in hiding with her mother and her elder brother, Amid. However, when Linda was still very young, Ethnia's elder brother Bloom arrived in Silesse and found them, abducting Ethnia and Linda while inadvertently leaving Amid behind. The two were taken to Ulster, the seat of Bloom's rule over the Munster District, and imprisoned in the castle, where they were subjected to years of constant abuse and torment from Bloom's wife Hilda. Following her mother's demise, Linda was left with a single pendant as a memento of her.

By Grann 777, long after Ethnia's death, Linda had entered Bloom's employ as one of his chief fighters in the Munster District. However, despite her service to Bloom, she frequently broke rank to assist the villagers suppressed by Bloom's rule. Late in the siege of Leonster following its recapture by Leif, Bloom deployed Linda as the leader of a small unit of mages to launch an attack on the western Fort Melgen, which had recently been captured by Seliph. During this skirmish she encountered Amid, who upon spotting her pendant identified her as his sister and convinced her to join him on Seliph's side. She continued to serve under Seliph for the rest of the war, eventually pitting herself against both Bloom and Hilda in the name of avenging her mother.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Linda is a playable character in the second generation, as Tine's substitute. Like Tine, she must be recruited from the enemy by her brother, Amid.

Starting stats and growth rates

Thunder Mage Level 3 Holy Blood Movement 5

Recruitment: Chapter 7, enemy, talk with Amid Stats Growth Rates Max HP 26 Speed 9 Strength 0 Luck 2 Magic 11 Defense 2 Skill 12 Resistance 7 Max HP 90% Speed 30% Strength 10% Luck 20% Magic 40% Defense 10% Skill 40% Resistance 20% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Elthunder 5,000 Gold Wrath Paragon Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- A -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Mage Fighter	+0	+3	+5	+3	+6	+0	+4	+5	+1	Adept	B A B C B

Analysis

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

Despite being a substitute unit, which is typically weaker than their non-substitute counterpart, Linda is widely considered to be among the best substitute units. She joins in Chapter 7 and has several traits which make her arguably superior to Tine. Firstly and unlike Tine, she has A rank in thunder magic at base level, allowing her to use the Thoron tome before promotion; since the Thoron tome is accessible in the same chapter, this improves Linda's combat significantly from the start. She has Wrath, just like Tine, which guarantees critical hits when the user is below half HP; taking advantage of this skill is risky, since Linda's durability will always be poor, but with the Thoron tome, she can one-shot the majority of enemies. Finally, Linda has Paragon, which increases her experience game; since she joins underleveled, only at level 3 in Chapter 7, having Paragon helps her catch up with the rest of the army and allows her to reach her promotion much faster than she would otherwise.

Linda still has flaws outside of poor durability. She is unmounted, and mounted units dominate Genealogy of the Holy War, so even though her combat can be good with Wrath, she will fall behind and rarely get to use it unless the player plays slowly. Her promotion does not fix the issue, and it is a mediocre promotion overall; it gives Linda an additional point of movement, the ability to use staves, fire tomes, and wind tomes at B rank, statistical bonuses, and Adept. Adept is not a perfect substitute for Follow-Up, which Linda can never obtain without using the Follow-Up Ring. She is still best at using thunder tomes with Wrath, so the weapon ranks in other magic schools and swords are useless. The ability to use staves, however, is useful, as B level is enough to use strong staves such as Warp and Return.

Tine's main advantage over Linda is the ability to gain inheritance and her better growth rates. However, the items Tine can inherit from her parents are limited, and there are no fathers that can improve Tine's most significant failing. Additionally, Linda can gain levels faster with Paragon and use Thoron at base level, while retaining the Wrath skill Tailtiu and Tine have; this makes her much easier and faster to level up than Tine, which also allows her to reach promotion and staff utility more quickly. It should be noted that to obtain Linda, one must also have Amid, who is a much worse substitute for Arthur than Linda is for Tine; in a sense, to get Linda, one must give up on Arthur's benefits. If the player is willing to do that, however, they will find Linda better than Tine in some aspects, making her worth the sacrifice to some.

Personality and character

As a result of the years of abuse she suffered, Linda was initially very meek and submissive, obeying Bloom's commands and shrugging off his taunts to avoid further torment. After meeting Amid and joining Seliph, while still timid and quiet, she quickly became more assertive and determined to right the wrongs she and her family had inflicted upon the world by properly helping its people. While still initially terrified of Bloom and Hilda, she nonetheless worked past this out of sheer determination to avenge Ethnia. She also, however, maintained that most of her family was not evil even when Amid still lusted for vengeance, insisting that Bloom, Ishtore and Ishtar were always decent to her and that she didn't wish to fight the latter. She quickly developed an extremely close bond with and respect for Amid upon meeting him.

Love growths and events

Linda Thunder Mage Seliph Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Scáthach/Dalvin Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Oifey Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Diarmuid/Tristan Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Lester/Deimne Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Lester/Deimne Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Amid Initial: -- Per turn: -- Iuchar Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Iucharba Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Shannan Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Leif Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Iucharba Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Shannan Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Leif Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Ares Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Febail/Asaello Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Ced/Hawk Initial: 0 Per turn: 3 Coirpre/Charlot Initial: 0 Per turn: 3

See love for more details on the love system.

• In Chapter 7, Amid can talk to Linda as an enemy after she appears, recruiting her.
• In Chapter 7, Linda can talk to Seliph after she has been recruited, yielding no reward.
• In Chapter 8, Seliph can talk to Linda after Connacht has been seized, granting her +3 maximum HP and 100 love points between the pair.
• In Chapter 8, if Linda waits on the spot southwest to the tree in the map's central valley with the river, she will initiate an event where she meets Jake, granting her +3 Resistance.
• In the Endgame, if neither is married, Amid can talk to Linda at any time, granting her +1 Luck.
• In the Endgame, if the two are lovers, Linda can talk to Seliph, Ced/Hawk or Leif, granting him +3 Magic.

Endings

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Quotes

Battle quotes

“	I'm sorry...	”	— Linda, as an enemy in Chapter 7 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	Sorry... I don't want to fight, but...	”	— Linda, when fighting Amid, as an enemy in Chapter 7 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	I'm sorry, Uncle...	”	— Linda, when fighting Bloom, in Chapter 7 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	Ishtar!? I-I'm sorry...	”	— Linda, when fighting Ishtar, in Chapter 8 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	You drove my mother to her death, remember? Or do I have to remind you!?	”	— Linda, when fighting Bloom, in Chapter 8 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	Hilda... because of you, my mother...! [...] ! I'll never forgive you...	”	— Linda, when fighting Hilda, in Chapter 10 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	I don't think so! Mother, please watch! I'm going to kill Hilda!!	”	— Linda, when fighting Hilda, in the Endgame of Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	Ishtar, please... This isn't like you... you've always been so kind to me. I know you don't want to fight us.	”	— Linda, when fighting Ishtar, in the Endgame of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Death quotes

“	Mother...	”	— Linda, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	Ahh...	”	— Linda, as an enemy in Chapter 7 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game

Linda was featured on four TCG cards.

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game data for Linda
	Class: Thunder Mage	Level 1 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 3	Atk.: 1 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip: Thunder	Skills: Wrath
	Card #075 • Rarity: ★ • Artist: Mayumi Hirota
	Class: Thunder Mage	Level 10 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 5	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: B
	Equip: Elthunder	Skills: Wrath
	Card #2-051 • Rarity: ★ • Artist: Katsuyoshi Koya
	Class: Thunder Mage	Level 15 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 5	Atk.: 1 / Counter: 1	WLv.: A
	Equip: Bolting • Magic Ring	Skills: Wrath
	Card #AN-022 • Rarity: ★ • Artist: Kaya Kuramoto
	Class: Mage Fighter	Level 20 Infantry	Magic Attack
	Energy: 6	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: C B B A B
	Equip: Elthunder	Skills: Class Change • Skilfulness • Training • Wrath • Adept
	Card #P012 • Rarity: ☆★★ • Artist: Katsuyoshi Koya
Card scans and information translation provided by Aquantis.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Linda is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher. These cards and other Japanese Cipher parlance denote her name as (リンダ（ユグドラル） Linda (Jugdral)) in order to differentiate her from Linde, who has the same Japanese name; English-language fandom parlance has no need to make such a distinction.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Linda
	Indignant Lady of Thunder, Linda
		"I... I had no idea that Bloom did that to Mother..."
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Elthunder: [Always] [Once per turn] [] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack. The Mage Knight's Sorcery: [Bond] [Trigger] [] When you place this card in your Bond Area, you may pay the cost and if you do: Draw 2 cards.
	Card #B12-092HN • Artist: Tetsu Kurosawa
	Thunder of the Liberation Army, Linda
		"I'll fight for peace, together with Lord Seliph."
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Thunder Mage		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Wrathful Lightning: [Activate] [Once per turn] [Flip 1 bond card face-down] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Magic Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card, then discard 1 card.
	Card #B12-093N • Artist: Tetsu Kurosawa
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Linda .

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Linda	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes; has yet to be corroborated by other sources.
English (unofficial)	Linda	Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation.[which]
Japanese	リンダ	Officially romanized as Linda. Linda is a name of German origin which was created as a shortening of names such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde, and also comes from Spanish, meaning "pretty".
Spanish	Linda	--
French	Linda	--
German	Linda	--
Italian	Linda	--
Portuguese	Linda	--
Traditional Chinese	莉妲	Linda

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Thunder Mage Mage Fighter Anima (all tomes) Sword (Slim Sword) Anima (all tomes) Staff (Heal)

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  Artwork of Linda from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Artwork of Linda from Treasure.

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  Artwork of Linda from the Super Tactics Book.

References

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