Ralf

Ralf Artwork of Ralf from Thracia 776.

Gender Male Race Human Starting class Mercenary Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	Leif...? So... You're Prince Leif, eh? This is perfect. My name's Ralf, I'm a mercenary. Would it be all right if I joined your army?	”	— Ralf to Leif in Chapter 15

Ralf (Japanese: ラルフ Ralf) is a minor playable character appearing in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is a mercenary working to defend a remote village in the mountains from bandit raids. He also dislikes the Grannvale Empire and its presence in Thracia.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Ralf initially appears as an NPC unit in Chapter 15. During the chapter he defends a mountain village from a bandit raid; he is assisted by the reluctant Friege knight Amalda. When Amalda notices Leif's forces she leaves Ralf to defend by himself, content that reinforcements have arrived to assist him.

After the bandits are defeated, Ralf 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

Mercenary Level 3 Action --

Recruitment: Chapter 15, talk with Leif Stats Growth Rates Max HP 38 Speed 14 Strength 12 Luck 6 Magic 1 Defense 9 Skill 12 Constitution 14 Movement 6 FCM 1 Max HP 60% Speed 20% Strength 35% Luck 15% Magic 5% Defense 35% Skill 30% Constitution 35% Movement 1% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Hand Axe Iron Blade -- Weapon Levels A -- C -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Analysis

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

Ralf joins with solid base stats, an A-rank in swords and a C-rank in axes. His C-rank in axes is deceptive – he has 40 weapon experience, so a couple of axe swings will get him to B-rank. There are no A-rank axes in Thracia 776, so B-rank is enough to use every non-personal axe in the game. This makes Ralf a good combat unit with no investment.

Ralf has no special traits to speak of - he is a good filler unit with solid stats who joins halfway through Thracia. While he has little utility outside of combat, he is nice to have.

Personality and character

Ralf has very little dialogue for a playable character. Regardless, he is shown to be a generous individual; he works to defend a village in the mountains from roaming brigands; he does so only in exchange for somewhere to sleep. He is unwilling to accept pay from the villagers as they already have virtually nothing. When Leif's forces arrive during Chapter 15 and assist him in defeating the bandits he offers to join Leif's cause purely to fight against the Grannvale empire.

Supports

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

Endings

Ralf, Wandering Mercenary
Putting down his sword, Ralf took up farming to help rebuild Thracia's trampled lands. Nothing else about him remains in the records.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Damn... Guess I can't see the end...to this war...	”	— Ralf

Escape quotes

“	Damn, just I was getting warmed up...	”	— Ralf

Trivia

• According to Thracia 776's website, Ralf was designed to look 30 years old.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ralf	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes; has yet to be corroborated by other sources.
English (unofficial)	• Ralf • Ralph
Japanese	ラルフ	Officially romanized as Ralf. Ralf, commonly spelled Ralph in English, is a Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse Ráðúlfr, which is composed of ráð ("counsel") and úlfr ("wolf").
Spanish	Ralf	--
French	Ralf	--
German	Ralf	--
Italian	Ralf	--
Portuguese	Ralf	--
Traditional Chinese	勞夫	Ralf

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Mercenary Sword (Iron Blade) Axe (Hand Axe)

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  Artwork of Ralf from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

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  Artwork of Ralf from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

References

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