Rennac

Not to be confused with Rennak, a boss from Berwick Saga.

Rennac Artwork of Rennac from The Sacred Stones. A lazy, greedy, but exceptional fighter from the Republic of Carcino.

Gender Male Race Human Starting class Rogue Voiced by Landon McDonald (English, Heroes) Kento Ito (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) The Sacred Stones Heroes

Rennac (Japanese: レナック Rennac) is a snarky rogue who appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. He is a hired guard for Princess L'Arachel of Rausten along with Dozla; he is often trying to escape from her.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Role

Rennac first appears in Chapter 4, in which he, along with L'Arachel and Dozla, appear on the northeast cliffs overlooking where Eirika's army is fighting monsters. L'Arachel declares that they must charge down the cliffs and help them, while Rennac snidely reminds her they will die if they choose to do so. After the battle, she energetically introduces herself to Eirika, as Rennac quietly accompanies her, quite annoyed by her energy. Still, he follows her as the group leaves.

Eirika's route

In Chapter 9 L'Arachel's group appears again. She excitedly announces that they are going on the overland route to Rausten. Rennac tries to stop her, but is ignored, sadly forced to continue. However, he can be seen in a house, asking the visitor not to tell L'Arachel that he is hiding there; he gives whoever visits a dragonshield. At the end of the chapter, if neither of the two houses were destroyed, he comes up and asks Eirika if L'Arachel and Dozla are still in the city. She tells him they have left; he happily rejoices and gives her an angelic robe.

Later, in Chapter 11, L'Arachel and Dozla appear again. She notices that Rennac is gone, but barely seems to miss him.

In Chapter 14, Rennac appears in Jehanna Hall, aiming to loot the castle's treasure and leave. He can either offer Eirika to hire him for 9,980 gold, or L'Arachel just manages to persuade him to come with her by her assertive force. Afterwards, he joins Eirika's army and helps her for the rest of the war.

Ephraim's route

L'Arachel and her group appear at the end of Chapter 10. She informs Ephraim that no ships are leaving port because of a ghost ship. However, she also declares that she herself is finding a ship to help purge the ship of evil. Rennac is unenthusiastic about this, pleading that this end.

Luckily for him, he escapes before they board the ship. In Chapter 11, L'Arachel mentions that he is gone, but does not really mind this.

He reappears in Chapter 14 in Grado Keep, hoping to steal the treasure of the castle. Either Ephraim or L'Arachel can recruit him. If Ephraim talks to him, he is frightened, having heard tales of Ephraim's supposed brutality. He asks for 9,980 gold to hire him and all his treasure; Ephraim can accept or decline. If L'Arachel talks to him, he joins for free out of her forceful assertiveness. He joins Ephraim's army and helps for the rest of the war.

Starting stats and growth rates

Eirika's route Ephraim's route

Rogue Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 14, talk to with Eirika and pay 9,980 Gold or talk to with L'Arachel Stats Growth Rates Max HP 28 Luck 5 Strength 10 Defense 9 Skill 16 Resistance 11 Speed 17 Constitution 7 Movement 6 Aid 6 Max HP 65% Luck 25% Strength 25% Defense 25% Skill 45% Resistance 30% Speed 60% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Sword Vulnerary Member Card Weapon Levels B -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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Analysis

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

Rennac is a late-joining Rogue. As a Rogue, he can open doors and chests and can steal items from enemies. His base speed is very high, allowing him to steal from most foes without issues. Additionally, he has a 100% chance to find hidden items, and joins just before Chapter 15, a chapter with hidden items.

Despite his utility, Rennac has many disadvantages. His availability is much lower than Colm's, and by the time he joins, there will be fewer items to steal and chests to open. Stealing is more valuable in the early game, as the player has access to fewer keys. The Sacred Stones offers many keys to the player for free, so thief utility is seldom significant. When Rennac joins, he often has nothing to do unless the player prefers to use lockpicks over keys.

Rennac's combat is decent, as his speed is high enough to double; however, he can only use swords, which have low might, no 2-range option until the Light Brand or Runesword in Chapter 19, and weapon triangle disadvantage against lances, which are common. Because of this, Rennac will often get attacked by enemies he cannot kill or even counter. His durability is decent, but not amazing.

Rennac also suffers from redundancy. Deploying two thieves is almost never necessary except for Chapter 15, where there are multiple hidden items. In other chapters, there is little Rennac can do that Colm cannot. Colm also has a significant availability advantage; in the average playthrough, Colm will help the player much more than Rennac. In skirmishes in foggy areas two thieves can be useful.

The player can replace Colm with Rennac once the latter joins. Rennac will have higher stats on average, and Rogues do not need lockpicks to open doors and chests. Even so, the high number of Door Keys and Chest Keys in The Sacred Stones calls Rennac's usefulness into question. Using mounted units with keys is often faster than having Rennac open everything.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Rennac is one of the characters added to the game in the Calling of Blood update, and became available for summoning by players on January 7, 2022. Only one variation of Rennac is currently available in Heroes, based on his The Sacred Stones incarnation; he notably brings green daggers into the normal summoning pool, a weapon type not available in the game at its initial launch and previously exclusive to time-limited units and the Tempest Trials unit Jaffar: Angel of Night, and the last of the three types of colored daggers to become part of the normal summoning pool.

Starting stats

Rennac: Rich "Merchant" is only available at 5★ rarity.

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 16/17/18 Attack 6/7/8 Speed 11/12/13 Defense 11/12/13 Resistance 2/3/4 Maximum HP 35/39/42 Attack 34/37/41 Speed 39/42/46 Defense 30/34/37 Resistance 21/25/28 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Vicious Dagger+ -- Night Sky

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Rarity	SP cost
	Iron Dagger	Innate
	Steel Dagger	Innate
	Vicious Dagger	Innate
	Vicious Dagger+	Innate
	Night Sky	Innate
	Glimmer	★★★★★	200 SP
A	Atk/Spd Solo 1	★★★★★	60 SP
A	Atk/Spd Solo 2	★★★★★	120 SP
A	Atk/Spd Solo 3	★★★★★	240 SP
A	Atk/Spd Solo 4	★★★★★	300 SP
B	Disarm Trap 1	★★★★★	60 SP
B	Disarm Trap 2	★★★★★	120 SP
B	Disarm Trap 3	★★★★★	240 SP

Personality and character

Rennac is a quite sarcastic and contemptuous man. As a rogue, he takes great pride in his abilities, charging 9,980 gold to Eirika or Ephraim for his services. He is slightly greedy, and states that gold makes him happy when asked by L'Arachel. Often, he bemoans his terrible misfortune, in his view, and he greatly resents his work for L'Arachel. He is able to dance, shown in his conversations with L'Arachel, who at first doubts this. Rennac learned this from going to parties and dancing with his father's friends' daughters. Regardless of his negative character traits, he still has a sweet side, shown when he tries to court Tethys in their series of support conversations or, according to his ending, doesn't try very hard to keep away from L'Arachel.

Rennac is a rogue hired by L'Arachel to guard her along with Dozla. He receives very little pay for this; however, she states that he has received "ample compensation" as the joy from doing good. Still, however, he does have a soft spot for her, again, shown in his ending in which he does not try very hard to get away from L'Arachel. Although he is a rogue, he is the son of a wealthy merchant from Carcino, but was forced to work for what he has at a young age.

Supports

Main article: Rennac/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Rennac, Rich "Merchant"
L'Arachel summoned Rennac back to Rausten, and he was forced to return. He was never able to escape his service to the self-centered princess who became queen. Admittedly, he didn't try very hard.

Quotes

Death quote

“	Great. This is just what I needed...	”	— Death quote

Battle quotes

“	Come on... You can't be serious!	”	— Rennac in the final chapter.

Heroes quotes

Main article: Rennac/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Rennac is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Rennac
	Rich "Merchant", Rennac
		"Have Lady L'Arachel and her man, Sir Stubble-chin, gone yet? I'm finally free! No more getting bossed around by that witless ninny!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Rogue		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Masterful Pick: [Activate] [] Reveal the top card of your opponent's deck. If that card's deployment cost is 3 or more, draw a card. Fated for Servitude: [Trigger] [Once per turn] When this unit reveals a card using "Masterful Pick", if you have an ally "L'Arachel", you may pay the cost and if you do: Untap this unit.
	Card #B11-040HN • Artist: Doji Shiki
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Rennac .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Sacred Stones	A lazy, greedy, but exceptional fighter from the Republic of Carcino.	カルチノ共和国出身 横着者で金にうるさいが　腕は一流
Heroes	A thief forced to accompany L'Arachel on her adventures. Member of a wealthy merchant family and well-versed in the ways of the world. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.	ラーチェルの破天荒な旅路に付き合わされている盗賊。 実はカルチノ一の豪商の家の出で、世事に長けている。 （登場：『ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石』）

Trivia

• Rennac's base stats were significantly increased in international versions of the game; most notably, his resistance was increased from 3 to 11.
• In Eirika's Route, if Eirika tries to recruit Rennac, the background music will not change.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Rennac	Most likely comes from the Anglo-Saxon surname Renack, which was given to a family who lived near the region of Renwick, beside the Eden river in Cumberland.
Japanese	レナック	Officially romanized as Rennac.
Spanish	Rennac	--
French	Rennac	--
German	Rennac	--
Italian	Rennac	--
Portuguese (Brazil)	Rennac	--
Traditional Chinese	雷納克	Rennac

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Rogue Sword

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  Artwork of Rennac from The Sacred Stones.

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  CG of L'Arachel, Rennac, and Dozla from The Sacred Stones.

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  Beta portrait of Rennac from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

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  Rennac attacking with a sword.

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  Rennac performing a critical hit with a sword.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Rennac: Rich "Merchant" from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Rennac: Rich "Merchant" from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Rennac: Rich "Merchant" from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Rennac: Rich "Merchant" from Heroes.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Rennac 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.