Selphina

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Selphina Artwork of Selphina from Thracia 776.

Gender Female Race Human Age 26 Family Dryas (father) Glade (husband) Nationality Leonster Starting class Arch Knight Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	I never thought I would see you again. I have no memory of my mother or sister... So I thought of Lachesis as my mother, and you as my sister.	”	— Leif to Selphina in Chapter 9: The Emblem of Njörun

Selphina (Japanese: セルフィナ Selfina) is a playable Arch Knight in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. She is a knight of Leonster, daughter of Count Dryas, and wife of Glade.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

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Starting stats and growth rates

Arch Knight Level 8 Action --

Recruitment: Chapter 9, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 22 Speed 10/8 Strength 5/4 Luck 7 Magic 3 Defense 6/5 Skill 7/6 Constitution 5 Movement 8/5 FCM 1 Max HP 50% Speed 35% Strength 25% Luck 55% Magic 10% Defense 15% Skill 40% Constitution 10% Movement 1% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Killer Bow Knight Proof Accost Weapon Levels -- -- -- B -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

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

Analysis

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

Selphina joins as a level 8 Arch Knight with a B-rank in bows. Her base stats are poor for her level, but thanks to her high bow rank, she can contribute. Her growths are worse than Robert's, but since her base stats, base level, and bow rank are higher, she is the better unit.

Selphina's main advantage is the B-rank in bows, letting her use the Brave Bow at base, among others. With the Brave Bow, she can chip down enemies or one-round them without taking a counterattack. She also has the Accost skill. The skill lets her start another combat round if she fights someone with lower AS and HP. If she is attacking someone who cannot counter, this is useful, because it lets her one-round. For example, she can shoot an enemy eight times with the Brave Bow if she doubles. However, if a Ballista or another dangerous enemy targets her, the skill can get her killed. As long as the player exercises caution while using Selphina, she will be alright, though.

Selphina has several flaws. First of all, she can only use bows, so she can never counter at 1-range. Second, she suffers movement and stat penalties indoors. While she keeps her main weapon type indoors, letting her contribute from 2-range, this is still a flaw. Outdoors, she has good mobility thanks to her mount, but she loses it indoors. Finally, her constitution is poor and unlikely to improve much. As a bow user, she cannot capture enemies, either - but with a constitution this low, she would not be good at it anyway.

Overall, Selphina is a decent chip damage dealer, especially on outdoor maps. Since most bow users in Thracia are mediocre or weak units, the player is unlikely to train them. For that reason, when Selphina joins, she will likely have exclusive access to the Brave Bow. Besides, she is mounted outdoors, making her mobile. Her player phase damage output is decent with Accost, but her enemy phase is horrible. She is a bit difficult to use, but definitely more usable and better at base level than the units she joins with.

Aside from the aspects mentioned above, Selphina gives Carrion the Paragon Sword. They have a conversation in Chapter 9 when Selphina gives to him. It is an excellent weapon, especially for training weaker units. If one wants to count this as Selphina's utility, she is quite helpful even if she never enters combat.

Personality and character

Selphina is nondescript, and given no explicit personality traits. Her ending suggests that she is very kind and willing to give to those worse off than her.

Supports

Selphina Arch Knight Supports: Alva Lance Knight Bonus: 10 Carrion Cavalier Bonus: 10 Glade Duke Knight Bonus: 20 Cain Lance Knight Bonus: 10 Robert Arch Knight Bonus: 10 Robert Arch Knight Bonus: 10 [[{{{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: Glade Duke Knight Bonus: 10 Leif Lord Bonus: 10 [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

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

Endings

Selphina, Beautiful Bow Knight
After the new Kingdom of Thracia was established, she retired from her position of leading the royal guard. Instead, she used her mansion as an orphanage to take care of deprived children. Many of the children that Selphina saved lived on to become great heroes. Selphina was later called the Mother of Thracia, and her stories were told for many generations.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	This...is it... I’m sorry...Glade...	”	— Selphina

Escape quotes

“	Lord Leif, we mustn’t linger here too long. Hurry!	”	— Selphina

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Selphina is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Selphina
	Beautiful Bow Knight, Selphina
		"You would be amazed at what a decade can do to a woman. Glade and I are married now, for one!"
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Bow Knight		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Commander of the Bow Knights: [Activate] [] Until the end of the turn, this unit's attacks cannot be evaded by non-lord enemies. Lovely Accost: [Trigger] [Once per turn] [] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy with a deployment cost of 2 or lower, you may pay the cost and if you do: Untap this unit. Anti-Fliers: [Always] If this unit is attacking a unit, this unit gains +30 attack.
	Card #B17-108HN • Artist: Enji Kazura
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Selphina .

Trivia

• In Thracia 776, Selphina's growth rates are the same as Nanna's.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Selphina	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes; has yet to be corroborated by other sources.
English (unofficial)	Selfina	--
Japanese	セルフィナ	Selfina
Spanish	Selphina	--
French	Selphina	--
German	Selphina	--
Italian	Selphina	--
Portuguese	Selphina	--
Traditional Chinese	塞爾菲娜	Selphina

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Arch Knight Bow Knight Bow (Brave Bow) Bow* (Brave Bow) Bow (Brave Bow) Bow* (Brave Bow)

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  Artwork of Selphina from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Selphina 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.