Tailtiu

Tailtiu Artwork of Tailtiu from Treasure.

Gender Female Race Human Age 16 (as of Grann 757; Ōsawa manga adaptation only) Family Reptor (father) Bloom (elder brother) Ethnia (younger sister) Arthur (son) Tine (daughter) Hilda (sister-in-law) Amid (nephew) Linda (niece) Ishtore (nephew) Ishtar (niece) Nationality Grannvalean (Friege) Title(s) Lady of Friege Starting class Thunder Mage Voiced by Heather Watson (English, Heroes) Houko Kuwashima (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) Genealogy of the Holy War Heroes

“	Look, all that fightin' stuff's beyond me.	”	— Tailtiu, on her father's actions

Tailtiu (pronounced /⁠ˈtɑltju⁠/^[key]; Japanese: ティルテュ Tailto) was the middle child of Duke Reptor of the Friege dukedom of Grannvale. Uninterested in her father's avaricious schemes and opposition to the Chalphy family, she accompanied Duke Claud of Edda to Agustria as a bodyguard, and with him joined the army of Sigurd of Chalphy in fighting the Orgahil pirates, in exile to Silesse and in their ill-fated march on Grannvale to clear Sigurd's name.

Tailtiu survived the Battle of Belhalla, after which she fled to Silesse with her children, Arthur and Tine. Though she successfully spent years in hiding there, she and Tine were eventually discovered and captured by her brother Bloom, leaving Arthur behind; Tailtiu and Tine were imprisoned and subjected to the care of Bloom's wife Hilda, whose years of constant abuse resulted in Tailtiu's death.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Six months into Sigurd's occupation of Agustria, Tailtiu accompanied Claud to Agustria to confer with Sigurd, where she expressed her disinterest in her father's behavior. She then followed Claud to Bragi Tower, and the two emerged from it after Sigurd defeated Chagall at Sylvale Castle. With the Orgahil pirates running rampant in the area, she protected Claud until the two could return to Sigurd's group.

Starting stats and growth rates

Thunder Mage Level 3 Holy Blood Movement 5

Recruitment: Chapter 3, automatically from the turn after Sylvale Castle is seized Stats Growth Rates Max HP 28 Speed 10 Strength 0 Luck 9 Magic 10 Defense 1 Skill 15 Resistance 9 Max HP 60% Speed 40% Strength 10% Luck 50% Magic 20% Defense 10% Skill 60% Resistance 10% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Thoron Thunder 5,000 Gold Wrath 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.

Tailtiu joins in Chapter 3 of Genealogy of the Holy War during the first generation. Her base level is only 3, so she needs a significant amount of experience to reach promotion. Tailtiu has Wrath innately, which guarantees critical hits when she is below 50% HP, and a Thoron tome, which has a high 20 might. Thoron is somewhat inaccurate at 70 hit, but Tailtiu's base skill is very high—she has 100 hit with Thoron at base, and many enemies have low or negative avoid—and she has a high skill growth, mitigating Thoron's low hit. When Wrath is active, Tailtiu can one-shot most enemies with Thoron; at base, she has 60 attack when critting, which is enough to one-shot every enemy present in Chapter 3 after she joins except the Warriors. However, activating Wrath requires that she remain close to death; she has a high luck growth and a decent speed growth, but her base avoid is only 15 with Thoron—additionally, her durability is extremely poor, and will likely never significantly improve.

Tailtiu is permanently restricted to foot movement, limiting her range and usefulness. Without a mount, a player would have to restrain their mounted units considerably for Tailtiu to contribute on the battlefield or give her the Leg Ring—a highly valuable and competitive item. In combat, Tailtiu can provide significant damage against the mostly low-resistance foes. Tailtiu can gain up to six level-ups by rescuing villagers in Chapter 4, as most of the player's other units may not need as many levels at that point. Tailtiu can also gain much experience when she joins, as she does so alongside Claud (who can heal her) and surrounded by enemy pirates; the only other unit near Tailtiu who can fight the pirates is Brigid—Brigid is already promoted, in less need of experience, and cannot retaliate against all of the pirates on enemy phase, but is significantly more durable than Tailtiu (Tailtiu dies after two hits from the weakest of the pirates, whereas Brigid dies in four from the strongest).

Tailtiu's combat is hampered by her lack of Follow-Up, preventing her from doubling enemies. While she can kill most enemies with a critical hit, not every enemy will die to it and Tailtiu may not always be at low HP. She does gain Adept upon promotion to War Mage, but it is not a reliable replacement for Follow-Up. Additionally, Tailtiu suffers from weapon triangle disadvantage against the wind mages throughout Chapter 4 as she can only use thunder tomes before promotion.

Tailtiu's promotion gives her some statistical bonuses—including a point of movement—and access to staves, magic types other than thunder, and swords. Tailtiu can use the magical swords, but her strength is low and she is frail, limiting her ability to meaningfully fight most enemies at 1-range.

As a mother, Tailtiu's two magical children can vary drastically in quality. Azelle provides the most straightforward boost to both Arthur and Tine, granting both children Follow-Up and minor Fjalar blood. Combined with Tailtiu's minor Thrud blood, Arthur and Tine will have very solid magic, skill, luck, and speed on top of improved Fire and Thunder ranks. Lewyn is the other good magical option; while he offers relatively little to Tine—granting her Minor Forseti blood, which improves her speed and lets her use Musar's Tornado upon promotion—he passes Major Forseti blood and the Forseti tome to Arthur. Arthur is arguably the best user of Forseti (over Ced and Coirpre), as he joins very early in the second generation and gains a mount upon promotion; Arthur will not have Follow-Up, but the Forseti blood and tome give him enough speed to activate Adept reliably, and he can use the Follow-Up Ring. Claud, while he is recruited with with Tailtiu and is magic-oriented, does not make a good father for either child. Claud cannot pass his staves to either child, as Arthur cannot use staves and Tine only gains access to them on promotion; the additional staff rank from Bragi blood will give Tine access to Rescue and Fortify, but she is not the best user of either. Claud also passes no skills to the children, which hinders their potential even further.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Tailtiu is one of the characters added to the game in the World of Holy War update, and became available for summoning by players on October 16, 2017. Only one variation of Tailtiu is currently available in Heroes, based on her Genealogy of the Holy War incarnation.

Although initially available exclusively at five-star rarity when initially added to the game and added to the four-star summoning pool after the end of her initial New Heroes summoning event, a three-star variation of Tailtiu was distributed to players who cleared her themed Four Heroes event map; a rarity pool shake-up on April 5, 2019 made Tailtiu available in three-star rarity via normal summoning.

Starting stats

★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★

Rarity ★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 15/16/17 Attack 6/7/8 Speed 7/8/9 Defense 2/3/4 Resistance 4/5/6 Maximum HP 32/35/38 Attack 25/28/31 Speed 28/31/34 Defense 11/14/17 Resistance 19/22/25 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Elthunder* -- --

Rarity ★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 15/16/17 Attack 7/8/9 Speed 8/9/10 Defense 2/3/4 Resistance 4/5/6 Maximum HP 33/36/39 Attack 27/30/33 Speed 30/33/36 Defense 12/15/18 Resistance 20/23/26 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Blárblade* Rally Resistance --

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 16/17/18 Attack 7/8/9 Speed 8/9/10 Defense 3/4/5 Resistance 5/6/7 Maximum HP 35/39/42 Attack 29/32/35 Speed 32/35/38 Defense 13/17/20 Resistance 22/25/29 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Blárblade+* Rally Resistance --

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Rarity	SP cost
	Thunder	Innate
	Elthunder	Innate
	Blárblade	★★★	200 SP
	Blárblade+	★★★★★	300 SP
	Tome of Thoron	★★★★★	400 SP
	Rally Resistance	★★★	100 SP
	Rally Spd/Res	★★★★	300 SP
A	Attack +1	★★★	30 SP
A	Attack/Res 1	★★★★	80 SP
A	Attack/Res 2	★★★★★	160 SP
C	Spur Spd 1	★★★	50 SP
C	Drive Spd 1	★★★	120 SP
C	Drive Spd 2	★★★★	240 SP

Personality and character

Prior to her incarceration, Tailtiu was upbeat, flighty, loud-mouthed, slightly short-tempered and blunt, willing to express her opinion on matters without caring for tact, particularly when bored. Despite her exterior, she was easily concerned about the opinions others held about her, particularly in the context of her father's status as the nemesis of her allies in Sigurd's army. She and Azelle of Velthomer were close friends since their childhood.

Love growths and events

Tailtiu Thunder Mage Naoise Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Alec Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Arden Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Finn Initial: 180 Per turn: +10 Midir Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Midir Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Lewyn Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Chulainn Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Azelle Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Jamke Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Claud Initial: 180 Per turn: +3 Beowolf Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Lex Initial: 120 Per turn: +3 Dew Initial: 120 Per turn: +3

See love for more details on the love system.

• In Chapter 4, if neither of them has a lover, Tailtiu can talk to Azelle at any time, granting her +5 maximum HP and 100 love points between the pair.
• In Chapter 5, if the two are lovers, Tailtiu can talk to Claud, Lex or Azelle after Phinora Castle has been seized. This conversation yields no reward.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Father... I'm so sorry... [...] ! ...father...	”	— Tailtiu, when fighting Reptor in Chapter 5 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Death quotes

“	No! I can't take any more of this...!	”	— Tailtiu, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

“	No! I can't take any more of this... ... <lover>, you nitwit!	”	— Tailtiu, if married at her time of death in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Heroes quotes

Main article: Tailtiu/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Tailtiu is featured on four cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Tailtiu
	Free-spirited Daughter of Thunder, Tailtiu
		"I just can't wrap my head around Father's schemes, y'know? Besides, I love the priest!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Wrath: [Trigger] When this unit performs a Critical Hit while you have two or less cards in your Orb Area, draw a card. No! I... I can't take much more of this...: [Trigger] [Once per turn] [Discard a card] When this unit is defeated by an attack, you may pay the cost, if you do: Draw a card.
	Card #B06-043HN • Artist: Fumi
	Lady of Friege, Tailtiu
		"Stop chewing off the poor man's ear. I'm getting bored here."
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Thunder Mage		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Thunder Talent: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Until the end of this turn, this unit's attack is increased by 10. Mage's Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card, then discard 1 card.
	Card #B06-044N • Artist: Fumi
	Heartracing Thunder War Mage, Tailtiu
		"Wouldn't you worry if you left His Holiness to wander all on his lonesome? I figured he could do with my protection."
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Mage Fighter		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		"Now I'm mad!": [Always] If this unit inflicts a Critical Hit, you may send 1 card from your hand to the Retreat Area instead of sending 1 "Tailtiu" from your hand to the Retreat Area. Energetic Thunder Wielder: [Trigger] When this unit's Critical Hit destroys an enemy, draw 2 cards. Choose 1 card from your hand, and send it to the Retreat Area.
	Card #B19-072R • Artist: Kokon Konfuzi
	Noble Hoyden, Tailtiu
		"The pirates'll surely spot us if we don't get a move on – and we're dead as a doornail if they do!"
		Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Thunder Mage		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Trifling Lightning Strike: [Trigger] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy, draw 1 card. Choose 1 card from your hand, and send it to the Retreat Area. Magic Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card. Choose 1 card in your hand, and send it to the Retreat Area.
	Card #B19-073N • Artist: Kokon Konfuzi
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Tailtiu .

Notable merchandise

Image	Information	Price	Release date
	Tailtiu has a figure in the first and only volume of the Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Exceed trading figure series.	¥714	November 14th, 2006JP

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes	A noblewoman from Friege and descendant of the crusader Thrud. She appears cheerful but is hiding her troubles. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.	フリージ公国公女。魔法騎士トードの末裔。 明るい性格だが、内に葛藤を秘めている。 （登場：『ファイアーエムブレム 聖戦の系譜』）

Trivia

• Tailtiu shares her class, weapon, skills and appearance with Anguilla of the Deadlords in the latter's Genealogy of the Holy War incarnation, suggesting that after Tailtiu's death, her body was used to create this particular incarnation of Anguilla.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Tailtiu	From Tailtiu or Tailltiu, a deity of Irish mythology.
English (unofficial)	• Tiltyu • Tailto • Taillte	• Used in the j2e/Reparation Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation patch. • Temporarily reverted back to her NOJ name in Gharnef's fan translation patch, but it was later changed back to Tiltyu. • Modern spelling of Tailltiu, as above. Used in the "Project Naga" patch.
Japanese	ティルテュ	Officially romanized as Tailto; from Tailtiu, as above. Romanized instead as Tiltue in the Super Tactics Book.
Spanish	Tailtiu	As above
French	Tailtiu	As above
German	Tailtiu	As above
Italian	Tailtiu	As above
Portuguese (Brazil)	Tailtiu	As above
Traditional Chinese	提爾透	Tailto

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Thunder Mage Mage Fighter Anima (all tomes) Anima (all tomes) Sword (Miracle Sword) Staff (Recover)

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  Artwork of Tailtiu from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Artwork of Tailtiu from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Artwork of Tailtiu from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Tailtiu from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Resplendent Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Resplendent Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Resplendent Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

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  Artwork of Resplendent Tailtiu: Thunder Noble from Heroes.

References

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