Tomas

This article is about the playable character from Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its sequels and remakes. For the non-playable character from Three Houses, see Tomas (Three Houses). For other uses, see Tomas (disambiguation).

Tomas Artwork of Tomas from the Trading Card Game. Former Archanean archer. Fought for Archanea in the last war, but left the army afterwards.

Gender Male Race Human Starting class Archer (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem Book 1, Archanea Saga, Shadow Dragon) Sniper (Mystery of the Emblem Book 2, New Mystery of the Emblem) Voiced by ???? (Japanese, Archanea Saga) Appearance(s) Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Mystery of the Emblem Archanea Saga Shadow Dragon New Mystery of the Emblem

“	I still have to become much, much better. I have a debt of gratitude with Prince Marth, and I have to repay it by taking down enemy after enemy.	”	— Tomas, to Kris

Tomas (Japanese: トーマス Thormas) is a knight of the Holy Kingdom of Archanea. He was one of the retinue of knights who assisted in Princess Nyna's doomed escape attempt from Pales at the onset of the War of Shadows, and was captured and imprisoned for the rest of the war, until Nyna returned with Marth's forces to reclaim Pales.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Role

Tomas was imprisoned with Boah, Midia, Macellan and Dolph, in a cell in Pales under the occupation of Volzhin and the forces of Dolhr. During Marth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Tomas and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 8 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Chapter 12, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 20 Speed 5 Strength 7 Luck 4 Skill 6 Defense 6 W. Level 9 Resistance 0 Max HP 50% Speed 30% Strength 20% Luck 10% Skill 20% Defense 10% W. Level 50% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✓ Tome ✗ Staff ✗ Ballista ✗ Stone ✗

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+x to 24	+x to 7	+x to 10	+x to 14	+0	+x to 7	+0	+x to 7	+x to 10

• In Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, promotion gains consist on giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class' base stats. If the character's stats are higher than their promoted class's base stats, they will not receive any bonus.

Analysis

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

Tomas joins in chapter 12 as a level 8 archer, and he joins with abysmal stats. If you have trained up and consistently used Gordin by this point in the game he will likely have surpassed Tomas, and Jeorge, who joins 3 chapters earlier as a sniper, also has mostly better stats, and Tomas's growth rates aren't particularly stronger than those two units. Thankfully, Tomas is only 2 levels away from a promotion to sniper, and the Orion's Bolt required to promote archers is acquired in the same chapter Tomas joins. If you can grind Tomas for a couple of levels, he quickly is able to reach about the same level as Jeorge. Of course, since Tomas has the worst availability of these three archers, if you have used Jeorge up until that point he will still surpass Tomas even if Tomas promotes. Also, archers in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light are generally not good enough to justify using multiple snipers over stronger potential units, and if you want to use a bow unit, the horseman Wolf as well as Jeorge are better in almost every way and both join earlier than Tomas. If you have lost some of your stronger units, Tomas can be used as a replacement unit, but otherwise it is hard to justify using him over other stronger units.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Role

As in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Tomas was imprisoned with Boah, Midia, Macellan and Dolph, in a cell in Pales under the occupation of Volzhin and the forces of Dolhr. During Marth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Tomas and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 8 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Chapter 10, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 20 Luck 4 Strength 7 W. Level 9 Skill 6 Defense 6 Speed 5 Resistance 0 Max HP 50% Luck 10% Strength 20% W. Level 50% Skill 20% Defense 10% Speed 30% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items -- -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✓ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+x to 24	+2	+5	+5	+0	+1	+3	+2	+x to 10

• In Mystery of the Emblem, promotion gains for HP and Weapon Level consist of giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class's base value. If the character's value for one of those two stats is higher than their promoted class's base value, they will not receive any bonus in that stat.

Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga

Role

When the army of Dolhr came to lay siege to Pales at the onset of the War of Shadows, Tomas was part of the band of knights convened by Boah to lead Princess Nyna to safety. The group was instead cornered by Dolhr's forces and was forced to try and fight its way out. In the end, they were defeated and captured upon the arrival of Camus, and were imprisoned in the palace, where they remained for three years until Marth arrived with Nyna.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 1 Movement 5 Experience 0

Recruitment: Episode I, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 20 Luck 4 Strength 7 W. Level 9 Skill 6 Defense 6 Speed 5 Resistance 0 Max HP 50% Luck 10% Strength 20% W. Level 50% Skill 20% Defense 10% Speed 30% Resistance 3% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Weapons Items Killer Bow Iron Bow -- Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Axe ✗ Bow ✓ Tome ✗ Staff ✗

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Role

As in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Tomas was imprisoned with Boah, Midia, Macellan and Dolph, in a cell in Pales under the occupation of Volzhin and the forces of Dolhr. During Marth's assault on the palace and its Dolhr occupation, Tomas and the other prisoners were freed and joined Marth's army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 8 Movement 5

Recruitment: Chapter 12, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 22 Speed 5 Strength 7 Luck 4 Magic 0 Defense 6 Skill 6 Resistance 0 Max HP 65% Speed 50% Strength 25% Luck 25% Magic 0% Defense 10% Skill 30% Resistance 0% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory -- Weapon Levels -- -- -- C -- --

Growth rates when reclassed

Cavalier/Paladin Dracoknight Myrmidon/Swordmaster Mage Sage/Bishop Curate

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Cavalier/Paladin	65%	30%	0%	35%	30%	25%	15%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Dracoknight	55%	25%	0%	30%	45%	25%	10%	10%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Myrmidon/Swordmaster	75%	25%	0%	30%	45%	25%	5%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Mage	45%	5%	30%	30%	40%	25%	0%	20%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sage/Bishop	45%	0%	20%	30%	40%	25%	0%	30%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Curate	45%	0%	10%	25%	40%	25%	0%	40%	{{{cha}}}

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Promotion stat gains

Archer Curate Cavalier Mage Myrmidon

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+8	+2	+1	+5	+5	+0	+1	+3	+2	+75

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Bishop	+6	+1	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0	+3	+1	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Paladin	+4	+2	+1	+3	+1	+0	+1	+6	+1	+30

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sage	+6	+3	+1	+1	+1	+0	+1	+2	+0	+30, E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Swordmaster	+6	+2	+1	+2	+2	+0	+2	+3	+1	+75

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Analysis

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

Tomas joins in Chapter 12 of Shadow Dragon as a level 8 Archer with a base C rank in bows, which allows him to use the Killer Bow at base. He is available much later than Gordin and Castor, and he joins unpromoted, unlike Jeorge. His base stats are all unimpressive; in higher difficulties, he gets doubled and one-rounded by most enemies, making it difficult to engage in combat with him.

Tomas's stats will be better than Gordin's and Jeorge's on average in the long term, but training him does not have significant returns; he cannot counter enemies at 1-range and struggles to gain experience in higher difficulties. Tomas requires only two levels to reach level 10 and promote, but many units compete for the Master Seal and many better options for promotion exist.

Reclassing is not very beneficial for Tomas, since his personal bases are all quite low, and he cannot take advantage of his C bow rank as any class without access to bows. It is best to keep him as an Archer before promotion; after promotion, Sniper has C bows, and can use the Longbow.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Role

When Marth's army travelled to Gra after recovering Altea, Tomas was there residing in a village. He offered his services to Marth, joining his army.

Starting stats and growth rates

Main Story Extra chapters

Sniper Level 1 Movement 7

Recruitment: Chapter 17, visit eastern village Stats Growth Rates Max HP 29 Speed 13 Strength 12 Luck 9 Magic 1 Defense 12 Skill 10 Resistance 3 Max HP 90% Speed 70% Strength 65% Luck 50% Magic 0% Defense 30% Skill 70% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Silver Bow Killer Bow Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- -- -- B -- --

Archer Level 1 Movement 5

Recruitment: New Archanea Saga Episode I, automatically from the start Stats Growth Rates Max HP 20 Speed 5 Strength 7 Luck 4 Magic 0 Defense 6 Skill 6 Resistance 0 Max HP 90% Speed 70% Strength 65% Luck 50% Magic 0% Defense 30% Skill 70% Resistance 5% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Steel Bow Iron Bow Weapon Levels -- -- -- D -- --

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Growth rates when reclassed

Original set

Paladin Dracoknight Swordmaster Sage/Bishop

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Paladin	90%	70%	0%	75%	55%	50%	35%	10%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Dracoknight	80%	65%	0%	70%	65%	50%	30%	15%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Swordmaster	90%	65%	0%	70%	70%	50%	25%	10%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sage/Bishop	70%	40%	20%	70%	60%	50%	5%	35%	{{{cha}}}

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Second set

These classes are only available after beating Hard Mode.

General Hero Warrior Horseman Berserker Sorcerer

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
General	110%	70%	0%	70%	40%	50%	50%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Hero	100%	75%	0%	75%	60%	50%	30%	5%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Warrior	120%	95%	0%	75%	50%	50%	25%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Horseman	90%	75%	0%	65%	65%	50%	25%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Berserker	120%	85%	0%	65%	70%	50%	20%	0%	{{{cha}}}

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
Sorcerer	70%	40%	20%	70%	60%	50%	5%	35%	{{{cha}}}

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Analysis

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

Tomas is a very impressive unit, not because of his usefulness, but because of the fact that he joins fairly late into the game he somehow comes with a worse bow rank and worse bases than Jeorge who joined far earlier. As such Tomas has practically nothing to offer aside form his useful weapons, which can be crucial in dealing damage to the enemy wyverns in his joining chapter and he can even OHKO them in some lower difficulties, his growths are overall fantastic, but they don't make up for his awful bases. You will likely find a far more useful sniper in Jeorge, Gordin and Ryan as well and any reclassed character to sniper as Tomas is easily outclassed in most important areas by most characters.

Personality and character

Tomas' personality receives almost no exploration in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remakes and sequels. However, his death quotes imply he is strongly loyal to Princess Nyna. Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem gives slightly more insight into his character; he has a strong enough sense of justice to desert Hardin when he becomes a tyrant, he enjoys archery, and he is somewhat childish.

Supports

Mystery of the Emblem

Tomas Archer Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} Supported by: None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}}

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

Shadow Dragon

Tomas Archer Mutual supports: Midia Paladin C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 Macellan Knight C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 Dolph Knight C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Boah Bishop C: 5 B: 10 A: 35 [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co2}}} B: {{{bo2}}} A: {{{ao2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co3}}} B: {{{bo3}}} A: {{{ao3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

See Support § DS games for more details on supports.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Tomas Sniper Mutual supports: Macellan General C: 3 B: 6 A: -- Dolph General C: 3 B: 6 A: -- Midia Paladin C: 2 B: 4 A: -- [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Supported by:* Kris Mercenary C: 3 B: 6 A: -- [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co2}}} B: {{{bo2}}} A: {{{ao2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co3}}} B: {{{bo3}}} A: {{{ao3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co4}}} B: {{{bo4}}} A: {{{ao4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{co5}}} B: {{{bo5}}} A: {{{ao5}}}

See Support § DS games for more details on supports.

Base conversations

Main article: Tomas (Shadow Dragon)/Conversations

Endings

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Tomas
In search of a quiet life, returns home.

Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Tomas - Archanea archer
After the war he disappeared.

Shadow Dragon

Tomas - Quiet Bow
No one knows what became of Tomas after the war, but some suggested he returned home to live in peace.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Tomas - Quiet Bow
Tomas joined the watchmen, protecting the Archanean border. Rather than serve the military, he prefered to remain among the people.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Nyna, please forgive me...	”	— Tomas, in Mystery of the Emblem Book 1.

“	Princess Nyna...	”	— Tomas, in Shadow Dragon.

“	Was I...a burden all along...?	”	— Tomas's death quote in Classic Mode in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	I wonder if I shoulda trained harder...? ...Guys, I'm falling back...	”	— Tomas's retreat quote in Casual Mode in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Princess Nyna... Sorry for... being useless...	”	— Tomas, in New Archanea Saga Episode I of New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Princess Nyna, somehow, please be safe...	”	— Tomas, in Episode I of Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga.

Everyone's Conditions quotes

“	Bullseye! I'm on form today. Alright, I'll ask somebody to be my target and see how much better my archery is now!	”	— When receiving a temporary stat boost in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	And it's complete! Man, training is so tiring.	”	— When receiving experience in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	Aha, I found something. How lucky of me!	”	— When finding an item in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	So booored! I guess I'll play with a toy bow.	”	— When failing to receive a bonus in New Mystery of the Emblem.

“	I wonder if Kris... would like to be my sparring target... I mean, buddy!	”	— When receiving support with Kris in New Mystery of the Emblem.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
New Mystery of the Emblem	Former Archanean archer. Fought for Archanea in the last war, but left the army afterwards.*	元アカネイアの弓兵。暗黒戦争ではアカネイア騎士と共に マルスの仲間になったが、その後、軍を退いた。

Trivia

• Tomas' Shadow Dragon incarnation is one of two characters to receive the exact same number of votes in both the 2017 and 2018 editions of the Choose Your Legends poll for Fire Emblem Heroes, receiving 68 votes in both. The other character to do so is Byron of Genealogy of the Holy War.
• There is a second, unused portrait of Tomas in Shadow Dragon that is slightly different than his used portrait. The unused file is named "TORMAS" while the used one is named "THORMAS".

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Tomas	Scandinavian/eastern European variant of "Thomas", from the Aramaic תָּאוֹמָא, Ta'oma, "twin". Unlike Dolph (whose Japanese name is Tomth), whose name may share this origin, it does not carry any specific meaning for Tomas, unless one sees it as poking fun at the fact that originally, Tomas used the exact same portrait as Gordin.
English (unofficial)	Thomas	Used in the Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Mystery of the Emblem fan translations.[which?]
Japanese	トーマス	Officially romanized as Thormas, a corruption of "Thomas".
Spanish	Tomas	--
French	Tomas	--
German	Tomas	--
Italian	Tomas	--
Portuguese	Tomas	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls in Fire Emblem Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	湯瑪斯	Thormas; used in the Choose Your Legends polls in Heroes.

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Tomas from the Trading Card Game.

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  Artwork of Tomas from the 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.