Wolfskin

Wolfskin The generic Wolfskin portrait in Fates. Nohrian. A human/beast hybrid said to feed on humans. High Str and Spd.

Unit type(s) Beast Weapon(s) Beaststone Skill(s) Odd Shaped, Beastbane

The Wolfskin (Japanese: ガルー Garou) is a basic, Nohr-aligned class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Fates. It is a non-human shapeshifting class which uses beaststones to take the form of a bipedal wolf-like beast in battle.

Wolfskins promote to the Wolfssegner class, and their Hoshidan counterpart is the Kitsune. Enemy Wolfskins, along with their promoted form and their Hoshidan counterparts, are among the few playable classes whose generic enemy members are not capturable.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	19	8	0	4	6	0	4	0	5	--	E

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	45	24	15	18	22	17	21	15	7	--	B

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Fates	20/85%	20/55%	0%	5/40%	15/50%	5/20%	10/50%	0/20%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	Odd Shaped	Learned from Level 1 and up.
Fates	Beastbane	Learned from Level 10 and up.

Class change

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Wolfskin	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Wolfssegner

Playable Wolfskins

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Keaton	Fates
Velouria	Fates
Playable Wolfskin units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Nohrian. A human/beast hybrid said to feed on humans. High Str and Spd.	暗夜の兵種。人を食らうと伝えられる人狼。 力と速さに優れている。

Trivia

• According to Keaton, Wolfskin have been hunted for their fur, which is why they are protective of Mount Garou.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Wolfskin	A portmanteau of either "wolf" and "kin", meaning "related to wolves"; or of "wolf" and "skin", suggesting that the creature wears the skin of a wolf without actually being a proper wolf.
Japanese	ガルー	Officially romanized as Garou. This name is used in Fates's gameplay. Garou is a French suffix which in modern usage is equivalent to the English "were-" prefix, meaning "human" and, when used in conjunction with an animal term, indicating a human who changes shape into that animal; for example, loup-garou is the French word for werewolf. In dialogue, wolfskins are often referred to with the kanji term 人狼 jinrō "werewolf".
Spanish	Ulfhedin	Derived from the Old Norse úlfr, "wolf", and heðinn, "cloak". Úlfheðinn is also a synonym for the Norse berserkers.
French	Ulfhedin	As in Spanish.
German	Ulfhedin	As in Spanish.
Italian	Ulfhedin	As in Spanish.
Portuguese	Wolfskin	Mentioned in Heroes.
Korean	늑대 인간	Werewolf; lit. "wolf human"
Traditional Chinese	加魯	Garou; mentioned in Heroes. In dialogue, 狼人 "werewolf" is typically used.

Gallery

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  The generic Wolfskin portrait in Fates.

See also

• Kitsune
• Taguel

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

Races and animals of the Fire Emblem series

Major species Beorc • Branded • Dragon (Manakete • Divine Dragon • Earth Dragon • Fell Dragon • Fire Dragon • First Dragon • Ice Dragon • War Dragon • Wyvern) • Emblem • God • Human • Kitsune • Laguz (Black Dragon • Cat • Hawk • Heron • Lion • Raven • Red Dragon • Tiger • White Dragon • Wolf) • Mirage • Morph • Nabatean • Taguel • Wolfskin • Zunanma Animals and other species Corrupted • Fabrication • Griffin • Horse • Illusion • Kinshi • Monster • Pegasus • Phantom • Risen • Wolf