Midir

Midir is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is an archer knight of Yngvi who harbors a crush on Edain. He is grievously wounded in the Prologue during his attempt to protect Edain from Munnir. He will enlist in Sigurd's army when the latter retakes Jungby, determined to save Edain and atone for his inability to protect her from harm. He will eventually perish in the Battle of Belhalla, alongside several of his fellow comrades.

According to unofficial manga-based statistics, Midir was born in Gran 736. He stands at 182 centimeters in height, weighs 70 kilograms, and his blood type is A.

In-Game[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class								Holy Blood
Arch Knight								-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Lead	Gold
2	32	9	0	7	9	3	7	0	8	0	2,000
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Pursuit Charge				Bow - B				Iron Bow

Growth Rates[]

Promotion Gains[]

Promoted Class
Bow Knight
+3	0	+2	+2	+2	+3	+1
Weapon Levels
+1

Overall[]

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Midir, at first glance, is a relatively unimpressive unit in combat due to his average starting stats, poor overall growths, lack of holy blood, and weak enemy phase potential due to a lack of access to a 1 range weapon. He is, however, a useful unit in the first generation due to the simple fact that he is mounted and the maps in Genealogy of the Holy War are so large that being on foot often means missing out on combat unless you want to risk letting villages burn, getting a lower ranking, or letting recruitable characters die. It is by the sheer utility of high movement that Midir does more good than harm, especially when the combination of Pursuit and Charge allows for him, if lucky, to do a maximum of four attacks if the proper conditions are met.

Though Midir is often overlooked due to his inferiority in combat when compared to Jamke and Brigid, there are ways to boost Midir's offensive potential to close the gap. Notably, Jamke has an overkill of offense: Pursuit, Adept, Charge, and a Killer Bow. You will find that even if you insist on using Jamke despite him being on foot, that his offense is so explosive that he really does not need his Killer Bow to kill almost any unit in the game. Midir, however, will make much better use of it due to his superior mobility. A good option is to sell Jamke's Killer Bow to Midir and have Jamke buy the Steel Bow and later purchase a Silver Bow from the Armory. Also, if you choose to pair Midir with Edain by Chapter 3, she can give him a Brave Bow in Chapter 4 that seriously ups his potential. Using these options significantly improves Midir's capability as a unit, though his lack of 1 attack range even after promotion will limit him considerably compared to other mounted units.

Father Overview[]

Midir is a pretty unimpressive father, and he only has one real choice that he was intended for: Edain. Pairing him with anyone other than Edain will result in him being unable to pass on his Bows. The skills he can pass down, Pursuit and Charge, are fairly ubiquitous among male units so they are nothing special for his children to inherit. He has no Holy Blood, and he has the worst overall growths of all males in the game, though they do have the benefit of being evenly split.

While there are several other choices that are "safe" for choosing as Midir's wife(in that his children will be guaranteed Pursuit and evenly split growths), just about anyone else is a better choice than Midir since he really offers nothing special to them due to his common skills, inability to pass on his weapons, and poor growths.

• Edain: Lester will inherit Pursuit, Charge, and all of Midir's bows. Midir also happens to be Edain's best fit as well, unless Jamke is given the highly contested Pursuit Ring as Lester cannot inherit Pursuit from Jamke unless Jamke passes down the ring. If he does have it, however, he will make a superior father to Lana.

Conversations[]

In Chapter 1, if Midir speaks to Edain, she will gain 100 love points with him.

In Chapter 3, if neither Midir nor Brigid has a lover, he may speak to her, resulting in her gaining 100 love points with him.

In Chapter 4, if Edain and Midir are lovers, she may speak to him, resulting in him receiving the Brave Bow.

In Chapter 5, if Brigid and Midir are lovers, she may speak to him, but nothing will result of it.

Love Growths[]

Supports

Character	Bonus
Edain	120+1
Ayra	0+2
Lachesis	50+2
Erinys	50+2
Silvia	0+3
Brigid	100+3
Tailtiu	120+3

Quotes[]

Non-Canon Appearances[]

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]

Midir is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

B06-020N

B19-059HN

B19-060N

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	540	Genealogy of the Holy War	173
CYL2	619 ↓79	Genealogy of the Holy War	116 ↓57
CYL3	483 ↑136	Genealogy of the Holy War	137 ↑21
CYL4	475 ↑8	Genealogy of the Holy War	130 ↓7
CYL5	388 ↑87	Genealogy of the Holy War	122 ↓8
CYL6	351 ↑37	Genealogy of the Holy War	182 ↑60
CYL7	301 ↑50	Genealogy of the Holy War	133 ↓48

CYL8

338 ↓37

Genealogy of the Holy War

104 ↓29

Etymology[]

In Irish mythology, Midir was a prince of the Tuatha Dé Danaan and the husband of Fuamnach. Once he set eyes on Édaín, he fell in love with her and took her as his new bride, causing Fuamnach to curse Édaín out of jealousy. When Édaín was reborn, she had no memories of before and married another. Midir discovered this and hastened to her, only to find that she would not leave her husband unless he gave her away. After many challenges and losses for ever increasing stakes, Midir finally bested the husband and fairly won an embrace from Édaín. When the two embraced, they turned into swans and escaped the husband and his soldiers through the skylight.

Gallery[]

See main article: Midir/Gallery.