Fred

Fred is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. A 25 year old knight from House Friege's Schutaeze family, he serves as Olwen's deputy.

Profile

Fred first appears in Chapter 10, where he accompanies Olwen to Noel Canyon, rendezvousing with Largo to carry out surveillance duties. When Noel Canyon comes under attack by Leif's army, Fred and Olwen briefly remain to assist Largo with fending it off. They eventually leave to request reinforcements from Kempf.

However, Kempf provokes Olwen into attacking him in Chapter 11, later taking her as a hostage against Fred, forcing him to fight against Leif's army. Kempf activates Plan Portcullis midway through the battle, and Fred is quick to lambast it as "dirty tactics". He then joins up with Leif, working together with him to escape, thereafter promising to meet the prince again.

Kempf eventually escapes from Dandrum Fortress, leaving Fred to enter the dungeon to rescue Olwen in Chapter 11x. When the pair reunite, Olwen, who had been imprisoned with some children and learnt of the Empire's Child Hunts from them, is in a state of shock, not knowing what to do from this point onwards. Fred eventually brings her to her senses, convincing her to defect from the Empire and join Leif's army.

Fred then goes on to continue supporting Leif in his cause to liberate Northern Thracia from the Grannvale Empire. He returns to Friege thereafter, contributing significantly to its reconstruction. Fred then marries a noblewoman who is implied to be Olwen, but is often teased due to being older than she is.

Personality

Fred is portrayed as a deeply loyal person by nature. This can be seen when Kempf takes Olwen hostage, forcing him to fight against Leif's army. Although reluctant to do so, Fred takes up arms to fight Leif's army despite knowing that Leif is not evil, fearing that his defiance will cost Olwen her life.

This same loyalty also shows that Fred is a self-sacrificial person, willing to make personal sacrifices for the people whom he loves and cares for. Although not explicitly stated, his actions in Chapters 11 and 11x are motivated not just by loyalty, but also his feelings for Olwen, as he casts aside his ideals as a knight and puts his life at risk for her sake.

Fred is also an honorable person, and this surfaces after Kempf activates Plan Portcullis in Chapter 11. Here, he is quick to lambast the plan as "dirty tactics", expressing the desire to die as an honourable knight over being caught in such a detestable plan.

In-Game

Recruitment

Name	Class	Chapter	Affiliation	Recruit
Fred	Paladin	11x	Player	Automatically from the start if he survived Chapter 11

Base Stats

Starting Class
Paladin
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Bld	Mov	LS	MS	FCM
2	33	10	4	11	10	4	9	11	9	0	0	1
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
-				Sword - A Lance - C (+10)				Thunder Sword Dire Thunder Vulnerary Door Key

Growth Rates

Support Bonus

Supported by

Character	Bonus
Olwen	10%

• Supports give a bonus to Hit, Critical, Avoid, and Dodge
• Supporting characters must be within a three tile radius for the support to come into effect

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.

Fred is a unit that appears as an enemy unit in Chapter 10, if the player approaches the enemy side with two or more units. He is a rather intimidating enemy to face, gaining a support bonus from Olwen, meaning he has the potential to crit one of your units if you are not careful. Thankfully, if you Warp-skip the chapter, via Warping Asvel first, killing the boss, and then Warping Leif later, then you avoid having to face them.

Then in Chapter 11, he appears again as an enemy, but if you send Leif in the center of the fortress, you are able to turn him into an ally, meaning that he won't attack you, but will be attacked by the enemy units in the map. It would seem precarious for Fred, but he is generally strong enough to weather the barrage of attacks of Armor Knights that ambush him in the center.

If you have kept Fred alive, then he officially joins your party in Chapter 11x, where Olwen also appears as an NPC. It would be tempting to use Fred to recruit Olwen, but something that isn't realized is that Thracia 776 actually has a hidden "Arran vs Samson" conundrum. You can either recruit Olwen on 11x by talking with her with Fred, or you can recruit Illios by talking to him with Karin later on in Map 16A. Illios is generally seen as the better unit despite not having two personal weapons, as he has better bases, skills and weapon ranks. You also don't really lose Fred for doing this either, as he joins your party regardless of whether or not you have talked to him with Olwen.

One you have him join the team, Fred comes with some decent bases and weapon ranks. His Sword Rank in A is actually invaluable, as he is one of the few units that can wield the Sleep Sword indoors in Chapter 18. He is slightly worse than Illios by not being able to use Magic indoors, but he is still relatively decent. The only real flaw that he has is that he doesn't really have too many chances to prove his combat prowress since most of the outdoor maps can easily be Warp-skipped, but he is a decent addition regardless.

Ending

Fred - The Holy Knight of Friege (フリージの聖騎士, Furīji no Kiyoshi kishi)

After the war, Fred returned home to the Dukedom of Friege. There, he spent all of his strength helping the new, young lord rebuild the war-torn land. He went on to marry a young noblewoman with close ties to House Friege's inner circle, though the difference in their age made him the butt of many jokes.

Quotes

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B15-089HN

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	764	Thracia 776	36
CYL2	722 ↑42	Thracia 776	50 ↑15
CYL3	476 ↑246	Thracia 776	155 ↑105
CYL4	526 ↓50	Thracia 776	65 ↓90
CYL5	474 ↑52	Thracia 776	30 ↓35
CYL6	395 ↑79	Thracia 776	128 ↑98
CYL7	393 ↑2	Thracia 776	39 ↓89

CYL8

392 ↑1

Thracia 776

50 ↑11

Gallery

Artwork of Fred in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher) by Mattsun!.

Fred, as he appears in the TCG.

Fred as a Paladin in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher).

Fred's portrait in Thracia 776.

Fred's battle model (dismounted).