Hugh

Hugh is a playable character from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is a mercenary Mage; he is the grandson of Niime, the son of Canas, and possible cousin of Nino.

Profile

Hugh was raised by his extremely strict grandmother and holds a grudge against her for it. When the Etrurian defectors abandoned their fort, he is so worried about not getting his pay that he goes over to Roy's army for a job. Hugh is portrayed as very naïve to the point of being called childish by younger characters like Chad and Raigh, but he is sincere and good at heart.

Hugh must be paid a large sum of money to be recruited. The player has the option of paying him 10,000 gold, but can decline the offer and choose to pay him a lower sum. Each time the player declines though, his starting stats decrease. If the last offer (5,000G) is declined, he refuses to join the party.

Hugh continued his studies in magic after the war.

In-Game

The Binding Blade

Description: A mage hired by Etruria. Desperate for money.

Base Stats

Note: Stats listed are for his highest joining price of 10,000. Every attribute is reduced by 1 for each offer you turn down.

Starting Class						Affinity
Mage						Wind
Level	HP	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov
15	26	13	11	12	10	9	9	7	5
Weapon					Starting Items
Anima - C					Elfire Member Card Elixir

Growth Rates

Promotion Gains

Item Required				Promoted Class
Guiding Ring				Sage
1	+4	+4	+2	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1
Weapon Levels
+1 E

Supports

See also: Hugh/Supports

• Niime
• Raigh
• Cath
• Chad
• Lugh

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.

For a character of his asking price, Hugh tends to be somewhat subpar. If the player plans to use him, they should probably pay his full cost, as Hugh's stats are already fairly mediocre at base level and he doesn't tend to be able to take the stat loss. Additionally, Hugh has fairly subpar growth rates and a very high base level, which means that it's generally best to try turning him into a Sage as soon as possible; fortunately, Guiding Rings are purchasable in the chapter with his Member Card in hand, but this tends to require another pile of gold.

Fortunately for Hugh, once he has become a Sage, he is surprisingly workable. The promotion bonuses significantly boost his stats, including a +4 to HP and Magic and a +2 to Defense, making him hit surprisingly hard. These bring him up to a minimum of 30 HP and 11 Defense if you paid full-price; which, combined with his defensive growths (other than Luck) being average across the board, makes him quite sturdy by magic-unit standards. He also gains E-rank Staves, turning him into a decent-enough healer, and his tome rank is raised to B, allowing him to wield Aircalibur. This will allow him to deal hefty damage to wyvern enemies, which are some of the deadlier encounters in the lategame. Hugh's main statistical weak point is his Speed, as he gains relatively little Speed from promoting and has a mediocre base to begin with, even if it is one of his better growths. This means that he tends to be stuck with chipping enemies, whereas characters like Lugh can heavily damage or one-round them instead.

Comparing just to Lugh, Hugh will generally have a Magic lead over him at a similar level, making him better-suited for heavy tomes such as Bolting (and possibly Forblaze); unless the target is rather slow, of course, enough that Lugh can still double despite the Weight penalty. Comparing to Lilina, Hugh will generally be faster and will almost-certainly be better at survival; this assumes your Anima-user of choice isn't already double his level, though.

In general, Hugh is outclassed by a trained magic-user and even some later characters like Niime, but his Anima access and lack of required training can make him a decent enough option if the player has the gold to spare.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original

Worldly Mage

Taking after his grandmother Niime, he traveled the world to research dark magic. His travels, however, led him to focus on anima magic. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Worldly Mage
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 36/40/43	7/8/9 35/38/42	8/9/10 38/42/45	7/8/9 24/27/31	6/7/8 21/24/27
Skills			Weapon
Sell-Spell Tome New Moon			Tome

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Fire	-	-	-
	Elfire	-	-	-
	Bolganone	-	-	-
	Sell-Spell Tome	-
	New Moon	-	-	-
	Moonbow	New Moon	-	-
A	Spd Def Ideal 1	-		-
	Spd Def Ideal 2	Spd Def Ideal 1		-
	Spd Def Ideal 3	Spd Def Ideal 2		-
	Spd Def Ideal 4	Spd Def Ideal 3
C	Rouse Atk Spd 1	-		-
	Rouse Atk Spd 2	Rouse Atk Spd 1		-
	Rouse Atk Spd 3	Rouse Atk Spd 2		-
	Rouse Atk Spd 4	Rouse Atk Spd 3

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.

Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Worldly Mage Hugh
	Hugh comes from a family of mages who wield elder magic—also known as dark magic. Both his father and his grandmother are famous dark mages! However, Hugh himself is very modest, and has a wry wit.
	Having lost his parents at a young age, Hugh was raised by his grandmother, Niime. Once he was old enough, he parted ways with her to go out into the world and master elder magic, following in his family's footsteps.
	During his journey, however, he lost hope in his talents for that school of magic, and chose to pursue anima magic instead! He later offered his services to Roy as a mercenary and joined the army of the Lycian League.
	It seems his knack for anima magic comes from his mother, rather than his father's side of the family. And so, with anima magic at his command, Hugh does his part to clear the way forward!
Closely Associated Characters
Niime	Scholar of dark magic. Everyone in Elibe who knows anything about magic has learned her name as well. Hugh's grandmother.
Raigh	Wielder of dark magic. A scornful loner with a troubled past as an orphan. He and Hugh traveled together for a short time.
Canas	Fourth son of Niime, the Mountain Hermit. Devoted entirely to research and reading. Hugh's father.

Quotes

Heroes

Hugh/Heroes Quotes

Ending

Hugh - Streetwise Mage (世長けた魔道士, Yo taketa madōshi)

Although many nations sought out his service, Hugh turned them all down and led his life on his own. He always was a pain when it came to money, but his magical abilities allowed him to imprint his name on history's face as a great and powerful sage.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B16-033N

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	340	The Binding Blade	538
CYL2	438 ↓98	The Binding Blade	337 ↓201
CYL3	375 ↑63	The Binding Blade	396 ↑59
CYL4	282 ↑93	The Binding Blade	470 ↑74
CYL5	247 ↑35	The Binding Blade	348 ↓122
CYL6	231 ↑16	The Binding Blade	394 ↑46
CYL7	344 ↓113	The Binding Blade	89 ↓305

CYL8

370 ↓26

The Binding Blade

72 ↓17

Trivia

• On the official Japanese website for Nintendo, Hugh won 11th place out of 80 in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The male-female vote ratio is 1:1. The voter comments seem to generally focus on his kind and entertaining personality despite seeming greedy and narcissistic.

Gallery

See main article: Hugh/Gallery.