Linda

Not to be confused with Linde.

Linda is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. She is the substitute character of Tine if Tailtiu was not paired up.

Linda is the daughter of Tailtiu's younger sister, Ethnia and the sister of Amid. She is also the cousin of Arthur, Tine, Ishtore, and Ishtar, and one of the granddaughters of Reptor. Like her family members, she bears the blood of Crusader Thrud.

Profile

In a similar manner to Tailtiu and Tine, Ethnia and Linda were hiding in Silesse until they were captured by Bloom, who imprisoned them in his home. She witnessed Hilda's brutal abuse towards Ethnia that eventually led to the latter's death.

After Ishtore's death at the hands of Seliph's army, Linda is sent out onto the battlefield by her uncle, Bloom. She is accompanied by Vampa, Fetra, and Eliu, who attempt to outdo her. During the battle, she meets Amid, who reveals himself to be her brother. At this time, she defects to Seliph's army and remains in it for the rest of the war.

During Chapter 8, Linda can meet with Jake, who notes that her name sounds familiar. Before parting ways, she receives an amulet from him that boosts her magical resistance. In her conversation with Amid in the final chapter that can occur if neither of them have fallen in love, Linda asks Amid about Ethnia's reason for leaving Freege and discovers that it was because Tailtiu died fighting alongside Sigurd.

Personality

Linda has a similar personality to Tine; humble, kindhearted, and sweet. She also bears a grudge towards Hilda and Bloom for being the direct causes of Ethnia's untimely fate.

In-Game

Base Stats

• - Minor Holy Blood
• - Major Holy Blood

Starting Class								Holy Blood
Thunder Mage								Thrud
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Lead	Gold
3	26	0	11	12	9	2	2	7	5	0	5,000
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Wrath Paragon				Thunder - A				Elthunder

Growth Rates

(With Holy Blood Bonuses)

Promotion Gains

Promoted Class
Mage Fighter
+3	+5	+3	+6	+4	+5	+1
Weapon Levels
C B B B

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.

Unlike Tine, Linda's starting class is that of a Thunder Mage, which will allow her to use the Thoron spellbook. She is one of two replacement characters possessing Holy Blood.

Linda is somewhat preferable over Tine, as she possesses the Paragon skill. Tine will always end up surpassing Linda in most stats when they are at the same level, but because of Paragon, Linda will promote sooner, which comes with a lovely set of stat boosts. Further, thanks to being able to use Thoron from the jump, she will essentially have 6 more points of magic than Tine with Elthunder (the strongest tome she can have till promotion). On the other hand, opting for Linda means you'll also have Amid, who is almost always worse than the character he's replacing (Arthur), so the question does give one pause. Both options aren't bad; they both have their ups and downs.

Conversations

In Chapter 7, Amid may speak to Linda, and she will defect to Seliph's army.

In Chapter 7, Linda may speak to Seliph, but nothing will result of it.

In Chapter 8, if neither Seliph nor Linda has a lover, he may speak to her after Conote is captured. She will gain three points of HP and 100 love points with him.

In Chapter 8, if Linda visits a certain spot in the mountains, she will meet Jake and gain three points of Magic Defense.

In the Final Chapter, if neither Amid nor Linda has a lover, he may speak to her, and she will gain one point of Luck.

In the Final Chapter, Linda may speak to her lover if he is either Seliph, Ced, Hawk or Leif. This will result in her lover gaining three points of Magic.

Love Growths

Original and replacement characters have the same love growths, unless stated otherwise.

Supports

Character	Bonus
Seliph	0+3
Leif	0+3
Ares	0+3
Shannan	0+3
Iuchar/Iucharba	0+3
Oifey	0+3
Lester/Deimne	0+3
Scáthach/Dalvin	0+3
Diarmuid/Tristan	0+3
Ced/Hawk	0+3
Coirpre/Charlot	0+3
Febail/Asaello	0+3
Amid	Not possible, since they are siblings

Quotes

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (Nattsu Fujimori Manga)

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Gag Paradise

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War - Sigurd's Tale

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War - Last of the Earth Dragons

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War - Forest and Lake Country

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B12-092HN

B12-093N

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	675	Genealogy of the Holy War	75
CYL2	676 ↓1	Genealogy of the Holy War	76 ↑1
CYL3	509 ↑167	Genealogy of the Holy War	99 ↑23
CYL4	521 ↓12	Genealogy of the Holy War	69 ↓30
CYL5	449 ↑72	Genealogy of the Holy War	57 ↓12
CYL6	478 ↓29	Genealogy of the Holy War	37 ↓20
CYL7	355 ↑123	Genealogy of the Holy War	78 ↑41

CYL8

386 ↓31

Genealogy of the Holy War

56 ↓22

Etymology

Linda's name means "cute" in Portuguese and Spanish. Also derived from the German word lind that means "tender" and "mild".

Trivia

• Linda and Amid are the only Substitute characters related by blood to the characters they replace. In this case, they are the maternal cousins of Arthur and Tine.
  • They are also the only substitute characters with Holy Blood, in which both have Minor Thrud.
• Amid, Linda and their mother Ethnia are the only Thrud descendants without the family lineage's trademark silvery hair.

Gallery

See main article: Linda/Gallery.