Linde

Not to be confused with the Genealogy of the Holy War character, Linda.

Linde is a playable character in the Archanea Series and Fire Emblem Heroes, as well as a boss character in the spin-off, Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE.

Profile

Archanea Series

Linde is the daughter of Miloah, one of Gotoh's best students along with Gharnef, thus enabling her to use the powerful Aura spell. She is targeted by Gharnef's men, so she disguises herself as a boy, but in turn, she is captured and brought to a slave market. Marth frees Linde, and she decides to join him to fight and avenge her murdered father. She later moves to Pales and becomes Nyna's apprentice and most trusted individual.

When Hardin falls into madness, Nyna entrusts the Fire Emblem to Linde, who joins up with Marth's army. She later returns to Pales, and seems to have found an idol. Her ending hints that she tries to make herself more beautiful, possibly for the said idol.

Personality

The loss of her father deeply affected Linde, fueling her determination to participate in the war and defeat Gharnef. She tends to relate to those who've lost family.

It is hinted that Linde might have a crush on Merric. It's mentioned in her Mystery of the Emblem ending that she becomes stronger and more beautiful for an unnamed man from a "magic academy", and they do have supports in New Mystery of the Emblem, but she keeps her feelings in secret after seeing that he likes Elice. It's alluded to again in her talks with Marth in Fire Emblem Warriors, where they speak about Merric's relationships with both of them and it's said that Marth specifically asked Merric to help and protect Linde.

In-Game

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Wlv	Mov
1	20	1	4	7	7	3	0	7	6
Weapon					Starting Items
Tome					Aura

Growth Rates

Promotion

Item Required	Promoted Class
Bishop's Ring	Bishop

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.

Linde's major advantage over the other magic units in the game is her signature Aura tome. With 20 Might, it is by far the strongest tome in the game, and its 90% accuracy is nothing to scoff at. However, Aura is also quite heavy, to the point that Linde has 0 Speed while using it, meaning that she can be out damaged by Merric with Excalibur or nearly matched by anyone able to double with Elfire. Once Linde has gained some Speed, she is the hardest-hitting magic unit in the game, and should comfortably one-round anything she can double. Linde shares Merric's weakness of being reliant on the Bishop's Ring to promote, which does not arrive until very late in the game, and when combined with her low base level for her join time, it makes her more or less a backup mage.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Base Stats

• Book 1
• Book 2

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Wlv	Mov
1	18	1	4	7	7	2	4	7	6
Weapon					Starting Items
Tome					Aura

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Wlv	Mov
4	20	2	5	8	8	2	4	9	6
Weapon					Starting Items
Tome					Aura Thunder Nosferatu

Growth Rates

Promotion Gains

Item Required				Promoted Class
Bishop Ring				Bishop
1	+2	+1	+2	+1	+3	Varies	+0

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.

In Mystery of the Emblem Book 1, Linde suffers from a pretty big loss in durability from her HP and defense being reduced both in terms of base stats and growths. The game is also shorter so she has less time not only to contribute but also to hit level 10 for a potential promotion. Unlike FE1 she will normally get out damaged by other magic units when using anything that's not Aura due to the changes in how magic works. A saving grace for her is that her accuracy can be boosted through her skill stat (where she has a high growth but sadly not a high base) and supports. With Merric in range, she tends to have better accuracy with Aura than in FE1 where it was stuck at 90%, making her a decent filler unit to consider because of this.

In Book 2, Linde is a very different unit. She is the first mage the player obtains, and due to showing up early, this makes the Aura tome far more powerful. Linde is particularly good at taking on Dracoknight enemies due to being able to strike them on their low Resistance, and once she has gained a few levels, she will be able to double slower enemies with it, likely one-rounding anything she attacks.

Aside from Aura, Linde can make use of various effective spells to deal heavy damage to dragons, and as a female mage, she is likely the primary user of Nosferatu. Linde's main weakness is her frailty, which Nosferatu can patch up (particularly with an Angelic Robe), and Astral Shards can be used to increase Linde's lackluster Defenses or boost her Strength, with the early-appearing Gemini Shard being particularly helpful. When the Bishop Ring becomes available, Linde is by far the best candidate for it, and gains staff utility to back up her already impressive kit. With these advantages in mind, Linde tends to be the player's main resort throughout the campaign for a magic unit.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	18	0	2	4	7	7	3	4	6
Weapon					Starting Items
Tome - D					Aura

Growth Rates

Support Relationships

Supports

• Jake

Supported by

• Marth
• Merric

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.

The remade version of Linde has very low stats for her join time and very little to boast beyond her Aura tome. Many of her growths have also been reduced, making raising her a fairly dubious task, made worse by the changes to weapon rank making her promotion far weaker. On the other hand, Shadow Dragon's increased difficulty means that a powerful Resistance-hitting attack like Aura can make her stand out. Linde's 20 Attack allows her to chip enemies for some heavy damage, and though she lacks the flier-effectiveness of units like Merric or Jeorge, there are still a decent number of enemies that she can inconvenience without risking a counter.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
4	20	0	4	5	8	8	2	4	6
Weapon					Starting Items
Tome - D					Aura Thunder Nosferatu

Growth Rates

Support Relationships

Supports

• Jake
• Nyna

Supported by

• Kris
• Marth
• Merric
• Nyna

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.

Linde regains many of the perks of her Book 2 counterpart, with a very early join time, high growth rates, a powerful tome at an early point in the game, and Nosferatu. As a mage, she inflicts very heavy damage onto normally sturdy targets, and between the removal of weight and her extremely high Speed, she should have little issue with doubling when raised. She cannot tank as well due to the vastly increased enemy strength and the changes to the Astral Shards, but she usually has enough durability at base to survive a solid hit in the early game on Hard and Maniac difficulties, and her increased Magic growth means that she can keep up well enough with increased enemy HP.

Though Linde has lost the ability to gain most staves upon promotion, class changing as a whole is quite beneficial to her. Her standard class is fine enough; Sage gives her the best tome rank and the ability to use some helpful staves. Bishop can be used to gain other useful staves like Barrier and Mend, and brings her closer to Physic, Warp, and Unlock. However, one of the more interesting paths for her is Swordmaster. Though this may seem counter to her design, as she lacks any sword ranks or Strength, the class's base C in Swords allows her to use the Levin Sword for fairly heavy magical damage, and it will also grant her higher stats overall, including higher Movement and the Speed to double almost anything. Given that it will completely tank her Magic growth, it should probably only be entered if she has gained a few points through her growth or been given Spirit Dust.

Fire Emblem Awakening

SpotPass

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
14	26	0	14+2	15	17	17	5	8	5
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Magic +2 Focus Patience			Tome - C			Arcthunder*

*Enemy only, joins unequipped

Fire Emblem Engage

Bond Ring

Hero from beyond Elyos with the gift of powerful magic. The strong-willed daughter of Pontifex Miloah from Archanea. Her father passed down Aura magic to her for her fight against Gharnef.

	C Rank	Lck +1
	B Rank	Mag +1 Lck +1
World	A Rank	Mag +1 Spd +1 Lck +1
Hero-King	S Rank	Mag +1 Spd +1 Lck +2

Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE

Boss Stats

Starting Class						Wardrobe Stats
Sage						Attack 180, Armor 46
Level	HP	EP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
52	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
--	--	--	--	--	--	Null	Weak	Resist	Resist
Skills							Items
Command			Session		Passive		--
Ziodyne Makajamaon Aura Rakukaja Diarahan			Fire-Elthunder		--

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original
• Sketchy Summer
• Sage of Khadein?

Light Mage

Daughter of Pontifex Miloah from Archanea. Inherited the light tome Aura. Wants to avenge her father's death. Appears in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Light Mage
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 32/35/39	8/9/10 32/35/38	9/10/11 33/36/39	3/4/5 11/14/18	4/5/6 23/27/30
Skills			Weapon
Aura Ardent Sacrifice			Tome

Resplendent ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Light Mage
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 34/37/41	10/11/12 34/37/40	11/12/13 35/38/41	5/6/7 13/16/20	6/7/8 25/29/32
Skills			Weapon
Aura Ardent Sacrifice			Tome

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Thunder	-	-	-
	Elthunder	-	-	-
	Thoron	-	-	-
	Aura	-		-
	Ardent Sacrifice	-		-
A	Speed +1	-		-
	Speed +2	Speed +1		-
	Speed +3	Speed +2
C	Fortify Res 1	-		-
	Fortify Res 2	Fortify Res 1		-
	Fortify Res 3	Fortify Res 2

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

Linde is one of the first Blue Mages of Heroes, creating one of the most potent unit types in the games current lifespan; the offensive blue mage. Defined by strong offensive stats in exchange for low bulk, they are meant to simply unleash high damage and destroy enemies before they can either attack or counterattack. While many blue mages introduced later copied or enhanced her strengths, Linde has maintained a solid place as a reliable blue mage who not only can deal high damage, but can also support allies through her Weapon.

Aura is Linde's personal tome and all versions on it involve forms of ally support. Its standard effect is rather lackluster as it has an innate Breath of Life 2 effect, healing adjacent allies 5 HP when she initiates attacks. This was changed with Weapon Refinery, where she gained the ability to apply a new effect to Aura or evolve it into Dark Aura. Both weapons and their Refines have similar effects of +6 Atk to adjacent allies at the start of each turn. Aura affects Tome and Staff units while Dark Aura affects all direct attacking units. When both are refined, she gains +5 Atk/Spd during combat so long as she is within two spaces of said unit types. Linde can find herself flexibly applied to different teams as a result and values working closely with the units she is going to be buffing.

Her remaining kit has short term skills that ultimately impacts her performance in minimal ways. Ardent Sacrifice gives 10 HP from Linde to an ally which is good to put her in the damage range for certain skill listed below, but not entirely necessary. Speed +3 gives her a flat +3 Spd while Fortify Resistance boosts adjacent ally Res by 4 at the start of each turn.

Counters

Despite her high damage output, Linde is susceptible to high Res Green units like Gunnthrá, Deirdre, and Yune who can soak damage and retaliate. Specifically designed anti-mage units like Felicia, Fjorm, and Halloween Sakura counter her heavily. Distant Counter Green units like Hector can also be problematic as they can ward off a single attack and smash through her low Def. Otherwise standard green offensive physical units can run through her low Defense and she is vulnerable to common Ploy units.

Skill Inheritance

Linde's flexibility with her Aura tome (or Dark Aura) means that she already has a strong Hone Attack-like effect so Hone Speed is a natural fit to benefit her allies offense potential the most or a Speed Wave skill to give herself the speed buff during the turns they are active. Joint Hone Speed also does a similar, but slightly less boost with the tradeoff being that the skill activates each turn.

Since she is naturally buffed, Glimmer makes the most of these buffs. Draw Back makes her pull allies out of danger or can use Reposition to a similar effect. Fury's flat stat boost is beneficial overall with the downside of forced recoil benefitting her, mainly to get into Desperation range.

Meet Some of the Heroes

Light Mage Linde
	Linde is a mage, and the daughter of Miloah, pontifex of Archanea and one of Gotoh's best students out of Khadein. Through him, she inherited the tome Aura, a spell that only a select few can use!
	Miloah was assassinated by Gharnef, the so-called Dark Pontifex, who aimed to seize control of Khadein. Knowing that he was also after Aura, Linde fled, disguising herself as a boy to escape Gharnef's notice.
	She eventually found herself in Knorda, a place infamous for its slave market. There, she was captured by rogues, but fortunately, Marth and the Altean army happened to find her and rescued her from her plight!
	Despite the hardships she went through, Linde managed to keep Aura safe. I'm sure that her strong determination will be a great aid to the Order of Heroes!
Closely Associated Characters
Miloah	A student of Gotoh, the White Sage. While serving as a pontifex of Archanea, he was assassinated by Gharnef, his erstwhile colleague. Linde's father.
Gharnef	A student of Gotoh, the White Sage. Hatched a scheme to revive the Shadow Dragon, Medeus, and rule the world. Linde's nemesis.
Marth	Prince of Altea who fights for his homeland and deeply values his friends. He rescues Linde after she was captured by rogues.

Summer Rays

Daughter of Pontifex Miloah from Archanea. She's a bit flustered, since she's not wearing her usual robe. Appears in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Summer Rays
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 30/33/36	7/8/9 31/34/37	8/9/10 32/35/38	2/3/4 12/16/19	6/7/8 23/26/30
Skills			Weapon
Starfish+ Ardent Sacrifice			Dagger

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Dagger	-	-	-
	Steel Dagger	-	-	-
	Starfish	-	-	-
	Starfish+	-		-
	Ardent Sacrifice	-		-
A	Brazen Atk/Res 1	-		-
	Brazen Atk/Res 2	Brazen Atk/Res 1		-
	Brazen Atk/Res 3	Brazen Atk/Res 2
B	Cancel Affinity 1	-		-
	Cancel Affinity 2	Cancel Affinity 1		-
	Cancel Affinity 3	Cancel Affinity 2

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

Summer Linde was a unique unit upon release as the first dagger cavalry unit in the game and is currently the only colorless cavalry dagger unit. She maintains a similar combat role as her standard form, having great Atk and Spd stats, but low bulk in exchange. Her main advantage in her new role is the fact that she can benefit from Cavalry Buffs and can debuff enemies with ease thanks to her new weapon class.

Starfish has an innate Desperation effect, giving her not only a strong offensive built in effect, but also freeing her Skill B for other skills. It also inflicts Def/Res -7 to her target and foes within two spaces of said target after battle, prepping her allies to finish off the remaining enemies.

Ardent Sacrifice allows her to heal allies by giving them 10 of her HP. Brazen Atk/Res increases her Atk/Res by 7 during combat when she is under 80% health, which syncs with her Starfish skill. Cancel Affinity removes negative affinities and reverse weapon triangle to punish Triangle Adept users.

Counters

Summer Linde does not like getting initiated on as any form of offense from enemies can run through her low Bulk, especially exceptionally fast units or units with large Atk stats who can nuke her. Common units like Ayra, Nephenee, Katarina, Ishtar, Reinhardt, and Nino can do this. Armors can take most of Linde's offense in stride and return fire if they carry Distant Counter. Finally, while she does have Cancel Affinity in her skill set, she is vulnerable to Raventome users such as both Mage Robins, Sophia, and Lyon if she removes the skill.

Skill Inheritance

Summer Linde has a ton of daggers to choose from mainly from her fellow Seasonal units to gain useful battle effects such as unit type effective damage or skills that trigger off of Special Skill activation. She has plenty of options to choose from, but if running such skills, she will want to get Desperation since that is no longer attached to her weapon.

If sticking with Starfish, Linde's freed Skill B is great to have Chill Defense to help her combat more enemies or help allies who are better offensively finish off particularly physically bulky enemies. She can be a leading unit so Attack Speed Solo gives the largest boost to her Atk and Spd when she charges off first or Fury makes an excellent alternative, giving her a rounded offense and bulk increase while taking the recoil as a means to enter Desperation range quickly. Skill C is flexible, but given her synergy with cavalry teams, Hone Cavalry, Fortify Cavalry, Goad Cavalry, and Ward Cavalry are her best four options for those teams.

Meet Some of the Heroes

Summer Rays Linde
	Here's Linde, the daughter of Miloah, the pontifex of Archanea! She's dressed for the beach with a light-pink swimsuit that looks simply divine!
	While it might be the same color as the robe she normally wears, the design certainly is bold. Even the pareo she's wearing is made from see-through material!
	The basket she's carrying in one hand is cutely decorated in ribbons, as well. There are starfish of all colors inside!
	Linde seems a little flustered by the unusual attire, but the mature look is a great addition to her usual cuteness!
Closely Associated Characters
Marth	Prince of Altea who fights for his homeland and deeply values his friends. He rescues Linde after she was captured by rogues.

Bound by Fate

Linde, dressed in the robes of the Khadein school of magic, joined by Sara. They bond over the tragedy in their pasts. They appear in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem / Thracia 776.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Bound by Fate
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	14/15/16 33/37/40	13/14/15 41/44/48	11/12/13 41/45/48	2/3/4 12/16/19	2/3/4 24/27/30
Skills			Weapon
Celestial Globe New Moon			Tome

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Fire	-	-	-
	Elfire	-	-	-
	Bolganone	-	-	-
	Celestial Globe	-		-
	New Moon	-	-	-
	Luna	-	-	-
A	Darting Blow 1	-		-
	Swift Sparrow 1	Darting Blow 1		-
	Swift Sparrow 2	Swift Sparrow 1		-
	Remote Sparrow	Swift Sparrow 2
B	S/R Far Trace 1	-		-
	S/R Far Trace 2	S/R Far Trace 1		-
	S/R Far Trace 3	S/R Far Trace 2		-
C	Res Smoke 1	-		-
	Res Smoke 2	Res Smoke 1		-
	Res Smoke 3	Res Smoke 2		-
	Def Res Smoke 3	Res Smoke 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

Bound by Fate Linde
	Here's Linde, a mage from Archanea, and Sara, a cleric from Jugdral. They're out together on a visit to the magic academy at Khadein!
	It looks like they're dressed in the traditional attire of Khadein! Linde's making a big impression, dressed in an outfit fancy enough for a pontifex.
	Meanwhile, Sara's wearing something a lot more adorable! By the way, those colorful celestial globes they're carrying? Yeah, they're magic—and quite powerful weapons, to boot!
	While the history of the magic academy means a lot to Linde, Sara's just happy for the chance to explore a new place. They're both enjoying the visit in their own way!
Closely Associated Characters
Marth	Prince of Altea who fights for his homeland and deeply values his friends. He rescues Linde after she was captured by rogues.

Fire Emblem Warriors

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mage
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	58	1	10	6	7	9	2	8	5
Weapon					Starting Items
Tome - E					Aura

Supports

See also: Linde/Warriors Supports

• Leo
• Marth
• Niles
• Minerva
• Tharja

Quotes

Death Quotes

Heroes

Linde/Heroes Quotes

Warriors

Linde/Warriors Quotes

Endings

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Seals away the destructive power of Aura. Now she lives a quiet life.

Shadow Dragon

Miloah's Child

Linde entered Princess Nyna's protection and became a lady at court.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Light Sage

Linde worked in the palace's magic academy. Perhaps she found love, for her beauty blossomed.

Non-Canon Appearances

Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE

Linde appears in Chapter 6 during the first trial to acquire the Opera of Light: Fire Emblem as one of four boss Mirages. She fights alongside Macellan, Dolph, and Gordin.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirit Info

No.	Name	Image	Type	Class	Slots	Effect
628	Linde		Support	★★☆☆ (Advanced)	2	Bob-omb Equipped

Spirit Battle

Spirit	Enemy Fighter(s)	Type	Power/Class	Stage	Rules	Conditions	Music
No. 628 Linde	•Robin	Shield	4,100 / ★★☆☆ (Advanced)	Temple (Battlefield)	•Hazard: Zap Floor	•The floor is electrified •The enemy's magic attacks have increased power	"Shadow Dragon Medley"

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Linde is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem 0 Cipher with the following cards:

B01-035R

B01-036N

B13-075SR

B13-076N

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	187	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon	1,396
	316	Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	622
CYL2	155 ↑32	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon	1,643 ↑247
	293 ↑23	Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	742 ↑120
CYL3	132 ↑23 (From highest)	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	1,966 ↓419 (From combined)
CYL4	170 ↓38	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	897 ↓1,069
CYL5	204 ↓34	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	443 ↓454
CYL6	214 ↓10	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	451 ↑8
CYL7	158 ↑56	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	384 ↓67

CYL8

205 ↓47

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem

288 ↓96

Trivia

• In Heroes, Linde shares her English voice actress, Julie Ann Taylor, with Nephenee of Path of Radiance, Cordelia, and Severa of Awakening, and Flora of Fates.
• In the Japanese version of Warriors, Linde's promoted class is Bishop. It was changed to Sage in overseas release.

Gallery

See main article: Linde/Gallery.