Priam

Priam is a playable character from Fire Emblem Awakening, and the last SpotPass character that is able to be recruited.

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Who does Priam claim to be a descendant of in Fire Emblem Awakening?

Priam, in Fire Emblem Awakening, identifies himself as a descendant of Ike. This is subtly hinted at but not explicitly confirmed in his backstory. Interestingly, Priam possesses three skills that are usually unattainable for him: Lancebreaker and Swordbreaker, originating from Wyvern Rider promotions, and Luna, derived from the Great Knight class.

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What is the significance of Priam's sword, Ragnell, in Fire Emblem Awakening?

In Fire Emblem Awakening, Priam's sword, Ragnell, is a key asset. Priam, alleging to be Ike's descendant, uses Ragnell as his primary weapon, boosting his battle capabilities. The sword, hailing from the Tellius Series of Fire Emblem, can be used by any unit. It can also be found in a chest in Xenologue 15. For Priam, Ragnell is not just a weapon, but an extension of his being.

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How is Priam recruited in Fire Emblem Awakening?

In Fire Emblem Awakening, Priam is recruited during Paralogue 23. Chrom, the game's protagonist, tries to enlist Priam, who initially refuses. Priam sets a condition that he will join only if Chrom demonstrates his combat prowess. After Chrom's army triumphs over Priam and his mercenaries, Priam, impressed by Chrom's skills, consents to join the army.

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What is the connection between Priam and Ike in Fire Emblem Awakening?

In Fire Emblem Awakening, Priam is implied to be a descendant of Ike from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. This is suggested through Priam's design, backstory, and his use of the sword Ragnell, which was also wielded by Ike. Both characters are renowned swordsmen and share a love for food. The Japanese version further hints at this connection with Priam's name, Paris, referencing Ike's original name in early development stages.

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What is the role of Priam in Paralogue 23 of Fire Emblem Awakening?

Priam, a playable character in Fire Emblem Awakening's Paralogue 23, is the final recruit from the SpotPass feature. Unlike other Paralogue-recruited characters, he is absent from the main storyline. Priam is recognized for his unwillingness to obey orders unless they're issued by a capable fighter. His weapon, the Ragnell sword, boosts his defense while limiting his double attack capacity.

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Priam does not appear at all during the main storyline, unlike previous characters recruited through Paralogues. He claims to be the descendant of the Radiant Hero and possesses Ragnell, implying that he is descended from Ike and even wears a similar headband.

In Paralogue 23, Chrom and Robin investigate rumors of a village that houses a descendant of the Radiant Hero. Knowing the legend of this man, Chrom comes to the Garden of Giants, where he encounters Priam. Chrom attempts to recruit Priam, but he declines his initial offer. Priam states that he will join if Chrom can prove that he can fight for himself and battles his army with his band of soldiers.

Priam and his mercenaries are eventually defeated by Chrom's army. Impressed with his skills, Priam honors his deal and joins the army. Before he is able to do so, a soldier stops him and asks him for one final fight. Priam accepts the soldier's request, but later decides to change it and have one final fight with his group.

After the war, Priam vanishes without a trace. Rumors continue to debate whether he lived a life of peaceful solitude or traveled to another continent in his quest for power.

Personality

Priam has a great sense of fighting and trains vigorously, albeit in an excessive way. He has a "training regimen" for everything; making weapons, utilizing chi, and even eating. At a young age, he went for his first training regimen and was attacked by a bear. He states that he was able to win due to the energies in the forest that helped him prevail.

He also gets along well with friends and worthy opponents. Walhart claims that Priam gives off a "crackling" aura of sorts in his conversation with him during the Hot-Spring Scramble DLC. Priam also notes Walhart's aura, stating that it "chokes anything unworthy out of existence". The DLC also reveals they are eager to fight each other, but are unable to do so as their allies continually request their aid. Chrom also notes that Priam treats his men as peers regardless of their origins with his group consisting of soldiers from both continents.

His conversations with Yen'fay also show that he does not like the "D-word" — defeat. He also views himself as a normal person despite Yen'fay stating otherwise. He likes meat-based cooking the most out of everyone in the army.

In-Game

Fire Emblem Awakening

Base Stats

• Normal Mode
• Hard Mode
• Lunatic Mode

Starting Class
Hero
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
20	74	40	3	44	38	35	39+5	25	6
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Swordbreaker Axebreaker Lancebreaker Luna Sol			Sword - A Axe - B			Ragnell Tomahawk

Starting Class
Hero
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
20	80	45	4	47	41	38	42+5	26	6
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Swordbreaker Axebreaker Lancebreaker Luna Sol			Sword - A Axe - B			Ragnell Tomahawk

Starting Class
Hero
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
20	80	45	4	47	42	41	42+5	27	6
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Swordbreaker Axebreaker Lancebreaker Luna Sol			Sword - A Axe - B			Ragnell Tomahawk

Maximum Stat Modifiers

Supports

See also: Priam/Supports

• Robin (Can marry Female Robin)
• Morgan (Only if Priam is his father)

Class Sets

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Mercenary	Hero
	Bow Knight
Fighter	Warrior
	Hero
Myrmidon	Swordmaster
	Assassin
Dread Fighter (Dread Scroll required)	-
	-

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 Class

Priam is the descendant of Ike, and is fittingly a Hero. Curiously, he carries three skills that he normally cannot have; Lancebreaker and Swordbreaker, both of which come from the Wyvern Rider promotions, and Luna from the Great Knight class. The first two skills, paired with Axebreaker, means that Priam will be hard to hit without indirect weapons. Priam is already strong, fitting as he is the last SpotPass character recruited. His main concern is his low Resistance, though with his high stats in the others like Skill and Speed, Priam should perform just fine. If health is an issue, he has Sol in his skill bank to help replenish lost health.

Priam's base class is Mercenary, so he can slide immediately into the Bow Knight class if Bowbreaker is desired. Priam does not start off with any Mercenary skills, so it is recommended to change to the class to give him Armsthrift and allow him to preserve the durability of forged and rare weapons.

Reclassing

Priam's two reclassing options are the Fighter and Myrmidon lines. All in all, Priam performs spectacularly in these physical classes. Fighter will give him Zeal to boost criticals, and Max HP +5 for some extra hit points. The Warrior promotion will give him Counter to stack damage and Rally Strength. Keep in mind that his innate breaker skills remove the effectiveness of Counter so choosing to run his three breaker skills simultaneously or Counter is best to make both skill sets optimal. Priam performs well as a Warrior, but is still better suited to be a Hero.

Priam as a Myrmidon is incredible, boosting his Skill and Speed to their maximum potential. Like his Fighter reclassing, Priam makes a perfectly capable Myrmidon, Swordmaster, and Assassin. Vantage can be useful if he is low on health, and with Ragnell on hand, he should not have to worry from indirect enemy attacks. Astra is a good attack skill for him to use and is worth considering as much as Lethality, though the latter's low activation rate should be considered. Swordfaire gives Priam an incredible boost in physical strength, and Pass can be used for swarming strategies, but other skills may be more desirable.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original

Radiant Hero

Descendant of the Radiant Hero who hails from a distant village. An earnest seeker of strength. Appears in Fire Emblem Awakening.

Base Stats

		Title
		Radiant Hero
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 36/40/43	10/11/12 38/41/45	9/10/11 37/40/44	10/11/12 32/35/38	3/4/5 22/26/29
Skills			Weapon
Ancient Ragnell Daylight			Sword

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Sword	-	-	-
	Steel Sword	Iron Sword	-	-
	Silver Sword	Steel Sword	-	-
	Ancient Ragnell	Silver Sword
	Daylight	-	-	-
	Sol	Daylight	-	-
A	Atk/Def Ideal 1	-		-
	Atk/Def Ideal 2	Atk/Def Ideal 1		-
	Atk/Def Ideal 3	Atk/Def Ideal 2		-
	Atk/Def Ideal 4	Atk/Def Ideal 3
B	Null Follow-Up 1	-		-
	Null Follow-Up 2	Null Follow-Up 1		-
	Null Follow-Up 3	Null Follow-Up 2		-
C	Rouse Spd/Def 1	-		-
	Rouse Spd/Def 2	Rouse Spd/Def 1		-
	Rouse Spd/Def 3	Rouse Spd/Def 2		-
	Rouse Spd/Def 4	Rouse Spd/Def 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 Kit

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Radiant Hero Priam
	Here's Priam, a hero who lives for the thrill of battle! He's a mighty swordsman who travels the world in search of worthy opponents to challenge.
	In Ylisse, there are legends of a Radiant Hero who brought together warring races and challenged a god, and Priam claims to be his descendant!
	Chrom heard rumors about Priam and invited him to join his army. Of course, Priam responded by challenging him to combat, agreeing only to join if Chrom could defeat him!
	Priam is just like his legendary ancestor, right down to his voracious appetite for meat. And now, with the ancient Ragnell in hand, he's sure to make a big impact on Askr too!
Closely Associated Characters
Ike	A kindhearted but stoic young man who has taken command of his father's mercenary band. As the Radiant Hero, he wielded Ragnell to save Tellius from calamity.
Chrom	A prince of Ylisse and descendant of the Hero-King. Leads the Shepherds. After hearing rumors about Priam, he travels to the continent of Valm to recruit him.

Quotes

Awakening

Priam/Awakening Quotes

Heroes

Priam/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings

Priam - Radiant Hero

Priam vanished like a breath on the wind. Did his pursuit of true power lead him to a quiet corner of the map? Or did he move to another continent—one where the Radiant Hero's legend held more meaning?

Priam and Robin

Many wrote of Robin's legendary exploits, but accounts of her origins and character varied. Scholars, poets, and bards agreed on one thing alone—she loved her husband, Priam, above all else.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B03-050HN

B12-066HN

B12-067N

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	169	Awakening	1,556
CYL2	211 ↓42	Awakening	1,214 ↓342
CYL3	152 ↑59	Awakening	1,704 ↑490
CYL4	183 ↓31	Awakening	835 ↓869
CYL5	157 ↑26	Awakening	611 ↓224
CYL6	392 ↓235	Awakening	131 ↓480
CYL7	349 ↑43	Awakening	84 ↓47

CYL8

359 ↓10

Awakening

83 ↓1

Etymology

Priam is the King of Troy in Homer's 'The Iliad'.

Paris, Priam's Japanese name, was the name of Priam's son, who was the extremely selfish, cowardly prince of Troy who is brother of Hector and husband to Helen. He kidnapped Helen from her first husband Menelaus, causing the Trojan War.

Trivia

• Priam's name being Paris in the Japanese version of the game, and his claiming to be Ike's descendant, is a reference to the fact that Ike was originally planned to be named "Paris" in the early stages of the development of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
• Priam shares his English voice actor, Jamieson Price, with Virion and Rudolf from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
  • Additionally, Priam shares his Japanese voice actor, Daisuke Ono, with Frederick and Kaze from Fire Emblem Fates.
• Despite being Ike's descendant, Priam does not have access to the Aether Skill, due to it being exclusive to the Great Lord class, Chrom's potential daughters (Lucina, Cynthia, Kjelle), and the SpotPass and DLC versions of Ike himself. However, Priam does have the Skills that make up Aether, Sol and Luna.
• Three of Priam's skills - Luna, Swordbreaker, and Lancebreaker - are skills that can only be acquired by Great Knights, Wyvern Lords, and Griffon Riders, none of which Priam has access to.
• Priam's official artwork depicts him wielding Ragnell.
• During his Paralogue, as an enemy unit, Priam wields a Ragnell with infinite durability. However, after recruiting him, he comes with a Ragnell with the in-game standard durability of 25, most likely for game balancing reasons.
• Priam's in-game 3D hero model is the only one in the game to have polished armor that shines "radiantly" (as per his title).
• One of Priam's critical/skill activation quotes - "For the Blue Flame." - is a reference to the Japanese title of Path of Radiance: Fire Emblem: Path of the Blue Flame.
• During his Paralogue, after his army has been defeated by Chrom's Shepherds, Chrom will notice that there are Ylisse's Pegasus Knights and Plegian Wyvern Riders. Despite this, they nor their promoted variants appear when fighting his army.
• Priam's map sprite as a Hero has similar animations to a Female Hero rather than Male.
• In both Priam's artwork and Hero model, Priam wears a worn and tattered red cape, similar in style to the cape Ike wore in Path of Radiance.
• Priam is the fifth Spotpass character from Awakening to become playable in Heroes following Walhart, Aversa, Emmeryn and Gangrel.

Gallery

See main article: Priam/Gallery.