Thea

Thea is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. She is the middle sister of Juno and Shanna and the commander of a group of Ilian Pegasus Knights.

She makes a brief cameo appearance in chapter 17 of the Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi manga.

Profile

As the poor in Ilia have no choice but to turn to becoming mercenaries to live, the policy that Ilian mercenaries should never question their employer was embedded in Thea from her hometown. When her group was employed by the Kingdom of Etruria to work with Klein against the United Lycian Army headed by Roy, she followed suit when Klein joined their ranks.

After the war, Thea becomes the new flightleader.

Personality

Even though her contract expired when she joined the United Lycian Army, Thea desired to stay with Klein as much as she could due to strong feelings toward him. While she displays the abilities of a masterful leader, she is awkward when it comes to love.

A stern, dutiful middle sister, Thea has problems at expressing affection through words, to the chagrin of her younger sister and love interests, and easily becomes embarrassed.

Thea is also very protective of her younger and older sisters, going out of her way to make sure they are happy, as she tries to pat the former's head after upsetting her in their B support, and personally arranged the latter's wedding and worries about both her and her baby.

In-Game

The Binding Blade

Description: The leader of a pegasus knight unit from Ilia.

Base Stats

• Normal Mode
• Hard Mode

Starting Class						Affinity
Pegasus Knight						Ice
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov
8	22	6	8	11	3	7	6	5	7
Weapon					Starting Items
Lance - D					Slim Lance Javelin

Starting Class						Affinity
Pegasus Knight						Ice
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov
8	28	9	12	15	6	8	8	5	7
Weapon					Starting Items
Lance - D					Slim Lance Javelin

Promotion Gains

Item Required				Promoted Class
Elysian Whip				Falcon Knight
1	+6	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1
Weapon Levels
E +1

Growth Rates

Supports

See also: Thea/Supports

• Klein
• Alen
• Shanna
• Juno
• Zelot

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.

Thea has a variety of pros and cons compared to her younger sister Shanna. She has higher constitution and more well rounded stats in Normal and Hard Mode because of her stat bonuses and a larger focus on offense.

However, it is noticeable that compared to Shanna, Thea has almost identical base stats on Normal Mode, despite being 7 levels higher and at least 8 chapters later. Even on Hard Mode, while she does gain significant stat boosts, it more raises her to on par with a similarly-leveled Shanna than above. The biggest issue is giving her experience, as she joins somewhat underleveled for the point she joins in the game at a point that has an abundance of axe users, and could potentially be somewhat behind Shanna in terms of stats and levels. She also has a rather low Lance rank of D, meaning she cannot wield Killer Lances, and will likely be relying on Gant's Lance if it remains intact.

Thankfully for Thea, she is only two levels from promotion, and if the player has been doing well, the Elysian Whip is one of the few promotion items in the campaign to be in good supply at that point. This means that if Thea is having particular issues with her training, the stat and weapon rank jump from promotion at level 15 or even level 10 can usually push her over the edge into viability. Flight utility is also a major factor in her favor, given the various large maps that rely heavily on terrain, and with her Hard Mode bonuses in play, she should at least be able to keep herself out of liability territory for a while.

One quirk to Shanna and Thea is the Ilia/Sacae route split, where, if Shanna and Thea are higher-level than Sue and Sin, the campaign will transition to the Ilia maps, and otherwise, the campaign transitions to the Sacae maps. Most players consider the Ilia campaign to be much less troublesome than the Sacae campaign, which provides some incentive to raise the two Pegasus Knights if the player also plans to make use of one or both Nomads.

All in all, Thea is a mixed bag, but is still one of the better units around. Flying is a rare skill, and while Thea will likely never be your best flier, she is still a good one.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original
• Icy Invitation

Stormy Flier

The second of three sisters who are Pegasus Knights of Ilia. She is talented and sincere, but she can be lacking in flexibility. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯

		Title
		Stormy Flier
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	16/17/18 31/34/37	3/4/5 24/27/30	9/10/11 28/31/34	5/6/7 24/27/30	4/5/6 21/24/27
Skills			Weapon
Steel Lance			Lance

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Stormy Flier
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	16/17/18 32/35/38	3/4/5 25/28/31	10/11/12 30/33/36	6/7/8 26/29/32	4/5/6 22/25/28
Skills			Weapon
Vanguard Glowing Ember			Lance

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Stormy Flier
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 34/37/41	4/5/6 28/31/34	10/11/12 32/35/38	6/7/8 28/31/34	5/6/7 24/28/31
Skills			Weapon
Vanguard+ Glowing Ember			Lance

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Lance	-	-	-
	Steel Lance	-	-	-
	Vanguard	-	-	-
	Vanguard+	-		-
	Icy Maltet	-	-
	Glowing Ember	-		-
	Ignis	Glowing Ember	-
A	Darting Stance 1	-		-
	Steady Posture 1	Darting Stance 1		-
	Steady Posture 2	Steady Posture 1
B	Seal Spd 1	-		-
	Seal Spd/Def 1	Seal Spd 1		-
	Seal Spd/Def 2	Seal Spd/Def 1

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

Stormy Flier Thea
	Thea is the leader of Ilia's Pegasus Knights, a band of flying warriors from a region of Elibe that is renowned for its pegasus breeding.
	Her older sister, Juno, was the previous leader of the Pegasus Knights, while her younger sister Shanna is a trainee. Yep, it's a family team!
	Thea is very serious and absolutely dedicated to her duty—she'd even do battle with her kith and kin if the laws of Ilia demanded it.
	That doesn't mean she's cold and unfriendly, though. She gets REALLY embarrassed when you pay her a compliment, and she truly cares for the people close to her.
Closely Associated Characters
Shanna	Thea's younger sister and an Ilian Pegasus Knight in training. Her cheerful, positive attitude brings a ray of sunshine with her wherever she goes.

Wings of Winter

A pegasus knight of Ilia. Her new mission is to participate in the festival of snow and ice. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Wings of Winter
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	16/17/18 35/39/42	9/10/11 39/43/46	7/8/9 44/47/51	4/5/6 23/27/30	14/15/16 36/39/42
Skills			Weapon
Ilian Frost Blade Chilling Wind			Sword

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Sword	-	-	-
	Steel Sword	-	-	-
	Silver Sword	-	-	-
	Ilian Frost Blade	-		-
	Chilling Wind	-	-	-
	Iceberg	Chilling Wind	-	-
B	Pegasus Flight 1	-		-
	Pegasus Flight 2	Pegasus Flight 1		-
	Pegasus Flight 3	Pegasus Flight 2		-
	Pegasus Rift	Pegasus Flight 3
C	Air Orders 1	-		-
	Air Orders 2	Air Orders 1		-
	Air Orders 3	Air Orders 2		-
	Air Orders 4	Air Orders 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

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Wings of Winter Thea
	Thea is an Ilian pegasus knight from Elibe, and she's just arrived to join the festival of snow and ice!
	This elegant outfit for the festival features feather decorations and a big ribbon tied behind her waist. She's also wearing special boots for skating on the ice!
	For this occasion, Thea has armed herself with a sword that's imbued with an icy chill and features a pegasus-wing design. What better theme for a pegasus knight?
	Thea's homeland of Ilia is an unforgivingly cold place, but it looks to me like the festival of snow and ice has conjured up some warm memories of home!
Closely Associated Characters
Juno	A retired pegasus knight from Ilia and older sister of Thea and Shanna.
Shanna	Thea's younger sister and a pegasus knight of Ilia in training. Her cheerful, positive attitude brings a ray of sunshine with her wherever she goes.

Quotes

Heroes

Thea/Heroes Quotes

Ending

Thea - Rider of the Winds (疾風の天馬騎士, Shippū no tenma kishi)

Thea returned to Ilia, where she worked to reunite the divided Pegasus Knights. Her diligent work and leadership paid off, and the Ilian Pegasus Knights gradually regained their former glory.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Thea is illustrated in the trading card game with the following cards:

B05-039N

B05-038R

B05-038R+

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	298	The Binding Blade	685
CYL2	350 ↓52	The Binding Blade	537 ↓148
CYL3	309 ↑41	The Binding Blade	659 ↑122
CYL4	437 ↓129	The Binding Blade	178 ↓481
CYL5	340 ↑97	The Binding Blade	181 ↑3
CYL6	342 ↓2	The Binding Blade	193 ↑12
CYL7	260 ↑82	The Binding Blade	182 ↓11

CYL8

312 ↓52

The Binding Blade

132 ↓50

Etymology

Thea is the Anglicized spelling of Theia, the Titan of sight and "the shining light of the clear blue sky".

Trivia

• On the official Japanese website for Nintendo, Thea won 12th place out of 80 in the character popularity poll for The Binding Blade. The male-female vote ratio is 2:1. The voter comments seem to generally favor her for her shy and nervous nature despite her seemingly serious and tough front.
• During the planning stages of The Binding Blade, Thea may have been originally planned to be Lilina's cousin. If this was the case, whether Thea was intended to be Orun's daughter, or if there was some other explanation regarding the genealogy that would have made them cousins is left unclear. Especially due to the fact that this detail might have been changed by a decision to make Thea one of the game's Pegasus sisters.
• Thea is one of the few units (if not the only) who can be an enemy, ally and playable unit all in the same chapter, if she speaks to Shanna then Klein.
• In the first Choose Your Legends poll for Fire Emblem Heroes, Thea was originally listed using her Japanese name Thite before she was revealed as Thea from Shanna's conversation.

Gallery

See main article: Thea/Gallery.