Factions

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave organises its cast by clan rather than by class or country. Every group that enters the Heroic Games signs up as a team with its own name and banner, and that name is how the roster is indexed: a unit's clan tells you which Hero's route they start on, whether they turn up as an ally or as a boss, and often who they answer to. Eighteen named groups have been revealed so far, of which four belong to the Heroes the player controls. Individual units and their roles are listed on List of Characters.

How Clans Work

Entrants register as teams with unique names, which is why the tournament reads as a contest between banners rather than between individuals. Preview accounts add that the clan name for the player's own group is chosen rather than fixed, and that the four Heroes' clans are named for something personal to each of them: a home village, a family, a landmark, a flower. That detail comes from hands-on coverage of a pre-release build rather than from published system copy, so treat it as reported.

The four Heroes' clans are listed as rivals of one another, and that shows up in play: on any given route, the other three Heroes and their retainers are opponents. Groups that are not entered in the tournament, such as the temple units and the Order of Mithras, sit outside that rivalry structure entirely.

Clans at a Glance

Promised One's Army

The Promised One's Army is the party of the present day, formed around the protagonist after Sothis calls their soul down in 1454. It is the smallest group on the roster and the only one that is not a tournament entry. Its named members are Eshmel, Hong Hua and Troy, with the goddess Fortuna listed as an affiliate rather than a deployable unit. Both mortal members were rescued from the ruins of Dagsion and both can be spoken to afterwards at the Obelisk Chamber. Everyone recruited in the past strengthens this group in the present, so in practice the army grows to include units drawn from every other clan on this page.

The Four Heroes' Clans

Ribeira Winds

The clan captained by Cai, named for Ribeira village, his home. Its named members are Cai, Tialla, Peter and Ultand, with Castor also indexed with the group as a guest. Before the team passes the entry test for the tournament, they are referred to simply as the Children of Ribeira. Tialla and Peter are both fifteen, the same age as Cai, and Ultand joins the group later, having been uneasy about young people walking into fights this dangerous. Ultand starts out attached to the Temples of Dagda before joining.

House Lamine

The clan captained by Dietrich, and the one clan named for a family rather than a place. Its named members are Dietrich, Fabio, Esmeralda and Mikaela. Fabio handles the team's logistics, including paying prospective members such as Mikaela to sign on, which makes House Lamine the clearest example of a clan that recruits with money rather than loyalty.

Megaira's Beacon

The clan captained by Theodora, Queen of Saramis, and staffed by her veteran retainers rather than by friends her own age. Its named members are Theodora, Bonaventure, Tobias, Lysander and Lilian. The name points back to Megaira, the Saramian capital, and preview coverage reports that it refers to a lighthouse there.

Rose Tempest

The clan captained by Leda. Its named members are Leda, Buccar, Sirocco, Mu and Olympia. Olympia, like Ultand, begins with the temple units before joining. The rose in the name connects to Leda's title as the Rose of Caelus, won at the annual Festival of Roses held in that town.

Clan Names in Other Languages

Rival Clans in the Heroic Games

The Moon's Lie

The clan led by Talimun, which appears in the story as both guests and bosses. Its named members are Talimun, Ursula, Fianna and Ludia. Its leader is one of the four rivals reported to have reached the final eight of the 1449 tournament.

Linaria Morning Dew

The clan led by Orchel, also appearing as guests and as bosses. Its named members are Orchel, Diego, Seteth and Loretta. Orchel is another of the four rivals reported among the final eight of 1449.

Brides of the Pale Raven

The clan led by Anatolia, the unit shown carrying a firearm. Its named members are Anatolia, Sha Lan, Halvin, Nezha, Long and Dao, and the group turns up in force as bosses on the Lion route. The name has been rendered both as the Brides of the Pale Raven and as the Pale Raven's Brides in translated material.

Mane of Flame

The clan of Bertrand, the White-Maned Demon, with Dante the only other name attached to it so far. Bertrand is a boss on two routes and the name most closely tied to the tournament's history in Dagsion.

Aragonian Elite Unit

The knights of the Kingdom of Arago, indexed in one place under this name and elsewhere as the Kingdom of Arago itself. Nathan and Creek are its two named members, both encountered as bosses on the Lion route and both listed as recruitable.

Smaller Clans

Several clans have been revealed through their leader alone. Gaia's Brigadiers are led by Zarcone, who appears as a boss against two different Heroes. The Silver Knights are led by Alexandra. The Thundercloud Knights are led by Benditz, a boss on two routes. The Brigid Army, representing Brigid in the tournament, is led by Peppe. The Palma Fighters are led by Jasmine, seen as a boss late in the Eagle route. Goliath's Bandits are a bandit outfit Cai fights early on, with Goliath himself listed as recruitable later.

Groups Outside the Games

Temples of Dagda

Units carrying the white banner of Dagda, serving on behalf of the seven temples of the Dagdan Pantheon rather than fighting for a prize. Its named members are Solel, Anna, Centurio and Sofia, with Ultand and Olympia both belonging here before they join a Hero's clan. Solel is the Divine Sovereign and the ruler who declares the tournament open, which makes his presence on a unit list unusual in itself. See Temple Blessings for what the temples do for the player between matches.

Order of Mithras

An order described as involved with cursed artifacts, and the one group on this page that reads as a faction with an agenda rather than a fighting team. Its named figures are Raksha, called the Magistra, Iliana, Maria and Baozi, with two further members shown but unnamed. Hong Hua is listed as having worked for Raksha before 1454 and as continuing to do so during the tournament, and Iliana is described as the guardian of Bertrand. The order's association with curses connects it to the Curse value carried on this game's weapon tables; see Weapons.

Deities

The gods of Dagda are not a faction in the clan sense, but they are indexed as a group on the roster and several of them act directly in the story: Fortuna backs the protagonist, Balor is the enemy the whole plot turns on, and Solel rules the empire in person. They are covered on Dagdan Pantheon.