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Jester
October 24, 2026 at 06:40 AM
Expanded Jester abilities, spells, Combat Arts and social preferences
Jester is a masked gladiator in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, carrying the byname the Jester from Hell. The roster indexes the name twice, once with Bertrand's clan the Mane of Flame and once among the units with no banner of their own, and a recruitment figure has been published for him. His profile was published on September 8, 2026.
Field | Detail |
|---|---|
Name | Jester |
Byname | The Jester from Hell |
Japanese | ジェスター |
Faction | Mane of Flame, and also indexed as unaffiliated |
Role | Playable |
Support level to recruit (Dietrich's path) | 3 |
Renown level to recruit (Dietrich's path) | 6 |
English voice | Kieran Regan |
Japanese voice | Takuma Nagatsuka |
Profile published | September 8, 2026 |
Jester is one of the handful of characters whose recruitment requirements have been shown. The Base Map readout gives each candidate a required Support level and a required Renown level, and his pair sits in the middle of the published range.
Character | Support level | Renown level |
|---|---|---|
2 | 3 | |
3 | 5 | |
Jester | 3 | 6 |
3 | 8 | |
Not recorded | 10 |
Renown is the standing level the game tracks across a run, and it gates regions and certification exams as well as recruits. Recruitment covers how a candidate's conditions are shown and what happens when they are met.
Requirements in the shipped game differ by path, so each of the readouts above only reflects the path it was taken on. Io's, Jester's and Ninae's pairs are their requirements on Dietrich's path, Loretta's pair matches Theodora's and Leda's paths, and Seteth's Renown 10 matches Leda's path.
Jester can be recruited on all four paths, and every path asks for three quests on top of Support and Renown:
Path | Support level | Renown | Other requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
Cai's path | 3 | 10 | Three quests |
Dietrich's path | 3 | 6 | Three quests |
Theodora's path | 3 | 9 | Three quests |
Leda's path | 3 | 10 | Three quests |
He is the second masked figure on the roster, after Orchel, whose cat-shaped mask she refuses to remove in front of others. Nothing published connects the two, and nothing says what Jester's mask is, why he wears it, or what the Jester from Hell refers to.
As of September 2026, no official profile, presentation or press release gives Jester an age, a homeland, a starting class or a chapter he first appears in. His personal ability, Blink of an Eye, adds Defense +3 until his next phase after Swap. As of September 2026, this wiki has not reconciled his two roster entries, so whether he fights under the Mane of Flame banner before being recruited or is simply indexed in both places is unsettled.
These character growth rates exclude class modifiers.
Stat | Growth rate |
|---|---|
HP | 40% |
Str | 35% |
Mag | 15% |
Spd | 60% |
Dex | 45% |
Def | 35% |
Res | 25% |
Lck | 40% |
Cha | 40% |
Field | Detail |
|---|---|
Boons | Sword, Bow, Infantry |
Banes | Axe |
Birthday (month/day) | 9/18 |
Ability | Acquisition | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Blink of an Eye | Personal | After using Swap, gives Def+3 until unit's next phase. |
Flickering Edge | Level 20 | When unit avoids an attack, gives Atk+3 during combat. |
Flickering Edge+ | Level 35 | When unit avoids an attack, gives Atk+5 during combat. |
Dodge | Skill progression | (Infantry) If foe uses a bow or magic, gives Avo +5 to unit during combat. |
Evasion | Skill progression | (Infantry) Gain Avo+100 when attacked. Trigger chance (%): 3. |
Positioning | Skill progression | (Infantry) If unit is on favorable terrain, gives Avo+10 during combat. |
Dodge+ | Skill progression | (Infantry) If foe uses a bow or magic, gives Avo +10 to unit during combat. |
Combat Art | Type | Unlock | Might | Hit | Critical | Range | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mist Reaper | Sword | B | +2 | +0 | +0 | 1 | 6 | Gain Avo+10 during combat. Gain Crit+10 when making a follow-up. |
Heat Haze | Sword | A | +3 | +0 | +0 | 1 | 3 | After defeating foe, gives Avo+20 until unit's next phase. |
Hurl | Axe | C | +3 | +20 | +0 | 2 | 3 | High Hit. (Only usable by axes with Rng = 1-2.) |
Flowing Spear | Spear | D | +3 | +0 | +0 | 1 | 2 | Gain Avo+10 during combat. |
Beatdown | Gauntlet | C | +3 | +0 | +0 | 1 | 3 | After combat, gives Spd+1 until the end of the map. (Max+10) |
Warning Shot | Bow | D | +3 | +0 | +0 | 2 | 2 | Gain Avo+10 during combat. |
Leg Shot | Bow | C | +0 | +0 | +0 | 2 | 2 | If unit's attack hits, inflicts Avo-20 on foe through their next combat. Cannot make a follow-up. |
Partner | Conversation ranks |
|---|---|
B | |
A | |
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B | |
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B |
Preference | Gifts |
|---|---|
Loved Gifts | Arrowhead Gem |
Really Liked Gifts | Board-Game Tactics; Common Coffee; Crimson Ghosh; Dual Fish Knives; Joint-Relief Gloves; Orgus Coffee; Pastry Cookbook; Select Coffee; Southern Coffee; Spirit Board Game |
Complete his three combat requests in order and report back after each one before starting the next.
Field | Detail |
|---|---|
Likes | The White-Maned Demon, seeing fear in his opponents' faces |
Interests | Slicing opponents into pieces, terrifying audiences |
Recruitment covers the conditions above and how they are read off the Base Map. Bertrand leads the clan he is indexed with, and Factions places that clan among the tournament entries.