Altena

Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	Altenna (アルテナ, Arutena)
Name (Localized)	Altena
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Relatives	May contain spoilers Njörun (Ancestor) Baldr (Ancestor) Dáinn (Indirect Ancestor) Calf (Paternal Grandfather) Alfiona (Paternal Grandmother) Byron (Maternal Grandfather) Quan (Father) Ethlyn (Mother) Travant (Adoptive Father/Distant Relative) Sigurd (Uncle) Deirdre (Aunt) Sesar (Distant Relative) Oifey (Distant Relative) Leif (Younger Brother) Arion (Adoptive Brother/Distant Relative) Seliph (Cousin)
Affiliations
Nationality	Leonster Thracia
Residence	Thracia
Occupation(s)	Princess of Leonster Princess of Thracia
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Fire Emblem Awakening (SpotPass) Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 8: Dragon Knights of Thracia Chapter 9: The Emblem of Njörun (Thracia 776) Xenologue 4: Lost Bloodlines 1 (Awakening)
Starting Class	Dragon Knight (Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776) Wyvern Lord (Awakening)
Voice Actors
Japanese	Haruka Tomatsu
English	Morgan Berry
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You may be looking for the character of the similar name, Altina.

I'm sorry, father... but hear what I have to say! How do you ever expect the citizens of Thracia to be content thriving off the blood and sweat of other nations? ...Your ways leave much to be desired, father.Altena to Travant in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Altena is a playable child character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War who makes several minor appearances in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. She is the daughter of Quan and Ethlyn, as well as the older sister of Leif.

Quick Answers

What role does Altena play in Genealogy of the Holy War?

In Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, Altena is tasked by Travant to seize Munster following Bloom's death. Despite her reluctance to harm civilians, she aids Coruta in the mission. Altena attempts to negotiate peace but is overruled by Coruta's insistence on battle. She is the daughter of Quan and Ethlyn and Leif's older sister. Altena joins Seliph's army, regardless of direct interaction during her retreat from Thracia.

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How is Altena related to Quan in Fire Emblem?

Altena is Quan's daughter and Leif's older sister in Fire Emblem. She inherited the Gáe Bolg from Quan, being a descendant of the Crusader Njörun. After her parents died, she was raised by Travant, king of Thracia.

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What are Altena's views on Thracia's leadership?

Altena criticizes Thracia's leadership, especially her adoptive father Travant, for exploiting other nations. She opposes his orders when they clash with her values. After the war, Altena helps rebuild the Thracia Peninsula with her brother Leif, showing her dedication to fair leadership.

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In which games does Altena appear?

Altena is a character in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. Additionally, she appears in Fire Emblem Heroes.

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How does Altena's character develop in Fire Emblem?

Altena, from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, is the daughter of Quan and Ethlyn and sister to Leif. Her character develops through her moral questioning of her father, Travant, about Thracia's reliance on other nations' suffering. This highlights her growth and desire for justice.

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Profile

Altena was born to Prince Quan of Leonster and his wife Ethlyn and is the older sister of Leif. As a descendant of the Crusader Njörun through Quan, she inherited the ability to wield the Gáe Bolg. She is also a descendant of Crusader Baldr from her mother's side, though with much less prominence.

At the age of three, Altena was kidnapped by Travant after an ambush in the Aed Desert in a event deemed the Aed Massacre, where both Quan and Ethlyn were killed. Altena is then raised by Travant himself and trained in combat alongside his son Arion, eventually rising in the ranks of the Dragon Knights while wielding the legendary Gáe Bolg for Thracia.

Genealogy of the Holy War

Altena is first seen when she receives orders from Travant to seize Munster, soon after the death of Bloom at the hands of Seliph's army. While she initially protests due to her desire to avoid harming civilians, she reluctantly obeys and begins to assist Coruta in their mission. Once they reach the mountains south of Munster, Altena attempts to stop Coruta from fighting, thinking that she can convince their enemies to surrender. However, Coruta reveals that he was instructed to ignore Altena and proceeds to attack. After the battle, she returns to the capital of Thracia, where Travant expresses his disappointment caused by her disobedience.

Later, during her mission to retake Mease Castle in Chapter 9, Altena encounters Leif, who reveals the truth of her heritage. Once she looks into his eyes, she begins to believe him and decides to return to Thracia Castle to ask Travant about it. Upon learning the truth, she attempts to kill Travant, but Arion interrupts her and knocks her out. After Travant's death at the hands of Seliph's army, she regains consciousness and tries to convince Arion to call for a truce. However, she ultimately fails and ends up defecting to Seliph's army, where she is placed in opposition to Arion.

In Chapter 10, Leif cheers up Altena when she is in low spirits as a result of worrying about Arion, who has been taken by Prince Julius. During the Final Chapter, Altena encounters Arion once again and can convince him and his forces to fight alongside her.

Thracia 776

In Thracia 776, Altena is introduced alongside Travant when they send an army to attack General Hannibal's mansion, mistakenly thinking that it is occupied by bandits. Later in the game, she travels to Tahra in order to give Arion's Dragonpike to Deen. She asks Deen to use it to protect Arion's fiancée, Linoan. In Chapter 23, she appears as an enemy unit who cannot be recruited or defeated by the player. Once Coruta and his battalion begin their attack on Munster, Altena leaves the battlefield.

After the liberation war, Altena aids Leif in the reconstruction of the united Thracia Peninsula. It is mentioned in Thracia 776 that she is emotionally devastated as a result of the war, and for this reason, is comforted by her loyal knight, Eda.

Personality

Altena is a kindhearted and strong-willed woman who shares her mother's brazen nature. Unlike Arion, she is unwilling to go to any length to fulfill Travant's orders and instead openly opposes him at times. Coruta describes Altena as being "too soft". It is stated that she has always been there for Coirpre like a mother. She shares a close bond with Arion, and is very reluctant to fight against him, even after learning the truth about her heritage. In her conversation with Finn in Chapter 9, it is revealed that Altena always desired to have his attention during her early childhood.

In-Game

Genealogy of the Holy War

Recruitment

In Chapter 9: For Whose Sake, speak to Altena with Leif before defeating Travant. She will then return and seek Seliph's audience. Finn must be alive when she is recruited. She will also disappear if Seliph captures Grutia before she can talk to him.

Base Stats

Notes: Parent characters are assumed to be at Level 30 by the end of the First Generation. Unlike most female children, Altena inherits the equipment of her father, Quan, instead of her mother.

• - Minor Holy Blood
• - Major Holy Blood

Starting Class								Holy Blood
Dragon Knight								Njörun Baldr
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Lead	Gold
17	51	23	2	17	19	13	21	2	9	3 *	Varies
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Adept Critical				Sword - A Lance -				Gáe Bolg Inherited Items

*Joins without Leadership

Growth Rates

(With Holy Blood Bonuses)

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
135%	65%	7%	45%	60%	25%	55%	12%

Promotion Gains

Promoted Class
Dragon Master
+2	0	+2	+1	+3	0	0
Skills
Follow-Up

Overall

Altena is the only playable Dragon Knight in the game, as well as the only flier in the second generation aside from Fee/Hermina. In contrast to them, she is not particularly fast, despite her high Speed growth, but she has far superior Strength and Defense. While the Gáe Bolg gives her very high physical Attack (the highest in the game if she is holding the Power Ring), she is rather frail, due to her very poor Resistance and the prominence of enemy mages and archer knights in the last two chapters. Like Shannan and Febail, she is a common target for Sleep Staves, which can make using her rather tedious at times, as she will need to be frequently cured by a staff user with Restore.

She has a powerful set of skills, including Critical and Adept, and learns Follow-Up upon her promotion to Dragon Master. This means that her offense will always be excellent, likely very close to the best among the physical attackers in the game. Because of her Resistance issues, it is recommended to give her the Barrier Sword as a second weapon (only possible if Laylea is recruited instead of Lene) and possibly get the conversation with Coirpre.

One unusual trait of the Gáe Bolg is that, unlike in most games, enemies in Genealogy will not attack if they are facing a target with very high Defense. As Altena can frequently have 30-40 Defense, many enemies will not even attempt to attack her while she has it equipped. While this is helpful on its face, it can be irritating, as it means she is mostly forced to wipe out squads of enemies one at a time.

Depending on whether or not the player is concerned with Arion's survival in the Final Chapter, she will either see very little combat after his recruitment, or she can lead him into battle. The second option can provide the player with some useful bait (particularly the generic Dragon Knights, as the enemy will typically target them).

Thanks to the Gáe Bolg granting +10 to Strength, Altena has the distinction of having the highest possible attack power of any of your units, tying with Febail when he wields the Yewfelle. With a Power Ring, her base attack with the Gáe Bolg is 72. Julius's Loptous halves that down to 36, meaning she deals increments of 11 damage to Julius, far more than any other unit - Shannan, Seliph, and Ares all do increments of 6, 5, and 4 respectively (that's with a Power Ring; without, they're stuck at 1 or 2 like everyone else). If you don't use Julia, Altena and Febail are your strongest units to kill Julius. On the other hand, Seliph and Ares gain the benefits of having substantive Resistance, meaning they're not afraid of dying to Julius. Altena should have enough HP to tank one hit from Loptous, but be sure to bring Seliph and units with Charm to boost Altena's Avoid.

Conversations

In Chapter 9, if Finn is alive at the beginning of the chapter and Leif speaks to Altena, she will leave the battlefield, and can be recruited later on.

In Chapter 9, after Travant is defeated, Altena will fly to Seliph's position and initiates her own recruitment conversation with him, although she is still classified as an enemy unit.

In Chapter 9, after Grutia Castle is captured, either Finn or Hannibal may speak to Altena, and she will gain three points of HP. Note that if one of them has initiated his respective conversation with her, the other will not be able to speak to her.

In Chapter 10, if Leif speaks to Altena, she will gain one point of Luck.

In Chapter 10, after Miletos Castle is captured, Coirpre may speak to Altena, whereupon she will gain five points of Resistance.

In the Final Chapter, after Friege is captured and Arion makes his appearance, Altena may speak to him to turn him and his group into allied NPCs.

Love

Altena is unable to fall in love with any of the other characters. Despite this, she is featured heavily in the Jealousy glitch, often placing high in many of the male characters' priority lists.

Thracia 776

Stats

Starting Class
Dragon Knight
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Bld	Mov	LS	MS
3	23	7	3	7	9	0	11	8	9	0	0
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Adept Vantage				Sword - E Lance - D				Dragonpike

• Stats may vary due to auto-leveling
• Cannot be defeated

Awakening

SpotPass

Starting Class
Wyvern Lord
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
8	59	32+2	7	23	24	10	34+5	8	8
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Strength +2 Tantivy Quick Burn Luna			Lance - A Axe - D			Gáe Bolg*

*Enemy only, joins unequipped

Fire Emblem Heroes

Luminous Rider

Daughter of Quan and Ethlyn, and inheritor of the Gáe Bolg. She was raised by her family's enemy, Travant. Appears in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

Base Stats

Rarity:

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		Title
		Luminous Rider
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 39/42/45	8/9/10 32/35/38	4/5/6 20/23/26	8/9/10 34/37/41	5/6/7 15/18/21
Skills			Weapon
Silver Lance Retribution			Lance

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		Title
		Luminous Rider
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18/19/20 42/45/48	8/9/10 34/37/40	5/6/7 22/25/29	8/9/10 36/39/43	6/7/8 16/20/23
Skills			Weapon
Earthly Gáe Bolg Retribution			Lance

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Lance	-	-	-
	Steel Lance	-	-	-
	Silver Lance	-	-	-
	Earthly Gáe Bolg	-
	Retribution	-		-
	Reprisal	Retribution	-
A	Steady Stance 1	-		-
	Sturdy Stance 1	Fierce Stance 1		-
	Sturdy Stance 2	Sturdy Stance 1
B	Brash Assault 1	-
	Brash Assault 2	Brash Assault 1
	Brash Assault 3	Brash Assault 2

Overall

Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Luminous Rider Altena
	Here's Altena, Princess of Thracia! She possesses the ability to wield the Gáe Bolg, which is a sure sign that her past is a little complicated.
	Altena's true parents are Quan, Prince of Leonster, and Ethlyn of Chalphy. They took Altena with them on a mission to aid Sigurd when she was very young, and sadly, they both died in an attack.
	It was King Travant of Thracia who led the ambush in which Altena's parents perished. Altena's fate then took another strange turn when Travant took an interest in her and raised her as his own daughter!
	Knowing nothing about her origins, Altena grew up to be a proud wyvern rider. But what path will she choose when she finds out the truth about what happened all those years ago?
Closely Associated Characters
Travant	King of Thracia, and descendant of the crusader Dáinn. Eying the fertile land to his north, he hatches a plan to unite the entire peninsula. Raised Altena as his own.
Quan	Prince of Leonster and inheritor of the lance Gáe Bolg. Husband of Ethlyn, the younger sister of his close friend Sigurd. Altena's true father.
Ethlyn	The younger sister of Lord Sigurd of Chalphy with an adventurous spirit. She cares deeply for her family. After she marries Prince Quan of Leonster, the pair have a girl and a boy. She is Altena's true mother.
Leif	Quan's son. He was hiding in Fiana but rose up after an attack by imperial forces. Altena's true brother.

Quotes

Genealogy of the Holy War

Altena's battle quote as an enemy, in Chapter 9Stop! You can't defeat me!

So, you're the Prince of Leonster. Think you can take our country!? [...] Shut up! Prattle has no place on the battlefield!!Altena's battle quote versus Leif in Chapter 9

Sorry, but this is where you'll die. Forgive me...Altena's battle quote versus Finn in Chapter 9

Brother, please stop. What is the point in fighting like this!?Altena's battle quote versus Arion in Chapter 9

Altena's battle quote versus Arion in the Final ChapterBrother...

Brother... Arion, my brother...Altena's death quote as an enemy

Brother...Altena's death quote

Awakening

I am Altena, daughter of Quan.Altena's SpotPass parley quote

Spare me your ravings!Altena's SpotPass battle quote

Gladly would I join your ranks.Altena's SpotPass recruitment quote

Stand down before I cut you down.Altena's battle quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 1

Then stand down before I cut you down.Altena's battle quote versus Gerome in Lost Bloodlines 1

I know not why you have come. I know only that you must fall.Altena's battle quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 3

Your world has...the better fighters...I admit it...Altena's death quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 1

That...piercing gaze... You almost have me believing...we are in the wrong...Altena's death quote as an enemy, in Lost Bloodlines 3

Heroes

Altena/Heroes Quotes

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B08-091SR

B08-092N

B10-048HN

B15-078SR

B15-079N

P15-008PR

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	441	Genealogy of the Holy War	294
CYL2	292 ↑149	Genealogy of the Holy War	744 ↑450
CYL3	136 ↑156	Genealogy of the Holy War	1,928 ↑1,184
CYL4	403 ↓267	Genealogy of the Holy War	222 ↓1,706
CYL5	340 ↑63	Genealogy of the Holy War	181 ↓41
CYL6	330 ↑10	Genealogy of the Holy War	209 ↑28
CYL7	275 ↑55	Genealogy of the Holy War	162 ↓47
CYL8	313 ↓38	Genealogy of the Holy War	131 ↓31

CYL9

244 ↑69

Genealogy of the Holy War

166 ↑35

Etymology

Altena is a corruption of the name for the Greek deity Athena, goddess of wisdom and war. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

Trivia

• Much like Tine, Altena will be recruited into Seliph's army even if she does not talk to him during her retreat from Thracia. She will be listed as an enemy NPC however, and cannot be controlled outside of the player's home castle.

Gallery

See main article: Altena/Gallery.