Python

Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	パイソン (Paison, パイソン)
Name (Localized)	Python
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Age	25
Relatives	May contain spoilers Unnamed Father
Affiliations
Nationality	Zofia
Faction(s)	The Deliverance
Occupation(s)	Member of the Deliverance Captain of a vigilante group
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem Gaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 1: Zofia's Call
Starting Class	Archer
Voice Actors
Japanese	Shinji Kawada
English	Doug Erholtz
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Look, I'm not like other folks. I don't like chasing wildly after some dream. Dreams don't fill the belly, and they sure don't pay for life's other comforts. So you know what? I'm happier without 'em.Python to Forsyth in Shadows of Valentia

Python is a playable character from Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He is Forsyth's childhood friend.

Quick Answers

What motivates Python to join the Deliverance army?

Python joins the Deliverance army after his childhood friend Forsyth encourages him to leave his hand-to-mouth lifestyle. He serves under Clive, guarding the Deliverance camp headquarters. Despite his cynical and laid-back nature, Python's friendship with Forsyth motivates him to find purpose in the army.

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How does Python's friendship with Forsyth influence his life choices?

Python's friendship with Forsyth plays a crucial role in his life choices. Initially leading a carefree life, Python is convinced by Forsyth to join the Deliverance, marking a shift in his lifestyle. Though Python is laid-back and cynical, his actions show a serious side as he takes on roles within the Deliverance and later leads a vigilante group. Forsyth's influence encourages Python to engage more deeply with his duties, despite not always sharing Forsyth's enthusiasm.

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How does Python's background affect his skills as an archer?

Python's background as an archer in Fire Emblem highlights his high strength, enabling him to deal significant damage from afar. His low speed and skill can make hitting targets difficult, especially in terrain with high avoid bonuses. Leveling can improve his speed and performance. Despite these challenges, Python is valuable for exploiting bow range, especially with non-default weapons.

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What role does Python play in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia?

In Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Python is a playable Archer on Alm's route, known for his strong attack abilities. He is Forsyth's childhood friend and can advance to Sniper or Bow Knight. Python starts at level 4 with 23 HP and an attack stat of 11, wielding an Iron Bow with range +1 and Anti-Fliers skills.

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Profile

Born in a local town, Python is the son of a talented carpenter, but his alcoholism drove Python to leave his house in disgust and live a hand-to-mouth life, only to drop that lifestyle when encouraged by his childhood friend Forsyth to join the army, leveraging his skill as an archer. As a member of the Deliverance, he guards the Deliverance camp headquarters and works directly under Clive.

After the war, he became the captain of a vigilante group and protected villages from bandits. If Forsyth dies, Python serves as a royal knight with the same fervor his friend had, only to die while fighting to suppress a rebellion.

Personality

In contrast to Forsyth, Python tends to view the world from a cynical angle and leans towards a more laid-back stance on life. This often gets him in trouble with the other Deliverance members, who consider him lazy and apathetic. However, in his supports with Clive, he explains that his attitude is due to the army needing someone like him who is approachable, as the others are far too serious and intimidating to the new recruits.

He is also convinced that even if he acts out of idealism alone, it won't get him very far, and only puts in as much effort as he needs to, as he explains to Forsyth. Though with a more practical mindset, he can be surprisingly serious and performs his duties with diligence, as his endings imply Python could easily attain a great rank in the army if he wanted, but never does so due to his lack of interest. Interestingly enough, he does get worked up over hearing about love affairs whenever he gets word of juicy gossip, leading to him getting reprimanded by Lukas on several occasions.

Keenly aware of the social disparity between nobles and commoners like himself, he doesn't mince words when it comes to that topic, calling out Clive about his ideology when he can't claim to understand what poverty is like and that he doesn't really support equality if he also supports the rigid class structure that gives one side more privilege. Despite that, he still holds Clive in high regard, admitting that the willingness to risk oneself to protect others is worthy of respect, no matter one's standing, and also admitting that, despite the disparity in their beliefs, they still ultimately fight for the same ideals of protecting those who can't protect themselves.

In-Game

Gaiden

Recruitment

The player first meets Python at the entrance of the Deliverance Hideout, but must fight their way through the army of the undead within the building to talk with Clive and Forsyth first. On your way out, if you talk to Python again, he will join you.

Base Stats

Starting Class
Archer
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
3	24	10	3	4	2	5	4	4
Magic				Starting Items
-				-

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
40%	40%	15%	20%	10%	15%	0%

Overall

Python is a glass cannon. He is the only Archer you can recruit in Alm's route unless you promote one of the Villagers to Archer. Archers in Gaiden are great units since they can not only shoot 3 spaces away (or 5 with a weapon equipped), but they can counterattack units next to them or at their max distance. The good news is that Python has high Strength and will be able to dish out huge physical damage from far away. The bad news is that his Speed starts very low and his Speed growth is average, which means it is doubtful that he will be Follow-Up Attacking often, which hurts his offensive capability. If Python were just a little faster, he would be one of the most dangerous units. As it is, he still makes up a solid part of the team and will round out your team well as long as you keep him well protected.

The only other non-Villager Archer in the game, Leon, is not as good as Python. Leon has significantly lower Strength and even worse Speed. He has better Defense and HP, but this is not very useful as Archer is mostly a ranged offensive class that should not be getting physically hit or counterattacked that often.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base Stats

Starting Class
Archer
Level	HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
3	24	10	3	4	2	5	4	4
Magic			Skills			Starting Items
-			Bowrange +1			-

Class Sets

Class Sets
First Tier	Second Tier	Third Tier	Overclass
Archer	Sniper	Bow Knight	Oliphantier*

* DLC class; access with the Altar of the Marksman.

Learnt Magic

Class	Level	Magic Learnt
Mage	1	Fire
	8	Thunder
Sage	1	Recover
Guru	1	Lemegeton

Personal Max Stats

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
52	40	39	42	39	40	40

Growth Rates

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
45%	40%	25%	55%	20%	25%	4%

Supports

See also: Python/Supports

• Clive
• Lukas
• Forsyth

Passive Supports

• None

Overall

Python's offensive role has not changed much in Echoes, still retaining a solid strength growth to supplement his excellent range as an archer. However, Python's speed growth is significantly higher in Echoes, allowing him to gain more speed more quickly. However, even with this growth, Python's base speed is very low for someone at his level. Even after promoting into a Sniper, Python's speed may not be good enough to double attack many enemies due to how low his base is, though ultimately that can be partially alleviated by leveling him up an additional 3-4 levels before he promotes into a Sniper.

Regardless, as an Archer, Python's main selling point is his high strength, though his speed can also be very good if he is leveled a fair amount before he promotes into either a Sniper or Bow Knight. However, one thing Python will suffer from is bad skill; terrain in Echoes tends to be common and often rewards very large avoid bonuses, meaning Python will often have difficulties hitting things without using weapon skills from Bows, which prohibit him from double attacking. Despite this, Python's strengths are very valuable as an Archer, as his solid strength base and growth allows him to be very effective at exploiting the incredibly solid range of Bows, especially when he has a non-default one equipped.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Apathetic Archer

An archer with the Deliverance. His nonchalant exterior belies a serious character that cares deeply for his allies. Appears in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯

		Title
		Apathetic Archer
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 32/35/38	4/5/6 25/28/31	5/6/7 28/31/34	5/6/7 24/27/30	3/4/5 14/17/20
Skills			Weapon
Steel Bow			Bow

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Apathetic Archer
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 33/36/39	4/5/6 26/29/32	6/7/8 30/33/36	6/7/8 26/29/32	3/4/5 15/18/21
Skills			Weapon
Short Bow New Moon			Bow

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Apathetic Archer
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18/19/20 35/38/42	5/6/7 29/32/35	6/7/8 32/35/38	6/7/8 28/31/34	4/5/6 17/20/23
Skills			Weapon
Short Bow+ New Moon			Bow

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Bow	-	-	-
	Steel Bow	-	-	-
	Short Bow	-	-	-
	Short Bow+	-		-
	Snide Bow	-		-
	New Moon	-		-
	Moonbow	New Moon	-
A	Darting Blow 1	-		-
	Steady Blow 1	Darting Blow 1 or Armored Blow 1		-
	Steady Blow 2	Steady Blow 1
B	B Tomebreaker 1	-		-
	B Tomebreaker 2	B Tomebreaker 1
	B Tomebreaker 3	B Tomebreaker 2

Overall

Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Apathetic Archer Python
	Here's Python! He's an archer, and one of the more unusual members of the Deliverance, the liberation army fighting against the Rigelian Empire.
	He'll skip training or go for a nap whenever he gets the chance, so I guess you could say he's...one of the more laid-back members of the crew. By which I mean he basically does what he wants.
	He might seem overly sarcastic, but he's a whole lot nicer than that under the surface. In fact, he didn't need much convincing when his old friend Forsyth invited him to join the Deliverance!
	Python says he just wants to live a carefree life, but his actions hint at a more serious side to him. I hope he finds the enthusiasm to help the Order of Heroes out!
Closely Associated Characters
Forsyth	A soldier with the Deliverance. Advisor to Clive, whom he has sworn an ardent allegiance to. Python is Forsyth's childhood friend and was invited by him to join the Deliverance.

Quotes

Gaiden

Tsk, my bad...Python's death quote.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Python/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Quotes

Heroes

Python/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings

Gaiden

In order to protect villages from plundering bandits, he put all his effort into serving as the captain of a vigilante group.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

(If Forsyth is alive)

While the One Kingdom offered him a knighthood, Python chose a quieter life as head of a frontier militia that defended villages and towns from brigands. His old friend would visit now and then, often with a bottle the two would use to while the night away.

(If Forsyth is dead)

Python accepted a knighthood from the One Kingdom, growing into a new man who worked diligently—almost as if possessed by Forsyth. Sadly, he died a few short years later while fighting to suppress a rebellion, his wounds claiming him while he was far too young.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

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

B11-060HN

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	659	Gaiden	86
CYL2	107 ↑552	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	2,354 ↑2,268
CYL3	100 ↑7	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	2,630 ↑276
CYL4	313 ↓213	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	398 ↓2,232
CYL5	260 ↑53	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	312 ↓86
CYL6	248 ↑12	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	362 ↑50
CYL7	219 ↑29	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	250 ↓112
CYL8	247 ↓28	Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	216 ↓34

CYL9

187 ↑60

Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

259 ↑43

Etymology

In Greek Mythology, Python was a draconic, serpent-like creature belonging to the Oracle of Delphi.

Trivia

• Python's artwork from Echoes depicts him wielding an Iron Bow.
• Python shares his English voice actor with Acheron from Three Houses.

Gallery

See main article: Python/Gallery.