Everyone needs a little Rizz; having a hype-man in your corner can make all the difference and give you that second wind to carry the day. Its easy to talk up legends and heroes in the franchise, talk up how cool Joshua’s hat is, how Fredrick has the hypest crit quote in the franchise, how Marcus got a hernia in FE7 from carry the team that made him struggle in FE6…
But lets give your favorite underdog or un-sung hero a day in the limelight. I’ll give you a couple examples to get the ball rolling:
FE1- Davos Seaw… Darros. Who needs luck or skill when you are a wall of meat and muscle with near un-challenged access to axes. Bord Cord Nord? those nerds can’t Walk on water can they? Man was repping the brigand/pirate life before Jack Sparrow made it cool, and did it all with a stylish bandanna the whole way
FE4- Arden. This absolute King looked at Sigurd and his horse boys and said “two legs is good enough”. The man has the charisma and style of a Jojo villain, and will go on a quest of self-improvement to attract a waifu, and like the absolute chad he is, will gladly sell the ability to double attack at the nearest pawn shop so one of his fellow knights can get it as an engagement ring for his queen. Two busy wearing the crown and holding the fort to be anything other then peak
FE5- Marty. Don’t let those bases fool you, this man has been bulking at the gym to prepare for war. The only canon Bear-genre man in the franchise, you give this man a couple fancy pieces of paper to keep in pocket, and he’ll promote from Brigand to Chad, and pick up the enemy and the horse he rode in on for you to rob blind and release like a wounded deer
FE5 Shannam- This man will get you stacks on stacks with that bargain skill, guaranteeing Lief and friends will have all the drip going into endgame. He’s also, so far, the only character to teach hokkaido no ken to another character through pure zen bullshit. No holy bloodline, no wielding a magic sword, he just told a girl to be like a sword unto her enemies and she mastered it on the spot
FE13 Kellam- This man has the utterly busted shade skill as a free personal skill, a skill so good his daughter can’t inherit it, and due to an oversight from IS, only properly works in support conversations and cut scenes, otherwise this man would just walk to the throne un-contested and hold the fancy chair for Chrom uncontested. More importantly, this man has a kind of humor the Sheperds are in dire need of, since funny murder mage, funny Jaigan, funny horse girl, funny himbo, funny candy thief, funny yandere, funny foreigner, funny dragon girl, funny yandere, and funny Miles Edgeworth don’t cover the niche of comedy Kellam adds to the cast that keeps the Isekai harem protagonist entertained while they finish their fan-fiction-cum-strategy-game. Also, his daughter can bench press a house and will break weapons before you can break her, so thats cool