Edelgard von Hresvelg

is one of the three deuteragonists (alongside Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd and Claude von Riegan) within the Fódlan Saga of Nintendo's Fire Emblem franchise.
She is the princess and heir of the Adrestian Empire and the house leader of the Black Eagles, with goals of abolishing the Crest system and bringing true peace to the land of Fódlan. She is later revealed to be the mysterious Flame Emperor, who is begrudgingly working with Those Who Slither in the Dark, to achieve her goals of destroying the Church and abolishing the Crest System.
While she does serve as a main/secondary antagonist in all the other routes, she can serve as the main protagonist of the Crimson Flower route in Three Houses and the Scarlet Blaze route in Three Hopes, should the player support her and guide her to the right path.
In the Japanese version, she is voiced by Ai Kakuma who also voiced Lenalee Lee, Rossweisse, Machi Kuragi and Rabirin. In the English version, she was initially voiced by Cristina Valenzuela in E3 2018 trailer but was later replaced by Tara Platt in the completed game, who voiced Mitsuru Kirijo, Kali Belladonna, and Temari.
==Appearance==
Edelgard is a slim young woman with pale skin, purple eyes, and long white (originally brown before she had two Crests) hair with ties to the side. She wears a red cape, the color of her house, on the side of her uniform, red tights that look like magma shield, and black-heel boots. 
In her Flame Emperor persona, she wears black armor, a black robed surplice, red-feathered shoulder pauldrons, a helmet with a large red plume, and a white and red mask that conceals her identity and distorts her voice. 
In the five-year time skip, she puts her hair up in Odango buns and wears a red ballgown. In Three Hopes, Edelgard wears an red-grey armor, a red cape, and a yellow crown.
==Personality ==
Edelgard is a compassionate, caring, selfless, and strong willed person that has a dignified, high-minded, solemn air about her, and she coolly evaluates her surroundings and those around her before she acts. Throughout the game Edelgard wears a Emperor persona which she uses to suppress her emotions, knowing that the path she walks will cause her to falter if she gives in to her emotions. At the beginning of the game, Edelgard is willing to go to many lengths to achieve her goals of defeating the Church of Seiros and "Those Who Slither in the Dark", even betraying her friends and destroying her own happiness, knowing full well that she will be hated by all of Fodlan for what she has to do. 
Her character development hinges on whether Byleth sides with her or not. If Byleth does not aid her, she becomes cold, makes more ruthless actions and warps her body in order to win her war. In contrast, if Byleth joins her, she becomes far more compassionate, is willing to offer mercy to her enemies such as Claude (successfully) and Rhea (unsuccessfully), and goes out of her way to minimize casualties on her quest. In private, Edelgard has a rather childish side, makes immature mockery of the voices of people who annoy her, and is easily flustered. She is terrified of rats as well, creatures Claude even joked about being by her "imperial feet" during the second mock battle.
Edelgard no matter the route still shows some compassion towards others and does show regret on the path she has to walk despite being determined to end the suffering of Fodlan from TWSITD and the system the Church of Seiros maintains. Despite suppressing her emotions, she takes a great amount of emotional pain knowing what she is doing and despises her own actions. However, she knows that there is no other way to end the suffering in Fodlan.
Edelgard is in favour of choice and has shown throughout the game that she does not force people against their will to join with her or to do actions that they don't want to do. Despite going to many lengths, she still has her limits in her actions towards achieving her goals such as assassinations, forcing people against their will, scorched earth policy, and pillaging.
==Other Media==
===Fire Emblem Heroes===
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===Super Smash Bros.===
Edelgard appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate both as a background character in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage and one of Byleth DLC spirits. She is an advanced primary attack spirit that can be obtained in her battle on the battlefield form of the Castle Siege stage covered by lava against Byleth who have super armor and hard to launch. At 99, the spirit can be enhanced to her timeskip design, an ace spirit that gives the user an armor knight effect.
==Quotes ==
==Trivia== 
*In the Black Eagles route, Edelgard can be romanced by either gender of Byleth once they reach S-Support, making her one of the few bisexual playable characters in the game. Also she is the first house leader able to do so, the other being Yuri from Ashen Wolves.
* Initially in the English version, Edelgard was voiced by Cristina Valenzuela in the original E3 2018 trailer for Three Houses, whom she shares with Tatiana from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, as well as the Fire Emblem Heroes appearances of Lachesis and Athena.
* In Three Houses, at least one of the duo of Edelgard and Dimitri will die if the chosen route is not their own. It is impossible to make both of them survive. This compares to Claude, who can be spared and thus survive in all of the routes that are not his own. However, they both survive up until the end of the story in Three Hopes.
*In the "Amphibia: All In": when the Core and King Aldritch trap Marcy Wu in a fantasy to distract her, the simulated Sasha is dressed in post-time skip Edelgard.
==External Links==
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*Edelgard von Hresvelg on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
*Edelgard von Hresvelg on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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