Ike (Fire Emblem)

Ike, reputed as the Radiant Hero, is one of the main characters of Nintendo's Fire Emblem franchise.
He is the main protagonist of the Tellius duology, being the main protagonist of the 2005 tactical video game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and one of the main protagonists of its 2008 sequel Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
He appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series since Super Smash Bros. Brawl and served as Roy's replacement in said game. In Smash 4, Ike returns as a starter character and then returns in Ultimate as an unlockable character alongside all other non-DLC characters for the first and only time in the series.
In the Japanese versions, he is voiced by Michihiko Hagi as an adult and Miho Miyagawa as a child in games.
In the English versions, he is voiced by Jason Adkins in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Fire Emblem Fates and SSB4 and by Greg Chun in Fire Emblem Heroes and SSBU.
== Appearance ==
Ike is a tall young man with spiky blue hair and cerulean eyes. He is currently wearing a red cape with tattered ends over a blue high-collar long coat with yellow linings and red shirt, white pants, a dark, yellow & white creamed boots, a white metallic fingerless gloves and a dark bandana wrapped around his forehead.
==Biography==
He is the first and only main character not of noble birth in the Fire Emblem series. He is the fearless leader of the Greil Mercenaries. He is a kind and brave character, and is very protective of his friends and family. His motivation is to avenge his father's death, but he seeks no reward in aiding Crimea's liberation and helping Elincia to claim the throne as queen, except for the usual payment as being a mercenary. Although he has no desire to become a noble, he accepts the title as Lord so he can lead the Crimea Liberation Army after his triumph over Duke Oliver. He is a good swordman. In the story of Path of Radiance, Ike is the first and only character to break the tradition of a Fire Emblem protagonist being a noble or prince. He is a mercenary along with several others in a group under the command of his father, Greil. Ike and the Greil Mercenaries must protect and escort the princess of the soon-to-be-besieged country of Crimea, Elincia, to the continent of Tellius, previously wrecked by conflict and animosity between humans and transformable demi-humans. Eventually, Elincia formally bestows the Lord rank to Ike so that he can lead the armies of Crimea and the theocracy of Begnion into battle against Daein, and after finding the willpower to wield the sacred blade Ragnell, he takes the fight to Daein's officers in their homeland, and clashes against the Black Knight wielding the dark sword Alondite. The finale sees Ike finally battling and defeating Daein's megalomaniac wyvern-riding king, Ashnard; with this accomplished, the continent is saved from utter destruction and Beorc-Laguz relations become more positive, and Ike is content with reverting back to the life of a mercenary. He is then considered a true sword master.
==Other Media==
===Fire Emblem Awakening===
Ike is not mentioned a lot in Awakening; various references such as the Ragnell (now pale and cracked, including breakable) can be found via event tile or at the Barracks at random. A man named Priam mentions he is a descendant of the Radiant Hero, and Owain calls out the title of the ninth Fire Emblem game as a move.
Ike also appears as a SpotPass character and a DLC character. Throughout the Einherjar saga (as it is generally dubbed) Ike fights for or against the Shepherds, starting with Champions of Yore 1 as an ally and thereafter as an enemy until Smash Brethren 2 against the army of Elibe. Finally, Ike can be recruited upon beating the final Einherjar xenologue Rogues & Redeemers 3.
===Fire Emblem Heroes===
Ike is a playable character in the gacha mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. He was added on April 26, 2017 under the "World of Radiance" banner, his brave variation was added on August 31, 2017 under the "Brave Heroes" banner, his legendary variation was added on January 13, 2018, his valentine variation was added on February 8, 2019 under the "Greil's Devoted" banner, his fallen variation was added on May 8, 2020 under the "Dark Burdens" banner and his young variation who is a duo unit paired with Mist was added to April 7, 2022, under the "Unlikely Friends" Banner. A resplendent skin for his normal variation was added on March 10, 2020 and a resplendent skin for his brave variation was added on February 10, 2021.
===Super Smash Bros.===
Ike appeared in Nintendo's fighting game series Super Smash Bros., his first appearance in the series being the third installment, Brawl. As a fighter, Ike is a slow, heavy fighter with powerful attacks. He also appears as two stickers, one based in his apparition in Path or Radiance who increase the weapon attack of Marth and he, and the other based in his apparition in Radiant Dawn who increase the slash attacks of Marth and he. Ike made a reappearance in Super Smash Bros. 4. Instead of using his Ranger outfit from Path of Radiance he now uses his Hero design from Radiant Dawn while retaining his Brawl moveset. There was a debate about whether Chrom would replace Ike for the fourth game but ultimately, Ike was kept while Chrom was cut out of fear for "not bringing anything new".
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