Wyatt

Wyatt is a playable character in *Fire Emblem: Redemption*, and the main character of the game. He is a young, talented scholar who flees from his home village in Jupatora to refine his studies in Mercria, where he acquires the Solblaze tome.

## Personality

Wyatt is a skilful magician who was born and raised in a village, west of King Elijah's castle. He is the second child of three brothers, being the younger brother of Christopher and the older brother of Barry.

Before the events of the game, Wyatt had studied alongside many students in Jupiter Academy, being especially proficient in fire magic and strategic thinking. Since he greatly excelled in these classes and achieved merit in all others, his professors greatly congratulated him with his talent, which led to Wyatt gaining an extremely high regard of his own mental capabilities. His arrogance is shown throughout the game in his support conversations (especially with Barry), and in cutscenes for early chapters.

Throughout the game, Wyatt maintains his high self-esteem and believes his intelligence to be greater than anyone else's. This mindset leads him to be extremely cynical and sceptical of those around him, which in turn makes him initially refuse to consider the ideas and plans proposed by his allies, claiming he knows best. Despite this, Wyatt is also extremely hard-working and dedicated, often staying up for hours later than the others in his party devising strategies and tactics, which leads him to make rash decisions outside of battle due to exhaustion. Later in the game, Wyatt learns that even if the other party members are not as educated or intelligent as him, they are valuable assets to his team, and show strengths in other aspects which Wyatt doesn't. He accepts that he doesn't have to be the best at everything, and that he should appreciate other people's talents and skills, just as he expects them to appreciate his intelligence.

## In-Game

### Strategies and Advice

Unlike most "lord" characters in Fire Emblem games, Wyatt's stats are not roughly balanced or equal. His (relatively) low Def and Res makes him susceptible to enemy attacks which, when combined with his sub-par HP, leads to a frail unit. However, his exceptional Mag lets him deal very high damage to most opponents on the map, which is only improved by his other skills. His fairly high Dex also allows him to get consistent hits on his opponents too, which he will need to get since his personal weapon, Solblaze, only has 15 uses per battle.

Despite how aggressive Wyatt's stats may seem, he excels even greater when he levels up and learns skills exclusive to him (and his daughter, Georgia). In early game, the skill Calculation can be used to deal extra damage to opponents seemingly out of nowhere. To make the most of this skill, you should try to get Wyatt's HP to be a value with many factors, to maximise the chances of his opponents' HP sharing factors with his own. He also learns Open Mind at level 10, which is beneficial against Ice- and Dark-affinity units because it doubles the effectiveness of elemental and weapon advantages. Upon promoting and reaching level 5, Wyatt gains access to a very situational skill, Obscure Knowledge (which is perhaps the least useful of his skills, since it expects very high stat differences for increased Critical rate), but later learns two of the best skills in the game; Rally Range, and Imitation. Using Rally Range on his allies provides his short-ranged allies with a counterattack against long-range attacks (which negates the advantage a long-ranged attack provides), and provides his long-ranged allies with much greater map control. Imitation is a skill which, by the time he learns it, is always beneficial: it allows him to activate his opponent's battle-related skills as if he had them equipped.

Wyatt's amazing skills and damage-focused stats makes him a perfect candidate for picking out enemy leaders and completing objectives. However, you should never leave him out in the open; he can hold his own, against smaller groups of enemies, but they will all chip at his HP little by little, especially since Wyatt suffers from very low Luk and therefore low Avoid rate.