Vanea

> *"Well, if you were able to beat us I believe I'm in good hands. A pleasure to be working with you, we'll promise to uphold our contract."*
> - Vanea, recruitment dialogue.
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## Profile

Vanea is a mercenary traveling with her wyvern and closest friend, Lily. She keeps to herself for the most part, but likes to observe other members of the Liberation.

Vanea joins the Liberation in the early parts of Act 2. As a part of the Mercenary Kingdom contracted with the Eastern Army, she along with her mercenary troop is tasked with defense against the Liberation until reinforcements arrive. Once the battle is concluded and the Mercenaries retreat back into the citadel, she is found within, then able to be recruited among a few others.

## Past

To Vanea, her past is shrouded in questions and mystery. Where did she come from? Who was her family? For years, she struggled to answer any of these questions, to where others would speculate she may have been hit with some sort of amnesia or mental block.

The answer to those questions is that Vanea was formerly a noblewoman, or at least the child of one. Due to a traumatic incident that happened well over a decade ago, she lost both her house and her family, her life only spared due to one of the young wyverns that her family raised. Having flown off with her before the flames could consume them both, both Vanea and the wyvern crashed a ways far from home, within the territory of the Mercenary Kingdom. She was taken in from there, and once she awoke from her coma a week later, she had no recollection of her name, origin, or what happened that fateful night. The mercenary troop that found her decided to take both her and her wyvern in, and train them in their ways. Having no name at the time, they decided to give her the name Vanea, who then gave the young wyvern the name Lily.

Within a few years' time, Vanea and Lily became full-fledged mercenaries in their teens. Though still cared for and looked after, they helped their troop with missions, deliveries, and scouting. However, on one mission gone wrong, their troop was ambushed by an assassin group hired by nobles and wiped out, leaving Vanea and Lily alone once more. Though to Vanea this was the first time she experienced loss, her heart ached with such fury and intensity, as if she felt this before. With no one close to them once more, Vanea started to close herself off during missions, keeping an arm's length from people as to not grow easily attached again. Through it all however, there were a few mercenaries she worked with that slowly began bringing her out of her shell once more.

## Present

Currently Vanea is still a part of the Mercenary Kingdom, earning her keep and working together with Lily and other allies in order achieve her long-term goal. At this point, the Mercenary Kingdom and Eastern Army are allied, which also means working together with the border guards to protect the East from any attacks from either the South or overseas. To her, the job with the East is just another contract, one which she doesn't feel strongly about either way so long as she's able to live comfortably. However, Lily yearns to spread her wings, constantly flying to further-off places for prolonged periods of time just to escape the desert. When the Liberation happens on Vanea within the citadel, she sees it as an opportunity to see the different sights of Valm, and an interesting investment. Thus, she extends a contract to Valerie for her services and joins the Liberation.

## Personality

Vanea comes off as cold and unapproachable on first impression, but is really just quiet and keeps to herself for the most part. Due to past experiences, she is wary of bonding with others and trusting them, but it isn't to the point she will actively avoid interaction. For those who are able to break past her cold exterior lies a caring and slightly overbearing ally. Over the course of time she bonds with someone, she becomes noticeably more attached to them, quietly picking up on their habits and quirks and occasionally even following them to keep them safe. Once she opens up with someone, she tends to be more outspoken and assertive, even teasing and playful in a subtle way. However, should someone she care about be harmed, threatened, or sometimes even looked at funny, her personality shifts to a much scarier type of protective ready to put herself between the offender and the recipient to show them a painful, painful lesson.

The strongest hand grip in the army. Born on April 26.

## Supports

* Beil
* Eurys
* Rhodan
* Isis
* Persephone
* Zephyr
* Darren
* Gwin
* Raleigh
* Salem
* Mikhail
* Lilianne
* Tai'ga

## In-Game

### Heart/Second Seals

 Soldier
General

## Quotes

* See Vanea/Quotes for quotes and dialogue.

## Personal Skill

**Survivalist:** If there are no allies within 3 spaces, grants Vanea Crit +20 and Hit/Avo +10.

## Possible Endings

**Vanea: Lavender Dragoon**

After the unification of Valm and having fulfilled her contract, Vanea leaves the Liberation behind, turning down a status of knighthood. Along with Lily, she sets off to the east, traveling between continents as chief of what will become one of the most famous Wyvern courier services in Valm.

## Trivia

* Vanea is Cristy's girlfriend.
* Her Japanese Voice Actress, Yu Asakawa, also voices Mia in Fire Emblem: Heroes.
* Her English Voice Actress, Dawn M Bennett, also voices Shez in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.