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“Princess Nyna...”
—Tomas' death quote in Shadow Dragon

Tomas is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Book 1 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and their remakes.

Profile[]

Tomas chronologically first appearance is in Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga. In this appearance, under Midia's lead, he, and the other surviving knights attempt to get Nyna out of the palace. However they are ultimately captured by Camus.

By the beginning of Chapter 12, Dolhr has decided to execute the prisoners including Tomas, however they are rescued by the Archanean League, and Tomas joins Marth. He loyally follows Marth for the duration of the game after his rescue.

He did not appear in the original Mystery of the Emblem, but in the remake, he can be recruited in Chapter 17. It is implied he was assigned to Archanea's occupation forces in Gra, but left the army when he witnessed the brutal treatment of the country's citizens, and that the Gra soldiers were being sacrificed to delay the Altean army.

Personality[]

Little is shown of Tomas' personality, though he would seem to be duty driven, with great loyalty towards royalty such as Marth and Nyna. In New Mystery of the Emblem, Tomas reveals to Kris that he enjoys practicing archery on apples.

In-Game[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class
FE1 Archer Map Sprite Archer
LevelHPStrSklSpdLckDefResWlvMov
82076546095
WeaponStarting Items
Bow-

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Skl Spd Lck Wlv Def Res
50% 20% 20% 30% 10% 50% 10% 0%

Promotion[]

Item Required Promoted Class
Orion's Bolt FE1 Sniper Map Sprite Sniper

Overall[]

Secret Book (Artwork)
Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Tomas makes a fairly terrible first impression; his base stats are scarcely better than Gordin's, and his growths are downright atrocious. However, he does boast one standout point that helps him: his base level. With only two levels, Tomas can be promoted to a Sniper, which will more or less completely salvage his bad bases due to the class having extremely high base stats. His high Weapon Level also enables Parthia use. The Orion's Bolt item is in low competition, due to Gordin being the only other character who can make use of it and him needing to be raised for nine levels. This makes Tomas a fairly low-investment unit who can serve as the army's primary bowman if need be, though not quite so much as Jeorge.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]

  • Note: Tomas only appears in Book 1.

Base Stats[]

Starting Class
FE3 Archer Map Sprite Archer
LevelHPStrSklSpdLckDefResWlvMov
82076546095
WeaponStarting Items
Bow-

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Skl Spd Lck Wlv Def Res
50% 20% 20% 30% 10% 70% 20% 3%

Promotion Gains[]

Item Required Promoted Class
FE3 Orion's BoltOrion's Bolt FE3 Sniper Map Sprite Sniper
1 +2 +5 +5 +1 +3 Varies +2

Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class
FE3 Archer Map Sprite Archer
LevelHPStrSklSpdLckDefResWlvMov
12076546095
WeaponStarting Items
BowKiller bow iconKiller Bow
Iron bow iconIron Bow

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class
FE11 Archer (M) Map Sprite Archer
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
82270654605
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 BowBow - C-

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
65% 25% 0% 30% 50% 25% 10% 0%

Overall[]

Secret Book (Artwork)
Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Tomas' growth rate in strength and defense are rather low, and low strength in particular prevents him from doing what Archers are meant to do: hit the opponent from afar with decent damage output. Thus, he can tend to be overshadowed by other potential archers, such as Catria and Abel. He makes an okay cavalier, trading average defense for a slight growth rate in resistance, but Tomas has stiff competition from Abel, Cain, and Frey, though on modes of lower difficulty, it really does not matter. Tomas' slight growth rate in defense may also nab him an extra point of defense or two, which is always welcome.

Overall, Tomas is not the most useful character there is, but on modes of lower difficulty, he can still function, despite being overshadowed by units with higher growth rates.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class
FEDS Sniper Map Sprite Sniper
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
129121101391237
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 BowBow - BFE11silverbowSilver Bow
FE11killerbowKiller Bow
FE11vulneraryVulnerary

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
90% 65% 0% 70% 70% 50% 30% 5%

Support Relationships[]

Supports

Supported by

Overall[]

Secret Book (Artwork)
Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

As far as growth rates go, Tomas barely edges out Gordin in most stats except for Defense and Luck. Tomas can be a good unit as he starts out on a good level, so if you ignored leveling Gordin up or lost him, Tomas can be a good reserve. He may be seen as the strongest archer, (stronger than Gordin or Norne) but he only has a 5% higher chance of increasing his attack than Gordin, and has the same attack as Norne.

Endings[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

In search of a quiet life, returns home.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Quiet Bow
No one knows what became of Tomas after the war, but some suggested he returned home to live in peace.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Quiet Bow
Tomas joined the watchmen, protecting the Archanean border. Rather than serve the military, he preferred to remain among the people.

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Trivia[]

  • He shares his portrait with Gordin in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
  • Though not a portrait swap, Tomas bears a strong resemblance to Sedgar in his SNES and DS design. Interestingly, both also wield bows.
  • In New Mystery of the Emblem, Tomas introduces himself when recruited like he doesn't know who Marth is despite fighting with him in the same army years ago. This might be because of the very small role he was given in Shadow Dragon.

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