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“Kris... I want to be of use too. That feeling is mine and mine alone. Not just some order! But my own truest desire... My treasure.”
—Katarina to Kris in Chapter 20x

Katarina, real name Reese, is one of the exclusive characters in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. She joins the 7th Platoon of the Altean Knights along with Kris, Roderick, Luke, and Ryan; and aspires to be a tactician.

Profile[]

Background[]

Not much of Katarina's past is known, only that she was an orphan from the town of Knorda, where she was treated like an animal, beaten just for fun, and that her real name is Reese. Eventually, she was found and taken in by Eremiya, who raised her to be an assassin. She was partnered with her friends Clarisse and Legion when going on missions. Reese always tried to act as an older sister towards Clarisse, though Clarisse usually bossed her around.

After the War of Shadows, Reese and her companions were assigned to wipe out the remnants of the Soothsires and save the townspeople that were captured. While Clarisse showed no interest in helping the others, Reese desired to help the people and stop their suffering. During their mission, they encountered Athena, who wished to save the children from the Soothsires, and they worked together to wipe out the remains of the once dangerous bandits.

Upon completing their mission, Reese and Clarisse found a painting that seemed to be familiar to Clarisse, and thus she told Reese to go on ahead. As Reese saved the children, she encountered a girl that thanked her, who said that her name was Katarina, a name that Reese said was hers as well. As the children escaped, Reese met up with Clarisse again, who warned Reese not to tell anyone about what happened with her.

Assassination Mission[]

Before the War of Heroes began, Reese had been assigned a mission: to assassinate Prince Marth. To do this, Reese had to pose undercover as Katarina and join the Altean Knights, so that she could drug all the guards inside the castle, while simultaneously act as a guide for her accomplices.

Katarina bumping to Avatar (FE12)

She encountered a fresh recruit when beginning her mission, Kris. Claiming that she cannot fight and merely desired to be a tactician, Katarina had Kris partner with her so they could get through their training. Katarina also recommended to Luke and Roderick to have Kris serve as their commander for the 7th Platoon, even hastily accepting Luke's challenge against Kris in their place.

When they were on march duty and got lost, they tried to find their way back to the castle. However, Katarina pointed them towards a village that was under attack by bandits. They worked together, along with the mage Merric that had arrived soon enough, and killed all the bandits, though Kris noted to themselves that one of the bandits, a masked person, was not among them. They might or might not have told Katarina this depending on the player's choices, though the matter is waved off in the end. Katarina and Kris were then summoned by Prince Marth himself, who praised them for helping save the lives of many people by subjugating the bandits, though Katarina thought they would be reprimanded for disobeying orders. Prince Marth found their progress to be very well and wants to appoint them as Royal Guards, though does not want their answer immediately and advises them to think about it.

Later on, as they prepared for their next test, Luke was contemplating a hair change to attract girls as no girls wished to date him, though Katarina remarked the other girls saw Luke as small-fry, and that their other comrades were preferred, with Ryan being a "cutie", Roderick being "Ohmigosh, so cool!", and some even lusting after Kris (regardless of gender). She also points out that Luke needed to work on his attitude more than anything, before noting that Jagen wanted them all to gather for their next training.

As their next training began, it was noted by Jagen that it had been 3 months since their training began and only 20 recruits have made it through, shocking Katarina. Before their training began, Katarina spoke with Kris and mentioned using some special connections of hers to acquire stronger weapons and also getting Cecil, a recruit from the 9th Platoon that had her comrades desert her, to join them.

After completing the training, Katarina spoke to Kris and expressed how she desired to be a part of Marth's Royal Guard, and believed that together with Kris, they would be an unstoppable force, and how imagining a future like that made her happy, and asked if Kris felt that way, to which Katarina can express joy that Kris shares her desire, or disappointment when Kris admits they had not thought much on it at the moment.

As their final test approached, Kris later encountered Katarina crying and believed that she had been bullied by someone, though Katarina insisted that that was not it, and said that she would tell them later after they finished their test. Passing their final test, Katarina noted how happy everyone was and how she was happy as well. That night, Katarina and Kris spoke together, as neither could sleep due to having a lot on their mind. Katarina spoke a bit about her past and noted that Kris and her were alike in that they were doing what they did for the sake of another, and noted that it would not be long now, before deciding that they should sleep.

Katarina left, but came back quickly and gave Kris a headband from Cecil, who wanted Kris to try it as it would make them be more "psyched". Katarina shows excitement if Kris accepts to try the headband, and disappointment if they do not.

The next day, Katarina notes how long its been since they met and spoke in nostalgia as she vowed to never forget the memories they shared, something that Kris noted to be odd. As they are knighted by Marth, a soldier arrives to inform them that enemies are attacking the castle, the numbers being unknown. While Jagen goes to investigate and neutralize the threat, the newly appointed knights remain behind. While Luke wishes to go help and Roderick assures that there are plenty of guards inside the castle, Katarina finally removes her cover and says that all the guards had been drugged, and while there was no danger to their lives, the drugs would prevent the guards from moving for a few days.

Horrified at what they were hearing, Katarina soon tells them that her name was not Katarina, but Reese, and she was sent to assassinate Marth. She then went to open the doors to allow her accomplices to enter the room, where Legion also showed up to watch Reese's mission, revealing that the attack on the village back then was nothing but a ploy to win Marth's trust. As Katarina leads her accomplices to attack Marth's group, she is stopped by her former comrades from the 7th Platoon and faces Kris in combat, revealing that everything was a lie and she had deceived them, before telling them to forgive her. Despite the plan and the help she received, Reese is defeated and forced to retreat with Legion.

Reese's betrayal had left a deep wound to her comrades, specifically Kris and Cecil, who vowed to bring her back one day, believing that the Katarina they knew was still there.

War of Heroes[]

Reese would not resurface for some time until after the War of Heroes began, where Katarina and Clarisse are tasked with hunting down and killing all of Marth's former comrades from the War of Shadows, the first target being a cornered Wrys. However, they are discovered by Marth and the Altean army, whom Reese predicted would arrive as she knew that they would never abandon a comrade.

As Reese asked if Clarisse was up to the task, Clarisse waved her off, as she thought of the Altean army as weak trash. This made Reese warn her to not underestimate them, or she will get herself killed. She spoke of how she served as Kris' tactician, but hardly acted as one, not giving the advice a tactician should give, and even without her, Kris and their comrades were strong. Clarisse was flabbergasted at how Reese spoke of them, thinking that Reese had grown attached to her former comrades and warned Reese to stay out of her way, making Reese leave.

When Wrys is saved and Clarisse's mission a failure, Reese reminded her that she had given Clarisse a fair warning about the Altean army being strong, which annoyed Clarisse and made her question if Reese was on the Altean's side and thinking of betraying Eremiya, though Reese refutes this, and knows that for Eremiya's sake, she must defeat Kris.

Later on during the war, Katarina went to Eremiya and reported that the original Legion was killed by the Altean army when Legion attempted to kill Horace. Noting that with Legion now dead, the Altean army has become too strong and that they should consider refraining from pursuing them any further, but Eremiya refuses to, as it was an order from Gharnef. Despite Reese insisting that they should pull back, Clarisse mocks her for being afraid and insists that she will take care of the Altean army. Moving on from that, Reese questions what to do with the remaining Legion clones, and to her horror, Eremiya orders the rest to be killed, as they are now useless now that the original Legion was dead.

Trying in a vain attempt to sway Eremiya from killing the clones, Clarisse once more mocks her, calling her useless and offering to do it in her stead, to which Eremiya agrees and praises Clarisse for being a good girl, mocking Reese along the way as a failure.

As Clarisse later went to ambush Marth, she was later on defeated and left on the verge of death. Reese had found her and quickly brought her to the hideout, much to Clarisse's shock. When Clarisse questioned this, Reese simply said that Clarisse was her little sister, even though they were both orphans. Reese further stated that she did not mind if Clarisse hated her, because the bond that she shared with Clarisse was precious to her and if she lost it, she would be all alone again. As she went to Eremiya to request to aid Clarisse's injuries, Reese is instead ordered to abandon Clarisse for failing her mission. Horrified and unable to help her little sister as Clarisse accepts her death, Reese was asked by the dying Clarisse to stay by her side, and finally called her sister with her dying breath.

Heartbroken at losing her beloved sister, Reese is mocked by Eremiya, who said that Reese was never wanted in the world, and her life was trash, meant only to be used for Eremiya's sake. She was then ordered to kill the Altean army and her former friends, the only remaining people that Reese cared about, much to Katarina's despair.

Reunion[]

Following her orders like the puppet she was lead to believe, she once again faced Marth and Kris with the intention of fulfilling her orders. Despite Marth and Kris declaring that they wished not to fight, Reese was set on her task. As she attacked Kris, she fondly recalled her time in the recruit training, remembering saving the villagers and being with Kris. Despite these memories, she continues to push them away.

Katarina Crying (FE12)

Katarina's tears

Refusing to attack her, Kris finally gets Reese to stop her attacks and listen. Kris reminds her of their days in training, where she stated that the 7th Platoon was an unstoppable team. Reese insists that they were all lies and that she did not care for any of them. Kris points out that she was crying, showing that her heart desired to fight with Kris and Marth, despite her words and actions. Reese feels that she is beyond salvation as her sins were too heavy, but Kris promises to help her atone. Unable to contain her emotions, she conceded that Kris was right and stands before Marth at the end of the battle.

Reese asks for her own execution, but Marth denies her request, telling her that dying would simply be running from her sins. When Reese asks Marth how to atone for her actions, he declines an answer. Marth tells her to live on and figure out her own method of atonement as her punishment. Reese decides to go by Katarina once more, as it is the only name she ever had when she felt true happiness.

Depths of the Abyss[]

After Hardin's defeat, Marth and Kris received word on Eremiya's whereabouts. Eavesdropping on the conversation, Katarina volunteers to show them a secret passage that leads them directly to Eremiya. Despite stating that she does not believe that it will fully absolve her sins, she has resolved her self to help in this mission to prevent other orphans from suffering the same fate as she has.

Leading them down a dark secret passage, she tells Kris and Marth how she was raised in the darkness to be Eremiya's puppet like the others. However, she states that she no longer is bound by those feelings and simply wishes to be useful to Kris. Eremiya is aware of the infiltration and sends her assassins to dispose of them. Eventually, the army approaches Eremiya and Katarina can face her. Katarina is saddened that she has to face her, but her resolve to help Kris gives her the strength to stand her ground. Amused that Katarina has found free will, Eremiya engages her with the intention of completely breaking her once more into the puppet she was supposed to be. In the end, Katarina's resolve and the might of Marth's army finally ends her madness.

With the revival and eventual slaying of Medeus, peace is restored to the world. Katarina would continue to tirelessly serve as a Knight of Altea for Marth to continue to atone for her past sins.

Personality[]

Contrary to her fellow assassins, Reese is remarkably kind and even sensitive to a fault. She follows Eremiya's orders mainly out of gratitude for saving her from a life as an orphan, despite the mistreatment endured from her. Even after defecting from Eremiya, she regretted having to face her, even admitting that she would rather die instead of striking her down. Within her "family" of fellow assassins, she laments having to oppose them as well. Even Legion who is no more than an army of corpses of the original horrifies her. Out of all of her fellow assassins, she is closest to Clarisse who she calls and treats as her big sister.

Despite fighting to please Eremiya, Reese lacks the confidence to carry through with her mission. While able to successfully able to infiltrate the initiates for the Altean army, she quickly integrated herself into the group and formed strong camaraderie with them. Of the recruits, she became closest to Kris and Cecil. When the time came to fulfill her mission, her bonds formed caused her to hesitate and ultimately resulted in her mission failure.

Depending on the player's choices when she is next encountered, Reese is allowed a chance at redemption. If she is not given this opportunity, she regrets her previous actions and recalls her recruitment days in her death throes. Should Kris attempt to persuade her, Reese clings onto the hope that she can still please Eremiya by pushing away Kris and Marth. After the former's insistence to breakthrough to her, Reese finally surrenders to her true heart's desires. Though she is directionless in how to accomplish her redemption, for the first time in her life, Reese decides that she wants to be referred to as Katarina as it is the name she used when feeling the most amount of joy in her life.

Katarina becomes dependent on Kris as an emotional crutch and has stated that they are the main reason she was saved. Her relationship with female Kris remains platonic, with the two forging an unbreakable bond of friendship by the end of their support conversation. In the case of male Kris, Katarina develops romantic interest in him. In their final conversation, Katarina states that she likes him and that, even if she is not his choice for a partner, simply talking to her brings her happiness and still hopes to continue being close to him.

In-Game[]

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Recruitment[]

  • Chapter 16x: Enemy, talk with Kris three times.
  • Downloadable Episode 2: Automatically from the start.

Base Stats[]

Boss

Starting Class
Enemy Female Mage FE12 Map IconMage
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
102407670336
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - DFE11elfireElfire

Starting Class
Enemy Female Mage FE12 Map IconMage
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
102609770336
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - CFE11elfireElfire

Starting Class
Enemy Female Mage FE12 Map IconMage
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
10300131190336
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - BFE11elfireElfire

Starting Class
Enemy Female Mage FE12 Map IconMage
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
10300131190336
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - AFE11elfireElfire

Playable
Starting Class
Female Sage FE12 Map IconSage
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
73431215156976
WeaponStarting Items
FE12 TomeTome - B
FE12 StaffStaff - C
FE12NosferatuNosferatu*
FE11elfireElfire**
FE11mendMend**

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
80% 0% 40% 70% 75% 70% 20% 40%

Katarina/Base Conversations[]

Support Bonus[]

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 a boss, Katarina will not have much of a problem making short work of any unit with low resistance with Elfire, so precaution must be taken when fighting her. However, when joining as a Sage, she has low base stats, notably very low Luck and Resistance. Despite this, she finds little issue in being useful, regardless of if she ever sees combat. Her base weapon ranks are insanely useful, allowing her to use every tome in the game, except Excalibur, as well as a multitude of useful staves such as Physic, Barrier, Rescue, and on the lower difficulties where it is available, Warp. Due to this, she is almost always worth fielding, as she can either provide some decent magic chip with tomes like Elfire or even Aura without any investment, or she can spam staves to help move your allies across the map quickly, or help keep them alive.

Fire Emblem Awakening[]

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 a SpotPass character, Katarina does not stand out from other SpotPass characters. However, Katarina's wide berth of classes will still make her a decent unit like many of the other SpotPass characters. Katarina, like other SpotPass characters, lacks the ability to support with any unit, but this can be minimized if she learns Dual Support+ from the Valkyrie class and Dual Guard+ from the Great Knight class. If chosen, Katarina will need to spend time in many classes to find her maximum potential. Because of that, it is recommended that Katarina goes through the Tactician class and gains the Veteran ability to accelerate the process. Because she joins a Sage, there is no way to reclass her into a Falconknight. If you plan on playing Katarina as a frontline offensive unit, Katarina should consider going through the mercenary line to learn Armsthrift and Sol to keep her health up and preserve weapons. Additionally, it is recommended that she classes into a Dark Flier to learn Galeforce. Katarina's best final class would either be Sage or Sorcerer due to her high magic, but any class could work well with enough grinding. Overall, SpotPass Katarina is initially a diamond in the rough but can become a powerful unit if you spend enough time grinding.

The DLC version of Katarina is one of the best units in the game, as she can utilize all possible Rally skills because she has the male-exclusive Rally Strength skill learned upon recruitment. Katarina is one of only three other units that has every available rally skill alongside female Morgan who inherited Rally Strength, her sister who inherited Rally Strength from their Avatar father, and DLC Palla. She also has the Shadowgift skill, allowing her to utilize Dark magic like Aversa's Night and Nosferatu even when not in the Dark Mage/Sorcerer classes. Overall, DLC Katarina has an interesting niche as both a rally and offensive unit and will do well regardless of what she becomes.

Fire Emblem Engage[]

Bond Ring[]

Hero from beyond Elyos and young tactician-in-training. Went to serve Marth at Altea Castle and joined the 7th Platoon with Kris. She is calm and cares for her friends, but harbors a terrible secret inside.
Bond Ring Katarina
FE17 C Rank Bond RingC Rank Def +1
FE17 B Rank Bond RingB Rank HP +2 Def +1
World FE17 A Rank Bond RingA Rank HP +2 Lck +1 Def +1
Marth Emblem Ring Hero-King FE17 S Rank Bond RingS Rank HP +2 Lck +1 Def +2

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Wayward One
Reserved and harboring a dark secret, this trainee tactician depends on others. Appears in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Base Stats[]

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

Heroes Katarina SpriteTitle
Wayward One
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
16/17/18
31/34/37
5/6/7
29/32/35
7/8/9
31/34/37
4/5/6
12/15/19
7/8/9
29/32/35
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Rauðrowl+
FEH skill special Chilling Wind
FEH Fire Tome Tome

Skills[]

TypeNamePrerequisiteDefaultUnlocked
FEH skill offenseFire---
Elfire---
Rauðrowl---
Rauðrowl+-FEH Star Rarity 5-
Reese's TomeRauðrowl+-FEH Star Rarity 5
FEH skill specialChilling Wind-FEH Star Rarity 5-
GlaciesChilling Wind-FEH Star Rarity 5
AFEH Death Blow 1 Death Blow 1--
FEH Swift Sparrow 1 Swift Sparrow 1FEH Death Blow 1 Death Blow 1-
FEH Swift Sparrow 2 Swift Sparrow 2FEH Swift Sparrow 1 Swift Sparrow 1FEH Star Rarity 5
CFEH Atk Ploy 1 Atk Ploy 1--
FEH Atk Ploy 2 Atk Ploy 2FEH Atk Ploy 1 Atk Ploy 1-
FEH Atk Ploy 3 Atk Ploy 3FEH Atk Ploy 2 Atk Ploy 2FEH Star Rarity 5

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.
Base Set[]

Katarina is a fairly dated unit who is reflective of her release era back in Book I. She is fairly well balanced sitting on a solid 32 Atk, 34 Spd, and 32 Res which are fairly above average for a Book I unit. In exchange, she has a low 34 HP and 15 Def, leaving her physical bulk score at a low of 49. While she lacks the high damage of other Book I red mages like Tharja, Celica, and Lilina and the host of Red mages after her, she is still can work well at a relatively low investment cost in terms of skills. Dragonflowers are necessary to bring her up to the constantly higher Base Stat Totals of future Book characters as there are a high enough number of units whose base Res exceeds hers, negating her main niche.
Originally carrying a Rauðrowl tome, Katarina gained additional stats to her four core stats up to the number of allies adjacent to her x2. While this could grant her a +6 boost, she did not quite carry the stat spread to maximize the effect. However, she would later receive her personal tome which gave her a new task.
Reese's Tome is a stronger Rauðrowl+ tome but when refined, she gains a combination of Speed Ploy 2 and Resistance Ploy 2, inflicting -4 Spd/Res on enemies within the four cardinal directions of her current position at the start of her turn and has lower Res than her. In tandem with her own base kit's Attack Ploy, which reduces the Atk of an enemy by 5 when they meet the same requirements as above, and also a Defense Ploy Seal, reducing the enemy Def -5 for the same conditions, Katarina can employ all four Ploy skills at the same time, thus is the only omni-ploy unit the game.
Her high res compliments Glacies for her Special, dealing significant damage if it procs. She is the first non-seasonal unit to have Swift Sparrow, a highly valuable inheritable skill, granting her +4 to her Atk and Spd when initiating combat.

Counters[]

Katarina's low physical bulk leaves her vulnerable to many Red and Blue units. Common red threats like Ayra, Mia, Elincia, and Sigurd easily take care of her while just about every blue physical unit out in the meta achieves similar results. Any sort of Blue unit with Res bulk can easily wall her like Fallen Hardin, Nowi, Female Corrin, Micaiah, and Female Morgan. Lute is a particularly strong counter as she has high enough Res to ignore Katarina's ploy skills, similarly applying hers to Katarina and having the color advantage.

Skill Inheritance Options[]

Katarina has a plethora of options and can run a focused offensive set like her original preferred build or take a more flexible and versatile build thanks to her new Tome.

Prior to her new weapon, Katarina was commonly run with Rauðrblade+. Thus taking the standard build for a Bladetome unit brings out her potential. Ardent Sacrifice brings her to the range for Desperation. She can maintain Swift Sparrow for her Skill A or take Fury for the flat boosts and the damage penalty to bring herself into the Desperation range without an ally. Glimmer is the standard Bladetome special. Finally taking Speed Ploy helps to secure double attacks on as many units as possible.

Her new weapon allows Katarina to become a powerful Ploy unit, especially since she can naturally apply all four types of ploy if she runs Reese's Tome with its effect, her innate Attack Ploy, and equips a Defense Ploy seal. This makes her one of the best debuffing units in the game. Draw Back is a great repositioning skill commonly used on many mage units. Iceberg has a slightly faster cooldown than Glacies and better suited for her since she doubles a fair amount of units. Fury or Swift Sparrow 2 can be used depending on the player's preference, though the latter being her base kit does allow for her to easily upgrade it to Swift Sparrow 3 and perhaps inherit other useful skills from the same character. Finally, Desperation gives her guaranteed follow ups.

Meet Some of the Heroes[]

Wayward One Katarina
Katarina wayward one pop01 Katarina is a trainee tactician who belongs to the 7th Platoon of Altea's royal knights.
Katarina wayward one pop02 When she took the Altean knights' recruitment test, Katarina teamed up with Kris, and passed with flying colors. The two were then assigned to the 7th Platoon.
Katarina wayward one pop03 Kris was made the leader of the platoon, with Katarina serving as its tactician-in-training. They continued to perform as a fantastic team, and were victorious in a number of battles!
Katarina wayward one pop04 However, Katarina has a big secret that she hasn't revealed even to Kris—or so I hear. I wonder what it could be!
Closely Associated Characters
Kris Hails from the Altean village of Sera. Leader of the 7th Platoon, a group of newly appointed knights that includes Katarina. Serves Marth as a royal guard.
Clarisse One of a group of assassins plotting to kill Marth. Katarina's friend. Cruel and lacks manners, but yearns for a family.

Torchlit Wanderer

Knight of Altea who joined the new recruits of the 7th Platoon. Currently deployed on a mission. Appears in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem.

Base Stats[]

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

Heroes Katarina Torchlit Wanderer SpriteTitle
Torchlit Wanderer
Group
Heroes Flying Flying
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
16/17/18
35/39/42
10/11/12
34/37/40
9/10/11
39/43/46
2/3/4
12/16/19
5/6/7
24/28/31
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Fell Flambeau
FEH skill special New Moon
FEH Thunder Tome Tome

Skills[]

TypeNamePrerequisiteDefaultUnlocked
FEH skill offenseThunder---
Elthunder---
Thoron---
Fell Flambeau--FEH Star Rarity 5
FEH skill specialNew Moon---
Luna---
AFEH Atk Spd Solo 1 Atk/Spd Solo 1--
FEH Atk Spd Solo 2 Atk/Spd Solo 2FEH Atk Spd Solo 1 Atk/Spd Solo 1-
FEH Atk Spd Solo 3 Atk/Spd Solo 3FEH Atk Spd Solo 2 Atk/Spd Solo 2FEH Star Rarity 5
FEH Atk Spd Solo 4 Atk/Spd Solo 4FEH Atk Spd Solo 3 Atk/Spd Solo 3FEH Star Rarity 5
BFEH Chill Res 1 Chill Res 1--
FEH Chill Def Res 1 Chill Def/Res 1FEH Chill Res 1 Chill Res 1-
FEH Chill Def Res 2 Chill Def/Res 2FEH Chill Def Res 1 Chill Def/Res 1FEH Star Rarity 4
CFEH Atk Res Rein 1 Atk/Res Rein 1--
FEH Atk Res Rein 2 Atk/Res Rein 2FEH Atk Res Rein 1 Atk/Res Rein 1-
FEH Atk Res Rein 3 Atk/Res Rein 3FEH Atk Res Rein 2 Atk/Res Rein 2FEH Star Rarity 5

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.
Base Set[]
Counters[]
Skill Inheritance Options[]

Meet Some of the Heroes[]

Torchlit Wanderer Katarina
Katarina torchlit wanderer pop01 Katarina is a trainee strategist who was assigned to Altea's 7th Platoon alongside Kris. Don't tell anyone, but they're going undercover to infiltrate a festival, and that's why she's wearing Plegian-style attire!
Katarina torchlit wanderer pop02 Plegia is infamous for the baking sands of its deserts, and perhaps that's why Plegian clothing tends to…leave little to the imagination. Katarina might need some time to get used to the look, but I think she's blending right in!
Katarina torchlit wanderer pop03 Incidentally, I hear that torch she's carrying has a special power. They say that Plegian magic is all about hexes and curses, so I'm curious about what that torch can do!
Katarina torchlit wanderer pop04 Katarina and Kris might be working undercover for a mission, but I don't think there's any problem with them enjoying the festival while they're at it, do you? In fact, I'd say that's the best way for them to hide in plain sight!
Closely Associated Characters
Marth Prince of Altea who fights for his homeland and deeply values his friends. Targeted by Katarina, who was dispatched to assassinate him.
Kris Hails from the Altean village of Sera. Leader of the 7th Platoon, a group of newly appointed knights. Serves Marth as a royal guard. Katarina holds a fondness for Kris.

Quotes[]

New Mystery of the Emblem[]

“ Kris, that's a wonderful name. We're here for the same reason, then. My name is Katarina. I came because I wish to serve Prince Marth. ”
—Katarina introducing herself to Kris.
“I... I'd like be a Royal Guard, if you're in with me.. Together, we'd be an unstoppable team... When I imagine a future like that, I feel very happy. ...Um, what about you, Kris? Do you, perhaps, feel the same as I...? ”
—Katarina talking to Kris.
“ Kris. I... had a dream. It was short... but it was a very happy dream. Kris, you and I... Both of us became Royal Guards... We saved many people, received many thanks... And then, the two of us... Kris... I... I'm sorry... I'm talking nonsense. There's no going back for me. ...Let us resume our battle, Kris.”
— Kris talking to Katarina the first time in Chapter 16x.
“Thank... you... ... Now I... won't have to hurt Kris... anymore... Kris... I'm... glad I could meet you... During those days of training... you showed me a beautiful, happy dream... Hey, Kris... Today's training... is about to begin... Look, there's Prince Marth and the others... Don't... wait for me... ... ...”
—Katarina's Death Quote in Chapter 16x.

Awakening[]

“Please, call me Katarina.”
—Katarina's Parley quote.
“So, we stand as enemies...”
—Katarina's SpotPass pre-battle quote.
“Ah! Really? I'll do my best...”
—Katarina's SpotPass recruitment quote.
“Y-you need another tactician?”
—Katarina's DLC recruitment quote.

Heroes[]

Katarina/Heroes Quotes

Ending[]

New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Atoning Strategist
Katarina tirelessly served Marth in Altea, as if to atone for her past sins.

Non-Canon Appearances[]

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]

Katarina is illustrated in the trading card game with the following cards:

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Round Placement Character Version Votes

CYL1 134 CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
2,162
CYL2 145
↓11
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
1,750
↓412
CYL3 118
↑27
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
2,288
↑538
CYL4 151
↓33
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
1,024
↓1,264
CYL5 117
↑34
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
799
↓225
CYL6 143
↓26
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
709
↓90
CYL7 120
↑23
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
519
↓190

CYL8 139
↓19
CYL Katarina Portrait
New Mystery of the Emblem
503
↓16

Etymology[]

Katarina is Germanic variant of the name Katherine/Catherine which comes from the Greek name Aikaterine. The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name Hekaterine, which came from hekateros "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess Hecate; it could be related to Greek aikia "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek katharos "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this. The name was borne by a semi-legendary 4th-century saint and martyr, Saint Catherine, from Alexandria who was tortured on a spiked wheel.

Reese is an anglicized spelling of the Welsh name Rhys. It is a gender neutral given name which means ardent or fiery.

Eine is derived from the German word for one. Along with Kleine, it's a reference to "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", a 1787 composition for a chamber ensemble by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German title means "a little serenade", though it is often rendered more literally as "a little night music".

Trivia[]

  • Katarina's Fire Emblem Awakening artwork depicts her wielding Eliwood's Blade and a yellow Tome.
  • Despite the fact that Marth and the others learn that Katarina's true name is Reese, they continue to refer to her as Katarina, as do the text box labels that appear when she speaks. In fact, the only characters that ever refer to her as Reese are her fellow assassins (Clarisse, Legion, and Eremiya).
  • In a conversation with the Kris, Katarina states the she and Clarisse have the same birthdays. Though none of them know their real birthday, Katarina states that Clarisse "allowed" her to have the same birthday after forcing her to get a gift.
  • Along with Palla, Katarina is the only Einherjar that can learn all Rally skills in Fire Emblem Awakening.
  • Katarina is the only unit in the Fire Emblem series (so far) that has two weapons named after her: Reese's Tome and Katarina's Bolt.
  • According to a developer interview, Katarina was originally going to disguise herself as a boy.

Gallery[]

See main article: Katarina/Gallery.
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