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“So you know how old I am, huh? Weird. Most people can't stop talking about how young I look.”
—Nowi to Gregor in a Support Conversation

Nowi is a playable character in Fire Emblem Awakening. She is a Manakete of an unknown origin or tribe who is over 1,000 years old in human years. She is the mother of Nah and can be the potential mother of Morgan.

Profile[]

Born on another continent "across the ocean and way to the left," Nowi had been kidnapped right after she was born, and was separated from her parents. It is unknown what happened during the majority of her life, but at one point, she once met and befriended a wise, old Manakete that taught her several things.

Prior to the events of Awakening, Nowi had been captured and sold as a slave from an auction block to some very despicable men, who made her transform for their entertainment and perform tricks. She was eventually targeted by the Grimleal, who sought to offer her as a sacrifice for Grima. However, she was saved by Gregor, who turned against his employers, though Nowi misinterpreted his attempts to help and believed he was trying to kill her.

As she ran from him and her captors through the Border Sands, she and Gregor were found by Chrom and the Shepherds, who were marching to Plegia to rescue the captured Exalt Emmeryn. Upon seeing her in battle for the first time, Robin and Chrom are surprised when she shifts into her Manakete form. After dealing with the Grimleal and protecting them, Nowi and Gregor decide to join Chrom's army.

After the war, if Nowi is not married, she will try to live away from humans, but eventually embarks on a journey to find her old comrades due to her longing for their company. If she is married, people often whisper that her husband continued to age while she remained youthful.

In Paralogue 16, Nowi and the Shepherds arrive at the Manor of Lost Souls to rescue a little girl, who is lost inside trying to find her way out as Risen swarm the interior. If Nowi speaks to her, she reveals herself as Nah. Nowi is ecstatic to meet another Manakete, though she is confused by Nah's name. Nevertheless, Nah joins the Shepherds after they leave the Manor. With nowhere to go, Nah offers to stay with the Shepherds, which Chrom happily accepts. Nah talks with Nowi in private and shows her the ring on her finger. Nowi notices that it's the exact same as her ring, which reveals herself as Nowi's daughter. Nah explains that she got it after Nowi died in the future. Nowi senses that Nah is holding back tears and tells her to let it all out, but Nah tells her since she is a manakete, she must maintain a strong appearance. Nowi tells her it is okay since she cries a lot herself. With her encouragement, Nah finally cries, happy to be reunited with her mother and Nowi is grateful to meet her daughter.

Personality[]

Nowi, due to the slow aging of manaketes, mostly acts like a child, but it is often done to cheer others up. She loves playing outside and is always looking for a playmate, though she explains to Nah that her constant playing around also serves as her training regimen. Upon joining the army, Nowi immediately understands her cheerful impact on the army and acts accordingly to keep the morale up. Despite this, Nowi is well aware of her Manakete status, and like Tiki, is afraid of being alone, knowing that one day, her human friends will die while she continues to live on for many more millennia, which is shown in her support with Vaike. Nevertheless, Nowi continues to live every day enjoying the time she has with everyone in the army.

Nowi has moments showing her maturity, especially with her children to whom she uses less childish language and makes sure to care for them and raise them the best that she can. This is particularly evidenced in her supports with Nah, where she is concerned with Nah's usage of her dragonstone to train, as it is too powerful and may negatively affect younger manaketes. In the following conversations, Nowi shows how much information she picks up while seemingly playing nonchalantly, as well as her ability to heed her child's wishes and incorporate them into her guidance, earning Nah's respect naturally and making her change her initial thoughts about Nowi. Nowi is also shown to be very perceptive to the emotions of others, such as when she notices Nah's pent up sadness upon a glance and lets her cry in her arms.

In her DLC conversation with Tiki, Nowi is able to cheer Tiki up by changing her perspective of the world; Tiki deems her thoughts 'pure,' but in Nowi's other support conversations, it is revealed that Nowi has also had her share of pain and loss and has been struggling to come to terms with them for a long time, which in turn hints that the perspective Nowi offered was a product of long and deep thought. As Tiki is made to sleep for the majority of her time to seal her immense power as a dragon scion, it is possible that Nowi is more experienced with the world.

She apparently shows no aversion to snakes or eating one—although cooked—and learns new things quickly in her support with Robin. Her hobbies include talking to members of the Shepherds, hunting, sewing, as well as general frolicker.

In Summer Scramble, Nowi reveals that she, like Sully, cannot swim in their conversation. She wakes up later than anyone else in the army.

In-Game[]

Fire Emblem Awakening[]

Base Stats[]

Starting Class
FE13 Nowi Manakete Map SpriteManakete
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
31840238226
SkillsWeaponStarting Items
OddBiorhythmOdd RhythmStoneIconFE13StoneDragonstone FE13 IconDragonstone

Growth Rates[]

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
120% 65% 40% 50% 50% 65% 65% 50%

Max Stat Modifiers[]

Str Mag Skl Spd Luk Def Res
+1 +1 -1 -2 +1 +3 +2

Supports[]

See also: Nowi/Supports

Romantic Supports

Other Supports

Class Sets[]

Base Classes Promoted Classes
-
-
-
-

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 Class[]

Nowi is the first Manakete recruited in the game and is fairly strong. However, players will need to use her sparingly until reaching Chapter 12 when Dragonstones can be bought unless SpotPass Tiki is available to sell Dragonstone+. Once the issue of weapon usage is sorted, Nowi becomes an incredible unit, having slightly better Strength and Defense growth rates than Tiki, but losing out on some Resistance and Luck growths. However, Nowi will gain HP every level up much like Tiki, leaving her defenses to be a little less dangerous stat. Once she learns Wyrmsbane, Nowi becomes an effective anti-Wyvern Rider and Wyvern Lord unit. As one of the three guaranteed playable manaketes in the game, Nowi should remain a Manakete given that the Dragonstone bonuses raises all of her stats on top of any Pair Up Bonuses, but only after grabbing a few useful skills from her reclasses.

Reclassing[]

Nowi's two additional class sets are Mage and Wyvern Rider lines. Keep in mind, when Nowi reclasses, she will retain her Dragon weakness even if that class has no unit weakness associated with it. As a Mage and Sage, Nowi's growth rates are near identical to Ricken's and she will have better defensive growth rates than him. Miriel is much faster, skilled, and stronger magically, but has lower defensive stat growths than Nowi. Nowi performs surprisingly well as a Sage, although her offensive properties are slightly lacking compared to Ricken and Miriel. Nowi makes a great Dark Knight from her high Strength and Magic growth rates and modestly balanced overall growth rates. Focus raises her critical hit rate when she is isolated from other allied units and Lifetaker, her only health regenerative skill, regenerates half of her max health when she defeats an enemy. Tomefaire raises her Magic by 5 but this is only limited to her staying in these magic classes. Slow Burn can be considered, but by the time the skill has a noticeable effect on Nowi, the map most likely will be cleared unless on a higher difficulty or maps with high turn counts like Chapter 20, Paralogue 23, and the Final Chapter.

As a Wyvern Rider, Wyvern Lord, or Griffon Rider, Nowi has better Strength and Resistance growths over Cherche, but slightly less in Speed and Skill. However, due to her low Resistance, Nowi will have to worry about Wind magic more than ever and should be cautious around archers despite her high defense growths. Swordbreaker is a good skill to apply to Nowi in her Manakete class to deal with Wyrmslayers and Quick Burn makes Nowi a powerhouse in initial turns. Lancebreaker, Deliverer and Tantivy are also useful skills to consider using in her Manakete class. Nowi will need to be especially careful in the Griffon Rider class as she will have Beast, Flying, and Dragon weaknesses.

Fire Emblem Engage[]

Bond Ring[]

Hero from beyond Elyos and an innocent young dragon. A manakete in human form. She is far older than she appears. She loves having fun with others, and is an inveterate late sleeper.
Bond Ring Nowi
FE17 C Rank Bond RingC Rank Lck +1
FE17 B Rank Bond RingB Rank Lck +1 Def +1
World FE17 A Rank Bond RingA Rank Str +1 Lck +1 Def +1
Lucina Emblem Ring Princess Exalt FE17 S Rank Bond RingS Rank Str +1 Lck +2 Def +1

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Eternal Youth
Manakete who travels with Chrom's group. Looks young but truly is over a thousand years old. Appears in Fire Emblem Awakening.

Base Stats[]

Rarity:
✯✯✯
Nowi FEH combat spriteTitle
Eternal Youth
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
15/16/17
38/41/44
4/5/6
27/30/33
3/4/5
20/23/26
4/5/6
23/26/29
3/4/5
20/23/26
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Fire Breath+FEH Thunder Breath Dragonstone
✯✯✯✯
Nowi FEH combat spriteTitle
Eternal Youth
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
15/16/17
39/42/45
5/6/7
29/32/35
3/4/5
21/24/27
5/6/7
25/28/31
3/4/5
21/24/27
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Lightning Breath
FEH skill support Rally Defense
FEH Thunder Breath Dragonstone
✯✯✯✯✯
Nowi FEH sprite (5*)Title
Eternal Youth
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
16/17/18
42/45/48
5/6/7
31/34/37
4/5/6
23/27/30
5/6/7
27/30/33
4/5/6
23/27/30
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Lightning Breath+
FEH skill support Rally Defense
FEH Thunder Breath Dragonstone
Resplendent ✯✯✯✯✯
Resplendent Nowi Heroes spriteTitle
Eternal Youth
Group
Heroes Infantry Infantry
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
18/19/20
44/47/50
7/8/9
33/36/39
6/7/8
25/29/32
7/8/9
29/32/35
6/7/8
25/29/32
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Lightning Breath+
FEH skill support Rally Defense
FEH Thunder Breath Dragonstone

Skills[]

TypeNamePrerequisiteDefaultUnlocked
FEH skill offenseFire Breath---
Fire Breath+-FEH Star Rarity 3-
Lightning BreathFire Breath+FEH Star Rarity 4FEH Star Rarity 3
Lightning Breath+Lightning BreathFEH Star Rarity 5FEH Star Rarity 5
Purifying Breath--FEH Star Rarity 5
FEH skill supportRally Defense-FEH Star Rarity 4FEH Star Rarity 3
AFEH Defense +1 Defense +1-FEH Star Rarity 3
FEH Defense +2 Defense +2FEH Defense +1 Defense +1FEH Star Rarity 4
FEH Defense +3 Defense +3FEH Defense +2 Defense +2FEH Star Rarity 5
CFEH Threaten Res 1 Threaten Res 1--
FEH Threaten Res 2 Threaten Res 2FEH Threaten Res 1 Threaten Res 1FEH Star Rarity 3
FEH Threaten Res 3 Threaten Res 3FEH Threaten Res 2 Threaten Res 2FEH Star Rarity 4

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[]

Nowi was one of two Blue Dragon units available upon release, leaving other Blue Dragons to eventually outpace her in terms of stats and available skills. However, Nowi's balanced spread of stats, easy availability compared to her competition, and personal weapon, Purifying Breath, lets her continue to be a solid unit all around. Although Purifying Breath slows her Special Cooldown by +1, she is allowed to counterattack against ranged foes, and the special refine boosts all of her stats by +4 and ignores penalties (from skills such as Chills or Threatens) as long as her HP remains above 50%. Thanks to how balanced her statspread is, Nowi can work as a standard wall, a speed tank, or a generally powerful ally, depending on the skills she inherits. She regardless works well as a counter to Red units, who won't be able to deal as much damage to her and receives a bunch in return.

Counters[]

For all of Nowi's strengths, she cannot deal much damage against many greens, especially as the bulk of enemy units gets higher and higher. In addition, Nowi is weak to dragon-effective weapons; units such as Julia or Thrasir are likely to have her dead in one hit, and even Red effective weapons are likely to kill her if the enemy is strong enough. Nowi also is likely to receive a ton of damage if the enemy is carrying the Ruptured Sky special, which deals extra damage to Dragon enemies in particular.

Skill Inheritance[]

Because of the balance of her stats, Nowi can serve as either a standard Defensive unit or even a Speed tank. Regardless of the role decided for her, Nowi would like to have a Breath skill, such as Steady Breath, as her Special Cooldown is being increased by her personal weapon. Quick Riposte is a solid and easier to get B Passive for her to consider. In terms of more expensive options, Dragon's Ire is a far superior version of QR that also disables enemy skills that disable her follow-up attack, while Dragon Wall is a damage-reduction skill that compares Nowi's Resistance to her foes and reduces damage taken if Nowi's Res is higher. This gives merit to building Nowi with her Res in mind. Null C-Disrupt lets Nowi counterattack against all units even if they try to disable her ability to counterattack (such as from Firesweep weapons or the Dazzling effect), and lastly Lull skills give Nowi a further combat boost by directly nerfing the enemies stats and removing their own buffs. Lull Atk/Spd is preferred for a Spd-based Nowi, while Lull Atk/Res is preferred otherwise.

Meet Some of the Heroes[]

Eternal Youth Nowi
Nowi eternal youth pop01 Here's Nowi, a young manakete Hero! That is to say, young by manakete standards—despite her youthful appearance and playful antics, she's actually over a thousand years old!
Nowi eternal youth pop02 After being captured and imprisoned by the Grimleal, worshippers of the Fell Dragon, Nowi was freed by Gregor, who was working for them as a mercenary.
Nowi eternal youth pop03 Nowi and Gregor escaped, and eventually found a place with the Shepherds, the band of Heroes led by Chrom, Prince of Ylisse.
Nowi eternal youth pop04 Nowi was separated from her parents when she was very young, but she found a new family when she met Chrom and his friends. I hope she'll make friends with everyone here in Askr too!
Closely Associated Characters
Nah Nowi's daughter. She might look young, but she's actually very responsible. She tries to control her emotions and act maturely.

Eternal Witch
Manakete who travels with Chrom's group. She may be over a thousand years old, but she still gets candy. Appears in Fire Emblem Awakening.

Base Stats[]

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

Heroe Nowi Sprite (Halloween)Title
Eternal Witch
Group
Heroes Flying Flying
LevelHPAtkSpdDefRes
1
40
16/17/18
31/34/37
7/8/9
31/34/37
5/6/7
29/32/35
4/5/6
17/20/23
7/8/9
24/27/31
SkillsWeapon
FEH skill offense Grimoire
FEH skill support Reposition
FEH Fire Tome Tome

Skills[]

TypeNamePrerequisiteDefaultUnlocked
FEH skill offenseFlux---
Ruin---
Fenrir---
Grimoire-FEH Star Rarity 5-
FEH skill supportReposition-FEH Star Rarity 5-
AFEH Atk Res Bond 1 Atk/Res Bond 1--
FEH Atk Res Bond 2 Atk/Res Bond 2FEH Atk Res Bond 1 Atk/Res Bond 1-
FEH Atk Res Bond 3 Atk/Res Bond 3FEH Atk Res Bond 2 Atk/Res Bond 2FEH Star Rarity 5
BFEH Live for Bounty Live for Bounty-FEH Star Rarity 5
CFEH Hone Atk 1 Hone Atk 1--
FEH Hone Atk 2 Hone Atk 2FEH Hone Atk 1 Hone Atk 1-
FEH Hone Fliers Hone FliersFEH Hone Atk 2 Hone Atk 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[]

Quotes[]

Awakening[]

Nowi/Awakening Quotes

Heroes[]

Nowi/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings[]

Nowi - Eternal Youth
Nowi tried living away from humankind, but she soon longed for their company and set off to find her old comrades around the world.
Nowi and Robin
Many wrote of Robin's legendary exploits, but accounts of his origins and character varied. Scholars, poets, and bards agreed on one thing alone—he loved his wife, Nowi, above all else.
Nowi and Frederick
As Ylisse's new knight captain, Frederick took charge of keeping the peace and training new recruits. His wife, Nowi, frequently came to the training yard to lend a hand or instill terror in a new charge.
Nowi and Virion
Virion returned home to Rosanne, where he was labeled a traitor and a coward, or else ignored entirely. Thankfully, his wife Nowi's flair for drama was entertaining enough to keep the mob's pitchforks at bay.
Nowi and Stahl
Stahl continued his service as an Ylissean knight and led crucial missions across the realm. His scatterbrained charm complimented his wife Nowi's constant quips, making for a happy home indeed.
Nowi and Vaike
Vaike returned to the streets that raised him and was welcomed as a hero and brother to all. Still, the children were even fonder of his wife, Nowi, who played with them every day and never seemed to age.
Nowi and Kellam
Nowi tried living away from humankind but soon longed for their company and set off to find her old comrades around the world. Her husband's name has been lost to history.
Nowi and Lon'qu
Lon'qu returned to Regna Ferox and served as Basilio's right-hand man. His wife, Nowi, disliked the cold Feroxi winters and used her gift for theatrics to secure everything from fur coats to long tropical holidays.
Nowi and Ricken
While continuing to study magic, Ricken realized how childish some of his actions had been. Behind closed doors, people whispered as to how he aged while his wife, Nowi, never did.
Nowi and Gaius
Gaius never lost his sweet tooth, though he ultimately returned to less savory enterprises. Nowi found her husband's work intriguing and was said to often come along and help out.
Nowi and Gregor
After the war, Gregor briefly sunk into a life of excess, but his wife, Nowi, pestered him into traveling the world with her. Their journey was packed with more chaos than the war that preceded it.
Nowi and Libra
Many an unfortunate child found joy in the small orphanage Libra and his wife built after the war. Nowi tried her best to take care of the children, but more often than not, they took care of her.
Nowi and Henry
Henry settled down with Nowi and turned out to be a surprisingly good father. However, their daughter had to grow up faster than most other girls since her parents showed no sign of doing it.
Nowi and Donnel
Donnel returned to his tiny village and built a happy life with his mother and wife, Nowi. She loved her new home and scampered through fields and mountains with the fervor of a village cat.

Non-Canon Appearances[]

Smash Bros. Series[]

Nowi does not directly appear in the Super Smash Bros. Series. However, one of Lucina's palette swaps is based around Nowi's color scheme.

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)[]

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

Choose Your Legends Placement History[]

Round Placement Character Version Votes

CYL1 22 CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
10,571
CYL2 27
↓5
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
7,705
↓2,866
CYL3 39
↓12
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
6,301
↓1,404
CYL4 70
↓41
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
2,596
↓3,705
CYL5 67
↑3
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
1,531
↓1,065
CYL6 56
↑11
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
1,644
↑113
CYL7 60
↓4
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
1,094
↓550

CYL8 84
↓24
CYL Nowi Portrait
Awakening
843
↓251

Etymology[]

Nowi is a name that means "one who knows all". Phonetically it sounds similar to the phrase "no way".

Trivia[]

  • Nowi came in 10th for females in the Heroes Choose Your Legends popularity poll. She had 10,571 total votes.
  • Despite Nah's appearance being similar in terms of age, among casts of Awakening, Nowi has among the largest age gap from one's children, placing her and Nah about 1,000 years apart; the only character to surpass this difference is Tiki, who has about a 3,000 year difference from Morgan.
  • Strangely, Nowi is the only female character that does not trigger Lon'qu's gynophobia.
  • An odd continuity error can occur at the end of Chapter 8 if the player does not engage Nowi in a battle, where at the end of it the characters will remark how Nowi can transform into a dragon despite not actually seeing her do so.
  • In her supports with Stahl, she finds an injured bird and names it Janaff.
  • Nowi has a unique victory pose as a Mage and Bride that depicts her briefly cheering with a wide smile as well as sticking out her tongue.
  • Nowi shares her Japanese voice actress, Kumi Tanaka, with Aversa.
  • Nowi shares her English voice actress, Hunter MacKenzie Austin, with Rebecca and Clarine in Heroes.
  • Nowi's Dragon tribe is unknown and never brought up. Some speculate she is a Divine Dragon due to using a recolored version of Tiki's dragon form model and her reverence of Naga. Nah's strong connection to Naga such as being able to directly commune with her is another evidence that they are affiliated with the Divine tribe. Also, given the developer's account that Tiki was a last-minute addition to the game, it would have been Nowi performing the Awakening ritual as well as drawing from Naga's power, which strongly suggests that she is indeed a Divine Dragon.
  • Within the main game, Nowi's breath is referred to as fiery, yet in the official manga for Awakening, it is depicted as cold and slushy like ice.
    • In the original Japanese script, Nowi's breath is referred to as simply 'breath' with no implication of it being fiery. Furthermore, in her Japanese support conversation with Donnel, Nowi made an offhand comment that she had never breathed fire before (and was going to try it for the first time on the chicken/pheasant she caught with Donnel's stone).
    • However, Nowi is quite often ready to start fires with her breath across several other support conversations as well, as evidenced in Robin's support where she offers to start a cooking fire with her breath. The variety of breaths she is depicted using may be a reference to Tiki where she could become any type of dragon and use any type of breath in FE 1&3 with the right Dragonstones.
  • The artwork of Nowi and Tiki stargazing is a reference to a conversation they can have in the Harvest Scramble DLC.
  • In her EXP boost Event Tile, she mentions she met a dragon friend by the name of "Banter" and "Banta", noting that she cannot remember his name exactly. This may be a reference to Bantu, the Manakete who watched over Tiki for many years. In her conversation with Sully in Summer Scramble hints at her knowing Bantu as well, with him apparently telling her of a Manakete that lives under the sea and causes storms.
  • Nowi uses a different Bride battle sprite from other characters which are instead modified versions of the Tactician's DLC placeholder Lance, Bow, and Staff animations.
  • While her official artwork depicts her with violet gloves, her confession CG in Awakening depicts her with white ones.

Gallery[]

See main article: Nowi/Gallery.
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