—Raigh to Niime in a support conversation in The Binding Blade
Raigh is a playable character in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is a Shaman and the twin brother of Lugh. He is sarcastic, rude and cynical, the opposite of his brother. Despite his rude behavior to all the people around him, people like Lugh and Sophia say that he is really a good person at heart and is just hiding it. He is on relatively good terms with Chad despite his departure from the orphanage. His dream is to make dark magic more known throughout Elibe and to study ancient magic, joining Roy's army because it may help with his dream.
He is the second playable Dark Magic user in the Fire Emblem series, following Salem.
Profile
Raigh is the son of Nino and the identical twin of Lugh. The difference in looks between the twins is their eyes. Lugh's eyes are softer like Nino's, while Raigh's eyes are harder, possibly a trait from Jaffar. He is rough around the edges, rude, and overall mordant, having been raised in an orphanage in Araphen alongside his brother and Chad. After hearing that the father was slaughtered and that Bern charred said orphanage to the ground, Raigh pretends to be standoffish to the fact and while he exclaims that he does not care what happens to the orphanage or the orphans, Lugh insists that it is merely a barrier and that he is truly lighthearted and caring by nature.
In-Game
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Recruitment
Speak to him in chapter twelve with either Lugh or Chad.
Base Stats
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shaman |  Ice | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 12 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
 Dark - C |  Nosferatu | ||||||||
Growth Rates
| HP | S/M | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55% | 45% | 55% | 40% | 15% | 15% | 35% |
Promotion Gains
| Item Required | Promoted Class | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guiding Ring
|
 Druid
| |||||||
| 1 | +3 | +4 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 |
| Weapon Levels | ||||||||
+1  E
| ||||||||
Supports
- See also: Raigh/Supports
Overall
Raigh is the first shaman you receive. He has very average bases, and his offensive growths are okay as well. His offensive parameters tend to be okay. Because of his 4 con, he is lowered by his Nosferatu tome by 2 points, but his con is good for a dark mage due to dark tomes in FE6 being fairly light so a Body Ring will easily patch any attack speed problems he might have. His evade might be hindered due to his mediocre Luck, but any magic user should be attacking from where the enemy can't counter if possible. Of those 1-2 range weapons he can't avoid worrying about, Javelins and Hand Axes are fairly inaccurate and his res is good so other magic users don't hurt him as much. However, if Raigh does under perform, Niime is a decent alternative.
Another thing to note is that he starts at a level of 12, which is very high, so he will not grow to fast, so it is recommended to Early Promote him, so then he will do better in combat. The +4 to magic and +2 to speed will help him do more damage and double more reliably.
Compared to other magic users, he is mediocre as he doesn't have enough speed to double most enemies. However, he can instantly promote using the chapter 14 Guiding Ring if the player needs a magic user. In all, Raigh doesn't have much going for him other than being a midgame magic user, who can instantly promote.
Fire Emblem Awakening
SpotPass
| Starting Class | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Mage | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 16 | 36 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5+1 |
| Skills | Weapon | Starting Items | |||||||
 Hex Anathema Movement +1 |  Tome - C |  Nosferatu* | |||||||
*Enemy only, joins unequipped
Fire Emblem Heroes
- Dark Child
- Wielder of dark magic. A scornful loner with a troubled past as an orphan. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
Base Stats
Rarity:
 | Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Child | |||||
| Group | |||||
 Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 15/16/17 30/33/36 | 6/7/8 25/28/31 | 5/6/7 22/25/28 | 3/4/5 16/19/22 | 5/6/7 22/25/28 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
 Ruin |  Tome | ||||
| Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Child | |||||
| Group | |||||
| Infantry | |||||
| Level | HP | Atk | Spd | Def | Res |
| 1 40 | 15/16/17 31/34/37 | 7/8/9 27/30/33 | 6/7/8 24/27/30 | 3/4/5 17/20/23 | 5/6/7 23/26/29 |
| Skills | Weapon | ||||
Rauðrwolf Rally Attack | Tome | ||||
Skills
Weapon
| Name | Prerequisite | Might | Range | Effects | SP Cost | Default | Unlocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flux
|
- | 4 | 2 | - | 50 | 
|
- |
| Ruin
|
Flux
|
6 | 2 | - | 100 | 
|
|
| Rauðrwolf
|
Ruin
|
6 | 2 | Effective against cavalry units. 
|
200 | 
|
|
| Rauðrwolf+
|
Rauðrwolf
|
10 | 2 | Effective against cavalry units.
|
300 | - | 
|
Weapon Evolutions
| Evolution | Might | Original Effects | Evolved Effects | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rauðrwolf+ ↓ Keen Rauðrwolf+
|
10 ↓ 12 |
Effective against cavalry units.
|
Effective against cavalry units.
|
300 SP 200  20 
|
Assist
| Name | Prerequisite | Range | Effects | SP Cost | Default | Unlocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rally Attack
|
- | 1 | Grants Atk +4 to a adjacent ally until the end of the turn. | 150 |
|
|
Passive
| Name | Prerequisite | Effects | SP Cost | Unlocked | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 HP +3
|
- | Grants +3 to max HP. | 40 |
|
A |
 HP +4
|
HP +3
|
Grants +4 to max HP. | 80 |
|
A |
 HP +5
|
HP +4
|
Grants +5 to max HP. | 160 |
|
A |
 Seal Res 1
|
- | After combat, foe suffers Res -3 through its next action. | 40 | - | B |
 Seal Res 2
|
Seal Res 1
|
After combat, foe suffers Res -5 through its next action. | 80 |
|
B |
 Seal Res 3
|
Seal Res 2
|
After combat, foe suffers Res -7 through its next action. | 160 |
|
B |
Quotes
The Binding Blade
—Raigh's Death Quote
Heroes
Possible Endings
Raigh - Child of Darkness (闇の申し子, God-sent Child of Darkness)
- Raigh traveled around the world, honing his dark magic skills. Although dark magic had been all but forgotten, Raigh's efforts brought it back to people's awareness again. He was known for being hard on both himself and others, but for some reason he was generous towards deprived children.
Non-Canon Appearances
Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)
Raigh is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:
Etymology
The Japanese transliteration of Raigh's name, "Lleu", comes from the Welsh mythlogical figure Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who was born when his mother, Arianrhod, was running for the door after giving birth to Dylan Ail Don during a magical virginity test and is raised by Arianrhod's brother Gwydion. When presented with the child, Arainrhod places a tynged, similar to a curse, on him that only she could name him, which Gwydion tricks her into doing, as well as later tricking her into arming him to counter a second tynged, and making a wife out of flowers to counter a third. He is considered to be the equivalent of the Irish Lugh.
The change in his name in Fire Emblem Awakening was likely due to pronunciation - The Welsh ll (ɬ) sound is very difficult to pronounce for most native English and Japanese speakers so it might have been a pragmatic choice to translate according to the Japanese pronunciation towards a variation of a common English Language name rather than try to maintain the intent and pronunciation of the original word.
Trivia
- On the official Japanese website for Nintendo, Raigh won 4th place out of 80 in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. The male-female vote ratio is 1:2. The voter comments seem to mostly center on him being a kind and caring person despite seeming cold and cynical on the surface.
- His artwork in Heroes depicts him wielding a Dark Magic tome.
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