Shanan
Artwork of Shanan as an adult from Fire Emblem: Treasure.
Game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War First Seen Chapter 1: Girl of the Spirit Forest Starting Class Swordmaster

“Yes, it's been in my family for generations. It's the Divine Balmung. I'm the only one who can use it anyway, so there's really no point in you keeping it.”
—Shanan

Shanan (シャナン) is a character from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. He is the half-nephew of Ayra, the son of Mariccle, the grandson of Mananan, and cousin of Larcei and Ulster. He is the only known playable character who is capable of wielding the Balmung without the use of glitches or hacks.

BiographyEdit

Sigurd's taleEdit

In Chapter One of the game, Shanan is initially held captive by Kinbois, who uses him as a hostage to force Ayra into doing his bidding. When Sigurd captures the castle and saves Shanan, Ayra will join his army, albeit begrudgingly. In Chapter 3, Shanan makes the grave mistake of allowing Deirdre to leave Agusty Castle, indirectly leading to her eventual capture and brainwashing by Manfroy. Shanan is known to shoulder the responsibility of Deirdre's disappearance, despite Sigurd assuring him that he is not to blame.

After Sigurd defeats Langobalt, Shanan departs with baby Seliph and his best friend Oifey to the outskirts of Isaach. He remains there for the next couple of years, raising his young cousins, the twins Larcei and Ulster, on Ayra's behalf. (He will raise Radney and Roddlevan instead if Ayra bore no children).

Seliph's taleEdit

Later, Shanan returns as a Swordmaster unit who automatically joins on the first turn of Chapter 7. He will also recruit Patty/Daisy when she attempts to pilfer the Balmung sacred sword from the Yied Shrine in a significant event of the game, whereby he manages to convince her into passing the sword into his possession.

After Belhalla is captured, Shanan expresses remorse at having been the cause of Deirdre's disappearance, but Seliph, much like his father, re-assures him that he is not at fault.

Shanan will ascend the Isaachian throne at the end of the game, provided that he survives till then.

In-GameEdit

Shanan is, put simply, a formidable unit, thanks to his ability to wield the almighty Balmung. With this weapon, he receives a bonus of +20 Speed and +10 Skill, which essentially enhances the accuracy of his attacks, alongside increasing his ability to dodge enemies inflicted upon him.

Furthermore, Shanan's skills, mainly that of Pursuit, Continue, and Starlight Sword, greatly boosts his usefulness on the battlefield, as he is better able to take out any enemy he faces with relative ease.

Base StatsEdit

• - Minor Holy Blood
• - Major Holy Blood

Starting Class	Holy Blood	Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Move	Lead	Gold	Skills	Weapon	Starting Equipment
Swordmaster	Odo	12	38	18	0	22	23	10	13	4	6	0	5,000	Pursuit Continue Shooting Star	Sword -	Steel Blade

Growth RatesEdit

(With Holy Blood Bonuses)

ConversationsEdit

In Chapter 7, if Shanan speaks to Patty/Daisy, he will obtain the Balmung.

In Chapter 7, if Seliph speaks to Shanan, Seliph will gain one point of skill.

In Chapter 7, if Larcei/Radney speaks to Shanan, she will gain two points of strength and 100 love points with him.

In Chapter 10, if Shanan speaks to Seliph, Shanan will gain three points of HP.

In the Final Chapter, if Patty/Daisy is in love with Shanan, she may speak to him, and he will gain three points of HP and three points of speed.

In the Final Chapter, after Dozel Castle is captured, if Larcei/Radney is in love with Shanan, she may speak to him, and he will gain three points of strength.

QuotesEdit

“Urgh... Seliph, forgive me!”
—Shanan's death quote

LoveEdit

Love GrowthsEdit

Original and replacement characters have the same love growths, unless stated otherwise.

• Julia: 0+0
• Altena: N/A
• Lana: 0+2
• Larcei: 220+1
• Nanna: 0+2
• Fee: 0+2
• Leen: 0+2
• Patty: 100+2
• Teeny: 0+3

MangaEdit

In the Oosawa manga adaptation, Shanan attempts to attack Manfroy in the scene where Deirdre is taken hostage. He ultimately fails to do so, as Manfroy casts a hex to paralyse him before warping Deirdre away.

EtymologyEdit

Shannon is a unisex name which takes its origins from Celtic and Irish mythology. It literally means "small, wise one".

TriviaEdit

• Shanan is the only playble male swordmaster in Genealogy of the Holy War.

GalleryEdit

Shanan, as he appears in the first series of the TCG as a Support-type card.

Shanan, as he appears in the first series of the TCG as a Level 1 Swordmaster.

Shanan, as he appears in the second series of the TCG as a Level 10 Swordmaster.

Shanan, as he appears in the Anthology series of the TCG as a Level 15 Sword master.

Official artwork of Shanan as an adult from the Super Tactics Book.

Concept art of Shanan as a child.

Official artwork of Shanan as a child from the Fire Emblem: Treasure artbook.

Shanan's first generation portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Shanan's second generation portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

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