Shura

Shura
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem Fates
First Seen	Birthright Chapter 22: Hidden Capital Conquest Chapter 16: Invasion Revelation Chapter 15: Rainbow Sage
Starting Class	Adventurer
Voice Actors
Japanese	Japanese Madoka Shiga
English	David Stanbra
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“My face is not unknown. Many people recognize me as an outlaw. If it became widely known I was part of your group, it would damage your good names. ”
—Shura in his supports with the female Avatar

Shura (アシュラ Ashura in the Japanese version) is a playable character in Fire Emblem Fates and can accompany the Avatar regardless of their decision.

Profile

Shura is a thief from Nohr who was born in the former country of Kohga. Shura had a relatively happy life in Kohga until the neighboring kingdom of Mokushu invaded, razing the country and killing many of its people. Shura was one of the few survivors and became a refugee. He sought to make a new life in Hoshido, but was denied entry and settled in Nohr instead. Because of Nohr's harsh conditions, Shura was driven to a life of crime to survive, and he eventually came to lead a gang of thieves. Shura was later hired by Yukimura to kidnap Azura from Nohr in retaliation for King Garon killing King Sumeragi and abducting the Avatar.

He is the best long-distance swimmer out of everyone in the army. His birthday is December 21.

Birthright

In Chapter 22, the Avatar and their forces arrive at Windmire and find it oddly deserted. Shura appears and tells the group that he and his men will kill them unless they give up their weapons, especially the sword the Avatar is carrying. After he is defeated, Azura asks him if he knows about a secret tunnel into the castle. He refuses to tell them unless the group gives him money, which Ryoma is prepared to do when he says that he is the Crown Prince of Hoshido. Surprised at the turn of events, he tells Ryoma that his family served the royal family until his principality was taken over by Mokushu and pledges his efforts to help him out. In exchange, Ryoma promises to help him reclaim the land his people once had.

After the battle, it is revealed that Shura had kidnapped Azura through the secret tunnel that she mentions to him, although she is unaware of her kidnappers. He is surprised to see how strong she has become after all those years.

On the way down the secret path, they find themselves in an underground market, which Ryoma and the Avatar compare it to the ones back home. Shura explains that this is how Nohrians live, and states that only "rich idiots and foreigners" venture on the surface. A girl tries to sell flowers to him, but he rebukes her offers.

Conquest

Shura, along with a group of his men, attempts to swindle the Avatar's forces on board their ship in Chapter 16. He masquerades as a Nohrian soldier to draw suspicion away from him, but he is ultimately found when the Nohrians speak to every soldier on the ship. With his disguise dropped, he fights them, only to be defeated.

Once the battle is over, he is interrogated by the Nohrian siblings and it is revealed that he was hired by Yukimura to kidnap Azura as a result of Garon killing Sumeragi. He also reveals his origins to them and that he boarded the ship to both steal money and to get a "ride" to Mokushu to take it down if war broke out. He asks the Avatar to spare him, in return for serving them. Both Leo and Camilla are skeptical of his claims, but Xander allows the Avatar to decide Shura's fate.

If spared, Shura will be happy with their decision and helps end the war with them. He can be later brought onto the next chapter where he can be deployed to fight Kotaro. If the two battle each other, Shura will attempt to get his vengeance on the Mokushujin daiymo for his fallen people.

If killed, Shura will be surprised with their decision, and asks them to make it quick. The player will obtain a pair of Boots with his death.

Revelation

Shura appears as an enemy in Chapter 15. He arrives at Notre Sagesse in hopes of obtaining the power at the end to defeat Kotaro. As fate would have it, the Avatar and their army had arrived at the hamlet themselves to obtain the power at the end. Shura meets the Avatar, who mistakes him as one of the sanctuary shades. When he mentions the Mokushujin daimyo, the Avatar realizes that Shura was seeking the power to kill Kotaro, and tells him that they had already killed Kotaro prior to encountering each other.

Shura is surprised by the turn of events, thanking the Avatar for killing Kotaro. Shura is aware of the Avatar's identity and how they "ran off with a legendary sword" and joins the Avatar's army, mainly due to already killing Kotaro and how he could achieve his goals faster by joining them.

Personality

Despite his appearance and his job as a thief, Shura is surprisingly honourable and has good intentions for his actions. His supports with the male Avatar show that he attempted to rob them because he needed their gold to fulfill his dream of restoring his country. His honesty can be shown through his supports with the Avatar, as he regrets killing innocent people for money but had to in order to survive.

With the female Avatar, he is often a "loner" in the army, eating away from the rest of the group. Because of his reputation as an outlaw, he is afraid that he would tarnish the Avatar's reputation if people knew he was working with them. He feels that his past burdens him down. However, the Avatar insists that he should talk with others, and at the end, he realizes that there are other people in the army with similar situations and promises to help the Avatar whenever they need it.

Several of his quotes also demonstrate that he has very low self-esteem. In one of his Private Quarters quotes, he insists that the Avatar deserves better company than him.

In-Game

Base Stats

• Birthright Chapter 22
• Conquest Chapter 16
• Revelation Chapter 15

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
10	34	20	11	23	27	15	14	24	6+1
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Highwayman Movement +1 Lucky Seven Locktouch			Bow - A Staff - C			Spy's Yumi Beaststone+

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
2	31	18	10	21	24	13	13	21	6+1
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Highwayman Movement +1 Locktouch			Bow - C Staff - D			Killer Bow Mend

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
10	34	20	11	23	27	15	14	24	6+1
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Highwayman Movement +1 Lucky Seven Locktouch			Bow - B Staff - C			Steel Bow Heal

As an Enemy

Birthright Chapter 22 - Hidden Capital

• Normal
• Hard
• Lunatic

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
8	35	17	16	23	29	14	13	28+2	6
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Lucky Seven Locktouch			Bow - A Staff - C			Spy's Yumi

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
8	35	22	19	23	29	14	16	28+2	6+1
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Movement +1 Lucky Seven Locktouch			Bow - A Staff - C			Spy's Yumi

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
8	40	22	19	23	29	14	16	28+2	6+1
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Movement +1 Lucky Seven Locktouch			Bow - A Staff - B			Spy's Yumi

Conquest Chapter 16 - Invasion

• Normal
• Hard
• Lunatic

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
2	38	16	9	19	22	13	12	19	-
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Underdog			Bow - C Staff - D			Short Bow Killer Bow

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
2	41	18	10	21	24	13	13	21	-
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Counter Underdog Grisly Wound			Bow - C Staff - C			Short Bow Killer Bow

Starting Class
Adventurer
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
2	41	18	10	21	24	13	13	21	-
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Counter Underdog Grisly Wound			Bow - A Staff - B			Short Bow Killer Bow

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
30%	30%	25%	25%	55%	30%	15%	55%

◾ Note: Growth Rates are based on the character in their starting class

Max Stat Modifiers

Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Luk	Def	Res
-1	0	-1	+3	-1	-2	+2

Class Sets

Standard Sets

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Outlaw	Adventurer
	Bow Knight
Fighter	Berserker
	Hero
Ninja	Master Ninja
	Mechanist

Partner Sets

• All Routes

Marriage Sets

Possible Candidates	Base Classes	Possible Promotions
Avatar (F)	Varies	Varies
		Varies

Special Classes

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Dread Fighter (Dread Scroll required)	-
	-
Dark Falcon (Ebon Wing required)	-
	-
Ballistician (Sighting Lens required)	-
	-
Lodestar (Hero's Brand required)	-
	-
Grandmaster (Fell Brand required)	-
	-
Vanguard (Vanguard Brand required)	-
	-

Supports

See also: Shura/Supports

Romantic Supports

• The Avatar (Female)

Other Supports

• The Avatar (Male)
• Kana (if Shura is his father)

Overall

Base Class

Shura has relatively strong growths in speed and resistance, and he has poor growths everywhere else. He enters the party equipped with the Locktouch, Movement +1, and (in Birthright and Revelations) Lucky Seven skills. Additionally, he comes packed with decent ranks in bows/yumi and rods/staves. As a full utility unit, Shura will probably be outclassed by the likes of Kaze or Niles; and, as a cleric or hexer, he will most definitely be outclassed by Sakura or Elise. Offensively, he lacks the base stats and growths to pose any practical threat to the enemy. Despite all of his shortcomings, Shura can occupy an interesting, albeit gimmicky, niche in offensive support—though, even there, Shura may find himself outclassed by better units. Moreover, thanks to his middling base stats, Shura can be quickly salvaged with the help of stat-boosting items.

Shura's personal skill, Highwayman, complements his ability to wield bows very well. Whenever Shura enters combat in which the enemy cannot counterattack, the enemy will incur a temporary 3-point stat reduction in strength and speed at the end of combat. As a bowman, Shura will initiate most attacks at a distance and against enemies who cannot counter him. Post-combat enemies will be left nicked and debuffed, which may be perfect setup for his allies to sweep in for safe clean-up. Shura can further debuff his enemies when equipped with Setsuna's Yumi, which incurs a 4-point stat reduction in skill, defense, and resistance upon hit.

Shura's niche in offensive support may also extend to his ability to wield staves. While he may not have the magic stat necessary to substantially heal his allies, he may hex enemies with staves and rods such as Freeze, Enfeeble, or Hexing Rod. However, his lackluster magic and skill stats do not boast high hit rates, and so other units (e.g., Sakura, Elise) may outclass him in this respect.

Shura possesses decent speed, and resistance as well as relatively high growths in both stats, allowing Shura to effectively absorb or even dodge magic attacks. This allows Shura to serve as magic bait or even a mage-killer when equipped with the Dual Yumi or Spellbane Yumi; however, his mediocre HP and poor HP growth may discourage prolonged magic damage. Moreover, other units (e.g., Kaze, Niles) may outclass him in this respect.

Shura's base class offers two skills: Lucky Seven and Pass. Lucky Seven boosts the user's hit and avoid rates by 20 points each for the first seven turns on a map. This significantly increases Shura's reliability in debuffing opponents or evading magic attacks in the early metagame. Pass allows Shura to move through enemy units; this skill is only circumstantially useful as Shura will likely spend most of his time behind the protection of his frontline allies, firing arrows from afar. Alternatively, Shura can utilize Pass to shuttle an ally far into enemy lines, thanks to Movement +1.

Secondary Classes

Shura can reclass into a Bow Knight, the Fighter class set, and the Ninja class set to expand his supportive role skill set or alter his stats and playstyle.

To extend his supportive role to buffing his allies, Shura can grab Rally Skill from the Bow Knight class and Rally Strength from the Berserker class. Poison Strike from the Ninja class set accentuates Shura's abilities to provide offensive support and Replicate from the Mechanist class drastically increases Shura's map presence and ability to support his allies. Additionally, the Bow Knight and Mechanist classes retain the use of bows and increase Shura's movement, which can further increase his supportive capabilities.

The Fighter class set grants Shura the necessary HP and strength growths to make a passable glass cannon—which will likely be outclassed by the likes of Hana or Charlotte. He can utilize HP +5 and Gamble from the Fighter class set to aid in bulk and potential damage. Axebreaker from the Hero class and Shurikenbreaker from the Bow Knight class aid in offensive reliability and longevity. And Shurikenfaire from Master Ninja or Axefaire from Berserker can increase damage output from shuriken or axe weapons, respectively.

The remaining skills Shura can grab from his secondary classes (Sol from the Hero class; Lethality from the Master Ninja class; Golembane from the Mechanist class) may not be viable in supportive or offensive roles because they either depend on Shura's lackluster skill stat or because they are situationally convenient.

Quotes

Refer to Shura/Quotes.

Possible Endings

Shura - Righteous Rebel (名を捨てた賊 Na wo Suteta Zoku lit. The Thief Who Abandoned his Name)

With the help of the Hoshidan royal family, Shura began the difficult task of rebuilding the kingdom of Kohga. Putting his outlaw past behind him, he eventually ran for office and was elected governor.

Shura and the Avatar (Birthright/Conquest)

With cooperation from Hoshido, Shura dedicated his life to rebuilding the kingdom of Kohga. Avatar was hailed as a hero, working alongside her spouse to spread peace worldwide.

Shura and the Avatar (Revelation)

The two spent the rest of their lives together, Avatar ruling as the wise Queen of Valla. With his wife's support, Shura successfully continued to rebuild the kingdom of Kohga.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Shura is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

• B06-078HN

  
• B06-079N

  

Etymology

Shura is an alternate Japanese term referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation; the kanji are also used in the name for the Buddhist entities known otherwise as Asura.

Ashura is the Japanese pronunciation of Asura, a group of Hindu deities.

Trivia

• Shura shares his English voice actor, David Stanbra, with Xander, Kaze, Siegbert, Kilma, Sumeragi, and the Rainbow Sage.
• Shura was voted as the 21st most popular male on Nintendo's official Fates character poll.
• Birthright is the only path where Shura cannot die and is recruited regardless, (unless you play classic) in Conquest and Revelation, he can be killed instead of being recruited.
• Shura is the only character in Fates who can be both fought and recruited in all three routes.
• Shura is the only character in Fates who can be recruited on all three routes that only has supports with the Avatar (and possibly male Kana).
• Shura is the only unit to be of Hoshidan origin, but start as a member of a Nohrian class.

Gallery

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Artwork of Shura as an Outlaw by Haru Miyajima in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher).

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Artwork of Shura as an Adventurer by Haru Miyajima in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher).

Shura as an Outlaw by Haru Miyajima in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher).

Shura as an Adventurer by Haru Miyajima in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher).

Shura's confession scene.

Shura's portrait.

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Shura's official Twitter icon

Shura's Private Quarters model.