—Zelot in a support conversation with Trec
Zelot is a playable character from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is the head of the Ilian mercenaries hired by Lord Hector before his death in The Binding Blade, He, Trec, and Noah both work for him and respect him.
Zelot is married to Juno and they have a child who he has not met before because he is always away at various wars. After the war ends, Zelot unifies Ilia and becomes its first king.
He makes a brief cameo appearance in Chapter 18 of the Hasha no Tsurugi manga.
In-Game
Base Stats
| Starting Class | Affinity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paladin |  Dark | ||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov |
| 1 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
 Sword - C Lance - A Axe - D |  Steel Sword Steel Lance Javelin | ||||||||
Growth Rates
| HP | S/M | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75% | 25% | 20% | 20% | 15% | 30% | 15% |
Supports
- See also: Zelot/Support
Overall
Despite Zelot's low growths, he can remain potent up until the Sacae/Ilia split due to his great base stats, class and weapon ranks. His bases are somewhat higher than Marcus, meaning he can make the kills Marcus may struggle with later on. His C swords enables his Steel swords, Armorslayers, Wyrmslayers and Killing edges and base while his A lances enables him every non-Maltet lance in the game. In all, he's an early joining prepromoted paladin which a major boon to players as having a spare paladin is very useful whether for combat, rescuing or visiting far away areas.
Character Ending
Zelot - Leader of Knights (騎士を統べる者 Kishi wo suberu mono)
- Zelot returned to Ilia, where he worked to rebuild the ruined land. He eventually united the Knights' Union of Ilia into the Kingdom of Ilia, and he left his name in history as the nation's first king.
Etymology
A "zealot" refers to a radical follower of a faith or cause, taken from the Zealots, a 1st century Jewish faction that tried to incite rebellion against the Roman Empire and expel them from the Holy Land.
Trivia
- According to a Japanese gaming news website, Zelot landed 64th place out of 80 in the character popularity poll for Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
- Zelot, Noah, and Trec all share the exact same Defense growth, and almost exactly the same HP growth. (with Trec being the exception with 10% more in the growth)
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