Stahl

Stahl is a character from the Fire Emblem Awakening games.

Stahl is a member of Chrom's Shepherds and was trained by Frederick when he was a recruit. His olive-colored hair is always messy, as if he just woke up.

In the AWA fics, Stahl is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Stahl has a messy olive-colored hair and has green eyes. He wears a green chest armor with white linings underneath a white cloth dangling with a brown belt wrapped around her waist and a green long-sleeved tight shirt, he wears green shoulder armor with a white & green armored elbow pads and green gloves, two circular armor on both of his waist, green thigh-high armored boots with red & white armored kneepads over a black pants.

Personality
Stahl has a gentle and trusting personality and is one of the few who have common sense. Though he is scatterbrained and acts a bit silly from time to time, he is very attentive, kind to others, and has a big heart. His supports with the Robin and Maribelle reveal that he is very good at reading people, often knowing what they want before they say it.

Stahl considers himself the "average" of the army, seeing that there is an even amount of people stronger and weaker than he is. He is so abnormally normal that, in his supports with Miriel, it's revealed that his combat performance is used as the exact median for the performance of everyone in the camp. Despite this, what is most important to him is helping others and being of service to his friends, almost bordering on self-sacrifice.

The more serious Shepherds criticize his mellow personality, but he will work hard when he believes it is necessary. He is the biggest glutton in the army and mentions his never-ending hunger at all hours. His birthday is June 16.

Abilities
Stahl is the Abel of Awakening, meaning he has higher strength and defense growths than Sully, but he has lower speed and skill growths than her. This means that he can deal much more damaging blows than Sully and can tank physical hits better. His resistance growth is very low and even after constant reclassing, his resistance may be an issue, so Talismans are a good remedy.

Stahl's base class is the Cavalier line. He starts off with Discipline, which will boost his weapon training, allowing him to use more powerful weapons much quicker than other units. His high strength and defense growths compliment the Great Knight class, allowing him to quickly build strength, defense, and HP and maintain an average growth for speed and skill. Luna is a great skill for him to have to damage foes further and Dual Guard+can potentially save his life from damage, especially magic damage. Paladin is a great class for Stahl to be as well, balancing his caps well and giving his resistance a slight boost in growth rate: Aegis can shave magic damage should he be bombarded by mages. If you want more raw power (and Luna as a reliable skill to pass on Stahl's kids), take the Great Knight road; if balance is what you seek, Stahl as a Paladin will not disappoint.

Trivia

 * Stahl shares his English voice actor, Sam Riegel, with Donnel.
 * Stahl shares his Japanese voice actor, Tarusuke Shingaki, with Gerome and Saizo.
 * Stahl's official artwork depicts him wielding a Silver Sword.
 * In Stahl's supports with Sully, they bring up Cain and Abel, the archetypes they are based off of, and Sully mentions wanting to match them.
 * Stahl has unique battle models for each of his Cavalier related classes. He has green armor as a Cavalier, Paladin, and Great Knight instead of the default colors.
 * He appears in the Married Club in the Fire Emblem Awakening manga. This however could have been Frederick, since the two share similar hair, and facial features.
 * A set of map sprites featuring Stahl as a Hero exists within the game data, although they are unused in the main game itself.
 * A set of unused concept art of Stahl is very similar to that of the appearence of Abel.