Libra (FE)

Libra is a character from the Fire Emblem Awakening games.

Libra is a saint and war monk of Ylisse with a calm and composed nature. Having grown up abandoned by his parents, Libra was left with a literal scar on his neck, as revealed by his supports with Nowi. Due to his painful past, Libra developed a distrust of people and even haphephobia, or fear of being touched. While the details of his past are never made explicit, it is heavily implied that Libra seeks to atone for it, first by becoming a priest to help others, and then by lending his strength towards Emmeryn's rescue. This prompted him to join the Ylissean clergy.

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

Appearance
Libra has a mid-length dirty blonde hair and has green eyes. He wears a white shoulder cape with black linings over a white baggy long-sleeve robes with an armor wrapped around his mid-section, yellow bulky gauntlets with black lines over black fingerless gloves, dark brown boots with yellow linings.

Personality
Libra is a kind man who presents as stoic and patient, almost to the point of being oracular; as a result of this, he puts others at ease and is very trustworthy, having a motherly and caring disposition acting protective of those around him, though his support with Gaius shows that even he has limits, and when the he keeps praying to the gods for superficial and materialistic reasons, Libra loses his usual demeanor and becomes angry with him, though he forgives and is still willing to teach how to pray. However, Libra is also somewhat detached from others and himself, feeling that his being a priest is only a substitution for a real identity, compounded by what Tharja can only describe as a horrifying dark side; one that he tries to suppress and veil, but is able to disturb even the likes of her with it. Truly, his supports with Tharja reveals that he wants to erase all traces of his past due to the unpleasantry of it, so much so that he feels like he is being saved instead of cursed.

Due to his reserved nature and lack of self worth, Libra somewhat hates who he is, revealing to Sully that he is empty inside, since while wanting to live a clergyman's life, be kind to everyone and praise the gods, at the same time, he believes that some part of him thinks that this type of life isn't what he really wants, while admitting to Maribelle that he had little faith for humanity until he saw her efforts for equality between nobles and commoners, claiming her words were "his salvation". As a result, he believes that he's a flawed human being whether regardless of his clergy, acknowledging to Gaius that fighting with the Shepherds means that he has to kill people and even if it's for the greater good, he isn't proud of these deeds.

Even though he is often mistaken for a woman due to his androgynous appearance, Virion discovers he is a man with a masculine side to him, as Virion tends to pay attention to the tiniest details. His support with Cherche also showcases his rather eccentric thought process, wherein he attempts to speak to and befriend a mole, both to Cherche's surprise and, unfortunately, no avail.

His support with Robin reveals that he is an extremely skilled artist and loves to paint, but never does requests and finds very little if any passion in his craft.

In his religious devotion, Libra often prays to the gods, leaving him with scabbier knees than anyone in the group. His birthday is July 1.

Abilities
Libra plays the role of a typical pre-promoted unit with the initial high stats, providing immediate strength, but gradually falling behind other healers. On higher difficulties, Libra is more liable to stay useful owing to his higher starting stats and the tougher enemies, provided he is given enough experience. Either way he starts very solid with balanced stats, both strength and magic stats allowing him to be effective whether he's laying enemies low with his axe or healing with Healtouch. Libra has average growths, most of which are around 50% aside from a strong 90% for health. While he proves bulkier and offensively stronger than Lissa or Maribelle in the War Cleric role, his level-up boosts can get awkward and inconsistent, and his lack of specialization is largely what will cause him to fall behind in later chapters of the main story. Nonetheless, continuing to train him to pick up Renewal at level 15 is a worthwhile endeavour, as the skill is useful for many of his classes AND can be excellent to pass on his children.

Trivia

 * Libra's official artwork and Cipher TCG appearance depicts him wielding the Bolt Axe.
 * Libra has similarities with Lucius. They are both monks/priests, are males, and are mistaken for being women in their supports with others (and even by players as well). They even look similar physically.
 * Libra's romantic supports with Cherche contradict his support with Gerome if he marries Cherche. He is shown to understand Minerva in their A-Support, however, he cannot seem to understand her in Gerome's A-Support. However, this is due to the fact that all children supports with their parents are generic.
 * Libra shares his English voice actress, Cindy Robinson, with Aversa. In Heroes, Cindy Robinson also voices as Hinoka and Peri, as well as Nuibaba in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
 * He also shares his Japanese voice actress, Megumi Yamato, with Kjelle.
 * Libra is the only male character to be voiced by a female in the English version of Awakening.
 * He is also one of two playable male characters be voiced by a female in the English version of a Fire Emblem game. The other is Male Kana from Fire Emblem Fates.