Lon'qu

Lon'qu is a character from the Fire Emblem Awakening games.

Lon'qu resides in Regna Ferox, but was born in Chon'sin. His supports reveal that he lived in the slums as a child, and that his first friend was a young girl his age named Ke'ri. However, Ke'ri was killed by bandits and her parents blamed him for her death, though later in his conversations with Cherche, he learns that Ke'ri's parents no longer hate him for her death, and have forgiven him. Out of shame, Lon'qu fled Chon'sin and arrived in Ferox, where he trained to become stronger. After honing his skills for many years, Lon'qu caught the attention of the West-Khan Basilio. Impressed by his swordsmanship, Basilio made Lon'qu his champion during the Ferox tournament.

In the AWA fics, Lon'qu is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Lon'qu is tall with a dark-green messy hair and has sharp dark eyes. He wears a blue imperial longcoat with white furred trimmings and red sash tied around his waist, black strapped arm gloves with furred trimmings, white pants and black laced boots with white furred trimmings.

Personality
Having a cool personality and tending to keep things to himself. Lon'qu possesses a direct and somewhat unwieldy way of talking, likely from his lack of social grace or his foreign origins of Chon'sin.

Due to the events in his childhood involving Ke'ri, Lon'qu developed gynophobia out of fear of having another woman who becomes too close to him get killed. As a result, he often gets nervous when speaking with female members of the army; his Event Tile conversations with a female member also support this. However, some conversations show that Lon'qu can suppress his gynophobia in certain situations, such as when Lissa is placed under Lon'qu's protection by Chrom in order to thwart an assassination attempt. When asked by Sully about his weakness during battle, he explains that he manages to ignore it when placed in a life-or-death situation, while his supports with Miriel reveal that his phobia is not triggered by animals or statues. His support conversations with Nowi show that his phobia doesn't trigger with her for unknown reasons.

In his supports with Gregor and Vaike, he is shown that his pride in his swordsmanship can lead to something of a reckless temper and irritability when it is questioned. Lon'qu admires Basilio for his strength and skill. He seeks to become a worthy man in his eyes and constantly trains to obtain the necessary skills. Basilio in turn holds Lon'qu in high regard as one of the best warriors in Ferox and even brags that he has the makings to become a Khan himself. Ironically Lon'qu can also be seen as a foil to the seemingly carefree Khan, disliking indulgences such as alcohol and unhealthy foods. Lon'qu is shown to be considerably humble, and dislikes flattery from others, even from his own spouse.

In the Summer Scramble DLC chapter, Lon'qu reveals that one of his childhood pastimes was playing with bugs and admiring their appearances. Along with the Five-Anna Firefight DLC, both chapters hint that he cannot handle hot temperatures, likely due to his time spent in frigid Regna Ferox.

He is the most deft at peeling potatoes in the army. His birthday is October 10.

Abilities
Lon'qu's stats fit that of a standard Navarre-based Myrmidon; he benefits from his high skill and speed, allowing him to double many opponents reliably and having a high chance for critical attacks and skill activation. However, his average strength growth may hamper him somewhat, and he is somewhat fragile in terms of defense growths especially since not only are his growths low, but his caps are quite low as well. His resistance is very low too, but Supported/Married with a magic unit like Miriel, he will easily overcome that and actually gain a decent surge of Defense if Miriel was promoted to a Dark Knight or Skill if she is a Sage. Luckily, he starts off with Avoid +10 to help keep him from getting hit and gains Vantage once he levels up to 10 to potentially prevent an unnecessary death in all classes. Lon'qu is the first Myrmidon-type character in the game, obtained 10 chapters before the next Swordmaster, Say'ri, is recruited. If properly trained by then, Lon'qu will exceed her upon her recruitment. Even with the higher base stats of his female counterpart, Lon'qu would be a better choice, especially if his sword class is A and his Speed is 30 or above. With a Brave Sword or one of the legendary blades, he can run circles around cavalry and even Generals. If you are really tied between the him and Say'ri, you can always use both. In most situations, open-field maps usually have less heavy armour, and more Pegasi and long range enemies. With the two paired as Swordmasters or Lon'qu as your Assassin, they can quickly clear the map with some of your own flying units and a couple of magic/bow users or characters like Donnel. All in all, Lon'qu serves well as a front line character, but should not be left alone to be ganged up on by the enemy. Nevertheless, he is an effective unit in the long run.

Lon'qu's first promotion option is the Swordmaster, which provides Astra, which combined with his high skill rating, can increase his killing rate. Paired with a Killing Edge, this combo can lead to a potential x7.5 damage which is definitely a possible outcome due to his high skill. Swordfaire, which boosts his strength by 5 when wielding a sword, is prime for Lon'qu to use in his base classes, as this will help overcome his low strength. As an Assassin, Lon'qu has more Skill and is stronger, but less defensive. He also gains the usage of Bows which are good ranged options to add to his assets. Lethality serves well for him in case he can barely damage particularly defensive units like Generals and Great Knights, allowing him to instantly kill them. However, the activation rate is very low. Pass is worth considering in case he is ever caught in an enemy swarm, allowing him to escape capture and get healed if necessary.

Trivia

 * Lon'qu's Japanese voice actor also did the voice of Navarre from the Fire Emblem anime.
 * Lon'qu shares his English voice actor, Travis Willingham, with Brady, Garon, Anankos's Dragon form, as well as Ogma and Camus in their appearances in Fire Emblem Heroes (but not in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia in Camus's case, where he goes by the name "Zeke".)
 * He also shares his Japanese voice actor, Takehito Koyasu, with Validar (also from Awakening), Niles, and Saber (In Gaiden's remake, Shadows of Valentia).


 * Lon'qu's Official Art, portrait, and confession CG all show him from a profile - he is the only character in Awakening whose head-on view is never quite seen.
 * However, it is seen in certain Cipher cards and in his Heroes art.
 * Lon'qu's official artwork depicts him wielding a Killing Edge, alongside a single black butterfly perched atop the blade end of his sword's sheath.
 * A set of map sprites featuring Lon'qu as a Hero exists within the game data, although they are unused in the main game itself.
 * Lon'qu can't deal with heat very well, as seen in his texts in the Five-Anna Fire Fight DLC and the Summer Scramble DLC.
 * In Lon'qu's supports with Cordelia, it is revealed that his favourite dish is cabbage stew.
 * Lon'qu was voted the 5th most popular male character in the Fire Emblem Awakening Character Popularity Poll in Japan.
 * Lon'qu came in 14th place for males in the Fire Emblem Heroes Choose Your Legends popularity poll. He had 10,002 votes.