Elincia and Lucia in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Image Credit: Retrieved from https://killapenguin.com/progresslog/fire-emblem-radiant-dawn-progress-log-13/

Elincia and Lucia are two playable characters in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. They have a very close bond, as Lucia serves as Elincia’s adviser after the events of Path of Radiance. In Radiant Dawn, Lucia’s generic ending has the following text:

Tireless Advisor (女王の姉妹 Joō no shimai, lit. Sister of the Queen)

Where the queen went, Lucia followed. Their love was fabled to be stronger than even most blood sisters.

Fans have read this queerly, and we are unaware of what the original Japanese text says, so if you know, please feel free to contact us. However, because of their deep bond and the usage of “love” in Lucia’s ending, as well as the fact that Lucia can also have a paired ending with Bastian, we have classified Lucia as Bisexual Implicit and Elincia as Lesbian Implicit.

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999): Marty and Dagdar

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003): Bramimond; Florina and Lyndis; Legault; Lucius and Raven

Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones (2004): Ephraim and Lyon; Joshua and Gerik

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005): Ike and Soren; Jill and Mist; Reyson and Tibarn; Sigrun and Tanith

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007): Elincia and Lucia; Heather; Jill and Mist; Joke about Ike and Sothe; Kyza; Ranulf

Fire Emblem Awakening (2012): Gay Jokes and Queerness; Same-Sex Relationship Hack; The Hubba Tester

Fire Emblem Fates (2015): Forrest; Nina; Romance options; Same-Sex Relationship Hack; Skinshipping; Soleil; The Hubba Tester

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017): Leon; Lukas; Queer Readings

Fire Emblem Heroes (2017): Ally Support; Loki; Sharena

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019-2020): Byleth Pairings and Controversy; Non-Byleth Pairings

See also QRM’s entry for this game series

Citations:

  1. Arias, J. (2017, November 8). Fire Emblem – Radiant Dawn: Progress Log #13 – KP. Retrieved from https://killapenguin.com/progresslog/fire-emblem-radiant-dawn-progress-log-13/
  2. Invisible Ties. (2019, March 04). BLM!!!! Retrieved from https://invisible-ties.tumblr.com/post/183198953732/you-know-when-history-books-dont-want-to-say
  3. Various. (n.d.). Elincia. Retrieved July 24, 2020, from https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Elincia
  4. Various. (n.d.). Lucia. Retrieved July 24, 2020, from https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Lucia