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Initial Characters
| Name | Class | Chapter | Recruit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avatar | Tactician | Premonition / Prologue | – |
| Chrom | Lord | Premonition / Prologue | – |
| Lissa | Cleric | Prologue | – |
| Frederick | Great Knight | Prologue | – |
| Sully | Cavalier | 1 | Automatically from Turn 2 |
| Virion | Archer | 1 | Automatically from Turn 2 |
| Stahl | Cavalier | 2 | – |
| Vaike | Fighter | 2 | – |
| Miriel | Mage | 2 | Automatically from Turn 2 |
| Sumia | Pegasus Knight | 3 | – |
| Kellam | Knight | 3 | NPC, talk with Chrom |
| Donnel | Villager | Paralogue 1 | End of chapter if he gained a Level |
| Lon’qu | Myrmidon | 4 | End of chapter |
| Ricken | Mage | 5 | – |
| Maribelle | Troubadour | 5 | – |
| Panne | Taguel | 6 | Automatically from Turn 2 |
| Gaius | Thief | 6 | Enemy, talk with Chrom |
| Cordelia | Pegasus Knight | 7 | Automatically from Turn 3 |
| Gregor | Mercenary | 8 | – |
| Nowi | Manakete | 8 | – |
| Libra | War Monk | 9 | NPC, talk with Chrom |
| Tharja | Dark Mage | 9 | Enemy, talk with Chrom |
| Anna | Trickster | Paralogue 4 | NPC, talk with Chrom |
| Olivia | Dancer | 11 | – |
| Cherche | Wyvern Rider | 12 | – |
| Henry | Dark Mage | 13 | – |
| Lucina | Lord | 13 | End of chapter |
| Say’ri | Swordmaster | 15 | NPC, talk with Chrom |
| Tiki | Manakete | Paralogue 17 | End of chapter |
| Basilio | Warrior | 23 | Automatically after defeating Validar |
| Flavia | Hero | 23 | Automatically after defeating Validar |
Children Characters
Notes: The children characters can be recruited in paralogues, starting from Chapter 14 and onwards.
| Name | Class | Chapter | Recruit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owain | Myrmidon | Paralogue 5 | NPC, talk with Chrom or Lissa |
| Inigo | Mercenary | Paralogue 6 | NPC, talk with Chrom or Olivia |
| Brady | Priest | Paralogue 7 | NPC, talk with Chrom or Maribelle |
| Kjelle | Knight | Paralogue 8 | NPC, talk with Chrom or Sully |
| Cynthia | Pegasus Knight | Paralogue 9 | Enemy, talk with Chrom or Sumia |
| Severa | Mercenary | Paralogue 10 | NPC, let her talk to Holland, the enemy Villager |
| Gerome | Wyvern Rider | Paralogue 11 | NPC, talk with Chrom or Cherche |
| Morgan | Class varies | Paralogue 12 | NPC, talk with Chrom or the Avatar |
| Yarne | Taguel | Paralogue 13 | NPC/enemy, talk with Chrom or Panne |
| Laurent | Mage | Paralogue 14 | Have Chrom or Miriel visit the south-western village |
| Noire | Archer | Paralogue 15 | Automatically from Turn 2 |
| Nah | Manakete | Paralogue 16 | NPC, talk with Chrom or Nowi |
SpotPass-exclusive Characters
Notes:
- These characters can be recruited in paralogues, after completing the second-to-last chapter, Chapter 25.
- SpotPass data is required to unlock these paralogues.
| Name | Class | Chapter | Recruit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangrel | Trickster | Paralogue 18 | Enemy, talk with Chrom 3 times |
| Walhart | Conqueror | Paralogue 19 | End of chapter, if Chrom fought him in this chapter |
| Emmeryn | Sage | Paralogue 20 | End of chapter, if she survived this chapter |
| Yen’fay | Swordmaster | Paralogue 21 | NPC, talk with Say’ri |
| Aversa | Dark Flier | Paralogue 22 | End of chapter, if she (NPC version) survived this chapter |
| Priam | Hero | Paralogue 23 | End of chapter |