Canas

Canas Artwork of Canas from The Blazing Blade. A scholar, and a novice student of ancient magics.

Gender Male Race Human Age 20s Family Niime (mother) Three Brothers Hugh (son) Iris (possible sister-in-law) Nino (possible niece) Lugh (possible grandnephew) Raigh (possible grandnephew) Starting class Shaman Voiced by Joe Zieja (English, Heroes) Showtaro Morikubo (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) The Blazing Blade Heroes

“	Pardon me! I was speaking with an old sailor a few moments ago. He told me that you're planning to travel to Valor. Is that so? Really? And that's why you're playing tag with these pirates? ......I see. In that case, would you mind if I joined you? My name is Canas. I'm a scholar of sorts...	”	— Canas.

Canas (pronounced /⁠ˈkɑnɑs⁠/^[key]; Japanese: カナス Canas) is a shaman from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. As the only dark magic user available in the game aside from Athos, Canas travels with the group in order to expand his knowledge of the Dread Isle, and subsequently, dragons. Referencing how Blazing Blade is supposed to be a prequel to Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Canas is a son of Niime and the father of Hugh, two characters appearing in The Binding Blade.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Pre-game

Canas is from Ilia, and is one son of the famed Mountain Hermit Niime, whom he inherited his dark magic skills from, albeit under strict training from her. In addition, Canas has three brothers, all of whom are also shamans. All three, however, eventually had their dark magic take control of their bodies, rendering them in an almost comatose state; Canas himself notes that it is likely he himself will end up like them if he continues to study dark magic, but he continues because of his own curiosity, aware that his own curiosity may cause the end of him.

At the start of The Blazing Blade, Canas is stated to be married to an anima magic user, to his mother's initial chagrin, and he has an infant son named Hugh; this son, however, is shown in The Binding Blade to instead use anima magic instead of his father's dark magic. Canas's wife is also stated to have had a sister with the given name Iris; while having heard that this sister is deceased, this given name is shared with a member of Nino's own family, her mother's. While noting that Iris is a rather common name, the fact that Canas's wife is an anima magic user and that Nino's family was made up of powerful sages suggests that Canas might be an uncle by marriage to Nino.

In-game

Canas first appears in Chapter 16x/17x. Shortly after Eliwood and his allies engage with Fargus and members of his pirate brigade, Canas appears in order to offer his skills to the lords, due to wanting to visit the Dread Isle; similar to the party, he is also unable to find passage to the island. After helping the lords receive passage to the island, he stays with them to the very end in order to continue learning about areas outside of Ilia.

Post-game

As Canas is explicitly stated to be deceased by Niime in The Binding Blade, Canas has no paired endings, and his sole ending states that he and his wife were killed trying to stop a snowstorm in Ilia. This leads to his son, Hugh, getting raised by Niime.

Starting stats and growth rates

Shaman
Level	8
Affinity

Recruitment: Visit the village Lyn walks out of in Chapter 16x/17x

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	21	Luck	7
Magic	10	Defense	5
Skill	9	Resistance	8
Speed	8	Constitution	7
Movement	5	Aid	6

Max HP	70%	Luck	25%
Magic	45%	Defense	25%
Skill	40%	Resistance	45%
Speed	35%

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Inventory
Flux  Secret book  Vulnerary
Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- B --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Druid	+4	+0	+0	+3	+0	+2	+2	+1	+1	E, + 40

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Until the final chapter, Canas is the only playable dark magic user in the game, giving him exclusive access to all dark tomes obtained. Unfortunately, outside of the standard Flux tome, these will often be too heavy to be reliable. Luna is very strong against late-game bosses, as it ignores resistance. However, generic enemies, even in late-game chapters, often have less resistance than Flux's base might, and Luna's higher accuracy and crit rate are offset by its higher weight. Athos is a better Luna user than Canas, as Canas's magic will normally be 24, while Athos will always have 30 magic when he joins, 1 more than even a magic-blessed Canas.

Fortunately, Canas is very capable even with just the basic Flux tome. Canas is well-rounded, with solid growths in HP, magic, and resistance, as well as among the highest defense growths in the game for a magic user (25%, second to only Pent's 30%), in addition to solid starting stats in magic, skill, and resistance. As a result of this defense growth, as well as high resistance (45%) and HP (70%) growths, Canas is one of the more durable magic characters the player can get. Canas's primary stumbling block, however, is his mediocre speed. His base is not high enough to double enemies. Even Flux weighs him down by 1, and his 35% growth is not high enough for him to catch up quickly. Even early on, he only has a base attack speed of 7, and he cannot follow up on any enemy with 4 or more speed, which are most of the enemies in his debut chapter. As such, it is generally recommended to promote him sooner, as he gains +3 speed and +1 constitution. This allows him to reliably double most enemies. Promotion also gives him access to staves, though with a base E rank, it will take him a while to use more than Heal.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article: Canas/Heroes

There is one variation of Canas available in Heroes.

Personality

Canas is demonstrated to be a young man almost completely absorbed in improving his intellect through constant study; in almost all of his support conversations, characters often approach Canas while he is in the midst of reading a tome of some sort, to the chagrin of some. In his only supports where he isn't immediately seen studying, he instead directly asks questions to Renault about the truth behind morphs. True to being a scholar, Canas takes his work very seriously, expressing exasperation when Vaida's mount eats one of his books , and he also expresses great interest upon meeting the Mage General of Etruria, Pent At his most passionate, Canas is shown shedding a few tears when he intends to give Nino a book on the hero Roland, and upon learning that the mage is illiterate, he gladly teaches her how to read.

Owing to being almost completely absorbed in his studies, it is demonstrated that Canas can also sometimes act absent-minded to his surroundings and to the needs of other people. In his supports with Pent, Canas is found looking around the area for a book he has misplaced, in an minor example . A more telling example, however, is seen in his supports with the wyvern rider Vaida. In their A support, Canas attempts to give Vaida a book about "wyvern-mounted combat" and proceeds to give an accurate description of how they operate, as well as his desires to see one in real life, all while seemingly failing to notice that Vaida herself is a wyvern rider, and that her mount Umbriel has actually eaten one of his books right in front of him . Socially, Canas can also prove absent-minded; in supports with Nino, the shaman has to be told by the mage that he must spend more time with his infant son Hugh, owing to the latter's potential loneliness. In his supports with Bartre, Canas also accidentally insults the fighter when he asks for a book; knowing that Bartre is not as intelligent as himself, Canas amusingly asks the warrior if he is going to eat it.

In The Binding Blade, Niime provides a different characterisation for Canas than seen above; in her support conversations with Hugh, Niime notes that Hugh's penchance for wanting to have a steely exterior is similar to how Canas supposedly acted, though the shaman shows no such mannerisms in The Blazing Blade. Despite this, she does note that Hugh's inherent kindness does appear to come from his father, which more closely meshes with Canas in the game.

Supports

Main article: Canas/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Canas, Seeker of Wisdom
Canas returned to his family in Ilia. Some years later, he and his wife died trying to stop a snowstorm. His child was raised by his old mother.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Ah, what a shame. There was so much more that I wanted to learn...	”	— Canas

“	Mother... Forgive me... Take care... of... Hugh...	”	— Canas (finish the game 8 times (all versions), data transfer from The Binding Blade (Japanese version only)

Final Chapter: Light quote

“	Let this battle be forgotten by history... That is all I ask.	”	— Canas

Battle History quotes

“	Mm... This is the best outcome, is it not?	”	— Canas, with S or A rank

“	I see. No better than average, are you?	”	— Canas, with B or C rank

“	You seem to lack even basic skills.	”	— Canas, with D or E rank

Tactician quotes

“	Actually, this is quite fascinating. Mark, the Nabata wasteland is a bit of a paradise to magic adepts. Stories tell of the many magical artifacts lost in these sands. I'll keep my eyes open. Of course, I'll be fighting as well.	”	— Canas, in Chapter 22, Eliwood's tale

Heroes quotes

Main article: Canas/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Characters: The Binding Blade & The Blazing Blade

Canas's artwork from The Blazing Blade is featured in a file in the Fire Emblem Characters book, alongside details regarding himself and his role in the game's story. He is the 88th character listed in this book. Canas scored 9th place in the online The Blazing Blade popularity poll whose results were included in the book.

Fire Emblem Character File 088: Canas
	Gender: Male	Estimated Age: 20s	Title: Seeker of Wisdom	Origin: Ilia
Status: Successor of the Mountain Hermit	Weapon: Dark Magic, Staff
A scholar full of intellectual curiosity. A practictioner of ancient magic who met Eliwood's party at the port of Badon. He is the type who would even face the dangers of the Dread Isle in the pursuit of knowledge. Though Canas sees dark magic as harmless compared to other dark mages, it is actually because he is the Mountain Hermit Niime's fourth son, and her expected heir. Shamans who are masters of the ancient dark arts usually have a scary demeanor, but Canas has a gentle, good-natured demeanor. He does not think too much of the fact he is the successor to the great sorceress Niime. In a support conversation with Pent, it is interesting to see how well the "two great personalities" get along. His tendency to read books in the midst of battle to satiate his intellectual curiosity at his own pace frequently irritates the short-tempered Vaida.
Profile translation by Kantopia

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Canas's official artwork from The Blazing Blade can be viewed in Path of Radiance's extras menu if a copy of The Blazing Blade is connected to a copy of Path of Radiance.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Canas is featured on four cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Canas
	Heir to the Hermit, Canas
	"The temptation to submit to darkness is great, there is no guarantee that I will not...but I must see the other side."
Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
Class: Druid	Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
Eclipse: [Activate] [] Select an enemy, besides the Main Character. Until the end of your turn, that enemy loses -20 attack. Forbidden Magic: [Always] Any [Trigger] skills that can trigger at the start of a player's turn cannot be activated.
Card #B07-034HN • Artist: Hatori Kyoka
	Researcher of Knowledge, Canas
	"Would you mind if I join you? I've some skill with a form of elder magic... Some call it dark magic, a rather biased term, if I must be blunt."
Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
Class: Shaman	Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
Researching Ancient Magic: [Activate] [] Your opponent must send a card from their hand to the Retreat Area. Then, your opponent must draw a card. Darkness Emblem: [Support] If your opponent has 5 or more cards in their hand, your opponent chooses one card from their hand and sends it to the Retreat Area.
Card #B07-035N • Artist: Hatori Kyoka
	Unenlightened Smile, Canas
	"Let this battle be forgotten by history... That is all I ask."
Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
Class: Druid	Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
Luna: [Always] During your turn, if your opponent has 4 or fewer cards in their hand, this unit gains +20 attack. Knowledge of Unfathomable Magic: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Choose up to 2 cards from your Retreat Area, then place them at the top of your deck in any order.
Card #B13-022SR • Artist: BISAI
	Researcher of Elder Magic, Canas
	"You see, there are several types of magics in the cosmos. Monks practice light magic, mages practice anima magic, and we shamans practice elder magic, which some call dark!"
Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 1
Class: Shaman	Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
Dark Magic Tome: [Always] During your turn, if your opponent has 4 or fewer cards in their hand, this unit gains +10 attack. Darkness Emblem: [Support] If your opponent has 5 or more cards in their hand, your opponent chooses one card from their hand and sends it to the Retreat Area.
Card #B13-023N • Artist: BISAI
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Canas .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Blazing Blade	A scholar, and a novice student of ancient magics.	知識を求めて旅する学者 古代魔法は始めたばかり

Trivia

• Canas, along with Ninian, Hawkeye, and Lyn, has two different death quotes. To get this alternate quote to appear, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade's playthrough counter must be at eight or above. In the Japanese version, a Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade save transfer with the game completed to at least Chapter 22 could also make the quote appear, though this is not possible in international releases.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Canas	"Grey or white hairs" in Spanish; indeterminate origin, with the surname Canas having three possible origins. Compare also the rare Irish surname McCanas or McKanas.
Japanese	カナス	Officially romanized as Canas.
Spanish	Canas	--
French	Canas	--
German	Canas	--
Italian	Canas	--
Portuguese	Canas	--
Traditional Chinese	卡納斯	Canas

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Shaman Druid Dark Dark Staff

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Canas from The Blazing Blade.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.
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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.
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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.
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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.
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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.
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  Artwork of Canas: Wisdom Seeker.

Other artwork

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  Artwork featuring Canas released on the second day of Choose Your Legends: Round 9.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Canas.
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References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.