Dart

Dart Artwork of Dart from The Blazing Blade. One of Fargus's corsairs. Foulmouthed, but kind.

Gender Male Race Human Age Teens Family Rebecca (younger sister) Wolt (nephew) Title(s) Captain of Badon's Suicide Squad Starting class Pirate Appearance(s) The Blazing Blade

“	Dart the pirate is not such a small man! Being rich is boring! My dream is this: I want to find that treasure, hide it again, make a map that leads to it, and pass out a few copies all over the world!!	”	— Dart, to Farina

Dart (Japanese: ダーツ Darts) is a character in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. He is one of Fargus' pirates, but likely is also Rebecca's brother Dan, who went missing after he and Wil left Pherae.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Pre-game

Dart likely grew up in a village in Pherae, Lycia, with his younger sister Rebecca, his father, a local magistrate, and an unknown mother. At that time, he was known as Dan. Five years before the events of The Blazing Blade, Dan and his neighbor Wil left home in search of fortune. The two were split up after a fight, and Dan disappeared.

Soon after, Dart was found amnesiac on the coast by Fargus. Remembering only that his name began with "Da", Fargus named the man Dart, and trained him to be part of his crew. Over their years together, Dart became Fargus's right-hand man, and head of his "Suicide Squad".

In-game

When Eliwood and his companions seek passage to the Dread Isle, Fargus tests them in battle, during which time Dart stands with his squad near the arena. With the test passed, the pirates allow Eliwood passage to Valor. Dart is unable to help when the Black Fang attack the ship, due to needing to fix the hole the assassins put in the boat. Upon arriving on Valor, Dart chooses to join Eliwood in his travels. While Fargus is annoyed, he accepts Dart's resignation.

Post-game

After the events of the game, Dart returns to life as a pirate under Fargus. His solo ending states that Dart took a grave wound defending his captain, and was lost to the sea. However, true to form for Dart, some say that his innate sturdiness allowed him to survive, and he lives on somewhere in Pherae. He also has a possible paired ending with Farina, which involves her joining him as a pirate. His possible death is not mentioned in that paired ending.

Starting stats and growth rates

Pirate
Level	8
Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 18E/19H, Automatically at the start, if he was not defeated in Chapter 16xE/17xH

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	34	Luck	3
Strength	12	Defense	6
Skill	8	Resistance	1
Speed	8	Constitution	10
Movement	5	Aid	9

Max HP	70%	Luck	35%
Strength	65%	Defense	20%
Skill	20%	Resistance	15%
Speed	60%

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Inventory
Steel axe  Hand axe  Torch
Weapon Levels -- -- B -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Berserker	+4	+1	+1	+1	+0	+2	+2	+3	+1	+ 40

Analysis

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

Dart comes with fairly unimpressive bases in every area besides HP and strength, and because of his use of axes and low skill, he will have shaky hit rates in his joining chapter, and because of his average speed he will be unable to double most enemies. He can walk in water, but said ability isn't incredibly useful. Thanks to his growths Dart will likely be able to one round most enemies after being trained up, however it's somewhat hard to promote him as the Ocean Seal is hidden in the sand in chapters 22/23, which can be annoying to get while also trying to gain enough EXP to get the gaiden chapter. It is also twice as expensive than the other promotion items, so it hurts the funds rankings more and can be sold for more. Dart will eventually grow into a strong unit, however he requires some notable investment, and the low enemy quality means that most mounted units and prepromotes can do almost as well.

Personality

Dart has a blunt and sometimes rude manner of speaking, but he also has a sense of propriety when it comes to women, as demonstrated most clearly when Fargus's crew found the barely-conscious and amnesiac Ninian adrift on the sea near Valor: He bluntly insisted that Lyn handle Ninian, because he didn't know how. He also disliked it when Hector called him a "gentleman" for it.

Although he has spent many years at sea, he sometimes likes to "raise some trouble on land," and he found that Eliwood's mission to stop Nergal was a good reason to do so.

Supports

Main article: Dart/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Dart, Badon's Commando
Dart took a grave wound protecting Fargus in a skirmish. He vanished at sea, but rumors claim he might be in Pherae.

Dart and Farina
Farina's love for Dart compelled her to stay in Lycia. She visited Badon often and flirted with Dart at every chance. He never knew how serious she was when she told him that a female pirate would be quite profitable!

Quotes

Death quote

“	Forgive me, Captain... I am still...in... your debt...	”	— Dart

Battle quotes

“	I'm Dart, brave crewman of Fargus's pirates, and I fear nothing!	”	— In the final chapter.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Characters: The Binding Blade & The Blazing Blade

Dart'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 89th character listed in this book. Dart scored 55th place in the online The Blazing Blade popularity poll whose results were included in the book.

Fire Emblem Character File 089: Dart
	Gender: Male	Estimated Age: Teen	Title: Badon's Commando	Origin: Unknown
Status: Member of Fargus' Pirates	Weapon: Axe
A man of the sea with big dreams. He is the leader of Fargus' suicide squad and thrives in Badon. Five years ago, he was left dying in the port of Badon when he was saved by Fargus. He accompanies Eliwood's crew as they head for Valor, often called the Dread Isle. He dreams of finding the treasure a legendary pirate had hidden. Aside from his rough speak, he has a kind demeanor. Dart cannot remember anything beyond five years ago. As a result of his collapsed state in Badon, his birthplace and family are unknown. From conversations with Wil and Rebecca, he seems to resemble a man named Dan, but whether or not that was Dart's real name in the past is never made certain. He is more dedicated to his savior Fargus than anyone, and lives his dream of using his axe to serve his pirates. It seems he has plenty of happiness from this alone. Whatever his past was, Dart is Dart.
Profile translation by Kantopia

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Dart'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.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Blazing Blade	One of Fargus's corsairs. Foulmouthed, but kind.	ファーガス海賊団の一員 口は悪いが、根は優しい

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

363

Dart The Blazing Blade

470

CYL 2 (2018)

331 (−32)

Dart The Blazing Blade

613

CYL 3 (2019)

359

Dart The Blazing Blade

520 (−93)

CYL 4 (2020)

427

Dart The Blazing Blade

275 (−245)

CYL 5 (2021)

414 (−13)

Dart The Blazing Blade

187 (−88)

CYL 6 (2022)

411 (−5)

Dart The Blazing Blade

194

CYL 7 (2023)

435

Dart The Blazing Blade

122 (−72)

CYL 8 (2024)

402 (−33)

Dart The Blazing Blade

131

CYL 9 (2025)

386 (−16)

Dart The Blazing Blade

118 (−13)

CYL 10 (2026)

352 (−34)

Dart The Blazing Blade

98 (−20)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	2,728

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dart	An Old English name referring to the river Dart, in southern England.
Japanese	ダーツ	Officially romanized as Darts.
Spanish	Dart	--
French	Dart	--
German	Dart	--
Italian	Dart	--
Portuguese	Dart	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	達茲	Darts; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Heroes.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Pirate Berserker Basic axe Ranged axe Basic axe Ranged axe

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Dart from The Blazing Blade.

Heroes artwork

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  Dart in artwork of Fargus: Badon Buccaneer.

References

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