Delthea

Delthea Artwork of Delthea from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A mage from the forest village. Luthier's younger sister.

Gender Female Race Human Age 13 (in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Family Luthier (Older brother) Starting class Witch (Gaiden, as an enemy) Mage Voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos (English, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Heroes) Eri Suzuki (Japanese, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Heroes) Appearance(s) Gaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Heroes Engage

“	You know, folks tell me I'm wasting my natural talents. Well, I never asked to be amazing! I'm not even all that interested in magic or fighting.	”	— Delthea

Delthea (Japanese: デューテ Dyute) is a mage appearing in Fire Emblem Gaiden and its 3DS remake. She is Luthier's younger sister and very skilled in magic for her young age, but she stubbornly refuses to practice with it and would rather live as an ordinary girl.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Role

Delthea is a mage who was kidnapped by Rigellian forces. She was brainwashed by Tatarrah so she would follow his commands and fight for Rigel. Alm meets her older brother, Luthier, and saves Delthea from her brainwashing by killing Tatarrah. Delthea is thankful and joins Alm and Luthier in their fight against Rigel.

Starting stats and growth rates

Playable

Mage
Level	3

Recruitment: Act 3, leave her alive until Tatarrah is killed, then talk to her at the Sluice Gate

Stats Growth Rates Spell Levels

Max HP	22	Luck	15
Magic	11	Defense	3
Skill	8	Resistance	15
Speed	10	Movement	4

Max HP	30%	Luck	30%
Magic	50%	Defense	10%
Skill	30%	Resistance	0%
Speed	20%

Fire	1	Aura	1
Thunder	--	Sagittae	--
Excalibur	--	Ragnarok	16
Seraphim	11	Recover	*

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Equipment
Prayer Ring
Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Bow ✗ B. Magic ✓ W. Magic ✗

Enemy – Act 3

See also: Retaking of the Sluice Gate

Witch
Level	3

Stats
Max HP	25	Luck	0
Magic	11	Defense	5
Skill	13	Resistance	14
Speed	9	Movement	4

Equipment	Spells
--	Aura
Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Bow ✗ B. Magic ✓ W. Magic ✗

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Priestess	+x to 36	+x to 5	+x to 1	+x to 1	+0	+x to 1	+0	+0	+0	--

In Gaiden, promotion gains consist of giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class' base stats. If the character's stats are higher than their promoted class' base stats, they will not receive any bonus; however, if all stats are higher, then they will receive +1 to HP.

Analysis

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

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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Role

Delthea reprises her role in Gaiden's remake.

Starting stats and growth rates

Playable

Mage
Level	3
Fatigue tol.	.45

Recruitment: Act 3, leave her alive until Tatarrah is killed, then talk to her at the Sluice Gate

Base Stats Growth Rates Max Stats

Max HP	22	Luck	15
Attack	11	Defense	3
Skill	8	Resistance	15
Speed	10	Movement	4

Max HP	20%	Luck	40%
Attack	75%	Defense	15%
Skill	30%	Resistance	5%
Speed	60%

Max HP	52	Luck	40
Attack	43	Defense	37
Skill	38	Resistance	40
Speed	41

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Item	Skills
Prayer Ring	Fire  Aura  Recovery*  Miracle*
Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗

Enemy – Act 3

See also: Retaking of the Sluice Gate

Normal Hard

Mage
Level	3

Stats
Max HP	24	Luck	5
Attack	11	Defense	5
Skill	13	Resistance	14
Speed	9	Movement	4

Item	Skills
--	Aura  Teleportation
Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

Mage
Level	5

Stats
Max HP	27	Luck	5
Attack	12	Defense	6
Skill	14	Resistance	14
Speed	10	Movement	4

Item	Skills
--	Aura  Teleportation
Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗

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Growth rates when reclassed

Villager/Cavalier/Paladin/Gold Knight Pegasus Knight/Falcon Knight Cleric/Saint

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Villager/Cavalier/Paladin/Gold Knight	30%	70%	{{{mag}}}	35%	55%	40%	20%	4%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Pegasus Knight/Falcon Knight	25%	65%	{{{mag}}}	35%	60%	45%	15%	4%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Cleric/Saint	20%	70%	{{{mag}}}	35%	55%	45%	10%	6%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

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Skogul Harrier Exemplar Enchantress

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Skogul	30%	75%	{{{mag}}}	40%	60%	40%	20%	4%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Harrier	25%	65%	{{{mag}}}	40%	60%	45%	20%	5%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Exemplar	25%	70%	{{{mag}}}	35%	55%	45%	15%	7%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

Class	HP	Atk	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Bld
Enchantress	25%	75%	{{{mag}}}	30%	60%	40%	15%	7%	{{{cha}}}	{{{bld}}}

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Spell list

Mage/Priestess Cleric/Saint

Spell	Learned at
Fire	Innate
Aura	Innate
Seraphim	Mage, level 11
Ragnarok	Mage, level 16
Recover	Priestess, level 1
Rewarp	Priestess, level 10
If the character promotes before learning a spell, the level at which that spell is learned becomes (Spell's level − [level before promotion − 1]).

Spell	Learned at
Recover	Cleric, level 1
Nosferatu	Cleric, level 1
Seraphim	Saint, level 1
Rewarp	Saint, level 10
If the character promotes before learning a spell, the level at which that spell is learned becomes (Spell's level − [level before promotion − 1]).

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Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Priestess	+x to 32	+x to 12	+0	+0	+0	+x to 6	+0	+0	--

In Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, promotion gains consist of giving the character as many points as necessary—the "x" value shown in the table—to reach the promoted class' base stats. If the character's stats are higher than their promoted class' base stats, they will not receive any bonus; however, if all stats are higher, then they will receive +1 to HP.

Analysis

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

Delthea joins rather late, near the end of Act 3 on Alm's route, underleveled at level 3. Her stats are a mixed bag: on the one hand her attack and speed are both solid and will quickly improve due to her high growth rates in both stats. However, her durability is poor when she joins and stays low as she levels up. She does possess a very high resistance stat of 15, the second highest in the game. She joins with the ability to use Aura, further complimenting her high attack, however, it also drains her already low HP, putting her at risk of dying in one hit, and is very heavy. She's also the only character aside of Celica that can use Ragnarok, the strongest spell in the game, but it's the heaviest spell and has the worst HP reduction upon use. Her other spells take a long time to reach without significant training (especially Rewarp), though Seraphim does make her good against Fiends in Act 5.

Dethea's main niche is fighting enemy Knights and Barons. Due to her high attack, she will be capable of dealing massive damage or even one-rounding them, something most other units will struggle with. Even when compared to other mages Delthea stands out as other mages either need Sagittae and the Speed Ring or an Excalibur crit to one-round enemy Knights, the former limited by only one Speed Ring being available without DLC grinding and the latter having questionable reliability. However, her poor durability means she will struggle to take on more than one Knight per enemy phase. Her promotion helps her take more hits, but it takes her a long time to reach it, and even then her gaining access to swords means that she will hit on defense so she will need a strong sword like a Rapier to make up the difference.

Overall, Delthea is a glass cannon with an unimpressive but not terrible start and high potential stat-wise. Unfortunately, she is hindered by the limitations of the Mage class, the main ones being a late promotion and poor movement, which diminishes her long-term potential. As a result, she is mostly limited in usefulness against enemy Knights, Barons, and magic users, and while she is good against them she is far from the only unit who can help against them.

Fire Emblem Engage

Role

Delthea appears as an equippable Bond Ring. She can be summoned using Celica's Emblem Ring.

Bond Ring data

Stat modifiers Ring level Mag Spd Res C +1 +0 +0 B +1 +0 +1 A +1 +1 +1 S +2 +1 +1

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article: Delthea/Heroes

There are three different variations of Delthea available in Heroes.

Personality

Delthea is confident without fail and has faith in her natural talents. She is easygoing, but lazy, and likes to show off in battle. Delthea is blunt and dislikes keeping secrets, but is also easy to manipulate. Her brother Luthier is concerned about how laid-back she is, thinking she should be more serious about developing her magical abilities; however, whenever he voices this concern, Delthea dismisses it. She hates being criticized, because she thinks she is better than everyone else and whoever criticizes her seeks to put her down. In her opinion, her natural talent is a gift she should be allowed to flaunt, and nobody has the right to complain that she is superior to others.

Delthea is defined by her stubbornness and insistence on getting her way. She is childish in many ways, befitting her young age, and can be quite careless as well. Her confidence, honesty, immaturity, and magical potential combined could make her a danger to others, which is exploited by Tatarrah when he brainwashes her to fight against Alm's party. Delthea does not like to admit it, but she is still inexperienced.

Despite her confidence and propensity for showcasing her magical abilities, Delthea is unwilling to turn developing her talents into her life's purpose. Despite being born in a village, she would prefer to live in a city and marry someone there.

Luthier pressures Delthea to excel as a mage, but her desires stand in conflict with that, making Delthea argue with him. She seldom says nice things about Luthier, both to him directly and to others, showing that she has many problems with how he treats her. Delthea is fond of Clive, noting that he is "cultured" and "dashing," believing him to be the opposite of her brother. Despite her young age, she is interested in people outside of her village, and would like to change her environment. Being with Luthier and only ever doing magic-related things wears her out, hence her desire to know more about what she is unfamiliar with. While Delthea does not hate her brother, she wants to achieve more and change things in her life; she dislikes it when she is limited in any way.

Supports

Main article: Delthea/Supports

Delthea Mage Support conversations: Clair Pegasus Knight C: 15 B: 35 A: 60 Luthier Mage C: 15 B: 35 A: 60 [[{{{supportm3}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm3}}} B: {{{bm3}}} A: {{{am3}}} [[{{{supportm4}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm4}}} B: {{{bm4}}} A: {{{am4}}} [[{{{supportm5}}}]] Bishop C: {{{cm5}}} B: {{{bm5}}} A: {{{am5}}} Bond supports:* None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond3}}} [[{{{supporto4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond4}}} [[{{{supporto5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond5}}} [[{{{supporto6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond6}}} [[{{{supporto6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond6}}} [[{{{supporto7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond7}}} [[{{{supporto8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond8}}} [[{{{supporto9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond9}}} [[{{{supporto10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bond10}}}

See Support § Echoes: Shadows of Valentia for more details on supports.

Base conversations

Main article: Delthea/Conversations

Ending

Gaiden

After sealing away her magic, she lived on happily as a single woman.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

After the war, Delthea decided to lock away her magic and pursue a wild and happy life as an ordinary woman. She found herself the perfect husband at court, but made a point to return to her village often, where she would liven things up with tales of her brother.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	FOR DEFYING LORD TATARRAH...... DIE!	”	— Delthea, as a boss in Gaiden.

“	YOU HAVE DEFIED TATARRAH. I SHALL GIVE YOU DEATH.	”	— Delthea, as a boss in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

“	Come on, who needs gods when you're as strong as me?	”	— Delthea, in The Final Battle of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Critical quotes

“	Sorry! Not sorry.	”	— Delthea

“	Let's make this quick.	”	— Delthea

“	Who's been naughty?	”	— Delthea

“	See ya!	”	— Delthea

Death quotes

“	Nooo- I don't want to die yet-	”	— Delthea, in Gaiden.

“	Ah... What am I...doing here? Luthier, are you there? It...it hurts...	”	— Delthea, as a boss in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

“	Oh crap. Am I...dying? I don't...I don't wanna die... I still have so much I...want to...	”	— Delthea, in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Classic Mode).

“	Ow! What is your DEAL?! Ngh! I have had ENOUGH of this! I didn't sign up to get killed...	”	— Delthea, in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Casual Mode).

Heroes

Main article: Delthea/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Delthea is featured on three cards in Fire Emblem Cipher. The two variations of card B09-034N are listed separately below due to having slightly different first-skill effects between them; as the two have the same epithet-name combination, they are considered to be the same card by the rules of Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Delthea

Master of the Ultimate Magic, Delthea
	"You never had a chance to defeat me!"
Attack: 50	Support: 20	Range: 1–2	Deploy Cost: 3
Class: Priestess	Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
Ragnarok: [Activate] [Once per turn] [Discard a card from your hand] This turn, this unit gains +20 attack. "Tell me I'm FREAKIN' AMAZING!": [Trigger] [] When an enemy is destroyed by this unit's attack, if you pay the cost, draw 1 card.
Card #B09-033R • Artist: Mayo

Normal Comiket 93 Promo

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The Forest Village's Fireball, Delthea
	"I get to come too, right? I'm pretty darned tough, you know. I'll give all your enemies what-for!" "Lay it on thick! Tell me I'm FREAKIN' AMAZING!"
Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1–2	Deploy Cost: 1
Class: Mage	Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: –
Flame Talent: [Activate] [Once per turn] While there is another ally, move this unit. Magic Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card. Then discard 1 card from your hand.
Card #B09-034N, P11-009PR • Artist: Mayo (B09-034N), Sakura Miwabe (P11-009PR)

The Forest Village's Fireball, Delthea
	"YOU HAVE DEFIED TATARRAH. I SHALL GIVE YOU DEATH."
Attack: 30	Support: 20	Range: 1–2	Deploy Cost: 1
Class: Mage	Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: –
Flame Talent: [Activate] [Once per turn] While there is another ally, move this unit. If you do, until the end of this turn, this unit gains +10 attack. Magic Emblem: [Support] Draw 1 card. Then discard 1 card from your hand.
Card #B09-034N+X • Artist: Mayo

Normal SR+

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Dark-Garbed Mage Girl, Delthea
	"Feel free to lay on the compliments when you see me kickin' tail, yeah?" "Ooh! How do I look? Awesome, right? Tell me I look awesome!"
Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1–2	Deploy Cost: 4
Class: Enchantress	Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 5
Lethal Grin: [Trigger] When you class change into this unit, discard two random cards from your opponent's hand. This skill cannot be activated if this unit changed class from a skill's effect. Elder Gods' Sorcery: [Always] During your turn, if you have more cards in your hand than your opponent, this unit gains +10 attack and range 1-3.
Card #B11-063SR(+) • Artist: Mayo

Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest.
For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Delthea.

Notable merchandise

Image	Information	Price	Release date
File:FEH Mini Acrylic Delthea vol.3.png	Delthea appears as the secret character in volume 3 of the Fire Emblem Heroes: Mini Acrylic Figure Collection. Her volume 3 appearance is based on her standard appearance in Heroes.	¥350	April 2018JP

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Playable)	A mage from the forest village. Luthier's younger sister.	森の村の魔道士。 リュートの妹。
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Enemy)	A mage from a forest village. Tatarrah is controlling her.	森の村の魔道士。 タタラに操られている。
Engage	Hero from beyond Elyos and a mage with a cheery personality. Alm freed her from an enemy's control and they became allies. She hated the village of her birth and dreamed of romance in the big city. Appears in Shadows of Valentia.	異界の英雄で、明るい性格の魔道士。 敵の妖術師に操られていたところを アルムに助けられ、仲間となった。 辺境の村の生まれだが、田舎を嫌がり 都会的で素敵な人と恋をすることを夢見る。 「外伝」「Echoes」

Trivia

• Delthea's personal pronoun is watashi (わたし) in Gaiden; and boku (written with katakana: ボク) in the Japanese version of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Delthea	--
Japanese	デューテ	Officially romanized as Dyute. From δεῦτε deûte, an Ancient Greek verb meaning "come here". It is usually used in a commanding tone, similar to how to the character is brainwashed by Tatarrah and forced to obey his commands.
Spanish	Delthea	--
French	Delthea	--
German	Delthea	--
Italian	Delthea	--
Dutch	Delthea	--
Portuguese	Delthea	--
Korean	듀테	Dyute
Simplified Chinese	迪优特	Dyute
Traditional Chinese	迪優特	Dyute

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Gaiden Witch Mage Priestess Black magic Black magic Black magic, White magic Sword
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Mage

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Delthea from the art book Fire Emblem: The Complete.
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  Artwork of Delthea from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
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  Full portrait artwork of Delthea from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

CG images

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  CG image of Delthea under Tatarrah's control from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Portraits

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  Portrait of Delthea in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
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  Portrait of Delthea under Tatarrah's control in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Concept artwork

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  Concept artwork of Delthea from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Resplendent Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Resplendent Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Resplendent Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Resplendent Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Free Spirit.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Tatarrah's Puppet.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Artwork of Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom.
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  Delthea in artwork of Luthier: Odd Wayfarer.
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  Delthea in artwork of Luthier: Odd Wayfarer.
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  Delthea in artwork of Luthier: Spring Hopes.

Wallpapers

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  Image of a Heroes calendar's April 2022 page, featuring Delthea: Prodigy in Bloom and Luthier: Spring Hopes.
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  Wallpaper of Delthea: Free Spirit from the A Hero Rises 2018 event.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Delthea.
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  Artwork of Delthea.
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  Artwork of Delthea.
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  Artwork of Delthea.
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  Artwork of Delthea with Luthier.
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  Artwork of Delthea.
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  Celebratory artwork of Delthea for Cipher's 2nd anniversary.

References

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