Ralf

Ralf Artwork of Ralf from Thracia 776.

Gender Male Race Human Starting class Mercenary Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	Leif...? So... You're Prince Leif, eh? This is perfect. My name's Ralf, I'm a mercenary. Would it be all right if I joined your army?	”	— Ralf to Leif in Chapter 15

Ralf (Japanese: ラルフ Ralf) is a minor playable character appearing in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is a mercenary working to defend a remote village in the mountains from bandit raids. He also dislikes the Grannvale Empire and its presence in Thracia.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Ralf is a playable character. In Chapter 15, Ralf, along with Amalda, initially appear as NPC units near the church. He is recruited when talked to by Leif; his recruitment will make Amalda move to escape.

Starting stats and growth rates

Mercenary
Level	3
Action	--

Recruitment: Chapter 15, talk with Leif

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	38	Speed	14
Strength	12	Luck	6
Magic	1	Defense	9
Skill	12	Constitution	14
Movement	6	FCM	1

Max HP	60%	Speed	20%
Strength	35%	Luck	15%
Magic	5%	Defense	35%
Skill	30%	Constitution	35%
Movement	1%

{{{content3}}}

{{{content4}}}

{{{content5}}}

{{{content6}}}

{{{content7}}}

{{{content8}}}

{{{content9}}}

{{{content10}}}

{{{content11}}}

{{{content12}}}

{{{content13}}}

{{{content14}}}

{{{content15}}}

Inventory	Skills
Hand Axe  Iron Blade	--
Weapon Levels A -- C (+40) -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Supports

Ralf Mercenary Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[{{{supportg4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

See Support § Super Famicom games for more details on supports.

Analysis

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

Ralf joins with good base stats (apart from magic), an A-rank in swords, and a C-rank in axes. His C-rank in axes is deceptive – he has 40 weapon experience, so a couple of axe swings will get him to B-rank. There are no A-rank axes in Thracia 776, so B-rank is enough to use every non-personal axe in the game. The Master Axe is especially notable as it gives him a decent 1-2 range option. This makes Ralf a good combat unit with no investment. Ralf's growth rates are unimpressive, but his base stats are enough for the remainder of the game.

Ralf has no special traits to speak of - he is a good filler unit with solid stats who joins halfway through Thracia. While he has no utility outside of combat, he is good at what he does.

Personality

Ralf has very little dialogue for a playable character. Regardless, he is shown to be a generous individual; he works to defend a village in the mountains from roaming brigands; he does so only in exchange for somewhere to sleep. He is unwilling to accept pay from the villagers as they already have virtually nothing. When Leif's forces arrive during Chapter 15 and assist him in defeating the bandits he offers to join Leif's cause purely to fight against the Grannvale empire.

Endings

Ralf, Wandering Mercenary
Putting down his sword, Ralf took up farming to help rebuild Thracia's trampled lands. Nothing else about him remains in the records.

Quotes

Death quotes

“	Damn... Guess I can't see the end...to this war...	”	— Ralf

Escape quotes

“	Damn, just I was getting warmed up...	”	— Ralf

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

727

Ralf Thracia 776

53

CYL 2 (2018)

731

Ralf Thracia 776

48 (−5)

CYL 3 (2019)

634 (−3)

Ralf Thracia 776

55

CYL 4 (2020)

672 (−11)

Ralf Thracia 776

65

CYL 5 (2021)

673

Ralf Thracia 776

52 (−13)

CYL 6 (2022)

625 (−50)

Ralf Thracia 776

74

CYL 7 (2023)

649

Ralf Thracia 776

48 (−26)

CYL 8 (2024)

714

Ralf Thracia 776

37 (−11)

CYL 9 (2025)

729 (+15)

Ralf Thracia 776

29 (−8)

CYL 10 (2026)

618 (−111)

Ralf Thracia 776

35 (+6)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	496

Trivia

• According to Thracia 776's website, Ralf was designed to look 30 years old.
• Ralf is programmed to be able to promote into a Mercenary with a Knight Proof, however, this is impossible to see in normal gameplay, as the game prevents a unit from promoting into the same class. No other pre-promoted unit has this distinction.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ralf	Used in official websites.
English (unofficial)	• Ralf • Ralph
Japanese	ラルフ	Officially romanized as Ralf. Ralf, commonly spelled Ralph in English, is a Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse Ráðúlfr, which is composed of ráð ("counsel") and úlfr ("wolf").
Spanish	Ralf	--
French	Ralf	--
German	Ralf	--
Italian	Ralf	--
Portuguese	Ralf	--
Traditional Chinese	勞夫	Ralf

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Mercenary Sword (Iron Blade) Axe (Hand Axe)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Ralf from Thracia 776.
• 
  Artwork of Ralf from the Trading Card Game.

References

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