Wallace (Fire Emblem)

Crag of Caelin
Wallace
Species	Human
Class	Knight
Promotion	General
Affiliation	Caelin
Hair color	Bald
Eye color	Brown
Age	40's
Base	Mobile
Debut	Fire Emblem

Wallace is one of the playable units in Fire Emblem. He was a strict and powerful knight who believed in following his superiors' orders, but not blindly.

Background

Wallace started out as a squire when he was only ten years old. At the time he was puny, which caused the other children to tease him. But Wallace was able to learn from a great mercenary named Renault. Wallace felt he owed much to this teacher, and at one point he swore to Renault that he would always fight for the good of the people and never use the skills Renault taught him for evil.

Wallace served as a knight for Caelin for thirty years. When he was in his prime, Wallace was the commander of Caelin's knights. He also wrote the Manual of Knightly Prowess, which contained a training regimen that was apparently extremely difficult. Wallace was still a knight during the time that Lord Hausen's daughter Madelyn eloped with the Sacae nomad Hassar. Hausen dispatched Wallace to retrieve them. Wallace found them, but he found himself unable to break up true love so he let them go and spent some time in the dungeon for it. After serving as a knight for thirty years, Wallace eventually retired and became a farmer.

In Fire Emblem, he was called out of retirement by Lundgren, who told Wallace he was hunting an impostor claiming to be the marquess's granddaughter (Lyn), and the two rogue knights accompanying her. He eventually met up with Lyn's group in "Chapter 9: A Grim Reunion" and demanded to see Lyn alone. Simply by looking into her eyes, Wallace came to the conclusion that Lyn was no deceiver, and that Lundgren was the true villain. He said that since he had pledged his loyalty to Caelin, he would not allow a usurper like Lundgren on the throne. He then joined up with Lyn's group and lent them his power for the last leg of their quest.

After Lundgren was defeated, Wallace's fighting spirit was reawakened. He then set off in search of causes to fight for, but due to his lacking any sense of direction, he spent most of his time getting lost and wandering around. Wallace reappears one year later in "Four-Fanged Offense" (Eliwood Chapter 23, Hector Chapter 24). However, he only appears on the version of the chapter where Lloyd is the boss, which is reached only if the combined levels of Lyn, Eliwood and Hector were less than 50.

Wallace had traveled to Bern in order to slay the Taliver bandits, and succeeded in doing so. He did this to make Lyn happy, because those bandits had killed her parents, and Wallace did not want her to suffer from a desire for revenge. But he could not find his way back to Caelin afterwards, but he did stumble upon Eliwood and his group in battle with the Black Fang. Wallace would join Eliwood's group if Lyn or one of Lyn's old teammates from the first ten chapters spoke to him. If Wallace joins the group, his ending shows that he once again becomes lost while trying to find a way to Caelin. He winds up in Ilia and decides to resume his farming career there despite the harsh climate.

Support Conversation Summaries

Wallace is capable of having Support conversations with five other characters.

• Kent- Wallace tells Kent the story of how he disobeyed Lord Hausen's orders to prevent Hassar and Madelyn from eloping all those years ago. Kent says that he had always believed in blind loyalty, but Wallace teaches Kent that he has to keep to love of his lord in his heart to make the right decisions about whether or not to follow orders. Kent thanks Wallace and tells him he had much to learn from him.
• Lyn- While Lyn and Wallace talk about training the others, Lyn learns that Wallace knew Lyn's father. Wallace finds out that Lyn is planning revenge against the Taliver bandits that massacred her family and voices his disapproval for her quest. Wallace then tells Lyn the real reason he came to Bern: he tracked down the Taliver bandits and killed them all to prevent Lyn from being consumed by a quest for revenge.
• Renault- Wallace meets the Bishop Renault and is honored to be fighting alongside him. In the second conversation, he notes Renault's resemblance to the mercenary of the same name whom he knew so long ago, but he does not believe that the mercenary Renault could be the same as the bishop he was talking to. Wallace said he wanted to see his old mentor one more time to tell him that he had accomplished his promise. In the third conversation, Wallace has become better friends with Renault. Wallace says that fighting alongside Bishop Renault has made him less eager to talk to his old friend, because he came to feel that the mercenary was watching him from heaven...
• Vaida- Wallace and Vaida meet, and they immediately begin a bragging match. Wallace and Vaida begin competing in a series of matches, both trying to preserve the honor of their homelands. After a series of matches with different outcomes, they decide to call in Eliwood as an impartial judge. To their dismay, Eliwood ranks them both to be equal. Wallace and Vaida have a brief moment where they compliment each other, before they begin arguing again.
• Wil- Wallace becomes enraged by Wil and his weak physique, so starts training Wil against his will. Wil attempts to escape, but Wallace soon catches up and begins his brutal training campaign, starting by trying to stab Wil with his lance and forcing Wil to dodge each thrust. Wil continues his attempts to avoid Wallace, while Wallace continues his attempts to catch and train him.

Trivia

• When Wallace first joins the group, he is already past Level 10 and has a Knight Crest, so he can automatically be promoted to General class. In fact, the player is required to promote Wallace while playing the Easy Mode.