Ilyana

Wandering Sage
Ilyana
Species	Beorc
Class	FE 9/FE 10 Mage/Thunder Mage
Promotion	FE 9 Sage FE 10 Thunder Sage Arch Sage
Affiliation	Crimean Liberation Army
Hair color	Purple
Eye color	Purple
Debut	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Ilyana is a playable unit in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and its sequel, Radiant Dawn. She was a mage with strange health problems, and was frail and sickly.

Background

Ilyana 's most common symptoms were great hunger pains. Ilyana usually ate about five helpings of food, but remained at the same light weight. Her hunger would quickly return after eating, and if she was not fed soon she would pass out for a while. When she lived in her hometown, the people there were able to take care of her. Ilyana eventually set off on her own, but she was all alone and could not find work. Luckily, a traveling caravan of merchants led by Muston found her by the side of the road and saved her life. She began traveling with them afterwards.

Four years after she met Muston's group, Ilyana was separated from the merchants near Gallia during the war between Crimea and Daein. Daein soldiers found Ilyana and accused her of being a Crimean refugee. They drafted Ilyana into their forces and threatened to kill her if she refused. Ilyana then joined the Daein soldiers in an attack on a fortress where the Greil Mercenaries were stationed in "Chapter 8: Hope and Despair". However, after talking to Ike and learning that Muston's merchants were now traveling with the Greil Mercenaries, she switched sides to help the mercenaries. Even though Ike noted that she seemed to be sick from the rain, Ilyana insisted that she could help in the battle.

Ilyana stayed with the Greil Mercenaries for the remainder of her war. She was noted for her eating habits and became notorious among the men for luring men into buying her food with her looks in order to ease her hunger pains, but then she would not remember their names afterwards. After the war, Ilyana left with the merchants to travel to Daein, and she hoped that they had packed enough food.

Three years later, Ilyana and Aimee were arrested by the occupying Begnion forces with no reason given while traveling Daein. They were later freed by the Dawn Brigade, was they shared a prison cell with Micaiah, the Dawn Bridgade's leader, in "Chapter 3: A Faint Light" of "Part 1: Silver Haired Maiden". To show their gratitude, the merchants began traveling with the Dawn Brigade after the battle, and Ilyana joined them in every battle. The merchants then parted ways with the Dawn Brigade following "Endgame: Daein, Arise!"

Not long afterwards, Ike called the merchant convoy in to help the Laguz Alliance Army in "Part 3: Intersecting Vows". The merchants arrived at the end of "Chapter 1: Laguz and Beorc". Ilyana began fighting alongside the Laguz Alliance Army in "Chapter 3: Stormclouds". She also befriended Heather when she saw that Heather liked to feed her, and made sure she would remember her name. Due to the nature of war, she faced many of her former allies in the Daein army in "Chapter 7: Rivals Collide", including Sothe and Micaiah. However, Ilyana could convince Zihark to switch over to their side if they had a Bond Support transferred from Path of Radiance.

Following the war, Ilyana continued traveling with the merchant caravan. The ending predicted that "Somewhere, right now, she is hungry."

Support Conversation Summaries

In Path of Radiance, Ilyana is capable of having Support conversations with five other characters.

• Gatrie- In the first conversation, Gatrie tries talking to Ilyana, but she doesn't notice him talking for a while. She eventually introduces herself, but she leaves just as Gatrie begins bragging about his accomplishments. In the second conversation, Gatrie tries offering her several gifts, but she seems unimpressed with them and leaves once again. In the final conversation, Ilyana is not interested in Gatrie's latest gift and Gatrie mentions he was hoping she was, so he could take her out for dinner. Ilyana then says she would love to have dinner with him. She tries to remember Gatrie's name and at the same time looks forward to the delicious food.
• Lucia- Lucia comes across Ilyana and notes how adorable she is, but also shows concern for Ilyana's frail body. Ilyana starts to faint from hunger, so Lucia takes her back to her tent and, at Ilyana's demand, brings her food and decides to bring her something big and hearty to give her strength. In the next conversation, Lucia tries to have Ilyana undergo running exercises and after Ilyana is tired out, Lucia suggests a water break but Ilyana instead wants a meal similar to the last one. Lucia agrees but says she'll have to run for it. In the final conversation, Ilyana comes to Lucia starving after having five helpings of food. Lucia realizes that something is really wrong with Ilyana, but she decides not to abandon Ilyana and instead to help her. Ilyana agrees, saying she wants to be with Lucia because she's beautiful and strong and makes good meals. Lucia decides to whip up another meal for Ilyana but has her promise to train hard.
• Mia- In the first conversation, Ilyana catches Mia by surprise. After initially trying to battle Ilyana, Mia then notes that Ilyana looks weak and frail, and decided to keep an eye on her. In the next conversation, Mia questions Ilyana rigorously about her state of health and decides to follow her to continue looking after her. In the final conversation, Mia accidentally steps on Ilyana when Ilyana is lying hungry on the ground. Ilyana attempts to eat Mia's foot, which causes Mia to panic and shout out for someone to bring her food.
• Mordecai- Mordecai meets with Ilyana and becomes concerned about her skinny and weak-looking body. He asks Ilyana if the enemy would tear her to shreds with her paper-thing body, but Ilyana say she was ready if that happened. Mordecai does not agree with this and decides to protect her. In the second conversation, Ilyana compliments Mordecai's strength as he lifts crates and asks her how he could carry all those. Mordecai tells her he gets strong through big meals, and Ilyana says she doesn't have money to buy her own meals so Mordecai gives her his own gold. In the final conversation, Mordecai is impressed by all the food Ilyana had eaten, but she was still skinny. This led Mordecai to compare her with a squirrel, and Ilyana laughed at the comparison, but Mordecai seems to seriously think she was a squirrel laguz and asks her when she hibernates.
• Zihark- In the first conversation, Ilyana asks Zihark about the contents of his bag, smelling something delicious in there. He says he has some dried meat in there, and Ilyana expresses interest in it, but Zihark recalls the roast rabbit he recently saw her consuming and leaves. Ilyana realizes she should have told him she was starving and about to collapse from hunger pains. In the second conversation, Ilyana comes to Zihark while hungry again, and they discuss the large amount of food Ilyana ate at dinner. He then decides to leave, and Ilyana asks him if he forgot something, but he does not think he did and leaves. Ilyana notes that Zihark was the only person who didn't share food with her. In the final conversation, Zihark tells Ilyana that he knows about how she always lures men in with her cute face and then has them by her food but doesn't remember their names afterwards. Ilyana says its because she falls into comas when she gets too hungry, but Zihark tells her she should at least remember their names if she has ulterior motives. Ilyana apologizes, and Zihark decides to buy her dinner because he feels bad about preaching to her. Ilyana then finds she can't remember her name, but Zihark then tells her.