Petrine

Petrine
Species	Beorc/Laguz Hybrid
Class	Paladin
Affiliation	Daein
Hair color	Green
Weaponry	Flame Lance
Base	Daein
Debut	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Petrine is a major antagonist of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance in service of Daein.

Background

Petrine was one of The Branded, meaning she had mixed beorc and laguz blood. The symbol near her chest may be her Branded mark. Despite this stigma, she became a high-ranking warrior of Daein's army (likely since Daein judged their people solely by strength under Ashnard's rule) and one of the Four Riders of Daein. Petrine was very hot-headed and commanded great fear from her followers as she was willing to kill any followers who displeased her. However, Petrine was quite nervous around her master, Ashnard, in the same way her followers feared her. She was more casual with the Black Knight, however.

In Path of Radiance, she initially was seen in "Chapter 5: Flight!", leading the Daein forces in pursuit of Crimea's Princess Elincia, who was being protected by the Greil Mercenaries. Ashnard has assigned the Goldoan girl Ena to work as Petrine's tactician. Petrine was initially disgusted at having a young girl as her tactician, but she soon came to believe in Ena's abilities. Petrine eventually moved in to kill the Greil Mercenaries at an old fortress in "Chapter 7: Shades of Evil". However, she was distracted when Greil himself stepped up and challenged her to battle, luring her into fighting away from the other mercenaries to protect them from her. Eventually Gallian reinforcements arrived and scared away Petrine's troops. Petrine herself remained, seemingly determined to take on the Gallians, the mercenaries and Greil all by herself, but she eventually retreated when the Black Knight stepped in and commanded her to.

Petrine was later in charge of the Daein forces, but she was often frustrated with Shiharam and Naesala, the officers working under her. Shiharam was later killed in battle (but his soldier Haar remained in Petrine's unit in an attempt to kill Petrine, whom he blamed for Shiharam's death), while Naesala left, as the Crimean Liberation Army advanced through Daein. However, Petrine was kept informed on the Crimeans' movements through Nasir, their spy in the Crimean Army. Nasir was eventually able to bring them Lehran's Medallion, the item which Ashnard had sought. Petrine then left for the Crimean capital, where Ashnard had taken up residence, to deliver it to him. Ena was left in charge of the Daein capital, as both it and Ena were considered worthless to Ashnard. As for Petrine, she later sent her men out to capture Ena after she escaped the Crimean Liberation Army, and Petrine had orders to kill her.

Petrine was also assigned to defend Riven Bridge. Her men clashed with the Crimean Liberation Army in "Chapter 23: The Great Bridge" in order to prevent them from advancing into Crimea. However, she failed and was killed in the ensuing battle. In her dying words, she expressed great fear and called out for Ashnard to forgive her.

Trivia

• Petrine is playable in the Trial Map mode of Path of Radiance. She is unlocked by completing the game seven times.
• Petrine has an in-built Support bonus with Ashnard with protects her from critical attacks when Ashnard is nearby.