Tormod

Tormod
Species	Beorc
Class	Mage
Promotion	Sage
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Red
Base	Begnion
Debut	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Tormod is a playable unit in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. He was an impetuous youth and angered quickly, especially when it came to taking care of the laguz. At the same time he sought ways to improve his magical prowess.

Background

As an infant, Tormod was orphaned, but he was found and taken in by the laguz Muarim, who raised him as his own child. When he was only a child, he became the leader of the laguz liberation force based in the Grann Desert of Begnion. Together he and Muarim dreamed of a world in which beorcs and laguz lived together peacefully, but those efforts were hampered by Begnion nobles who still kept laguz slaves against the law.

In "Chapter 15: The Feral Frontier" of Path of Radiance, Ike and the Greil Mercenaries defeated Muarim in battle under the orders of Begnion's apostle Sanaki, whom had claimed Muarim was leading a group of bandits. After the battle, Tormod revealed himself in order to protect Muarim and told Ike the truth about their laguz liberation force. Afterwards, Ike decided to have Muarim and Tormod speak before the apostle about the slavery problem. They found Sanaki knew more than they expected to her to, and wanted the mercenaries to act on her behalf in order to protect the Begnion government's image. Tormod and Muarim joined up with Ike's group in the coming battles to shut down the laguz slaveholders.

Afterwards, they remained in Ike's group in the battles to reclaim Crimea as part of the Crimea Liberation Army, simply because they wanted to help Ike. When the war ended, Tormod and Muarim returned to the Grann Desert in order to meet with their friends there and begin telling stories about the adventure.

Support Conversation Summaries

Tormod is capable of having Support conversations with four other characters.

• Calill-
• Devdan- Devdan and Tormod are assigned to take care of the weapons, and Devdan arrives abruptly, startling Tormod. Tormod complains about having to do chores but Devdan says it will be useful to know about a variety of weapons on the battlefield. In the next conversation, Devdan comes to Tormod when he is wounded and waiting for a healer, but Devdan says he cannot always depend on others and should learn how to take care of himself. Devdan then decides to demonstrate how. In the final conversation, Tormod is depressed, thinking his powers are useless, and he is not even startled by Devdan's sudden arrival. Devdan manages to cheer Tormod up by reminding him of how he felt when first wielding magic and told him to focus on the attitude of becoming stronger and protecting others. Devdan tells Tormod that in exchange he gives Devdan hope that there's always something worth fighting for.
• Reyson-
• Sothe- In the first conversation, Tormod attempts to become friendly with Sothe by complimenting his maneuvers on the battlefield and mentioning they are around the same age, but Sothe remains cold to him. In the second conversation, Tormod directly suggests they become friends. Sothe refuses, but Tormod says he'll treat him like a friend regardless. In the third conversation, Sothe asks Tormod why he insists on becoming friends. Tormod says it is because Muarim was unhappy that Tormod did not have any beorc friends (if Muarim was killed in battle, Tormod says it is to honor his memory). After hearing this, Sothe decides to befriend him so he does not cause grief for his father figure, saying he has someone who is like a parent to him. Tormod is excited and promises to be best friends forever since they have much in common, but Sothe reminds Tormod that thieves are loners and he doesn't need a partner to make noise and mess up his thefts.

Tormod also has an in-built Support bonus with Muarim which increases his chances of delivering a critical hit when Muarim is nearby (and vice-versa).