Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn/Characters

There are a variety of characters throughout the game, each one has thier own strengths and weaknesses. However, if one dies, you cannot play as that character for the rest of the game, and if that character is the main one, you lose the game.

Part one
The Dawn brigade are the group you control in part one. Thier mission is to free Daein from begnion's control. to do this they search for Prince Pellaes, the son of the mad king Ashnard. Thier group consists of Sothe, Micaiah, Nolan, Edward and Leonardo. Eventually they become the Daein liberation army.

Micaiah

 * Class: Light mage --> Light sage --> Light priestess
 * Starting level: 1
 * Strengths: Micaiah is the only light mage, She has good magic and speed and is the best healer to use in her chapter's during part 3.
 * Weaknesses: She, like the rest of the dawn brigade, has very low defence and, to begin with, won't double attack anything.
 * Summary: 6/10
 * Description: A good strong unit whom you are forced to use, making it vital you train her up so that your other units won't have to get the burden of protecting her. She automatically promotes just before the endgame of part 4 and just after the endgame of part 1.

Edward

 * Class: Myrmidon --> SwordMaster --> True Blade
 * Starting level: 4
 * Strengths: Like all Myrmidon's, Edward has very good Speed and skill
 * Weaknesses: Like all Myrmidon's, Edward has low strength and low Defence. Meaning that he won't kill anything. He also lacks the time to level up, wheras the other Myrmidon's do have time.
 * Usefullness: 4/10
 * Summary: Edward is the average myrmidon in every aspect. But this is used against him as he has to be used to defend Leonardo, Micaiah and Laura which puts him in harms way, because of this, he is easily killed. This can be a hassle however, as he is needed to help defend micaiah in the part 3 chapters which he can be played in.

Leonardo

 * Class: Archer --> Sniper --> Marksman
 * Starting Level: 4
 * Strengths: Leonardo isn't too bad when it comes to strength or skill, but his best stat lies in his resistance. Unlike both Edward and Nolan, Leonardo easily caps resistance making him effective against mages. He never gets the resistance of a mage, but he's better in that aspect than non-magic users.
 * Weaknesses: Leonardo is incredibly slow, he never double attacks anything around his level which severly limits the damage he can cause. He's also quite fragile, with hp and defence close to Micaiah's and to add insult to injury he is vulnerable to melee attacks for the majority of the game.
 * Usefulness: 2/10
 * Summary: One of the worst units in the game, but still neccessary to help micaiah in part 3. After this, he becomes severely outclassed by all the other beorc units.

Nolan

 * Class: Fighter --> Warrior --> Reaver
 * Starting level: 9
 * Strengths: one of the best in the dawn brigade. Decent defence and Hp - something all the others lack. He can easily hold his own in a fight and can deal quite a bit of damage to the nemy at the same time.
 * Weaknesses: Although his defence is good, it's still below the level you'd want it to be. He will need to be healed from time to time, just not as much as the others.
 * Usefulness: 5/10
 * Summary: Vital if you want to survive Micaiah's chapter's in part 3 and does become a good character to use in part 4 if he's levelled up enougth.

Laura

 * Class: Priest --> Bishop --> Saint
 * Starting level: 1
 * Strengths: Because she's the only healer in part one, you will use her. She'll level up and become quite a decent priest, healing enougth to allow your units to survive.
 * Weaknesses: She doesn't fully heal Sothe or Nolan - the characters that will be taking the most of the forces down, and she comes in so         under-levelled that she doesn't promote unless you waste a master seal on her.
 * Usefulness: 2/10
 * Summary: You'll only use her in part one, but she is neccessary to complete it.

Sothe

 * Class: Rogue --> Whisper
 * Starting level: 1
 * Strengths: He easily maxes strength and because he's a rogue, he has very good speed and skill. He's already promoted, making him have good defence and hp.
 * Weaknesses: Hard to level up before his automatic promotion and his defence levels start to drop in comparison with others in later levels.
 * Usefulness: 6/10
 * Summary: Arguably the Jeigen of this game, his high stats are very useful throughout Micaiah's chapter's.