Ranulf

Ranulf
; Artwork of Ranulf from Path of Radiance. A member of the cat clan of the beast tribe laguz. His keen intellect and friendly demeanor often earn him tasks dealing with the beorc. He has a deep friendship with Ike.
Gender	Male
Race	Laguz (cat)
Nationality	Gallian
Starting class	Beast Tribe (Cat) (Path of Radiance); Cat (Radiant Dawn);
Voiced by	Ed Bednarzik; (English, Radiant Dawn); Armen Taylor; (English, Heroes); Tatsuhisa Suzuki; (Japanese, Radiant Dawn, Heroes);
Appearance(s)	Path of Radiance; Radiant Dawn; Heroes;

Ranulf (pronounced /⁠ˈrɑːnʌlf⁠/^[key]^[3]; Japanese: ライ Lay) is a main character in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, being one of the king of Gallia's right hand men. He guides Ike and his mercenaries through the earlier part of their journey. He does not become playable until Chapter 23. In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, he is second-in-command of the Gallian army, being in charge of the safety of the leader, Skrimir, the king's nephew.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Role

This section has been marked as a stub. Please help improve the page by adding information.

Starting stats and growth rates

Beast Tribe (Cat)

Level	9
Attribute
Build	9»24

Recruitment: Chapter 23, automatically from preparations

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	46	Speed	17»20
Strength	19»25	Luck	13
Magic	4»4	Defense	17»22
Skill	17»21	Resistance	6»9
Movement	7»9	Weight	24»39

Max HP	130%	Speed	55%
Strength	50%	Luck	35%
Magic	0%	Defense	35%
Skill	55%	Resistance	20%

{{{content3}}}

{{{content4}}}

{{{content5}}}

{{{content6}}}

{{{content7}}}

{{{content8}}}

{{{content9}}}

{{{content10}}}

{{{content11}}}

{{{content12}}}

{{{content13}}}

{{{content14}}}

{{{content15}}}

Inventory

Skills

Claw

Elixir

--

Weapon Levels
	--		--		--		--
	--		--		--		--

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Ranulf is the latter of two playable cat laguz. He has good base stats all around, only having low resistance and being weak to fire magic. When transformed, he has enough strength, skill, and speed to one-round most units, excellent mobility, and solid physical bulk. As a laguz unit, he is permanently restricted to 1-range combat, so his enemy phase is limited. He also cannot use forges. His laguz gauge takes two turns to fill, where he can contribute via shoving or rescuing, then transform early enough when the main bulk of combat begins. He can circumvent his gauge with a Demi Band, though that is only recommended after he detransforms due to lowering his offensive stats.

Ranulf has excellent offensive growths, growing well in strength, skill, and speed, ensuring he remains offensively powerful through the rest of the game. His defensive growths are mediocre, so he will remain weak to magic. He is generally outclassed by other paladins in the long run, but he has a niche of being able to shove and having full ground mobility through forests and mountains.

Ranulf has no skills at base. He can make use of Smite due to his good untransformed movement, though the laguz tigers have higher weights and make better use of it. Wrath and Adept complement Ranulf's bulk and offense, though due to lack of 2-range, they're skills better used on beorc units. An Occult is not recommended as Roar is not a practical skill.

Ranulf has a wind affinity, giving a light accuracy and avoid boost. Ike is his strongest support option, giving a massive avoid boost with his earth affinity; however, Ike has several other partners that benefit more than Ranulf does. Mordecai gives a +1 boost to attack and defense, though it does not complement Ranulf's affinity. Lethe is his weakest support option despite being the same class, as she only gives accuracy which neither unit needs.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Role

This section has been marked as a stub. Please help improve the page by adding information.

Starting stats and growth rates

Cat

Level	26
Affinity
Constitution	9»14

Recruitment: Part III, Chapter 4, automatically from preparations

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	55	Speed	15»30
Strength	14»28	Luck	23
Magic	6»12	Defense	13»26
Skill	16»32	Resistance	10»20
Movement	7»9	Weight	14»34

Max HP	70%	Speed	35%
Strength	30%	Luck	55%
Magic	15%	Defense	15%
Skill	40%	Resistance	10%

{{{content3}}}

{{{content4}}}

{{{content5}}}

{{{content6}}}

{{{content7}}}

{{{content8}}}

{{{content9}}}

{{{content10}}}

{{{content11}}}

{{{content12}}}

{{{content13}}}

{{{content14}}}

{{{content15}}}

Inventory

Skills

Claw

Satori Sign

Concoction

Olivi Grass

Shove

Weapon Levels
	--		--		--		--		--		A
	--		--		--		--		--		--

Biorhythm
Best
Good
Normal
Bad
Worst

Note: The above stats are Ranulf's default stats. If a Radiant Dawn game was started via a data transfer from Path of Radiance and Ranulf managed to reach level 20 in his highest possible class in the Path of Radiance save file, any stat Ranulf capped in Path of Radiance will result in a boost to his base in the stat in question in Radiant Dawn. The boost is a +5 for max HP, and +2 for strength, magic, skill, speed, luck, defense or resistance. See Data transfer § Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for more information.

Ranulf can cap HP, skill, and defense via level-up and stat-boosting items; however, he cannot gain enough points to cap any other stats, and thus cannot legitimately obtain a boost in those other stats.

Availability

Part I												Part II					Part III															Part IV
P	1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9	E	P	1	2	3	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	Endgame
						1	2																															1	2	3	4	5
																	N				R	U		R	R		R	R		E	R			A			A	S	S	S	S	S
Legend R: Required for deployment A: Available for deployment E: Appears as an enemy unit N: Appears as an NPC unit P: Appears as a partner unit S: Available if selected into the relevant army F: Joins after preparations U: Cannot be deployed, but inventory can be managed

See Availability chart/Radiant Dawn for more details on availability.

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Ranulf is a cat laguz that is playable in Ike's group starting 3-4 and is forced into the party for some Part III chapters. He has solid base strength, skill, speed, and defense when transformed, able to reliably one-round most enemy units with good durability. He has excellent mobility, with less restricted movement through many forms of terrain, most notably, ledges which are prevalent throughout Part III. As a laguz unit, he only has 1-range combat, so his enemy phase is limited. As a cat laguz, his strike weapons are among the weakest in the game, and his laguz gauge depletes incredibly quickly. This means to stay transformed, he must spend most turns using olivi grasses, severely limiting his player phase actions. Path of Radiance Ranulf does not cap any stats on average, though it is barely possible for him to cap strength which significantly benefits Radiant Dawn Ranulf as it is effectively a +4 strength boost. This is unrealistic though.

Ranulf has a respectable skill and luck growth for a laguz unit; he can cap skill relatively quickly, allowing him to fix his other stats. Though his strength and speed growths are average at best, he is fast enough to double most enemy units at base, and boosting his strike rank is more significant than leveling strength. His defensive growths are extremely low even for a laguz, so through lategame he will struggle with durability, further limiting his enemy phase. Ranulf is forced onto Tibarn's team, which works well for him as there are many forest tiles he can run through. For endgame, Laguz Gems are available which fixes Ranulf's cat gauge issues. While he is fast enough to double most units, his weaker strength and resistance cap limit him.

Ranulf is 4 levels from being able to use a Satori Sign to learn Rend, which boosts his offense. With his excellent speed, he makes good use of Quickclaw, Adept, or Resolve. Pass takes advantage of his solid ground and ledge mobility, which is invaluable especially on chapter 3-4 and Part IV.

Ranulf has a wind affinity which gives a light accuracy and avoid boost. His class as a cat makes it difficult for him to find proper support partners as other cat laguz are not practical units. Ike is a good partner for Ranulf as both units are forced in numerous chapters, get a significant avoid boost, and already have an innate bond support, but Ike has more valuable partners. Mounted beorc units like Oscar and Titania work well due to similar movement, though they generally have better options.

Fire Emblem Engage

Role

Ranulf appears as an equippable Bond Ring. He can be summoned using Ike's Emblem Ring.

Bond Ring data

Stat modifiers
Ring level	HP	Str	Def
C	+2	+0	+0
B	+2	+0	+1
A	+2	+1	+1
S	+5	+1	+1

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article: Ranulf/Heroes

There are two different variations of Ranulf available in Heroes.

Personality

This section has been marked as a stub. Please help improve the page by adding information.

Ranulf is a playful and cheerful character along with being very bright and intelligent. He is also a rather easy-going laguz and will forgive. For example, he forgave Ike in Path of Radiance for calling laguz "sub-humans", as Ranulf realized Ike did not know much about the laguz.

Supports

Path of Radiance

Main article: Ranulf/Supports (Path of Radiance)|Ranulf/Supports (Path of Radiance)}}

Ranulf
Beast Tribe (Cat)

Ike
Ranger

C: 1
B: 2
A: 3

Lethe
Beast Tribe (Cat)

C: 1
B: 2
A: 3

Mordecai
Beast Tribe (Tiger)

C: 1
B: 2
A: 3

See Support § Path of Radiance for more details on supports.

Radiant Dawn

Bond supports

Ranulf Cat	Default bonds:
	Ike	Hero Bonus: 5	[[{{{supportd2}}}]]	Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusd2}}}	[[{{{supportd3}}}]]	Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusd3}}}	[[{{{supportd4}}}]]	Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusd4}}}
	Extra bonds:*
	Lethe	Cat Bonus: 5	Mordecai	Tiger Bonus: 5	[[{{{supporte3}}}]]	Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse3}}}	[[{{{supporte4}}}]]	Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse4}}}	[[{{{supporte5}}}]]	Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuse5}}}

See Support § Radiant Dawn for more details on supports.

Endings

Radiant Dawn

Ranulf, Friend of Nations
Ranulf was often run ragged by advising the new king. While he winced at his duties, Ranulf still indulged Skrimir.

Ranulf, Friend of Nations (if Ranulf has an A support with Ike)
After seeing Skrimir crowned as king, Ranulf set off on a journey, saying only, "There's so much I haven't seen."

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	I'm feeling ashamed to retreat earlier than Ike, but...	”	— An unused quote intended to be Ranulf's escape quote in Path of Radiance.

“	Callum: So sub-human. Are you worried about your general? Ranulf: You bet I'm worried! Without us looking after him, who knows what kind of trouble that hothead might get himself into! You can see we're in a big hurry. Get out of my way, or I'll move you. Painfully. Callum: Never! If you wish to reach the top, you must "move" me. Do your best sub-human.	”	— Ranulf, when fighting Callum in Part III, Chapter 4 of Radiant Dawn.

“	Ranulf: Oh, I thought I smelled you earlier. We just have to stop meeting like this. Black Knight: ... Ranulf: Back in Gallia, in Crimea... We just ran into each other recently, too. I don't know about the others, but I can tell who you are. You have one heck of a stench. Black Knight: ...Enough talk. Prepare yourself. Ranulf: Still won't own up, huh? Fine. If that's the case, I'll just tear your mask off and show everyone myself!	”	— Ranulf, when fighting the Black Knight in Part III, Chapter 7 of Radiant Dawn.

“	Nailah: Hm. I'd always assumed that you cats were weak, but I was wrong. I've been watching you fight this battle. You're really very good. Ranulf: Queen Nailah, while I'm honored to receive praise from you, I'd really rather not fight you. I think I'd much rather run away with my tail tucked firmly between my legs, to be honest. Nailah: Don't be so modest, Ranulf. You'll be a good challenge, I'm sure, and those are rare for me. Ready? Ranulf: Thrown around by Skrimir, cornered by General Zelgius, and now this. Can someone tell me why I always seem to pull the short straw?	”	— Ranulf, when fighting Nailah in Part III, Endgame of Radiant Dawn.

“	Valtome: The so-called queen... Where is that brazen little hussy? Bring her before me! Now! Right away! Immediately! Ranulf: Are you the best Ashera could do? This really is the end of the world.	”	— Ranulf, when fighting Valtome in Part IV, Chapter 2 of Radiant Dawn.

“	Ranulf: I saw the results of your experiments at Gritnea Tower. The mutilated bodies... the rotting flesh... It was the most horrifying experience of my life. I wonder if my nightmares will pass when I kill you? Izuka: How could you not see the importance of my beloved research? That was my life's work! Ranulf: Then it is appropriate that you will pay for those terrible crimes with your life. My long-suffering kinsmen, watch as I destroy your tormentor!	”	— Ranulf, when fighting Izuka in Part IV, Chapter 5 of Radiant Dawn.

Death quotes

“	Ouch... Well, that does it. Sorry, Ike. I'm getting out of here before I become a burden to you.	”	— Ranulf, in Path of Radiance.

“	Ah, this is awful. What am I supposed to do if I can't fight? I'd make a terrible farmer... Blast! Sorry, Ike! I have to withdraw. Stay safe and win!	”	— Ranulf, in the Endgame of Path of Radiance.

“	Ranulf: Ugh... What just happened...? ...Did anybody... see it? Skrimir: Ranulf, you– This battle just started! I demand more of my assistants! Be strong! Get up!	”	— Ranulf, in Part III, Prologue of Radiant Dawn.

“	Sorry, Ike... Please...save Skrimir...	”	— Ranulf, in Part III, Chapter 4 of Radiant Dawn.

“	King Tibarn... It now falls upon you... Please tell Ike I said...th-thank you.	”	— Ranulf's death quote as a playable character in Part III, Chapters 7 to Endgame of Radiant Dawn.

“	Ranulf: Arg! Like being hit... with a mountain... Tibarn: Ranulf! Enough! Get back! I can't let you die! What would I tell King Caineghis and Skrimir? Ranulf: ...I'm sorry, King Tibarn...	”	— Ranulf's defeat quote as an enemy in Part III, Chapter 13, and as a playable character in Part IV, Chapter 2, and Part IV, Chapter 5 of Radiant Dawn.

“	Ike... I'm leaving everything in your hands... With you in command, I know I can be at peace when I...	”	— Ranulf's death quote in Part IV, Endgame (1) onward of Radiant Dawn.

Heroes quotes

Main article: Ranulf/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Ranulf is featured on three cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Ranulf

Warrior of the Gallian Beast Tribe, Ranulf
	"Mr. Enemy, did you prepare me a warm welcome?"
	Attack: 60	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
	Class: Beast Tribe		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: –
	Transform: [Always] While this unit is in the Front Line, this unit gains +10 attack, and can attack enemy units in the Back Lines regardless of range ( This skill becomes active while this unit's stack is at least 2). Ties of the Beast Tribe: [Always] While this unit is supported by a , this unit gains +20 attack.
Card #B03-040R • Artist: Tatsuki Nekoma

Friendly Warrior, Ranulf
	"Eh? I broke through? I like it."
	Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
	Class: Beast Tribe		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: –
	Eye of the Beast: [Always] While this unit battles an enemy unit in the Back Lines, this unit gains +10 attack. Attack Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your attacking unit gains +20 attack.
Card #B03-041N • Artist: Tatsuki Nekoma

Friend of Nations, Ranulf
	"We haven't yet lost this war! This fight will be ours!"
	Attack: 70	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
	Class: Beast Tribe		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: –
	Deputy's Command: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Choose as many allied units in the Front Line as you wish. This turn, the chosen allies can attack enemies in the backlines regardless of range.
Card #B09-083HN • Artist: Senri Kita

Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest.
For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Ranulf.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Radiant Dawn	A member of the cat clan of the beast tribe laguz. His keen intellect and friendly demeanor often earn him tasks dealing with the beorc. He has a deep friendship with Ike.	ガリア王国の獣牙族。明るく人懐こい性格から、ベオクとの交渉事も任されることが多い。グレイル傭兵団のアイクとは親交が深い。
Engage	Hero from beyond Elyos and a beast warrior from Gallia. An easygoing laguz shape-shifter who can become a massive cat. Though he appears laid-back, he's utterly fearless in combat. Appears in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.	異界の英雄で、ガリア王国の獣牙戦士。肉体を化身させて戦う「ラグズ」の一人で巨大な猫に化身する、気さくな性格の青年。一見柔和な人物だが、その実力は高く他の獣牙戦士を率いる部隊長を務める。「蒼炎の軌跡」「暁の女神」

Trivia

According to Tellius Recollection, Ranulf was designed with an apparent age of 23 in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.^[1]^[2]

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ranulf	Scottish form of the Old Norse name Randúlfr, meaning "advice", "decision", and "wolf"; a cognate of Randolf.^[4]
Japanese	ライ	Officially romanized as Lay. Possibly derived from Rai, a title for Hindu royalty and nobility. It is derived from Sanskrit राजा rājā "king".
Spanish	Ranulf	--
French	Ranulf	--
German	Ranulf	--
Italian	Ranulf	--
Portuguese	Ranulf	--
Korean	라이	Lay; used in Engage.
Traditional Chinese	萊伊	Lay