Vanessa

Vanessa Artwork of Vanessa from The Sacred Stones. A sincere, honest, and honorable pegasus knight of Frelia.

Gender Female Race Human Family Syrene (older sister) Unnamed father Unnamed mother Nationality Frelian Starting class Pegasus Knight Voiced by Apphia Yu (English, Heroes) Sachika Misawa (Japanese, Heroes) Appearance(s) The Sacred Stones Heroes

“	When you face a difficult circumstance, your true self emerges. [...] I've always respected your strength, and wished for some of it myself.	”	— Syrene talking about Vanessa in her A support

Vanessa (Japanese: ヴァネッサ Vanessa) is a pegasus knight who appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. She hails from Frelia, and is the younger sister of Syrene. She is quite loyal to her country, and harbors a crush on her prince, Innes.

Biography

Vanessa with the Frelian royal heirs and her sister, Syrene.

Vanessa grew up in Frelia, alongside her parents and her older sister Syrene. When her father collapsed one day, she was the only one to remain level-headed and gathered nuts to sell at the village for medicine, which led to his recovery and was part of what inspired Syrene to join the knights of Frelia. Looking up to her sister in turn, Vanessa became determined to become a pegasus knight as well—while she also longed to practice magic, she gave up on the idea once she found she lacked the talent to pursue the craft.

She eventually did join the pegasus knights of Frelia with her pegasus Titania, working her way up to becoming captain, as well as one of King Hayden's most trusted vassals. After the fall of Renais, she was one of the soldiers ordered to accompany Princess Eirika to Renvall, alongside Moulder and Gilliam. She would continue to fight alongside the soldiers of Renais during their campaign against Grado and, eventually, the Demon King. During this time, she joined back up with Syrene and was given a battle amulet of the war god Fale from her father, which he had been unable to give himself due to her sudden leave.

After the war, Vanessa returned to Frelia to continue her duties as a pegasus knight. Depending on which connections she strengthened during the war, she either vowed to always remain with her sister, married the cavalier Forde, or moved into Castle Frelia and eventually raised a child with Innes.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Role

Vanessa is a playable character. She joins automatically at the end of Chapter 1. On Easy Mode, she is used as the tutorial for Pegasus Knights, Rescue, and Move Again during Chapter 2. She is also able to recruit Syrene during Chapter 17.

Starting stats and growth rates

Pegasus Knight
Level	1
Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 1, automatically at the end of the chapter

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	17	Luck	4
Strength	5	Defense	6
Skill	7	Resistance	5
Speed	11	Constitution	5
Movement	7	Aid	15

Max HP	50%	Luck	50%
Strength	35%	Defense	20%
Skill	55%	Resistance	30%
Speed	60%

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Inventory
Slim Lance  Javelin  Vulnerary
Weapon Levels -- D -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Falcoknight	+5	+2	+0	+2	+0	+2	+2	+1	+1	--	E, + 40
Wyvern Knight	+3	+2	+1	+2	+0	+1	+1	+4	+1	Pierce	+40

Analysis

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

Vanessa is a level 1 Pegasus Knight who joins in Chapter 2. Vanessa is the only flier available until Tana in Chapter 9, and is the only unit capable of providing flying utility until then. As a flier, Vanessa can ignore most terrain, and can rescue most units to carry them over such terrain. For example, in Chapter 2, she can rescue Ross to bring him to Eirika over the mountain range, and can visit the Pure Water village in the bottom left corner of the map.

Vanessa has high base speed and decent base strength, allowing her to contribute early on in combat. The low quality of enemies in The Sacred Stones allows her to gain experience through combat quickly. However, Vanessa does not have particularly high HP or defense and cannot usually withstand multiple attacks; bow-users will deal effective damage and will typically be able to kill her in one shot, though her bow weakness can be negated with the Fili Shield. Her strength is also problematic, with neither her base nor growth being particularly high.

As a Pegasus Knight, Vanessa promotes with an Elysian Whip, the first of which can be obtained in Chapter 8, by which time Vanessa can reliably reach level 10. Promoting Vanessa does not come at the expense of other fliers, as Cormag has an Elysian Whip in his inventory, and they can be obtained in a Secret Shop in Chapter 14. Her ability to fly over terrain will make her very useful for the game's terrain-heavy maps. This is especially notable in Eirika's route, where her only competition for her flying utility before Cormag joins in chapter 13 is Tana, who joins at a lower level with worse stats than a trained Vanessa.

Vanessa has the option to promote to Falcon Knight or Wyvern Knight. While Falcon Knight gives Vanessa access to E-rank swords and has better defensive stats, Wyvern Knight improves her constitution by 4 instead of 1, improving her attack speed in more cases. Vanessa's base constitution is very low, and she will be weighed down by most weapons, particularly lances; promoting her to Wyvern Knight mitigates the problem. Falcon Knight Vanessa can wield swords to work around her lower constitution, but swords pair poorly with Vanessa's aforementioned strength issues, with the higher constitution making it easier for her to use strong but heavy weapons like the Steel Lance. Wyvern Knight also grants Vanessa the Pierce skill, which gives her a chance to make an attack that ignores the enemy's defense. While sword access will help Vanessa against axe users, the low weapon rank greatly hinders their usefulness, and if she wants weapon triangle advantage she can equip an Axereaver.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article: Vanessa/Heroes

There is one variation of Vanessa available in Heroes.

Personality

Vanessa is a sincere, serious girl. She does her best when fighting, but according to Syrene she is too serious. She is slightly shy, and has a crush on Prince Innes. She envies her older sister Syrene, because she thinks that Syrene is better all around, showing that Vanessa seems to have little self-confidence. However, according to Syrene, she has a great deal of "inner fortitude". Although she acts serious, when talking, she seems to relax and be able to act less nervous. According to Forde, her "energy" is warm and refreshing.

When her father fell ill, she was the first to act even when her mother and Syrene didn't know what to do, selling nuts to buy medicine which helped save her father. Vanessa seems to be rather high in the ranks of Frelia, since she attended King Hayden's birthday ceremony, and Innes still remembers Vanessa first joining the pegasus knights.

Supports

Main article: Vanessa/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Vanessa, Dutiful Rider
She remained on active duty as an airborne knight in Frelia's army. Her beauty and determination became the standard to which her fellow knights aspired.

Innes and Vanessa
At Innes's request, Vanessa moved into Castle Frelia where she continued her duties as a knight of the realm. Thereafter, they had a child and lived happily with the blessing of all around them.

Forde and Vanessa
Forde's love for Vanessa grew after the war, and although she loved him as well, she placed her duty to Frelia first. Undeterred, Forde moved to Frelia himself. Over time, the two were wed.

Syrene and Vanessa
Sisters Syrene and Vanessa returned to Frelia after the war for a long-overdue talk. They talked of love and war, of friends now gone. Together, they renewed their bond as siblings and vowed never to let that bond fail.

Quotes

Death quote

“	Please... Forgive me...	”	— Death quote

Final Chapter quote

“	Please, let everyone come through this unscathed...	”	— Vanessa

Heroes quotes

Main article: Vanessa/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Vanessa is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Vanessa
	Dutiful Rider, Vanessa
		"It is my duty to protect you at any cost!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 30	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Falcoknight		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Escort Duty: [Activate] [Once per turn] [Reveal a card from your hand and stack it on top of your Deck] Move any number of allies. Javelin: [Activate] [] Until the end of this turn, this unit gains range 1-2.
	Card #B11-008HN • Artist: 40hara
	Diligent Pegasus Knight, Vanessa
		"I shall prove myself worthy of the honor of your trust."
		Attack: 30	Support: 30	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Pegasus Knight		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Winged Deliverer: [Activate] [] Choose an ally, and move it. Flying Emblem: [Support] You may choose one ally that is not the attacking unit, and move it.
	Card #B11-009N • Artist: 40hara
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Vanessa .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Sacred Stones	A sincere, honest, and honorable pegasus knight of Frelia.	フレリア王国に仕える　天馬騎士 生真面目な性格

Trivia

• Despite the fact that Tana and Vanessa can perform the Triangle Attack together (along with Syrene, who happens to be able to have a support with Tana), Tana and Vanessa cannot support with each other.
• Her pegasus is named Titania, coincidentally the same English as Titania, a character in Path of Radiance, though the character from Path of Radiance is named Tiamat in the Japanese version.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Vanessa	A name invented by Jonathan Swift for his student, Esther Vanhomrigh. The name was created by combining the "Van" of Vanhomrigh and "Essa", a pet name for Esther.
Japanese	ヴァネッサ	Officially romanized as Vanessa.
Spanish	Vanessa	--
French	Vanessa	--
German	Vanessa	--
Italian	Vanessa	--
Portuguese	Vanessa	--
Traditional Chinese	凡妮莎	Vanessa

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Pegasus Knight Falcoknight Wyvern Knight Lance Sword Lance Lance

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Vanessa from The Sacred Stones.

Battle animations

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  Vanessa attacking with a lance as a Pegasus Knight in The Sacred Stones.
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  Vanessa performing a critical hit with a lance as a Pegasus Knight in The Sacred Stones.

CG images

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  CG image of Innes, Tana, Vanessa, and Syrene in The Sacred Stones.

Portraits

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  Portrait of Vanessa from The Sacred Stones prototype.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.
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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.
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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.
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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.
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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.
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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.
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  Artwork of Vanessa: Dutiful Rider.

Other artwork

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  Artwork featuring Vanessa released on the third day of A Hero Rises 2024.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Vanessa.
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  Artwork of Vanessa.
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  Celebratory artwork of Vanessa.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.