Shez

A mercenary who wandered Fódlan. Though ordinarily rational, a burning desire sleeps within her. Appears in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Name: Shez Gender: Female Race: Human Height: 170cm Relatives: Unnamed Parents (Deceased), Adoptive Mother (Deceased) Occupation: Mercenary Weapon: Swords </Personal Information> Shez is a tall young woman with light skin, long purple hair and purple eyes. His attires consists of a grey tunic, a red scarf, a brown glove on her left hand, a silver shoulder plate on her left shoulder, black shorts, black long socks and red boots. A bonafide mercenary through-and-through, Shez takes work wherever she can get it, so long as she is properly compensated. While loyal to coin in exchange for their services, Shez states that she will fulfill their contract with an employer and will not leave her current mission even if she is offered a much better deal from another. Her reasoning behind this, according to her support with Petra, is a means to establish integrity to her reputation, thus drawing more people to hire her due to her strong work ethic and determination to finish a job.

Extremely blunt and headstrong, Shez is straightforward with her feelings and is rather open about talking about her thoughts and sharing her past. Her first true connection was with her adoptive mother, whom she remember fondly as she is the one who raised Shez and taught her much of the world. Since her passing, Shez never made any strong connections to others, not even the mercenary group she is first seen with at the start of the Three Hopes story. It is only after enrolling in the Officer's Academy do she start to find true camaraderie in her classmates, mainly with her house leader. By the war phase, she has become one of their house leader's most loyal followers and have come to truly believe in her vision of the future of Fódlan. Unlike Byleth who takes on a more advisory role in her relationship with the house leaders, guiding her through their turmoils, Shez is more of an ardent supporter to them, helping to carve out a path for their goals and protecting them during the heat of battle.

She is not without her faults and quirks as she has a rather terrible sense of direction with her bio even stating that she dislikes reading maps. It is also something of a joke amongst her classmates as she once got into a mock battle after getting lost on her way back to the monastery. Her newfound power after establishing her bond with Arval leads herto be a bit reckless in many situations and formulate outright absurd ideas for the sake of getting stronger. Arval notes that between the annihilation of her mercenary group and her chance encounter with the Church of Seiros, there were at least 22 instances in the span of six months that Arval had to intervene to save the both of them, three of which Shez jumped off a cliff to "get tougher." As noted by Hilda, Shez has a tendency to rush into the thick of battle without hesitation, often leading her into extremely dangerous groups of enemies on a battlefield. Shez admits that part of this is due to her mercenary days as she needed to build prestige and a reputation to draw in clients. Shez was born in a remote mountain village in Leicester, within Ordelia territory. Her biological parents died when she was too young to remember them, and she was subsequently adopted by a woman who raised her to maturity before she passed away as well. Shez turned to a career in mercenary work, eventually entering the service of Captain Berling.

In 1179, after a brief dream about the War of Heroes, Shez takes part in a battle with a rival mercenary company led by Jeralt and the infamous Ashen Demon. Shez's comrades are wiped out, and Shez herself is nearly killed battling Byleth. As Byleth prepares to execute her, Shez suddenly hears a mysterious voice and is granted overwhelming power. However, this new power is still not enough to defeat Byleth, who leaves her alive after Jeralt completes their mission and orders a retreat. Afterwards, Shez collapses and meets the bearer of the voice, Arval, in a vision. Arval explains that they are the only thing keeping Shez alive and that in her current state, she stand no chance against Byleth. Shez vows to become strong enough to exact revenge.

Six months later, while training, she chances upon Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude in the woods being chased by bandits led by Kostas and help the trio. In the aftermath, Shez is dumbfounded to learn that she just rescued the heirs to the three great nations of Fódlan. Alois and the nobles insist that Shez accompany them back to their camp for their reward, where she meets several Officers Academy faculty and students while Alois strongarms Shez to come to Garreg Mach Monastery to be paid her reward.

Afterwards, Shez is taken to the Officers Academy at Garreg Mach Monastery, where she is brought before Archbishop Rhea, who allows her to enroll in the Academy as a student in the Black Eagles, Blue Lions or Golden Deer, with the instructor Jeritza taking charge of Shez's house. Regardless of the house chosen, Shez's monthly mission is to mop up the survivors of Kostas' bandits. As Shez and her companions wipe out the bandits, they discover a captive Officers Academy student and rescue her from both the surviving bandits and an unidentified faction. With the captive student introducing herself as Monica, she then names the librarian Tomas as her abductor, who displays similar powers to the ones granted to Shez by Arval before fleeing arrest.

As Shez and Arval brood over their connection to the mysterious group, depending on the class chosen, Shez either assists with the coup in Adrestia, helps resolve a succession crisis in Faerghus, or repels an attempted Almyran invasion of Leicester, and Edelgard, Dimitri or Claude convinces Shez to accept a post as an officer in their respective militaries. Shez uses swords as her main weapons. She also have great reflexs thanks to her experience as a mercenary.