Alear

Successor to the Divine Dragon, awoken from a long sleep. Summons Emblems to lead the world to peace. Appears in Fire Emblem Engage. Name: Alear Gender: Male Race: Manakete (Pure Fell Dragon (formerly)), Divine Dragon-Fell Dragon Hybrid Age: 1000+ (Chronologically), 17 (Physically) Relatives: Sombron (Father), Unnamed Biological Mother (Deceased), Lumera (Adopted Mother), Veyle (Younger Half-Sister), At least four other siblings (Deceased) Occupation: Prince of Lythos Weapon: Libération </Personal Information> Alear is a man with short multi-colored hair of red and blue. His right eye is red while his left eye is blue. He has fair skin. His attire consists of a white shirt, white jacket and white pants with blue and yellow patterns. He also wears black legplates with white and blue patterns, blue gloves with yellow handplates over them and a cape which the outer side is white while the inner side is red. Despite his amnesia, Alear retains a spirit of positivity and courteousness. When Alfred is on wake-up duty, he describes him as a deep sleeper. Polite as one can expect of a Divine Dragon, Alear warmly greets and interacts with the members of his army and the people of Elyos. Though he lost his memories of Lumera, Alear quickly bonds with her and adopts many of his mother's mannerisms. His journey tests his convictions, and even when near death, Alear refuses to give up and even finds rather unorthodox solutions using the powers of his allies.

Despite his status as a Divine Dragon, Alear does not force people to address him with formalities and his title, preferring that they simply refer to him by name if they want to. At times he is uncomfortable being the object of worship, especially when done in his presence. Nonetheless, he is touched by the people's faith in him and fiercely protective of Elyos itself and its denizens. Likewise, Alear has faith in humanity as a whole and are worth fighting for, especially as he get to know his closest allies in their army.

Alear finds the Corrupted unsettling beyond just a subconscious reaction. Initially, he is terrified of their mere presence, but find enough strength to dispatch them when encountered. After the tragedy at Lythos Castle, Alear takes on the responsibility of his mother's mission as a Divine Dragon for Elyos.

In the past, Alear lived under the hostile environment of being Sombron's child. Having witnessed the deaths of his various siblings, some by Sombron himself, Alear was left a jaded and stoic shell, simply trying to curry whatever favor he could for his father in order to survive. As extensions of his father's will, Alear had an extreme hatred and fear of the Corrupted, knowing that he would likely be the instrument of their demise if he failed his missions set by his father.

It was only due to a chance encounter with the Divine Dragon, Lumera, that Alear was given his first sense of peace, happiness and love. It would be thanks to this encounter and bond that Alear would begin to become more expressive and even openly rebel against his father, leading to Sombron's first defeat.

His youngest sister, Veyle, was the only sibling spared from Sombron's wrath only because she was too young to fight. It was her whom Alear left his dragonstone with, showing a deep level of affection and trust towards her. This would serve as the catalyst that would lead to their reunion 1,000 years later. Despite losing memory of her, Alear and Veyle felt a instant mutual connection, and upon discovering their familial bond, the two became even closer, with Alear expressing implicit trust in her abilities and gently supporting her through her doubts over the people of Elyos' reception of her as a Fell Dragon. Should the past Alear face Veyle in battle, he comments warmly about his Veyle, showing that he still care for her and possibly his fallen siblings.

During his first death, he expressed regret that he could not be a good dragon like Lumera, spurring her to go through the painstaking process of giving him her life essence, turning him into a Divine Dragon in the process. When Alear dies again during the events of Engage, he is once again filled with regret, but his unbreakable spirit convinces the other Emblems to evoke their miracle ritual that saved his life. Alear was born as one of the children of Sombron the Fell Dragon. Sombron fathered numerous children. Nearly all of his children became members of his army with only his youngest, Veyle, spared from this duty for simply being too young to fight by the climax of his war. Sombron showed no affection towards his children and merely viewed them as extensions of his will and a means of accomplishing his goals. He was not afraid to kill them for failure, sometimes leaving them to die to the Corrupted, and in some cases, by his own hand. One of Sombron's children, Alear, was among his most valuable children, being one of his children to have survived the longest and whom he left in possession the Ring of the Hero-King.

By sheer chance, Alear met the Divine Dragon leader Lumera and the two, rather than fight, decided to bond over their mutual loneliness. This bond caused Alear to defect from Sombron's forces and openly rebel against his father. In the final battle, Alear and Lumera are able to deal a decisive blow on Sombron. Before he can be fully sealed away, however, Sombron musters a final attack, mortally wounding Alear.

Though sealed away, Sombron's influence on Elyos remained with a small cult devoted to him lead by Zephia formed to revive Sombron in the future. Veyle was later captured and put into suspended animation until one day she could be used for Sombron's plans.

Alear was put into a deep slumber for 1000 years to recover from his wounds. Housed in the Somniel, over a thousand years, the people of Elyos would worship Alear as the Divine Dragon. Most royal families would be granted permission to visit him as he slept and he was regularly attended by at least 33 generations of stewards dedicated to protecting and serving Alear when he would eventually awaken.

Alear awakens after a thousand years to the surprise of the current Stewards: Clanne, Framme and Vander. He discovered that he has lost all memories of his past. The news of his awakening spurs his Stewards to take him to Lythos Castle to inform Queen Lumera of his awakening. En route to the castle they are ambushed by corpse soldiers known as the Corrupted. Though Alear is able to deal with a portion of the enemies, they nearly overwhelm him before a massive white dragon destroys the remaining Corrupted. The dragon assumes the form of a woman who identifies herself as Lumera, Queen of Lythos and Alear's mother. At the castle, Lumera is overjoyed by his awakening but is heartbroken to hear that he have lost his memory.

In hopes of spurring his memory, Lumera spars with Alear and teaches him about Engaging with the Emblem Rings, with Alear evoking the Ring of the Hero-King, the Ring with the spirit of the Hero-King Marth. Alear is able to defeat Lumera, and as a reward, she gifts him Libération. Afterwards, Lumera attempts to give Alear a ring, a gift she had promised to give to him shortly before they went into his thousand year slumber. Unable to recall this promise, Alear asks her to hold onto the ring until he can remember. That night, Alear is awoken by a sudden attack on Lythos castle. Elusia, one of the nations of Elyos, raids the Ring Vault in the castle, stealing most of the Emblem Rings. As luck would have it, Prince Alfred of Firene had just arrived in Lythos with his retainers to request aid, joining Alear's forces in turn. As the Elusian forces leave, a hooded figure appears, firing a massive blast of energy at Alear. Lumera intercepts the beam and is mortally wounded as the hooded figure escapes, but not before dropping a Draconic Time Crystal. Lumera reveals that due to pouring a massive amount of her Divine Dragon energy into Alear as he slept, she was already severely weakened. She pleads to Alear to recover the remaining Emblem Rings held by the four nations of Elyos and trusts that he will succeed. She entrusts the Ring of the Holy Knight, the Ring with the spirit of Sigurd, as she succumbs to her wounds.

After putting Lumera to rest, Alfred asks Alear for assistance as Elusia had also invaded Firene with the intention of stealing its Emblem Ring. Alear accepts his request and immediately departs from Lythos to fulfill his mother's mission. Alear uses a sword named Libération as his main weapon. He also can use the Emblem Rings, magical rings which calls upon the Emblems - spirits of heroes from other worlds like Marth, Celica, Sigurd, Leif, Roy, Lyn, Eirika and Ephraim, Ike, Micaiah, Lucina, Corrin and Byleth. Alear can build bonds with the Emblems within the Rings, granting him stat boosts and new skills. Alear can also synchronize with an Emblem in a process called "Engage", transforming himself that he looks similar to the Emblem he Engaged with. Engaging grants a plethora of new powers to Alear including new skills, special weapons, and potent Engage Attacks while in this state.