Cynthia (Fire Emblem)

Sumia's daughter. Has a strong sense of justice. Enters combat with a speech on her lips, and aches to perform valorous deeds. Appears in Fire Emblem Awakening. Name: Cynthia Gender: Female Race: Human Birthday: May 14 Relatives: Unnamed Grandmother, Sumia (Mother) Occupation: Members of the Shepards Weapon: Lances </Personal Information> Cynthia is a young adult woman with fair skin, gray eyes and gray hair tied into twintails. She wears a navy blue minidress with a grey armor plate over it, a white scarf on her neck, navy blue long gloves and blue long boots. Styling herself as a hero of justice, Cynthia strives to be as amazing as her childhood heroes, the Shepherds. Though they were sometimes hailed outlandishly, Cynthia grew up in admiration of their feats. Her two main heroes are her mother Sumia and her father. As a result of the tall tales behind the Shepherds, Cynthia enjoys charging into battle with a flashy war cry while making a dramatic entrance. She spends a lot of her downtime developing her posing so she can one day be as revered as her heroes.

Cynthia can be gullible as she immediately believed a man posing as Chrom without much convincing. Most shockingly, she does this even if Chrom is her own father. However, she immediately corrected herself and was embarrassed when the truth came to light. Her overly dramatic imagination also runs wild and can be so engrossed with her fantasies that she loses sight of her surroundings. She even believes many of the stories of her mother, no matter how outlandish, leading some to question whether she can separate fact from fiction. However, Cynthia admits that she knows deep down what is reality, but she simply believes them as a means of motivating herself to become a legend like her heroes.

Many of Cynthia's traits were inherited from her mother. In her youth, she was noted to be especially girly and hated combat. She enjoys doing flower fortunes like her mother and loves tales of fantasy. She also inherited Sumia's tendency to trip over random objects and her own feet at inopportune times. One of her original dreams was to become a Ylissean Pegasus Knight like her mother and developed as special bond with her pegasus, the same one her mother once rode. With guidance from her present counterpart, Cynthia began to understand the true bond of a pegasus knight and her mount, striving to take better care of her so they can be a more effective team.

As stated by both Laurent and Gerome in their respective supports with her, Cynthia is viewed as a beacon of hope and a leader. Her optimism inspires members of the army to keep going when the times get rough. As a paragon of justice, Cynthia has courage and valor to spare and is a reliable comrade in the heat of battle who will always do the right thing in any situation.

She talks in her sleep the most of everyone in the army. Cynthia is Sumia's daughter from the future. In the past, she used to be a "girly-girl" according to her conversation with Severa in Harvest Scramble. Cynthia grew up with the stories of the "Generation of Heroes" or the stories of her parents and their friends, even if they were not all entirely accurate. Most of her time was spent with Sumia, and the two began forging a spear for Cynthia. Unfortunately, Sumia was killed in battle before this project could be completed, with only the spearhead being completed. Sumia's pegasus eventually found its way back home and wanted to protect Cynthia, thus becoming her mount. She also received Sumia's wedding ring and has worn it ever since. Sumia's death weighed heavily on her, and because of the stories of her parents, Cynthia changed her entire personality and began hanging out with boys more than girls. She eventually began training to be a hero and become a member of the Pegasus Knight Squad. Cynthia would later join Lucina and the other children on their journey to go to the past and prevent the ruinous future. After arriving in the current timeline, Cynthia searched for Chrom's army. On the way, she bumped into a man claiming to be Chrom and instantly believed him. She began to follow his orders and aided him as much as she could.

In her paralogue, Cynthia meets the real Chrom, who was accompanied by her mother. Upon finding out about the ruse, Cynthia teams up with the Shepherds and defeats the impostor. Finally reunited with her mother and the real Chrom, Cynthia joins Chrom's army. Alternatively, if Chrom married Sumia, Cynthia will call Ruger "Father." On the battlefield, should Chrom talk to her, Cynthia will discover that he is the real Chrom, but she is still doubtful. She tells him to call her his "pega-pony princess" like he supposedly did in her time in order for her to believe him. Much to his embarrassment, Chrom nevertheless calls her so, and she defects to her father's army.

After the war, Cynthia continued her quest to become a hero. Sadly, she was remembered humorously rather than heroically. Still, she was well-loved by all for trying.

In her support with Sumia, Cynthia dreams of becoming a part of the Ylissean Pegasus Squad; however, her mother says she is not ready to become one yet, despite her excellent fighting abilities. By their final support, Cynthia realizes that she spent so much time improving herself that she neglected her pegasus, and vows to take better care of her mount. In her support with her father, she spends as much time as she can trying to do fun stuff with him. Eventually, her father gets exasperated with her constant requests to do stuff together and wants space. Cynthia tells him that she is spending as much time with him because she never got to. She also wishes to use the time as she does not wish to take away the attention of her parents from her present timeline counterpart, touching her father's feelings for her kindness.

She is part of the Justice Cabal along with Owain, Morgan, and formerly Gerome. Cynthia often rides a pegasus into battle. She uses lances as her weapons.