Dimitri

The Blue Lions house at the Officers Academy is comprised of students who hail from the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus. As their homeland is known for its knights, many of the students are proficient at using spears.

The Blue Lions were named after the founder of Faerghus, Loog, the King of Lions, who had a penchant for wearing blue.

Dimitri is a playable character and one of the main protagonists in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. He is the 17-year-old prince of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus and the house leader of the Blue Lions. He possesses a Minor Crest of Blaiddyd and wields Lances as his main weapon. Dimitri is the crown prince of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus. He was born in Imperial Year 1162 as the eldest son of King Lambert. his mother, the queen consort, perished in a plague that was later cured by Cornelia. Lambert had remarried a woman from Adrestia, Patricia, whom Dimitri grew close to. Many who observed the young boy with his new stepmother stated that he began to take after her in personality and quirks. Due to the close relationship of their fathers, Dimitri spent much of his youth with the children of several noble houses like Felix, Sylvain, and Ingrid, all of whom would be a part of the Blue Lions class when he would eventually enroll in the Officers Academy.

He befriended Edelgard during her exile and she taught him how to dance. The two eventually separated when Edelgard was forced to return to Adrestia with her uncle Volkhard in 1174. Wanting to give her a parting gift, Dimitri gave her a real dagger, hoping it would give her the strength to "carve her own path." Both would eventually forget this event as well as their friendship with time due to their respective life events after this brief, happy period of their lives. Dimitri was the only surviving royal of the Tragedy of Duscur in 1176. His uncle and Lambert's elder brother, Grand Duke Rufus of Itha, ruled as regent in Dimitri's stead. During the Kingdom's retaliatory subjugation of Duscur, he saved and befriended Dedue who became his vassal. He fought his maiden battle two years later, where he distinguished himself as a commander in quelling a rebellion in western Faerghus. However, a strange bloodlust overtook him during that battle, which strained his relationship with Felix from that point on. Three Houses Academy Phase

In 1180, Dimitri enrolls as a student of the Officers Academy in Garreg Mach Monastery and serves as the house leader of the Blue Lions. His childhood friends Sylvain, Ingrid, and Felix are among his classmates. His story changes depending on what class Byleth chooses to teach. Blue Lions

Byleth chooses to instruct the Blue Lions house, helping Dimitri grow into a capable leader. During the night of the Academy Ball, the Blue Lions vow to reunite in five years for the Millennium Festival. Dimitri agrees to the reunion and hopes that everyone can make it. A sincere young man who seems like the embodiment of chivalry, Dimitri is an exemplary student who strives to be an example for his fellow students yet treats all of them as equals. Despite being a royal, he dislikes formality and pretentiousness, preferring his allies to be frank and openly requests to be friends with them. He has an idealistic view of the world, viewing the world as relatively peaceful, though is keenly aware of the tensions of the world, especially within his own kingdom in wake of his role as heir to it.

Dimitri has a strange sense of humor, which is evident by his fondness for Alois' corny jokes. By his own admission, he finds them humorous precisely because they are terrible. According to Hapi, there is an uncanny resemblance to his stepmother Patricia in terms of personality, such as the way they interact with people and show anger. He enjoys combat training, weapon repair, and long rides, but dislikes fragile objects and delicate work, as he is unable to control his prodigious strength. Despite this, he is agile and became a capable dancer under Edelgard's tutelage. Like Edelgard, he is uncomfortable with scorching heat.

Beneath his chivalrous exterior, Dimitri holds a shade of darkness due to the tragedies of his youth. Dimitri suffers from ageusia and survivor's guilt as a result of the slaughter in the Tragedy of Duscur. The former leaves him as the only person able to stomach Flayn's food and the latter causes him to see and hear apparitions of the dead. He is close to Dedue and admits that being able to save someone gave him a reason to live. In regards to the Crest System, Dimitri holds somewhat of a mixed stance towards it. While he believes that the system can be cruel for those like Miklan where it overlooks his own merits in favor of those with Crests, he maintains the stance that discarding such beliefs would cause greater problems. He overall believes that the two sides must reach an understanding with one another. As the main Lord of Azure Moon, Dimitri can be deployed on almost every map. Of the Lord trio, he is the most durable with a high HP growth and good Defense growth and boasts the highest Strength growth in the game, making him an excellent front line unit capable of taking punishment from enemies. His only downsides are his mediocre Resistance and Luck growths, leaving him vulnerable to Mages and susceptible to critical hits as well as slightly lowering his critical hit and magical avoid.

As a bearer of the minor Crest of Blaiddyd, he can double his damage output when using Combat Arts at the cost of more weapon durability; while it is useful in dire situations, it has a very low activation rate and will require some equipment management.

Given his skill levels, Dimitri will have easy access to the Myrmidon line (Myrmidon, Mercenary, Thief, Swordmaster), Soldier line (Soldier, Cavalier, Paladin), and his exclusive Lord line (Lord, High Lord, Great Lord). However, his class repertoire lacks versatility compared to the other main characters. Dimitri should also be prioritized for Tutoring during the Academy Phase, as he cannot be Tutored nor affected by Goals and Group Tasks from chapters 13 to 17. Compared to the other lords, he only has four in-game months of Tutoring and Goal experience during the War Phase (while Edelgard also has only four months of Tutoring available in the War Phase, this is simply because her route is shorter than the other Lords).

Specifically, his affinity for Lances and budding talent in Riding encourage Dimitri to progress through the cavalry class line. Although mastery of this class progression is not necessary, they do offer useful abilities such as Desperation from Cavalier, but care should be taken in regards to the Speed growth penalty applied by Cavalier and Paladin. In terms of master class, while Wyvern Lord is tempting due to its high statline, Dimitri has low starting levels for Flying and Axes as well as a bane in the latter. A suitable alternative would be Bow Knight, as this class avoid his banes and +2 Bow Range synergizes well with his Seal Movement budding talent and Canto. Despite his bane in Axes, it is worthwhile to class him into Brigand to acquire Death Blow, which will provide a damage boost to player phase attacks. Advancing Dimitri to War Master will require diligence, but learning Quick Riposte will allow him to double while preventing follow-ups on enemy phase if his HP is above 50%. Flying is also worth investing in for Alert Stance+, which combines well with Dimitri's post-timeskip personal skill, giving him excellent Avoid chance on enemy phase if he has full HP. However, these skills may require New Game+ or grinding unlimited auxiliary battles on Normal difficulty.

Dimitri excels in utilizing battalion skills as he is the only unit in the game that can access both Battalion Vantage and Battalion Wrath. When using these skills with a weapon like a Wo Dao or Killer Lance equipped, a high Dexterity Dimitri can easily achieve 100% critical chance during the enemy phase and kill enemies before they can retaliate. If Quick Riposte is acquired, this combination will let Dimitri inflict two critical hits before the enemy can counter. After the timeskip, Dimitri receives the King of Lions Corps battalion, whose Wave Attack gambit is effective against Armored foes. He receives the Hero's Relic Areadbhar after Chapter 15, which grants him the combat art Atrocity, allowing Dimitri to deal effective damage to every enemy type as well as +15 Might and +20 Hit at the cost of -3 weapon durability. If triggered alongside his Minor Crest of Blaiddyd, Dimitri is very likely to kill whatever he is attacking in one hit unless the enemy has multiple HP bars, though this will also result in a greater cost in weapon durability.

Overall, Dimitri is perhaps the most powerful physical offensive unit available to the player. While Claude is faster and more accurate, and Edelgard is more adept with magic, Dimitri can dish out more punishment than either of them while being able to take a significant beating. The only things that will hold him back are magic (which can deal serious damage to him) and his below-par Luck.

Dimitri has pale skin with blond hair and blue eyes. He wears his blue cape, which is the color of his house, on the side of his uniform.