Hanneman von Essar

Hanneman is an avid scholar and one of the most academically intelligent members of the Academy Faculty. He focuses on studying Crests in particular, unable to contain any excitement whenever he has a new discovery. This does make him a bit pushy with certain students in order to learn as much as he can, though he usually respects their boundaries if he senses discomfort, such as Lysithea's twin crests. Appears in Fire Emblem Three Houses. Name: Hanneman von Essar Gender: Male Race: Human Birthday: February 8 Age: 51 Relatives: Unnamed Grandfather, Unnamed Father, Unnamed Younger Sister, Unnamed Brother-in-Law, Unnamed Sibling(s), Viscount Essar (Relative) Occupation: Instructor at Officers Academy. Weapon: Bows </Personal Information> Hanneman is an elderly man with grey short hair, grey mustache and short beard, pale skin and blue eyes. His attire consists of a grey suit with a grey long coat over it, green necktie, grey pants, white gloves, brown shoes and a monocle on his right eye. Hanneman is an avid scholar and one of the most academically intelligent members of the Academy Faculty. He focuses on studying Crests in particular, unable to contain any excitement whenever he has a new discovery. This does make him a bit pushy with certain students in order to learn as much as he can, though he usually respects their boundaries if he senses discomfort, such as Lysithea's twin crests.

The death of his sister impacted Hanneman greatly, as he renounced his peerage because he felt incapable of protecting his sister. The incident also made him become a Crest scholar so he could learn how Crests work so they could be distributed to anyone who wanted one, and as such, he doesn't hold a high view with how Crests influence society, and if he was successful, he would honor his sister's memory. He generally shows no affiliation for his Crest research, having abandoned his position in the Empire to obtain a better research environment, as shown in Crimson Flower where he may return to the Empire to continue his research.

He has somewhat of a shaky relationship with his colleague Manuela. Although they bear no ill will towards each other, they often get into verbal spats which quickly escalate into arguments over the slightest of infractions, even if they end up marrying in their paired ending. Despite this, they are able to maintain their professionalism in front of their students. Hanneman is a teacher at the Officers Academy. He is a scholar who studies the power of Crests. He became a scholastic authority on Crestology throughout the Adrestian Empire in 1159. He had a sister, who did not have a Crest. Due to being in a family where Crests were prevalent (his father bearing a Major Crest, and both himself and his grandfather possessing Minor Crests), his sister (who did not have a Crest) was married to another noble whose influence was waning and desperately desired a Crest bearing child. All of the children produced from their marriage did not bear Crests, and she eventually died, the primary cause being heart disease. Hanneman believed otherwise, believing that it was Crests that caused his sister's early death. Though he was styled as "von Essar", he renounced his peerage in 1164 following his sister's death.

The grief-stricken scholar absconded to Garreg Mach Monastery a year later. Though he had always been fascinated by Crests, his current goal is to find a way to make Crests easily available to anyone who would want one, believing that if everyone had access to Crests the value placed on Crests in society would diminish, so that what happened to his sister wouldn't happen to anyone again.

The monocle he wears is a custom piece. Hanneman uses bows as his weapons.