Manuela

A former songstress who teaches at Garreg Mach Monastery, her song resonating out and blessing all who hear it. Appears in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Name: Manuela Casagranda Gender: Female Race: Human Birthday: August 3 Age: Secret (Possiblity in her 30s) Relatives: Unnamed parents Occupation: Teacher and Doctor at the Officers Academy, Songstress Weapon: Swords </Personal Information> Manuela is a tall adult curvaceous woman with pale skin, light brown bobcut hair, light brown eyes with orange eyeliner and a beauty mark under her left eye. She wears a black sleeveless dress that shows her cleavage, a long white jacket and black heels. Manuela's love life is somewhat of a sore subject for her, as she regrets not having met the man of her dreams at her age. She constantly makes flirtatious comments to potential suitors. She easily finds dates, but often is left unsatisfied or dumped after the first outings. She constantly worries that she will remain single for the rest of her life. She also loves her vices, mainly alcohol, as she drinks frequently and in vast quantities that often leave her in a drunken stupor the next day, which garnered her quite the reputation even back at Opera Company, leading to a joke that she "could outdrink a fish, and the sailor who caught it". She is sloppy and messy, her room often being a testament to her careless behavior.

Despite the change of path, choosing a more stable career as a teacher in the monastery, Manuela has fond memories of her time as a songstress in the opera, regardless of all the hard work she had to do. She is also a skilled physician, being able to keep her spouse in good health for numerous years if she finally settles with someone, as seen in her paired endings with male Byleth and Edelgard. In addition, she has an interest in dressing fashionably and is good at needlework.

Overall, Manuela is a friendly and supportive figure and cares for the well being of her students. Despite working in the monastery, she is not fond of the concept of status that supports nobility, treating all her colleagues and pupils equally. Her relationship with Hanneman is a shaky one, however, as their verbal spats often escalate into arguments over the slightest of infractions, which continues in their paired ending. Even so, they are able to maintain their professionalism in front of their students. She is also some sort of idol figure for Dorothea, who always sought to follow her steps and sees Manuela as a source of inspiration. As a child, Manuela and her parents would often visit the cathedral at Garreg Mach Monastery, where one day Manuela wandered off after hearing someone singing with a beautiful voice. Manuela sang along, learning of her natural talent and wished to become a songstress. Although she never met the individual, Manuela believed this was the work of the goddess for gifting her with this talent.

Her dreams later bore fruit, with Manuela joining the Mittelfrank Opera Company in 1158 and was renowned as the "Divine Songstress" throughout the Imperial capital three years later. She was the one who discovered the street urchin Dorothea and recruited her into the opera company, Manuela then became both her senior and her idol. She left the opera in 1174 to work as a teacher and physician at the Officers Academy. Her age is a guarded secret.

Her popularity and hard work in the company have attributed to her numerous connections and personal experience, although this was not enough sometimes and she would be forced to perform an occasional act of violence to make ends meet. Through her connections, she obtained a job in the Officers Academy, mostly due to her professionalism and developed medical skills. Upon joining the academy, Manuela expanded her network, and in this place, she can finally find the love of her life, that she longed for years, as she couldn't find a suitable partner despite being very successful in every other aspect of her life.

Though the days of the opera have gone by for her, depending on her path, she can eventually return and perform again with Dorothea, her former junior.

Manuela is among the first people Byleth meets once they join the Officers Academy staff, introducing them to the three different houses alongside her colleague Hanneman. She later appears when the time comes for Byleth to choose their house, having decided with Hanneman to allow Byleth first pick, seeing as this would be their first year teaching. Manuela takes charge of one of the remaining two houses. Manuela uses swords as her weapons. She is also talented at singing as well.