Frederick

A knight who serves the royal house of Ylisse and helps lead Chrom's Shepherds. Appears in Fire Emblem Awakening. Name: Frederick Gender: Male Race: Human Birthday: August 26 Occupation: Lieutenant of the Shepherds, Retainer of Emmeryn, Chrom, and Lissa Weapon: Axes </Personal Information> Frederick is a tall atheletic young man with black short hair, black eyes and light skin. His attire consists of a blue and white armor chestplate, white armplates, black trousers and blue and white leg plates. Extremely serious with a no-nonsense personality, all while being in charge of protecting the royal family, it is no surprise that Frederick is a natural skeptic, a fact very aptly encapsulated by the nickname "Frederick the Wary" given to him by Chrom. He is also known to be very patient, dealing with Lissa's antics and Chrom's reckless behavior without displaying any visible signs of resentment. Despite this, it is clear that Frederick deeply cares for Chrom, Lissa, and Emmeryn, feeling the need to protect and serve them at all costs.

The services that Frederick renders to his lieges range from the standard to the absurd. To this end, he is not just known for preparing his lieges' clothes, but also for clearing the road ahead of them of rocks and sticks, no matter how small, to prevent them from tripping. Such comical services in particular tend to go to the extreme, such as when he decides to "boost the morale" of the army by putting up naked posters of Chrom in each and every tent in the camp.

In a support conversation, Frederick shares with Lissa, it is revealed that he is so stern that he does not even understand the concept of "how to relax". In fact, when told to tone down his assistance in his supports with Chrom, he ends up doing even more, to the point of trying to dust Robin when they are trying to have a meeting with the latter. Adding on to this, Maribelle remarks that he resembles a steward in the way that he acts, a fact only reinforced by the formal suit he wears under his armor. His conversations with Jakob in the DLC Before Awakening also support this idea of his incapability to shirk from his duties. In that same conversation, he was able to impress Jakob, an equally devoted servant to his liege, into acknowledging his care and asking for ideas, something he would rarely do.

In a support with Panne, it is revealed that Frederick suffers from a phobia of large animals. This is due to him being seriously injured by a mountain wolf when he was a child. He abhors gamey meat, especially bear meat, to an almost comical degree, but will move past it if needed to, such as in his support conversations with Robin in Awakening or out of courtesy, such as his Forging Bonds conversation with Lapis in Heroes.

Frederick enjoys making fires the most out of anyone in the army. Frederick is a veteran who prefers to guide others, and is Chrom's deputy in the Shepherds, once serving as a royal knight beforehand.

Frederick is first introduced in the Prologue when Chrom and Lissa find Robin unconscious. He is a bit skeptical of their amnesia, but trusts Chrom's judgement in trusting Robin. Frederick accompanies Chrom throughout his journey in Ylisse to stop the Ylisse-Plegia war. When Emmeryn is nearly assassinated, he advises her to leave the capital for a short while. While they do so, Ylisstol is attacked by Gangrel, prompting Emmeryn to return to parley with Gangrel. Emmeryn orders Frederick to stay with Chrom, which he humbly accepts. After Emmeryn's sacrifice, he feels that he's failed his duty as a Knight of Ylisse, but he recovers and vows to continue to serve and protect Chrom and Lissa.

After the war, regardless of whether he's married or not, Frederick becomes the newest knight captain for Ylisse and devotes his time to keeping the peace in Ylisse and training recruits. Frederick uses axes as his weapons.