The most recent officer Heroes emblem of fire neither Marth nor Crom won a popular vote or any of the other beautiful main characters from the franchise’s history. No, fans voted overwhelmingly for the anonymous Gatekeeper who guards the entrance to Garreg Mach Monastery in 2019’s Fire crest: Three houses.
Nintendo unveiled the full results of the fifth account “Choose Your Myths” yesterday (h / t Polygon), showing that Heroes players threw a ton of weight behind the Gate, which, as a result of his victory, will be added to the game as a playable character this summer. He won 72,267 votes compared to 46,699 for the first Fire emblem the main character Marth. Three Houses‘Marianne and Holy StonesEirika was the two main characters on the women’s side.
The Gatekeeper – an unnamed NPC who only wants to greet the player when they enter the monastery – has become something of a rarity in the Fire emblem community after Three Houses He arrived on Switch in 2019, despite not being able to be romanticized or even hired by the main character. But still, his cheerful manner warmed hearts Fire emblem fans, who he did a ton of fan art and namely he found a way to model it into the game as a unit of use in battle. The Gatekeeper’s charm stat seemed to be off the records.
Heroes emblem of fire there have been regular updates since they appeared on mobile platforms in 2017. Previous censuses in the “Choose Your Legends” series have seen the community vote for characters like Three Houses‘Dimitri and Edelgard, Gaiden‘s Alm, and Radiant DawnMicaiah appears in the game with special costumes. This was the first year that the Gatekeeper was introduced as a voting option.