Charlotte

Charlotte is a playable character in Fire Emblem Fates and an ally in the Conquest and Revelation routes. She is a Nohrian border guard.

Charlotte was born in the capital of Nohr, Windmire to pauper parents. Despite their lack of wealth, Charlotte was raised with love and affection by her parents, at least with whatever they were able to scrape by with. Her humble origins made her much more robust and a top notch fighter. She was eventually recruited into the Royal Guard, a position that offered her a hefty salary, part of which she sent back to her parents out of gratitude. Fearing that her more brutish personality would cause problems, she masked this by putting on an innocent facade, which ironically resulted in her being demoted to a border guard, much to her displeasure as it provided far lower pay. Regardless, Charlotte continued to send part of her pay to her parents, though dreamed of someday escaping her mediocre position if the opportunity presented itself. Charlotte appears briefly in Chapter 14 as Corrin and the Hoshidan army launches an assault at the Border Walls where she and Benny are defending. The border guards are defeated and Charlotte's fate is unknown as her dialog does not confirm whether she died or was simply wounded. Players can optionally ignore her. But she can only move out of her space after Benny has been defeated. During Corrin's attempt to quell the rebellion at Cheve in Chapter 13, Charlotte hears the ruckus happening outside the Border Walls and comes out with Benny to see the reason. They eventually discover Corrin and their army in the middle of a battle. Although she initially throws a fit due to being abruptly awoken, after hearing of Corrin's royalty status, she quickly butters up to them and offers to fight alongside them with Benny in tow. With the prospect of a better opportunity for pay, Charlotte joins Corrin's cause. Charlotte subsequently aids Corrin's effort to put an end to the age old conflict between Hoshido and Nohr. She returns to the castle guard thereafter, bewitching all manner of bachelors at the royal balls.

After hearing Corrin stopping Xander and Ryoma from clashing at the Destroyed Town, King Garon sends Charlotte and Benny, alongside Silas to Port Dia to stop Corrin. Sick of her job and its low pay, Charlotte encounters Elise who had just joined Corrin's army. Though initially mean to her, she quickly defects to Corrin's army when she realizes who Elise actually is and the increased pay she would get for protecting her. Charlotte subsequently aids Corrin's effort to put an end to Anankos' machinations. If she marries Male Corrin or Xander, she will become the queen of Valla and Nohr respectively.

Charlotte is normally perceived as cordial and authentic by most men who interact with her, usually putting up a sweet demeanor. When interacting with men, she tends to be flirtatious and presents herself as vulnerable and demure as one of her goals is to find a partner in life. She is sensitive at times, though sometimes these are mere crocodile tears. Charlotte tends to heave complements onto her prospects in order to butter them up. To better appeal to men, she has learned various domestic skills and has made meals for her various prospects or has sought out others to learn such skills like asking Jakob to teach her how to make tea. Behind their backs, she is brutish, rough, and potent. She is a ferocious fighter and loves throwing herself into battle without a thought of danger, but tries her best to keep these impulses in check around men. Apparently her true personality can worry even the otherwise cocky Niles, who immediately regrets having teased her in their Support. She interacts with her "kind" personality when speaking with men as she has received negative reactions when she showed her true personality to them, which badly affected her self-esteem and led her to believe that she would never be really loved for who she really is. Her façade does not work all the time however; Xander, Odin and Jakob are able to see through it and Kaze is seemingly unaffected by it. The only male character she does not put up a façade for is Benny, since they are always working together. In fact, in her support conversations with him, she actually expresses relief that she can drop the act with him (so long as there's no one else around). Charlotte is particularly skilled in barehanded combat, as Xander notes her skill when she takes down a Faceless without any weapons and was able to fell a tree with a single punch in her support with Corrin. She also dislikes flattery.

Her personality as a whole stems from her childhood where she was raised poor, but was well loved by her parents. As a way of saying thanks to her parents, she became a soldier and sent part of her pay to them. She wishes to get into nobility so that she can increase the amount of money she can send to her parents, shown through her supports with Xander and Leo. However, in Leo's case, she does not want to marry to nobility just for the sake of their wealth, concerned that her feelings may be impure or that she may hurt them by accident. It is also shown that she will marry non-wealthy people if she truly loves them. Her support with Nyx reveals that she also has a soft and caring side, making Nyx act like a child so that she can feel comfortable in her body. She is the most cynical member of the entire army.