Igrene

Arcadia, Nabata Desert

Igrene is a playable character from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. She is an inhabitant of Arcadia who is known as the Guardian of Nabata Desert among the villagers. She is also the daughter of Hawkeye from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

Igrene was born in Arcadia, a village hidden in the Nabata Desert, as the daughter of the Hawkeye, the Guardian of Nabata, and an unknown mother. While not seen during the events of Blazing Blade, she is mentioned a few times during the game. While fighting Limstella, if the player has Hawkeye visit the shrine where Sophia is, before she leaves, Hawkeye asks her to tell Igrene that he will be home soon.

In addition, in Hawkeye's support conversations with Louise, she tells him that she bought two bows, one for herself, and the other as a gift for Igrene, and urges him to return home soon so Igrene will not be lonely. Later on, in return, Hawkeye gives Louise a beautiful necklace that once belonged to his wife, and tells her to give it to Igrene if he dies in battle.

After Hawkeye returned to Arcadia after completing his journey with Eliwood, Hector, and Lyn's army, he trains Igrene to become the next Guardian of the Desert. As the years passed, Igrene attains mastery of the bow, and becomes the new Guardian of the Desert after Hawkeye dies.

Years later, while traveling through the desert, Igrene came across a man named Gorlois, who was unconscious because he had sustained many blade wounds and was suffering from amnesia. She took him back to Arcadia, where she tended to his wounds and, as time passed, they both fell in love with each other. During this time, Gorlois began to recall some of his memories, which Igrene reacted to in both joy and fear. They later married and had a daughter together. However, their happy lives together came to an end when a horde of bandits attacked the village, after which Gorlois left to fight them off. Following this, Igrene never saw him again, and some time after, her daughter tragically passed away of unknown causes.

During the war of Bern, Arcadia is under attack from Bern forces led by Randy, who have discovered that Dragons reside there. Meanwhile, Igrene tries to protect the village, and especially Fae, who is a Dragon herself and whose existence must not be exposed to the enemy. After the battle is over, Igrene joins Roy and the Lycian League to help them defeat Bern so that Arcadia will not have to worry about them attacking again. However, shortly after she and the army depart the village, Fae is captured by Bern's forces, but is rescued soon afterwards, and she and Igrene continue with the group.

After the war finally comes to an end, Igrene states that she will return to Arcadia, just like Sophia and Fae have. However, it has been reported that she has been seen in different parts of Elibe, and it is unknown how Igrene lived the rest of her life. It is possible that she left to search for her husband, but her future is unclear.