Sumia

Sumia is a playable character from Fire Emblem Awakening, and a member of Chrom's Shepherds. She is the mother of Cynthia, and the potential mother of Lucina and Morgan.

Sumia is a childhood friend of Cordelia, with the two desiring to join the Ylissean Pegasus Knights. Both were officially trained by the captain of the Ylissean Pegasus Knights, Phila. While Cordelia would eventually go on to become a full-fledged member of the knights, Sumia joined Chrom's vigilante group, the Shepherds, instead.

Sumia is first introduced in Chapter 2 when Lissa brings Robin to the Shepherds' barracks. When she approaches Chrom, she promptly trips, leaving her embarrassed. Chrom announces that they will be marching to Ferox to seek aid from them to deal with the constant threats of war from Plegia. Sumia tells Chrom that she does not think she is ready for a battle yet, so Chrom tells Sumia to watch from the sidelines.

After defeating the Risen at Northroad, Chrom finds a feral pegasus. Unable to tame it, Sumia appears and is able to soothe it. Sumia opts to remain behind to further tend to it while the rest of the Shepherds continue to Ferox. Later, when the party arrives at The Longfort, the Feroxi army believes that Chrom is an impostor and promptly attacks him. Just as Chrom is about to be hit by multiple Javelins, Sumia makes a timely rescue on the pegasus she encountered earlier. Robin becomes inspired by Chrom and Sumia riding on the pegasus to create the Pair Up strategy.

Before learning of Emmeryn's sentence in Plegia, Chrom is in internal strife from worrying about his sister. Concerned for him, Sumia tries to snap him out of his doldrums. Remembering advice from Philia, Sumia punches Chrom in the face. While the hit manages to snap Chrom back to his senses, Chrom is left slightly dazed. Lissa reveals to Sumia that normally, people slap people in the face to achieve the same effect, much to Sumia's embarrassment.

Sumia remains a stalwart member of the Shepherds throughout the Ylisse-Plegia conflict and beyond. If Sumia is not married at the end of Awakening, she lays down her lance and receives a stretch of land from Chrom to raise Pegasi, and her flower fortunes were said to bring good luck to those who received them from her.

Sumia is one of five women of the Shepherds that can marry Chrom at the end of the Ylisse-Plegia conflict. With Chrom ascending the throne and becoming the new Exalt, Sumia in turn becomes the new Queen of Ylisse. During the two years after the war with Plegia, Sumia and Chrom sired a daughter named Lucina who bears the mark of the Exalt on her left eye. After two years of peace, the continent of Valm across the western sea launches a massive invading force to conquer Ylisse. Despite Chrom's concerns, Sumia volunteers to join her husband on the battlefield once more, leaving Lucina to be cared for by their attendants while they are off at war. At the Carrion Isle, Sumia witnesses Chrom speaking to the woman who had referred to herself as the Hero King Marth during the Ylisse-Plegia war. Worrying that Chrom was going to leave her, the woman lays Sumia's worries to rest by revealing the Brand of the Exalt, the same one as her infant Lucina. Realizing that this is a future version of her daughter, Sumia and Lucina share a loving embrace, allowing her daughter to finally be together with her lost family.

In the future, Sumia can become a mother if she achieves an S-Support with one of her allies, resulting in her giving birth to a daughter, Cynthia. As mentioned above, she can marry Chrom, making her the mother of Lucina. If she supports Robin instead, she becomes the mother of Morgan. Otherwise, Cynthia is an only child. In Paralogue 9, Chrom and the Shepherds arrive at a village only to find all of the villagers terrified of Chrom. The Shepherds discover that a bandit, Ruger, has taken on Chrom's name despite the clear dissimilar appearances. More so, a young, fledgling Pegasus Knight has also joined "Chrom." During the battle, the young girl may approach Sumia. The girl, revealed to be Cynthia, notices Sumia's ring and happily introduces herself as Sumia's future daughter. After clearing the confusion over "Chrom", Cynthia joins the Shepherds and routs the bandit. In the aftermath of the battle, Sumia and Cynthia have a tearful conversation in which Sumia learns that her daughter inherited her habit of tripping over nothing. Sumia notices that Cynthia dropped a spearhead, which Cynthia reveals was part of a lance the two were going to build before Sumia died in the fight against the Risen. Sumia happily accepts her daughter and promises to help craft the lance her future self was going to make with her.

According to Cynthia's supports with Sumia, Cynthia grew up admiring Sumia most, adopting many of her quirks from her love of flower fortunes and Sumia's unfortunate knack for tripping at inopportune times. Sumia and Cynthia had a final project to make Cynthia's first lance, but Sumia was killed when they had only completed to the spear tip. Not only was Sumia's wedding ring given to Cynthia, but Sumia's own pegasus mount found her way back to Cynthia, thus making her the pegasus' new master, which she subsequently brought back to the past.

Sumia is a kind soul who loves flowers and animals. She is klutzy and prone to small mishaps. In fact, her clumsiness is so bad that she trips over nothing more than anyone in the Shepherds, much to her embarrassment. Because of this, she has rather low self-esteem and feels that she is unsuited for her job, but still does her best whenever she can. Despite her clumsy habits, she holds a hidden strength that most people lack, constantly striving to protect her friends and take care of them.

She has a strong affinity for animals and can read their feelings very well. She used this ability to calm and tame an injured pegasus that was feral to everyone else. Even a horse that Frederick could not tame was quickly quelled by Sumia. Her best friend is her fellow Pegasus Knight Cordelia, who is always there to help her when she is in trouble, and admires her flawless demeanor. Despite her occasional mishaps, Sumia has a quiet strength and resolve that allow her to be a powerful ally in battle.

Sumia is an avid reader as she uses them to escape reality and her flaws. She sometimes roleplays as the characters in the stories in hopes of becoming more confident. Sumia collects discarded books and loves to recommend them to others, such as Robin. Her favorite stories are the Ribald Tales of the Faith War.

Sumia also enjoys doing flower fortunes and often plucks hundreds of flower petals at a time. She does this to give her a boost in confidence in battle; bad fortune readings motivate her to overturn them, while good fortunes encourage her to make sure that they come true. This eventually becomes one of her most notable traits, so much so that her daughter inherited this ritual. If she is Chrom's queen, her flower fortunes became good luck charms to the citizens of Ylisse.