Cain (Thracia 776)

"Kain" redirects here. For the Archanean Cavalier, see Cain.

Cain (Japanese: ケイン Kain) is a playable lance knight in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Biography

Cain is a knight of Leonster guarding Hannibal's manor, where many nobles of Leonster are taking refuge. Cain joins Selphina in the defense of Hannibal's mansion during the attack of Thracia's forces, with the help of Leif and his army. Along with Selphina and Dryas, Cain accompanies Leif's liberation army until at least the liberation of Munster. His involvement, if any, with the war after Leif's forces merged with Seliph's is unknown.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Cain is a playable character. In Chapter 9, Cain appears as a player unit next to the escape point.

Starting stats and growth rates

Lance Knight Level 2 Action --

Recruitment: Chapter 9, automatically from turn 1 Stats Growth Rates Max HP 26 Speed 7/5 Strength 7/6 Luck 3 Magic 0 Defense 6/5 Skill 4/3 Constitution 10 Movement 8/5 FCM 1 Max HP 75% Speed 35% Strength 55% Luck 50% Magic 5% Defense 35% Skill 40% Constitution 20% Movement 1% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Iron Sword Iron Lance -- Weapon Levels E (+20) D (+20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Con	Mov	Weapon level
Duke Knight	+0	+2	+1	+3	+2	+0	+2	+1	+1	+50 WEXP

Supports

Cain Lance Knight Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[{{{supportg4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: Glade Duke Knight Bonus: 10 Selphina Arch Knight Bonus: 10 [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

Analysis

Cain joins in Chapter 9 and is extremely underleveled for his join time. With only level 2, putting him far away from promotion, and abysmal base stats for his join time, Cain requires significant investment to catch up with other units. His weapon ranks are also very low; outdoors, he can use D rank lances, but indoors, he is restricted to E rank swords. This prevents him from using stronger weapons to circumvent his low stats, making it even harder to train him. Compared to Alva, his stats and growths are more focused on strength, HP and defense, but with worse speed, skill and luck, which will also make it harder for him to double or even hit reliably at times, especially since he suffers from penalities when dismounted.

If Cain receives the significant investment he needs, he can grow into a competent combat unit. However, he requires more work than most other units in the game. Without favoritism, he is extremely underwhelming and typically benched at the first opportunity. Even with investment, he has no skills, no action stars, and an FCM of 1, so he has nothing that stands out when trained.

Personality

Cain is nondescript, and given no explicit personality traits. His ending, where he becomes known as the "Taciturn Tactician", suggests that he is a man of few words.

Endings

Cain, Lance of Leonster
Leaving the ways of the lance behind him, Cain became a civil servant. He instituted sweeping reforms to restructure Leonster's army, making comprehensive policy changes one by one. Nicknamed the "Taciturn Tactician," it is said that Leif and his descendants relied greatly on his wisdom.

Quotes

Death quotes

Escape quotes

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

723

Cain Thracia 776

55

CYL 2 (2018)

810 (+87)

Cain Thracia 776

16 (−39)

CYL 3 (2019)

655 (+304)

Cain Thracia 776

38 (−480)

CYL 4 (2020)

754 (+258)

Cain Thracia 776

21 (−640)

CYL 5 (2021)

699 (−55)

Cain Thracia 776

45 (+24)

CYL 6 (2022)

696 (−5)

Cain Thracia 776

45 (No change)

CYL 7 (2023)

621 (−75)

Cain Thracia 776

56 (+11)

CYL 8 (2024)

460 (−161)

Cain Thracia 776

107 (+51)

Total results		This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	383

Trivia

• According to Thracia 776's website, Cain was designed to look 20 years old.^[1]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Lance Knight Duke Knight Lance (Iron Lance) Sword* (Iron Sword) Lance (Iron Lance) Sword* (Iron Sword)

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Cain from Thracia 776.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.