Zihark

"I will find out what's going on here! If my country can't save itself, then I'LL save it! But I'll never raise my sword against you."

- Zihark's quote in Radiant Dawn

Zihark is a hero who appears in the games Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. He is a swordsman who joins Ike and the Greil Mercenaries to fight in the Mad King's War, and later fought with the country of Daein to free it from its oppressors.

Profile
Zihark was born in the country of Daein, and was formerly in a relationship with a laguz (animal-person race) of the beast tribe, despite Daein's prejudice towards the laguz. Their relationship ended due to the stress of being in a forbidden relationship being too much for his girlfriend. Zihark then became a travelling mercenary aiding other laguz in order to honor her memory.

Path of Radiance
Before he met Ike, Zihark infiltrated a group of anti-laguz vigilantes so that he could help any laguz escape before the vigilantes could get to them. Zihark then met the laguz Lethe and Mordecai, who were travelling with Ike and the Greil Mercenaries, and pledged to join them and aid their cause. Afterwards, Zihark would travel with the Greil Mercenaries and fight in the Mad King's War.

Radiant Dawn
Three years after the Mad King's War, Zihark returned to his home country Daein. The country was being subjugated by the Begnion Empire, so Zihark joined with his former comrades Jill and Tauroneo in leading a liberation army to free Daein. They would then meet Micaiah and the Dawn Brigade, and all worked together to free Daein from the grasps of Begnion.

After freeing Daein, the country's young king, Pelleas, would become a pawn to the Begnion senate, and decided to fight against the Laguz Alliance led by Zihark's former comrade Ike. Zihark would be forced to make a choice between staying loyal to Micaiah and his country in Daein, or betraying it to return to his former comrades and fight for his ideals. Depending on the player's choice, Zihark will either be in denial and stay loyal to his country, or realize his error and return to his friends in the Laguz Alliance.

After the events of Radiant Dawn, Zihark would travel the continent and solve disputes between humans and laguz, eventually settling in the country of the beast laguz, Gallia.

Trivia

 * Zihark is one of three characters in the Fire Emblem series who can leave the player's team under the right conditions, the others being Jill Fizzart and Kaze.
 * Zihark refuses to fight a total of twelve characters, the most in the Fire Emblem series.