Hilda Valentine Goneril

Do-gooder

Full Name

Alias(es)

Hildy (by Dorothea)

Free Spirit
Idle Maiden
Helping Hand

Origin

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Occupation

Member of the Golden Deer

General of the Leicester Alliance

Powers / Skills

Axemanship

Hobby

Making handcrafted accessories.

Goals

Defeat the Empire (all routes; succeeded).

Stop Nemesis (Verdant Wind; succeeded).
Defeat Seiros (Three Hopes; succeeded).

Family

Holst Sigiswald Goneril (older brother)

Friends / Allies

Byleth Eisner (player-determined)
Shez (player-determined)
Golden Deer House

Church of Seiros (player-determined)

Rhea
Seteth
Flayn
Catherine
Shamir Nevrand
Cyril

Ashen Wolves (player-determined)

Edelgard von Hresvelg (player-determined)
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (player-determined)

Enemies

Those Who Slither in the Dark

Nemesis
Byleth Eisner (player-determined)
Edelgard von Hresvelg (player-determined)
Hubert von Vestra (player-determined; rival)
Shez (player-determined)

Type of Hero

Lazy Warrior

“	I don't understand why anyone would want to risk their life for someone else. When you die, no matter how you died, it's over. To me, it's more important to enjoy life. We only live once, after all. It's a waste to spend all your time working and being responsible, right?	„
	~ Hilda Goneril

“	I'm still a delicate flower you know!	„
	~ Hilda's most famous quote.

Hilda Valentine Goneril is a major character within the Fódlan Saga of Nintendo's Fire Emblem franchise.

She is the tritagonist of the Verdant Wind route in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and one of the two tritagonists (alongside Lorenz Hellman Gloucester) of the Golden Wildfire route in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

Hilda is a member of the Goneril Family, a noble family in the Leicester Alliance, the younger sister of Holst Sigiswald Gonerill, and a member of the Golden Deer House, being Claude von Riegan's loyal retainer and friend. She is noted for her easy-going personality, but tends to be quite lazy in her assignments and often makes excuses.

She is voiced by Salli Saffioti in English and Yuki Kuwahara in Japanese.

Appearance[]

Hilda is a pink-haired girl with two pigtails and pink eyes. In her appearance in the part I, she is an 18-year-old girl who wears a black and white dress with a brown belt, she also wears dark blue boots with dark blue stockings.

In the post-time skip, she has her pink hair done into a waterfall style. She wears a black and pink dress, earrings, red gloves, and long black boots.

Personality[]

Hilda is very lazy, which is due to her being the only daughter of a noble and being spoiled as a result. She hates working, and will try to get others to do her work for her. She does this by drawing attention to herself and letting others do the work for her on their own volition. Despite this laziness, she is extremely charismatic and helpful if she puts in effort, and she is incredibly friendly towards many people, especially to her best friends, Claude and Marianne.

Despite how she might initially come off, she is actually very intelligent and perceptive. She is one of the only characters to realize that something was off with the Hero's Relics. She also was one of the only people to question why Monica was so happy after being imprisoned for a year. She is extremely loyal to Claude, refusing to join Edelgard when she betrays the Church. She is also in awe of her older brother Holst, who is one of the strongest generals in the Alliance.

She loves making handicraft accessories, not doing work, music, cute animals and fashion. She dislikes chores and doing hard work.

Biography[]

Hilda was the youngest daughter of House Goneril. Her older brother Holst became the head and heir of the family, and is one of the strongest generals in Fodlan. She enrolls in Garreg Mach Monastary Officers Academy and joins the Golden Deer. She joins Byleth if he chooses the Golden Deer house. If he chooses the Black Eagles, she can't be recruited. If he chooses the Blue Lions, she can be recruited if Byleth has high Charm and Axe proficiency.

If the Verdant Wind route is chosen, Hilda returns after the time-skip as an unofficial retainer of Claude's. She helps Claude come up with the plan to capture Fort Merceus. She is also the one to witness Dimitri's death and tell Byleth and Claude.

If the Azure Moon route is chosen and Hilda is recruited, she returns to the monastery after the time-skip. If she is not recruited, then she is seen in the Battle at Grondor Field alongside the other Golden Deer members. She will retreat upon being defeated in the ensuing battle and will later reappear as an ally unit defending the Alliance capital of Derdriu from invasion Adrestian forces. She can potentially be killed during the battle, resulting in Claude mourning her. If Hilda survives, she is not seen again following the dissolution of the Alliance.

If the Silver Snow route is chosen, Hilda can only be recruited in chapter 13. If she is, she returns to the monastery after the time-skip. If not, she doesn't appear again in this route.

If the Crimson Flower route is chosen, Hilda can't be recruited at all. She appears with Claude and Lysithea defending Derdriu. She can be killed in the ensuing battle, and if she is, Claude will mourn her, saying that she should have retreated.

Other Media[]

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Hilda is a playable character in the gacha mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. She was added on August 7, 2019, under the "Changing Winds" banner, her winter variation was added on December 17, 2020, under the "A Festival Miracle" banner and her summer variation who is paired with Marianne was added on June 21, 2021 under the "Summer Vibrance" banner.

Super Smash Bros.[]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Hilda appears both as a background character in the Garreg Mach Monastery stage and one of Byleth's DLC spirits, a novice support spirit that increases the user's critical-health attacks. Her spirit battle is on the bridge portion of the Garreg Mach Monastery stage against Villager and Byleth (representing Claude who both gets a major stat boost when badly damaged.