Dorothea is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. At the start of the game, she is 18 years old, and the only character not of noble or royal birth among the Black Eagles. Profile Early life Born to a lady-in-waiting to Imperial nobles from the Adrestian Empire, Dorothea and her mother were kicked out of the household. Her mother died of illness when she was young, and she lived as a street urchin for some time. She was discovered as a songstress by the Mittelfrank Opera Company in Enbarr in 1171, eventually becoming known as the "Mystical Songstress" three years later. In the Japanese supports, it is revealed that Manuela is the one who discovered Dorothea and recruited her to the opera. In her conversation with Hanneman, Dorothea reveals that she met a noble she suspected was her father, based on his testimony that he "threw away" a Crest-less child and the child's maid mother, once she had become a singer. He not only failed to recognize her as his daughter, but tried to flirt with her, much to her disgust. Academy Phase Dorothea took leave of the opera house to enroll at the Officers Academy in 1180, using the connections she gained in order to do so, and joining the Black Eagles. Personality A natural performer, Dorothea enjoys all forms of performing arts from acting to music, but has a particular affinity for singing as she was once a songstress. She is flirtatious, and has a habit of flirting with people out of belief that she needs to find someone to provide her a comfortable life, before her beauty and voice fade away and cause others to lose interest in her. She thinks this way because she is terrified at the prospect of returning to live in the streets. Despite being the only person of common heritage among the Black Eagles, she tries to meet everyone as equals. However, she holds resentment towards those of nobility because of the classist treatment she received from nobles during her childhood and throughout, on occasion remarking how they only seemed to care about her after she became famous. Objectification on stage by the rich, added with her poor childhood, resulted in her developing self-esteem issues on par with her outgoing personality. Nonetheless, she is readily confident in her ability to strike back against men who make attempts on her life and her friends, as stated in a support with Bernadetta. All but similarly to Mercedes, she openly and immediately expresses her dislike of Lorenz in their very first support conversation due to his elitist views. While she never ascribes such attitudes to all nobility, she finds it difficult not to, leading to cases of suspicion and judgment even if said noble does not deserve such treatment, as seen in her supports with Ferdinand. As a result of her commoner background, and her experiences as an orphan, Dorothea shows great concern for the common folk caught in the crossfire of wars and noble-led conflict, particularly orphaned children. During the Academy phase she expresses this following particular missions, and it is shown to grow more pronounced during the War phase. Manuela is her idol, as she was Dorothea's senior in the Mittelfrank Opera Company, and seeing her again is part of the reason she enrolls in the Officer's Academy to begin with. She often refers to her fellow classmates with diminutive versions of their names (i.e. Edie, Ferdie, Hubie, Yurikins, etc.) and will occasionally embarrass her friends to tease them. She likes dressing glamorously, outfitting herself with accessories and decorative ornaments. She also adores small animals. She dislikes arrogant nobles. According to Petra, Dorothea's classmates find her cooking to be "horrendous," although she has neither a weakness nor strength in cooking. If Byleth has Dorothea help in food preparation, she says that she thinks "it's all the same once it's in your stomach." Dorothea Arnault is a young woman of medium height with a slender, voluptuous figure featuring a well-defined waist and a prominent, ample chest. She has fair skin, large green eyes, and long, wavy brunette hair that flows past her shoulders with full bangs framing her face. She wears a highly customized, fashionable version of the Black Eagles house uniform, topped with a tilted, black newsboy-style cap. Her uniform consists of a low-cut, black cropped jacket with a wide collar that opens low across her upper torso to deeply expose her chest and a dark undershirt beneath. The jacket has long sleeves rolled up to the elbows to reveal wide tan cuffs, structured shoulders, and a prominent tan center panel accented with two rows of black buttons. Around her midsection, she wears a decorative tan corset or girdle detailed with gold crisscross lacing, hanging gold tassels, and thin gold chains draping down the sides of her skirt. Below, she wears a short, black A-line skirt that flares slightly above the knee. Her legs are covered by sleek, tight-fitting thigh-high black leather boots featuring a distinct pointed toe, a thin gold border along the sole, and a high block heel.