Fortune’s Weave

Esmeralda

Some facts on this page are unverified, not yet confirmed by a second source.

At a glance

Esmeralda is a playable unit, recorded in the Commoner class at level 1. Available on all four routes; recruitment on 3 routes has a condition to meet (renown, a support level or a chapter). Highest growth rates: HP 55% and Str 55%. Personal ability: Brawn. 38 liked gifts documented, 7 of them loved. 11 support partners documented.

Guide rank S. The author's strongest non-lord on Dietrich's route, played as a flier. Her 55% HP and Strength growths and 45% Defence hold the front line, and Brawn cuts the weight of what she carries. Pocket Tactics also rates her S; Game8 says A+ and KeenGamer A.◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own play Tier list

Gifts and meals

Loved

Liked

Likely, from their stated likes: Brined Fish Guts (maintaining fishing gear ↔ fish)◇ our recommendation: inferred from the character's stated likes, not a sourced gift table

Likes: Handsome men, throwing her trident, maintaining fishing gear

Meals

Recorded from the guide author's own game on Dietrich's route, across 12 dishes.

Likes

  • Goat Roastlikes
  • Pumpkin Souploves
  • Fish-Sauce Souplikes
  • Madazinslikes
  • Cheese-Coated Crayfishloves
  • Honey-Poached Pearloves
  • Charred Fish Grillloves
  • Coffee-Berry Pasteloves

Dislikes

  • Sweet-and-Sour Stick Bugsdislikes

Neutral: Garlic Seared Scallops, Salt-Crusted Ham, Sand Boar and Beans.

Bird-time answers

How Pale Raven sessions are scored is explained in how to read a character page.

Show 10 questions

  1. All the nobles like to throw flashy parties, or so I hear. What's so great about parties?

    Answer: Dance.

  2. I hate being looked down on. But I guess a refined lady can't wallop her foes...can she?

    Answer: Tilt your head.

  3. I hope my mom's doing OK. If I could fly like you, I'd go see her.

    Answer: Spread your wings.

  4. If you're hungry, come find me! I'll slip you some tasty fish!

    Answer: Spread your wings.

  5. My dad taught me everything I know about the sea. I wonder if I'm shaping up to be like him.

    Answer: Nod.

  6. My mom and dad always said I have pretty eyes. What do you think?

    Answer: Gaze intently.

  7. Sometimes the guys in Dagsion turn my head, but...No! Sweetie's the one for me!

    Answer: Nod.

  8. What I hate most are liars. It's not good to deceive people and then laught about it yourself.

    Answer: Nod.

  9. When I'm all by myself fishing, I like to sing. Just me, the waves, the wind, and my voice.

    Answer: Sing a beautiful tune.

  10. You know, you don't smell like other birds. Hold still. Let me check!

    Answer: Be intimidating.

Bird-time reactions (IGN wiki)† unverified

A fuller prompt->reaction table for this character, from IGN’s guide. See every character, searchable.

Show 10 prompts

  1. “I hope my mom's doing OK.”

    Spread your wings

  2. “What I hate most are liars.”

    Nod

  3. “Sometimes the guys in Dagsion turn my head, but... No! Sweetie's the one for me!”

    Nod

  4. “My dad taught me everything I know about the sea.”

    Nod

  5. “If you're hungry, come find me! I'll slip you some tasty fish!”

    Spread your wings

  6. “When I'm all by myself fishing, I like to sing. Just me, the waves, the wind, and my voice.”

    Sing a beautiful tune

  7. “I hate being looked down on. But I guess a refined lady can't wallop her foes... can she?”

    Tilt your head

  8. “You know, you don't smell like other birds.”

    Be intimidating

  9. “My mom and dad always said I have pretty eyes.”

    Gaze intently

  10. “All the nobles like to throw flashy parties, or so I hear.”

    Dance

Recruit

Plan

On Cai's route, Esmeralda's recruitment gate is 3 support with her, 7 renown and one Quest.

  1. Part I, chapter 1

    Give Esmeralda one liked gift per in-game week, choosing from her liked list (Home-Recipe Book, Kitten Figurine, Flexible Fishing Rod, Pastry Cookbook, Simple Pastries and the other liked items).† unverified

  2. Part I, chapter 1

    Add one further weekly support action with Esmeralda (shared meal at an inn, arena training pair, temple service, theatre, thermae or world-map feast) alongside the weekly gift to accumulate roughly nine support actions before chapter 5.† unverified

  3. Part I, chapter 1

    From the start of Cai's route, prioritise quests above all else, especially Cai's specialised Kindness Quests, plus divine audiences, skirmishes, paralogues and main-story progression, to reach 7R renown before chapter 5.† unverified

  4. Part I, chapter 1

    Check the Bulletin Board, NPC requests and the Adventure Guide every week from the start of Cai's route and complete Esmeralda's Quest requirement as soon as it appears.† unverified

Research notes
  • Give Esmeralda one liked gift per in-game week, choosing from her liked list (Home-Recipe Book, Kitten Figurine, Flexible Fishing Rod, Pastry Cookbook, Simple Pastries and the other liked items). Why: Builds Esmeralda's own support level toward the gate's 3S support component using gifts she likes. Gifts bought from merchants in Dagsion (Shopping Arcade gift shop, cheap-gift shop at the Tavern at Lowtown) or world-map settlements; per the Gift Giving Guide
  • Add one further weekly support action with Esmeralda (shared meal at an inn, arena training pair, temple service, theatre, thermae or world-map feast) alongside the weekly gift to accumulate roughly nine support actions before chapter 5. Why: Supplements the once-per-week gift cap so the gate's 3S support component is reachable before the earliest chapter. How to Increase Support Level: meals, arena training, temple service, theatre, thermae and world-map feasts all raise support
  • From the start of Cai's route, prioritise quests above all else, especially Cai's specialised Kindness Quests, plus divine audiences, skirmishes, paralogues and main-story progression, to reach 7R renown before chapter 5. Why: Satisfies the gate's 7R renown component. Renown Guide: quests are the largest renown source; Kindness Quests are Cai's route-specific renown quest type
  • Check the Bulletin Board, NPC requests and the Adventure Guide every week from the start of Cai's route and complete Esmeralda's Quest requirement as soon as it appears. Why: Satisfies the gate's single 'Quest' extra component.

Missing plan details

  • no chapter/renown-level correspondence found for Cai's route, so the 7R pacing cannot be verified
  • no definition, prerequisite, count or expiry for the 'Quest' recruitment extra was found in any source
  • no support points-per-action value or points-per-level threshold found, so the 3S schedule rests on the one-support-action-per-week baseline
  • unresolved conflict: Game8's Esmeralda page gives support level 2 on Cai's route while the recruitment record gives 3

Cai

Renown 7+ · Support level 3 · Quest

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Complete Esmeralda's Request: defeat the frenzied sea beasts near her home at Cape Damasen, north of Dagsion (fast travel via the Eochaid Posthouse once unlocked).

Dietrich

Joins automatically.

Theodora

Renown 9+ · Support level 3 · Quest

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Complete Esmeralda's Request: defeat the frenzied sea beasts near her home at Cape Damasen, north of Dagsion (fast travel via the Eochaid Posthouse once unlocked).

Leda

Renown 6+ · Support level 3 · Quest

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Complete Esmeralda's Request: defeat the frenzied sea beasts near her home at Cape Damasen, north of Dagsion (fast travel via the Eochaid Posthouse once unlocked).

Build

Rank

Guide
Community

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Each site uses its own scale, so read a label against that site’s list. Read on 2026-10-10.

The author's strongest non-lord on Dietrich's route, played as a flier. Her 55% HP and Strength growths and 45% Defence hold the front line, and Brawn cuts the weight of what she carries. Pocket Tactics also rates her S; Game8 says A+ and KeenGamer A.◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own play

Strengths

  • HP and Strength growths 55%
  • Defence growth 45%
  • Brawn reduces the weight of her weapons and accessories

Weaknesses

  • Speed and Dexterity growths 35%
  • Magic growth 20% and Resistance 25%

More published ratings

  • KeenGamer tier list (read through a text mirror): A-Tier source
  • Siliconera best characters: Recommended source

Recommended class path

Wing Soldier → Dragoon◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own play

The guide author's own play: she is best as a flier, on the Wing Soldier line through to Dragoon. Dragoon is unlocked on Cai's and Theodora's routes only, so on Dietrich's route she stays a Wing Soldier until you have it. Published guides recommend infantry armour instead: Game8's tier list says she is easy to train as a Dreadnought, and KeenGamer gives Soldier, Armored Knight, Dreadnought, Castle Knight. Game8's class page differs again, with Gladiator, Armored Ornius Rider, Bardinger, Bau Lord.◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own play

Base stats

Base stats as recorded at Level 1 (Commoner), before class modifiers.

HP28
Str12
Mag4
Dex5
Spd6
Lck7
Def7
Res3
Cha6

Growth rates

HP
55%
Str
55%
Mag
20%
Dex
35%
Spd
35%
Lck
35%
Def
45%
Res
25%
Cha
30%

Abilities

Full ability catalogue

Personal ability

Brawn: Reduces Wt of unit's equipment to 80%.

Guide rating 4 out of 5 stars◇ our recommendation: this guide's own judgement, not a sourced fact Directly enables the heavy-armour build Game8 rates her S-tier for, which gives her real equipment freedom. Rate it yourself

  • Level 20: Throwing Arm: If throwing a spear, grants Hit+10, Atk+2 during combat.
  • Level 35: Throwing Arm+: If throwing a spear, grants Hit+20, Atk+4 during combat.

Bloodmark

  • Diadem of Valor: Multiplies damage by 1.5 when attacking. Trigger % = 3.

Skills

Preferred

Axe Skill, Heavy Skill, Spear Skill

Non-ideal

Black Magic Skill, Sword Skill

Spells and arts

Reason
DCBAS
Fire† unverified
Mt 3 · Hit 90 · Crit 0 · Rng 1-2
Thunder† unverified
Mt 5 · Hit 75 · Crit 0 · Rng 1-2
Bolganone† unverified
Mt 10 · Hit 85 · Crit 0 · Rng 1-2
Thoron† unverified
Mt 20 · Hit 55 · Crit 5 · Rng 1-3
Not yet documented
Faith
DCBAS
Laia
Mt 3 · Rng 1
Restore
Rng 1-3
Seraphim
Mt 10 · Hit 75 · Crit 0 · Rng 1-2
Barrier† unverified
Not yet documented
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Sword
DCBA
Not yet documented
Chop† unverified
Mt +8 · Hit −30 · Crit +0 · Rng 1
Not yet documentedNot yet documented
Lance
DCBA
Tempest Spear† unverified
Mt +4 · Hit +10 · Crit +0 · Rng 1
Focused throw† unverified
Mt +3 · Hit +20 · Crit +0 · Rng 2
Double Throw† unverified
Mt +0 · Hit −30 · Crit +0 · Rng 2
Yawning Throw† unverified
Mt +10 · Hit +10 · Crit +0 · Rng 2
Axe
DCBA
Spike† unverified
Mt +4 · Hit +10 · Crit +0 · Rng 1
Wild Abandon† unverified
Mt +8 · Hit −30 · Crit +0 · Rng 1
Not yet documentedNot yet documented
Bow
DCBA
Vital Shot Plus† unverified
Mt +4 · Hit +0 · Crit +10 · Rng 2
Not yet documentedNot yet documentedNot yet documented

Combat arts† unverified

Every combat art Game8 lists for this unit, in Game8’s own order. Where the Japanese guides (GameWith and gamecap) say when the unit learns an art, the weapon skill and rank sit beside it.

Show all 13 combat arts

Supports

0 of 28 support conversations watched

  • CaiA rank† unverified
    Must be Recruited; The A conversation cannot be viewed in Part III; see it before then, or replay an earlier part
  • DadaoB rank† unverified
  • DiegoA rank† unverified
  • DietrichA rank† unverified
    The A conversation cannot be viewed in Part III; see it before then, or replay an earlier part
  • EshmelA rank† unverified
  • FabioA rank† unverified
  • KirocC rank† unverified
  • LedaB rank† unverified
    Unlocks in Chapter 7
  • LudiaB rank† unverified
  • LysanderA rank† unverified
    The A conversation cannot be viewed in Part III; see it before then, or replay an earlier part
  • MikaelaA rank† unverified

Hides: which A conversations lock in Part III

Hides: S-Rank Paired Ending eligibility

How support ranks are raised and what they unlock is explained once, in how to read a character page.

Story and profile

Who they are

Esmeralda is the daughter of Sinza, a fisherman in the seaside village of Fina. She is wild, proud of her strength, and handles heavy gear without effort. She likes handsome men, throwing her trident, carving wooden dolls and looking after her fishing equipment. She joins in Part 1.

Esmeralda is ranked S and the author's strongest non-lord on Dietrich's route, where she is played as a flier. HP and Strength growths are 55% and Defence 45%, so she holds the line. Brawn cuts the weight of her equipment to 80%. Diadem of Valor multiplies damage by 1.5 on a 3% trigger. Speed and Dexterity are 35%, and Magic 20%. The path is Wing Soldier to Dragoon; Dragoon is unlocked only on Cai's and Theodora's routes. Published guides prefer armour, such as Dreadnought.

Profile facts
Faction
House Lamine
Gender
Female
Race
Human
Nationality
Dagdan Empire
Age
17-18 (Pre-Timeskip), 22-23 (Post-Timeskip)
Height
169cm (5'7")
Birthday
June 19
Voice actors
JP: 菱川花菜 · EN: Kendell Byrd
Interests
Fishing, carving wooden dolls† unverified
Family
  • Blaiddyd, Possible Ancestor
  • Sinza, Father

  • Hides: 2 more family relations

Crest

  • Hides: bearing Crest of Blaiddyd

Background
Japanese name
エスメラルダ
Full name
Esmeralda Sinza
Home
Fina

Personality

Hides: personality notes, which can mention story events

Names, relatives and first appearances

Hides: titles, relatives and where they first appear in the story

Spoilers

Hides: story content, timing not documented

Later in the story

Hides: what happens to this character later in the story

Endings

Hides: this character's endings

Not yet documented: exploration talent.

Sources

Last updated . Written and checked by the guide author; every record names its sources. See how this guide is sourced and what changed.