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The gatekeeper is a non-playable character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. He would later appear as a playable character in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Fire Emblem series

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

As his title suggests, the gatekeeper dutifully watches over the entrance to Garreg Mach Monastery where he can usually be found when Byleth chooses to explore the monastery on a free day. When talked to, the Gatekeeper greets Byleth and talks of current/upcoming events. During Chapter 9, speaking to the gatekeeper lets Byleth choose the student they will see at the Goddess Tower, so long as they have a B-support (or C-support on some students) with said student. Ignoring the gatekeeper will choose a student at random.

Even after the five-year timeskip, the gatekeeper returns and resumes his post when the monastery reopens. However, in the Crimson Flower route, his unnamed brother takes his post as said brother is less devout to the Church of Seiros than the gatekeeper during the Academy Phase. Nonetheless, even his brother who is also referred to as "gatekeeper" greets and converses with Byleth in a similar fashion.

The gatekeeper's dialogues are often comical in nature and play upon the idea that he's actually rather unobservant and inept at his job. No matter the situation, he almost always has nothing to report despite what events may be occurring on the monastery grounds during a given month.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Reception

The Gatekeeper has been a popular character, having a large fanbase. He was ranked as the 15th best male character in Three Houses by Famitsu readers (out of 20). Due to his popularity that formed shortly after the release of Three Houses, which came about due to his kindness and pure-heartedness, he received fan-made content, including fanart. Fans also campaigned to Nintendo to make him a playable characters in Three Houses, something Polygon writer Petrana Radulovic expressed a desire to see in downloadable content. A hack of Three Houses was done by a player, which made the Gatekeeper into a playable character, with the player alleging that charm was set to maximum and his age and height was set to 20 and 1 cm respectively, the latter allegedly being the default for unused characters. Multiple critics expressed a desire to romance him, including Kotaku writer Nathan Grayson, Polygon writer Petrana Radulovic, and VG247 writer Eric Van Allen. Van Allen noted his disappointment that he couldn't romance him, finding him to be an endearing character, especially since the game has a strange romance option already.

External links

• Gatekeeper (Fire Emblem) at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Gatekeeper at Fire Emblem Wiki, the Fandom wiki on Fire Emblem