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Publication date of the original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-02-02 14:07 (JST)<\/em>
Translated by. Braden Noyes<\/em>


On February 2, 2021, the official Twitter account for Fire Emblem Heroes<\/strong><\/em> announced the results of their \u201cChoose Your Legends: Round 5\u201d vote, showing the top 600 ranking characters. The NPC known as Gatekeeper continued to gain even more votes since ranking 2nd during the interim results, demonstrating unmatched popularity this round. His victory has apparently caused quite a stir among the online community.

\u201cChoose Your Legends\u201d is a popular voting event held once a year for the Fire Emblem Heroes<\/em> mobile game. Players are allowed to vote once per day for their favorite hero from any game in the Fire Emblem<\/em> series. Characters are split into two categories, male and female, and the two top-ranking characters from each category get a \u201cChoose Your Legends\u201d version released in-game wearing a special outfit. Only players who have linked their game to a Nintendo account may submit votes.
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The final tally for Gatekeeper was 72,267 votes, giving him quite a big lead over Marth, who came in 2nd place with a total of 46,699 votes. Looking at the results from previous \u201cChoose Your Legends\u201d rounds, we can see that Alm won round 3 with a total of 62,216 votes, and Edelgard claimed victory with 74,617 votes during round 4 last year. This means that Gatekeeper is the second most voted-for character in the history of the contest, falling just short of Edelgard\u2019s total vote count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top two ranking characters from both the male and female categories will now get a special \u201cChoose Your Legends\u201d version released later this year. Marth, who just barely missed his opportunity by placing 3rd for the past three years in a row, finally managed to secure himself a new in-game version by finishing in 2nd place. Chrom, unfortunately, was not so lucky. Another consistently high-ranking character, he only managed to climb to 3rd place this year after finishing 4th in three of the previous four rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who haven\u2019t heard of him, Gatekeeper is a non-player character (NPC) who appears in Fire Emblem: Three Houses<\/em>. He stands guard near the entrance to Garreg Mach Monastery, and players may choose to speak with him if they wish. Though he has no actual name, and despite him being an NPC, he rapidly gained notoriety among the player base due to his friendly, energetic personality as well as the way his speech and moods change along with what is happening in the game\u2019s story. Gatekeeper has even managed to get away from his guard post from time to time as well, making appearances in drama CDs and even as a background character in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em> Byleth DLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year is the first time Gatekeeper has been a candidate in the \u201cChoose Your Legends\u201d vote. He was even joined by an additional first-time contender, another popular NPC named Abysskeeper from Fire Emblems: Three Houses\u2019<\/em> Academy Arc. Once voting began, it wasn\u2019t long before Gatekeeper had overtaken many protagonist-level characters such as Chrom, Byleth, and Robin to claim a spot at the top of the pack. In a previous article about this round\u2019s interim results, AUTOMATON mentioned the large number of votes being cast from outside Japan. (See the Japanese article here.<\/a>) Well, the Fire Emblem Heroes\u2019<\/em> official Twitter account also hinted at another possible reason the results of this vote turned out the way they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the information provided, Marianne was a popular choice among regular players, whereas Eirika seems to have been the popular choice of players who have taken a short break from the game. On the other hand, Gatekeeper apparently received a steady number of votes from all players, regardless of their play style. Furthermore, according to the Feh Channel video released the same day as the results, 72.5% of votes cast were done so by users who actually play Fire Emblem Heroes<\/em>. This would imply that around a quarter of all votes came from non-players.
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