Published Oct 26, 2026, 1:18 PM EDT

Jen Glennon is a New York-based journalist and editor with more than a decade of experience covering games and entertainment. She has previously worked at Kotaku, Inverse, and Newsweek. Jen joined Polygon in 2025 and has a relentless appetite for Final Fantasy, Yakuza, and Costco rotisserie chicken.

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It's been several weeks since the launch of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave , and fans around the world are still sinking their teeth into the massive strategy RPG. With a sprawling cast featuring dozens of unique characters, it's no small feat for one to emerge as a clear fan favorite.

Yet that's precisely what's happened with Fabio , the condescending scholar of mysterious origins who becomes Dietrich's right-hand man in the Heroic Games tournament.…