Functional Order: Fi-Se-Ni-Te

Introverted Feeling: Dimitri has strong opinions on justice and morality, which he doesn’t hesitate to share when he sees Solon or the Flame Emperor destroying innocent lives. Having to reconcile this moral compass with the necessity of killing in war torments him, and in true Fi-dom fashion, he broods about it a lot. He thinks people’s individual beliefs should all be respected and that everyone should use their uniqueness to come together. Because of this, he’s horrified about Edelgard wanting to force others to give up their faith. He deeply wants to protect people, above all else, and won’t build a future that sacrifices lives for ‘the greater good’.

Extroverted Sensing: He’s reactive and in-tune with his environment. He finds out Edelgard is the Flame Emperor, and he doesn’t take time to stop and think—he acts. He throws his lance at her, gets left without a weapon, then improvises and uses his bare fists. At the Battle of Gronder Field, his ‘tactic’ is to charge in with a frontal assault and ‘kill every last one of them’. He teaches orphans how to use a sword. Tries dancing and needlework. Enjoys physical activities such as combat training, weapons maintenance, horseback riding, and, to his shame, battle. Dimitri is always doing something—but only if it’s not wrong.

Introverted Intuition: Dimitri tends to hone in on a single possibility and reject all others: the Flame Emperor must be involved in Remire Village’s destruction, Edelgard must be involved in the Tragedy of Duscur. He also spends nine years fixating on his sole goal of revenge. Because it’s only tertiary, Dimitri’s intuition can be hit-or-mess: he thinks Claude is acting as a decoy when he was really running away, and that Byleth is a ghost or spy when they reunite. On the other hand, he correctly suspects Lord Arundel of being involved in the Tragedy of Duscur and Rhea of having military expertise.

Extroverted Thinking: His inferior Te manifests most clearly post-timeskip, when he falls into a grip: he lashes out at everyone, alternates between being withdrawn and being combative, and bullishly tries to make things happen without paying attention to the facts. He wants to charge into Enbarr to kill Edelgard because that’s the most straightforward solution, even though they don’t have the troops or resources to succeed. In this state, he doesn’t care about other people’s feelings, just making his Ni-vision happen right now.

Enneagram: 146 (1w2, 4w5, 6w5) – The Philosopher (Sees all the injustice in the world and strives to do something about it. Openly disapproves of and chastises Sylvain for his immoral skirt-chasing. At his worst, he slips into black-and-white thinking by calling people who do wrong ‘beasts’ or ‘monsters’. This includes himself, as he’s full of self-loathing for not being able to live up to his ideals. Experiences deep, sometimes even dark, emotions, because of his 4w5. His 6-fix makes him equally skeptical of and longing for ‘a hand to reach out and save us’.)

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