Fire Emblem: Three Houses has many characters with varying personalities. Depending on which house the player teaches, they automatically gain a whole class of students but can recruit students from other houses to bolster their forces. This could be for reasons such as rounding the variety of forces they had for gameplay, or because they wanted to save them from eventual death by the post-time skip phase of the game.
However, there were some characters that players recruited for their house because they were simply so friendly and endearing once the player got to know them. From Raphael's enthusiastic attitude to Alois' jolly dad jokes, players who want to find some naturally friendly folks to share company with recruited these characters while playing the game, regardless of what route they were taking at the time.
10 Bernadetta Is Initially Hard To Reach But Gets Friendly To The Player Quickly
Bernadetta, despite her social anxiety and constant fear of leaving her room, is actually quite endearing once the player gets to know her. Her love of sweets, coupled with her horn-playing skills, make her fairly adorable. Additionally, her support conversations with characters such as Hubert, Ferdinand, and Petra show that she's trying to work on socializing with others, despite the initial difficulties and misunderstandings that ensue.
She also opens up to the player about her past and expresses that she feels comfortable around them during their shared support conversations, which helped players understand why she is initially so anxious around others.
9 Petra Is Open To New Adventures No Matter Where She Is
Despite being the only student from the land of Brigid and initially struggling with speaking the native language in Three Houses, Petra is one of the friendliest students one can meet from the Black Eagles house. She's always ready to train and hunt, and she's open to learning as much as she can, both for her own sake and for the sake of her homeland.
Additionally, despite losing her father in combat against Caspar's father as revealed in her support conversations with Caspar, she makes it clear to her classmate that there are no hard feelings between him and her in the present time.
8 Claude May Be A Schemer, But His Casual & Friendly Attitude Endear Him To Players
Claude from the Golden Deer is well-known to be a schemer throughout the game's routes, due to him being such a serious tactician. However, he's also the most casual out of all the house leaders in the game when being around their fellow students and professors.
He often calls the player "Teach" and treats them more like a cool friend than addressing them formally as a professor. Players who took the Verdant Wind route in the game and taught the Golden Deer enjoyed Claude's more casual attitude around them and found him enjoyable because he wasn't super-formal.
7 Sylvain Is Friendly Despite His Philandering
Sylvain from the Blue Lions house may get a lot of flack from some of his other classmates for being a philanderer, but he's also one of the friendliest characters in his house. He's always willing to strike up a conversation with anyone. He even shares close bonds with Felix and Ingrid from the Blue Lions and is a big fan of Bernadetta's writing in their shared support conversations.
Sylvain does care deeply for his friends, classmates, and family, and he's always there for them when the situation gets rough. His supportive attitude endeared players to him after they got to know him.
6 Ignatz's Passion For The Arts Ignited The Player's Passion To Recruit Him
Ignatz from the Golden Deer house is a gentle soul that players will adore. He prefers to paint than practice archery, as it's his dream to become a painter. He is also a generally nice person, often willing to help others out when they require his assistance, and his support conversations with Marianne and Raphael are particularly endearing.
His passion for art, coupled with his curiosity about Goddess, Archbishop Rhea, and Saint Cethleann endeared him to a lot of players, especially while playing the Azure Moon and Verdant Wind routes.
5 Flayn Is Enthusiastic About Socializing With Others, Including The Player
Flayn eagerly joins the player's class after being rescued from the Death Knight in all four of the game's routes and is often cordial towards the player. She may not be the most casual person, considering her choice of words of addressing her own age from her and the player's first support conversation, but she's fairly friendly and kind towards most people.
In fact, she even tries to make Seteth stop terrifying the other students because she wants to keep those friendships with said students. She is also more trusting of the player between her and Seteth upon initially meeting them as well, and players also found her love of fish to be fairly adorable.
4 Alois Is One Of The Jolliest Knights You'll Meet In-Game
Alois is an old friend of Jeralt, the protagonist's father, and he's a really nice guy to be around. Even though they haven't seen each other in years when they first meet again in the current events of the game, he's immediately open to welcoming Jeralt back when they reunite, along with his child.
Additionally, most of Alois' support conversations center around him being a fairly friendly person to others, including trying to be sensitive towards Bernadetta's social anxiety. He also makes some dad jokes that either makes characters groan or laugh with delight in-game.
3 Mercedes Is One Of The Sweetest People You'll Ever Meet
Mercedes from the Blue Lions house is one of the nicest people in the entire game. She has a gentle personality and gets along with students such as Annette, for example. Her stats leaning towards her being a healer also help her being so friendly since she rarely ever is spiteful towards anyone.
Additionally, her support conversations with tougher figures, such as her brother Jeritza and Dedue from the Blue Lions, show that she will even be open towards those on the more intimidating side.
2 Annette's Love Of Sweets & Singing Made Her One Of The Most Friendly & Adorable Characters
Annette from the Blue Lions is one of the most adorable characters, due to her love of making up her own songs as well as her love of sweets. A few of her support conversations with Felix and Claude actually focus on her love of singing where she gets to show off her skills, much to the player's enjoyment, Felix's amusement, and Claude's curiosity.
She gets along well with her classmates, especially Mercedes, and is also a very hardworking individual. Her adorable antics, coupled with her being a hard worker, made a lot of players enjoy having her around.
1 Raphael Is One Of The Friendliest Students There Is
Raphael from the Golden Deer house is one of the friendliest people the player can meet. He often takes up a big brother role to fellow students such as Ignatz and Lysithea, partially due to his background of taking care of his little sister back at home.
Despite losing his parents in an accident, he's a fairly optimistic person despite those losses. No matter which house the player is part of, he's fairly friendly and enthusiastic about eating and training with his fellow students.