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I think you can make just about any level 1 character work given growths and more training potential, but it is especially brutal to Dorothy type units who come in late in the early game and get dwarfed by a sniper with 2-3x base stats.
Igrene even comes along 5 chapters later and is probably still better than Dorothy even if you did train her.
Not even mentioning nomads are better in every way.