Bastian

Bastian (ユリシーズ, Ulysses in the Japanese version), Count Fayre,Crimea's Deputy prime minister , is one of Elincia's most trusted advisor. He is a noble who worked for Prince Renning, and his best friend is General Geoffrey. After the fall of Crimea, he has to hide with the other retainers.

In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, he sends spies to check on Daein's recovery and also helps to vanquish the Crimea rebels. He also realises that Bertram ,of the Four Riders, was actually Renning, who was thought to be dead and would have been next in line for the throne. So, he goes over to Daein, which accounts for his absence throughout most of the game, until he joins as an Archsage in Part 4 after finding Renning, whose mind is healed by Reyson singing the Galdr of Rebirth. Basian seems to be in love with Lady Lucia, if he has an A support with her, he still attempts to woo her and Lucia does humour him but she doesn't give in to him.

He is mostly known of his poetic speeches and tricky plans (such as hiring the Greil Mercenaries to save Lucia). He especially has an incredible ability to over-dramatize any event. Despite this, he is incredibly loyal to his princess and his country, and is willing to give his life for them. He later hires Volke a skilled Assassin to find and kill Izuka. However, he too has a dark side, that is shown when he tries to hire Volke for some "jobs".

Recruitment

 * Chapter 23: Automatically from Turn 2

Base Stats
|Sage |Wind |13 |35 |12 |19 |21 |16 |15 |12 |20 |10 |10 |6 |Fire - B Thunder - C Wind - A |Knife Corrosion |Elwind Stiletto

Growth Rates
|55% |40% |65% |65% |55% |30% |35% |50%

Bond support

 * Geoffrey:10%

Recruitment

 * Part 4: Chapter 5: Automatically from Base, available in Chapter 5 and Final.

Base Stats
|Archsage |Wind |10 |45 |21 |35 |27 |24 |21 |20 |32 |10 |10 |6 |Fire - A Thunder - A Wind - SS Staff - B |Corrosion Shove Flare |Arcwind Elthunder Elfire Elixir

Growth Rates
|25% |20% |30% |70% |40% |40% |25% |50%

Bond support

 * Geoffrey:10%