Walhart

"Glory is meeting your enemy's eyes and watching the hope drain away with his life..."

- Walhart

Walhart (ヴァルハルト Varuharuto, Valhalt in the Japanese version) is a character in Fire Emblem: Awakening.

He is voiced by Kusumi Naomi in the Japanese version and by Richard Epcar in the English version.

Profile
Walhart is the emperor of Valm, the continent west of Ylisse, uniting the continent by force. He hates losing and turning his back to an enemy more than anything. While he holds down his opposition by force, he has the charisma needed to lead a country. He is extremely perceptive of others, knowing already of Excellus' schemes long before Chrom's army attacks the Valm Castle. He is said to be the second coming of the founder of the Valmese Empire, but he lacks compassion. He is strict and is hard to understand due to they way he talks, but becomes easier to understand after joining Chrom. He is the biggest promoter of vegetarianism in the army. His birthday is September 14.

Two years after the defeat of Gangrel, Walhart decides to begin a lengthy conquest across Valm. During this conquest he took over Rosanne, leading Virion and Cherche to flee Valm to seek aid from Ylisse and Ferox. Walhart also attacked and took over Chon'sin, killing Yen'fay and Say'ri's parents. He took the green gemstone, Vert and brought it to Valm Castle. Yen'fay offered to ally with Walhart if he promised not to kill Say'ri, which Walhart agreed and made Yen'fay one of his generals.

With all of Valm under his control, Walhart decided it was time to invade the continent of Ylisse. However upon first contact in Ylisse, his forces was repelled all the way back to Valm. Walhart sent numerous forces to hopefully stop the Ylisse and resistance forces, but with little success. However when Chrom's army makes the move to attack Valm to the north and Chon'sin to the south to give them time to capture Fort Steiger, both forces are crushed, though the fort is seized. In order to give Chrom time to defeat Yen'fay to the south, a small force lead by Basilio and Flavia decides to go north again and stall the Valm army. However a lone figure, Walhart, appears and singlehandedly kills nearly the entire force. Basilio does his best to try and take him down, but is ultimately defeated.

However with Chrom's army's victory over Yen'fay, Walhart prepares for their assault on his castle. Outside of the castle, he puts up a tremendous effort to crush Chrom's army, but is defeated and retreats to his castle. Inside upon hearing of Excellus' attempt to flee the castle in fear, he forces him to fight against Chrom's army. After taking down Excellus and Cervantes, Chrom attempts to parley with Walhart, but the conqueror refuses, saying that their skills with their blades should speak for them. After an intense battle between the two, the Conqueror is defeated, ending the Conquest of Valm.

Though Walhart is portrayed as a major antagonist in the game, Validar later reveals that Walhart was trying to prevent Grima's ressurection, explaining Plegia's willingness to provide support for the invasion of Valm with ships and materials but not any soldiers.

In his Paralogue, Walhart is revealed to have survived the battle between him and Chrom and seeks to grow even stronger. When he battles Chrom, he reveals that his heart no longer beats, but his life refuses to die. Chrom tells Walhart that if he defeats him this time, he must join Chrom's army to defeat Grima, and thus the two cross blades. Impressed by Chrom's overall strength after their battle and ridding the field of incredibly strong Risen soldiers, he asks the Chrom how he can be stronger than he is. Chrom tells him that his power by himself is nowhere near Walhart's, but his true strength comes from his comrades. Walhart tells Chrom that he walks the path of the king while he himself walks the path of the conqueror. Though he is destined to walk alone by following this path, he keeps his word to Chrom and joins the army.

He tries to convince Male Avatar to rethink his tactics for war in their support. He pushes his ideals that through conquest and unrelenting power, can total peace be achieved. Though the Avatar is quite adamant about Walhart's ideals, he does accept that he cannot win a war without death and casualties. Nevertheless the Avatar remains true to his beliefs and Walhart, since the beginning, has been testing the Avatar's convictions to his ideals. He admits that he lost to the Avatar's ideals and promises to follow to his lead so long as they remain strong in their ideals.

Recruitment
Paralogue 19: Enemy, joins at the end of the chapter, if Chrom fought him during the chapter.

Chapter 19

 * Conqueror
 * 25
 * 59
 * 31
 * 10
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 * 21
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 * 15
 * 8
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 * SwordIconFE13.png - ? LanceIconFE13.png - ? AxeIconFE13.png - ?
 * Sol*
 * }

*Drops when defeated

Chapter 20

 * Conqueror
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 * 59
 * 31
 * 10
 * 26
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 * 26
 * 15
 * 8
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 * SwordIconFE13.png - ? LanceIconFE13.png - ? AxeIconFE13.png - ?
 * Wolf Berg Gold(L)*
 * }

*Drops when defeated

Sidequest 19/Playable

 * Conqueror
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 * SwordIconFE13.png - A LanceIconFE13.png - A AxeIconFE13.png - A
 * Wolf Berg Energy Drop* Dracoshield*
 * }

*Dropped when defeated, joins without.

Supports

 * The Avatar (Can marry a Female Avatar)
 * Morgan (Only if Walhart is his father)

Class Sets

 * Conqueror
 * Knight - Promotes to Great Knight or General
 * Wyvern Rider - Promotes to Wyvern Lord or Griffon Rider
 * Dread Fighter - Requires Dread Scroll

As an Enemy Character
Walhart is an incredible opponent and works similarly to Great Knights having high defense and strength and decent skill and speed. Normally exploiting his Armor and Mounted weaknesses would be optimal, but his skill Conquest prevents this. It is best to fight him carefully as he can decimate anyone with poor avoid and defenses. His first battle will have him equipped with Sol meaning that he can be safely attacked from a distance by magic due to his moderately low resistance. However his second involves his personal Axe, Wolf Berg, which has an incredible damage output and is the strongest throwing axe in the game and second most powerful axe in the game; tied with Helswath and only surpassed by Hauteclere. Walhart will need careful planning to take down in his second battle and will require no less than your most powerful units to take down.In his third battle, he comes back even stronger, though much of the problems the player faced him the second battle will reappear, but should be much easier to handle since they will have six chapters at least to raise levels or even reclass a few times.

As a Playable Character
Base Class Walhart joins in after the main story has ended and is a powerful unit matched only by his difficulty in defeating in all chapters which he is faced. He comes in with moderately high stats of around 30 for most stats except Magic and Resistance. His own unique class Conqueror is similar to the Great Knight class boasting high strength and defense and modest speed skill and luck. However his resistance stat cap is moderately low so it's best to avoid magic units when using him. However he can easily mow through most units even with high stats in defense. His unique skill Conquest also rids him of his Armor and Mounted weaknesses which is a common thing amongst his class sets.

Walhart joins at Level 30 and can start fighting in major battles from the beginning. With his Level at max it is recommended to start reclassing right away to build some skills especially since he can go straight into a second tier class. Luckily, his Sword, Lance, and Axe skills are already at A, letting him immediately use Brave Weapons, making his training a little easier in his other classes. He also has his trademark axe Wolf Berg, but should refrain from using this during training due to the limited usage, and should be used for the most important chapters when using him, as there is only 1 Wolf Berg in the game without DLC and will require Hammerne staffs to replenish durability if you don't have DLC.

Reclassing Walhart's two additional class sets are the Knight and Wyvern Rider lines. As a Knight, Walhart can enjoy the benefits of the heightened defenses and strength of the General for the cost of some speed and resistance and the higher strength of the Great Knight at the cost of speed and skill. Walhart's Conqueror will also prevent some bonus damage from these classes' armor weaknesses. Walhart can grab Pavise to make him an even harder physical unit to take down through conventional direct weapons, Luna as an attack skill, and Dual Guard+ since his only support is with the Avatar, meaning he'll need a boost if he's in a Pair Up with anyone else.

Walhart as a Wyvern Rider, with the improved mobility with no terrain effects, hebecomes a much more traversable unit. As a Wyvern Lord he is much stronger and defensive but loses some speed, skill, and resistance in the process. As a Griffon Rider Walhart is more skillful and faster, but loses some strength and defense in the process. All in all Walhart makes a decent Wyvern Rider unit, however his defining skill, Conquest, becomes completely useless in these classes. Hot Start, Lancebreaker, Swordbreaker, Tantivy, and Carrier are great skills for Walhart to pick up from these classes to make his role as a frontal assault character more definitive.

Quotes
"Behold: I am Walhart the Conqueror! And you are but a pebble upon my path to immortality."

- Default battle quote in Chapter 19

"Nngh... You think you have won? You blow as if to douse a candle, but you only stoke the fires of hell!"

- Defeat quote in Chapter 19

"You would challenge the Conqueror himself?!"

- Default battle quote in Chapter 20

"Nngh... Do you see? Often the sword...is the only way...My conquest...ends here..."

- Death quote in Chapter 20

"Ngh... Then the exalt-to-be is...the conqueror in true..."

- Defeat quote in Paralogue 19

Vs. Chrom (Chapter 19)
Walhart: Why do you resist me, little Prince?

Chrom: You enslave the weak and kill the able. You are the enemy of peace.

Walhart: I would end the reign of the gods, and you object on moral grounds?! Blood is spilled in any new birth, Prince. And in many a just cause, as you know...

Chrom: There is no justification for what you've done.

Walhart: By whose laws do you judge me? Yours? Your sister's? The gods'?

Chrom: You cannot—

Walhart: Look at you! Are you not ashamed? Your mind is filled with nothing but secondhand beliefs. You dance upon the stage of your gods like a mindless puppet! THAT is what I reject: being a slave to tradition, to obligation. The old ways. Damn the gods! Damn their fates and their destinies! I will have true freedom! Any man who offers less is my enemy.

Chrom: Enough! I don't require every detail of your twisted philosophy. You're a villain and a murderer, plain and simple. And I am the justice you deserve.

Walhart: Ha ha ha! Better, Prince. Much better! Be not an agent of someone else's justice, but justice itself! Now, let us fight as two great men, freed of their gods. I grant any challenger the chance to test his will against my own... But you, too, shall be found wanting!

Vs. Chrom (Chapter 20)
Chrom:Walhart!

Walhart: Prince...

Chrom:: Will you surrender?

Walhart:: Don't waste my time with questions you know the answers to, boy.

Chrom:: It did not have to be this way... You believe in mankind's strength...So did my sister. You believe that we are masters of our destinies... So do I. You could have joined with us.

Walhart: ME, JOIN YOU?! Does a pegasus join with the flea on its back? A dragon, with a cow it eats?! You forget your place, BOY. I am the Conqueror! I will unite the world!

Chrom: No! ...I will. And not by forcing all the people to choose the sword or the knee. Peace will only come by stoking people's hearts...not their fear.

Walhart: You think that's what you've done? What your sister did before you? No, she shouted some nonsense and leapt off a rock! Such weakness!

Chrom: Wrong. Not weakness-strength. That one act lives on, and WILL live on, longer than all of your conquests...

Walhart: And longer than you will... Come then, flea, and die for your peace!

Chrom: Emm, I tried...

Vs. Chrom (Paralogue 19)
Chrom: Walhart! You survived?!

Walhart: My heart beats no more... But the flame of life within me refuses to gutter out. This marks the third and final time our blades will cross!

Chrom: The war has ended, Walhart! We've no reason left to fight.

Walhart: We have EVERY reason! A conqueror rules by strength alone. Defeat is death, and I must rise again!

Chrom: That's utter nonsense! The fell dragon is reborn and plans to destroy this world! If you're really so set on battle, then fight at my side!

Walhart: Such arrogance. This world is mine! I'll suffer no one to harm what is mine, be they man, dragon, or otherwise.

Chrom: Then let's strike him down together.

Walhart: Words will not divert my course. Only steel! If you would claim me, draw your blade and make it so!

Chrom: *Sigh* Fine! We can fight again... But when I defeat you THIS time, you WILL join my cause!

Event Tile Quotes

 * "What's this? Haha an item! KNEEL BEFORE YOUR NEW MASTER!" (item)

Level Up Quotes

 * "A Conqueror's role is to dominate, after all!" (6+ stats up)
 * "Yes... I am in fine form." (4-5 stats up)
 * "I balk at no conquest, great or small." (2-3 stats up)
 * "Have I conquered... everything?" (1-2 stats up, most stats capped)

Confession Quote
"With you at my side, the path to glory shall be an easier one. Let us become as gods of strength and happiness!"

- Walhart's confession quote

Critical

 * "Muhahahahaha!"
 * "Stand up and fight!"

Partner Defeated Enemy

 * "I need no aid!"
 * "My gratitude."
 * "I approve."

Enemy Defeated

 * "Hmph"
 * "A meager effort."
 * "Amusing."
 * "This is nature!"
 * "*sigh*"