Ashnard

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Ashnard
Names and Aliases
Name (Localized)	Ashnard
Aliases (Localized)	Mad King
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Beorc
Age	40
Relatives	May contain spoilers Unnamed Father Unnamed Stepmother Almedha (Wife) Soren (Son)
Affiliations
Nationality	Daein
Occupation(s)	13th King of Daein
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Fire Emblem Awakening (SpotPass) Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 11: Blood Runs Red (Path of Radiance)
First Fought	Endgame: Repatriation (Path of Radiance)
Starting Class	King Daein (Path of Radiance) Wyvern Lord (Awakening)
Voice Actors
Japanese	Satoshi Hino
English	Brook Chalmers
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“It's true. The world may be destroyed by the coming of the dark god. Then again, it may not. I question the way in which our society is designed. No matter what strength a person has, it is the station he is born into that controls his destiny. And you cannot control where you will be born. Do you believe that a person of low birth should simply endure the curse of his station? I think not. If you are stronger than those around you, you should benefit from your strength. This is why I will use my strength to remake this world. Class and rank will not matter. Human and sub-human will not matter. The strong will possess everything. The weak will submit to their will. Is this not the meaning of peace?”
—Ashnard, to Reyson in Path of Radiance.

Ashnard, also known as the Mad King, is the 13th King of Daein and the main antagonist of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. He wields the wicked sword Gurgurant, and his mount is the twisted body of Rajaion, the Black Dragon prince of Goldoa. He is unlocked by completing fifteen playthroughs of the game.

Ashnard appears as a Trophy and a Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and as a Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Profile

The 13th King of the nation of Daein, Ashnard wages war on Crimea in an effort to ignite a continent-wide conflict. His goal is to obtain Lehran's Medallion, the Fire Emblem, which holds the spirit of a dark god that thrives on chaotic energies. Although he obtains the medallion and makes numerous efforts to sow the seeds of war across Tellius, he is ultimately defeated at the end of the game despite being able to use the medallion to gain god-like power. Ashnard's wyvern mount is in fact not a wyvern at all, but the warped form of Rajaion, the prince of Goldoa, a black dragon laguz, and Ena's fiance as well as the brother of Ashnard's wife, Almedha. Before becoming king, he was a great warrior who was able to almost single-handedly grant victory to Daein in a minor conflict between Daein and Begnion. His rise to power was considered highly unlikely, because a long list of other relatives stood ahead of him in line for the throne. Although it is publicly believed that a major illness led to the deaths of the other potential rulers, in reality, they were all killed by Ashnard.

In Radiant Dawn, it is revealed through Ashnard's wife, Almedha, that Ashnard had tricked his father, the king into signing a blood pact. When the king unknowingly broke it, many citizens of Daein perished under the blood pact's plague. Ashnard ended the blood pact by killing his father and destroying the document. One year after the plague subsided and all of the Daein royal family in succession for the throne were dead, Ashnard was crowned King of Daein. His coronation occurred 18 years before Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. It is also revealed that Ashnard is the father of Soren.

Personality

Ashnard believes that the current society, based on Begnion's hierarchy, is wrong. He believes that one's lot in life should be solely based on their power; he tells Reyson that class and species will not matter in his world, that the strong will ultimately rule the weak. This likely explains Daein's system, where those who display great levels of might, particularly in combat, have the ability to gain much power within Daein society, regardless of class or social standing.

In-Game

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Help Description: The Mad King of Daein. He desired to remake the world by releasing the chaos of Lehran's medallion, so that strength would dictate authority. He lost the war and his life to Crimea.

Base Stats

First Battle

Starting Class								Affinity
King Daein								Fire
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
20	60	35	16	27	27	0	35	26	14	49	10
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Renewal Daunt				Sword - S Axe - A				Gurgurant

Second Battle (Hard mode or higher only)

Starting Class								Affinity
King Daein								Fire
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
20	80	40	25	30	28	10	35	30	14	49	10
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Renewal Daunt				Sword - S Axe - A				Gurgurant

*Only Ragnell, Dragon Breath, Giffca, Naesala, Tibarn, And certain S-Rank weapons can hurt him in both forms.

*The Second Battle commences right after you kill Normal Ashnard.

Fire Emblem Awakening

SpotPass

Starting Class
Wyvern Lord
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
20	78	44+2	25	35	30	10	39	29	8
Skills			Weapon			Starting Items
Strength +2 Tantivy Quick Burn Swordbreaker Renewal			Lance - B Axe - A			Brave Axe*

*Enemy only; joins unequipped

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Dark Burdens

Mad King

The thirteenth ruler of Daein. Plotting to wield his power to rule without opposition, he plunges the whole continent of Tellius into war. Appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯

		Title
		Mad King
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 36/39/42	7/8/9 30/33/36	4/5/6 15/18/21	7/8/9 28/31/34	7/8/9 24/27/30
Skills			Weapon
Steel Sword			Sword

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Mad King
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 37/40/43	8/9/10 32/35/38	4/5/6 16/19/22	8/9/10 30/33/36	7/8/9 25/28/31
Skills			Weapon
Silver Sword Dragon Gaze			Sword

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Mad King
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	16/17/18 40/43/46	8/9/10 34/37/40	5/6/7 18/21/24	8/9/10 32/35/38	8/9/10 27/31/34
Skills			Weapon
Gurgurant Dragon Gaze			Sword

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Sword	-	-	-
	Steel Sword	-	-	-
	Silver Sword	-	-	-
	Gurgurant	-	-
	Dragon Gaze	-		-
	Dragon Fang	Dragon Gaze	-
A	Distant Def 1	-
	Distant Def 2	Distant Def 1
	Distant Def 3	Distant Def 2
C	Even Atk Wave 1	-		-
	Even Atk Wave 2	Even Atk Wave 1		-
	Even Atk Wave 3	Even Atk Wave 2

Overall

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Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Quotes

Path of Radiance

Ashnard/Quotes

Awakening

Ashnard/Awakening Quotes

Heroes

Ashnard/Heroes Quotes

Non-Canon Appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Brawl Trophy Profile

Type	Image	Description
Ashnard		The 13th king of Daein, feared across the land as the "Mad King." He ignited a continent-wide war after attacking the neighboring kingdom of Crimea. Aiming to free the dark goddess locked inside Lehran's Medallion, he is stopped and defeated by Crimean forces. Ashnard's armor is blessed by the goddess, like the Black Knight's, and he uses the sword Gurugant.

Sticker Info

Name	Image	Artwork from	Effect in The Subspace Emissary
Ashnard		Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance	[Slash] - Resistance +34 Usable by: Marth, Ike

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Ashnard appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Support Spirit, unlocked from completing his Spirit Battle during the World of Light campaign or on the Spirit Board. When equipped, the fighter gains increased upward and downward launch power, including meteor smashes.

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Ashnard is illustrated in the trading card game with the following cards:

B12-043R

B12-044N

B20-091R

Trivia

• Ashnard is one of the several final bosses in the series to move. The others are Idunn, Fomortiis, Duma, Garon and Nemesis. That said, Ashnard moves only on Hard Mode.
• Despite being the main antagonist of the game, Ashnard himself never appeared in any of the game's numerous cutscenes.
• Ashnard shares his title of "Mad King" with Gangrel.
• He's one of the few final bosses to only fight as a human, without any supernatural influences. Most other final bosses, on the other hand, are either dragons or supernatural-powered beings, and tend to transform into monstrous creatures after being defeated as humans. While he has a dragon, he never uses it in battle and only attacks with his sword.

Gallery

See main article: Ashnard/Gallery.