Astrid

Astrid
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	ステラ (Sutera, ステラ), Stella
Name (Localized)	Astrid
Biological Information
Gender	Female
Race	Beorc
Age	18 (FE9) 21 (FE10)
Relatives	May contain spoilers Unnamed Grandmother Unnamed Father Unnamed Older Brothers Unnamed Older Sisters Makalov (Fiancé) Lekain (Ex-fiancé)
Affiliations
Nationality	Begnion
Residence	Crimea (Radiant Dawn)
Faction(s)	Knights of Begnion (Formerly) Crimean Royal Knights
Occupation(s)	Member of House Damiell (Formerly) One of the Knights of Begnion (Formerly) Mercenary Member of the Crimean Royal Knights
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 13: A Guiding Wind (Path of Radiance) Part 2, Chapter 3: Geoffrey's Charge (Radiant Dawn)
Starting Class	Bow Knight (Path of Radiance) Bow Paladin (Radiant Dawn)
Voice Actors
Japanese	Yoshino Nanjo
English	Jenny Yokobori
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“I volunteered for service with the knights of Begnion to live on my own terms. Of course, my family vehemently opposed the idea, but they figured it was merely a phase. They thought I would come home crying. I won't give them that satisfaction.”
—Astrid, talking to Sothe.

Astrid is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. She is a member of the Crimean Royal Knights, and a former member of Begnion's noble House Damiell. Astrid was engaged to Duke Lekain of Gaddos, a sinister man and a main antagonist of Radiant Dawn, against her wishes. In order to avoid being put through such misery, she left home to seek her fortunes elsewhere.

Profile

The daughter of House Damiell of Begnion, Astrid was pressured to marry against her own feelings on the matter, as unlike the boys of noble households, who are deemed successors and find valor on the battlefield or government, girls in Begnion are often simply tools to be used in political marriages, with several of her brothers were allowed to join the Begnion army and achieve greatness of their own, all of her older sisters being married off to people they neither loved nor grew to love, as can be seen from the sorrowful letters they sent to Astrid. At some point, her beloved grandmother gave a pendant to her and she decided to wear as a memento that few people know about.

Sometime later, Astrid's father – who cares deeply about family status — engaged her in a strategic marriage to Duke Lekain of Gaddos (a man older than her own father) that she decided to resist accepting her fate and left to enlist with the Knights of Begnion. She reasoned that, as a knight, her marriage would have to be postponed due to being in military service. In reality, while many were shocked and sneered at her decision, it was so she could finally break away from her past self that would do as her parents would always tell her and live on her own terms. Astrid's tenure with the Begnion knights was relatively short, and she became a mercenary after leaving their service.

Path of Radiance

Astrid makes her first appearance in Chapter 13 of Path of Radiance. The ship she travels in this chapter is incidentally the carrier of the Apostle Sanaki, causing it to be targeted by Daein soldiers and a few hired Kilvas Ravens. This leads to Astrid being dragged into the ensuing conflict, where she fights alongside her bodyguard Gatrie in order to protect the hapless civilians below-deck.

Prior to the start of Chapter 13, Astrid is observed to converse with Gatrie, with the latter expressing concern over the idea of her directly participating in it. She responds by displaying confidence in her skill with the bow, assuring Gatrie of her ability to protect herself.

After the chapter ends, Astrid will enlist into Ike's group, deciding that she will eventually be able to follow them away from Begnion. Astrid will stay with the group until the game ends.

After the events of Path of Radiance, Astrid is invited to join the Crimean Royal Knights, under the command of General Geoffrey.

Radiant Dawn

After assisting the Crimean Liberation Army during the Mad King’s War, Astrid joined the Crimean Royal Knights – thus severing her connections with Begnion entirely.

Coming a long way from the time she first joined the Knights of Begnion and could barely keep up with a march, the experience she gained from fighting in such a large war made her an excellent bow user that is worthy of being a Crimean Royal Knight. This achievement left her with no lingering regrets toward her motherland.

However, there was another reason for Astrid being in Crimea: her “Fated Person” Makalov. Over the last three years, her affection for him deepened to the point where she says nothing but praise for him. This leads to puzzled looks from Calill, Marcia, and even Makalov himself. It does not bother her in the slightest, however. She truly cares deeply about Makalov’s happiness and well-being, a fact that is well-observed throughout the royal capital.

Alongside the other Crimean Royal Knights, Astrid will launches attack on Felirae Castle in Chapter 2-3. However, this proves to be a trap set by Ludveck, who has laid siege on Fort Alpea at the time. The Royal Knights later reinforce Elincia's forces in Castle Crimea at the end of Part 2.

Later, during the war between Begnion and the Laguz Alliance, Astrid and the Royal Knights are deployed to a village near the Begnion border to put a stop to a group of Begnion soldiers who are pillaging the village under the orders of Senator Valtome after Elincia refuses to aid Begnion. She, along with Royal Knights, later watch as Elincia tries to stop the Begnion and Gallian armies from battling in Crimean territory and only succeeds in convincing the majority of both armies to withdraw from the battlefield. When Valtome commands his personal army to attack the unarmed Elincia, Astrid and the Royal Knights fight to defend her with the help of the Greil Mercenaries.

Later, Astrid joins the Laguz Alliance in Part 3 and becomes involved in the march towards the Tower of Guidance. During this time, she is described to constantly follow Makalov around, "cleaning up his messes," according to Marcia.

If brought inside the Tower of Guidance, Astrid can have different conversations with some of the enemies the army faces. If the player has her fight Lekain, she tells him that marrying him would have been the biggest mistake of her life. Her conversation with Levail suggests that they know each other from the past, but it is never stated how they came to be acquaintances. If she fights against Sephiran, when he asks her if she is worried about her family, she only states that she will save them.

Astrid will marry Makalov if they share an A support at the end of Radiant Dawn, but never succeeds in taming him.

Personality

Through her Support Conversations, Astrid is observed to be an individual with a sweet temperament, and is often shy and meek when speaking to others. During her Support Conversations with Makalov, Astrid hands over a family heirloom to him, who makes plans to sell it for money to gamble. He later returns the heirloom, claiming that Marcia has forced him into doing so. (If Marcia has been slain prior to the activation of this conversation, Ike will tell Makalov off in her stead.) This act of returning the pendant to Astrid causes her to deeply respect Makalov, in spite of his roguish and dishonest ways.

Due to her upbringing, she is rather naïve to the ways of the world, but is quite sincere and humble. She does not feel she is a “chosen one” much like many of the other Begnion nobles do.

In-Game

Path of Radiance

Recruitment

• Chapter 13: Starts as an Other Unit; Have Ike speak to her in order to recruit her.

Base Stats

Starting Class								Affinity
Bow Knight								Wind
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
1	20	6	2	6	7	3	5	4	7	9	8
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Paragon				Bow - D				Iron Bow Knight Ward Vulnerary

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
45%	40%	20%	55%	50%	40%	30%	25%

Support Conversations

See also: Astrid/Supports

• Gatrie
• Sothe
• Makalov

Promotion Gains

Item Required					Promoted Class
( Master Seal)					Paladin
1	+5	+2	+2	+2	+1	+3	+2	+1	+1
Weapon Levels
/ / E*

* Depends on player's choice.

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Although she has a rather poor start, Astrid can very quickly grow to hold her own, and can easily become a rather consistent unit. This is largely due to her Paragon skill, which doubles the amount of EXP she gets. However, this could be removed at a later level for battle-oriented skills like Sol or Adept. Due to her Bow Knight class, Astrid is quite easy to train; her bows allow her to strike enemies out of their reach, while her mount gives her both an exceptional attack range and the ability to quickly retreat to safety after taking a potshot. Even if she is used mainly for chip damage, Paragon and her low base level will allow her to gain EXP fairly quickly, and if she tries picking off weakened enemies, it is not uncommon for her to gain a full level off it. Though bows in Path of Radiance are generally held in low regard, Astrid is by far the best user of them, due to her class synergizing well with them; even her join chapter has her facing off against Raven laguz, which allows her to use effective damage to take chunks off them and gain large amounts of XP due to their laguz status. Consequently, despite her low base level, she is none too difficult to catch up to the rest of the army, and as a potential Paladin, she is worth the effort.

On the whole, Astrid will have relatively balanced stats and will usually cap her Skill and Speed, with her low HP being offset by her high Defense and the Knight Ward. If the player has any spare Arms Scrolls lying around, they may consider giving one to Astrid to boost her proficiency in wielding Bows right away, as she tends to hit a B ranking in bows once she becomes a Paladin, rather than as a Bow Knight. Her Strength and Luck growths are average, and may either end up being rather high or rather low. These issues may be easily fixed with the usage of bands from the player's second play-through onwards.

Once Astrid promotes into a Paladin, she can choose to use an additional weapon type of choice. As bows come with the inherent inability to counterattack at close range, it is recommended that she pick up a weapon type with 1-2 range, namely Lances or Axes. Axes in particular are considered the better choice, since Hand Axes have more might than Javelins, and Steel Axes are E rank.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

Availability

Part 1											Part 2					Part 3															Part 4							Endgame
P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	E	P	1	2	3	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	E	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5
														○	△										○		○			○	□	□	□	□	□	□	○	□	□	□	□	□

◎=Forced　○=Available　□=Available for selected　△=Reinforcement

Base Stats

Starting Class								Affinity
Bow Paladin								Wind
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
2	33	13	8	16	15	17	10	14	7	31	9
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Paragon Canto				Bow - B				Steel Bow Iron Longbow Concoction

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
55%	40%	20%	45%	40%	70%	30%	50%

Biorhythm

Promotion Gains

Item Required					Promoted Class
( Master Crown)					Silver Knight
1	+4	+3	+4	+2	+2	+3	+4	+0	+0
Skills					Weapon Levels
Sol					C A*

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Astrid is very difficult to bring up to par with the other available horseback units she is recruited with in Part 2 of Radiant Dawn because of her low level, being locked to Bows, and her terrible base strength. However, with access to Paragon, Astrid can level fairly quickly and bring her stats up to par, but only if considerable effort is taken to feed her kills or let her hit an enemy for damage; in the first chapter she is available on, this can be done to some extent, but after that, if no effort has been made in Chapter 2-3, the chances of training Astrid are slim to none. While she does have Paragon as a skill, it is highly recommended to remove it from her and give it to someone else, as the skill is so useful for training units that using it on Astrid can be something of a waste.

Even once she reaches par level-wise with other characters, Astrid's strength and speed are not particularly impressive, which, for a Bow user, can be problematic when trying to KO enemies. However, Astrid does excel in HP, Luck, and resistance, which, with her excellent movement, allows her to pick off enemy magic users fairly quickly. Astrid's woes begin to subside once she promotes to a Silver Knight, with her strength and speed becoming roughly average. Astrid's main selling point as a Silver Knight is her higher resistance stat, which can be put to considerable use in the endgame with magic users being everywhere.

Astrid is the only potential user of the Double Bow aside from the three Marksmen. Her caps are overall inferior to theirs aside from Resistance, Luck, and Speed. Her only notable redeeming factor is her ability to use Lances, but in the endgame, should she use the Double Bow, the range is 1-2 for her while it's 1-3 for the Marksmen because of their innate ability to attack from 3 spaces away.

Overall, Astrid doesn't show much benefits to wield the Double Bow over the Marksmen, but she is certainly usable.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original

Resolute Damsel

Lady of Begnion's House Damiell. Refusing the life of an aristocrat's daughter, she enlisted and became a knight. Appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Resolute Damsel
		Group
		Cavalry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	15/16/17 34/38/41	8/9/10 36/39/43	10/11/12 38/41/45	4/5/6 23/27/30	5/6/7 20/23/26
Skills			Weapon
Damiell Bow Rally Attack			Bow

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Bow	-	-	-
	Steel Bow	-	-	-
	Silver Bow	-	-	-
	Damiell Bow	-		-
	Rally Attack	-	-	-
	Rally Attack Defense	-	-	-
	Rally Attack Defense+	-	-
A	Spd Def Bond 1	-		-
	Spd Def Bond 2	Spd Def Bond 1		-
	Spd Def Bond 3	Spd Def Bond 2		-
	Spd Def Bond 4	Spd Def Bond 3
B	Atk Def Ruse 1	-		-
	Atk Def Ruse 2	Atk Def Ruse 1		-
	Atk Def Ruse 3	Atk Def Ruse 2		-

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Resolute Damsel Astrid
	Astrid is young noblewoman who was born into Begnion's House Damiell. Though she comes from a well-to-do background, she's no shrinking violet—she's a talented soldier who fights on the vanguard as a bow knight!
	Astrid's family placed a heavy emphasis on the prestige of their house. Although she was financially well-off, she felt unfulfilled, and her parents dominated her path through life.
	Choosing instead to make her own decisions and live by them, Astrid joined the knights of Begnion. Later, she would encounter Ike and join the Greil Mercenaries led by him.
	Astrid forged her own path in the face of opposition from her peers and family. I feel like I could learn a lot from her strong-willed personality!
Closely Associated Characters
Ike	A kindhearted but stoic young man who has taken command of his father's mercenary band. He invited Astrid to join the Greil Mercenaries after encountering her on the battlefield.

Quotes

Recruit Conversation (Path of Radiance)

• Ike: Are you all right?
• Astrid: Who are you?
• Ike: My name's Ike. I'm with the Greil Mercenaries. I came to defend this ship—and the apostle, if I can.
• Astrid: Is that so? I am Astrid, of House Damiell.
• Ike: A blueblood, huh? Well, unless you're good with a sword, you'd better hide yourself in a cabin.
• Astrid: I'll do no such thing. I once trained with knight and cavaliers. I may be of noble birth... but I know something of battle. I can fight.
• Ike: Well, if you can fight, we can use you. Let's work together. You going to be all right with that?
• Astrid: More so than I would be with hiding belowdecks, certainly.

Death Quotes

“I...wanted... to live...more freely... Grandmother...”
—Death Quote in Path of Radiance

Heroes

Astrid/Heroes Quotes

Possible Endings

Path of Radiance

"Good-bye, General Ike. This war has given me the confidence to enter the service of the Begnion knights. Thank you so much!"

Radiant Dawn

Unassuming Knight (つつましき弓騎士, Tsutsumashiki Yumi Kishi lit. Prudent Bow Knight)

As a Royal Knight renowned through the land, Astrid's beauty and prowess were known to allies and enemies alike.

Astrid and Makalov

Astrid disregarded opposition and married the worst idler in three countries, but never tamed him.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Astrid is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem Cipher with the following cards:

B03-038N

B12-021R

B12-022N

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	292	Path of Radiance	697
	424	Radiant Dawn	321
CYL2	244 ↑48	Path of Radiance	959 ↑262
	376 ↑48	Radiant Dawn	486 ↑165
CYL3	177 ↑67 (From highest)	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	1,441 ↓4 (From combined)
CYL4	204 ↓37	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	735 ↓706
CYL5	162 ↑42	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	595 ↓140
CYL6	389 ↓227	Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn	135 ↓460

CYL7

325 ↑64

Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn

109 ↓26

Etymology

Astrid comes from Ástríðr, a Scandinavian name whose roots mean "god" and "beautiful, beloved."

Trivia

• In a base conversation with Makalov and Marcia in Marauders, Astrid tells them she wishes she had a sibling, yet she mentions having several brothers and sisters to Sothe in their Path of Radiance B support. This is due to a mistranslation of "Marauders," as the Japanese script simply had Astrid instead tell Makalov and Marcia that she is jealous of how close they are.
• The English localization cuts a line from Astrid and Sothe's B support where Astrid tells Sothe that her fiancé seems to be even older than her father.
• Astrid shares her English voice actress, Jenny Yokobori, with Elice and Eleonora Yumizuru.

Gallery

See main article: Astrid/Gallery.