Kostas

Kostas
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	コスタス
Name (Localized)	Kostas
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Height	183cm (or 6'0") (according to unused data)
Affiliations
Occupation(s)	Leader of the Iron King Thieves
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Three Houses Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
First Seen	Prologue: An Inevitable Encounter
First Fought	Prologue: An Inevitable Encounter
Starting Class	Thief
Voice Actors
Japanese	Yoshikazu Nagano
English	Brad Venable (Three Houses) Brent Mukai (Three Hopes)
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“Shut your dumb mouth! Where would we go at this point? You can't be a thief if you fear death!”
—Kostas

Kostas is an antagonist from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. He is a brigand and the leader of the Iron King Thieves.

Profile

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Academy Phase

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Prior to the events of the game, the Flame Emperor hired Kostas and his gang of thieves to attack and kill students from the Officers Academy during a camping trip. Among these students are the three house leaders: Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude.

Byleth and Jeralt come to the students' aid. Together with the house leaders, they defeat Kostas and his thieves. After the battle, Kostas catches Edelgard off guard and attempts to strike her down, only for Byleth to run in and take the blow. This causes Sothis to awaken within Byleth and use the power of Divine Pulse to rewind time. Knowing what's to come, Byleth is able to easily deflect Kostas; who is forced to retreat shortly afterwards when the Knights of Seiros arrive.

A week later, Kostas meets up with the Flame Emperor at the Red Canyon and expresses anger at not being told about the Knights of Seiros being involved. Displeased by Kostas' ineptitude, the Flame Emperor leaves him to fend for himself, effectively condemning him and his gang of thieves to death.

The Knights of Seiros discover that Kostas and his bandits are residing at the Red Canyon and Byleth - now a newly-appointed professor at the Officers Academy - is sent with their students to subdue the thieves. Kostas refuses to flee, which results in his death at the end of the skirmish.

The next month, a thief from Kostas' group takes refuge at the Abyss and runs into Byleth. He tries to persuade them that Kostas was deceived and begs forgiveness.

"End of spoilers. It's a pleasure doing business with you!"

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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

Prologue

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In the Three Hopes timeline, Kostas's pursuit of Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude is again interrupted, this time by Shez's intervention. The encounter ends in Kostas' death.

"End of spoilers. It's a pleasure doing business with you!"

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In-Game

As an Enemy

A Skirmish at Dawn

• Normal
• Hard
• Maddening

Starting Class						Crest
Thief						-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
3	28	10	5	7	7	5	6	1	6
Magic		Combat Arts		Abilities		Starting Items
-		-		-		Iron Axe*

Starting Class						Crest
Thief						-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
4	29	11	6	7	7	6	7	1	7
Magic		Combat Arts		Abilities		Starting Items
-		-		Axe Prowess Lv 2		Iron Axe*

Starting Class						Crest
Thief						-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
6	32	12	7	9	10	7	8	3	9
Magic		Combat Arts		Abilities		Starting Items
-		-		Axe Prowess Lv 3		Iron Axe*

Skill
Level	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	-	-	-
Start

Red Canyon Dominance

• Normal
• Hard
• Maddening

Starting Class						Crest
Thief						-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
4	30	11	6	13	13	8	7	2	7+1
Magic		Combat Arts		Abilities		Starting Items
-		-		Steal Locktouch Axe Prowess Lv 3		Iron Axe

Starting Class						Crest
Thief						-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
6	32	12	6	13	13	8	8	2	7+1
Magic		Combat Arts		Abilities		Starting Items
-		-		Steal Locktouch Axe Prowess Lv 3		Iron Axe

Starting Class						Crest
Thief						-
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha
11	39	16	9	14	15	9	12	5	12+1
Magic		Combat Arts		Abilities		Starting Items
-		-		Steal Locktouch Axe Prowess Lv 3		Iron Axe

Skill
Level	C	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	-	-	-
Start

Etymology

Kostas is a Greek name, variant of Konstantinos, originated from the latin Constanine, meaning "constant, steadfast"

Quotes

“I'm gonna kill you where you stand...”
—Kostas' battle quote

White Clouds Chapter 2: Familiar Scenery

Red Canyon Dominance

Battle Quote

“Y-you're... It can't be! The mercenary from before? So what, now you're pals with the knights? I'll kill you and your pesky brats!”
—Kostas battle quote against Byleth

Defeat quote

“I should have never listened to that idiot... What a mistake...”
—Kostas' death quote

Critical

• "Hate me yet?"
• "Die!"
• "Urrrgh!"
• "Just die already!"

Enemy Deals 1 or no Damage or Misses

• "You weak!"

Attack

• (normal attack)
• (normal attack with low HP)
• (critical/combat art)
• "Damn you!" (critical/combat art with low HP)

Damage Taken

• (hit by strong attack)
• (death)

Gambit

• "They’ll remember this!"
• "Die for me!"
• "Think you can get away?"

Gambit Boost

• "I'll jump in too!"
• "They’ll regret this!"
• "Agh! I can't just watch!"

Triangle Attack

• "Get’em!"
• "Keep at them!"
• "Crush them!"

Ally Heals or Rallies

• "Thanks!"
• "Heh!"
• "Good Work!"

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1 - CYL3	N/A
CYL4	491	Three Houses	107
CYL5	438 ↑53	Three Houses	68 ↓39
CYL6	478 ↓40	Three Houses	37 ↓31
CYL7	413 ↑65 ↓40	Three Houses	19 ↓18

CYL8

430 ↓17

Three Houses

12 ↓7

Trivia

• Kostas is the first boss and he primarily uses an axe, continuing the archetype of Gazzak.
• Kostas shares his original English voice actor, the late Brad Venable, with Merlinus from The Binding Blades, Cormag from The Sacred Stones, and Nader from Three Houses. Brent Mukai, who assumed the role in Three Hopes, also voiced Nader in Three Hopes.

Gallery

Concept art of Kostas.

Kostas charging towards Edelgard.

Kostas' battle model as a Thief.

Kostas' critical cut-in.