Veld

Veld
Veld's artwork from Fire Emblem Heroes
Names and Aliases
Name (JP)	ベルド; Berdo (Fan Translation)
Name (Localized)	Veld
Biological Information
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Affiliations
Faction(s)	Loptr Church
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Fire Emblem Heroes
First Seen	Chapter 5: Mother and Child
First Fought	Final Chapter: An Undying Oath
Starting Class	Dark Bishop
Voice Actors
Japanese	Shinya Fukumatsu
English	Edward Bosco
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“Ah! What?! It can't be... Have those children broken through the seal?! Ngh... Leif, you heathen... You're an impudent brat standing in the way of the divine! I'll send you to oblivion to meet your parents—but not before you spend a century or two decorating my altar as a petrified statue!”
—Veld

Veld is the final boss in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is a dark bishop of the Loptr Church, the administrator of all of the cult's activities in the Munster District, and the wielder of Petrify, a rare form of dark magic capable of petrifying its victims. He was responsible for the Aed Massacre by informing King Travant of the movements and vulnerability of Quan and Ethlyn as they traveled through the Aed Desert, using the assassination of Quan as a means to turn North and South Thracia against each other. During the Grannvale occupation of the Munster District, Veld acts as a benefactor to Duke Raydrik of Munster, providing him with the Loptous Sword and the support of the Loptrian forces.

Profile

Shortly after Raydrik's arrest of Leif, Veld is present in the Munster Castle arena with Raydrik, watching Eyvel and Nanna fight against gladiators set upon them by Raydrik. When Eyvel is able to defeat most of the enemies and resist Mareeta's attempts to kill her, Veld casts Petrify upon her and turns her to stone, then leaves with Raydrik, allowing Leif to escape.

Later, when Leif's army returns to Munster for their final battle with Raydrik, Veld expresses his disgust with Raydrik's failures and threatens to cut his support, but nonetheless gives Raydrik a small unit of the Bergrosen to use against Leif. Following Raydrik's defeat, Veld turns him into the Deadlord Mus and sets him up to guard the Munster Loptrian temple against Leif's assault. To assist him in battle, Manfroy entrusts Veld with five more Deadlords. Ultimately, Leif's army defeats the Deadlords, unlocks Veld's chamber, and defeats Veld.

Personality

Amoral and manipulative, Veld holds his reverence and fear for his god above all else. He lives with a Machiavellian philosophy that any act, no matter how cruel — child hunts, burning entire villages to the ground in displays of power — is justified so long as it is in service to Loptous. All of existence belongs to his beloved god, and his life's work reflects this. The people he commands are mere pawns, as shown when he spares no sympathy for Raydrik's demise. He carries his mad obsession to his god to his very dying breath, confident that Loptous and his empire will thrive once more.

In-Game

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Stats

Starting Class
Dark Bishop
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Bld	Mov	LS	MS	FCM
20	80	5	20	19	20	12	15	11	6	5	2	1
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Continue Life				Fire - A Thunder - A Wind - A Dark - A Staff - A				Jörmungandr Hel Petrify Vulnerary

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.

Compared to all other final bosses, Veld is by far one of the easiest, but getting to him is the hard part. Use the Kia Staff to remove the Stone condition on your units, but if you do not have that, kill Veld as soon as possible, because if he manages to inflict Stone on Leif, you essentially lose. Galzus or Ced are characters that can take Veld down with fairly little effort.

Or, because the Throne he stands on does not grant +10 Magic, you could easily boost Tina's magic by having her stand on a magic floor and/or raise her magic power with a Barrier Staff and, with the Thief Staff, steal his Petrify tome. You can either kill him without risk of Petrify from there, or steal his other weapons and Capture him, instantly neutralizing him.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Manfroy's Rock.

Bishop of the Loptr Church. Works to support his lord, Manfroy, carrying out the will of the church. Appears in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Base Stats

Rarity:

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		Title
		Manfroy's Rock
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 36/39/42	8/9/10 31/34/37	5/6/7 20/23/26	3/4/5 16/19/22	6/7/8 29/32/35
Skills			Weapon
Ruin			Tome

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		Title
		Manfroy's Rock
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 37/40/43	9/10/11 33/36/39	5/6/7 21/24/27	3/4/5 17/20/23	7/8/9 31/34/37
Skills			Weapon
Fenrir Chilling Wind			Tome

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		Title
		Manfroy's Rock
		Group
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18/19/20 40/43/46	9/10/11 35/38/41	6/7/8 23/26/30	4/5/6 19/22/25	7/8/9 33/36/39
Skills			Weapon
Petrify Chilling Wind			Tome

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Flux	-	-	-
	Ruin	-	-	-
	Fenrir	-	-	-
	Petrify	-		-
	Chilling Wind	-		-
	Glacies	-	-
B	Chill Res 1	-		-
	Chill Res 2	Chill Res 1		-
	Chill Res 3	Chill Res 2
C	Res Opening 1	-		-
	Res Opening 2	Res Opening 1		-
	Res Opening 3	Res Opening 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.

Quotes

Fighting Veld

“Heh, heh, heh... You dare to cross me? Don't you know the power I wield? Let me show you just what a grave mistake you've made!”
—Veld's battle quote

Defeating Veld

“Gah... This is my... own folly... But... this isn't the end...! Even if you kill me, Loptous is eternal... and the rebirth of his empire is nigh! I may die here... but you'll struggle and flounder for the rest of your days...! Heh, heh, heh... Eheheheheheh...!”
—Veld's death quote

Releasing Veld

“Forgive me, Archbishop Manfroy... Ugh...”
—Veld's release quote

Heroes

Veld/Heroes Quotes

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	742	Thracia 776	45
CYL2	756 ↓14	Thracia 776	37 ↓12
CYL3 saw the transition to different counting mechanisms involving versions of characters and ties, so change measured between CYL2 and CYL3 shouldn't be taken at face value.
CYL3	554 ↑202	Thracia 776	34 ↓3
CYL4	571 ↓17	Thracia 776	13 ↓21

CYL5

478 ↑93

Thracia 776

26 ↑13

Etymology

Literally, veld means "field," and is akin to "feld," the Old English predecessor of "field."

Trivia

• Veld is one of the three final bosses whose defeat does not result in an instant victory, as the player still has to seize the throne afterwards. Others are Medeus (Mystery of the Emblem only) and Julius.
• Among the final bosses in the Fire Emblem series, Veld is unique in that he is a normal human acting under his own will, as opposed to a dragon, a god, a demon, or a human that has been possessed or controlled by a dragon or other evil entity. Ashnard of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is similar, though he becomes empowered by Lehran's Medallion on the game's hardest difficulty setting.
• Veld is the only final boss in the series who can be defeated without reducing his HP to zero or even damaging him at all, as his middling Constitution notably does not prevent high-Constitution units such as Dagdar or Galzus from capturing him if you steal his weapons beforehand.
• Veld shares his English voice actor, Edward Bosco, with Líf, Gustav, Luke, and Klein.

Gallery

See main article: Veld/Gallery.