Deathgoyle

Deathgoyle File:Generic portrait deathgoyle fe08.gif The generic Deathgoyle portrait in The Sacred Stones. Gargoyles enhanced by magic. They surpass their lesser brethren in speed and brutality.

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The Deathgoyle (Japanese: バルログ Balrog, or デスガーゴイル Deathgargoyle) is an enemy-exclusive monster class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Gaiden and so far only appears in it and The Sacred Stones. They are a species of flying, lance-wielding reptilian monster and are a magically-enhanced variant of the Gargoyle monster species. They are classified as an advanced class and the "promoted" version of the Gargoyle. They tend to appear in the later parts of the games instead of regular Gargoyles.

As a flying class, Deathgoyles act as a monster equivalent of the playable Falcoknight, Wyvern Knight, and Wyvern Lord classes. They have high strength, speed, and defense, and with their high movement and ability to fly without being hindered by terrain, they are adept at quickly closing in and swarming the player's army in numbers. However, in The Sacred Stones, their nature as a flying class makes them vulnerable to bows and the Wind Sword. Additionally, since they have low resistance, they are easily defeated by magic.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	26	8	--	3	9	0	7	7	7	--	--

In Gaiden, Deathgoyles also have a base experience yield of 40, and a base class strength of 6.

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	40	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Gaiden	150%	50%	--	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Nil.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class
File:Bs fe02 balrog.png Deathgoyle

The Sacred Stones

Advanced class
Deathgoyle

Gallery

• Generic portrait deathgoyle fe08.gif

  The generic Deathgoyle portrait in The Sacred Stones.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Deathgoyle	From death + goyle, a shortened form of "gargoyle", grotesque, animal-like statues on the tops of buildings such as churches during the Middle Ages.
English (unofficial)	Deathgoyle	In the Gaiden fan translation, they are abbreviated to Dethgoyle for space reasons.
Spanish	Diablo	Devil
French	Morgouille	Deathgoyle; from the French morte, "death" + gargouille, "gargoyle".
German	Finstergoyle	Darkgoyle; from the German finster, "dark" + gargoyle.
Italian	Gargoyle morte	Death gargoyle. Abbreviated to Garg. morte for space reasons.

See also

• Gargoyle

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.