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Astolfo
; Artwork of Astolfo from The Binding Blade A spy serving Ostia. Surrounded in mystery.
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Age	30s
Family	Igrene (estranged wife); Deceased child (daughter);
Nationality	Ostian
Starting class	Thief
Appearance(s)	The Binding Blade

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Astolfo (Japanese: アストール Astore) is a playable thief in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He is a spy for Ostia and the estranged husband of Igrene. Astolfo was known as Gorlois (Japanese: ゴルロイス Gorlois) when he was with Igrene.^[2]

“	I'm a spy, see. I gather information, steal things, check on people... Things like that.	”	— Astolfo to Merlinus in Chapter 8

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

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Astolfo is a playable character in Chapter 8.

Starting stats and growth rates

Thief

Level	10
Affinity

Recruitment: Chapter 8, Automatically at the start

Stats Growth Rates

Max HP	25	Luck	11
Strength	7	Defense	7
Skill	8	Resistance	5
Speed	15	Constitution	8
Movement	6	Aid	7

Max HP	90%	Luck	15%
Strength	35%	Defense	20%
Skill	40%	Resistance	20%
Speed	50%

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Inventory

Iron Sword
Lockpick

Weapon Levels
	C		--		--		--
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Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Astolfo will most likely be the best thief you recruit in the entire game. His base stats are high enough to make him a decent combat unit during the Western Isles. However, the fact that thieves cannot promote in The Binding Blade means he will not keep up for long, nor is it necessary to train him (note that thieves can steal no matter what their speed is in The Binding Blade).

Despite his weaknesses, Astolfo is still significantly better than your two other options for thieves: Chad and Cath. Both Chad and Cath's base stats are much lower than Astolfo's when you recruit them, and raising either is hard as you will primarily use them as lockpick utilities rather than combatants. Simply put, Astolfo is far superior to either Chad or Cath.

Astolfo is the best option for thief utility, but he can serve well as a filler combat unit, thanks to his decent bases and great speed allowing him to dodge most attacks reliably, though he will be worse than other sword fighters when trained in the long term.

Personality

Astolfo, despite his important role as Ostian spy, is somewhat lazy and uncaring of the world around him; he dismisses orders to hasten his movements with casual sarcasm.^[3] The injury to his leg that impedes his movement serves to intensify his apathy to keeping up with the troops.^[4]

Astolfo likes to tease others to an extent; he constantly would end his story to Lilina about meeting Hector at the more exciting parts. He does eventually tell her the whole tale about him stealing from Ostia and being offered a job by Hector due to his skill. Astolfo respected Hector highly, and was hit hard by his death, even drinking himself to drunkeness in the middle of a battle with little regard for his safety.^[5] Considering Hector's death occurs before Astolfo is recruited, his apathetic behavior towards himself and others during his time in Roy's forces may have been caused or increased by the death of Hector.

Astolfo seems to still care about his former wife Igrene, but he refuses to acknowledge that he is Gorlois, and blatantly lies to her about his identity. She specifically asks to see his leg, looking for a scar, though he insists he does not have any. He openly discusses his scar to others; making his lie clear. Astolfo first met Igrene in Nabata while suffering severe injuries and amnesia; Astolfo took the name Gorlois and they lived together for several years after this, even having a child. Eventually, Astolfo regained his memories and recalled his identity as a spy. Astolfo quickly realized the danger he had put Igrene in, he was a spy with Ostian secrets, and others would hurt him and his loved ones for that information. Astolfo left Nabata and his love behind for her safety.

Supports

Main article: Astolfo/Supports

Astolfo Thief	Lilina Mage	Initial: 30 Per turn:+2	Barthe Knight	Initial: 10 Per turn:+2	Igrene Sniper	Initial: 10 Per turn:+1	[[{{{support7}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin7}}}affin.png\|link={{{affin7}}} (affinity)]]	Initial: {{{initialpoints7}}} Per turn:+	[[{{{support9}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin9}}}affin.png\|link={{{affin9}}} (affinity)]]	Initial: {{{initialpoints9}}} Per turn:+
Astolfo Thief	Bors Knight	Initial: 1 Per turn:+2	Gwendolyn Knight	Initial: 1 Per turn:+2	[[{{{support6}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin6}}}affin.png\|link={{{affin6}}} (affinity)]]	Initial: {{{initialpoints6}}} Per turn:+	[[{{{support8}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin8}}}affin.png\|link={{{affin8}}} (affinity)]]	Initial: {{{initialpoints8}}} Per turn:+	[[{{{support10}}}]] [[]] [[File:Is gba {{{affin10}}}affin.png\|link={{{affin10}}} (affinity)]]	Initial: {{{initialpoints10}}} Per turn:+

See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Astolfo, Shadow of Ostia
Short: Disappeared without a trace.

Long: After the war, Astolfo’s name disappeared from the records. Legends say that he worked to rebuild Ostia, but nothing else about him is known.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	This looks dangerous... Not that that's anything new.	”	— Astolfo in the final chapter

Death quote

“	Finally, the fun part can start...	”	— Astolfo

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Astolfo's official artwork from The Binding Blade can be viewed in Path of Radiance's extras menu if a copy of The Binding Blade is connected to a Japanese copy of Path of Radiance. This illustration, along with all other The Binding Blade-related artwork, is inaccessible in the international versions of the game, owing to the fact that The Binding Blade was not released in those regions.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Astolfo is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Astolfo
	Shadow of Ostia, Astolfo
		"I am Astolfo. I once served at Marquess Ostia's pleasure."
		Attack: 50	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Thief		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Distinguished Spy: [Activate] [Once per turn] Look at the topmost card of your Deck. You may send that card to the Retreat Area. Knight in the Shadows: [Support] If your attacking unit is , then at the end of this combat, you may deploy this card in the Back Line instead of sending it to the Retreat Area.
	Card #B21-080HN • Artist: Hatapug
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Astolfo .

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	A spy serving Ostia. Surrounded in mystery.*	オスティア家につかえる密偵

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1
(2017)

700