Deathgoyle

Deathgoyle File:Generic portrait balrog fe15.png The generic Balrog portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Gargoyles enhanced by magic. They surpass their lesser brethren in speed and brutality.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) Lance (The Sacred Stones) Monster (Shadows of Valentia) Skill(s) None

The Deathgoyle (Japanese: デスガーゴイル Deathgargoyle) or (Japanese: バルログ Balrog Balrog) is an enemy-exclusive monster class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Gaiden and so far only appears in it, its remake Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and The Sacred Stones. They are a species of flying, lance- or scythe-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	--	--
The Sacred Stones	23	8	--	5	8	0	9	1	7	11	A

In Gaiden, Deathgoyles also have a base experience yield of 40, and a base class strength of 6. In Echoes, Deathgoyles also have a base experience yield of 160, and a base class strength of 2.

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%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	70%	40%	--	30%	25%	10%	20%	17%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

In Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Deathgoyles are equipped with passive skills that mark them as promoted Terror units, as well as flight units.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class
Deathgoyle

The Sacred Stones

Advanced class
Deathgoyle

Trivia

• In Fire Emblem Gaiden, gargoyles and balrogs are depicted as wielding scythes in their battle sprites, despite that scythes do not exist as a proper weapon type in that game, or in any other game in the Fire Emblem series. The scythe becomes their monster weapon of choice in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
• In Fire Emblem Gaiden, Balrogs are classified as Gargoyles, with Balrog being the units' names. This trait is shared with the White Dragon, Lich, Entombed, HiKnight, Gold, Kelves, Belrez, and Bahdess.

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 mort, "death" + gargouille, "gargoyle".
German	Finstergoyle	Darkgoyle; from the German finster, "dark" + gargoyle.
Italian	Gargoyle morte	Death gargoyle. Abbreviated to Garg. morte for space reasons.

Gallery

• Generic portrait deathgoyle fe08.gif

  The generic Deathgoyle portrait in The Sacred Stones.

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.