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Athos
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“ | The world is full of mysteries. Solve one, and along comes another... | ” | — Athos |
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Athos (Japanese: アトス Atos) is one of the Eight Legends that defeated the Dragons during The Scouring. He appears in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, assisting Eliwood and Hector on their quest to stop Nergal from once again releasing the dragons.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Role
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Athos is one of the Eight Legends who fought against the dragons during the Scouring. Afterward, he met Nergal travelling through the Nabata desert. They both came across Arcadia, which was a town inhabited by both dragons and humans.
After Nergal left to plan his attempt do get a dragon under his control, Athos remained in arcadia. 500 years after, when Uther told Hector to go to Nabata to seek aid, Athos met with Hector and his party. Athos instructs them to go to Bern to find the Fire Emblem.
After Chapter 27 of Eliwood's tale or Chapter 29 of Hector's tale, Athos teleports them to the place where Bramimond, another of the Eight Legends, resides. Athos asks him to lift the seals on the Legendary weapons so that they can be used to fight against Nergal.
After the legendary blade Durandal was taken, Athos attempts to fight Nergal after Nergal tricked Eliwood and made him kill Ninian. Athos realizes Nergal's power has grown too much, and they head for Ostia to regroup.
After Hector and his party defeat the last of Nergal's Morphs, Athos joins them in the fight in the Final Chapter, bringing the legendary tomes Forblaze and Aureola, along with the companion sword to the Mani Katti, the Sol Katti. After the battle was finished, Athos succumbed to his old age and died peacefully. However, before he died he revealed that the world would fall into chaos once again, hinting at the events in the sequel, The Binding Blade.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Analysis
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Athos is the last unit to join the player's army in The Blazing Blade, in the final chapter of the game, and as such is a part of the Gotoh archetype. Athos comes at level 20 with high bases in every area, besides maybe his somewhat mediocre speed and HP, along with an S rank in all types of magic and an S rank in staves as well, not to mention the powerful Aureola and Forblaze tomes. While the tomes are heavy, Athos is able to wield any lighter tome if he wishes to, or use a staff and heal instead, in particular, he makes great use of the Fortify staff. Athos can also be given 2 speedwing or 2 body rings to fix his speed issues and allow him to one round the fire dragon with a Luna tome. Athos is also the only unit, along with Canas, able to one shot the fire dragon with a critical hit from a Luna and a Filla's Might from Nils.
However, on Hector Hard, it is possible for the Dragon to roll exactly 40 damage due to randomized growths, enabling it to OHKO Athos by the skin of its teeth. If this happens, Athos will need an Angelic Robe to survive the Dragon, so it may be wise to save one from an earlier map in case it is needed.
Overall, Athos is a great unit for the final chapter, who will be able to carry even the weakest teams to victory with just a bit of help from stat boosting items and boosts from Nils.
Personality
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Athos is a wise old man, knowing that if he does not stop Nergal, the whole continent would be destroyed.
Endings
Archsage Athos
Athos died in a foreign land. Those who saw his face said that he seemed as though he had at last found true peace.
Quotes
Battle quotes
“ | Athos: Nergal... Nergal: Heh heh... Athos... Take a good look at me! At my tremendous power! Athos: Already...words are useless. As an old friend... I will fulfill my duty. |
” | — Against Nergal. |
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Defeat quote
“ | Athos: Not yet... This cannot be where I am meant to fall... Eliwood: Lord Athos! Athos: Do not worry about me... Fight on, brave warriors. |
” | — Athos, in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. |
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“ | Eliwood: Lord Athos, how are you? Athos: Do not trouble yourself. My time has not yet come. There is still so much I need to do... |
” | — Athos, if he was defeated in the final chapter. |
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Other appearances
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Athos's official artwork from The Blazing Blade can be viewed in Path of Radiance's extras menu if a copy of The Blazing Blade is connected to a copy of Path of Radiance.
Fire Emblem Cipher
Athos is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Athos | |||||
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Living Legend, Athos | ||||
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"An evil star…rises in Bern… But do not fear. Once again, Lycia brings hope." | ||||
Attack: 60 | Support: 20 | Range: 1-2 | Deploy Cost: 5 | ||
Class: Archsage | Tier: Advanced | Class Change Cost: 4 | |||
Prophecy of Hope: [Activate] [![]() ![]() | |||||
Card #P07-003PR • Artist: Ippei Soeda | |||||
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Athos . |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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The Blazing Blade | An archsage. One of the
eight legendary heroes. |
【大賢者】と称えられる
かつての八神将の一人 |
Choose Your Legends placement history
Round | Placement | Character | Votes |
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CYL 1 (2017) |
326 | ![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
591 |
CYL 2 (2018) |
171 (−155) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
1,499 (+908) |
CYL 3 (2019) |
124 (−46) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
2,080 (+581) |
CYL 4 (2020) |
116 (−10) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
1,409 (−671) |
CYL 5 (2021) |
107 (−9) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
907 (−502) |
CYL 6 (2022) |
101 (−6) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
982 (+75) |
CYL 7 (2023) |
105 (+4) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
655 (−327) |
CYL 8 (2024) |
118 (+13) |
![]() Athos The Blazing Blade |
630 (−25) |
Total results | This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. | 8,753 |
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Trivia
- Athos's name is reused in the European version of Shadow Dragon, for one of the replacement units.
- Although Athos died at the Dragon's Gate in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, his tome, Forblaze, reappears in The Binding Blade, having been supposedly sealed by Athos himself at Arcadia.
- "Athos" is one of the possible names for a randomly generated Avatar appearing on Fire Emblem Awakening's world map.
- Athos is the only unit in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade who can achieve more than one S rank in a weapon.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Athos |
Either from the fictional character Athos, Count de la Fère, from The Three Musketeers;[1] or from one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology, who created the eponymous Mount Athos.[2] |
Japanese |
アトス |
Officially romanized as Atos in a song name in The Blazing Blade. Romanized instead as Athos in Fire Emblem Characters: The Sword of Seal & The Sword of Flame, the now defunct Fire Emblem Museum website, and the art gallery in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. |
Spanish |
Athos |
As above |
French |
Athos |
As above |
German |
Athos |
As above |
Italian |
Athos |
As above |
Portuguese |
Athos |
Mentioned in Heroes. |
Traditional Chinese |
亞托思 |
Athos; mentioned in Heroes. |
Gallery
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Artwork of Athos from The Blazing Blade.
Athos in artwork of Bramimond: The Enigma.
Artwork of Athos from Cipher.
References
- ↑ Athos (character), Wikipedia, Retrieved: August 22, 2018
- ↑ Athos (mythology), Wikipedia, Retrieved: August 22, 2018
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