Deathgoyle

Deathgoyle Artwork of Deathgoyle from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Gargoyles enhanced by magic. They surpass their lesser brethren in speed and brutality.

Unit type(s) Monster (Gaiden, The Sacred Stones) Flying (all titles) Great Terror (Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Weapon(s) None (Gaiden) Lance (The Sacred Stones) Strike (Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Skill(s) None

The Deathgoyle (Japanese: デスガーゴイル Deathgargoyle or バルログ 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, in Gaiden appearing for a single map in Act 5.

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
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	34	15	--	11	16	0	10	10	7	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	40	--	--
The Sacred Stones	60	27	--	25	23	30	28	22	15	25	S

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision	Size
Gaiden	40	6	--	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	--	3	--	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	160	2	--	--	--	--	--

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%	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	100%	50%	--	55%	55%	0%	25%	10%	--	--	--	--

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 flying units.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class
Deathgoyle

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Gargoyle	Promotion defined, but no item assigned.	Deathgoyle

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base class
Deathgoyle

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Sacred Stones (class roll)	Gargoyles enhanced by magic. They surpass their lesser brethren in speed and brutality.	魔の力により　更なる力を得たガーゴイル 残忍かつ素早い動きはガーゴイルを超越する
The Sacred Stones (help)	Gargoyles empowered by magic. They are both swift and brutal.	魔の力で　凶悪化したガーゴイル 残忍かつ素早い動きで獲物を狙う
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	A flying bronze statue with a will of its own.	意志を持ち飛行する ブロンズ像

Trivia

• In Fire Emblem Gaiden, gargoyles and deathgoyles 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, Deathgoyles are classified as Gargoyles, with Balrog being the units' names. This trait is shared with the White Dragon, Lich, Entombed, Fiend, Aurum, Cerberus, Naberius, and Hades.

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,[which?] they are abbreviated to Dethgoyle for space reasons.
Japanese	• バルログ • デスガーゴイル	• Balrog. From the Balrog, a species of demonic, fiery monster in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and associated works. The class is known by this name in Gaiden. • Officially romanized as Deathgargoyle. The class is known by this name in The Sacred Stones.
Spanish	• Diablo • Balrog	• Devil. Used in The Sacred Stones. • As above. Used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
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.
Dutch	Doodsgargouille	Death gargoyle
Korean	발록	Balrog
Simplified Chinese	炎魔	Flame demon; this term is used for Balrogs in Chinese translations of The Lord of the Rings and related material.
Traditional Chinese	炎魔	Flame demon; this term is used for Balrogs in Chinese translations of The Lord of the Rings and related material.

Gallery

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  Artwork of Deathgoyle from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  The generic Deathgoyle portrait in The Sacred Stones.

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  The generic Deathgoyle portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  A deathgoyle as it appears in battle in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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.