Astrid

Astrid
Species	Beorc
Class	Bow Knight
Promotion	Paladin
Affiliation	Begnion Crimean Liberation Army
Hair color	Black
Base	Begnion
Debut	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Astrid is a playable unit in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, and she is the only playable Bow Knight in the game.

Background

Astrid was born into House Damiell, a prominent house of nobles in Begnion. Her family was very strict and controlling. Many of her brothers and sisters were married off by her parents to people they did not love nor grow to love, and Astrid could tell their sorrow from their letters. Astrid herself was later arranged to marry someone thirty years older than her. She decided to rebel against her family afterwards, and she did so by enlisting with the Begnion knights so she could make her own path through life. However, she was also somewhat timid and hestitated while wielding her bow in battle, even after her training. At the same time she endeavored to overcome this weakness, and she was also assigned Gatrie as a bodyguard.

In Path of Radiance, Astrid was one of the knights who defended the Apostle Sanaki's ship from Daein soldiers disguised as pirates in "Chapter 13: A Guiding Wind", alongside Gatrie. The others did not think she should not risk her life in battle due to her noble status, but Astrid convinced them that they needed all the help they could get. During the battle, Astrid met with Ike and teamed up with his group to defeat the enemy, and she was also able to convince Gatrie to join Ike's side with her. Astrid traveled with Ike's group for the rest of the war. She received new confidence from fighting in the war and applied her new confidence towards serving the knights of Begnion.

Support Conversation Summaries

Astrid is capable of having Support conversations with three other characters.

• Gatrie- Astrid had heard that Gatrie had worked among the Greil Mercenaries before, so she asks Gatrie to teach her how to fight like a mercenary. Gatrie stalls her because he has no idea how to train people, but he decides to go through with it because he thinks it is a sign she is interested in him. In the second conversation, Gatrie begins his first lesson until he cannot remember what to say next and tells her he'll continue next time. Gatrie once again is left thinking that Astrid is taken with him. In the final conversation, Gatrie quizzes Astrid and asks her is she has a boyfriend, at which point she says she is engaged. Gatrie begins to sniff and walks away from her. However, he then leads himself to believe that Astrid told him that only because she wanted him to swoon her off her feet and steal her away, so he rushes back to talk to her.
• Makalov-
• Sothe- Astrid asks Sothe about how the weapons triangle works, but he scoffs at her for being ignorant of such common mercenary knowledge, and he guesses that she once was a noble. He wonders why someone like her is in the war but deduces that she's alright as long as she takes down Daein soldiers. In the next conversation, Sothe helps Astrid after she passes out from over-exerting herself and has trouble with the realities of war. He tells her the battlefield is not a place for nobles when they have lavish and free lives back home. But Astrid says she joined the Begnion military because she was not free at her home and tells him about her arranged marriage. Sothe assures her he wasn't trying to pry, but Astrid thanks him. In the final conversation, Sothe realizes that the nobles must be different then he realized and apologizes for thinking of her as just a pampered noble. He then tells her to keep up the good work because she's earned her freedom and should never let her parents take that away.