Cath (Japanese:キャスCath) is a character inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade. She first appears inChapter 6; she can be recruited fromChapter 12 toChapter 22 if talked to byRoy three times, once per chapter.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Role

Cath is a crafty and cheery young girl who took up thievery after a group of soldiers and nobles, presumably from Bern, had her village burnt down to the ground. As a result of nobility being behind this felony, Cath began to steal gold and other valuables from the greedy rich and give all of it to the poor and unfortunate. She also possesses a deep-seated hatred towards her own father, who she regards to as a coward, as he was the one who particularly burned down the village under the order of the nobles. At first, she is reluctant to join Roy, merely because he is himself a noble from Pherae. However, if the player gets him to talk to her three times, each time in different levels, she will join Roy's army, and help him in his good cause to stop Bern's tyranny and help in the reconstruction of her village.

After the war ended and Bern was defeated, Cath continued to travel around the world, continuing to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Her name was imprinted in history as a master thief and a legend.

Starting stats and growth rates

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NormalHard, Ch. 12Hard, Ch. 16Hard, Ch. 20A / 20BHard, Ch. 22

Thief Level 5 Affinity

Recruitment: Talk withRoy in three different chapters StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 16 Luck 8 Strength 3 Defense 2 Skill 7 Resistance 1 Speed 11 Constitution 5 Movement 6 Aid 4 Max HP 80% Luck 50% Strength 40% Defense 15% Skill 45% Resistance 20% Speed 85% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Iron Sword Lockpick Vulnerary Weapon Levels E -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Thief Level 5 Affinity

Recruitment: Talk withRoy in three different chapters StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 19~21 Luck 11~13 Strength 3~4 Defense 2~3 Skill 10~12 Resistance 2~4 Speed 14~16 Constitution 5 Movement 6 Aid 4 Max HP 80% Luck 50% Strength 40% Defense 15% Skill 45% Resistance 20% Speed 85% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Iron Sword Lockpick Vulnerary Weapon Levels E -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Thief Level 5 Affinity

Recruitment: Talk withRoy in three different chapters StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 20~22 Luck 11~13 Strength 3~4 Defense 2~3 Skill 11~13 Resistance 2~4 Speed 14~16 Constitution 5 Movement 6 Aid 4 Max HP 80% Luck 50% Strength 40% Defense 15% Skill 45% Resistance 20% Speed 85% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Iron Sword Lockpick Vulnerary Weapon Levels E -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Thief Level 5 Affinity

Recruitment: Talk withRoy in three different chapters StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 21~23 Luck 12~14 Strength 3~4 Defense 2~3 Skill 12~14 Resistance 3~4 Speed 15~17 Constitution 5 Movement 6 Aid 4 Max HP 80% Luck 50% Strength 40% Defense 15% Skill 45% Resistance 20% Speed 85% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Iron Sword Lockpick Vulnerary Weapon Levels E -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Thief Level 5 Affinity

Recruitment: Talk withRoy in three different chapters StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 21~24 Luck 12~15 Strength 3~4 Defense 2~3 Skill 12~15 Resistance 3~5 Speed 15~18 Constitution 5 Movement 6 Aid 4 Max HP 80% Luck 50% Strength 40% Defense 15% Skill 45% Resistance 20% Speed 85% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Iron Sword Lockpick Vulnerary Weapon Levels E -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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Cath appears in Chapters6,8,12,16, 20 (A andB versions), and22, and will join the third time she is spoken to, first available in Chapter 12. Cath will not appear in future chapters if she is either recruited or killed.

Analysis

Even if you recruit her onthe earliest possible chapter, she will still join with incredibly low base stats. Her hard mode bonuses will become stronger the later she joins, but this comes at the cost of her availability, and she will always have poor base stats. One might see her fairly high growth rates, especially speed, and decide to train her, but in reality that is an awful idea, asThieves inThe Binding Blade cannotpromote. In fact, her viability has absolutely nothing to do with her combat in the slightest.

It may appear to some thatstealing Cath's items and killing her inher first chapter may be more beneficial than recruiting her. You can acquire aVulnerary andLockpick by stealing from Cath. True, killing her stops her from showing up in later chapters to steal your loot, but if you play at a decent pace, it is trivial to talk to her or steal her stuff before she gets anywhere near the chests. If recruited, she has several instances of utility that vastly overshadow some minor loot. For one, if recruited inChapter 12, she can help open chests, meaning you do not need a deployment slot for another thief. In addition to this, with her hard mode bonuses, she can open chests effectively on maps with siege tomes, such as 16, as with a pure water she can take a hit, which Chad cannot do untrained, and as previously stated, training thieves is pointless. If Astolfo is dead or grabbing the chests on the other side of the map, Cath can be very useful for this purpose. If you really don't want to recruit Cath, you can steal her stuff multiple times if you don't recruit her and keep letting her come in as a reinforcement.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Cath/Heroes

There are two different variations of Cath available inHeroes.

Personality

Cath is a very cunning thief, and she takes great pride in her skill. She regards to herself as a master thief, as she steals from the rich and gives to the poor, and has her ways around thievery, whether it be switching bags of money with duplicates, or by simply using deception, as seen in her support conversation with the pirate Geese, where she pretends to be drunk and vulnerable (This fails, however).^[2] She claims that she gives all of the money she steals to the peasantry, and that she does not keep any of the pilfered treasures for herself, which reveals her selfless motives for thievery.^[3] She is also cheery and optimistic, as seen in her support conversations with Chad, whom she humorously regards to as "Servant #1."^[4] Before she eventually joins up with Roy and his army, she can be seen appearing on random maps as a red unit, going around and picklocking treasure chests. This continues until the player has Roy talk to her three times, causing her to eventually be convinced to join Roy's army.

There are three particular types of people whom Cath holds a grudge against: Nobility, bandits, and most importantly, her father. During the war, a large group of soldiers and nobles, possibly from Bern, came to her village, and orders all of its civilians to burn it down. They, of course, refused to do so. In response, the nobles prepared to raid the village, until Cath's father, seeing the incident, took the torch and burned the entire village, crops and all, to the ground.^[5] Ever since then, she has retained a hatred towards both nobility and her own father. As a result, she left what used to be her village in order to steal from the rich and give to the poor, promising herself that she will never be cowardly like her father. However, Bartre, a veteran warrior, explains to Cath how maybe her father should not deserve her hate, because he burned down the village in order to protect her daughter from the soldiers. Afterwards, Cath still ends up keeping her regards to her father as cowardly, but she does say she would take Bartre's thoughts into account.^[6] As well as her hatred towards the rich and her father, she also holds great hostility towards bandits, as shown in her support with Garret, who is, himself, a bandit.^[7]

Support conversations

Main article:Cath/Supports

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Endings

Cath, Master Thief
Short: Traveled the world as a thief.

Long: Cath set out to travel the world after the war. She then continued to give to the poor while exposing the secrets of greedy nobles and merchants. Her name remains in history today in "The Legend of the Master Thief."

Quote

Battle quote

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Death quote

Heroes quotes

Main article:Cath/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Cath's official artwork fromThe Binding Blade can be viewed inPath of Radiance's extras menu if a copy ofThe Binding Blade is connected to a Japanese copy ofPath of Radiance. This illustration, along with all otherThe Binding Blade-related artwork, is inaccessible in the international versions of the game, owing to the fact thatThe Binding Blade was not released in those regions.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Cath is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Cath
	Phantom Thief Girl, Cath
		"...You don't know who I am? I'm Cath, the mystery thief!"
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Thief		Tier:Base	Class Change Cost: --
		"I'll help myself to the treasure!":[Activate] [] If your opponent has 6 or more cards in their hand, your opponent chooses 1 card from their hand and send it to the Retreat Area. Locktouch:[Activate] [] Reveal the topmost card of your opponent's deck. If that card has a deployment cost of 3 or higher, you may []. If you do, draw 1 card.
	Card #B16-026HN • Artist:sachie
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Cath .

Flavor text

Trivia

• Cath's theme song was rearranged for two songs fromThe Blazing Blade, "Going My Way" and "Merlinus", which are associated withSerra andMerlinus, respectively.
• InTokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE the clerk at the Anzu costume shop resembles Cath, following with the theme of several other shopkeepers resemblingFire Emblem series characters. They also share the same Japanese voice actress,Sayuri Yahagi.
• Cath's design may be inspired by the character "Rei", planned to appear in the cancelledFire Emblem: Ankoku no Miko.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Thief Sword

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Cath fromThe Binding Blade.

Concept artwork

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  Concept artwork of Cath fromThe Binding Blade.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Cath: Master Thief.
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  Artwork of Cath: Caper Captain.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Cath: Master Thief.
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  Artwork of Cath: Caper Captain.
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  Artwork of Cath: Caper Captain.

Other artwork

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  Artwork featuring Cath released on the second day ofChoose Your Legends:Round 9.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Cath.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.