Galzus (Japanese:ガルザスGalzus) is the prince of House Ribaut inIsaach, a cousin of PrinceShannan of Isaach through his mother—the eldest child of KingMananan—and afull-blooded heir of theCrusaderOd. During theGrannvale-Isaach war of Grann 757, Galzus fled Ribaut with his daughterMareeta when King Mananan attacked Ribaut in retribution for the Ribaut attack onDahna, and became a mercenary. He was separated from Mareeta and eventually entered the service of DukeRaydrik ofMunster.

Biography

Early life

Before Ribaut's fall, Galzus's wife gave birth to their only child,Mareeta, but died soon after Mareeta was born.^[1] When King Mananan launched his attack on Ribaut, Galzus fled with Mareeta. The two travelled together for some time, but were separated somewhere nearConnacht, when Mareeta wandered off against Galzus's wishes and was snatched up by a slave trader. Despite his best efforts searching, Galzus was unable to find Mareeta and eventually gave up, believing she would be better off without somebody so murderous for a father.^[2]

Munster

After losing Mareeta, Galzus worked as a mercenary, and eventually enteredRaydrik's service inMunster. Under Raydrik's employment, Galzus worked as a guard at Munster Castle, and was tasked with pursuingLeif and theMagi as they fled imprisonment in the castle. He nonetheless secretly defied Raydrik to release Mareeta from her own imprisonment, entrusting her care toSaias while he remained in Raydrik's service, although he refused to explain his true motives for doing so to Saias.^[3]

When Leif later returned, leading his liberation army to storm Munster, Galzus still acted as one of Raydrik's mercenaries. He was approached by Mareeta, who had experienced a dream during herpossession which revealed his identity as her father. At her behest, he joined Leif's army to help saveEyvel, Mareeta's adoptive mother. Upon Leif's army's successful rescue of Eyvel, he met with her for the first time and entrusted her with continuing to take care of Mareeta, but at her request agreed to visit Fiana once a year to visit.^[4]

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

InChapter 5, ifChapter 4x was played, Galzus appears as an enemy unit. He appears in the arena after four of the arena enemies have been killed. OnceEyvel has been turned to stone, he will move to escape. InChapter 6, Galzus appears as an enemy unit on turn 15.

InChapter 24, Galzus appears as an enemy unit. He is recruited whentalked to byMareeta.

Starting stats and growth rates

Playable

Mercenary Level 20 Action ★★★★★

Recruitment:Chapter 24, talk withMareeta StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 54 Speed 20 Strength 20 Luck 17 Magic 9 Defense 14 Skill 20 Constitution 18 Movement 7 FCM 3 Max HP 50% Speed 50% Strength 40% Luck 70% Magic 45% Defense 15% Skill 55% Constitution 10% Movement 1% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Meisterschwert Flame Sword Vulnerary Vulnerary Master Axe Luna Astra Weapon Levels A -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Enemy – Chapter 5

See also:Mother and Daughter

Mercenary Level 20 Action --

Stats Max HP 54 Speed 20 Strength 20 Luck 17 Magic 9 Defense 14 Skill 20 Constitution 18 Movement 7 FCM 3

Inventory Skills Slim Sword Vulnerary Luna Astra Weapon Levels A -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Enemy – Chapter 6

See also:The Escape

Mercenary Level 20 Action ★★★★★

Stats Max HP 54 Speed 20 Strength 20 Luck 17 Magic 9 Defense 14 Skill 20 Constitution 18 Movement 7 FCM 3

Inventory Skills Meisterschwert Luna Astra Weapon Levels A -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Supports

Galzus Mercenary Supports: Mareeta Myrmidon Bonus: 10 [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[{{{supportg4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: Mareeta Myrmidon Bonus: 20 [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

Analysis

Galzus is the best combat unit inThracia 776 next toCed, with low availability as his only major drawback. He joins with capped strength, skill, and speed, as well as an A-rank in both swords and axes. Outside of that, Galzus has 7 movement, 3 FCM,Luna andAstra. This nearly guarantees Galzus will one-round anyone he faces, even if he is not using a strong weapon. Though he is good at dealing with most enemies, Galzus is not the most reliable unit against the final boss,Veld. Galzus cannot reliably one-round Veld due to his high 80 HP and 25 defense, and must instead rely on critical hits or skill activations; instead, Ced withForseti is more reliable, as he is guaranteed a critical hit on his follow-up, and is only three points of magic away (suppliable withMagic Up orPure Water) from a one-round.

Galzus also has impressive defenses. He has a massive 54 base HP, a solid 14 defense, and a decent 9 magic. Physical units tend to have a low magic stat, but Galzus's magic stat is salvageable. He may still be affected by status staves, which the player should be mindful of. However, using a Pure Water or Magic Up staff helps protect Galzus from their influence; if Galzus also equips aFlame Sword, he will have 21 magic on the first turn Magic Up or Pure Water is applied and 20 magic the turn after, giving him 2 turns of status staff immunity (discounting terrain-boosted casters due to magic floors) and exceptional magic beyond that. However, he should beware that due to having the highest base HP out of any recruitable unit, he is a prime target forBerserk casters, who target by HP. Allowing Galzus to get hit will solve the issue as then the unit with the next highest current HP will get targeted instead.

Galzus also has a massive five action stars, giving him a 25% chance to move again when he completes a turn. The effect is unreliable, but Galzus has a better chance of activating it than most units. If he activates it, he can move fourteen spaces in a single turn, kill two enemies on player phase, and more. Since Galzus is so good at combat, there is no reason not to use him when he is available. While he cannot use staves, which is especially problematic as the final chapters ofThracia are especially staff-dominant, he is better than the vast majority of non-staffers.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Galzus/Heroes

There is one variation of Galzus available inHeroes.

Personality

Galzus attempts to hide his emotions by establishing himself as stoic and distant, but he still cares about the people important to him and his family.^[5] Despite the effort he put into trying to find Mareeta after her abduction by the slave traders, once he realized he was never going to do so, he came to believe Mareeta would be better off without having a murderous figure such as himself in her life.^[2] Once he reunited with Mareeta and her adoptive mother, Eyvel, he felt it was best to leave Mareeta in Eyvel's care with the promise of visiting her in Fiana once per year at Eyvel's request.^[4] According to Mareeta, she remembers Galzus prior to her separation from him as being gentle and kind in addition to his great strength.^[6]

Endings

Galzus, Dark Blade of Od
After liberating Munster, Galzus disappeared. There are no records, legends, or even rumors about his life thereafter.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quotes

Escape quotes

Heroes quotes

Main article:Galzus/Quotes (Heroes)

Trivia

• If Galzus is not recruited or dies beforethe final chapter, he will be transformed into aDeadlord—Bovis—and act as an enemy in the final chapter.
• Galzus has the exact same growth rates asOlwen,Ilios, andXavier.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Mercenary Sword (Meisterschwert) Axe (Silver Axe)

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Galzus fromThracia 776.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.
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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.
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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.
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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.
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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.
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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.
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  Artwork of Galzus: Dark Blade of Od.

References

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