Balthus

Former noble who ran away to Abyss due to money problems. Revels in competition as Leicester's King of Grappling. Appears in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Name: Balthus von Albrecht Gender: Male Race: Human Birthday: July 9th Age: 26 (Pre-timeskip) 32-33 (Post-timeskip) Height: 198 cm Relatives: Unnamed Father, Unnamed Mother, Lord Albrecht (Younger Half-Brother), Unnamed Step-Mother Occupation: Member of Ashen Wolves, Student at the Officers Academy (Formerly), Heir of House Albrecht (Formerly) Weapon: Gauntlets </Personal Information> Balthus is a tall muscular man with a slightly tanned skin, short black hair with strands on the front and brown eyes. His attire consists of a white open jacket that exposes his muscular body, black gauntlets, white pants with a purple belt and black boots.

In the post-timeskip, he now wears a green headband, yellow open long jacket with belts around his torso, silver shoulder pads on his jackets, his usual gauntlets, green pants and brown boots with silver plates. Rowdy by nature, Balthus is straightforward and non-judgmental, being one of the few to not fuss over things like Lysithea's quirks. He is surprisingly empathetic, as he was close with his younger half-brother and always believed he was better suited to be the head of their family, so he chose to leave in order to make handing his over inheritance that much easier.

As the oldest student of the Officer's Academy, Balthus enjoys gambling and drinking, one of the primary reasons of his being in debt, but cannot control his urges to do so. While he may ask people for small loans, most notably Hilda, he never directly asks others to assist him in paying off his debts, as he prefers to resolve them by himself. If someone offers him any sort of aid, and he cannot repay them immediately, he vows to repay such favors someday no matter what.

Despite his hearty and careless personality, Balthus can be quite insightful, which is referenced in both his budding talent in Reason, and the fact that he's the only person who can not only keep up with Claude's defensiveness over his past and his prodding, but he even turns it back on him, leaving Claude genuinely indignant and hypocritically upset at Balthus for trying to get a read into his past.

Balthus is on good terms with Holst and his younger sister Hilda, despite not being in contact with them for years. He tries his best to take care of Hilda, even well after the timeskip, where he upholds the promise made to Holst years ago before hiding in Abyss. He also respects Holst's combat capabilities, stating that he wouldn't have a chance if he had to fight him. This respect turns into a prominent weakness that Hilda exploits to rein in Balthus' love for gambling and reckless behavior. Balthus is a playable character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. He is an inhabitant of Abyss, and a member of the Ashen Wolves. He bears a major Crest of Chevalier.

The self-proclaimed "King of Grappling," Balthus has a rough-and-tumble personality. Running from his woes (and his debts), he's gone underground—literally—in Abyss. Despite his motivations, he's big-hearted and protects those he cares for.

He is also the best friend of Holst, Hilda's older brother. Hilda had known him from childhood, refers to him as "Baltie" and tends to treat him as if he were another brother.

Balthus' mother is a commoner from Kupala, a very secluded region within Leicester. His father is the leader of the Albrecht clan, a minor noble family from the east of the Alliance. She left Kupala to see the world, and he rescued her from danger; the two fell in love, married and had Balthus, but his mother was loathed by her husband's clansmates due to her lowborn origins so they constantly harassed her. The couple were forced to part ways: Balthus' mother returned to Kupala, and Balthus remained with his paternal family as the heir apparent, even when he did not consider himself cut to be the heir.

Some time after the departure of Balthus' mother, Lord Albrecht was forced to marry a local noblewoman who also bore him a son, albeit one with no Crest. Balthus and his younger half-brother were pretty close, but the boy's mother loathed her stepson and was obsessed with her son becoming the heir of the family. All of this was followed by Balthus' own unruly behavior and the discovery of his Crest of Chevalier when he entered the Officer's Academy; his Crest was not supposed to have been passed on to anyone after the failure of the Rite of Rising, so Balthus and Lord Albrecht had lots of problems to keep the secret from the clan. Some time after Balthus' graduation he decided to run away since not only he was harassed by debt collectors and other enemies, he greatly feared that his cruel stepmother would either harm his mother and the Kupalans as revenge against him, take her frustrations on his father, or pit him against his brother.

As he ran away from everyone in Leicester, after a bad encounter with bounty hunters near the Bridge of Myrddin he reached the territory of Lysithea's parents in Ordelia. By then, House Ordelia was already dominated by the Empire and could not give him shelter, but they still fed him and helped him escape from his pursuers despite the danger they were in. He has never forgotten the kindness of the Ordelias and hopes to repay them someday, as he explains to Lysithea in their supports.

Eventually, Balthus made his way to Abyss, managing to lay low until it was safe to come out again. Balthus have great physical strength and he uses gauntlets as his main weapon. He is very proud with his fists' strength.