Cath

Cath Artwork of Cath from Fuuin no Tsurugi. A young thief who only steals from the rich.

Gender Female Race Human Age Teens Family Unknown (Father) Title(s) The Master Thief Appearance(s) Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Cath (キャス Casu, and also referred to as Cass) is a character in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. She first appears in Chapter 6. She can be recruited from Chapter 12 to Chapter 22 if talked to by Roy 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

Thief Level 5 Affinity

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Personality and character

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). 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. 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. 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. 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.

Support conversations

Main article: Cath/Supports

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See Support § GBA games for more details on supports.

Endings

Cath, Master Thief
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."

Death Quote

“	Heh heh... I goofed up...	”	— Cath

Etymology

The name Cath is a variant of the Greek names Catherine and Cathy. Cath literally means pure.

Gallery

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Thief Sword

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.