Colter

*A cutthroat from the slums with a soft spot for his sister.*

 Thea (Sister)

**Colter** is a playable character in *Andaron Saga*. He is a thief working in Malthrak, the older brother of Thea and friend of Baudimon.

## Personality

Colter is a loyal individual to those around him, especially to Baudimon and Thea, both of whom he shares a close relationship with. Despite being a thief, he holds no pleasure from stealing and only did it to pay off his family’s debt, especially since it’s only him and his sister. He’s not the most social guy either, as he’s often not present or hiding in a corner during social gatherings, but he is shown to have a playful side as shown when he snuck animal dung into Fred’s boots.

## In Game

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Overall

Despite being a thief, Colter has respectable combat from the start with 6 mov, decent strenght, good speed, the skill Opportunist to boost his damage, and the access to daggers. Having 1 - 2 range synergizes well with his skill and makes him able to counter at range. Colter is not a frontilne fighter but more of a threat remover and he should enemy phase only with terrain and weapon triangle advantage. Colter is a unit that tends to suffer from success. Having high avoid makes the enemy hit rates low but not inexistent and his frailty makes him unable to withstand a lot of hits, he sometimes pushes the player to take unwarranted risks. When promoted also he gets Heavy Strikes, so he can and will crit his way to death.

In the first three chapters Colter gets plenty of opportunities for leveling up due to the abundance of axe users and the stealing exp and can get the headstart he needs to be a solid unit. His decent strenght growth and good speed growth means that the he is going to be able to pay off any exp investment with solid combat and stealing/unlocking utility. Supporting him with Baudimon gives him loyalty which helps him with his poor bulk and makes him a good companion in a duo mission. Colter can keep up with Baudimon's 6 mov and not be as scared of lance users while providing full avoid to his boss.

In the early to middle game he can deal with cavalry, wich is pretty abundant, using the Zanbato (if you train him in the early chapters and maybe give him strenght boosters he can OHKO) and keeping on moving towards promotion.

Promotion gives him the skill Deadly Strikes wich makes him pretty good at critting (his affinity gives him crit as well) thus solidifying his decent combat. His ability to crit while uncountered (with the Stiletto or Peshkatz) makes him able to remove threats while unharmed and his 7 mov usually gives him a lot of options during his turn.

For his utility as a thief he is in competition with Buggi, Natalie and Jesse. Buggi is bulkier so he has more probability of surviving after stealing and can advance with less worries for his life (except against mages). His lower speed and mov means though that sometimes he won't be able to steal certain items. Natalie can be as good as Colter as a thief, as she can get bulkier with good speed, but she needs assistance during her phase as a trainee. Jesse is weaker and resembles a mainline GBA thief with high speed and dismal offense and is not so good for combat.

In most of the chapters there is something worthwile stealing and in many chapters you would want to deploy multiple thieves, Colter is the most natural choice due to him being available from the start and, provided that the he is not being benched, he is always a top option for that role.

Another reason to train Colter is that in chapter 29 he can recruit Aubrey at a discount making you save 20k gold (wich is not that important at that far into the late game provided you have 50k).

#### Supports

*See main article: Colter/Supports.*
* Unlocking the A-rank support with his sister Thea will grant him (and any other thief in the group) the Peshkatz, a high might and high critical sword with 1 - 2 range.
* Unlocking the B-rank support with Baudimon will grant him the skill Loyalty wich gives him +15% Hit and -3 damage taken when Baudimon is in proximity.
* Thea
* Lilinette
* Fred
* Harriet
* Rodd
* Baudimon

## Quotes

### *Andaron Saga*

#### Death Quote

> Shit, not like... this. Thea...
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> [During Ch. 1 Rambunctious Reunion]

> I'll pull back for now. I hope I did enough to help Baud.
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> [During Ch. 32 Dark Origin]

> Damnit, I blundered...
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## Possible Endings

### *Andaron Saga*

**Colter - Silent Shadow**

*Colter put his thieving lifestyle behind him and decided to start over as a regular citizen. He spent much of the gold he had acquired to help build a new orphanage in Holtmeier. Ensuring kids don't have to steal to survive.*

**Colter and Thea**

*Colter and Thea returned to Holtmeier and opened an orphanage together. They took care of children, ensuring they would not have to steal to survive.*