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Ashlay Barnbelt
| Ashlay Barnbelt
Race: Highlander Class: Fighter Fighting Style: Edarl Sword Weapons: Swords Armor: Heavy Armor Favorite Food: Jell-O Starting Equipment: Sinclair, Banded Mail, Banded Helm, Iron Greaves Starting Skills: LV 15, 80 SP, has 7-Star, Sacred Beast, and Dragon Summon Ougis; Twin Slash, Rift Wave |
A grizzled war veteran of Astral, Ashlay is a good friend of Ryas Warren and is searching the world over for someone to pass his sword skills onto. Naturally he latches onto Ratix. In battle Ashlay is a solid companion (though he doesn't have as much variety as the other two swordsmen). His attack has long range and is much quicker than Cius, though he tends to be a bit weaker. Note that Ashlay always starts with the same set of Talents; he's good for Familiar, Customize, Authoring, Scout, and Smithing.
Getting Ashlay: Cius must not be in your party. Talk to Ashlay in the north part of the arena in Tataroy, then enter a battle. Finally, go to the port east of town.
| Originality | Always | Sense of Taste | Never |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Dexterity | Never | Design Sense | Never |
| Writing Ability | Always | Rhythmic Sense | Never |
| Pitch | Never | Love of Animals | Always |
| Sixth Sense | Always | Blessing of Mana | Never |
Note: Snave tells me that he did find Ashlay starting with a different set of Talents: Rythmic Sense and not Love of Animals. OneWingedAngel says his Ashlay started with Pitch Sense. Please e-mail me to confirm this!
Technique List
Twin Slash
Learned: Start; MP: 6; Range: Short
A quite nice technique; Ashlay jumps up and then down, slashing the enemy twice for normal damage each time. Not as deadly as Ratix's version, but very good for the start of the game.
Rift Wave
Learned: Start; MP: 4; Range: Short
A quick move for very little MP; Ashlay lets loose with a wide swath of blue energy around him. It doesn't really hit enemies above him, though, unlike the other two versions of this move.
Shock Sword
Learned: Level 18; MP: 7; Range: Short
A bit of a slow move. Ashlay sticks out his sword and the enemy gets hit by lightning (nearby enemies may be hit as well). It's fairly easy to be knocked out of, so it's a bit of a risk.
Blaze Sword
Learned: Level 22; MP: 10; Range: Long
An excellent technique; Ashlay slams his sword into the enemies and several fireballs shoot out when he's done. Can do some nice damage if you're surrounded.
Flash Whirl
Learned: Level 28; MP: 12; Range: Short/Long
A rather slow move. Ashlay goes up to the enemy, sticks out his sword, and makes a fireball explode on the end. It can do good damage (and hit several times) if you manage to pull it off.
Dragon Blast
Learned: Sacred Beast Secret Skill, at level 32; 19 MP; Range: Short
A quick and powerful move; Ashlay goes fairly close to an enemy and lets loose with a flying dragon right in the kisser! It can eat up MP, though; he has better techniques to use.
Phoenix Wave
Learned: Sacred Beast Secret Skill, at level 36; MP: 18; Range: Short/Long
Almost exactly the same as the Dragon Blast except it's fire-elemental.
7-Star Shock Sword
Learned: 7-Star Secret Skill, from Shock Sword; MP: 22; Range: Short
Ashlay will shoot out a ball of lightning, then the enemy will be hit by lightning from above, accompanied by an explosion that can hit nearby enemies as well. It can do some nice damage (it'd be better if it were long-range, though!) but not really worth the MP cost, IMO.
7-Star Twin Slash
Learned: 7-Star Secret Skill, from Twin Slash; MP: 25; Range: Short
Basically a much-powered up version of Twin Slash that has each hit do DOUBLE damage! You can deal out some major chaos with this in a melee!