Black Knight (class)

The Black Knight class is a third tier class exclusive to Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. Not surprisingly, the only unit in this class is the Black Knight, despite the fact that in Path of Radiance, his class was General. It is not explicitly stated if Zelgius (the Black Knight), while in his red armor is still of the Black Knight class or instead of the Marshall class, which the Black Knight class is derived from and which is also a promotion of the Black Knight's former class of General. However it seems likely that he is not a Marshall as Zelgius since as the Black Knight he cannot use axes and there is no indication that removing his armor will change that. The Black Knight can use swords and lances, but not axes as well like a Marshall. He has an SS and S weapons level in these respectively (although his lance weapons level can be raised to SS in the short time that he is playable). Although his occult/mastery skill was formerly Luna in Path of Radiance and is stated to still be such in an examination of the Black Knight class, this is actually an error. His actual occult/mastery skill is Eclipse, a combination of Luna and Astra which neutralizes an enemy's defense and does 5x regular damage -- essentially a one hit KO. This skill will not activate during an indirect attack. His other skills include Shove,Nihil, and Imbue, although the latter is not present in his later battle with Ike if the game is in an easy mode file. All aforementioned skills are non-transferable.

It was through hacking the game that Zelgius is actually of the Marshall class, but it seems like a seperate class of the Sword/Lance Marshall due to the double SS in swords and lances, the inability to wield axes and the lack of a shield (found in the other marshalls)

Class Maximum Stats

 * note*-The Black Knight's stats cannot be improved by conventional means (leveling up) since he is already level 20 in his third tier class.
 * Level: 20
 * HP: 70
 * Strength: 38
 * Magic: 18
 * Skill: 40
 * Speed: 30
 * Luck: 20
 * Defense: 35
 * Resistance: 25
 * Movement: 6
 * Skill Capacity: 70
 * Affinity: Dark