Mage

Mages are units who use magic to attack. They primarily use anima magic, although in some cases they specialize in certain types of anima magic, such as fire, wind, or thunder.

Mages' stats have few consistencies, but they will almost always have a very high resistance in place of defense. This and their magical attack make it prudent to use them to block enemy magic users, and avoid direct combat with physical units. After promotion, Mages may use staves for healing and other utility abilities. In titles that give the option to choose a different class to promote to, it is much preferable to promote them into Sages, as Sages tend to have great Magic, Speed and Resistance. When promoted to a sage they can become some of your best units, with their high magical stats. If made level 20 before promoting, they will usually be able to kill most units with a fire or thunder tome.

The main promotion for Mage is Sage, but although this promotion line was established as early as Fire Emblem Gaiden, it did not become regular until Fūin no Tsurugi. In the original Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi and its sequel Monshō no Nazo, mages promote to Bishop. In Seisen no Keifu, they can promote to either Mage Fighter or Mage Knight, depending on either the character or the type of Mage. In Thracia 776 and The Sacred Stones, they can promote to either Mage Knight or Sage, depending on the character for the former and player choice for the latter.

Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi

 * Merric
 * Linde

Gaiden

 * Boey
 * Ryuto
 * Dyute
 * Sonia

Note: Dyute and Sonia were Withes as enemies and joined as Mage.

Monshō no Nazo

 * Yubello
 * Ellerean

Seisen no Keifu

 * Azel
 * Arthur

Thracia 776

 * Asvel
 * Miranda

Fūin no Tsurugi

 * Lugh
 * Lilina
 * Hugh

Rekka no Ken

 * Erk
 * Nino

The Sacred Stones

 * Lute
 * Possible promotion for Ewan

Path of Radiance

 * Soren
 * Ilyana
 * Tormod

Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~

 * Katarina - One of the assassins and the boss of Prologue VIII, she joins as Sage in Chapter 16x.

Kakusei

 * Miriel
 * Richt

Trivia

 * It is stated, in a support conversation between Erk and Pent in Rekka no Ken, that a Mage can die by using their magic too often. Mages can also transfer their magic power to another Mage, in order to help avoid this problem.
 * Male mages wear a hood but female mages do not.

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