Cavalier

Cavalier
Felix as a Cavalier in Three Houses.
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Promotes From	Villager (FE2/FE15) Recruit (FE8 only)
Promotes To	Paladin Great Knight (FE8/FE13-14) Commando Knight, Black Knight, Gold Knight (TS only)
Usable Weapon Types	Sword Lance
Class Skills	Canto (FE9, FE10, FE16) Discipline, Outdoor Fighter (FE13 only) Elbow Room, Shelter (FE14 only)
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The Cavalier (ソシアルナイト, Soshiaru naito lit. Social Knight in Japanese versions) is a horse-mounted combat physical class that is usually capable of arming either Lances or Swords as its weapons of choice. While Cavaliers do not possess high HP, Strength and Defense, they can move very long distances across the battlefield, riding quickly from one area to another. In later titles, the introduction of the Weapon Triangle makes these characters much more versatile in fighting different types of foes. Utilizing their ability to use both the Sword and the Lance gives them barely any weaknesses when facing any type of melee fighter in battle.

History in the Series

In its original inception in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, the Social Knight class is established as the pioneer class of Lance-wielding knights riding into battle on horseback. Cavaliers promote into Paladins in this title.

In Gaiden, the Cavalier class is simply known as the Knight (ナイト Naito). It acts as one of the promoted forms of the Villager class, and is able to further promote into the Paladin class. Knight only uses Lances as no class can wield multiple melee weapons in Gaiden. However some artwork for Knight class characters depicts them with Swords.

Mystery of the Emblem had Cavaliers using lances exclusively once more, however the introduction of the Dismount feature changed up the cavalier class. Cavalier characters had the option to dismount and were forced to do so during indoor levels. When dismounted, Cavaliers lose 3 movement and the ability to use lances, whilst gaining the ability to use swords and to traverse the same terrain infantry can.

In Genealogy of the Holy War, the Cavalier class returns, and is joined by three similar horse-mounted versions each exclusive to one weapon: the Lance, Sword, and Axe Knights. The cavalier can use both swords and lances in exchange for having a lower weapon rank then the other mounted classes.

In Thracia 776, Cavalier is once again alongside the mounted weapon knight classes. Cavaliers can dismount similar to Mystery of the Emblem.

In TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga, the Cavalier class is known as Rook Knight (ルークナイト Rūku naito). The class promotes into a variety of different classes, based on the character in question; Kreiss and Arkis promote into Commando Knights, Narron into a Gold Knight, Estelle and Rina into Paladins and Sun into a Black Knight.

In TearRing Saga: Berwick Saga, Elbert is the sole playable unit in the class, known as Sergeant Knight (サージェンナイト sājennaito) and promotes to Paladin as per usual. Two variants of the class are also seen throughout the game, the Imperial Knight (帝国騎士 teikoku kishi) and the Royal Army Knight (騎士団 王国騎士 kishidan ōkoku kishi), associated with cavaliers aligned with the Raze Empire and Verian Kingdom respectively. Both of them are unplayable.

In The Sacred Stones, the Cavalier class is further given the option to promote into the Great Knight class.

In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, the Cavalier class is entirely split up and replaced with four similar horse-mounted versions each exclusive to one weapon: the Lance and Sword Knights.

The Cavalier class is merged back into a singular entity in Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem, where they are reverted to promoting into the classic Paladin class.

In Awakening and Fates, the Cavalier class, much like its The Sacred Stones iteration, is able to choose between the Paladin and Great Knight classes to promote into.

In Fates, the Cavalier class is treated as a Nohrian class and it considered the counterpart to the Ninja class of Hoshido.

In the spinoff Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, Cavaliers are one of the classes in the game. While retaining their use of Lances, Cavaliers ride motorcycles instead of horses to fit the theme of the game. The playable Cavalier, the Mirage Cain has the option to promote into either a Paladin or Dark Knight.

The remake of Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia features Cavaliers again. Cavaliers again exclusively use Lances, though the class is now one of the promoted forms for Female Villagers, a new class.

In the Koei spinoff, Warriors, Cavaliers are featured as a class used by enemy officers. Due to being a clone of the Paladin class, the cavaliers in the game exclusively use swords for the first time in the series. Despite Cavaliers being a sword class in the game, their map sprites, taken from Awakening, depict them with Lances. This iteration also has a Hoshidan version, called the Expert Rider (騎馬武者, Kiba Musha, translates to Calvary Warrior).

In Three Houses, The Cavalier Class is an optional promoted class of the Commoner or Noble class if the unit passes the Certification Exam at Lv. 10 with a Lance Skill Level of C or higher, a Riding Skill Level of D or Higher and an Intermediate Seal.

In Vestaria Saga I, the Cavalier is known as the Knight. They follow the Heavy Cavalry paradigm. Knights are split into two distinct variants; male and female. Male Knights have higher HP, Strength and Defence while Female Knights have higher Speed, Skill and have Magic and Resistance stats. Female Knights also get access to Maidenswords. Both variants can promote into the Paladin. Upon promotion they get access to Throwing Spears.

Overview

Combat

An attack animation of a Cavalier

As with all mounted units, the Cavalier class is able to traverse battlefields with ease due to its high Movement. Using this ability is often helpful to assist other characters at a far-off distance, meet certain objectives or quickly block enemy advances.

Cavaliers also make excellent rescuers once the Rescue command is introduced to the series; able to move far distances, they can thus pick up injured allies and move them to safety near a healer or somewhere safe with ease. The Rescue command also allows one to move slower units into battle at a much quicker pace. Due to their average combat abilities, it is thence not recommended for Cavaliers to battle foes of similar or greater strength. The ability to close in on units from a distance, however, makes them outstanding units to use against Archers and Snipers.

Overall, Cavaliers make strong support characters for other classes. With their ability to wield both Swords and Lances, which allows them to use several weapons imbued with weapon effectiveness, and their strong movement abilities, they can be extremely useful units.

Typically, most Cavaliers lean more towards the use of Lances. Gaiden is the only main game where they use only one weapon type (Lances), as no class in this game use more than two melee weapon types.

Weaknesses

Cavaliers have three weaknesses:

• One is their often low Resistance, which is usually never much of a problem due to their high HP.
• While Cavaliers have great Movement capabilities, they also have a lot of terrain restrictions, which can pose a huge problem in stretches of terrain that make it harder for them to move or terrain that they cannot tread.
• A smaller problem is that the class is weak against the Ridersbane/Horseslayer, Longsword and Poleaxe weapons, ones that are usually wielded by other fast-moving units. This is, however, mainly a problem only in Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light and Shadow Dragon.

In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE1	16	5	-	2	6	0	7	0	9	-	-	Sword/Lance 8
FE2	24	9	-	3	5	0	5	2	7	-	-	Lance
FE3	18	5	-	2	4	0	6	0	9	-	-	Lance 8
FE4	30	7	0	6	6	0	6	0	8	-	-	B C
FE5	20	3/2	0	3/2	4/2	0	3/2	-	8/5	6	-	E E
TS (mounted)	20	4	0	3	3	0	3	-	7	-	-	1
TS (foot)	20	3	0	2	2	0	2	-	4	-	-	1
FE6	20/18	5	-	2/3	5/3	0	6	0	7	9	-	E/D D/E
FE7	20/18	5	-	2/3	5/3	0	6	0	7	9	-	E/D D/E
FE8	20/18	5	-	2/3	5/3	0	6	0	7	9	-	E/D D/E
FE11	18	5	0	2	6	0	7	0	9	-	-	E E
FE12	18	5	0	2	6	0	7	0	9	-	-	E E
FE13	18	6	0	5	6	0	7	0	7	-	-	E E
FE14	17	6	0	5	5	3	5	3	7	-	-	E E
FE15	24	9	-	3	5	0	5	2	7	-	-
FE16	25	9	6	7	6	8	6	2	7	-	-	C D

Maximum Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE1	52	20	-	20	20	20	20	20	9	-	-	Sword/Lance 20
FE2	52	40	-	40	40	40	40	40	7	-	-	Lance
FE3	52	20	-	20	20	20	20	20	9	-	-	Lance 20
FE4	80	22	15	21	21	30	21	15	8	-	-	B C
FE5	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	-	20	20	-	A A
TS (mount)	60	19	15	18	18	30	18	-	12	-	-	16
TS (foot)	60	18	15	17	17	30	17	-	12	-	-	16
FE6	60	20	-	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	-	A A
FE7	60	20	-	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	-	A A
FE8	60	20	-	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	-	A A
FE11	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	9	-	-	A A
FE12	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	9	-	-	A A
FE13	60	26	20	25	25	30	26	26	7	-	-	A A
FE14	40	22	15	21	20	24	22	21	7	-	-	B B

Growth Rates

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE4	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	-	-	-	-
FE5	50%	20%	3%	15%	10%	10%	15%	-	-	-	-	-
FE6	75%	35%	-	40%	28%	30%	15%	12%	-	-	-	-
FE7	75%	35%	-	40%	28%	30%	15%	12%	-	-	-	-
FE8	75%	35%	-	40%	28%	30%	15%	12%	-	-	-	-
FE11	40%	15%	-10%	25%	15%	0%	15%	-5%	-	-	-	-
FE12	40%	15%	-10%	25%	15%	0%	15%	-5%	-	-	-	-
FE13	45/80%	20/35%	0%	20/30%	20/30%	0/35%	10/30%	5/15%	-	-	-	-
FE14	10%	15%	0%	10%	10%	15%	10%	5%	-	-	-	-
FE15	120%	50%	-	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	-	-	-	-
FE16	20%	5%/20%	0%	5%/0%	-10%/0%	0%	5%/15%	0%	-	-	-	+1 +2 +2

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE4	Re-Move	Hidden innate skill of all flying and mounted units.
FE10	Canto	Base skill of all flying and mounted units.
FE13	Discipline Outdoor Fighter	Learnt at Level 1. Learnt at Level 10.
FE14	Elbow Room Shelter	Learnt at Level 1. Learnt at Level 10.
FE16	Canto Desperation	Base Ability of Cavalier. Mastery Ability of Cavalier.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE1	Social Knight	Use a Knight Crest on a Level 10+ Social Knight.	Paladin
FE2	Villager	Visit a shrine after reaching the appropriate level.	Knight
FE2	Knight	Visit a shrine after reaching the appropriate level.	Paladin
FE3	Social Knight	Use a Knight Crest on a Level 10+ Social Knight.	Paladin
FE4	Social Knight	Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Paladin
FE5	Social Knight	Use a Knight Proof on a Level 10+ Social Knight.	Paladin
TS	Rook Knight	Use a Knight Proof on a Level 10+ Rook Knight.	Commando Knight (Kreiss and Arkis) Gold Knight (Narron) Paladin (Estelle and Rina) Black Knight (Sun)
FE6	Cavalier	Use a Knight Crest on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin
FE7	Cavalier	Use a Knight Crest on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin
FE8	Recruit	Automatically at the start of next map after reaching Level 10.	Cavalier
FE8	Cavalier	Use a Knight Crest on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin Great Knight
FE11	Cavalier	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin
FE12	Cavalier	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin
FE13	Cavalier	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin Great Knight
FE14	Cavalier	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Cavalier.	Paladin Great Knight
FE15	Villager	Visit a Mila shrine at level 7+.	Cavalier
FE15	Cavalier	Visit a Mila shrine at level 10+.	Paladin
FE16	Any class	Use an Intermediate Seal on a Level 10+ unit and pass the Cavalier Certification Exam.	Cavalier

Notable Cavaliers

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon

• Cain - A reckless Altean Cavalier, known as the Great Bull.
• Abel - A sensible Altean Cavalier, known as the Black Panther.
• Vyland - Knight of Aurelis loyal to Hardin.
• Hardin - Prince of Aurelis, known as "Coyote".
• Roshea - Knight of Aurelis loyal to Hardin.
• Matthis - Knight of Macedon and older brother of Lena.
• Frey - Knight of Altea under Jagen's command.
• Bentheon - Macedonian knight leading the enemy forces during the Battle in the Lea chapter.

Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

• Clive - An idealistic noble cavalier and former leader of the Deliverance who's focused on the good of the kingdom.
• Fernand - A former member of the Deliverance who sided with Berkut and Rigel
• Possible promotion for: Gray, Tobin, Kliff, Atlas, and Faye

Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem

• Cecil - Knight of Altea and the first female Cavalier to appear in the series.
• Luke - An aspiring Altean Knight of flirtatious demeanor and Roderick's longtime friend and rival.
• Roderick - An aspiring Altean Knight of calm demeanor and Luke's longtime friend and rival.
• Cain - A reckless Altean Cavalier, known as the Great Bull.
• Abel - A sensible Altean Cavalier, known as the Black Panther.
• Matthis - Knight of Macedon and older brother of Lena.
• Belf - Former member of Grust's Sable Order of Knights.
• Reiden - Former member of Grust's Sable Order of Knights.

Genealogy of the Holy War

• Naoise - Knight of Chalphy who is fiercely loyal to Sigurd and the companion of Alec.
• Ares - Eldigan's son and heir to Mystletainn who joined up with a mercenary captain after his parents passed away.
• Alec - Knight of Chalphy who is Naoise's rash, vulgar companion.

Thracia 776

• Carrion - An orphaned knight of Leonster.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

• Arkis - A knight from Razelia.
• Kreiss - A knight from Razelia.
• Estelle - Count Merlon's daughter.
• Narron - A knight in-training from Wellt.
• Sun - A knight in-training from Canaan.
• Rina - Kreiss' sister and Arkis' fiancée.

The Binding Blade

• Lance - Intellectual and calm knight of Pherae and the companion of Alen.
• Alen - Reckless knight of Pherae and the companion of Lance.
• Noah - Charismatic member of the Ilian mercenaries.
• Trec - Slow-witted member of the Ilian mercenaries.
• Erik - Son of Darin and Marquess of Laus.

The Blazing Blade

• Sain - Philandering, carefree knight of Caelin and companion of Kent.
• Kent - Stoic, serious knight of Caelin and companion of Sain.
• Lowen - Insecure knight of Pherae who pledges allegiance to Eliwood.
• Erik - Son of Marquess Darin of Laus.

The Sacred Stones

• Franz - Earnest knight of Renais and Forde's younger brother.
• Forde - Lazy, yet talented knight of Renais, Franz's older brother and companion of Kyle.
• Kyle - Loyal and intelligent knight of Renais and companion of Forde.
• Murray - Lieutenant of Tirado.
• Possible promotion for: Amelia

TearRing Saga: Berwick Saga

• Elbert - A knight of Chinon who serves as second-in-command to Ward. He's seen as an elder brother by the younger knights due to his warm and laid-back personality.

Awakening

• Stahl - A kind but slightly scatterbrained knight who served with the Shepherds.
• Sully - A member of the Shepherds who is serious about becoming a great knight.

Fates

• Silas - A newly appointed Nohrian knight and the Avatar's childhood friend who is often asked for advice.
• Peri - A cavalier of Nohr and one of Xander's retainers who massacres foes with childlike glee.
• Sophie - Silas' daughter. A fledgling cavalier who has difficulty reigning in her stubborn horse, Avel.
• Siegbert - Xander's serious and kind son who received the finest education as a king-to-be.

Vestaria Saga I

• Troy - A cavalier from the duchy of Redessa. Famed as "The Winds of Troy."
• Merida - A Lestian knight-in-training who is wandering Vestaria for personal reasons.

Vestaria Saga: The Holy Sword of Silvanister

• Hestion - A knight of Cordea and Alexander's best friend. He is the more dutiful of the duo.

Etymology

The word "cavalier" is derived from the French word chevalier. It was first used to describe the loyalists of King Charles I and his son, Charles II of England during the English Civil War.

Gallery

Concept artwork of the Social Knight class from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Concept artwork of the male variant of the Cavalier class from Awakening.

Concept artwork of the female variant of the Cavalier class from Awakening.

Concept art of a female Cavalier from Fates

Concept art of a male Cavalier from Fates

Concept artwork of the Cavalier class from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Concept artwork of the male Cavalier class from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Concept artwork of the female Cavalier class from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

A Level 1 generic Social Knight, as he appears in the first series of the TCG.

A Level 10 generic Social Knight, as he appears in the fifth series of the TCG.

Generic CG portrait of the Social Knight class from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Generic CG portrait of the Cavalier class from the GBA series.

Generic CG portrait of the Cavalier class from the DS series.

Generic portrait of the Cavalier class from Awakening.

Generic class portrait of a Cavalier from Fates.

Generic class portrait of a male Cavalier from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Generic portrait of an Imperial Knight from Berwick Saga.

Generic portrait of an Imperial Knight from Berwick Saga.

Generic portrait of an Imperial Knight from Berwick Saga.

Generic portrait of a Royal Knight from Berwick Saga.

Generic portrait of a Royal Knight from Berwick Saga.

Generic portrait of a Royal Knight from Berwick Saga.

Village sprite of a male Cavalier in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Village sprite of a female Cavalier in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Battle model of Arkis, a male Rook Knight from TearRing Saga.

Battle model of Estelle, a female Rook Knight from TearRing Saga.

Animation of Lance, a Social Knight from The Binding Blade, performing a critical attack with a Lance.

Battle model of Stahl, a male Cavalier from Awakening.

Battle model of Sully, a female Cavalier from Awakening.

Battle model of Silas, a male Cavalier from Fates.

Battle model of Peri, a female Cavalier from Fates.

A generic male Cavalier from Echoes.

A generic female Cavalier from Echoes.

Battle model of a generic enemy Cavalier from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Map sprite of the Social Knight class from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.

Map sprite of the Knight class from Gaiden.

Map sprite of the Social Knight class from Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Map sprite of the Social Knight class from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Map sprite of the Rook Knight class from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga.

Map sprite of the Cavalier class from the GBA titles.

Map sprite of the male variant of the Cavalier class from the DS titles.

Map sprite of the female variant of the Cavalier class from the DS titles.

Map sprite of the Cavalier class from Awakening.

Map sprite of the Cavalier class from Fates.

Battle model of the Knight class from Gaiden.

Battle model of Lorenz as a cavalier in Fire Emblem: Three Houses