—Macellan's death quote in Shadow Dragon
Macellan is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Book 1 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and their remakes. He is found imprisoned with Dolph, Midia, Boah and Tomas in Castle Archanea. He also bears a striking similarity to his fellow knight Dolph, which is mentioned in their ending titles. In his ending he settles near the border and forms a band of watchmen.
Profile[]
Archanea[]
Macellan's earliest in-universe appearance is in Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga, where he, Nyna, and the rest of Midia's knights attempt to get Nyna and Boah out of the Dolhr-occupied palace. However, they are ultimately captured by Camus.
By the time the Archanean League reaches the palace, Dolhr has decided to execute Macellan and the others, however together with Dolph, Macellan acts as a shield for the other prisoners, giving them enough time for a rescue by the league. Macellan leaves the army at the war's end.
While Macellan is absent in Book 2 of the original Mystery of the Emblem, he is added in the remake, and automatically joins in chapter 16. By the end of war, he forms a group of watchmen which his comrades Tomas and Dolph join.
In the remake, Macellan is shown to be a gourmet who enjoys cooking.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE[]
Macellan appears in Chapter 6 during the first trial to acquire the Opera of Light: Fire Emblem as one of four boss Mirages. He fights alongside Gordin, Dolph, and Linde.
In-Game[]
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]
Base Stats[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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 Knight | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Wlv | Mov |
| 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
| Sword Lance | - | ||||||||
Growth Rates[]
| HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Wlv | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 0% |
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]
Base Stats[]
- Note: Macellan only appears in Book 1.
| Starting Class | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knight | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Wlv | Mov |
| 3 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
| Lance | - | ||||||||
Growth Rates[]
| HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Wlv | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 40% | 10% | 3% |
Promotion Gains[]
| Item Required | Promoted Class | ||||||
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 Knight Crest
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 General
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| 1 | +2 | +1 | +3 | +4 | +3 | Varies | +0 |
Overall[]
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Macellan is, to put it bluntly, a terrible unit; arguably the worst unit in both the NES Shadow Dragon and Book 1 of Mystery. His bases come up short next to many units in even the first few chapters, and scarcely outclass a level 1 Draug, a character who is himself regarded as mediocre and has had more than half the game to improve. What is worse, Macellan is a Knight, in a game that does not look kindly upon his class, due to its low Movement, low Speed, and, in Shadow Dragon, inability to promote. Due to the low doubling thresholds, Macellan will be doubled by virtually any enemy to not possess 0 Speed. Lastly, there is the issue of his growths, which are pitiful; Macellan has among the worst growths in Shadow Dragon, and the few characters he outclasses are either healers or a handful of prepromotes. This effectively ensures that even a raised Macellan will not improve much from his base performance, and he will almost require at least one statbooster to start pulling his weight. His Mystery incarnation can at least promote and wield lances indoors, making him marginally better, but these gains do little to reverse his standing.
Fire Emblem: Archanea Saga[]
Base Stats[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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| Knight | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Wlv | Mov |
| 1 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
| Lance |  Steel Lance Javelin | ||||||||
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]
Base Stats[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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 Knight | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
 Lance - D | - | ||||||||
Growth Rates[]
| HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 35% | 0% | 25% | 25% | 30% | 30% | 0% |
Support Relationships[]
Supports
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Overall[]
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Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.
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The transition to the DS has not given Macellan much to be cheerful for. His growths have been slightly buffed, but remain some of the worst in the game, and he occupies one of its worst classes in Knight. As a Knight, he will be doubled almost constantly and struggle to perform his tank duties, and in any other class, he will be robbed of his lance rank and forced to work up from iron. As before, he boasts a bad start and worse potential, and is largely outclassed by any unit short of generics.
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]
Base Stats[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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 General | |||||||||
| Level | HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Mov |
| 1 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 6 |
| Weapon | Starting Items | ||||||||
 Bow - BLance - B |  Silver Lance Silver Bow Vulnerary | ||||||||
Growth Rates[]
| HP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 75% | 0% | 50% | 40% | 50% | 70% | 5% |
Support Relationships[]
Supports
Supported by
Overall[]
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Though Macellan has admittedly high growths, his bases are very subpar, with him suffering from the common issues of late-joining units in New Mystery. He is somewhat on the faster side for a General, but his Speed is outclassed by many other characters, and as a prepromote, he will be slow to train. This makes him largely ineffectual as a unit, and particularly nonfunctional as a General, due to the enemies being able to overpower him with little difficulty. That said, Macellan does possess one notable strong point in the form of his bow rank: when reclassed as a Sniper, he gains A-rank Bows, allowing him to wield Parthia and take down powerful flying enemies in a single shot. Though he is far from the only character who can manage Parthia use at his join time, it is the easiest way to make him useful; his poor initial bases matter far less when he can hit at range and utilize effective damage.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE[]
Boss Stats[]
| Starting Class | |||||||||
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 General | |||||||||
| Level | HP | EP | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Lck | Def | Res |
| 52 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Weak | Null | -- | -- | Null | Weak | -- | Resist | Resist | Resist |
| Skills | Items | ||||||||
| Command | Session | Passive | -- | ||||||
 BodyguardShellsplitter Tetrakarn | Bow-Split EXElec-Split EXWind-Split EX | -- | |||||||
Endings[]
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]
- Many villages were burnt by Dolhr's troops, and he helps to rebuild them.
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]
- Dead Ringer
- Macellan left the Archanean army without a word of explanation. He settled near the border and formed a band of watchmen.
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]
- Dead Ringer
- The people wished for Macellan to return to the Archanean army, but he had other ideas, forming a band of watchmen near the border.
Choose Your Legends Placement History[]
| Round | Placement | Character Version | Votes |
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| CYL7 | 409 ↑76 |
 Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem |
23 ↓5 |
Etymology[]
Macellan could be referring to the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Trivia[]
- The "Choose Your Legends" event of Fire Emblem Heroes revealed that his Shadow Dragon incarnation was 690th place while his Mystery of the Emblem incarnation was 788th place out of 791, and was the lowest character of the Mystery of the Emblem portion with 67 votes and 19 votes respectively.
- In New Mystery of the Emblem, both him and Dolph are shown to have a comical obsession with food.
Gallery[]
- See main article: Macellan/Gallery.