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“A swift specialist in the blade who makes for a tricky target.”
—In-game description from Awakening.

The Myrmidon (剣士, Kenshi, Sword Fighter in the Japanese versions) is a classic combat physical class that recurrently appears across the Fire Emblem Series. Wielding Swords as their sole weapon of choice, the Myrmidon class is distinguished from the similar Mercenary class, but closely linked to it in terms of origins and promotion paths.

Navarre, originally a Mercenary in the original game and Mystery of the Emblem, is credited for creating the archetype of Myrmidons, with the class's basic appearance and statistic traits derived from him. Navarre is eventually befittingly made a Myrmidon in the remakes of the original two titles.

History in the Series

The Myrmidon class, originally known as the Sword Fighter (ソードファイター, Sōdo Faitā) class, is introduced to the series in Genealogy of the Holy War, where it replaces the Mercenary as the primary Sword wielding foot unit. The class is able to promote into two different classes depending on the character; Ayra and Larcei promote into Swordmaster, while Chulainn, Ulster, Creidne and Dalvin promote into Forrest, the equivalent to the Mercenary's traditional Hero promotion.

In Thracia 776, the Sword Fighter class functions in much the same way as its predecessor, where some characters promote into Swordmaster and others promote into Mercenary, another Hero equivalent.

Serendipitously, in both TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga and Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, the class is formally separated from the Mercenary class and the Swordmaster class is instituted as the sole promoted form of the Myrmidon class.

In The Sacred Stones, Myrmidons are given the further option to promote into the Assassin class alongside the Swordmaster class.

The Myrmidon class is simply known as Blade (剣士ブレイド Bureido) in the Japanese version of Radiant Dawn. Like its predecessors, the class promotes directly into the Swordmaster class, which in turn promotes into the Trueblade class when the necessary requirements are fulfilled.

In Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem, remakes of the Archanea Series, some characters who were originally Mercenaries are reinstated as Myrmidons, including the likes of Navarre and Radd.

In Awakening, the class is again given the further option to promote into the Assassin class alongside the Swordmaster class.

The class has been renamed Samurai (侍) in Fates and is treated as a Hoshidan class. The Samurai has the option to promote into the Master of Arms alongside the traditional Swordmaster. The Samurai class is regarded as the counterpart to the Nohrian Mercenary.

The class appears again in Fire Emblem Warriors, where it is the base class of Owain. It's Hoshidan counterpart, the Samurai, also appears as an enemy-only class.

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the Myrmidon serves as an optional promoted class of the Commoner or Noble class if the unit passes the Certification Exam at Lv. 5 with a Sword Skill Level of D or higher and a Beginner Seal.

In Vestaria Saga I, the Myrmidon is once again known as the Swordfighter. The class wields both Swords and Greatswords. The class comes with the Critical Edge skill which increases their crit rate based on their Skill.

Overview

Combat

Joshua myrmidon sword — Joshua, a myrmidon, attacking with a critical hit

The Myrmidon's superior Speed and Skill over other similar classes make them very formidable foot soldiers, but their comparatively lower HP, Strength and Defense make them difficult to protect against quick and accurate opponents.

While Myrmidons can easily deal with magic users and thieves with a single round of combat on the player phase, the same prowess may not necessarily be replicated on the enemy phase; when overwhelmed by too many of such enemies, they could potentially lose their superior edge and be felled. When facing heavier enemies, especially fighter-type units, the high Speed boasted by Myrmidons makes them proficient at evading clumsy blows. This is, however, offset by their typically mediocre Strength, especially when they are commanded to do battle with heavily armored units (exacerbated further if said armored units are immune to their damage).

Should a Myrmidon be attacked by slower units, especially a Fighter or Brigand, they are often able to kill or heavily damage their enemy in a single counterattack due to the consistency that they display in inflicting critical attacks.

Uniform

Most female Myrmidons are depicted donning a tunic with an over-top that barely covers their waist and long, high boots with no leggings. Males, conversely, are depicted in a tunic and leggings with a belt and sheath (sometimes on their back) for their sword.

In titles where members of this class are outfitted with armour, they are usually restricted to extremely light breastplates or gorgets, a cloth headband (with a small steel plate covering their forehead in Awakening and Fates,) and sometimes small pauldrons depending on the game to indicate their lack of Defence.

In Fates, Samurai come better equipped, as they wear much sturdier chest plates and gorgets that resemble standing steel collars with various cultural clothing items worn underneath. Samurai are still considered to be under-equipped as compared to traditional Samurai, but this is changed the moment they promote into Swordmasters, where they are properly outfitted in a whole suit of Samurai armor.

In Three Houses, Myrmidons wear tunics that are brown, grey and the color of the house they represent. The exceptions are Byleth who wears a black and grey tunic with a pink outline, Dedue whose tunic consists of mostly neutral colors and Mercedes, whose tunic color scheme is a light shade of grey, brown and red. The female uniform has one pauldron instead of two and knee-high boots, though the outfit does have gauntlets, knee-pads ,and a belt and sheath.

In-Game

Base Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE4	30	7	0	10	10	0	5	0	6	-	-	A
FE5	20/18	3/2	0	5	6/7	0	2	6	6/5	-	-	E
TS	20	3	0	7	8	0	2	-	5	-	-	4
FE6	16/15	4/3	-	9	9/10	0	2/1	0/1	5	8/5	-	D
FE7	16/15	4/3	-	9	9/10	0	2/1	0/1	5	8/5	-	D
FE8	16/15	4/3	-	9	9/10	0	2/1	0/1	5	8/5	-	D
FE9	17/15	4/3	0	5	5/6	0	3	0/1	6	10/7	10/7	D
FE10	18	6	0	10	11	0	4	0	6	10	10	D
FE11	16	3	0	9	11	0	4	0	7	-	-	E
FE12	16	3	0	9	11	0	4	0	7	-	-	E
FE13	16	4	1	9	10	0	4	1	5	-	-	E
FE14	17	4	0	5	8	3	3	3	5	-	-	E
FEW	51	7	7	9	8	6	5	5	5	-	-	E

Maximum Stats

	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Con	Wt	Wlv
FE4	80	22	15	25	25	30	20	15	6	-	-	A
FE5	80	20	20	20	20	30	20	-	20	20	-	A
TS	60	19	15	20	20	30	18	-	12	-	-	18
FE6	60	20	-	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	-	A
FE7	60	20	-	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	-	A
FE8	60	20	-	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	-	A
FE9	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20	6	-	-	A
FE10	30	20	10	20	20	30	20	10	6	-	-	A
FE11	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	7	-	-	A
FE12	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	7	-	-	A
FE13	60	24	22	27	28	30	22	24	5	-	-	A
FE14	40	20	16	23	25	24	18	20	5	-	-	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%	-	0%	15%	-	-
FE6	70%	35%	-	40%	40%	30%	15%	17%	-	-	-	-
FE7	70%	35%	-	40%	40%	30%	15%	20%	-	-	-	-
FE8	70%	35%	-	40%	40%	30%	15%	20%	-	-	-	-
FE9	65/60%	50/45%	10%	60%	65%	30%	30/25%	25/30%	-	-	-	-
FE10	65%	40%	20%	45%	50%	30%	40%	40%	-	-	-	-
FE11	50%	10%	-10%	20%	25%	0%	5%	-5%	-	-	-	-
FE12	40%	10%	-10%	20%	30%	0%	5%	-5%	-	-	-	-
FE13	40%/70%	20%/30%	0%/0%	25%/40%	25%/40%	0%/40%	5%/20%	5%/20%	-	-	-	-
FE14	10%	10%	0%	15%	20%	15%	0%	0%	-	-	-	-

Class Skills

	Skill	Requirements
FE4	Pursuit	Class skill of Sword Fighters.
FE10	Shove Critical +5	Base skill of all foot units. Class skill of the Myrmidon, Halberdier and Reaver classes.
FE13	Avoid +10 Vantage	Learned at Level 1. Learned at Level 10.
FE14	Duelist's Blow Vantage	Learned at Level 1 and above. Learned at Level 10 and above.
FE16	Speed +2 Swap	Class Mastery. Class Mastery.

Promotions

	Base Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
FE4	Sword Fighter	Choose the "Class Change" option in the Home Castle when the relevant unit reaches Level 20.	Swordmaster (Ayra, Larcei) Forrest (Chulainn, Ulster, Creidne and Dalvin)
FE5	Sword Fighter	Use a Knight Proof on a Level 10+ Sword Fighter.	Swordmaster (Shiva, Mareeta and Troude) Mercenary (Machyua)
TS	Sword Fighter	Use a Knight Proof on a Level 10+ Sword Fighter.	Swordmaster
FE6	Myrmidon	Use a Hero Crest on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster
FE7	Myrmidon	Use a Hero Crest or an Earth Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster
FE8	Myrmidon	Use a Hero Crest or a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster Assassin
FE9	Myrmidon	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster
FE10	Myrmidon	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon or train a Myrmidon to Level 21.	Swordmaster
FE11	Myrmidon	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster
FE12	Myrmidon	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster
FE13	Myrmidon	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Myrmidon.	Swordmaster Assassin
FE14	Samurai	Use a Master Seal on a Level 10+ Samurai.	Swordmaster Master of Arms
FE16	Any class	Use a Beginner Seal on a Level 5+ unit and pass the Myrmidon Certification Exam.	Myrmidon
FEW	Myrmidon	Use a Master Seal on Owain.	Swordmaster

Notable Myrmidons

Genealogy of the Holy War

Ayra - The Isaachian princess master of the sword who fights for her homeland.
Chulainn - The son of the Lord of Sophara Castle in Isaach and a distant relative of Ayra.
Larcei - The daughter of Ayra and the twin sister of Ulster.
Ulster - The son of Ayra and the twin brother of Larcei.

Thracia 776

Machyua - A member of the Magi Squad.
Shiva - A mercenary hired by the Lifis Pirates.
Mareeta - The daughter of Prince Galzus of Rivough and the adopted daughter of Eyvel.
Troude - A member of the Dandelion Gang.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Julia - The daughter of Yoda and the adopted sister of Shigen.
Vega - A mysterious man who is known as Dhullam's Angel of Death.
Shigen - The son of Karla and the nephew of Zeek who was adopted by Yoda.
Krisheena - A swordfighter searching for the ☆Dakruon in order to revive her lover, Aldo.

The Binding Blade

Rutger - A half Sacaen from Bulgar who seeks revenge against Bern.
Fir - A woman who travels in search of the best swordplay opponents anywhere.

The Blazing Blade

Guy - A swordsman from Sacae's Kutolah tribe.

The Sacred Stones

Joshua - A gambling mercenary who has an evasive, almost aggravating personality.
Marisa - An aloof swordfighter and member of Gerik's Mercenaries whose nom de guerre strikes fear in others.

Path of Radiance

Mia - A mercenary fighting to improve her sword skills who doesn't sweat the details in life.
Zihark - A Daein mercenary who does not harbour hatred for the Laguz.

Radiant Dawn

Edward - A member of the Dawn Brigade.
Isaiya - A swordsman hired by the Begnion Occupational Army to capture the Dawn Brigade.

Shadow Dragon

Navarre - A skilled fighter known as the Scarlet Sword who prefers his blade to do the talking.
Radd - A citizen of Port Warren who joins the Archanean League with Caesar.
Athena - A foreign warrior with a straightfoward personality that speaks with an accent.

New Mystery of the Emblem

Samuel - Impersonator of Navarre.
Malice - Daughter of Dice and is constantly in pursuit of gaining riches.

Awakening

Lon'qu - A skilled swordsman of Regna Ferox who is oddly skittish around women.
Owain - Lissa's overly theatrical son who loves to give weapons dramatic names.
Morgan (Only if Robin married to Lon'qu, Say'ri, Owain or Yen'fay).
Eirika (SpotPass)

Fates

Hana - A noble tomboy and one of Sakura's retainers who is skilled with the katana.
Hinata - A coarse, yet caring, Hoshidan samurai and one of Takumi's retainers.
Hisame - The son of Hinata. A mature boy who has a liking for pickled food.

Vestaria Saga I

Haldyn - A warrior from the mainland who was in the employ of the Gallachians.

Etymology

The Myrmidons were a tribe that followed Achilles and were renowned for the battle skills and loyalty to their leader. In modern times, a Myrmidon is someone who follows a cause without question. Many members of the class (Such as Guy, Lon'qu, and Mia) could be called Myrmidons in this respect in relation to their devotion to swordplay. In modern fantasy, a Myrmidon is usually a swordsman, focusing on speed, wielding a sword in a single hand, while leaving the other free.

Trivia

In some games, the manner by which Myrmidons handle the blade can be seen as a style of swordplay from a specific region on the continent.
- In Jugdral, Myrmidons hail from Isaach.
- In Elibe, Myrmidons hail from Sacae.
- In Magvel, Myrmidons hail from Jehanna.
- In Awakening, with the exception of Owain, all the Myrmidons/Swordmasters that join the Shepherds are from Chon'sin.
- In Fates, Samurai hail from Hoshido.

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 ===''[[Vestaria Saga I]]''===

Protagonist	Lord - Fighter (FE2) - Priestess (FE2) - Ranger - Light Mage - Tactician - Nohr Prince - Dragon Child
Special	Dancer - Bard - Transporter (Tent) - Kitsune - Wolfskin
Infantry	Physical	Mercenary - Knight - Thief - Fighter - Pirate - Archer - Hunter - Soldier - Brigand - Barbarian - Myrmidon - Bow Fighter - Prince - Princess - Spear Fighter - Apothecary - Oni Savage - Ninja - Brawler - Martial Monk - Sentinel
Infantry	Magical	Priest - Mage - Cleric - Fire Mage - Thunder Mage - Wind Mage - Dark Mage - Light Priestess - Loptyrian Mage - Shaman - Monk
Cavalry	Cavalier - Axe Knight - Arch Knight - Lance Knight - Free Knight - Troubadour - Nomad - Sword Knight - Bow Knight
Flying	Pegasus Knight - Wyvern Rider - Pegasus Rider - Dragon Rider - Wing Tamer - Sword Flier - Lance Flier - Axe Flier

Protagonist	Hero (FE2) - Princess (FE2) - Knight Lord - Great Lord - Blade Lord - Lord - Light Sage - Grandmaster - Nohr Noble - Hoshido Noble - Armored Lord - High Lord - Wyvern Master - Divine Dragon
Special	Transporter (Wagon) - Mechanist - Nine-Tails - Wolfssegner - Mage Cannoneer
Infantry	Physical	Hero - General - Sniper - Knight - Swordmaster - Warrior - Thief Fighter - Berserker - Assassin - Rogue - Halberdier - Axe General - Sword General - Trickster - Spear Master - Master of Arms - Basara - Merchant (FE14) - Oni Chieftain - Blacksmith - Master Ninja - Grappler - Successeur - Tireur d'élite - Picket - Martial Master - Enchanter
Infantry	Magical	Bishop - Sage - Priestess (FE2) - Saint - High Priest - Mage Fighter - Dark Mage - Druid - Summoner - Fire Sage - Thunder Sage - Wind Sage - Dark Sage - Sorcerer - War Monk - War Cleric - Great Master - Priestess (FE14) - Butler - Maid - Warlock - Dark Bishop - Vidame
Cavalry	Physical	Paladin - Horseman - Great Knight - Bow Knight - Duke Knight - Ranger - Nomadic Trooper - Lance Paladin - Blade Paladin - Bow Paladin - Mechanist - Avenir - Cupido - Wolf Knight - Royal Knight
Cavalry	Magical	Master Knight - Mage Knight - Valkyrie - Dark Knight (3DS)
Flying	Physical	Dracoknight - Falcon Knight - Wyvern Lord - Pegasus Knight - Wyvern Knight - Griffon Rider - Kinshi Knight
Flying	Magical	Dark Flier - Malig Knight - Lindwurm - Sleipnir Rider

Protagonist	Vanguard - Light Priestess - Enlightened One - Emperor - Great Lord - Barbarossa
Infantry	Physical	Dread Fighter - Baron - Sentinel - Reaver - Marksman - Trueblade - Marshall - Whisper - Mortal Savant - War Master
Infantry	Magical	Saint - Archsage - Gremory - Dark Bishop
Cavalry	Gold Knight - Bow Knight - Silver Knight - Dark Knight - Holy Knight - Great Knight
Flying	Seraph Knight - Dragonlord - Falcon Knight - Wyvern Lord

Protagonist	Conqueror - Rigain
Infantry	Physical	Spartan - Yasha
Infantry	Magical	Guru - Enchantress - Exemplar
Cavalry	Oliphantier - Skogul
Flying	Harrier