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“Believe me, lass, I ain’t worried about a couple sea rats. All I’m worried about is if you can pay. I don’t work charity cases. Especially when I’m risking my own neck.”
—Saber to Celica in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Saber is a playable character in Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. He is 34 years old.

Profile

A former member of the Rigelian army, Saber left to become a mercenary. Meeting Celica at a tavern, he accepts her request to protect her group during their seaborne journey to Mila Temple after she offers her Golden Dagger as payment. Ever since his employment, Saber more or less acts as Celica's advisor, albeit an unconventional one. Arriving at Zofia Castle, he points out that she does not seem as impressed as Mae and Boey. After Celica accepts her heritage, Saber swears fealty to her and becomes just as loyal as Mae and Boey. When Celica announces her intention to invade Rigel to retrieve Mila, Saber assures her that he has her back. At Duma's temple, he leads Celica's army in an attempt to rescue her. After the war, he marries an unknown woman and joins Jesse's kingdom.

Personality

A coarse seaman with a dry sense of humor, Saber frequently debates at Celica's orders and often calls her out on her idealistic nature, aware of the necessity of violence. Despite this, Saber shows loyalty to whoever employs him and although jaded in his views in contrast to Celica, Saber pledges his loyalty to her after the reveal of her identity, showing his willingness and desire to fight for her cause.

Due to his occupation as a sellsword, said honor is often cast aside, as he usually works for whoever pays him well enough, well known for having just as easily done shady services in the past with the right coin.

With a reputation for drinking and chasing skirts that even Jesse claims Saber is known for being a heartbreaker, he is far more insightful than most members of her party, as he catches on the quickest that Celica is not just any priestess, and understands her intentions better than most.

In-Game

Gaiden

Recruitment

In Chapter 2, talk to him at the Novis Greatport.

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mercenary
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	22	9	9	10	6	4	6	4
Magic				Starting Items
-				-

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
50%	20%	15%	15%	10%	40%	0%

Learnt Magic

Class	Level	Magic Learnt
Mage	1	Fire
Mage	5	Seraphim
Sage	1	Recover

Overall

Saber is the first recruitable Mercenary available on Celica's route. He is also the first physical unit that Celica acquires, giving him an important role in the early game as one of the strongest and most durable fighter in Celica's army until the player recruits Valbar and Kamui. In the long term, his growth rates are very unusual for a mercenary, as he has notably high HP and defense growths, with mediocre skill and speed and only average strength. As Gaiden's promotion system lets your units jump straight into next class' base stats, this will not trouble him much as his promotions to Myrmidon and Dread Fighter will compensate for his low speed and skill growths with their high speed and skill bases. His high defensive growths will also make him one of the more durable members of Celica's team. Overall, his good stats, powerful class, and his great availability mean he will have little difficulty reaching his promotion thresholds before any other mercenaries in Celica's team, making him the earliest Myrmidon and Dread Fighter on her team.

With only a few weaknesses and advantages afforded to him by his class, great availability, and unique growth rates, Saber is one of the most powerful and long lasting members of Celica's team.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base Stats

Starting Class
Mercenary
Level	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
1	22	9+1*	9	10	6	4	6	4
Magic			Skills			Starting Items
-			-			Golden Dagger

*Due to equipped Golden Dagger

Class Sets

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Mercenary	Myrmidon
Mercenary	Dread Fighter* Yasha Villager*

*Tier 3 class.
**DLC class; access with the Altar of the Ogre.

***Possible to loop back to Villager after Dread Fighter and Yasha.

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Villager	Cavalier Soldier Mercenary
Villager	Archer Mage

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Cavalier	Paladin
Cavalier	Gold Knight* Skogul**

*Tier 3 class.

**DLC class; access with the Altar of the Destrier.

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Soldier	Knight
Soldier	Baron* Spartan**

*Tier 3 class.

**DLC class; access with the Altar of the Titan.

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Archer	Sniper
Archer	Bow Knight* Oliphantier**

*Tier 3 class.

**DLC class; access with the Altar of the Marksman.

Base Classes	Promoted Classes
Mage	Sage
Mage	Guru*

*DLC class; access with the Altar of the Savant.

Learnt Magic

Class	Level	Magic Learnt
Mage	1	Fire
Mage	5	Seraphim
Sage	1	Recover
Sage	5	Physic
Guru	1	Lemegeton

Growth Rates

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
60%	35%	30%	35%	25%	45%	0%

Personal Max Stats

HP	Atk	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
52	40	40	40	39	41	40

Overall

Saber's growths have been improved significantly, having much better growths in the 3DS remake than in the original NES game. Like in the original, Saber is the first recruitable melee unit in Celica's route, and with his solid HP and defense growth rates, he can, with a couple of levels, quickly become an important defensive unit early in the game. However, due to his improved growths in this game, when more melee characters are recruited, Saber's growths are high enough that he can stand out easier, especially since he can be a couple of levels higher by the time the next Mercenary, Kamui, is recruited.

Heroes

Driven Mercenary: A mercenary who will take on any job...if he's paid enough. His identity is a mystery but his skills are unquestionable. Appears in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Group
		Title
		Driven Mercenary
		Infantry
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	17/18/19 36/40/43	6/7/8 28/31/34	8/9/10 30/33/36	7/8/9 29/32/35	4/5/6 19/22/25
Skills			Weapon
Slaying Edge+			Sword

Skills

Weapon

Name	SP Cost	Might	Range	Effects	Rarity
Iron Sword	-	6	1	-	✯
Steel Sword	-	8	1	-	✯✯
Slaying Edge	-	10	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).	✯✯✯
Slaying Edge+	-	14	1	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1).	✯✯✯✯✯

Special

Name	SP Cost	Effects	Charge Cost	Rarity
Holy Vestments	100	Reduces damage inflicted by attacks from foes 2 spaces away by 30%.	3	-
Astra	200	Reduces damage inflicted by attacks from foes 2 spaces away by 50%.	3	-

Passive

Name	SP Cost	Effects	Rarity
HP +3	40	Grants +3 to max HP.	-
HP/Spd 1	100 (Required: HP +3)	Grants HP +3, Spd +1.	-
HP/Spd 2	200 (Required: HP/Spd 1)	Grants HP +4, Spd +2.	✯✯✯✯✯
Shield Pulse 1	60	If unit's Special triggers based on a foe's attack, Special cooldown count-1 at start of turn 1.	-
Shield Pulse 2	120 (Required: Shield Pulse 1)	If unit's Special triggers based on a foe's attack, Special cooldown count-1 at start of turn 1. Unit takes 5 less damage when Special triggers.	-
Shield Pulse 3	240 (Required: Shield Pulse 2)	If unit's Special triggers based on a foe's attack, Special cooldown count-2 at start of turn 1. Unit takes 5 less damage when Special triggers.	✯✯✯✯✯