Lord

Lord A noble attached to a ruling house. Has great potential.

Weapon(s) Swords* Lances* Axes* Skill(s) Aether*

The Lord (ロード) is the class of most of the main characters of the Fire Emblem series and is perhaps the most important class in terms of completing most chapter objectives, generally defined as a a young member of a noble family and the son/daughter of the head of the noble family in question, either a prince/princess or the child of a duke or similar. "Lord" is treated as a unisex class name, applied equally to female characters (Lyn, Eirika) as it does to males, and is generally used regardless of whether "Lord" would be the character's actual title, as a prince or princess would not be addressed as "lord" and are typically not in dialogue in such instances. The only instances where "lord" would be the correct form of address for a Lord character are Roy, Eliwood and Hector (and Sigurd and Seliph, but neither are of this class).

In gameplay, the Lord's function is somewhat similar to that of the king in a game of chess: they are the leader of the army, and to be defeated in battle is to fail the chapter and get a game over. Conversely, Lords (or Lord-like units) are the only characters with the ability to seize thrones and gates and complete chapters with such objectives, and typically are the wielders of powerful weapons required to successfully combat final bosses. The general statistical build of a Lord varies depending on the game and character in question, but as a rule they are well-rounded in their stats other than the individual's obvious strongest field; they also typically possess higher luck than most others, and mostly share the rather low resistance endemic to non-magic units. Characterised as being inexperienced yet having great potential, their stats will almost always start off somewhat low, but with their typical high growth rates will improve very quickly and become highly potent fighters. The majority of Lords wield only swords, but occasionally Lords wielding non-sword weapons appear, like Hector (axes) and Ephraim (lances).

In all but one appearance, the Lord is a basic class - the exception is Path of Radiance, where Ike's base class is Ranger and he promotes to Lord, symbolic of him being knighted and joining the nobility. Typically, a Lord's class change is unique to it, if not in name then in appearance and stat build. The most common promoted Lord classes are the Master Lord, for Roy in Fuuin no Tsurugi and Chrom in Awakening, and the Great Lord, for Hector in Blazing Sword and Eirika and Ephraim in The Sacred Stones, prime examples of one class of the same name being very different between games*. Also in Blazing Sword, both Eliwood and Lyn have unique promoted classes - Eliwood promotes to Knight Lord, while Lyn promotes to Blade Lord. As Thracia 776 is an interquel to its predecessor set in the time before Leif joins Seliph's army, Leif's promoted class there is Prince, his base class in Seisen. In his four appearances in the Archanea tetralogy, Marth does not promote; in the two Nintendo DS remakes, Shadow Dragon and Shin Monshou no Nazo, his level cap is instead increased to level 30 as compensation.

Three games do not feature the Lord class: Gaiden, Seisen no Keifu and Radiant Dawn. All three instead give their lead characters classes which are the Lord in all but name, sometimes with some alternative utility; such classes are colloquially called "Lord-like" or generically also called "Lords". The classes for the Gaiden heroes, Alm and Celica, are Fighter and Priest respectively. Seliph's class in Seisen no Keifu is Junior Lord, literally a conventional Lord with a slightly different name. Micaiah of Radiant Dawn is a Light Mage; in his reappearance, Ike starts off as a Hero, ostensibly a promoted class, and throughout the game several other characters all act as the Lord character of at least one chapter, and almost all have conventional classes.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Weapon Rank
Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi	18	5	--	3	7	7	7	0	7	--	--	Sword: 5
Monshou no Nazo	18	3	--	3	4	--	6	0	7	--	--	?
Thracia 776	18	4	0	2	3	0	2	--	6	--	--	E
Fuuin no Tsurugi	18	3	--	3	4	--	5	0	5	6	--	D
Blazing Sword (Lyn)	16	4	--	7	9	--	2	0	5	5	--	D
Blazing Sword (Eliwood)	18	5	--	5	7	--	5	0	5	7	--	D
Blazing Sword (Hector)	19	7	--	4	5	--	8	0	5	13	--	D
The Sacred Stones (Eirika)	16	4	--	8	9	--	3	1	5	5	--	E
The Sacred Stones (Ephraim)	18	6	--	6	7	--	6	0	5	8	--	D
Path of Radiance	22	6	3	5	6	--	8	2	7	--	--	C
Shadow Dragon	18	5	0	3	7	0	7	0	7	--	--	E
Shin Monshou no Nazo	18	5	0	3	7	0	7	0	7	--	--	E

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Rank
Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20?	--	Sword: 20?
Monshou no Nazo	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20?	--	Sword: 20?
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20
Fuuin no Tsurugi	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
Blazing Sword	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A*, A*
The Sacred Stones	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A*, A*
Path of Radiance	60	26	20	27	28	40	24	22	--	--	A
Shadow Dragon	60	25	25	25	25	30	25	25	32	--	A
Shin Monshou no Nazo	60	25	20	25	25	30	25	25	--	--	A

Class change

Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi, Monshou no Nazo, Shadow Dragon, Shin Monshou no Nazo

Basic class
Lord

Thracia 776

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Automatically at the end of Chapter 18.	Prince

Fuuin no Tsurugi

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Automatically at the end of Chapter 21	Master Lord

Blazing Sword

Eliwood

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Using Heaven's Seal at level 10 or above* or Automatically at the end of Chapter 27*	Knight Lord

Lyn

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Using a Heaven Seal at level 10 or above.	Blade Lord

Hector

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Using a Heaven Seal at level 10 or above* or Automatically at the end of Chapter 27*	Great Lord

The Sacred Stones

Eirika

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Automatically at the end of Chapter 16 / Using a Lunar Brace after reaching level 10.	Great Lord

Ephraim

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Automatically at the end of Chapter 16 / Using a Solar Brace after reaching level 10.	Great Lord

Path of Radiance

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Ranger	Automatically at the end of Chapter 17.	Lord

Awakening

Basic Class	Promotion Method	Promoted Class
Lord	Unknown, pending game release.	Master Lord

Playable Lords

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Marth	Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi, Monshou no Nazo, Shadow Dragon, Shin Monshou no Nazo
Leif	Thracia 776
Roy	Fuuin no Tsurugi
Lyn	Blazing Sword
Eliwood	Blazing Sword
Hector	Blazing Sword
Eirika	The Sacred Stones
Ephraim	The Sacred Stones
Ike	Path of Radiance
Chrom	Awakening
Lucina	Awakening
Playable Lord units in the Fire Emblem series.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Lord	One in possession of authority above others, especially an aristocrat or titled nobleman.
Japanese	ロード	Lord
Spanish	Lord
French	Lord
German	Lord
Italian	Lord

See also

"Lord-like" classes

• Fighter (Gaiden)
• Priest (Gaiden)
• Junior Lord (Seisen no Keifu)
• Ranger (Path of Radiance)
• Light Mage (Radiant Dawn)

References

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.