Dark Knight

Not to be confused with the Black Knight of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn or with the character of the same name. It is also not to be confused with the unused, unrelated Dark Knight class from Mystery of the Emblem.

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Dark Knight Leo as a Dark Knight in Fates. A mysterious knight versed in black magic, this class can move again after taking certain actions.

Unit type(s) Beast (Awakening, Fates) Mounted (Three Houses) Infantry (replaces Mounted when dismounted; Three Houses) Weapon(s) Sword, Tome (Awakening, Fates) Various, including magic (Three Houses) Lance, Black magic (Three Houses; specialty) Skill(s) Slow Burn, Lifetaker (Awakening) Seal Magic, Lifetaker (Fates) Canto, Black Tomefaire, Dark Tomefaire, Seal Resistance (Three Houses)

The Dark Knight (Japanese: ダークナイト Dark Knight) is an advanced mounted class debuting in Fire Emblem Awakening. It is one of the class change options available to Mages and Dark Mages, and functions very similarly to the Mage Knight class of the Jugdral games as a mixed class with access to both physical weapons and magic, making it ideal for them to attack enemies on their weaker defensive stat. Its physical and magical offensive stats are roughly balanced, leaning slightly more toward magic than strength, and it has decent defensive stats with its defense being its highest stat overall.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	25	4	5	6	5	0	9	5	8	--	E E
Fates	19	8	6	6	5	3	8	6	8	--	E E
Three Houses	32	10	17	14	16	12	13	15	7	--	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	80	38	41	40	40	45	42	38	10	--	A A
Fates	55	32	31	28	27	31	34	30	??	--	B A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Awakening	50/95%	15/35%	15/40%	15/40%	15/30%	0/30%	10/35%	5/30%	--	--	--	--
Fates	15%	20%	10%	5%	5%	5%	15%	5%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Awakening	Slow Burn	Learned at Level 5.
Awakening Fates	Lifetaker	• Awakening: Learned at Level 15. • Fates: Learned from Level 15 and up.
Fates	Seal Magic	Learned from Level 5 and up.
Three Houses	Canto	Innate.
Three Houses	Black Tomefaire	Innate.
Three Houses	Dark Tomefaire	Innate.

Class change

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Mage and Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Dark Knight

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Sorcerer or Dark Knight
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose.

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Master class
Any class	Level 30 Master Seal C, B+, A	Dark Knight
This class is available for any unit.

Warriors

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dark Knight	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 15.	Dark Crusader

Playable Dark Knights

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Ares	Awakening
Olwen	Awakening
Selena	Awakening
Leo	Fates: Conquest, Revelation, Warriors
Playable Dark Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Dark Knights

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Farber	Awakening
Anguilla	Awakening
Leo	Fates: Birthright, Revelation, Warriors
Lord Arundel	Three Houses
Blaiddyd	Three Houses
Enemy Dark Knight units in the Fire Emblem series.

Trivia

• In Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, there is an unrelated unused class also called "Dark Knight", of no relation to the Awakening incarnation. Able to wield lances, it uses the sprites of the Cavalier as placeholders for its own graphics which, as a result of the class being cut, were never completed.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dark Knight	--
Spanish	Caballero oscuro	Dark knight
French	Paladin noir	Black paladin
German	Dunkelritter	Dark knight
Italian	Cavaliere oscuro	Dark knight
Korean	다크 나이트	Dark knight
Simplified Chinese	暗骑士	Dark knight
Traditional Chinese	暗騎士	Dark knight

Gallery

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  The generic Dark Knight portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen Dark Knight portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic female Dark Knight portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen female Dark Knight portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Dark Knight portrait in Fates.

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  Miriel as a Dark Knight in Awakening.

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  Leo as a Dark Knight in Fates.

See also

• Grandmaster
• Mage Knight

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