Dark Knight (Mystery of the Emblem)

Dark Knight Battle sprite of the Dark Knight in Mystery of the Emblem.

Unit type(s) Mounted Weapon(s) Lance Skill(s) None

The Dark Knight (Japanese: ダークナイト Dark Knight) is a class that has never made an official appearance in the Fire Emblem series. While data for the Dark Knight class is present in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, it is never used.

The class's intended purpose is unknown, but it is speculated that it may have been implemented as a personal class for Camus, who ended up being a Paladin in the finished product (as well as in his other Archanean appearances). If the class was indeed intended for Camus, it is unknown if it would have been used exclusively in his normal persona in Book 1, or if he would have also used it in his Sirius persona in Book 2.

If cheated into the game, it has a unique map sprite, but uses the Cavalier's sprite in battle. Its non-moving map sprite will not display on most maps, the first book's fifth chapter being an example of one in which it does display. The Dark Knight cannot dismount, so if it is indoors, it cannot move.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem	22	9	--	5	6	0	9	5	9	--	Lance: 8

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	Lance: 20

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision	Size
Mystery of the Emblem	40	--	--	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem	80%	30%	--	20%	20%	0%	30%	0%	--	--	--	--

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

Class change

Mystery of the Emblem

Advanced class
Dark Knight

Trivia

• In the battle GUI, the Dark Knight's name is too long to fit. The other "knight" classes (Social Knight, Armor Knight, Pegasus Knight, and Dragon Knight) use abbreviations in battle to alleviate this problem, but the Dark Knight does not.
• The Dark Knight class appearing in Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates bears the exact same Japanese name as Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem's unused Dark Knight class, although the two classes possess distinctly-different properties.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English (unofficial)	Dark Knight	--
Japanese	ダークナイト	Dark Knight

Gallery

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  The Dark Knight's map sprite

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  The Dark Knight's battle sprite

References

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