Nosferatu

Nosferatu Artwork of Nosferatu from Genealogy of the Holy War. Extremely powerful light magic. The spell caster receives HP equal to the damage inflicted.

Type Black • Tome • Light • Dark First game Fire Emblem Gaiden

Nosferatu (リザイア, Resire) is a recurring magic tome, appearing in all installments of the Fire Emblem series except Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi and its remake Shadow Dragon. In every appearance, it has an HP drain effect - the damage the tome deals to the enemy is used to heal the caster's own HP. While in the majority of appearances the amount of HP recovered is equal to the damage dealt to the enemy, some games modify the amount of recovered HP to half the damage dealt.

Throughout the series, Nosferatu has been given multiple weapon types, some seemingly contradictory with each other. It originated as a black magic spell in Gaiden, is a general tome in Mystery of the Emblem and its remake, became a light tome in Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, and is a dark tome in The Binding Blade, Blazing Sword, The Sacred Stones and Awakening.

Stats

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Gaiden	--	--	0	2	50	0	1-2	-0 HP	--	--	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy. Can damage Duma at 52 HP or less.
Mystery of the Emblem		1*	12	10	90	0	1-2	20	4,800	--	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
Genealogy of the Holy War		A	14	12	70	--	1-2	50	10,000	--	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy. Negates the effects of Pavise.
Thracia 776		B	12	12	65	0	1-2	60	5,200	1	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
The Binding Blade		C	10	6	70	0	1-2	20	3,000	1	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
Blazing Sword		C	10	14	70	0	1-2	20	3,200	1	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
The Sacred Stones		C	10	14	70	0	1-2	20	3,200	1	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
Path of Radiance		A	7	12	70	0	1-2	20	1,500	2	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
Radiant Dawn		S	6	7	85	0	1-2	17	6,800	4	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.
New Mystery of the Emblem		E*	8	--	90	0	1-2	24	2,400	2	Restores HP equal to damage dealt to enemy.

Locations

Mystery of the Emblem

Inventory	Book 2: Linde
Dropped by	Book 2: Chapter 17, enemy Thief

Genealogy of the Holy War

Event

Second Generation: Chapter 6, Seliph talks to Julia after Isaach Castle has been seized

Thracia 776

Dropped by	Final Chapter, enemy Canis
Treasure	Chapter 14, village

Blazing Sword

Dropped by

Eliwood's story: Chapter 18, enemy Shaman* • Chapter 22x, enemy Shaman* • Chapter 24, enemy Shaman* • Chapter 30, enemy Druid Hector's story: Chapter 19, enemy Shaman* • Chapter 20, enemy Shaman* • Chapter 23x, enemy Shaman* • Chapter 32, enemy Druid

Path of Radiance

Dropped by	Chapter 17-4, enemy Oliver
Treasure	Chapter 22, chest

Radiant Dawn

Inventory	Oliver
Event	Part 4: Chapter 3, base conversation

New Mystery of the Emblem

Inventory	Linde • Katarina • Eremiya*
Dropped by	Chapter 17, enemy Thief
Armory	Online Shop (×3)

Awakening

Inventory	Tharja • Aversa
Armory	Carrion Isle • Desert Oasis • Divine Dragon Grounds
Merchant (Anna)	Plegia Castle Courtyard • Peaceful Village
Merchant (SpotPass)	Deirdre • Raigh • Merric • Salem • Sophia
Double Duel	Reward for defeating Kellam's Kettles

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Nosferatu	A term for a vampire, used here in reference to the HP-draining effect. The word "nosferatu" is ostensibly of Romanian origin, but its true origin is contested; it was popularised by author Bram Stoker in his novel Dracula.
English (unofficial)	Rizziah	From earlier versions of the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation.
Spanish	Nosferatu	--
French	Nosferatu	--
German	Nosferatu	--
Italian	Nosferatu	--

Trivia

• Nosferatu has been in more different weapon types than any other weapon in the Fire Emblem series.

Gallery

• Ss fe02 jenny casting nosferatu.png

  The Nosferatu spell in Gaiden.

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  The Nosferatu spell in Mystery of the Emblem.

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  The Nosferatu spell in Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776.

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  The Nosferatu spell in the Game Boy Advance games.

See also

• Earth Sword (a magic sword which casts Nosferatu)
• Runesword (a magic sword which casts Nosferatu)