Nosferatu

Nosferatu Artwork of Nosferatu from Genealogy of the Holy War. Dark magic. Absorbs HP equal to 1/2 damage dealt.

Type Black Magic (Gaiden) Tome (Mystery of the Emblem, New Mystery of the Emblem) Light (Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn) Dark (The Binding Blade, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones) Tome (Dark) (Awakening) First game Fire Emblem Gaiden

Nosferatu (Japanese: リザイア Resire) is a recurring magic tome which debuted in Fire Emblem Gaiden, and has appeared in all installments of the Fire Emblem series except Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light 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 exclusively used by Clerics and Saints, and is a general tome visually depicted as a holy spell in Mystery of the Emblem and its remake. It became a light tome in Genealogy of the Holy War when it introduced split magic types, and remained so Thracia 776, Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn; however, it is instead a dark tome in The Binding Blade, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, 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. Has a 50% hit rate under all circumstances. 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.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade		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

Fire Emblem

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

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

The male Robin using Nosferatu on Palutena in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

This article or section is a short summary of Nosferatu. SmashWiki features a more in-depth article.

Nosferatu will be Robin's down special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. It appears to be a close-range attack which heals Robin as it deals damage to the target. Like all of Robin's tome attacks, it will "break" after a set number of uses, but further details on this mechanic remain to be seen.

Trivia

• Nosferatu has been classified as more different weapon types than any other weapon in the Fire Emblem series.
• In Gaiden, Nosferatu is the only non-Falchion weapon which can harm Duma once he reaches 52 or less HP. This is assumed to be the result of a programming oversight: Duma is coded to force all non-Falchion attacks to have zero accuracy no matter what once he reaches this HP threshold, however this somehow fails to take into account Nosferatu's hard-coded absolute 50% hit rate, and so Nosferatu retains its 50% hit rate when fighting Duma.

Gallery

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  Jenny casting Nosferatu in Gaiden

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  Linde casting Nosferatu in Mystery of the Emblem.

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  Linoan casting Nosferatu in Thracia 776

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  Raigh casting Nosferatu in The Binding Blade.

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  Linde casting Nosferatu in New Mystery of the Emblem.

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  Tharja casting Nosferatu in Awakening.

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	Used only in earlier versions of the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation. All other fan translations use either "Resire" or "Nosferatu".
Spanish	Nosferatu	As above.
French	Nosferatu	As above.
German	Nosferatu	As above.
Italian	Nosferatu	As above.

See also

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