Sage

Sage Ricken as a Sage in battle in Awakening. A seasoned mage or healer with high Mag. Wields tomes, staves.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) Tome, Staff (FE1, FE3, FE11, FE12, FE13) Black magic, White magic (Gaiden) Fire, Thunder, Wind, Light, Staff (FE4, FE5) Anima, Staff (FE6, FE7) Anima, Light, Staff (FE8) Fire, Thunder, Wind, Staff or Knife (FE9) Skill(s) Adept (Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776) Shove, Flare (Path of Radiance) Rally Magic, Tomefaire (Awakening)

The Sage (賢者 Sage) is an advanced magical class which debuted in Fire Emblem Gaiden, and is the main promoted form of the Mage class in most games since. Sages wield offensive magic, primarily focusing on anima magic and its three subtypes, almost always with the addition of staves. The class is split into three magic type-specific variants in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - the Fire Sage, Wind Sage and Thunder Sage - as well as two character-specific variants, the Light Sage and Dark Sage, exclusive to Micaiah and Pelleas respectively.

In contrast to the healing proficiency of the Bishop and the defensive capabilities of the Druid/Sorcerer, the Sage excels at pure magical offense, possessing high magical power, Skill and Speed. They typically have access to a relatively broad spectrum of offensive options, granting them further versatility. Their main advantage is their ability to take advantage of the low Resistance of physically-oriented enemies, particularly slower ones like Generals, but in turn they themselves are vulnerable to physical attack as a result of their below-average Defense.

Beginning with its introduction in Gaiden and in almost every game since, the Sage changes class from the Mage, replacing the Bishop's original role as being the advanced form of the Mage; the only exception is Genealogy of the Holy War, in which it instead promotes from the Bard and Shaman. In Thracia 776, three classes can promote to Sage: Mage, Bard and Cleric. In The Sacred Stones, the Sage is a promotion option for Mages, Monks and Priests, and in Awakening, it is a promotion option for Mages, Priests and Clerics.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	32	12	--	8	7	0	6	9	4	--	Black Magic, White Magic *
Genealogy of the Holy War	35	0	15	12	15	0	3	12	6	--	B B B B B
Thracia 776	20*/16*	0	7	7	9*/10*	0	4*/3*	--	7	5*/4*	D D D D C
The Binding Blade	20*/19*	--	5*/4*	4*/6*	4*/5*	0	5*/3*	5*/6*	6	7*/5*	E C
Blazing Sword	20*/19*	--	5*/4*	4*/6*	4*/5*	0	5*/3*	5*/6*	6	7*/4*	C E
The Sacred Stones	20*/19*	--	5*/4*	4*/6*	4*/5*	0	5*/3*	5*/6*	6	7*/4*	C D D
Path of Radiance	20	2	4	4*/3*	6*/7*	0	4*/3*	6*/7*	6	10*/7*	D D D ( E or Knives; see note)
Shadow Dragon	22	3	4	2	4	0	3	5	6	--	D E
New Mystery of the Emblem	22	3	5	2	4	0	3	5	6	--	D E

• Note: For Path of Radiance, when promoting to Sage, the player is offered a choice of a secondary weapon for them: staves or knives. Choosing staves gives the Sage an E rank in staves, while choosing knives gives the Sage the Knife skill.

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	40	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	4	--	Black Magic, White Magic *
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	15	30	27	30	30	18	27	6	--	B B B B B*
Thracia 776	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A A D A A
The Binding Blade	60	--	28*/30*	30*/28*	25	30	20	25	15	20	S S
Blazing Sword	60	--	28*/30*	30*/28*	26	30	21*/30*	25*/30*	15	20	S S*
The Sacred Stones	60	--	28*/30*	30*/28*	26	30	21	25	15	20	S S S*
Path of Radiance	60	15	30	28	28	40	20	28	?	?	S S S ( S; see note)
Shadow Dragon	60	20	30	28	25	30	20	25	32	--	A A
New Mystery of the Emblem	60	20	30	28	25	30	20	25	8	--	A A

• Note: For Path of Radiance, the maximum staff weapon rank applies only if the Sage in question chose staves upon promotion or is pre-set as having staves. Otherwise, knives have no weapon rank of their own and thus have no maximum rank.

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Gaiden	150%	50%	--	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	10%	30%	30%	30%	0%	10%	30%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	30%	3%	20%	10%	10%	10%	5%	--	--	5%	0%	--
The Binding Blade	45%	--	45%	30%	25%	15%	10%	25%	--	--	--	--
Blazing Sword	45%	--	45%	30%	25%	15%	10%	40%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	45%	--	45%	30%	25%	15%	10%	40%	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance	55%	15/10%	55%	45%	45/50%	20%	35/20%	50/55%	--	--	--	--
Shadow Dragon	20%	-15%	20%	20%	20%	0%	-15%	20%	--	--	--	--
New Mystery of the Emblem	20%	-15%	20%	20%	20%	0%	-15%	20%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776	Adept	Innate.
Path of Radiance	Shove	Innate; hidden.
Path of Radiance	Flare	Occult skill.
Path of Radiance	File:Is gcn knife (skill).png Knife	Innate, if knives are chosen as a new weapon type upon promotion.
Awakening	File:Is 3ds rally magic.png Rally Magic	Learned at level 5.

Class change

Gaiden

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Villager	After reaching Level 3, at any Mila Shrine. --	Mage (M) Mage (F)	After reaching Level 7, at any Mila Shrine. After reaching Level 20, at any Mila Shrine.	Sage File:Bs fe02 priest magic.png Priest

The Binding Blade, Blazing Sword, Path of Radiance, Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Mage	Using a Guiding Ring* or a Master Seal* after reaching Level 10.	Sage

Genealogy of the Holy War

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Bard File:Bs fe04 deirdre shaman magic.png Shaman (Julia only)	Choosing the option "Promote" in the home castle after reaching level 20.	Sage

Thracia 776

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File:Bs fe05 asvel mage magic.png Mage Bard Cleric	Using a Knight Proof after reaching Level 10.	File:Bs fe05 asvel sage magic.png Sage

The Sacred Stones

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Mage Priest Monk	Using a Guiding Ring or Master Seal after reaching level 10.	Sage

Awakening

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Mage and Priest and Cleric	Using a Master Seal after reaching level 10.	Sage

Playable Sages

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Nomah	Gaiden, Awakening
Ced	Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation, Thracia 776, Awakening
Hawk	Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation
Brunnya	The Binding Blade (Trial Maps only)
Guinivere	The Binding Blade (Trial Maps only)
Pent	Blazing Sword
Saleh	The Sacred Stones
Calill	Path of Radiance
Bastian	Path of Radiance
Wendell	Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem
Gotoh	Shadow Dragon
Nyna	Awakening
Celica	Awakening
Luthier	Awakening
Lewyn	Awakening
Julia	Awakening
Saias	Awakening
Lilina	Awakening
Micaiah	Awakening (SpotPass version only)
Sanaki	Awakening
Sephiran	Awakening
Playable Sage units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Sages

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Ishtar	Genealogy of the Holy War
Ovis	Genealogy of the Holy War, Awakening
Canis	Thracia 776
Oates	The Binding Blade
Brunnya	The Binding Blade
Aion	Blazing Sword
Sonia	Blazing Sword
Limstella	Blazing Sword
Pablo	The Sacred Stones
Balmer	Path of Radiance
Kayachey	Path of Radiance
Heddwyn	Path of Radiance
Katarina	New Mystery of the Emblem
Excellus	Awakening
Nelson	Awakening
Enemy Sage units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable NPC Sages

Other Units
Name	Game
Hark	Gaiden
Arvis	Genealogy of the Holy War First Generation
Lewyn	Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation
Forseti	Genealogy of the Holy War (Opening demo reel only)
Ced	Thracia 776
Guinivere	The Binding Blade
Ephidel	Blazing Sword
Gotoh	New Mystery of the Emblem
Neutral Sage units in the Fire Emblem series.

Gallery

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  Concept artwork of the Sage from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Concept artwork of the female Sage from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Ricken as a Sage in battle in Awakening.

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  The generic Sage portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

• Generic portrait sage fe06.gif

  The generic Sage portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

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  The generic Sage portrait in Shadow Dragon.

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  The generic Sage portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Sage	A wise man.
Spanish	Sabio	An intellectual or guru, or the state of being wise
French	Sage	As above.
German	• Weiser • Weise	• Sage, wise • Non-inflected variant of the former, used exclusively for female Sages in Blazing Sword, alongside the male "Weiser".
Italian	Saggio	Sage

See also

• Bishop
• Dark Sage
• Fire Sage
• Light Sage
• Thunder Sage
• Wind Sage

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