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The '''Dark Mage''' (Japanese: {{hover|ダークマージ|Dākumāji}} ''Dark Mage'') is a magic-wielding class which debuted in {{FE3}}. Throughout its appearances in the {{FES}}, it can be roughly divided into two incarnations; both share in common the ability to wield [[dark (magic)|dark magic]] and similar tomes.

Its first incarnation is as an [[:Category:Advanced classes|advanced]] class in ''Mystery of the Emblem'', {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}} and {{title|Thracia 776}}. In these three games, the Dark Mage is primarily enemy-only, near-exclusively the domain of sinister enemy factions - [[Gharnef]] and his heretic bishop followers in ''Mystery of the Emblem'', and the [[Loptyrians]] in the latter two. Between these three games it is playable exactly once, as the promoted class of [[Salem]] in ''Thracia 776''. In addition to dark magic, in these games it can also wield staves and, in ''Thracia 776'', the three types of [[Anima (magic)|anima magic]].

The second version of the class is as a [[:Category:Base classes|basic class]], appearing in this capacity in {{title|Shadow Dragon}} and all subsequent games, acting as the successor of the role previously filled by the [[Shaman]]. Compared to their [[Mage]] counterparts, Dark Mages are [[Speed|slower]], [[HP|bulkier]] and more [[Defense|defensively]] [[Resistance|oriented]], though still possessing formidable [[Magic (stat)|offensive magical power]]; this difference is more pronounced in ''Shadow Dragon'' and {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}, where the absence of distinct dark magic gives them little clear distinction from Mages. In {{title|Awakening}}, however, dark magic returns as a subcategory of tomes which are exclusive to the use of Dark Mages and [[Sorcerer]]s.

In ''Mystery of the Emblem'' and ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', the Dark Mage is enemy only and thus is not associated with [[class change]]s in either direction, although in the latter it does have a stronger cousin class, the [[Dark Bishop]], also enemy-exclusive. In ''Thracia 776'', the Dark Mage is an advanced class, as the promoted form of the [[Loptyr Mage]]. From ''Shadow Dragon'' onwards, Dark Mages promote to [[Sorcerer]]; in addition, ''Awakening'' and {{title|Fates}} give them an alternative promotion option, the [[Dark Knight]], which loses the ability to wield dark tomes in exchange for mobility and [[sword]]s.

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File:Generic portrait dark mage fe04.png|The generic Dark Mage portrait in {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}}.

File:Generic portrait dark mage fe11.png|The generic Dark Mage portrait in {{title|Shadow Dragon}}.

File:Generic portrait dark mage fe12.png|The generic Dark Mage portrait in {{title|New Mystery of the Emblem}}.

File:Generic portrait dark mage fe13.png|The generic Dark Mage portrait in {{title|Awakening}}.

File:Generic portrait dark mage risen fe13.png|The generic [[Risen]] Dark Mage portrait in {{title|Awakening}}.

File:Generic portrait dark mage fe14.png|The generic Dark Mage portrait in {{title|Fates}}.

[[Category:Advanced classes]][[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem]] [[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]] [[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776]][[Category:Base classes]][[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]] [[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem]] [[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem Awakening]] [[Category:Classes in Fire Emblem Fates]]