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Freelancer
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The Freelancer (Japanese: コマンド Command) is a class introduced in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. Appearing only in the two Archanea titles and their remakes for Nintendo DS, this class is entirely exclusive to the playable character Xane. In the original games, the Freelancer class can wield swords, but in the remakes they wield no weapons of their own.
The main function of the Freelancer class is its ability to transform into other classes. Xane can stand next to any ally and select the "Imitate" function on the menu, and he will transform into the neighboring ally's class, copying all of his or her stats and weapon ranks. Five turns later, he will transform back, and the player can choose a different ally to copy. In this transformation, Freelancers copy not only stats, but also properties of some other classes, such as a Thief that can pick locks; however, they cannot copy a Lord's ability to seize or a Dancer's ability to dance.
Freelancers have low stats in and of themselves, though they have adequate resistance. Their low stats are, of course, balanced by the fact that they can copy the stats of any ally. Freelancers cannot class change, nor can they be reclassed. The remakes classify Freelancers as a special class and thus allow them to grow to Level 30, though it tends to prove unnecessary because most of the time they spend in battle will be spent using someone else's stats.
Stats
Base stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light | 16 | 1 | -- | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -- | Sword: 2 |
Mystery of the Emblem | 16 | 1 | -- | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -- | Sword: 7 |
Shadow Dragon | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | -- | None |
Max stats
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Movement | Constitution | Weapon level |
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Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light | 52 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | -- | Sword: 20 |
Mystery of the Emblem | 52 | 20 | -- | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | -- | Sword: 20 |
Shadow Dragon | 60 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 20 | 20 | ? | -- | None |
Class growth rates
Game | HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Luck | Defense | Resistance | Charm | Constitution* | Movement* | Weapon level |
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Mystery of the Emblem | 30% | 30% | -- | 30% | 30% | 0% | 30% | 30% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Shadow Dragon | 40/60% | 30/20% | -20/0% | 30/40% | 30/50% | 0% | 15/30% | -15/0% | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Class skills
Game | Skill | Learning conditions |
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Class change
Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Base class |
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File:Bs fe01 freelancer.png Freelancer |
Mystery of the Emblem
Base class |
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Freelancer |
Shadow Dragon
Special class |
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Freelancer |
New Mystery of the Emblem
Special class |
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Freelancer |
Playable Freelancers
Playable Characters | |
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Name | Game |
Xane | Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem (both books), Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem |
Playable Freelancer units in the Fire Emblem series. |
Notable enemy Freelancers
Enemy Units | |
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Name | Game |
Xane | Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem (book 1), Shadow Dragon |
Enemy Freelancer units in the Fire Emblem series. |
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Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Freelancer |
Refers to the concept of freelance employment, in which one is hired out on temporary jobs without a formal committment binding them to the employer in the long term. |
English (Europe) |
Chameleon |
Refers to the distinctive lizard species of the family Chamaeleonidae, famous for their ability to naturally change their skin coloration to camouflage themselves into to their environment. |
English (unofficial) |
Commando |
Popularly referred by this name prior to the English release of Shadow Dragon. |
Spanish |
Camaleón |
Chameleon |
French |
Caméléon |
Chameleon |
German |
Chamäleon |
Chameleon |
Italian |
Mutamorfo |
From the Italian word mutare ("change") and the Greek morfo ("form") |
Gallery
References
This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series. |