Arch Sage

Arch Sage Bastian as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn. Scholars of all magics who wield terrible anima spells and staves. They employ the skill Flare.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Anima, Light, Dark, Staff (The Blazing Blade) Fire, Thunder, Wind, Staff (Radiant Dawn anima archsages) Thunder, Dark, Staff (Radiant Dawn Pelleas) Skill(s) Shove, Flare (Radiant Dawn)

The Arch Sage or Archsage (Japanese: 大賢者 Arch Sage) is an advanced magical class which debuted in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. Acting as an even more advanced form of the Sage and related classes, Archsages are masters of multiple magical disciplines with high stats. In its original appearance in Fire Emblem, the Archsage is the exclusive class of Athos of the Eight Legends, in his brief playable role in the Final Chapter. In Radiant Dawn, the Arch Sage is the third-tier promoted form of the game's four element-specific Sage variants: the Fire Sage, Thunder Sage, Wind Sage and Dark Sage.

Arch Sages have access to a broad spectrum of magic, typically featuring multiple types of offensive magic with an emphasis on anima magic alongside healing staves. Fire Emblem Archsages wield all four magic categories - anima, light, dark and staves, while the Arch Sages of Radiant Dawn primarily wield all three anima magic types. The Radiant Dawn Arch Sage is technically four separate classes which have minor variations in stat builds and usable weapons; in addition to the three anima-specialist versions, the dark variant exclusive to Pelleas wields only thunder magic, dark magic and staves, and also has higher proficiency in staves than the anima variants.

In all cases, Arch Sages specialize in pure magical offense, as the various Sage classes do. Their magical power, skill and speed all remain high, giving them potent, accurate and quick offensive abilities. However, they share the traditional weak HP and defense of most magical classes, although their resistance is respectable.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Blazing Blade	40	--	30	24	20	0	20	28	6	9	S S S S
Radiant Dawn (Fire: Tormod, Calill)	43	6/5	20	16	18/19	0	9/8	17/18	6	10/7	A D D E
Radiant Dawn (Thunder: Ilyana)	43	6	20	16	18	0	7	19	6	6	D A D E
Radiant Dawn (Wind: Soren, Bastian)	43	4	20	16	20	0	9	17	6	10	D D A E
Radiant Dawn (Dark: Pelleas)	43	5	20	16	19	0	9	17	6	10	A S B

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Blazing Blade	60	--	30	30	25	30	20	30	15	20	S S S S
Radiant Dawn (Fire: Tormod, Calill)	50	24	38	34	32	30	25/23	36/38	??	??	SS S S A
Radiant Dawn (Thunder: Ilyana)	45	24	39	34	30	30	24	38	??	??	S SS S A
Radiant Dawn (Wind: Soren, Bastian)	50	23	40	34	32	30	24	36	??	??	S S SS A
Radiant Dawn (Dark: Pelleas)	50	25	39	34	31	30	24	36	??	??	S SS S

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
The Blazing Blade	45%	--	45%	30%	25%	15%	10%	35%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	55%	15/10%	55%	45%	45/50%	20%	35/20%	50/55%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn	Shove	Innate.
Radiant Dawn	Flare	Innate (mastery skill).

Class change

The Blazing Blade

Advanced class
Archsage

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Master class
Fire Mage	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Fire Sage	Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Arch Sage
Thunder Mage		Thunder Sage
Wind Mage		Wind Sage
		Dark Sage

Playable Arch Sages

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Athos	The Blazing Blade
Bastian	Radiant Dawn
Playable Arch Sage units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

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Trivia

• In The Blazing Blade, the Archsage is the only playable class which is capable of having more than one S weapon level.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	• Archsage • Arch Sage	• This spelling is used in The Blazing Blade. • This spelling is used in Radiant Dawn.
Spanish	Archisabio	Archsage
French	Archimage	Archmage
German	Erzweiser	Archsage
Italian	Arcisaggio	Archsage

Gallery

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  Ilyana as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn.

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  Tormod as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn.

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  Calill as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn.

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  Soren as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn.

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  Pelleas as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn.

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  Bastian as an Arch Sage in Radiant Dawn.

References

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