Freelancer
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A Freelancer in the Nintendo DS games.
Units with little combat skill of their own, but who can assume a comrade's form.
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Unit type(s)
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Unknown
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Weapon(s)
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Skill(s)
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Imitate
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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
Max stats
Class growth rates
See
class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.
Class skills
Game
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Skill
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Learning conditions
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Class change
Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Mystery of the Emblem
Shadow Dragon
New Mystery of the Emblem
Playable Freelancers
Notable enemy Freelancers
Flavor text
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions
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Language
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Name
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Definition, etymology, and notes
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English
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Freelancer
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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.
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English (Europe)
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Chameleon
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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.
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English (unofficial)
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Commando
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Popularly referred by this name prior to the English release of Shadow Dragon.
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Spanish
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Camaleón
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Chameleon
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French
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Caméléon
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Chameleon
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German
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Chamäleon
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Chameleon
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Italian
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Mutamorfo
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From the Italian word mutare ("change") and the Greek morfo ("form")
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Gallery
References
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This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
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