Necromancer

Necromancer Artwork of Lyon, the only Necromancer, from The Sacred Stones. The crown prince of Grado’s empire. The Dark Stone gives him strange powers.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Dark, Staff Skill(s) Summon

The Necromancer (Japanese: ネクロマンサー Necromancer) is an advanced magical class which appears only in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. This class is exclusive to Lyon, the game's main antagonist, and is similar to a more powerful version of the playable Summoner class. The class is enemy-only in the main story, but becomes a playable class in the game's post-game Creature Campaign mode, when Lyon himself is unlocked as the final bonus character in that mode.

Wielding sinister powers derived from the Dark Stone, or in other words from the Demon King himself, Lyon as a Necromancer boasts fearsome raw magical power, HP, defense and resistance as well as good skill and speed, all stats worthy of a penultimate boss. He wields dark magic and staves, and also has access to the rare Summon skill, with the phantoms he creates with this skill being stronger than those created by normal Summoners.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions

Class change

The Sacred Stones

Advanced class
Necromancer

Playable Necromancers

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Lyon	The Sacred Stones (Creature Campaign only)
Playable Necromancer units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Necromancers

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Lyon	The Sacred Stones
Enemy Necromancer units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

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Trivia

• In the opening class roll, a Necromancer is seen casting the Thunder spell. This is impossible both in the Japanese and international versions, as Necromancers have no access to anima magic.
• The Necromancer is the only class in The Sacred Stones which can obtain multiple S weapon ranks.
• The Necromancer's design and battle sprite bears a strong resemblance to that of the Dark Prince, the exclusive class of another endgame boss, Julius from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Necromancer	Derived from the Greek νεκρος, "dead", and μαντεια, "prophecy". Modern use defines a "necromancer" as one who controls or raises the dead, in flesh or spirit.
Spanish	Nigromante	Necromancer
French	Nécromant	Necromancer
German	Nekromant	Necromancer
Italian	Negromante	Necromancer

See also

• Dark Druid
• Dark Prince

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