Brigand

Brigand Artwork of a Brigand from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Strong and hearty, the Brigand wields axes and makes an exceptional front-line combatant.

Weapon(s) Axes Skill(s) None

The Brigand (Japanese: 山賊 Mountainthief) is a class of axe-wielding fighters who travel on foot. They first appear in Fire Emblem Gaiden as an enemy-only class with exclusive access to the axe.

Their status as enemy-only units has been true in all games except for Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, in which playable character Marty is a brigand, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, in which Gonzalez is a brigand. In most games, they can cross mountains. Playable brigands make a reappearance in Three Houses.

Brigands generally have low stats in all categories, but above average HP and strength. As enemies, they are not at all difficult to defeat. However, playable brigands often have better stats than those of enemies. Their ability to cross mountains can be useful.

In Thracia 776, brigands can change class to the Warrior class. In The Binding Blade, brigands become berserkers. In the coding for The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones, Brigands still promote to Berserker, but this can only be seen via hacking the game.

Similar criminal axe classes are Pirate, Bandit, and Barbarian.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Experience	Weapon Level
Gaiden	26	7	--	1	2	0	2	0	4	--	--	30	Axe
Mystery of the Emblem	24	5	--	0	3	0	3	0	6	--	--	32	Axe: ?
Genealogy of the Holy War	35	5	0	0	7	0	5	0	6	--	--	--	B
Thracia 776	22/24	5	0	0	0	0	3	--	6	9	--	--	E
The Binding Blade	20	5	--	1	5	0	3	0	5	12	--	--	D
The Blazing Blade	20	5	--	1	5	0	3	0	5	12	--	--	D
The Sacred Stones	20	5	--	1	5	0	3	0	5	12	--	--	D
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	26	7	--	1	2	0	2	0	4	--	--	30
Three Houses	28	10	6	7	7	8	6	2	5	--	--	--	--

In Gaiden and Shadows of Valentia, Brigands also have a base class strength of 10.

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
Gaiden	52	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	--	--	Axe
Mystery of the Emblem	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	12	--	Axe: 20
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	20	15	15	22	30	20	15	?	--	--*
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	A
The Binding Blade	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Blazing Blade	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Sacred Stones	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A

Growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*
Gaiden	150%	50%	--	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--
Mystery of the Emblem	90%	50%	--	10%	20%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	0%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--
Thracia 776	70/90%	20/30%	0/3%	15/30%	15/30%	10/20%	10/20%	--	--	20/40%	0%
The Binding Blade	82%	50%	--	30%	20%	15%	10%	10%	--	--	--
The Blazing Blade	82%	50%	--	30%	20%	15%	10%	13%	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	82%	50%	--	30%	20%	15%	10%	13%	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	120%	45%	--	40%	25%	0%	40%	10%	--	--	--
Three Houses	30%	10/25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0/10%	-5/-10%	5%	--	--

Click here for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement
Three Houses	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Three Houses	Death Blow	Class mastery.

Class change

Gaiden

Base class
Brigand

Mystery of the Emblem

Base class
Brigand

Genealogy of the Holy War

Base class
Brigand

Thracia 776

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Brigand	Using a Knight Proof at level 10 or higher.	Warrior

The Binding Blade

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Pirate and Brigand	Using a Hero Crest after reaching Level 10.	Berserker

The Blazing Blade

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Brigand	Using a Hero Crest after reaching Level 10.	Berserker

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Brigand	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Berserker or Warrior
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base class
Brigand

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Intermediate class
Any class	Level 10 Intermediate Seal C	Brigand
This class is available for any unit.

Playable Brigands

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Marty	Thracia 776
Gonzalez	The Binding Blade
Playable Brigand units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Brigands

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Barth	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Garth	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Hyman	Mystery of the Emblem
Dory	The Binding Blade
Scollan	The Binding Blade
Batta	The Blazing Blade
Zugu	The Blazing Blade
Migal	The Blazing Blade
Carjiga	The Blazing Blade
Bug	The Blazing Blade
Groznyi	The Blazing Blade
Bone	The Sacred Stones
Bazba	The Sacred Stones
Brigand Boss	Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Caspar	Three Houses
Hilda	Three Houses
Enemy Brigand units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable NPC Brigands

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Jan	The Blazing Blade
Neutral Brigand units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

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Game Text (English) Text (Japanese) The Blazing Blade (class roll) Mighty axefighters especially skilled in mountain combat. ?? The Blazing Blade (help) ?? ?? The Sacred Stones (class roll) Mighty axe fighters especially skilled in mountain combat. ?? The Sacred Stones (help) Mighty mercenaries who thrive in mountains. Equip: Axes ?? Echoes: Shadows of Valentia An axe-toting thug who revels in violence. ?? Three Houses Strong and hearty, the Brigand wields axes and makes an exceptional front-line combatant. ??

Trivia

• The unused enemy palette for Fighters in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem is identical to the Brigand palette, while the unused player palette for Brigands in the same game is identical to playable Fighters. The two classes also share a class icon.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Brigand	--
Japanese	• 山賊 • 盗賊 • マウンテンシーフ • ブリガンド	• Officially romanized as Brigand or Mountainthief. Rendered in hiragana as さんぞく in Mystery of the Emblem. • Thief. This name is used only in Gaiden and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Rendered in hiragana as とうぞく in Gaiden. • Mountain Thief. This name is used only in Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776. • Brigand. This name is used only in Three Houses.
Spanish	• Forajido • Ladrón	• Outlaw; in the GBA games. • Thief; used in Shadows of Valentia; this is the name of the Thief class.
French	• Bandit • Voleur • Brigand	• Bandit; in the GBA games. • Thief; used in Shadows of Valentia; this is the name of the Thief class. • Used in Three Houses.
German	• Bandit • Dieb	• Bandit; used in the GBA games. • Thief; used in Shadows of Valentia; this is the name of the Thief class.
Italian	• Brigante • Ladro	• Brigand; used in the GBA games. • Thief; used in Shadows of Valentia; this is the name of the Thief class.
Dutch	Rover	Brigand
Simplified Chinese	盗贼
Traditional Chinese	盜賊

Gallery

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  Artwork of a Brigand from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  The generic Brigand portrait in Mystery of the Emblem.

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  The generic Brigand portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  The generic Brigand portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

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  The generic Brigand portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  The generic Specter/Death Mask Brigand portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  An alternate Brigand portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, seen only in cutscenes.

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  Edelgard, as a Brigand, as she appears in battle Three Houses.

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  Hilda, as a Brigand, as she appears in battle Three Houses.

See also

• Pirate
• Corsair
• Bandit
• Barbarian

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