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Freelancer

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Freelancer

Bs fe11 xane freelancer.png
A Freelancer in the Nintendo DS games.


Units with little combat skill of their own, but who can assume a comrade's form.

Unit type(s)

Infantry

Weapon(s)
  • Sword (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem)
  • None (Shadow Dragon, New Mystery of the Emblem)
Skill(s)

Imitate

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 levels. 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
Shadow Dragon & 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 -- --
New Mystery of the Emblem 16 1 0 1 6 0 4 10 6 -- --

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light 52 20 -- 20 20 20 20 7 12 -- Sword: 20
Mystery of the Emblem 52 20 -- 20 20 20 20 20 12 -- Sword: 20
Shadow Dragon 60 20 20 25 25 30 20 20 32 -- --
New Mystery of the Emblem 60 20 20 25 25 30 20 20 8 -- --

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light 40 -- -- -- -- -- --
Mystery of the Emblem 22 -- -- -- -- -- --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light 150% 50% -- 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% -- -- -- 50%
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% -- -- -- --
New Mystery of the Emblem 40/60% 30/20% −20/0% 30/40% 30/50% 0% 15/30% −15/0% -- -- -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Mystery of the Emblem
Shadow Dragon
New Mystery of the Emblem
Imitate Innate.

Class change

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Base class
Bs fe01 freelancer sword.png
Freelancer

Mystery of the Emblem

Base class
Bs fe03 xane freelancer sword.png
Freelancer

Shadow Dragon

Special class
Bs fe11 xane freelancer.png
Freelancer

New Mystery of the Emblem

Special class
Bs fe11 xane freelancer.png
Freelancer

Playable Freelancers

Playable Characters
Name Game
Xane Shadow Dragon & 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
Name Game
Xane Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem (book 1), Shadow Dragon
Enemy Freelancer units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
A unit with little inherent combat
skill, but can assume the
form of an ally.
せんとうりょくは とぼしいが ほかのなかまにも
へんしんできるという とくしゅなのうりょくを
もっている。
Mystery of the Emblem
Weak fighting
skills, but can
transform into
allies.*
戦闘力はとぼしいが、他の仲間に
変身できるという
特殊な能力を持っている。
Shadow Dragon
Units with little combat skill of their own,
but who can assume a comrade's form.
戦闘力は乏しいが他の仲間にも変身できる
特殊な能力を持っている。
New Mystery of the Emblem
Units with little combat skill of their own,
but who can assume a comrade's form.*
戦闘力は乏しいが、他の仲間に変身できる
特殊な能力を持っている。

Trivia

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
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.

Japanese

コマンド

Romanized as COMMAND in the internal files 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

Project Classes.png This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.
Classes in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Base classes ArcherCavalierMageMercenaryPegasus KnightPriest
Advanced classes BishopDracoknightHeroPaladinSniper
Other classes BallisticianFighterFreelancerGeneralHorsemanHunterKnightLordManaketePirateThief
Classes in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
Base classes ArcherArmored KnightCavalierClericHunterMageMercenaryPegasus Knight
Advanced classes BishopDracoknightGeneralHeroHorsemanPaladinSniper
Dragon classes Divine DragonEarth DragonFire DragonIce DragonMage DragonShadow DragonWyvern
Other classes BallisticianBarbarianBerserkerBrigandDancerDark MageEmperorFighterFreelancerKnightLordManaketePirateSoldierThief
Unused classes Dark KnightGuardianSea Dragon
Classes in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Base classes ArcherCavalierClericCurateDark MageFighterHunterKnightMageMercenaryMyrmidonPegasus KnightPirate
Advanced classes BerserkerBishopDracoknightGeneralHeroHorsemanPaladinSniperSorcererSwordmasterWarrior
Other classes BallisticianEarth DragonFreelancerLordManaketeSoldierThief
Classes in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
Base classes ArcherBarbarianCavalierClericCurateDark MageFighterHunterKnightMageMercenaryMyrmidonPegasus KnightPirate
Advanced classes BerserkerBishopDracoknightGeneralHeroHorsemanPaladinSniperSorcererSwordmasterWarrior
Dragon classes Divine DragonEarth DragonFire DragonIce DragonMage DragonShadow DragonWyvern
Other classes BallisticianDancerEmperorFreelancerLordManaketeSoldierThief