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Knight Lord

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Knight Lord

Bs fe07 eliwood knight lord sword.png
Battle Sprite of Eliwood, a Knight Lord, in The Blazing Blade.


Eliwood, a young noble of Pherae. A swordfighter with an important mission.

Unit type(s)

Mounted

Weapon(s)

Sword, Lance

Skill(s)

Canto

The Knight Lord (Japanese: ロードナイト Lordknight) is an advanced, mounted lord-type class. It is shared by three Fire Emblem series protagonists: it is the promoted class for Seliph of Genealogy of the Holy War and Eliwood of The Blazing Blade, and is the initial class of Sigurd, Seliph's father, in Genealogy of the Holy War. Wielding both swords and lances, the class bears many similarities to the Paladin class.

In Genealogy of the Holy War, the Knight Lord promotes from Junior Lord under the usual circumstances for the game; it is not a story-driven event and can be done at any time once Seliph reaches Level 20. In The Blazing Blade, it promotes from Eliwood's Lord variant, the circumstances of which depend on the story mode in question; in Eliwood's tale, the promotion is an automatic event at the end of Chapter 27, while in Hector's story mode, the Heaven Seal promotion item can be used at any time under the usual promotion circumstances.

Additionally, an unused unpromoted class that shares the same name in western versions (Japanese: リキア騎士 Lycia Knight) is also found in the data of The Blazing Blade.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 40 10 0 7 7 0 7 3 9 -- Swords A Lances B
The Blazing Blade 18 3 -- 3 4 0 5 0 7 9 Swords D Lances D
The Blazing Blade
(Unused)
20 5 -- 2 5 0 6 0 7 7 Swords E Lances D

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 80 25 15 22 22 30 22 18 9 -- Swords A Lances B
The Blazing Blade 60 27 -- 26 24 30 23 25 15 25 Swords S Lances S*
The Blazing Blade
(Unused)
60 20 -- 20 20 30 20 20 15 20 Swords A Lances A

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Genealogy of the Holy War -- -- 3,000 -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade -- 3 -- -- -- -- --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 100% 30% 10% 30% 30% 0% 30% 10% -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade 90% 45% -- 40% 45% 40% 15% 15% -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade
(Unused)
75% 35% -- 40% 28% 30% 15% 15% -- -- -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Promotion gains

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Defense Resistance Weapon level
The Blazing Blade 4 2 -- 0 1 1 3 --

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War
The Blazing Blade
Canto Innate; hidden and unnamed.

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, Seliph—the only unit that changes into Knight Lord class—has the following class change option:

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe04 seliph junior lord sword.png
Junior Lord
Choosing the "Class change" option at a home castle after reaching Level 20. Bs fe04 sigurd seliph knight lord sword.png
Knight Lord

The Blazing Blade

Used

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe07 eliwood lord sword.png
Lord
Automatically at the end of Chapter 27E* /
Using a Heaven Seal at Level 10 or above.*
Bs fe07 eliwood knight lord sword.png
Knight Lord

Unused

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe07 eliwood lord sword.png
Knight Lord
Hypothetical only: Automatically at the end of Chapter 27E in Eliwood's tale.* Bs fe07 lowen paladin axe.png
Paladin

Playable Knight Lords

Playable Characters
Name Game
Sigurd Genealogy of the Holy War First Generation
Playable Knight Lord units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
The Blazing Blade
(class roll)
Eliwood, a young noble of Pherae.
A swordfighter with an important mission.
フェレ侯公子 エリウッド
重要な役わりをになう剣の使い手
The Blazing Blade
(help, used variant)
An honorific bestowed upon
Lycia's mounted knights.
君主たる資質を備えた者の称号
騎馬を駆って戦う リキアの騎士
The Blazing Blade
(help, unused variant)
A noble attached to a ruling
house. Has great potential.
領地をおさめる君主の後継
まだ年若い 未完の大器

Trivia

Ss fe07 0206 prototype durandal knight lord.gif
  • In The Blazing Blade, the Knight Lord has a unique battle animation when wielding Durandal. In the 0206 and 0219 pre-release builds of the game, this animation is significantly different from that of the finished product, sporting a much shorter blade.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Knight Lord

--

English
(unofficial)

Lord Knight

Used in older versions of the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation.

Japanese
  • ロードナイト
  • リキア騎士
  • Officially romanized as Lordknight.
  • Lycia Knight; Used for the unused variant in The Blazing Blade.
Spanish

Lord caballero

Knight lord

French

Lord Equus

Horse Lord; from the Latin equus, "horse".

German

Edelmann

Nobleman

Italian

Lord cavaliere

Knight lord

Gallery

References

See also

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: Genealogy of the Holy War
Base classes Arch KnightAxe ArmorAxe FighterAxe KnightBardBow ArmorBow FighterCavalierFire MageFree KnightJunior LordKnightLance KnightLight PriestessMagePegasus KnightPriestPrincePrincessSword ArmorSword FighterTroubadourThiefThunder MageWind MageWyvern Knight
Advanced classes Bow KnightDuke KnightForrestGeneralGreat KnightHigh PriestKnight LordMage KnightMage FighterMaster KnightPaladinRangerSageSniperSwordmasterThief FighterWarriorWyvern Lord
Other classes BallistaBarbarianBaronBishopBrigandCivilianDancerDark BishopDark MageDark PrinceDragon RiderEmperorHunterIron BallistaKiller BallistaPirateQueen
Unused classes ArcherAxe SoldierGreat BallistaPegasus RiderSoldierSpear SoldierSword Soldier
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Base classes ArcherBardBramimondBrigandCavalierChildCivilianClericCorsairDancerFighterFire DragonKnightLordMageMagic SealMercenaryMonkMyrmidonNomadPeerPegasus KnightPiratePrinceShamanSoldierThiefTransporterTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes ArchsageAssassinBerserkerBishopBlade LordDark DruidDruidFalcoknightGeneralGreat LordHeroKnight LordNomadic TrooperPaladinSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord