Lion

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Lion Artwork of Caineghis in his lion form, from Tellius Recollection: vol. 1.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) None (Path of Radiance) Strike (Radiant Dawn) Skill(s) Shove

The Lions (Japanese: 獅子 Lion) are a laguz clan of Tellius and one of the beast tribes, along with the cats, tigers, and wolves.

Notable lions

Character	Description	Appears in
Caineghis	The king of Gallia. A lion laguz of overwhelming stature, who wants beorc and laguz to coexist in peace. He formed and alliance with Crimea's King Ramon, who was assassinated by King Ashnard.	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
Giffca	A member of the lion clan of the beast tribe laguz. His strength in battle and long years of dedicated service to King Caineghis has earned him the title of King’s Shadow.	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
Skrimir	A member of the lion clan of the beast tribe laguz and nephew to King Caineghis. He passed an arduous series of trials by combat to prove his strength and right to succeed his uncle as king.	Radiant Dawn

Class data

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Path of Radiance	30	18 » 26	2	11 » 15	11 » 15	0	15 » 20	5 » 8	9 » 11	17 » 32	--
Radiant Dawn	66/73	19 » 38/21 » 42	3 » 6/4 » 8	14 » 28/22 » 44	13 » 26/18 » 36	0	16 » 32/20 » 40	9 » 18/11 » 22	7 » 9	17 » 27	A

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Path of Radiance	80	40	20	39	36	40	40	30	20	99	--
Radiant Dawn	80	24 » 48	5 » 10	23 » 46	17 » 34/20 » 40	30/35	23 » 46	12 » 24	20	99	SS

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Path of Radiance	--	--	--	+20	25	--
Radiant Dawn	--	--	--	+10 » +20	50	4 » 5

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Path of Radiance	140%	70%	10%	80%	70%	30%	70%	60%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	90/40%	35%	5/10%	35%	25/50%	40/25%	50/30%	5/15%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Shove	Innate; hidden in Path of Radiance.
Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Roar	• Path of Radiance: Occult skill. • Radiant Dawn: Mastery skill. Learned by using a Satori Sign at Level 30 or higher.

Class change

Path of Radiance

Unshifted class	Transformation method	Shifted class
Beast Tribe	Gaining 20 transformation gauge points. → ← Transformation gauge reaching 0 points.	Lion

Radiant Dawn

Unshifted class	Transformation method	Shifted class
Lion	Gaining 30 transformation gauge points. → ← Transformation gauge reaching 0 points.	Lion

Playable Lions

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Giffca	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
Caineghis	Radiant Dawn
Skrimir	Radiant Dawn
Playable Lion units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Path of Radiance (untransformed)	Demihumans who can transform into beasts. They refuse to fight in their human form.	獣のすがたに 変身できるものたち この姿での戦いを好みません
Path of Radiance (transformed)	Demihumans of the beast tribe in lion form. Regarded as the kings of beasts, they overwhelm foes with their tremendous strength.	??
Radiant Dawn (class roll, Skrimir)	Skrimir, next king of Gallia. He transforms into a lion to fight. He can counterattack with his fists.	次期ガリア王スクリミル 獅子に化身して戦うラグズ 人型の時には拳で反撃する
Radiant Dawn (help; Skrimir, untransformed)	Skrimir, heir to Gallia's throne. A fierce fighter in lion form, he punches to counter in human form.	次期ガリア王スクリミル 獅子に化身して戦うラグズ 人型の時には拳で反撃する
Radiant Dawn (help; Giffca, untransformed)	Giffca, King Gallia's bodyguard. A mighty warrior in lion form, he punches to counter in human form.	カイネギスの影ジフカ 獅子に化身して戦うラグズ 人型の時には拳で反撃する
Radiant Dawn (help, transformed)	A beast-tribe laguz in lion form who uses tremendous physical strength to fell enemies.	獣牙族／獅子が化身した姿 強大な攻撃力で敵をなぎ倒す

Etymology and other languages

Transformed

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Lion	--
Japanese	• 獅子 • 獅子ライオン	• Lion. This name is used in Path of Radiance. • Officially romanized as Lion. In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 獅子), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ライオン) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.
Spanish	León	Lion
French	Lion	Lion
German	Löwe	Lion
Italian	Leone	Lion

Transformed, Giffca (Radiant Dawn)

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Giffca
Japanese	獅子ジフカライオン	Lion Giffca, though the furigana reads only "lion". In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 獅子), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ライオン) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.

Untransformed (Path of Radiance)

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Beast Tribe	--
Japanese	獣牙族	Beast fang tribe

Untransformed (Radiant Dawn)

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Lion	--
Japanese	獣牙族ビーストトライブ／獅子ライオン	Beast Tribe (lit. "beast fang tribe") / Lion

See also

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

Races and animals of the Fire Emblem series

Major species Beorc • Branded • Dragon (Manakete • Divine Dragon • Earth Dragon • Fell Dragon • Fire Dragon • First Dragon • Ice Dragon • War Dragon • Wyvern) • Emblem • God • Human • Kitsune • Laguz (Black Dragon • Cat • Hawk • Heron • Lion • Raven • Red Dragon • Tiger • White Dragon • Wolf) • Mirage • Morph • Nabatean • Taguel • Wolfskin • Zunanma Animals and other species Corrupted • Fabrication • Griffin • Horse • Illusion • Kinshi • Monster • Pegasus • Phantom • Risen • Wolf