Shiva

Shiva Artwork of Shiva from Thracia 776.

Gender Male Race Human Starting class Sword Fighter Appearance(s) Thracia 776

“	Why are you doing this? You're not a bad man...	”	— Safy to Shiva in Chapter 7:The Shield of Thracia

Shiva (Japanese: シヴァ Shiva) is a playable Sword Fighter in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Shiva first appears in Chapter 2, under the employ of Lifis. He was working as a mercenary for Lifis at his base in the Corsair Isles when the Fiana Freeblades led their assault on his pirate crew. Before the fighting began he warned Lifis not to harm Safy, a priest held captive by Lifis. Shiva escaped the fighting alive, and went on to work for a group of bandits that intercepted Leif and his retinue during their escape from Munster. He was approached by Safy, who convinced him to join Leif's forces. He accompanied Leif's liberation army until at least the liberation of Munster. His involvement, if any, with the war after Leif's forces merged with Seliph's is unknown, as he does not appear in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

Note that killing Shiva when he appears in chapter 2x will cause him and his entire mercenary group to not appear in Chapter 7.

Starting stats and growth rates

See also: The Corsair Isles

Sword Fighter Level 4 Action ★

Recruitment: Chapter 7, talk with Safy if he survived Chapter 2x Stats Growth Rates Max HP 24 Speed 12 Strength 6 Luck 5 Magic 0 Defense 4 Skill 9 Constitution 7 Movement 6 FCM 4 Max HP 70% Speed 35% Strength 45% Luck 60% Magic 5% Defense 30% Skill 50% Constitution 20% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Killing Edge Sol Weapon Levels B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Con	Mov	Weapon level
[[|]]	+0					+0

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Shiva is a standard Sword Fighter that joins in chapter 7. He comes with solid bases and growths, an action star, a very high FCM of 4, a very high sword rank and the skill Sol. At first Shiva seems like a very strong combat unit as he will have a guaranteed critical hit on his second attack with the Killing Edge. However as the game goes on, Shiva's mediocre strength will become more apparent and he will need to rely on his high PCC more and more. His strength growth is decent, but it won't always make the difference without a critical. Shiva is also fairly frail and has low enough magic to fall to every enemy status staff and siege tome. Upon promotion to Swordmaster, Shiva gains the skill Adept, which works excellently with his high speed, allowing him to not need to rely on critical hits as much. Another aspect worth mentioning is the low enemy quality in Thracia 776 meaning that most other units will have similar combat to Shiva, but often with other utility, such as having a mount or access to staves. This is not to say that Shiva is bad. Shiva can serve as a solid combat unit and even bosskiller throughout the entire game and also uses swords which are the best physical weapon type in Thracia 776, but he will have a hard time standing out among most of the cast on most maps.

Fire Emblem Engage

Role

Shiva appears as an equippable Bond Ring. He can be summoned using Leif's Emblem Ring.

Stat modifiers

Stat modifiers Ring level Str Dex Lck C +0 +1 +0 B +1 +1 +0 A +1 +1 +1 S +1 +2 +1

Personality and character

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Supports

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See Support § Super Famicom games for more details on supports.

Endings

Shiva, Mercenary of Savan
After the war, Shiva disappeared. Various speculations and theories have been made about this man of many mysteries, but none have been, and ever will be, confirmed.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	Not too bright, are you...?	”	— Shiva as an enemy

Death quotes

“	Not...bad... Guh...	”	— Shiva

“	How... careless. All this way, just to die... here...	”	— Shiva as an enemy

“	What a naive bunch... Still, I owe them a debt now.	”	— Shiva as an enemy, when captured and released

Escape quotes

“	...I'm sorry.	”	— Shiva

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Shiva is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Shiva
	Dark Swordsman, Shiva
		"Don't take death lightly in front of me. I can't stand those who would so readily throw their lives away!"
		Attack: 70	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Swordmaster		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Sol: [Trigger] When this unit inflicts a critical hit, until the end of your opponent's next turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Clear-Minded Stance: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Choose a "Shiva" in your Retreat Area, and add that card to your hand. Also, until the end of your opponent's next turn, this unit cannot evade.
	Card #B10-029R • Artist: [[Artists of the Fire Emblem series/Fire Emblem Cipher#|]]
	Savan's Sellsword, Shiva
		"This is my livelihood. Now, get out of my way."
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Sword Fighter		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		"You will not touch that cleric.": [Always] If you have an allied "Safy", this unit gains +10 attack. Attack Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your attacking unit gains +20 attack.
	Card #B10-030N • Artist: [[Artists of the Fire Emblem series/Fire Emblem Cipher#|]]
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Shiva .

Trivia

• According to Thracia 776's website, Shiva was designed to look 30 years old.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Shiva	Used in Engage.
English (unofficial)	Shiva	--
Japanese	シヴァ	Officially romanized as Shiva. Shiva is a Hindu god of destruction.
Spanish	Shiva	--
French	Shiva	--
German	Shiva	--
Italian	Shiva	--
Portuguese	Shiva	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Korean	시바	Shiva
Simplified Chinese	席巴	Shiva
Traditional Chinese	席巴	Shiva

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Sword Fighter Swordmaster Sword (Armorslayer) Sword (Armorslayer)

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  Artwork of Shiva from Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

References

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