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:''Not to be confused with the [[Dark (magic)|dark magic]] from other games in the series.'' | :''Not to be confused with the [[Dark (magic)|dark magic]] from other games in the series.'' | ||
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'''Black magic''' (Japanese: {{hover| | '''Black magic''' (Japanese: {{hover|黒魔法|Kuromahō}} ''Black magic'') is a weapon type in the {{FES}} appearing in {{FE2}}, its remake {{FE15}}, and {{FE16}}. It is comprised of the games' offensive spells. Spells not exclusive to these games appear as other types of magic in other games in the series. Despite the name, two black magic spells appear in other games of the series as [[Light (magic)|light magic tomes]]. Along with [[white magic]], black magic makes up the broader magic weapon type in the original NES release, but it is split from it in the remake. | ||
In ''Three Houses'', black magic has a subcategory of [[Dark (magic)|dark magic]]. | |||
==Black magic in the {{FES}}== | ==Black magic in the {{FES}}== | ||
Note: This table lists all appearances of the weapons in question. They are only classified as black magic in {{title|Gaiden}}; only their special properties relevant to their appearances as black magic are listed, and their classifications in other games are noted. | Note: This table lists all appearances of the weapons in question. They are only classified as black magic in {{title|Gaiden}}, {{title|Shadows of Valentia}}, and {{title|Three Houses}}; only their special properties relevant to their appearances as black magic are listed, and their classifications in other games are noted. | ||
{{WeaponListHdr}} | {{WeaponListHdr}} | ||
{{WeaponListCell|Apocalypse|no|no|no|no|no|yes|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|yes|unknown|Classified as [[Dark (magic)|Dark]] in {{title|The Binding Blade}}.}} | {{WeaponListCell|Apocalypse|no|no|no|no|no|yes|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|yes|unknown|Unused in ''Shadows of Valentia''. Classified as [[Dark (magic)|Dark]] in {{title|The Binding Blade}}.}} | ||
{{WeaponListCell|Aura|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|no|no|yes|yes|no|no|yes|unknown|Classified as [[Light (magic)|light]] or an [[Tome|uncategorized tome]] in other games.}} | {{WeaponListCell|Aura|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|no|no|yes|yes|no|no|yes|unknown|Classified as [[Light (magic)|light]] or an [[Tome|uncategorized tome]] in other games.}} | ||
{{WeaponListCell|Death (spell){{!}}Death|no|yes|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|yes|unknown|--}} | {{WeaponListCell|Death (spell){{!}}Death|no|yes|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|no|yes|unknown|--}} | ||
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|eng-mean=Abbreviated to '''B. Magic''' in some menus. | |eng-mean=Abbreviated to '''B. Magic''' in some menus. | ||
|jap-name={{hover| | |jap-name={{hover|黒魔法|Kuromahō}} | ||
|jap-mean=Black magic. | |jap-mean=Black magic. | ||
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Revision as of 18:30, 28 July 2019
- Not to be confused with the dark magic from other games in the series.
Black magic (Japanese: 黒魔法 Black magic) is a weapon type in the Fire Emblem series appearing in Fire Emblem Gaiden, its remake Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It is comprised of the games' offensive spells. Spells not exclusive to these games appear as other types of magic in other games in the series. Despite the name, two black magic spells appear in other games of the series as light magic tomes. Along with white magic, black magic makes up the broader magic weapon type in the original NES release, but it is split from it in the remake.
In Three Houses, black magic has a subcategory of dark magic.
Black magic in the Fire Emblem series
Note: This table lists all appearances of the weapons in question. They are only classified as black magic in Gaiden, Shadows of Valentia, and Three Houses; only their special properties relevant to their appearances as black magic are listed, and their classifications in other games are noted.
| Weapon | Available in: | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE01 | FE02 | FE03 | FE04 | FE05 | FE06 | FE07 | FE08 | FE09 | FE10 | FE11 | FE12 | FE13 | FE14 | FE15 | FE16 | FE17 | ||
| Apocalypse | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Aura | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Death | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Excalibur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Medusa | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Miasma | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Mire | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Nosferatu | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Ocular Beam | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Oculus | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Ragnarok | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Sagittae | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Seraphim | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Thoron | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Thunder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | -- | ||
| A ✓ means that the weapon is available in that game, while a ✗ indicates the contrary. | ||||||||||||||||||
Classes capable of using black magic
| Class | Wields black magic in: | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE01 | FE02 | FE03 | FE04 | FE05 | FE06 | FE07 | FE08 | FE09 | FE10 | FE11 | FE12 | FE13 | FE14 | FE15 | FE16 | FE17 | ||
| Arcanist | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Cantor | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Cleric | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Deimos | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Enchantress | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Exemplar | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Fell God | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Guru | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Harrier | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Illusory Hero | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Mage | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Sage | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Priestess | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Princess | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Rigain | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Saint | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Vestal | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| Witch | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | -- | ||
| A ✓ means that the class wields black magic in that game, while a ✗ indicates the contrary. | ||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Black Magic |
Abbreviated to B. Magic in some menus. |
| Spanish (Latin America) |
Magia negra |
Black Magic |
| French |
Magie noire |
Black Magic |
Gallery
See also
| Weapon types | ||||||
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| Black magic | ||||||
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