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Civilian

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Not to be confused with Villager.
Civilian

Generic portrait civilian fe04.png
The generic Civilian portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Unit type(s)
  • Infantry (all titles)
  • Beorc (Path of Radiance)
Weapon(s)

None

Skill(s)

None

The Civilian (Japanese: 市民 Civilian), known as the Citizen in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, is a class in the Fire Emblem series held only by helpless non-playable characters. Civilians first appeared in Genealogy of the Holy War, and made appearances in every game since until Shadow Dragon, in which they are absent onwards. They appear both as adults and children, although in some games a separate Child class is included.

Typically, civilians appear as innocent bystanders that the player must save from harm, since they are unable to use weapons. Although most of the time it is not required that all civilians be saved, usually, saving a number of them yields some sort of reward, usually as rare items in earlier games, or bonus experience in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. They are almost completely helpless, and saving them can be difficult. Usually, they can be rescued, or the enemies around them can be killed.

There are no playable civilians; all are neutral units colored green on the map.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 20 0 0 0 10/0 0 2/0 0 5 -- --
Thracia 776 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 2 0 --
The Binding Blade 10 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 5 4/3 --
The Blazing Blade 10 0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 5 7/25 --
The Sacred Stones (Child) 8/7 1/0 -- 0 0 0 0 0/1 5 4/3 --
The Sacred Stones (Adult 1) 10/9 0 -- 1 0 0 0 2/1 5 6/4 --
The Sacred Stones (Adult 2) 12/10 3/0 -- 0/1 0 0 2/1 0/1 5 7/5 --
Path of Radiance 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9/6 --
Radiant Dawn (Child) 12 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 2 --
Radiant Dawn (Adult) 20/18 3/2 0 2 4/3 0 3/2 0/2 6/5 8 --
Radiant Dawn (Old man) 16 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 8 --

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 80 15 15 15 25/15 30 17/15 15 5 -- --
Thracia 776 80 20 20 20 20 20 20 -- 20 20 --
The Binding Blade 60 20 -- 20 20 30 20 20 15 20 --
The Blazing Blade 60 20 -- 20 20 30 20 20 15 20 --
The Sacred Stones 60 20 -- 20 20 30 20 20 15 20 --
Path of Radiance 60 20 20 20 20 40 20 20 20 99 --
Radiant Dawn (Child) 40 10 10 10 10 30 10 10 20 99 --
Radiant Dawn (Adult) 40 20 10 20 20 30 20 10 20 99 --
Radiant Dawn (Old man) 30 15 10 15 15 30 15 10 20 99 --

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Genealogy of the Holy War -- -- 0 -- -- -- --
Thracia 776 -- 0 -- -- -- -- --
The Binding Blade -- 1 -- -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade -- 1 -- -- -- -- --
The Sacred Stones -- 1 -- -- -- -- --
Path of Radiance -- -- -- +0 0 -- --
Radiant Dawn
(Old man)
-- -- -- +0 5 2 --
Radiant Dawn
(Adult)
-- -- -- +0 10 3 --
Radiant Dawn
(Child)
-- -- -- +0 5 4 --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 100% 0% 0% 30% 30% 0% 0% 0% -- -- -- --
The Binding Blade 10% 0% -- 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% -- -- -- --
The Blazing Blade 10% 0% -- 0% 0% 0% 0% 10% -- -- -- --
The Sacred Stones 10% 0% -- 0% 0% 0% 0% 10% -- -- -- --
Path of Radiance 80% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn 55/50/40/30% 35/30/10% 10/5% 10/5% 30/20/5/25% 35/45/30/50% 25/20/5% 10/20/15% -- -- -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class change

Base class
Ma gba civilian male01 other.gif
Civilian

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
The Binding Blade
An innocent peasant with
no combat skills at all.*
この地でくらす ふつうの人々
戦う力はもっていない
The Blazing Blade
An innocent peasant with
no combat skills at all.
この地で暮らす ふつうの人々
戦う力はもっていない
The Sacred Stones
An innocent peasant lacking any
combat skills at all.
この地で暮らす ふつうの人々
戦う力はもっていない
Path of Radiance
Locals serfs, farmers, and peasants. They
are average people with no combat skills.
この地でくらす
ふつうの人々です
戦う力を持ちません
Radiant Dawn
A member of the local populace
who has no combat skills.
この地に暮らす一般の人々
戦う術を持たない

Trivia

  • The female variant that is used by Natalie in The Blazing Blade is one of the very few classes where one of its base stat values exceed its maximum stat values. It holds a constitution base of 25, even though the maximum value of the class is set to be 20.

Etymology and other languages

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

• Civilian
• Citizen

• Used in the GBA games.
• Used in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.

Japanese

シビリアン
市民
市民シビリアン

• The English word "civilian" rendered in katakana; used in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776.
• Citizen; used in games from The Binding Blade onward.
• Civilian; used in Radiant Dawn. In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 市民), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. シビリアン) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.

Spanish

• Civil
• Ciudadano

• Civilian; used in the GBA games and in Path of Radiance.
• Citizen; used in Radiant Dawn.

French

• Villageois
• Citoyen
• Citoyenne

• Villager; used in the GBA games.
• Citizen; used in Path of Radiance for male units, and used in Radiant Dawn.
• Citizen; used in Path of Radiance for female units.

German

• Zivilist
• Zivilistin
• Bürger

• Civilian; used in the GBA games for male units.
• Civilian; used in the GBA games for female units.
• Citizen; used in Path of Radiance and in Radiant Dawn.

Italian

• Borghese
• Cittadino
• Cittadina
• Abitante

• Civilian; used in the GBA games.
• Citizen; used in Path of Radiance for male units.
• Citizen; used in Path of Radiance for female units.
• Inhabitant; used in Radiant Dawn.

Gallery

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: Thracia 776
Base classes ArcherArch KnightAxe ArmorAxe FighterAxe KnightBallistaBardBow ArmorBow FighterBrigandCavalierCivilianClericDancerDragon RiderFree KnightHunterIron BallistaLance ArmorLance KnightLoptr MageLordMagePegasus RiderPiratePoison BallistaPriestPrinceSoldierSword ArmorSword FighterThiefTroubadour
Advanced classes BaronBerserkerBishopBow KnightDark BishopDark MageDuke KnightGeneralGreat KnightHigh PriestMage KnightMercenaryPegasus KnightSageSniperRangerSwordmasterThief FighterWarriorWyvern Knight
Unused/cutscene classes Dark PrinceEmperorFalcon KnightForrestJunior LordKiller BallistaKnight LordMaster KnightWyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Base classes ArcherBardBrigandCavalierChildCivilianClericDancerDemon DragonFighterKnightLordMageManaketeMercenaryMyrmidonNomadPegasus KnightPiratePriestShamanSoldierThiefTransporterTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes BerserkerBishopDruidFalcon KnightGeneralGreat LordHeroKingManaketeNomadic TrooperPaladinSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Base classes ArcherBardBramimondBrigandCavalierChildCivilianClericCorsairDancerFighterFire DragonKnightLordMageMagic SealMercenaryMonkMyrmidonNomadPeerPegasus KnightPiratePrinceShamanSoldierThiefTransporterTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes ArchsageAssassinBerserkerBishopBlade LordDark DruidDruidFalcoknightGeneralGreat LordHeroKnight LordNomadic TrooperPaladinSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord
Classes in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Base classes ArcherBrigandCavalierCivilianClericDancerFighterFleetJourneymanKnightLordMageManaketeMercenaryMonkMyrmidonPeerPegasus KnightPhantomPiratePontifexPriestPupilQueenRecruitShamanSoldierThiefTroubadourWyvern Rider
Advanced classes AssassinBerserkerBishopDruidFalcoknightGeneralGreat KnightGreat LordHeroMage KnightManaketeNecromancerPaladinRangerRogueSageSniperSummonerSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern KnightWyvern Lord
Base monster classes BaelBonewalkerGargoyleGorgon EggMauthe DoogMogallRevenantTarvos
Advanced monster classes Arch MogallCyclopsDeathgoyleDemon KingDraco ZombieElder BaelEntombedGorgonGwyllgiMaelduinWight
Removed class Apprentice
Classes in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Base classes ArcherAxe KnightBanditBow KnightChildCivilianClericFighterKnightLance KnightMageMyrmidonPegasus KnightPriestRangerSoldierSword KnightThiefWyvern Rider
Advanced classes AssassinBerserkerBishopFalcon KnightGeneralHalberdierHeroKing DaeinLordPaladinPrincess CrimeaSageSniperSwordmasterValkyrieWarriorWyvern Lord
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (CatLionTiger) • Bird Tribe (HawkHeronRaven) • Dragon Tribe (Red DragonWhite Dragon)
Classes in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Base classes ArcherArmored AxeArmored LanceArmored SwordAxe KnightBanditBow KnightCitizenDracoknightFighterFire MageHorseLance KnightLight MageMyrmidonPegasus KnightPilgrimPriestSoldierSword KnightThiefThunder MageVendorWind Mage
Advanced classes Axe GeneralAxe PaladinBishopBlade PaladinBow PaladinClericDark SageDragonmasterDruidFalconknightFire SageHalberdierHeroLance GeneralLance PaladinLight SageRogueSniperSword GeneralSwordmasterThunder SageWarriorWind Sage
Master classes Arch SageAssassinBlack KnightChancellorDragonlordEmpressGold KnightLight PriestessMarksmanMarshallOrder IncarnateQueenReaverSaintSentinelSeraph KnightSilver KnightSpiritSummonerTruebladeValkyrieVanguardWhisper
Laguz classes Beast Tribe (CatLionLion KingTigerWolfWolf Queen) • Bird Tribe (HawkHawk KingHeronRavenRaven King) • Dragon Tribe (Black DragonRed DragonWhite Dragon)