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Light Priestess

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Light Priestess

Ss fe10 micaiah light priestess.png
Micaiah as a Light Priestess in Radiant Dawn.


Micaiah, priestess of Yune. Mistress of powerful light magic and staves. She possesses the skill Corona.

Unit type(s)

Infantry

Weapon(s)

Light, Staff

Skill(s)

Shove, Corona (Radiant Dawn)

The Light Priestess (Japanese: シャーマン Shaman), is a magic-wielding class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, where it is a base class exclusive to Deirdre, Julia and Canis. For Julia, it is capable of promoting to the Sage class. It later reappeared in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn where it is instead a third-tier advanced, Lord-like class exclusive to Micaiah, one of the game's main protagonists, acting as her final class and the ultimate form of her initial Light Mage class.

Light Priestesses wield light magic and staves, and are exclusive to a major playable character in all its appearances. While very frail, they possess high magic and resistance, giving them good healing proficiency as well as the ability to defend themselves.

Stats

Base stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 30 0 8 7 7 0 3 10 5 -- Light magic A Staves B
Radiant Dawn 42 3 19 19 20 0 8 20 6 6 Light magic A Staves B

Max stats

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Movement Constitution Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 80 15 23 22 22 30 18 25 5 -- Light magic A Staves B
Radiant Dawn 50 22 40 35 33 40 23 40 20 99 Light magic SS Staves SS

Miscellaneous stats

Game Experience CRP Gold Weight mod. Capacity Vision Size
Genealogy of the Holy War -- -- 2,000 -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn -- -- -- +0 60 4 --

Class growth rates

Game HP Strength Magic Skill Speed Luck Defense Resistance Charm Constitution* Movement* Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War 100% 10% 30% 30% 30% 0% 10% 30% -- -- -- --
Radiant Dawn 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% -- -- -- --
See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game Skill Learning conditions
Radiant Dawn Shove Innate.
Radiant Dawn Corona Innate (mastery skill).

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; Julia has the following class change option:

Base class Promotion method Advanced class
Bs fe04 julia light priestess light.png
Light Priestess
Choosing the option "Class change" in the home castle after reaching Level 20 (Julia only). Bs fe04 julia sage magic.png
Sage

Radiant Dawn

Base class Promotion method Advanced class Promotion method Master class

Light Mage
Event: cutscene at the end of Part I, Endgame.
Light Sage
Event: cutscene at the start of Part IV, Endgame. Bs fe10 micaiah light priestess light.png
Light Priestess

Playable Light Priestesses

Playable Characters
Name Game
Deirdre Genealogy of the Holy War First Generation
Julia Genealogy of the Holy War Second Generation
Playable Light Priestess units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Light Priestesses

Enemy Units
Name Game
Canis Genealogy of the Holy War
Enemy Light Priestess units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Radiant Dawn
(class roll)
Micaiah, priestess of Yune. She
uses staves and potent light magic.
She possesses the skill Corona.
負の女神ユンヌの巫女ミカヤ
高位の光魔法と聖なる杖を扱える
奥義【暁光】の使い手
Radiant Dawn
(help)
Micaiah, priestess of Yune. Mistress
of powerful light magic and staves.
She possesses the skill Corona.
負の女神ユンヌの巫女ミカヤ
高位の光魔法と聖なる杖を扱える
奥義【暁光】の使い手

Trivia

  • The Light Priestess is one of only five playable classes in Radiant Dawn whose members can achieve multiple SS levels. The others are the Saint, Vanguard, Chancellor and Black Knight. Of these classes, the Saint is the only one which is not exclusive to a single character.

Etymology and other languages

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

Light Priestess

A priestess is a woman in religious service. The “Light” prefix presumably refers to the fact it exclusively uses Light magic tomes as its weapon in both its appearances, and matches Light Mage and Light Sage.

English
(unofficial)

Priestess

This name is used in the "Project Naga" patch for Genealogy of the Holy War.

Japanese

シャーマン
巫女
巫女シャーマン

• Officially romanized as Shaman; the lone katakana rendering is used in Genealogy of the Holy War.
• Used in dialogue in Genealogy of the Holy War.[1]. The kanji refers to the miko (巫女), priestesses of Japan's Shinto religion who work at shrines. "Shaman" has historically been a somewhat common translation of miko, hence the katakana equivalent used as the class name.
• Officially romanized as Shaman. In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 巫女), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. シャーマン) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll.

Spanish

Sacerdotisa Luz

Light Priestess

French

Prêtresse jour

Daylight priestess

German

Lichtpriesterin

Light priestess

Italian

Sacerdotessa luce

Light priestess

Gallery

References

  1. "ああ、あの娘はディアドラといってな
    精霊の森の巫女じゃ

    (Lit. "Ah, that girl is named Deirdre. She's a miko of the Spirit Forest.")" — Man talking to Sigurd in Chapter 1, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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: 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)