Gorgon

The Gorgon (Japanese: ゴーゴン Gorgon) class is a monster class originating in and exclusive to Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, they appear quite late into the game. Their appearance somewhat resembles the Nāga, a half-human, half-snake being often featured in Buddhism and Hinduism.

They are able to turn enemies to stone with the monster weapon Stone, causing the Stone condition. They use dark magic weapons that are exclusive to monsters, such as Stone or Shadowshot. Like all other monster classes, they are enemy-only.

Gorgons are very challenging foes in battle. Gorgons always have stone, and due to that weapon's range they can attempt to inflict units without fear of counterattack, even if their low accuracy usually results in misses. Due to being lategame enemies, they have quite high stats, and are on the same level as other "promoted" monsters, such as wights or gwyllgis.

A gorgon appears as the boss of Chapter 18.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Sacred Stones	19	--	8	3	4	0	5	7	6	11	A

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
The Sacred Stones	60	--	29	26	26	30	21	28	15	25	S

Miscellaneous stats

Class growth rates

Class change

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Gorgon Egg and Gorgon Egg	Promotion defined, but no item assigned.	Gorgon

Flavor text

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

A generic Gorgon is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Gorgon
	Snake-Haired Demon, Gorgon
		"Watch out! Everyone, steer clear of those eggs!"
		Attack: 50	Support: 0	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Monster		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Lost Divine Protection: [Special] You may have 5 or more of this card, and of cards with the same unit name, in your deck. [Special] You may have any number of allied "Gorgon". Stone: [Activate] [] Choose an enemy besides the Main Character. The chosen enemy cannot be untapped at the start of your opponent's next turn. Ferocious Instinct: [Always] This unit cannot inflict critical hits or evade.
	Card #B11-048HN • Artist: Aogachou
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Gorgon .

Trivia

A gorgon's movement range in the Japanese release, it can travel over the cliff tiles.

• In the Japanese release of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Gorgons have the same movement type as flying units. This was changed in international releases, which give them the grounded unit movement type instead.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Dark

Cipher artwork

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  A Gorgon in artwork of Lyon.

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  Gorgons in artwork of Valjean.

References

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