Priam

Priam (Japanese: パリス Paris) is a world-travelling warrior in the era of Ylisse and a descendant of Ike, the legendary Radiant Hero.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Role

The Shepards learn of the existence of a Hidden Village, where the descendant of the Radiant Hero resides. Chrom, reluctant to believe such, has the Shepards go to recruit the individual for the fight against Grima. As they get closer to the village, Priam suddenly appears. Chrom states his offer, after being questioned by Priam. Priam thought the offer interesting, but wouldn't accept until he knew the orders, "Unless they're handed down by a man who can fight for himself." A battle insures to test Chrom's army.

After the Chrom's army had won the battle. They learn that everyone in Priam's army were once people that had challenged Priam to battle. People from Ylisse, Valm, Ferox, and even Plegia were in the army. After one soldier asks for a final match against Priam, it can be assumed that he challenged them all for the final time. Priam joins the Shepards.

Starting stats and growth rates

Playable

Normal Hard Lunatic

Hero Level 20 Movement 6

Recruitment: Paralogue 23, automatically at the end of chapter Stats Growth Rates Cap Modifiers Max HP 74 Speed 38 Strength 40 Luck 35 Magic 3 Defense 39+5 Skill 44 Resistance 25 Max HP 125% Speed 50% Strength 80% Luck 50% Magic 10% Defense 50% Skill 65% Resistance 15% Speed 0 Strength +3 Luck 0 Magic −2 Defense +2 Skill +1 Resistance −2 {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Ragnell Tomahawk Swordbreaker Lancebreaker Axebreaker Sol Luna Weapon Levels A -- B -- -- --

Hero Level 20 Movement 6

Recruitment: Paralogue 23, automatically at the end of chapter Stats Growth Rates Cap Modifiers Max HP 80 Speed 41 Strength 45 Luck 38 Magic 4 Defense 42+5 Skill 47 Resistance 26 Max HP 125% Speed 50% Strength 80% Luck 50% Magic 10% Defense 50% Skill 65% Resistance 15% Speed 0 Strength +3 Luck 0 Magic −2 Defense +2 Skill +1 Resistance −2 {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Ragnell Tomahawk Swordbreaker Lancebreaker Axebreaker Sol Luna Weapon Levels A -- B -- -- --

Hero Level 20 Movement 6

Recruitment: Paralogue 23, automatically at the end of chapter Stats Growth Rates Cap Modifiers Max HP 80 Speed 42 Strength 45 Luck 41 Magic 4 Defense 42+5 Skill 47 Resistance 27 Max HP 125% Speed 50% Strength 80% Luck 50% Magic 10% Defense 50% Skill 65% Resistance 15% Speed 0 Strength +3 Luck 0 Magic −2 Defense +2 Skill +1 Resistance −2 {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Ragnell Tomahawk Swordbreaker Lancebreaker Axebreaker Sol Luna Weapon Levels A -- B -- -- --

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Enemy - Paralogue 23

See also: The Radiant Hero (Awakening)

Normal Hard Lunatic

Hero Level 20 Movement 6

Stats Max HP 74 Speed 38 Strength 40 Luck 35 Magic 3 Defense 39+5 Skill 44 Resistance 25

Inventory Skills Ragnell* Secret Book Goddess Icon Swordbreaker Lancebreaker Axebreaker Sol Luna Weapon Levels A -- B -- -- --

Hero Level 20 Movement 6

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 42 Strength 45 Luck 39 Magic 3 Defense 42+5 Skill 47 Resistance 29

Inventory Skills Ragnell* Secret Book Goddess Icon Swordbreaker Lancebreaker Axebreaker Sol Luna Weapon Levels A -- B -- -- --

Hero Level 20 Movement 6

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 42 Strength 45 Luck 45 Magic 3 Defense 42+5 Skill 47 Resistance 34

Inventory Skills Ragnell* Secret Book Goddess Icon Swordbreaker Lancebreaker Axebreaker Sol Luna Weapon Levels A -- A -- -- --

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Reclassing options

Priam Base classes:* Mercenary Hero Bow Knight Reclass options: Myrmidon Swordmaster Assassin Fighter Warrior Hero

Growth rates when reclassed

Promotion stat gains

Mercenary Myrmidon Fighter

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Hero	+4	+3	+1	+3	+3	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Bow Knight	+6	+3	+0	+2	+3	+0	+1	+2	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Swordmaster	+4	+3	+1	+2	+3	+0	+2	+3	+1
Assassin	+5	+4	−1	+4	+2	+0	+1	+0	+1	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Warrior	+8	+4	+0	+3	+2	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Hero	+2	+0	+1	+6	+5	+0	+4	+3	+1	E

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Learned at
	Swordbreaker	Personal skill
	Lancebreaker	Personal skill
	Luna	Personal skill
	Armsthrift	Mercenary, level 1
	Patience	Mercenary, level 10
	Sol	Hero, level 5
	Axebreaker	Hero, level 15
	Rally Skill	Bow Knight, level 5
	Bowbreaker	Bow Knight, level 15
	Avoid +10	Myrmidon, level 1
	Vantage	Myrmidon, level 10
	Astra	Swordmaster, level 5
	Swordfaire	Swordmaster, level 15
	Lethality	Assassin, level 5
	Pass	Assassin, level 15
	HP +5	Fighter, level 1
	Zeal	Fighter, level 10
	Rally Strength	Warrior, level 5
	Counter	Warrior, level 15
The above skill list does not include skills obtained exclusively via DLC.

Analysis

Priam is a level 20 Hero who joins after beating Paralogue 23. Coming towards the final chapter in the game, he comes with massive stats that get higher in difficulty. His only garbage stat is magic, and all his growths except magic and resistance are great, and his resistance base is actually pretty high. His mods are also great too. While his only poor mod is -2 in resistance, his +3 strength, +1 skill, and +2 defense make up for it, and his -2 in magic is fine considering he is a purely physical character. Priam comes with an interesting set of base skills. He skips out on Mercenary's skills of Armsthrift and Patience, and considering they are not the greatest, is okay. He also has some skills that he could not normally obtain otherwise. Swordbreaker and Lancebreaker come from the Wyvern Rider class tree, and they gives a +50 to hit and avoid when fighting the respective weapons. Luna comes from either the Cavalier or Knight class trees, and has a chance to half the enemies' defense or resistance for one strike. For the previously mentioned classes, Priam cannot reclass to any of them. He does have Hero's skills of Sol, which has a chance for a lifesteal effect, and Axebreaker, which gives +50 to hit and avoid when fighting axes. The combination of Luna and Sol is used to replicate the effect of Aether, which was a skill Ike gets on promotion to his respective classes. Moving back to Priam, he starts with an A in swords, which lets him use every sword in the game, and he has a B in axes, letting him use the Tomahawk is his inventory, and the Silver Axe.

Since Priam has full skill slots and he comes with massive stats, reclassing him is not a priority. However, if the player is willing to grind, Priam has many more options for combat. Reclassing to Bow Knight gives him a mount, and access to bows for a very reliable and harder hitting ranged option than axes, and swords only have the magic based Levin Sword for range, which is terrible in Priam's hands. Bow Knight also increases his HP growth, and reduces his defense growth. For skills, Rally Skill is a good supportive skill to improve other units hit rates, and Bowbreaker gives +50 to hit and avoid against bows, and all Priam's breaker skills can be interchangeable depending on the enemy composition.

The Myrmidon class tree is the best reclass option Priam could want, as we'll discuss in a bit. To start, Myrmidon increases his speed growth, and reduces his defense growth. Avoid +10 is somewhat obsolete with Priam's access to four breaker skills, but Vantage is a skill any unit would want with being able to always strike first if they are at 50% HP or below. The main promotion of Swordmaster gives better bonuses in speed, defense, and resistance, and increases his resistance growth. Astra is decent with being able to strike five times at half damage, since this will always to more damage if all five attacks hit than two attacks at full damage. The final skill of Swordfaire is the best skill from all his reclass option, and the reason why reclassing to Swordmaster is mostly worth it if the player wants Priam to be the best he can. The alternative Assassin gives more HP, strength, and skill, and gains bows for a great ranged option, and instead increases his skill growth rather than resistance. For Assassin's skills, Lethality, obtained at level 5, is incredibly unreliable with quite a low activation rate, even with a high skill stat. Pass, obtianed at level 15, is much more useful with being able to move past enemy occupied squares.

Priam's other reclass option is Fighter, which keeps his axe rank, but he does lose sword access. However, this is not the worst thing considering Ragnell is not a personal weapon in Awakening. Fighter increases his strength growth, but reduces his skill and speed growths. HP +5 is not a very good skill this late in the game, and the same goes for Zeal. Fighter can also promote to Hero, which would give more points of magic, skill, speed, and defense, and he regains swords. The main promotion of Warrior instead gives more points of HP and strength, gains bows, has the same growths as Fighter. Rally Strength is one of the best rally skills in the game, and Counter deals damage back to the foe, but its usefulness is more limited with Priam's high base defense.

Just like all the other SpotPass characters, Priam can only support Robin, and can only father Morgan. If this pairing is chosen, Priam passes good increases to HP, strength, skill, and defense. He also can pass many great skills so that Morgan does not have to grind for them. However, also just like the SpotPass characters, they all are recruited very late in the game, and are not optimal if the player wants Morgan sooner to be used for more chapters.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Priam is one of the characters added to the game in the Book VI launch update, and became available for summoning by players on December 6, 2021. Only one variation of Priam is currently available in Heroes, based on his Awakening incarnation.

Priam: Radiant Hero

Starting stats

Priam: Radiant Hero is only available at 5★ rarity.

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 17/18/19 Attack 10/11/12 Speed 9/10/11 Defense 10/11/12 Resistance 3/4/5 Maximum HP 36/40/43 Attack 38/41/45 Speed 37/40/44 Defense 32/35/38 Resistance 22/26/29 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}

Skills Ancient Ragnell -- Daylight

Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Unlock	Auto-unlock	SP cost
	Iron Sword	★★★★★	★★★★★	50
	Steel Sword	★★★★★	★★★★★	100
	Silver Sword	★★★★★	★★★★★	200
	Ancient Ragnell	★★★★★	★★★★★	400
	Daylight	★★★★★	★★★★★	100
	Sol	★★★★★	—	200
A	Atk/Def Ideal 1	★★★★★	—	60
A	Atk/Def Ideal 2	★★★★★	—	120
A	Atk/Def Ideal 3	★★★★★	—	240
A	Atk/Def Ideal 4	★★★★★	—	300
B	Null Follow-Up 1	★★★★★	—	60
B	Null Follow-Up 2	★★★★★	—	120
B	Null Follow-Up 3	★★★★★	—	240
C	Rouse Spd/Def 1	★★★★★	—	60
C	Rouse Spd/Def 2	★★★★★	—	120
C	Rouse Spd/Def 3	★★★★★	—	240
C	Rouse Spd/Def 4	★★★★★	—	300

Personality

Priam is notably similar to Ike in many respects: he is not the greatest thinker there is, but he is as talented a swordsman as they come. He is very sociable and easy to get along with, and is fond of telling stories from his travels. In his travels across the world, he pursues power and to further develop himself as a warrior, and so enjoys fighting aginst those who are stronger than him.

Supports

Main article: Priam/Supports

As with the other characters obtained via SpotPass, Priam can only support with Robin.

Endings

Priam, Radiant Hero (single ending)
Priam vanished like a breath on the wind. Did his pursuit of true power lead him to a quiet corner of the map? Or did he move to another continent—one where the Radiant Hero's legend held more meaning?

Priam, Radiant Hero & Robin, High Deliverer
Many wrote of Robin's legendary exploits, but accounts of her origins and character varied. Scholars, poets, and bards agreed on one thing alone—she loved her husband, Priam, above all else.

Quotes

Main articles: Priam/Quotes and Priam/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Priam is featured on three cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Priam
	Radiant Hero, Priam
		""I'm Priam. ...The hypothetical descendant you were just going on about.""
		Attack: 60	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Hero		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Unparalleled Skill: [Always] While this unit battles with a , or enemy, this unit gains +20 attack. Radiant Successor: [Always] This unit is also treated as a unit ([Always]: This ability is only active while this unit is on the field).
	Card #B03-050HN • Artist: Akira Fujikawa
	Radiant Strength-Seeker, Priam
		"Heh. I'm impressed. Now show me what you're made of!"
		Attack: 70	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Hero		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Boundless Strength: [Always] If this unit is attacking an enemy with a deployment cost of 5 or more, this unit gains +30 attack. Scarred Ragnell: [Activate] [Flip 1 bond card face-down] Until the end of the turn, this unit gains range 1–2. This skill cannot be used unless this unit is in the Front Line. ( may only be used if this unit has changed class.)
	Card #B12-066HN • Artist: Yoneko
	Hero's Descendant, Priam
		"I've little interest in following someone else's orders. ...Unless they're handed down by a man who can fight for himself."
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Mercenary		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Encounter with a Strong Foe: [Always] If this unit is attacking an enemy with a deployment cost of 2 or more, this unit gains +10 attack. Attack Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your attacking unit gains +20 attack.
	Card #B12-067N • Artist: Yoneko
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Priam .

Flavor text

Meet some of the Heroes entries

Priam: Radiant Hero
Here's Priam, a hero who lives for the thrill of battle! He's a mighty swordsman who travels the world in search of worthy opponents to challenge.	In Ylisse, there are legends of a Radiant Hero who brought together warring races and challenged a god, and Priam claims to be his descendant!	Chrom heard rumors about Priam and invited him to join his army. Of course, Priam responded by challenging him to combat, agreeing only to join if Chrom could defeat him!	Priam is just like his legendary ancestor, right down to his voracious appetite for meat. And now, with the ancient Ragnell in hand, he's sure to make a big impact on Askr too!
Closely Associated Characters
Ike Chrom {{{Related_name3}}} {{{Related_name4}}} {{{Related_name5}}} A kindhearted but stoic young man who has taken command of his father's mercenary band. As the Radiant Hero, he wielded Ragnell to save Tellius from calamity. A prince of Ylisse and descendant of the Hero-King. Leads the Shepherds. After hearing rumors about Priam, he travels to the continent of Valm to recruit him. {{{Related_blurb3}}} {{{Related_blurb4}}} {{{Related_blurb5}}}

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

169

Priam Awakening

1,556

CYL 2 (2018)

211 (+42)

Priam Awakening

1,214 (−342)

CYL 3 (2019)

152 (−58)

Priam Awakening

1,704 (+490)

CYL 4 (2020)

195 (+31)

Priam Awakening

835 (−869)

CYL 5 (2021)

164 (−31)

Priam Awakening

611 (−224)

CYL 6 (2022)

506 (+341)

Priam Awakening

131 (−480)

CYL 7 (2023)

533 (+27)

Priam Awakening

84 (−47)

CYL 8 (2024)

537 (+4)

Priam Awakening

83 (−1)

CYL 9 (2025)

535 (−2)

Priam Awakening

70 (−13)

Total results		This character has 9 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	6,288

Trivia

The earliest known screenshot of Path of Radiance, wherein Ike appears with the name パリス, Paris.

• Priam's Japanese name, Paris, is likely named as a reference to the early stages of the development of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance; his ancestor, Ike, was named "Paris" in a very early pre-release image of Path of Radiance.^[1] Before Priam was formally unveiled with the SpotPass release of his paralogue, the presence of this name in the game's credits and support listings for Robin led to much speculation about him being connected in some way to Ike.
• To further Priam's connection with Ike, he possesses both Sol and Luna, the skills that make up Aether, which was Ike's signature skill in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.
• Three of Priam's starting skills are Swordbreaker, Lancebreaker, and Luna, which can be learned by the Wyvern Lord, Griffon Rider, and Great Knight classes; these classes are inaccessible to Priam.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Priam from Awakening.

Portraits

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  Portrait of Priam in Awakening.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Priam: Radiant Hero.

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  Artwork of Priam: Radiant Hero.

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  Artwork of Priam: Radiant Hero.

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  Artwork of Priam: Radiant Hero.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Priam: Radiant Hero.

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  Artwork of Priam: Radiant Hero.

Cipher artwork

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References

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