Saias

Saias (Japanese: サイアス Cyas) is the illegitimate son of Arvis and his lieutenant Aida, the elder half-brother of Prince Julius and Princess Julia of Grannvale, an heir to House Velthomer, and a full-blooded descendant of the Crusader Fjalar.^[1] Perceived as a threat to the Loptr Church and its plans after his birth, Aida was murdered by Manfroy of the Loptrians while trying to protect him, and he was raised in secrecy by his grandfather Cohen.

Saias grew up to be a master tactician and, his identity hidden, was eventually appointed Velthomer's court archbishop, a position theorised by Cohen to be able to protect him out of its high status. However, the rise of Julius and the resurgence of the Loptr Church cast this into doubt in spite of the trust and reputation he had among the Grannvale nobility. In time, he came to support and assist Leif's liberation army in the Munster District.

Biography

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Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Saias is a playable character. In Chapter 17A, Saias appears as an enemy unit on turn 10, and leaves on turn 15. In Chapter 22, Saias appears as an enemy unit. He will leave on turn 40, if an ally unit reaches him, or if Cohen is defeated.

In Chapter 23, Saias appears as a player unit near the chapter's seize point. In Chapter 23, Saias is part of the civilian faction, and as such does not grant or receive any bonus from Authority except to himself. In the same chapter, Leif can talk to Saias, giving Leif the Bragi Sword. If, at the end of Chapter 23, Ced was recruited or any of the civilians is dead, Saias will leave the party.

Starting stats and growth rates

Playable

High Priest Level 12 Action ★★★ Authority ★★★

Recruitment: Chapter 23, automatically from turn 1. Leaves at the end of the chapter if Ced is recruited or any civilians were killed. Stats Growth Rates Max HP 23 Speed 12 Strength 0 Luck 5 Magic 18 Defense 4 Skill 16 Constitution 5 Movement 7 FCM 0 Max HP 50% Speed 40% Strength 0% Luck 55% Magic 35% Defense 15% Skill 40% Constitution 10% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Lightning Warp Silence Heal Door Key Nihil Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- A -- -- -- A --

Enemy - Chapter 17A, Chapter 22

See also: The Gates of Leonster and Across the River

High Priest Level 12 Action ★★★ Authority ★10

Stats Max HP 23 Speed 12 Strength 0 Luck 5 Magic 18 Defense 4 Skill 16 Constitution 5 Movement 7 FCM 0

Inventory Skills Sleep Fortify Silence* Lightning* Nihil Immortal* Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- A -- -- -- A --

Supports

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Analysis

Saias is a late-joining level 12 High Priest. Despite his late join time, he has many advantages that make him worth deploying. He has A-rank in staves, allowing him to use all non-personal staves in Thracia with no investment. With three action stars, he also has a 15% chance to move again after performing an action. While action stars are unreliable, they can occasionally let Saias use a staff twice in a single turn.

Saias has three authority stars (five during chapter 23), increasing the accuracy and avoid of all player units on the map by 9%. Saias is the only playable character in the game at the time of his recruitment onwards to have multiple authority stars, a distinction no longer held by Leif due to losing one of his authority stars in chapter 19. Having authority stars is especially useful in the final chapter, where many enemies have several authority stars themselves. Having the ability to negate some of them by deploying Saias is useful.

Saias's base magic is very high at 18, only 2 points away from capping. With such a high magic stat, Saias can use status staves like Sleep and Silence very well. Status staves are useful against enemy dark magic users with long-range or lethally dangerous tomes like Fenrir or Hel, or with dangerous staves such as Berserk.

Saias does not excel at combat; he comes with no combat skills other than Nihil, and his speed is not high enough to double most enemies with the weight of light tomes. Saias's HP and defense are also both low, putting him in danger when facing physical enemies. The player could use stat-boosters and Crusader Scrolls to increase his offensive growths rates to make him a competent spellcaster, but he only has 8 levels and 3 chapters for his improved growths to take effect. He is also limited to using only light magic tomes to fight, which are very scarce, and the only shop that readily sells them is encountered one chapter before Saias is recruited. He does have the rank to wield Nosferatu, useful against enemy Dark Mages, but he cannot double with it, and for the most part Saias should stay out of combat and contribute from afar by using staves.

In comparison to Ced

Saias is mutually exclusive to Ced, who is recruitable in the same chapter as Saias; recruiting Ced will make Saias leave the party at the end of the chapter. Between the two, Ced has much better combat, has more HP—which makes it harder for him to get fatigued—and is more durable as well. Saias has one more point of magic and one more action star than Ced, however those matter little, as Saias and Ced offer nearly exact utility. Saias's biggest advantage is his three authority stars compared to Ced's one. Additionally, for faster playthroughs, it takes one more turn to finish the chapter if the player desires to recruit Ced, as the event that causes Ced to appear happens after the player's first turn. Furthermore, Ced's combat is largely overkill due to the low quality of most enemies in Thracia, and other units like Galzus and Asbel will have similarly strong combat to Ced, though his improved combat is significant against certain bosses like Veld.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Role

Saias is playable as a SpotPass character, released in the Thracia 776 character set. He is also present as an enemy in the Lost Bloodlines 1 and 3 and Rogues & Redeemers 1, 2, and 3 of Awakening's DLC.

Starting stats and growth rates

Sage Level 17 Movement 6

Recruitment: SpotPass, hire him for 11,000 G or defeat him in a skirmish Stats Growth Rates Cap Modifiers Max HP 51 Speed 19 Strength 1 Luck 15 Magic 26+7 Defense 13 Skill 24 Resistance 18 Max HP 75% Speed 60% Strength 35% Luck 45% Magic 65% Defense 35% Skill 55% Resistance 35% Speed +2 Strength −1 Luck −3 Magic +3 Defense ±0 Skill ±0 Resistance +2 {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Bolganone* Fortify* Magic +2 Focus Rally Magic Tomefaire Rally Spectrum Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- B A

Reclassing options

Saias Base classes:* Mage Sage Dark Knight Reclass options: This unit can reclass to any male class available through reclassing.

Growth rates when reclassed

Promotion stat gains

Archer Barbarian Cavalier Dark Mage Wyvern Rider Fighter Knight Mage Mercenary Myrmidon Priest Tactician Thief

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+4	+2	+1	+4	+3	+0	+5	+3	+1	--
Bow Knight	+8	+3	+0	+2	+4	+0	+1	+2	+3	E

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

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Paladin	+7	+3	+1	+2	+2	+0	+3	+6	+1	--
Great Knight	+8	+5	+0	+1	+1	+0	+7	+1	+0	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sorcerer	+5	+1	+3	+2	+1	+0	+3	+3	+1	--
Dark Knight	+7	+3	+2	+4	+2	+0	+5	+1	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Wyvern Lord	+5	+4	+0	+2	+2	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Griffon Rider	+3	+2	+0	+4	+4	+0	+0	+3	+1	--

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

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
General	+10	+4	+0	+3	+2	+0	+4	+3	+1	E
Great Knight	+8	+3	+0	+2	+3	+0	+3	+1	+3	E E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sage	+4	+1	+3	+2	+3	+0	+2	+2	+1	E
Dark Knight	+9	+4	+1	+3	+1	+0	+7	+2	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Hero	+6	+3	+1	+3	+3	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Bow Knight	+8	+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
War Monk	+8	+5	+2	+2	+2	+0	+5	+0	+1	E
Sage	+4	+1	+4	+3	+3	+0	+3	−1	+1	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Grandmaster	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+0	+2	+2	+1	--

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Assassin	+5	+5	+0	+7	+4	+0	+3	+1	+1	E
Trickster	+3	+1	+4	+4	+3	+0	+1	+5	+1	E

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Skill set

Like all male bonus units in Awakening, Saias has access to all base class and advanced class skills available to standard male units.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Role

Saias is one of the characters added to the game in the Snow and Ash update, and was made available to players in the eighteenth Grand Hero Battle, which initially ran from April 17, 2018 through April 24, 2018. Only one variation of Saias is currently available in Heroes, based on his Thracia 776 incarnation.

Saias: Bishop of Flame

"Saias: Bishop of Flame" redirects here. For the Grand Hero Battle map, see Grand Hero Battle/Battle data (page 2) § Saias: Bishop of Flame.

Starting stats

★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★

Rarity ★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 15/16/17 Attack 5/6/7 Speed 6/7/8 Defense 3/4/5 Resistance 6/7/8 Maximum HP 30/33/36 Attack 26/29/32 Speed 23/26/29 Defense 12/15/18 Resistance 27/30/33 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Note: This unit requires the usage of Trait Fruit to access any flaws and assets.

Skills Ellight -- --

Rarity ★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 15/16/17 Attack 5/6/7 Speed 7/8/9 Defense 3/4/5 Resistance 7/8/9 Maximum HP 31/34/37 Attack 27/30/33 Speed 25/28/31 Defense 13/16/19 Resistance 29/32/35 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Note: This unit requires the usage of Trait Fruit to access any flaws and assets.

Skills Shine -- Chilling Wind

Rarity ★★★★★ Weapon type Movement type

Initial Stats Level 40 Stats Maximum HP 16/17/18 Attack 6/7/8 Speed 7/8/9 Defense 4/5/6 Resistance 7/8/9 Maximum HP 33/36/40 Attack 30/33/36 Speed 26/30/33 Defense 14/18/21 Resistance 31/34/37 {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Note: This unit requires the usage of Trait Fruit to access any flaws and assets.

Skills Wargod's Tome -- Chilling Wind

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Skill set

Skill set
Skill		Unlock	Auto-unlock	SP cost
	Light	★★★	★★★	50
	Ellight	★★★	★★★	100
	Shine	★★★	★★★★	200
	Wargod's Tome	★★★★★	★★★★★	400
	Chilling Wind	★★★	★★★★	100
	Glacies	★★★★	—	200
B	Escape Route 1	★★★	—	60
B	Escape Route 2	★★★★	—	120
B	Escape Route 3	★★★★★	—	240
C	Spd Ploy 1	★★★	—	60
C	Spd Ploy 2	★★★	—	120
C	Spd Ploy 3	★★★★	—	240

Personality

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Endings

Thracia 776

Saias, Bishop of Flame
Saias returned to Velthomer and helped restore the trampled land. His talent was later recognized by Seliph, and he went into the service of the New Kingdom of Grannvale, where he contributed greatly to its reconstruction.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quote

Escape quote

Heroes quotes

Main article: Saias/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Saias is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Saias
	Bishop of Flame, Saias
		"What is the situation? ...Ah, then let us mount an all-out assault."
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 5
		Class: High Priest		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 4
		Wargod's Command: [Trigger] When this unit is deployed, choose up to 3 non-Main Character enemies who are in the Back Line, and move them. "You have no hope against me.": [Activate] [Once per turn] Your opponent adds all cards in their Retreat Area to their Deck. Afterwards, they shuffle their Deck.
	Card #B22-038R • Artist: Moyataro
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Saias .

Flavor text

Meet some of the Heroes entries

Saias: Bishop of Flame
Saias is a priest of Velthomer, the house that produced the first Emperor of Grannvale. There's a little secret to Saias's background, though.	He carries the brand of Fjalar, one of the 12 crusaders who saved Jugdral from the Dark God Loptous! Talk about hiding your light under a bushel.	Saias kept his heritage secret while serving in the Grannvale Empire as one of its greatest tacticians. But when he met Leif, who was fighting for the future of the continent, his life changed completely.	Saias is a mild-mannered soul with a devout faith in Bragi. I'd like to see his famous tactical prowess at work for the Order of Heroes one day!
Closely Associated Characters
Arvis Aida {{{Related_name3}}} {{{Related_name4}}} {{{Related_name5}}} Duke of Velthomer, and descendant of the crusader Fjalar and Maera of the imperial family. Like Saias, he bears the brand of Fjalar. Confidante of Arvis. She sacrifices herself to protect her son Saias from Manfroy, the leader of the Loptr Church. {{{Related_blurb3}}} {{{Related_blurb4}}} {{{Related_blurb5}}}

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

560

Saias Thracia 776

155

CYL 2 (2018)

515 (−45)

Saias Thracia 776

225 (+70)

CYL 3 (2019)

563 (+86)

Saias Thracia 776

128 (−97)

CYL 4 (2020)

591 (−2)

Saias Thracia 776

113 (−15)

CYL 5 (2021)

563 (−28)

Saias Thracia 776

99 (−14)

CYL 6 (2022)

609 (+44)

Saias Thracia 776

84 (−15)

CYL 7 (2023)

510 (−99)

Saias Thracia 776

92 (+8)

CYL 8 (2024)

564 (+54)

Saias Thracia 776

76 (−16)

CYL 9 (2025)

528 (−36)

Saias Thracia 776

72 (−4)

Total results		This character has 9 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	1,044

Trivia

• Saias is the only playable character in Thracia 776 to retreat if defeated.
• According to Thracia 776's website, Saias was designed to look 27 years old.^[2]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
High Priest Light (all tomes) Staff (Silence)

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Saias from Thracia 776.

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  Artwork of Saias with other characters from Thracia 776 Illustrated Works.

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  Saias in artwork from Thracia 776's CD booklet.

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  Artwork of Saias from the Trading Card Game.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

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  Artwork of Saias: Bishop of Flame.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Saias.

References

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