Shiva

Shiva (Japanese: シヴァ Shiva) is a playable Sword Fighter in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Biography

Shiva was a mercenary. Around the year 776, Shiva was employed by Lifis to protect his base at the Corsair Isles. When Safy, a priest held captive by Lifis arrived at the base, Shiva warned Lifis not to harm her. Not long after, the Corsair Isles would be attacked by the Fiana Freeblades, led by Prince Leif of Leonster, leading to the defeat of the Lifis Pirates. Shiva escaped the fighting, and went to work for a group of bandits in the proximity of Meath. Here, he would meet back with Safy, who convinced him to fight for Leif, whome he accompied until the liberation of Munster.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Shiva is a playable character. In Chapter 2x, he appears as a stationnary enemy unit. If he is left alive, or captured but not released, Shiva will appear along with a group of Mercenaries as enemy units in Chapter 7. Here, he is recruited when talked to by Safy.

Starting stats and growth rates

See also: The Corsair Isles

Sword Fighter Level 4 Action ★

Recruitment: Chapter 7, talk with Safy if he survived Chapter 2x Stats Growth Rates Max HP 24 Speed 12 Strength 6 Luck 5 Magic 0 Defense 4 Skill 9 Constitution 7 Movement 6 FCM 4 Max HP 70% Speed 35% Strength 45% Luck 60% Magic 5% Defense 30% Skill 50% Constitution 20% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Killing Edge Sol Weapon Levels B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Con	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Swordmaster	+0	+2	+1	+3	+3	+0	+2	+0	+1	+Adept	+100 WEXP

Supports

Shiva Sword Fighter Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[{{{supportg4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: Safy Priest Bonus: 10 [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

Analysis

Shiva is a standard Sword Fighter who joins in chapter 7. He comes with solid bases and growths, an action star, a very high FCM of 4, a very high sword rank, Sol, and upon promotion Adept. However, while Shiva can reliably kill with the Killing Edge, Shiva's mediocre strength base will hurt his ability to kill more difficult opponents, and his growth isn't high enough to make this problem go away without investment. He can't always use a Killing Edge either, as there are only a few obtainable before chapter 15, and other units like Fergus or Machyua will also want to use them to guarantee a crit. Shiva is also fairly frail when he joins, and his pitiful magic means his damage output with magic swords is poor unless he has enough skill to reliably crit and he will have to be careful against enemy mages. Even if he is raised up as a combat unit, the low enemy quality in Thracia 776 means that most other units will have similar combat to Shiva, but often with other utility, such as having a mount or access to staves.

Overall, Shiva can serve as a solid combat unit and backup boss-killer throughout the entire game and has access to many great swords, one of the best physical types in Thracia 776, but he will have a hard time standing out from most of the cast in most situations.

Fire Emblem Engage

Role

Shiva appears as an equippable Bond Ring. He can be summoned using Leif's Emblem Ring.

Bond Ring data

Stat modifiers Ring level Str Dex Lck C +0 +1 +0 B +1 +1 +0 A +1 +1 +1 S +1 +2 +1

Personality

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Endings

Shiva, Mercenary of Savan
After the war, Shiva disappeared. Various speculations and theories have been made about this man of many mysteries, but none have been, and ever will be, confirmed.

Quotes

Battle quotes

Death quotes

Escape quotes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Shiva is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Shiva
	Dark Swordsman, Shiva
		"Don't take death lightly in front of me. I can't stand those who would so readily throw their lives away!"
		Attack: 70	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Swordmaster		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		Sol: [Trigger] When this unit inflicts a critical hit, until the end of your opponent's next turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Clear-Minded Stance: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Choose a "Shiva" in your Retreat Area, and add that card to your hand. Also, until the end of your opponent's next turn, this unit cannot evade.
	Card #B10-029R • Artist: Clover.K
	Savan's Sellsword, Shiva
		"This is my livelihood. Now, get out of my way."
		Attack: 40	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 1
		Class: Sword Fighter		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		"You will not touch that cleric.": [Always] If you have an allied "Safy", this unit gains +10 attack. Attack Emblem: [Support] Until the end of this battle, your attacking unit gains +20 attack.
	Card #B10-030N • Artist: Clover.K
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Shiva .

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

559

Shiva Thracia 776

155

CYL 2 (2018)

625 (+66)

Shiva Thracia 776

112 (−43)

CYL 3 (2019)

534 (−30)

Shiva Thracia 776

170 (+58)

CYL 4 (2020)

578 (+8)

Shiva Thracia 776

125 (−45)

CYL 5 (2021)

592 (+14)

Shiva Thracia 776

83 (−42)

CYL 6 (2022)

551 (−43)

Shiva Thracia 776

113 (+30)

CYL 7 (2023)

633 (+82)

Shiva Thracia 776

51 (−62)

CYL 8 (2024)

585 (−48)

Shiva Thracia 776

71 (+20)

CYL 9 (2025)

517 (−68)

Shiva Thracia 776

74 (+3)

Total results		This character has 9 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	954

Trivia

• According to Thracia 776's website, Shiva was designed to look 30 years old.^[1]

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Sword Fighter Swordmaster Sword (Armorslayer) Sword (Armorslayer)

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Shiva from Thracia 776.

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

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Shiva.

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  Artwork of Shiva.

References

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