Cantor

Cantor A generic Cantor from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A hex master with the power to summon Terrors.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Black magic, White magic Skill(s) Incarnation (Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)

The Cantor (Japanese: 祈祷師 Shaman) is a magical class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Gaiden. In its original appearance in Gaiden as well as in its remake, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Cantors are an enemy exclusive class which fights with both black and white magic. They also have near-exclusive access to the Conjure spell which allows them to summon monsters to assist them in battle.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	32	--	12	8	7	0	6	9	4	--	Black magic, White magic
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	32	12	--	8	7	0	6	9	4	--

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Gaiden	52	--	40	40	40	40	40	40	7	--	Black magic, White magic

Miscellaneous data

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Gaiden	--	--	--	180	2	--	--	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	--	--	--	180	2	--	--	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Gaiden	150%	--	50%	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	110%	50%	--	40%	50%	0%	40%	0%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Incarnation	Innate.

Additionally, in Gaiden, Cantors will heal 5 HP at the start of each turn.

Class change

Gaiden

Advanced class
Cantor

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Base class
Cantor

Notable enemy Cantors

Enemy units
Name	Game
Mikhail	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Garcia	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Dolth	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Jedah	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Enemy Cantor units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	A hex master with the power to summon Terrors.	魔物を召喚する力を得た 上位の呪術師

Trivia

• In Gaiden, Cantors are internally the same class as Sages; whether a unit is a Sage or a Cantor is determined by its affiliation.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Cantor	A cantor is someone who leads a crowd in the recital of religious verse and song. This name is presumably meant to allude to the fact that cantors are magically inclined men in the service of the church of Duma.
English (unofficial)	• Shaman • Exorcist	• Used in the Gaiden fan translation. • Popularized by Serenes Forest for the Gaiden appearance. An exorcist is someone who dispels evil spirits, contrary to the Gaiden class's ability to summon evil spirits.
Japanese	祈祷師	Shaman (lit. "prayer master"); alternatively, "faith healer" or "exorcist". In the NES original, it is rendered in hiragana as きとうし. This name is not the same as that of the Dark magic-using Shamans found in the Game Boy Advance titles.
Spanish	Conjurador	Conjurer
French	Chantre	Cantor
German	Kantor	Cantor
Italian	Cantore	Cantor
Dutch	Cantor	Cantor
Simplified Chinese	祈祷师	Prayer master
Traditional Chinese	祈禱師	Prayer master

Gallery

Portraits

• 
  The generic Cantor portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

See also

• Summoner
• Saint
• Necromancer

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