Mortal Savant

Mortal Savant An enemy Mortal Savant in Three Houses. A master who casts powerful magic and wields a sword with confidence and poise, the Mortal Savant is a force to be reckoned with.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Various, including magic Sword, Black magic (specialty) Skill(s) Swordfaire, Black Tomefaire, Warding Blow

The Mortal Savant (Japanese: エピタフ Epitaph) is an advanced magical class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It specializes in swordsmanship and black magic.

The class acts as somewhat of a "jack of all trades", having decent stats around the board, albeit with somewhat mediocre speed. It is capable of both powerful physical damage with swords, as well as strong magic damage, allowing it to deal with either type of defense when it needs to. It also possesses a movement advantage over the specialist infantry magic classes, while also not requiring one to level a unit's riding skill to access it. As a generalist class, however, it sacrifices some of the unique perks of the specialist classes, such as increased uses of magic or a mount. It is also not as strong or as fast as the specialist physical classes.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Three Houses	32	17	17	14	16	12	14	12	6	--	--

Miscellaneous data

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Three Houses	Master	Infantry	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Three Houses	20/40%	10/20%	10%	0%	-10%	10/20%	0/20%	0/35%	5%	--	--	+3 +3
Warriors: Three Hopes	20%	25%	25%	0%	0%	15%	0%	0%	10%	--	--	--

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

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement
Three Houses	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	2
Warriors: Three Hopes	200	2	3	2	2	0	3	3	0	2

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Three Houses Warriors: Three Hopes	Swordfaire	Innate.
Three Houses	Black Tomefaire	Innate.
Three Houses	Warding Blow	Class mastery. (200 class Exp required)
Warriors: Three Hopes	Axe Buster Lv 4	Innate.

Class change

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Master class
Any class	Level 30  Master Seal A, B+ Professor level C	Mortal Savant
This class is available for any unit.

Warriors: Three Hopes

Beginner class	Method	Intermediate class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Master class
Myrmidon	Using an  Intermediate Seal after mastering Myrmidon.	Mercenary	Using an  Advanced Seal after mastering Mercenary.	Swordmaster	Using a  Master Seal after mastering Swordmaster (all units except Rhea).	Mortal Savant

Notable enemy Mortal Savants

Enemy units
Name	Game
Charon	Three Houses
Felix	Warriors: Three Hopes
Catherine	Warriors: Three Hopes
Enemy Mortal Savant units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Three Houses	A master who casts powerful magic and wields a sword with confidence and poise, the Mortal Savant is a force to be reckoned with.	剣と魔法を極めた魔法剣士。 魔法が使える兵種。
Warriors: Three Hopes	A master who casts powerful magic and wields a sword with confidence and poise, the Mortal Savant is a force to be reckoned with.	剣と魔法を極めた魔法剣士。 魔法が使える兵種。

Trivia

• The Mortal Savant is the only Master class in Three Houses that has only two innate abilities instead of three.
• Prior to Version 1.1.0, generic enemy Mortal Savants were given the Fiendish Blow ability. In the update to Version 1.1.0, this was changed to Seal Magic.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Mortal Savant	--
Japanese	エピタフ	Epitaph
Spanish	Ejecutor	Executor
French	Fossoyeur	Gravedigger
German	Totenpriester	Funerary priest
Italian	Mago schermidore	Fencer mage
Korean	에피타프	Epitaph
Simplified Chinese	墓志铭	Epitaph
Traditional Chinese	墓誌銘	Epitaph

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Concept artwork of a Mortal Savant from Three Houses.

Portraits

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  The generic male Mortal Savant portrait in Three Houses.
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  The generic female Mortal Savant portrait in Three Houses.
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  The generic male Mortal Savant portrait in Warriors: Three Hopes.
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  The generic female Mortal Savant portrait in Warriors: Three Hopes.

Screenshots

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  Dimitri as a Mortal Savant in Three Houses.
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  Mercedes as a Mortal Savant in Three Houses.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Felix: Sword Savant as a Mortal Savant.
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  Artwork of Felix: Sword Savant as a Mortal Savant.
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  Artwork of Felix: Sword Savant as a Mortal Savant.
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  Artwork of Felix: Sword Savant as a Mortal Savant.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Felix as a Mortal Savant.

See also

• Dread Fighter
• Grandmaster
• Mage Fighter
• Priestess (Gaiden)

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