Scias

Scias サイアス Saiasu
Portrait
Sprite
Occupation												Mercenary
Affinity												Water
Birthday												February 29th
Height												212.4cm (6'12")
Weight												125 kg (275.6 lbs)
Voice actor												Unshou Ishizuka
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Scias is a playable character who appears in Breath of Fire IV. He is a mercenary in the employee of the Fou Imperial Army who was assigned to watch over Ryu and the party during Cray's trial.

Appearance and Personality

Scias is lanky member of the Grassrunner tribe who works as a mercenary and lives for money. He is a man of few words, and when he does talk he has a constant stutter (in the game's Japanese release, he instead slurs his speech due to his alcoholism). When the party is camping, Scias is often seen hanging around near Ursula, this may be because of their mutual employment by the Fou Empire, or because they feel that their status as such renders them outsiders from the rest of the party, who are either official or de facto members of the Eastern Alliance.

Role in Breath of Fire IV

Not much is known about Scias's past. However, it is implied that he has been in the mercenary business a long time, and that, despite outward appearances to the contrary, he remains professional about his work. Regardless of what he is paid to do, he does it to the best of his considerable abilities. He also tends to be a bit literal about his work, as he was first employed to "keep an eye" on Ryu and the others, and did exactly that, by following them around everywhere but never trying to stop them at any point, effectively "keeping an eye" on them. He is difficult to read, but likely his mercenary lifestyle necessitates never showing emotion. He does have a change of heart and becomes a genuine friend to Ryu and the others due to Nina's influence, learning that money and rewards aren't everything because of her. Scias does have a rather unnerving grin when he is emphasizing a point he's making, showing off some considerably impressive fangs, especially when one notes he almost never smiles.

In Battle

He has a slightly greater balance of physical attack power, magic, and agility like Ryu, but arguably greater in agility, evasion, and countering. Most of the swords he can equip allow him to attack twice, due to his quickdraw technique. Scias is also known to use a fighting style called "Bushi Dog". He has an affinity to Water, which grants him an innate 25% resistance to all damage of that type. He naturally possesses all three levels of ice spells and has a good assortment of healing magic, functioning as a second doctor for the team should the need arise. Arguably his most interesting skill is his Shining Blade, which inflicts critical damage with a 100% probability. Many of the weapons he can equip also possess the +1 hit attribute, and generally, more so than the rest of the party, it is his weaponry that determines just how effective his physical attacks are. Some of the best equipment in the game can only be equipped by Scias.

Scias's unique skill is Rahkasa, and always activates when his HP is 25% or lower.^[1] Rahkasa is identical to the Last Resort ability (it adds his Defense to his Power and then drops his Defense to zero). As far as Masters go, Scias's only real concern is his average AP, so he should be paired with someone who can boost it to a considerable value.

Stats
Lvl	HP	AP	CP	Pwr	Def	Agl	Int	Info
1	220	4	1	10	4	7	7
2	243	5	1	11	7	9	9	Learns Frost
3	273	6	1	13	8	12	10	Learns Sleep
4	295	8	2	15	10	16	11
5	338	9	2	16	12	17	14
6	370	12	2	19	15	19	16	Learns ShiningBlade
7	399	14	2	21	16	23	20
8	430	16	2	22	20	25	23
9	468	18	2	24	22	28	26	Learns Heal
10	524	23	2	27	27	33	31
11	553	26	2	28	30	36	35	Learns Purify
12	584	28	3	31	32	39	38
13	620	31	3	33	36	43	42	Starting level
14	661	32	3	37	39	48	44	Learns Confuse
15	713	34	3	38	41	52	47
16	745	37	3	41	43	57	49	Learns Ice Blast
17	771	41	4	43	46	60	53
18	798	43	4	47	48	64	55
19	834	45	5	49	51	68	59	Learns Rejuvenate
20	885	53	5	55	56	74	65
21	914	56	5	59	59	78	68
22	947	60	5	62	63	81	72	Learns Raise Dead
23	983	62	5	64	65	86	77
24	1028	65	5	68	67	88	82
25	1081	69	5	71	70	92	85	Learns Remedy
26	1123	72	5	76	74	95	88
27	1155	74	6	79	76	99	92
28	1200	78	6	83	78	104	95	Learns Blizzard
29	1234	81	6	86	81	108	99
30	1292	88	6	94	86	115	105
31	1334	91	6	99	89	120	108	Learns Vitalize
32	1381	95	6	102	93	123	112
33	1422	97	6	105	95	127	117
34	1460	99	6	110	98	133	119
35	1525	104	6	114	102	137	124	Learns Lifestealer
36	1571	108	7	120	107	143	126
37	1610	111	7	123	112	148	130
38	1663	115	7	127	115	152	135	Learns Restore
39	1708	119	7	131	119	157	139
40	1781	129	8	140	126	166	146
41	1834	134	8	146	131	171	150
42	1890	138	8	151	135	174	155
43	1951	145	8	155	139	178	160
44	1999	152	8	161	146	184	166
45	2071	157	8	166	152	188	173
46	2132	165	9	170	157	193	181
47	2190	168	9	174	162	199	188
48	2263	176	9	180	169	206	193
49	2326	183	9	186	174	211	200
50	2407	196	10	195	183	219	209
51	2468	202	10	198	189	223	213
52	2520	205	10	203	193	229	215
53	2576	208	10	206	196	232	221
54	2623	213	10	208	200	236	225
55	2674	217	11	212	205	240	228
56	2714	219	11	215	208	245	232
57	2762	221	11	220	210	249	235
58	2801	225	11	223	214	253	238
59	2843	228	11	226	217	256	241
60	2907	236	12	232	221	259	245
61	2946	239	12	235	223	261	247
62	2975	241	12	237	226	264	248
63	3010	242	12	239	229	266	250
64	3049	243	12	242	230	268	253
65	3080	245	13	246	232	269	254
66	3107	245	13	249	234	269	257
67	3139	247	13	251	235	271	259
68	3168	248	13	252	236	273	261
69	3194	249	13	254	238	274	262
70	3226	256	13	258	241	277	265
71	3248	256	13	260	242	278	266
72	3267	257	13	261	244	278	268
73	3289	258	13	263	245	280	268
74	3312	260	13	264	245	281	269
75	3332	260	14	266	247	282	269
76	3353	261	14	266	248	283	270
77	3372	261	14	267	249	283	270
78	3388	262	14	267	249	284	271
79	3403	262	14	267	250	284	272
80	3427	266	14	268	252	284	272
81	3445	266	14	268	253	284	273
82	3462	267	14	269	253	285	273
83	3475	267	14	269	253	286	274
84	3486	268	14	270	254	286	274
85	3500	270	15	271	254	287	274
86	3512	270	15	271	255	287	275
87	3525	271	15	271	256	288	275
88	3533	272	15	272	256	288	276
89	3542	272	15	273	256	289	276
90	3558	275	15	273	257	289	277
91	3566	275	15	273	258	290	277
92	3572	276	15	274	258	291	277
93	3577	277	15	274	259	291	277
94	3584	277	15	275	259	291	278
95	3592	279	15	275	259	292	278
96	3593	279	15	275	260	292	278
97	3598	279	15	276	260	293	278
98	3600	280	15	277	260	293	278
99	3604	280	15	277	261	293	279

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Breath of Fire IV
Playable Characters
Ryu · Nina · Ershin · Cray · Scias · Ursula · Fou-Lu
Masters
Rwolf · Stoll · Una · Njomo · Momo · Abbess · Marlok · Kryrik · Gyosil · Lyta · Kahn · Bunyan
Endless
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