Michalis

Michalis is an enemy character in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, an NPC in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and a playable character in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem. He is the prince, and later king, of Macedon. He is also the older brother of Minerva and Maria.

Profile

Michalis murdered his own father, King Osmond of Macedon, because he believed that he was a weak ruler and allowed Archanea to push them around. It is also implied that Gharnef might have played off Michalis' ambitions. He is eager to prove that Macedon is the strongest nation on the continent of Archanea and has the right to conquer every other country, thus he agreed to form an alliance with the Dolhr Empire. Noticing the possibility of conflict with Minerva, he manipulates Maria into being captured by Grust, which uses her as a hostage against her older sister. However, he feels remorse for this, despite his lack of such for killing his father. He originally plans to fight against Dolhr once Macedon becomes the most powerful nation, but he loses sight of this goal the longer that he works with them. When Matthis first meets Marth in Shadow Dragon, he initially believes that Marth will kill him because Michalis "puts the most scared-looking soldiers on the front line for a reason" and kills those who defy him. However, Michalis is tolerant with Gotoh, who continues to warn him that he is walking on the path of destruction. He finally faces Minerva in a battle that results in him becoming badly wounded and being presumed to have died.

In Mystery of the Emblem, it is revealed that Maria tended to Michalis with utmost care while in tears, and this act of kindness healed his soul. He describes Maria as looking like an angel during this time, although he does not believe in deities. When he hears about Maria's disappearance, he works alone in his search for her. He feels that finding Maria is the only way that he can repent for his crimes. Early in the game, he rescues Minerva from Rucke and the Macedonian soldiers under him who overthrew her in a coup. After bringing Minerva to Khadein, he sends her to join up with Marth. Although Michalis is unable to save Maria from Gharnef, he manages to steal the Starlight spell from him, but receives deep wounds in return. He gives the spell book to Marth before finally succumbing to his wounds.

However, Michalis can survive in Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem by having Minerva wait one turn on the village he is in, followed by having Marth visit it. Due to his sheer will, Michalis is able to recover and join Marth's army. After the war, accounts say that he either resumed his position as King of Macedon, or left to become the king of a country on a different continent.

In-Game

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Base Stats

*Dropped when defeated.

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Base Stats

*Dropped when defeated.

It should be noted, that in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, he moves around the map rather than sitting on the castle gate making him more of a threat. A generic Dragon Knight takes his place in guarding the castle.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Base Stats

• Normal
• Hard 5

Starting Class
Dracoknight
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
12	37	14	1	8	11	0	19	3	-
Weapon					Starting Items
Lance - B Axe - A					Silver Lance Javelin Iote's Shield*

*Dropped when defeated.

Starting Class
Dracoknight
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
12	55	19	1	10	19	0	19	3	-
Weapon					Starting Items
Lance - A Axe - A					Brave Lance Javelin** Iote's Shield*

*Dropped when defeated.

**Javelin has a Might of 11 and a Hit of 90.

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Michalis' Iote's Shield nullifies his main weakness of bows and the Excalibur tome, meaning the player will have to kill him the hard way. Fortunately, he has not lost his weakness of low Resistance, making him feasible to take down, though one-rounding him without a crit is tricky. A strong mage, such as Linde with Aura, Boah with Thoron, or a raised Merric, should be able to take a large chunk out of him. Bombarding him with the Thunderbolt is also a potential option.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Recruitment

• Chapter 21: Minerva must Wait on the Village in the Chapter before the end of turn 15. Then Visit the Village with Marth. Michalis will then join from the Battle Preparations in Chapter 22.
• Downloadable Episode 1 - Wind and Thunder: Automatically from turn 2.

Base Stats

Starting Class
Dracoknight
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov
12	42	19	1	22	22	2	20	5	10
Weapon					Starting Items
Lance - B Axe - B					Silver Lance Javelin

Growth Rates

Dracoknight

Paladin

Sniper

Swordmaster

Sage/Bishop

Support Relationships

Supports

• Minerva
• Maria

Supported by

• Minerva
• Maria
• Kris

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

In a sea of extremely poor-quality lategame units, Michalis stands out as one of the few who can actually hold his own. He is fast, strong, and tough, and has the weapon ranks and statline to function in a variety of classes, such as Paladin, Hero, Berserker, or his base Dracoknight class. He cannot use A-rank weapons, but he can use silver and brave weaponry well enough, or make use of the high base rank of Swordmaster. Lunatic Mode enemies can give him some real trouble, but he tends to be able to face them when reclassed properly or given a Rainbow Potion dose. Even his growths are fairly good.

That said, Michalis has one very significant weak point: his Luck. His 2 Luck is some of the lowest of any recruitable unit, and though Luck is often thought of as an unimportant stat, Michalis joins so late with such low Luck that many enemies will have a considerable crit chance on him. A number of later enemies are even Swordmasters and Berserkers, pushing the chance from worth considering to downright likely. Because of this, if the player is to make use of Michalis, he should probably be a major recipient of Goddess Icons, to avoid him facing an abrupt end.

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Original
• Spring Eternal

Ambitious King

King of Macedon who had great ambitions for his country. Murdered his father. Brother to Minerva and Maria. Appears in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Base Stats

Rarity:

✯✯✯

		Title
		Ambitious King
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18 39	7 30	6 23	8 31	3 16
Skills			Weapon
Steel Axe			Axe

✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Ambitious King
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18 40	8 32	6 24	9 33	3 17
Skills			Weapon
Silver Axe Rising Thunder			Axe

✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Ambitious King
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18 43	15 34	7 26	9 35	7 19
Skills			Weapon
Silver Axe Rising Thunder			Axe

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Axe	-	-	-
	Steel Axe	-		-
	Silver Axe	Steel Axe
	Hauteclere	Silver Axe	-
	Rising Thunder	-
	Blazing Thunder	Rising Thunder	-
A	Iote's Shield	-
C	Threaten Def 1	-		-
	Threaten Def 2	Threaten Def 1
	Threaten Def 3	Threaten Def 2

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Base Kit

Michalis is an early Book I Grand Hero Battle Axe Flier unit who has unfortunately fallen off overtime due to the plethora of better units available at the time and with time. His worth comes from being a physically bulky mobile unit thanks to the freedom of movement of being a Flier unit and a modest physical bulk score of 78. He does have a solid Atk stat as well at 34 neutral allowing him to hit decently hard. Unfortunately a mixture of mid-low Spd at 26 and a low 19 Res leaves him vulnerable to mages and most fast units in general. While Michalis may not been groundbreaking by any means, he can ultimately be a solid tank under the right circumstances, though he needs a lot of outside help to reach that level.
He shares the Hauteclere Axe with his sister, thus sharing the same effect of accelerating his special cooldown. When refined with its effect, he deals an additional 10 true damage on top of his special skill damage when it activates, leading to some explosive damage.
Blazing Thunder deals damage equal to 1.5x of his 50 Atk to enemies within an Area of Effect calculated against their Def stat. He can deal significant damage with it, but does not apply the Hauteclere Refine bonus damage. Iote's Shield removes his weakness to Bows and other flier effective weapons, making the former less of a threat and improves his overall physical bulkiness. It can be substituted into his Seal Skill, but it is perfectly fine remaining as is. Threaten Defense inflicts Def-5 on foes within two spaces of Michalis at the start of his turn, softening them up for him to dispatch if possible.

Counters

Iote's Shield will solve Michalis' weakness to flier effective weapons, namely bows, but if he replaces that, they do become a point of contention, especially from several high damage ones like Klein, Bridal Cordelia, Brave Lyn. Merric is a powerful counter as well due to Excalibur's effectiveness against fliers and being a magic attack exploits his lower Res. Red Tome users in general are powerful counters to him regardless if he has Iote's Shield. Celica, Tharja, and Katarina make solid counters against him.

Skill Inheritance

Aside from his Axe, Michalis practically needs a complete kit overhaul starting with Reposition to fill his empty Assist skill, which this one has perhaps the best applications to ensure that he can move allies out of danger or put him in place of an ally to defend them from a unit he can counter. Bonfire is a quick charging special that can deal a solid 18 true damage off of his Def and Hauteclere will turn it into a 28 damage special on top of his calculated damage. Steady Stance will innately boost his Def as a defensive unit and can be inherited with Reposition from Silas for cost effective inheritances and Iote's Shield can be moved to his Seal Skill to keep that weakness removal in play if needed. Quick Riposte ensures that he gains a Follow-Up attack if the enemy initiates combat onto him. Distant Counter can also be considered if he is going to fully focus on being an enemy turn character. Skill C is flexible enough to take other skills better suited for him, mainly Smoke skills like Defense Smoke to achieve similar effects to Threaten Defense but activates in response to an attack rather than waiting for an ally to be in his range at the start of his turn.

Meet Some of the Heroes

Ambitious King Michalis
	Once the prince of Macedon, Michalis is a mighty warrior who some saw as the second coming of Iote, Macedon's first king. But to his sisters, Minerva and Maria, he was their beloved older brother.
	And yet, Michalis threw his lot in with the Dolhr Empire to invade the Holy Kingdom of Archanea, a land he'd always resented for its imperious attitude toward Macedon. As part of the plot, he assassinated his own father, King Osmond, and seized the throne.
	Hoping to put an end to their brother's ambitions, Minerva and Maria joined the Altean army led by Marth. Finally, at the end of a struggle that tore the siblings apart, Michalis was defeated.
	Though he survived the battle, Michalis kept a low profile from then on. In the years that followed, he gave his all to help Minerva and Maria, and worked to support Macedon from the shadows.
Closely Associated Characters
Minerva	Princess of Macedon who took up arms against her brother, Michalis.
Maria	Princess of Macedon. Younger sister of Minerva and Michalis, whom she loves dearly.
Marth	Prince of Altea who fights for his homeland and deeply values his friends. During the War of Shadows, he opposed Michalis.

Fruiting Ambition

King of Macedon, asked by his sister Maria to take part in the spring festival. Appears in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

Base Stats

Rarity: ✯✯✯✯✯

		Title
		Fruiting Ambition
		Group
		Flying
Level	HP	Atk	Spd	Def	Res
1 40	18/19/20 40/43/46	9/10/11 42/45/48	7/8/9 29/32/35	11/12/13 44/47/50	3/4/5 13/17/20
Skills			Weapon
Hare's Lance+ Swap			Lance

Skills

Type	Name	Prerequisite	Default	Unlocked
	Iron Lance	-	-	-
	Steel Lance	-	-	-
	Hare's Lance	-	-	-
	Hare's Lance+	-		-
	Swap	-	-	-
A	Iote's Shield	-		-
B	Atk Spd Snag 1	-		-
	Atk Spd Snag 2	Atk Spd Snag 1		-
	Atk Spd Snag 3	Atk Spd Snag 2		-

Overall

Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Base Set

Counters

Skill Inheritance

Meet Some of the Heroes

Fruiting Ambition Michalis
	We've got a surprise guest coming to the spring festival! Michalis, the ever-collected king of Macedon, is here to steal the show with his fabulous festival outfit!
	It's a bold, regal design in black and burgundy, accentuated by a cloak adorned with transparent fabric!
	Oh, how adorable! Check it out—there's a black bunny on his lance!
	TMichalis says that spring reminds him of fond childhood memories with his sisters. Well, maybe he can make some new memories during the spring festival in Askr!
Closely Associated Characters
Minerva	Princess of Macedon who took up arms against her brother, Michalis.
Maria	Princess of Macedon. Younger sister of Minerva and Michalis, whom she loves dearly.

Quotes

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Pre-Battle

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Pre-Battle

Vs. Catria, Est or Palla

Vs. Marth

Vs. Maria

Vs. Minerva

• Michalis: Minerva, I have missed you, Sister. Let us embrace one last time.
• Minerva: Michalis...
• Michalis: Well? Strike! A moment's hesitation spells death on the battlefield. I know I taught you better.
• Minerva: You will not lay down your lance and walk the right path?
• Michalis: Don't be a child. There are no right paths; just mine and yours, two that will never cross.
• Minerva: Very well. Then you leave me no choice. Embrace you I shall, Brother!

Defeated

Heroes

Michalis/Heroes Quotes

Ending

New Mystery of the Emblem

Renewed Prince

Accounts are conflicted about Michalis after the war. Some said he ruled over Macedon once again, while others claimed he departed to conquer another continent.

Non-Canon Appearances

Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Michalis is illustrated in the trading card game Fire Emblem 0 Cipher with the following cards:

B04-047R

Choose Your Legends Placement History

Round	Placement	Character Version	Votes

CYL1	407	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon	354
	473	Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	256
CYL2	288 ↑119	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon	764 ↑410
	424 ↑49	Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	376 ↑120
CYL3	231 ↑57 (From highest)	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	992 ↓148 (From combined)
CYL4	272 ↓41	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	489 ↓503
CYL5	245 ↑27	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	354 ↓135
CYL6	224 ↑21	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	413 ↑59
CYL7	221 ↑3	Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem	243 ↓170

CYL8

263 ↓42

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light/Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem/New Mystery of the Emblem

192 ↓51

Trivia

• Strangely, in New Mystery of the Emblem, Michalis cannot wake Maria from Gharnef's hypnotism, despite Michalis spending the entire war searching for Maria, as he feels rescuing her is the only way he can repent of his sins, and if he isn't recruited, he tells Marth to tell Minerva to rescue Maria in his place before he dies. When Minerva later wakes Maria, she immediately inquires about Michalis, and Minerva hesitates before telling Maria that he's alright. It is revealed in a Base Conversation between Michalis and Kris that Michalis intended to leave Macedon after saving Maria. He had concluded that he had lost the right to speak to Maria and that only Minerva deserved to speak to her after her rescue.
• His portrait in the original NES version is an edited version of Navarre.
• In Fire Emblem Fates Japanese version, Percy's wyvern is named after Michalis.
• Michalis makes a cameo appearance on Minerva's Pegasus Knight card in Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher).
• Michalis is the first character in Heroes to have an early bird Grand Hero battle. Despite only Japan getting word of this, everyone around the globe participated and any goals the app had were accomplished. In total, 54,666 people played the early bird version of the map and 13,415 cleared the map on Lunatic difficulty. The highest goal set for players was 50k and clears on lunatic was 5k.
• In Fire Emblem Heroes, Michalis shares his English voice actor, David Vincent, with Male Avatar from Fire Emblem Awakening.
• In Fire Emblem Heroes, Michalis' Grand Hero Battle map is based on Shadow Dragon Chapter 22.
• The correct pronunciation of Michalis is "Mick-Ay-Liss". This is according to his younger sister Maria's voice lines in "Fire Emblem Heroes".
• At the time, Michalis's long hair could have been seen only outside of any game content, most notably the manga, with his hair being long at least below his chest. In Heroes, his hair reach his waist.

Gallery

See main article: Michalis/Gallery.