Moulder (Japanese:モルダMulder) is apriest ofFrelia who appears inFire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. KingHayden of Frelia sends him with PrincessEirika's army, along withGilliam andVanessa, to assist the Princess in her search forEphraim. As a priest, he is quite serious and righteous.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Role

Moulder first appears in the ending scenes ofChapter 1. After Eirika decides to enterGrado territory,Hayden sadly states that he cannot spare many soldiers to aid her.^[1] However, he does send three Frelian vassals to help, namely Moulder,Gilliam, andVanessa.

DuringChapter 2 Moulder assistsRoss by healing his injuries. Afterwards, Moulder remains with Eirika's forces for the remainder of theWar of the Stones.

Starting stats and growth rates

Priest Level 3 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 1, automatically at the end of the chapter StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 20 Luck 1 Magic 4 Defense 2 Skill 6 Resistance 5 Speed 9 Constitution 9 Movement 5 Aid 8 Max HP 70% Luck 20% Magic 40% Defense 25% Skill 50% Resistance 25% Speed 40% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Heal Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
Bishop	+3	+2	+1	+0	+0	+3	+2	+2	+1	Slayer	+40, D
Sage	+4	+1	+0	+0	+0	+3	+3	+2	+1	--	C, D

Analysis

Moulder joins the army as aPriest in Chapter 2 with solid bases, including 20 HP and 9 speed, preventing him from being doubled by most early-game enemies and allowing him to survive at least one hit. He has C rank in staves at base, allowing him to reach A rank quite easily and use theWarp staff obtained inChapter 15, as well as use many other useful staves.

Moulder's promotion toBishop gives him 40 additional staff experience, making it easier to get to A rank and S rank staves. It also gives him D rank in light magic andSlayer, which gives all his attacks effectiveness against monsters, which are plentiful in the later chapters of the game. By comparison,Sage offers similar stat boosts (though he notably gains one less point of magic), but grants C rank in anima magic instead of staff experience and Slayer, and also gives him a D in light. Bishop is the preferable promotion for Moulder thanks to the extra staff experience. Both Slayer and C anima are less important as Moulder prefers using staves to fighting, but while Sage only offers the combat bonus Bishop helps him out in both combat and staff utility.

TheGuiding Ring Moulder needs to promote is very competitive inThe Sacred Stones; in addition to Moulder,Artur,Lute,Natasha,L'Arachel, andEwan all need one to promote. Moulder will likely reach promotion level before Natasha, L'Arachel, and Ewan, and can gain Slayer upon promotion unlike Lute, L'Arachel, or Ewan. However, as he cannot fight enemies and staves provide little experience, Moulder will not level up quickly; as such, he gains little from not promoting as soon as he could.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Role

Moulder is playable as aSpotPass character, released in theThe Sacred Stones character set. Moulder is also present as an enemy in thesecond andthird installments of theSmash BrethrenDLC series.

Starting stats and growth rates

Priest Level 14 Movement 5

Recruitment:SpotPass, hire him for 7,400 G or defeat him in a battle StatsGrowth RatesCap Modifiers Max HP 32+5 Speed 15 Strength 8 Luck 5 Magic 12 Defense 6 Skill 16 Resistance 13 Max HP 75% Speed 50% Strength 45% Luck 45% Magic 45% Defense 40% Skill 65% Resistance 35% Speed ±0 Strength +1 Luck −3 Magic −1 Defense +2 Skill +4 Resistance ±0 {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Physic* Miracle Healtouch HP +5 Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- C

Reclassing options

Moulder Base classes:* Priest War Monk Sage Reclass options: This unit can reclass to any male class available through reclassing.

Growth rates when reclassed

Promotion stat gains

ArcherBarbarianCavalierDark MageWyvern RiderFighterKnightMageMercenaryMyrmidonPriestTacticianThief

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sniper	+4	+2	+1	+4	+3	+0	+5	+3	+1	--
Bow Knight	+8	+3	+0	+2	+4	+0	+1	+2	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Berserker	+8	+5	+0	+2	+3	+0	+2	+1	+1	--
Warrior	+6	+4	+0	+5	−1	+0	+4	+3	+1	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Paladin	+7	+3	+1	+2	+2	+0	+3	+6	+1	--
Great Knight	+8	+5	+0	+1	−1	+0	+7	+1	+0	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sorcerer	+5	+1	+3	+2	+1	+0	+3	+3	+1	--
Dark Knight	+7	+3	+2	+4	+2	+0	+5	+1	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Wyvern Lord	+5	+4	+0	+2	+2	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Griffon Rider	+3	+2	+0	+4	+4	+0	+0	+3	+1	--

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Warrior	+8	+4	+0	+3	+2	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Hero	+2	+0	+1	+6	+5	+0	+4	+3	+1	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
General	+10	+4	+0	+3	+2	+0	+4	+3	+1	E
Great Knight	+8	+3	+0	+2	+3	+0	+3	+1	+3	E E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Sage	+4	+1	+3	+2	+3	+0	+2	+2	+1	E
Dark Knight	+9	+4	+1	+3	+1	+0	+7	+2	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Hero	+6	+3	+1	+3	+3	+0	+3	+3	+1	E
Bow Knight	+8	+3	+0	+2	+3	+0	+1	+2	+3	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Swordmaster	+4	+3	+1	+2	+3	+0	+2	+3	+1	--
Assassin	+5	+4	−1	+4	+2	+0	+1	+0	+1	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
War Monk	+8	+5	+2	+2	+2	+0	+5	+0	+1	E
Sage	+4	+1	+4	+3	+3	+0	+3	−1	+1	E

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Grandmaster	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+0	+2	+2	+1	--

Class	HP	Str	Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Weapon level
Assassin	+5	+5	+0	+7	+4	+0	+3	+1	+1	E
Trickster	+3	+1	+4	+4	+3	+0	+1	+5	+1	E

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Skill set

Like all male bonus units inAwakening, Moulder has access to all base class and advanced class skills available to standard male units.

Personality

Moulder is a wise, righteous priest. He is always willing to help others in many situations. For example, he coaches Colm on self-righteousness and reflection on one's actions.^[2] As a priest, he has come in contact with many people, and he can determine what sort of person someone is very well.^[3] He cares a lot about those around him and acts as a sort of father. However, he takes his duty so seriously that he even forgets about his own birthday.^[4]

Little is known about Moulder's life. He says that Vanessa reminds him of himself twenty years ago. Also, he was present at KingHayden's coronation ceremony, carrying the king's crown.^[5] He was quite nervous when someone shouted, "Get ahold of yourself, man!" This caused Moulder to almost drop the crown.^[6] The next day, he and Gilliam met and became close friends,^[7] and have been for a "decade and a half".^[8] This places the beginning of Gilliam's service at fifteen years before the start of the game, in year 788, with the game starting in the year 803.

Supports

Main article:Moulder/Supports

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Endings

Moulder, Wise Counselor
After the War of the Stones, Moulder continued to serve the royal family of Frelia. His wisdom served to guide King Innes as it had served King Hayden before him.

Quotes

Death quote

Battle quotes

The Sacred Stones

Awakening

Flavor text

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

314

Moulder The Sacred Stones

635

CYL 2 (2018)

422

Moulder The Sacred Stones

384 (−251)

CYL 3 (2019)

416 (+12)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

361 (−23)

CYL 4 (2020)

482 (+23)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

211 (−150)

CYL 5 (2021)

431 (−51)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

174 (−37)

CYL 6 (2022)

297 (−136)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

323 (+149)

CYL 7 (2023)

324 (+27)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

181 (−142)

CYL 8 (2024)

334 (+10)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

177 (−4)

CYL 9 (2025)

354 (+20)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

136 (−41)

CYL 10 (2026)

250 (−104)

Moulder The Sacred Stones

142 (+6)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	2,724

Trivia

• Moulder is one of the few characters to lack special endings, along with others such asKnoll.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Priest Sage Bishop Staff Anima,light Staff Light,staff

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Moulder fromThe Sacred Stones.

Battle animations

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  Moulder attacking withmagic as aSage inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Moulder performing acritical hit with magic as a Sage inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Moulder attacking withlight magic as aBishop inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Moulder performing a critical hit with light magic as a Bishop inThe Sacred Stones.

Portraits

• 
  Portrait of Moulder inAwakening.

Cipher artwork

• 
  Bonus artwork featuring Moulder.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.