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Scias
サイアス Saiasu
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Portrait SciasFace1 Sprite
Sprite SciasSprite
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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Playable Characters
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