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Line 5: Man fought dragon in a savage war that shook the foundations of their world. This war was called The Scouring. Defeated and humbled, dragons vanished from the realm. In time, man rebuilt and spread his dominion across the land and on to the islands beyond. [[Time Skip\|A thousand years have passed]] since those dark days ended.''~~\|Opening of ''Blazing Sword''}}~~ \|Opening of ''Blazing Sword''}} The sixth and seventh games in the ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series, comprising its third canon and timeline, and being the first to be completely separate from its predecessors. It was this canon which was both responsible for sparking interest among western gamers, then actually following through by being the franchise's international debut. It was also the first set of games to come following the departure of series creator Shouzou Kaga. * '''''Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals'''''<ref>also ~~translated~~known as ''The Binding Blade'' insince ''[[Super Smash Bros Brawl]]''</ref> ([[Game Boy Advance]], 2002) stars Roy, ''Fire Emblem'''s other representative in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'', as he attempts to repel the invading forces of Bern. The game received a mixed reception among fans, as it was forced to drop (due to technological constraints) many of the complexities the series had picked up on consoles, and the characters lacked depth in the opinion of some players (The objective for every level is to move Roy to the enemy boss's space). The unit balance is also highly questionable, with wild imbalance between units and even good characters have growth rates low enough the [[Random Number God]] can make or break a unit. It did, however, introduce the super-popular "[[Relationship Values\|Support]]" feature, which allows characters to build their relationships by spending a lot of time together in battle and remains a big draw for the series. * '''''Fire Emblem: The Blazing ~~Sword'~~Blade''''<ref>released as just ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' in the west, but near-universally called by its Japanese name or by its number for the sake of differentiation</ref> ([[Game Boy Advance]], 2003) was the franchise's international debut and the beginning of it finally averting [[No Export for You]]. A [[Prequel]] to ''Sword of Seals'', it stars Roy's father, Eliwood, as he investigates the disappearance of his own father with his friends Hector and Lyn, leading them to clash with a brotherhood of assassins called the Black Fang. This game remains a favorite of many western fans because it features lots of level variety, balanced units, one of the longer quests of the Western released games, ~~and~~continuing ~~features~~the support system but with stronger characterization, and a large amount of replay value. Rounding out the Elibe canon was a 12-volumes manga adaptation, ''Fire Emblem: Champion's Sword''<ref>commonly known just by its untranslated Japanese name, ''Hasha no Tsurugi''</ref>. It revisits and slightly modifies the plot of ''Sword of Seals'' through the point of view of four original characters exclusive to this manga, Al, Tiena, Gant and Kilmar. They help Roy and his troops in the war against Bern, while on their own quest: searching for the [[McGuffin\|Fire]] [[Title Drop\|Emblem]]. Line 16 ⟶ 17: ---- {{tropelist}} === ''~~Sword~~Binding ~~of Seals~~Blade'' provides examples of: === * [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: {{spoiler\|King Zephiel}}, to a lesser extent Murdock. * [[Badass Adorable]]: Fa, also known as [[Fan Nickname\|Fazilla]]. Her dragon form is ridiculously cute, and she attacks by sneezing flame breath on her enemies. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GieU2L0qmRM&feature=related So cute!] Line 22 ⟶ 23: * [[Black Magician Girl\|Black Magician Boy]]: Lugh is a walking firestorm with a juvenile smile. * [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Saul. * [[Civil Warcraft]]: Roy must fight a ''lot'' of rebellions so the plot can showcase each country's unique unit preferences. This reaches a point four times as many levels have Roy fighting someone other than his nominal enemy of Bern. * [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: The first thing Zephiel does when he reaches Lycia is lead a direct assault on Lycia's main army, going ''personally'' with two of his best generals to make sure Hector doesn't make it out alive. The result being that Lycia is very nearly defeated by Bern days after the two go to war. * [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Rei and Sophia. * [[Different As Night and Day]]: Rei and Lugh, respectively. The former sports a snarky grin and has a reputation for being cold and heartless, whereas the latter is kind and cheery. Both are potent [[Black Mage\|magic users]] though. * [[Expy]]: [http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x198/pvpnk8/FE6and11comparison.png This is a rather good example], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130917140411/http://www.serenesforest.net/general/relation.html as is this]. * [[Faking the Dead]]: It is revealed that {{spoiler\|Zephiel}} did this after a failed assassination attempt in order to turn the tables on his would-be murderer, {{spoiler\|King Desmond}}. This event is alluded to in the epilogue of ''Blazing Sword''. {{spoiler\|Prince Mildain of Etruria did likewise.}} * [[The Grotesque]]: Years of mistreatment had led Gonzales to genuinely think he's a monster, as he'd been rejected by villagers and used by his lord as a mindless pile of muscles only good for spreading havoc, until Lilina saw through his [[Gentle Giant\|scary exterior]]. A rare [[Subverted Trope\|subversion]] of [[Beauty Equals Goodness]] in the series. Line 38 ⟶ 40: * [[Luck-Based Mission]]: Hard Mode. The early chapters can be terminated easily, if you don't like having your characters dead. * [[The Ojou]]: Clarine, the daughter of an Etrurian noble, is haughty and pretty loud about her sense of refined beauty and how none of those uncouth plebeians could hope to compete with her marvelous brother. * [[Rebellious Prisoner}}: Clarine is introduced flat out ''laughing'' at her captor's lack of grace and fashion sense, seemingly unconcerned with her imprisonment. She's only saved from a horrendous fate because the arrival of Roy's army delays her captor's retaliation ''and'' a mercenary in her captor's service opens her cell due to rejecting his employer's plan to side with Bern. ** If the Ilia route is played (which almost everyone does given [[Scrappy Level\|the nature of the Sacae route]]) [[Widow Witch\|Niime]] is first seen taken prisoner by Bern and ordered to use a spell tome for them. She repeatedly warns her captor she can't guarantee what it will do, and when he insists the spell she's forced to cast winds up backfiring, freezing the rivers that were slowing the advance of Roy's army instead of causing a rainstorm that would slow their advance even further. When threatened over this, she notes that she ''did'' warn him this could happen. When Roy's forces slay her captor, it's implied she did this on purpose. * [[Roar Before Beating]]: A Brigand class character will let out a deafening roar before landing a critical blow. As they usually tend to be monstrous powerhouses only kept in check by their [[Unskilled but Strong\|notorious inaccuracy]], you know [[Oh Crap\|this is not going to be pretty]]. * [[Royal Rapier]]: [[Alliteration\|Roy's rapier.]] === ''Blazing ~~Sword~~Blade'' provides examples of: === * [[An Axe to Grind]]: Hector's collection of awesome axes. * [[Another Side, Another Story]]: Hector Mode * [[Artificial Stupidity]]: An example where it's actually exploitable by the player. The enemies are programmed to pick on weaker foes - so during the chapters where you have a set of third-party allies on the map who're ''always'' weaker than your characters (and usually unable to do more than simply [[Cherry Tapping\|cherry tap]] the enemies at best) the AI will prioritize them. * [[Badass]]: Line 122 ⟶ 126: [[Tagalong Kid]]: Nils [[The Sixth Ranger]]: {{spoiler\|Athos}} }} * [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: A few turns after your arrival to the Dread Isle you'll meet up with the Pegasus Knight Fiora, who in her pain after having lost her wingmates, tries to perform one of these. If you don't send out her sister Florina to convince her to stop and join the crew, she'll fight your enemies until either she dies or the stage is done. * [[Forced Tutorial]]: ''Blazing ~~Sword'~~Blade', the first game in the series released outside Japan, contained "Lyn's Tale", an unskippable ten-chapter prologue to the main quest that [[Exposition Break\|explained the game's mechanics in excruciating detail]], complete with forced moves and luck manipulation. Japanese veterans of the series were none too pleased with it (though linking the game to ''Sword of Seals'' allowed you to skip the tutorials), and western players who had read the manual routinely curse it as well. Later games made the tutorials optional, and replaying Lyn's quest in "Hard Mode" allows the player to ignore the tutorials (though you lose Sain's dialog to a female tactician), with the option to skip Lyn's mode entirely (not recommended, but possible). * [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Many characters are the parents of people who appear in ''Sword of Seals'', yet were never mentioned by their kids. To handle this, the [[Where Are They Now]] epilogue mentions several characters were killed offscreen in between games. [[Doomed by Canon]] indeed. ** [[Memetic Mutation\|Canas was killed by continuity errors!]] Line 130 ⟶ 135: * [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Normally, the series has the characters' bust shots talking to each other, but in Fire Emblem 7, this actually makes the ''most'' sense. Most of the time... it's actually as if you're viewing it from a character who's standing ''right there''... '''and you are.''' You're viewing it from the Tactician's point of view. This explains why they sometimes look ''towards'' the screen and address you. ** Also, Marcus. In ''Fire Emblem 7'', he's actually not a bad fighter and is a [[Crutch Character]] who fits the Oifey stereotype better (a pre-promoted unit who actually maintains usefulness throughout the game.) In ''Fire Emblem 6'', he's practically Jagen incarnate. [[Fridge Brilliance]]? In ''Sword of Seals'', he's ''much'' older. In 7 he's as much in his 40's, which would make him '''at least''' 60 in 7... and considering the stress of being a high-ranked member of the military, he may be even older than the average male in these days. * [[Game Mod]]: The 7th game is wildly popular for [[ROM Hack]]s, receiving several entirely original campaigns while the rest of the series (bar ''Sacred Stones'') rarely gets more than translations and balance tweaks. * [[Gay Option]]: [[Yaoi Fangirl\|Some]] [[Yuri Fan\|people]] see quite a few of these, such as Legault for Heath, Kent for Sain, Florina for Lyn, etc. Interestingly, despite the common pairing of Raven/Lucius, Lucius possesses a rather cute ''het'' option with Serra as well (though no common ending). The same could be said for all the other pairings listed getting ''straight'' options. Regardless, the game, even outside of supports, strongly has hints of Raven/Lucius and Lyn/Florina, which is why those two pairings are the two most popular pairings regarded by [[Yaoi Fangirl\|the]] [[Yuri Fan\|fans]]. * [[Genki Girl]]: Subverted with Serra, who acts genki but is more of a [[Stepford Smiler]]. Rebecca is more of the real deal. Line 163 ⟶ 169: * [[Non-Indicative Name]]: With a moniker like "The Blazing Blade," you would expect Durandal to be a [[Flaming Sword]]; it isn't. * [[Nostalgia Level]]: Several chapters in ''Blazing Blade'' take place at the same location as a chapter in ''Sword of Seals.'' To wit: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612044518/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/14.PNG Chapter 14 of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter4.png Chapter 4 of Fire Emblem 6] (Laus) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612044015/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/23A.PNG Chapter 23 (Lloyd) of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter2.png Chapter 2 of Fire Emblem 6] (Bern/Pherae border) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612044350/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/27.PNG Chapter 27 of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter21.png Chapter 21 of Fire Emblem 6] (The Shrine of Seals) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612044601/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/28.PNG Chapter 28 of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter8x.png Chapter 8x of Fire Emblem 6] (Durandal's cavern) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612043914/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/30H.PNG Chapter 30 (Hector mode) of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter12x.png Chapter 12x of Fire Emblem 6] (Armads' cavern) [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612044255/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/29.PNG Chapter 29 of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter8.png Chapter 8 of Fire Emblem 6] (Inside Castle Ostia) ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612044826/http://serenesforest.net/fe7/map/29x.PNG Chapter 29x of Fire Emblem 7]: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/NomadicTrooperGirl/VASM/Chapter7.png Chapter 7 of Fire Emblem 6] (Outside Castle Ostia) * [[Our Dragons Are Different]] * [[Plot Armor]]: Important non-lord characters will retreat when defeated rather than die, though they remain unusable for the rest of the game. In ''Blazing Sword'', this also applies to Bartre and Karel, since they're still around in ''Sword of Seals''. Line 197 ⟶ 203: * [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler\|"The ice dragon there... The beast slaughtered by your hand... That is Ninian. The girl you loved."}} * [[You Bastard]] / [[Take That, Audience!]]: If you play with a Tactician in ''Blazing Sword'' and get an E or D ranking overall, several characters on the Battle History screen will say something along the lines of either "What were you thinking?", "You need more practice", or just flat out say "You suck" (though [[Jerkass\|some units]], namely Karel and Jaffar, will say things like this even if you [[Dude, Where's My Respect?\|played decently]] and [[Do Well, But Not Perfect\|got a C or B rank]]). And the ending notes that future historians were baffled at how you led Eliwood and co. to victory with [[Scrub\|'such incomprehensible']] strategies. * [[You Have Failed Me...]]: The Black Fang has such a policy. Jaffar goes so far as to ''berate the girl who saved his life'' for failing to adhere to this policy and nursing him back to health. (And yet he pretty much decides to pull a [[Last Stand]] for her a few stages later.) ** This was actually [[Defector From Decadence\|the reason why]] {{spoiler\|Legault}} left the Fang, since he had to {{spoiler\|kill an [[Action Girl]] from the group because she was crippled.}}