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{{quote| '''Elphin''': Fa...the name has a unique feel to it. Is it your real name?<br />

'''Fa''': No, Fa's real name is verrry long. But they say that it's a sound that humans can't hear. Fa's the only part that you can. }}

* [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Roy debuted in ]][[Super Smash Bros|Smash Brothers Melee.]] Actually, [[Averted Trope|he did,]] six weeks before ''Sword of Seals'' came out.

* [[No Export for You]]

* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]]: Chapter 19 of ''Blazing Sword''. The whole first half of the game leads up to a showdown with Ephidel, {{spoiler|who then gets [[The Unfought|unceremoniously slaughtered by a dragon]] when the ''real'' [[Big Bad]] makes his intentions and ability known}}.

* [[Doomed By Canon]]: {{spoiler|Nino, Jaffar, and possibly Erk are killed by bounty hunters or are in hiding. Roy's mother is implied to have died giving birth to Roy, meaning this can either be Fiora, Ninian, or Lyndis. Karla dies of illness some time after giving birth to Fir. Canas dies trying to stop a blizzard, and his son is raised by his grandmother - both appear in Fire Emblem 6. Not to mention, the Black Fang. Hector dies onscreen in Fire Emblem 6, and he's actually told that he'll die a violent death for taking Armands. Athos and Bramminond don't make it to 6.}} This has a lesser impact on western players who [[No Export for You|never got Fire Emblem 6]].

** Ursula also makes a short appearance in Lyndis' story, as does Renault towards the middle of the main story. (You don't recruit Renault until very late in the game.)

** Isadora also has a ''very'' brief appearance in the first chapter of Eliwood's story, before he sets out.

* [[Love At First Punch]]: Bartre met his future wife Karla when she beat the crap out of him in an arena, gradually falling for her when they meet again much later.

** Also, Lyndis almost was hit by Hector swinging his axe around and then she told him so. That was the start of their [[Slap Slap Kiss]].

** In ''Blazing Sword'', attempting to defeat Kishuna in "Prisoner of Magic" can be tough. He has an incredible health, good defense, enough Evasion to ensure that ''nobody'' at this point in the game except Lyn, Eliwood, and Guy will have more than a 50% chance to hit him at all, and is a living [[Anti-Magic]] field. He won't fight back, but you have to take out every last hitpoint in a single turn or he'll disappear. While you aren't required to kill him to proceed with the game, you ''do'' have to kill him to reach Chapter 19xx.

*** Even more so trying to kill him in "Genesis", where he retreats as soon as you attack him or open the door to his chamber. (And his position makes him impossible to hit with anything other than a Longbow, though in Hector's Story he at least moves around enough to be within range of a regular ranged weapon.) Thankfully, there's nothing lost if he retreats rather than being defeated.

** Etruria and Bern go to war if you do poorly, but for completely different reasons that have nothing to do with the Tactician. In light of Desmond's tyranny and paranoia and the Tactician's many attacks on Bern troops throughout the game (which had to be done very efficiently for an A or S Rank), and the fact that the Tactician revealed the location of the Shrine of Seals (thitherto a closely guarded national secret of Bern) to the Mage General of Etruria, it's likely that the war mentioned in the "best" ending was started by ''Desmond'' rather than Zephiel.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Hector Hard Mode.

* [[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:

** And even so, neither Murdock nor Eliwood told her that the attempt on Zephiel's life had been ordered by King Desmond; she might not have made her ill-fated decision to make it up to him if she had known about his involvement in the attack.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Sain as Red, Kent as Blue.

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Leila.}}

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Dart lays it out in no uncertain terms that attacking Fargus would be a bad move, and just in case you do, you get hit with a double whammy; not only is Fargus practically a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] (he can be beaten with some tweaking and Arena grinding, though), but if you try to fight him, you get a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] no matter what happens next.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: {{spoiler|Eliwood's supports with three characters (Lyndis, Ninian, or Fiora) can lead to him marrying them and having Roy. Ninian is the only one stated as actually loving him ''without'' having a support conversation. This means that you can ''literally'' have Eliwood fall in love with Fiora or Lyndis ''right in front of Ninian''.}} Eeeeeeeep.

* [[Weather of War]]

* [[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.)