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Let's Talk About Ursula from FE7

Hi! In this post, we shall discuss about one of the main bosses in FE7, Ursula. First of all, her background.

(Thanks to Fire Emblem Wiki for the following information)

It is speculated that Ursula was one of the original members of the Black Fang, her being one of the legendary Four Fangs and also the only Four Fang specialized in magic. She is known as the Blue Crow amongst the Black Fang members. She is seen to be extremely loyal to the founder of the Black Fang, Brendan Reed, and also shows complete devotion to his wife, Sonia, oblivious to the fact that Sonia was manipulating the Black Fang for her master, Nergal. She is first seen in Chapter 7x of Lyndis's story, where she assigned a Black Fang operative, Beyard, to recapture the children of destiny, Ninian and Nils, and to bring them back to her.

She is not seen again until the chapter Four Fanged Offense, where the Four Fangs are assigned to kill the lords Eliwood, Hector, and Lyndis, before they could stop Nergal from manipulating the Black Fang gathering more quintessence for Nergal via Bern, although only Nergal and Sonia are aware of this. The Black Fang were merely deluded into thinking that the three lords were corrupt nobles and had to be stopped. Later, she is seen in another chapter, handing the player a Hammerne staff because, despite her orders to kill the Lycian lords or assist any Black Fang members attempting to kill them, she did not want Vaida to accomplish this.

She is seen in another chapter Battle Before Dawn, where she assigns Jaffar to kill the then Prince Zephiel for King Desmond, and to kill Nino afterward, Sonia finally deeming her worthless. With Nino's intervention, Jaffar is unable to kill either, and Ursula and her assistant, Maxime, along with several Black Fang members, attempt to kill all three. Coincidentally enough, Eliwwod, Hector and Lyndis arrive at the same time, and the three groups clash with one another. Ursula either dies in the battle of fails in killing the lords, Nino, Jaffar, or the prince, and is killed by Limstella for failing in her duties and for extracting for quintessence for Nergal.

She is seen one last time in Light, a morph resurrected by Nergal's magic with the morph legendary weapon, Excalibur. Upon dying one last time, she dies, finding peace.

Now, for her stats. Ursula is not too difficult to kill in Battle Before Dawn, since she wields rather heavy weapons like Elfire and Bolting, and has low HP despite her other well-balanced stats. In Light, Ursula is quite dangerous, with better stats and an extremely powerful weapon (mentioned above).

Here are her stats:

Battle Before Dawn

Level 15 Valkyrie
HP: 36
Magic: 18
Skill: 19
Speed: 22
Luck: 12
Defense: 12
Resistance: 28
Mov: 8
Con: 7
Anima Mastery Level A
Sacred Stave Mastery Level B
Starting Items: Bolting, Elfire

Light

Level 20 Valkyrie
HP: 48
Magic: 24
Skill: 22
Speed: 22
Luck: 0
Defense: 16
Resistance: 25
Mov: 8
Con: 7
Anima Mastery Level S
Sacred Stave Mastery Level A
Starting Items: Excalibur (Droppable Item)

Watch out for the next post!

8:55 PM | Category: Enemy, FE7, Ursula, Valkyrie | 1 comments

Let's Talk About Limstella from FE7

Hi again! In this post, we shall discuss about Limstella from FE7. First of all, her background.

(Info. from Fire Emblem Wiki)

Limstella is the most powerful of the morphs created by Nergal, and ostensibly the most powerful magic-wielding foe in the game other than Nergal himself. It shows few true emotions and is blindly loyal to its master.

Though one might guess that it is compliably without emotion, a few instances where it gives some reason to believe otherwise: in appearing to take a sadistic pleasure in revealing to Sonia, who believes herself human, to be a morph herself; and upon dying, it says: "I am not human; this mind and body are constructs, yes, as is this sorrow."

Overall Limstella seems indifferent to almost everything, even its own death. Doing little to harm the protagonists, or even neutral units (except for a few fallen Black Fang members) until near the end of the game, it seems to lack the same sadistic nature found in the other morphs, like Sonia or Ephidel, and only seeks to harm those who it directly ordered to attack. Strangely, despite being the most powerful morph, Limstella also seems to be the most docile.

Limstella's first priority is to collect the quintessence of the strongest individuals for use by Nergal, and thusly it is shown to harvest the essences of many of the latter boss characters, apparently also having taken the quintessence of Marquess Darin offscreen. Although it is feminine in appearance, Limstella is an asexual entity whose body eventually would have been corrupted by the power of the magic it wielded were it not first defeated in battle, after which it promptly disintegrates into nothing. Completely devoted to its master, Limstella will sacrifice everything for Nergal, even its life.

Nergal claims that Limstella has acquired "perfect power and perfect beauty" before sending it forth to dispatch the protagonists and claim their essences. It is Limstella who reveals its acute awareness of its kind to the protagonists with its dying words, "This body and heart are constructs. Yes, as is this sorrow."

Now, for her stats. Limstella's stats are INSANE, practically. Ever heard of a Sage with insanely high Defense, Resistance, HP, Magic, Skill and Speed all rolled into one ominous cloud? Thankfully, her Luck is a miserable 0, so your units can deal critical blows almost all the time.

Here are her stats:

HP: 68
Magic: 24
Skill: 20
Speed: 17
Luck: 0
Defense: 24
Resistance: 27
Mov: 6
Con: 7
Anima Mastery Level S
Sacred Stave Mastery Level S
Starting Items: Bolting, Fimbulvetr (Droppable item)

Do watch out for the next post! :)

5:23 PM | Category: Enemy, FE7, Limstella, Sage | 0 comments

Let's Talk About Sonia from FE7

Hi again. In this post, we will discuss about Sonia, Nino's evil stepmother. First of all, let's talk about her background. Hm, little is known about her but that she is a morph, a construct of recycled quintessence, and sees the vast majority of humans as inferior, calling them "waste". She has deluded herself into believing that she is human and was actually selected, not created, by Nergal. Like all morphs, she is characterized by dark hair, golden eyes, pale skin, and red lips. Since Sonia fancies herself as a human, unlike her fellow morphs, she holds them in contempt. She can be seen calling Limstella a "puppet" on numerous occasions. She believes herself to be a "perfect being" and says Nergal also said she was perfect. This could indicate that she was Nergal's favorite morph before Limstella was created. It is revealed on the Side Quest where you can fight her that she is the one who killed Brendan Reed, and harvested his quintessence. After the chapter ends and the group leaves, Limstella comes and take the quintessence, leaving Sonia to die slowly of her wounds. Ursula, the Blue Crow, idolizes Sonia, who views Ursula as useless.

Sonia is believed to be Nino's mother for most of the game, until Chapter 26x, when she reveals that she is actually the woman to have killed Nino's parents and wanted Nino killed. Before that time, Nino idolized her "Mother" and wished only to please her into loving her like a normal parent would. Sonia showed complete contempt at this, and always forced Nino into submission from her desires. At the beginning of chapter 26, she promises to "... Hold your hand, brush your hair. Why, I'll even stroke your face..." After then telling Nino to "... Be careful!", she heartlessly tells Jaffar to kill her after killing the then Prince Zephiel.

It can be assumed that the only reason he does not is because of Nino's actions in saving his life on an earlier chapter.

Now, for her stats. Like her fellow morph Limstella, Sonia's stats caps, with regard to Defense and Resistance, are higher than those of a playable female Sage. Both also use a different sprite to show their long hair, whereas Nino, the only playable female Sage in FE7, has short hair, as portrayed by her sprite.