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Let's Talk About Ninian & Nils from FE7

Hi all! In this post, we shall discuss the Children of Destiny, Ninian and Nils! First of all, their background.
(Info. from Fire Emblem Wiki)

Ninian is a quiet, sweet, and polite dancer and the older sister of Nils, a teenage bard.

Ninian and Nils' lineage was half-human, but also half-dragon, their father speculated to be, ironically, the antagonist Nergal, and their mother an ice dragon knownas Aenir, kidnapped during the Scouring. Nergal decide to search for her, but left explicit instructions to the infant Ninian and Nils to return to pass through the Dragon's Gate after a period of time, should he not return. Ninian and Nils waited, but Nergal never returned, and they passed through the Dragon's Gate in their dragon forms, losing most of their memories, excluding some including their missing mother, which Ninian kept as a silver ring known as Ninis' Grace as a memento. They eventually settled in Paradise, but longed for Elibe, their birthplace. Thus, when they received an oppurtunity to return through the Dragon's Gate and back to the human realm, they quickly cooperated and passed through the Gate, losing most of their quintessence and being forced to revert to their human forms.

Now, for their stats. Ninian and Nils are dubbed the best Dancer/ Bard in the Fire Emblem games. This is because they have an interesting background and have very good growth rates, with the exception of their Strength and Skill, like all other Dancers and Bards. They have great HP, Speed, Luck and Resistance and have moderately good Defense. As an addition, they can use certain special Dance Rings. Here are the special Dance Rings and what they do:

Ninis' Grace- Raises an ally's Defense and Resistance by 10 for one turn
Filla's Might- Raises an ally's Attack by 10 for one turn
Thor's Ire- Raises an ally's Critical by 10 for one turn
Set's Litany- Raises an ally's Avoid by 10 for one turn

Here are their stat growths:

HP: 85%
Strength: 5%
Skill: 5%
Speed: 70%
Luck: 80%
Defense: 30%
Resistance: 70%
Affinity: Ice

Here are some images showing them in action:

And... THIS IS NINIAN'S POWER!!!

Watch out for the next post! :D

6:57 PM | Category: Ally, Bard, Dancer, FE7, Nils, Ninian | 0 comments

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 Lyndis from FE7

Hi! In this post, I will discuss about this great Fire Emblem girl, Lyndis(or simply known as Lyn)! Lyndis is also dubbed to be a variation of the Myrmidon and the Swordmaster. First of all, her background.

(Thanks to Fire Emblem Wiki for this)

Lonely Origins

Born in the Sacaen Plains, Lyndis's parents, Hassar, chieftain of the Lorca tribe, and Madelyn, daughter of Lord Hausen of Caelin were killed by bandits before the beginning of the FE7 game. She was named after her maternal grandmother. She lives alone until she finds a tactician (the player) lying on the ground. Upon meeting him or her, she decides to follow him or her in the interest of training her sword skills.

A Revelation Worthy of Royalty

Lyndis decides to stop at a nearby town to resupply, but is confronted by a horde of mercenaries led by the brigand Zugu, but they are disposed of by Lyndis and the aid of Sain and Kent, knights of Caelin who tell her that she is the granddaughter of Lord Hausen, the Marquess of Caelin, who wants to welcome her into his home (something he had refused to do when his daughter Madelyn) eloped with a Sacaen "savage").

Ok, that should do for Lyndis's background. For more info., please go to: http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Lyndis/.

Now, for her stat info. Lyndis's Skill, Speed and Luck OWN. Oh yes, she DOES have moderately good Resistance, as well. Her Strength still hurts a lot though, which is why she cannot kill enemies in one turn all the time. Plus, she can use Bows after promotion. Sweet, right?

Here are Lyndis's stat growths:

HP: 70%
Strength: 40%
Skill: 60%
Speed: 60%
Luck: 55%
Defense: 20%
Resistance: 30%
Affinity: Wind

Promotion Gains:

Level 1 Blade Lord
Promotes with Heaven Seal
HP: +3
Strength: +2
Skill: +2
Speed: +0
Defense: +3
Resistance: +5
Con: +1
Mov: +1
Bow Mastery Level +31 Weapon EXP

Battle with Nergal quote:

"The nomads of the plains do not abandon their fellow tribespeople. Eliwood and Hector are my dear friends... Their sorrow is my sorrow. Their anger is my anger. Nergal! In my friends' names, I will cut you down!"

Last but not least, look what Lyndis is capable of doing!

Do watch out for the next post! :)

9:41 PM | Category: Ally, Blade Lord, FE7, Lord, Lyndis, Myrmidon, Swordmaster | 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.

Sonia's Boss Stats

Level 17 Sage
HP: 44
Magic: 19
Skill: 18
Speed: 18
Luck: 0
Defense: 19
Resistance: 23
Mov: 6
Con: 7
Anima Mastery Level A
Sacred Stave Mastery Level A
Starting Items: Bolting, Fimbulvetr, Fell Contract (Droppable Item)

Death Quote:

"It can't be! I'm... perfect... Lord... Nergal... said... so..."

Watch out for the next post! :)

2:55 PM | Category: Enemy, FE7, Morph, Sage, Sonia | 1 comments

Let's Talk About Bartre from FE6 and FE7

Hi again, in this post, I'll be discussing about Bartre.

First of all, let's discuss his background. Bartre appeared in FE7, as one of Eliwood's guardsmen. Duty means everything to him. He has some sort of feud with Karla, but ends up marrying her at the end of the game. In FE6 (20 years after the events of FE7), Bartre and Karla have a daughter, Fir. Sadly enough, Karla passed away due to poor health. Fir runs away from home to hone her sword skill. Bartre has been searching for her ever since. If you take Elphin's version of Chapter 10 & 11, he will be reunited with Fir.

Now, for his stat info. Bartre has got lots of potential to become a deadly Warrior in FE7, but in FE6, ........well, he SUCKS. Maybe it's because he decided to grow an ugly mustache, which is some sort of curse to his growths. He starts out as a Level 1 Fighter in FE7, and a Level 1 Warrior in FE6. Well, that's all there is to say about Bartre.

P.S. (DO train him in FE7, but ignore him in FE6. :) )

Here are his growth rates:

FE6: