Credits: FEA 2ch strategy wiki, shadowofchaos (images)
Returning Locations
Talys isle never gets old… or does it?
Due to various reasons, a number of chapter maps are based on maps from previous games in the series.
| Awakening | Original |
|---|---|
| Paralogue 2: The Secret Seller | Chapter 4: Dance in the Skies (Genealogy of the Holy War) |
| Paralogue 6: A Man for Flowers | Chapter 4, Duma’s Gate (Gaiden) |
| Paralogue 18: The Dead King’s Lament | Chapter 1: The Grustian Expedition (Mystery of the Emblem) |
| Paralogue 20: A Hard Miracle | Chapter 1, Ram Valley (Gaiden) |
| Xenologue: Champions of Yore (all parts) | Chapter 1: Marth Embarks (Shadow Dragon) |
| Xenologue: Lost Bloodlines (all parts) | Prologue: Birth of the Holy Knight (Genealogy of the Holy War) |
| Xenologue: Smash Brethren (all parts) | Final Chapter: Light (Blazing Sword) |
| Xenologue: Rogues and Redeemers (all) | Chapter 8: Despair and Hope (Path of Radiance) |
The Children’s Birthdays
With the exception of Morgan, all of the children are born on the Japanese release date of a Fire Emblem game.
| Character | Birthday | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Lucina | 20th April | Dark Dragon and Sword of Light Path of Radiance |
| Yarne | 14th March | Gaiden |
| Severa | 21st January | Mystery of the Emblem |
| Cynthia | 14th May | Genealogy of the Holy War |
| Kjelle | 29th September | BS Fire Emblem |
| Gerome | 1st September | Thracia 776 |
| Nah | 29th March | Binding Blade |
| Laurent | 25th April | Fire Emblem (GBA) |
| Noire | 7th October | The Sacred Stones |
| Brady | 22nd February | Radiant Dawn |
| Inigo | 7th August | Shadow Dragon |
| Owain | 15th July | Heroes of Light and Shadow |
Rather fittingly for the player’s child, Morgan’s birthday is the same day as Children’s Day (May 5th in Japan).
Ancient Text I
The Knights of Iris book reveals that there is a set of translatable ancient glyphs in the game.
Image from Omoteura Blog and slightly edited
According to the designers, there are carvings on the Falchion that read “sniamer llits erutuf eht tsol si esle lla nehw”, which when reversed produces an English sentence.
Similarly, the Fire Emblem has a number of carvings, which read:
“White flame orb holy light
Black flame orb dark night
Blue flame orb starry heavens
Red flame orb lifeblood
Green flame orb mother earth”
The text is a direct reference to the five holy orbs from Marth’s games, e.g. Lightsphere, which are now known as “White Flame” etc. in the Japanese version.
Ancient Text II
The ancient Tellius text, which appears in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, can be found surrounding the game’s various magical spells (thanks to Airship Cannon for the findings).
In particular, the text is apparently most clear when casting Valflame (shown above).
For those curious about what the text says: sadly, it appears to be just garble and is the same text that appears alongside Radiant Dawn‘s spell animations (texture A | texture B).
The Mystery Continents
If you’ve played the game, you’ve probably seem them: three mysterious landmasses found to the very north, south and south-west of the world map.
The continent south of Ylisse
Most fans believe these are probably continents from previous games in the series, e.g. Jugdral, Elibe, Magvel and/or Tellius.
However, if you thought of analysing the mysterious continents in detail, to try and play continental match up, then it seems you’re out of luck.