Welcome to the fourth weekly recap for Series 18 of the Fire Emblem Cipher card game, “Oratorio of Embarkation”. As a reminder, this year’s 2nd expansion will include characters from Three Houses, The Sacred Stones and Awakening.
On Monday, the official Twitter account revealed a pair of cards for Ferdinand von Aegir, who’s always trying to make a name for himself within the Black Eagle house. His first card shows him as a Noble, while his second card is when he’s a seasoned Paladin.
On the next day, we were treated to a dazzling pair of cards of L’Arachel, the evil-smiting princess of Rausten. Her first card is her as a Troubadour, while her second card is a SR+, depicting her as a Valkyrie with the sacred tome Ivaldi.
Halfway through the week, we got a singular card of Hilda, from the Golden Deer house. Was she too lazy to submit a second card of herself? Anyway, this is her as a Brigand.
Now for a something a little… different. On Thursday, they shared cards of Kiria and her mirage Tharja from Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. This is pretty cool timing since they recently announced a port for the Switch. I think the reason she’s here is to represent the Awakening faction.
Also, yes, she is wearing a cat costume. Apparently this is something from the actual game (sorry, I’ve yet to play it despite owning a copy!).
The final reveal of this week was Lysithea, the child prodigy of the Golden Deer house. It seems the poor Blue Lions got shafted this week… Her first card is her as a Noble, while her second card is a SR, where she’s donned the Warlock outfit.
Besides the card reveals, on 21st September at 20:00 (Japan time), the Cipher team will be holding the Series 18 pre-release livestream. You’ll be able to watch it via NicoNico or YouTube.
The special guests are Yūsuke Kobayashi (the voice of male Byleth) and Hibiku Yamamura (the voice of Rinea). Hmm, I wonder if they’ll comment about Rinea’s recent inclusion in Heroes? As usual, we’ll endeavour to cover the contents of the livestream soon after it’s aired.
