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This page is about the location. For the chapter of Monshou no Nazo and Shin Monshou no Nazo set in this location, see The Dragon's Altar.
| “ | In front of the towering craggy mountain, a stone bridge. Then, a spiralling stone stairway that seemed to stretch up towards the heavens. From the rough bare rocks, ominous roars and deep breathing can be heard, as if the very mountain itself were alive. The Dragon's Altar... An ancient relic of the old dragonkin. | ” | — Opening narration of Chapter 22, Shin Monshou no Nazo |
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The (竜の祭壇 Dragon's Altar) is a temple situated on top of a mountainin the Wyvern's Dale, located on the border of Dolhr and Macedon. It is the resting place of almost all Earth Dragons, sealed in a permanent sleep underneath the altar by Naga in order to protect the people of Archanea from their destructive and feral behavior.
History
At the conclusion of the war between the Divine and Earth Dragons in the year -740, the Altar was the site where the Divine Dragon leader Naga imprisoned the defeated Earth Dragons, to ensure they provided no further menace to the fledgling human population of Archanea. Using the Shield of Seals she created, Naga placed almost all Earth Dragons in a permanent sleep underneath the Altar[1], then entrusted the guardianship of the site to Medeus, the former Earth Dragon prince and the sole Earth Dragon to become a Manakete[2]. Medeus eventually abandoned the Altar after over a thousand years in order to found Dolhr and seek vengeance against the crimes of humanity; additionally, four hundred years earlier the seal upon the imprisoned Earth Dragons was weakened by the breakage of the Shield of Seals by Adrah, the founder of Archanea. At some point after Medeus's departure, the Altar came to be occupied by an assortment of barbarians and other feral dragons[3].
In the year 608, three years after Medeus's second death, the Dark Pontifex Gharnef and his fellowship of heretic priests occupied the Altar for use in Medeus's resurrection, hypnotising the Altar's assortment of vagabond denizens for use as servants and warriors for their defense[4]. By this time, the imprisoned Earth Dragons had begun to awaken and emerge, centuries after the weakening of the seal by the breaking of the Shield of Seals[5]. However, Prince Marth of Altea had restored the Shield to its complete state, and so travelled to the Altar to prevent Medeus's revival and the release of the Earth Dragons. At the Altar, he and his army engaged Gharnef and Medeus's followers in battle, slew both again and used the Shield of Seals to return the Earth Dragons to slumber.
Characters from the Dragon's Altar
Trivia
Gallery
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Exterior of the Dragon's Altar, from Monshou no Nazo.
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Interior of the Dragon's Altar, from Monshou no Nazo.
Exterior of the Dragon's Altar, from Shin Monshou no Nazo.
Map of the Dragon's Altar's location, from Shin Monshou no Nazo.
Etymology and other languages
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References
- ↑ " And then... the divine dragon Naga, strongest of them all, waged a war for humanity. It was a fierce battle, but Naga emerged victorious in the end, and sealed the earth dragons below Dolhr, in a deep sleep. And so that the power of the seal would not wither, she created the "shield of the five orbs" and placed it in the Fane of Raman." — Xane, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo
- ↑ "Medeus, an Earth Dragon prince, was the only one of his tribe who become a Manakete. And, as ordered by Naga, he guarded the Dragon's Altar." — Xane, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo
- ↑ "Prince Marth, in this altar lurks many savage barbarians and mage dragons long gone mad." — Gotoh, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo
- ↑ "They have fallen under Gharnef's spell and will attack you given the chance." — Gotoh, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo
- ↑ "Even sleeping earth dragons should not awaken for centuries or so." — Gotoh, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo
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