Aed Desert

The landscape of the Aed Desert.

“	It's no wonder people now refer to the Aed Desert as the desert of death.	”	— Lewyn

The Aed Desert (Japanese: イード砂漠 Yied Desert) is a desert covering the center-east of Jugdral. It is bordered by Grannvale to the east, Isaach and Silesse to the north, and the Munster District and Miletos to the south. Largely inhospitable and harboring only a small few settlements, for centuries it was the primary haunt of the exiled Loptr Church, making it exceptionally dangerous to travel through.

History

Following the Loptrian Empire's downfall, the Loptr Church and other prominent former members of the Empire retreated into hiding within the Aed Shrine, living there for centuries to avoid persecution; Lewyn theorized that this trapped experience came to corrupt their descendants who would otherwise have been normal people.. For most of their existince in hiding in the Shrine, the Loptrians kept their presence a secret.

In Grann 760, the Aed Desert experienced two prominent skirmishes. The armies of Grannvale marched on the western region of the desert and occupied the city of Phinora in their efforts to close in on Silesse to arrest the fugitive Sigurd; while the armies of Lombard and Andrey set up in Silesse's Lubeck Castle, a Velthomer army led by Vaha occupied Phinora as a base of operations, with Meteor wielding Velthomer mages posted atop the desert's cliffs to bombard Sigurd's army as they passed. Sigurd's army successfully defeated Vaha's forces, liberated Phinora and continued on to Grannvale itself. Meanwhile, in the desert's south, Prince Quan of Leonster, his wife Ethlyn, daughter Altena and a group of Leonster's Lanceritter knights marched toward the north, seeking to reinforce Sigurd; however on their way through the desert, they were ambushed by a detachment of Thracia's army led by Travant and assaulted, an event known as the Aed Massacre. Hindered by the desert sands, Quan's group was quickly slaughtered, leaving behind only Altena, who was adopted and taken away by Travant.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Belhalla and the ascension of Arvis to the Grannvale throne, the Loptrian inhabitants of the Aed Shrine began to emerge and unofficially had full rein of the entire desert itself. Loptrian mages took to wandering the desert, preying on innocent travellers, leading to numerous disappearances; One of their presumed victims was Lachesis of Nordion, who disappeared after departing the Munster District to find her son Diarmuid in Isaach; her route would have taken her through the Aed Desert, making this her most likely fate according to Diarmuid.

In Grann 777, the Isaach liberation army led by Seliph crossed the eastern region of the Aed Desert en route to the Munster District to provide reinforcements for Seliph's cousin Leif; at the same time, Isaach's Prince Shannan and the thief Patty/Daisy were fighting at the Aed Shrine after stealing the Balmung, Shannan's birthright, back from it. Seliph's group joined up with Shannan and cleared out the Loptrian occupation of the Aed Shrine, then moved on to fighting at Dahna and Fort Melgen.

Notable locations in the Aed Desert

Dahna

Main article: Dahna

Dahna is a fortress city, considered a sacred site to the people of Grannvale as the place where the Miracle of Dahna occurred during the era of the Loptrian Empire.

Aed Shrine

The Aed Shrine is a temple in the desert's north-east which has long housed the Loptr Church in hiding from the downfall of the Loptrian Empire; every known Loptrian active in Jugdral presumably grew up in the Shrine. In the aftermath of the Grannvale-Isaach war, the divine blade of Isaach, Balmung, was hidden in the treasury of the Aed Shrine as a trophy. It is theorized by August that the Aed Shrine is also used to house the petrified victims of Veld and other Loptrians wielding the Stone spell, and that these captives may include survivors from the Battle of Belhalla.

Phinora

A city located in the north-west of the Aed Desert. It was used by the Velthomer army under Vaha as a staging point in their fight against Sigurd.

Gameplay

The Aed Desert is present in two chapters of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War: its western half is part of Chapter 5 as Sigurd's army crosses it to return to Grannvale, and the eastern half comprises the bulk of Chapter 7, depicting Seliph's army's liberation of the Aed Shrine and quest to reach Leonster.

Genealogy of the Holy War castle data (Chapter 7)

Combatants and castles
Army	Commander	Affiliation	Units	Castles	Guardian	Notes
Seliph's	Seliph	Player	11+8	Rivough	--	Home castle
Aed	Kutuzov	Enemy	20	Aed	Kutuzov	The cliffs south of the castle become sands once Aed is seized.
Dahna	--	Other	6	Dahna	--	• The border guards move to block off Dahna Castle once Aed is seized. • The enemy army appears once Melgen is seized.
	Bramsel	Enemy	23+∞		Bramsel
Melgen	Ishtore	Enemy	22	Melgen	Ishtore	• The Melgen army appears once Aed has been seized. • The gates around Ulster are lowered when Melgen is seized.
--	--	Partner	--	Leonster	--	The only facility that can be used is the Blacksmith.
Ulster	Bloom	Enemy	18+21+∞	Ulster	Bloom	Additional forces appear once Melgen is seized.

Castle facilities

Vendor Arena enemies

	Name	Cost
	Iron Sword	1,000
	Iron Sword	1,000
	Steel Sword	3,000
	Iron Blade	2,000
	Flame Sword	10,000
	Iron Lance	1,000
	Iron Lance	1,000
	Iron Lance	1,000
	Slim Lance	3,000
	Iron Axe	1,000
	Steel Axe	3,000
	Hand Axe	3,000
	Steel Bow	3,000
	Fire	3,000
	Heal	5,000
	Heal	5,000
	Recover	15,000

No.		Name	Class	Lv	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Inventory
1	File:Ma snes02 fighter enemy.gif	Tolstoy	Fighter	1	36	8	0	3	10	0	8	0	Iron Axe Hand Axe
2		Boshimas	Mage	4	30	0	8	7	7	0	1	6	Thunder
3		Kruge	Lance Knight	7	37	9	0	8	8	0	8	0	Steel Lance Javelin
4	File:Ma snes02 myrmidon enemy.gif	Manstein	Myrmidon	10	40	10	1	13	13	0	8	1	Iron Sword
4		Cassim	Hunter	10	40	10	0	3	10	0	8	1	Steel Bow
5		Heppner	Knight	13	53	12	1	8	6	0	13	1	Steel Lance Javelin
6		Randock	Warrior	16	56	15	0	9	16	0	14	4	Silver Axe Steel Bow
7		Wolf	General	19	59	15	1	11	10	0	17	4	Silver Blade Steel Bow

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Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Aed Desert	From dialogue in Fire Emblem Heroes.
English (unofficial)	Yied Desert	Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776 fan translations.
Spanish	Desierto de Aed	Desert of Aed; from Heroes.
French	Désert d'Aed	Desert of Aed; from Heroes.
German	Wüste von Aed	Desert of Aed; from Heroes.
Italian	Deserto di Aed	Desert of Aed; from Heroes.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Deserto de Aed	Desert of Aed; from Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	伊多沙漠	Yied Desert; from Heroes.

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Aed Desert from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  The western Aed Desert, plus parts of Silesse and Grannvale, as depicted in Chapter 5 of Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  The eastern Aed Desert, plus parts of the Munster District, as depicted in Chapter 7 of Genealogy of the Holy War.