Aureola

Aureola Artwork of Aureola from Heroes. Boosts resistance by 5 pts.

Type Light Wielder(s) Elimine* Athos First game The Binding Blade

Aureola (Japanese: アーリアル Aureole), also known as the Glorious Ascension (Japanese: 至高の光 Supreme Light), is a regalia light tome introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. It is one of the legendary weapons of Elibe, forged to combat dragons in The Scouring, and was wielded by Saint Elimine of the Eight Legends.

History

As with the other eight legendary weapons, Aureola was forged by humans during the Scouring and was entrusted to Elimine, and during battle its power was part of the cause of the Ending Winter. After the war, Elimine enshrined it at the peak of the Saint's Tower in Etruria, on the outskirts of the capital Aquileia, and a seal was placed upon it by Bramimond to prevent human access to it.

When Bramimond released the seal on the legendary weapons to permit Eliwood and Hector to use them to defeat Nergal, Athos collected Aureola from its resting place and brought it it with him to the Dragon's Gate, claiming it contained the ability to pierce Nergal's formidable magical defenses. After Nergal's defeat, Aureola was returned to the Tower.

Twenty years later, after freeing Etruria, Eliwood's son Roy travelled to the Saint's Tower to drive out the turncoat Elimine Church faction occupying it, with Douglas's aid. On capturing the tower, Roy was allowed by King Mordred to take and use Aureola and anything else of use from the tower, for use as the leader of the Etrurian campaign against Bern and its War Dragons.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
The Binding Blade		S	15	9	90	5	1–2	20	Cannot be sold	1	+5 resistance when equipped. Deals bonus damage to dragon units.
The Blazing Blade		S	15	14	90	5	1–2	20	Cannot be sold	0	+5 resistance when equipped. Deals bonus damage to dragon units and Dark Druids.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Aureola)			14	2	400	--	Thoron or Shine	--	✗	Deals bonus damage to red, blue, green, or colorless tome users. Grants +3 resistance. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each to user's attack, speed, and resistance and disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user's defense or resistance during combat. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces after combat.
Heroes (Radiant Aureola)			14	2	400	--	Atlas	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Deals bonus damage against wielders of red, blue, green, and colorless tome skills. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants +5 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance, inflicts −1 special cooldown charge to foe per attack, and disables effects on foe that calculate damage using lower of unit's defense or resistance during combat.

Locations

The Binding Blade

Event

Chapter 16x, end of chapter

The Blazing Blade

Inventory

Athos

Heroes

Aureola

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Guinivere: Princess of Bern

Radiant Aureola

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Guinivere: Queen of Bern

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	Boosts resistance by 5 pts.*	『神将器』　至高の光　魔防＋５
The Blazing Blade	Boosts resistance by 5 pts.	『神将器』　至高の光　魔防＋５
Heroes (Aureola)	Effective against magic foes. Grants Res+3. If unit initiates combat or if unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Res+5 and disables foe's skills that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" during combat. Restores 7 HP to unit and allies within 2 spaces after combat.	魔法特効　魔防＋３ 戦闘後、自分と周囲２マスの味方を７回復 自分から攻撃した時、または周囲２マスに味方がいる時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、魔防＋５、かつ、敵の 「敵の守備か魔防の低い方でダメージ計算」を無効化
Heroes (Radiant Aureola)	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Effective against magic foes. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+5 to unit, deals damage = 20% of unit's Res, reduces damage from foe's attacks by 20% of unit's Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack (only highest value applied; does not stack), and disables foe's effects that "calculate damage using the lower of foe's Def or Res" (excluding when dealing damage with an area-of-effect Special) during combat.	魔法特効 奥義が発動しやすい（発動カウント－１） 敵から攻撃された時、または、 戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが７５％以上の時、 戦闘中、自身の攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋５、かつ 自分が与えるダメージ＋自分の魔防の２０％、 自分が受けるダメージ－自分の魔防の２０％ （範囲奥義を除く）、 敵の奥義発動カウント変動量－１ （同系統効果複数時、最大値適用）、かつ、敵の 「敵の守備か魔防の低い方でダメージ計算」を無効化 （範囲奥義を除く）

Trivia

• Aureola shares its Italian name, Etere, with the Aether skill of later games.
• In the Japanese version of The Blazing Blade, the bonus damage to dragon units when using Aureola is triple (3×) Aureola's might, even though every other anti-dragon weapon has double (2×) the might. This is because it uses a different bonus damage category to include effectiveness against the Dark Druid class.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Aureola	In classical art, an aureola or aureole is a golden radiance surrounding a divine figure depicted in an artwork. The word derives from the Latin aurea "golden".
Japanese	アーリアル	Aureole
Spanish	Aureola	--
French	Auréole	Aureole
German	Aureola	--
Italian	• Etere • Tomo Etere	• Aether; one of the five classical elements and the name of a Greek god. This name is used in The Blazing Blade. • Aether tome; this name is used in Heroes to differentiate it from the Aether skill.
Portuguese	Auréola	Aureole
Simplified Chinese	阿历亚鲁	Aureole; used in the unreleased Chinese localization of The Binding Blade.
Traditional Chinese	亞利艾爾	Aureole

Radiant Aureola

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Radiant Aureola	--
Japanese	至光アーリアル	Climaxing light Aureole; "climaxing light" here is a shortened form of Aureola's epithet "Supreme Light".
Spanish	Aureola radiante	Radiant Aureola
French	Auréole radieuse	Radiant Aureola
German	Helle Aureola	Bright Aureola
Italian	Etere radioso	Radiant Aether
Portuguese	Auréola radiante	Radiant Aureole
Traditional Chinese	至光亞利艾爾	Climaxing light Aureole

Gallery

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  Artwork of Aureola from Heroes.

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  Aureola as it appears in Heroes.

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  Aureola as it appears in Heroes.

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  Radiant Aureola as it appears in Heroes.

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  Radiant Aureola as it appears in Heroes.

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  Elen casting Aureola in The Binding Blade.