Blood Tome

Blood Tome The Blood Tome as it appears in Heroes.

Type Green tome Wielder(s) Lyon First game Heroes

Blood Tome (Japanese: 魔王の血書 Demon King's Blood Book) is a weapon skill in the green tome category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; it is a personal weapon of the fallen variation of Lyon. When a foe uses a 2-range weapon, Blood Tome reduces the damage the foe deals with area-of-effect specials and regular attacks, and grants weapon triangle advantage against foes that are also colorless.

Stats

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (refine: Unrefined)			14	2	400	--	Rexcalibur	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If foe uses bow; dagger; red, blue, green, or colorless tome; or staff, foe's area-of-effect specials deal −80% damage (except from Røkkr specials) and foe's attacks deal −50% damage, and if foe is colorless, grants weapon triangle advantage to user and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on foe.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If foe's range = 2, foe's area-of-effect specials deal −80% damage (except from Røkkr specials). If user initiates combat or foe's range = 2, grants +5 attack to user, inflicts −5 attack on foe, user deals +⁠(user's resistance × 20%) damage, and foe's attacks deal −50% damage. If user initiates combat or foe's range = 2, and if foe is colorless, grants weapon triangle advantage to user and inflicts weapon triangle disadvantage on foe. At start of turn, grants Cancel Affinity (If unit has weapon triangle disadvantage, reverses weapon triangle advantage for 1 turn) to user. At start of turn, inflicts −7 each to attack and resistance and Triangle Adept (If unit has weapon triangle advantage, grants +20% attack through their next action; if unit has weapon triangle disadvantage, inflicts −20% attack through their next action) on closest foes within 5 spaces of user and enemies within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +5 attack to user, inflicts −5 attack on foe, user makes guaranteed follow-up attack, and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user initiates combat or is within 1 row or column of an ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and user deals +7 damage during combat, and if user's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantees foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. For allies within 1 row or column of user, grants +5 each to attack and speed during combat, and if ally's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user initiates combat or is within 1 row or column of an ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and user deals +7 damage during combat, and if user's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantees foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. For allies within 1 row or column of user, grants +5 each to attack and speed during combat, and if ally's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user initiates combat or is within 1 row or column of an ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and user deals +7 damage during combat, and if user's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantees foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. For allies within 1 row or column of user, grants +5 each to attack and speed during combat, and if ally's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user initiates combat or is within 1 row or column of an ally, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user and user deals +7 damage during combat, and if user's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantees foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. For allies within 1 row or column of user, grants +5 each to attack and speed during combat, and if ally's speed > foe's speed, neutralizes effects that guarantee foe's follow-up attacks or prevent user's follow-up attacks during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

Availability

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Lyon: Demon King

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Unrefined)	Grants Atk+3. If foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff, reduces damage from area-of-effect Specials by 80% (excluding Røkkr area-of- effect Specials) and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 50%, and if foe is also colorless, grants weapon-triangle advantage to unit and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on foe.	攻撃＋３ 敵が弓、暗器、魔法、杖の時、 受けた範囲奥義のダメージを８０％軽減 （巨影の範囲奥義を除く）、かつ、 戦闘中、受けた攻撃のダメージを５０％軽減 敵が弓、暗器、魔法、杖、かつ無属性の時、 自分は３すくみ有利、敵は３すくみ不利となる
Heroes (Refined)	Grants Atk+3. If foe's Range = 2, reduces damage from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by 80%. If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2, grants Atk+5 to unit, inflicts Atk-5 on foe, deals damage = 20% of unit's Res (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage from foe's attacks by 50% (excluding area-of-effect Specials). If unit initiates combat or foe's Range = 2 and if foe is colorless, grants weapon-triangle advantage to unit and inflicts weapon-triangle disadvantage on foe.	攻撃＋３ 敵が射程２の時、受けた範囲奥義のダメージを８０％軽減 （巨影の範囲奥義を除く） 自分から攻撃した時、または、敵が射程２の時、 戦闘中、自身の攻撃＋５、敵の攻撃－５、 自分が与えるダメージ＋魔防の２０％（範囲奥義を除く）、 自分が受けた攻撃のダメージを５０％軽減 （範囲奥義を除く） 「自分から攻撃した時、または、敵が射程２の時」、 かつ、敵が無属性なら、 自分は３すくみ有利、敵は３すくみ不利となる
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	At start of turn, grants【Cancel Affinity】to unit. At start of turn, inflicts Atk/Res-7 and 【Triangle Adept】on closest foes within 5 spaces of unit and any foe within 2 spaces of those foes through their next actions. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk+5 to unit, inflicts Atk-5 on foe, unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack, and inflicts Special cooldown charge -1 on foe per attack during combat (only highest value applied; does not stack). 【Cancel Affinity】 If unit has weapon-triangle disadvantage, reverses weapon-triangle advantage granted by foe's skills for 1 turn. 【Triangle Adept】 If unit has weapon-triangle advantage, boosts Atk by 20% through its next action, and if unit has weapon-triangle disadvantage, reduces Atk by 20% through its next action.	ターン開始時、自分に【相性相殺】を付与 ターン開始時、自分の周囲５マス以内にいる最も近い 敵とその周囲２マス以内の敵の 攻撃、魔防－７、【相性激化】を付与 （敵の次回行動終了まで） 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら、 戦闘中、自身の攻撃＋５、敵の攻撃－５、 自分は絶対追撃、 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） 【相性相殺】 相性不利の時、敵スキルによる３すくみ激化を反転 （１ターン） 【相性激化】 ３すくみ有利だと、さらに攻撃＋２０％ ３すくみ不利だと、さらに攻撃－２０％ になる状態異常（敵の次回行動終了まで）

Trivia

Fomortiis attacking with Ravager in The Sacred Stones.

• The Blood Tome's animation references Fomortiis's Ravager weapon in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Blood Tome	--
Japanese	魔王の血書	Demon King's Blood Book
Spanish	Grimorio atroz	Atrocious grimoire
French	Tome sanglant	Bloody tome
German	Blutbuch	Bloodbook
Italian	Tomo sanguigno	Blood tome
Portuguese	Tomo de sangue	Tome of blood
Traditional Chinese	魔王血書	Demon king blood book

Gallery

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  The Blood Tome as it appears in Heroes.

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  The Blood Tome as it appears in Heroes.

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  Lyon: Demon King attacking with the Blood Tome in Heroes.