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{{Group Infobox | {{Group Infobox | ||
|name=Eight | |name=Eight Legends | ||
|image | |image=[[File:FERK EightGenerals.jpg|200px]] | ||
|caption=Artwork of the Eight Legends from {{title|The Blazing Blade}}. | |||
|caption | |||
|leader=[[Hartmut]] | |leader=[[Hartmut]] | ||
|size=8 members | |size=8 members | ||
|type=Group of warriors | |type=Group of warriors | ||
|purpose=To banish the [[dragon]]s from [[Elibe]] and end [[The Scouring]] | |purpose=To banish the [[dragon]]s from [[Elibe]] and end [[The Scouring]] | ||
|appearances=* {{title|The Binding Blade}} | |appearances=*{{title|The Binding Blade}} | ||
* {{ | *{{title|The Blazing Blade}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Eight | {{Quote|Once, dragon fought man in a war called the Scouring... Mankind vanquished the dragons thanks to the efforts of eight heroes. These eight mighty generals brought peace to Elibe.|Opening narration of [[Taking Leave|Chapter 11E]], {{FE7}}}} | ||
The '''Eight Legends''' or '''Eight Generals''' (Japanese: {{hl|八神将|Hasshinshō}} ''Eight Divine Generals'') were eight powerful [[human]] warriors who fought in [[the Scouring]] in [[Elibe]], leading the forces of mankind in banishing the [[dragon]] race from the face of the continent. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Late in the conflict, when the [[ | Late in the conflict, when the [[legendary weapons]] were created to efficiently combat the [[dragon]]s, eight of the warriors judged to be the most powerful in the human forces were chosen to wield them; these eight came to be known as the "Eight Generals" or "Eight Legends".<ref>{{Cite|'''Jahn:''' However, the humans soon found out about the demon dragon. They concluded that their numbers were not enough to defeat us. They focused their efforts into forging weapons that would pierce our scales. They are what you humans call the legendary weapons.<br>'''Roy:''' That much I know...<br>'''Jahn:''' The strongest human warriors were chosen to wield their newly crafted weapons.|[[Jahn]] and [[Roy]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref> Led by [[Hartmut]], the Generals travelled to the [[Dragon Sanctuary]] in what would later become Bern and launched an assault upon it and its dragon occupants, wielding the legendary weapons. In this battle, the immense power of the legendary weapons and of the dragons reacted to each other and caused the [[Ending Winter]], forcing the dragons to take [[manakete]] form. Human legends would later falsely claim that the Winter was caused by dragons alone, and that the Generals and the legendary weapons fixed it.<ref>{{Cite|'''Jahn:''' They came and attacked this sanctuary. However, the immense power of the weapons clashing with our own power... It caused something none of us had anticipated.<br>'''Roy:''' What happened?<br>'''Jahn:''' The laws of nature started to collapse. Snow began to fall in summer. Stars shone in the middle of day...<br>'''Roy:''' You mean it caused the Ending Winter? I thought it occurred because the dragons released vast amounts of energy...<br>'''Jahn:''' Is that how your legends go?<br>'''Roy:''' The power of the legendary weapons were used to restore order to nature. That's what I learned.<br>'''Jahn:''' So in other words, we were the cause of everything bad that happened. How typical of you humans. But the truth is as I said.|[[Jahn]] and [[Roy]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref> | ||
Even with the dragons forced into the weaker forms and rendered helpless, the Generals nonetheless pressed the assault, mercilessly slaughtering the manaketes; [[Jahn]] was among these manaketes and escaped with only a deep wound inflicted by one of the Generals.<ref>{{Cite|'''Jahn:''' When the order of nature collapsed, we dragons suffered the most. With nature weakened, we could not maintain our dragon forms. And so, we sealed our power into gemstones and took human form.<br>'''Roy:''' The dragonstones...<br>'''Jahn:''' Yes. We were utterly powerless against the humans. In human form, we were even more feeble than the humans themselves. The humans took the opportunity to slaughter us.<br>'''Roy:''' Why did you choose the form of humans? Why not some other shape?<br>'''Jahn:''' In the new order of nature, the human form required the least energy to transform into. The Eight Legends mercilessly crushed us as we were helpless in our human form. I too suffered deep wounds.|[[Jahn]] and [[Roy]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref> When they ventured into the Sanctuary, they found [[ | Even with the dragons forced into the weaker forms and rendered helpless, the Generals nonetheless pressed the assault, mercilessly slaughtering the manaketes; [[Jahn]] was among these manaketes and escaped with only a deep wound inflicted by one of the Generals.<ref>{{Cite|'''Jahn:''' When the order of nature collapsed, we dragons suffered the most. With nature weakened, we could not maintain our dragon forms. And so, we sealed our power into gemstones and took human form.<br>'''Roy:''' The dragonstones...<br>'''Jahn:''' Yes. We were utterly powerless against the humans. In human form, we were even more feeble than the humans themselves. The humans took the opportunity to slaughter us.<br>'''Roy:''' Why did you choose the form of humans? Why not some other shape?<br>'''Jahn:''' In the new order of nature, the human form required the least energy to transform into. The Eight Legends mercilessly crushed us as we were helpless in our human form. I too suffered deep wounds.|[[Jahn]] and [[Roy]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref> When they ventured into the Sanctuary, they found [[Idunn]] in manakete form, who transformed into her [[demon dragon]] form and engaged them in battle; she was struck down by Hartmut wielding the [[Binding Blade]], which reacted to Hartmut's hesitance and failed to kill her. Afterward, at Hartmut's insistence, the Generals created a sanctuary in which to seal her away using the Binding Blade and [[Fire Emblem (item)|Fire Emblem]]. | ||
With the war over, the Generals went their separate ways in the now-peaceful Elibe. Most of them formed a new nation in some corner of the continent, and they all enshrined their legendary weapons in a hidden location to attempt to prevent their immense power from being misused; [[Bramimond]] placed a powerful magical seal upon all of the weapons from his new home, the [[Shrine of Seals]], preventing their use without him lifting the seal. By [[Fire Emblem | With the war over, the Generals went their separate ways in the now-peaceful Elibe. Most of them formed a new nation in some corner of the continent, and they all enshrined their legendary weapons in a hidden location to attempt to prevent their immense power from being misused; [[Bramimond]] placed a powerful magical seal upon all of the weapons from his new home, the [[Shrine of Seals]], preventing their use without him lifting the seal. By [[Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade|980 years later]], Bramimond and [[Athos]] were the only Generals still alive; Athos assisted the [[Lycia]]n lords [[Eliwood]], [[Hector]] and [[Lyn]] in fighting [[Nergal]], a former friend of Athos who intended to summon and control dragons for his own personal use, and to this end persuaded Bramimond to lift the seal upon the legendary weapons so they could be used against Nergal. After Nergal's death and that of the three dragons he managed to summon, Athos himself died from exhaustion, and Bramimond also passed within twenty years. | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
{| | {| class="members" | ||
| | | style="border-top-left-radius: 10px; width: 100px" | [[File:FEHT v09c33 hartmut.png|50px]] | ||
| style="width: 100px" | [[File:Portrait roland fe07.png]] | |||
| style="width: 100px" | [[File:FERK Barigan.png|90px]] | |||
| style="width: | | style="border-top-right-radius: 10px; width: 100px" | [[File:Portrait durban fe07.png]] | ||
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| style=" | | '''[[Hartmut]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Eckesachs}}<br>{{Item|6|Binding Blade}}<br>Founder of [[Bern]]</small> | ||
|- | | '''[[Roland]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Durandal}}<br>Founder of [[Lycia]]</small> | ||
| '''[[Barigan]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Maltet}}<br>Founder of [[Ilia]]</small> | |||
| | | '''[[Durban]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Armads}}<br>Founder of the<br>[[Western Isles]]</small> | ||
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| [[File:FERK Hanon.png|50px]] | |||
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| [[File:Portrait athos fe07.png]] | |||
| [[File:Portrait bramimond fe07.png]] | |||
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| style="border-bottom-left-radius: 15px" | '''[[Hanon]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Mulagir}}<br>Founder of [[Sacae]]</small> | |||
| '''[[Elimine]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Aureola|image=aureola fe06}}<br>{{Item|6|Staff of the Saint}}<br>Founder of [[Etruria]]</small> | |||
| '''[[Athos]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Forblaze}}<br>Settled in [[Arcadia (location)|Arcadia]]</small> | |||
| style="border-bottom-right-radius: 15px" | '''[[Bramimond]]'''<br><small>{{Item|6|Apocalypse}}<br>Keeper of the<br>[[Shrine of Seals]]</small> | |||
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==Etymology and other languages== | |||
{{Names | |||
|eng-name=*Eight Generals | |||
*Eight Legends | |||
|eng-mean=The script of {{title|The Blazing Blade}} variously refers to the group by both names; "Eight Generals" is primarily seen in song titles in the [[Sound Room]], while "Eight Legends" is often used in dialogue. "Eight Generals" is also used in {{title|Heroes}}{{'}}s [[Arena Duels|arena rank]] while "Eight Legends" is used in ''Heroes''{{'}} dialogue. | |||
|jpn-name={{h|八神将|Hasshinshō}} | |||
|jpn-mean=Eight Divine Generals | |||
|span-name=*Ocho generales | |||
*Ocho leyendas | |||
|span-mean=*Eight generals | |||
*Eight legends | |||
|fren-name=*Huit Généraux | |||
*Huit légendes | |||
|fren-mean=*Eight Generals | |||
*Eight legends | |||
|ger-name=*Acht Generäle | |||
*Acht Legenden | |||
|ger-mean=*Eight Generals | |||
*Eight Legends | |||
|ital-name=*Otto generali | |||
*Otto Leggende | |||
|ital-mean=*Eight generals | |||
*Eight Legends | |||
|por-name=*Oito generais | |||
*Oito lendas | |||
|por-mean=*Eight generals | |||
*Eight legends | |||
|ch-trad-name={{h|八神將|Bā shén jiāng}} | |||
|ch-trad-mean=Eight divine generals | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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FERK EightGenerals.jpg|Artwork of the Eight Legends from {{title|The Blazing Blade}}. | |||
FEHT v09c33 eight generals.png|Most of the Eight Legends in battle in {{title|Hasha no Tsurugi}}. | |||
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The Eight Legends or Eight Generals (Japanese: 八神将 Eight Divine Generals) were eight powerful human warriors who fought in the Scouring in Elibe, leading the forces of mankind in banishing the dragon race from the face of the continent.
Overview
Late in the conflict, when the legendary weapons were created to efficiently combat the dragons, eight of the warriors judged to be the most powerful in the human forces were chosen to wield them; these eight came to be known as the "Eight Generals" or "Eight Legends".[1] Led by Hartmut, the Generals travelled to the Dragon Sanctuary in what would later become Bern and launched an assault upon it and its dragon occupants, wielding the legendary weapons. In this battle, the immense power of the legendary weapons and of the dragons reacted to each other and caused the Ending Winter, forcing the dragons to take manakete form. Human legends would later falsely claim that the Winter was caused by dragons alone, and that the Generals and the legendary weapons fixed it.[2]
Even with the dragons forced into the weaker forms and rendered helpless, the Generals nonetheless pressed the assault, mercilessly slaughtering the manaketes; Jahn was among these manaketes and escaped with only a deep wound inflicted by one of the Generals.[3] When they ventured into the Sanctuary, they found Idunn in manakete form, who transformed into her demon dragon form and engaged them in battle; she was struck down by Hartmut wielding the Binding Blade, which reacted to Hartmut's hesitance and failed to kill her. Afterward, at Hartmut's insistence, the Generals created a sanctuary in which to seal her away using the Binding Blade and Fire Emblem.
With the war over, the Generals went their separate ways in the now-peaceful Elibe. Most of them formed a new nation in some corner of the continent, and they all enshrined their legendary weapons in a hidden location to attempt to prevent their immense power from being misused; Bramimond placed a powerful magical seal upon all of the weapons from his new home, the Shrine of Seals, preventing their use without him lifting the seal. By 980 years later, Bramimond and Athos were the only Generals still alive; Athos assisted the Lycian lords Eliwood, Hector and Lyn in fighting Nergal, a former friend of Athos who intended to summon and control dragons for his own personal use, and to this end persuaded Bramimond to lift the seal upon the legendary weapons so they could be used against Nergal. After Nergal's death and that of the three dragons he managed to summon, Athos himself died from exhaustion, and Bramimond also passed within twenty years.
Members
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Hartmut Eckesachs Binding BladeFounder of Bern |
Roland DurandalFounder of Lycia |
Barigan MaltetFounder of Ilia |
Durban ArmadsFounder of the Western Isles |
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Hanon MulagirFounder of Sacae |
Elimine Aureola Staff of the SaintFounder of Etruria |
Athos ForblazeSettled in Arcadia |
Bramimond ApocalypseKeeper of the Shrine of Seals |
Etymology and other languages
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The script of The Blazing Blade variously refers to the group by both names; "Eight Generals" is primarily seen in song titles in the Sound Room, while "Eight Legends" is often used in dialogue. "Eight Generals" is also used in Heroes's arena rank while "Eight Legends" is used in Heroes' dialogue. |
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八神将 |
Eight Divine Generals |
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八神將 |
Eight divine generals |
Gallery
Artwork of the Eight Legends from The Blazing Blade.
Most of the Eight Legends in battle in Hasha no Tsurugi.
References
- ↑ "Jahn: However, the humans soon found out about the demon dragon. They concluded that their numbers were not enough to defeat us. They focused their efforts into forging weapons that would pierce our scales. They are what you humans call the legendary weapons.
Roy: That much I know...
Jahn: The strongest human warriors were chosen to wield their newly crafted weapons." — Jahn and Roy, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - ↑ "Jahn: They came and attacked this sanctuary. However, the immense power of the weapons clashing with our own power... It caused something none of us had anticipated.
Roy: What happened?
Jahn: The laws of nature started to collapse. Snow began to fall in summer. Stars shone in the middle of day...
Roy: You mean it caused the Ending Winter? I thought it occurred because the dragons released vast amounts of energy...
Jahn: Is that how your legends go?
Roy: The power of the legendary weapons were used to restore order to nature. That's what I learned.
Jahn: So in other words, we were the cause of everything bad that happened. How typical of you humans. But the truth is as I said." — Jahn and Roy, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - ↑ "Jahn: When the order of nature collapsed, we dragons suffered the most. With nature weakened, we could not maintain our dragon forms. And so, we sealed our power into gemstones and took human form.
Roy: The dragonstones...
Jahn: Yes. We were utterly powerless against the humans. In human form, we were even more feeble than the humans themselves. The humans took the opportunity to slaughter us.
Roy: Why did you choose the form of humans? Why not some other shape?
Jahn: In the new order of nature, the human form required the least energy to transform into. The Eight Legends mercilessly crushed us as we were helpless in our human form. I too suffered deep wounds." — Jahn and Roy, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
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