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|image=[[File:Is gba ereshkigal.png]]
|image=[[File:Is gba ereshkigal.png]]
|caption=Sprite of Ereshkigal from {{title|Blazing Sword}}.
|caption=Icon of Ereshkigal from {{title|Blazing Sword}}.
|help_text=
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|type=[[Dark (magic)|Dark magic]]
|type=[[Dark (magic)|Dark]]
|first={{FE7}}
|first={{FE7}}
|bearer=[[Nergal]]}}
|bearer=[[Nergal]]}}


'''Ereshkigal''' (エレシュキガル, ''Ereshukigaru'') is the personal [[Dark (magic)|dark tome]] wielded by [[Nergal]] in the final chapter of {{FE7}}. Unobtainable by the player without resorting to game modification, its absence of a weapon level means that should the game be modified to enable its use by the player, any unit can use it and will gain [[weapon experience]] for its use, gaining a [[weapon rank]] in dark magic.
'''Ereshkigal''' (Japanese: {{hover|エレシュキガル|Ereshukigaru}} ''Ereshkigal'') is an enemy-exclusive [[Dark (magic)|dark tome]] which appears only in {{FE7}}. It is the signature weapon of [[Nergal]], the game's main antagonist, and is used by him against the player's army in the [[Light (chapter)|Final Chapter]].


==Stats==
==Stats==
{{WeaponStats
{{WeaponStats
|gameo={{title|Blazing Sword}}
|gameo={{FE7}}
|spriteo=[[File:Is gba ereshkigal.png]]
|spriteo=[[File:Is gba ereshkigal.png]]
|ranko=--
|ranko={{DarkGBA}} --
|mto=20
|mto=20
|wto=12
|wto=12
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|crto=0
|crto=0
|rngo=1-2
|rngo=1-2
|useso=--
|useso=Infinite
|wortho=--
|wortho=Cannot be sold
|wexo=1
|wexo=1
|noteso=--}}
|noteso=--}}


==Locations==
==Locations==
===''Blazing Sword''===
===''Fire Emblem''===
{{ItemLoc1
{{ItemLoc1
|method=Unobtainable
|method=Unobtainable
|data=Exclusively wielded by [[Nergal]].}}
|data=Exclusively wielded by [[Nergal]].}}


==Trivia==
* If Ereshkigal is modified into the game and used against the [[Dragon (Fire Emblem GBA)|dragon]], parts of the spell animation will visually glitch up, as will the body of the dragon and the flame background.  This may be the result of layer conflicts with the more complex combat background used by the dragon.
* Ereshkigal is unusual in that it completely lacks a [[weapon rank]]. This means that if the game is modified to give the player's army a copy, any and every unit in the game is able to use it without further modification and will gain dark [[weapon experience]] from it, which will give them an E rank in dark magic.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ss fe07 nergal casting ereshkigal.png|[[Nergal]] casting Ereshkigal in {{FE7}}.
</gallery>
==Etymology and other languages==
==Etymology and other languages==
{{Names
{{Names
|eng-name=Ereshkigal
|eng-name=Ereshkigal
|eng-mean=The Mesopotamian goddess of the underworld, who came into conflict with fellow god [[Nergal]].<ref>http://www.serenesforest.net/general/mythology3.html</ref>
|eng-mean=[[wikipedia:Ereshkigal|Ereshkigal]] (literally, "queen of the great earth") is the Mesopotamian goddess of the underworld, who came into conflict with fellow god [[Nergal]].
|jap-name={{hover|エレシュキガル|Ereshukigaru}}
|jap-name={{hover|エレシュキガル|Ereshukigaru}}
|jap-mean=
|jap-mean=Ereshkigal
|fren-name=Ereshkigal
|fren-name=Ereshkigal
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|fren-mean=Ereshkigal
|ger-name=Ereshkigal
|ger-name=Ereshkigal
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|ger-mean=Ereshkigal
|span-name=Ereshkigal
|span-name=Ereshkigal
|span-mean=
|span-mean=Ereshkigal
|ital-name=Ereskigal
|ital-name=Ereskigal
|ital-mean=Phonetic simplification of "Ereshkigal".}}
|ital-mean=Phonetic simplification of "Ereshkigal".}}


==Trivia==
{{refbar}}
* If Ereshkigal is modified into the game and used against the [[Fire Dragon]], parts of the spell animation will visually glitch up, as will the body of the Dragon and the flame background.  This may be the result of layer conflicts with the more complex combat background used by the Dragon.
==See also==
 
* [[Naglfar]]
==Gallery==
 
 
{{ref}}
 
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Revision as of 03:46, 6 March 2016

Ereshkigal

Is gba ereshkigal.png
Icon of Ereshkigal from Blazing Sword.

Type

Dark

Wielder(s)

Nergal

First game

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Ereshkigal (Japanese: エレシュキガル Ereshkigal) is an enemy-exclusive dark tome which appears only in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. It is the signature weapon of Nergal, the game's main antagonist, and is used by him against the player's army in the Final Chapter.

Stats

Game Icon Level Might Weight Hit Crit Range Uses Worth WEXP Other effects and notes

Locations

Fire Emblem

Unobtainable Exclusively wielded by Nergal.

Trivia

  • If Ereshkigal is modified into the game and used against the dragon, parts of the spell animation will visually glitch up, as will the body of the dragon and the flame background. This may be the result of layer conflicts with the more complex combat background used by the dragon.
  • Ereshkigal is unusual in that it completely lacks a weapon rank. This means that if the game is modified to give the player's army a copy, any and every unit in the game is able to use it without further modification and will gain dark weapon experience from it, which will give them an E rank in dark magic.

Gallery

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal (literally, "queen of the great earth") is the Mesopotamian goddess of the underworld, who came into conflict with fellow god Nergal.

Spanish

Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal

French

Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal

German

Ereshkigal

Ereshkigal

Italian

Ereskigal

Phonetic simplification of "Ereshkigal".

References

See also

Dark magic
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Long-range tomes Bohr ΧDeath ΓEclipseFenrirMirePetrifyPoison
Tomes with secondary effects Aversa's NightBanshee ΘDark Spikes ΤEclipseHelJormungandLunaNosferatuQuake ΣSwarm ΖWaste
Regalia and personal tomes ApocalypseBalberithEreshkigalGespenstGleipnirGrima's TruthLoptousNaglfar
Monster attacks Crimson EyeDemon SurgeEvil EyeShadowshotStone
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Background characters AenirAeshaAthosBariganBramimondDurbanElimineHanonHartmutHassarKellesMadelynRoland
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