Limstella

Limstella Artwork of Limstella from The Blazing Blade. The strongest of the morphs Nergal created.

Gender Genderless (referred to as female by other characters) Race Morph Family Nergal (creator) Starting class Sage Appearance(s) The Blazing Blade

“	As you wish.	”	— Limstella to Nergal

Limstella (Japanese: リムステラ Limstella) was a powerful morph and sage appearing in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, they were created by Nergal. Nergal claimed that they were his masterpiece, and his most powerful morph.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Limstella is a major antagonist appearing sparingly throughout Fire Emblem's entirety. Serving under Nergal, they collect the quintessence of various Black Fang leaders killed by Eliwood's party.

They also kill Lloyd or Linus, due to them catching on to Nergal's and Sonia's treachery within the Black Fang's leadership.

Their final appearance is in Chapter 30E/32H: Victory or Death, where they are killed, despite being granted with immense power by Nergal shortly beforehand, by Eliwood's, Hector's, and Lyn's combined forces.

Stats

Eliwood & Hector Normal Mode Eliwood Hard Mode Hector Hard Mode

Sage Level 20 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 68 Luck 0 Magic 24 Defense 24 Skill 20 Resistance 27 Speed 17 Constitution 7 Movement 6 Aid 6

Inventory Fimbulvetr Bolting* Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- S -- -- S

Sage Level 20 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 68 Luck 0 Magic 24 Defense 21 Skill 20 Resistance 25 Speed 17 Constitution 4 Movement 6 Aid 3

Inventory Fimbulvetr Bolting Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- S -- -- S

Sage Level 20 Affinity --

Stats Max HP 70 Luck 0 Magic 26 Defense 21 Skill 22 Resistance 25 Speed 18 Constitution 4 Movement 6 Aid 3

Inventory Fimbulvetr Bolting Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- S -- -- S

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• Limstella is erroneously assigned the normal Sage class, instead of the morph variant, in Eliwood and Hector hard modes; this is why their defensive stats and constitution are lower in those modes, as they are hitting the class's defensive stat caps.

Personality and character

Limstella, like most other known morphs, is distant, calculating, and eternally loyal to master and creator Nergal. They do not outwardly express any emotions, and follows Nergal's every command without question.

Limsella conducts interactions with subordinates in a formal and impersonal manner. They keep their tone neutral and states things plainly even when informing others of their failures. Sonia seems to have been the only person to come anywhere close to provoking a reaction from Limstella. If Limstella is present to witness Sonia's death in the conclusion of Night of Farewells, Limstella makes a comment that "Puppets have no essence to harvest."; "puppet" is a rather informal word for Limstella to use, though it is a word Sonia herself would use often when berating morphs.

Limstella may possess some unintended emotional capacity, which can be gleaned from speculation stated by Canas and Renault, as well as their dying words. In particular, they express sorrow during their death. While it is technically ambiguous as to what they are sorrowful about, it is likely to be due to their time in service to Nergal has ended.

Quotes

Battle quotes

“	I will take your life and your essence. All for the sake of my master.	”	— Limstella

Death quote

“	I am not human. This body and this heart are constructs. Yes, as is this sorrow.	”	— Limstella

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Limstella is currently featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Limstella
	Genesis, Limstella
		"I will take your life and your essence. All for the sake of my master."
		Attack: 60	Support: 50	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Sage		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		Life Drain: [Support] Destroy one allied non-Main Character unit, except for the unit currently battling.
	Card #B07-048HN • Artist: cuboon
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Limstella .

Trivia

• Limstella is one of only two bosses in Fire Emblem whose stats differ between the Normal and Hard difficulties in Eliwood's tale, the other being Fargus. In Limstella's case, this is presumably due to an internal oversight in assigning their class.
• In the two leaked Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade prototypes, 0206 and 0219, Limstella has a Fortify staff in their inventory alongside their Bolting and Fimbulvetr tomes in their boss appearance.
• Limstella is the first character in Fire Emblem Cipher to be genderless, owing to their nature as a morph.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Limstella	Aside from the fact that the -stella suffix is generally feminine, uncertain etymology.
French	Limstella	As above
German	Limstella	As above

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Sage Anima Staff*

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  Artwork of Limstella from The Blazing Blade.

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  Artwork of Limstella from Fire Emblem Cipher

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.