Velthomer

Velthomer

Capital Castle Velthomer Government Duchy; part of Grannvale Continent Jugdral

“	The lords of House Velthomer wield the power of fire, as bestowed upon them by the Goddess of Fire, Fjalar.	”	— A Silesse villager

Velthomer (Japanese: ヴェルトマー Velthomer) is one of the six duchies of the Kingdom of Grannvale. It is located in the north-east corner of Grannvale, near the border with the Aed Desert and north-east of the capital Belhalla. It was founded in the year 649, shortly after the fall of the Loptrian Empire, by Fjalar of the Twelve Crusaders alongside Grannvale itself and its other duchies; its ruling family are her descendants and possess his holy bloodline, permitting them to wield the holy fire tome Valflame. As with the other duchies, House Velthomer commands their own elite squadron of knights: the Rot Ritter, an army of fire mages.

History

Around the years Grann 736-738, House Velthomer experienced internal familial turmoil. At the time, the state was ruled by Duke Victor, a notorious drunkard and philanderer who nonetheless had a wife, Cigyun. Despite constant news of Victor's abuse of and philandering toward countless mistresses and the news of Victor raping one of her closest attendants, Cigyun nonetheless remained with him until she had an extra-marital affair with Kurth, Grannvale's prince. Upon learning of this, Victor denounced the pair in a final message and committed suicide, causing Cigyun to flee Grannvale. With Victor's death, rule of Velthomer fell to his seven-year-old son, Arvis, who successfully retained hold of Velthomer's leadership with Kurth's behind-the-scenes support.

By Grann 757, Arvis had been assigned the role of leader of the Weissritter in Belhalla, tasked with the care of the ailing king Azmur while the armies of Grannvale were at war with Isaach. In Grann 760, as part of the plan to "fight" the alleged traitor Sigurd's return to Grannvale, the Rot Ritter under Aida and the Friege army under Reptor used Velthomer Castle as their last line of defense, only for Aida and the Rot Ritter to turn on Reptor as per Arvis's plan and assist Sigurd in killing Reptor's army, after which Aida led Sigurd to the capital to be received by Arvis and the Rot Ritter, leading to the Battle of Belhalla.

Through marriage to Deirdre, Arvis became Grannvale's emperor, departing Velthomer; at some point in the intervening years, in an effort to thwart his Loptous-possessed son Julius, Arvis hid the Book of Naga in the treasury of Velthomer Castle in a box whose key was bound to Deirdre's circlet, for later use by its sole remaining potential wielder, Julia. At the conclusion of the war, the Velthomer throne was ascended by Saias, Arvis's illegitimate son and full-blooded heir.

Characters from Velthomer

Genealogy

Genealogy of the House of Velthomer
Fjalar ┏ ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ ┇ ┇ ┇ ┇ Unnamed maid ══ Victor ══ Cigyun ══ Kurth ┇ ┃ ┃ ┃ Bloom ══ Hilda Azelle Aida ══ Arvis ══ Deirdre ══ Sigurd ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ ┏━━━━━━┻━━━━━━┓ Saias ┏━━━━━━┻━━━━━━┓ ┃ Ishtore Ishtar ═══════════ Julius Julia Seliph
An unbroken line indicates direct descent. A dashed line (╍) indicates descent across multiple undefined generations. A double line indicates marriage and/or had children together; italics indicates the spouse from outside the family. Important relatives not directly connected with the Velthomer family are marked in gray.

Gameplay

Velthomer Castle in Chapter 5.

Velthomer Castle is present as a gameplay castle in Chapter 5 and the Endgame in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It acts as the final destination of Chapter 5, albeit with the goal of talking to its NPC guardian, Aida; in the Endgame, it is the penultimate castle, situated on the other side of Belhalla and guarded by Manfroy; while assaulting it is not necessary to complete the game, doing so will allow Julia to be rerecruited and the Book of Naga to be obtained.

Genealogy of the Holy War castle data (Endgame)

Combatants and castles
Army	Commander	Affiliation	Units	Castles	Guardian	Notes
Seliph's	Seliph	Player	23+1	Chalphy	--	Home castle
Edda	Juphiel	Enemy	39+∞	Edda	Juphiel	The ramparts northwest of Chalphy and Edda castles are lowered upon seizing Edda.
Dozel	Brian	Enemy	8+29 +∞	Dozel	Dagon	• The Dozel army appears once Edda has been seized. • The rampart south of Friege is lowered upon seizing Dozel
Friege	Hilda	Enemy	19	Friege	Baran	• The Friege army appears once Dozel has been seized. • The two ramparts east of Friege Castle are lowered once Friege is seized.
Yngvi	Scipio	Enemy	18	--	--	• The Yngvi army emerges once a unit crosses the pass to Friege enters the range of a Friege unit. • The Yngvi army is tied to the Friege castle, and will disappear when it is siezed.
Thracia	Arion	Enemy	6	--	--	• The Thracian army arrives one turn after Friege is seized. • The Thracian army becomes a partner once Altena talks to Arion.
		Partner
Velthomer	Manfroy	Enemy	7	Velthomer	Manfroy	The Velthomer army emerges once Friege is seized.
Belhalla	Julius	Enemy	6+30+∞	Belhalla	Julis	The Loptrians emerge once Dozel has been seized; the Belhalla army emerges once Friege is seized.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Velthomer	Used in Fire Emblem Heroes.
Spanish	Velthomer	As above
French	Velthomer	As above
German	Velthomer	As above
Italian	Velthomer	As above
Portuguese (Brazil)	Velthomer	As above
Traditional Chinese	貝爾特瑪	Velthomer; used in Heroes.

Gallery

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  Map of Grannvale with Velthomer's location marked from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  The coat of arms of Velthomer from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  Velthomer Castle in Chapter 5 of Genealogy of the Holy War.