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The Binding Blade (Japanese: 封印の剣 Sword of Seal) is a legendary sword of Elibe, exclusively appearing in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. It is one of two swords once wielded by Hartmut of the Elibe's Eight Generals, along with the Eckesachs; it is generally considered one of the legendary weapons of Elibe, but at the same time is considered to be separate from and even more powerful than the other weapons.[1] It was famously wielded by General Roy of Pherae at the climax of the Disturbance of Bern.
History
The Binding Blade was forged in the Scouring for the purpose of fighting dragons, along with the other legendary weapons. Widely acknowledged by both humans and Jahn as being far stronger than the other legendary weapons, it exhibits a wide range of powers: it can generate fire for use in battle, can be used to heal its wielder, can vaguely convey the memories and feelings of its past wielders,[2] and can increase the power of its bearer. Additionally, it reactsto the emotions of its wielder, changing its power and effect accordingly; in the final battle with the Demon Dragon Idenn at the Scouring's climax, it reacted to Hartmut's reluctance to kill Idenn and simply stunned her, and was later used in conjunction with the Fire Emblem to seal her away in the Shrine of Seals.[3]
In the intervening millennium, the Binding Blade was left at the Shrine of Seals, sealed away and completely inaccessible without use of the Fire Emblem: to unlock it, the Fire Emblem must be inserted into a niche in the enshrined blade's pommel.[4] Near the climax of the Disturbance of Bern, one thousand years after the Scouring's end, the Etrurian/Lycian army's General Roy used the Fire Emblem, provided to him by Bern's Princess Guinivere, to unseal the Binding Blade and adopt it for his own use in fighting King Zephiel and the Bern army. Following Zephiel's defeat, Roy used it to again fight Idenn, and with it defeated her while sparing her life, taking her to Arcadia in the hope of seeing her soul restored.
Stats
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
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Locations
The Binding Blade
| Event | Chapter 21/21x, closing cutscene. |
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Roy wields the Binding Blade - here called the Sword of Seals - in Super Smash Bros. Melee. The sword is used in the majority of Roy's attacks, save for some pummel and throwing related attacks, and all of his special moves. The sword retains fire power in many of its attacks, but it cannot heal Roy.
Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi
In the Hasha no Tsurugi retelling of the final battle with Zephiel, Zephiel himself wields the Binding Blade along with Eckesachs. Al and Roy eventually succeed in seizing it away from him and using it against him.
Trivia
- In Awakening, while the Binding Blade itself does not appear, Owain often uses its name as one of his many battle cries referencing earlier games in the series; when gaining weapon experience from an event tile or the barracks, he claims to be receiving his weapon experience boost from practicing the "Secret Art: BINDING BLADE!"
Gallery
Artwork of the Binding Blade from The Binding Blade.
Roy wielding the Binding Blade in The Binding Blade.
Zephiel wielding both Eckesachs and the Binding Blade in Hasha no Tsurugi.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
• Binding Blade |
• As of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Fire Emblem Awakening. |
| English (unofficial) |
• Binding Blade |
• Used in the 2013 revision of the Binding Blade fan translation; in gameplay, the name is contracted to Binding Bld to fit length constraints. |
| Spanish |
Espada de los Sellos |
Sword of the Seals; in Super Smash Bros. Melee. |
| German |
Bindende Klinge |
Binding Blade; as of Fire Emblem Awakening.[5] |
| Italian |
• Spada dei Sigilli |
• Sword of Seals; in Super Smash Bros. Melee. |
References
- ↑ "Roy: Does that mean Eckesachs is the final legendary weapon? I thought it was the Binding Blade.
Elphin: ...The Binding Blade may be on an even higher level than the legendary weapons... It may be its own entity, beyond compare to even the legendary weapons...
Roy: More powerful than the legendary weapons...? What power lies in this sword?" — Roy and Elphin, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - ↑ "...What... are these images...? Are they the Binding Blade's... No, Hartmut's memories...?" — Roy, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
- ↑ "Jahn: Knowing the demon dragon still had to be defeated, they readied their weapons. Idun must have reacted to their attack out of instinct. It changed into dragon form and fought as the soulless war dragons do. Hartmut, however, brandished a blade even more powerful than the legendary weapons.
Roy: The Binding Blade!
Jahn: I don't know what you humans call it, but that must be it. When the blade cut the demon dragon's flesh, it fell unconscious rather than dying.
Roy: Why didn't it slay Idun?
Jahn: The blade has a strange power that reflects the wielder's soul. Hartmut didn't want to kill her, so the Binding Blade reflected that feeling and spared her... He had apparently heard how the demon dragon was formed and felt pity for it. We dragons cannot understand that illogical feeling.
Roy: He pitied her...
Jahn: In his soul, he wished to spare Idun. I personally would never hesitate to eliminate a threat as he did.
Roy: Hartmut's soul changed the sword itself...
Jahn: After persuading the others that it should be spared, Hartmut built a shrine hidden deep in what you now call Bern. There, he bound the demon dragon away using the blade and the Fire Emblem." — Jahn and Roy, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - ↑ "Merlinus: ...I can't seem to draw it from the stone.
Roy: It's sealed in the altar. You must use the Fire Emblem.
Merlinus: Use it? How?
Roy: Princess Guinivere said that it goes in the socket on the hilt..." — Merlinus and Roy, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - ↑ "Geheime Fähigkeit... BINDENDE KLINGE! Hiiiijaaa! ...Ja, die Extra-Übung hilft..." — Owain (German version), Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "L'abilità segreta... LAMA VINCOLANTE! Oh, sì. L'allenamento extra fa effeto!" — Owain (Italian version), Fire Emblem Awakening
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