Ancient Letters
- Not to be confused with the ancient language of Tellius or the Ancient Texts of Fates.
Ancient Letters is a term to refer to a particular script appearing on Ylisse and Valentia. More specifically, it appears in Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. This script is not currently known to have appeared on Archanea, only Valentia, during Marth's time.
History
The origins of the Ancient Letters are unclear. They are not acknowledged by characters during the events of the game. They may bear some connection to the dragon tribes, almost always being featured on dragon-connected weapons or magic.
Legend
A legend that can be used to decode most instances of Ancient Letters was provided in The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening, a Fire Emblem series art book featuring concept artwork and notes. Similar to the implementation of ancient language in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and the Ancient Texts in Fire Emblem Fates it is a simple cipher based on the English alphabet. It lacks distinct uppercase and lowercase letters.
Appearances
Falchion
The Falchion as it appears in Fire Emblem Awakening features Ancient Letters inscribed into it. The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening provides a closer look:
“ | sniamer llits erutuf eht tsol si esle lla nehw | ” | — Falchion |
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This is an English sentence backwards, when reversed it becomes the legible:
“ | when all else is lost the future still remains | ” | — Falchion (translated) |
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Fire Emblem
The Awakening appearance of the titular Fire Emblem also features Ancient Letters.
The inscriptions describe the respective orb that goes into each slot.
“ | white frame orb[sic] holy light | ” | — Top center |
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“ | black frame orb[sic] dark night | ” | — top left |
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“ | blue frame orb[sic] starry heavens | ” | — top right |
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“ | red frame orb[sic] lifeblood" | ” | — bottom left |
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“ | green frame orb[sic] mother earth | ” | — bottom right |
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World map (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)
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The entirety of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia's world map is labeled in Ancient Letters.
Silver Sword (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)
According to Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia concept artwork and character artwork from Fire Emblem Heroes, Valentian Silver Swords are typically inscribed with Ancient Letters.
Unlike other instances of Ancient Letters, this set when deciphered becomes a Greek phrase.
“ | Doma o theos tou polemou prostatevei ton ploiarcho tou spathiou | ” | — Silver Sword |
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When translated, it becomes:
“ | Doma, God of war protects the master of this sword | ” | — Silver Sword (translated) |
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Warp circles (Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia)
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Geirskögul
The Brave Heroes variant of Lucina features Ancient Letters on her personal weapon Geirskögul.
Unlike previous uses of Ancient Letters these are slightly different from the standard set, though these could just be from artist error or a previously unknown contingency involving two of the same letter being side-by-side.
“ | animeprojectsubcess | ” | — Geirskögul |
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The phrase is typically interpreted as "anime project success" though it is unclear what this implies, if anything.
Gallery
- FEH Tobin 03.png
Artwork of Tobin from Heroes; note the Ancient Letters on his Silver Sword.
Artwork of Lucina: Brave Princess from Heroes; note the Ancient Letters on Geirskögul.
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