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*[[Blood of Pride|Chapter&nbsp;6]] <small>(''The Blazing Blade'')</small>

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'''Araphen''' is one of the marches of [[Lycia]] in {{FE6}} and {{FE7}}. This powerful march—only second to [[Ostia]]—is located in the west of Lycia, north from [[Pherae]], and it is the nearest march to [[Sacae]].

In ''The Blazing Blade'', Araphen is a calm land that has enjoyed a strong and long friendship with [[Caelin]] for years. However, this friendship is jeopardized due to its marquess' hatred of Sacaean people; almost twenty years before the game's events, he had fallen in love with [[Hausen|Marquess Caelin]]'s daughter, [[Madelyn]], but she eloped with a Sacaen man.   

In ''The Binding Blade'', Lord [[Hector]] of Ostia calls for a war council in this march, given its strategic location. Before they can rise an army, though, they are attacked and soundly defeated by [[Bern]]'s dragon units. It is unknown how many marquesses died in this attack.  

The only known ruler of Araphen features in ''The Blazing Blade''. His destiny twenty years later is unknown; however, taking into account the defeat suffered by Lycia in the first chapters of ''The Binding Blade'', it is very likely that he was killed.  

{{CharPlaceHdr}}

|portrait=[[File:Portrait marquess araphen fe07.png]]

|char=Marquess{{h|*|No name given}}

|description=Marquess of Araphen.

|game={{title|The Blazing Blade}}

}}

|portrait=[[File:Portrait rath fe07.png]]

|char=[[Rath]]

|description=A Kutolah mercenary and the current captain of Marquess Araphen's guard.

|game={{title|The Blazing Blade}}

|portrait=[[File:Portrait chad fe06.png]]

|char=[[Chad]]

|description=An orphan of mixed blood who has sworn revenge on Bern.

|game={{title|The Binding Blade}}

|portrait=[[File:Portrait lugh fe06.png]]

|char=[[Lugh]]

|description=An orphan who has sworn revenge on Bern. Raigh's twin brother.

|game={{title|The Binding Blade}}

|portrait=[[File:Portrait raigh fe06.png]]

|char=[[Raigh]]

|description=A wandering shaman in training. Lugh's twin brother.

|game={{title|The Binding Blade}}

{{CharPlaceFtr}}

|eng-mean=Araphen was one of [[wikipedia:Attica|Attica]]'s [[wikipedia:Deme|''deme'']] in Ancient Greece. A temple to [[wikipedia:Artemis|the goddess Artemis]] was located there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0006%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DH%3Aentry+group%3D1%3Aentry%3Dhalai-araphenides|title=HALAI ARAPHENIDES Attica, Greece.|site=The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites|retrieved=December 12, 2011}}</ref>

|jpn-name={{h|アラフェン|arafen}}

|jpn-mean=Officially romanized as '''Araphen'''.

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Map fe06 castle araphen.png|Castle Araphen in ''The Binding Blade''.

Map fe07 araphen.png|Around Castle Araphen in ''The Blazing Blade''.

Map fe07 araphen outskirts.png|Outskirts of Araphen in ''The Blazing Blade''.

[[Category:Locations in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade]]