Dark Scripture

Dark Scripture (Japanese: 暗黒の聖書 Holy Book of Darkness) is a weapon skill in the red tome category which debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes; it is a personal weapon of the fallen variation of Julia. When its user is not adjacent to any allies, Dark Scripture reduces the foe's attack and resistance, and guarantees its user a follow-up attack when the foe does not deal bonus damage to dragons.

Dark Scripture Dark Scripture as it appears in Heroes.

Type Red tome Wielder(s) Julia First game Heroes

Stats

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes			14	2	400	--	Fenrir	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If user is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance on foe during combat, and if foe does not deal bonus damage to dragon units, user makes guaranteed follow-up attack.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of any phase, inflicts −7 each to attack and resistance, Sabotage (Inflicts −⁠(highest penalty on stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance), Deep Wounds (Unit's HP cannot be healed through their next action), and "neutralizes non-special 'if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP' effects" on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or user is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance and −4 speed on foe and user makes guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −4 each to attack, speed, and resistance on foe, foe cannot make follow-up attacks, and user deals +⁠(user's resistance × 20%) damage (except with area-of-effect specials) during combat, and if user's resistance > foe's resistance, user takes −⁠([user's resistance − foe's resistance] × 4; maximum: 40)% damage (except from Røkkr area-of-effect specials).
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of any phase, inflicts −7 each to attack and resistance, Sabotage (Inflicts −⁠(highest penalty on stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance), Deep Wounds (Unit's HP cannot be healed through their next action), and "neutralizes non-special 'if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP' effects" on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or user is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance and −4 speed on foe and user makes guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of any phase, inflicts −7 each to attack and resistance, Sabotage (Inflicts −⁠(highest penalty on stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance), Deep Wounds (Unit's HP cannot be healed through their next action), and "neutralizes non-special 'if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP' effects" on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or user is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance and −4 speed on foe and user makes guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of any phase, inflicts −7 each to attack and resistance, Sabotage (Inflicts −⁠(highest penalty on stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance), Deep Wounds (Unit's HP cannot be healed through their next action), and "neutralizes non-special 'if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP' effects" on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or user is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance and −4 speed on foe and user makes guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 attack. If any foes within 3 rows or columns centered on user have resistance < (user's resistance + 5) at start of any phase, inflicts −7 each to attack and resistance, Sabotage (Inflicts −⁠(highest penalty on stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit; calculated independently) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance), Deep Wounds (Unit's HP cannot be healed through their next action), and "neutralizes non-special 'if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP' effects" on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or user is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance and −4 speed on foe and user makes guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

Availability

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Julia: Heart Usurped

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Heroes (Unrefined)	Grants Atk+3. If unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, and if foe does not have "effective against dragons," unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack.	攻撃＋３ 周囲１マス以内に味方がいない時、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、魔防－６、かつ、 敵が竜特効スキルを装備していない時、自分は絶対追撃 （「竜特効スキルを装備」は、竜特効の状態も含む）
Heroes (Refined)	Grants Atk+3. At start of player phase or enemy phase, if any foes within 3 rows or 3 columns centered on unit have Res < unit's Res+5, inflicts Atk/Res-7,【Sabotage】, 【Deep Wounds】, and a penalty that neutralizes non-Special "if foe would reduce unit's HP to 0, unit survives with 1 HP" effects on those foes through their next actions. If foe initiates combat or if unit is not adjacent to an ally, inflicts Atk/Res-6 and Spd-4 on foe and unit makes a guaranteed follow-up attack during combat. 【Sabotage】 Inflicts penalty on unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res during combat = highest penalty on each stat between unit and allies within 2 spaces of unit through its next action. Calculates each stat penalty independently. 【Deep Wounds】 Unit's HP cannot be healed through its next action.	攻撃＋３ 自軍ターン開始時、および、敵軍ターン開始時、 自分を中心とした縦３列と横３列にいる 魔防が「自分の魔防＋５」より低い敵の 攻撃、魔防－７、【混乱】、【回復不可】、 「奥義以外の「敵の致死攻撃を受けた時、 　ダメージをＨＰが１残るように軽減」する効果を無効」 を付与（敵の次回行動終了時まで） 敵から攻撃された時、または、 周囲１マス以内に味方がいない時、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、魔防－６、速さ－４、 自分は絶対追撃 【混乱】 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防が減少する状態異常 減少値は、 自分と周囲２マス以内にいる味方のうち 弱化が最も高い値（能力値ごとに計算） （敵の次回行動終了まで） 【回復不可】 ＨＰを回復できない状態異常 （敵の次回行動終了まで）
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Spd/Res-4 on foe, foe cannot make a follow-up attack, and unit deals damage = 20% of unit's Res during combat (excluding area-of-effect Specials), and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of-effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%).	戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、速さ、魔防－４、敵は追撃不可、 自分が与えるダメージ＋魔防の２０％ （範囲奥義を除く）、かつ 魔防が敵より高い時、受けた範囲奥義のダメージと、 戦闘中に攻撃を受けた時のダメージを 魔防の差×４％軽減（最大４０％） （巨影の範囲奥義を除く）

Trivia

• Dark Scripture's spell animation is identical to that of the Book of Naga but recolored purple, similar to the image of Loptous in the Loptous wielded by Julius: Scion of Darkness.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dark Scripture	--
Japanese	暗黒の聖書	Holy Book of Darkness; this refers to the Naga tome, which is called ナーガの聖書 "Holy Book of Naga" in Genealogy of the Holy War dialogue, and to the Loptous tome, which is referred to as a 黒い聖書 "Black holy book" by Julia in dialogue.
Spanish	Versos sombríos	Dark verses
French	Manuscrit sombre	Dark manuscript
German	Dunkle Schrift	Dark Scripture
Italian	Dogmi oscuri	Dark dogmas
Portuguese	Versos sombrios	Dark verses
Traditional Chinese	暗黑聖書	Dark holy book

Gallery

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  Dark Scripture as it appears in Heroes.

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  Dark Scripture as it appears in Heroes.