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'''Durandal''' (デュランダル, ''Durandal''), the "'''Blazing Blade'''" ({{hover|烈火の剣|Rekka no Ken}}, ''Blazing Sword''), is one of the [[Legendary Weapons|Divine Weapons]] of [[Elibe]].  Forged to combat dragons late in [[The Scouring]], it was the chosen weapon of [[Roland]], the Little Hero of the [[Eight Generals]].  Legend has it that after the war, Roland took the blade to his hometown, Ostia, and when he held it aloft, the scarred and barren war-torn land was suddenly rejuvenated with plants springing back to life<ref>{{Cite|There's also another story behind the Durandal. After the Scouring ended, Roland returned to his hometown of Ostia. He then raised Durandal high above his head, and the land that had been trampled upon during the war suddenly bloomed with life again.|[[Lilina]]|The Binding Blade}}</ref>.  At some point afterward, Roland sealed it away after the war in a lava cavern in the mountains of what would eventually become [[Ostia]], under the vigilant watch of the lingering spirits of [[Georg]] and other warriors formerly in his service; as with all of the Divine Weapons, it was then placed under a strong seal inhibiting its use by [[Bramimond]].

Twenty years later, after suppressing [[Legance]]'s insurrection, [[Roy]] is taken to the Durandal's cavern by [[Lilina]], to claim the sword themselves before [[Bern]]'s army could.  The group arrives to find the cavern already claimed by a bandit group led by [[Henning]] which does not appear to be aware of the Durandal's presence in the cave.  Roy's group eliminates the bandit infestation and claims Durandal for themselves, using it against Bern's forces and the [[War Dragons]] found therein in the [[Disturbance of Bern]].

File:Ss fe07 eliwood vs the dragon.png|Eliwood uses the Durandal on [[Ninian|a seemingly errant ice dragon]].