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|released='''Super Famicom'''<br>{{JP}}May 14, 1996<ref name="releasedata">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/564404-fire-emblem-seisen-no-keifu/data|title=Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu Release Data for SNES|site=GameFAQs|retrieved=2015-04-17}}</ref><br>'''Wii Virtual Console'''<br>{{JP}}January 30, 2007<br>'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br>{{JP}}April 27, 2013

''Genealogy of the Holy War'' is set in [[Jugdral]], a land whose rulers bear the holy bloodlines of the [[Twelve Crusaders]]. The game is split up into two halves, separated by the timespan of a generation. In the first generation, while most of his nation's army is off to war in the eastern nation of [[Isaach]], Lord [[Sigurd]] defends the duchies of [[Grannvale]] from a sudden invasion by the neighbouring Kingdom of [[Verdane]], but is rapidly embroiled in a conspiracy against his father, [[Vylon]], in the events which ultimately lead to the birth of the Grannvale Empire, and in the machinations of the [[Loptyrians]] to create a human vessel for their dark [[god]] [[Loptyr (dragon)|Loptyr]] - the same tyranny fought by his son, [[Seliph]], seventeen years later in the second generation.

Hundreds of years before the beginning of the game, the world of [[Jugdral]] suffered under the grip of the [[Loptyr Empire]], whose lineage of emperors acted as vessels for their "dark god", the [[Earth Dragon|earth dragon]] [[Loptyr (dragon)|Loptyr]].  This changed in the year 643 with the [[Miracle of Darna]], where twelve dragon gods led by [[Naga]] descended upon the city of [[Darna]], the last bastion of a battered resistance force, and [[Holy Blood|bestowed their power]] upon twelve warriors.  These twelve became the [[Twelve Crusaders]], and under their leadership the Lopt Empire fell after a decades-long holy war.  The Crusaders then parted, with seven of them forming the Kingdom of [[Grannvale]] and its six duchies, while the other five founded their own kingdoms: [[Isaach]], [[Agustria]], [[Silesse]] and [[Thracia]], which itself later partially splintered off into the [[Manster District]].

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In the year Grann 757, war was beginning, with the bulk of Grannvale's army deployed to Isaach in retaliation for what they perceived to be an unprovoked strike against Darna.  With no perceived opposition, King [[Bator]] of neighbouring [[Verdane]] took the opportunity to launch an invasion of Grannvale at the behest of [[Sandima]] of the Loptyrians, and his son [[Gandolf]] conquered [[Jungby]] Castle and abducted its Lady [[Adean]].  In response, Sigurd of [[Chalphy]] led his limited forces in defense of Grannvale and pursuit of Adean, later joined by [[Quan]] of [[Leonster]] and his wife [[Ethlyn]], Sigurd's sister, and by [[Lex]] of [[Dozel]] and [[Azel]] of [[Velthomer]].  After reclaiming Jungby and realising that Adean had been captured, Sigurd was visited by Velthomer's Lord [[Arvis]], who passed on the well-wishes of King [[Azmur]] and a [[Silver Sword]].

After seizing the bordering Evans Castle, Sigurd received a royal messenger informing him of his elevation to the status of "Holy Knight" of Grannvale, and then led the group in a direct foray into Verdane itself.  On the way, he encountered the errant Princess [[Ayra]] of Isaach, forced to serve Verdane while her nephew [[Shanan]] was held hostage.  Sigurd liberated Shanan and convinced Ayra to defect to his army.  Meanwhile, Prince [[Jamke]] released Adean and [[Dew]] from their imprisonment, then left to confront his father about his misgivings over the invasion.  Bator continued to parrot Sandima's claims and defenses and ordered Jamke to launch a full offensive against the invaders, but after Jamke left, Sandima attacked Bator for asking questions about his claims.  After conquering Marpha Castle, Sigurd encountered [[Deirdre]]; the two instantly became enamoured with each other, but Deirdre nonetheless fled.  They met again as his forces passed through the [[Verdane#Spirit Forest|Spirit Forest]], and Deirdre offered to assist in combating Sandima and confessed her newfound love for Sigurd.   

After killing Sandima and conquering Verdane Castle, Sigurd found the dying Bator, who passed on to him the news of the machinations of the Loptyrians, their efforts to revive their "dark god" and how they had infested much of the world.  Some time afterward, Sigurd and Deirdre married.

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:Example: [[Azel]], a [[Mage]], possesses minor [[Fala]] holy blood.  As a result, he starts with a C rank in thunder and wind magic but B in fire magic; without it, he would have had C in the three, as that is the rank borne by all Mages. He also receives a bonus increase of 20% to his HP growth rate and of 30% to the Magic growth rate, the bonuses given by the Fala blood.

''Genealogy of the Holy War'' was the debut of the [[skills]] system, abilities possessed by individual units designed that can change the course of a battle. Here, skills are classified into two groups, albeit some of them, such as [[Pursuit]], can be in both.  

::Example: [[Tailto]], a [[Thunder Mage]], has [[Wrath]] as a personal skill. No other units of that class have such skill in the first generation.  

[[Bow (weapon)|Bow]]s, [[Light (magic)|light]] and [[Dark (magic)|dark]] magic are excluded from these triangles. Light and dark magic are both strong against fire, wind and thunder, while bows are completely unaffected.

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|[[File:portrait_raquesis_fe04.png]]<br>[[Raquesis]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|[[File:portrait_sylvia_fe04.png]]<br>[[Sylvia]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|[[File:portrait_leen_fe04.png]] [[File:portrait_corpul_fe04.png]]<br>[[Leen]] and [[Corpul]]

|style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|[[File:portrait_tailto_fe04.png]]<br>[[Tailto]]

According to Shouzou Kaga, one aim which led to the development of ''Genealogy'' was to temporarily break away from the Archanean setting to do something new with the series, similarly to {{title|Gaiden}}. One of Kaga's primary aims with crafting the scenario of ''Genealogy'' was to produce a large-scale historical drama, where the world undergoes great change over a period of time and, in his words, "the history [is] the protagonist".<ref name="guidebook" /> As part of this, Kaga also wished to convey how many historical events and behaviours are unpalatable by modern standards (citing [[Andorey|patricide]] and [[Julius|incest]] as examples) as a key theme and, to a lesser extent, how people's mistakes ended up changing the world.<ref>{{Cite web|published=1999-01 (trans. 2013-02-22)|retrieved=2015-02-24|title=Kaga Interviews (Page 3/Q1)|url=http://fe-according-to-japan.tumblr.com/post/43745736161/kaga-interviews-page-3-q1|site=Fire Emblem (according to Japan)|author=[[Shouzou Kaga|Kaga, S.]]; trans. Amielleon}}</ref> In this, he was determined not to whitewash history and sought to present a medieval drama reflective of the true nature of the era,<ref name="amielleon=2">{{Cite web|published=1999-01 (trans. 2013-03-21)|retrieved=2015-02-24|title=Kaga Interviews (Page 3/Q2)|url=http://fe-according-to-japan.tumblr.com/post/45919406893/kaga-interviews-p3-q2|site=Fire Emblem (according to Japan)|author=[[Shouzou Kaga|Kaga, S.]]; trans. Amielleon}}</ref> and to present both the heroes and the villains as fighting for their own justice to emphasize the dangers posed by branding a conflict a "holy war" on either side.<ref name="amielleon=3">{{Cite web|published=1999-01 (trans. 2014-10-01)|retrieved=2015-02-24|title=Kaga Interviews (P3~4/Q4)|url=http://fe-according-to-japan.tumblr.com/post/72922768226/kaga-interviews-p3-4-q4|site=Fire Emblem (according to Japan)|author=[[Shouzou Kaga|Kaga, S.]]; trans. Amielleon}}</ref>

Many of the gameplay changes ''Genealogy'' engendered are claimed by Kaga to have been directly inspired by this scenario direction. The game's enormous maps were intended to change the impression delivered by prior games that the conflict was being fought on a small scale, instead emphasizing the game's events as a massive, world-sweeping conflict. The changes to the game's inventory and money systems, limiting the ability to swap items between units and giving each unit their own personal money supply, was developed in a bid to balance out which units are used by players, discouraging dumping every resource into a small handful of units.<ref name="guidebook" />

The original conception of ''Genealogy'' had it as a three-part work, with a third segment following Seliph's story. Its intent was to directly confront and analyse the moral issues raised by the rest of the story and properly resolve loose threads. However, time constraints forced Intelligent Systems to cut this part entirely, with the game ending with Seliph's story.<ref name="amielleon=2" />

* Chief Programmer: Tohru Narihiro

As of 2002, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' was the second-best-selling ''Fire Emblem'' game, having sold an estimated 498,216 copies in its original Super Famicom print run.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.translan.com/jucc/precedent-2002-11-14d.html|title=日本ユニ著作権センター／判例全文・2002/11/14d 3|author=University of Japan Copyright Center|site=Translan|published=2002-11-14|retrieved=2015-04-17}}</ref> The official US English website for {{FE7}} alleges that ''Genealogy'' was the most popular ''Fire Emblem'' game in Japan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.serenesforest.net/gba/launch/history/index.html|title=History of Fire Emblem|site=Fire Emblem (archived by Serenes Forest)|published=2003|retrieved=2015-04-17}}</ref> but it is uncertain how true this claim is in light of all other evidence pointing to {{FE3}} historically holding that title.

|eng-mean=As of {{FE13}}.<br>The title refers to the [[Holy Blood]] and children mechanics of the game.

* ''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/fe_museum/seisen/map/index.html Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]'' Fire Emblem Museum section (Japanese)

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