Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

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Seisen no Keifu Japanese artbox

Developer(s) Intelligent Systems Publisher(s) Nintendo Designer(s) Shouzou Kaga Gunpei Yokoi Release date(s) JPMay 14, 1996 Virtual Console JPJanuary 30, 2007 Platform(s) Super Famicom, Virtual Console Predecessor Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem Successor Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

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Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu (ファイアーエムブレム　聖戦の系譜, Faiaa Emuburemu Seisen no Keifu, literally Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War) is the fourth game installment in the Fire Emblem series, and the second on the Super Famicom. This game is the first of the series that takes place in a place with no connections to the previous games, the continent of Jugdral.

Seisen no Keifu is split up into two halves, separated by the timespan of a generation. In the first generation, Lord Siglud sets to fight off an invasion of the Kingdom of Verdane, but is rapidly involved in the events leading to the creation of the Grandbell Empire - the same tyranny fought by his son, Celice, in the second generation.

Gameplay

Related article: List of weapons in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War features one of the shortest but most complex list of playable characters in the series. This is due to the female characters from the first generation (excepting Diadora and Ethlin) being able to fall in love with men from Siglud's army and bear two children, who then will conform Celice's army in the second generation. As long as they fall in love and remain alive until the end of Siglud's story, their children will be available in the second half; otherwise, they will be replaced with other characters.

This is one of the main factors in Seisen no Keifu's replayability; since the women can be paired with almost any men, who heavily influence the children, units in the second generation are quite variable. Children's growth rates depend on who their parents are, and they inherit the inventory and holy blood as well. On the other side, the substitute characters have set stats and no holy blood bonuses (except for Amid and Linda, who have minor Tordo blood.), and are thus viewed as 'inferior' to their counterparts.

The following table shows the mothers, the children and the replacement characters:

style="Template:Roundtl; border:none; color:#fff"|Mother	Children	style="Template:Roundtr; border:none; color:#fff"|Replacements
File:Portrait diadora fe04.png Diadora	File:Portrait celice fe04.png Celice	N/A
File:Portrait ethlin fe04.png Ethlin	File:Portrait altenna fe04.png File:Portrait leaf fe04.png Altenna and Leaf	N/A
File:Portrait adean fe04.png Adean	Lester and Lana	File:Portrait dimna fe04.png File:Portrait mana fe04.png Dimna and Mana
File:Portrait ira fe04.png Ira	File:Portrait skasaher fe04.png File:Portrait lakche fe04.png Skasaher and Lakche	File:Portrait roddlevan fe04.png File:Portrait radney fe04.png Roddlevan and Radney
Lachesis	File:Portrait delmud fe04.png Delmud and Nanna	File:Portrait janne fe04.png Tristan and Janne
File:Portrait sylvia fe04.png Sylvia	File:Portrait leen fe04.png File:Portrait corpul fe04.png Leen and Corpul	File:Portrait sharlow fe04.png Laylea and Sharlow
File:Portrait ferry fe04.png Ferry	File:Portrait sety fe04.png File:Portrait phee fe04.png Sety and Phee	File:Portrait femina fe04.png Hawk and Femina
File:Portrait tailto fe04.png Tailto	File:Portrait teeny fe04.png Arthur and Teeny	Amid and Linda
style="Template:Roundbl; border:none; background-color:#E5D99C"|File:Portrait briggid fe04.png Briggid	File:Portrait faval fe04.png Faval and Patty	style="Template:Roundbr; border:none; background-color:#E5D99C"| Asaello and Daisy

Although the player has access to fewer classes than in other games, they cover the whole weapon and almost all magic spectrum; the only enemy-exclusive form of attack is Dark magic.

Chapters

Main article: List of chapters in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu.

Trivia

• In this game, the Fire Emblem (referred as Honoo no Monshou, or Emblem of Fire) is the symbol of the House of Velthomer.
• Siglud is the only main character in the series who starts already promoted.
• Master knights, one of the classes exclusive to this game, can wield all weapons and master almost all magic, being dark magic the only exception. This is a feature no seen in any other game.
• Seisen no Keifu is the only game in which the player cannot use all sacred/legendary weapons.