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'''''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776''''' (Japanese: {{hover|ファイアーエムブレム　トラキア７７６|Faiāemuburemu torakia nanananaroku}} ''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776'')  is a turn-based strategy role-playing game released in 1999 for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]], exclusively in Japan. It is the fifth game installment in the {{FES}}, the third for Super Famicom, and is the final game in the series by creator [[Shouzou Kaga]] before he left [[Intelligent Systems]]. Originally released in 1999 through the [[wikipedia:Nintendo Power (cartridge)|Nintendo Power]] flash cartridge writing service, it received a formal Super Famicom cartridge release in early 2000.

In the aftermath of the [[Battle of Belhalla]] in Grann 761, almost the entirety of the continent of [[Jugdral]] fell under the domination of [[Grannvale]], now an empire headed by Emperor [[Arvis]]. The [[Manster District]] was subjugated by [[Thracia]] following the deaths of  Prince [[Quan]] of [[Leonster]] and his wife [[Ethlyn]] in the [[Yied Massacre]], forcing the Leonster knight [[Finn]] and his wife [[Lachesis]] to flee Leonster with Quan's infant son [[Leif]]; however, shortly after its capture of the District, Thracia was defeated by Grannvale and forced to cede control of the Manster District to Grannvale's House [[Friege]], becoming a servant state to Grannvale.

During his travels north, Leif encountered [[August]], a Bragi priest also travelling to Manster, who joined up with Leif's group for the journey.  Their first target was Fort Kelbeth, a small Manster/Thracia border fort regarded as "the place more terrifying than Hell" by the locals for its role in perpetuating [[child hunts|child hunt]]s.  August left Leif's group to continue his journey alone when Leif initiated the battle, revealing his knowledge of Leif's true identity.  Although Leif's group successfully seized Kelbeth, their success was cut short by the appearance of Raydrik, who used Nanna's life to ensure Leif's surrender.  Leif, Eyvel and [[Lifis]] were arrested by Raydrik and taken away to Manster, while the rest of the group disbanded and scattered.

Leif and Lifis were imprisoned in a dungeon in the bowels of Manster Castle, while Eyvel was taken by Raydrik to participate in gladiator battles. While in captivity, Leif met fellow captives [[Felgus]] and [[Karin]], while Lifis earned the loyalty of a small band of imprisoned bandits. The dungeon was soon invaded by the [[Magi]], a group of freedom fighters led by Prince [[Ced (character)|Ced]] of [[Silesse]], who set about freeing its many prisoners. Ced entrusted his four companions to assist Leif in escaping Manster and forming a liberation army, staying behind to continue the fight himself with his remaining Magi forces.

With the Magi's assistance, Leif broke out of the dungeon into the main castle, where Nanna and Eyvel were fighting in an arena under the observation of Raydrik and his benefactor, [[Veld]] of the [[Loptr Church]]. Following Eyvel's successes in the arena, Raydrik introduced a new challenger: Mareeta, now controlled by the malevolent power of the [[Shadow Sword]]. By the time Leif and the Magi unlocked the arena's exit to free them, Eyvel had been [[Status conditions#Petrification|turned to stone]] by Veld's [[Stone (tome)|dark magic]], forcing them to leave her behind as they escaped Manster.

''Thracia 776'' added some unique stats, many of which have not returned. The [[action]] stat, or "movement stars", gives units a chance of being able to move again after ending their turn, depending on how many stars they have.  The [[follow-up critical coefficient]] is a hidden value which multiplies a unit's [[critical hit]] chance on the second attack when they double-attack an enemy.  Both of these stats are set in stone and cannot be modified by the player in normal gameplay.  The [[fatigue]] stat is a value which increases for all units (except Leif) for performing actions in a battle. Once their fatigue exceeds their [[HP]], they are worn out and cannot participate in the next chapter. If a unit is not deployed in a chapter, their fatigue will reset to 0.  

The game also made changes to stats seen in other games. [[Leadership]] makes a return here, but this time it gives a hit and avoid boost to all units in the same affiliation, depending on the total number of leadership stars from the units deployed in the map. The [[resistance]] stat, which normally acts as a unit's defensive stat against magical attacks, is entirely absent in ''Thracia 776''. Instead, this role is taken on by the [[Magic (stat)|magic stat]], in addition to the stat's usual role of determining offensive magical power. The game also introduced the [[constitution]] stat to the series, providing units with a way to mitigate how much their weapons' [[Weight (weapon)|weight]] slows them down in battle. Unlike later games, constitution has its own [[growth rate]], allowing it a chance to increase in [[level|Level Up]]s.  Similarly, units can also grow [[movement]] through leveling up in this game, although the growth rates are extremely low.

===Weapon levels===

{{Main|Weapon level}}

While ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' introduced lettered weapon levels themselves, ''Thracia 776'' implemented the form they would take for the rest of the series. Weapon levels are no longer static and pre-determined based on class and [[Holy Blood]]. Instead, they can be increased through ongoing use of the weapon or staff, which accumulates [[weapon experience]] and increases the [[weapon rank]].

The skills system remains mostly the same as in ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', introducing no new skills; the [[Follow-Up]] and [[Critical (skill)|Critical]] skills have been removed, with the functions for determining double-attacking and critical hit execution now the same as the rest of the series as opposed to depending on the presence of the skills. Some of the skills have had their effects or activation method changed, however. ''Thracia 776'' introduced [[Skill items|a set of one-use items]] to teach a select collection of skills to any playable unit, replacing the skill rings of its predecessor.

Dismounting makes its final appearance as a mechanic in ''Thracia 776'', in a more robust form than its predecessors.  Mounted units are required to dismount from their horse, pegasus or wyvern in order to fight indoors, and are allowed to do so at will when outdoors; this removes their vulnerabilities to [[Bonus damage|effective weapons]] and decreases the effect of [[terrain]] for horse-riders, but lowers their stats and alters their usable weapons until they become mounted again.

''Thracia 776'' was released in two forms. Its first release was for the [[wikipedia:Nintendo Power (cartridge)|Nintendo Power]] service, as a digitally distributed game which could be downloaded onto a special flash memory Super Famicom cartridge for a lower price than a full pre-written cartridge.  This initial Nintendo Power release was accompanied by the ''Thracia 776 Deluxe Pack'', a special-edition bundle containing a pre-written copy of the game, a cloth map of the Thracian Peninsula, a VHS short promotional film called ''The World of Fire Emblem'', and a set of two [[Pegasus Knight|pegasus]] and [[Wyvern Rider|wyvern]] plush toys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hepokoknight.web.fc2.com/goods/776dx.html|title=ファイアーエムブレム　トラキア７７６　デラックスパック|site=hepokoknight|published=2010-07-07|retrieved=2015-03-30}}</ref> It was later released the next year as a proper Super Famicom cartridge release; in this form, it is sometimes mistaken for the last official Super Famicom game release in Japan, although this status actually belongs to ''[[wikipedia:Metal Slader Glory#Director's Cut|Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut]]''.

==Fan translation==

The predominant fan translation patch for ''Thracia 776'' was the work of ''Shaya''. The patch fully translated the game's script, but many menus and gameplay segments were left untranslated and in an incomplete state. It was last updated by ''Shaya'' in 2008. In September of 2018, a new fan translation project was announced called ''Project Exile'', headed by ''Cirosan'', which aimed to translate the entirety of ''Thracia 776''{{'}}s menus and story. The patch was released on May 31st, 2019 having achieved its goal of a full translation, though it is receiving minor updates as of June 2019

==Trivia==

* Along with {{title|Genealogy of the Holy War}}, ''Thracia 776'' is the only game in the series which existed as of 2008 to not be referenced at all in {{SSBB}}; every other game in the series which existed at the time has some degree of representation, whereas ''Genealogy'' and ''Thracia'' do not.

* [[Artists_of_the_Fire_Emblem_series#Sachiko_Wada|Sachiko Wada]] has stated on her twitter that she owns a copy of the ''Thracia 776 Deluxe Pack'' that was a company gift to her; it has a serial number of 0000.<ref>{{Cite web| quote=あと一緒に発掘したトラキアの限定版！会社から頂いたのでシリアル番号が0000 (I also discovered this Thracia limited edition with it! Because the company gave it to me, it has the serial number 0000.) | author=Sachiko Wada | published= May 23 2016 | retrieved = December 25 2017 | url=https://twitter.com/wadadot_Lv/status/734769059510640640 | site=twitter.com }}</ref>

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171019100656/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/fe/fe_museum/thracia/map/index.html Fire Emblem: Thracia 776]'' Fire Emblem Museum section (Japanese, archived by the Wayback Machine)

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