Loptous (tome)

Loptyr File:FESK Loptyr.png Artwork of Loptyr from Genealogy of the Holy War. Cuts foe's Atk.

Type Dark Wielder(s) Galle* All emperors of the Loptyr Empire* Julius First game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Loptyr (Japanese: ロプトウス Loputousu) is a regalia dark tome which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is the unholy weapon which channels the power of the sinister earth dragon Loptyr and is wielded by those who carry his bloodline. The tome bestows upon its wielder protection from the full effect of damage against it, only able to be subverted by the power of the divine dragon Naga.

History

This tome was created as part of the blood bond between the bishop Galle and the earth dragon Loptyr, in the former's quest for power. It provides its wielder with immense power in exchange for being possessed by Loptyr himself. It was the property of the successive seventeen Emperors of the Loptyr Empire across its two hundred years of existence, the first being Galle himself, all used as Loptyr's vessels. The last Emperor, Galle XVII, did not reproduce before his death and the fall of the Empire at the hands of the Twelve Crusaders, when the dark protection of the tome was pierced by the power of the Book of Naga wielded by Saint Heim, the only weapon able to pierce Loptyr's power.

Over a century later, Manfroy of the Loptyrians took advantage of this to successfully breed Arvis and Deirdre, the two current bearers of the bloodline, spawning the full-blooded Julius as the prince of the continent-spanning Grannvale Empire. At some point in Julius's childhood eleven years after the Battle of Belhalla, Manfroy gave Julius the Loptyr tome as his inheritance; Loptyr's influence through it instantly corrupted him, prompting him to attempt to kill his sister Julia, a bearer of full Naga blood. From there, he seized control of Grannvale from his father, and as the spirit of Loptyr slowly took full possession him over the years he perverted the empire's course slowly into a reconstruction of the Loptyr Empire. By the time Seliph's liberation army came to confront him at Belhalla, Loptyr had finally achieved full possession of Julius, with the tome's power proving near-impossible to fight until Julia found the Book of Naga and used it against him.

Stats

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Genealogy of the Holy War	File:Is snes02 loptyr.png	★*	30	12	80	--	1-2	50	65,535	--	+5 resistance when equipped. Reduces the target's attack power by 50% for the duration of the round of combat.

Locations

Genealogy of the Holy War

Unobtainable

Exclusively wielded by Julius. No playable unit can have major Loptyr blood, and as such it is unusuable by the player.

Thracia 776

Unused

If hacked into the game, it is character-locked but not assigned to a character, and cannot be used at all.

Other appearances

TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)

Loptyr is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B08-097SR Shadow-Bearing Imperial Prince, Julius. It is a manual-activation skill which allows the player to, for the cost of flipping one bond card face-down, choose one of their opponent's bond cards and flip it face-down as well. This can contribute to activating Julius's other skill, "Seal of Darkness", which increases his attack power when all bond cards belonging to the opponent are face-down.

Gallery

• FESK Loptyr.png

  Artwork of Loptyr from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Artwork of Julius with Loptyr from One Hundred Songs of Heroes.

• Ss fe04 julius casting loptyr.png

  Julius casting Loptyr in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Loptyr	As of Fire Emblem Awakening. Derived from Loptr, an alternate name for the Norse jötunn and trickster god Loki.
English (unofficial)	• Loputousu • Lopt	Widely known by both these names prior to the English release of Awakening, used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation; the latter is a compression of the name to fit into the item name spaces of the Genealogy fan translation, whereas the former is used to refer to it by name in dialogue.
Spanish	Loptyr	As above.
French	Loptyr	As above.
German	Loptyr	As above.
Italian	Loptyr	As above.