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{{Quote|I wish I could be shocked at this, but the dead rose all the time in my future. Friends, neighbors—they all became Risen... And then they had to be taken down.|[[Inigo]]}} | {{Quote|I wish I could be shocked at this, but the dead rose all the time in my future. Friends, neighbors—they all became Risen... And then they had to be taken down.|[[Inigo]]}} | ||
The '''Risen''' ({{hover|屍兵|Shikabanehei}} | The '''Risen''' (Japanese: {{hover|屍兵|Shikabanehei}} ''Undead'') are a type of undead [[monster]], created from [[human]] corpses reanimated through the sinister power of the Fell Dragon [[Grima (character)|Grima]]. Brutally antagonistic toward humanity by nature, they primarily serve as an army for Grima and his followers, [[The Grimleal (cult)|the Grimleal]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
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In the doomed Grima-ruled future from which [[Lucina]] and the other children originated, the Risen were the dominant force, constantly terrorizing and hunting the surviving remnants of humanity in Grima's name.<ref>{{Cite|In the future, almost no corner of our world is safe for humans. Risen prowl the land as masters of all. The people cower in terror, helpless.|[[Lucina]]|Awakening}}</ref> At roughly the same point as Lucina's arrival in the past to avert Grima's future, they began to also appear in the past, time-travelling with Grima in pursuit of Lucina and her friends and first dropping onto Ylissean territory through portals in the sky. In the aftermath of their first appearance west of Ylisstol and their subsequent attack on Prince [[Chrom]] of Ylisse, Risen started spreading across both the Ylissean continent and neighboring [[Valm]], terrorizing the people both autonomously and, on occasion, under Grimleal command. The name "Risen" was coined by officials of the [[Ylisse|Halidom of Ylisse]] in a war council shortly after their first appearance in the world, and subsequently entered common usage in describing them, both in the actual timeline and in Lucina's doomed future.<ref>{{Cite|'''Chrom:''' Gods, have the Risen spread this far?<br>''' | In the doomed Grima-ruled future from which [[Lucina]] and the other children originated, the Risen were the dominant force, constantly terrorizing and hunting the surviving remnants of humanity in Grima's name.<ref>{{Cite|In the future, almost no corner of our world is safe for humans. Risen prowl the land as masters of all. The people cower in terror, helpless.|[[Lucina]]|Awakening}}</ref> At roughly the same point as Lucina's arrival in the past to avert Grima's future, they began to also appear in the past, time-travelling with Grima in pursuit of Lucina and her friends and first dropping onto Ylissean territory through portals in the sky. In the aftermath of their first appearance west of Ylisstol and their subsequent attack on Prince [[Chrom]] of Ylisse, Risen started spreading across both the Ylissean continent and neighboring [[Valm]], terrorizing the people both autonomously and, on occasion, under Grimleal command. The name "Risen" was coined by officials of the [[Ylisse|Halidom of Ylisse]] in a war council shortly after their first appearance in the world, and subsequently entered common usage in describing them, both in the actual timeline and in Lucina's doomed future.<ref>{{Cite|'''Chrom:''' Gods, have the Risen spread this far?<br>'''Robin:''' "Risen"?<br>'''Frederick:''' We needed a name for this new threat, so the council gave them one.|[[Chrom]], [[Robin (Awakening)|Robin]] and [[Frederick]]|Awakening}}</ref> | ||
===In gameplay=== | ===In gameplay=== | ||
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Risen comprise almost all of the enemy units in Chapters [[Unwelcome Change|1]], [[Shepherds (chapter)|2]], [[Of Sacred Blood|13]], [[An Ill Presage|22]], [[Awakening (chapter)|24]], and [[To Slay a God|25]], Paralogues [[A Strangled Peace|3]], [[Disowned by Time|12]], [[Daughter to Dragons|16]], [[The Threat of Silence|17]], [[Irreconcilable Paths|19]] and [[Ghost of a Blade|21]], and in the [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Awakening|DLC]] episodes ''[[The Golden Gaffe]]'', ''[[EXPonential Growth]]'', ''[[Infinite Regalia]]'', ''[[Harvest Scramble]]'', ''[[Hot-Spring Scramble]]'', ''[[Death's Embrace]]'', ''[[Five-Anna Firefight]]'', ''[[Roster Rescue]]'', and the ''[[The Future Past 1|Future]] [[The Future Past 2|Past]]'' [[The Future Past 3|series]]. Additionally, hordes of Risen appear on the [[world map]] to be fought in [[skirmish]]es, and can be summoned through use of a [[Reeking Box]]. | Risen comprise almost all of the enemy units in Chapters [[Unwelcome Change|1]], [[Shepherds (chapter)|2]], [[Of Sacred Blood|13]], [[An Ill Presage|22]], [[Awakening (chapter)|24]], and [[To Slay a God|25]], Paralogues [[A Strangled Peace|3]], [[Disowned by Time|12]], [[Daughter to Dragons|16]], [[The Threat of Silence|17]], [[Irreconcilable Paths|19]] and [[Ghost of a Blade|21]], and in the [[Downloadable content in Fire Emblem Awakening|DLC]] episodes ''[[The Golden Gaffe]]'', ''[[EXPonential Growth]]'', ''[[Infinite Regalia]]'', ''[[Harvest Scramble]]'', ''[[Hot-Spring Scramble]]'', ''[[Death's Embrace]]'', ''[[Five-Anna Firefight]]'', ''[[Roster Rescue]]'', and the ''[[The Future Past 1|Future]] [[The Future Past 2|Past]]'' [[The Future Past 3|series]]. Additionally, hordes of Risen appear on the [[world map]] to be fought in [[skirmish]]es, and can be summoned through use of a [[Reeking Box]]. | ||
==Other appearances== | |||
===''TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)''=== | |||
There are currently three cards in {{TCGCipher}} which feature generic Risen. The Risen cards are governed by special rules that are shared by no other card in the card game, in that they have zero deployment cost and the player is allowed to both possess in their deck and deploy into battle as many as they want at once, the idea being to have an overwhelming number of them. They have no attack or support power of their own, but they can enhance or be enhanced by certain cards depicting [[Chrom]], [[Aversa]], and [[Grima]]. | |||
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|title1=Grotesque Soldier | |||
|name1=Risen | |||
|affil1=Ylisse | |||
|gender1=Male | |||
|weapon1=Sword | |||
|type1=[[File:It TCGCipher Monster.png|20px]] | |||
|quote1=<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>!! | |||
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|range1=1 | |||
|class1=Mercenary | |||
|tier1=Base | |||
|cccost1=-- | |||
|skill1='''Army of Risen:''' {{CipherSpecial}} You may deploy this card even if there is already an ally "Risen" in play. You may have more than 1 "Risen" in play.<br>{{CipherSpecial}} You may have more than 4 copies of this card in your deck.<br>[[File:Is TCGCipher Attack.png|20px]] '''Despair Emblem:''' {{CipherSupport}} Deploy one "Risen" from your Retreat Area. | |||
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|title2=Grotesque Soldier | |||
|name2=Risen | |||
|affil2=Ylisse | |||
|gender2=Male | |||
|weapon2=Axe | |||
|type2=[[File:It TCGCipher Monster.png|20px]] | |||
|quote2=.....!!! | |||
|attack2=0 | |||
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|atkcost2=0 | |||
|range2=1 | |||
|class2=Fighter | |||
|tier2=Base | |||
|cccost2=-- | |||
|skill2='''Army of Risen:''' {{CipherSpecial}} You may deploy this card even if there is already an ally "Risen" in play. You may have more than 1 "Risen" in play.<br>{{CipherSpecial}} You may have more than 4 copies of this card in your deck.<br>[[File:Is TCGCipher Attack.png|20px]] '''Despair Emblem:''' {{CipherSupport}} Deploy one "Risen" from your Retreat Area. | |||
|no2=B08-047cN | |||
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|name3=Risen | |||
|affil3=Ylisse | |||
|gender3=Male | |||
|weapon3=Lance | |||
|type3=[[File:It TCGCipher Monster.png|20px]] | |||
|quote3=......... | |||
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|class3=Soldier | |||
|tier3=Base | |||
|cccost3=-- | |||
|skill3='''Army of Risen:''' {{CipherSpecial}} You may deploy this card even if there is already an ally "Risen" in play. You may have more than 1 "Risen" in play.<br>{{CipherSpecial}} You may have more than 4 copies of this card in your deck.<br>[[File:Is TCGCipher Attack.png|20px]] '''Despair Emblem:''' {{CipherSupport}} Deploy one "Risen" from your Retreat Area. | |||
|no3=B08-047cN | |||
|artist3=aogachou | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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|eng-mean=Used in the context of describing the rise of the dead into an undead state. | |eng-mean=Used in the context of describing the rise of the dead into an undead state. | ||
|jap-name={{hover|屍兵|Shikabanehei}}<br>{{hover|屍|Shikabane}} | |jap-name={{hover|屍兵|Shikabanehei}}<br>{{hover|屍|Shikabane}} | ||
|jap-mean= | |jap-mean=Officially romanized as '''Undead''' on the ''Awakening'' Background website; literally, "corpse soldier".<br>Corpse. Internal character for the Risen portraits. | ||
|fren-name=Ombre | |fren-name=Ombre | ||
|fren-mean=Shadow | |fren-mean=Shadow | ||
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}} | }} | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Deadlords]] | * [[Deadlords]] | ||
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* [[Morph]] | * [[Morph]] | ||
* [[Risen Chief]] | * [[Risen Chief]] | ||
{{Nav13}} | {{Nav13}} | ||
Revision as of 06:51, 22 March 2017
| “ | I wish I could be shocked at this, but the dead rose all the time in my future. Friends, neighbors—they all became Risen... And then they had to be taken down. | ” | — Inigo |
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The Risen (Japanese: 屍兵 Undead) are a type of undead monster, created from human corpses reanimated through the sinister power of the Fell Dragon Grima. Brutally antagonistic toward humanity by nature, they primarily serve as an army for Grima and his followers, the Grimleal.
Overview
Characteristics
While the link between the Risen and the dark power of Grima is clear, the process of their creation is unknown; it is likely similar to the similarly undefined process of creation used for the Deadlords of the Loptyrian Order, and indeed the Deadlords are considered to be Risen when recreated in the service of the Grimleal. Brady states that, when Grima is at full power as he was in the doomed future whence he came, the process of converting a corpse or even a still-living wounded individual is automatic.[1] With the exception of Revenants and Entombed, Risen practice the same forms of combat as humans.
All Risen sport a set of characteristic physical traits: mottled purple skin, glowing red eyes, and a skull-like face mask presumably covering injuries or decay to the host corpse's face. Risen frequently exhale or belch a dark purple smoke, likely tied to the dark magic fuelling their existence, and evaporate into said smoke and leave no physical trace behind when slain. Though undead, Risen appear to have finite "lives" and can be killed in similar ways to humans without necessitating that the body be damaged beyond continued function or repair. Likely as a result of being decaying corpses with a lack of sensation, Risen are capable of certain feats of physical dislocation which no human could successfully do, such as rotating their head a full 180 degrees.
For the most part, the Risen appear to have no sentience of their own. They are driven solely by aggression, "living" to fight humans with no other drive. They are capable of speech, albeit extremely limited to simple broken sentences slurred through their unfamiliarity with language, though the Deadlords in Infinite Regalia are able to speak fluently. However, they do appear to have a sense of hierarchy based around the dominance of the strong: the Risen's leaders in combat are dictated by their power over their peers,[2] and Walhart inadvertently caused a horde of Risen to follow him as a leader through sheer force in his efforts to fight them as practice.[3] Certain Grimleal individuals such as Validar and Aversa appear to be capable of directly controlling Risen; when under somebody else's command, as opposed to their usual mindless and wild behavior, Risen appear to be capable of practising simple tactics in co-operation with each other.[4]
History
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In the doomed Grima-ruled future from which Lucina and the other children originated, the Risen were the dominant force, constantly terrorizing and hunting the surviving remnants of humanity in Grima's name.[5] At roughly the same point as Lucina's arrival in the past to avert Grima's future, they began to also appear in the past, time-travelling with Grima in pursuit of Lucina and her friends and first dropping onto Ylissean territory through portals in the sky. In the aftermath of their first appearance west of Ylisstol and their subsequent attack on Prince Chrom of Ylisse, Risen started spreading across both the Ylissean continent and neighboring Valm, terrorizing the people both autonomously and, on occasion, under Grimleal command. The name "Risen" was coined by officials of the Halidom of Ylisse in a war council shortly after their first appearance in the world, and subsequently entered common usage in describing them, both in the actual timeline and in Lucina's doomed future.[6]
In gameplay
Unlike the monsters of earlier games, most Risen function identically to usual generic human enemies. They almost universally possess the same classes, stats and weapons as their human counterparts, and are distinguished primarily with semi-unique portraits and battle models granting them their undead physical appearance. The exceptions are Revenants and Entombed, which function using their exclusive talon weapons; while the Blessed Lance and Blessed Bow deal effective damage to Revenants and Entombed, Risen of any normal class do not receive bonus damage and are treated as normal human units in terms of effective weapons.
Risen comprise almost all of the enemy units in Chapters 1, 2, 13, 22, 24, and 25, Paralogues 3, 12, 16, 17, 19 and 21, and in the DLC episodes The Golden Gaffe, EXPonential Growth, Infinite Regalia, Harvest Scramble, Hot-Spring Scramble, Death's Embrace, Five-Anna Firefight, Roster Rescue, and the Future Past series. Additionally, hordes of Risen appear on the world map to be fought in skirmishes, and can be summoned through use of a Reeking Box.
Other appearances
TCG Fire Emblem 0 (Cipher)
There are currently three cards in Fire Emblem Cipher which feature generic Risen. The Risen cards are governed by special rules that are shared by no other card in the card game, in that they have zero deployment cost and the player is allowed to both possess in their deck and deploy into battle as many as they want at once, the idea being to have an overwhelming number of them. They have no attack or support power of their own, but they can enhance or be enhanced by certain cards depicting Chrom, Aversa, and Grima.
| Fire Emblem Cipher data for Risen | |||||
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Grotesque Soldier, Risen | ||||
   
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"~~~~!!" | ||||
| Attack: 0 | Support: 0 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 0 | ||
| Class: Mercenary | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
| Army of Risen: [Special] You may deploy this card even if there is already an ally "Risen" in play. You may have more than 1 "Risen" in play. [Special] You may have more than 4 copies of this card in your deck.  Despair Emblem: [Support] Deploy one "Risen" from your Retreat Area.
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| Card #B08-047aN • Artist: aogachou | |||||
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Grotesque Soldier, Risen | ||||
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".....!!!" | ||||
| Attack: 0 | Support: 0 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 0 | ||
| Class: Fighter | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
| Army of Risen: [Special] You may deploy this card even if there is already an ally "Risen" in play. You may have more than 1 "Risen" in play. [Special] You may have more than 4 copies of this card in your deck. Despair Emblem: [Support] Deploy one "Risen" from your Retreat Area.
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| Card #B08-047cN • Artist: aogachou | |||||
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Grotesque Soldier, Risen | ||||
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"........." | ||||
| Attack: 0 | Support: 0 | Range: 1 | Deploy Cost: 0 | ||
| Class: Soldier | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
| Army of Risen: [Special] You may deploy this card even if there is already an ally "Risen" in play. You may have more than 1 "Risen" in play. [Special] You may have more than 4 copies of this card in your deck. Despair Emblem: [Support] Deploy one "Risen" from your Retreat Area.
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| Card #B08-047cN • Artist: aogachou | |||||
| Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Risen . | |||||
Trivia
- Despite the Risen taking on a variety of classes, the only classes shown in cutscenes are Fighter, Archer, and Dark Knight, the latter two only in Awakening's opening sequence.
- Risen classes that wear full-face helmets, such as Cavalier and Warrior, do not have the traditional Risen mask in their battle models; instead, they have a red glow within the grills to symbolize their affiliation. Oddly, the General and Great Knight classes still have the Risen masks, despite wearing full helmets.
- Despite the Risen not being officially named by characters in Chapter 1, selecting one with the cursor will reveal their name prematurely.
- A Risen mask makes a cameo appearance in Thrust to the Future of Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE.
Gallery
A unique Soldier Risen created by Algol in Death's Embrace.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Risen |
Used in the context of describing the rise of the dead into an undead state. |
| Spanish |
Resurrectos |
Resurrected |
| French |
Ombre |
Shadow |
| German |
Untoter |
Undead |
| Italian |
Risorti |
Resurrected |
References
- ↑ "In the future, our wounded often turned to Risen just as we were tryin' to heal 'em. It really stinks havin' to kill the very people you've been fightin' to save... Ya just gotta remember these folk ain't turnin' back, no matter what." — Brady, Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "The Risen's apparent leader, judging by strength." — Help description for Risen Chiefs, Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "Useless husks! Do you bend the knee to me already? Pah! I've no use for blind obedience. I need you to face me!" — Walhart, Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "They made a stealthy approach, milord. I've never seen Risen behave like this. Either they are learning our ways, or someone is commanding them..." — Frederick, Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "In the future, almost no corner of our world is safe for humans. Risen prowl the land as masters of all. The people cower in terror, helpless." — Lucina, Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑ "Chrom: Gods, have the Risen spread this far?
Robin: "Risen"?
Frederick: We needed a name for this new threat, so the council gave them one." — Chrom, Robin and Frederick, Fire Emblem Awakening
