Balmung

Balmung Artwork of Balmung from Genealogy of the Holy War.

Type Sword Wielder(s) Od* Mariccle* Shannan Simia First game Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Balmung (Japanese: バルムンク Balmunc), referred to as the "divine sword" (Japanese: 神剣), is a regalia sword which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is the holy weapon once wielded by Od of the Twelve Crusaders, bestowed upon him at the Miracle of Dahna after his blood pact with a dragon. The blade is the property of Od's descendants, the royal family of Isaach, and can only be wielded by those in possession of major Od Holy Blood.

History

In Isaach's war with Grannvale, upon hearing of his father Mananan's cruel death at the hands of the Grannvale forces, Crown Prince Mariccle set out with the Balmung to confront his father's killers, but was himself killed in battle. The Balmung was taken and eventually ended up placed within the Aed Shrine, guarded by its Loptrian occupants, and remained there for two decades.

Eventually, Mariccle's son Shannan came to hear rumours of the blade's entombment at the Shrine and set out to attempt to procure it. He was beaten to it, however, by the thief Patty, who had decided to rob the Shrine of her own accord. As the two fled from the pursuing Loptrian forces, Patty eagerly handed the Balmung over to Shannan upon learning of his identity, and Shannan wielded it for the rest of the liberation war under Seliph.

Millennia later, the blade came into the possession of the Grimleal, and was given to its reincarnation of Simia, the Deadlord. By this point, Balmung was no longer sealed to the Od bloodline and could be used by any sword-wielder of reasonable skill.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Genealogy of the Holy War		★*	30	3	90	--	1	50	50,000	--	+10 skill, +20 speed when equipped.
Awakening		A	13	--	90	10	1	25	0	2	+5 speed when equipped. Cannot be forged.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP	--	Boosts user's Speed by +3 at all times. If target either initiates combat or has full HP at start of combat, neutralizes any penalties on user and boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat.

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Balmung appears as one of Itsuki Aoi's Carnages in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE. It is only available if Itsuki's carnage, Chrom, has been made a Conqueror. Icon Attack 102 Skills Unity Cost S Heat Wave Focused Blade Lance-Slash EX Charge Pierce† Knight Force R. ×1 Hellish Doll ×1 4-Star Prestige ×3 Weaknesses and Resistances -- Wk Nu -- Wk -- Rs -- -- Rs No added effect.

Locations

Genealogy of the Holy War

Event

Second Generation: Chapter 7, Shannan talks with Patty/Daisy.

Awakening

Dropped by	Chapter 22, enemy Simia
Treasure	Infinite Regalia, chosen at random from a pool of other items.

Heroes

Units

Shannan: Wielder of Astra

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Balmung is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B08-076SR Astral Sword Sovereign, Shannan. It is a manual-activation skill which allows the player to, for the cost of flipping two bond cards face-down, discard their entire hand and replace it with an equal number of cards drawn from the Retreat Area which depict Shannan, potentially giving the player a significant stockpile of cards to spend on having Shannan evade attacks or inflict critical hits.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Genealogy of the Holy War	An exalted weapon.*	せんりょくアップ
Awakening	Spd +5. A timeless weapon.	速さ＋５　古の剣聖の神剣

Trivia

• In Genealogy, while the Crusader weapons cannot normally be sold to the pawn shop and leave their initial owner's possession, a glitch involving Valkyrie can be exploited to transfer Balmung out of Shannan's inventory and into Larcei's or Scáthach's. This requires that Chulainn was their father, giving them major Od blood.
  • First, Shannan must be killed while he has Balmung equipped.
  • Once Shannan is dead, access the Valkyrie Staff menu and press X on Shannan to view his profile. While viewing his profile, press L or R, then exit his profile with B, then view his profile again with X. Balmung will have changed into an Iron Lance with 98 uses.
  • Exit the Valkyrie Staff menu, save the game, then reset the game.
  • If all steps are completed properly, Balmung will appear in the castle armory, and Larcei or Scáthach can buy it and equip it in battle.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Balmung	As of Fire Emblem Awakening. From Balmung, a sword of Norse mythology wielded by Sigurðr. Curiously, the Fire Emblem Balmung is not associated with Sigurd, the hero of Genealogy named for the same mythological figure.
English (unofficial)	• Balmung • Balmunk	Common names used prior to the English release of Awakening.
Japanese	バルムンク	Officially romanized as Balmunc.
Spanish	Balmung	--
French	Balmung	--
German	Balmung	--
Italian	Balmung	--
Portuguese (Brazil)	Balmung	--
Traditional Chinese	巴爾孟克	Balmunc

Gallery

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  Artwork of Balmung from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Concept artwork of Balmung from Awakening.

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  Balmung as it appears in Heroes.

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  Shannan wielding Balmung in Genealogy of the Holy War.