Binding Blade (weapon)

Binding Blade Artwork of the Binding Blade from The Binding Blade. Hartmut's sword. Def/Res +5.

Type Sword Wielder(s) Hartmut* Roy First game Super Smash Bros. Melee (actual Fire Emblem debut was Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade)

The Binding Blade (Japanese: 封印の剣 Sword of Seal) is a regalia sword of Elibe which appears most prominently in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. It is one of two swords once wielded by Hartmut of Elibe's Eight Legends, along with Eckesachs. It is generally considered one of the legendary weapons of Elibe, but at the same time is considered to be separate from and even more powerful than the other weapons. Its most prominent user is Roy of Pherae.

History

The Binding Blade was forged in the Scouring for the purpose of fighting dragons, along with the other legendary weapons. Widely acknowledged by both humans and Jahn as being far stronger than the other legendary weapons, it exhibits a wide range of powers: it can generate fire for use in battle, can be used to heal its wielder, can vaguely convey the memories and feelings of its past wielders, and can increase the power of its bearer. Additionally, it reacts to the emotions of its wielder, changing its power and effect accordingly; in the final battle with the Demon Dragon Idunn at the Scouring's climax, it reacted to Hartmut's reluctance to kill Idunn and simply stunned her, and was later used in conjunction with the Fire Emblem to seal her away in the Shrine of Seals.

In the intervening millennium, the Binding Blade was left at the Shrine of Seals, sealed away and completely inaccessible without use of the Fire Emblem: to unlock it, the Fire Emblem must be inserted into a niche in the enshrined blade's pommel. Near the climax of the Disturbance of Bern, one thousand years after the Scouring's end, the Etrurian/Lycian army's General Roy used the Fire Emblem, provided to him by Bern's Princess Guinivere, to unseal the Binding Blade and adopt it for his own use in fighting King Zephiel and the Bern army. Following Zephiel's defeat, Roy used it to again fight Idunn, and with it defeated her while sparing her life, taking her to Arcadia in the hope of seeing her soul restored.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
The Binding Blade		Prf*	18	8	95	10	1-2	20	Cannot be sold	1	+5 defense, +5 resistance when equipped. Deals bonus damage to Manaketes and Demon Dragons. Can be used as an item to restore 30 HP to the user.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia			0	0	90	0	1	--	--	--	Grants Deicide when in use.
Engage		D	14	8	95	10	1-2	--	100	--	+5 defense, +5 resistance when equipped.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Binding Blade Dragonbind

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes (unrefined)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP	--	Boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +2 each when an enemy initiates an attack on the user.
Heroes (refined: +Effect)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when an enemy initiates an attack on the user. Grants +3 HP. Guarantees a follow-up attack if target initiates attack when user starts battle with 50% or more total HP.
Heroes (refined: +Atk)		5★	18	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when an enemy initiates an attack on the user. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (refined: +Spd)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when an enemy initiates an attack on the user. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (refined: +Def)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when an enemy initiates an attack on the user. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (refined: +Res)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units, and boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +4 each when an enemy initiates an attack on the user. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Unrefined)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Enables counterattack regardless of distance if user is attacked.
Heroes (Refined: +Effect)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Enables counterattack regardless of distance if user is attacked. Grants +3 HP. If user has at least 25% HP at start of combat, boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance each, boosts user's Special skill cooldown charge per attack by +1, and neutralizes effects that would lower user's Special skill cooldown charge during combat.
Heroes (Refined: +Atk)		5★	18	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Enables counterattack regardless of distance if user is attacked. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Refined: +Spd)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Enables counterattack regardless of distance if user is attacked. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (Refined: +Def)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Enables counterattack regardless of distance if user is attacked. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (Refined: +Res)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Enables counterattack regardless of distance if user is attacked. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.

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Locations

The Binding Blade

Event

Chapter 21/21x, closing cutscene

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Inventory

amiibo interaction: Roy

Engage

Emblems

Roy, when engaged (obtained at bond level 15)

Heroes

Binding Blade

Units

Roy: Young Lion

Dragonbind

Units

Roy: Blazing Lion

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. series

Roy wielding the Binding Blade in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Roy wields the Binding Blade in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The sword is used in all of Roy's moves, save for his pummel and throws, to swipe or stab to attack. Although as a clone of Marth, Roy's handling of the blade is derivative of Marth's use of Falchion, the Binding Blade has several unique traits in comparison: it has a sweet spot at the base of the blade (center of the blade in Super Smash Bros. Melee), and blows Roy inflicts in close quarters deal greater damage and far greater knockback than attacks with the rest of the blade. In contrast, Marth's Falchion has its sweet spot at the very tip of the blade. Additionally, the Binding Blade's fire powers from its native game are used in several of Roy's moves, most notably his neutral special Flare Blade and up special Blazer. Unlike its original portrayal, Roy cannot heal himself with it.

Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi

In Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi's retelling of the final battle with Zephiel, Zephiel himself wields the Binding Blade along with Eckesachs. Al and Roy eventually succeed in seizing it away from him and using it against him.

Fire Emblem Cipher

The Binding Blade is present as a skill on two of Roy's cards in Fire Emblem Cipher: S07-001ST Young Lion, Roy, and B05-001SR Heir of the Binding Flames, Roy. It gives Roy an effective bonus against dragons, adding +20 to his attack power when fighting dragon-type units.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	Increases Def and Res by 5 pts.*	ハルトムートの剣　守備魔防＋５
Engage	Famous sword wielded by Emblem Roy. Grants Def/Res+5. Can strike close or at range.	紋章士ロイの持つ英雄の剣 守備・魔防＋5/離れた敵にも攻撃可能

Trivia

• In Awakening, while the Binding Blade itself does not appear, Owain often uses its name as one of his many battle cries referencing earlier games in the series; when gaining weapon experience from an event tile or the barracks, he claims to be receiving his weapon experience boost from practicing the "Secret Art: BINDING BLADE!"
• Leaked data from Intelligent Systems' web server revealed that the Binding Blade would've had an actual name, being named Hartmut after its original wielder.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	• Binding Blade • Sword of Seals	• This name was first explicitly given to the weapon in Fire Emblem Heroes, although it has been in use in general in the Fire Emblem games since Awakening. • This name is used only in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
English (unofficial)	• Binding Blade • Sword of Seals	• Used in the 2013 revision of the Binding Blade fan translation; in gameplay, the name is contracted to Binding Bld to fit length constraints. • Used in earlier versions of the Binding Blade fan translation; in gameplay, the name was contracted to Sealed Sword to fit length constraints.
Japanese	封印の剣	Officially romanized as Sword of Seal.
Spanish	Espada de los sellos	Sword of the seals. Abbreviated as E. de los sellos in the European Spanish version of Heroes and the Spanish version of Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and as Esp. de los sellos in the Latin American Spanish version of Heroes.
French	• Lame du Sceau • Épée des sceaux	• Blade of the Seal. Used in Heroes. • Sword of the seals. Used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
German	• Sword of Seals • Bindende Klinge • Binding Blade	• Used in Super Smash Bros. Melee. • Binding Blade. Used in Awakening. • Used in Heroes and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Italian	• Spada dei sigilli • Lama Vincolante	• Sword of the seals. Used in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Heroes, and Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. • Binding Blade. Used in Awakening.
Dutch	Zegelzwaard	Seal sword
Portuguese (Brazil)	Espada do selo	Sword of the seal
Russian	Меч Печатей	Sword of Seals. Used only in the Russian version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, as no Fire Emblem game has as yet been officially released in the region.
Korean	봉인의 검	Sword of seals
Simplified Chinese	封印之剑	Sword of Seals
Traditional Chinese	封印之劍	Sword of Seals

Dragonbind

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Dragonbind	--
Japanese	魔竜封印の剣	Demon Dragon-Sealing Sword, i.e. sword that seals the demon dragon (the Japanese name of the Binding Blade can also be interpreted as "Sealing Sword").
Spanish	Selladragones	Seals-dragons
French	Lame du dragon	Blade of the dragon
German	Drachenklinge	Dragon Blade
Italian	Sigilladraghi	Seals-dragons
Portuguese (Brazil)	Selo de dragão	Dragon's seal
Traditional Chinese	封印魔龍之劍	Demon dragon-sealing sword

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Binding Blade from The Binding Blade.

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  Roy wielding the Binding Blade in The Binding Blade.

Other appearances

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  Zephiel wielding both Eckesachs and the Binding Blade in Hasha no Tsurugi.

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  The Binding Blade as it appears in Heroes.

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  Roy wielding the Binding Blade in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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  Roy wielding the Binding Blade in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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  Roy wielding the Binding Blade in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.