Eckesachs

Eckesachs Eckesachs as it appears in Heroes. Zephiel only. Can attack indirectly.

Type Sword Wielder(s) Hartmut* Zephiel First game Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Eckesachs (Japanese: エッケザックス Eckesachs) is a regalia sword which first appears in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. It is one of the legendary weapons of the continent Elibe, and is one of the two weapons wielded by Hartmut of the Eight Legends during the Scouring, the other being the Binding Blade.

History

As with the other eight legendary weapons, Eckesachs was forged by humans during the Scouring for use by Hartmut, designed to pierce the defenses of dragons, and during battle its power was part of the cause of the Ending Winter. Eckesachs actually takes two distinct forms: in addition to the usual sword form it takes when attacked, when not in use it takes the form of a colossal spear- or trident-like weapon. Unlike the other legendary weapons it lacks an epithet giving it an elemental affiliation, but it is likely associated with lightning as it is charged by bolts of electricity when executing a critical hit, and it also hurls powerful shockwaves to attack from afar.

It is uncertain what happened to Eckesachs after the Scouring's immediate end, except that Bramimond sealed it away along with the rest of the Legendary Weapons. During the Disturbance of Bern it was wielded by King Zephiel of Bern, Hartmut's descendant. Following Zephiel's defeat, if Roy acquired all the rest of the Legendary Weapons and did not use them up, Eckesachs reacted to their presence to point to the Dragon Sanctuary, where the fugitive Idunn awaited.

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*	15	15	90	5	1-2	--	Cannot be sold	0	--

In other Fire Emblem series games

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Unrefined)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP	--	Inflicts a -4 defense debuff on all enemy units in a 2-space radius of the user at the beginning of the user's phase.
Heroes (Refined: +Effect)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Inflicts a -6 defense debuff on all non-dragon units in a 2-space radius of the user at the beginning of the user's phase. Grants +3 HP. Boosts user's Defense and Resistance by +6 each when attacked by a bow, dagger, red tome, blue tome, green tome, or staff.
Heroes (Refined: +Atk)		5★	18	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Inflicts a -6 defense debuff on all non-dragon units in a 2-space radius of the user at the beginning of the user's phase. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Refined: +Spd)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Inflicts a -6 defense debuff on all non-dragon units in a 2-space radius of the user at the beginning of the user's phase. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (Refined: +Def)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Inflicts a -6 defense debuff on all non-dragon units in a 2-space radius of the user at the beginning of the user's phase. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (Refined: +Res)		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Inflicts a -6 defense debuff on all non-dragon units in a 2-space radius of the user at the beginning of the user's phase. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.

Locations

The Binding Blade

Unobtainable	Exclusively wielded by Zephiel in the main story.
Inventory	Zephiel (Trial Map mode only)

Heroes

Units

Zephiel: The Liberator

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	Zephiel only. Can attack indirectly.*	ゼフィール専用　間接攻撃可能

Trivia

• Eckesachs is the only personal weapon in the GBA Fire Emblem games that is programmed to be tied to a specific character and not the character's class.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Eckesachs	As of Fire Emblem Heroes. From the Old German ecke, "sharp" (in modern German it means "corner"), and sachs, "knife" or "sword." In the Eckenlied, it was the legendary sword of Theodoric the Great, who obtained it from a giant named Ecke; there is therefore wordplay on the sword's name, as it was both Eckesachs ("sharp sword") and Eckes sachs ("Ecke's sword").
English (unofficial)	• Eckesachs • Exaccus	• Used in the 2013 revision of the Binding Blade fan translation, having previously been acknowledged as the "correct" translation by the fan community. • Used in earlier versions of the Binding Blade fan translation; considered to be a mistranslation.
Japanese	エッケザックス	Eckesachs
Spanish	Eckesachs	--
French	Eckesachs	--
German	Eckesachs	--
Italian	Eckesachs	--
Portuguese (Brazil)	Eckesachs	--
Simplified Chinese	艾凯扎库斯	Eckesachs; used in the unreleased Chinese localization of The Binding Blade.
Traditional Chinese	艾坎札克斯	Eckesachs

Gallery

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  Zephiel wielding Eckesachs (in its staff-like inactive form) in The Binding Blade.

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  Zephiel wielding Eckesachs (in its active sword form) in The Binding Blade.

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

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  Artwork of Zephiel wielding Eckesachs, from Fire Emblem Heroes.