Ephidel

Ephidel Artwork of Ephidel from The Blazing Blade.

Gender Unknown (referred to as male by other characters) Race Morph Family Nergal (creator) Starting class Sage* Appearance(s) The Blazing Blade

“	Humans... They are so very fragile.	”	— Ephidel commenting on Darin

Ephidel (Japanese: エフィデル Ephdel) was a morph appearing in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, he was created by Nergal. Ephidel was primarily an informant and manipulator, and is never witnessed participating in combat.

Despite appearing in cutscenes with a Sage map sprite, Ephidel's data is generic.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Ephidel appears to be a major antagonist in the first ten chapters of Eliwood's and Hector's tale. His first appearance is speaking to marquess Santaruz, Helman. Helman is at least partially in league with the Lycian rebellion, however, Helman's resolve is faltering. Ephidel notices this and fatally wounds marquess Helman, though Helman is still able to tell Eliwood to find Darin.

He also manipulates Darin's desires, causing the man to abandon is son Erik and flee to Nergal on the Dread Isle. Darin is under the impression that Nergal will give him leadership of the world.

Ephidel is destroyed, in Chapter 19: Dragon's Gate, by the collapsing Fire Dragon Nergal partially summoned.

Personality and character

Ephidel matches most morph behavior as emotionless and calculating. However, his screaming during his death and commenting somewhat condescendingly to Darin behind his back, indicates he may have some emotional capability, as in both instances emulating those emotions would have been of no benefit.

Ephidel seemed to have some expectation of protection by Nergal, as he yells out Nergal's name several times before dying.

Death quote

“	Hyaaaa! Stop... You mustn’t come here!! Lord Nergal! Lord Nergal! Please......!!! Guwaaaaaaahhh!!!!!!	”	— Ephidel

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Ephidel's official artwork from The Blazing Blade can be viewed in Path of Radiance's extras menu if a copy of The Blazing Blade is connected to a copy of Path of Radiance.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Ephidel is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Ephidel
	Chilling Golden Eyes, Ephidel
		"I am Ephidel. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Sage		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		False Friends: [Trigger] [Once per turn] During your turn, when your opponent's support card fails to support an enemy, until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Thread Spun in Darkness: [Trigger] [] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy, you may pay the cost and if you do: Your opponent choses 1 card from their hand, reveals it, and places it at the top of their deck.
	Card #B13-044HN • Artist: Setsu
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Ephidel .

Trivia

• Despite not having proper data, he has an assigned inventory during his cutscene appearances. He holds a Bolting, a Fimbulvetr, and a Fortify.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Ephidel	Uncertian etymology. May be related to the Latin fidelis, meaning "faithful."
Japanese	エフィデル	Officially romanized as Ephdel.
Spanish	Ephidel	--
French	Ephidel	--
German	Ephidel	--
Italian	Ephidel	--
Portuguese	Ephidel	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Traditional Chinese	艾菲迪魯	Ephdel; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Heroes.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery

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  Artwork of Ephidel from The Blazing Blade.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.