Falchion (Archanea)

Falchion
; Artwork of Falchion from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game. A gift from the Divine Dragon King. For Marth.
Type	Sword
Wielder(s)	Anri; Cornelius; Marth; First exalt*; Chrom; Lucina; Itsuki;
First game	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Falchion (Japanese: ファルシオン Falcion), often referred to in dialogue as the divine blade Falchion (Japanese: 神剣ファルシオン divine sword Falcion), is a regalia sword introduced in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. It is widely known and revered as the "blade of light" (Japanese: 光の剣 sword of light) of Archanea, and it was forged by the Divine Dragon ruler Naga for mankind in order to better protect themselves against the threat of rogue dragons. It was adopted by the kingdom of Altea as one of their national treasures following its use against the Earth Dragon Medeus by the kingdom's founder, Anri, and has in the centuries since been famously used by several of Anri's descendants: Marth the Hero-King, the first exalt, and Chrom and Lucina of Ylisse.

History

1100 years prior to the War of Shadows, and 500 years prior to the formation of the Kingdom of Archanea, Falchion was forged by Naga from one of her own fangs along with the Binding Shield, in case mankind ever needed to defend itself from dragons, and was placed in the Fane of Raman with the Shield and Tiki, her newly-born daughter. In the year 498, during the fifth year of Medeus's reign of terror on the world, the hero Anri traveled to the Ice Dragon's Temple under the guidance of Gotoh to obtain the blade, and used it to kill Medeus and end the Dolhr empire.

After the fall of Dolhr, Anri founded the kingdom of Altea, and Falchion became one of its ancestral relics, passed down through the successive kings until, one hundred years later, it belonged to Cornelius, the fourth king. In the year 602, at the onset of the War of Shadows and Medeus's revival, Cornelius departed with the blade with the intent of fulfilling his destiny as Anri's descendant, but was killed in Gra's betrayal. Gharnef took the blade and kept it safe for the majority of the war. Two years later, the blade was retrieved from Gharnef's corpse by Marth, Cornelius's son, who used it to slay Medeus for the second time.

In the year 607, in the initiating act of the War of Heroes, the forces of the Holy Empire of Archanea invaded and conquered Altea while Prince Marth was on an expedition in Grust, and the blade was again taken by the revived Gharnef. It was not recovered until the last moments of the war where Gharnef was defeated again, and from there Marth used it to again slay Medeus, now resurrected as a true Shadow Dragon.

As the following millennia passed, Falchion's divine blessing waned over time, and the parts which were not the blade itself began to decay and lose their durability; as a result, the sword was continually given new hilts over the ages, with the hilt coming to take an entirely different shape as a result of these repairs.^[1] Eventually, it came into the possession of the royal family of Ylisse, the descendants of Marth, and was used by the nation's founder to defeat the Fell Dragon Grima.

Another millennia later, this weakened Falchion (Japanese: 封剣ファルシオン Sealed Sword Falcion) was inherited by Chrom, Ylisse's prince, and used in his wars against Plegia, Valm and the Grimleal, and once against Vallite soldiers. The Falchion's full power was revived by Naga herself to facilitate Grima's defeat following his revival, restoring it to the state of Exalted Falchion (Japanese: 神剣ファルシオン Divine Sword Falchion).

A second, time-displaced incarnation of Falchion, dubbed the Parallel Falchion, was brought back by Chrom's daughter Lucina from her disastrous future.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light	--	Sword: --*	10	3	100	0	1	--	Cannot be sold	--	Deals bonus damage to Medeus. Seals adjacent non-magical attacks* from non-Manaketes. Can be used as an item to fully restore the user's HP.
Mystery of the Emblem		Sword: --*	10	10	100	0	1	--	Cannot be sold	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units.
Shadow Dragon (True)		E*	12	7	100	0	1	--	Cannot be sold	2	Deals bonus damage to dragon units and Earth Dragons. Can be used as an item to restore 10 HP to the user.
Shadow Dragon (Nagi's replacement)		E*	7	9	90	0	1	--	Cannot be sold	2	Deals bonus damage to dragon units and Earth Dragons. Can be used as an item to restore 10 HP to the user.
New Mystery of the Emblem		E*	12	--	100	0	1	--	Cannot be sold	2	Deals bonus damage to dragon units and Shadow Dragons. Can be used as an item to restore 10 HP to the user.
Awakening (Sealed)		E*	5	--	80	0	1	--	Cannot be sold	2	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Cannot be forged.
Awakening (Exalted)		E*	15	--	80	10	1	--	Cannot be sold	2	Deals bonus damage to dragon and Fell Dragon units. Can be used as an item to restore 20 HP to the user. Cannot be forged.
Fates (Marth's)		E*	13	--	85	10	1	--	0	1	+10 dodge when equipped. Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Can be used as an item to restore 10 HP to the user. Cannot be traded.
Fates (Chrom's)		E*	6	--	80	0	1	--	0	1	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Cannot be traded.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia			0	0	90	0	1	--	--	--	Grants Deicide when in use.
Engage (Marth variant)		D	12	10	100	0	1	--	100	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Falchion Sealed Falchion Exalted Falchion Mirage Falchion Genesis Falchion

Game	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. At start of every third turn, unit recovers 10 HP.
Heroes (Refined: +Effect, Marth)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. At start of every second turn, unit recovers 10 HP. Grants +3 HP. Boosts Attack, Speed, Defense and Resistance by +2 each to all allies within 2 spaces of user during combat.
Heroes (Refined: +Effect, Ylissean)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. At start of every second turn, unit recovers 10 HP. Grants +3 HP. Grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res +4 during combat if unit is adjacent to an ally.
Heroes (Refined: +Atk)	5★	18	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. At start of every second turn, unit recovers 10 HP. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Refined: +Spd)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. At start of every second turn, unit recovers 10 HP. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (Refined: +Def)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. At start of every second turn, unit recovers 10 HP. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (Refined: +Res)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. At start of every second turn, unit recovers 10 HP. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.

Game	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. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each if user's HP is not full at the start of combat.
Heroes (Refined: +Effect)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat if user's HP is not full at the start of combat or if bonus is active on unit. Grants +3 HP. At start of combat, if foe's HP ≥ 75%, grants an additional +5 to Attack, Speed, and Defense to unit during combat and prevents foe from making a follow-up attack.
Heroes (Refined: +Atk)	5★	18	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat if user's HP is not full at the start of combat or if bonus is active on unit. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Refined: +Spd)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat if user's HP is not full at the start of combat or if bonus is active on unit. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (Refined: +Def)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat if user's HP is not full at the start of combat or if bonus is active on unit. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (Refined: +Res)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat if user's HP is not full at the start of combat or if bonus is active on unit. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.
Warriors	E*	30	--	--	--	--	--	Cannot be sold	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units.

Game	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. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by each of that respective stat's current bonuses. Grants +3 Speed.
Heroes (Refined: +Effect)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by each of that respective stat's current bonuses. At start of combat, if unit's HP is at or above 50% grants +4 to user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance during combat. Grants +3 Speed. Grants +3 HP. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants an additional +4 to user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance in addition to a bonus equivalent to any penalty active on each of user's stats x 2 (each stat bonus calculated separately.
Heroes (Refined: +Atk)	5★	18	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by each of that respective stat's current bonuses. At start of combat, if unit's HP is at or above 50% grants +4 to user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance during combat. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (Refined: +Spd)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by each of that respective stat's current bonuses. At start of combat, if unit's HP is at or above 50% grants +4 to user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance during combat. Grants +3 Speed. Grants +5 HP and +3 Speed.
Heroes (Refined: +Def)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by each of that respective stat's current bonuses. At start of combat, if unit's HP is at or above 50% grants +4 to user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance during combat. Grants +3 Speed. Grants +5 HP and +4 Defense.
Heroes (Refined: +Res)	5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP 500 200	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by each of that respective stat's current bonuses. At start of combat, if unit's HP is at or above 50% grants +4 to user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance during combat. Grants +3 Speed. Grants +5 HP and +4 Resistance.
Warriors	E*	80	--	--	--	--	--	Cannot be sold	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units.

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP	--	Deals bonus damage to dragon units. Boosts user's defense by 3. If the user initiates combat, grants bonus to the user's attack and defense during combat = 3 + number of allies who have already acted × 2 (max value of 7). If foe initiates combat, grants bonus to unit's Attack and Defense during combat = 7 − number of foes who have already acted × 2 (min value of 3).

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Heroes		5★	16	--	--	--	1	--	400 SP	--	Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). Deals bonus damage to dragon units. If user either initiates combat or is within two spaces of an ally, boosts user's Attack, Speed, Defense, and Resistance by +5 each during combat and also grants additional effects based on the total number of bonuses of the three allies with the highest total of bonuses (additional effects stack): 10 or higher: Neutralizes effects either guaranteeing the target or denying the user a follow-up strike during combat. 25 or higher: Boosts user's Attack by an additional +5 during combat and, if user deals at least 1 damage to target during combat, restores 5 HP to user after combat. 60 or higher: If target initiates combat, user's counterstrike precedes target's initial strike.

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Locations

Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Dropped by

Chapter 23, enemy Gharnef

Mystery of the Emblem

Dropped by

Book 1: Chapter 18, enemy Gharnef
Book 2: Endgame 2 Part 2, enemy Gharnef

Shadow Dragon

True Falchion

Dropped by

Chapter 23, enemy Gharnef

Nagi's replacement Falchion

Event

Chapter 24x, closing cutscene

New Mystery of the Emblem

Dropped by

Chapter 23, enemy Gharnef

Awakening

Sealed

Inventory

Chrom

Exalted

Event

Chapter 24, closing cutscene; replaces the Sealed Falchion when obtained.

Fates

Marth's

Inventory

amiibo interaction: Marth

Chrom's

Unobtainable

Exclusively wielded by the NPC Chrom in Before Awakening.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Inventory

amiibo interaction: Marth

Engage

Emblems

Marth, when engaged (obtained at bond level 15)

Heroes

Archanean Falchion

Units

Marth: Altean Prince

Ylissean Falchion

Units

Chrom: Exalted Prince • Lucina: Future Witness • Marth: Enigmatic Blade

Sealed Falchion

Units

Chrom: Knight Exalt

Exalted Falchion

Units

Marth: Hero-King

Mirage Falchion

Units

Itsuki: Finding a Path

Genesis Falchion

Units

Marth: Prince of Light

Warriors

Inventory

Falchion: Chrom
Exalted Falchion: Marth

Other appearances

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (anime)

Cornelius unsheathing Falchion in the anime.

In a flashback in the first episode, Prince of Aritia, Cornelius was the bearer of Falchion (rendered in the English dub as Falcion) as in the games during the Gra betrayal. He attempted to use it to fight Gharnef, but failed and was slain. The anime's visual depiction of Falchion differs greatly from the games' depictions: its hilt is a steel-blue with a gold blade, and the sword crackles with electricity as Cornelius unsheaths it. During his attack on Gharnef, Cornelius uses it to parry some of the Imhullu tendrils launched at him.

Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra

In "The Great Cave Offensive", Falchion appears as one of several obtainable treasures referencing other Nintendo franchises, worth 325,000 gold. In the English version of Super Star, it was just called "Sword" as it predated the international presence of the Fire Emblem franchise; the name "Falchion" was restored to it in Super Star Ultra, the game's remake.

Super Smash Bros. series

Marth wielding Falchion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Marth wields the Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light/Mystery of the Emblem version of Falchion in his appearances as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. All of Marth's moves, save for his pummel and throws, utilize Falchion to swipe or stab to attack. In Smash Bros., Falchion has a sweet spot at the very tip of the blade, and blows Marth inflicts with Falchion's tip—commonly referred to as "tippers"—deal greater damage and far greater knockback than attacks with any other part of the blade. Falchion's sweet spot and length are crucial parts of Marth's gameplay, and the location of Falchon's sweetspot is in contrast to Roy, whose Binding Blade has its sweet spot in its center (at the very base of the blade starting from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U), and to Lucina, whose Parallel Falchion lacks a sweet spot and so deals even damage across the blade.

Falchion makes several other appearances in Super Smash Bros. in various roles. The silhouette of the Mystery version of Falchion is used by the games as the icon representing the Fire Emblem series as a whole. Additionally, Chrom wields his version of Falchion from Awakening in his appearance in Robin's Final Smash, Pair Up. Lucina also wields her Falchion variant, the Parallel Falchion, in her playable appearance.

Monster Hunter: Frontier G

As part of the Chrom and Lucina armor set crossover promotion, the Wii U version of Monster Hunter: Frontier G features Falchion as a usable weapon. Chrom's armor set is accompanied by his basic Falchion (Japanese: 封剣ファルシオンI Sealed Sword Falcion I), while Lucina's armor set instead gets her Parallel Falchion variant (Japanese: 裏剣ファルシオンI Reverse Sword Falcion I); both are paired with the Fire Emblem as a shield and single-handed sword set.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Marth wields Falchion in his guest appearance in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., and Lucina wields her Parallel Falchion in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. as well. ^[2]

Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE

Falchion is Itsuki Aoi's default and weakest Carnage. Itsuki also has access to Exalted Falchion and True Falchion, two stronger Carnages also based on Falchion.

Detailed Carnage information

Falchion


Icon
Attack	16

Skills

Unity Cost

_S

Cleave
Lance-Slash
Rakukaja
Str Boost
Quick Step†

Caspar Force ×1

Crawling Darkness ×1

1-Star Prestige ×1

Weaknesses and Resistances
	--		Wk		Rs		--		Wk
	--		Rs		--		--		--

No added effect.

Exalted Falchion


Icon
Attack	135

Skills

Unity Cost

Dekunda
Charge
Wyrmicide
Null Seal
Fighting Spirit†

Whitescale Force ×1

Argent Habit ×1

6-Star Prestige ×3

Weaknesses and Resistances
	--		Wk		Rs		--		Wk
	--		Rs		--		Rs		Rs

Slightly restores HP every turn.