Ginnungagap

Ginnungagap Icon of Ginnungagap from Fates. After use in combat, halves Mag until wielder attacks again.

Type Tome First game Fire Emblem Fates

Ginnungagap (Japanese: ギンヌンガガプ Ginnungagap) is a tome which was introduced in Fire Emblem Fates. It is the only A-rank tome and has great raw power, possessing the highest might of any tome or scroll in Fates by a significant margin. However, it has shaky accuracy and using it takes a toll on its wielder, leaving them temporarily unable to do as much damage with their next attacks.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	Exp	Other effects and notes
Fates		A	15	--	65	0	1-2	--	8,000	2	After combat, if user attacked, user's magic is halved until the end of their next round of combat in which they attack.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	Exp	Other effects and notes
Heroes		5★	14	--	--	--	2	--	400 SP	--	Boosts user's Speed by +3 at all times. If user's HP is 25% or higher at start of combat, boosts user's Attack and Speed by +6 each during combat and additionally, if user initiates combat or target wields a red tome, blue tome, green tome, colorless tome, or staff skill, reduces damage from target's first strike by 40% and boosts the damage output for user's next strike by the amount of damage reduced from target's strike or other sources (including other skills).

Locations

Fates

Dropped by	Revelation: Chapter 26, enemy Sorcerer
Armory	Dusk Armory: Level 3 (limit 1)
Lottery Shop	Dusk Lottery: Gold Prize
Rank rewards	Battle Rank: 2800 (limit 1)

Heroes

Units

Nyx: Rulebreaker Mage

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	After use in combat, halves Mag until wielder attacks again.	??
Heroes	Grants Spd+3. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd+6 to unit during combat, and also, if unit initiates combat or foe initiates combat and uses magic or staff, reduces damage from foe's first attack by 40% and boosts unit's next attack by total damage reduced (by any source, including other skills). Resets at end of combat.	速さ＋３ 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ＋６ 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上で 自分から攻撃した時、または、 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上で 魔法、杖の敵から攻撃された時、 最初に受けた攻撃のダメージを４０％軽減し、 軽減した値を、自身の次の攻撃のダメージに＋ （その戦闘中のみ。軽減値はスキルによる軽減効果も含む）

Trivia

• As revealed by text file dumps, Ginnungagap is internally referred to in Japanese Fates as "Yggdrasil" (Japanese: ユグドラシル). This may have been an early name for the tome.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Ginnungagap	From Ginnungagap, the primordial void of Norse mythology.
Japanese	ギンヌンガガプ	Ginnungagap
Spanish	Ginnungagap	As above.
French	Ginnungagap	As above.
German	Ginnungagap	As above.
Italian	Ginnungagap	As above.
Portuguese (Brazil)	Ginnungagap	--
Traditional Chinese	金倫加	Ginnunga; Old Norse ginnunga of uncertain meaning, potentially "yawning" or "gaping".

Gallery

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  An enemy Sorcerer casting Ginnungagap in Fates.

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  Ginnungagap as it appears in Heroes.

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  Ginnungagap as it appears in Heroes.

See also

• Dragon Spirit
• Snake Spirit