The Dark Pontifex

This article is about the History Mode map from Warriors; for the chapter in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem, and Shadow Dragon that this chapter is based on, see Dark Pontifex.

The Dark Pontifex

Location The Temple of Thabes (Shadow Dragon) New units Anna* Boss(es) Gharnef Previous chapter(s) The Path Is Yours Next chapter(s) Noble Lady of Caelin

“	The Temple of Thabes... He's here...somewhere...	”	— Marth

The Dark Pontifex (Japanese: 悪の司祭ガーネフ Evil Bishop Garnef) is a History Mode map in Fire Emblem Warriors. It is inspired by Chapter 18 and Chapter 15 of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. It is unlocked after clearing Chapter 15 of the main story.

Plot

Main article: The Dark Pontifex/Script

Marth's army arrives at the Temple of Thabes in search of Gharnef and the Falchion which he currently holds. After some searching, Gharnef reveals himself along with several of his shadows. Leo tells Marth he can create Starlight with the Lightsphere and the Starsphere to defeat Gharnef, while Caeda suggests they look for a magical apparatus that is giving the pontifex his power. After some fighting Gharnef summons Tiki, who is under his mind control, and tells her to take out the "thieves". Robin approaches Tiki and is able to awaken her from the trance, to which Tiki in turns gives Marth the two orbs that Leo uses to make Starlight. The army is also able to successfully locate and shut down the magical apparatus. Finally Marth is able to corner and defeat the real Gharnef, who curses at the prince while handing over the Falchion.

Summary

The city of Thabes was once an advanced civilization. Somewhere within the walls of the temple at the city's heart, Gharnef was waiting, and now, it is up to Marth to wrest the Falchion from the fiend's grip.

Chapter data

Character data

Characters
New units
Anna Trickster HP 50 Inventory Bronze Bow Level 1 Automatically after beating the Fight of the Hero-King mission*
Available characters

Note: This list represents the minimum characters obtained upon unlocking this particular History Mode map. Any character the player has obtained can be used during any mission outside of Deploy Limits. This list also does not include any downloadable content characters the player may have.

Map

Hover your mouse above the units to see their mission and level.

Anna's Mementos

Anna's Mementos
Mission	Objective	Location
Fort Siege Lv. 13 Fighter	Defeat 1,000 enemies.	SW Geyser Fort
	Defeat 75 enemies with Dual Specials.	NE Geyser Fort
Targeted Elimination Lv. 30 Gharnef	Defeat 1,000 enemies.	E Sandbar Fort
	Take five enemy forts.	W Bridge Post
The Dark Pontifex Lv. 37 Gharnef	Defeat 1,000 enemies.	N Tree Fort
	Defeat 1,200 enemies.	Trident Ruins

Mission data

Icon	Challenge	Lv	Restrictions	Deploy Limit	Stage	Reward	S-Rank Reward
	Fort Siege	10			Fortified Citadel	Piked Dragonstone	Blessed Axe
	Fort Siege	13			Ebony Volcano	Iron Axe
	Timed Attack	14			Aytolis City	Concoction
	Pincer Escape	15	Timed Constrained		Great Plain	Concoction	Master Seal
	Pincer Escape	17		Tomes/Stones	Dusk Castle	Ironbanestone	Master Seal
	Timed Onslaught	21			Great Plain	Concoction
	Pincer Escape	23		Spears	Aytolis City	Steel Lance	Blessed Lance
	Arena	25			Kingswood	Concoction
	Fort Defense	26	Reduced Healing		Desolate Gorge	Steel Bow	Blessed Bow
	Ally Rescue	35	Triangle Amplification		Kingswood	Concoction	Silverstone
	Fort Defense	50		Axes	Desert Arena	Risestone	Brave Axe
	Pincer Escape	50			Castle Sol	Steelstone	Brave Tome
	Pincer Escape	24			Dragon Valley	Concoction	Master Seal
	Timed Onslaught	29			Fortified Citadel	Concoction
	Targeted Elimination	30			Great Plain	Gharnef's Orb
	Timed Onslaught	28			Kingswood	Concoction
	Ally Rescue	30			Fortified Citadel	Steel Sword	Spirit Katana
	Timed Attack	33			Great Plain	Concoction
	Targeted Elimination	34			Fortified Citadel	Undragonstone	Blessedstone
	The Dark Pontifex	37		Altean Heroes	The World Tree	Steel Tome Exalted Falchion's Scroll	Blessed Tome
	A Princely Feud (Timed Onslaught)	61			Ebony Volcano	Steel Tome	Brynhildr's Scroll
	Face the Magic (Pincer Escape)	62		Awakening Heroes	Fortified Citadel	Caeda's Breastplate	Falchion's Scroll
	Lissa vs. Xander (Fort Siege)	62		Swords	Kingswood	Darios's Circlet	Siegfried's Scroll
	Good News (Timed Attack)	60			Castle Sol	Marth's Tiara	Camilla's Axe's Scroll
	Fight of the Hero-King	80		Fight of the Hero-King	Aytolis Castle	Anna's Purse Anna

Mission deployment

• Start of map:
  • A Great Knight, a Fighter, a Cavalier, 5 Myrmidons, a Pegasus Knight, an Archer, a Wyvern Rider, and a Mage will be on the map.
• After clearing three missions:
  • 4 Gharnefs will appear.
• After clearing five total missions (two from above):
  • Tiki, 2 Myrmidons, and a Cavalier will appear.
• After clearing Gharnef The Dark Pontifex Lv. 37 and reopening the map:
  • 4 Space-Time Distortions will appear.
• After collecting all the Anna's Mementos for the "Fight of the Hero-King" illustration:
  • Anna will appear.

Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

The map starts with no clear objective so start by doing some missions. After doing so, several Gharnefs will appear with the real one surrounded by an Imhullu barrier, along with a Wall of Darkness across the map. After clearing more missions, Tiki will appear. Clear Tiki's mission to remove the Imhullu barrier, and clear Gharnef's mission to complete the map's story. Myrmidon Timed Onslaught Lv. 28 will remove the Wall of Darkness, and while this is not necessary for story completion, it will allow for easier navigation to certain missions on the map.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	The Dark Pontifex
Japanese	悪の司祭ガーネフ	Evil Bishop Garnef
Spanish	El pontífice oscuro	The Dark Pontifex
French	Le Pontife maléfique	The Evil Pontifex
German	Dunkler Priester	The Dark Pontifex
Italian	Il Pontefici oscuro	The Dark Pontifex

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