Upheaval

Upheaval Upheaval occurring in Fire Emblem Gaiden. The highest tier of dark magic. Attacks the entire battlefield, except fliers.

Type Black Magic (Gaiden) Personal skill (Echoes: Shadows of Valentia) Dark (Three Houses) First game Fire Emblem Gaiden

Upheaval (Japanese: メガクェイク Megaquake) is a rarely-occurring offensive spell, or possibly a random chance event, in Fire Emblem Gaiden. It is one of Gaiden's more obscure features. Known occurrences of this spell are when fighting on the same maps as Duma and Jamil, and these units can be seen performing it. It also does not appear in any unit's spell list.

The spell rarely occurs at all, this leads to many people playing through Gaiden in its entirety and never encountering it, increasing its obscurity. In Gaiden, when used, the following text appears:

だいちのせいれいよ！
わがよびかけに　おうじよ！！

てきは　メガクェイク
をとなえた！！

This translates to:

O, Holy Spirit of the Earth! Respond to my call!!

The enemy chanted Megaquake!!

Upheaval returns in Gaiden's remake, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, this time as a defined personal skill listed in Jamil and Duma's skill lists. When used, every member of the player's party takes a different, random amount of damage, between 8 and 18 HP. The player is also alerted to an impending use of Upheaval by its user becoming surrounded by a dark aura at the beginning of the player phase, before unleashing Upheaval at the beginning of the enemy phase. Unlike most offensive skills in Shadows of Valentia, Upheaval does not consume any of its user's HP. In this game, the incantation was localized as:

Spirits of the Earth, heed my call!

Upheaval returns once more in Heroes as one of Duma's personal skills.

In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Upheaval returns as a dark magic spell, here known as Quake Σ (Japanese: メガクエイクΣ Megaquake Σ). It is an exceedingly rare spell that affects the entire map, and it is exclusively wielded by the Agarthan leader, Thales.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

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Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Gaiden	--	--	--	??	??	??	All	--	??	--	Does not appear in any spell lists, but occurs when fighting on the same map as Duma or Jamil. Cannot kill units. Damage formula: [(random number between 0~20) + 10] − (target's Luck ÷ 2) Deals a minimum of 10 damage.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		--	8–18	--	--	--	All	--	--	--	Upon use, user charges up spell and cannot act again during turn. User will unleash the attack the following turn, and cannot to act again on this turn. Cannot kill units.
Three Houses		B	8	20	50	0	All	1	--	2	Does not affect flying units.

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Upheaval Woeful Upheaval

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes (Upheaval)		Deals 7 damage to all enemy units at the start of user's first phase. During a defensive Aether Raids battle during anima season, destroys any offensive structure in the same column as user's initial position.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP
Heroes (Upheaval+)		Deals 10 damage to all enemy units at the start of user's first phase. During a defensive Aether Raids battle during anima season, destroys any offensive structure in the same column as user's initial position. At start of combat, if user's attack is higher than foe's or if foe's HP ≤ 99%, neutralizes foe's active bonuses (i.e. those applied by a skill such as a Fortify or a Rally) during combat.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP

Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Heroes		Deals 7 damage to all enemy units at the start of user's first phase. Reduces damage from the foe's first strike during combat by ([user's attack − foe's attack; minimum 0] + [(foe's max HP − foe's current HP) × 3; maximum 30])%. If an enemy attacks an ally within two spaces of user with a 2-range weapon skill, user moves into ally's space and enters combat in that ally's place, receiving the non-movement after-combat effects.	--	--	Cost: 300 SP

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Locations

Gaiden

Unobtainable

Enemy only.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Unobtainable

Enemy only, known by Jamil and Duma.

Three Houses

Unobtainable

Exclusively used by Thales as the boss of Silver Snow Chapter 20/Verdant Wind Chapter 21.

Heroes

Upheaval, Upheaval+

Units

Duma: God of Strength

Woeful Upheaval

Units

Duma: Strength and Love

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Earth magic that deals damage to all opponents.	大地の魔法 敵全体にダメージを与える
Three Houses	The highest tier of dark magic. Attacks the entire battlefield, except fliers.	闇の最上級魔法 戦場全体を攻撃　飛行系には無効
Heroes (Upheaval)	At the start of turn 1, deals 7 damage to all foes, and if defending in Aether Raids during anima season, destroys offensive structure within same column as unit. (Does not affect structures that cannot be destroyed.)	１ターン目開始時、全ての敵に７ダメージ さらに、理のシーズンの飛空城防衛時なら、 同じ縦列にある敵攻撃設備のうち、 破壊可能なものを破壊する。
Heroes (Upheaval+)	At the start of turn 1, deals 10 damage to all foes, and if defending in Aether Raids during Anima season, destroys nearest offensive structure. (Does not affect structures that cannot be destroyed.) At start of combat, if unit's Atk > foe's Atk, or if foe's HP < 100%, neutralizes foe's bonuses (from skills like Fortify, Rally, etc.) during combat.	１ターン目開始時、全ての敵に１０ダメージ さらに、理のシーズンの飛空城防衛時なら、 破壊可能な最も近い敵攻撃設備を破壊する 戦闘開始時、自身の攻撃が敵より１以上高い時、 または、戦闘開始時、敵のＨＰが９９％以下の時、 戦闘中、敵の強化の＋を無効にする （無効になるのは、鼓舞や応援等の＋効果）
Heroes (Woeful Upheaval)	At the start of turn 1, deals 7 damage to all foes. Reduces damage from foe's first attack during combat by percentage = difference between unit's Atk and foe's Atk (min. 0) + difference between foe's max HP and foe's current HP at start of combat, × 3 (max. 30). If a foe uses bow, dagger, magic, or staff and initiates combat against an ally within 2 spaces of unit, triggers【Savior】on unit. 【Savior】 Unit takes ally's space, enters combat in ally's place, and receives all after-combat effects. Savior will not trigger if ally is on terrain that unit cannot move to or if multiple units are able to use Savior during the same combat. If Savior triggers, after-combat movement effects do not occur.	１ターン目開始時、全ての敵に７ダメージ 戦闘中、最初に受けた攻撃のダメージを○×３％軽減 ○は、自分と敵の攻撃の差（最低０）＋ 戦闘開始時の敵の最大ＨＰと現ＨＰの差 （最大３０％） 周囲２マス以内の味方が、 弓、暗器、魔法、杖の敵から攻撃された時、 スキル所持者は【護り手】を発動 【護り手】 攻撃された味方の代わりに、味方のマスで戦闘を行い、 戦闘後の効果を受ける。 下記の場合、「護り手」は発動しない ・味方がいる場所が自分が進入できない地形の時 ・その戦闘で「護り手」を発動可能な味方が複数いる時 （「護り手」発動時、戦闘後移動スキルは無効）

Etymology and other languages

Upheaval

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Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Upheaval	This name is used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Heroes.
English (unofficial)	Megaquake	Used in the Fire Emblem Gaiden fan translation.
Japanese	メガクェイク	Megaquake; used in Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and Heroes.
Spanish	Turbulencia	Turbulence
French	Séisme	Earthquake
German	Turbulenz	Turbulence
Italian	Sisma	Quake
Portuguese	Turbulência	Turbulence
Traditional Chinese	超級地震	Super-earthquake

Quake Σ

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Quake Σ	This name is used in Three Houses. Dark magic in Three Houses is denoted with a Greek letter; in this case, Sigma.
Japanese	メガクェイク Σ	Megaquake Σ
Spanish	Terremoto Σ	Earthquake Σ
French	Séisme Σ	Earthquake Σ
German	Beben Σ	Quake Σ
Italian	Sisma Σ	Quake Σ
Korean	메가퀘이크Σ	Megaquake Σ
Simplified Chinese	巨型地震Σ	Giant earthquake Σ
Traditional Chinese	巨型地震Σ	Giant earthquake Σ

Woeful Upheaval

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Woeful Upheaval	--
Japanese	試練メガクェイク	Trial megaquake
Spanish	Turbulencia fatal	Deadly turbulence
French	Séisme tragique	Tragic earthquake
German	Arge Turbulenz	Intense Turbulaece
Italian	Sisma desolante	Distressing turbulaece
Portuguese	Caos turbulento	Turbulent chaos
Traditional Chinese	試煉超級地震	Trial super-earthquake

Gallery

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  Upheaval occurring in Gaiden.

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  Jamil preparing to cast Upheaval in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  Jamil casting Upheaval in Shadows of Valentia.

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  Jamil casting Upheaval in Shadows of Valentia.

See also

• Geosphere, an item from Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and its remakes with a similar effect.

References

Type C passive skills in Heroes

Debuffing skills Atk Ploy • Atk Smoke • Atk/Def Rein • Atk/Res Rein • Atk/Spd Rein • Chaos Named • Def Ploy • Def Smoke • Glare • Panic Ploy • Res Ploy • Res Smoke • Spd Ploy • Spd Smoke Experience-related skills Axe Experience • Axe Valor • Beast Exp. • Beast Valor • B Tome Exp. • B Tome Valor • Bow Exp. • Bow Valor • Dagger Exp. • Dagger Valor • Dragon Exp. • Dragon Valor • G Tome Exp. • G Tome Valor • Lance Exp. • Lance Valor • R Tome Exp. • R Tome Valor • Staff Exp. • Staff Valor • Sword Exp. • Sword Valor Healing skills Breath of Life • Even Recovery • Odd Recovery • Sparkling Boost Mobility skills Air Orders • Armor March • Armored Stride • Assault Troop • A/D Near Save • A/S Far Save • A/R Near Save • A/R Far Save • Canto Control • D/R Far Save • D/R Near Save • Even Tempest • Flier Guidance • Ground Orders • Guidance • Odd Tempest • Opening Retainer • Solitary Dream Proximity skills Armor March • Armored Stride • Atk Tactic • A/D Far Save • Atk/Def Gap • Atk/Def Hold • Atk/Def Menace • A/D Near Save • Atk/Def Oath • Atk/Def Rein • A/S Far Save • A/R Far Save • Atk/Res Gap • Atk/Res Hold • Atk/Res Menace • A/R Near Save • Atk/Res Oath • Atk/Res Rein • Atk Smoke • Atk/Spd Gap • Atk/Spd Hold • Atk/Spd Menace • Atk/Spd Oath • Atk/Spd Rein • Breath of Life • Chaos Named • Close Guard • Cross Spur Atk • Cross Spur Res • Darkling Guardian • Def Tactic • Def/Res Gap • Def/Res Hold • Def/Res Menace • D/R Near Save • Def/Res Oath • Def/Res Rein • Def Smoke • Distant Guard • Divine Fang • Domain of Flame • Domain of Ice • Drive Atk • Drive Def • Drive Res • Drive Spd • Even Recovery • Everliving Domain • Faith in Humanity • Fatal Smoke • Fortify Armor • Fortify Beasts • Fortify Cavalry • Fortify Def • Fortify Dragons • Fortify Fliers • Fortify Res • Glare • Goad Armor • Goad Beasts • Goad Cavalry • Goad Dragons • Goad Fliers • Goddess Bearer • Heir to Light • Holy Ground • Hone Armor • Hone Atk • Hone Beasts • Hone Cavalry • Hone Dragons • Hone Fliers • Hone Spd • Human Virtue • Inevitable Death • Infantry Breath • Infantry Flash • Inf. Hexblade • Inf. Null Follow • Infantry Pulse • Infantry Rush • Inf. Spd Tactic • Joint Dist. Guard • Joint Drive Atk • Joint Drive Def • Joint Drive Res • Joint Drive Spd • Joint Hone Atk • Joint Hone Def • Joint Hone Res • Joint Hone Spd • Odd Recovery • Opened Domain • Order's Restraint • Ostia's Pulse • Panic Smoke • Pulse Smoke • Res Smoke • Res Tactic • Rouse Atk/Def • Rouse Atk/Res • Rouse Atk/Spd • Rouse Def/Res • Rouse Spd/Def • Rouse Spd/Res • Savage Blow • Severance • Solitary Dream • Spd/Def Gap • Spd/Def Hold • Spd/Def Menace • Spd/Def Oath • Spd/Def Rein • Spd/Res Gap • Spd/Res Hold • Spd/Res Menace • Spd/Res Oath • Spd/Res Rein • Spd Smoke • Spd Tactic • Spur Atk • Spur Atk/Def • Spur Atk/Res • Spur Atk/Spd • Spur Def • Spur Def/Res • Spur Res • Spur Spd • Spur Spd/Def • Spur Spd/Res • Stall Ploy • Surtr's Menace • Surtr's Portent • Threaten Atk • Threat. Atk/Def • Threat. Atk/Res • Threat. Atk/Spd • Threaten Def • Threat. Def/Res • Threaten Res • Threaten Spd • Threat. Spd/Def • Threat. Spd/Res • Ward Armor • Ward Beasts • Ward Cavalry • Ward Dragons • Ward Fliers • With Everyone! Stat-boosting skills All Together! • Atk Opening • Def Opening • Res Opening • Spd Opening • Vision of Arcadia • Wings of Light Turn-related skills A/D Near Save • A/R Far Save • Breath of Life • D/R Near Save • Even Atk Wave • Even Def Wave • Even Recovery • Even Res Wave • Even Spd Wave • Even Tempest • Fatal Smoke • Future-Focused • Odd Atk Wave • Odd Def Wave • Odd Recovery • Odd Res Wave • Odd Spd Wave • Odd Tempest • Savage Blow Miscellaneous skills Blue Feud • C Feud • Divine Fang • Green Feud • Impenetrable Dark • Red Feud • Time's Pulse • Upheaval • Worldbreaker