For the sword known as "Alondite" in Japanese, seeEttard.

Alondite (Japanese:エタルドEttard) is asword introduced inFire Emblem: Path of Radiance. It is one of the national treasures of theBegnion Empire, once wielded by thebeorc heroineAltina alongside its sister bladeRagnell. It was blessed by the Goddess of OrderAshera, granting it immense power and rendering it invulnerable. In addition to its sheer power, the blade can be used to sling powerful shockwaves toattack from afar.

History

Along with Ragnell, the newly-blessed Alondite was bestowed uponAltina of the Three Heroes ofTellius, for use in combating the Chaos GoddessYune, in the antiquity of Tellius. Following Yune's imprisonment withinthe Fire Emblem, Alondite and Ragnell became national treasures ofBegnion, the kingdom founded and first ruled by Altina.

In the modern Tellius era, Alondite was famously used by theBlack Knight, having presumably been granted to him by his masterSephiran when he entered his service. The Black Knight kept Alondite as his only weapon for the rest of his life, using it most notably to killGreil and in his duels withIke. After his final defeat and death at Ike's hands, Alondite began to glow, whichYune believed was the twin swords calling to each other, and Ike adopted it for use by his army againstAshera.^[1]

Stats

In the mainFire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Path of Radiance		Prf*	18	20	80	5	1–2	∞	Cannot be sold	2	+5defense when equipped. Reduces foe'scritical rate to 0% against user, or 50% if foe hasWrath active.
Radiant Dawn		SS	18	20	80	5	1–2	∞	Cannot be sold	8	+5defense when equipped.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

ForAltina's weapon, seeRagnell·Alondite.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (refine: Unrefined)			16	1	400	--	Silver Sword	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless ofrange.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless ofrange. Grants +3 HP. Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +4 each toattack,speed,defense, andresistance.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless ofrange. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless ofrange. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless ofrange. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	User can counterattack regardless ofrange. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Locations

Path of Radiance

Radiant Dawn

Heroes

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. series

InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, Alondite appears in both the Black Knight trophy and Black Knight sticker, it is referenced by name in the description of the trophy. However, due to errors with localization, in the NTSC release it is referred to as Ettard.

InSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS andWii U, Alondite appears again in the Black Knight trophy. Additionally, it appears as a part of the Black Knight costume available forMii Swordfighters as paid downloadable content, where it is the weapon they wield when wearing the "Black Knight's Armor" Outfit, where it is a purely cosmetic change.

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, Alondite appears again as part of the "Black Knight's Armor" Outfit. It also appears when the Assist Trophy item summons the Black Knight, being used as the sole weapon of the Black Knight. Alondite lastly appears in the Black Knight spirit.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Alondite is present as a skill on one of the Black Knight's cards inFire Emblem Cipher:B03-047SR Demon General of the Blessed Armor, Black Knight. It is a manual-activation skill which, for a cost of flipping 2 bond cards, increases the Black Knight's range to 1-2 and gives them +20 attack power until the end of the turn. Additionally, if the Black Knight attacks and defeats the opponent's lord while Alondite is active, then the opponent loses two orbs rather than the usual one.

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Trivia

• In international releases of the Tellius games, Alondite had its name swapped with another weapon:Ettard. This confusion likely arose from the Japanese version ofPath of Radiance, where the sword—despite being called "Ettard" everywhere in the game—was assigned the internal file name of "ALONDITE". This is likely why the English localization ofPath of Radiance renamed the sword in the first place. WhenRadiant Dawn was released in Japan, it introduced Ike's newpersonal sword as "Alondite", requiring that it be changed in localization since there was already an "Alondite" in English. Fittingly, it was localized as "Ettard", the original name of Alondite.
  • This confusion led to the Black Knight's trophy in the North American version ofSuper Smash Bros. Brawl erroneously stating that he wields Ettard. It was fixed to the localized name of Alondite in the PAL version.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

• 
  Artwork of Alondite fromPath of Radiance.
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  Altina wielding Ragnell and Alondite inRadiant Dawn.
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  TheBlack Knight wielding Alondite inPath of Radiance.
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  The Black Knight attacking indirectly with Alondite inPath of Radiance.
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  The Black Knight wielding Alondite inRadiant Dawn.
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  The Black Knight attacking indirectly with Alondite inRadiant Dawn.
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  Alondite inHeroes.

References

See also

• Ragnell