Aureola (Japanese:アーリアルAureole), also known as theGlorious Ascension (Japanese:至高の光Supreme Light), is alight tome introduced inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade. It is one of thelegendary weapons ofElibe, forged to combat dragons inThe Scouring, and was wielded by SaintElimine of theEight Legends.

History

As with the other eight legendary weapons, Aureola was forged by humans during the Scouring and was entrusted to Elimine, and during battle its power was part of the cause of theEnding Winter. After the war, Elimine enshrined it at the peak of the Saint's Tower inEtruria, on the outskirts of the capitalAquileia,^[1] and a seal was placed upon it byBramimond to prevent human access to it.

When Bramimond released the seal on the legendary weapons to permitEliwood andHector to use them to defeatNergal,Athos collected Aureola from its resting place and brought it with him to theDragon's Gate, claiming it contained the ability to pierce Nergal's formidable magical defenses. After Nergal's defeat, Aureola was returned to the Tower.

Twenty years later, after freeing Etruria, Eliwood's sonRoy travelled to the Saint's Tower to drive out the turncoat Elimine Church faction occupying it, withDouglas's aid. On capturing the tower, Roy was allowed by KingMordred to take and use Aureola and anything else of use from the tower, for use as the leader of the Etrurian campaign againstBern and itsWar Dragons.

Stats

In the mainFire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
The Binding Blade		S	15	9	90	5	1–2	20	Cannot be sold	1	+5resistance when equipped. Dealsbonus damage todragon units.
The Blazing Blade		S	15	14	90	5	1–2	20	Cannot be sold	0	+5resistance when equipped. Dealsbonus damage todragon units andDark Druids.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

AureolaRadiant AureolaBlessed Aureola

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Aureola; refine: Unrefined)			14	2	400	--	Thoron orShine	--	✗	Dealsbonus damage tored,blue,green, orcolorless tome users. Grants +3 resistance. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each toattack,speed, and resistance to user and disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user'sdefense or resistance during combat. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces of user after combat.
Heroes (Aureola; refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 resistance. Dealsbonus damage tored,blue,green, orcolorless tome users. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces of user after combat. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each toattack,speed,defense, and resistance, disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user's defense or resistance, user deals +⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user) damage, and foe's first attack deals −⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user × 40%) damage during combat. If user is within 2 spaces of an ally at start of turn, grants +6 each to attack and speed and "neutralizes penalties on unit during combat" to user and allies within 2 spaces of user for 1 turn. If foe initiates combat or foe's HP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants +5 each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user, neutralizes effects that reudce user's special cooldown charge, and inflicts −1 special cooldown charge on foe per attack during combat.
Heroes (Aureola; refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 resistance. Dealsbonus damage tored,blue,green, orcolorless tome users. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces of user after combat. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each toattack,speed,defense, and resistance, disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user's defense or resistance, user deals +⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user) damage, and foe's first attack deals −⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user × 40%) damage during combat. Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (Aureola; refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 resistance. Dealsbonus damage tored,blue,green, orcolorless tome users. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces of user after combat. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each toattack,speed,defense, and resistance, disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user's defense or resistance, user deals +⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user) damage, and foe's first attack deals −⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user × 40%) damage during combat. Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (Aureola; refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 resistance. Dealsbonus damage tored,blue,green, orcolorless tome users. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces of user after combat. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each toattack,speed,defense, and resistance, disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user's defense or resistance, user deals +⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user) damage, and foe's first attack deals −⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user × 40%) damage during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (Aureola; refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 resistance. Dealsbonus damage tored,blue,green, orcolorless tome users. Restores 7 HP to user and allies within 2 spaces of user after combat. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each toattack,speed,defense, and resistance, disables foe's skills that calculate damage using lower of user's defense or resistance, user deals +⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user) damage, and foe's first attack deals −⁠(highest total bonuses among user and allies within 2 spaces of user × 40%) damage during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Radiant Aureola)			14	2	400	--	Atlas	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Dealsbonus damage against wielders ofred,blue,green, andcolorless tome skills. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP ≥ 75% at start of combat, grants +5 each to user'sattack,speed,defense, andresistance, inflicts −1 special cooldown charge to foe per attack, and disables effects on foe that calculate damage using lower of unit's defense or resistance during combat.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Blessed Aureola)			14	2	400	--	Atlas	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. Dealsbonus damage against wielders ofred,blue,green, andcolorless tome skills. Grants +5 each toattack,defense, andresistance to allies within 1 row or column of user during their combats, and if ally's attack can trigger their special, grants −1 special cooldown count to ally before their first attack during combat. If an ally is within 1 row or column of user, grants +⁠([user's resistance at start of combat × 20%] + 5) each to attack, defense, and resistance, user deals +⁠(user's resistance × 20%) damage, foe deals −⁠(user's resistance × 20%) damage, and grants −1 special cooldown count to user before user's first attack during combat. If an ally is within 1 row or column of user and foe uses red, blue, green, or colorless tome, grants +10 attack to user during combat, and if foe initiates combat, user cancounterattack before foe's first attack.

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Locations

The Binding Blade

The Blazing Blade

Heroes

Aureola

Radiant Aureola

Blessed Aureola

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Trivia

• Aureola shares its Italian name,Etere, with theAether skill of later games.
• In the Japanese version ofThe Blazing Blade, the bonus damage to dragon units when using Aureola is triple (3×) Aureola's might, even though every other anti-dragon weapon has double (2×) the might. This is because it uses a different bonus damage category to include effectiveness against theDark Druid class.

Etymology and other languages

Radiant Aureola

Blessed Aureola

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Elen casting Aureola inThe Binding Blade.

Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Aureola fromHeroes.
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  Aureola as it appears inHeroes.
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  Aureola as it appears inHeroes.
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  Radiant Aureola as it appears inHeroes.
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  Radiant Aureola as it appears inHeroes.
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  Blessed Aureola as it appears inHeroes.
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  Blessed Aureola as it appears inHeroes.
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  Artwork ofGuinivere: Princess of Bern with Aureola.
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  Artwork ofGuinivere: Queen of Bern with Radiant Aureola.
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  Artwork ofAthos: Omniscient One with Blessed Aureola.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork ofGuinivere with Aureola.

References