Balmung (Japanese:バルムンクBalmunc), referred to as the "divine sword" (Japanese:神剣), is a sword which was introduced inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is the holy weapon once wielded byOd of theTwelve Crusaders, bestowed upon him at theMiracle of Dahna after his blood pact with a dragon. The blade is the property of Od's descendants, the royal family ofIsaach, and can only be wielded by those in possession of major OdHoly Blood.

History

In Isaach's war withGrannvale, upon hearing of his fatherMananan's cruel death at the hands of the Grannvale forces, Crown PrinceMallicur set out with the Balmung to confront his father's killers, but was himself killed in battle. The Balmung was taken and eventually ended up placed within theAed Shrine, guarded by itsLoptrian occupants, and remained there for two decades.

Eventually, Mallicur's sonShannan came to hear rumours of the blade's entombment at the Shrine and set out to attempt to procure it. He was beaten to it, however, by the thiefPatty, who had decided to rob the Shrine of her own accord. As the two fled from the pursuing Loptrian forces, Patty eagerly handed the Balmung over to Shannan upon learning of his identity, and Shannan wielded it for the rest of the liberation war underSeliph.

Millennia later, the blade came into the possession of theGrimleal, and was given to its reincarnation ofSimia, theDeadlord. If Simia was slain, the blade could be taken by theShepherds and used to opposeGrima. By this point, Balmung was no longer sealed to the Od bloodline and could be used by any sword-wielder of reasonable skill.

Stats

In the mainFire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Genealogy of the Holy War		★*	30	3	90	--	1	50	50,000	--	+10skill, +20speed when equipped.
Awakening		A	13	--	90	10	1	25	0	2	+5speed when equipped. Cannot beforged.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

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	--	✗	Grants +3 speed. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP = 100% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on user and grants +5 each toattack, speed,defense, andresistance to user during combat.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 speed. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP ≥ 75% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on user, grants +5 each toattack, speed,defense, andresistance to user, and neutralizes effects that increase foe's special cooldown charge or reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +3 HP. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +⁠([user's speed × 15%] + 4) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat, and if user's speed > foe's speed, user takes −⁠([user's speed − foe's speed] × 4; maximum: 40) damage (except from Røkkr specials).
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 speed. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP ≥ 75% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on user, grants +5 each toattack, speed,defense, andresistance to user, and neutralizes effects that increase foe's special cooldown charge or reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 speed. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP ≥ 75% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on user, grants +5 each toattack, speed,defense, andresistance to user, and neutralizes effects that increase foe's special cooldown charge or reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 speed. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP ≥ 75% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on user, grants +5 each toattack, speed,defense, andresistance to user, and neutralizes effects that increase foe's special cooldown charge or reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants +3 speed. If foe initiates combat or foe'sHP ≥ 75% at start of combat, neutralizes penalties on user, grants +5 each toattack, speed,defense, andresistance to user, and neutralizes effects that increase foe's special cooldown charge or reduce user's special cooldown charge during combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

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Balmung appears as one ofItsuki Aoi's Carnages inTokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE. It is only available if Itsuki's carnage,Chrom, has been made a Conqueror. Icon Attack 102 Skills Unity Cost S Heat Wave Focused Blade Lance-Slash EX Charge Pierce† Knight Force R. ×1 Hellish Doll ×1 4-Star Prestige ×3 Weaknesses and Resistances -- Wk Nu -- Wk -- Rs -- -- Rs No added effect.

Locations

Genealogy of the Holy War

Awakening

Heroes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Balmung is present as a skill on one card inFire Emblem Cipher:B08-076SR Astral Sword Sovereign, Shannan. It is a manual-activation skill which allows the player to, for the cost of flipping two bond cards face-down, discard their entire hand and replace it with an equal number of cards drawn from the Retreat Area which depict Shannan, potentially giving the player a significant stockpile of cards to spend on having Shannan evade attacks or inflict critical hits.

Flavor text

Trivia

• InGenealogy, while the Crusader weapons cannot normally leave their owner's possession,a glitch involving Valkyrie allows Balmung to be sold to the pawn shop, where any unit with major Od blood can purchase it. IfChulainn marriedAyra,Larcei andScáthach will have major Od blood, allowing them to use Balmung.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Balmung from theTrading Card Game.
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  Artwork ofShannan with Balmung from theTrading Card Game.
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  Concept artwork of Balmung fromAwakening.

Screenshots

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  Shannan wielding Balmung inGenealogy of the Holy War.

Heroes artwork

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  Balmung as it appears inHeroes.
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  Artwork ofShannan: Wielder of Astra with Balmung.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork ofShannan with Balmung.
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  Artwork of Shannan with Balmung.
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  Artwork ofPatty with Balmung.
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  Artwork ofDaisy with Balmung.