TheDeadlords (Japanese:十二人の魔将Twelve Demon Generals) are an enigmatic collective ofundead warriors which once served theLoptrian Empire, later serving theLoptr Church, the Empire's remnants, and theGrimleal ofPlegia. Over the millennia, the Deadlords have existed multiple times: through an unspecified process, the Deadlords are created and recreated by transforming people into them, a process performed by Loptrian agents.

Overview

Characteristics

Much of the nature of the Deadlords is unclarified and shrouded in mystery. They are considered to beRisen in the era ofYlisse, as they are reanimated corpses given new "life" through dark magic. The factor which sets them apart from normal Risen appears to be their personas: all Deadlord incarnations are granted one of twelve identities, which typically wield similar weapons and abilities to their past incarnations. It is uncertain whether the recurring set of twelve names indicates that the Deadlords are reincarnations of the same twelve original Deadlord "souls" in new bodies, if the recurring names are merely honorific titles referencing the originals, or if they are merely a set of generic designations continually reused with every new batch of Deadlords.

There is little evidence on the nature of the personalities of the Deadlords: they have never spoken at all in the primary stories of their appearances, andAversa attests that "they're not much for talk". In theAwakeningdownloadable episodeInfinite Regalia, however, the Deadlords do have a speaking role. Here, they appear to share something of a hive mind, with each speaking a fragment of the same dialogue in turn in order to communicate with others. They claim to not "SUCCUMB TO MORTAL EMOTION" when asked about their satisfaction with their job.^[1] While most Deadlord incarnations are silent, malevolent figures in the service of evil forces, these thirty-six Deadlords are instead portrayed as honorable soldiers devoted to the protection of their temple, and are even used for comedy.

Jugdral

The original twelve Deadlords were convened at some point before Grann 447 in the service of the fledgling Loptrians, and in their service in this year launched a devastating result on the Grann Republic, then the dominant power of Jugdral, destroying it and allowing for the Loptrian Empire to rise in its wake. The actions of the Deadlords after this point are not recorded, but presumably they continued to be reincarnated throughout the lifetime of the Loptrian Empire and a set of them met their downfall at the hands of theTwelve Crusaders.

Duringthe conflicts in the Thracian peninsula in the year 776, six of the Deadlords were reincarnated by the Loptrians:Veld createdMus using the lateRaydrik, whileManfroy createdBovis,Tigris,Draco,Canis, andPorcus. The six incarnations were defeated byLeif's liberation army, as was Veld. Shortly afterward, all twelve were reincarnated and set up in the defense ofJulius, the current vessel of Loptous, in their last stand againstSeliph's liberation army atBelhalla; the individuals used to create these incarnations ofAnguilla,Equus, andOvis appear to have been relatives of theFriege,Velthomer, andSilesse families as they possessed the respectiveHoly Blood. Again, they were all defeated, clearing the path to Julius.

Ylisse

Millennia later, the Deadlords were reincarnated byValidar andAversa of theGrimleal, and some of their number were equpped with the holy weapons of theTwelve Crusaders. At theDragon's Table in preparation for the revival ofGrima, they were deployed under Aversa's command in order to defeatChrom, but again failed and were slain.

The Outrealms

In theOutrealms around the same time, a set of thirty-six Deadlord incarnations, led by an incarnation ofMus, perpetually guarda ruined temple which houses duplicates of numerous holy weapons from across the world. These thirty-six claim to have fought and died in a great cataclysm which affected their original world; through the course of battles with them,Lucina,Tiki and the other children show signs of recognition of their bodies, indicating these Deadlords were created from the corpses ofChrom and the Shepherds from an alternate timeline in which their resistance to Grima or some other enemy failed. This set of Deadlords like to challenge intruders, such as the main universe's Chrom, to fight the Deadlords off and claim the temple's treasures as a bit of sport, finding "A BIT OF MORTAL PLEASURE" in receiving a good challenge in battle.

Members

Mus Baron/General	Bovis Forrest/Mercenary/Bow Knight	Tigris Warrior	Lepus High Priest/War Cleric	Draco Sniper	Anguilla Mage Fighter/Dark Knight
Equus Bishop/Paladin	Ovis Sage	Simia Swordmaster	Gallus Dark Bishop/Sorcerer	Canis Shaman/Sage/Valkyrie	Porcus Thief Fighter/Assassin

Trivia

• Each Deadlord is named for the Latin term for a symbol of the Chinese Zodiac; the Japanese names for the Deadlords are instead the German words for the numbers 1–12.
• InGenealogy of the Holy War, all 12 Deadlords have the same stat scheme; 80HP, 4luck and (13 + class base) in all other stats.
• InThracia 776, if the player kills or fails to recruit certain units, they will be the ones remade into the Deadlords present there:
  • Galzus becomes Bovis.
  • Dagdar becomes Tigris ifChapter 8x is not completed.
  • Eyvel becomes Draco if she is not cured of herPetrify condition inChapter 24x.
  • Sara becomes Canis.
  • Lifis becomes Porcus.
  • Additionally, the bossRaydrik will always become Mus.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

References

See also

• Twelve Crusaders
• Risen
• 10 Elites