Forblaze (Japanese:フォルブレイズForblaze), also known as thepurest fire (Japanese:業火の理Hellfire's Reason), is ananima tome introduced inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade. It is one of thelegendary weapons of the continentElibe, forged inthe Scouring to battledragons, and was wielded byAthos of theEight Legends.

History

As with the other eight legendary weapons, Forblaze was forged by humans during the Scouring for use byAthos of the Eight Legends, and during battle its power was part of the cause of theEnding Winter. After the Scouring came to an end, Athos sealed it away in a temple in his new home,Arcadia.^[1]

WhenBramimond released the seal on the legendary weapons to permitEliwood andHector to use them to defeatNergal, Athos collected Forblaze from its resting place and used it to assist them in the fight. After Athos's death, Forblaze was placed back in its resting place, unlockable only by residents of Arcadia.^[2]Twenty years later, after driving out theBern forces led byOates which occupied the temple,Roy obtained the tome with the assistance ofSophia, and used it in the war on Bern and theWar Dragons in its service.

Stats

In the mainFire Emblem seres

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
The Binding Blade		S	14	6	85	5	1–2	20	Cannot be sold	1	+5luck when equipped. Dealsbonus damage todragon units.
The Blazing Blade		Prf*	14	11	85	5	1–2	20	Cannot be sold	1	+5luck when equipped. Dealsbonus damage todragon units.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

ForblazeStudied Forblaze

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Forblaze; refine: Unrefined)			14	2	400	--	--	--	✗	At start of turn, inflicts −7 resistance on enemies within highest resistance through their next actions.
Heroes (Forblaze; refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	At start of turn, inflicts −7 resistance on enemies within highest resistance through their next actions. If user initiates combat, grants +6 attack to user during combat.
Heroes (Forblaze; refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	At start of turn, inflicts −7 resistance on enemies within highest resistance through their next actions. Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (Forblaze; refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	At start of turn, inflicts −7 resistance on enemies within highest resistance through their next actions. Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (Forblaze; refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	At start of turn, inflicts −7 resistance on enemies within highest resistance through their next actions. Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (Forblaze; refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	At start of turn, inflicts −7 resistance on enemies within highest resistance through their next actions. Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (Studied Forblaze; refine: Unrefined)			14	2	400	--	Bolganone orFenrir	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. At start of turn 1, grants −1 special cooldown count to user. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +6 each toattack andresistance to user during combat and disables user's and foe's skills that change attack order (e.g.Vantage,Desperation).
Heroes (Studied Forblaze; refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user's special cooldown count is maximum at start of turn, grants −1 special cooldown count to user. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +6 each toattack andresistance to user during combat and disables user's and foe's skills that change attack order (e.g.Vantage,Desperation). If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants +5 each to attack and resistance to user during combat, user makes guaranteedfollow-up attack, user deals +⁠(user's resistance × 15%) damage, and foe's first attack deals −30% damage.
Heroes (Studied Forblaze; refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user's special cooldown count is maximum at start of turn, grants −1 special cooldown count to user. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +6 each toattack andresistance to user during combat and disables user's and foe's skills that change attack order (e.g.Vantage,Desperation). Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (Studied Forblaze; refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user's special cooldown count is maximum at start of turn, grants −1 special cooldown count to user. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +6 each toattack andresistance to user during combat and disables user's and foe's skills that change attack order (e.g.Vantage,Desperation). Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (Studied Forblaze; refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user's special cooldown count is maximum at start of turn, grants −1 special cooldown count to user. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +6 each toattack andresistance to user during combat and disables user's and foe's skills that change attack order (e.g.Vantage,Desperation). Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (Studied Forblaze; refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✗	Grants −1 special cooldown count. If user's special cooldown count is maximum at start of turn, grants −1 special cooldown count to user. If user'sHP ≥ 25% at start of combat, grants +6 each toattack andresistance to user during combat and disables user's and foe's skills that change attack order (e.g.Vantage,Desperation). Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

{{{content3}}}

{{{content4}}}

{{{content5}}}

{{{content6}}}

{{{content7}}}

{{{content8}}}

{{{content9}}}

{{{content10}}}

{{{content11}}}

{{{content12}}}

{{{content13}}}

{{{content14}}}

{{{content15}}}

Locations

The Binding Blade

The Blazing Blade

Heroes

Forblaze

Studied Forblaze

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Forblaze is present as a skill on one card inFire Emblem Cipher:B05–004SR Pretty Noble, Lilina. It is a manual-activation skill which can only be used once per turn. By discarding a spare Lilina card from their hand, Lilina's player may choose one non-lord dragon-type enemy and immediately destroy them, then add +60 attack power to Lilina until the end of the turn.

Flavor text

Trivia

• Forblaze is the only tome in theGame Boy AdvanceFire Emblem games to have completely different spell animations in the games it appeared in. This is later referenced inFire Emblem Heroes, with regular Forblaze using a similar animation fromThe Blazing Blade, and Studied Forblaze using a recreation of the original fromThe Binding Blade.
• InFire Emblem: Path of Radiance, examination of thegame disc's contents has found that Forblaze is the internal file name ofRexflame, the game's S-rank fire tome.
• After he is attacked by Athos,Nergal calls his magic "flame breath" in the English version; the equivalent Japanese text says Forblaze. "Breath" and "blaze" look similar in katakana (ブレス andブレイズ), but "flame" (フレーム) and "For" (フォル) do not.

Etymology and other languages

Studied Forblaze

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Lilina casting Forblaze inThe Binding Blade.
• 
  Athos casting Forblaze inThe Blazing Blade.

Heroes artwork

• 
  Forblaze as it appears inHeroes.
• 
  Forblaze as it appears inHeroes.
• 
  Forblaze as it appears when refined inHeroes.
• 
  Forblaze as it appears when refined inHeroes.
• 
  Studied Forblaze as it appears inHeroes.
• 
  Studied Forblaze as it appears inHeroes.
• 
  Artwork ofLilina: Firelight Leader with Studied Forblaze.

Cipher artwork

• 
  Artwork ofLilina with Forblaze.

References