TheLycian League, commonly known asLycia (Japanese:リキアLycia), is one of the countries ofElibe appearing inFire Emblem: The Binding Blade andThe Blazing Blade. Located in the center of Elibe, it shares borders withMissur to the southwest,Etruria to the northwest,Ilia to the north,Sacae to the northeast, andBern to the east; the Isle ofValor is nearby to the south. Lycia was founded byRoland, one of theEight Legends.

Known leaders of Lycia are Roland, afterThe Scouring;Uther, duringThe Blazing Blade;Hector, afterThe Blazing Blade;Eliwood, duringThe Binding Blade, andLilina, after the events ofThe Binding Blade.

History

Main article:Timeline of Elibe

Founding

The eventual head figure of Lycia,Ostia, was a village and the home of the hero Roland, one of theEight Legends and the wielder ofDurandal. Lycia was founded afterThe Scouring by Roland using Durandal's power to restore life to the war-ravaged land. Eventually, Lycia became the third most prominent country onElibe, behindEtruria and Bern. Lycia's makeup of many houses has led to many imbalances of power over the years.

Darin's rebellion plot

In 980, or possibly somewhat earlier,Nergal set his sights on Lycia as a possible source ofquintessence. Nergal, using hisBlack Fang and other political infiltrations, contacts several Lycian lords with the idea of a rebellion to overthrow Ostia.

Ephidel, one of Nergal'smorph servants, contactedDarin, the marquess ofLaus at the time, who took the offer readily. Darin and the Laus forces at his disposal became a valuable piece to instigating a rebellion in the region.Helman is also known to have agreed to the plot, and was also in contact with Ephidel.Elbert also involved himself, though it is likely he involved himself to nip the rebellion plot at the bud, rather than join it. Helman was killed by Ephidel after expressing doubts about the rebellion, and Elbert ended up kidnapped and confined onValor.

Elbert's son, Eliwood, was concerned by the disappearance of his father. Eliwood leftPherae in search of his father, which eventually leaded him to Valor. At Valor, Eliwood and his friends Hector andLyn killed Darin, ending the Lycian rebellion plot. Elbert was killed by Nergal, whom fled after being injured. With the death of Darin the rebellion is over, and Nergal moved on to other endeavors.

It is unknown how the rest of Lycia took Darin's disappearance, as the rebellion plot had not yet erupted into widespread armed conflict, but this short-lived rebellion resulted in the death of at least three marquesses.

Disturbance of Bern

Main article:Disturbance of Bern

In 1000, Lycians played a key role during theDisturbance of Bern. Lycia as a country was also heavily affected by the conflict. During the war, Lycia lost many of its lords to Bern in an ambush. The massive loss of leadership caused instability in Lycia, with some marches such asLaus deciding to side with Bern and Ostia being forced to deal with yet another rebellion. This lead to the remaining Lycian leaders contactingEtruria for assistance.

After Bern was defeated, Lady Lilina of House Ostia became the queen of a unified Lycian League and changed its name to the Kingdom of Lycia. The only explicitly named marquesses known to be alive when this happens are Eliwood^[1] andRoy of HousePherae. If Roy has an A support with Lilina, he becomes the King of Lycia.

Marches of Lycia

Lycia is composed of several small territories knows asmarches orcantons.^[2] Each march is ruled by a house. House Ostia is the most powerful march, and its lord acts as a head figure for Lycia. As mentioned above, after the Disturbance of Bern, many of the houses of Lycia lost prominent leaders and were unified under queen Lilina.

Araphen

Main article:Araphen

Araphen is the second most powerful march of Lycia, behind Ostia. Only one unnamed ruler is known, who was alive in the year 979, though his status during the Disturbance of Bern is unknown.

Caelin

Main article:Caelin

Caelin is the homeland of Lyn. It ceased to exist as a march in the year 980, when Ostia assimilated Caelin; its last independent marquess wasHausen, Lyn's grandfather, as Lyn herself refused the throne. In 979, there was a murder plot against Hausen instigated byLundgren for the throne, though it resulted in failure.

Cornwell

Main article:Cornwell

Cornwell is a march that lost its standing after stealing funds from the Lycian alliance. The marquess and his wife committed suicide shortly after abandoning their children as orphans so they would not face charges related to the theft.

Khathelet

Khathelet (also spelled as "Kathelet") is a little featured march; the only things known of this march are that it agreed not to interfere with Caelin's inheritance issues involving Lundgren and Hausen^[3] and that Lyn passed through here in 979 and encountered theBlack Fang attackingNinian andNils.

Laus

Main article:Laus

Laus has two known marquesses.Darin died in the year 980 at the hands of Eliwood's group in retaliation for the Lycian rebellion. His son,Erik, succeeded the throne, and was marquess until the year 1000, where he was killed by Roy after siding with Bern during the Disturbance of Bern. Laus's two known leaders were not particularly liked by the populace.

Ostia

Main article:Ostia

Once a humble village, Ostia is the head march of Lycia and the birthplace and home of Roland, the founder of Lycia. The march has four known leaders. Roland founded Ostia and was the first reigning Marquess. A millennium later, Uther ascended the throne sometime in 979 or 980, but died from illness very soon after his ascension, being marquess for possibly less than a year. Hector, Uther's younger brother, took up the title in 980, and ruled as marquess until his death in 1000, during the Disturbance of Bern. He was succeeded by his daughter Lilina, who then unified the marches into the kingdom of Lycia.

Pherae

Main article:Pherae

Pherae is a march that played a prominent role in both Darin's rebellion and the disturbance of Bern. The oldest known marquess was lord Elbert. The duration of his reign is unknown, though his reign ended in the year 980 when he was killed by Nergal. Elbert's son Eliwood took the throne the same year, and his reign extended into the Disturbance of Bern, being one of the few Lycian marquesses not killed by the conflict. After the war, Eliwood's son Roy succeeded him as the Marquess of Pherae.

Ragna

Ragna was a march that was attacked by Bern during the Disturbance of Bern; its then-current marquessDovanon was able to fend off these attacks during thanks to the assistance of Al, Gant, and Tiena. After the end of the war, Dovanon's daughterCeldia succeeded him as the marquess; Celdia eventually married Gant and had several children.

Ryerde

Ryerde only appears on the Elibe's map. Other than its location (south of Laus, west of Caelin, and east of Worde), nothing is known about it.

Santaruz

Main article:Santaruz

Santaruz was one of the marches that participated in Darin's failed rebellion. Its marquess, lordHelman, wished to back out of the rebellion, but Ephidel killed him to prevent him from spreading information about it. Helman is stated to have had no heirs.

Tania

Not to be confused withTanya, a bow fighter fromThracia 776.

Tania's earliest known action is agreeing not to interfere with Caelin during the inheritance issues involving Lundgren and Hausen in the year 980.^[3] Following that,Tiena succeeded the previous marquess and ruled the march as late as 1002. During the Disturbance of Bern, Tania was conquered by Bern and Tiena was captured and set to be executed; she was eventually rescued byAl andGant. Following the war's conclusion, Tania was rebuilt to be a prosperous location by the newly-wed Tiena and Al.

Thria

Main article:Thria

Thria was a march was ruled by a cousin of Hector's namedOrun. However, Orun was killed by his advisorWagner in 1000.

Tuscana

Tuscana's only known action is refraining from interfering with Caelin's inheritance issues when Lyn appeared.^[3]

Worde

Worde was a march that was ruled by Tiena's uncleRanward. During the Disturbance of Bern, Ranward's advisorYouzen was convinced by Bern to betray Ranward and burn down the march's castle. Following Ranward's death and the end of the war,Danan, a soldier of Worde, used the money from his shop to rebuild the castle.

Zem

Zem is a march with little information; it is known only that its marquess sided with Bern during the Disturbance of Bern and had his troops attack Ostia Castle alongside the Lycian rebels.

Characters from Lycia

Character	Description	Appears in
Roland	One of the Eight Legends. Founder of Lycia and the original wielder of Durandal.	The Blazing Blade
Uther	Marquess of Ostia and Hector's brother.	The Blazing Blade
Hector	Lord Uther's brother, and later, Marquess of Ostia and Lilina's father.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Lilina	Lord Hector's daughter and heir to Ostia's throne.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Elbert	Marquess of Pherae and Eliwood's father.	The Blazing Blade
Eliwood	Lord Elbert's son, and later, Marquess of Pherae and Roy's father.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Roy	Lord Eliwood's son and heir to Pherae's throne.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Hausen	Marquess of Caelin and Lyn's grandfather.	The Blazing Blade
Madelyn	Lord Hausen's daughter and Lyn's mother.	None
Lundgren	Lord Hausen's brother. Tries to take Caelin's throne.	The Blazing Blade
Lyn	Lord Hausen's granddaughter. Raised in the plains of Sacae.	The Blazing Blade
Marquess Araphen	Marquess of Araphen. Hates Sacaean people.	The Blazing Blade
Darin	Marquess of Laus and Erik's father.	The Blazing Blade
Erik	Lord Darin's son, and later, Marquess of Laus.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Orun	Marquess of Thria and Lord Hector's cousin.	None
Helman	Marquess of Santaruz. A good friend of Lord Elbert.	The Blazing Blade
Eleanora	Lord Elbert's wife and Eliwood's mother.	The Blazing Blade
Priscilla	A lady from Cornwell, adopted by Etrurian nobles.	The Blazing Blade
Marcus	Head of the knights of Pherae.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Harken	A knight of Pherae. Escorts Lord Elbert.	The Blazing Blade
Isadora	A knight of Pherae. Lady Eleanora's steward.	The Blazing Blade
Oswin	A knight of Ostia. In charge of protecting Hector.	The Blazing Blade
Matthew	A spy of Ostia. Behind his cheery smile there is a ruthless man.	The Blazing Blade
Leila	A spy of Ostia and Matthew's girlfriend.	The Blazing Blade
Astolfo	A spy of Ostia.	The Binding Blade
Barthe	A knight of Ostia.	The Binding Blade
Merlinus	A traveling merchant, and later, Lord Eliwood's retainer and Roy's adviser.	The Binding Blade,The Blazing Blade
Lowen	A fresh recruit from Pherae.	The Blazing Blade
Kent	A young knight of Caelin. Extremely serious.	The Blazing Blade
Sain	A young knight of Caelin. Somewhat of a flirt.	The Blazing Blade
Alen	A young knight of Pherae.	The Binding Blade
Lance	A young knight of Pherae and a former mercenary.	The Binding Blade
Wolt	A young knight of Pherae. Roy's milk brother and Rebecca's son.	The Binding Blade
Bors	A knight of Ostia and Lilina's escort. Gwendolyn's brother.	The Binding Blade
Gwendolyn	A knight of Ostia. Bors's sister.	The Binding Blade
Ogier	A mercenary hired by Ostia's army. Humble to a fault.	The Binding Blade
Serra	A stubborn cleric working for Ostia.	The Blazing Blade
Wil	A wandering archer from Pherae. Left his town years ago to become a mercenary.	The Blazing Blade
Rebecca	A young archer from Pherae, and later, Lord Eliwood's retainer and Wolt's mother.	The Blazing Blade
Raven	A mercenary of noble blood.	The Blazing Blade
Lucius	An Eliminean monk following Raven.	The Blazing Blade
Dan	Rebecca's long-lost brother.	The Blazing Blade
Dorcas	An axeman from Bern. After Lundgren's defeat, he moves to Pherae with his wife.	The Blazing Blade
Natalie	Dorcas' wife.	The Blazing Blade
Chad	An orphan from Araphen. Serious and focused on revenge.	The Blazing Blade
Lugh	An orphan from Araphen and Raigh's twin brother. Lighthearted and kind.	The Binding Blade
Raigh	A wandering shaman and Lugh's twin brother.	The Binding Blade

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  The border between Lycia and Bern inThe Binding Blade.
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  Near the Lycian mountains inThe Binding Blade.
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  An extra map of Lycia inThe Binding Blade.

References