Aparalogue (Japanese:外伝side-story) is a type of optionalchapter which debuted inFire Emblem Awakening. Typically, a paralogue must be unlocked by completing a certain chapter and, sometimes, reaching a specific charactersupport's rank. Paralogues may containrecruitable characters or items not otherwise available in the game, and might also expand on the main plot of the game in different areas. InAwakening,Heroes, and non-Japanese versions ofFates, paralogues have their own numbering scheme not interspersed with that of the main chapters, being written as, for example, "Paralogue 2" in English and外伝２Side Story 2 in Japanese.

Paralogues by game

Fire Emblem Awakening

The US English version ofAwakening refers to "Paralogues", while the European English version instead calls them "Side Stories". The structure of Paralogues is non-linear; once unlocked, they remain open for the rest of the game until the player completes them, and can be played at any time and in any order.

Fire Emblem Fates

With one exception specific to theBirthright campaign, all paralogues require, at minimum, completion of chapter 7 (regardless of campaign) in order to be unlocked.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Paralogues return inFire Emblem: Three Houses, and are handled somewhat differently due to the game's different chapter structure; they are notably not numbered in any version of the game. Unlike in previous titles, paralogues inThree Houses can expire, becoming inaccessible after passing a certain chapter. In addition to the chapter requirements, paralogues have focus characters; accessing a paralogue in Part I requires that at least one of the paralogue's focus characters be recruited, while accessing a paralogue in Part II requires that every focus character be recruited; both parts require that neither character fell in battle after being recruited. Three paralogues have unique recruitment requirements:Tales of the Red Canyon andEternal Guardian focus on unrecruitable characters and do not have a recruitment requirement;Dividing the World requires thatHilda be recruited to access it in Part I regardless ofCyril's recruitment, though his defeat will still disallow access to it.

InMaddening mode, some paralogues will have stronger enemies if they are attempted in any chapter after they are first available. For example, ifWar for the Weak is attempted during Chapter 6, its enemies and NPCs will be level 18 and its boss level 20; if it is attempted during Chapter 7 or any later chapter, its enemies and NPCs will be level 19 and its boss level 21.

Paralogues inThree Houses
Paralogue	Focus character(s)	Requirements	Battalion Gained	Reward
Part I
Tales of the Red Canyon	Sothis	Chapters 8–10	--	Divine Pulse +3,Umbral Steel
War for the Weak	Dedue	Chapters 6–11 and only available in the Blue Lions route	Duscur Heavy Soldiers	Bullions
True Chivalry	Felix	Chapters 8–11	Fraldarius Soldiers	Wo Dao,Aegis Shield,Bullions
Falling Short of Heaven	Ashe Catherine	Chapters 9–11	Gaspard Knights	Critical Ring,Shoes of the Wind,Umbral Steel
The Forgotten	Sylvain	Chapters 7–11	Gautier Knights	Bullions,Longbow,Talisman,Lance of Ruin
Rumored Nuptials	Ingrid Dorothea	Chapters 7–11	Galatea Pegasus Co.	Goddess Ring,Lúin
Land of the Golden Deer	Lorenz	Chapters 7–11	Gloucester Knights	Thyrsus
Death Toll	Raphael Ignatz	Chapters 8–11	Leicester Mercenaries,Victor Private Military	Bullions,Short Axe,Short Spear,Killer Bow
Dividing the World	Hilda Cyril	Chapters 10–18 and unavailable in Crimson Flower	Goneril Valkyries,Almyra Mercenaries	Hexlock Shield,Large Bullion,Freikugel
An Ocean View	Seteth Flayn	Chapters 9–11	Cichol Wyvern Co.,Cethleann Monks	Spear of Assal,Caduceus Staff
Oil and Water	Manuela Hanneman	Chapters 8–11	Macuil Evil Repelling Co.,Indech Sword Fighters	Rapier,Experience Gem
Sword and Shield of Seiros	Alois Shamir	Chapters 7–11	Seiros Archers,Holy Knights of Seiros	Bullions,Seraph Robe
A Cursed Relic	Yuri Constance	Chapters 8–11 and DLC only	Mockingbird's Thieves,Nuvelle Fliers Corps	Fetters of Dromi
Black Market Scheme	Balthus Hapi	Chapters 7–11 and DLC only	Leicester Dicers Corps,Timotheos Magi Corps	Vajra-Mushti
The Secret Merchant	Anna	Chapters 9–11 and available in the Blue Lions and Golden Deer routes, DLC only	Secret Transport Force	--
Part II
Eternal Guardian	Rhea	Chapters 16–21, Byleth must have C Support with Rhea. Unavailable in Crimson Flower	--	Seiros Shield
The Silver Maiden	Dimitri	Chapters 19–21 and only available in Azure Moon	Blue Lion Knights	--
Insurmountable	Edelgard	Chapters 15–17 and only available in Crimson Flower	Holst's Chosen	--
The Sleeping Sand Legend	Claude	Chapters 17–21 and only available in Verdant Wind	--	Sword of Begalta
The Face Beneath	Mercedes Caspar	Chapters 15–19 and unavailable in Crimson Flower	Church Soldiers,Bergliez War Group	Rafail Gem,Scythe of Sariel
Weathervanes of Fódlan	Annette Gilbert	Chapters 14–18, Annette and Gilbert must have at least C support and only available in Azure Moon	School of Sorcery Soldiers	Crusher
Darkness Beneath the Earth	Hubert	Chapters 15–17 and only available in Crimson Flower	--	Arrow of Indra
Retribution	Ferdinand Lysithea	Chapters 17–21 and unavailable in Crimson Flower	Aegir Astral Knights,Ordelia Sorcery Co.	Lance of Zoltan,Ochain Shield
Legend of the Lake	Leonie Linhardt	Chapters 15–22	Hevring Prayer Troops,Sauin Militia	The Inexhaustible
Foreign Land and Sky	Bernadetta Petra	Chapters 15–21	Varley Archers,Brigid Hunters,Brigid Mercenaries	--
Forgotten Hero	Marianne	Chapters 15–22, Byleth must have C Support with Marianne.	Edmund Troops	Blutgang
The Secret Merchant	Anna Jeritza	Chapters 13–17 and available in Crimson Flower, DLC only	Secret Transport Force	--

Fire Emblem Engage

InFire Emblem Engage, most paralogues are tied to the game'sEmblem mechanic, increasing the maximumbond level with the respective Emblem from 10 to 20 and unlocking additional Engage skills and Engage weapons in the process. Additionally, two paralogues allow the player to recruit two additional units to their army. A fifteenth paralogue is required to obtain thePact Ring, and thus the ability to obtain an S-ranksupport level with a unit.

Similar toAwakening, paralogues follow a non-linear structure, remaining open from the point they were unlocked until the end of the game. However, unlike previous games, all paralogues are unlocked through story progress, without any additional requirements. For the Emblems' paralogues, the chapter they become available corresponds to when they become available to the player (or, in the case of Emblems available beforeChapter 10, the chapter the player gets them back). Base game paralogues do not scale in difficulty.

The Emblem's paralogues typically reference a map from the corresponding Emblem's original game (with the exception ofLyn'sparalogue, which instead references a map fromThe Binding Blade), with enemies referencing important characters from the repective game. For these maps, the respective Emblem is unavailable to the player and needs to be defeated to complete the battle.

Additionally, six Divine Paralogues were added throughdownloadable content. They function similar to the Emblem paralogues in the base game, but unlike them, they are required to unlock the correspondingEmblem Bracelet. TheEmblem of Rivals does not have a corresponding Divine Paralogue. The first Divine Paralogue becomes available afterChapter 6 has been completed, while all other Divine Paralogues become available upon its completion. Unlike basegame paralogues, Divine Paralogues scale in difficulty as the player progresses through the game, with enemies gaining higher stats andlevels along with stronger weapons. Divine Paralogues can be replayed after being completed through recall battles.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes

InWarriors: Three Hopes, paralogues focus on multiple characters. OnlyShez and the focus characters can be deployed. Each paralogue will grant abattalion for S-Rank completion.

Paralogues inWarriors: Three Hopes
Paralogue	Focus character(s)	Requirements	S-Rank Reward	Completion Reward
Multiple Routes
Unsettling Truths	Raphael Ignatz Lorenz	Chapter 9	Leicester Mercenaries	Victor Private Military
The Ashen Wolves' Reunion	Yuri Balthus Hapi Constance*	Chapter 12	Mockingbird's Thieves	Nuvelle Fliers Corps
Mercenary Complications	Leonie Shamir	Chapter 8  or Chapter 14 , unavailable in Azure Gleam	New Guardians of Fódlan	Secret Book
A Reason to Fight	Jeralt Byleth Leonie	Chapter 13, unavailable in Azure Gleam	Sauin Militia	Speedwing
Eagles, Lions, and Deer	Gatekeeper	Chapter 4 and Gatekeeper is recruited	Seiros Gatekeepers	Seraph Robe
Cycles of Nostalgia	Arval	Chapter 11  or Chapter 13 , if a game is started viaNew Game Plus,Byleth was recruited in a previous playthrough and not recruited in the current one.	Fódlan Liberation Army	Spirit Dust
Scarlet Blaze
An Incurable Shut-In	Bernadetta Monica	Chapter 7	Varley Archers	Ailell Pomegranate
A Grand Day for the Opera Company	Dorothea Manuela	Chapter 7	Opera Co. Volunteers	Golden Apple
The Seiros Snare	Petra Jeritza Hubert	Chapter 8	Vestra Sorcery Engineers	Brigid Hunters
A Noble Among Nobles	Ferdinand Lorenz Constance	Chapter 8	Gloucester Knights	Aegir Astral Knights
Enshrouded Memories	Edelgard Lysithea Hapi	Chapter 12	Timotheos Magi Corps	Talisman
Like Cats and Dogs	Caspar Linhardt	Chapter 14	Hevring Prayer Troops	Bergliez Squadron
Azure Gleam
Wildflowers for the Future	Dedue Ingrid Felix	Chapter 8	Duscur Heavy Soldiers	Galatea Pegasus Co.
The Saints' Forge	Seteth Flayn Rhea*	Chapter 9	Cethleann Monks	Cichol Wyvern Co.
Love and Hate in Wartime	Ashe Yuri Catherine	Chapter 10	Gaspard Knights	Secret Book
Raiders from the North	Dimitri Sylvain Rodrigue	Chapter 11	Fraldarius Soldiers	Gautier Knights
A Night of Wonder	Mercedes Annette Constance	Chapter 12	Church Soldiers	School of Sorcery Soldiers
Evil's Bane and Love's Protection	Catherine Shamir Jeralt	Chapter 13	Macuil Evil Repelling Co.	Indech Sword Fighters
Golden Wildfire
Right Where They're Wanted	Holst Hilda Balthus	Chapter 7	Holst's Chosen	Leicester Dicers Corps
What Lies Within	Hilda Marianne	Chapter 10	Edmund Troops	Goneril Valkyries
Coming Clean	Claude	Chapter 11 and Byleth was recruited	Almyra Wyvern Co.	Secret Book
Under the Protection of the Golden Deer	Lysithea	Chapter 14	Ordelia Sorcery Co.	Black Pearl

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:List of chapters inFire Emblem Heroes § Paralogues

LikeAwakening andFates, paralogues do not take place between two main chapters, and can be played at any time. Like all chapters inHeroes, they can be replayed at any time.

Xenologues are a subcategory of paralogues. While paralogues inHeroes have three parts, xenologues have only one part.

Etymology and other languages

References

See also

• Alternate route
• Side quest