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Stone
- This article is about the weapon type. For other uses, seeStone (disambiguation).
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Thestone (Japanese:石stone) is aweapon type which was introduced inFire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light. The stone category encompasses the special items used byunits of various non-human species to transform into more powerful forms briefly to attack. This includes thedragonstones used bymanaketes in every game to assumedragon form, and thebeaststones used bytaguel and other species fromAwakening onward to assume various beast forms.
In addition to their considerableattacking power, all stones award a different set of stat boosts to their users when equipped, making their users extremely dangerous and often much more powerful than regular human units. However, they are usually extremely limited in number and it is relatively rare to have more than one unit capable of using stones, and stone-using units are completely helpless once all of their stonesbreak.
Eleven different stone weapons have existed across theFire Emblem series; eight of these are dragonstones, while the remaining three are beaststones.
Overview
Stones function the exact same way in every game exceptMystery of the Emblem. Stone weapons grant their user substantial stat bonuses when equipped, reflecting the power of transformed state. Every time the user attacks or is attacked, the equipped stone is activated at the very beginning of the battle before either participant does anything, regardless of whether the stone user is withinrange to counterattack, and the transformation is reverted at the battle's end and the unit appears in their humanoid form on the map. The stone'sdurability is consumed with every time the stone wielder actually attacks, not just when they transform without attacking. Without an equipped stone, needless to say, a stone-user will not transform, will receive no stat boosts, and will be completely unable to attack or counterattack.
Although the existence of dragonstones dates back to the originalShadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and has persisted throughout the entire series, stones were technically classified and treated as regularitems despite their offensive use for most of the series' history. TheNintendo DS remakeShadow Dragon was the first game to treat stones as a separate weapon classification,Awakening was the first to give stones their ownsupply convoy box, andFates was the first to give stones a proper increasingweapon level; theFates stone weapon level is shared between both stone types as well as the othernon-human weapon types, and if a character has a class pool that includes wielders of both types of stone, the weapon level will carry over between both stone types.
InMystery of the Emblem
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem's dragonstones operate very differently from those of other games. While other games treat stones as equippable weapons,Mystery-style dragonstones behave as consumableitems instead and the transformations they cause function similarly tolaguz transformation. When used by a compatible Manakete unit, a dragonstone will transform that manakete into the matching dragon both in and out of battle.
The transformation lasts for a minimum of fiveturns, with the duration randomly increased depending on the unit's currentluck stat, calculated thus:
- (5 + [Random number between 0 and 1] × [Luck/2])
Once the allotted time has expired, the transformation automatically wears off at the beginning of the unit's next phase. Transformed Manaketes are not able to manually revert before their time is up. Enemy Manaketes will remain transformed for the rest of the map.
A transformed Manakete receives alterations to their current stats depending on the stone used, mostly giving boosts but always reducing thespeed stat. They are able to attack with abreath matching the stone they used (although for playable units, the breath weapon is not visible in theirinventory and can only be seen when selecting the Attack command). As every transformation gives different boosts, they also give unique advantages, disadvantages, andterrain penalties. For instance, theFire Dragon andIce Dragon transformations introduce mutualeffective strengths and weaknesses over each other, theMage Dragon transformation gives an immense boost toresistance, and theWyvern transformation provides the single highest basemovement of any class in theFire Emblem series.
Dragonstones are still affected bydurability under this system. One point of durability is reduced every time a stone is used to transform. Stone durability is not affected at all by anything Manaketes do while transformed.
Of the two playable Manakete units, onlyTiki is allowed to use all of the stone types available to the player.Bantu is only allowed to useFirestones.
| Stone stat gains inMystery of the Emblem | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base state | Stone | Transformed state | HP | Str | Skl | Spd | Lck | WLv | Def | Res | Mov | Breath obtained |
 Manakete(Bantu) |  Firestone |  Fire Dragon | ×2 | +8 | +0 | −2 | +0 | +0 | +11 | +4 | +2 |  Fire Breath |
 Manakete(Tiki) | ×2 | +8 | +0 | −3 | +0 | +0 | +11 | −5 | +2 | |||
 Divinestone |  Divine Dragon | ×2 | +10 | +10 | −3 | +0 | +0 | +9 | +0 | +2 |  Ice BreathBook 1/ Fog BreathBook 2 | |
 Magestone |  Mage Dragon | ×2 | +6 | +0 | −3 | +0 | +0 | +14 | +10 | +1 | Fire Breath | |
 Wyvernstone |  Wyvern | ×2 | +4 | +0 | −3 | +0 | +0 | +9 | −5 | +7 | Fire Breath | |
 Icestone |  Ice Dragon | ×2 | +10 | +0 | −3 | +0 | +0 | +14 | +0 | +1 | Ice Breath | |
 Manakete(Medeus) |  Earthstone |  Earth Dragon | ×2 | +10 | +0 | −2 | +0 | +0 | +14 | +14 | +0 |  Dark Breath |
| Transformation stat boosts cap at the maximum stat values (52 for HP, 12 for movement, 20 for all other stats) and will not exceed these maximums. For generic enemy Manaketes, transformation changes their stats into the respective dragon class's base stats. | ||||||||||||
In the DS games
Dragonstones inShadow Dragon andNew Mystery of the Emblem are more standard weapons than inMystery of the Emblem, but they have an effect similar toMystery of the Emblem's transformation: a Manakete with a dragonstone equipped uses the base and maximum stats of the corresponding dragon in combat. Additionally, Manaketes will visibly transform into the dragon corresponding with their equipped stone—both in the battle screen and the on the map—but this has no mechanical effect.
| Stone stat gains inShadow Dragon andNew Mystery of the Emblem | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone | Dragon | Str | Mag | Skl | Spd | Def | Res | |||||
 Firestone |  Fire Dragon | +8 | +0 | +4 | +4 | +9 | +4 | |||||
 Icestone(New Mystery of the Emblem only) |  Ice Dragon | +5 | +0 | +7 | +4 | +13 | +8 | |||||
 Wyvernstone(New Mystery of the Emblem only) |  Wyvern | +5 | +0 | +4 | +7 | +8 | +3 | |||||
 Magestone |  Mage Dragon | +0 | +7 | +1 | −1 | +11 | +10 | |||||
 Divinestone | Divine Dragon | +10 | +0 | +7 | +4 | +15 | +11 | |||||
 Earthstone(Shadow Dragon only) |  Earth Dragon | +14 | +0 | +9 | +7 | +13 | +18 | |||||
| Stat changes may differ if the unit has capped any of their stats. HP andluck do not change, as every dragon class has the same base stats as the Manakete (18 and 0, respectively); changes inmovement are moot, as move is not used in combat. | ||||||||||||
In-universe role
- Main article:
Manakete#History
In theArchanea andElibe games (every game where manaketes appear exceptThe Sacred Stones andFates), dragonstones were first created in response to great calamities which threatened the very being of dragons and which forced them to abandon living in their dragon bodies as their usual forms. When dragons assumed the human-like forms of manaketes, they sealed their power into gemstones to create dragonstones, which kept their power for them.[1][2] By sealing their powers into dragonstones, manaketes retained the ability to become dragons for brief, safe periods of time, but overusing a dragonstone can be harmful especially for younger manaketes.[3] As demonstrated byBantu andMyrrh, manaketes are capable of being separated from their dragonstones for extended periods of time without suffering consequences to their health aside from being unable to achieve dragon form. When not in use, at least, dragonstones give off a glow.[4]
It is unknown ifMagvel's manaketes have a similar history with their dragonstones. It is believed byLyon that only two dragonstones exist anywhere in Magvel, one of which isMyrrh's.[5]
Beaststones and their users are not currently known to have a history or purpose similar to dragonstones and manaketes in any game setting.
Stones in theFire Emblem series by type
This list does not count the breath weapons wielded by already-transformed dragons inMystery of the Emblem,The Binding Blade,The Sacred Stones andNew Mystery of the Emblem as stone weapons; in the latter, "Breath" is its own separate weapon type.
Dragonstones
| Weapon | Available in: | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE01 | FE02 | FE03 | FE04 | FE05 | FE06 | FE07 | FE08 | FE09 | FE10 | FE11 | FE12 | FE13 | FE14 | FE15 | FE16 | FE17 | ||
| Firestone | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Magestone | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Magic weapon. Unused inThe Binding Blade. |
| Divinestone | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Earthstone | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Unobtainable. Used by Medeus |
| Icestone | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Wyvernstone | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Dragonstone | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Magic weapon inFates. Technically considered a monster weapon inThe Sacred Stones. |
| Dragonstone+ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Magic weapon inFates. |
| A✓ means that the weapon is available in that game, while a✗ indicates the contrary. | ||||||||||||||||||
Beaststones
| Weapon | Available in: | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE01 | FE02 | FE03 | FE04 | FE05 | FE06 | FE07 | FE08 | FE09 | FE10 | FE11 | FE12 | FE13 | FE14 | FE15 | FE16 | FE17 | ||
| Beaststone | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Beaststone+ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Beastrune | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| A✓ means that the weapon is available in that game, while a✗ indicates the contrary. | ||||||||||||||||||
Classes capable of using stones
Dragonstone users
| Class | Wields dragonstones in: | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE01 | FE02 | FE03 | FE04 | FE05 | FE06 | FE07 | FE08 | FE09 | FE10 | FE11 | FE12 | FE13 | FE14 | FE15 | FE16 | FE17 | ||
| Manakete | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Nohr Prince | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Nohr Princess | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Hoshido Noble | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Nohr Noble | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| A✓ means that the class wields dragonstones in that game, while a✗ indicates the contrary. | ||||||||||||||||||
Beaststone users
| Class | Wields beaststones in: | Notes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FE01 | FE02 | FE03 | FE04 | FE05 | FE06 | FE07 | FE08 | FE09 | FE10 | FE11 | FE12 | FE13 | FE14 | FE15 | FE16 | FE17 | ||
| Taguel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Kitsune | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Nine-Tails | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Wolfskin | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| Wolfssegner | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | -- |
| A✓ means that the class wields beaststones in that game, while a✗ indicates the contrary. | ||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
- The Stone weapon type appears inFire Emblem Warriors and is the only weapon type featured in that game that is only used by a single playable character:Tiki.
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English | Stone | -- |
| Japanese | 石 | Stone |
| Spanish | Piedra | Stone |
| French | Pierre | Stone |
| German | Stein | Stone |
| Italian | Pietra | Stone |
| Korean | 석 | Stone |
Gallery
Official artwork
Artwork of a Stone from theEncyclopedia.
References
- ↑"If you really wanna know... Tens of thousands of years ago, the dragon tribe settled down on this continent, and created a civilization. They possessed intellect and abilities far exceedin' those of humans. But suddenly, outta nowhere, their day of destruction came. At first, they couldn't bear children. Then they began to lose their minds, goin' berserk one after the next. The elders warned that the end of dragons as a species was approachin'. There was no longer any way to prevent it. However, there was one way they could survive: to discard their identities as dragons and live on as humans. The dragons fell into a panic. Those who believed the elders sealed their forms within stones and became humans. But those who couldn't throw away their pride as a dragon; those who adamantly refused to become human... They eventually lost their minds and became naught but beasts..." —Xane,Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
- ↑"Jahn: When the order of nature collapsed, we dragons suffered the most. With nature weakened, we could not maintain our dragon forms. And so, we sealed our power into gemstones and took human form.
Roy: The dragonstones...
Jahn: Yes. We were utterly powerless against the humans. In human form, we were even more feeble than the humans themselves. The humans took the opportunity to slaughter us.
Roy: Why did you choose the form of humans? Why not some other shape?
Jahn: In the new order of nature, the human form required the least energy to transform into." —Jahn andRoy,Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade - ↑"And more importantly, you're still very young for a manakete. You can't overuse the dragonstone. It's far too powerful for one your age." —Nowi,Fire Emblem Awakening
- ↑"Well g'day, there, son! …Why the wide-eyed stare? Ain'cha never seen a country village before? You know, speakin' o' rare sights, I once went to Pyrathi, where I saw me a real live Manakete! Cripes, let me tell you what a shock THAT was! In a blink, this regular old feller turned into an enormous dragon! I mean, I ain't stupid. I'd heard of the dragonkin before. I'd just always assumed Manaketes looked somethin' like parakeets. Sheesh… …What? Oh, this? I picked this stone up while I was there. Dunno what it is, but how often do you spy a glowin' red rock, ya know what I'm sayin' But honestly, it's been kinda creepin' me out lately. You want it? Go on 'n' take it. Sheesh…" — AnAurelian villager,Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
- ↑"That's right. It's very rare. There are only two in the entire world. I've heard rumors of a collector there who has one for sale. It looks like nothing but a common gemstone. I need it for my research. If I have that stone…my… Urg…gaa…" — Lyon,Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
See also
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