Warp powder (Japanese:転移の粉warp powder) is amagical substance found inTellius which is used to instantly travel over long distances to a destination of its user's choosing. It was notoriously used by theBlack Knight throughout theMad King's War and in the years afterward.

Overview

Warp powder has a very long transportation range, being frequently used to transport its users across most of Tellius. While very effective, it has a notorious side effect: warp powder has a draining effect on a person's stamina when used, to the point of completely exhausting ordinarybeorc.^[1] While stronger individuals such as the Black Knight are not completely drained by it, it still takes a toll on their strength, which discourages overuse of the powder.^[2]

The use of warp powder does not appear to have been particularly widespread in Tellius, given howAshnard describes it as "fey and of unknown origin" when talking about theBlack Knight's use of it.^[2] Warp powder was historically used by the senators ofBegnion, but by the year 648, they had invented theRewarp staff to allow them to transport themselves without suffering the exhausting side effect of warp powder.^[1] The Black Knight'smaster was involved with the Begnion senate, so he is probably the source of the Black Knight's powder supply, along with his blessed armor and his sword,Alondite.

Gameplay

Warp powder was evidently planned to appear as an item inFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, but in the finished game all that remains is an unfinishedunused item with no functionality programmed at all. Localizations of the game label it as "dummy" and do not give it a proper name string, and its description in all languages is the same debug string used by almost all unused items inRadiant Dawn. It is unknown what the extent of the Warp Powder's use would have been, although it might have been intended to be an item variation of theRewarp staff.

Other than this, warp powder only ever appears inPath of Radiance andRadiant Dawn in scripted cutscenes where the Black Knight uses it to warp in and out of maps in which he appears.

Data

Game	Icon	Uses	Worth	Effects and notes
Radiant Dawn		1	10,000	Unused. Has no functionality programmed.

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Trivia

• In the Japanese version ofRadiant Dawn, the Black Knight's defeat byIke inPath of Radiance is attributed to his warp powder failing to properly transport him into Castle Nados. The localization modifies this to say that the Black Knight let Ike win, to let him someday become a worthier challenge.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  TheBlack Knight using warp powder inPath of Radiance.

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