Moonlight



Moonlight (ムーンライト, Mūnraito) is a special weapon of the Tome variety. It is the signature weapon of the younger Nohrian princess Elise.

Moonlight is unlocked along with its wielder Elise after clearing Chapter 9.

=History= Moonlight debuted in TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga, a video game made by a former Fire Emblem staff member, which ended up getting into a lawsuit due to the game's many many similarities to the Fire Emblem games, in particular Fire Emblem Gaiden. This spell then found its way into Fire Emblem via Fates.

In the games, Moonlight acts quite similarly to in the fact the spell leeches off the opponent's HP to restore the mage's own health, though the amount of health gained from Moonlight varied between the two games.
 * In Utna Heroes Saga, the spell heals its wielder by the exact amount of damage inflicted.
 * In Fates, it heals its wielder by one-fifth of their maximum HP, but only provided that the attack is initiated by the wielder.

=Gameplay= As a Rank E weapon, Moonlight can be wielded by Elise as soon as the player unlocks her in Story Mode, and has a decent attack power of 80.

As a weapon with six available slots, Moonlight allows an amount of flexibility with what weapon attributes to forge into the tome. However, as a tome unit, Topsy-Turvy is a very undesirable weapon attribute, due to said trait switching Elise's attacking stat from her great Magic stat to her terrible Strength stat.

As it is a personal weapon, it can be upgraded by creating both Elise's Mastery Crest and Sanctuary Crest, drastically increasing the weapon's Might, first to 240, then to 720.


 * To obtain Moonlight's Scroll, which is needed for Elise's Mastery Crest, the player must first clear Story Mode, then the History Mode map Noble Lady of Caelin, as it is offered as a S-Rank clear prize for one of the Distortion Battles on said map. After creating Elise's Mastery Crest, the True Power weapon attribute will be unlocked after 10,000 kills, negating any Might penalty reduction from the player putting a foreign slayer-type weapon attribute via reforging.
 * To obtain Moonlight's Opus, which is needed for Elise's Sanctuary Crest, the player must first purchase either the Season Pass or the Fire Emblem Fates DLC pack, then clear the History Mode map Cold Reception, as it is offered as a S-Rank clear prize for one of the Distortion Battles on said map. After creating Elise's Sanctuary Crest, the Divine Favor weapon attribute will overwrite the True Power attribute, even if True Power is not yet unlocked for Moonlight.