Falchion



Falchion (封剣ファルシオン, '), colloquially known as the Ylissian Falchion''', is a special weapon of the Sword variety, with an inherit Dracoslayer attribute. It is the signature weapon of the leader of the Shepherds Chrom.

Falchion is unlocked along with its wielder Chrom after clearing Chapter 2.

=History= In the 2000 years since Marth originally wielded the Archanean Falchion to end the War of Shadows and cut a way through the War of Heroes, the blade was presumably continuously passed down through Marth's lineage, changing in appearance drastically. The discrepancy in its appearance across time is explained by Owain in his supports with Lucina. The hilt (along with the entirety of the Shield of Seals) has gone through repeated breakages and re-forgings over the centuries. Only the blade of the Falchion has survived the test of time as it never rusts nor dulls, with the Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening artbook saying the blade is even capable of self-repairing.

Eventually, the blade was wielded by a nameless warrior who used the Falchion and the Fire Emblem to combat the Fell Dragon Grima who tried to bring the world to ruin. Naga blessed the blade when the warrior performed the Awakening ritual, allowing him to seal the Fell Dragon for 1000 years. Unfortunately the destruction Grima caused forced the continent to rebuild anew and many new nations sprung up from the ashes. The warrior, known as the First Exalt, eventually established the Halidom of Ylisse with the Falchion and the Fire Emblem as its national treasures. Due to the First Exalt removing four of the five jewels from the Fire Emblem at the request of the other nations of the world, the Falchion lost much of its power from Naga's blessing.

During the events of Awakening, the Falchion is currently wielded by Chrom, prince of Ylisse. Two years after the end of the Ylisse-Plegia war, trouble stirs not only from the impending war with Valm, but the threat of the resurrection of Grima by the Grimleal and its leader Validar. Although Grima is eventually resurrected, the five Gemstones are gathered and brought to Mount Prism, the holiest location of Naga's influence, allowing Chrom to perform the Awakening, transforming the blade into the Exalted Falchion. With the Falchion at full strength, Chrom is able to defeat Grima. Depending on the choice of the Avatar, either Chrom seals Grima for another 1000 years using the Falchion or the Avatar destroys Grima forever themselves.

=Gameplay= As a weapon with six available slots, Falchion allows an amount of flexibility with what weapon attributes to forge into the sword. However, with a natural Dracoslayer slot for its seventh slot, Falchion forces players to forge only one foreign slayer-type weapon attribute to the sword.

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


 * To obtain Falchion's Scroll, which is needed for Chrom's Mastery Crest, the player must clear the History Mode map The Dark Pontifex, as it is offered as a S-Rank Clear prize for one of the Distortion Battles on said map. After creating Chrom's Mastery Crest, the True Power weapon attribute will be unlocked after 10,000 kills.
 * To obtain Falchion's Opus, which is needed for Chrom's Sanctuary Crest, the player must purchase either the Season Pass or the Fire Emblem Awakening DLC Pack, then clear the History Mode map Caravan Dancer, as it is offered as a S-Rank Clear prize for one of the Distortion Battles on said map. After creating Chrom's Sanctuary Crest, the Divine Favor weapon attribute will overwrite the True Power attribute, even if True Power is not yet unlocked for Falchion.

=See Also=
 * Exalted Falchion: The original version of Falchion, wielded by Marth.
 * Parallel Falchion: The parallel version of Falchion from a future timeline, wielded by Lucina.
 * Chrom's Training Sword: A inferior copy of the Falchion.