Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance | |
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Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems[a] |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Masayuki Horiwawa |
Producer(s) | Toru Narihiro Hitoshi Yamagami |
Designer(s) | Taeko Kaneda |
Artist(s) | Senri Kita |
Writer(s) | Ken Yokoyama |
Composer(s) | Yoshito Hirano Saki Haruyama Naoko Mitome Atsushi Yoshida Kanako Teramae |
Series | Fire Emblem |
Platform(s) | GameCube |
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Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Ike: What manner of being is this dark god? What would happen if it were freed from its prison? / Caineghis: I fear the world would once again be beset by natural calamity—much like it was 800 years ago. At that time, all the world, save Tellius, was drowned beneath the seas. / Elincia: That is a true story? I thought it nothing more than a fable.. / Caineghis: We have living proof: Goldoa's King Deghinsea. He and two other heroes fought alongside the goddess herself to defeat the dark one. [..] The Black Dragon King is a living fossil, and as stubborn as anything alive. He's been trying to control the rest of us for years, and he always says the same thing. 'Do not fan the flames of strife. As long as Lehran's medallion exists, you must never begin a war that engulfs the entire continent.'
Nasir: It begins with the assassination of the previous Begnion apostle. It was twenty years ago.. One year after the declaration of emancipation was made. The leader at the time was the Apostle Misaha, who was more adored by the public than any apostle before..or since. When she was assassinated, the citizenry was wracked with grief. All of Begnion despaired. And then, a rumor began to circulate that the assassination was the work of the Serenes herons. In the twinkling of an eye, the rumor spread throughout the Begnion capital. One night shortly thereafter, it happened. The citizens grew violent. They massed at the edge of Serenes Forest, home of their supposed enemy, and set it to burn. The crowd raged on for three nights, and in the end, the heron clan was lost.
Soren: King Goldoa said that a conflict which engulfs the entire continent would free the dark god from the medallion. Let us assume that the war would have such an effect on the medallion no matter where it was..or who possessed it. And let's also assume that the king of Daein thinks this as well. I can hear him now..'Where is the tinder for the blaze I need?' The answer to this question proved to be an easy one. Yet he had to find a way to test his theory..So, he attacked neighboring Crimea. It had to be Crimea. Begnion was too big, too powerful. Daein would have lost. Crimea, however, is a country known more for its scholarship than its military strength. Daein probably felt that a surprise invasion would let them win while taking minimal casualties themselves. And they were right. Crimea was easy prey.
Text: The war is over. The Crimean people, who suffered gravely during the harsh Daein occupation, have at last regained their freedom. These same Crimeans have a saying: 'No matter how harsh the winter, spring will ever follow.' This popular proverb proves true as the warm winds of change begin to blow across the countryside. The war has left the country in ruins, but the people rise from the ashes and take the first steps towards rebuilding their nation. Though once scorned and despised as sub- humans, the laguz put aside past enmity and come to the aid of their neighbors. And the Crimeans never forget it was Gallia that fought beside them and helped free them from the yoke of Daein oppression. Led by the examples of Elincia and her retainers, Crimea begins transforming into the land its king had dreamed of. A land where beorc and laguz live together in harmony and equality. As the reconstruction efforts progress, the administrative government announces the enthronement of Elincia as the new queen. And now, the day of her crowning arrives.