#封印の剣

[lemonadesour33]

[ryosuzukiart]

Fir | フィル

[numaekaeru]

(09/01/31)

[bancho-zx]

【Game Boy Advance】 Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade / Fuuin no Tsurugi (English mod) | ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣 ~Intro

// Music: Yuka Tsujiyoko | 辻横由佳

// English mod: Dark Twilkitri Net Translation Division, Gringe

// GBA Reflective TFT LCD screen

[superthatguy62]

Final Fantasy III Fun Facts of the Whenever: Lionhearted Edition

(Translations via Google Translate and DeepL)

In the Final Fantasy III Perfect Analysis book (volume 1), Saronia's backstory is elaborated upon. It is described that Saronia used to have two orders of Knights: Knights and Magic Swordsmen/Dark Knights/Warmages/whatever. However, the Dark Knights would be exhiled due to the king of the era's fears over the power of their dark swords. Of particular note is the Dark Knight implied to be the first banished, as he is named "Leonhart" after the character from Final Fantasy II:

通常兵器を使いこ なせるキャラクター と言えば戦士系であ る。ただ、同じ系列 でもナイトと魔剣士 の剣に対する考え方 には大きな違いがあ る。剣が持つ力の二 せい 面性のうち、正の力 い を活かした剣士がナ イトであるとすれば、 負の力を活かした剣 い 士が魔剣士なのであ る。ともにサロニア 王室直属の優秀な剣 士だったが、力の源 りょうきょく フォース みなしと ふういん はその両極にあった のだ。負の力をおそ れた時の王は、魔剣 士レオンハルトを追 放、暗黒剣を封印し てしまった。追放さ れたレオンハルトは サロニアの南西に居 を移し、暗黒剣の道 を極めていった。こ の地が後のファルガ バードである。

Characters who can use normal weapons are warriors. However, even within the same type, there is a big difference in the way that knights and magic swordsmen think about swords. If a knight is a swordsman who uses the positive power of the sword, then a magic swordsman is a swordsman who uses the negative power. Both were excellent swordsmen directly under the royal family of Salonia, but their sources of power were at opposite ends of the spectrum. The king at the time, fearing the negative power, banished the magic swordsman Leonhardt and sealed away the dark sword. After being banished, Leonhardt moved to the southwest of Salonia and mastered the path of the dark sword. This place is what would later become Falgabard.

ちょう しょう 世界最大の都市サロニアは、文化の象 徴の図書館がある街、ナイト系民族の 街、魔剣士系民族の街の、3つに分かれ ていた。しかし、年々魔剣士一族は追放 により減少し、ナイト系の人だけが住み つくようになった。その中の1つ、 その中の1つ、南西 の街は工業都市。工場で働く人々のため に、酒場も経営されている。

Saronia, the largest city in the world, was divided into three parts: a city with a library of cultural symbols, a city of the knightly race, and a city of the mage race. However, over the years, the number of mage clans has dwindled due to exile, and only those of knightly descent have settled in the city. One of them, the city in the southwest, is an industrial city. A tavern is also operated for the factory workers.

サロニアから移り住んだ、暗黒剣を使う一族の村

魔剣士の隠れ里、ファルガバード。サ ロニアから移り住んだ、暗黒剣を使う一 族の村である。しかし、負の力を使いこ なせる者は少なく、特に魔剣士と呼ばれ る者は、わずか数名しか存在していない。 しかも、そのうちの大部分が高齢である ため、その使い手として後を継ぐことが できる者をひたすら待ち続けている。

A village of dark sword wielders who migrated from Saronia

Falgabard, a hidden village of magic sword wielders. A village of dark sword wielders who migrated from Saronia. However, there are few who can use negative powers, and there are only a few people who are called magic sword wielders. Moreover, most of them are elderly, so they are waiting for someone who can succeed them as wielders.

ファルガバードには、その昔、 サロニアから移り住んだ暗黒剣 を使う一族が住んでいる。暗黒 剣は、暗闇の持つ恐怖を克服し た者だけが扱える剣で、魔剣士 にしか使いこなせない。ここで は、暗黒剣を極めようとするも のが修業をしているわけだが、 魔剣士と呼ばれる者は今ではご 〈少数しか存在しない。

Long ago, a clan that used the Dark Sword lived in Falgabard, who had migrated from Saronia. The Dark Sword is a sword that can only be used by those who have overcome the fear of darkness, and only magic swordsmen can use it. Those who wish to master the Dark Sword train here, but there are now very few people who can be called magic swordsmen.

Additionally, this would not be the last time a classic Final Fantasy guidebook made a reference to Leon. The Final Fantasy IV Settings Document guidebook would also reference him. Specifically, it explains that the Deathbringer sword given to Cecil by the king of Fabul was left by a Dark Knight named Leonhart after he renounced the Dark Sword (Credit to SceneryRecalled, which is where the translation is hosted):

The Dark Knight Leonhart asks Fabul for lodging. There, through Abbot Fabul's teachings, he renounces his Dark Sword and enters the priesthood. Taking this as a sign, priests head for the temple in droves.

On an incidental note, a single Dark Sword rests within the walls of Fabul Temple. It is this very sword that led Fabul to its current state of prosperity. During the wars of a few hundred years ago, a lone Dark Knight, covered in wounds and at death's door, found his way to Fabul Temple. In the course of receiving treatment for his wounds, this knight experienced a spiritual awakening under the instruction and teachings of the High Abbot and ended up entering into the Fabul Temple faith. The sword enshrined within Fabul Temple is the Dark Sword that Dark Knight abandoned. The story of the Dark Knight soon spread throughout the world, and stalwart souls in search of spiritual training began one after another to flock to Fabul.

[chiyoha1488]

竹取物語ってかぐや姫が不本意ながらに月に帰るっていう明らかにノーマルエンドだし、絶対真エンドがある

多分五つの難題全部クリアしてたら、地上人の知恵と勇気と愛に賭けてみようと決意したかぐや姫が月との徹底抗戦を繰り広げるファイナルステージが解放されるんだと思う

月からの使者の帰還要請を跳ね除けたことにより、月側は激怒、意に沿わないかぐや姫と地上を滅ぼすために地上との盟約反故にし、富士山火口に封印されていた旧く邪悪な来訪者を解放する

その時、かぐや姫の意思に呼応するように蒼き星の宝具が輝き出す

蓬莱の玉の枝はこの宇宙に蔓延る穢れを払う剣となり、

仏の御石の鉢はあらゆる負の感情を受け止める盾となり、

火鼠の衣は炎ダメージ100%カットの防具となり、

龍の首の球は全状態異常無効の装飾品1となり、

燕の子安貝はHP+50の装飾品2となる

かつてかぐや姫と戦いを繰り広げた「運命の五貴公子」や、「蒼き星の帝」もこの危機に立ち上がる

そう、

これこそが第六の難題であり、

何よりの宝、「この惑星(ほし)すべての玉の緒(いのち)の明日(みらい)」

それを守護るために……

[horizont604]

ファイアーエムブレム　封印の剣

ファとソフィーヤ（とイグレーヌ）

[bachium]

Ray / レイ

封印の剣

[mlgm532]

FE封印の剣/シンさん

なんかずっとレギュラーだった、強い(確信)

FE6(the binding blade)/sin

[lemonadesour33]

[ryosuzukiart]

Clarine | クラリーネ

Trying a new colouring technique. Enjoy!

[somacruising]

Tales of the Rays: Mirrage Prison

Chapter 6: The Atoning Hero and Remorseful Chosen (Part 1 & 2)

(This is the first part!) | (Part 3)

So, I've been meaning to upload this for a while. I don't really have any excuses for how long it took me. This covers Kratos investigating the Asgard Empire, only to find out that Mithos has been exoflected and has "gone on a rampage".

Part 1 (Spirit Research Lab)

Kratos: (Is this a…spirit research facility?) (ここは……精霊の研究施設か？)

Kratos: (I had no idea the Imperial City had something like this near the Imperial Lotus Villa…) (帝都の芙蓉離宮の近くにこんな研究室を作っていたとは……。)

Kratos: (No wonder I haven’t seen Demitrius in Asgard Castle.) (どうりでアスガルド城でデミトリアス���姿を見かけない訳だ)

Demitrius: How is the investigation of the Nexus Subspecies 03's anima progressing? 特異鏡映点亜種03のアニマの調査はどうなっているのかな？

Junior: …Well, Spada's anima still has traces of having been a living weapon. ……確かにスパーダさんのアニマには武器として生きていた痕跡が残っていました。

Junior: It might be that the anima of his previous life is muddled with his current anima due to the encoding at the time of exoflection. 前世のアニマが具現化の時のエンコードで現在のアニマと混濁しているみたいです。

Richter: Perhaps in Spada’s previous life, he was similar to the Swordian Chaltier. The one owned by Leon. もしかしたらスパーダの前世というのはリオンという奴が持っていたシャルティエと言う剣と似た存在だったのかもしれない。

Richter: It isn’t exactly the same, but it should be find to treat them similarly: both are weapons with human-like wills. 正確には違うことはわかっているが武器であり人のような意思を持つという点は近いものとして扱ってもいいだろう。

Junior: We’ve come up with a plan to exoflect both the relevant technology and experts in this field from Leon’s world. リオンさんたちの世界から、該当の技術を、持っている専門家を具現化するという計画が持ち上がっています……。

Kratos: (Chaltier is that talking sword Zelos told me about. Why do they have such an obsession with talking weapons…) (シャルティエと言うのはゼロスが話していた喋る剣のことか。何故命を持つ武器に固執するのだ……。)

Demitrius: That so…? Then let's have Richter and Aster report on their ongoing research on spirits. そうか……。ではリヒターとアステルが進めている精霊の研究の方を報告してもらおうか。

Richter: I won’t bring Aster here. I’ll do my report alone. アステルをここへ連れてくるつもりはない。報告は俺がする。

Demitrius: I know you're wary of me, but I'm not going to do anything to Aster. 警戒されているようだが私はアステルに何もしないよ。

Demitrius: If I wanted to do something to him, I would have done it already. There's been plenty of opportunities. どうにかするつもりならとっくに捕らえている。機会はいくらでもあるからね。

Demitrius: After all, I hear he's been going out a lot without you watching. 何しろ彼はきみの目を盗んでよく出歩いているそうじゃないか。

Demitrius: You had a difficult time looking for Aster the other day, I heard. この間も大変な剣幕でアステルを捜していたらしいね。

Richter: …You’re certainly different from Mercuria. Speaking of, you’re too lenient with her. ……お前はそうでもメルクリアは違う。貴様はメルクリアに甘すぎる。

Richter: I don’t want Aster to end up like Ami. 俺はアステルをアミィのようにしたくはない。

Demitrius: It hurts my heart to hear you say that. Well, we can talk about this more some other time. それを言われると心が痛むよ。まあ、その話は別の機会にしようか。

Demitrius: To protect the Void, we need the power of the sun god Dana and the spirits. I have high hopes for your research. 虚無の保護のためには太陽神ダーナと精霊の力が必要だ。君たちの研究には期待をしているんだよ。

Demitrius: Every one of our plans for Dana has failed so far. Dist is absorbed in his own strange obsessions. We should focus on finding Dana’s priestess. ダーナを降ろす計画にも悉く失敗している。ディストは妙なこだわりも強い。ダーナの巫女を見つけた方が早いと思うんだよ。

Demitrius: Dana’s priestess should be the most suitable vessel for Dana. ダーナの巫女こそダーナの器にもっとも適する筈だからね。

Richter: The literature Aster and I found had something to say about her. 俺とアステルが見つけた文献にはこう書かれていた。

Richter: Aifread protects Dana’s priestess alongside Origin in a place where the spirits were sealed away. アイフリードが精霊の封印地なる場所でオリジンと共にダーナの巫女を守っているのだと。

Richter: We haven’t pinpointed this place’s location yet, but I doubt it will be easy to get to. It’s entirely possible it’s already been obliterated by the Voidstorm. 場所の特定はまだだが簡単に行ける場所ではないだろう。死の砂嵐で消滅している可能性もある。

Demitrius: No, it is not limited to the place where the spirits reside. If the place where the spirits dwell collapsed, this world would be completely consumed by the Void. いや、精霊のいる場所に限ってそれはない。精霊住まう場所が崩壊すれば、この世界は完全に虚無に飲まれているだろう。

Richter: If this sealed land of spirits still exists, the Nexus you ordered Hasta and Saleh to bring back will be useful. もしまだ精霊の封印地が存在して���るなら貴様がサレとハスタに命じて回収に行かせた例の鏡映点が役に立つだろう。

     [ Saleh and Hasta immediately enter lol ]

Saleh: You wanted to see us, Richter? 呼んだかな、リヒター君。

Hasta: I’ve found our bon. Our hollow little Maxwell! 見つけたボン。空っぽのマクスウェルちん！

Kratos: (A hollow Maxwell…? But the Maxwell of this world hasn’t woken up yet. Maybe he means that Milla character who was with Lloyd and the others.) (空のマクスウェル……？この世界のマクスウェルはまだ目覚めていないがロイドたちの元にいたミラのことか？)

Kratos: (No, that doesn’t make sense. He said “hollow”…) (いや、しかし『空』というのは……)

Richter: …Since these people are here, I’ll be excusing myself. ……こいつらが戻ったなら、俺は失礼する。

Saleh: You hate me, huh? Well, I’d prefer that snot-nosed lizard who never stops crying “Jade~ Jade~”. 嫌われたもんだね。僕はジェイドジェイドとうるさいあの鼻たれトカゲよりキミの方がマシだけれど。

Asgard Soldier: We’ve got trouble! One of the four Phantom Generals is rampaging through Dist the Reaper’s lab! It’s Mithos! 大変です！四幻将のミトス様が死神ディストの研究所で暴れて、手がつけられません！

Asgard Soldier: Dist is critically injured, Shing is hurt, too, and not even Caius can stop him! ディストは重傷、シング様も負傷しカイウス様ですら近づけない状態です！

Kratos: (—Mithos is rampaging!?) (——ミトスが暴れている！？)

Hasta: Whaaat? Sounds like there’s an opportunity for bloodfeeding… Let me join in! 何ィ！血沸き肉躍る饗宴の宴だと……オレっちも参加させろぃ！

Saleh: Shall I kill him? 僕が殺してこようか？

Demitrius: Stay out of it. I still want to ask you both about Maxwell’s empty shell. Richter, you can stop Mithos, right? やめておく方がいいね。それに君たちにはマクスウェルの抜け殻の件を聞きたい。リヒターならミトスを止められるだろう？

Richter: …I don’t know, but it’s better than saying here. I’ll be going. ……分からんが、ここにいるよりはマシだ。俺が行く。

Kratos: (It's time to meet up with Mark and the others, but I can't leave Mithos alone. …I’ll follow behind Richter.) (そろそろマークたちと落ち合う時間だがミトスを放っておくことはできぬな。……リヒターを追跡させてもらおう)

Part 2 (6-2 Spirit Research Lab 2)

Zelos: That old man seriously hasn’t gotten back to the rendezvous point yet!? あのおっさんまだ合流地点に戻ってこないのかよ！？

Mark: Hey, hey, Zelos. Don’t you think you’re too hard on Kratos? He’s a nice guy. おいおい、ゼロスさんよ。あんた、クラトスにはあたりがきついな。あの人、いい人じゃねえか。

Zelos: Haaah? You, too, Markun? It’s sickening how many people like that guy. はー。お前もか、マーくんよ。あいつホント受けがいいな、むかつくわー。

Zelos: People say he’s so coool~, but he’s just a bastard! ク～ル～とか言われてるけどありやただの人でなしだっつーの！

Sync: Heh… へえ……。

Zelos: Ah, Sync!? Did you just laugh at me, just now!? あ、シンク！？てめえ、笑ったな！？

Sync: That’s right. You’re just a spoiled redhead. Do you miss your daddy, oh great Chosen? そりゃ唯うでしょ。アンタのそれは単なる甘えだからね。パパが恋しいのかい、赤毛の神子様。

Zelos: ………。

Mark: Sync, please don’t go around digging into people’s wounds like that. シンク。そうやって的確に人の傷抉っていくのもほどほどにしてくれや。

Mark: Zelos, I’m sorry. Kids don’t know how to hold themselves back. ゼロス、悪かったな。子供は加減をしらねえんだよ。

Zelos: …No, I’m not ready for this yet. Sore spot or not, I can’t believe I got so serious when I don’t even know this kid. ……いや、俺さまもまだまだだわ。殆ど面識のないがきんちょに痛いとこ突かれてマジになっちまうとは。

     [ Phillip Enters ]

Phillip: Sounds like you’re having fun. I hope I’m not interrupting. 楽しそうなところ失礼するよ。

Zelos: Fun!? Phil, you really think this looks like fun? 楽しい！？俺さまフィル君の感覚疑ってもいい？

Phillip: Sorry, sorry. I thought I’d pop in and share how our patient is doing. ごめんごめん。病人の経過を共有しようと思って。

Sync: You mean that dying old geezer and our log of a Sleeping Beauty? 死に損ないのジジイとぴくりとも動かない眠り姫のことか。

Phillip: You shouldn't call him an old geezer, Sync. In any case, Rowen is much more stable now. ジジイなんて言葉は良くないよ、シンク。ローエンさんはだいぶ安定してきた。

Phillip: I think he’s going to wake up soon. Still, he’s an omega nexus, so we’ll have to monitor him carefully. もうすぐ起きられると思うけれど何しろ特異鏡映点だからね。慎重に経過を見る必要がある。

Phillip: And Kohaku…she’s quite dangerous, to be honest. それからコハクは……正直かなり危険だね。

Zelos: Hey hey hey, I don’t care about the old man, but we have to help the girl out~! おいおいおいおい、じーさんはともかく女の子は助けてやってくれよ～！

Mark: You guys, we should be taking care of the elderly… Well, Phil, tell us what’s going on with Kohaku. She seemed stable to me. お前ら、お年寄りは大事にしろって……。で、フィル。どういうことなんだよ。容体は安定してるように見えたけどな。

Phillip: Her symptoms look like a rare condition that appears in mirrites. I found that curious, so I approached it from a mirristry perspective. 彼女の症状は鏡士にまれに起こるある疾患に似ていてね。気になったから魔鏡学の方向からアプローチしてみたんだ。

Phillip: As a result, I’ve discovered that she’s lost her core, or heart, which is responsible for connecting one’s anima to their animus. その結果、彼女のアニマとアニムスをつなぐコアつまり心を失っていることがわかった。

Mark: She’s lost her core!? 心核喪失状態か！

Sync: What are you talking about? How can you possibly observe something as vague as a “heart”? 何それ。心なんてあやふやなものどうやって観測するのさ。

Mark: Mirrites are reflections of a mirrist’s heart. At the time of exoflection, it’s…able to be briefly observed. 鏡士ってのは、心を魔鏡に映して具現化を、行うんだ。そのときに一瞬心を具現化している……らしい。

Mark: I don’t exactly get the whole principle behind it, either… そのあたりの原理は俺もよく分からないが……。

Phillip: When a mirrist exoflectes a mirrite, they do so by reflecting a portion of their heart into their mirrage. So to speak, mirrites are exoflections of the heart. 鏡士が鏡精を具現化するときも心の一部を魔鏡に映して行ういわば心の具現化だからね。

Phillip: But Kohaku does not have a heart. でもコハクにはその心に当たる部分が存在しないんだ。

Phillip: If her core doesn’t exist, her anima and animus will separate…meaning, her soul and memories will separate, and her body will not be able to maintain itself. This is exceptionally dangerous. コアが存在しなければアニマとアニムス……つまり魂と記憶が分離し体が保てなくなる。非常に危険だ。

Phillip: Perhaps it’s necessary to erase the heart in order for them to become the vessel of the goddess. 神降ろしには心を消し去る作業が必要なのかもしれないね。

Zelos: …Erasing the heart, huh. Reminds me of Collete. ……心が消える、か。コレットちゃんのことを思い出すな。

Zelos: She lost her sense of humanity in order to become a host for Martel, she lost her heart. I couldn’t stand watching her, she was like a doll. マーテルを宿すために人としての感覚を失って、心まで無くしちまったらしくてな。まるで人形みたいで見てられなかったぜ。

Sync: —Hey, it’s possible that this whole goddess vessel plan is Mithos’ idea. ——ねえ、神降ろしはミトスの発案の可能性があるんだったよね。

Zelos: Ah? Well, it sounds possible. The idea’s pretty similar to the way he wanted to revive Martel. あ？まあ、可能性はあるな。発想がマーテル復活にそっくりだ。

Sync: —Let’s meet up with Kratos. I’ve figured out which nexus they’ll pick as the next vessel. ——クラトスと合流しよう。次の器の鏡映点が誰かわかった。

Mark: What do you mean? どういうことだ？

Sync: From what I’ve heard, Colette was in some way close to Mithos’ sister, Martel. 前に聞いた話だと、コレットってのはミトスの姉のマーテルに近い存在だったんだろ。

Zelos: Are you saying Martel is their next vessel!? Well, I had heard that Phantom had exoflected her while he was still around. まさかマーテルが次の器だって言うのか！？そりゃ、ファントムが生前マーテルを具現化したらしいとは聞いてるけどよ。

Zelos: Yeah, Martel and Colette are close, but Martel never lost her heart. ただコレットちゃんとマーテルは近い存在かもしれないがマーテルは心を失った訳じゃねえぞ。

Zelos: Actually, she only had her heart left, so Mithos was trying to get her a body… むしろ心だけになっちまったからミトスが体を作ろうとしてた訳で……。

Phillip: …No, I see what he’s saying. Sync’s as sharp as ever. ……いや、なるほど。さすがシンクは目の付け所がいいね。

Phillip: The fact that Martel is a being who lost her body and became only a heart is…an important fact. マーテルは体を失い、心だけの存在になったことがある……という事実が重要だ。

Phillip: In the past, Bifrost had a mirrage called the Overray Mirrage—which showed the past and possible futures engraved in one’s anima. かつてのビフレストには、アニマに刻まれた、過去や未来——あらゆる可能性を呼び出す浄玻璃鏡という魔鏡があったそうだ。

Phillip: This means that no matter which era Martel was exoflected from, she has a property that makes it easy to separate her body and heart. つまりマーテルがどの時代から具現化されていたにせよ、体と心が分離しやすい性質を内包していることになる。

Phillip: If they can be separated, the rest is simple. 分離できるなら、話は簡単だ。

Zelos: You can’t be serious… We should let Kratos know just in case. マジかよ……。念のためクラトスに伝えるか。

Zelos: We should look for that trail Angel wings leave behind. If he flies with his wings, we’ll be able to spot it. あいつから聞いた、天使の羽の痕跡を辿る方法ってのを使えば、奴が空を飛んだ時に居所がわかる筈だ。

Mark: I’m sorry. You’re our guest and we’re making you work. 悪いな。あんたは客分なのに、こき使っちまって。

Zelos: Oh well. That selfish Angel doesn’t want me hanging out with Lloyd anyway. しゃーねえな。あの我が儘天使がロイド君に合流するのを嫌がるんだもんよ。

Sync: You complain about that, but you never bother joining Alvin when he sneaks over there. でも文句を言いながら、アルヴィンみたいに一人であっちに合流はしないんだね。

Mark: Well, that’s because Zelos is unexpectedly a good guy—and also unexpectedly a coward. そりゃ、ゼロスが意外と善人な上に意外と卑怯者だからだな。

Zelos: Ehehe, you completely understand me. でひゃひゃ、よくわかってるじゃねーの。

Mark: But, that doesn’t change the fact that you’re our guest. Sync, you’re coming with me. とはいえ、あんたが客分なのは変わらないからな。シンク、一緒に行ってくれ。

Sync: …Yeah yeah, what a pain. ……はいはい、めんどくさ。

Zelos: What is it, Synkun? You’re so cold. 何だよ、シンくん冷たいじゃん。

Sync: I’ll kill you, Idiot Chosen. 殺すよ、バカ神子。

(This is the first part!) | (Part 3)

[n64retro]

A Fire Emblem game was announced to be in development for the Nintendo 64DD back in 1997 by Intelligent Systems, the same team in charge of another N64 project at that time: Super Mario RPG 2. As of June 1999, Fire Emblem 64 was officially cancelled by alleged limitations of the hardware and several issues in its development cycle. The fact is, I think, by 1999 the 64DD was already an upcoming failure. Super Mario RPG 2 was later renamed and released only in the year 2000 in Japan as Mario Story and as Paper Mario in North America and Europe in 2001. Fire Emblem 64 development was ported to Game Boy Advance and the game was finally released in 2002 as Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade* (Intelligent Systems, Nintendo, 2002) and it was the last Fire Emblem series game to be released exclusively in Japan.

*ファイアーエムブレム 封印の剣 Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seal

[somasoa]

The History and Creation of the Four Sword

Note: This article describes a flow of chronological events that goes contrary to the Legend of Zelda timelines as described in Hyrule Historia, the Hyrule Encyclopedia, and Zelda.com. The timeline utilized in this article is the Extended Child Timeline, a graph of which can be found here.

Hello everyone, today we’ll be discussing the legendary blade from The Legend of Zelda, the Four Sword. While the most iconic legendary blade in The Legend of Zelda is undoubtedly the Master Sword, a close second is the Four Sword, the weapon which The Minish Cap, Four Swords, and Four Swords Adventures revolves around. The most significant trait of the Four Sword is its ability to fragment its wielder, splitting them into four separate individuals, allowing for the wielder to achieve greater feats than they would otherwise achieve alone. 

Chronologically, the Four Sword first appears in The Minish Cap. In the introduction of the game, we’re told about a great war, in which a horde of demons invaded the land of Hyrule, nearly bringing the kingdom to its ruin.

とおい とおい 昔 世界が ふかく くらい闇に のみこまれようとした時

A long, long time ago, When the world was about to be swallowed into a deep, dark blackness…

Introduction (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

However, the Picori, a race of diminutive people the size of a thumb, were said to have descended from the sky into the land of Hyrule. They then passed magical treasures to a man who we can clearly observe is an incarnation of the Hero, who is dubbed as the Hero of Men. One of these treasures was the Picori Blade, a magical blade that didn’t look dissimilar to the Master Sword. It possessed great power and was capable of dispelling evil curses.

The Hero of Men used this blade to defeat the demonic invasion, and the monsters were sealed away in a bound chest, with the sword maintaining the seal.

勇者は ちえと 勇気で 闇を ふりはらい

The hero dispelled the darkness through wisdom and courage.

Introduction (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

言い伝えでは あの宝箱には 剣の力で たくさんの魔物が 封印されて おるとも いわれておる

The tales say that the sword's power keeps many monsters sealed inside that chest!

Minister Potho (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier 

Decades later, the sword was broken by the Minish sorcerer Vaati, or, in the Japanese release, Gufū (グフー), in an attempt to undo the seal on the bound chest, as he believed that the Light Force, a great concentration of magical energy and also the other treasure given by the Picori to the Hero of Men, was present in the chest.

Vaati then cursed Princess Zelda, turning her into a stone statue, as he suspected she would be a future nuisance in his search for the Light Force. Link is then tasked by the King of Hyrule to restore the broken blade, by meeting with the Minish and having them reforge it, as they were the original creators of the blade in the first place.

ピッコルの剣を 作ったのも 彼らピッコルだ彼らなら 折れたピッコルの剣を もとにしてあたらしい聖剣を 作ることが できるはずだ

They are the ones who made this blade, too. They should know how to restore this blade and make a new Sacred Blade.

Daltus (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

Link visits the Picori who reside in the Minish Village, and speaks with their elder, Gentari. Link learns from Gentari that to restore the broken blade, he must return its power by infusing it with the Four Elements, which are crystalline forms of the natural elements of the world. This would allow the blade to recover the original power it had once possessed.

なるほど剣を あたらしく作りなおしに こられたワケですなしかし あたらしく 聖剣を 作るには４つのエレメントが 必要ですじゃエレメントとは この世に みちているせいれいの 力の けっしょうその力を やどして はじめて 聖剣がうまれるのです今から ワタシが数える場所に エレメントがあるハズですじゃ

I see. So you came to remake that sword, is it? But to make a new Sacred Blade, you need the 4 Elements.

The Elements are crystals of spiritual power that fills our world. It is only when that power is lodged that the Sacred Blade is born. I will tell you the locations where the Elements should be at.

Gentari (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

After taking the broken sword to Mt. Crenel and meeting with the Minish master blacksmith Melari, he and his seven apprentices repair the broken blade, forging it into the White Sword.

With the blade now restored as a vessel for its original power, Link quests to recover the rest of the Elements. Each time Link acquires an Element, he journeys to the Elemental Sanctuary, a location that exists between the world of the Minish and the world of men. Link imbues the power of the Four Elements into the White Sword, and upon imbuing the power of the Wind Element into the blade, he completely restores the original power the Picori Blade once held. This process returns the sword to its true form - the Four Sword.

ホワイトソードが ４つのエレメントの 力を やどして４人に 分身できる フォーソードに なった！剣に 力をためて ビームを 撃とう！魔人の呪いで 石にされた人を もとに戻せる！

The White Sword lodges the power of the 4 elements, and became the Four Sword that allows you to split into 4! Build up power in the blade and shoot a beam! You can restore people turned to stone by the sorcerer's curse to normal!

Flavor Text (The Minish Cap) - Translated by Sidier

 The presence of the four elements in the sword allows Link to temporarily “split” into four by creating three copies of himself using Copy Panels.

It is also capable of breaking curses, as the Picori Blade originally could. Link uses this great power to undo the curse on Zelda and the others cursed by Vaati, and puts an end to the evil sorcerer. 

From The Minish Cap, time flows by, until the era of the backstory of Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures, in which Vaati has somehow been revived, taking a form similar to the one he took after absorbing a substantial part of the Light Force. He kidnapped young maidens from across the land and resided in his Palace of Winds, which is likely a reconstruction of the original Palace of Winds used by the Wind Tribe from the era of The Minish Cap.

Suddenly, a young boy appeared, carrying naught but a sword. He claimed he would put a stop to the sorcerer. When he drew his sword, his body split into four. The blade had undergone a dramatic change in function since The Minish Cap, as instead of allowing the wielder to create copies using Copy Panels, the sword now just splits its wielder and their life force into four separate fragments. Using their combined strength, the four Heroes trap Vaati into the blade. The Hero then plunges the blade into the ground in a region of southern Hyrule, and vanishes without a trace. Vaati was sealed within the depths of the earth, and the seal was maintained by the sword. The people of Hyrule christened the sword, calling it the “Four Sword.” This would mean that the original history of the sword, as well as its name in The Minish Cap, was likely forgotten by the era we learn of in the backstory of Four Swords. The people also constructed an elaborate shrine around the sword, which would be known as the Four Sword Sanctuary. 

その昔　ハイラルという国にグフーという風の魔神があらわれ美しい娘を次々とさらっていきました

人々が困り果てているとそこへ一本の剣をたずさえた旅の勇者があらわれました

勇者が剣をぬくと体が4つに分かれ力を合わせてグフーを退治したといいます

その後　勇者がグフーを封印（ふういん）した剣はフォーソードと名付けられハイラルの奥地聖域（せいいき）にひっそりと　まつられていました

A long time ago, in a country called Hyrule, a wind demon called Gufu appeared and kidnapped beautiful girls one after another. 

When the people were in trouble, a traveling Hero carrying a sword  appeared . 

When the hero drew his sword, it is said that his body was divided into four, and they combined their powers to exterminate Gufu. 

Afterwards, the sword with which the hero sealed Gufu was named the Four Sword, and was quietly enshrined in a sacred area in the depths of Hyrule. 

Introduction (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

After this event, ages flowed by, at which point the events of Four Swords occur. Link, the childhood friend of Princess Zelda, is called to the Four Sword Sanctuary. Zelda suspects the seal on Vaati is weakening, and she is correct, as the sword weakly falls over in its own pedestal, freeing the wind sorcerer. Vaati kidnaps Zelda, intent on making her his bride, and flees to his Palace of Winds. Link draws the Four Sword from its pedestal, splitting into four, just as the Hero who sealed Vaati in the first place did.

The four Links venture through Hyrule, gathering the keys to Vaati’s Palace of Wind from the fairies throughout the regions of Hyrule, and seal him using the Four Sword again, placing the sword back into the pedestal. 

風の魔神グフーはフォーソードの封印をやぶって復活しハイラル国の王女ゼルダ姫をさらってしまいました

ゼルダ姫と幼なじみの少年リンクはフォーソードの不思議な力を借りてはげしい戦いの末再びグフーを封印することに成功しました

Gufu, the Wind God, broke the seal of the Four Swords, revived, and kidnapped Princess Zelda of Hyrule.

Princess Zelda and her childhood friend Link, with the help of the magical power of the Four Swords, succeeded in sealing Gufu once again after a fierce battle.

Introduction (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

A few months later, dark clouds gathered over Hyrule, and Zelda telepathically communicated with Link, asking him to accompany her to inspect the seal of the Four Sword, as he originally did in Four Swords. Link and Zelda attempt to travel there via a portal at Hyrule Castle, but are stopped by a shadowy doppelganger of Link.

Shadow Link kidnaps Zelda, as well as the Shrine Maidens associated with the Four Sword Sanctuary, and Link, in desperation, ends up drawing the Four Sword again. He splits into four as he once did, but in the process also unseals Vaati, who sends the Links hurtling through the air using his wind magic, blowing them all the way to eastern Hyrule. Link learns from Kaepora Gaebora that the blade has been drained of its energy due to Vaati’s power, and he must continuously gather Force Gems to retain its ability to break the effects of evil magic - specifically, the evil barriers created that drain energy from the land.

だが、お前の持つ剣はグフーの魔力によって闇を打ちくだく力を失ってしまった。

剣に力を取り戻すにはその源���あるフォースを剣に集めなければならない。

この世界のあらゆる物に宿るフォースを剣に集め巫女を、そしてゼルダ姫を救うのだ。

But the magic of Gufu caused for your sword to lose its power to destroy the darkness. 

To regain its power, you must gather the Force, the source of the power, into the sword. 

Collect the Force that resides in everything in this world into the sword and save the maidens and Princess Zelda.

Kaepora Gaebora (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

 However, the sword only regains its power for so long, and Link must continuously acquire Force Gems after the sword has lost its charge. This shows that the sword is in a very unstable condition where it can barely keep a magical “charge.” Link eventually rescues the maidens and Princess Zelda, entering the Palace of Winds again, and, in a fateful battle, slays Vaati once and for all. 

Ganon then reveals himself as the true mastermind of the dark events that have been affecting Hyrule, and engages with the four Heroes in combat. Using the power of Zelda’s sealing abilities, Link is capable of sealing Ganon in the Four Sword, just as was done to Vaati twice before. After Link places the sword in the pedestal, the maidens reinforce the seal as Link and Zelda leave the sanctuary, marking the final time that the Four Sword would be used by a Hero.

リンク。あなたが守ってくれた私たちとこのハイラル…。

ハイラルの民は手を取り合いまた歩き出すでしょう。

あなたが４人で戦ったようにみな力をあわせて…。

さあ　フォーソードを…。闇の王を封じた剣を台座におさめましょう…！

Link.

You protected us and Hyrule... The people of Hyrule will join hands and together we will march forth once again. Just as the four of you fought together... 

Now, the Four Sword... Place the sword that sealed the Dark Lord on its pedestal..!

Zelda (Four Swords Adventures) - Translated by Sidier

While it can’t be known for certain exactly what happened between Four Swords Adventures and A Link to the Past, it can be determined what most likely happened. As the sword was in a very weak state during Four Swords Adventures, the seal it held on Ganon after the events of the game was also likely very weak, even with the fortification of the maidens. Ganon likely eventually broke out of this seal, and, in the process, he would shatter the Four Sword, separating it into four, which is why we see it shattered in A Link to the Past.

 Then, whether out of fear that the weapon would be used against him or out of sheer avarice for the blade that once sealed him, Ganon then takes the pieces of the Four Sword with him. As we later see in the Dark World, Ganon dedicates a section of his Pyramid to serve as effectively of prison for the broken sword, dubbed the Palace of the Four Sword.

 Very interestingly, the pieces of the shattered Four Sword have very similar designs to the phases the White Sword goes through in The Minish Cap, likely meaning that each of the shattered pieces is representative of one of the Four Elements, and contains its power.

Eventually, once the Hero of A Link to the Past arrives in the Dark World, he enters the Palace of the Four Sword, where he locates the shattered pieces of the Four Sword. He takes them to the deepest part of the temple, and when the swords attempt to re-unify, four Shadow Links appear, one by one, clearly being reminiscent of the four Heroes who sealed Ganon using the Four Sword. Link dispatches them and the shattered pieces finally reunify as the Four Sword.

Unfortunately, this is where our knowledge on what exactly happened to the Four Sword ends. It’s possible the sword was left in Link’s basement as shown in Ancient Stone Tablets, tucked away along with the rest of the treasures and artifacts Link finds on his adventure. It’s also possible Link left it to remain in the Sacred Realm, serving as a kind of peaceful afterlife for the sword to reside in, its purpose in the world complete. While we may never know exactly what happened to the blade, its influence on the history of Hyrule and the conflicts with the Wind Sorcerer and the Demon King of Darkness isn’t easily forgotten.  

[eieneie]

リンバスリリースおめでとうございます！！！！ そしてめっちゃ面白かった～～～～ 苦しみながら3章を終え、鏡ダンジョンをうろついています。 ●ゲームに対する感想 なんか…楽しみにしてたシリーズのゲームである、っていうひいき目を抜きにして、ゲームとして純粋にめちゃくちゃ面白くて好みで感動しました。うれし～～～ ゲーム性の高いソシャゲをあんまりやったことがなかったので、 どんな感じになるんだろう…と想像ができていなかったんですが、 見事ルイナのゲームシステムベースに、スピード感とか親切設計が乗っかった感じでめっちゃうれしかった。 ルイナ、ロボトミーからの流れ+キャラやストーリーの魅力も勿論あるんですが、ゲーム性がめちゃくちゃ好きだったから… またこんなゲームをやりたいな、って思っていた気持ちがすくいあげられて嬉しかった。 パッシブとか効果とか細かく考え抜いてやるシステムも楽しかったけど（今回も幻想体戦がそれに近いのかな）そこはソシャゲだと確かにやりづらいしな…という気持ちもありつつ、 3章らへんの耐性等考えさせるところ見ると普通に今後めちゃ考えて組まないといけないのも出てきそうだな。 あと立ち絵の画風とイベントスチルの画風が違うのもなるほど！と思った。 以下中身に対する感想

●ゲームの中身に対する感想 とにかく…3章までのそれぞれのストーリーが、ルイナまでの勢い衰えずめちゃくちゃ面白くて好みだったのでまだあんま気持ちがまとまってない 3章クリアした後興奮しすぎて脳がうろついた プレイメモ箇条書き

1章らへん ・囚人が思ってたよりも囚人ではなく社員だった！が、あの世界の社員はもはや囚人だなとも強く思った ・ロボトミーコーポレーション、L社はもう「旧L社」なんだな…と思うと感慨深かった。 ・なんで囚人が気軽にEGOを発現できるんだろうと思うとやっぱり図書館エンド後に色々あったんだろうな ・ヴェルギリウス、修学旅行の引率の先生だ ・ウーティス、ロリ顔だ ・ダンテ、今までの主人公の中で一番ノリが軽い！軽いが、いいやつだ ・ドンキのフィクサーへの夢見具合、身近にフィクサーいなかったんだろうか ・グレゴールのEGO使うたびにやっぱり指定司書モチーフステッカーベタ張りしてあるの気になるよ～～ ・グレゴール含め、どの囚人も事前情報よりも人間味が強くていいなあと思った。得体のしれない囚人たち、がエピソードと細かい交流を積み重ねていくの見せられちゃうとさ… ・単純にレア度が高い人格が最強！ってわけじゃないのがいいな　つまり相性とか頭を使わないといけないわけですが… ・グレゴールの過去の記憶、見る度におぞましいものに歪むのリアルだなと思った。つらい記憶は頭の中でリフレインさせるたびに不和ばかり増長される ・地下鉄で無精ひげはやして自分のポスター見るの、すっぴんで自分の広告見るアイドルじゃん！ていうわけわからない感情になった ・グレゴールもしかして小さいのか ・アヤとユーリがめちゃくちゃよかった。アヤの、運がいい、に対する理屈を自身の最期にもああやって言い放てるの強い人間だなと思った ・ユーリの罪悪感は、それこそ根っこのように死ぬまで消えることはないものだったんだろうけど、根を踏みしめて前に進もうと思えていたのではないかな…まあその歩みはもう進むことはないんだが… ・封印されたL社支部の中で醸造された終末カレンダー地獄、地獄すぎて地獄 自分以外の誰かが早く死んでほしい、自分も誰かにそう思われてる、っていう時間が続くのってもう何を見つめて生きていけばいいのかわからないよな ・↑を踏まえると、アヤに死なないでいてほしかったと純粋に思えたこと、そしてグレゴール含め囚人たちにも死なないでほしかったと思われたユーリは、あの世界の中では割と救いを得た終わりだったのかもしれん ２章らへん ・シンクレアの魂のキャンプファイヤーシャカシャカかわいすぎ ・マラカス、音楽の授業で基礎やるの！？！？ ・ロージャがあまりにも最高すぎる、最高のイケてる女 ・鉄工会会長のあの姿ってめちゃくちゃ箱セフィラじゃん！ それが博物館に並べられてそうな旧式じゃ～んみたいな感じに言われてんのめちゃ萌える。職員にもそう思われてたのかもしれん… ・ソーニャ… 3章らへん ・3章の中盤で完全に詰まる、そしてそこで人格の同期レベルとか紐とかタイプ相性に気づく ・鏡ダンジョンにもようやく気付く　レベル上げをする ・シンクレアがゲボと脳漿と涙の大盤振る舞いしてくれすぎてびびる ・ドンキちゃん思ってたよりグッズ集めるタイプのオタクだった。絶対家に推し祭壇あるじゃん　かわいい ・かわいくて声がでかい ・処理落ちが怖くてPCでリンバスやってるけど、今後スマホにいれて、電車の中で誤タップしたら死ぬ声のデカさ ・イシュメール…ダンテの尊厳を…侮辱されたという事で怒ってくれたこと感動した ・ホンルの底知れなさ、なんだろ〜…と思ってたけど剣契？のストーリーの、人を使うのが異常にうまい的なやつみてしっくりきた ・エピの介錯を提案するウーティスも、ソードにあの嘘をついてあげるホンルも、情のある人間だなと思った。（ウーティスはもしかしたら管理人への従属の一環かもしれないが、あれは情のある人間じゃないとしない提案だと思う） ・ぽんぽん、他の誰かもそのうち出るってこと？ぽんぽん派ムルソー、ぽんぽん派ファウスト　ちなみにぽんぽんまだ出ません ・ムルソー執行、そもそも髪おろしめちゃいいじゃんって感じなんだけど ego乗っ取られてがちょっと…なんか…変な欲望掻き立てられる感じで…イイね…て思った ・ヒースクリフ、乱暴だが無謀ではない ・ダンテのどっかのセリフで「良秀は囚人になったから弱くなっちゃったけど昔は剣で鉄も切れたすごいやつだった～」みたいなのあったよね！？ 断片的に（ダンテ的）無意識で出てくる情報闇深すぎて気になる ・シンクレアハーレムラノベの主人公　やべーやつに好かれまくりすぎ ・デミアンさあ………… ・クローマーの釘と金槌加入世界線のスチルよすぎ 長い　鏡ダンジョンに出稼ぎに行くか…

[oratokyosaigunda]

anime_mononoke

❖❁━━━━━━━━━❁❖ 『#劇場版モノノ怪 唐傘』 　　　 キャラ紹介 ❖❁━━━━━━━━━❁❖ 神儀 (しんぎ) CV #神谷浩史 薬売りが「形」「真」「理」の三様を得ることで退魔の剣の封印を解き、憑依する姿。 #モノノ怪