Ephidel

Ephidel
; Artwork of Ephidel from The Blazing Blade.
Gender	Male
Race	Morph
Family	Nergal (creator)
Starting class	Sage*
Appearance(s)	The Blazing Blade;

“	Humans... They are so very fragile.	”	— Ephidel commenting on Darin

Ephidel (Japanese: エフィデル Ephdel) was a morph appearing in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, he was created by Nergal. Ephidel was primarily an informant and manipulator, and is never witnessed participating in combat.

Despite appearing in cutscenes with a Sage map sprite, Ephidel's data is generic.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Role

Ephidel appears to be a major antagonist in the first ten chapters of Eliwood's and Hector's tale. His first appearance is speaking to marquess Santaruz, Helman. Helman is at least partially in league with the Lycian rebellion, however, Helman's resolve is faltering. Ephidel notices this and fatally wounds marquess Helman, though Helman is still able to tell Eliwood to find Darin.

He also manipulates Darin's desires, causing the man to abandon his son Erik and flee to Nergal on the Dread Isle. Darin is under the impression that Nergal will give him leadership of the world.

Ephidel is destroyed, in Chapter 19E/20H: Dragon's Gate, by the collapsing Fire Dragon Nergal partially summoned.

Personality

Ephidel matches most morph behavior as emotionless and calculating. However, his screaming during his death and commenting somewhat condescendingly to Darin behind his back,^[1] indicates he may have some emotional capability, as in both instances emulating those emotions would have been of no benefit.

Ephidel seemed to have some expectation of protection by Nergal, as he yells out Nergal's name several times before dying.

Death quote

“	Hyaaaa! Stop... You mustn't come here!! Lord Nergal! Lord Nergal! Please......!!! Guwaaaaaaahhh!!!!!!	”	— Ephidel

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Characters: The Binding Blade & The Blazing Blade

Ephidel's artwork from The Blazing Blade is featured in a file in the Fire Emblem Characters book, alongside details regarding himself and his role in the game's story. He is the 112th character listed in this book. Ephidel scored 58th place in the online The Blazing Blade popularity poll whose results were included in the book.

Fire Emblem Character File 112: Ephidel
	Gender: Male	Estimated Age: Unknown	Title: None	Origin: Unknown
	Status: Nergal's Servant			Weapon: None
	Nergal's trusted attendant and the one secretly manipulating Lycia. The mysterious man who is Nergal's servant, spreading the seeds of discord between Lycia and Bern behind the scenes. With golden pupils and pale skin, he is not human. Ephidel is an artificial creation made by Nergal known as a morph. His death was sudden, as he was extinguished when he was enveloped in the dragon's flame as Nergal attempted to open up the Dragon's Gate. Aside from his masculine body, there are no big differences in appearance between him and the other morphs Limstella and Sonia. He has skin as white as snow and hypnotic golden eyes that pierce through one's soul. As a morph, he follows Nergal's orders obediently, and lacks any sort of human emotion. He carries out the cruelest deeds without hesitation. He was the one who suspected Leila of being an infiltrator within the Black Fang, and gave Jaffar the order to execute her.
Profile translation by Kantopia

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Ephidel's official artwork from The Blazing Blade can be viewed in Path of Radiance's extras menu if a copy of The Blazing Blade is connected to a copy of Path of Radiance.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Ephidel is featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Ephidel
	Chilling Golden Eyes, Ephidel
		"I am Ephidel. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
		Attack: 60	Support: 20	Range: 1-2	Deploy Cost: 4
		Class: Sage		Tier: Advanced	Class Change Cost: 3
		False Friends: [Trigger] [Once per turn] During your turn, when your opponent's support card fails to support an enemy, until the end of the turn, this unit gains +20 attack. Thread Spun in Darkness: [Trigger] [] When this unit's attack destroys an enemy, you may pay the cost and if you do: Your opponent choses 1 card from their hand, reveals it, and places it at the top of their deck.
	Card #B13-044HN • Artist: Setsu
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Ephidel .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1
(2017)

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