Forblaze, also known as the Scorching Reason, is an Anima magic tome from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade. Forblaze is the foremost Anima Magic tome of Elibe, and was forged during the Scouring for use against Manaketes. This tome is primarily used by the Archsage Athos, both during the Scouring and the events of The Blazing Blade.

Background

After the Scouring, the Forblaze tome was sealed within the depths of a temple in Arcadia by Athos and Bramimond. The seal is later broken during the events of The Blazing Blade, where it is intended to be used against Nergal, whose highly developed arcane powers have rendered him impervious to normal physical attacks. The Forblaze tome is then returned to Arcadia's Water Temple after Nergal's plot is foiled.

The Forblaze tome is reclaimed by Roy's army during the events of The Binding Blade, taken from Ohtz, a Sage of Bern's army that wished to claim its might. If all the holy weapons are reunited by the time King Zephiel is slain, the weapons will then guide Roy and his army to the Dragon Temple, to where Idunn, Jahn, and Brunnya prepare to exterminate humanity, and return control of Elibe to the dragons.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

*Preference = Athos

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Fire Emblem Heroes

• Forblaze
• Studied Forblaze
• Upgrades

Name		Type
Forblaze		Tome
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
14	2	400
Effect
At start of turn, inflict Res-7 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Res through its next action.

Name		Type
Studied Forblaze		Tome
Mt	Rng	SP	Rarity
14	2	400
Effect
Accelerates Special trigger (cooldown count-1). At the start of turn 1, grants Special cooldown-1 to unit. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Res+6 during combat and disables unit's and foe's skills that change attack priority.

Name			Cost
Forblaze			400 SP, 500, 200
Type	HP	Mt	Spd	Def	Res
	+2	+ 1
	+2		+ 2
	+2			+ 3
	+2				+ 3
	If unit initiates combat, grants Atk+6 during combat.
Effect
At start of turn, inflict Res-7 on foe on the enemy team with the highest Res through its next action.

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Trivia

• Unlike other tomes in the Game Boy Advance trilogy, Forblaze has a unique distinction of having completely different animations in the games it appeared in. In The Blazing Blade, a massive ball of flame is summoned, followed by a near-simultaneous eruption and downpour of flame and magma. In The Binding Blade, the ball of flame does not appear, and the flame has a less fiery, yellow-orange color.
  • These animations were later used as a basis for the animations of two Forblaze variants in Heroes. The regular variant uses the Blazing Blade version, while the Studied variant uses the Binding Blade version.
• In The Sacred Stones, Forblaze exists in the game's item files as "Dummy" with stats identical to what it had in The Binding Blade. It lacks any spell animation but can still be used to kill enemies. It is completely unobtainable without hacking the game.
  • However, because it is a Dummy weapon in The Sacred Stones, it lacks the +5 bonus to Luck and effective damage against dragon-type enemies that was present in the past GBA games.

Gallery

Animation of Lilina casting Forblaze on an enemy Manakete in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

Athos casting Forblaze on Nergal in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

Lilina casting Forblaze in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Sprite of Studied Forblaze from Heroes.

Lilina attacking with Studied Forblaze in Fire Emblem Heroes.