History VideoGame / FireEmblemThracia776

* InvulnerableCivilians: Averted even more so than in ''Genealogy''. They can also be captured by enemy soldiers and taken away.

** The Capture mechanic allows this outside of recruiting some enemies. Sure, you may loot the enemy from their belonging, but you still let them live for another day instead of outright killing them. Especially when you use it on sympathetic characters like Reinhardt ([[SNKBoss Good luck with that, though]]).

** This game has the same exp gain for simply being in a fight as landing a hit. Most games give as little as 1 exp for just being in a fight. This means that if you're willing to take the fatigue loss, pretty much any unit can be raised into some kind of relevance by having them simply wail on a disarmed enemy while with a broken weapon for a while.

The game is an {{interquel}} for ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', taking place toward the end of its 15 year TimeSkip. It follows Leif, nephew of Sigurd and cousin of Seliph, as he tries to retake his country and fight back against the corrupted Grannvale Empire.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: This game has the same exp gain for simply being in a fight as landing a hit. Most games give 1 exp for just being in a fight. This means that you aren't terribly punished for failing to successfully capture an enemy unit. This means disarming two characters to use as capture bait and then Dodge tanking a possible exp grind.

* BonusBoss: In Chapter 5, 6 and 24, you can decide to either let Galzus live (in Chapter 5 he can capture one of your units, halving his power but still being a potentially lethal enemy due to his offensive special skills; in Chapter 24 he can be recruited, being actually a suggested option, due to the fact that if Chapter 24x is unlocked, Galzus will be a very solid asset to the hero them and, pretty much, the best fighter on the team, as he will receive a total of +50 hit\avoid if Mareeta (20%), Nanna (10%), Delmud (10%) and any character wielding the King Sword (10%) will be nearby him up to three square further).

* ClassChangeLevelReset: Compared to the previous game, placed in the same setting such as this, this one follows the more traditional Promotion/Class Change system the series is akin to, as in the previous one, any character could Promote only if level 20 was reached, only inside the "main castle" among the ones available on the map, and their level wasn't reset but stayed the same (this has been reverted mostly to balance out a particular skill, which is called "Great Shield", negating all upcoming damage, which happens to be Reached-Level % activated, and as ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' allowed a maximum Level of 30...)

* SequelDifficultySpike: Usually considered the most difficult game in the series.

* CriticalHit: It works differently than the other games in the series (minus ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' which shares the same mechanic as here): critical hits here deals straightly double the damage shown into the fighting window (which means that 20 attack vs 20 defense = 20 damage because 20x2= 40, instead of 0x3= 0 because 20-20=0)

The game was never released outside Japan because it came out before Intelligent Systems realised ''Fire Emblem'' had a potential western audience. After years of [[BlindIdiotTranslation wonky]]-[[TranslationTrainWreck at]]-[[ObviousBeta best]] fan translations and attempts at better translations stalling, an actual complete translation, ''[[https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/85081-fe5-project-exile-thracia-776-script-and-menu-translation-fully-complete-and-released/ Project Exile]]'', was finally completed on June 1, 2019. A second translation, ''[[https://forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/90189-fe5-lil-manster-pe-based-english-translation-translations-to-es-fr-de-it-tr/ Lil' Manster]]'', would follow in its wake.

The game was never released outside Japan because it came out before Intelligent Systems realised ''Fire Emblem'' had a potential western audience. After years of [[BlindIdiotTranslation wonky]]-[[TranslationTrainWreck at]]-[[ObviousBeta best]] fan translations and attempts at better translations stalling, an actual complete translation, ''[[https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/85081-fe5-project-exile-thracia-776-script-and-menu-translation-fully-complete-and-released/ Project Exile]]'', was finally completed on June 1, 2019.

* MagikarpPower: Carrion is acquired right after Manster Prison Break, and comes underleveled. However, he has solid base stats and the best growth out of the potential Cavaliers who are even more underleveled than he is. It helps that he gets the fairly powerful Elite Sword which helps him survive, doubles his exp gains, and has plenty of uses.
* MasterOfAll: Ced has mastered all levels of magic up to A rank (minus thunder, which is "only" B).

* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: It is either Olwen (two unique weapons) or Ilios (better stats all around, but joins slightly later); it is either Miranda and Conomore (a mage princess and his guardian) or Amalda and Sleuf (a quite venturesome yet affected by the child hunt woman general and a dedicated priest to the right cause).

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Mareeta]]'s backstory involves a lot of these. [[spoiler:She was an innocent girl living in hiding with her {{fallen prince|ss}} father, who did what he could to keep her safe and next to him. They were doing fine as travellers, but once Galzus was distracted for a mere second - BAM! Young Mareeta was kidnapped by slave traders and taken into a slave market. Thank God [[MamaBear Eyvel]] was there for her, but if she didn't...]] This is invoked again at the beginning, when [[spoiler:Mareeta and Eyvel's ''other'' daughter Nanna get caught by the enemy, and you have to ''fight a BrainwashedAndCrazy Mareeta'' who's under the influence of an EvilWeapon...]]

** GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite the ending, it's possible to have Finn, Nanna, Dermott and Ced die during the game (and it is told as such if they do), despite the fact that all of them canonically survive long enough to fight during the events of ''Genealogy.'' The same goes for [[spoiler:Eyvel, should she be killed after you free her in Chapter 24x. Her ending states that she reunites with Febail and Patty after the Final Holy War, and WordOfGod via a guide confirms that she does, in fact, survive.]]

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: See White and Gray vs Gray and Black Morality. ''Thracia'', as the fifth installment of over a dozen games, hits between Decontruction and UnbuiltTrope. The army consists of anyone who has a loose reason to fight against the Empire, some who are persuaded by someone in the army, or ''people Leif's army kidnapped''. An early indicator is [[TokenEvilTeammate Lifis]], the first thief to join the game. Thieves in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games before and after ''Thracia'' lean towards LovableRogue. Lifis is a pirate who pillaged villages, tried to maniplate Safy into sleeping with him and joined because he would have been executed otherwise.

The game was never released outside Japan because it came out before Intelligent Systems realised ''Fire Emblem'' had a potential western audience. After years of [[BlindIdiotTranslation wonky]]-[[TranslationTrainWreck at]]-[[ObviousBeta best]] fan translations and attempts at better translations stalling, an actual complete translation, ''[[https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/85081-fe5-project-exile-thracia-776-script-and-menu-translation-fully-complete-and-released/ Project Exile]]'', is finally done on June 1, 2019.

** This game has the same exp gain for simply being in a fight as landing a hit. Later games give 1 exp for just being in a fight. This means disarming two characters to use as capture bait and then Dodge tanking a possible exp grind.

* BonusBoss: In Chapter 5, 6 and 24, you can decide to either let Galzus live (very wise in Chapter 4; in Chapter 5 he can capture one of your units, halving his power but still being a potentially lethal enemy due to his offensive special skills; in Chapter 24 he can be recruited, being actually a suggested option, due to the fact that if Chapter 24x is unlocked, Galzus will be a very solid asset to the hero them and, pretty much, the best fighter on the team, as he will receive a total of +50 hit\avoid if Mareeta (20%), Nanna (10%), Delmud (10%) and any character wielding the King Sword (10%) will be nearby him up to three square further).

* BonusBoss: In Chapter 4, 5 and 24, you can decide to either let Galzus live (very wise in Chapter 4; in Chapter 5 he can capture one of your units, halving his power but still being a potentially lethal enemy due to his offensive special skills; in Chapter 24 he can be recruited, being actually a suggested option, due to the fact that if Chapter 24x is unlocked, Galzus will be a very solid asset to the hero them and, pretty much, the best fighter on the team, as he will receive a total of +50 hit\avoid if Mareeta (20%), Nanna (10%), Delmud (10%) and any character wielding the King Sword (10%) will be nearby him up to three square further).

** For the characters that can be considered one, there's Finn, Dagdar, and Brighton. Finn actually has a good stats growth, and is a solid unit throughout the whole game, but he is put on a disadvantage for the late game indoor chapters thanks to dismounting, which means he can't use Lances, including his signature Brave Lance. Dagdar is a prepromote with bad growth, but good enough base stats to be used for almost the entire game. Both of them are essential to build up your resource through capturing, since they are basically tailor made for capturing. Brighton is a bit of a special case. His base stats and growth rate are not particularly good. To make up for it, he has a mount outdoors, has awesome durability, and has the skill ''Wrath'' which allows him to consistently score a critical hit during counterattacks. Brighton is pretty much the closest replacement to Finn, Dagdar, and Eyvel during the Manster Prison Break.

** There's also the Pugi, a special hand axe that's lighter, more powerful, almost twice as accurate, and comes with a greatly increased chance of landing a critical hit.
* DummiedOut: Many items, weapons and characters have been jotted from the game before it was released (there would have been more variegated Fire and Light magic, for example).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This game more or less sets the standards of almost all ''Fire Emblem'' games to follow, if not strictly in mechanics, then in presentation. Among the biggest mainstays are the Weapon Ranking system (Ranks E to A, with weapon usage increasing it), an item that promotes just about any unit, side chapters with steps to unlocking them, giving thieves the ability to steal, the ability to rescue other units, FogOfWar, and a fully balanced weapon/magic triangle. The overall length of this game (25 Chapters, an endgame chapter, and 8 side chapters) is more or less what every game thereafter follows, with a few exceptions. There are still some major differences, however:

* FakeDifficulty: Quite a few maps are utterly dependent on RNG and luck rather than good strategy.

** GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite the ending, it's possible to have Finn, Nanna, Diarmud and Ced die during the game (and it is told as such if they do), despite the fact that all of them canonically survive long enough to fight during the events of ''Genealogy.'' The same goes for [[spoiler:Eyvel, should she be killed after you free her in Chapter 24x. Her ending states that she reunites with Febail and Patty after the Final Holy War, and WordOfGod via a guide confirms that she does, in fact, survive.]]

** Several members of Leif's army are descendants of the Twelve Crusaders. Nanna and Diarmud are Princess Lachesis' children and possess minor Hezul blood; Linoan, the duchess of Tahra, is a descendant of Heim, and thus possesses minor Naga Holy Blood; and you can optionally recruit Ced, the son of Lewyn and Erinys, and the holder of major Forseti Blood. You also briefly meet Hannibal's son, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Coirpre]], who posesses Minor Bragi blood. [[spoiler:Dialogue between Raydrik and Veld reveals that Mareeta is of Od's bloodline (thus Galzus is by extension, as he's the former Prince of Issach's Rivough Castle and her father), Eyvel is actually Briggid, the rightful heiress of Jungby and holder of major Ulir blood, and finally, Saias is the one who inherited Arvis' Major Fala blood; see HeroicBastard above]].

* InfinityPlusOneSword: There are three of them:
** The [[CoolSword Blaggi Sword]] (also a SwordOfPlotAdvancement of sorts) is a 15 MT weapon with Armor slaying capabilities and plenty of usage. It also gives the Miracle ability, and negates the damage halving ability of the Loptous Sword. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation While it supposedly can be used by anyone with a Holy Blood]], only Leif, Nanna, Fergus, and Diarmuid can use the sword.
** The Holy Sword is a 17 MT weapon with 20% Critical rate, increases Magic by 10, grants the Prayer ability, is effective against Horseback units, and can attack consecutively. To acquire it, you need to use Olwen (a GlassCannon) to speak with Reinhardt in Chapter 22, and it can only be used by Olwen. Easily a ThatOneSidequest thanks to how ridiculous the chapter is.

* LowLevelAdvantage: A character such as Miranda, Sara, Eda and Linoan always will find themselves in an advantaged position in comparison to someone that comes prepromoted such as Fred, Olwen or Dagdar, as they are lower leveled and so would attain a crap-ton of experience that, added to the potential of abusing the hidden growth increase of the Crusader Scrolls, would gar them up to exorbitant results.

* MercyRewarded: Capture causes your stats to be heavily lowered, but you can capture the defeated enemy and seize their items. This is very useful since equipment is expensive and not very durable.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: It is either Olwen (two almighty unique magic weapons) or Ilios (a stone wall that through smart Skill Manual usage becomes the best fighter in the game against late game non-boss units); it is either Miranda and Conomore (a mage princess and his guardian) or Amalda and Sleuf (a quite venturesome yet affected by the child hunt woman general and a dedicated priest to the right cause).

* ObviousBeta: It is obvious that the game was somewhat rushed, as despite the huge amount of hidden items, the plot is quite bare-bone and many interesting characters (Olwen, Mareeta, Eyvel, Galzus, the antagonists etc...) are not explored enough.

* OneManArmy: Ilios with the Wrath skill imbued into him is nearly unkillable when sent against elite mooks without the "Awareness" (skill-neglecting) skill as their asset.

* PlayerExclusiveMechanic: Only the player can use characters that bond among themselves, allowing for hidden bonuses to their stats.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The game's intro contains grammatically correct English in an otherwise Japanese game.

** Several members of Leif's army are descendants of the Twelve Crusaders. Nanna and Diarmud are Princess Lachesis' children and possess minor Hezul blood; Linoan, the duchess of Tahra, is a descendant of Heim, and thus possesses minor Naga Holy Blood; and you can optionally recruit Ced, the son of Lewyn and Erinys, and the holder of major Forseti Blood. [[spoiler:There is also the fact that Eyvel is actually Briggid, the rightful heiress of Jungby and holder of major Ulir blood, and finally, WordOfGod has come to state that Saias is the one who inherited Arvis' Major Fala blood; see HeroicBastard above]].

The game was never released outside Japan because it came out before Intelligent Systems realised ''Fire Emblem'' had a potential western audience. After years of [[BlindIdiotTranslation wonky]]-[[TranslationTrainWreck at]]-[[ObviousBeta best]] fan translations and attempts at better translations stalling, an actual complete translation, ''[[https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/85081-fe5-project-exile-thracia-776-script-and-menu-translation-fully-complete-and-released/ Project Exile]]'', is finally done in June 1st, 2019.

** [=Nanna/Leif=], assuming Nanna doesn't die during the course of the game.
*** Likewise, Fred and Olwen marry if neither kicks it. Same goes to Machyua and Brighton, and Tanya and Orsin. [[spoiler:While not ''as'' openly stated, Princess Miranda is hinted to have married Conomore, which doubles as MayDecemberRomance since he was her ''father's'' retainer.]]

* WalkIntoMordor: Implemented as a game mechanic, as mounted units are forced to remain dismounted for indoor chapters, which includes TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon of the game.

** The Capture mechanic allows this outside of recruiting some enemies. Sure, you may loot the enemy from their belonging, but you still let them live for another day instead of outright killing them. Especially when you use it on sympathetic characters like Reinhardt ([[SNKBoss Good luck with that, though.]])

The game was never released outside Japan because it came out before Intelligent Systems realised ''Fire Emblem'' had a potential western audience. After years of [[BlindIdiotTranslation wonky]]-[[TranslationTrainWreck at]]-[[ObviousBeta best]] fan translations and attempts at better translations stalling, an actual complete translation, ''[[https://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?/topic/85081-fe5-project-exile-thracia-776-script-and-menu-translation-script-complete-through-chapter-21x/ Project Exile]]'', is well in progress and on the cusp of story completion.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: The Capture mechanic allows this outside of recruiting some enemies. Sure, you may loot the enemy from their belonging, but you still let them live for another day instead of outright killing them. Especially when you use it on sympathetic characters like Reinhardt ([[SNKBoss Good luck with that, though.]])