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Loptous (tome)
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Loptous (Japanese: ロプトウス Loputousu) is a dark tome which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. It is the unholy weapon which channels the power of the sinister earth dragon Loptous and is wielded by those who carry his bloodline. The tome bestows upon its wielder protection from the full effect of damage against them, only able to be subverted by the power of Naga.
History
This tome was created as part of the blood pact between the bishop Gair and the earth dragon Loptous, in the former's quest for power. It provides its wielder with immense power in exchange for being possessed by Loptous himself. It was the property of the successive seventeen Emperors of the Loptrian Empire across its two hundred years of existence, the first being Gair himself, all used as Loptous's vessels. The last Emperor, Gair XVII, did not reproduce before his death and the fall of the Empire at the hands of the Twelve Crusaders, when the dark protection of the tome was pierced by the power of the Book of Naga wielded by Saint Heim, the only weapon able to pierce Loptous's power.[1]
Over a century later, Manfroy of the Loptr Church took advantage of this to successfully breed Arvis and Deirdre, the two current bearers of the bloodline, spawning the full-blooded Julius as the prince of the continent-spanning Grannvale Empire. At some point in Julius's childhood eleven years after the Battle of Belhalla, Manfroy gave Julius the Loptous tome as his inheritance; Loptous's influence through it instantly corrupted him, prompting him to attempt to kill his sister Julia, a bearer of full Naga blood. From there, he seized control of Grannvale from his father, and as the spirit of Loptous slowly took full possession him over the years he perverted the empire's course slowly into a reconstruction of the Loptrian Empire. By the time Seliph's liberation army came to confront him at Belhalla, Loptous had finally achieved full possession of Julius, with the tome's power proving near-impossible to fight until Julia found the Book of Naga and used it against him.
Stats
In the main Fire Emblem series
| Game | Icon | Level | Might | Weight | Hit | Crit | Range | Uses | Worth | WEXP | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genealogy of the Holy War | 
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 ★*
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30 | 12 | 80 | -- | 1–2 | 50 | 65,535 | -- | +5 resistance when equipped. Reduces the target's attack power by 50% for the duration of the round of combat. |
| Thracia 776 |
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 ★*
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0 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 1–2 | 3 | Cannot be sold | -- | Unused. |
In other Fire Emblem series titles
| Game | Icon | Type | Might | Range | SP cost | Refine cost | Prerequisites | Unusable by | Inheritable | Other effects and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes (refine: Unrefined) |
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14 | 2 | 400 | -- | Fenrir | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 resistance. User is considered a dragon unit for the purpose of bonus damage. If foe does not deal bonus damage to user, inflicts −6 attack to foe during combat. |
| Heroes (refine: +Effect) |
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14 | 2 | 400 | 500  200 
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 resistance. User is considered a dragon unit for the purpose of bonus damage. If foe does not deal bonus damage to user, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance to foe during combat, and if user's resistance > foe's resistance, user takes −([user's resistance − foe's resistance] × 4; maximum: 40)% damage (except from Røkkr specials). At start of turn, if any foe's resistance < user's resistance and that foe is adjacent to another enemy, inflicts −5 each to attack and resistance to those foes through their next actions. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of combat, inflicts −5 each to attack and resistance to foe during combat. |
| Heroes (refine: +Atk) |
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15 | 2 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 resistance. User is considered a dragon unit for the purpose of bonus damage. If foe does not deal bonus damage to user, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance to foe during combat, and if user's resistance > foe's resistance, user takes −([user's resistance − foe's resistance] × 4; maximum: 40)% damage (except from Røkkr specials). Grants +2 HP. |
| Heroes (refine: +Spd) |
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14 | 2 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 resistance. User is considered a dragon unit for the purpose of bonus damage. If foe does not deal bonus damage to user, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance to foe during combat, and if user's resistance > foe's resistance, user takes −([user's resistance − foe's resistance] × 4; maximum: 40)% damage (except from Røkkr specials). Grants +2 HP and +2 speed. |
| Heroes (refine: +Def) |
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14 | 2 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 resistance. User is considered a dragon unit for the purpose of bonus damage. If foe does not deal bonus damage to user, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance to foe during combat, and if user's resistance > foe's resistance, user takes −([user's resistance − foe's resistance] × 4; maximum: 40)% damage (except from Røkkr specials). Grants +2 HP and +3 defense. |
| Heroes (refine: +Res) |
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14 | 2 | 400 | 500 200
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-- | -- | ✗ | Grants +3 resistance. User is considered a dragon unit for the purpose of bonus damage. If foe does not deal bonus damage to user, inflicts −6 each to attack and resistance to foe during combat, and if user's resistance > foe's resistance, user takes −([user's resistance − foe's resistance] × 4; maximum: 40)% damage (except from Røkkr specials). Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance. |
Locations
Genealogy of the Holy War
| Unobtainable | Exclusively wielded by Julius. No playable unit can have major Loptous blood, and as such it is unusuable by the player. |
Thracia 776
| Unused | If hacked into the game, it is character-locked but not assigned to a character, and cannot be used at all. |
Heroes
| Method | Data |
|---|---|
| Unit (★★★★★) | Julius: Scion of Darkness |
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
Loptous is present as a skill on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher: B08-097SR Shadow-Bearing Imperial Prince, Julius. It is a manual-activation skill which allows the player to, for the cost of flipping one bond card face-down, choose one of their opponent's bond cards and flip it face-down as well. This can contribute to activating Julius's other skill, "Seal of Darkness", which increases his attack power when all bond cards belonging to the opponent are face-down.
Flavor text
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| Game | Text (English) |
Text (Japanese) |
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| Genealogy of the Holy War | Cuts foe's
Atk.* |
??
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| Thracia 776 (Unused) |
Halves enemy's attack power.*
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あいての攻撃力
はんげん |
| Heroes (Unrefined) |
Grants Res+3. Skills with "effective against
dragons" are effective against unit. If foe has no skills with "effective against dragons," inflicts Atk-6 on foe during combat. |
魔防＋３ 自身は竜特効を受ける
敵が竜特効スキルを装備していない時、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃－６ |
| Heroes (Refined) |
Grants Res+3. Skills with "effective against
dragons" are effective against unit. If foe has no skills with "effective against dragons," inflicts Atk/Res-6 on foe during combat, and also, if unit's Res > foe's Res, reduces damage from attacks during combat and from area-of- effect Specials (excluding Røkkr area-of-effect Specials) by percentage = difference between stats × 4 (max 40%). |
魔防＋３ 自身は竜特効を受ける
敵が竜特効スキルを装備していない時、 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、魔防－６、かつ 魔防が敵より高い時、受けた範囲奥義のダメージと、 戦闘中に攻撃を受けた時のダメージを 魔防の差×４％軽減（最大４０％） （巨影の範囲奥義を除く） |
| Heroes (Refined: +effect) |
At start of turn, if any foe's Res < unit's Res
and that foe is adjacent to another foe, inflicts Atk/Res-5 on that foe through its next action. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, inflicts Atk/Res-5 on foe during combat. |
ターン開始時、敵同士が隣接していて、かつ、
魔防が自分より１以上低い敵の 攻撃、魔防－５（敵の次回行動終了まで） 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら 戦闘中、敵の攻撃、魔防－５ |
Etymology and other languages
| Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
| English |
Loptous |
Derived from Loptr, an alternate name for the Norse jötunn and trickster god Loki. |
| English (unofficial) |
• Loputousu |
Widely known by both these names prior to the English release of Awakening, used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation;[clarification needed] the latter is a compression of the name to fit into the item name spaces of the Genealogy fan translation, whereas the former is used to refer to it by name in dialogue. |
| Japanese |
ロプトウス |
Officially romanized as Loputousu on Genealogy of the Holy War's Holy Blood interface, and as Loptous in material from Treasure onward. |
| Spanish |
Loptous |
-- |
| French |
Loptous |
-- |
| German |
Loptous |
-- |
| Italian |
Loptous |
-- |
| Portuguese |
Loptous |
-- |
| Traditional Chinese |
羅普托烏斯 |
Loptous |
Gallery
Official artwork
Artwork of Loptous from the Trading Card Game.
Screenshots
Julius casting Loptous in Genealogy of the Holy War
Julius casting Loptous in Heroes.
Heroes artwork
Loptous as it appears in Heroes.
Loptous as it appears in Heroes.
Artwork of Julius: Scion of Darkness with Loptous.
Other appearances
Artwork of Julius with Loptous from One Hundred Songs of Heroes.
References
- ↑ "Lewyn: Now, Loptous himself is actually from a dragon clan whose fell power is amongst the mightiest of all the dragonkin. The great dragon Naga, strongest of them all, bestowed their own blood upon the leader of the liberation army, the priest Heim. Naga knew only their power could possibly hope to stand against that of Loptous.
Seliph: So nobody else among the dragonkin would be able to prevail against Loptous?
Lewyn: It certainly wouldn't be easy, I think. Even if you had every last dragon fighting together, they'd still need Naga's power." — Lewyn and Seliph, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
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