The way forward is shrouded in the shadows of our ancestors. Are we upon a new path, or do we stumble into their graves? Can we even bear the knowledge?
Current Release: v0.5.4, 17/20 Chapters, 3/3 Interludes Complete
Download here! (Apply the patch to a clean FE8 rom)
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Overview
The continent of Vaelor has known peace for nearly an era under the rule of Farna. After a great war remembered only as the Lost Decade, the young have grown up in a world ruled by religion. Farna governs from the Citadel, a grand castle at Vaelor’s center. The nations of Ilden, Rivale and Gerra are bound to their decisions by treaty, each forced to adopt Farna’s beliefs and submit to their will. Is freedom worth reliving the tragedy of long ago?
Faith and Blood is a custom campaign that uses FE8 as a base for a new Fire Emblem game! It started a long time ago as a loose collection of ideas I gathered over my many years playing the series. I liked tight, well-paced maps, an emphasis on risk/reward, and I wanted to put the FEH movement skills into a traditional FE game. Eventually, these ideas began to be refined in my head, chapter by chapter, into a plan for a fangame. When 7743’s FEBuilder was released back in the day, I started messing around with the program and soon after the formal project was born! I’ve learned a lot since and am incredibly thankful for those who’ve contributed the hacking resources that allowed me the opportunity to create my own FE game. For those playing, I hope you start to get creative and find your own ideas to get passionate about. Most importantly, have fun! Faith and Blood presents challenging gameplay with incentive for player action rather than reaction, as well as a serious story driven by its characters. Constructive feedback is encouraged and I’m always hoping to improve the project.
Features
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Streamlined Skill System- Each playable character/boss has one personal skill and each class has one movement skill! Personal skills act as a unique incentive for using a unit. There are no rng-based skills. Movement skills(Shove, Reposition, Swap, etc) give each class utility, and a unit’s movement skill can change depending on what tier 2 class they promote into. Mounted Canto, Thief Steal, Crit Boost and Assassin Pass are exceptions to this system.
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Emphasis on Movement Strats- With each class having archetypal movement skills, as well as early game Warp and Rescue access, there are a variety of ways to tackle maps and challenges.
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The Overcap System- Excluding HP, the universal stat cap is 20. However, through promoting, each tier 2 class has two stats they break the cap with and can grow to 30! For example, Berserkers can overcap Skill & Speed, while Warriors can overcap Strength & Skill.
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Class and Item Rebalancing- Adjustments have been made to class and weapon stats to make each class useful in their own niche, without overpowering others(Knights gain swords and lances for example, while cavaliers are mono-weapon). Split promotion classes have trade-offs to make your choices matter!
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Varied Maps and Objectives- Escape, Defend, Seize, Defeat boss(or bosses) and Rout are all present! Chapters always present something new.
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Thoughtful Resource Management- Gold is available, but not plentiful. Basic supplies are common, but you will have to make choices about which advanced items to invest in!
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An Original Story, Setting and Cast- A new world to explore and conflict to experience with 31 playable characters in this release!
Content Warnings
Faith and Blood includes Fire Emblem typical violence, descriptions of religious abuse, threats/references to SA and references to prostitution. If there are others I should include here, please let me know.
My favorite FE games, fangames and romhacks
Thracia 776 and The Binding Blade are my favorite entries in the series as well as big influences on my design. As for fangames and romhacks, FE7x, Fire Emblem Midnight Sun, Road to Ruin, Vision Quest, Last Heavenly Throne, Deity Device, Hag in White and The Fisher King’s Heart have all inspired me in different ways <3
Team/Former Volunteers
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Bloopy- Design, Mapping, Writing, Eventing, Palettes
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LaurentLacroix, Levin, Vlak- Portraits
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Pandan, Scraiza, WarPath, TDAWS_MP132, cloudropis- Playtesting
Credits
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Intelligent Systems- Fire Emblem 8
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7743- FEBuilder
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Circleseverywhere, Tequila, Rossendale, StanH, Leonarth, Teraspark, SD9k, Kao, Blademaster, Snakey1- Skill system
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Circleseverywhere- Growth Display, HP Bars, Convert Chapter Titles to Text, Actions after Support/Talk, Drumfix
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Tequila- Enemy range display, Heal amount display, Set Unit State Conditions
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Zane Avernathy, Runa- Modular Mini Box
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Agro, Brendor- 16 tracks/12 sounds
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Ipatix- Improved Sound Mixer
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Alusq- NIMAP2
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Leonarth- 256 Color Title Screen
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Hextator- 01/48 Command Hack, Anti-Huffman
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Glaceo- Title Screen
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Hypergammaspaces- Battle screen
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Lenh- Status screen
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Melia- Chapter 2-F CG
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Glaceo- Interlude III CG
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RadiantRosa- Item icons
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MageKnight404, Glenwing- Fighter animation
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TheBlindArcher- Halberdier animation, General animation
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Nuramon- Hero animation, Ephraim repalette, Wyvern Lord animation, General animation
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Team SALVAGED- Cavalier animation, Paladin animation, Knight animation, Mercenary animation
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Alusq- Soldier animation
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Der- Thief animation, Pirate animation, Arbiter animation
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Its_Just_Jay- Dancer animation
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Skitty- Great Knight repalette
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Levin- Bishop repalette
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Jeorge_Reds, ShadowOfChaos, Fiuke Bnuy- Falcoknight repalette
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L95- Sword/Lance Paladin map sprites
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RobertFPY- Axe Paladin map sprites
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FPZero- Sword Pal. class card
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Meat of Justice- Axe Pal. class card
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L95, Jey the Count- Assassin class card
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Blade- Ardane mug
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Eise- Elias mug edits, Javiec mug
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CapibaraInSpace- Luca mug, Roderick mug, Meliora mug
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SmokeyGuy77- Vendrick mug
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Alusq- Landon’s Mother mug
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Feier- Norman mug
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ZessDynamite- Helen mug, Benhart mug, Brenna mug
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L95, Wasdye- Mylah mug
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Hardy- Xinlu mug
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Nuramon, Jeorge Reds- Kisiya mug
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Flambamamba, Alusq, SaXor, Alfred Kamon, Scraiza, DrGreen3339, REALxViPerZ, Falkion2040- Music(Labeled in Soundroom)
