Zephiel

"You shall not bar my path!"

- Zephiel

Zephiel (ゼフィール, Zefiiru, called Zefhyr in the Japanese versions) is the main villian of Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi and a minor non-playable character in its prequel Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken.

Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
Zephiel is the heir to the Bern throne, and the son of Queen Hellene. Zephiel is a very gifted child, and it is obvious that he will become a fine ruler of Bern. However, his spiteful father King Desmond tries to stop him from taking the throne. Zephiel and his sister, Guinevere, love each other dearly, but Desmond also wants to bring an end to their contact, starting with the order of killing a baby fox that Zephiel captured and gave to Guinevere as a pet.

During the game, Zephiel is almost murdered by Jaffar, but Nino disuades Jaffar. He is ultimately rescued from Ursula by Eliwood, Hector and Lyn.

Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi
Zephiel, now king of Bern, is the main villain of Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi. In this title, Zephiel's sanity is slipping away from him, and he seeks to rid the land of Elibe of humanity by allying himself with dragons.

Many years after the events of Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, Desmond attempted a second assassination by handing his son a goblet of poisoned wine. Zephiel fell ill from the poison, but did not die. However, with the help of his close ally Murdock, he stayed in hiding and had a false funeral arranged. When Desmond stepped up to the casket to view Zephiel's body at the funeral, Zephiel, now in his lust for revenge, rose and stabbed his father to death.

A few days later, Zephiel used the Fire Emblem to awaken Demon Dragon Idenn. Shortly afterwards, the dragon Jahn sends an illusion of himself to confront Zephiel about his motives, and when it is revealed that they have similar goals, the two started working together. After this, Zephiel ordered his army to take over the continent of Elibe...

The nomad and myrmidon kingdom of Sacae was attacked by a force led by Brunya and the first to fall. Next was the mercenary and pegasus knight kingdom of Ilia, with the Bern forces led by Murdock. Then he personally led the attack on the Lycia Alliance and fatally wounded the marquess of Ostia, Hector, who'd die in Roy's arms.

Zephiel later forged an alliance with the Kingdom of Etruria, and caused a rebellion there; he personally went to an attack himself with Flaer, Nacien, and Percival, and knocked out Cecilia after she questioned him. When he left, and the Lycian army was noticed, Nacien left Flaer to command, and he was killed by Roy. Later, in chapter 22, Zephiel sends Brunya with Idenn to the Dragon Temple to complete his plan and later faces Roy, who slays him.

He can be played as a character in a battle map after the game is completed 7 times.

Fire Emblem: Hasha no Tsurugi
Zephiel makes his first apperance in person in Volume 6 after defeating Cecilia, where he engages Al in a duel. Al is nearly defeated, until he touches the Fire Emblem and promotes to a Dragon Lord and nearly defeats Zephiel until the Fire Emblem leaves his possession. After the battle Zephiel regains the Fire Emblem and figures out that Al is the son of Hartmut and Militha, a Dragon, who, along with Al, was sealed by Hartmut to hide that fact. Zephiel later appears at the final battle with Roy. This battle is slightly different as Zephiel starts with the Eckesachs and Sword of Seals, which he uses to seal Al again. Al then partially escapes and distracts Zephiel enough for Roy to get the Sword of Seals and kill him.

Several times in the manga Guinivere remembers Zephiel as a kind hearted boy, and even remembers a scene that took place in Rekka no Ken, when Zephiel gives her a fox kit.

Death Quote
"...So, you have defeated me... But remember... My dream shall never die... As long as...humans retain control...madness will persist..."

- Death Quote

Rekka no Ken
|Prince | - | |20 |7 |7 |8 |5 |8 |13 |7 | |Sword - A |Silver Sword Elixir

Fūin no Tsurugi
 Normal Mode 

|King | - |20 |70 |24 |20 |14 |15 |22 |24 |17 |5 |Sword |Eckesachs Hero Crest

 Hard Mode 

|King | - |20 |71 |24 |20 |14 |15 |22 |24 |17 |5 |Sword |Eckesachs Hero Crest

 Trial Maps  |King | - |20 |70 |24 |20 |14 |15 |22 |24 |17 |5 |Sword - S |Eckesachs Hero Crest

Musical Themes
Zephiel's battle theme is called Battle for Whose Sake and plays whenever he enters battle in Fūin no Tsurugi. His event theme is The Kingdom of Bern, which is exclusive to him in Fūin no Tsurugi, but would be made the theme of Bern as a whole in Rekka no Ken.