Archanea Series

The Akaneia Series (or Archanea Series) is a term used to describe the Fire Emblem games that are originally set on the continent of Akaneia/Valentia (and their future versions, Ylisse/Valm, respectively). It includes the following games:


 * Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi and its remake, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
 * Fire Emblem Gaiden


 * Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and its remake, Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo ~Hikari to Kage no Eiyū~


 * Fire Emblem: Awakening

It is the first and only series in Fire Emblem history that is shown to take place on two different continents.

Mystery of the Emblem, comprised of two books, includes an enhanced remake of Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, along with a sequel to that same enhanced remake.

Central Protagonists
In all of these games besides Gaiden and Awakening, Marth is the main character. Marth is a young prince of Altea, and a descendant of Anri, who killed the Shadow Dragon, Medeus, with the Falchion.

In Gaiden, there are two main characters, Alm and Celica.

In Awakening, the main characters are Chrom, a descendant of Marth, and his daughter, Lucina.