Garm

Garm is the Sacred Twin black axe of Grado. (Grado's other Sacred Twin weapon is the Dark Magic tome Gleipnir.)

Garm is S-Ranked, meaning a unit must have an S-Rank in axes to use it. The possible wielders of Garm are, in order of appearance, Gilliam, Franz, Garcia, Ross, Kyle, Forde, Amelia, Duessel, Gerik, Dozla, Caellach, and Fado. Quite a large portion of FE8's cast can use Garm. However, many of these units can only use axes post-promotion, therefore increasing the difficulty of getting them an S-Rank in axes. The most likely candidates for Garm would be Garcia, Ross, or Dozla.

Garm gives a +5 bonus to Speed. This is good because many of the potential Garm wielders could benefit from the boost. (Mainly Garcia, Ross, Kyle, Duessel, Dozla, Caellach and Fado.) None of them have very good Speed. Indeed, the stereotypical axe user often lacks Speed.

Garm is acquired upon completing Eirika's Chapter 15: Scorched Sand, or Ephraim's Chapter 14: Father and Son. Upon completion of said chapter(s), Garm, along with Gleipnir, is added to the main character's inventory.