Runic Alphabet

The Runic Alphabet is a real-life alphabet that manifests in a few games in the Fire Emblem series. Its earliest known appearance was in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, where symbols from the alphabet appear in the menu background. The largest symbols read "FIRE EMBLEM", while the rest appears to be random garble. Next, in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, the two races in the game, Beorc and Laguz, are named after two runes: Berkanan (birch) and Laguz (lake). Similarly, the ancient Zunanma (Mannaz in the Japanese version) civilisation is named after the Mannaz (man) rune. Also, in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, the Italian language option in the European version has the Replacement characters named after runes.