Gleipnir

Gleipnir the Dark Tome is a Sacred Twin of Grado and is a tome in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

The Sacred Twins


During Ephraim's story mode, the player obtains the Sacred Twins of Grado after defeating Chapter 14, in which the objective is a siege of the imperial capital, with the objective to seize the throne from the Emperor Vigarde himself. In the chapter epilogue, Ephraim and his allies encounter Lyon deeper within Grado Keep, completely unaware that he has been possessed by Fomortiis, the Demon King.

It is at this point that Lyon claims responsibility for the invasion of Renais and the ensuing war over the fate of the Sacred Stones, at the same time claiming to be the one who murdered King Fado of Renais following the successful invasion. After Lyon magically transports himself elsewhere, Ephraim discovers the black mage Knoll, imprisoned within the keep for treason. The shaman there reveals the truth behind the invasion as a means by which Lyon hoped to acquire the power to heal his ailing father.

According to Knoll, after weeks of dedicated research, Lyon and his dark mages crafted an object called the Dark Stone by extracting the dark energies of the Fire Emblem, the Sacred Stone of Grado, which appeared to have revived his deceased father, when it had merely animated his deceased corpse as a puppet. Soon after, under possession of the newly-released Fomortiis, Lyon himself destroyed the Sacred Stone of Grado and then proceeded, using Vigarde as a proxy, to invade the surrounding kingdoms with a like aim.

As Knoll concluded his story, he led Ephraim towards the reliquary of Grado Keep, and there he unsealed the Sacred Twins of Grado, presenting them to Ephraim: The Dark Tome Gleipnir and The Black Axe Garm.

During Eirika's story mode, it is obtained after Ch. 15 where it is presented to Eirika by her brother.

Statistics

 * Mt: 23
 * Hit: 80 (+5 skill due to sacred tome effect =90 hit )
 * Weight: 20
 * Weapon Type: Dark Magic
 * Weapon Rank:S


 * Range: 1-2
 * Critical rate: 0
 * Uses:30


 * Range:1-2

Trivia

 * This is one of Grado's Sacred Twins. However, it is different to the majority of Sacred Twin weapons in that it does not double in might when used on monsters. It is also the weapon of highest base power available to the player characters through the normal course of the game. But Lyon's weapon, Naglfar, which is obtained when recruiting Lyon in the creature campaign, is more powerful than Gleipnir.

Etymology
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir is the strongest rope ever created, forged by the dwarves to keep the wolf Fenrir bound. It will break at Ragnarök, and Fenrir will be set loose and kill Odin because he kept Fenrir roped to his throne.