Ancient Texts are a series of coded messages viewable from the Records Hall in My Castle, in Fire Emblem Fates.
Overview
Upon accessing the Records Hall in My Castle, players have the ability to view a series of coded messages under the "Ancient Texts" heading. These messages contain various plot-related prophecies and background info on the world, under a simple substitution cypher. The final text, "Monument", acts as a rosetta stone for the cypher, as it depicts the entire alphabet in order.
Please note that the final translation below contains major spoilers.
Text Translations
No. 000 Poem
A dragon neither white nor black
saw his future self
as no more than a caged beast
A dragon neither white nor black
sang three songs of prophecy
so someday his soul might be released
This text describes Anankos setting up the events of the game.
No. 001 Prophecy of Sky
In the white light
a hand reaches through
A double edged blade
cuts your heart in two
Waking dreams fade away
embrace the brand new day
This text describes the events of the Birthright campaign and is one of the verses of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.
No. 002 Prophecy of Land
Embrace the dark
you call a home
Gaze upon an empty white throne
A legacy of lies
a familiar disguise
This text describes the events of the Conquest campaign and is one of the verses of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.
No. 003 Prophecy of Depths
A burdened heart
sinks into the ground
A veil falls away
without a sound
Not day nor night
wrong nor right
for truth and peace we fight
This text describes the events of the Revelation campaign and is one of the verses of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.
No. 004 Dragons & People I
Once dragons fought against each
other using humans as pawns
They empowered their pawns
with drops of their own blood
In time the dragonblooded humans
became royalty even as the
dragons descended into beasthood
This text gives information on the history of dragons in the world of Fates. It also provides the origin of the Dragon Vein ability.
No. 005 Dragons & People II
To escape madness the dragons
threw off their mortal flesh and
became ascended spirits
They left the world to humanity
except for the few dragons who
chose to remain
This text gives information on the history of dragons in the world of Fates, including what happened to them after the degeneration.
No. 006 Bloodline 1
The white princes and princesses are
born of Sumeragi and Ikona the black
princes and princesses are born of
Garon the first prince with Katerina
the first princess with a concubine
the second prince with yet another
the second princess with another still
This text gives information on the parentage of the eight royal siblings of Hoshido and Nohr.
No. 007 Bloodline 2
The child of light kidnapped in
the dark is not of nohr blood
nor a child of the hoshidan king
The child was born of
the white queen and silent dragon
Anankos is the true father
This text gives information on the parentage of the game's main character.
No. 008 Monument
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