—Yune
Ashera's Judgement is a major event in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
History[]
Eight hundred years prior to Radiant Dawn, a great war erupted between the laguz and beorc, resulting in The Great Flood due to Ashunera losing control of her emotions. Believing that her emotions lead to the flood, Ashunera split herself into two beings: Yune the Goddess of Chaos that contained all of Ashunera's emotional qualities, and Ashera, the Goddess of Order lacking in what Ashunera believed to be destructive emotion.
Another war erupted, this time between Yune and Ashera, ultimately resulting in Ashera sealing Yune in a medallion under the suggestion of Altina and Lehran after her army's victory. Though she believed that it would be better to destroy Yune to be more perfect, Lehran and Altina convinced Ashera to sleep for a thousand years. If the laguz and beorc continued to fight, she would pass her judgement upon the denizens of Tellius.
Story[]
Despite Lehran and Altina's best intentions, the prejudice and conflict between laguz and beorc endured for centuries, culminating in a large war between the two races eight hundred years after Ashera entered her intended thousand-year slumber. With the weakening of the seal on Lehran's Medallion, Micaiah sings the Galdr of Release, releasing Yune from her imprisonment, but this action also awakens Ashera as well, two hundred years before intended.
Upon seeing that both the laguz and beorc had broken their promise continuously for over eight hundred years, Ashera concludes that both races are unworthy of existing and enacts her judgement. A large wave of energy covers all of Tellius, turning nearly all of its denizens, beorc and laguz alike, to stone.
Aftermath[]
While Ashera's judgement affects the vast majority of Tellius's population, a select number individuals were spared of her judgement due to Yune's protection. Yune leads Ike, Sanaki, and Micaiah's forces to the Tower of Guidance with the intention of defeating Ashera and releasing the rest of the continent from her judgement. To defend herself, Ashera restores a select army of Begnion soldiers and senators that she views as most loyal to her and grants them her blessing to become her Disciples of Order.
Those petrified by Ashera's judgement are not specifically dead, but exist in a state of suspended animation. Due to the residents of Tellius having been petrified, the effects of the Blood Pacts crafted by Begnion were halted as the pacts cannot affect petrified individuals. Thus, those previously bound to submission by the existence of the pacts such as Naesala are able to act freely without fear of the pact's punishing effects.
Curiously, all Branded individuals are unaffected by Ashera's judgement. This includes the members of Stefan's tribe, who as an isolated community were completely unaware that the judgement had transpired. Even Amy, a little girl, was spared due to being branded while her adoptive father Largo, a seasoned, but retired warrior, was not.