Brynhildr

**Brynhildr** (ブリュンヒルデ, *Buryunhirude*) is a special weapon of the Tome variety. It is the signature weapon of the younger Prince of Nohr Leo.

Brynhildr is unlocked along with its wielder Leo after clearing Chapter 10.

# History

Brynhilder was one of five weapons crafted by the Rainbow Sage to be used by humans in order to end the Civil War of the First Dragons, but in doing so, he sparked many future wars, which resulted in the Rainbow Sage to be cursed with immortality in an attempt to make him fix his mistakes. Brynhildr, alongside Raijinto, Siegfried and Fujin Yumi, were necessary in order to unlock the full power of the Yato.

After the war of the First Dragons, the tome was passed down through the Nohrian royal family.

Brynhildr is described as a tome that can manipulate earth, gravity, and life; summoning a small grove of trees to ensnare a selected enemy target when used in battle in this weapon's home games.

Leo's son Forrest is known to have inherited the ability to wield Brynhildr. In his supports with his father, Forrest is informed that he will eventually be trained to arm Brynhildr, to which he immediately expresses doubt over whether he wants to assume such a heavy responsibility. He eventually resolves to learn how to wield the tome one day, but only on the condition that he gains the power necessary to use it responsibly. During the Heirs of Fate DLC Xenologues, Forrest inherits Brynhildr and uses it as his weapon of choice.

# Gameplay

As a Rank E weapon, Brynhildr can be wielded by Leo as soon as the player unlocks him in Story Mode, and has a decent attack power of 80.

As a weapon with six available slots, Brynhildr allows an amount of flexibility with what weapon attributes to forge into the tome. However, as a tome unit, Topsy-Turvy is a very undesirable weapon attribute, due to said trait switching Leo's attacking stat from his great Magic stat to his mediocre Strength stat.

As it is a personal weapon, it can be upgraded by creating both Leo's Mastery Crest and Sanctuary Crest, drastically increasing the weapon's Might, first to 240, then to 720.

* To obtain Brynhildr's Scroll, which is needed for Leo's Mastery Crest, the player must first clear the History Mode map The Dark Pontifex, as it is offered as a S-Rank clear prize for one of the Distortion Battles on said map. After creating Leo's Mastery Crest, the True Power weapon attribute will be unlocked after 10,000 kills, negating any Might penalty reduction from the player putting a foreign slayer-type weapon attribute via reforging.
* To obtain Brynhildr's Opus, which is needed for Leo's Sanctuary Crest, the player must first purchase either the Season Pass or the Fire Emblem Fates DLC pack, then clear the History Mode map Grief, as it is offered as a S-Rank clear prize for one of the Distortion Battles on said map. After creating Leo's Sanctuary Crest, the Divine Favor weapon attribute will overwrite the True Power attribute, even if True Power is not yet unlocked for Brynhildr.

# Trivia

* Brynhildr's standard attack in *Fire Emblem Fates* is used as Leo's Awakening Special in this game.

# See Also

* Raijinto: One of the other five weapons of the Rainbow Sage, wielded by Ryoma.
* Siegfried: One of the other five weapons of the Rainbow Sage, wielded by Leo's older brother Xander.
* Fujin Yumi: One of the other five weapons of the Rainbow Sage, wielded by Leo's rival Takumi.
* Yato: One of the other five weapons of the Rainbow Sage and the strongest of the five, wielded by Leo's adopted sister/brother Corrin.