Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Also known as: Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki (JP) Developers: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo SPD Publisher: Nintendo Platform: GameCube Released in JP: April 20, 2005 Released in US: October 17, 2005 Released in EU: November 4, 2005 Released in AU: December 1, 2005 This game has unused areas. This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences. This game has a prerelease article

In the Fire Emblem series' first foray into 3D, Ike must bridge a centuries-old racial divide between humans and shapeshifting furries to stop a madman from abusing a glowing lump of blue metal.

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Prerelease Info

Regional Differences Lots of messing around with the difficulty.

Unused Classes "No, I'm not talking about school. Sheesh!"

Unused Items All the items you'll never need.

Debug Menu Featuring ominously rotating cutscene backgrounds!

Battle Previewer A model viewer lurking in the European version.

Test Map Ever wanted to climb a gigantic staircase that leads nowhere? Now's your chance.

Internal Project Name

The game's internal project name is "FE8", judging by several important files which bear this label. This seems a bit odd at first glance, since Path of Radiance was the ninth Fire Emblem game to be released, but evidence suggests that it was in development long before Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, even though The Sacred Stones ended up being released first.

Unused Text

Retreat Dialog

In the Japanese version, almost every playable character (plus the NPCs Leanne and Nealuchi, for some reason) has a dialog string for when they are retreating from a map in the common.m file, but since Chapter 10 is the last regular map with a retreat objective, 29 of these strings are left unused. The localization completely removed all of these strings and internal references to them, so no text box will play at all if you retreat with any of these characters (e.g. by using a chapter select code to take them back).

Message Name	Display Type	Speaker	Message (JP)	Translation
MESC_CALILL	Top/Bottom	Calill	そう急かさないでよ。 今行くったら、もう。	Don't rush me like that. I'm going already.
MESC_CHINON	Top/Bottom	Shinon	はっ！この俺が こんなとこでくたばるかよ。	Hah! You think I'd bite the dust in a place like this?
MESC_DALAHOWE	Top/Bottom	Devdan	口笛～♪ 吹き～ながら～♪	Whistling~♪ A tune~ As I go~♪
MESC_ENA	Top/Bottom	Ena	…これ以上 ここに留まる理由はありません。	...I've no more reason to remain here.
MESC_ERINCIA	Top/Bottom	Elincia	アイク様、 お待ちしています…	I await you, my lord Ike...
MESC_GATRIE	Top/Bottom	Gatrie	ぜぇはぁ… や、やっと着いた。	Phew... J-just made it.
MESC_GEOFFRAY	Top/Bottom	Geoffrey	退路の確保は 我々にお任せを。	Leave the retreat path's security to us.
MESC_HAAR	Top/Bottom	Haar	結局、また生き残っちまったか…	Looks like I get to live another day, after all...
MESC_JANAFF	Top/Bottom	Janaff	…敵がぞろぞろ来てる。 こりゃ急がないとな。	The enemy's on our tail. I say we hurry.
MESC_JILL	Top/Bottom	Jill	了解！ ただちに離脱します！	Understood! I will retreat at once!
MESC_LARGO	Top/Bottom	Largo	みんな、慌てずあせらず急げよ。	Let's get outta here, everyone, and quickly.
MESC_LAY	Top/Bottom	Ranulf	アイクより先に退くってのは 気がひけるんだけどな～	Retreating before Ike is embarrassing, but...
MESC_LEARNE	Top/Bottom	Leanne	～～～～～…	~~~~~...
MESC_LUCHINO	Top/Bottom	Lucia	あなた方を信じる。 信じて先に進む！	I believe in you. I'll trust you and go first!
MESC_MAKAROV	Top/Bottom	Makalov	た、助かったぜ…	I... I'm saved...
MESC_MWARIM	Top/Bottom	Muarim	気をつけろ。 敵はまだいる。	Be on your guard. There are still enemies about.
MESC_NAESALA	Top/Bottom	Naesala	引き際を知らないほど 馬鹿じゃないんでね。	Wouldn't you say that those who don't know when to quit are fools?
MESC_NASIR	Top/Bottom	Nasir	アイク、きみも早く！	Ike, you should hurry up!
MESC_NEALUCHI	Top/Bottom	Nealuchi	皆様、こちらですぞ！	This way, everybody!
MESC_RIEUSION	Top/Bottom	Reyson	先に行かせてもらう。 力になれずすまない…	I will go first. Forgive me for lacking the strength...
MESC_SOANVALCKE	Top/Bottom	Stefan	…潮時、か。	...So, now's my chance.
MESC_STELLA	Top/Bottom	Astrid	皆様の御武運をお祈りいたします…	May the fortunes of war be with everybody...
MESC_TANIS	Top/Bottom	Tanith	全騎迅速に離脱の後、 事前の合流地点に集結せよ！	I will see you at the rendezvous point as soon as all hands have retreated!
MESC_TAURONEO	Top/Bottom	Tauroneo	遅れている者はいないな？	I trust that nobody is falling behind?
MESC_TIBARN	Top/Bottom	Tibarn	目的は果たした。 退くぞ！	Mission accomplished. Let's withdraw!
MESC_TOPUCK	Top/Bottom	Tormod	ほんのちょっとだけ やばかった…	That was just a little bit tough...
MESC_ULYSSES	Top/Bottom	Bastian	まことの騎士とは 去り際を選ぶもの。	A true knight is one who chooses when he withdraws.
MESC_VULCI	Top/Bottom	Ulki	…追っ手が近い。 急げ。	...Our pursuers are close. Hurry.
MESC_ZIHARK	Top/Bottom	Zihark	わかった、先に行こう。 向こうで待っている。	Understood, I'll go first. I'll be waiting over there.

(Source: bookofholsety)

Death Dialog

Two NPCs, Nealuchi and Leanne, have death quotes in the Japanese version. Like all the retreat quotes, both the text strings and any reference to them were removed from the localizations.

Message Name	Display Type	Speaker	Message (JP)	Translation
MDIE_NEALUCHI	Top/Bottom	Nealuchi	い、いかん！　わしが倒れては お坊ちゃまのお世話を誰が…… 恐縮ですが、お先に失礼致しますぞ！	Th-this will not do! If I die, then who will look after the nestling...? Forgive me, but I must excuse myself early!
MDIE_LEARNE	Top/Bottom	Leanne	～～……	~~......
		Ike	リアーネ！ 下がるんだ！ それ以上無理はするな！	Leanne! Fall back! Don't force yourself any further!
		Leanne	（こくり）	(Nods)

(Source: bookofholsety)

Deleted Messages

In the Japanese version, the following message string can be found in many chapter script files, as well as the common.m file, as a placeholder for dialog sequences that once existed but were scrapped. Unsurprisingly, the localizations removed almost all of these, but exactly one instance survived in the script for Chapter 28 and was made... much angrier.

Message Name	Display Type	Speaker	Message (JP)	Message (EN)
Various (JP) MS_28_OP_04 (EN)	No background	Anna	このメッセージは削除されました。 (This message has been deleted.)	MESSAGE HAS BEEN DELETED!!!

Deleted Supports

In the Japanese version, the support script file (yell.m) contains a large number of empty message entries for 32 abandoned support pairs. The localizations removed all of these entries.

• Ike and Zihark (MYELL_IKE_ZIHARK_C, MYELL_IKE_ZIHARK_B, MYELL_IKE_ZIHARK_A)
• Boyd and Devdan (MYELL_BOLE_DALAHOWE_C, MYELL_BOLE_DALAHOWE_B, MYELL_BOLE_DALAHOWE_A)
• Oscar and Astrid (MYELL_OSCAR_STELLA_C, MYELL_OSCAR_STELLA_B, MYELL_OSCAR_STELLA_A)
• Shinon and Mist (MYELL_CHINON_MIST_C, MYELL_CHINON_MIST_B, MYELL_CHINON_MIST_A)
• Gatrie and Bastian (MYELL_GATRIE_ULYSSES_C, MYELL_GATRIE_ULYSSES_B, MYELL_GATRIE_ULYSSES_A)
• Marcia and Mia (MYELL_MARCIA_WAYU_C, MYELL_MARCIA_WAYU_B, MYELL_MARCIA_WAYU_A)
• Mist and Tormod (MYELL_MIST_TOPUCK_C, MYELL_MIST_TOPUCK_B, MYELL_MIST_TOPUCK_A)
• Mist and Volke (MYELL_MIST_VOKE_C, MYELL_MIST_VOKE_B, MYELL_MIST_VOKE_A)
• Kieran and Lethe (MYELL_KEVIN_LETHE_C, MYELL_KEVIN_LETHE_B, MYELL_KEVIN_LETHE_A)
• Brom and Geoffrey (MYELL_CHAP_GEOFFRAY_C, MYELL_CHAP_GEOFFRAY_B, MYELL_CHAP_GEOFFRAY_A)
• Brom and Makalov (MYELL_CHAP_MAKAROV_C, MYELL_CHAP_MAKAROV_B, MYELL_CHAP_MAKAROV_A)
• Nephenee and Mia (MYELL_NEPENEE_WAYU_C, MYELL_NEPENEE_WAYU_B, MYELL_NEPENEE_WAYU_A)
• Astrid and Tanith (MYELL_STELLA_TANIS_C, MYELL_STELLA_TANIS_B, MYELL_STELLA_TANIS_A)
• Stefan and Tauroneo (MYELL_SOANVALCKE_TAURONEO_C, MYELL_SOANVALCKE_TAURONEO_B, MYELL_SOANVALCKE_TAURONEO_A)
• Muarim and Stefan (MYELL_MWARIM_SOANVALCKE_C, MYELL_MWARIM_SOANVALCKE_B, MYELL_MWARIM_SOANVALCKE_A)
• Devdan and Makalov (MYELL_DALAHOWE_MAKAROV_C, MYELL_DALAHOWE_MAKAROV_B, MYELL_DALAHOWE_MAKAROV_A)
• Reyson and Ulki (MYELL_RIEUSION_VULCI_C, MYELL_RIEUSION_VULCI_B, MYELL_RIEUSION_VULCI_A)
• Janaff and Reyson (MYELL_JANAFF_RIEUSION_C, MYELL_JANAFF_RIEUSION_B, MYELL_JANAFF_RIEUSION_A)
• Janaff and Sothe (MYELL_JANAFF_SOTHE_C, MYELL_JANAFF_SOTHE_B, MYELL_JANAFF_SOTHE_A)
• Tanith and Volke (MYELL_TANIS_VOKE_A MYELL_TANIS_VOKE_B MYELL_TANIS_VOKE_A)
• Calill and Shinon (MYELL_CALILL_CHINON_C, MYELL_CALILL_CHINON_B, MYELL_CALILL_CHINON_A)
• Ranulf and Tauroneo (MYELL_LAY_TAURONEO_C, MYELL_LAY_TAURONEO_B, MYELL_LAY_TAURONEO_A)
• Haar and Sothe (MYELL_HAAR_SOTHE_C, MYELL_HAAR_SOTHE_B, MYELL_HAAR_SOTHE_A)
• Haar and Ulki (MYELL_HAAR_VULCI_C, MYELL_HAAR_VULCI_B, MYELL_HAAR_VULCI_A)
• Lucia and Titania (MYELL_LUCHINO_TIAMAT_C, MYELL_LUCHINO_TIAMAT_B, MYELL_LUCHINO_TIAMAT_A)
• Geoffrey and Kieran (MYELL_GEOFFRAY_KEVIN_C, MYELL_GEOFFRAY_KEVIN_B, MYELL_GEOFFRAY_KEVIN_A)
• Geoffrey and Bastian (MYELL_GEOFFRAY_ULYSSES_C, MYELL_GEOFFRAY_ULYSSES_B, MYELL_GEOFFRAY_ULYSSES_A)
• Elincia and Jill (MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_JILL_C, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_JILL_B, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_JILL_A)
• Elincia and Lucia (MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_LUCHINO_C, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_LUCHINO_B, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_LUCHINO_A)
• Elincia and Muarim (MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_MWARIM_C, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_MWARIM_B, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_MWARIM_A)
• Elincia and Nephenee (MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_NEPENEE_C, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_NEPENEE_B, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_NEPENEE_A)
• Elincia and Tauroneo (MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_TAURONEO_C, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_TAURONEO_B, MYELL_ERINCIA_QUEEN_TAURONEO_A)

Zihark Ending

The epilogue script in mess\c31.m contains a slightly extended version of Zihark's farewell. Considering it has him talk about a future duel with Ike that comes up at no other point in the script, and that all other alternate versions of character farewells are related to support relationships with Ike, this may have been intended as the endpoint for the cut support between the two characters. Oddly enough, the localization translated it and left it in.

Message Name	Display Type	Speaker	Message (EN)
MS_31_GED_Day_zih_a	No background	Zihark	Crimea's an interesting place, but I've decided to travel to Daein. ...We never did have our match, did we? Of course, I'm no longer in the same class as you... I'll be training hard for the next time we meet!

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Bonus Experience Criteria

While the final game features a rather limited and repetitive selection of achievements which reward the player with bonus experience, the Japanese version's mess\common.m text file suggests that many, many, many more were planned, covering a wide variety of activities. All of these strings were removed from all localizations of the game.

Intended Chapter	Message Name	Message (JP)	Translation	Notes
Chapter 1	Ms_ach_02_minka	村訪問	Villages visited	Generally, these achievements fit into one of several stock categories: visiting each map's buildings...
	Ms_ach_02_alive	全員生存	All units alive	...Having no allied casualties...
Chapter 2	Ms_ach_03_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 3	Ms_ach_04_marcia	マーシャ生存	Marcia alive	...Keeping NPC and certain enemy units alive...
	Ms_ach_04_minka	村訪問	Villages visited	--
	Ms_ach_04_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 4	Ms_ach_05_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 5	Ms_ach_06_boss	敵ボスを撃破しない	Boss not defeated	(The final version of Chapter 5 gives absolutely no bonus experience.)
	Ms_ach_06_boss_dead	敵ボスを撃破	Boss defeated
	Ms_ach_06_annihilate	敵の全滅	Enemy routed
	Ms_ach_06_alive	全員生存	All units alive
Chapter 6	Ms_ach_07_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 7	Ms_ach_08_wayu	ワユ仲間	Mia recruited	...Recruiting new allies...
	Ms_ach_08_box	宝箱入手	Chests obtained	...Unlocking chests...
	Ms_ach_08_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 8	Ms_ach_09_annihilate	敵全滅	Enemy routed	...Defeating all enemies in chapters where the main objective doesn't outright require it (e.g. seize, arrive, defeat boss, defend, escape)...
	Ms_ach_09_elaice	イレース仲間	Ilyana recruited	--
	Ms_ach_09_boss_dead	ボス撃破	Boss defeated	...Defeating bosses in chapters where fighting them isn't necessary (e.g. defense and escape maps)...
	Ms_ach_09_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 9	Ms_ach_10_minka	村訪問	Villages visited	--
	Ms_ach_10_annihilate	敵の全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_10_boss_dead	ネタダ撃破	Nedata defeated	--
	Ms_ach_10_marcia	マーシャ仲間	Marcia recruited	--
Chapter 10	Ms_ach_11_box	宝箱	Chest	--
	Ms_ach_11_boss_dead	ボス撃破	Boss defeated	--
	Ms_ach_11_annihilate	敵全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_11_talk	会話成立	Conversation held	(Since Sephiran is the most important NPC in this chapter, he's the likeliest candidate for who needed to be talked to for this achievement, but there's no way to be sure anymore.)
Chapter 11	Ms_ach_12_minka	村訪問	Villages visited	--
	Ms_ach_12_secession	全員離脱	All allies escaped	This one is unusual for two reasons. Firstly this criteria is used in Chapter 6 and Chapter 10. Secondly the objective of this chapter is Arrive, not Escape, though it would make sense for this map to have been one.
	Ms_ach_12_boss_dead	ボス撃破	Boss defeated	--
	Ms_ach_12_zihark	ツィハーク仲間	Zihark recruited	--
	Ms_ach_12_jill_live	ジル生存	Jill alive	--
Chapter 12	Ms_ach_13_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 13	Ms_ach_14_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
	Ms_ach_14_box	宝箱	Chest	--
	Ms_ach_14_boss_dead	ボス撃破	Boss defeated	--
	Ms_ach_14_stella	ステラ仲間	Astrid recruited	--
	Ms_ach_14_gatrie	ガトリー仲間	Gatrie recruited	--
	Ms_ach_14_annihilate	敵全滅	All enemies defeated	--
Chapter 14	Ms_ach_15_minka	村訪問	Villages visited	--
	Ms_ach_15_annihilate	敵全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_15_lagu	ラグズ撃破	Laguz defeated	Notably, the next chapter awards bonus experience for each laguz enemy that is left alive.
	Ms_ach_15_makarov	マカロフ仲間	Makalov recruited	--
Chapter 15	Ms_ach_16_item	砂漠の宝	Desert treasure	A unique objective for, appropriately enough, this chapter's unique buried treasure hunt.
	Ms_ach_16_soanvalcke	ソーンバルケ仲間	Stefan recruited	--
Chapter 16	Ms_ach_17_annihilate	敵全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_17_box	宝箱	Chest	--
	Ms_ach_17_dalahowe	ダラハウ仲間	Devdan recruited	--
Chapter 17	Ms_ach_18_annihilate	敵全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_18_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 18	Ms_ach_19_annihilate	敵全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_19_box	宝箱	Chest	--
	Ms_ach_19_chinon	シノン仲間	Shinon recruited	--
Chapter 19	Ms_ach_20_tauroneo	タウロニオ仲間	Tauroneo recruited	In the final game, Tauroneo doesn't appear at all, let alone become available for recruitment, for another two chapters.
	Ms_ach_20_bullet	シューター残弾数	Ballista ammo remaining	The last new type of bonus experience objective here: not using up all of the durability for the chapter's siege weapons.
Chapter 20	Ms_ach_21_minka	村訪問	Villages visited	--
	Ms_ach_21_annihilate	敵の全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_21_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 21	Ms_ach_22_box	宝箱入手	Chests obtained	--
	Ms_ach_22_annihilate	敵の全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_22_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 22	Ms_ach_23_chinon	シノン仲間	Shinon recruited	Evidently, the game was at one point going to offer a second chance to re-recruit Shinon if he was missed in Chapter 18.
	Ms_ach_23_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 23	Ms_ach_24_bullet	シューター残弾数	Ballista ammo remaining	--
	Ms_ach_24_luchino	ルキノ生存	Lucia alive	--
	Ms_ach_24_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 24	Ms_ach_25_luchino	ルキノ、ジョフレ、ユリシーズ生存	Lucia, Geoffrey, Bastian alive	--
	Ms_ach_25_bullet	シューター残弾数	Ballista ammo remaining	--
	Ms_ach_25_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 25	Ms_ach_26_bullet	シューター残弾数	Ballista ammo remaining	--
	Ms_ach_26_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 26	Ms_ach_27_annihilate	敵の全滅	Enemy routed	--
	Ms_ach_27_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 27 (part 1)	Ms_ach_28_turn	クリアターン	Turns to clear	Although this is the most common of the used achievements for every other chapter, this specific iteration of it isn't used (instead, Ms_ach_29_turn covers both parts of this two-parter) and accordingly was cut in the localization.
	Ms_ach_28_box	宝箱入手	Chests obtained	--
	Ms_ach_28_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 27 (part 2)	Ms_ach_29_blackknight	漆黒の騎士撃破	Black Knight defeated	--
	Ms_ach_29_secession	離脱	Escaped
	Ms_ach_29_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--
Chapter 28	Ms_ach_30_learne	リアーネ生存	Leanne alive	Leanne only appears in this chapter in cutscenes.
	Ms_ach_30_naesala	ネサラ生存	Naesala alive	Like Leanne, Naesala's only appearance in this chapter is in cutscenes, and he doesn't become available to recruit until the next chapter.
	Ms_ach_30_naesala_blue	ネサラ仲間	Naesala recruited
	Ms_ach_30_tibarn	ティバーン生存	Tibarn alive	--
	Ms_ach_30_alive	全員生存	All units alive	--

Menu Leftovers

The common.m file has a handful of miscellaneous leftover strings, occasionally pointing to features that didn't make it into the final version of the game.

Message Name	Message (JP)	Message (EN-US)	Notes
M地	地の祝福	Earth Bounty	A set of menu command strings, and accompanying help descriptions, for the Boon and Blessing skills, suggesting that at some point they were intended to be manually triggered on one ally when moving their users, rather than being passive effects affecting all adjacent allies. ("Earth Bounty" and "Sky Boon" are more literal translations of those skills' Japanese names; Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn also had a habit of inconsistently using those terms instead of "Boon" and "Blessing")
M天	天の祝福	Sky Boon
MH地	となりのユニットの状態を正常に戻します	Return an adjacent unit to normal condition.
MH天	となりのユニットのＨＰを回復します	Heal an adjacent unit.
Mess_Help2_skill_Steal	盗む ヘルプ２ 兵種スキルのため使用せず	Steal Help 2 Branch of army skill so not used.	A placeholder for a second version of the Steal skill's help text, intended for the skill assignment menu. However, since Steal is a permanent "soldier skill" (or "branch of army skill", as the placeholder puts it), it can never be seen or interacted with in the assignment menu.
Mess_Help_skill_Tackle	表示なし	(None; removed in localization)	Placeholders for help text for the Shove skill, which is not visible on skill lists in this game.
Mess_Help2_skill_Tackle	表示なし	No display

Unused Graphics

Character Portraits

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Fire Emblem's traditional silhouette placeholder makes its second appearance. The writing says "絶賛制作中" ("Work in progress"), and is slightly squished in the profile screen version to prevent being cut off.

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A spare portrait set for Ike in which he is facing the camera, like what Lyn, Eliwood and Hector occasionally did in the seventh game. Includes all of the necessary eye and mouth animation textures.

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An alternate portrait set for Soren with his hood raised, including all of the necessary eye and mouth animation textures.

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An alternate portrait for Anna, which is identical to the used one except that she's positioned higher and more of her waist is visible. Unsurprisingly, it has no profile screen counterpart, since its only difference wouldn't be visible at all in the profile view. Includes all of the necessary eye and mouth animation textures.

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A portrait set for Renning, including all of the necessary eye and mouth animation textures. Renning is only ever seen as a background illustration in narration scenes. Of particular interest is that both his face and overall pose are exact matches for the portrait of his Bertram identity. Perhaps one portrait was used to create the other?

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Two variants of a generic portrait for thieves. Both have eye animation textures. They have no full-sized equivalents.

Icons

There are a handful of unused icons for items, skills and parts of the interface in the window/icons.tpl file.

The item sheet (Texture0) has a set of what look like early icons for unit weight types. From left to right: armored, cavalry, pegasus, wyvern, a blue tent, beast laguz, dragon laguz, bird laguz. The actually used ones are on the skill sheet (Texture1) and are much larger than the unused ones. The cavalry, pegasus and wyvern ones from this set more closely resemble their counterparts from the GBA games, while their used counterparts are less stylized.

The tent one is unusual since it has no obvious link to anything in Path of Radiance. Its design is identical to Merlinus's transporter tent from the seventh game. It's worth noting that Path of Radiance is one of only a few Fire Emblem games which does not give the player any means of accessing the surplus item convoy during maps, a la Merlinus's purpose, whatsoever.

Two placeholder icons in the item sheet: a beige box in the shape of the status affliction icons repeated 19 times, and the kanji 空 ("empty") repeated 15 times.

Three more placeholders for the skill sheet: a skill icon frame with a black fill repeated 8 times, another skill icon frame with a beige fill repeated another 8 times, and a weight type frame.

Another instance of the blue Merlinus tent, sitting in the middle of the weight type icons on the skill sheet. There's nothing else in the game's interface that has an octagonal shape like it.

etc\Icon.tpl

This file contains the full set of item and skill icons from Thracia 776, plus a few from Seisen no Keifu, albeit with a different palette from the original games. They were probably used as placeholders before the final icons were drawn out; early screenshots of Fuuin no Tsurugi also show these icons being used as placeholders.

etc\tobecontinued.cms

An image of Lehran's Medallion, captioned To Be Continued.... This file is only present in the localized versions. It may have been created and used for an as-yet unidentified, and presumably American or European, demo release. The file is still present and still unused in the sequel, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

etc\phase.tpl

These look like placeholder graphics for announcing player and enemy phases. There aren't any equivalent images for the partner and other phases.

etc\gameover.tpl

These look like placeholder graphics for the game over screen and, presumably, the end of a demo build.

s\1we

An alternative title screen featuring a preliminary English logo. Note that Lehran's Medallion is part of this logo - that's where it is in the Japanese logo, but the final English one omits it entirely. Naturally, this file is only present in the localized versions.

Fuuin no Tsurugi Illustrations

Because it was never released outside Japan, the localizers had to disable link access to Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi in the North American and European versions of Path of Radiance, and its section in the Illustrations gallery was completely removed. However, all 64 of its illustrations are still on the disc in the illust/gba1 directory, completely unedited.

(Source: Fire Emblem Wiki)

Hidden Details

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Ilyana's unpromoted model has a bow, composed of a whole 12 pixels, textured onto her underwear. Technically used, but the placement renders it impossible to see in-game.

Unused Characters

Numerous NPCs have sets of stat data that either the player never sees or are never loaded into the game at all.

Note that the way Path of Radiance works with character stats is, it stores a base stat individual to a character and adds that to their class's base stats to produce the total stats the player sees them with. The base stats for these characters are listed in parentheses after their total stats.

Nealuchi

Nealuchi is briefly seen on the map during a cutscene in Chapter 28, but never remains there in gameplay so his stats can't be seen. Given that he also has retreat and death dialog, he might have been intended to be playable at some point; the same indications are there for Leanne. He doesn't have a unique battle model.

Nealuchi is playable in Radiant Dawn.

Level	Class			Affinity		Weapon Levels
10	Bird Tribe (raven)			Light		None
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Stats	33 (9)	14 (5)	4 (0)	17 (7)	18 (6)	12 (12)	14 (6)	11 (4)
Growths	110%	35%	0%	40%	40%	65%	20%	20%

Caineghis

Caineghis's stats are remarkably similar to those of his bodyguard, Giffca. Radiant Dawn adds him as a playable character.

Level	Class			Affinity		Weapon Levels
20	Beast Tribe (lion)			Earth		None
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Stats	68 (38)	40 (22)	12 (10)	33 (22)	28 (17)	23 (23)	30 (15)	19 (14)
Growths	160%	70%	5%	75%	60%	45%	50%	30%

Zelgius

Many of Zelgius's stats - growth rates, weapon levels and affinity - are identical to those of the Black Knight, which early data-miners took as one of the first hints that they are, in fact, one and the same person before Radiant Dawn confirmed this.

Level	Class			Affinity		Weapon Levels
20	General			Dark		Sword: S / Lance: A
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Stats	63 (40)	26 (18)	18 (16)	25 (21)	23 (21)	26 (26)	34 (24)	29 (26)
Growths	80%	60%	0%	55%	50%	30%	50%	40%

Sigrun

Sigrun is briefly seen on the map during a cutscene in Chapter 13, but never remains there in gameplay so her stats can't be seen. Although she has a unique map model, it only covers her using swords, so having her equip a lance will crash the game. Unsurprisingly, her battle model is just the default.

Sigrun appears as both a playable unit and a boss in Radiant Dawn.

Level	Class			Affinity		Weapon Levels
15	Falcon Knight			Water		Sword: A / Lance: S
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Stats	26 (8)	13 (7)	4 (2)	15 (9)	19 (10)	10 (10)	11 (6)	14 (9)
Growths	None

Lekain and Hetzel

Even though both are very minor characters as far as Path of Radiance is concerned, appearing only in one cutscene, both Lekain and Hetzel have a set of stats apiece, although all of their data (aside from affinity) is identical to that of both each other and Oliver. Neither of them have unique map or battle models.

Both characters appear as bosses in Radiant Dawn, with a greatly expanded role in the game's story.

Level	Class			Affinity		Weapon Levels
5	Bishop			Wind (Lekain) Thunder (Hetzel)		Staff/Light: A
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Stats	28 (7)	2 (1)	16 (10)	13 (8)	11 (6)	15 (15)	4 (1)	17 (6)
Growths	65%	0%	65%	40%	50%	30%	20%	40%

Heather

Heather (ヘザー) is a female sword knight. Unsurprisingly, she doesn't have any art or model assets of her own and just uses the generic Begnion enemy crest for her portrait; also, the localizations completely removed her name string. She shares her base stats and growths with Tanith's pegasus knight reinforcements.

Radiant Dawn has a playable character called Heather, but she doesn't otherwise have much in common with what few distinguishing features this Heather has (rogue with a fire affinity compared to a sword knight with a light affinity).

The behind the scenes book Tellius Recollection Vol. 2 includes a portrait of Heather among the early Path of Radiance portraits.

Level	Class			Affinity		Weapon Levels
10	Sword Knight			Light		Sword: D
	HP	STR	MAG	SKL	SPD	LUCK	DEF	RES
Stats	24 (6)	11 (6)	2 (2)	12 (10)	14 (8)	10 (10)	10 (5)	7 (6)
Growths	65%	35%	5%	55%	50%	40%	15%	40%

Leftover Names

The Mess\common.m file has a fair few name string entries that have no other associated unit data and are not called to be displayed in dialog scenes' name tags. Yet again, the localizations removed a fair few of these.

Message Name	Name (EN)	Name (JP)	Notes
MPID_SANAKI_BLACK	Black Sanaki	ブラックサナキ (Black Sanaki)	Listed right below regular Sanaki.
MPID_CEPHERAN2	(N/A)	セフェラン (Sephiran)	A duplicate string for Sephiran. Listed right below regular Sephiran.
MPID_CEPHERAN_FAKE	(N/A)	いい人セフェラン (Good Sephiran)	Listed right below the duplicate Sephiran.
MPID_BLACKKNIGHT	(N/A)	漆黒の騎士 (Dark Knight)	A duplicate entry for the Black Knight, whose actual data is always internally referred to as "DARKKNIGHT". Listed right below the regular Black Knight.
MPID_MONICA	Monica	モニカ (Monica)	Listed between Largo and Astrid.
MPID_ASTARTE	(N/A)	アスタルテ (Astarte)	a.k.a. Ashera, the order goddess of Tellius.
MPID_YUNE	Yune	ユンヌ (Yunnu)	Yune was later introduced in Radiant Dawn as the chaos goddess and Ashera's other half.
MPID_HIBTCH	(N/A)	ヒブッティ (Hibutti)	Duplicate name strings for two early-game bosses - Havetti and Nedata - although these ones' internal names are spelled very strangely.
MPID_NEDAKA	(N/A)	ネダタ (Nedata)
MPID_GURAISU	Glice	グライス (Glice)	Listed in the middle of the late-game bosses.

Cutscene Stand-Ins

Oddly enough, whenever characters appear in cutscenes acted out on the maps, the game doesn't use their actual playable/boss selves from gameplay. Instead, the game uses duplicates of those characters, with very different stats and inventories from the actual ones, as stand-ins. There's an absolutely huge number of these but they're individually not all that interesting other than the fact that they exist.

(Source: Fedule)

Unused Skills

There are a large number of unused skills, and like the cut items, none of them have much in the way of associated text.

Debug No.	Icon	Skill Name	Effects	Cap.	Help Text	File name	Notes
13	(N/A)	値切り (Bargain)	Reduces item prices at base shops by 50%	1	(N/A)	SID_BARGAIN	A skill from Seisen no Keifu and Thracia 776. Unlike in those games, it drops prices for all units, not just whoever it's equipped to. Not visible in stat screens, aside from the increase to the capacity gauge.
15	(N/A)	大魔法 (Big Magic)	Has no observable effect.	20	(N/A)	SID_WLUPTOS	Its file name suggests it might have originally enabled weapon levels to reach S rank, but in the final game that function is actually handled by a different hidden skill (SID_HIGHER) which covers all class change functions. Not visible in stat screens, aside from the increase to the capacity gauge.
17		鉄壁 (Iron Wall)	Has no observable effect.	5	Mess_Help_skill_Impregnable	SID_IMPREGNABLE	The only unused skill that displays properly on stat screens, the only one with an icon, and the only one with a matching scroll item.
20	(N/A)	飛行 (Flight)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_FLYTHRU	Not to be confused with the hidden skill SID_FLY, which disables terrain effects on flying classes. Not visible in stat screens.
21	(N/A)	突破 (Breakthrough)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_WALKTHRU	Not visible in stat screens.
25	(N/A)	ＨＰの歌 (Song of HP)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTHP	These may have been special counterparts for Canto that temporarily gave stat boosts, similar to the dancer rings from the seventh game. None of them are visible in stat screens. Radiant Dawn didn't use any of these specifically, either, but it did reintroduce the idea of galdrar with effects other than allowing allies to move again.
26	(N/A)	力の歌 (Song of Strength)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTSTR
27	(N/A)	魔力の歌 (Song of Magic)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTMPOW
28	(N/A)	技の歌 (Song of Skill)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTTECH
29	(N/A)	速さの歌 (Song of Speed)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTQUICK
30	(N/A)	幸運の歌 (Song of Luck)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTLUCK
31	(N/A)	守備の歌 (Song of Defense)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTDEF
32	(N/A)	魔防の歌 (Song of Resistance)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CHANTMDEF
54	(N/A)	混沌 (Chaos)	Has no observable effect.	8	(N/A)	SID_CHAOS	Not visible in stat screens, aside from the increase to the capacity gauge.
64	(N/A)	絶対移動 (Absolute Move)	Has no observable effect.	5	(N/A)	SID_ABSMOVE	Not visible in stat screens, aside from the increase to the capacity gauge.
66	(N/A)	一騎討ち (Single Combat)	Has no observable effect.	0	(N/A)	SID_CONFRONT	Not visible in stat screens.
71	(N/A)	邪眼 (Evil Eye)	Has no observable effect.	10	(N/A)	SID_EVILEYE	Not visible in stat screens, aside from the increase to the capacity gauge. Used in Radiant Dawn as Glare, Nailah's unique skill.

Other Leftovers

The common.m file contains a separate set of name strings for various skills earlier on in the file than the actually used ones. Both the English and Japanese sets feature some odd differences from what they're actually known as in the finished game. What these strings would've been used for, if anything, is anyone's guess.

Message Name	Message (EN)	Message (JP)	Notes
MO_流星	Starblade	流星剣 (Meteor Sword)	Meant to be Astra. Different in both English and Japanese. Matches what it was called in Seisen no Keifu and Thracia 776 with the "sword" suffix.
MO_太陽	Sundblade [sic]	太陽剣 (Sun Sword)	Meant to be Sol. Different in both English and Japanese. Matches what it was called in Seisen no Keifu and Thracia 776 with the "sword" suffix.
MO_月光	Moonblade	月光剣 (Moonlight Sword)	Meant to be Luna. Different in both English and Japanese. Matches what it was called in Seisen no Keifu and Thracia 776 with the "sword" suffix.
MO_鳴動	Rumble	鳴動 (Rumble)	Meant to be Colossus. Different only in English.
MO_衝撃	Impact	衝撃 (Impact)	Meant to be Stun. Different only in English.
MO_狙撃	Snipe	狙撃 (Snipe)	Meant to be Deadeye. Different only in English.
MO_太陽月光	Aether	太陽月光 (Sun-Moonlight)	Different only in Japanese.
MO_瞬殺	Lethality	瞬殺 (Instant Kill)	Different only in Japanese, where it matches what the skill was called in The Sacred Stones.
MO_武器破壊	Corrosion	武器破壊 (Weapon Destroy)	No differences in either language.
MO_キャンセル	Guard	キャンセル (Cancel)	No differences in either language.
MO_カウンター	Counter	カウンター (Counter)	No differences in either language.
MO_見切り	Nihil	見切り (Grasp)	No differences in either language.
MO_待ち伏せ	Vantage	待ち伏せ (Ambush)	No differences in either language.
MO_陽光	Sunbeam	陽光 (Brightness)	Meant to be Flare. Different only in English.
MO_怒り	Wrath	怒り (Anger)	No differences in either language.
MO_勇将	Resolve	勇将 (Brave General)	No differences in either language.
MO_連続	Adept	連続 (Continuation)	No differences in either language.
MO_一発屋	Slugger	一発屋 (Gamble)	Meant to be Gamble. Different only in English.
MO_能力勝負	Balance	能力勝負 (Ability Duel)	Meant to be Parity. Different only in English.
MO_祈り	Miracle	祈り (Pray)	No differences in either language.

The model viewer mode contains two unused start-up flash effects for mastery skills. Both even have unique unused sound effects.

• One for a separate mastery skill for wyvern lords; in the finished game, their mastery skill is Stun, the same as falcon knights. This effect is a red recolor of the Stun effect.
• One for the recurring Pavise/Great Shield skill from other games; the hawk laguz mastery skill, Cancel, is identical to Pavise but uses completely different visual and sound effects when it activates.

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  "Mastery: For Wyverns"

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  "Mastery: Pavise"

Additionally, the Colossus skill's activation sound effect is named "SFX_BTL_SPECIAL_ANGER1", while the Battle Previewer calls its effect "Mastery: Wrath". This seems to suggest that at some point, Wrath was meant to be a mastery skill, before becoming a regular skill with the generic activation sound and visual effects.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Models

Map Models

To do: Serenes Forest has images of these models, but they're of poor quality. Hack the game to make these appear, verify, and get clean images.

There are a handful of unused map models that are just sort of sitting by themselves, unconnected to any unused characters or classes.

• Deghinsea
• Caineghis
• Sanaki as an adult. This one actually has a slightly more complete set of animations than Sanaki's actual, used ten-year-old model, including having a proper animation for casting magic. Concept art for this Sanaki design was published in the Tellius Recollection art book.
• Sothe as an assassin. Oddly enough, if the game is hacked to promote Sothe into an assassin, he just uses the generic class model rather than this one.

(Source: Serenes Forest)

Black Knight with Lances

As a boss, the only weapon the Black Knight is ever seen wielding is his sword, Alondite, but since he's a general he is able to wield lances as well. As it turns out, his map model for when he has a lance equipped features a very elaborate lance design that's seen nowhere else! His battle model's lance-wielding is less interesting since, unsurprisingly, he just uses the same lance animations as regular generals.

For what it's worth, Radiant Dawn does allow the player to mess around with giving the Black Knight lances during the brief periods in which he is playable.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Leanne

Leanne has a complete, unique untransformed battle model, although her wing textures are a bit buggy. The player never gets a chance to see this at all in the maps where she appears as a NPC, since a) Ike is carrying her the entire time and is not allowed to drop her, and b) even if he could, NPCs never play battle animations.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unshifted Red Dragons

Generic red dragon laguz have a complete battle model for their humanoid state. This is never seen because the only generic red dragons ever encountered in gameplay are Feral Ones, who never revert to humanoid form.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Cutscenes

Movie/dummy

A one-second-long clip of the Black Knight taken from the "Greil's Fall" cutscene, with the addition of two instances of the word "DUMMY" fading in and out on top of it. It doesn't have any audio. The clip is also in Radiant Dawn, completely unchanged.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Sounds

Mastery Skill SFX

There are several unused sound effects among the batch of mastery skill activation sound effects, whose file names hint at abandoned plans for mastery skills.

SFX_BTL_SPECIAL_DRAGON1

The accompanying sound effect for the wyvern lord mastery flash.

SFX_BTL_SPECIAL_PRIEST1

A leftover from a separate mastery skill for bishops. In the finished game, their mastery skill is Flare, the same as sages. Radiant Dawn gives a unique mastery skill, Corona, to the bishop class family.

SFX_BTL_SPECIAL_OOTATE1

The accompanying sound effect for the Pavise mastery flash.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Music

gcfe_bgm_evt_comical1_32k.stm

An unused theme for funny cutscenes.

gcfe_bgm_gameover2_32k.stm

An alternative game over theme. Radiant Dawn later recycled this for its game over screen.

Debug Menu References

The listings in the debug menu's BGM player contain references to numerous music tracks that don't exist on the final disc at all, which hint at some abandoned concepts.

• BGM_BTL_BEUFORRES1
• BGM_BTL_ENA1
• BGM_BTL_PRAGUE1
• BGM_BTL_MAGIC1

Evidently, individual battle themes were planned for the bosses Bertram, Ena and Petrine at some point. In the finished game, all of them use the standard "A Mighty Foe" theme shared with most important bosses. What the "magic" battle theme listing could have been is anyone's guess, though.

• BGM_OPENING1
• BGM_OPENING2
• BGM_OPENING_SHOW

Path of Radiance is the only Fire Emblem game where no theme songs are played on the title screen, aside from the brief jingle played when you press Start. It's also one of the few Fire Emblem games to not have a "class roll" attract mode introducing all of the game's classes. However, these three listings seem to suggest that both a class roll and a musical accompaniment for the title screen were planned at some point.

• BGM_EVT_FATHER1
• BGM_EVT_JOY1
• BGM_EVT_ASTARTE1
• BGM_EVT_SEPHERAN1

A few abandoned themes for cutscenes, including leitmotifs for Ashera and Sephiran, both of whom received used songs in Radiant Dawn.

• BGM_PRO00
• BGM_PRO04
• BGM_PRO05
• BGM_PRO06

Four more themes for the world map narration sequences were evidently planned.

• BGM_COLOSSEUM_BTL1
• BGM_COLOSSEUM_FF1
• BGM_COLOSSEUM_INFO1

Path of Radiance is one of only a few Fire Emblem games not to have an arena minigame for training units, but there are listings for abandoned arena tracks. The 25th anniversary "Making of Fire Emblem" book confirms that an arena facility was planned for the game.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Oddities

In the final chapter, Ashnard can only be damaged by Ike (wielding Ragnell), Nasir/Ena (depending on your actions in Chapter 27), and the Laguz royal you brought to the chapter (either Tibarn, Naesala, or Giffca). They also have their own unique battle dialogues against him. Strangely, a number of other characters also have such dialogues themselves despite never actually being able to damage Ashnard. Some of these (Elincia, Haar, Taureneo) specifically reference attacking and defeating the final boss, suggesting it was once possible for all units to be able to damage Ashnard.

And yes, Reyson does have a battle quote against a boss who can one-shot him.