Fomortiis
Game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones First Seen Chapter 17: River of Regrets (Fought in Final Chapter: Sacred Stones) Starting Class Demon King

“Come, and face your death! I'm waiting, you miserable fool.”
—Fomortiis

Fomortiis (フォデス Fodesu, translated Fodeth in the Japanese versions) is a giant horned demon known as the Demon King and the final boss of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

In the year 3, the Five Heroes trapped the Demon King's soul using the Sacred Stones. The stone of Grado (also known as the Fire Emblem) holds the soul of Fomortiis. Eight-hundred years later in year 803, Vigarde, the Emperor of Grado, dies and his son Lyon then tries to bring him back to life using the power of the Sacred Stones. Lyon succeeds, but in the process gets possessed by Formortiis.

Free of his prison, Fomortiis begins his reign of terror once more and invades Renais seeking to destroy its Sacred Stone using Vigarde and Lyon as his puppets. When he fails to locate the stone and the means to destroy it, he moves on to Frelia, where his generals Selena and Caellach easily overpower the Frelians and destroy their Sacred Stone.

Fomortiis then sends Caellach to Jehanna, where he kills Queen Ismaire and destroys the stone. Afterwards, both generals Caellach and Valter are slain by twins Eirika and Ephraim in Jehanna's desert. Angered, Formortiis (still possessing Lyon) goes to stop the twins himself and destroy the stone they possess; he fails and retreats.

Soon after the twins' next battle according to the tale the player chooses, Fomortiis either tricks Eirika by posing as Lyon or takes the stone by force from Ephraim, either way the stone of Renais is destroyed. The twins venture to Rausten while Formortiis travels to his temple in Darkling Woods to revive his body. Fomortiis then sends his last remaining general, Riev, to destroy the stone of Rausten and kill the Divine Emperor Mansel. Riev fails and retreats into Darkling Woods, where he is eventually slain and the twins gain entrance into the Black Temple of the Demon King.

Lyon is slain in the Black Temple and Fomortiis succeeds in resurrecting his body, but his soul is trapped within the Sacred Stone of Rausten. Eirika and Ephraim destroy Formortiis's body thus ensuring that he can never again be resurrected.

StatsEdit

Easy ModeEdit

Starting Class	Aff	Level	HP	Str/Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Move	Weapon	Starting Items
Demon King	Dark	20	120	23	20	18	10	25	25	25	2	-	Nightmare Demon Light Ravager

Hard ModeEdit

Starting Class	Aff	Level	HP	Str/Mag	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Move	Weapon	Starting Items
Demon King	Dark	20	120	25	22	19	11	26	26	25	2	-	Nightmare Demon Light Ravager

OverviewEdit

Fomortiis will be a doubtlessly difficult enemy, even if you trained all your units constantly with monster encounters. His Demon Light can strike at 3 spaces, and his Nightmare can put anyone in his range to sleep. He can also summon 8 random monsters around the arena (Wights, Maelduins, Elder Baels, Arch Mogalls, Gorgons, Gwyllgis, Draco Zombies, Cyclops, and Deathgoyles). Have a few of your units pick them off, and have your strongest ones attack the Demon King. Be careful of bringing people equipped with bows to go within his movement range, because his Ravager attack will most likely kill that unit. Make sure someone outside Fomortiis' range can use Latona in case he uses Nightmare. It is best to have some paladins at hand; using a combo of Franz and Amelia usually works if you have a staff wielded with Physic out of his range. A Berserk staff can be used if there are any Draco Zombies as their Wretched Air does decent damage against him.

As with all monsters, he is weak to the Sacred weapons ,Myrrh's dragonstone and Light spells (from Lightning to Ivaldi)

However, unlike most bosses, he can move, which can be problematic, and can upset some strategies. Be sure to keep any units like Colm or Moulder away from Fomortiis. He is the only final boss in the series to not be stationary because of this.

GalleryEdit

Eirika and Ephraim using the Sacred Stone of Rausten to suck Fomortiis's soul out of his body.

A very brief glimpse of Fomortiis as he appears at the end of the Intro movie (Where the fast cast roll is). He appears in a very quick flash before the Title Screen.

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TriviaEdit

• Fomortiis has a very unique death animation. Instead of vanishing (as when you kill a unit), his body slowly disappears, starting with his arms and what should be his legs to his face.
• The design for Formortiis was also utilized unofficially as the villain of the popular sprite webcomic Eight-Bit Theater by Brian Clevinger.