In the story events of Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, the Eight Legends were characters who fought the dragons during the period known as the Scouring. Each hero carried what were known as the Divine Weapons, which power was so great they caused a series of elemental imbalances called the Ending Winter that caused the retreat of the dragons through the Dragon's Gate, effectively ending the Scouring.

The Eight LegendsEdit

After the fight with the dragons, the heroes parted ways, with most going on to found many of the various countries of Elibe. The Eight Legends were:

• The Archsage, Athos, who resided in Arcadia after the Scouring. He is otherwise known as the 'Living Legend'.
• The Enigma, Bramimond, who sleeps below the Shrine of Seals in Bern. Bramimond has no one personality, and instead mirrors the personality of those around it. Bramimond is associated with Valor, The Dread Isle, where it perfected dark powers to best dragons by sacrificing its humanity.
• The Champion, Roland, who founded Lycia. He is the great ancestor of Eliwood and Roy and the wielder of the sword Durandal. He appears to be the one to the left of the man in the center of the picture shown, due to the similar cape and placement of the shoulder armor.
• The Berserker, Durban, who settled in the Western Isles. His Divine Weapon was the axe Armads, which was passed down to Hector during the story of Rekka no Ken.
• Saint Elimine, who founded Etruria and the main religion of Elibe. Her present followers still speak about her, and claim that she actually ascended to Heaven from the Tower of the Saint in Aquleia, the capital of Etruria.
• Divine Trooper Hanon, a female Nomad who founded Sacae. Her Divine Weapon was the bow Murgleis.
• The Holy Knight, Barigan, who founded Ilia. His Divine Weapon was Maltet.
• The Hero, Hartmut, was the first King of Bern. He wielded both Eckesachs and the Sword of Seals, and is Zephiel and his sister Guinivere's great ancestor. He appears to be the man in the center of the picture shown. He also seems to be wearing the same armor as the Hero class, while holding what looks to be the Sword of Seals.

The Eight Legends appear to be loosely based on the concept of the Twelve Peers in the medieval epic poem The Song of Roland." Most of the Eight Heroes draw their names from characters in the poem.

Divine WeaponsEdit

The Divine Weapons were used by the Eight Legends to fight back against the Dragons during the Scouring.

• Forblaze, the Scorching Reason, sometimes also translated as the Infernal Element. This was an Anima tome used by Athos.
• Apocalypse, the Revealing Darkness, sometimes also translated as the Silencing Darkness. It was a Dark tome used by Bramminond.
• Durandal, the Blazing Sword. Lyn first refers to it as the Sword of Holy Fire. It was the Divine Weapon of Roland, and was eventually passed down to Eliwood during the story of the game. The Blazing Sword is the namesake of Rekka no Ken's title.
• Armads, the Thunder Axe. It was used by Durban. During the game's events, it is given to Hector by Durban' spirit, who refers to himself as 'Armads'.
• Aureola, the Supreme Light, sometimes also translated as The Pinnacle of Light. The Aureola was a Light tome that belonged to Elimine. Athos bears it during the last chapter in Rekka no Ken, though anyone with an S-rank in light magic may wield it.
• Murgleis, the Gale Bow. This belonged to Hanon.
• Maltet, the Lance of Ice and Snow. Barigan's Divine Weapon.
• Eckesachs is Hartmut's Divine Weapon. He also had the Sword of Seals, which was a sword with more strength than the all of the Divine Weapons. In Fire Emblem: Binding Blade, Eckesachs is in Zephiel's possession and is used in his last encounter with Roy's army. Eckesachs is the only Divine Weapon without a title, as it may have been Hartmut who bestowed the titles upon the seven other weapons.

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