Darkness

For the element in Warriors: Three Hopes, see Element § Darkness.

Darkness

Location Unknown Boss(es) Elm

“	That is where the village should be. Now it's like it was never there. What happened here?!	”	— Alfonse

Darkness (Japanese: 闇 Darkness) is Chapter 1 of Book VI of Fire Emblem Heroes.

This chapter was added to the game as part of an update released on December 7, 2021, alongside its featured characters, and a number of related quests, which were available until December 24.

Plot

Main article: Darkness/Script

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Chapter data

Part 1: Emblian Calamity

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: All player units are defeated.	4	{{{partner}}}	0		{{{third}}}
File:Cm feh 6-1-1.png

Enemy data

Normal Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Sword Fighter 1 Iron Sword Green Mage 1 Wind Lance Dragon 1 Iron Lance

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Sword Fighter 20 Steel Sword • Night Sky Green Mage 20 Elwind • Dragon Gaze Lance Dragon 20 Steel Lance • Rising Wind

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Sword Fighter 40 Silver Sword+ • Astra B Spurn 3 Green Mage 40 Rexcalibur+ • Draconic Aura A Swift Sparrow 2 Lance Dragon 40 Silver Lance+ • Blazing Wind C Spd/Def Rein 3

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

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Part 2: Closure Above

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: All player units are defeated.	4	{{{partner}}}	0		{{{third}}}
File:Cm feh 6-1-2.png

Enemy data

Normal Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Lance Flier 2 Iron Lance Red Flier 2 Fire Axe Cavalier 2 Iron Axe

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Lance Flier 21 Steel Lance • Chilling Wind Red Flier 21 Elfire • New Moon Axe Cavalier 21 Steel Axe • Glowing Ember

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Lance Flier 40+ Slaying Lance+ • Glacies A Fortress Res 3 Red Flier 40+ Bolganone+ • Luna A Fury 3 Axe Cavalier 40+ Silver Axe+ • Ignis C Rouse Atk/Def 3

Reinforcements

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Part 3: Closure Below

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: All player units are defeated.	4	{{{partner}}}	0		{{{third}}}
File:Cm feh 6-1-3.png

Enemy data

Normal Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Blue Thief 3 Iron Dagger • Rally Attack Axe Fighter 3 Iron Axe Cleric 3 Heal Sword Cavalier 3 Iron Sword

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Blue Thief 22 Steel Dagger • Rally Attack Axe Fighter 22 Steel Axe Cleric 22 Assault • Mend Sword Cavalier 22 Steel Sword

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Blue Thief 40+ The Cleaner+ • Rally Atk/Spd+ B Spd/Def Ruse 3 Axe Fighter 40+ Silver Axe+ • Moonbow A Life and Death 3 Cleric 40+ Pain+ • Physic+ C Distant Guard 3 Sword Cavalier 40+ Unbound Blade+ • Escutcheon B Poison Strike 3

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Part 4: Closure Ahead

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: All player units are defeated.	4	{{{partner}}}	0		{{{third}}}
File:Cm feh 6-1-4.png

Enemy data

Normal Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Green Cavalier 4 Wind Blue Bow 4 Iron Bow Sword Knight 4 Iron Sword Bow Flier 4 Iron Bow

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Green Cavalier 23 Elwind Blue Bow 23 Steel Bow Sword Knight 23 Steel Sword Bow Flier 23 Steel Bow

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Green Cavalier 40+ Gronnraven+ • Draconic Aura B Bowbreaker 3 Blue Bow 40+ Silver Bow+ • Growing Thunder A Death Blow 3 Sword Knight 40+ Silver Sword+ • Aegis C Close Guard 3 Bow Flier 40+ Shining Bow+ • Moonbow A Atk/Spd Bond 3

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Part 5: Closed-Off World

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy.	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: All player units are defeated.	4	{{{partner}}}	0		{{{third}}}
File:Cm feh 6-1-5.png

Enemy data

Normal Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Axe Fighter 5 Iron Axe Red Manakete 5 Fire Breath Blue Mage 5 Thunder • Reciprocal Aid Elm 5 Hatchling (Flier)

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Axe Fighter 25 Steel Axe • New Moon Red Manakete 25 Fire Breath+ • Buckler Blue Mage 25 Elthunder • Reciprocal Aid Elm 25 Fledgling (Flier) • Rising Wind A Atk/Spd Solo 1 • B Poison Strike 1 • C Odd Atk Wave 1

Reinforcements

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills

Enemy Units

Name Type Weapon Lv Skills Axe Fighter 40+ Brave Axe+ • Luna B Chill Def 3 Red Manakete 40+ Water Breath+ • Escutcheon A Steady Posture 2 Blue Mage 40+ Thoron+ • Reciprocal Aid A Brazen Atk/Spd 3 Elm 40+ Fang of Closure • Blazing Wind A Atk/Spd Solo 3 • B Poison Strike 3 • C Odd Atk Wave 3

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Enemy Hero data

Elm

Main article: Elm

Normal Hard Lunatic

Level	5
Rarity	★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Stats
Max HP	20
Attack	14
Speed	13
Defense	6
Resistance	8

Skills
Hatchling (Flier) -- --

Level	25
Rarity	★★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Stats
Max HP	30
Attack	31
Speed	29
Defense	16
Resistance	19

Skills
Fledgling (Flier) -- Rising Wind A Atk/Spd Solo 1 B Poison Strike 1 C Odd Atk Wave 1

Level	40+
Rarity	★★★★★
Weapon type
Movement type

Stats
Max HP	44
Attack	55
Speed	49
Defense	30
Resistance	34

Skills
Fang of Closure -- Blazing Wind A Atk/Spd Solo 3 B Poison Strike 3 C Odd Atk Wave 3

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Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

Etymology and other languages

Chapter 1: Darkness

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Darkness	--
Japanese	闇	Darkness
Spanish	Oscuridad	Darkness
French	Obscurité	Darkness
German	Dunkelheit	Darkness
Italian	Oscurità	Darkness
Portuguese (Brazil)	Escuridão	Darkness
Traditional Chinese	黑暗	Darkness

Part 1: Emblian Calamity

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Emblian Calamity	--
Japanese	エンブラの災厄	Emblia's calamity
Spanish	Calamidad embliana	Emblian calamity
French	Calamité d'Embla	Embla's calamity
German	Emblas Unheil	Embla's Calamity
Italian	Calamità embliana	Emblian calamity
Portuguese (Brazil)	Calamidade embliana	Emblian calamity
Traditional Chinese	恩布拉的災厄	Embla's calamity

Part 2: Closure Above

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Closure Above	--
Japanese	天を閉ざせば空はなく	If heaven is closed, there is no sky
Spanish	Barrera arriba	Barrier above
French	Barricade céleste	Celestial barricade
German	Verschlossener Himmel	Locked Sky
Italian	Chiusura celeste	Celestial closing
Portuguese (Brazil)	Fechamento acima	Upward closing
Traditional Chinese	天若封閉則無蒼穹	If the sky is closed, there is no heaven

Part 3: Closure Below

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Closure Below	--
Japanese	地を閉ざせば命はなく	If earth is closed, there is no life
Spanish	Barrera abajo	Barrier below
French	Barricade terrestre	Terrestial barricade
German	Verschlossene Erde	Locked Earth
Italian	Chiusura terrestre	Terrestial closing
Portuguese (Brazil)	Fechamento abaixo	Downward closing
Traditional Chinese	地若封閉則無生命	If earth is closed, there is no life

Part 4: Closure Ahead

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Closure Ahead	--
Japanese	時を閉ざせば未来はない	If time is closed, there is no future
Spanish	Barrera delante	Barrier ahead
French	Barricade temporelle	Temporal barricade
German	Verschlossene Zukunft	Locked Future
Italian	Chiusura temporale	Temporal closing
Portuguese (Brazil)	Fechamento à frente	Closing ahead
Traditional Chinese	時若封閉則無未來	If time is closed, there is no future

Part 5: Closed-Off World

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Closed-Off World	--
Japanese	閉ざされた世界	Closed world
Spanish	Mundo aislado	Isolated world
French	Monde barricadé	Barricaded world
German	Verschlossene Welt	Locked World
Italian	Mondo sigillato	Sealed world
Portuguese (Brazil)	Mundo fechado	Closed world
Traditional Chinese	被封閉的世界	Closed world

Gallery

• The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 1.
  The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 1.
• The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 2.
  The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 2.
• The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 3.
  The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 3.
• The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 4.
  The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 4.
• The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 5.
  The map of Book VI: Chapter 1, Part 5.

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