Therese Alexanderite

Glass' World is the tentative name for the world across the dimensional rifts that is currently in process to fuse with Raphtalia's World.

Ancient Past: Glass' world has already survived several strikes of the Waves of Calamity in different ages, being the result of the fusion of four different worlds, in the same way as the world to which Naofumi was summoned. Nevertheless, although many facts have been lost to time, the true nature and effects of the waves are clear for the inhabitants of this world.

Culture: This world has many cultural features that are similar to Pre-War Japan and Modern Age Germany, such as the monetary systems, architecture, and clothing. The writing looks like ancient Japanese with some kanji mixed in.

Religion: Although no religion has been confirmed in this world, it is believed that the Holy Heroes have great importance in the world since they are still summoned to counteract the Waves. However, their faith seems to be lesser than in Raphtalia's world since many government leaders see the waves as a minor danger and are disposed to kill or imprison the heroes for their own interest.

Technology: • Drop item replicator: Created by the Jewel People, this machine replicates the Legendary Weapon's ability to collect drops (or special items) from monsters. This machine comes in two parts: the 'computer' and the pendant. The pendant collects the remains of monsters that have been defeated. Once enough remains have been collected, they can be converted at the computer to any of the drops that the monster may have.[1] • Return Transcript Replica: Replicates the Legendary Weapon's ability to teleport using Return Transcript. Return Transcript requires a tool to teleport to the desired location. It is unknown if there are further restrictions on this method of transportation.[2] Trash #2 was also able to duplicate the Legendary Heroes' ability to teleport between dragon hourglasses.[3] • Wave Teleport Crystal: Replicates the Legendary Weapon's ability to teleport the user to the site of a wave. They can be worked into a number of different types of accessories including necklaces. Like most technology, these large crystals were first created by Jewel people.[4]

Races: • Jewels (Jewels are a race of people that only exist in Glass' world. They are born with a gemstone that serves as a magic core that can vary in location. They are skilled with magic, have great dexterity, and have invented numerous useful technologies such as the drop item replicator. They are known for being sensitive.[5] Also, many of them seem to be able to hear the voices of the gems that use to perform magic and have a fascination with high grade gem craftsman. Notable Jewels include Theresa and Romina.) • Spirits (Spirits are a race of semi-transparent people in Glass' world. Spirits are unique in that their life force, magical power, and soul power (if they have a vassal weapon) are combined into a single power called 'energy'. Therefore, if they use magical power, they are also using some of their life force. The higher their energy, the more powerful their magic they can use. Spirits do not have levels like other races, but to them, energy is everything. They also have incredibly high defense compared to other races and use weapons with names like Soul Splitter. One drawback Spirit have is that they cannot typically recover energy unless another Spirit gives it to them. However, soul-healing water from Raphtalia's world can restore energy, which makes it extremely valuable to Spirits.[1] Unlike most beings, Spirits also have the innate ability to see spiritual beings such as souls.[6] One notable spirit is Glass.) • Elves (Elves are similar to the demi-humans of Raphtalia's World. They have long ears, pretty white skin, and blonde hair. Upon seeing them, Naofumi liekned them to elves.[1]) • Beast People: Similar to the Demi humans of Raphtalia's World they are humans with animal features. They seem to be uncommon and are mainly located on the Demon Dragon Continent. • Humans: Humans seem to be the most common race within Glass' world since they consist of the largest amount of characters mentioned. Humans seem to have the same characteristics as Raphtalia's world. • Library Rabbits: Similar to filolials of Raphtalia's World, Library Rabbits are the protective race of Glass' World. They primarily live within the Ancient Labyrinth Library and have a leader called the Master Librarian. This position was open for many years until Ethnobalt drank the traditional poison which allows him to assume the role. These monsters also have the ability to transform into a human form.

Magic and Combat Styles: Each world has a slightly different magic system. As such, Glass' world has some unique magic and magic items. These different magic and magic items can be brought over to different worlds.

Jewel Magic: Jewel magic is very similar to Way of the Dragon Vein, except only drawing from gemstone accessories instead of from the environment. A higher quality jewel accessory will lead to a more power and range. As a last resort, the gemstones can sacrifice themselves in a powerful explosion that ruins the accessory. People who wield Way of the Dragon Vein magic can simulate this magic, although this puts strains on the jewel and reduces the power and effects.[7]

Musical Magic: Music can be used to cast magic without using mana and therefore can be used when traditional magic is unavailable. However, the power of the magic depends on the skill of the user. Both Filo and Itsuki are proficient in this magic.[8]

Ofuda: Ofuda are strips of paper that act as a single-use spell. These are created by advanced magic users and can be used even by people who can't use magic at all. These can have a wide variety of uses from creating a campfire with a fire ofuda to controlling someone with a control ofuda.

Universal Gem Style: While not a type of magic, the Universal Gem Style is a combat style which utilizes Ki similar to Hengen Muso Style. It is greatly inspired by the Vassal Fan, so users of this style wield fans in combat. Compared to other forms of combat, this style is fairly balanced in offence and defense and uses many area-of-effect attacks.

Magic Items: • Magic Recovery: While people of Raphtalia's World use magic water to restore magic power, people of Glass' world use magic crystals. To heroes of other worlds, these crystals also grant a significant amount of experience points. The amount of experience depended on the size and purity of the crystal.[3] • Healing: Healing medicine from Glass' world is used topically. This is different from Raphtalia's world where healing potions are consumed.[2]

World‘s Protectors: With most of the Holy Heroes dead, the Waves come to Glass' world very frequently, leaving only the remaining heroes and any willing adventurer as the world's last defense. Despite most countries not taking the waves seriously, they see them as an opportunity to power-up their armies and thus help out occasionally. Glass notes that Kizuna is the only remaining holy hero of their world. The other heroes were summoned long ago but were not serious about fighting the waves. They believed that they were in a video game, similar to what Ren, Itsuki, and Motoyasu originally believed. Glass mentioned that she had only met them once. After Kizuna's return she tried to unite the other heroes against the Waves, but ultimately failed and they were killed by the fake heroes that took control of the vassal weapons. The Legendary Weapons of the killed heroes were then taken by the Third Army. The Legendary Ofuda was eventually liberated and chose Shildina as its new wielder. The Legendary Weapons of Glass' World are the Legendary Hunting Tool, the Legendary Ofuda, the Legendary Jewel, and the Legendary Blunt Instrument.

Vassal Heroes: Initially in Glass' world, only the Vassal Fan, Vassal Scythe, and Vassal Boat are active to fight the waves. The other heroes were either inactive or involved in petty political squabbles. Due to the increased frequency and intensity of the waves, they were desperate enough to attack other worlds to save their own. However, this has stopped since Kizuna returned from the Infinite Labyrinth. The Vassal Katana chose Raphtalia and as a result, is most active in her world. The Vassal Book, Vassal Mirror, Vassal Musical Instrument and Vassal Harpoon were under the control of fake heroes and have since been freed. However, the Vassal Boat was stolen by one of the Vanguards of the Waves. The Vassal Weapons of Glass' World are the: Vassal Fan, Scythe, Boat, Katana, Book, Mirror, Musical Instrument and Harpoon.

Guardian Beasts: The four Protective Beasts of this world are very similar to the Guardian Beasts of Raphtalia's world. Through teamwork, the first three were defeated. The final Protective Beast, the Azure Dragon, has yet to appear and is at an unknown location.[9] The Protective Beasts were: The Black Tortoise, The Vermilion Bird, The White Tiger, and the Azure Dragon.

Countries: • Sikul (Sickle): This small country was described as being like Germany in the middle ages with buildings like castles made out of stone. They are friendly to Kizuna, Glass and have L'Arc as their reluctant king and representative. Despite L'Arc not wanting to be restricted by authority, his people would rally behind his words. It's the main base for the heroes combating the waves in the world and after the fights against the reincarnators who took control of the Vassal Weapons they became a major figure in the international relationships. Naofumi believes that at the end L'Arc will have to unify the world under the flag of his country. Before the anime translated it as Sikul, the fan-translation was Sickle from the class-up volume. • Mikakage: Mikakage is the home country to the Vassal Mirror and has been described to be like Edo-period Japan, especially in aesthetics and culture. It is much easier to travel into the country and its capital but very hard to travel outwards.[1] This country kidnapped Kizuna, the Hunting Hero and imprisoned her in their Infinite Labyrinth. Sometime after her escape, this country was absorbed into Luvar despite being allies.[4] • Raybul (Label): Label is bordered by the Mikakage and Luvar. They held the Vassal Katana until it selected Raphtalia as its new bearer. This country was taken over by Luvar soon after the Vassal Katana chose Raphtalia. This country is the home of the "genius" Trash II. Before the anime translated the country name as "Raybul", the fan-translation was "Label". • Luvar: Luvar is the home country to the Vassal Book and is described as a powerful, militaristic country. Between the time Naofumi and his party arrived at Glass' world and when they reunited, this country was able to absorb several surrounding countries including Trash #2's country and Mikakage.[4] They were manipulated by Kyo into fighting for expansion and taking over neighboring countries. • Vassal Music Instrument Country: A nation located near the end of the continent and have the appearance of a nation experiencing an industrial revolution. Their capital is located over and ancient labyrinth city that the nation's adventurers have explored for a long time. They supported Hidemasa after he kidnapped Kizuna, but after the reincarnator's death and the loss of their vassal weapon, the nation surrendered to Sikul. • Glass‘ Country: Glass' country is a Japanese-style nation which reminds Naofumi of something from a Japanese period drama. The architecture includes large red, red Shinto gates and big wooden buildings which looked like old brothels. The surrounding plants and ores are black and gold was plentiful in the area so many of the structures are black with inlaid gold work. The blue lamps give the town an ominous feel. One notable landmark within Glass' country is the temple to the Vassal Fan and dojo where Glass' Master teaches the Freegem style. • Vassal Harpoon Country: This country worked as the main base for the fake Harpoon Hero and the reincarnators from other worlds. The nation supported the murder of three of the holy heroes, the stealing of the vassal weapons and the kidnapping of Kizuna in order to achieve world domination. Unknown to them, the objective of the high ranked reincarnators was the destruction of their world, and the false Harpoon Hero was only a third rate member of the organization. • Demon Dragon Nation: The nation controlled by the Demon Dragon Emperor encompasses a whole continent. This nation has been governed by the different incarnations of the Dragon Emperor along the ages and their four commanders dubbed "The Quartet". There, many races including humans and beast people are governed by the sentient monsters loyal to the Demon Dragon: according to Kizuna, they lived like slaves. Nevertheless, after Kizuna slew the Demon Dragon and his empire collapsed, different nations tried to take control of the land and its people. The citizens supported the monsters loyal to the death emperor and reconstructed the nation. Since the Demon Dragon's revival, the country is slowly being rebuilt. Its said that it's extremely difficult to enter to the continent without the authorization of the rulers since the Demon Dragon created different kind of traps like mist barriers and poisonous swamps to block entry. Also, thanks to the magic of its ruler, is impossible to teleport in or out of any place of the continent. The Demon Dragon continent apparently held the nation of Amachiha which is Glass' World's equivalent of Q'ten Lo. This nation would have held the world's pacifiers which act to stop both renegade Heroes and reincarnated individuals. This nation was destroyed long ago, but their bloodline and techniques continued through Glass and the Freegem style.[10] The Demon Dragon used the residual magic there to create a magical barrier similar to the one at Q'ten Lo.

Raphtalia's World in The Rising of the Shield Hero is the world which Naofumi Iwatani was summoned to in order to be the Shield Hero. It is the home world of many characters, including Raphtalia, Filo, and Melty.

History: Not much is known about the ancient history of Raphtalia's World. It is known that this world was once four separate Worlds - the worlds of the Legendary Shield, Bow, Sword and Spear. However, due to the waves of calamity (which have been reoccurring since ancient times), these worlds have merged. First, the Shield world merged with the Bow world while the Sword world merged with the Spear World. Afterwards, the Shield/Bow world merged with the Sword/Spear world. The Shield/Bow world is where demi-humans and beastmen come from while the Sword/Spear world is where humans come from.

In the past, heroes have been summoned many times to fight the waves. After their work was done, some chose to go back to their original world while many chose to stay in the world they were summoned in. They often had many children and had an impact on the world's culture, society, and technology. For example, a previous shield hero was responsible for creating the country of Siltvelt, while another, named Keichi, left ancient writings in the nation of Reiki. Unfortunately, in addition to many heroes, a large amount of vanguards of the waves have been reincarnated to reduce the world's defenses. They are suspected to be responsible for destroying most historical documents, especially those regarding the waves or Guardian Beasts, as well as orchestrating the decline of Hengen Muso.

Within the last hundred years before Naofumi's summoning, several events have taken place: • A "genius" as a Hengen Muso attempted to take over the world and was eventually defeated. However, this nearly destroyed the style. • Siltvelt and Melromarc fought against each other in a terrible war. Aultcray was eventually able to defeat Siltvelt's champion, Tyran, and the two nations forged a tenuous peace agreement. • The Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo slowly died of old age. As the royal family fought in a desperate power struggle, the resulting backstabbing killed everyone in the family except for Raphtalia's Father and Ruft. The corrupt Makina took charge and kept the country from fulfilling its role as a pacifier.

Culture: The culture in Raphtalia's World varies greatly - often by country. While Melromarc often seems like a European nation from a typical RPG, other countries like Siltvelt and Reiki have a more Chinese aesthetic. Q'ten Lo was noted to have a distinctly Japanese feel to it. Compared to the other countries, Faubrey is much more technologically advanced and seems like a steam-punk society and is heavily influenced by multiple heroes.

The Heroes have made a significant impact on the world's culture, such as bringing Valentine's Day and developing chocolate trees.[1]

Religion: Closely related to culture, religions also vary greatly across the world. There are four main religions which use the Legendary Weapons as holy symbols due to their incredible power and protective nature. • The Church of the Three Heroes: Celebrates the Legendary Bow, Spear, and Sword Heroes, but demonizes the Legendary Shield Hero. This was formerly the official religion of Melromarc, which gained power in Queen Mirellia's absence. • The Church of the Four Heroes: The predecessor to The Church of the Three Heroes and current official religion of Melromarc, celebrates all heroes equally. • The Church of the Shield: Worships only the Legendary Shield Hero while often having a poor view of the other three Heroes. This is the official religion of Siltvelt and Shieldfreeden. • Heavenly Emperor: The Heavenly Emperor of Q'ten Lo is as much of a religious figure as a ruler to the isolationist country. The nobility are considered priests in their various roles and the Water Dragon holds an important place in the religion.

Technology: Compared to other worlds like Glass' World or the worlds with Japans like ours, Raphtalia's World has a fairly low level of technology. However, they are also noted to have a high level of craftmanship compared to Glass' World. There are some notably advanced pieces of technology in this world due to influence from Heroes and other reincarnators. • Guns: The country of Faubrey produces several types of guns, including rifles and machine guns. • Airplanes: Cutting-edge technology introduced by Takt. These can be used with bombs and machine guns to great effect. • Wave Teleportation Accessory: After Hickwaal was able to successfully reverse-engineer an accessory from Glass' World, which allows anyone to teleport to the location of a wave, he was able to mass-produce and sell this accessory.[2]

Races: • Humans: One of the main dominant races within the world of The Rising of the Shield Hero and on the currently known continent. Humans are known to be very adaptable in various environments. They come in a wide range of personalities from kindness and compassion to cruelty and heartlessness. Examples: Melty Q Melromarc, Malty S Melromarc, and Erhard. • Demi-Humans: Demi-Humans are a human-like race of beings. In Raphtalia's World, these demi-humans have animal-inspired characteristics. Similar to humans, they have a wide range of personalities from kindness and compassion to cruelty and heartlessness. One unique feature of these demi-humans is that if they level-up at a young age, they will mature rapidly. Some demi-humans also have the ability to transform into a more animal-like "therianthrope form". Some countries, like Melromarc, discriminate against demi-humans while others, like Siltvelt, express demi-human supremacy. A demi-human and human can also have children together. Examples of Demi-Humans: Raphtalia, Atla, Fohl, and Keel. • Therianthropes: Therianthropes (also known as Beastmen), are a race similar to demi-humans except that they have much more bestial features and cannot transform. They are also discriminated against like demi-humans. Examples of Beastman: Imiya Leuthurn Reethela Teleti Kuwariz and the Lizardman Slave.

Magic and Combat Styles: Each world has a slightly different magic system. While Raphtalia's World may not be as technologically advanced as other worlds, magic has seen widespread use in this world.

Ritual Magic is the most common type of magic used by far in Raphtalia's World. This magic is characterized by element and function and requires a verbal component. Upon speaking the description of the magic spell used, magic power is consumed in order to produce the effect. Every person is given a specific magic affinity which they are restricted to. However, there are a small number of people who can cast all types of magic. The classes (of power) of magic can be cast at different classes going from First, Zweite, and Drifa-class. Heroes have access to an exclusive class called liberation magic.

Ritual magic can be cast by multiple individuals resulting in something called ceremonial magic. These spells are complex and difficult to create. However, they can have incredible power.

Way of the Dragon Vein is a rare type of magic technique which can only be unlocked by high-class monsters such as Dragons or Guardian Beasts. Instead of using the caster's own magic power reserves to cast the spell, Way of the Dragon Vein uses the power within the surrounding environment to cast spells. Using this magic gives the user the ability to "read" magic, which is especially useful for counter-spells and cooperative magic. However, the type of magic available depends on what is available in the surrounding environment.

Way of the Dragon Vein magic can also be cast by multiple individuals to create a technique called cooperative magic. This is often easier to perform than ritual magic. However, all casters must have the blessing that allows them to use Way of the Dragon Vein magic.

The Hengen Muso Style is not a type of magic, but rather a combat style which manipulates a person's Ki. This combat style specializes in allowing even the weakest practitioner to fight against the strongest opponents. As such, even the basic teachings of the style includes defence-rating attacks, which inflicts increasing damage with the target's defence. Seeing this as a threat, the vanguards of the waves nearly extinguished the style as one of them used it to attempt to take over the world. In the aftermath of the battle, hardly any of the practitioners remained. Elrasla Ragnarok seemed to be the last remaining practitioner who decided to take the style to the grave. However, after she was inspired by Naofumi, she started teaching the heroes, including his party, how to utilize the style.

World‘s Protectors: The four Legendary Weapons of Raphtalia's World are the Legendary Shield, Sword, Spear, and Bow. Due to their incredible power, these weapons and the wielders of these weapons are often worshipped by various religions around this world.

The current wielders of these weapons are Naofumi Iwatani, Ren Amaki, Motoyasu Kitamura, and Itsuki Kawasumi respectively. While Naofumi took his position seriously and was summoned as the subject of much hate, the other three heroes had respect and wealth lavished upon them. Due to interference from an organization behind the waves, the games the three heroes play in their original world greatly resembled Raphtalia's World, which led them to believe that they were in a game. This caused them to act without considering the consequences and nearly led to their deaths. Upon the return of Queen Mirellia, Naofumi was pardoned and the false nature of his crimes were revealed. Eventually, all four heroes started to take their roles seriously and cooperated to fight against the waves.

Vassal Heroes: As of the four heroes summoning, many of the Vassal or "Seven Star" weapons were either missing or inactive. The Vassal Claw hero was the only supposedly active hero within Siltvelt and there were a few rumoured to be within Faubrey. However, they never participated in the waves or fighting against the first Guardian Beasts. However, it was later revealed that nearly all of them had been obtained by a false hero named Takt who had the power to steal both Vassal Weapons and Legendary Weapons. Upon his defeat, the Vassal Weapons were released to the worlds. Some chose proper heroes, while others were taken and controlled by the Third Army.

The Vassal Weapons of Raphtalia's World are the Vassal Axe, Vassal Hammer, Vassal Gauntlet, Vassal Claw, Vassal Staff, Vassal Projectile, Vassal Whip, and Vassal Carriage. Known heroes who wield Vassal Weapons include Fohl (Vassal Gauntlet), Trash (Vassal Staff), Rishia (Vassal Projectile), and Fitoria (Vassal Carriage).

Guardian Beasts: The Four Guardian Beasts of Raphtalia's World are based on the four benevolent animals of Japanese folklore. They are meant to act as a last defence in case the Legendary Heroes are either not powerful enough or unwilling to defend against the waves. However, protection from the guardian beasts come with a great cost. In order to fully protect a world from the waves, the guardian beasts must kill and collect the souls of about 2/3 of life in their world. They then use these souls to power a barrier to keep other worlds away. Unfortunately, the first Guardian Beast - the Spirit Tortoise - was unsealed by an otherworldly villain, which started a chain reaction of the other Guardian Beasts awakening. The four guardian beasts are: the Spirit Tortoise, the Phoenix, Kirin, and the Dragon King.

Nations: • Faubrey: Faubrey is on the main world continent surrounded by some of the most powerful kingdoms on the continent: Melromarc, Shieldfreeden, and Zeltoble. The main distinguishing feature of this country is its long history with heroes, which have greatly influenced its culture and technology. Compared to other nations, Faubrey is much more modern and steampunk. Various car-like things run on steam-based engines. Faubrey has asphalt roads and cars. They were quite old, but there were other vehicles apart from carriages. They were introduced by a past hero. Faubrey has had a long tradition of marrying the Four Legendary Heroes, the Seven Star Heroes, and their children into their royal family. Because of that, they're known worldwide as the bloodline of Heroes. Male heroes often have more successful families than female heroes due to their ability to have much more children. Children of Heroes are said to have superior looks and abilities, which increases the nation's power. This, combined with Faubrey's power, means that they are an incredibly powerful country. Faubrey is also the centre of the Church of the Four Heroes and the Church of the Seven Star Heroes, which serve the Legendary Weapon wielders and Vassal Weapon wielders respectively. These churches have the ability to tell when a Legendary or Vassal Weapon is used and had ancient texts regarding these weapons - however, these texts have recently been destroyed. • Melromarc: Melromarc is the largest nation in Raphtalia's World and is surrounded by some of the most powerful kingdoms on the Continent: Shieldfreeden, Siltvelt, Zeltoble, and Faubrey. In this country, the Queen is the true ruler so she holds power over the king, but gives him authority to rule as she sees fit while she is away dealing with diplomatic relations. The country is matriarchal under the Queen, who holds the high authority. Women hold higher social value and power. Any violence against women is considered to be an offence of the death penalty. Melromarc also has old history with Siltvelt - a nation of demi-humans. Many years ago, Siltvelt attempted to take over the world and Melromarc stopped them. However, this long and bitter war left prejudices on both sides. While Siltvelt worshipped the Shield Hero, Melromarc followed the Church of the Three Heroes and practiced heavy demi-human discrimination - including slavery. Recently, the Queen had attempted to resolve past issues with Siltvelt by creating a demi-human territory, which included Lurolona Village and was lead by the popular Lord Seaetto. However, while the Queen was gone during a world-wide conference, the first wave appeared. This devastated the demi-human territory and killed the lord. The king, who was left in charge (and who hated demi-humans due to the war), ravaged the lands, removed demi-human friendly nobles, and summoned the four Legendary Heroes to protect only Melromarc. This created huge political tensions since the heroes are supposed to be shared across all of the countries. Queen Mirellia was forced to stay at the conference to negotiate peace with the other countries, which allowed King Aultcray and Princess Malty to enact their plans to ruin the Shield Hero. Eventually, the Queen returned and attempted to make peace with all parties involved • Siltvelt: The Siltvelt Kingdom is on the main world continent surrounded by some of the most powerful kingdoms on the continent: Melromarc, Shieldfreeden, and Zeltoble. Siltvelt was mentioned to have been founded by a Shield Hero in the past and exists only for the sake of the Shield Hero. It was once under the control of four great races, the Hakuko, Genmu, Shusaku, and Aotatsu. However, after the war with Melromarc, the Hakuko's forces were greatly ravaged. As a result, they, as a race, fell from a position of authority, but they still hold some influence. Those of the Shusaku race tend to be pro-Shield Hero radicals, while those of the Genmu race are of the moderate faction. The moderates prefer not to depend too much on the hero, while the radicals devote themselves to the hero. The previous Shield Hero met his end less than a month inside the country. Whether he was weak or stuck in a conspiracy is unknown and Siltvelt had difficulty in swallowing it. • Shieldfreeden: The Shieldfreeden Republic is on the main world continent surrounded by some of the most powerful kingdoms on the Continent: Melromarc, Siltvelt, and Zeltoble. In The Reprise of the Spear Hero, it was mentioned that the country was formed due to the discontent of the bloodline politics of Siltvelt and discrimination of races in every nation as well. However, nothing much was mentioned about the country. • Zeltoble: Zeltoble is a mainly mercantile nation on the Main World Continent it lies east to Melromarc and shares a border with Siltvelt. Zeltoble has a dark history involving constant warfare. Like most countries, they also have a Dragon Hourglass, but they don't give class ups. It was initially established and is still lead by a council of Merchants to attract profits. It is a country with questionable morals and circulates an unbelievable amount of money circulates. Whether it be the shopping district or the slums, the people here seem to move with more energy than those in Melromarc. One notable feature of Zeltoble is its many coliseums, which are used for entertainment. • Reiki: Reiki is an isolationist nation that lies east of Melromarc and actually lies on the back of the Spirit Tortoise's shell. This nation was the first nation to be ravaged by the Spirit Tortoise's unusual awakening and was ultimately destroyed. The culture of the nation is distinctly Chinese and it includes inscriptions from an ancient hero who had previously sealed the Spirit Tortoise. • Q'ten Lo: Q'ten Lo is an island which is only accessible through Siltvelt and is surrounded by a protective barrier set by the Water Dragon. This isolationist country is distinctly Japanese and is led by a religious figure called the Heavenly Emperor. The heavenly emperor acts as this world's pacifier whose role is to ensure that the Heroes are not falling astray. As such, they are given magic specifically tailored to fight against Heroes. However, in recent years, as the old Heavenly Emperor was dying of old age, his family started vying for the position. In the aftermath of the battle, nearly everyone had died except for Raphtalia's Father, who had fled the country, and Ruftmila, a very young boy at the time. Ruftmila was crowned Heavenly Emperor, but was controlled by the corrupt Makina, who had caused the country to stray from their purpose as the pacifier. The country had eventually forgotten their purpose due to their isolation and wars.

Other features: • Sanctuary: Found within the Lost Wood (which prevents anyone from entering uninvited) is the ruins of an ancient city. This city used to be the home of the original Bow and Shield Heroes but have been destroyed in the long forgotten past. For many years it was considered a holy site, even as ruins, but it was eventually forgotten to most. It became the home and sanctuary to filolials and the Filolial Queen Fitoria. Within are powerful weapons, technology, and magic which can help fight against the enemy if placed in the right hands.[3] • Desert of Confusion: This desert is located between Siltvelt and Zeltoble. It apparently originates from the Sword or Spear world but not much is known about it.[4]

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