Fire Emblem: In the Name of Bern

What it is

In the Name of Bern is a full story rewrite of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, in English. In this version of events Bern's war has gone badly: Lycia, led by Roy, occupies much of the country and its king is dead. Narcian, one of Bern's three Wyvern Generals and a villain in the original, is on the run until he crosses paths with Princess Guinivere, and the two set out to restore Bern's honor with a mix of familiar heroes and villains. There are comic moments, but the tone is mostly serious.

What's new

• around 70 new support conversations, with most characters having at least three partners, and supports that build faster
• the extended ending is always available
• Thieves now promote to Assassins and Soldiers to Halberdiers; male Priests are replaced with Monks
• most ambush reinforcements now arrive on the player phase
• Hard mode is open from the start, plus small map, deployment and item changes

Under the hood it plays much like the original game, with similar or slightly lower difficulty.

Playing it

The patch is applied to your own unmodified copy of the Japanese game (no translation patch needed or wanted), following the readme in the creator's thread, which also links a spreadsheet with recruitment and support details. Hack by DLNarshen, with graphics and tools from many community members credited there.