(“The Cipher Frontier! With Emma, Shade, Yuzu & Randal” is a regular column on the Fire Emblem Cipher website which summarises upcoming news concerning Cipher and other Fire Emblem materials. It is hosted by the four mascot characters. The following is a full translation of the 30th issue of the column, originally published on the 10th of August, 2017.)

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And since they were so popular, we went out to the final event in Kanazawa a few days ago.

To commemorate the second anniversary of Cipher and the launch of Series 9, five “Go! Go! Summer Tour” events were held across Japan!

Hello, everybody!!!!

Speaking of which… Let’s take a moment to talk about just what happened at the Summer Tour!

T'was more to the festivities than dueling. With live paintings and autographs from illustrators, mini-concerts, quiz areas and more, each event was packed with all manner of fun to keep one entertained!

I saw a few people took the time to come a long way for them, too.

All of the events had so many fans of Cipher and Fire Emblem come by!

That’s right! Hidari, Sachiko Wada, Daisuke Izuka, Kotaro Yamada, Senri Kita, and Yusuke Kozaki all provided us with wonderful Cipher artwork!

At every showing, the live painting exhibitions with the illustrators drew remarkable crowds.

Battling was fun and all, but there were plenty of other things to enjoy as well!

Just collecting Cipher cards is neat and all, but playing with them is even neater. Here’s hoping everyone gives it a try at least once.

A lot of people came to the practice area to learn how to play Cipher.

It was really nice to see the event areas that were just for women and beginners to battle in!

The Pack Battles, too, offered fearsome competition. How interesting it is to lay aside the traditional way of battle for a time!

…But I *sniff* got plenty of losses…

I got in plenty of matches, too!

Naturally for a Cipher event, first and foremost is the competition! At the Summer Tour, you could battle others to your heart’s content!

And all of their drawings are just… so full of feeling!

A lot of drawing is done on computers these days, so it’s a pretty rare and valuable experience to get lucky and see it done by hand.

I couldn’t miss out on seeing how these artists draw as it happens!

The mini-concerts were really exciting, too!

Being surprised by it live as it happens certainly gave the event a very distinctive sort of charm.

Seeing unexpected character depictions like these appear before our eyes at the events was really quite exciting.

I don’t know why, but seeing King Garon smiling and laughing like this for the first time is a bit, er…

And because of that, Yusuke Kozaki did an additional drawing of four Nohrians.

In this one she illustrated four senators of the Begnion Empire.

You see, Senri Kita had actually drawn another one beforehand as a bit of a warm-up, to make sure she could do a live painting fast enough…

…Huh? Aren’t there more of these drawings than there were illustrators?

M-marvelous…! It is unthinkable, that such incredible works could be drawn in such a short period of time!

We also had Quiz Areas, loaded with enthralling puzzles!

The discussions about composition and development that they had between tracks were most interesting listening. It even heightened my love of their craft still further.

Mm. The simple piano and guitar combination resulted in good, clean listening.

The tracks included “The Heritors of Arcadia” from “Echoes: Shadows of Valentia”, and “Winds of Askr” from “Heroes”… All of them were just wonderful.

Marvelous musical performances were held at the Summer Tour as well!

Pictured question:

For those who were wondering what sort of questions they were, we have all of the ones used at the events here!

I think I solved all of them, but right to the end they had me secondguessing myself. The entire deal was pretty well put together.

I felt as if this time they offered a great many fearsome questions.

Pictured questions:

Also, there was all sorts of fun going on at the Photography Area and the Colouring Area!

I wonder how many of these you can solve? I hope you give the challenge a try.

Thank you so much for coming, everybody!!!!

Each place was just one big, sprawling ring of Fire Emblem, huh…

I’m so glad that events such as these allow fans to form bonds with fellow fans.

Truly, this was an event that offered fun not only for Cipher players, but for Fire Emblem fans as well, all throughout each day.

Right, here we go! Ta-daaah! From Cipher Series 10 it’s… Orsin and Tanja! And Selkie and Velouria!

Oh, er… I didn’t really think this was a competition or anything…

Lately Randal’s been the one with all the exciting new tidbits, and I’m not about to let him have all the fun!

That’s right! The Cipher Niconico livestreams and the official Twitter account aren’t the only ones revealing cards anymore.

What? We’re… We’re unveiling them?!

Heh heh… Actually, I’ve got a few images of Series 10 cards with me today!

Let’s see if I remember this right… Series 10 features “Thracia 776”, “Fates: Birthright/Conquest” and “Heroes”. The official site put up an image of its packaging!

So the next would be… No, it can’t be… Series 10 of Cipher?!

Anyway, everyone, it’s been a month and a half since Series 9 was released, so… You’re all probably starting to wonder what’s next for Cipher, right?

Here it is.

An illustration…? To reveal…?

Oh, while we’re on the subject… I’ve got a little something myself: an illustration to reveal.

Er, Shade… That’s… That’s quite the smug look you’re wearing…

Well?! You’re all looking forward to Series 10, aren’t you!!

There’s something about seeing these cute youngsters giving life their all that warms this old man’s heart.

These must be their base-class illustrations. I believe these are also different from the ones seen on the last Niconico live broadcast.

Wow! And the two beast shifters are so cuuuute!

Huh. Just like the story of “Thracia 776”.

Sir Orsin has a skill for his personal throwing axe, the Pugilist! And moreover, Sir Orsin and Lady Tanja each have skills to support the other!

Ohh! Aren’t these different illustrations of Orsin and Tanja from the ones we saw on the last Nico broadcasts? These must be their class-changed cards!

I-is… Is this…?!

It’s Eirika from “The Sacred Stoooones”!

Could such brushwork be… the work of Miss Sachiko Wada?!

Oh, you’ve got a sharp eye. This is an illustration for a card in Series 11.

S-Series 11?! You’ve got… Even more breaking news than I do! W-w-where… Where did you… g-g-get that?

That’s a trade secret.

Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh… Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Gah! We broke her! We broke Sh-Shade!

Please, Shade, calm yourself! You showed us those cards and sparked even more anticipation for what lies ahead in Cipher! We could never do this without you!

Y-you’re right. And if seeing Randal bring news to The Cipher Frontier! makes everybody happy too, that’s fine, isn’t it…?

Of course. Let’s all get everyone stirred up for Cipher!

Gah! Next time… I won’t be beaten next time!

No, no, no… Don’t make it a contest…

Ohoho! To spur each other on to greater heights like this is a fine thing indeed!

Well, that’s all she wrote this time, so…