(“The Cipher Frontier! With Emma, Shade, Yuzu and 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 29th issue of the column, originally published on the 22nd of June, 2017.)

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And with no further ado, shall we take a look at the contents of Series 9? First, the Land of the Gods starter deck!

Thank you, everybody!!!!

We want to take a minute to thank everyone again! One, two…

And we could never have come to such a wondrous day without all who have supported Cipher.

Er, indeed. You speak the truth!

Would you please stop with this absurd banter! With Series 9 we’ve certainly reached the second annversary, so today’s release is still a day worth celebrating!

Er, Emma… That’s something just about any grownup should know.

H-hold on, Emma! It’s fine. We’re close enough to it. Close enough!

Huh? But… Series 1 came out on the 25th of June, 2015, so aren’t we still three days away from the second anniversary?

And what is that supposed to mean? I’m happy! I can’t help it!

I’m just so… So happy… So giddy…!

My! It’s the second anniversary!

That’s right! Because today, the 22nd of June, is….

But that’s not how we see it, eh?

Mm. Normally there are some who see this as a melancholic time of year, wouldn’t you say?

So it is. It really is the rainy season, isn’t it?

Land of the Gods starter deck Featured titles: “Echoes: Shadows of Valentia” RRP: ¥1,300 (including tax) Contents: Pre-constructed deck of 50 cards, lord marker card, playmat, rulebook

Mm. Here’s what those four items look like.

Oh, hey, doesn’t it also come with a download code that can add four original items to “Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia” on Nintendo 3DS?

That’s right! From what I hear, this time it’s been structured to be easy to use whether you’re new to the game or have always been with us.

This starter deck features the cast of the new game, “Echoes: Shadows of Valentia”.

So even Sir Alm can don ribbons and accessories… Quite a sight.

So this is what they look like when you’ve got them equipped! It’s so beautiful!

Thunderous Earth booster pack Featured titles: “Echoes: Shadows of Valentia”, “The Binding Blade”, “Champion’s Sword”, “Path of Radiance”, “Radiant Dawn” RRP: 1 pack of 10 cards: ¥350 (including tax) 1 box of 16 packs: ¥5,600 (including tax)

But wait, there’s more! Here are the booster box bonuses!

Don’t forget Caineghis and Dheginsea, the laguz with power above all others!

I’d certainly like to put Sir Kilmar to use!

Roy and Ike are in this too, right? So exciting!

Oh, and we can’t forget that we’re not only looking at “Echoes”. Check out the neat skills that Al from “Champion’s Sword” and Skrimir from “Radiant Dawn” have!

Never seen a skill like this before! Bet a talented player could do all sorts of neat things with it.

The ability to swap characters mid-game really captures the essence of “Echoes”!

Only Alm and Celica have the ability to take the mantle of lord from somebody else. If your lord counts one of these two bearers of the skill among their allies, then you can completely turn the tides of the battle by passing on the lord mantle.

A-are you certain?! How in the world would one put that to use in battle?

With this series’ featured characters, Alm and Celica from “Echoes”, come the brand new, special “Hero Skills”! With these, you can change your lord right in the middle of a game!

Of course! Here they are!

We’re getting signed cards and panorama cards too this time, right?

I had a feeling you’d ask, Randal. That’s right! Don’t miss out on the “Heroes” cards, either!

Huh… These cards don’t have any symbols, like Blade of Light or Legendary Weapons, on ‘em. I mean, can you still deploy with a card like this as a bond, even without a symbol?

Oh? I suppose that these are the bonus Series 10 preview promotional cards?

Moving on, accompanying the release of Series 9, “It’s Summer! It’s Cipher! It’s a Campaign! Special Clear File Presents!” also begins today. Purchase eight booster packs and you will also receive one special-edition clear file!

That’s a bit too much of a conundrum for me… But I really like Eri Suzuki, so I’m so excited!

If we are showcasing the secret, is it… no longer a secret?

Mm. It’s Delthea’s secret card, featuring the eerieness of her time as a mind-controlled antagonist! Signed by Delthea’s actress, Eri Suzuki, it’s a beautiful first rainbow holo printed card for Cipher!

Hold on. I see an unfamiliar card… Is that… Delthea?

Signatures from both voice actors and creators… That’s certainly something.

These have been signed by the voices of Alm, Celica, Gray, Clair, Saber and Berkut - Natsuki Hanae, Nao Toyama, Kisho Taniyama, Aya Endo, Takehito Koyasu and Tatsuhisa Suzuki - and by Hiroshi Izawa and Kotaro Yamada, the author and illustrator respectively of the official comic “Champion’s Sword”!

All four of us are joining the battle!!

This downloadable content is a crossover with Cipher… Do you know what that means?

The fifth downloadable content pack is available for download from today!

And to round out today’s events… We have news about the Nintendo 3DS game “Echoes: Shadows of Valentia”!

I’ve difficulty commenting upon it, as you would expect.

That’s a… really long name it’s got.

Cipher Legends I RRP: ¥500 (JP), $3.99 (US), $5.69 (CA), €3.99 (EU), £3.59 (UK) An unfamiliar young face appears and claims her companion is in danger.

Cipher Legends II RRP: ¥500 (JP), $3.99 (US), $5.69 (CA), €3.99 (EU), £3.59 (UK) A dark shadow closes in on two women traveling across Valentia.

For this DLC, Sir Hidari graced us with illustrations. We look breathtaking for true!

Sniff… I can’t believe this day’s finally come… This is all too much!

The “Go! Go! Summer Tour” , an event celebrating Cipher’s second anniversary, is on from July!

As exciting as all of this Series 9 launch and downloadable content news is, it’s time for some event news.

Don’t forget to download and play it, everybody!

It’s strange to be talking about our own voices, but… They really captured our essences!

'Tis the first time I’ve heard myself… It truly is marvelous!

It’s nice that we’ve been given voices, too. Mine’s certainly pretty close to the real thing…

No matter which way I look at it, it really is me! Mm… How delightful.

We are ever so grateful to have been rendered so superbly. Truly, Sir Hidari took great care.

Eeeeee! Mine is just the cutest!!

Oh! How about we show you what you’ll be working with in the Colouring-In Area?

Mm. Be sure to check the official site for details!

For those of you who want to get a feel for what’s going on, I’ve got an interesting little bit of data for you.

I want to put those new Hero Skills to use, so I’m gonna be running Alm and Celica as my lords!

Mm! I’d love to see how they employ new cards and new lords, and soon!

Now, I bet everyone’ll be building all sorts of decks now that Series 9 is out…

Make sure you all come and play!

Why did only Randal know something so important?! B-but I want to go! I want to see a live painting!

I’m going to have to go to all of the venues!

I heard it from that old-timer, Kawade, on the last Niconico live broadcast. Didn’t you lot know about that?

They’re… They’re not… They’re not actually going to do an illustration live in front of us, are they?! Really?! Where did you hear this?!

Oh, that reminds me, we’ve got some brand-new information, too… From what I’ve heard, the illustrators won’t just be signing stuff. They’re also attending to do something called “live painting”.

Ah, of course. At each venue, we will be visited by illustrators who have worked with Fire Emblem. I, too, seek to receive their autographs!

I want to come and meet the illustrators for signings!

We’ll have so much to do that there’ll be something for everybody, even other Fire Emblem fans! I hope you drop on by, even if you’ve never played Cipher in your life.

I knew not that you were fond of colouring in, Sir Randal.

These are the rankings for the most commonly seen winning lords in shop battle events across Japan.

Eep… I still don’t understand… Where do you even get these statistics?

You can chalk up the changes in popular lords to the fact that these stats are from around the time of Series 7 and 8. See?

Whoa! Chrom has really been center-stage lately, hasn’t he!

From what I can tell, they added up all placings within the 1st to 10th range. This is less than 50% of the total number. [TN: i’m already bad enough at maths in english, there’s a 99% chance i’ve gotten this wrong]

What do you mean by that?

All up there are a lot of lords who’ve earned victories. Seems that there’ve been 100 or more lords who’ve led winning teams at shop tournaments during these periods.

Oho… How fascinating!

I’d love to see what changes the release of Series 9 will bring to these results.

May Cipher players nationwide press forward and never give in! May the research of these new cards begin with all due haste!

I’ll be running around like mad to use this new cards, too!

Make sure you all Go! Go! to the shops, 'kay?

Don’t forget this means that we’re finally pressing on into Cipher’s third year!

I hope that everybody can keep enjoying Cipher more and more…

The four of us will continue to do our best, more fired up than ever!

Whether it’s cards or events, we’ll still be bringing you all of the details from today on!

As we keep going on into the third year, all of us at Cipher’d like to say…