Ephrachel

Ephrachel is the het ship between Ephraim and L'Arachel from the Fire Emblem fandom.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Depending on the player's choice, there are two ways for L'Arachel to meet Ephraim: On Eirika's route and in Chapter 15, Ephraim reunites with Eirika and her army in Jehanna, where L'Arachel is also located and she has no interactions with him other than her supports, while on Ephraim's route, he can personally talk to her in Chapter 11 to recruit her into his army. There she has much more interaction with him.

L'Arachel first appears in Ephraim's route in Chapter 10, where she warns Ephraim not to board a ship because of the phantom ship ruling the waters. She herself though, is intent on purging the seas of the ship, and runs off with Dozla and Rennac to do so. In the next chapter, L'Arachel and Dozla are aboard a ship without Rennac, fighting monsters. Ephraim can recruit L'Arachel, who is offended by the fact that Ephraim hasn't heard of her efforts in monster-fighting. L'Arachel and Ephraim converse after the battle, and she introduces herself as the Princess of Rausten, allying herself with Ephraim for the rest of the game. During the course of the story, L'Arachel tells Ephraim everything she knows about Lyon, the Sacred Stones and Fomortiis the Demon King, as well as the monsters.

In their C support, when Ephraim tells that everyone has roles in the battle, L'Arachel takes it as an excuse for him to have time to chat to her.

In their B support, at L'Arachel's request, Ephraim tries to show her wounds that she can heal, but when Ephraim says he would have to take off his armor to show her the ones on his shoulder, she calls him a "pervert" and leaves. In the Japanese version of their B support, rather than showing her his scars, he tries to show her some recently-closed wounds he sustained in battle. After she kicks up a fuss and runs away, the wounds open up again, forcing him to tend to them.

In their A support, L'Arachel reveals that she was not prepared to see a naked body of Ephraim, while he explains to her that it was a misunderstanding because of her request. She asks him not to see her in a vulgar way, as she doesn't consider it appropriate, but when Ephraim is about to say he would never do it, L'Arachel worries that he didn't see her as attractive and becomes nervous. Ephraim does not get her, but he thinks she is cute.

After returning to Rausten, L'Arachel allows Ephraim to take her Sacred Stone from her castle, after the one in Renais is scattered along with other three of them.

Later, after defeating Lyon in his last battle, the Demon King appears in front of everyone. L'Arachel prepares her Sacred Stone of Rausten to imprison hím, which she only succeeds in doing temporarily because the other four Sacred Stones were destroyed. L'Arachel finally trusts Ephraim to finally defeat the Demon King.

In the Epilogue, L'Arachel wonders aloud what would happen if she and Ephraim were to be betrothed. This may depend on whether they both have support A, for if this happens, L'Arachel visits Renais very often and marries Ephraim.

Fire Emblem Heroes
Ephraim and L'Arachel are two of the heroes that the player can summon separately via the Breidablik using orbs to help Alfonse and his sister Sharena defending their kingdom Askr from the Emblian Empire. As in their original game, Ephraim and L'Arachel can develop a bond via support. They can raise their level of support in the following ranks: C, B, A and S if they stand together in the gameplay.

Fanon
Ephrachel is a fairly popular in Sacred Stones fandom. It is usually shipped alongside Ephraim sister's het ship Sethrika, due to the commonality they find, as both L'Arachel and Seth ride horses being the potential lovers of the Renais siblings. Many fanworks take place in a post-game setting, both Ephraim and L'Arachel were added to Fire Emblem Heroes, some fans like featuring the pair in Askr. However, some fans criticize their supports, where Ephraim had to take off his armor to show his scars to L'Arachel, even if it is at her request.

Rival pairings are usually Ephtana (Ephraim x Tana) on Ephraim's side, then Dozlachel (Dozla x L'Arachel) and Innarachel (Innes x L'Arachel) on L'Arachel's side by the alternative possibility of marrying them instead of each other.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Ephraim/L'Arachel tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ephraim/L'Arachel tag on FanFiction.net
 * Ephraim/L'Arachel tag on FanFiction.net

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