
In Grann 776, while Leif and Finn were absent on a mission with the Freeblades, Fiana was invaded by Raydrik, the Duke of Munster in Grannvale's occupation, who abducted Nanna and Mareeta, Eyvel's adoptive daughter. The Munster District was subjugated by Thracia following the deaths of Prince Quan of Leonster and his wife Ethlyn in the Aed Massacre, forcing the Leonster knight Finn and his wife Lachesis to flee Leonster with Quan's infant son Leif however, shortly after its capture of the District, Thracia was defeated by Grannvale and forced to cede control of the Munster District to Grannvale's House Friege, becoming a servant state to Grannvale.įor the following thirteen years, Leif was raised by Finn and Lachesis while on the run from the Grannvale forces hunting him, along with Finn and Lachesis's daughter Nanna they eventually settled in Fiana, a remote Thracian village, under the protection of its leader Eyvel and her Fiana Freeblades. In the aftermath of the Battle of Belhalla in Grann 761, almost the entirety of the continent of Jugdral fell under the domination of Grannvale, now an empire headed by Emperor Arvis.

1.5 Leonster's liberation and aftermath.While Thracia 776 fundamentally tells the same story about Leif depicted in passing in Genealogy of the Holy War, there are some minor changes to the events of the prior game. It stars Leif, a playable character in the second generation of Genealogy of the Holy War, and details his revolutionary struggle against the Grannvale Empire's occupation of the Munster District. Thracia 776 is a midquel to its predecessor, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, set entirely in Jugdral's Thracian Peninsula during the year Grann 776 this places it approximately before and during the sixth, seventh, and eighth chapters of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Originally released in 1999 through the Nintendo Power flash cartridge writing service, it received a formal Super Famicom cartridge release in early 2000. It is the fifth game installment in the Fire Emblem series, the third for Super Famicom, and is the final game in the series by creator Shouzou Kaga before he left Intelligent Systems.
