Location from Fire Emblem by Intelligent Systems / Nintendo
The original Fire Emblem continent — where Marth, the Hero-King, united warring nations and established the template for every Fire Emblem story since.
Archanea is where Fire Emblem began — Marth's continent, home to the original conflict between humans and the Earth Dragons that established the franchise's themes. The continent has been revisited across multiple games and remakes, and its characters (Marth, Tiki, Caeda) are the franchise's most iconic. In the broader franchise, Archanea connects to Ylisse (Awakening's continent) through a thousand-year time skip — Chrom is Marth's distant descendant.
A classic high-fantasy continent of castle towns, forests, and dragon lairs. The architecture is medieval European — Altea's castle, Dolhr's dark fortress, and the Dragon's Table. The visual style is the franchise's most traditional.
Also known as: Archanea, The Continent of Marth