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    August 29, 2020

    Fire Emblem Byleth grew an angry doggo during five years

    Byleth grew an angry doggo during five years

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 03:36 PM PDT

    Post-timeskip Claude and Zeraora - The last piece of my FE3H x Pokemon series ��

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 01:12 PM PDT

    F!Morgan character sheet I drew

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 05:37 PM PDT

    Erk & Serra - One does not simply find a quiet moment to read in the library

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 08:53 AM PDT

    100% accurate image of Sophia with the A̵p̵o̵c̵a̵l̵y̵p̵s̵e̵ Flux tome ��️‍♀️��️‍♀️��️‍♀️ [commission]

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 05:54 AM PDT

    3d modeled/sculpted blutgang. Thoughts?

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 05:07 AM PDT

    I don't know why I made this but here you go

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 09:35 AM PDT

    Crimson Flower: Except Edelgard is Awesome

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 10:31 AM PDT

    [oc] doodle of fe3h girls as kda ��

    Posted: 28 Aug 2020 11:45 PM PDT

    I drew Lady Rinea!

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 04:11 AM PDT

    Fire Emblem: Three Rangers 2

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 08:54 AM PDT

    Some post time skip Ashe fanart, I hope you like it

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 07:03 PM PDT

    [OC] Silver-Haired Maiden

    Posted: 28 Aug 2020 10:38 PM PDT

    Shadows of Valentia Discussion Series - Est: Junior Whitewing

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 04:48 PM PDT

    Today, we are discussing Est.

    Est is a playable character in Shadows of Valentia, and is the young sister of Palla and Est.

    After the War of Shadows, she gets kidnapped by Greith. Her two sisters begin to follow the ship in an attempt to save her, but lose sight of her at Zofia Harbour. Jesse also tries to save her, but is also captured. After Celica's party rescues Jesse, they travel to Grieth's fort, defeat Grieth, and save Est. After the war, she returns to Archanea with her sisters, but promises to come back some day.

    Est is supported by:

    She has the following quotes.

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    Stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place: Why Eldigan isn't as shortsighted as one may think

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 06:58 AM PDT

    As always, FE4 spoilers are ahead, so turn around if you don't want to be spoiled on the game.

    Eldigan is one of the most visible non-playable characters in the first generation of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War; arguably he is the most visible one of the various NPCs that show up in the course of Sigurd's journey. Eldigan is the king of Nordion and one of the closest friends of Sigurd and Quan; however, he is forced to go up against them in Chapter 3 and dies, whether it is by the hand of Sigurd or by the hand of his own king, Chagall. Many people believe that Eldigan's actions are shortsighted; however, I will argue here that Eldigan did not have much choice but to make the choices that he did given that his other options were also crappy. In essence, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

    The Oath to Agustria: An Important Piece of Information left out of gameplay

    The first, and most compelling piece in my opinion, is the background of House Nordion and why they and not the "actual" kings of Agustria at Agusti wield the Mystletainn. Hezul, the Black Knight, was the crusader who wielded Mystletainn and was the first king of Agustria. However, his major holy blood was not inherited by his firstborn son, but instead by a daughter of his born later. The daughter was betrothed to the chieftain of Nordion at the time, but a condition was laid out: that the chieftain as well as any future descendants of theirs would swear loyalty to the kings in Agusti in order to be allowed to wield the Mystletainn.

    Suffice to say, this arrangement has persisted for over a hundred years; by now, it is not only solidified, but carries a lot of weight. If Eldigan were to go against the oath now, he would be bucking a hundred years of tradition that has governed the power structure in Agustria since its founding as a country. Unfortunately, this neat little detail is hidden in the FE4 Playing Guide but it's still very crucial to understanding Eldigan.

    Chapter 2 setting the stage for Eldigan in Chapter 3

    I'm not out to whitewash Eldigan and pretend that he is a perfect character stuck in a bad situation, because he does have flaws like his friends do. We see this here in Chapter 2, where Eldigan still tries to meet Chagall to convince him to change his mind even though he was warned by his own sister - the person he trusts the most (at least that we see anyways) - not to try. Shouzou Kaga said in an interview that Eldigan is "just too straight-laced." This is Eldigan's mistake here that leads to his arrest and inability to help defend in Chapter 2, and it will be his downfall.

    At the end of the chapter though, we see Eldigan save Chagall from death in spite of the fact that Chagall had held him in custody for however long the chapter lasted (possibly a few months). Eldigan could have let Chagall die but he chose not to most likely out of deference to the oath. Keep in mind that before this, Eldigan had only directly ruled over Nordion himself, not as the King of all of Agustria. If Eldigan let Chagall die, it's quite possible that any claim he would try to make to the Agustrian throne would be seen as an illegitimate power grab due to the fact that he didn't do all he could to save Chagall. It wouldn't have been great politically for Eldigan to try to seize power like that and very likely would have resulted in more fighting, a burden which Eldigan didn't want to put on the commoners of Agustria.

    Sigurd and Grannvale's role in Agustria up to Chapter 3

    At the end of Chapter 2 is when Eldigan confronts Sigurd over what has happened; he accuses Sigurd of invading Agustria and making it a tributary state of Grannvale, which is...exactly what has happened. Sigurd's excursion to help out Lachesis quickly became a strike to take Heirhein, which led to taking Anphony, Mackily, and finally the capital itself Agusti. Now, most of the vital cities in Agustria have been put under the control of Grannvale, and Grannvale has become an occupying force. Eldigan as an Agustrian lord has an interest in stopping his country from getting taken over; he gets Sigurd to promise that Grannvale will eventually leave Agustria and allow Chagall to rule again.

    Of course by the time Chapter 3 started, not much has gotten better. Sigurd hasn't started his exit strategy yet because he simply hasn't received the orders to hand over the governance of the country to anyone else, and it's for the worse. The introduction to the chapter states that the bureaucrats that have moved into Agustria to assist Sigurd have begun to "abuse their power," something which made the Agustrian people become disgruntled. Surely, Eldigan has this in mind when planning out his actions during the chapter.

    Eldigan stuck between two crappy situations

    After Madino is seized is when Chagall orders Eldigan to go out to fight Sigurd, if only because Chagall is able to prey upon Eldigan's flaw and accuse him of being dishonorable. As anyone who has played FE4 knows, after this Eldigan goes out and either is killed in battle or convinced by Lachesis to stop fighting. In the latter case he goes back to Sylvale to convince Chagall to stop attacking Sigurd, which results in Eldigan's execution at the hands of Chagall.

    This is the part where many accuse Eldigan of being dumb: the simple solution often proposed for Eldigan is for him to turn on Chagall, ally with Sigurd, and take the Agustrian throne for himself after Chagall is killed. But this solution just isn't as simple as it seems. As I stated above, any attempt to take the Agustrian throne would carry political difficulties; however, it would look even worse here because of Eldigan essentially enlisting the help of a foreign power (Grannvale) to help him do it. It wouldn't help Eldigan's popularity to ally with the same people who are corrupt and exploiting Agustria for their own enrichment. In a way, Eldigan needed Chagall to stay alive because Chagall was one of the last remaining symbols of an independent Agustria alive; his death would mean chaos for Agustria.

    Of course, the other shitty choice was the one that Eldigan went with, which was that he went back to Chagall and then allowed himself to get executed. He could have pulled out Mystletainn here and killed Chagall on the spot but chose not to. This is his flaw once again - that he cannot do anything "dishonorable." But in a way, given everything that was up in Grannvale, maybe Eldigan saw himself as some sort of sacrifice to help Chagall retain rule of Agustria. Or maybe Eldigan would have felt that there was no way out anyways at that point - the Cross Knights being annihilated by Sigurd's forces, no real chance of Agustria making it out with some semblance of being an intact, sovereign state. Eldigan didn't give himself up solely because of his adherence to his values - there are actual considerations that may have led him to believe that this was the best choice.

    Conclusion

    Eldigan for sure is a flawed character: he is too hellbent on sticking to his knightly values and this leads to his downfall. Yet in many ways, he really didn't have much of a choice. By the end of his life, he was stuck between two shitty choices: continue to serve his corrupt king in the hopes that Agustria can stay an independent nation or break the hundred-year long oath and betray his king for a foreign power in the hopes that he can somehow usurp power after everything is settled down. The options are not as simple as just joining Sigurd and continuing the story happily with no obstacles as if it were a fairy tale. There was no easy recourse for Eldigan and either option carried its own benefits and risks; the choice isn't as obvious as one may think. Eldigan's tragedy was not necessarily that his flaws clouded his judgment to where he suffered from the consequences, but that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    Ultimately though, that's just my opinion. What are your thoughts on Eldigan? Do you agree that Eldigan was stuck between a rock and a hard place? Comment down below. For those of you who are following the FE4 character analysis series that is still ongoing, I will release my analysis of Ulster next week. Until then.

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    Older Tharja Concept

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 03:51 PM PDT

    Tharja in Bravely Default style (by @andmish)

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 04:06 PM PDT

    [OC] Azure Moon, Dimileth roleswap AU

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 08:00 AM PDT

    Edelgard Twitter@mystigrx

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:59 AM PDT

    Unit Dies in Hilarious Way

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 05:50 PM PDT

    This happened in Chapter 14 of Shadow Dragon (FE11).

    Half way through the chapter I decided to bring Marth around Castle walls to intercept two Pegasus knights approaching from the west. It turned out that these two units were not enemies, instead they were Macedonian defectors Palla and Catria. They both expressed their desire to join under the banner of the Archanean league and reunite with their sister Minerva. Unfortunately for Catria, this was not meant to be, as an archer from the other side of the wall equipped with a longbow (during the same enemy turn) killed her within seconds of her joining my party.

    This had me laughing for the rest of the night and might be my favorite FE memory.

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    Black Eagle Cards

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 01:54 PM PDT

    Why does the Fire Emblem community love FE6 so much?

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:17 AM PDT

    Fire Emblem 6, also known as the Binding Blade or Sword of Seals, seems to be pretty universally acclaimed in the Fire Emblem community. Between this one and FE4 Geneology of the Holy War, it's quite often considered one of the top Fire Emblem games, if not the best itself. I am curious to know what everyone loves the most from this game.

    I'm playing through it now and I am on chapter 7, where you are retaking Ostia from the rebel forces trying to surrender it to Bern. It's pretty fun, pretty challenging and the story so far seems in-depth and interesting. So I kind of what to get a feel from the community or from those who consider it a top-3 FE game what parts they love the most. Is it the gameplay and chapters, or the characters and story, nostalgia/how it holds up after almost 20 years, or a combination of all of the above?

    Also some personal background, I was obsessed with Roy in Smash Bros Melee and really wanted to play his Fire Emblem game as a kid, but never got the chance because I was too little to figure out emulation. I played and enjoyed FE7 and 8, then moved on from the series until I decided to check out Three Houses during quarantine, and now I am back into it. So if anyone has had a similar experience with the series as I did (taking a big break and coming back to it) it would be cool to get your thoughts as well!

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    Thinking about getting a 3ds to play awakening/fates. Is it worth it in 2020?

    Posted: 29 Aug 2020 10:38 AM PDT

    Hello everyone!

    I've been playing Fire Emblem since Blazing Blade, and have played every entry from that point on (GC, Wii, Switch) except for the DS/3DS entries (never had one growing up unfortunately!)

    Ive been wanting to get a 2DSXL/3DS for a bit now mainly to play Echoes, Shadow Dragon, Awakening and potentially Fates.

    Do you think it's still worth it nowadays? The whole setup would be pretty much a 3-4 months entertainment budget for me, so I want to make sure I'll have plenty to do for said 3-4 months!

    Thanks a lot!

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