A little sad theory based on the recent clip

Dietrich's sword Answerer did not react to Seteth. It cries out when a powerful foe approach, and Seteth is definitely a very strong fighter, so how come ?

What if Answerer does not see Nabateans as enemies because deep down, it's still one too ?

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u/Mahelas — 1 month ago

Fortune's Weave is actually a sequel to Thracia 776

Obviously joke post but seriously, I think Thracia might have been the last time we had a playable roster with this many amoral fighters, jaded mercenaries and genuine assholes that gave the vibe of "fuck we're desperate, let's recruit anyone that is willing to fight for us, yes that includes the evil bandits and litteral slavers, why do you ask ?"

And I have to admit, I love it, it's such a bold move from IS, espeially in modern Fire Emblem times, with the social stuff and all the increased opportunities for characters to express themselves !

Like, imagine having Bird Time with Perne or sharing a meal with Lifis and Illios, it's crazy. I never thought we'd have such variety again. And it makes sense too, the Heroic Games is such an important event, and everybody is so desperate to win for personal reasons, of course they'd hire Villageburner the bandit if it increased the chances of winning !

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u/Mahelas — 1 month ago

I love her already your honor

I absolutely adore her english VA omg, the tone, the inflexions, she's serving major Constance greatness it's so peak

u/Mahelas — 2 months ago

Confirmation of Yu Phas identity/appearance ?

While the ages and height are obviously very interesting, can we talk about this picture in the middle of the page ?

That's clearly the statue we saw in the ruined temple clip of Bonaventure's gameplay ! The text is too small to read but if it's in the magazine, and there's an in-game close-up of this statue with a Theodora comment, that's Yu Phas right ?

u/Mahelas — 2 months ago

It's truly crazy how many more opportunities characters have to express themselves now

Kinda inspired by a few threads last week of people worried a roster too big would meant characters would have less development. I was watching a preview, and I just realized just how much more character moments you get in new Fire Emblem games.

Like, take two old school minor characters that I like, Rafiel from Radiant Dawn and Knoll in Sacred Stones. What do they get ? One scene with a few dialogues the chapter they join, a death quote, maybe a few extra battle quotes in specific missable interactions, and for Knoll, 3 supports. And that's it. Anything else, you have to make yourself in your mind.

Now look at Fortune's Weave, and Catania, who's the tutorial recruitable unit for Leda. She have her introduction quote. Then she has context-specific dialogues in the hub world regularly (I wanna say every month like in 3H, but not sure yet) commenting about what's going on. Then she has *BIRD TIME* (first pic, forgive the google trad).

https://preview.redd.it/955en0u29elh1.png?width=1330&format=png&auto=webp&s=1e92b883f418a25e6c380e1dc0066230430700b8

Then she has specific quotes for meals depending on her likes, for training and for every single distinct temple social activity. Then she has the battle quotes, a select quote that changes depending of her HPs, crit quotes, death quote, level-up quotes, pair-up quotes.

AND THEN, she has also world map quotes, both in camps and simply yapping when you stop or rest or ask her to gather ressources on the map itself (second picture, forgive the google trad again it's not perfect).

https://preview.redd.it/zass0qqf8elh1.png?width=1325&format=png&auto=webp&s=17be5a1f6e0cd64b6eef413b6779747a05ad86eb

Before even mentioning story or supports, she probably have more written lines than 5 Radiant Dawn characters together. That Bird Time convo alone is a nice character trait that would require a support to learn in a previous game. But here, it's just one quote out of many !

It's crazy, isn't it ? Personally, I love it. Fire Emblem is at its best when they give you a fuckton of glorbos with cool designs to play with, and now you get them to express themselves even if they're not important. It's just the perfect amount of little character-building that, alongside their gameplay prowesses, let you grow attached to a character !

So yeah, I think worrying about roster sizes in modern FEs is futile. There's just too many passive tools for characters to express themselves. I expect minor randos to get less supports than in 3H (like say 5-8 convos with only a few going up to A) and I like it, not everybody need a dozen bonds for life, it's organic that not all your characters will vibe with eachother, or interact at all. But even if you think it's too much, just look at how much they yap everywhere else !

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u/Mahelas — 2 months ago

A few informations from the latest Dengeki issue

Okay so I'm not sure how legit it is, but it does seems honest. There's a guy on twitter who got the latest edition of Dengeki Magazine which was a big issue about Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave, and there seems to be some bio info of characters

ANYWAYS, from what he said :

- Fabio is 200cm tall and his birthday is the 30/7

- Buccar and Bonaventure are both 49 years old

If there's more, I'll update it !

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u/Mahelas — 2 months ago

An interesting link between Theodora and Anatolia

https://preview.redd.it/2xrrvnnfcdkh1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=bbe404ddd00ceaa439c8d4c02b8c28df5a3bfa0b

In this screenshot from Nintendo Dream Web preview, Anatolia says that Theodora is a "descendant of Damascar" and that it make her a "compatriot" of Anatolia.

Even more interesting, the description the journalist wrote explicitly call Anatolia a member of the "White Egg" people, aka the original people genocided by Dagda and saved by Yu Phas, who then became Damascar and later, Saramis.

Since Anatolia is heavily linked with advanced Agarthan technology and the Nuwa people, it might confirm that the White Egg people were Agarthans !

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u/Mahelas — 2 months ago