Well, since we’ll probably get some Fortune’s Weave news in a week or two, I feel like locking in some of my wildest predictions for the game. At least from what we saw in the first trailer. Most of these will probably be wrong, so please think of this as a living document of evolving theories as we learn more and more about the game.
There will be an avatar character. It’ll be kinda like how in Skyrim’s character creator, there’s multiple different versions of humans based on what country they’re from. Four or five different national origins you pick from that determine things like base stats and aptitudes. They’ll probably be the various countries of the Dagdiun continent, maybe some of the neighboring countries of Fodlan, and of course, Fodlanese themselves. I think most of the Dagdiun nations will be based on ancient Rome and her neighbours.
The orange haired sword infantry guy seen in Cai, Theodora, and Dietrich’s armies is one of these avatar characters. Mostly like from a country that gives aptitudes to swordsmanship.
The main story of Fortune’s Weave will consist of four separate storylines happening concurrently to each other, Sonic Adventure style. Also Sonic Adventure style, there’ll be a final chapter sort of deal that ties them all together. It’ll involve some Zero Escape bullshit where Sothis gives the Avatar memories from all four timelines, thus allowing them to figure out how to get the Golden Ending.
The main diverging point for the four main routes is who wins the Heroic games, which’ll happen about 80-90% of the way through the game. Heroes get their wish, and spend the next 3-5 hours dealing with the fallout until it all ends in their final battle.
Sothis’s deal is that an incarnation of her lingering will/ consciousness can tell some bullshit’s going down at the heroic games. So she starts visiting the avatar in their dreams to help them put a stop to it.
Cai will be a sort of generic hero boy who’s route is the intended first playthrough meant to introduce the player to the setting proper. Partway through the story he’ll be too late to save his father, and instead use his wish to help the Sovereign fend off the threats he and the city face. He’ll be innocent and well meaning, but ignorant to the harm inflicted by the Sovereign and nobles of the city, leading to eventual conflict with the other lords.
Theodora will be fighting in the games in order to earn the right to inherit the throne of her country. Her father, the king, is an asshole, and in turn Theodora’s main character arc will be about becoming queen not for her fathers approval, but the well being of her people. Without the avatar's influence, though, she won’t win the heroic game and fail to stop her father from invading the Rome esc country the games are held in.
Dietrich is obviously from Fodlan, an ancestry of Mercedes and Jeritza. He’s working for the Agarthans. They learned of a nabatian who’s set up shop in Dagda (The sovereign), and sent Dietrich to assassinate him. It’ll turn out there’s some shady business with the Sovereign, but also some genuine good intent as well. Eventually, Dietrich learns whatever method the Sovereign uses to grant wishes is slowly causing him to degenerate over the years. In the end, Dietrich kills the sovereign as a mercy kill.
Leda’s home village was burned down and destroyed by a corrupt noble who’s a big wig in the fantasy rome country the Heroic Games take place in. She goes through a revenge story arc of “don’t kill him for your personal satisfaction, do it to stop him from hurting more people”. She gained her dark powers by making a deal with the agarthans or a similar Dagdiun cult, so she’d have the power to get her revenge. The man she wants revenge on will end up being an important political ally for the other lords to achieve their aims, thus forcing her into conflict with them.
In the Golden Ending, the avatar finds a way to kill Leda’s revenge target without fucking over the other lords. The shadier dealings of the Sovereign are made to light, but also a way to stop them without killing the Sovereign himself, bringing Cai and Dietrich on board. And with the help of the other lords and the avatar, Theodora’s able to ascend the throne and stop her father from invading. It turns out the Sovereigns' wish granting macguffin was secretly part of a plan to make a new physical vessel for Sothis to inhabit, but it fails and turns into a big final boss monster. Heroes win. Looks like the real way to grant your wishes was the friends we made along the way. Our fortunes certainly weaved together. Get a CG with whoever you decided to marry. The end.
There will be shapeshifting units, but only a small handful of specific units can be promoted into them for lore reasons.
The guns are ranged gauntlets powered by magic.
The game takes place before the events of Three Houses, but after the red canyon, on the continent of Dagda. So it’s like a prequel/ sidequel.
Similar hub area and calendar system to Three Houses. However, a main story map happens at the end of every week instead of every month.
There will be a fair bit of map reuse. Some maps are used for shared chapters. Other maps are visited at different times in the lord's stories, featuring different enemy layouts and win conditions.
There will be 3-5 gay options of either gender. Somehow, there will be two obvious characters that are super popular with lgbt audiences that are straight.
Mouse joycon mode integration.
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