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Sapphire Haze/ Blue Lions Child Units: - Varvara Labertina Blaiddyd - Eshe Johari Molinaro - Kypha Anne Fraldarius
Scorched Glades/ Opal Spring/ Black Eagles Child Units: - Wilhelm Von Hresvelg - Adia von Vestra - Lowena von Aegir
Emerald Dawn/ Golden Deer Child Units: - Azin Von Reigan - Farid Holst Gonriel - Ernestine Rose Gloucester
i think it would be fun for varvara to transform if you pass the time limit for the quest :3 and then you have to fight her. as a beast >:)
It absolutely would! I was actually thinking you'd either get a game over bad-ending cutscene, or a second boss fight. And I think a second boss fight would be more fun! Who knows, maybe if Varvara's mother is Byleth she might survive the encounter? Byleth, despite having Rhea blood (which is why the heart transplant/ crest transplant worked), did not turn into a white beast in Silver Snow (because of the Sothis thing). So maybe Varvara could survive if she has Byleth's blood in her?
Definitely a final final boss fight would be a very entertaining way to punish (in a fun game way!) players for being too slow...
how does varvara view dimitri?
Varvara loves her father. She, like most of the other children in the Blue Lions route, have heard about the feats Dimitri performed during the war, as well as the legends of the vengeful beast who protected Faerghus’ citizens. Yuri mentions to Byleth - just after they all reunite - that the commoners are already viewing Dimitri as a legend (“Townspeople on the front lines are terrified, and yet they simultaneously treat this as though he's some sort of hero blazing through the land”) ; imagine how much more compounded that becomes after the war is won and Dimitri becomes the wise and sane ruler for his people? She is inspired by him, and wants to be as good as he is.
Dimitri is not shy about what he used to be like, and he is not shy about how much he hated that version of himself. He warns Varvara against becoming like he was and urges her to become her own person. Those who suffered on the front lines before Byleth’s return still hail that version of Dimitri as a hero, so Varvara gets conflicting information on that front.
Varvara is also quite nervous about becoming the next queen. She wonders if her reign will be a footnote in the history books as the ruler after The saviour king Dimitri. She’s also aware that rulers who want to be remembered may make poor decisions for glory. Honestly Varvara despises the part of herself that wants to be remembered and known like the legends of her father - because Dimitri has never wanted that, and has professed again and again that a good ruler puts their people’s well being ahead of their own.
Surely wanting can’t be a part of that equation, surely a true ruler must be a vessel for her people’s desires? At least that’s how her thought process works.
This black and white thinking applies to many of the lessons she’s trying to learn about ruling, and are slowly changed throughout the story.
On a lighter note: Dimitri and Varvara probably often go into towns and poorer areas of their nation - Dimitri is eager to experience life as a normal citizen in three hopes, and knows the value of that; and in three houses he lived as one of Faerghus’ poorest people which will impact his reign for the better. He is eager for Varvara to know how their society works for from the bottom up, to know that her policies will affect the poor as well as the nobility. She for her part, loves these trips. She knows they will help her rule better when the time comes, but it also means she can interact with her Da in ordinary environments. The street food and sitting round fires until the early hours stargazing are also huge highlights of these trips.
i feel like lowena is the cat and adia is the protective guard dog in their dynamic (also the kind of pets you want to keep in separate rooms to keep from killing each other), which is hilarious considering their dads swap the cat-dog dynamic.
They both want to protect Wilhelm and help him, but both of them have very different ideas of how that should go! They absolutely should be kept in separate rooms if they were pets; I always envisioned Adia to be a bit more cat-like, but I imagine one of those handbag dogs who hates the world but loves 5 people would also be very her 😂!
They have a very fun dynamic I think.
i kinda feel like wilhelm doesn't really like Hubert... Maybe bc of what happened to adia? :)
Wilhelm absolutely blames Hubert for what happened to Adia and as a result has a bit of a tense relationship with him... He still cares for him (as a godfather, father, his mother's confidant depending on the marriage and Hubert's ending card), so it leaves Wilhelm with lots of complicated feelings that he's not really capable to dealing with. He just pushes it to the side and maybe writes about it when journalling.
now that you said there was an active conspiracy to keep wilhelm from the full truth of the crimson flower conquest, I'm just picturing him begging to be told, later thinking it's bc he's not adult enough, and growing his beard to prove his maturity lol.
Well, I recon he'd be aware of the Five Years War by the time he's emperor. History books will be written with changes to how Seiros was presented, and changes highlighting/ fabricating problems with the Seiros faith, and getting rid of the positive impact it had (classic scapegoat in an empire stuff); as well as minimising the death toll that the empire took. He wouldn't be aware of everything, but he would know of a lot of it.
Wilhelm is also fully aware of the current imperial expansion - but he is being kept from knowing about the state of the poorer people of Fodlan (particularly those in the war torn parts, like Farghus) and some of the less savoury tactics being used against those in Dagda, Almyra, and Sereng (where the expansion is happening) and the reason people want reform. He's also being subtly steered away from the people on the Vestra 'watch list' - those who aren't dangerous enough yet to be reeducated or eliminated (again Huberts endings often talk about that sort of secret police stuff), but still have dissenting opinions.
But when Wilhelm was younger and Edelgard was still emperor - I imagine she only gave up the throne when she became sick due to the crest experiment on her - he would ask to be told why the Vestras did some things, and want to know more about the Agarthan stuff, etc, and she would smile and assure him that he was ok, and he'd learn when he was older.
He did try to grow the beard to prove that he was old enough when he was a teen, with varying results:
ARE ESHE AND KYPHA FRIENDS?! 👀👀👀👀👀👀
They are absolutely best friends! The Knights of Loog are kind of the spiritual successor to The Whitewings. With Palla, Catria, and Est being Eshe, Kypha, and [another child unit].
They all consider each-other sisters. Eshe is one of two people that Kypha feels comfortable not wearing makeup around (the other is the third Knight of Loog); and one of three people she's comfortable opening up to.
Kypha's happiest memories are flying on the back of Cynthia beside the other two, over Duscar and Faerghus.
Also have a quick pegasus sisters/ Knights of Loog doodle (based on the super cute CG of the Whitewings on the right)
When should I start the non-canon parent pairings?
At the end of posting all the different house units
At the end of posting the Ingrid - Petra - Leonie child units
After posting the full designs of M!Avery - F!Avery
intrigued by the au where lowena somehow made it to the emperor position now...
I recon she would probably try to install a voting government, and rebuild some of the monasteries/ convents which would have been inevitably destroyed during the war. Lowena wouldn't have as much power as Wilhelm currently does, because she would probably give up some of the military and rule making capacities to allow for a parliamentary government; and the Vestras may not be on her side.
Honestly it would probably look a lot like pre-war Adrestia, with some better policies for the poorest in their society.
Obviously any dictatorial power, regardless of the power they give up later, or the goodness of their intentions, will make some serious mistakes which cost a lot of lives. I imagine she would be a lot more haunted by guilt if she was the emperor.
A fun AU idea, to be sure!
are you do the non canon parent pairings for the characters
Yes! I really would like to, although they would be absolutely non-canon, given that any marriage can get any of the child units.
I'm not really sure when do to them though...
I might put up a poll later, because I'm releasing them as each character archetype from the house, rather than one house and then another, and it would be ideal to do each house individually...
i wanna a-rank lowena and adia now. Just to see what their support chain is like lol
Ok, so I went completely overboard and just wrote what their A rank support might be! I hope you enjoy it 😅.
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Lowena: I understand you have your views, and I have mine. But… I suppose it would be impolite not to have a cup of something with you. For the sake of our fathers, at least.
Adia: Hmm.
Lowena: Father usually brings coffee and tea for them both, so I did too. Would you like a cup?
Adia: Yes. I suppose I would…
__ Scene changes __
Lowena: The weather we have been having is-
Adia: Stop this.
Lowena: Pardon me?
Adia: Pretending to enjoy discussing frivolity. We both know this is a farce.
Lowena: Surely there is more to me - and to you - than the empire or our parent’s war? Can we not just sit and discuss the beauty of the nature around us - and pretend, at least for a moment, that there is nothing more than trees and the breeze.
Adia: …
Lowena: Perhaps this was misguided.
Adia: Fine. Add sugar and milk please.
Lowena: ! Of course.
Adia: There is one thing about poetry that I… tolerate. [they will have previously discussed how Adia hates poetry in their B or C support] It has the capacity to describe the natural phenomena of the world in an emotive way. The sciences do lack that quality. [in their C support they discussed the sciences]
Lowena: Admitting defeat! Heh! I suppose that means you read the book on poetics of the natural world?
Adia: I suppose it does.
Lowena: I hope you enjoyed it.
Adia: I was surprised that the vile Serios’ work was permitted in an Imperial volume. But there is no denying that the creature had a talent for verse.
Lowena: Yes. Though even before the war, Lady Rhea was not known for her poetry, she did have a lovely way of using rhythm.
Adia: We do not use that name, Lowena. It was used to deceive the masses and poison the feckless traitors that our Empire removed.
Lowena: Of course… my apologies.
Adia: …
Adia: I actually asked father why that was permitted, but apparently regulating literature is a tricky business, and eliminating more of the creature’s works would have aroused suspicion.
Lowena: I see…
Adia: For all of the incredible failings, you can understand why people followed those… things. Serios had a way with words.
Lowena: Hmm.
Adia: Oh!
Adia: That is Dagdan coffee?
Lowena: Y-Yes. I asked my father to borrow some beans - he keeps it for when he must smooth waters with your father I believe.
Adia: It’s lovely… Thank you.
Lowena: ! I’m so glad.
Lowena: By the way… I do not mean to pry, [Adia’s portrait changes to angry], but your hand’s… erm… the Agarthan technology in the wrist seems to have spread upwards. Are you quite well?
Adia: I believe I have had enough of this… tea time now.
Lowena: Wait! I only wanted to express concern - I meant no harm! I mean it!
Adia: …
Lowena: Please. Stay. I just wanted to ask how adventurous the experimentation had become. But I overstepped. I apologise.
Adia: Why?
Lowena: I have heard unpleasant stories about what that technology does to people. Lady Cornelia for example, father told me of the preemptive strike against her forces; but before the war she had been a healer, and -
Adia: Information on Agartha is secret and known only to the imperial family and the Vestras. I knew this was just some ploy to gain information.
Lowena: I assure you that it was not!
Adia: Father was foolish in persuading me to meet with you. Now if you will excuse me, I have a colleague I must consult regarding these “adventurous experiments”. Goodbye Lowena.
Lowena: …
will varvara get a white beast transformation since she is blessed by seiros?
Sort of! She probably won't turn into a white beast, but the idea does influence some of the plot for Sapphire Haze.
I was thinking it would be good if - rather than feeling like a random boss for Silver Snow - there was later story significance, and if another route tied into that boss, it might be fun!
So...
During the late game, Rhea will discover (via an Agarthan experiment or ancient historical document or something) that dragon/ Nabatean blood may cause some catastrophic event should the dragon/ Nabatean loose their mind. Classic FE dragon stuff.
She comes to King Dimitri and Archbishop Byleth in shock requesting that Princess Varvara join them immediately. There she would share the news, terrified of their reactions, and for the wellbeing of those who had been under her care. Rhea had been using her blood to heal people, for the most part, so hearing that she put them in imminent danger will really impact her - we never see her reaction in Silver Snow, because before it happens it seems to be unheard of. (Seteth has no ideas about what's happening)
Varvara was given Rhea's blood as a child, when she was injured playing in the forest near the castle. She was taken to the monastery to be taken care of and Rhea eventually had to give her a healing transfusion. The crest of Serios only manifested in crestless people she healed, so the crest would have no negative or positive effect on someone who already bore a crest (other than healing), and after getting the OK from the Archbishop, Rhea gave the child some blood.
Anyway, back to present day, and King Dimitri requests a meeting with the Blue Lions and child units, to brainstorm what might help Rhea from loosing control and causing a catastrophe. One of the child units who has experience with Agarthans (so excited to reveal them later but alas, I have an order I want to do them all in!) as well as Sylvain who has a good grasp on magic and technology (three hopes) suggest a few things, and eventually Flayn suggests finding a mythical Dragon Stone. Or maybe making one. I haven't figured that bit out yet.
Eventually after the Dragon Stone is located (or made), there's a timed turn battle where Avery has to get either the heavily guarded Dragon Stone or get a magical item to finish the artificial Dragon Stone (again will figure that out later). Rhea has been getting progressively sicker. She insisted on coming so that if they get the stone they don't have to transport it all the way back.
Varvara at this point will also be getting sick, and so now one of the strongest units is unusable, there's a turn based timer, and there's a boss battle. It should be a tense/ fun gameplay experience.
Varvara: I'm Ok, just get Rhea the help she needs, Avery.
Avery: Don't turn into a dragon, Varya, Promise me. Rhea said we wouldn't be able to get you back if... sniffle.
Varvara: Hey, look at me. I know you can do this. You've never let me down before. Not when it counts.
Varvara: Besides, who will tease you about that Tassets-less armour if I die?
Avery: Another tasset pun?! Kinda glad you're not going with me!
Avery: But in all seriousness, stay safe.
Here's the final third-in-command/ friendly opponent character's child unit:
Kypha Anne Fraldarius
Second Knight of Loog
"Though not as difficult as her father, Kypha has inherited Felix's... charm. She's aggressive and blunt, but efficient. If you need a job done quickly, I'd call her. Eshe tells me not to be abrasive with her - she's not as tough emotionally as she might like me to think." - Varvara
Likes: Flying, Freedom, Praise, Drinking, Singing
Dislikes: Singing in front of people, Criticism, Loneliness, Sword Training, Imperfection.
when wilhelm gets old will his hair lose its brown streak? Or does he just redye it
I guess it looses its streak? or maybe it just goes grey so it's a slightly different colour to the rest of it. or maybe his hairline recedes as well. I don't know, I hadn't really thought about it.
It would be really funny if it just turned a different shade of white, and he had to cope with that as just how it was going to be.
I imagine he would dye it, particularly after ribbing from friends (Dorothea's son, whom I haven't posted yet, would probably mock him relentlessly)!
Ok so now its canon that his hair would turn a different shade of grey, because its funny.
considering that wilhelm was a fervent supporter of the empire before he started questioning things w adia, i have to imagine lowena sees him as a puppet of the regime rather than someone who can be worked with to reform the nation lol.
Lowena does think of him as a puppet, but is sure that even with his power, and even if he changed his mind, Wilhelm might not be able to counter the fire emblem secret police force that the Vestras head. Lowena is good at understanding people, and the private confusion on Wilhelm's face or the occasional drop in posture has been noted by her. She's cautiously optimistic.
Hubert - despite his convictions - is too loyal to the Hresvelg to do anything against him, should Wilhelm have a change of heart. But Adia on the other hand, has no such qualms. Lowena is hoping to speak to Wilhelm privately - if possible - sooner rather than later, before Hubert cedes his power to his daughter.
*cough* farid i know you're busy breeding rare wyverns but BRANCH OUT TO RARE PEGASI FROM HOSHIDO MAYBE- *cough*
If Farid were in Fire Emblem Heroes or Warriors, he’d probably be fascinated by all of the other games’ flying animals. He’d happily breed wyverns for Cherche and fun pegasi for all the different pegasus sisters. It would be magnificent!
so like. Are lowena and adia enemies? Since lowena's a rebel and adia's a hard-line imperial supporter.
Absolutely. The Vestras were keeping an eye on Lowena after she nominated herself for becoming emperor, when the succession was discussed (whydoihavetopickaname answered an ask on this, but if it's not on the internet anymore, I can find the rough answer she sent me for double checking!); so Adia already knew when they were both younger that Lowena was a potential threat. Now though, Adia has her own goals, and fights to maintain her version of order, whereas Lowena wants freedom of religion and speech - which some of the CF ending cards and NPC dialogue in other routes suggest did not happen. They both have differing opinions on The Five Years War as well.
I imagine the Adrestian Empire Founding Day (which should be like thanksgiving) is very awkward for all of the ex-strike-force and their children.
