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ind. gaiden-based alm

[drakslay]

          –  –  ––––𝐓𝐇𝐄     𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎     𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆?     It   is   true   that   our   people   have   become   fond   of   calling   him   that.   Kings   are   not   omnipotent.   There   are   limits   to   what   they   can   do.   Most   people   realize   this   and   can   come   to   terms   with   that   reality.   But   Marth   cannot   do   that..   He   truly   thinks   that   𝐇𝐄   𝐂𝐀𝐍   𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄   𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄. 

                     independent   &   selective   marth   of   fe:   1,   3,   11,   12.     by   soji.

[valflame]

[valflame]

valflame‌:

                   【   I WILL REMAKE THE WORLD                                                       TEAR DOWN DIVISIONS                                          AND MAKE THINGS EQUITABLE FOR ALL—!!   】

INDIE ARVIS VELTHOMER FROM GENEALOGY OF THE HOLY WAR PLAYED BY PIGEON

[gaileon]

i’ve answered everything that i owe to people that seem to either be active currently OR have talked with me recently so i’m aware they could still be posting/interacting with me! there’s a couple of other ones that i’d be happy to continue once i see some indicator of a desire from those people to keep writing their muses, but until then, it feels good to be caught up! glad to be back and enjoying alm again honestly!

[aanyaforger]

lord of a dead empire

[gaileon]

lucisflos‌:

“Sorry I didn’t mean to disrupt your training,still it nice that having brings memories for you.”She smiled while he practiced his swing he was in a good mood which was inspring most people were focus when they trained it amazed that he can multitask while still staying focused on his training she can learn from him.”Actually I did came to train but some of the spots are taken for the moment so I’m waiting for one of them to open but I thought I can watch while I wait and it is.”

   “ is that so? ”  another arc of his practice blade, though falchion rests at his side, ready to be unsheathed at any point should he desire it.  “ you can train with me then, or take my space. hiiiiYAH! ”

he puts more force behind that last swing. he turns to lucina then, wiping the sweat off his brow. his lips spread into a toothy grin, satisfied with the way his heart thumps a little faster from all the physical exertion.

“ i've been meaning to ask you something anyway. ”

[gaileon]

long ass fucking meta under the cut on alm’s growth, primarily focused on his shift in values (and also going into what they were to begin with) as his character arc in fire emblem gaiden. all quotes used in this are subsequently from that game.

alm’s main flaws are his naivete and his impulsiveness. when going on gut instinct while you, frankly, have less information on what’s happening around you, that’s just dangerous. alm’s victories are won by the knowledge mycen has drilled into him since he’s been a child ( after all, mycen knew that one day alm would have to set out in a war against rigel should things go to plan ) and his own unique strength. alm is mentioned to be a cut above the rest, reflected in how he is not only a unique class but also his stats being higher than even lukas, someone with actual military training, from the beginning. kliff has good reason to feel insecure and implore alm to be the one to save him in a pinch, and this strength plus alm’s good heart is likely what landed him a leadership position within his childhood friend group.

is alm’s strength something deriving from his genes? a blessing from his cross-shaped birthmark? something to truly set himself as a rigelian and not a zofian? i could speculate all day if i wanted to, but that matters not for the main argument i have to bring here: alm’s strength is what allows him to get his goals, and his goals are ones most agree with because he has a good heart, thus with power and kindness, what he needs most now is to mature mentally and see the world differently from how he did when he started his adventure.

alm grows up incredibly sheltered. being raised in ram village, he has lived most of his life in a far corner of valentia, unable to come into contact with much of anything. his education is implied to be solely through what mycen teaches him, and considering the low profile mycen was trying to keep, it is unlikely alm traveled much or had any reason to gain information or mature his world view. the fighter lacks experience, and he merely thinks like how his neighbors do as commoners.

he believes in the idea that mila will save them. the earth mother is all what zofians have relied upon for many years, leading consequently to their sloth. mila has blessed them with bounty and the people celebrate her. as someone growing up in a farming and ranching village with a large focus on winery, it makes entire sense that he was raised in a community that praised mila more than anything, for it was her blessings that has made their primary source of income able to work. they don’t have a plan b without her. alm defaults to faith in her, unable to come to terms on his own that they would ever be without her even in the face of a very certain famine. this is why his conversation with forsyth is so important.

Forsyth: It seems that Desaix’s requested aid from the northern power Rigel. Zofia’s forces can’t compare to the might of the knights of Rigel. If the Kingdom of Rigel makes a move, we won’t stand a chance.

Alm: But the “Pact of the Gods” upheld by Zofia and Rigel means we shouldn’t come to blows, right? Our guardian, the Lady Mila, would never permit such a thing.

Forsyth: Yeah, but see… There’s a rumor, it seems, that Lady Mila’s disappeared. Hey, hey. Don’t be so surprised. After all, it’s been kind of weird lately, hasn’t it? Around here, the crops have been failing, and all that’s showing up are a bunch of strange demonic creatures. You can’t help but wonder if the powers of Lady Mila, Protector of the Earth, are waning. Well, if you go to the Temple of Mila, you should be able to find out if this rumor’s true.

forsyth is the one to bring up bad news politically, only for alm to reply back that there’s no way rigel could send troops to zofia. mila wouldn’t allow that. but mila can’t do a thing about it, forsyth essentially tells him. mila’s gone. she hasn’t been helping them for a while. forsyth is the one to open alm’s eyes.

alm’s beginning to think for himself and truly evaluate what’s before him. when celica reunites with him on the rooftop, we start to see this shift. 

Celica: [...] Alm, I have a request for you. Is there no way war against the Kingdom of Rigel can be avoided?

Alm: That’s impossible. Emperor Rudolf of Rigel has seized the opportunity to attack while Zofia’s still weakened by civil war. He’s already started an invasion. At this rate, the Kingdom of Zofia is going to be destroyed.

Celica: But when it comes down to it, both Rigelians and Zofians are the same, aren’t they? We are all people of Valentia. Even if these divisions of country no longer existed, we should all still be able to live together in happiness.

Alm: That’s no good. You can’t just tell the people of Zofia to go live under the barbarous rule of Rigel. Seeing as how Rigel aided Desaix in ravaging the lands of Zofia, we’ve got no choice but to fight.

celica does something eerily similar to what alm did before: she suggests that war between zofia and rigel can be avoided (albeit for different reasons than alm did). however, when presented with this statement, alm is now the one to shoot it down and stubbornly so. we see alm now taking forsyth’s counter, thinking it through, and accepting it. alm’s previous argument, zofia and rigel cannot go to war because mila wouldn’t let it happen, hinges upon his faith in mila. him no longer believing that peace is possible between the two nations displays then a loss of faith in mila. alm has turned to be a figure who does not blindly devote himself to the gods, shedding some of that initial mindset, and this also puts him one step closer to what gaiden purports to be the ideal person: someone who does not rely too much on deities but instead themself. we must remember that this whole game’s conflict starts with emperor rudolf of rigel’s dissatisfaction with the state of affairs in all of valentia and wishing to reset it entirely, using his son — alm — as the figure that would pave the way.

in order for rudolf’s ambition to be realized, alm had to lose his fath. being less religious, for him, is linked with independence, one of the values that gaiden puts on a pedestal.

but that is not the only large shift in ideology that alm goes through. in the same conversation with celica as was referenced above, the following discussion happens:

Celica: Unless, Alm, now that everyone’s holding you up as a hero, you want to become the king of the country as well?

Alm: What! That’s mean, Celica. I don’t have those kinds of ambitions. I just want to protect the people of Zofia, that’s all. Besides, it seems that the royal family of Zofia’s only remaining princess is still alive, so I’m planning to search for her. As soon as I find that princess, I’m returning to the village.

keep in mind that zofia’s sole remaining princess being alive is nothing more than a rumor at this point as far as alm is concerned. but he is quick to believe it. in all honestly, alm is quick to believe just about anything in gaiden, which is another point to his naivete. 

regardless, his desire to find her to restore her to the throne highlights this mindset that he believes certain people are born to rule. he goes along with the class system, likely something zofia perpetuates, while rigel is more likely to reward people based on merit since that empire values strength so much. alm believes there are bad rulers, but he nonetheless thinks a princess he knows nothing about and doesn’t even know if she’s alive deserves to be on the throne more than any of the people who are working actively towards zofia’s liberation. 

however, by the end of the game, alm becomes the holy king (or, rather, as sov puts it, the saint king) of valentia. he, who was raised as a commoner, takes on this role. he may have the blood of an emperor, but he was not raised to fulfill the throne. he takes to it though, believing it to be his responsibility instead of giving sole control to celica which would’ve aligned perfectly well with his plan from before: to find the lost princess of zofia and then return home.

he learns returning home is not his end goal anymore, and when i take sov’s writing into account ( his a-rank support with faye to be specific when he answers why he can’t return faye’s feelings or why his dream is not to return home to ram ) for once, this is something he decides even before he finds out his true bloodline. he makes this decision without the basis that it’s his birthright to rule over rigel, but because of a difference in ideology. he no longer believes that he should have no hand in the matters of state with valentia and that he should just hand it off to a royal that he may hope will be benevolent. 

in doing this, he is also proving he is not falling to the same fate of all the zofians who relied on others, namely mila, to give them prosperity. he’s decided he shall do it with his own hands, and he will do it the whole way.

[gaileon]

cavaliant replied to your post: throwback thursday to when my icons used to look...

the last one…

i originally planned on doing one memey thinking emoji icon with every single muse i played but that dream died HARD

[gaileon]

throwback thursday to when my icons used to look like this

[gaileon]

emblemcrowned‌:

       She couldn’t deny his point - Veronica had the ability to enlist whoever she needed for her army. And yet… Cygnus had trouble putting it to words. Several times, her lips parted to form words which wouldn’t come. Taking a deep breath, she explained.

       ❝ This… Is normal. ❞ Despite the veil of the Emblian headpiece covering her worsened vision, the Fafnir glanced over her shoulder, as if gazing at her limp wings, which appeared as nothing more than shapes to her eyes. ❝ My people… We… Protect Embla. At the border. They… Respect us. We… Guard them. That’s… Our - my - life. ❞

       She inhaled, calmly. ❝ So… You see… My purpose… Is to protect… My people… and Embla. King Surtr… I trust him not. Veronica… I worry for her. ❞

   “ you say it like your whole race is meant to do it. but not everyone's built to be a fighter. not everyone should have to be one. that's the opposite of normal! ”  alm thinks of what kliff had told him before setting out of ram —  ‘ but if i get in trouble, you've gotta help me out. we're not like you. we're not good at fighting yet, y'know. ’

that... was the natural way for it to work. the strong use their strength, what they were blessed with, to protect those who cannot be strong themselves. there was nothing wrong with that; like how some people were born to rule, and others were born to raise crops.

at least, that's how he figured it.

“ but that's fine, so long as you really want to fight. i get what you mean. i mean... i kinda am in it to keep her safe too. who's this surtr guy though? what'd he do? ”

[gaileon]

cavaliant‌:

The comment on his choice of weapon is unexpected, but the fact that he’s been heard of is even more so. Perhaps he is simply being made fun of–but for now, there’s no reason to not take the words at face value.

“I suppose steel swords would be cheaper to maintain for comparable strength, but Friegan soldiers often have an affinity for thunder. Swords like these are not uncommon amongst our ranks. Are they more basic weapons where you come from?”

  “ maintain, huh? i've never really worried about that kinda thing. ”  was this another of zofia's blessings he had taken for granted? were valentia's weapons made from ore much more stronger than those from this man's realm?

“ it's a weapon most villagers would get excited about, but it's nothing a really important knight or anything would use back home. lightning only does so much damage, so you eventually get stronger than it, you know? ...well, i guess not, if your army's loving the stuff. ”

[gaileon]

zofiablooded‌:

✙ | She could feel her heart beating quickly from the words that she just said. Celica feels like she could be on Cloud Nine right now, and all of her worries and doubts could just disappear, whenever she’s around him. Of course, there’s no denying that her words just now felt quite cheesy to say, but it’s definitely her true feelings.

Celica listens intently, and she’s also taken notice of Alm’s cheeks, a blushing cherry red color painted over his face. It’s clear that he, too, also felt that way, even though Alm wasn’t the type to say those words in front of anyone else. (At least, not in the general public, even if Celica was right there by his side.) Her heart continues beat as she nods in agreement in his words, though a certain noise from a feline made her jump slightly, before looking over at the cat. 

“Oh!” Her free hand was over her own chest, as she sees the cat getting close to her own ankle. She stifles a snicker after hearing Alm laughing out loud, and agrees with another nod, still looking at the cat. “Ahaha, it seems so. My, is it because of the fish I brought earlier?~ I’m glad you enjoyed the snack, kitty.~ I don’t have another one right now, but I promise you, I’ll fetch more fish for you next time!”

  “ i think you're not giving yourself enough credit. there's just something about you that makes animals like you a bunch. ”  unlike himself. he still recalls all the trouble he's had with the sheep back at ram village, much to his chagrin. meanwhile, though celica had been a bit standoffish in her early days, the livestock had taken to her quickly, and it seems like even the cats did as well.

alm bends down a little to the cat, amusement in his expression.  “ i met you first, but you like celica more? way to blow off a guy. ”

the cat proceeds to ignore him, in favor of showing more affection against celica's leg. alm stands up straight again, using his free hand to run through his hair.  “ well, that's that. ”

[gaileon]

drabble exploring different alms meeting one another in zenith. tw: themes of dissociation and unreality under the cut

    you see yourself. or, rather, you see some version of yourself. he responds to the name 'alm' just like you do, says the same names you do, but those aren't the same faces. you don't recognize them. but you recognize their names.

there's too much of overlap to chalk it all up to coincidence. these people change names to be ones you know of but perhaps not ones you truly know.

knowing. what does it truly mean? how much must you know to know someone? how can it be that something that was once familiar and so absolute in your mind becomes something so unknown, so much so that hearing yourself — but it's not truly you — say,  ‘ i've known gray since we were kids ’  sound false to your ears?

he doesn't know gray. but you don't either. gray isn't gray. what a weird sentence!

different thought then.

what makes you you? why can you say with absolute certainty that the alm standing before you isn't you? you aren't the same alm you were when you were five. yet you would still look at him and say,  ‘ that's me. ’

so why not him? why is he a him and not a me to you? he's a boy raised by gramps, former hero of zofia, and led the deliverance against the rigelian empire before discovering an awful truth.

big details. they remain the same. so it's the little details then.

this is why you don't think too much. you'll slow yourself down overthinking. don't think, just feel. you've told that to celica. you wonder if he has too.

so, who are you?

[elevatumtactica]

@gaileon​

The Heroes Order had so many Heroes,ever since she joined she hasn’t got the chance to meet all of them,though she had already met some of them she had to admit most of them were unique also interesting.She’s heard a lot about someone named Alm he was said to be a Prince of the Rigelian Empire and the fact that he was here in the training grounds training told her that he was a hard worker also from watching his technique he’s really skilled with his blade.She continued watching him from the sidelines as he continued training.”You’re really talented with your blade I apologize for disturbing your training I couldn’t help but admire your style it’s unique.”

[gaileon]

   “ don't worry about it. if anything, having someone watch me brings me back. ”  the fighter paused briefly in his practice swings before he's on his feet again. the nostalgia keeps him in a good mood, and, well, if she was content to watch him, then surely there was no reason to stop just to hold a conversation, right? multi-tasking is hardly the most daunting thing he's ever done.  “ so, you're not here to train but watch? i guess there's learning to be done that way too. ”

[gaileon]

mygrandpaistheworst‌:

“Sometimes I do. I have a staff, you know. But I like the marshmallow one better than grandpa’s.”

It was more fun to hit people with. 

“First we’ll go to the kitchens. Then the gardens and pick the dragonflowers.” After they made sure there were no lemon bars to be had. 

   “ you don't worry someone's gonna come and eat your weapon? i know i would take a bite if my enemy was swinging that around. ”  he follows her through to the kitchens, letting her go at whatever speed she likes. still, though he goes along with the outlined plan, it doesn't mean he doesn't question it.

“ hey, what do you even plan to do in the kitchen? doesn't it make more sense to pick things from the garden and then move that haul over? ”

[gaileon]

ofostia‌:

sparring comes rightfully on top as one of his favorite activities as a summoned hero in askr, as it has been a valuable learning experience—surely in elibe there was much to learn still, but here, with the wide array of fantastic warriors hector can learn from, the options he has at hand are boundless. alm of rigel is one of such warriors and though it seems that they are roughly the same age as it stands, the undeniable thrill that runs through him right then is the same that finds him whenever one can meet his blows and it’s always a promising sign.

this shall be a learning experience but beyond everything else, it’ll bring him enjoyment, he can feel it. 

“i can say the same to you! alm, wasn’t it?” rolling the dominant shoulder of this fight, hector has an excited grin plastered upon his features. it seems this fellow has the same sort of feeling about a good fight as he does, which only makes this all the more satisfying. throwing armads over his shoulders with his better-rested arm, he hums. “count on it. i don’t usually find many that can parry my blows as well as you did.”

   alm nods.  “ one and only. you're... hector? with some kind of title to boot. ”  he knows he ought to be more polite when it comes to speaking with nobility and royalty, but a part of him tells him to be frank. after all, the lord before him seems as boisterous as they come — at least in battle, though alm wouldn't describe the ostian's diction to be quite as high class as zofian nobility has sounded like.

perhaps it's wishful thinking, hoping that someone this good to spar with would be approachable outside when trading words instead of blows.

“ i got trained by my gramps. every day was farming, training, then doing what i liked. if i'm any good, you should fight the old man sometime. he won't go easy on you either! haven't met a bigger pain in the ass than him, ”  he says, though his voice carries a familial affection with it, as if he were saying praise rather than uttering a complaint.  

[gaileon]

gaileon‌:

being caught up on my multi means i’m spending my time here! i know i was only partway through on my starter call, so i’ll actually finally do those now akhsrgh but if it’s been too long, ur free to drop it like i totally understand LMAO

khakhkhgrhrg okay now that i said that i feel really awkward looking at that starter call so change of plans. maybe i’ll go reblog a meme or something later or drop a fresher starter call

[gaileon]

What does your soul smell like?

Candle Smoke

key words: self-assured, courageous, intuitive. you are an expert at overcoming your demons and should be proud of how brave you have consistently shown yourself to be. others are amazed by your perseverance, strong personality, and unapologetic uniqueness. 

compatible with: coffee, freshly baked bread.

Tagged by: @cutlassie​  Tagging: all my fe mutuals seemed to have done this and i’m out of touch with my dash now help akhrgkrgg