#fe worldbuilding

[squidsystem]

fire emblem dragons are so cool and awesome when they actually interact with the implications of them and it's a shame that some of their character designs are just really bad which obscures the cool stories involved with them. Because fire emblem dragons are just people, they think like people, they grow like people, they act like people, but they live a mind bendingly long time. I love the child dragon characters because more often than not they're either unnerving with how much they've lived and how much they understand when they literally just look like 10 year old, and or they are too young to even comprehend the meaning of their quite literally thousands and thousands of years lifespans. The fact Tiki is still grappling with the traumatic experience of losing everyone she's ever loved 2000 years after losing them is just such big frown. Like imagine the existential horror of being an 11 year old weird girl but for centuries instead of a year. The old as fuck dragons are really cool too, I think the degeneration lore is really cool and I don't see concepts like it get explored enough, the idea that being so powerful that mortals consider you an unknowable is so unsustainable that they essentially lose their sanity and eventually their sapience is so fucked up. And they probably didn't even realise it was happening until entire ages had already passed. Imagine being a member of a species with a fatal flaw that no one could know about until it was far too late. The fact pretty much all dragons in Fire Emblem are the humanoid manaketes is literally because the ones that didn't are more or less extinct because they were too prideful to relinquish their power, and in some sense, their entire identity. More FE stories should examine the experience of their dragons. Are any manaketes dysphoric because they're forced to live in a body that doesn't reflect who they really are? Imagine the angst. I love fire emblem

[bigbluetiger]

Children of Strength and War Dances

Knowing how intrinsic war dances before battle are to various warrior cultures around our world, I figure it’d be appropriate that the Children of Strength would probably have some form of it as well, each of them suited to their tribe’s traits.

Gallia - resembles Shaolin Kung Fu performances blended with Kunmudo (Korean) war dances, various acrobatic displays reminiscent of their beast forms’ attacks and movements.

Phoenicis - resembles a blend between the Cherokee Pow Wow and the Lakota War Dance, but with their wings flapping in a rhythmic motion as well, reminding them to stick together as one tribe, circling their prey and being aware of all surroundings, as arrows could come from anywhere.

Kilvas - resembles a group Argentine Tango, where sets of two face each other in “combat”, keeping to their tactics of picking things off one at a time, not letting oneself be overwhelmed and handing circlets to each other when one set passes another.

Serenes - Extremely rare to see, but before the Serenes Massacre, their war dance was similar to the Sufi Sema ritual, preceded by a harmonized chorus to strengthen bonds before they defended themselves.

Goldoa - resembles the Maori Haka, the protruding tongues symbolic of their breath as their weapon, and grounded position as a reminder to never let down one’s guard, as a unsteady dragon is as good as a dead one. (Callbacks to “Goldoa will not move” by Dheginsea/Deghinsea)