about your rivough post... its possible that the rivough chief had beef with granbell and not darna itself. if we take the narrator's bias towards granbell/agustria/lenster as them being from one of those nations (i subscribe to the theory that the narrator is finn, because i find it thematically appropriate, even if there is no evidence), those three nations seem to have kind of monopolized the crusader's cult (cont)
(notice how they all talk big about their crusader lineage making all their actions justified, but places like thracia and isaach are considered barbaric despite being founded by crusaders too). for rivough to attack darna could be seen as attacking a symbol of that view (kinda like a terrorist attack?). of course that doesnt make the action any better
i was going to answer this weekend but i had to go to Versailles and fuck this city so i need some rivough thoughts to function again
The narrator being pretty “Leonster and pals” oriented either means that Finn wrote it, or Dorias’ ghost did it.
More seriously, I think Silesse is mentionned by the narrator as the land of crusader Sety (iirc?) and Silesse isn’t painted as a savage land ruled by barbarians. OTOH, Miletos had no crusaders but they’re eons away from Verdane.
We don’t see a lot of Isaachians talking about Odo (Saint Odo?) but again, we don’t meet a lot of Isaachians bar the “i’m so glad you saved us thks!”. Maybe Galzus’ dad was more pissed then Mananan at the second rate treatment the descendants of Crusader Odo had from the various “civilised” persons, but why would Mananan destroy Rivough then? Because they started a “war” that, even if they agreed with it, couldn’t afford? As in “we’re pissed to be called savages we had a crusader for naga’s sake” but Mananan knew that if he were to fight against Granvalle he’d lose no matter what, so he accepted to be called a barbarian to prevent a war?
(that thinking wouldn’t have saved them, the civilised nations showed that they couldn’t give a fig about barbarians, so if you accept to be called a barbarian you are going to be “civilised” by conquest sooner or later)
We don’t have a clue, and, most likely won’t in any upcoming remake :’(
Still, the fact that the Rivough royals are also major odos, unlike Holyn, made me see this in another light - maybe Rivough chief went to Darna to have some sort of authority to face Mananan and say that his clan/son should be the next King of Isaach because he has the brand in some “i’m holier than you” bullshit, but the head priest of Darna (who’s actually from Velthomer so totally biased against savages) told Rivough Chief that no, since his son’s brand came from a woman he was never going to inherit Isaach’s throne (and it’s totally different in Velthomer’s case because Vala might have been a woman, the gods made it sure that her heirs who had the brand were men like Viccy and Arvis), or he was no crusader to begin with, or worse, that his brand and Ayra’s sister’s brand were fake/unnatural or something like that.
Pissed, he attacked them, and the rest is history.
I’m sure there must be a link between the attack on Darna and the fact that Rivough managed to secure a major blooded carrier from Mananan’s eldest child.
Maybe Rivough’s Chief wanted to sit on Mananan’s throne, or to secure the Balmung for his clan, or, idk, make his own independant country (maybe Rivough was the Alster of Isaach ?) but the oracles of Darna told him to fig off so he went bananas.
Or maybe Rivough Chief wanted to attack Granvalle after, maybe, Reptor’s comments on savages and decided to start with Darna ; Mananan couldn’t tell him to stop the Balmung did it (and Mananan killed his daughter or, as evey mother does, she died in childbirth).
I’d like to see Ayra talk about this (her sister) in some remake, or some kind of other material - since it’s pretty sure now that Galzus will never talk about his family.
or better, a comment between Reptor and Ayra during a potential battle convo where he calls her and her dad fools who fell for his trap - he insulted the rivoughs on purpose knowing they were going to degenerate and Mananan would have to get rid of one of his own Balmung candidates
Except if the theory is that Galzus and Felgus were assassinated for the sake of avoiding succession crises, why is it that Cyas's ending (if he stays instead of Sety) blatantly says that he returned to help Velthomer's reconstruction? He's a far bigger threat to Crusader succession than either of them, even if he is a bastard, especially with how tenuous Azel's son's claim would be.
Assassinated? Galzus? Mannanan tried to and failed!
More seriously,
Galzus will first and foremost be a Rivough guy - and the world will never know (T-T) what happened, so they’re the bad guys. He’s a bad guy, and the reason why the war started in the first place.
Mannanan cleaned the place, there are no Rivough supporters anymore (no Rivough anymore i’d say - just a place called Rivough but no “royal” family or anything, and after Danan, it’d be some kind of hell).
Even without the Rivough card, Galzus’ claim comes from his mother, and we all know that women are worth bananas in Jugdral. Marricle was named heir of Isaach because he had major Odo blood and was a man (at least i think so? we don’t know a thing about Isaach and it pisses me) so it’s a glorious case of male primogeniture going on. Marricle’s older sister was just an extra that was dealt with, that’s all.
Besides, Shanan liberated Isaach (except that he didn’t, but ssh) and is the hero who raised Seliph, Galzus is no one. Of course you’d want to support the heroic King Shanan.
(Jugdral AU where Galzus is the one with some random mercenaries etc to liberate Isaach, his claim would be way stronger)
However, I think that Mareeta couldn’t be killed off screen to guarantee a peaceful reign for Shanan’s line, given how she has strong ties to the Thracian royals and Jungby, if Patty and Faval learn about their sister.
Still, the biggest challenge would come from Mareeta’s side - she will be worldwide famous due to her sword prowesses, and that’ll raise questions (wtf she uses astra?). Unless she’s passed off as Ayra’s missing daughter…
On Fergus,
I doubt Fergus’d have been killed.
Besides, if in FE5 Leif’s claim was strong because HB + being a man, post FE4 he’s still the cousin of Seliph and the one who has defeated Travant, on top of having HB + being a man.
So if both of them have minor blood, Leif is still the hero who defeated Travant.
(+ Quan’s son, for whatever that’s worth in the South.)
About Saias…
Well, I spent years trying to find a way about this issue.
Friege’s new Lord makes me wonder if Mr Tine won’t be called Duke Friege because Tine is a woman so her husband is Duke and no consort - or if it means Arthur/Amid inherited.
If there is an Azelle’s son in Velthomer - well, Saias isn’t screaming around that he has Vala major blood. So when major Vala baby appears out of nowhere, either Saias asks his cousin to raise the baby as his own and cousin accepts, or cousin refuses. He’d have no reason to refuse though…
If Saias decides to be a dastard and to wreck havoc by revealing his claim, or if someone else does (Julia?), it’ll be difficult for Azelle’s kid, but still. Saias hasn’t participated in the war, and is moreover Arvis’ son. Do you want Arvis’ son on the throne?
Azelle’s son is a Crusader by virtue of having sided with Seliph during the war, and also, because Azelle is one of the tragic heroes who died with Siggy.
Saias was a member of the Empire and also Arvis’ son.
There’s no choice to make.
If the randoms of Velthomer want a Crusader - major blooded guy - on the throne, they’ll have to wait for Major Vala baby, but under no circumstances would Saias be allowed to become Duke.
If there’s no Azelle’s son…
Well, Saias might unofficially be the de facto leader of Velthomer, but a random sent by Belhalla’s court will be the official Duke.
If Azelle had a daughter :
Saias’ claim on the Dukedom is so flimsy - given all the circumstances - that even a woman might be named Duchess and wait for major Vala baby (and before asking, nope, Saias won’t be able to marry his cousin because remember last time Arvis married someone who had a claim it turned into the Jugdralpocalypse so no).
So to answer to your question : Saias going to Velthomer doesn’t mean anything, since he will never inherit the Duchy.
