#berkut fire emblem

[kastillia]

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

"Berkut was an entitled ass"

He was lied to pretty much his entire life for Rudolph's gambit to take out Duma by being told he was the de facto heir to the throne and groomed and raised like he was when Rudolph knew the entire time this wasn't going to happen. The guy made some hella big mistakes, but he found out his ENTIRE LIFE was a lie. And the Duma cult and Duma took advantage of his mental break. He was used his entire life and left holding the bag for everything.

And given what he'd just learned, I can't blame him for his knee jerk "you knew the entire time" when Rinea tried to calm him down. I absolutely dislike that he sacrificed her to Duma, but like. He sacrificed HIMSELF, too. He's as much a witch as she is in that last fight. Because he had nothing left in his eyes because of one very, very, very big lie told to him for years. Everything he'd been trained for was ruling. Transferring those skills isn't gonna happen. Especially in peace. Berkut had no other skills and he was lied to and he is roughly the same age as Alm. Fuck, even Alm says it isn't fair to Berkut.

Basically fuck Rudolph (and Mycen to a large degree too), no good intentions erase the trauma and lies told to both Alm and Berkut. Alm turning out okay was a goddamn miracle and I still maintain it's because much happened to him around his heritage's reveal that it couldn't sink in and destroy him immediately.

[naoreco]

redrew funny raid meme with berkut. Hi guys.

[midnight--capricorn]

more of the heroes' journey shenanigans because honestly? sending alm and berkut out there was a lot more fun than I expected ngl

not pictured is them picking up some treasure. and then dreaming of treasure. Also not pictured is Berkut helping alm calm down becuase I'll be honest I didn't know how to depict that with Berkut of all people

I also think this sums up my work very well

[pythons-bow]

Blacked out and made this 😭

Audio is from disventure camp by Odd Nation Cartoons

[katofvalentia]

Decided to redraw this Berkut ink piece I did back in 2019 cuz I still very much enjoy this lil douchebag :)

A more direct comparison is under the cut:

[jetglider]

rotating them like a ssbu trophies in my mind .my favorite freak and his silly cousin

[rexcaliburechoes]

i'm having so many feelings about alm + berkut // literally no one asked

i'm having to many feelings about alm and berkut. they are my sons, baby boy baby, sweet children of mine. i want to wrap them up in blankets and give them hot chocolate and a place to scream their troubles and be heard.

thoughts under the cut because this got long.

one of the things that stick out to me the most about alm is how responsibility is thrust upon the poor kid. he knows he's getting into a war, he knows what a war with rigel will bring. he knows how the people suffer, and how something must be done, and the only way to do that is by a war. in order for any change to happen, sometimes force is the only path. he needs to throw off the yoke of the old gods and let the people live by their own hands, he needs to stop the suffering, and if it is war that will do that, then so be it.

alm has responsibility thrust upon him, when all he's really stated before is how he wants to help the people, and that's practically it. he doesn't necessarily want to wage war. i've read a really good fic outlining to celica (through lukas) how, "if there were another peaceful solution, alm's sword would be first on the pile", and i genuinely think this is true. the boy has been only taught the practical skills (combat, strategy, weather and terrain, etc) and not the finer points of leading. he acknowledges how much he has to learn when he prepares to right back against rigel, sure, and he does learn to lead, but as the quote in hamilton goes, "dying is easy, young man, but leading is harder."

when clive comes to him and just makes him leader, he practically says "hey wait are you sure this is a good idea??" and even later, everyone assumes he's gonna be king at the end of the war

and it hurts, because if you think about it, he's never been taught how to handle the court, how to handle nobility, any of this high aristocracy bullshit. and celica's right. he has no idea how the hell any of this works. he says he's not a farmboy, but he is. he's a country bumpkin from the southern most tip of zofia, hailing from a truly backwater village.

and sure, he has celica to rely on, and clive to rely on, and mycen to rely on. he's forgiven celica already since their fight, and loves her. but she's right. and clive just thrust the title of "leader of the deliverance" and later "king of valentia" onto him. and mycen, mycen isn't truly his grandfather, and all the man does is chide alm for every single decision he makes since leaving the village.

and it's not fair!! it's wholly unfair and sad and painful to think of how alm must step up to the mantle that was pushed upon him. mycen was right. "once you march on Rigel, you place yourself in the hands of destiny. You won’t be able to stop the events that unfold. No one will wish you well. Many will even try to stop you; unexpected tragedy is sure to follow. That is the price of what you are about to undertake." and he's right, and alm said he was ready for it, but even so!!

"and what of my peace?!" he screams to the uncaring world. "what of my personhood?!"

and the world keeps turning on its axis, cold and unchanging as the rigel winter.

"this is not the time for mourning or self-pity, boy." the world tells him. "you cannot be a person, for you are the leader, and leaders must make sacrifices."

and this theme, this arc of alm's fits incredibly well with berkut's. it fits so well and i'm so incredibly sad.

because berkut... berkut was a gentle child. according to the valentia accordion, he was so timid that even riding a horse could make him cry. berkut, being the nephew to the emperor, being in line to the throne only because his father's brother is the emperor, who has no children... he has never was supposed to become emperor in the first place, either. his worldview is deeply shaped by rigel's culture, by how "a prince of rigel cannot possibly be weak". i've discussed this before, about how berkut is an unfortunate product of his upbringing.

but it hurts. it hurts how, no matter what he does, he can't ever be recognised for his accomplishments, that he fails so horribly to a farmboy- a zofian country bumpkin, a weak soldier compared to him- that the only person he has to look up to (much like alm, as mycen keeps ripping him apart, and clive only wants him to lead and also tells him off throughout the story, and celica, who's an entire ocean mass away) finds him a disgrace and leaves him out to dry, because he's simply not good enough, not even when he's been forced to walk this path.

"uncle!!" he screams to the retreating figure of the red-clad emperor. "please tell me i am good enough for you!! please tell me my own pain wasn't for nothing!"

and the silence is deafening, just like crackle of flames that drown out even the cries of the one thing he truly cared for most.

[candymoonstuff]

Look at my children

"Althea you didn't screenshot when you summoned them?"

Shush. Look at my children... aside from the literal gods and vessels (not possessed Robin tho is </3)

[mairinsgale]

Another one !

(Original is from the official FEH comic)

[feh-alt-battle]

Poll 69 - Berkut

Please do not criticize any art you may not like or compare one art to another in terms of quality, it's unkind and downplays the amount of work that the feh artists put into them. Please treat the feh artists how you would as any other artist - with kindness and with love.

Artists in order: Asatani Tomoyo, Asatani Tomoyo, Asatani Tomoyo

Notes: ha

[loveotomization]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Fire Emblem Echoes: Mou Hitori no Eiyuu Ou | Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Berkut/Rinea (Fire Emblem) Characters: Berkut (Fire Emblem), Rinea (Fire Emblem) Additional Tags: Fluff, Swordplay Summary:

Rinea shook her head. “While it’s true that I lack a taste for wonton bloodshed, protecting what is dear to me is a necessity that I cannot allow myself to shy away from any longer. Surely, you must also find that duty may differ at times from the palatable?” --- Rinea asks Berkut to teach her the sword.

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My @nagamas gift for @birbsandkirbs ! Hope you enjoy!

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Not enough people talk about how a major point in Echoes/FE2 is that love is both powerful and destructive.

Duma is compelling because everything that he became he became because he loved his people so, so much that he wanted what he thought was best for them--just like Mila.

But of course the rough and tumble "might makes right" guy fell first. War brings out the worst in people. So he would consistently see the worst of the people he loved.

And it ultimately destroyed him--just like it destroyed Berkut, and like how Celica's love of Mila destroyed her for a bit.

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[lilacskyly]

On the road but might as well introduce my other ocs :>

First of all: here's my oc Pulsé

(Still not drawn in my style cuz college and road stuff :,>)

Info about him under cut!

Pulsé is part of Serval's group. He's the oldest of the three members and has sworn to protect them.

After splitting up with them to find emblems, he goes to Brodia and finds Emblem Berkut. (I have a reason for picking Berkut over Alm for representation of Echoes, trust me :>)

Quickish info about Emblem Berkut: His main ability is like Emblem Byleths. It gives allies another turn while also adding the flame effect in a diamond shape around said ally. (If you know why it's flames, I'm so sorry I just had to). He's also known as the Emblem of Pride.

Going back to Pulsé, he acts very cold towards others he doesn't trust or doesn't know. He constantly has part of his dragon form showing to scare people off who could potentially cause harm. He's not quick to trust anyone and will actively assume the worst about people.

Pulsé is the last member of Serval's group to join forces with Divine Dragon Veyle.

Next member of Serval's group will be introduced next :]

[midnight--capricorn]

They fell in a hole

(based on heroes' journey experiences. They will get out... eventually. But they're still stuck with each other summoner cap locked them out until they could get along)

(this is also the one time I'm drawing Alm without the green in his eyes. Yes his sprite does still have green eyes his actual art for this alt in particular is just more vague about it and makes his eyes look even more brown than his SOV art)

[gamercalli]

It’s going mentally insane over Berkut Fire Emblem hours he’s got everything:

Lovely Wife

Evil Shadow Good Light Self

Agony

Baller Voice Acting

He’s just. Such a good character. He’s not my favorite bc his Good Light Self (Conrad) is my favorite but he’s close since they’re so character foils