#fódlan magvel

[theofficersacademy]

Hi mods! There’s some changes and explorations happening in life right now, and I’ve gotta get a feel for what I can and can’t manage. To that end, while I do still hope to write, just to be safe I’d like to request a hiatus for my muses. Thank you!

Nils, Ewan, and Byleth (M) are on hiatus until January 4th! Please remember to message the Masterlist once you return. Thank you!

- Mod N

[fe-sibling-duo-tournament]

Round 1 Masterpost

[Image ID: The Round 1 Bracket. The matches are listed at the end of this post. End ID./]

AAAANNNNDDD THE TOURNAMENT HAS A BRACKET, EVERYBODY

Some housekeeping things for the tournament:

Double Elimination format (so there will be a loser's bracket)

Propaganda is allowed and heavily encouraged! Submit propaganda either through the notes of a match or in this blog's submissions box! Propaganda will be featured!

That being said, please be nice about the propaganda. Any kind of attack on an opposing sibling duo must clearly read as light-hearted, and absolutely no attacking other people (eg don't say things like "If you actually like so-and-so duo, you're stupid")

Please don't be mean if your duo gets sent to losers bracket or eliminated. Nobody likes sore losers.

Round 1 matches will open on Wednesday at the latest. Edit: They're open and hyperlinked!

Round 1:

Mercedes & Emile vs. Timerra & Fogado

Veyle & Nel vs. Leo & Corrin

Corrin & Lilith vs. Edelgard & Dimitri

Michalis & Minerva vs. Ike & Mist

Alfred & Céline vs. Hinoka & Sakura

Holst & Hilda vs. Diamant & Alcryst

Eirika & Ephraim vs. Triandra and Peony

Chrom & Lissa vs. Camilla & Elise

Lysithea & Edelgard vs. Clanne & Framme

Alear & Veyle vs. Nel & Rafal

Leif & Altena vs. Alfonse & Sharena

Xander & Camilla vs. Franz & Forde

Oscar & Rolf vs. Ninian & Nils

Julia & Seliph vs. Delthea & Luthier

Celica & Conrad vs. Karel & Karla

Lugh & Raigh vs. Pandreo & Panette

[gascon-en-exil]

Fire Emblem Heroes and the Great Male-Presenting Nipple Hunt

Last year I put out a post criticizing the paltry state of male fanservice in Fire Emblem Heroes by contrasting it against technically-SFW artwork in a variety of explicit gay dating sims. Very little has changed since then, bar one notable exception -

Eikþyrnir, a.k.a. Deer Daddy, just won Choose Your Legends. Not only that, but he got more votes than any other character in the event. I don't go there, but I hear that this has apparently made some people over on Reddit angry in a comically hypocritical way, because at least unlike Baldr also winning this year or Gullveig doing so back in 2023 Eik already exists as a character in FEH with two playable versions and the mild suggestion of a personality. Reddit, presumably, is angry because he has the audacity to be horny while male:

Now I could find a dozen or more sexier interpretations of a deer/elk/moose man out there, because I occasionally move in furry-adjacent online kink circles, but as far as FEH is concerned this guy is water in a desert - and those of us who wish this game would even pretend to be more equal opportunity with its fanservice have been parched.

That said...the man's got no nipples.

Nipples on their own are hardly the be-all, end-all of male fanservice, as I demonstrated in that previous post. However, I find that they're a useful signifier for the way that Fire Emblem and indeed most mainstream animated media prefer to handle the subject of partial male nudity. There's no shortage of muscular, bare-chested men in this game, but as is so often the case those characters are designed not to be eroticized in the same way that virtually every female character is in one way or another, but rather to be aspirational power fantasies for straight men.

Nipples disrupt that fantasy, both visually and psychologically. They call to mind how women's nipples are usually considered obscene and thus censored, like what happened with mythic Loki last year on YouTube. More concerningly for the heteronormative male gaze, nipples are erogenous zones for some men and so connote both vulnerability as well as the knowledge that male characters can be sex objects to certain audiences. The long and short of it is that male nipples can make straight men uncomfortable and are thus often censored by way of excluding them from art where they should logically appear, anatomical accuracy be damned.

In the wake of Deer Daddy's win I set out to survey men's nipples of FEH, because I'm aware that there are at least a few of them. This took several hours of scrolling through hundreds of pieces of Heroes art, including attack and damaged poses since FEH is infamous for giving female characters strategically-placed ripped clothing in the latter. I even looked at all the available resplendent art, though that proved to be a waste of time as there's not a nipple to be found in any of those updated designs. Note that a subjective element to this was unavoidable; as straightforward as this all might sound, you'd be surprised how often it can hard to distinguish what might be a visible nipple from shading or muscle contour. By the end of scanning artwork of over 500 different units I was almost beginning to imagine nipples where none existed!

Needless to say, there will be a lot of images in this post, but as they're all guys from FEH they can only get so racy. Prepared to be disappointed.

Generally speaking, bare-chested men in FEH come in two flavors: characters who were shirtless in their original artwork, and summer alts. Those swimsuit banners are filled to the brim with conspicuously nipple-free men, though Magvel may take the cake solely on account of how many summer alts FE8 has gotten over the years.

Of that set the faint discoloration on Joshua's right pec just above the strap might be a nipple, but that's as good as it gets.

Fódlan fares marginally better here. There's the suggestion of nipples in Dedue's art as well as in Lorenz's attack pose (ignore his infamous Ken doll crotch) and Sylvain's damaged art. Neither of the house leaders have anything going on, though.

Awakening also has a few summer alts with what might be nipples.

The fact that neither Ike nor any of the male laguz have swimsuit alts after eight years and sixteen summer banners might as well be Exhibit A for how IS doesn't understand how to make use of the male fanservice fodder it's got. Ike's not likely to get one this year either, not when he just got a desert alt...but with that said there may be a bit of nipple on that alt's damaged art, just under the rip.

While we're talking possible ripped nip slips try saying that three times fast, there's a handful of others that at least approach that territory, like brave Dimitri, Jeralt, and also Hubert for some reason. Osian wins this category though, with that slightly darkened and prominent bump on his right pec that I'm going to liberally accept as a nipple.

Then there are characters who ordinarily go about bare-chested, although they're just as likely to be lacking in nipples which makes me sad. These could have been so much hornier!

Although to the artists' credits, some characters are missing nipples in their base versions only to (maybe?) gain them in alts, like Hawkeye and Linus.

Soeda Ippei is often cited as the one FEH artist that consistently delivers on male fanservice, and while he has come through with some of the best the game has to offer as we'll see at the end he's also guilty of the occasional nipple-less design. Notable among these is autumn Dorcas, who fails my criteria here but who is otherwise a much better take on a mildly horny bull guy than Askr who's just a disappointment no matter how you look at him.

Seriously, show the design on the right to anyone even passingly familiar with the work of gay furries/monsterfuckers to give them a good laugh. Why is the bull a borderline twunk?!

But anyway, since I'm reaching the image limit on this post it's time for me to hand out the top prizes for FEH's Most Prominent Male Nipples! As well as an honorable mention...

I'm not exaggerating when I say that this may be the single raciest piece of art of a male character in FEH. Hot springs Ryoma gets his towel blown off in his damaged pose, leaving him in nothing but an open loincloth. His chest might be the usual flat slab of muscle, but that's closer to flashing some dick than I'd ever have expected of this game.

But onto the nipple-based winners:

Starting with one by Ippei, Darros has at least one visibly-defined areola in all of his poses.

Mustafa has both nipples clearly visible in his attack and damaged art. I seriously have never thought twice about this guy before now and I've never seen this brought up, so his art stunned me when I saw it. Even more amazingly, this isn't an Ippei piece but rather was done by Toshiyuki Kusakihara, the art director of Awakening.

Still, the grand prize has to go to Ippei.

Fargus doesn't merely have nipples; he has chest hair, which I'm pretty sure makes him the only character in all of FEH with any visible hair below the neck (not counting tails on any of the furry shapeshifters, before someone brings those up). He also lacks the standard muscle definition and instead has what looks to be an actual gut. How did IS ever approve this?

Well...it probably helps that Fargus is an NPC from a pre-Awakening game who got released via a Grand Hero Battle so no one's spending orbs on him anyway.

That's the unfortunate reality of all these top picks. They're all minor characters, with two of them not even playable in their own games, and as far as I'm aware none of them are exactly premium units in FEH. They're low-value characters, and likely not ones most players are likely to take note of unlike the lords and similarly popular units, so they get to be horny in a way that's unconventional for this game.

I don't seriously expect Eik's CYL win to change much of anything when it comes to male fanservice; as I suggested at the top, his design relative to what it could have been is actually quite safe for any but the most insecure of straight men. I just hope that 3/4ths of the winners coming from FEH doesn't send IS the message that they can continue cranking out low-effort fanservice OCs instead of working on the next mainline game. Those may now only exist to subsidize the roster of the mobile gacha...but that would still be highly disappointing.

[memietroubadour]

A friendly tip for fellow tumblr artists especially in the fire emblem sphere; using single names like Hector or Tailtiu for your posts do not help people find it in the long run and following said tags get you 20000+ other things, use tags like:

hector fire emblem

tailtiu fe

fe tailiu

fire emblem hector

etc

to avoid such things! You can also edit tags after you post as well in case you find new tags!

Another helpful tip tag wise: many games get grouped by continent and you can add those tags as well! Ones I know are:

Tellius (fe9 & 10 aka Path of Radiance & Radiant Dawn)

Elibe (fe 6 & 7 aka Binding Blade & Blazing Blade/Sword <- you can tag fe7 as both blazing sword and blazing blade as I've seen both used!)

Jugdral (fe4 aka Genealogy of the Holy War)

Thracia (fe5 aka Thracia 776 <- Thracia isn't the same as Jugdral since it's a more specific part of the world and the game is *technically* separate timeline) (Also to note: Thracia 776, Fire Emblem Thracia 776, etc are tags that can be used for this game)

Fódlan (fe16 aka Three Houses <- I haven't used this one myself but I assume it gets used)

Magvel (fe8 aka Sacred Stones <- also haven't used this one often either but it should work)

Archanea (fe 1, fe 3, fe 11, & fe12 aka Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Mystery of the Emblem, Shadow Dragon, & New Mystery of the Emblem) (I don't think Awakening gets this one too since it's 2000 years after Mystery of the Emblem, but it could idk)

Edit: Ylisse (fe13 aka Awakening) (Recently saw this one so I added it)

I also say this since I keep seeing Fire Emblem hate because we invade other tags when we don't have too! Also on that note

Fire Emblem: Three Hopes =/= Fire Emblem Warriors tag, these are two separate games! Use 3h warriors or other tags that aren't just fire emblem warriors plain! It makes it harder to find posts from that game if you clog the tag!

Sorry if this post sounds mean but like we can do better for longevity since tumblr actually makes it possible to do so! Also if I missed any interesting tags (besides shipping that's another matter entirely tbh) don't be afraid to mention it!

[fevotinggauntletreal]

Year of the Dragon Opening Round - Match 8

(pictured: a mage dragon icon from New Mystery of the Emblem; Myrrh in dragon form in Sacred Stones; Lilith in dragon form in Fates; a white dragon from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia; and the Wind Caller from Three Houses)

associated lore under the cut

archanean mage dragons, the tribe of Basilisk, are one of the dragon clans that once reigned supreme over Archanea. as the name implies, they're imbued with magical power, seen both in their magical dark breath and in their total immunity to magical attacks. some of them are known to have succumbed to the degeneration, but others have survived -- even those, however, have exclusively sided with Medeus and his allies. it is worth noting that their kind's original japanese name, "magic dragon", can also be read as "demon dragon", much like a certain Elibe dragon!

mage dragons also figure in Elyos, but none of those are known to have the ability to transform, so lmao,

white dragons are rare dragons which have only appeared in Valentia, guarding the Falchion in the depths of Duma's Temple. they may be conjured phantoms, rather than living creatures.

magvel dragons are few in number and don't really come in the same panoply of variants as dragons in other lands. their plight is having both monstrous forms and human hearts, which prevents them from living among humans and monsters alike. still, they fight to protect humanity, which earns them worship as Great Dragons -- at least, among the few humans who aren't instead rushing to erase their kindness from the historical record.

Lilith is the only known astral dragon, and as she descends from Anankos, it's not known whether she is definitely an unique species of dragon. in fact, to my knowledge, notoriously little about her is established at all,

the wind caller is the draconic form of Macuil, a Nabatean dragon who once fought alongside Seiros against Nemesis. since those days, however, he grew embittered towards both humanity and Seiros herself, and went his separate way from them. he now dwells in the depths of the Sreng Desert, protecting the treasures of an abandoned temple from human looters.

[crimson-flash]

“Marisa! Is that you?!”

Energetic scarlet eyes see a familiar flash of pink hair, and immediately the boy rushes up to greet her. “I can’t believe it! How have you been? How are big sis and the chief?”

He’s seen many familiar faces from Magvel, but out of all of them, few are as familiar as his stoic mercenary sort-of big sister. “Are you gonna be studying here too? Or maybe be an instructor? Ooh, you gotta let me show you around! I know all the best places for training, buying snacks, sneaking in naps, the whole lot! And because it’s you I’ll even give the tour for no cost, teehee.” He rambled on cheerfully, excited to see her again.

Tethys had told Marisa that Ewan was aboard for studies, but she didn’t expect them to end up at the same place. “Ewan, it’s been a while. It’s… good to see you.” After moving to Fódlan, it was difficult being in a place where she didn’t really know anyone, so it was a relief to see someone she knew well. 

She then proceeded to answer his bucket load of questions, “I have been fine. Just been doing what I’ve always done. Gerik and Tethys are fine, when I left there, Gerik was still running his mercenary troop, and Tethys is more famous than ever.” It’s been a while since she saw them herself. She’ll have to send letters later, “I’m here to study my swordsmanship, just like you and your magic, yes?” She recalls that during the war, Ewan was very proud of his magic and would constantly show it off to everyone, just like she was proud of her swordsmanship. “You can show me around.” Despite the terse statement, she was glad to get some help, the monastery was huge, and unfamiliar.

[detrasystem]

i neeeed to hear more about cornelia x valter! please!!

YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND......i went a little hogwild making braindump notes with this one because the more i dug into the lore of each game the more insane i went. but first here's the first line, because i forgot i wrote even that much:

Sometimes, she still can’t believe she got away with it.

and since all this will NOT be covered onscreen for the most part seeing as the fic i intend to write is going to be about Cornelia and Valter as like Already Married, here's the lore behind how that happened straight from my notes:

before the War of the Stones, Valter attacks civilians with Duessel’s cursed lance and gets exiled. this is around the time when Cornelia gets teleported to Magvel in an attempt to escape the conflict in Fódlan once and for all (after the events of 3H); she is Done with that nonsense and, after all she’s done As Cornelia on the surface, she refuses to return to the underground. she was probably assisted by Count Bergliez in this effort per that dialogue lore drop in Verdant Wind, but he didn’t go with her to Magvel—as far as i know i’m pretty sure Cornelia is the only one from Fódlan now in this crazzy fucked up world. anyway. because Cornelia shows up while Valter is stewing and formulating revenge plots, he now has something other than revenge and hatred to think about. and because Cornelia is Also fucked up and evil, she eventually becomes something More to him than something to kill. she eventually gets through to him, even, more than his bloodthirsty instincts, though he continues to have the call for endless strife pulling at the edges of his mind. it is all very lovely and it takes time, but they get married before the War of the Stones even starts and so all of that romantic buildup is NOT my business.

the fic itself runs more or less alongside the events of Sacred Stones, as Valter gets called back to serve Grado again, but this time Cornelia is there and this complicates things, both because he Cares about her and because she's decided she wants to try to un-curse him via crest experiment-adjacent procedures.

this is so much more than a crackship to me now.

[berglietz]

It is now that Valter realizes just how many people he has met.

Perhaps the number feels unimpressive given the context that Fódlan is not Magvel (even if still, said number is much larger than he is willing to count), but at this time last year, he had not known so many faces—especially of the student body of the Officers Academy.

He’s certain that is what the boy is—he seemed the right age for it, and no doubt: that was the uniform of the Academy. Vaguely, Valter remembers being asked for a spar; of the rest of the day, however, it all remains a blur.

(There is an image in his mind that says he would rather it stay forgotten.)

“ Child. ” It is his greeting, given that he’s forgotten his name (or perhaps he never learned it—nonetheless). One elbow rests on the other’s head, primarily as a way of cementing the difference in height. “ You recall, I’m certain, once asking me for a spar, yes? ”

In the fingers of his other hand, he holds a black feather, and lifting it into the air above them, he continues:

“ If you can take this feather from me, I’ll fight you. ”

Oh, great. It's this guy. Caspar's already scowling, and then the bastard has the gall to use his head as armrest…! He does remember asking for a spar. He'd been called a child then, too—spoken to like he'd inevitably lose. His blood starts to boil. "My name is Caspar, and I'm not a child." That stupid black feather dangles above his head, as if Caspar were an animal to be toyed with. Well, he's not an animal. He's a human being! With a pretty good standing jump! He leaps upward, arm outstretched to grab the feather… …And falls just a centimeter or so too short. "Ugh…! Why do I need the stupid feather to get started?" He growls, "If we start a fight right here, I could grab it out of your hand, no problem!!"

[soulcluster]

@armatization — eirika & seth

Fódlan was far from Magvel's shores. Eirika found herself missing home often, she had never been so far apart from her twin, but she'd also brought a piece of home with her. Her husband, in fact. To even be able to think of Seth as such made her giddy, but the ring was on her finger and each night she got to sleep at his side.

As guests, they'd also been granted a room at the monastery-turned-fortress. It pained her to see that war had sunk its claws here; her memories of the academy years prior were fond. Everything had been so peaceful, but none of them, least of all her, could not have imagined all that would transpire.

One of them, her husband, was seated on their bed now. Eirika moved toward the bed and crawled on it behind him, resting her hands on his shoulders.

"You must be tired after attending that war council with me." Her hands began to knead into his muscles, massaging where she knew he liked to be. She leaned over to press a kiss to his earlobe and then whispered, "I do not know what I would do without you, my dear husband."

[pavoninebow]

'Oh? Could it be?' She thought she'd spotted him, head and lance-point straight shoulders above the milleu of students wending their way to their little classes and avocations. Parting the crowd with the grace befitting a Princess and inheritor to the throne of Rausten (she only had to elbow three bystanders!) she clears her throat markedly, grabbing the attention of the Frelian prince.

'Why, so it is. The Fates continue to oracle true.' In a normal situation, L'Arachel would've leapt upon the chance to prove the reality of her pious determinism with relish, but for a moment her voice is uncharacteristically glum. Memories of exchange insults, and threatened batterings (that were, she felt entirely warranted, circumstances considered) left her lips taunt with a frown.

'Really, I know 'tis the fate of the great to play role model to their admirers - believe me, it does not go unappreciated - but must you continue to try and imitate my sanctified perfection?' She says, and there's an anticipatory glint to her eye. As if some (infinitesimally small, naturally) part of her had missed their battle of wits. Had missed him. 'What brings you here? Aside from the Gods' will, of course.'

[mun note: hello!!!! I LOVE INNES!!!! thank u for bringing him here. I offer u: a green nuisance.]

[ mod note: thank you for loving THIS green nuisance !! let them be dramatique together!! ]

“And a good day to you as well, L’Arachel."

Innes was not ignorant to the fact that he was amongst many of Magvel’s best, even in Garreg Mach— from Frelian spy networks to gossip in the courts, ’twas not as if the Prince was in any measure taken by unawares to see one certain priestess standing before him. Though perhaps it was my hope that the first person I met here was not her… “Shoving your way through the crowds and announcing your presence as the Princess of Rausten ever does— the Fates have given me little reason to expect anything else,” Innes remarked drily. “I imagine you have changed little, even in this foreign land?”

They’d once traded ripostes over the virtues of their respective homelands— from Rausten seafood to Frelian pegasi, much had been extolled; though he knew full well it would come with its own monologue about the ever-glorious wonders of this fantastical land that you understand only one of my peerless magnitude may do justice in introduction, perhaps it would serve some benefit for Innes to inquire how life in Garreg Mach— and Fódlan as a whole— fared.

“Do not be surprised that my intent in journeying here was not to become your starry-eyed acolyte; we both know how our homeland has fared following— all of that. It stands to reason Frelia needs nothing short of perfection at its helm, and before I become King, I hope to gain all I can from testing myself in halls as famed as these.” Reasons not unlike his usual motivation for affairs that concerned Frelia and being its crown prince— perfection if being generous, ego if being frank. “And what of you? Chasing some romantic storybook adventure, I presume?”

[theofficersacademy]

as much as I was looking forward to her, i’ve admittedly been hitting a wall with tethys atm. i’d love to take another stab at her someday, but until then i shan’t keep her hostage! ty all for welcoming her warmly, and many apologies to the partners i had plans with. in the meantime, could i please swap her out for/reserve dorothea?

Tethys has been dropped and is now available!

Dorothea Arnault has been reserved!

You have one week (4/7) to submit your blog and application to the Masterlist. Thank you for your reserve!

- Mod Ree

[fe-sibling-duo-tournament]

Winners Round 2 Masterpost

[Image ID: The Winners Round 2 Bracket. The matches are listed at the end of this post. End ID./]

It's finally time for Winners Round 2!!!

Some housekeeping things for the tournament:

Double Elimination format (so there will be a loser's bracket)

Propaganda is allowed and heavily encouraged! Submit propaganda either through the reblogs/replies of a match or in this blog's submissions box! Propaganda will be featured!

Please tag propaganda with #propaganda when you reblog!

That being said, please be nice about the propaganda. Any kind of attack on an opposing sibling duo must clearly read as light-hearted, and absolutely no attacking other people (eg don't say things like "If you actually like so-and-so duo, you're stupid")

Please don't be mean if your duo gets sent to losers bracket or eliminated. Nobody likes sore losers.

Matches are open and hyperlinked!

Winners Round 2:

Mercedes & Emile vs Leo & Corrin

Corrin & Lilith vs Ike & Mist

Alfred & Céline vs Diamant & Alcryst

Eirika & Ephraim vs Chrom & Lissa

Clanne & Framme vs Alear & Veyle

Alfonse & Sharena vs Xander & Camilla

Ninian & Nils vs Delthea & Luthier

Celica & Conrad vs Pandreo & Panette

[airlock]

CYL8 Nerding - Internal Bottom 10

y'know, last year, the least voted character in CYL had just 2 votes to his name, so I thought this might be the first year we ever see a character get 0 votes!

this did not happen -- our least voted character this year has 1 vote. fucking incredible. anyway, shall we go all-in on this year's biggest losers?

AKANEIA #1: Dice, also Roberto (3 votes) #3: Reiden (6 votes) #4: we all still think of Luke as a small fry (11 votes) #5: Frost (13 votes) #6: Malledus (16 votes) #7: Boah (17 votes) #8: Roderick, also Belf, also Ymir (18 votes)

VALENTIA #1: Tatarrah, also Garth (3 votes) #3: Dolth (4 votes) #4: Barth, also Jerome (6 votes) #6: Grieth (7 votes) #7: Halcyon (11 votes) #8: Slayde, also Blake (15 votes) #10: Marla (16 votes)

JUGDRAL #1: Danann (3 votes) #2: Scipio (4 votes) #3: Hilda, also Halvan (8 votes) #5: Sandima, also Alva, also Perne (10 votes) #8: Munnir (11 votes) #9: Tristan, also Deimne, also Safy (12 votes)

ELIBE #1: Lundgren (6 votes) #2: Zelot, also FE7!Murdock (8 votes) #4: FE6!Merlinus (10 votes) #5: Desmond, also FE6!Murdock (11 votes) #6: Hellene (14 votes) #7: Barthe (18 votes) #8: Saul (19 votes) #9: Fargus, also Durban (20 votes)

MAGVEL #1: Riev (8 votes) #2: Hayden (11 votes) #3: Rennac, also Vigarde (13 votes) #5: Dozla (26 votes) #6: Fado (28 votes) #7: Caellach (33 votes) #8: Orson (41 votes) #9: Natasha (42 votes) #10: Tethys (43 votes)

TELLIUS #1: Muston (1 vote) #2: Bertram (3 votes) #3: Daniel and Jorge twinning it the FUCK up (4 votes) #5: Hetzel (6 votes) #6: Kasatai (8 votes) #7: Bastian (10 votes) (I'M ONE OF THEM. YOU ABSOLUTE DASTARDS--) #8: Ludveck (12 votes) #9: Izuka (13 votes) #10: Numida (14 votes)

YLISSE #1: Cervantes (14 mustache hairs) #2: Validar (16 votes) #3: Phila (17 votes) #4: Kjelle (24 votes) #5: Flavia and Basilio sitting under a tree, F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G (25 votes) #7: Mustafa, also Excellus (31 votes) #9: Brady (33 votes) #10: Yen'fay (37 votes)

TMS#FE #1: Teru & Garrick (8 votes) #2: Kuen & Excellus (11 votes) #3: Chikaomi & Lon'qu (12 votes) #4: Chouten & Pheros (13 votes) #5: Nobu & Gangrel (19 votes)

HOSHIDO/NOHR #1: Tarba (7 votes) #2: Zhara, also Lloyd (8 votes) #4: Fuga (9 votes) #5: Llewelyn (11 votes) #6: Funke (12 votes) #7: Senno (15 votes) #8: Hans (17 votes) #9: Daichi (24 votes) #10: Arete, also Kumagera (30 votes)

FÓDLAN #1: Tomas, also Gwendal (4 votes) #3: Lonato (5 votes) #4: Pallardó (6 votes) #5: Aelfric (8 votes) #6: Ludwig aka Duke Aegir (9 votes) #7: Solon (11 votes) #8: Kostas (12 votes) #9: Volkhard aka Lord Arundel (13 votes) #10: Grégoire aka Count Varley (16 votes)

ELYOS #1: Hyacinth (38 votes) #2: Seforia (68 votes) (god dammit I knew I should have voted for her--) #3: Saphir (74 votes) (I DID VOTE FOR HER THOUGH YOU ABSOLUTE--) #4: Lindon (97 votes) #5: Morion (142 votes) #6: Bunet, also Zephia (158 votes) #8: Marni (187 votes) #9: not Marni (201 votes) (ie Madeline btw) #10: Vander (215 votes)

ZENITH #1: Ganglöt (50 votes) #2: Hel (69 votes) (nice) #3: Ótr (77 votes) #4: Nótt (88 votes) #5: Freyr (91 votes) #6: Ylgr (94 votes) #7: Múspell (116 votes) #8: Reginn (121 votes) #9: Letizia (122 votes) #10: Gustav (148 votes)

[gurado-no-nouru]

Knoll's interview letter

You open the envelope and remove a letter written in exquisite hand-writing and with an excessively polite tone. It reads the following:

To whom it may concern, My name is Knoll, current Research Assistant under Professor Darina at the Grado Royal School of Arcane Studies, for the Artefact and Material Research Department. I hereby apply for a student position at Garreg Mach Monastery's Officer Academy. I began studying magic at age 7, when I entered Grado Royal School of Arcane Studies, under the recommendation of Lieutenant Selena of the Grado Royal Army. In my many years at the Royal School, I have learned about the known foundations of logic, reason, biology and chemistry. Furthermore, we had intensive and practical classes on divine energy, material flux and elemental manipulation. In Magvel, we portray these three domains as Light, Dark and Anima magic, but I believe that Dark and Anima are regrouped under Reason magic in Fódlan, as well as Light recognized as Faith. At age 10, I joined the Grado Royal Army as a Junior Shaman. This allowed me to continue my studies at the Royal School. Fourteen months ago, I was recognized by the Artefact and Material Research Department for a research assistant position under Professor Darina. Her research covers, among other subjects, magic-imbuing techniques, matter-light interactivity of metals under magical stressors and magical barriers. Last month, I was approached by the Department with the possibility of studying abroad in Fódlan. Garreg Mach Monastery's Officer Academy was my first choice, as Professor Serevar spoke highly of Professor Hanneman von Essar. I'd like to enjoy the opportunity of learning about the Crests of Fódlan, since such genealogical artefacts are not present in Magvel. How does blood inscribe such potent magical properties? How are Crests shared genealogically? Could one receive the gift of Crest after birth? I shudder from excitement just at the thought of digging these questions for answers. As per the protocol, here are my explicit responses to the interview queries. What has led you to where you are today? As you may have understood from my journey, I am a scholar through and through. I am where I am for I follow the path of formal arcane studies. What do you believe are your greatest strengths? Your greatest weaknesses? For my strengths: I hold a high level of research ethical standards and will uphold the Academy's by the book. I believe I possess the capacity to excel in any course that necessitates understanding and knowledge. For my weaknesses, I believe to be mediocre in physical activities, as I lack strength and endurance. I believe I make it up by my magical abilities. If a story were to be written about your life, what role would you play? I search not for the vanguard nor the fame. I seek to answer the profound riddles of our universe. In the hope that I have followed the application protocol by the letter. Thank you for considering my application, Respectfully yours, Knoll of Grado

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about me :)

call me dove.

i use he/him pronouns and was born in 1998. minors can follow, but i ask that they blacklist the tag #minors dni.

more detailed bio + notes before following under the cut.

longer bio

i am autistic. my biggest special interest is fire emblem. my favorite fire emblem settings are jugdral, magvel, and fódlan.

other big interests of mine are pokemon, homestuck, and undertale/deltarune. my interest in these fandoms often fluctuates in intensity, but they're all cool.

i go to school in philly and am studying sociology.

notes

i use both the f slur and q slur for myself. if you'd rather not see those words, i suggest you blacklist #fslur and/or #qword

please tag any use of the r slur.

i personally don't rly use tone indicators but if you need me to use them when communicating with you just lmk and i'll do my best :)

exclusionists go outside and actually meet lgbtq+ people who aren't discourse poisoned bc nobody cares abt this shit irl.

terfs and zionists go jump off a bridge. you are not welcome here.