#fire emblem rafiel

[rafibird]

my favs from tellius >.<

[snowwydaydreamr]

Completed Commission for a dear friend Basil! Including Character emotes from Fire emblem! This was a really big commission and I'm really glad for the work! Thank you again Basil for commissioning me for these!

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[ew01z]

i think rafiel has poetic polite guy rizz. other than being Extremely Beautiful obviously

he pulled up to hitari comparing nailah's eye to lush gardens or comparing her to a rose or something and just being a general joy to be around and nailah simply had no choice but to take his hand in matrimony and smash

[fe-smashorpass]

[serennes-art]

my piece for @ikesorenzine volume 1! ike and soren visiting some friends in the grann desert

[saffie-eve]

Massive pile of Fire emblem art: Tellius Edition!

[gloamvonhrym]

doodling rafiel hanging out with flightless birds

[aptericia]

Rafiel for the FE artscuffle! I attacked @barbieburnanator! 💕

[selenadem]

Day 6 of FE Siblings Week

“Return” ! Reyson and Leanne are happy to see Rafiel again!

[rafibird]

oopsie forgot to post here again

[endsofthearth]

[arkus-rhapsode]

Gonna give some love to one of my favorite Radiant Dawn minor antagonists, Hetzel. And what he represents overall in Radiant Dawn.

Now when Hetzel shows up in PoR and Radiant Dawn he seems like an unassuming old man. Practically harmless compared to the other obviously evil senators. But the thing is, Hetzel is a great sign of somebody who is aware actions are wrong, but he never uses any of his own power to stop or take a stance.

He knows the Serenes Massacre plan is bad, but he doesn't really make any attempts to stop it. Because the truth is he's more ambivalent to the plight of the Herons. He bails out slaver and fellow Senator, Oliver, despite a whole point of Sanaki's campaign was to find the people still partaking in the slave trade and stamping them out. And while he makes no aggressive actions against Sanaki, he still is a part of the anti Apostle group of Senators. Yet despite all that he still frees Rafiel.

This is because Hetzel is probably one of the most mature criticism Fire Emblem has had of someone in power: Hetzel is ultimately a man who likes having power and maintaining the status quo. Unlike Lekain and other who their current position isn't just enough and need to keep aggressively expanding, Hetzel rather takes a position of doing what is best to main the power he has. Despite the fact he is aware that slavery and massacring is bad. He will still benefit if Lekain wins, but will never use any of his power to implement any significant changes. At best all he does is gestures of good faith.

Theocracy in Fire Emblem is honestly kinda shallow and very much a simplified version of it. That there is a religion that has some form of political power. And that one in charge is probably some person who pushes down on others because god tells them to. But Tellius seems to understand a theocracy isn't just about the dogma of a faith being implemented by the state and there for the only true religion and those with conflicting ideas must die, but rather those who benefit the most are the ones in the highest positions of the theocratic organization. Something that can be achieved less through actually believing but actually knowing how to rise in rank in a religious institution. All of the senators are Dukes, holding massive lands and they are the senior most members of their faith. While we know that warriors of the faith like Zelgius and others hold titles like Earl for their place in the military fighting for their faith. The theocracy of Begnion is one that isn't just about "because the Goddess" its a group of men who have grown rich and consolidated much of their riches and political position and now someone like Sanaki is going to upset this balance after they worked to avoid this happening with Apostle Misha. Delegitimizing Sanaki by revealing she's not the true Apostle would then pass over the power of the empire to Lekain and his cronies. And Hetzel was along for this ride for a long time.

And when finally confronted by Rafiel in the end, Hetzel only begs for forgiveness. He knows what he has done is wrong but pleas that he was kind to Rafiel so that means he's not all that bad. But Rafiel has nothing left to say. Hetzel did have a choice given where he was in the senate. And in the end he ultimately choose to go with Lekain's flow. And when Ike confronts Hetzel, all Hetzel refuses to surrender. He'll be disgraced. Even at the end knowing after everything and having one last chance to get out, he doesn't take it because his status is more important to him than doing the right thing.

Hetzel is a wonderfully pathetic villain and a genuinely good examination of those in power who passively allow bad acts even when they have a level of awareness. While there are a lot of people who like to dismiss many FE villains (and lets be fair) that aren't always that strong or that complex. But I always want to at least give praise to instances like Hetzel that make memorable antagonists.

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

I like to think that when rafiel is in his bird form he hops around instead of walking

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[aloneditee]

Lament of Lehran (Jan, 2023)

[shiftingcuriosity]

a part of a page thats full of doodles of tellius peeps.

[vellatra]

Merry @Nagamas and Happy New Year, lavendre! Took a lot of brainstorming for this piece - I hope you enjoy this Rafailah Gallian journey montage! :D

Top Left: Traveling

Top Right: Camping under the stars

Bottom Left: Taking a break and making new friends at a tavern

Bottom Right: There's plenty of room in Gallia, if the Hatarese want to move in! ;)