#jakob x mozu

[chickenmcnuggies]

Unofficial Gay Fates 2.1.0 Is here! This update adds in 64 new supports, as well as implemented the new Custom Endings I showed off before! This release features 105 custom endings.

Big thanks to sketchi, who not only commissioned the code patch for the endings from Tildehat, but also wrote quite a few of the ones in this update! Also shoutouts to Tru and Tsunny, who wrote most of the other endings implemented, as well as their usual help coding supports.

Speaking of coding supports, this update would not have remotely as many new supports were it not for Cherrycrow, Mathcat, and Sylvie, who did the bulk of the coding work this update!

As for supports added:

ROMANTIC: Nyx x Azura, Hinoka x Anna, Izana x Yukimura, Selena x Shura, Mozu x Rinkah, Odin x Xander, Kaden x Saizo, Izana x Gunter, Benny x Subaki, Effie x Felicia, Rinkah x Nyx, Jakob x Ryoma, Keaton x Leo, Mozu x Charlotte, Odin x Keaton, Saizo x Izana, Mozu x Setsuna, Jakob x Kaden, Takumi x Hayato, Gunter x Fuga, Hayato x Leo, Izana x Kaze, Izana x Fuga, Mozu x Orochi, Mozu x Kagero, Izana x Odin, Izana x Shura, Nina x Mitama, Fuga x Peri (Platonic S)

PLATONIC: Sakura/Anna, Sakura/Orochi, Elise/Siegbert, Elise/Nyx, Oboro/Elise, Beruka/Rhajat

PARENT/CHILD: Hayato/Forrest PC, Leo/Rhajat PC, Kaden/Dwyer PC, Jakob/Selkie PC, Benny/Caledori PC, Subaki/Ignatius PC, Xander/Ophelia PC, Saizo/Selkie PC, Kaden/Asugi PC, Leo/Velouria PC, Jakob/Shiro PC, Keaton/Forrest PC, Ryoma/Dwyer PC, Kaze/Soleil PC, Shura/Percy PC, Mozu/Kana(M) PC, Izana/Shigure PC, Benny/Percy PC, Leo/Nina PC, Arthur/Ignatius PC, Niles/Forrest PC

SIBLING: Dwyer/Selkie SIB, Siegbert/Ophelia SIB, Ignatius/Caeldori SIB, Dwyer/Shiro SIB, Asugi/Selkie SIB, Velouria/Forrest SIB, Siegbert/Asugi SIB, Forrest/Nina SIB

If you'd like to see what endings are implemented, I'd recommend checking out our new spreadsheet page, which has all the implemented ones marked off in green, in addition to listing their text!

As per usual, the update can be found on our gamebanana page!

[renaisguy]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: Ashera

Pronouns: they/them

Birthday (no year): 6th June

Where are you from? What is your time zone? England, GMT

How long is your roleplay experience? I think it must be like 10 years technically

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? Naruto OC roleplay on Google+

How were you introduced to TOA? I played FE4 and the brainworms took over, so I started following the genealogy tag on tumblr. I kept seeing posts about X character being accepted to the officer's academy, so eventually I looked into what that was all about.

Do you have any pets? No.

What is your favourite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) My wardrobe is minmaxed for warm weather, I hate layers and I like having my window open, and having hours and hours of daylight. So summer.

What is your IRL occupation? IT.

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? Pixel art and cross-stitch, card games, social deduction games, doctor who, long walks.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Zero escape, Aitsf, puyo puyo tetris, balatro, slay the spire, ace attorney, umineko, other vns.

Favourite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Delphox. I like dragon, fire and dark types.

Tell us some fun facts and trivia about yourself! (Optional bonus challenge: if you filled this out last year, try not to repeat what you said back then!)

I like dressing fancy. I regularly go to hang out with my friends wearing floor-length gowns, my grandad's boat cloak, and heels. I have a drag queen friend who sometimes gives me clothes he doesn't want any more, and it's great.

(Apart from the wrinkle where RD is technically my brother's and not mine) I own every FE game that got an English release.

I will always spell things the British way.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? At the time feh was released I was just playing every nintendo mobile game that came out. I thought the characters were cute and I found a second-hand copy of birthright sometime later. I then had to wait until Christmas to play it cause my brother's 3DS was broken.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? Beaten: Genealogy, Blazing Blade, Sacred Stones, Radiant Dawn, Shadow Dragon, Awakening, Birthright, Conquest, Echoes, 3 Houses, 3 Hopes, Engage Played a decent amount of: FE1, Binding Blade, Path of Radiance, Warriors

First & Favourite Fire Emblem games: First: Heroes/Birthright. Favourite(s): Genealogy, Sacred Stones, Radiant Dawn

List your 5 favourite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Laylea, Dew, Forde, Larcei and Jeritza. Maybe. I have too many faves.

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! I liked M!Robin's art in heroes and he was the first 5* I summoned. Also I fell in love with Kaden the instant I met him cause he's cute (unfortunately my Corrin was already married)

Any Fire Emblem crushes? Like so many. For brevity I'll give the biggest one from each game: Wolf, Sonya, Arvis, Karel (FE7), Joshua/Cormag, Nasir, Reina, Jeritza, Zelkov. Shout out to Arvis for being the reason I played FE4 to begin with, and Jeritza cause the morning he became playable and bisexual I went insane.

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? I prefer to S support a new character each run cause I like filling the support log. The only time I've S supported a character more than once is the bisexual ones in 3H. So instead I'm giving my first and my favourite. Also at this point I've played 3H so much there's only like, 6 characters I haven't S supported. - Awakening: First: Miriel, Favourite: ??? - Fates: First: Jakob, Favourite: Kaden, Reina, Mozu - Three Houses: First: Jeritza, Favourite: Jeritza - Engage: First: Zelkov, Favourite: Zelkov

Favourite Fire Emblem class? Swordmaster

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? Mage cause they have cape. I'd have great stats (delusional)

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran) Black Eagles.

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? Boons: Reason, Axes, Authority. Banes: Heavy Armour, Riding, Faith. Budding talent: Faith.

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon) Firene.

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) Tee-Oh-Ay

Current TOA muses: Forde

Past TOA muses? Larcei, Tine, Dew, Yune, Laylea

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? I had Larcei for over a year and honestly I'm really happy with what I did with her (even if rereading her stuff makes me cringe). So as much as I love her I have no strong reason to pick her up... apart from that swordmaster drabble I never got around to.

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) There's overlap between the 'old' and 'new' gens of my muses. There's a hotheaded sword girl, a mage with issues :tm: and a cute blond guy. I think I have an easier time writing characters that have a positive outlook, and say what they mean.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? Idk really. I don't think I'm that good at writing sad shit, so muses that have heavier stuff going on I'd struggle with.

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) I like being a little silly. Some of my favourite posts have been where I've just thought up some nonsense, and allowed myself to write it.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? I want Forde to be obliterated emotionally. I do not care if these emotions are positive or negative.

Favourite TOA-related memories? SO many this group is awesome. I loved coming back after some time off and seeing what muses were still around. There's one in particular that Larcei and Forde are both close friends with and it cheeses me so much. Anyway happyland was my favourite event ever thank you mods.

Present or past tense? Present usually, but sometimes I use past don't worry about it.

Normal size text, small text, no preference? The most formatting I do is the occasional italics.

Got any potential muse delusions to share? There is *someone* who's been on my mind... (but really I have no strong muse thoughts at the moment, and I don't think I have the energy to double muse rn)

[mozukumi]

100k Shirosieg? I know you may never have time to write, but how do the plot/vibes go in your head

Anon thank you so much for asking!!! I am so happy to talk about this AU which has remained dormant in my brain for like. A year and a half now.

For context - I started cooking all this up while I was playing fire emblem: revelations, which I did after I had already beat conquest once and birthright like… 3 times? '

I try and do different pairings each time I play, while keeping things as strategically and romantically as interesting as possible - but not every pairing can end up perfect. Notable for this au is that I ended up with a Peri!Siegbert and a Felicia!Shiro

i actually have published a bit of fanfiction about Peri!Siegbert, because I find it to be really fascinating. It gnaws at my brain.

But the basic genesis of this fanfic was this: how the hell is Siegbert supposed to have any optimism and pride and hope for his country when his mom is fucking Peri. Like. It goes deeper then that. But truly - how do you reckon with that?

Well. Maybe he's just barely keeping it together. Maybe he's going to explode soon. And maybe your best bud from the war happens to notice this. And in an act that will not fix any of the structural problems, he decides to arrange a marriage between Siegbert and his cousin Caeldori.

Normal. Normal! Further plot summary + some bonus drawings under the cut.

This all takes place in modified version of Rev, where Corrin sided with Hoshido at first but was able to recruit some Nohrians to her side towards the end of the conflict. But the consequence is that the ending political situation isn't just "now we're all friends" it is very much more leaning towards "Heyyy can we keep Nohr trapped in the torment nexus for 400 years". This is partially due to the fact that Sakura died in this version, and partially due to well. How the game treats Nohr to begin with.

Half of the second gen were in the canon deeprealm space time ovens during the war - Siegbert, Shiro, Caeldori, Forrest, and Ignatius are the relevant ones. They're anywhere between 16-20 when they're recruited from their deeprealm.

The other half of second gen are born post-war, and are normal babies. Kiragi, Percy, and Rhajat are the ones I have firmed up. Percy literally never comes up in this AU I just have a soft spot for Arthur x Beruka and I want them to have a normal family life. Or as normal as they're going to get lmao.

The exception to all of this are Sophie and Dwyer, who were Normal kids who had their parents killed during the very beginning of the war. Silas and Jakob, who in this version had years of romantic tension and basically got married immediately after the war started, adopt them. You just have to trust in my weird yaoi.

Sophie and Dwyer aren't sent out into battles - they stay in the mycastle as a butler and maid. Sophie is REALLY BAD at being a maid.

About 1-2 years after the war, at a celebration of the birth of Prince Kiragi (whose mother is Mozu btw. I'M LITERALLY MOZUKUMI! I'VE GOTTA DO IT!), Siegbert has a breakdown in front of Shiro. He confesses that he doesn't know if he can do this anymore - he had all these ideals about being a great king like father, but his resolve is starting to crack, and he doesn't know if he can believe father even is a great king. Not after all he's done, and especially not after he continues to not just tolerate, but love his mother - Peri.

Shiro offers his best bro a way to get out: get into an arranged marriage with his cousin, Caeldori. Since everybody still hates Nohr due to stuff from the war, it can be posed as like, a political bargain/punishment to take their crown prince and marry him into Hoshido, as well as a potential olive branch for future unity.

And Siegbert is conflicted... but he accepts the offer.

For her part, Caeldori accepts this because of her loyalty to Shiro and her country. She's conflicted - she's a romantic at heart, and she's been nursing feelings for Dwyer for ages. But her duty must come first. She knows the pressure that Siegbert faces.

So now we have a couple of plotlines going on: Siegbert as he adjusts to this new country, Shiro realizing that maybe the reason he made this offer was because he kind of wanted to marry Siegbert himself, Caeldori struggling between duty and love, and the folks back at Nohr scrambling to make sense of the new normal.

Nobody in Nohr wants to be next in the line of succession. Elise, whose an adult at this point (I haven't gotten a firm timeline yet, but the war took a couple of years + this is a timeskip to after the war), just had a baby with Hayato. And now everybody is kind of just sitting there hoping that this kid grows up to really fucking love being a ruler.

Also - Felicia ! She's Shiro's mom, remember? And... she was a political hostage from the Ice Tribe. And what's happening to Siegbert isn't quite the same - he had a lot more say in the matter then she did. But it's still an echo of her bast experience, and she proves to be one of his biggest allies. He's winning the mother-in-law competition.

The vibe of the whole thing is like... mainly interpersonal drama? It's also partially about examining some of the insane stuff Fates puts out into the lore and then never elaborates on.

if you have any follow-up questions, i'd be happy to answer them!! tysm for letting me ramble.

[outerspacebun]

DSJFLKSDF okay since one person liked my post, which is enough for me, I am going to write a long list of who I ship/who I pair with in Awakening, Fates, and Three Houses/Hopes. It's going to be long, will include rarepairs, and oc x canon because I can't help myself.

For Awakening:

Chrom/M!Robin

Chrom/Sumia

M!Robin/Tiki

F!Robin/Virion

Lissa/Lon'qu

Frederick/Cordelia

Sully/Vaike

Stahl/Cherche

Miriel/Kellam

Donnel/Nowi

Lon'qu/Gaius

Ricken/Maribelle

Panne/Olivia

Panne/Libra

Gaius/Olivia

Gaius/Chrom

Tharja/Henry

Basilio/Flavia (we were robbed of an A Support from them)

Gerome/Lucina

Lucina/Laurent

Lucina/Gerome/Laurent

Owain/Inigo

Cynthia/Severa

Gerome/Laurent

Morgan/Nah (doesn't matter the gender for Morgan)

For Fates:

F!Corrin/Flora

F!Corrin/Charlotte

Azura/Tsubaki

Felicia/Jakob

Felicia/Xander

Silas/Hinoka

Kaze/Rinkah

Mozu/Hayato

Mozu/Effie

Takumi/Setsuna

Sakura/Xander

Saizo/Kagero

Kagero/Rinkah

Azama/Beruka

Hinata/Hana

Orochi/Lazlow

Oboro/Kaden

Tsubaki/Niles

Tsubaki/Nyx

Rinkah/Charlotte

Camilla/Keaton

Leo/Nyx

Elise/Odin

Lazlow/Odin

Lazlow/Nyx

Peri/Niles

Effie/Arthur

Charlotte/Benny

Midori/Kiragi

Mitama/Rajhat

Asugi/Nina

Caeldori/Nina

Caeldori/Seigbert

For Three Houses/Hopes:

M!Byleth/Claude

M!Byleth/Shamir

F!Byleth/Sylvain

Byleth/Dedue (I like either with them. Dedue is so precious)

Edelgard/Dorothea

Edelgard/Monica

Edelgard/Dorothea/Monica

Hubert/Ferdinand

Ferdinand/Flayn

Linhardt/Dorothea

Bernadetta/Dorothea

Bernadetta/Petra

Dorothea/Monica

Petra/Ignatz

Dimitri/Mercedes

Dimitri/Felix

Dimitri/Yuri

Dedue/Ashe

Felix/Annette

Sylvain/Yuri

Annette/Hilda

Rodiruge/Amelia

Lambert/Aisla

Matthias/Raven

Glenn/Elena

Ingrid/Yuri

Lorenz/Leonie

Raphael/Marianne

Ignatz/Marianne

Lysithea/Cyril

Marianne/Leonie

Seteth/Manuela

Hapi/Constance

[fujin-ender]

engage x fates duos i would kill to see in FEH (because they’re my favorite fe games)

goldmary & charlotte (toxic girlboss gang. manipulative narcissistic queens)

panette & charlotte (possibly an even better pairing than goldmary and charlotte, both their characters have extremely similar MO’s)

vander & gunter (loyal dilf/gilf retainers to dragon protagonists unite)

louis & jakob (who can make the best tea between them?? i must know)

ivy & camilla (need i say more?? jk, in all seriousness i do think they’d get along pretty well. older sister yet somewhat maternal, who both understand the hardships and horrors of the competition among the concubines of their fathers)

lapis & mozu (BUT FIRST IS NEEDS TO PUT MOZU IN FEH, ITS BEEN 6 YEARS FOR FUCKS SAKE LET THE POOR GIRL IN- but yeah they’re both country gals, maybe mozu could help lapis be a little more confident in where and how she grew up)

kagetsu & hinata (cute bubbly samurai boys with a japanese motif my beloved!!! they’d be good friends i think, they’re so cute)

yunaka & beruka (two former assassin ladies, perhaps they can help each other with the emotional trauma?)

alcryst & sakura (sweet unconfident younger siblings, i think they’d be friends too and it would be adorable)

there’s tons more, but i don’t wanna make this too long, these are just a few i’ve thought of :D doubt they’ll ever come to fruition of course, but hey, i can dream

[yuisdad]

Since I’m sad that otome games don’t have English dubs when they get realeased in the west, I’ve decided to do English fan casts to alleviate the pain. (I get that they’re a niche genre, but let me have this)

Code Realize, Hakuoki, and Amnesia will have the same voice actors from their English dubs. One of the exception is Toma, since his voice actor is unfortunately dead. I would replace Toma’s voice actor with Mike Haimoto. Another exception is Sanosuke Harada’s voice actor since he’s been blacklisted and arrested due to grooming a 16 year old and marrying her in 2014. He’s already been replaced by Phil Hayes in the Hakuoki movies, so he’ll stay.

I’m not doing Collar X Malice at the moment since it’s getting a movie adaptation this year, and (hopefully) it will inevitably get an English dub. If it doesn’t, then I’ll do it on the future. 

The heroines are all voiced in English as well because I say so lol.

Norn 9:

Koharu: Jad Saxton

Mikoto Kuga: Kira Vincent-Davis

Nanami Shiranui: Brittney Karbowski

Sorata Suzuhara: Kiba Walker

Kakeru Yuiga: Blake Shepard

Senri Ichinose: Bryson Baugus

Masamune Toya: David Matranga

Natsuhiko Azuma: Mark Ivy

Sakuya Nijou: Michaela Laws

Itsuki Kagami: Howard Wang

Akito Shukuri: Daman Mills

Heishi Otomaru: Greg Ayres

Ron Muroboshi: David Wald

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly:

Beniyuri: Emi Lo

Kikage: Johnny-Yong Bocsh

Yamato: Aleks Le

Karasuba: Griffin Puatu

Kagiha: Y Chang

Monshiro: Caleb Yen

Usagi: Xanthe Hyunh

Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk:

Eiar/Jed: Brina Palencia

Lavan: David Matranga

Levi: Aaron Dismuke

Lugus: Zeno Robinson

Tower Overlord/Ashen Hawk: J. Michael Tatum

Hugh: Ryan Colt Levy

Piofiore Fated Memories: 

Liliana Adornato: Felicia Angelle

Dante Falzone: Daman Mills

Gilbert Redford: Alejandro Saab

Yang: Y. Chang

Nicola Francesca: Jonah Scott

Orlok: Cedric Williams Jr.

Henri Lambert: Jonathan Bullock

Cafe Enchante:

Kotone Awaki: Maddie Matsumoto

Misyr Rex: Joshua David King

Canus Espada: Christopher Escalante

Il Fado de Rie: Dom Dinh

Ignis Carbunculus: Jalen K Cassell

Kaoru Rindo: Eric Bauza

Cupid Parasite:

Lynette Mirror: Amanda Lee

Gil Lovecraft: Corey Wilder

Shelby Snail: Danny Spiller

Ryuki F Keisaiin: Jacob Takanashi

Raul Aconite: Everett Van Maren

Allan Melville: Reagan Murdock

Peter Flage/Jupiter: Brandon Winkler

Bustafellows: 

Teuta Bridges: Stephanie Sheh

Limbo Scott Fitzgerald: Robbie Daymond

Shu Lyn O'Keefe: Matthew Mercer

Mozu Nile Shepard: Jakob Takanashi

Helvetica Orsted: Steve Warky Nunez

Scarecrow: Edward Mendoza

Adam Krylov: Nathan Sharp

Luka: Mikaela Krantz

Carmen: Kayleigh McKee

Anyone else is free to put in their own voice headcanons for otome games if they want to.

[pegasusknightsonly]

thinking ahead to potential matches

i will NOT do corrin x mozu again even though it would be soooooo funny. corrin x reina

hinoka x silas ??? wait this is actually her best option AWESOME

sakura x hayato

azura x jakob again tee hee

takumi x his girl retainer who's in love with him

ugly staff guy x big boobs mage lady

ryoma ... x mozu ..... ????? or his girl retainer who give a shit

tsubaki will be dying immediately and taking the cordelia expy with him GOOD RIDDANCE

literally who else is there. whatever I'll figure it out

[fatesdeepdive]

Entry 11: Archduke Silly Bot

I built a new Mess Hall and Accessory Shop, but before I could play with them, my castle was attacked! By spooky ghost men from the Astral Plane I mean, I summoned them, but still, the castle is in danger. Fifteen enemies showed up to try and seize the fort. Lilith was supposed to help me fight, but just stayed in her pond and did nothing. Dumb fish.

The invaders were tough, but focused more on smashing stuff than killing my Units. Unfortunately, there was a casualty. Kenshi, our valiant POW who we force to serve as cannon fodder, was slain in battle. I mean, not really, because I’m playing Casual mode. Still, I renamed the castle Fort Kenshi in his honor.

The invasion gave me the points needed to build two new structures: the Rod Shop and the Smithy. The Mess Hall can be used to slightly boost unit stats for one battle. The Rod Shop can be used to buy various consumable items. Smithy can be used to reforge Weapons; for instance, I gave Kenshi a new bronze club called Kenshi’s Whacker. The Accessory shop can be used to buy and equip fun accessories, like the bath towel that is all Kenshi is allowed to wear.

Support: Jakob/Mozu

C: Jakob finds Mozu crying, because she had a nightmare about the death of her family, and comforts her.

B: Jakob tells Mozu that she is fortunate to have had something to lose; he explains his abusive childhood that ended with him being sold into servitude of the royal family and tells Mozu to hold onto her memories of her village.

A: Mozu begins training so she can be strong enough to protect everyone and thanks Jakob for looking out for her.

S: Jakob proposes to Mozu, asking her to help him create memories worth cherishing.

Review: This one was short, but good. It could have very easily just been a throwaway conversation about Jakob’s fanciness contrasting Mozu’s lack of sophistication. Instead, it was a genuinely touching conversation that expanded both characters and made me love Jakob even more.

Support: Orochi/Saizo

C: Orochi tells Saizo to stop being mean, because it’s ruining his reputation with the ladies, and threatens to take matters into her own hands.

B: Orochi reveals that when they first met, when Saizo was a child and she was...whatever age she was, she predicted misfortune in his future, which scared Saizo so much he wet his pants. She then reveals that she’s told everyone. Saizo runs away to salvage his reputation.

A: Saizo comes back, furious. Apparently, Orochi lied about telling everyone and Saizo, in his attempts to explain that he only peed his pants because he was a child, ended up spreading the story for her.

S: Saizo has turned over a new leaf and is trying to be nicer thanks to Orochi’s mind games. Orochi confesses that, when she fortolled misfortune in Saizo’s future, she must have actually been talking about his father. Because, as we all know, Saizo has not suffered any misfortune in his life. Also they get married.

Review: This one was decent. Saizo ignoring Orochi’s threats at first then ruining everything in his struggle to fix things is amusing, and the duo have better chemistry than most couples in this game.

Support: Azura/Corrin (Birthright)

Notice the Birthright parenthetical. Corrin and Azura, the main duo, actually have different conversations in different routes, which is neat.

C: Corrin and Azura take a walk together. Azura compares the nice day to Castle Shirasagi. She then apologizes for bringing up her childhood, which she feels belonged to Corrin.

B: Azura asks Corrin about her childhood and Corrin explains both the forced isolation and the constant companionship from Elise and the servants. Corrin actually says she misses the Northern Fortress.

A: Corrin and Azura reflect on their different opinions of Nohr: Azura’s feelings of it being the evil she escaped and Corrin’s of it being a home she misses. They discuss the fact that no place is truly good or bad, something the game’s writers needed to be reminded of, and vow to bring peace.

S: Corrin states that his good memories of Nohr all stem from kind people and vows to be that kind of person for her. The duo exchange some insanely on the nose promises about being fine in a dark pit if they’re together and their fates being intertwined. Now, this may feel like incest because they share parents and siblings, but I actually think this one is okay? As long as there isn’t some late game twist that makes them cousins or something, this seems good.

Review: Overall, a fairly good conversation. Corrin’s feelings on Nohr are more nuanced than this game normally is and the idea that Nohr isn’t evil because of the people is a good sentiment.

Support: Setsuna/Subaki

C: Subaki and Setsuna are assigned to train new recruits together. The new recruit is Kenshi, I have decided. Subaki, worried that Setsuna will be Setsuna and mess everything up, does everything himself.

B: Setsuna just wanders off in the middle of training new recruits and Subaki tries to help her be a better leader.

A: Setsuna attempts to resign from teaching, but Subaki tells her that her wandering off actually helped the recruits because she’s observant, I guess. Setsuna does not retire from teaching.

S: Setsuna tells Subaki that she likes him then wanders off because she’s done talking. Subaki chases after her and proposes.

Review: This one was mediocre. Setsuna is always fun, but this support conversation lacked a good conflict and was resolved in a dumb way. Setsuna wandering off in the middle of a confession is fun, but the relationship wasn’t built up at all.

Birthright Chapter 9: Land of Gods

The gang head to Izumo, a neutral kingdom south of Hoshido. The guards, recognizing Azura, let the party in. Corrin asks about the missing princes and is told no battle happened near Izumo. No war in Ba Sing Se and all that jazz. Archduke Izana approaches them, looking like a wise and calm leader. Then he talks and they realize that he’s a silly boy.

They ask him about the battle on the border of Izumo and he tells them he knows nothing about it. Izana invites the gang to rest and be treated by his healers. He also invites Corrin and Sakura to go to some special spa healing in his deep relaxation chamber which is absolutely not suspicious.

The deep relaxation chamber is an execution chamber. Nohrian soldiers march in to kill Corrin and Izana reveals that he is actually a Nohrian mage named Zola. His voice sounds like Gollum and he has this weird jester hat. I cannot wait for the part of the game where we kill him.

Right before Corrin is executed, half of the Nohrian soldiers attack the other half. It’s revealed the soldiers are actually our soldiers in disguise. Where they got the Nohrian costumes, I do not know. Maybe they looted them from some corpses? Also, how did they know this was happening? And how did they seamlessly blend into the Nohrian army? I have many questions.

Hinoka explains that she knew Zola wasn’t the real Izana because no royal would ever act like such a silly boy, because she has never read any history textbook. The battle begins.

Something I haven’t mentioned yet that I want to mention: if an enemy has a super effective weapon, a red balloon with an exclamation mark appears above them as you move your unit. Nice touch.

On turn two, two new characters march into battle: a Samurai named Hinata and a Spear Fighter named Oboro. The two of them are looking for Takumi. The two bicker. Hinata is an idiot and is thirsty for Takumi. Oboro fantasizes about killing all of the Nohrian scum and Hinata tells her to chill out. These two idiots are Takumi’s retainers. Corrin goes up to the duo and recruits them.

Hinata

A samurai and one of Takumi’s retainers. His personal skill, Triple Threat, hurts enemies who lower him below half health. His design is fine, I guess. I think they’re going for a meathead thing from his introduction and his scars and muscles, but he looks way too young. Personality wise, he seems to be kinda dumb, but not enough to be funny.

Oboro

A spear fighter who is really goddamn thirsty for Takumi and is also really racist. Her unit description is: Loves fashion, hates Nohr. Her personal skill makes her do extra damage to Nohrians, which is useful because we are at war with Nohr. Fates has a bad tendency of reducing characters to a single character trait and we’ve already been shown three traits for Oboro, which I assume will dominate every line she ever says. Seriously, we’ve known her for a minute and she’s said Nohrian Scum a dozen times.

This map was good. It was a standard fighting enemies in a castle map; nothing special, but then again it didn’t need to be special. After the battle, Zola says that he’d rather die than tell Corrin anything. He then throws a smokescreen and runs away, only to be attacked by Leo.

Leo says he’s going to kill Zola for being a disgrace to Nohr and Corrin says, no, don’t do that, don’t hurt another Nohrian. Except, Corrin has killed dozens of Nohrians at this point. Leo yells at Corrin for being a traitor and gives her Zola to keep as a pet. Corrin reflects on how Leo has gotten stronger, but also become more cruel, since her betrayal of Nohr.

The gang meets the real Izana. Yeah he’s every bit as weird and wacky as Zola was. He tells the gang about hearing that the princes were near the bottomless canyon and reads Corrin’s fortune. He sings the next verse of Ocean’s Grey Waves, implying that this song is genuinely a prophecy about this game.

In the white light, a hand reaches through

A double-edged blade cuts your heart in two

Waking dreams fade away,

Embrace the brand-new day

So, let’s see. First off, a lot of imagery about light, which is Hoshido’s aesthetic. Not sure what verse one means, but verse two is some heavy foreshadowing for Chapter 26. I’ll talk about it more then. Verses three and four are about Corrin leaving the fake life in Nohr and returning to Hoshido. Probably.

Azana also predicts that the princes are both alright, so the gang heads off to find them. That night, Azura talks to Corrin about the prophecy, saying that it is the lyrics to a song she was taught as a child that now seems to be about Corrin.

[togetherweridefanzine]

TWR zine info, v.6

Together We Ride is a zine that explores the similarities that can be found throughout the Fire Emblem series’ considerable cast. Each individual artwork in this zine features multiple characters from different games spanning across the FE series. Volume 6 consists of 52 full-color illustrated and prose pages by our artists and writers (listed below), each featuring combinations chosen by them.

The zine will be printed on a 9"|22.86cm x 6"|15.24cm gloss saddle stitched booklet. Available through our Etsy shop. Preorder date: December 1st 2019 - January 5th 19th 2020 Release date: early February - mid March 2020

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ARTIST LIST Volume 6

Celes , Mimiblarg , Dt75art , Treekianthia , Maligknights , Flamingopunch , Yukibushido , Bigglyboof , Maybels , Kiciu , Roku , Jadesnap , Cryopon , Loon , yzderia , rachelmds , Felipe Souza , Pure , Tea , Gem , Prim , Snow , Reri , Taro , Froggy , ShinkaiNoAki , Harblkun , Billie , Lone , Mahnatii , ylilea , Kiwiji , WillfulAbyss , leporidae

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Volume 6 artwork and prose includes the following FE characters

Three Houses: Byleth, Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude, Hubert, Dedue, Hilda, Dorothea, Felix, Marianne, Linhardt, Ashe, Rapheal, Petra, Annette, Igntaz, Bernadetta, Mercedes, Lysithea, Caspar, Sylvain, Leonie, Ingrid, Ferdinand, Lorenz, Cyril, Manuela, Hanneman, Shamir, Catherine, Alois, Flayn, Seteth, Rhea, Sothis Shadows of Valentia: Kilff, Valbar, Rinea, Berkut Fates: Corrin, Azura, Takumi, Shigure, Niles, Jakob, Mozu, Gunther, Yukimura, Kana, Mikoto Awakening: Robin, Chrom, Gaius, Sumia, Cherche, Miriel, Ricken, Donnel, Emmeryn Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn: Ike, Soren, Titania, Oscar, Keiran, Mia, Jill, Ranulf, Volke, Micaiah, Rafiel Sacred Stones: L’Arachel, Tana, Natasha Sword of Seals/Blazing Blade: Lyn, Hector, Sain, Farina, Wil, Rath, Matthew, Leila, Nils, Elffin, Rutger, Wolt, Fae Genealogy of the Holy War/Thracia 776: Sigurd, Quan, Lewyn, Azelle, Silvia, Edain, Julia, Arvis Shadow Dragon/Mystery of the Emblem: Merric, Nyna, Maria, Kris

[xxmorning-gl0ryxx]

My Fire Emblem Fates Ships!

Hey, since I’m back, I thought I’d share my Fates otps! A good friend of mine told me to pair up whoever I want and forget stats and that’s what I wanted to do. I’m only halfway through Birthright but I already planned ahead on who I want to pair up for my playthrough in Revelation! I love to obsess over them so I’m posting them here! (Please respect my pairings, all have different opinions here) Here we go!

Neutral:

Corrin x Kaze

Jakob x Azura

Silas x Hinoka

Hoshido:

Ryoma x Felicia (A leftover pair but I fell in love with them)

Takumi x Rinkah

Saizo x Kagero

Azama x Setsuna

Kaden x Sakura (They were so cute, I could talk about them for hours!)

Hinata x Hana

Subaki x Oboro

Hayato x Mozu (They’re the only two who look the same age besides Sakura)

Nohr:

Xander x Charlotte

Leo x Nyx

Laslow x Peri

Niles x Camilla 

Odin x Elise

Benny x Beruka (I actually love their supports because it’s hard for me to talk to people sometimes and my good friend once told be that just enjoying one’s company is all that matters. I totally agree with her)

Keaton x Selena (Tsundere x Tsundere so cute!)

Arthur x Effie

And let’s not forget the children! Even if some of the pairings only allow them to be friends in the game, I imagine them together.

Shiro x Caeldori

Asugi x Sophie ( A personal favourite)

Soleil x Opheila

Dwyer x Rhajat

Kiragi x Mitama

Hisame x Midori

Shigure x Nina

Siegbert x Ignatius

Kana x Percy

Selkie x Velouria

Well I guess the guys with no romantic supports are Orochi and Forrest. Oh well.

Do we have any ships in common? Let me know in a reply! Have a good day!

[chickenmcnuggies]

The newest update for Unofficial Gay Fates, bringing in 26 new supports, edits to old Revival Patch supports to bring them up to quality, as well as a new paralogue edit!  

The newly added supports are:  

Romantic: Odin x Jakob, Azama x Silas, Benny x Takumi, Subaki x Leo, Charlotte x Anna, Camilla x Peri, Sophie x Nina, Oboro x Arthur, Selena x Kagero, and Corrin(F) x Mitama (S)  

Platonic: Only Izana/Sakura this time!  

Parent Child: Odin/Dwyer, Jacob/Ophelia, Azama/Sophie, Silas/Mitama, Benny/Kiragi, Takumi/Ignatius, Xander/Shiro, Forrest/Subaki, Leo/Caeldori, and Ryoma/Siegbert  

Sibling: Dwyer/Ophelia, Sophie/Mitama, Kiragi/Ignatius, Shiro/Siegbert, and Caeldori/Forrest  

Fixed supports: Reina/Mozu, Asugi/Niles, Jakob x Kaze, Azura x Effie, Azura x Reina, Hinoka x Scarlet, Reina/Shigure PC  

We also added our first parent specific paralogue edit! Now, if Silas and Niles are married, the beginning and endings of Nina's paralogue will have dialogue to reflect it. No more Niles explaining his family drama to his husband!  

Also added: Unisex DLC Classes patch, Playable Lilith Mod patch.

As per usual, the update can be found at it's Gamebanana page: (x)

On a semi-related note, also check out the Playable Lilith mod I released earlier this week! (x)

[persorene]

Into the Unknown; Chapter 26

*headcanon that comes into play later in this chapter; among his many other talents, Dwyer is a decent musician.*

“Mom, I can go. I can do it.” Dwyer said quietly.  

The leader of their ragtag army was sitting on the floor, cradling her youngest son to her chest as he slept, her copper hair falling over him and hiding him from view. She looked from her husband who was crouching beside her to her eldest son who stood in the corner of the room, anxiously twirling his staff in his hands. The exhiled princess kept her voice to a whisper “Dwyer, sweetheart, I don’t know if I’m comfortable with you going out on missions alone. I’ve had enough of a scare over your little brother today. It’s a lovely offer, but-”

“Mom. Look, I know you think I’m helpless but I’m not. You and dad need to stay here with Kana, it was the first time he’s ever turned. And with the stress of the attack… he probably won’t wake up for awhile. But the skies change in two days. We were due to meet Xander and Leo any time now, and now we’re hiding out in a forest. If I don’t go, they won’t ever find us here and we won’t gain Nohr’s support. Having Ryoma and Hinoka backing us helps so much, but you know we need them too.”

Jakob was swelling with pride. His son never took initiative on his own, and while he certainly didn’t want to put their oldest son in harm’s way, he also couldn’t refuse the offer. “Corrin.” Jakob began. His wife turned her face to him, her fingers mindlessly stroked Kana’s silky white locks as she listened. “Darling, I don’t want him in danger either. But, he does have a point. We can’t allow an alliance with Nohr to slip through our fingers. Dwyer is a skilled boy, he can make it to the canyon safely and retrieve your brothers. He can take a party along with him. Surely we can spare the forces while we wait here for Kana to come around.” He chuckled grimly as he looked at his beloved princess and their son in her arms “Besides, if anyone dare threaten my family they’d have to face me.”

Corrin returned her eyes to their older son “Do you promise me you will be more careful than you have ever been before?”

“Mother, when have I ever been reckless?”

“Never dear, however, you are my precious son and if something were to happen to you I-” she shook her head “No. I can’t even think about it.”

The teenager stepped across the room and stood next to his parents and brother, he lay a hand on top of his mother’s head to comfort her “Momma, I promise you I will be safe. I can do this.”

She nodded and grabbed his hand in her own, rubbing her thumb over his knuckles “I know, my love. However, if you aren’t home by tomorrow afternoon I’m coming after you.”

Dwyer smiled, revealing the dimples in his cheeks, his eyes slowly drifted from his loving mother to father “Dad?”

“Yes son?” The butler looked up, his long white bangs hung over his left eye, the other was focusing intently on the lanky teen.

Dwyer tapped his fingers together quickly, his eyes shifted about nervously “I, um, I know I don’t like to ask for your help and I know this was my idea so if you’d rather not help me, I understand but, I was just wondering if you’d- Y'know, since I’ve never gone on a mission by myself  before I just thought…”

“I’ll help you.” Jakob chuckled slightly “I’d never send my son off unprepared.”

The boy smiled slightly “Thanks pops.”

“Come on, we need to get you ready.” Jakob stood and motioned for his son to follow him out the door and into the courtyard.

“Dwyer! I mean it young man, if you even think something looks or feels off, you come straight back home.” Corrin called after him.

Dwyer slowed to a stop and turned back toward his worried mother “Mom, do you really think dad would let me go if it was risky?”

She shook her head, he certainly would never put any of them in danger of any sort “No, but still, you are my son. I’m just worried. I know you’re a capable boy, but to me, you’re still my baby.”

He threw a smile at her, revealing his dimples and soothing her instantly “I know mom. I’ll be careful, I promise.”

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Jakob stood next to his son in the armory, twirling a dagger between his fingers and watching as the light glinted off of its surface “You’ll take your daggers.”

“But, dad, I’m not a fighter I’m-”

“A healer. Yes, I am aware. However, your staff won’t help you if things go wrong or if you get into a dangerous situation. But with a dagger, you don’t need to be tremendously precise-” he paused and flung the dagger he’d been holding across the room, with a thud, it landed it’s hit and stuck in one of the training dummies near the wall “but speed may just save you.”

Dwyer rolled his eyes “Yeah, okay, but you are skilled. You could throw blind folded and still kill someone. Even if I’m fast it won’t help if I completely miss the target.”

With a heavy sigh, Jakob held out the sheath of daggers for his son “Damn it Dwyer, don’t be so stubborn.  I don’t care if you never use them, but for my peace of mind and your mother’s, would you please at least keep them on you. Gods, if your mother thought for even a second that I let you go out on your own with no way to defend yourself she’d-”

Dwyer groaned and quickly snatched the leather bundle from his father’s hands "Fine. Whatever.“ he opened his satchel and began to stuff the weaponry inside.

“No. On your leg, where they go, where you can actually get to them if you need them.”

“Dad!” he angrily shouted.

Jakob folded his arms across his chest and cast an icy glare toward Dwyer “If you don’t wear them properly, you won’t go.”

“Gods.” the teen grumbled as he fastened the holster around his upper thigh “There, happy?”

“Not really, but that’s better. Now, about your group, I was thinking we could send you with-”

“I thought I was doing this alone?” Dwyer interrupted.

Jakob laughed slightly, he hadn’t meant to but it escaped him before he could stop it “No, not alone. Alone as in without your mother or myself, yes, but not by yourself. I’m not sending my inexperienced teenage son out into a battlefield entirely on his own.”

“But, I can handle it. And it isn’t a battlefield, I’m just finding Xander and Leo and bringing them back here.”

“And if you run into trouble? Or an army?” Jakob asked, his tone becoming sharper with each argument.

Dwyer lifted his staff, casting a light around himself and temporarily disappearing from sight “Problem solved.” his disembodied voice answered.

“And if you’re attacked on sight because they were expecting your mother?” He sighed and rolled his eyes “Make yourself visible again, I can’t talk to someone I can’t see.”

“Why would they attack me?” Dwyer asked, disregarding his father’s request and remaining hidden.

“Because this is a war, they don’t know you and they probably already think this is a trap.” The butler pinched the bridge of his nose between his thumb and forefinger “Dwyer. I-”

Interrupting again, Dwyer waved his staff and retracted his last stave, now visible once more “Dad. No. I want to show you and mom I’m not the little kid you think I am. If I do well, you trust me to do more around here, if not you may continue to coddle and shelter me.”

“I do not coddle.” Jakob said sharply.

“That’s what you got out of that?” Dwyer rolled his eyes, looking startling like his father in the process “Look, I gotta go. Mom only gave me until tomorrow afternoon. I’ll come home if something goes wrong. But it won’t so, bye pops.”

Dwyer shoved his way through the armory doors and trudged across the grounds toward the front gate. Jakob followed close at his heels “Dwyer, stop this.” he growled as he chased his son, his boots throwing up dust with each hastened stride.

The boy stopped in front of the gates, looking up the tower to the guard on duty.

“Hey, Silas. Let me out.” Dwyer shouted up to the young knight who was monitoring the doors.

Silas looked from the scraggly teenager to the elegant white haired man chasing close behind him, "Jakob?“ he questioned, hesitantly asking permission to comply with the boy’s request

The butler looked at his son, his lavender eyes darting back and forth as he seemed to search his child for any reason to say no.

"Dad, please.” Dwyer whispered softly “I can do it.” Though he would never admit it, he desperately wanted to impress his father.

Jakob growled, his stomach churned at the thought of letting his son leave on his own, but he was conflicted, he also felt tremendously proud that his child felt so compelled to contribute to the war effort. Dwyer was clever and skilled, he’d surely be wise enough to handle a simple scouting mission. Jakob closed his eyes and exhaled deeply “Open the gate.” He muttered.

Silas stated at him in confusion “Jakob? Are you sure? He’s just a kid and-”

Jakob shot a characteristically vicious glare at the knight “I don’t recall asking for your advice. I said let him out.”

Silas grimaced at the man below him “Fine.” He began to turn the pulley, slowly and loudly lifting the large wooden gate. 

Dwyer stood staring at his father in disbelief, he had been certain he would never change his mind “Dad. Thank you.”

“Just, be careful. Do not make me regret this.”

Dwyer stared at his father a moment longer, he quickly threw his arms around him “You won’t. I promise. I’ll be careful.”

The older man awkwardly held his son in his arms, they had never had a particularly affectionate relationship and the exchange was unusual for them. 

Dwyer pulled away from his father’s embrace, he smiled and raised a hand to wave at his dad as he turned and walked out of the safety of the fortress. Jakob stood in front of the gates as they closed, watching as long as possible as his son walked down the dirt path and off toward his first mission. As soon as the doors met and locked and the teenager was no longer in view, he regretted his decision to let him go. He spun on his heels and darted up the stairs to the watch tower. Reaching the top in seconds, he grabbed the front railing and lurched forward, focusing on the disappearing silhouette of the boy as he sauntered into the tree line “Shit.” he hissed through his clenched teeth as he stomped back down the stairs.

Silas had followed him, shouting hysterically as he tailed the butler “Jakob, Jakob! How could you send him off by himself like that? He’s a teenager. He could be kidnapped, or killed or-”

Jakob whipped around, even standing a step below the knight, he stood a bit taller “Shut up. I know what I did.” he barked viciously

He turned to walk away before the knight grabbed his shoulder, firmly locking him in place.

“Does Corrin know you let him go alone? How is she going to feel knowing you let her son out of the fortress with no protection?”

The white haired man stopped trying to pull away and turned back to the meddlesome man “In case you’ve forgotten he’s my son as well. How she and I raise OUR son is none of your business.”

“Raise him? You let him waltz out of here unarmed!” Silas shouted.

“Would you keep your damned voice down? I’m fixing it.” He swung back around and marched across the courtyard.

“How do you intend to do that?” Silas called after him.

Jakob ignored him and continued walking, he had a faint idea of how he was going to remedy his mistake. In the distance he saw who he was looking for, the twins, Kaze and Saizo. He nearly sprinted to them, Kaze addressed him first as he approached “What’s wrong? You seem… bothered.” he ran a hand through his green hair, as much as he tried to hide it, the butler made him slightly nervous.

Saizo however, did not share the same apprehension, rather he enjoyed tormenting the man “What’s got you spooked, lap dog?”

Jakob clenched his teeth, as much as he hated that nick name, he would have to ignore it for now. His need for their assistance outweighed his desire to fire back a snide comment. “I, I need a favour.” he whispered, the usual venom gone from his voice.

“What’s happened?” Kaze asked, worried by his acquaintance’s strangely out of character tone and posture.

Jakob nervously tossed his long white pony tail over his shoulder and spoke just as softly as before “I… I did something I shouldn’t have and I need help fixing it.”

“HA! You, asking for help? You must have really messed up. What’d you do?” Saizo sputtered between his bouts of laughter

“I let Dwyer out on his own for a mission.” he groaned.

The brothers fell silent and stared at him. Saizo spoke first “Why the hell would you do that?”

Jakob growled, he hated explaining himself to others ‘you need their help'  he reminded himself. “I don’t know. I was proud of him for taking initiative and he was begging me. As tough as I am on him I do still have a soft spot for my sons.” he folded his arms over his chest and looked down at the ground, mindlessly nudging a rock over with the toe of his boot “Can you help me or not?”

“What do you need us to do?” The kinder twin asked.

Jakob exhaled a relieved sigh “I just, I need you to follow him and make sure he’s safe.”

“Alright, not a problem-”

“Wait.” Jakob interrupted “Can you make sure you remain unseen?”

“Why can’t you do it, lapdog?” Saizo asked, his gaze fixed on the Nohrian.

The usually hostile man fought the urge to roll his eyes “Obviously a butler doesn’t have the same skill-set as a ninja does. If I went he’d know I had followed him and he’s so damned determined to do this alone…” he let his voice trail off, the very last of his anger diminished and was replaced with worry “Please, please just help me. If something were to happen to him I’d… I’d never forgive myself.” his brows furrowed together as he spoke. He hadn’t raised his eyes from the ground yet. He rarely let his guard down and he felt terribly uncomfortable doing so, especially under such circumstances.

“We can do it. Where did he go?” Kaze’s voice was gentle and understanding. It hadn’t been long since he’d had a scare with his own daughter trying to take on too much by herself. He knew the fear well.

“Toward the Bottomless Canyon… he’s attempting to retrieve his uncles; Prince Xander and Prince Leo, I mean. It shouldn’t be terribly dangerous, but there are so many ways this could go wrong. They were expecting Corrin, and since she’s with Kana she couldn’t go, I’m afraid they’ll think it’s a trap and kill him on sight.”

“Understood. We’ll leave immediately.” Kaze said with a bow.

Jakob finally looked up “Thank you.” he muttered in passing as he walked back toward his home.

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Dwyer shuffled through the forest slowly. He progressed with caution and care as he’d promised to, straining to pinpoint each noise, every flickering shadow. The red head would rest a hand on his daggers at each disturbance, waiting until it had cleared before pushing forward. Kaze and Saizo watched him from the shadows, silently leaping through the expansive growth to keep the boy in their sights, all the while ensuring he never saw or heard a trace of them.

Twilight was beginning to settle as Dwyer entered the sparse thicket on the edge of the forest. Between the scragly trees and brush, a plume of smoke rose to the sky, the sounds of men chattering, the clash of metal gear and armor as well of the whinnies of horses poluted the once silent woods. Dwyer lowered himself to the ground, he peered through the thicket toward the cluster of purple and black tents that stood in a circular formation in the clearing 'This has to be the camp.‘ 

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“Where is she? She said she’d be here by now?” Leo grumbled, he was pacing the ground, stopping randomly to kick at a stick that was unlucky enough to be in his way.

Xander stood near him, scanning the tree line for any sign of his younger sister’s arrival “Patience brother.” He soothed.

The younger prince stopped pacing and shook his head “No. No, I don’t like this. It feels like a trap.”

“I don’t think she was lying, Leo. She seemed deeply distraught when we last spoke. You know she’s always worn her heart on her sleeve, so, I’m inclined to believe her.” Xander spoke matter of factly. A quick flash of copper amidst the dull green of the forest caught his eye. “Did you see that?” He asked, taking a step forward.

“No? See what, Xander?” Leo hadn’t been paying attention to much more than the meddlesome branch that was still stuck in his path.

“Look! There.” He held out an arm and pointed into the forest “Red hair, I think she’s here. Come on.” He began to jog swiftly toward the spot in the brush where he’d see the visitor. 

Leo bolted after his brother “Xander! Stop, wait, what if it isn’t her?”

Xander chuckled “Have you ever seen anyone else with her hair colour?”

The young prince rolled his eyes “Hair colour isn’t definitive proof it’s her, and besides-”

“Corrin!” Xander called, interrupting his younger brother “Corrin, is that you?”

'Damn, they saw me' Dwyer thought to himself 'I don’t have much of a choice now. If I just stand here it’ll look even stranger. How do I even introduce myself? Hi, I’m your nephew, I was born last year and I’m nearly as old as you. I know I sound insane but please follow me through a dark forest, alone. That definitely won’t go over well…’

“Corrin?” Xander bellowed again.

'Well, I don’t suppose I can hide much longer' he sighed heavily 'Let’s get this over with.’

The teenager stepped out of the thicket and stood before his uncles. They looked just how he’d imagine they would, blonde and regal, the picture of Nohrian nobility. Xander held his gaze firmly, looking both perplexed and annoyed by this strange somber boy in front of him.

“I told you it was a trap! She didn’t even bother to show up!” Leo snapped. “We should get rid of him now.”

Hearing this from his hiding spot in a shadow nearby, Saizo grabbed a shuriken, ready to eliminate any threats to the boy. Kaze held his arm out, holding his brother in place to prevent any un-provoked attacks.

“Hush!” The older prince shouted. He quickly turned his attention back to the boy “Who are you?”

'Be smooth, Dwyer, you’ve got this.' "I’m Dwyer.“ He said confidently.

"Dwyer, did my sister send you?”

He nodded “She did.”

“And why could she not be here herself?” He questioned carefully, he was still leary of this stranger.

“A pressing issue came up, she’s at our camp. If you would be willing to accompany me, I can escort you to her.” Dwyer said firmly, feeling far braver than he usually did.

The burly prince stared at the teenager, studying him for anything that signalled a darker intent. He was thin and lanky. His skin was pale and he had dark rings around his grey eyes, his hair was shaggy and long and shimmered like new copper. The boy carried only a staff and a handful of small daggers. Dressed in all grey, he looked mournful and somber, but certainly not threatening. Xander couldn’t quite place it, but he also looked… familiar. He couldn’t pull his eyes from the young man that stood before him, something about him was so scarily reminiscent of someone he knew “Have- Have we met before?” he asked hesitantly.

Dwyer shook his head lightly, sending his copper hair flying as he did “No, we’ve never met.” he smirked slightly, looking up at his uncle “But, if you think I look familiar you’re right; I do.”

The prince twisted his mouth in confusion “I beg pardon, but I don’t follow.”

“Oh come on, you called me her name, didn’t you?”

“Corrin? What about her…” his voice began to falter. What he was implying, it couldn’t possibly be true. He tried something more rational “You’re one of her biological siblings?”

Dwyer shook his head “Nope.”

“Then… then-”

“She’s my mother.” Dwyer quietly answered.

Leo let out a breathy growl “Liar! That’s physically impossible, you look like you’re nearly my age and Corrin is barely older than I am.”

Dwyer smirked again “I can explain it to you along the way, if you’ll accompany me back to our fort.”

Xander stepped forward “If this is a trap-”

“I assure you it isn’t. Why would I kill my own uncles?”

Leo hissed again “Uncles.” he mumbled sarcastically under his breath.

The high prince bowed his head and sighed “I’ll go with you. But, I want answers.”

“Xander! You can’t be serious! A stranger walks out of the woods muttering nonsense and you agree to follow him?” his younger brother shouted.

“I am serious, I- I think I believe him.” He looked over his shoulder to his brother “I don’t know why, but I trust him. So, I’m going with him. If it’s a trap it will be dealt with swiftly, if he’s telling the truth, then… then he’s my nephew and I at least owe it to him to check for myself.” he turned his attention from his brother to the stranger in front of him “As you heard, I will go with you. Give me just a moment to ready my horse, our retainers and some supplies and we’ll be on our way.”

Dwyer tucked an arm over his torso and bowed “I appreciate your cooperation.”

The sky had fallen black with night as the party traversed the forest “Shouldn’t we be setting up camp for the night? Traveling at this hour is madness.” Leo whined from the back of their group.

“Er… no.” Dwyer muttered “My mother only gave me until noon tomorrow to get back home before she went out searching for me… at this rate we might make it back in time, but if we stopped we wouldn’t.”

Xander rode slowly alongside the teenager. He glanced down at the boy, in the dim light he was casting from his staff, he looked even more grim than he had in the twilight. 'How is any of this even possible? If you didn’t look so much like her I wouldn’t have believed you… but her features are there.' The prince who was always so confident suddenly had to muster up courage to address the gaunt young man “So, Dwyer? How did you- I mean, how are you this… old?”

Dwyer chuckled softly “I did promise to explain that, but, it may be a lot to take in.” he looked up to his uncle to gauge his reaction, he nodded for the boy to continue and so he began “I was actually born last November. But, when I was a couple of weeks old, our fort was raided and an attempt on my life was made by the Nohrians, likely ordered by King Garon after he had learned of my birth. My dad managed to save me but it was a close call, too close for my parents to be comfortable with. So, Azura, you may remember her, she had been kidnapped from Nohr several years ago, anyway, Azura told them about something called a deep realm. I would be safe from the war there, but basically, time in the deep realms passes by much more quickly, so while in your time I was born over a year or so ago, I am now physically and mentally around sixteen. And I will stay this way until this time catches up with my body, at which point I will begin to age normally again.”

Xander had no idea what to say to that, it was overwhelming to say the least, but it had raised a question he couldn’t believe he’d not asked yet “You said your father saved you… who is your father?”

Dwyer laughed again “Guess!”

“What? Why should we have to guess?” Leo griped.

“Well, we have a quite a fair distance left, it would pass some time… plus I’d like to see who you think he is.” the boy taunted.

“It does sound like a rather entertaining game, master. We can call it 'Who screwed your sister?’” Niles, who’d been silently taking in this disaster of a family reunion,  piped up playfully.

“Would you shut up and behave in a normal manner for at least five minutes?!” Leo barked to his eccentric retainer.

Xander ignored the banter between his brother and the archer who guarded him. He was far too busy watching the boy, looking for features he could separate from Corrin’s, and there was something there, something he recognised but couldn’t quite place. “Well, firstly, have I met him before?”

“Yup.” he grinned.

“Nohrian then?”

“I won’t tell you which country he was originally from. That would be too much to work with.”

Leo growled again “So what? I’m supposed to guess between all of your mother’s growing ranks of dissenters and try to figure out which one she slept with?”

“You’re rather snarky, aren’t you?” Dwyer teased, ignoring the younger prince’s complaints.

“Oooh…” Niles cooed “He’s funny. I like him.”

Leo rolled his eyes “Fine. Is it that damned knight Silas, he was always so fixated on her and I heard he’d joined her rebellion last year.”

“Nope, good guess though, he is rather fond of my mother, but he has found a wife of his own finally.” he laughed “Let’s make this more interesting, you get two more guesses, if you don’t guess correctly by then, you don’t find out until we get there. I think it’ll be funny to see your reaction when we arrive.”

Xander smirked back at him “I accept your challenge. As for my guess… well,Elise has been with your mother for some time now, her retainer Arthur?”

Dwyer folded over, laughing hysterically. He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye “Hahaha, Arthur?! Nooo, oh dear, no. That was… not a good guess.”

“I’ll be honest, I’m out of ideas. Your mother couldn’t have had many Nohrians with her around when you’d have been conceived. And, besides her siblings, I don’t know any Hoshidans." Xander paused "Any ideas Leo?”

His younger brother huffed angrily “No, besides, I don’t really care. For all we know he isn’t even her son.”

Xander rolled his eyes at his brother “Alright last guess, that green haired ninja that I’ve seen following her?”

Dwyer shook his head “Nope, not even close.”

“Well, a good leader knows when to surrender and I think it’s time I give up.” Xander chuckled warmly “This should be an interesting surprise.”

They continued on in silence for awhile, the only sounds were the chirps of insects in the dark and the shuffle of the hooves and feet amongst the undergrowth.

“So, is your mother a good leader? Do they like her?” Xander asked softly.

“Yeah, everyone really loves her. She does great with them, they listen to her and trust her and I dunno… it just works I guess.” the teenager muttered as he walked.

“Well, I’m pleased to hear that. It sounds like she’s really come into her own.”

Dwyer nodded and returned to silence as they traveled further.

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The sun was high in the sky as the group reached the walls of the fort. On the watch tower stood a tall, thin man dressed in various blacks and purples. His long hair was tied back neatly and he seemed to have been waiting for them.

“Is that Jakob?” Xander asked “I didn’t know he was still with your mother. I thought they’d gotten separated before she was kidnapped…”

“That’s him. He found her and never left her side.” Dwyer answered.

“You should’ve known he’d never leave her.” Leo said off handedly as they strode closer to the gates “They’ve always been inseparable.”

The gates began to open and Jakob sprinted down the stairs, he was standing in the way of the group as they tried to enter “Dwyer! Your mother is hysterical. I’ve held her off from leaving as long as I could but she’s convinced something happened to you.” he called out before the boy even reached him.

Dwyer jogged up to him “What? What time is? She gave me until noon.”

Jakob pulled his pocket watch from his vest “It’s four past twelve.” He said quickly.

“… I’m only four minutes late.”

“Yes, but she’s been trying to form a search party since ten this morning. You know how she can be. Come on, I need to get you back to her before she actually tries to leave.”

“Jakob!” Xander boomed, interrupting the exchange "Good to see you’re still working for my sister.“

He bowed slightly "Yes, milord, it’s excellent to see you again however, I must get back to Corrin so if you’d excuse me for just a moment.”

'Since when does he not use her title?' Xander cast a glance to his brother who hadn’t even seemed to notice the lack of honorific, he was busy staring in awe after learning Dwyer had been telling the truth. 'I suppose she doesn’t really have one anymore though. And, it is a war after all, I’m sure the formality between master and servant is gone.’

“Wait, is Kana okay? Did he ever wake up?” Dwyer grabbed Jakob’s shoulder and stared at him nervously.

The butler nodded softly, a light smile adorned his lips “Yes, he woke this morning. He’s doing fine, he’s still a bit groggy but that’s to be expected.”

A delighted look spread across the young man’s face “Thank goodness… I was worried about him.”

'Who on Earth is Kana? Dwyer’s father maybe? But why would he call him by name like that…“

"Dwyer, you need to find your mother now. Please.” Jakob said firmly “I never should have let you go in the first place.”

'Why would he have had any say in what Corrin’s son does?’

“But dad, I did it. I got them here and I’m in one piece.” Dwyer interjected.

'DAD?! Jakob is his father? How could that be? I’d have never guessed… I knew he had adored Corrin, but… fathering a child with her?’

“Wait, dad?” Leo butted in, asking the question Xander had thought.

Niles sounded overly pleased with the drama “Oooh, scandalous~” he crooned.

Jakob sighed heavily “Yes, Dwyer and Kana are our sons.”

“You have two sons with my sister?” Xander blurted out before he could stop himself.

“Yes, now, I need to get him back to Corrin.” he motioned for Dwyer to follow him as he turned and walked toward a large tree in the center of the courtyard. He stopped walking and turned back toward them “I’ll be back in a few moments to help all of you get settled in.”

The pair quickly ascended a spiral staircase up the side of the massive tree and entered a door on the top balcony, disappearing from view.

Xander turned to his brother who seemed just as dumbfounded as he did “Well, I certainly wasn’t expecting that…”

“Wasn’t expecting what, dear?” A familiar voice met his ears, he turned quickly to see his sister walking toward him. It had been over a year since he’d last seen her.

“Camilla!” he leapt from his horse and darted toward her, wrapping her in a hug “How have you been?”

“I’ve never been better. Oh, look at you two. We’re all back together again. I couldn’t be happier. I need to find Elise, she’ll be thrilled to see you.” Camilla wiped her eyes on her palm, careful not to smear her always perfect make up in the process.

“Yes, but, first… How long have Corrin and Jakob been in a relationship?” Xander asked, his eyes had drifted back his sister’s tree house.

Camilla giggled slightly “Oh, they’re married, they have been since before I arrived. In fact when I joined her, she was pregnant with Dwyer. I delivered him and Kana.”

“Are they happy?”

“Yes, of course they are, has he ever let her go unhappy?” she asked slyly “I wasn’t pleased at first either, but they have the most loving relationship. He’s still Jakob of course, so he can be well, himself, but he’s an incredible husband and father to them. And the boys are absolutely darling. You’ve met Dwyer, obviously, and he’s… a bit dark but he’s kind, selfless and has a heart of gold. Kana is a little ray of sunshine, he looks just like his dad but he inherited Corrin’s ability to become a dragon. You’ll absolutely adore them.”

“Huh, so I have two nephews.” Xander mused.

“And a niece!” Camilla said through a warm smile.

“Wait. What!?” Leo finally spoke up, he sounded absolutely flabbergasted “Did you have a baby too?”

“Oh me? Goodness, no. But, Elise did. She had Velouria a few months ago”

“Elise. Our baby sister… had a baby?” Xander mumbled.

“She’s sixteen now, and she’s married. Though I should point out that Keaton, her husband, isn’t human. He’s a wolfskin. I thought, it might be better if you hear it from me before you see them." 

"Any other life altering information you feel like sharing?” Leo groaned.

Camilla lightly patted his hand “No to worry dear, I know this place is overwhelming but it’s one big family. You’ll come to love it.”

The prince’s and their retainers had set up their quarters and settled in. Dinner hadn’t been as uncomfortable as they had expected. The brothers sat by Camilla and watched the group’s members from a distance.  Leo focused on his sisters, Elise seemed overwhelmingly happy with the wolf-man she was eating with, teasing him playfully and tugging his steak away from him as he begged her to give it back. She giggled and dropped it back for him, scratching him behind the ears as she did. He licked her face lovingly in return and then nuzzled her flushed cheeks. Leo decided she had found someone absolutely perfect for her, he seemed to be able to handle her playful nature better than anyone else could’ve. As for Corrin, she sat proudly at the head of the table, her husband lightly brushed her hair back from face and tucked it behind her ear. Planting a kiss on her cheek, he smiled at her and returned quietly to his meal. Dwyer sat beside them, rolling his eyes at their affection, but he was smiling, he thoroughly enjoyed seeing his parents happy. Kana was pushing the food on his plate into strange shapes before laughing heartily and eating, dropping random pieces of food on his oversized neckerchief in the process. The prince smiled once more, his ealier apprehension had passed, Corrin had made a life for herself here and her family was stunning. Maybe Camilla had been correct, perhaps he would get used to it. 

Xander already seemed to be overcoming his wariness. He was chatting cheerfully with the various members of the army, in particular, a small Hoshidan farmer had taken to him. Her cheeks flushed everytime he smiled at her or glanced in her direction.

After dinner a large fire had been started and various members of the army had gathered around, laughing and talking and drinking. Dwyer, who seemed to be rather introverted in other occasions, had begun to strum a few chords on his guitar and was crooning a soft song. His younger brother was sitting beside him, clapping along to the beat. Jakob was holding Corrin to his body, rubbing her shoulder and laughing at something she’d said. Her cheeks were flushed and she was clearly content. Having her entire family, Hoshidans, Nohrians and everything in between, together again made her unspeakably happy. For the first time in ages, she had hope that this war would end. It had to.

“Can you believe it?” She whispered into Jakob’s neck.

He smiled and kissed the top of her head “No, I can’t. And I’m so proud of Dwyer.”

She giggled “I never thought I’d hear you say that!”

“Well, he really impressed me. And your siblings, all eight of them, took our marriage well. Actually, they seem to be taking all of this well.” He rubbed her shoulder again “If everything continues to go this smoothly we could be finished with this awful war before we know it." 

"I hope so… I hope they all take the rest of this well. I feel like getting them to jump off a bridge after me may not go as wonderully." 

"Darling, you are their leader as you are my leader, we all follow you. Where you go, we all go. You’ve earned their trust. They’ll believe you.” He stared at his sons as they continued to sing, their adoptive grandfather Gunter, was watching them and cheering on their performance. Jakob sighed happily “I think everything is going to be fine. Everything you do is perfection after all.”

[slanax]

Big ol’ infodump post for Conquest (Lunatic) and how to survive it

(because @xpegasusuniverse asked and I ain’t letting an opportunity to infodump slip by)

Part 1/?: General strategies and earlygame

*cracks knuckles*

Overall, all of this is naturally just a suggestion, not the only way you could ever play Conquest. Especially on modes below Lunatic, you definitely don’t need to follow it to a T to still beat the game, but it’s what I found works best for me (and I played this mode an unhealthy amount :P)

- You’ll want Corrin to be female (you want Jakob earlygame for the insane Def and Avo boost to the avatar that his personal provides) with a Speed boon (Quick) and a Luck bane (Unlucky). Speed is the best stat, and Luck is both the least important and the easiest to patch up because you get a Goddess Icon pre-route split that should fix her Luck for most if not all of the game.

- For her talent, I’ve had the best experiences with Fighter to go Hero later. Generally, you’ll want to stay in the Nohr Noble line until Lv5 promoted to grab Draconic Hex, then switch to a sword class of your preference. I personally find Fighter!Hero to be better than Merc!Hero for its skills; other options include Swordmaster and Paladin. Lategame (one chapter in particular) has a lot of effective weapons that you need to tank though, and your other two main tanks will likely be Xander and Benny, so a regular old infantry class can be beneficial to not get completely screwed by beastkillers and hammers. Hero has a nice balance of good Str, Spd and Def (especially with the Fighter’s HP+5 and its own Sol helping out its bulk) and Axebreaker is great for reliably tanking otherwise risky Berserkers. They can’t crit what they can’t hit.

- For her spouse I usually end up with Jakob (mainly because I tend to want the extra paralogues for EXP and support points) though as her mid to lategame support unit I’ve come to appreciate Gunter a lot, especially reclassed to a Wyvern Lord. Str, Def and Mov on pairup is great, the ability to ferry her quickly thanks to being a flier is awesome, and his personal giving you +15 Hit and +3 damage is a huge boost to her offense. It also means that the Fighter’s Gamble skill amounts to a free +10 Crit since the Hit penalty just gets eaten up by Gunter’s personal. I ended up ditching her Dragon Fang for more Sol procs (the game rolls for Dragon Fang first, so if it procs you can’t proc Sol, and I want Sol procs for more bulk) and using Gamble crits as my “offensive skill”

- Early on, Silas is your best friend. His personal gives him +3/+3 to attack and defense if the avatar is below half health, so just start killing things with her and as soon as she is weakened (or heck, deliberately get her a little banged up) have Silas take over. As soon as they have a C support, you can also pair them up to stack his personal with the avatar’s, giving him a total of +5/+5 and humiliating the game even on Lunatic. I affectionately refer to it as “Juggernaut Mode”. Just make sure to start working on his lance rank ASAP for Javelin utility.

- Make use of Elise! Her personal is incredibly useful at keeping you alive, giving you a huge defense buff if you keep her adjacent to your frontline fighters (watch for ranged enemies though ofc, she is very squishy and can easily get oneshotted) Make sure to have her heal a lot so she hits Lv10 by Chapter 10, early promoting her to Strategist for that is immensely useful.

- Use. Mozu. Bring a Heart Seal and a Bronze Bow to her paralogue, change her to Archer and start training her right there. Baiting enemies with Silas and finishing them off with Mozu by dual striking off him usually works, though depending on levelups Jakob might have to throw a dagger too. Generally, she’s reasonably easy to bring up to speed and once she’s there she’s awesome. Plus, you get so few bow users in Conquest that you’ll want to make use of every single one you can get.

- Speaking of which, Niles. You want to train him too, because Capture is super valuable in Lunatic. The Ch9 boss has Rally Def which is amazingly useful, the boss of Forrest’s paralogue is a Berserker with S axes and Certain Blow, and that’s only the beginning. Plus, bows. You want bows because Fates bows are great and there’s so many places where effective anti-air will save your butt.

- Don’t break any of your Rescue staves. Ever. Trust me on this. Use their first charge if absolutely necessary, but don’t break them.

- General strategy is to low-man with few well-trained units and use leftover deployment slots for pure pairup units and supports like healers or Rally skill users. Watch for enemy skills at all times, and learn to fear the Lunge icon. For help with any specific chapters, let me know where you’re struggling. (Note: Towards endgame, this will naturally shift in favor of more combat units as you get more characters that can kill things really really well. You’ll still usually bring at least a few pure support units all the way to the end though.)

And finally, here’s a quick rundown of the pairings I found to work really well:

- Avatar x Jakob, with Gunter later replacing him as your support of choice. See above.

- Effie x Arthur. Easy to achieve because Effie will see a lot of use early on and Arthur makes a good support unit for her. Percy’s paralogue gives a lot of cash and tbh that’s all you need this pairing for.

- Elise x Odin: Basically, Ophelia’s paralogue gives you several exclusive tomes, all of them are stupidly useful, and you want them. Just have Odin deal some chip damage adjacent to Elise, and pair them up once Elise early promotes. Of all my pairings this one is the biggest hassle to get done in a timely manner (so you don’t waste a recruitment slot on Odin for too long bc he really isn’t all that great) but for the tomes it’s well worth it.

- Niles x Mozu: For two reasons. One, Nina can inherit Quick Draw and that’s awesome. Two, Mozu can partner seal into Bow Knight. You can have her grab Shurikenbreaker (and Mov+1) and then have her go back to Sniper. Trust me, you want Shurikenbreaker. You don’t know it yet, but you want it. With her and Nina (I like Niles in Adventurer to make more use of his magic potential with the Shining Bow) you’ll have two Shurikenbreaker units, and they come very much in handy during one specific lategame chapter.

- Camilla x Benny: Mobility and getting ferried for Benny, hella bulk for Camilla. A filler pairing tbh since they don’t get any fancy skills or classes out of it, but they work well stat wise.

- Kaze x Azura: Now this is a pure filler pairing. Azura generates free support points, Midori’s paralogue gives dank herb, Shigure is a free Rally Spd bot, you don’t need them for anything else, ‘nuff said.

- Leo x Felicia: Magic and Speed for Leo, Demoiselle for Forrest. Felicia herself is pure support.

- Xander x Charlotte: Xander with the ability to Partner Seal into Hero for skills. Xander with Sol. Self-sustaining wall. Need I say more?

That’s all the pairings I usually do, I believe. There’s still a few unpaired characters, but that’s mostly because deployment slots are scarce and I don’t want to bring all their would-be partners along just to get supports.

Also, I did write up a guide for the whole thing way back when. It’s terribly outdated in places (+Def Swordmaster Corrin, what was I thinking) but most of it should still work as a good guideline (heck, I even use parts of it myself, if only for the tried and tested reinforcement listings) Rule of thumb: If this post contradicts the old guide, listen to this instead of the year-old guide. I was young and foolish :P

You can find it here.

[lannisterdaddyissues]

OHMYGOD IM CRYING I HAD HALF A WHOLE POST WRITTEN UP AND THEN MY PAGE RANDOMLY RELOADED AND WIPED EVERYTHING???? SOBBING ON THE FLOOR RN BYE

ok ok *ahem* anyway- you have such good taste, gosh, i am so glad you found my post because i am having such a good time w this rn. silas/jakob and laslodin are both so good i rlly can’t believe i didn’t consider the former before bc it’s adorable! also yeah iirc i married camilla and keaton in a former playthrough for no reason except it seemed right somehow so same here lol. azura x kaden was admittedly rlly cute but also you’re right 🥺 felicia/kaden would be so wholesome! also now you have to tell me about your awakening ships bc this is very important to me awakening is the BEST game. also have you played shadows of valentia yet?

ok you’ll think i’m a bit crazy for this but i think felicia x ryoma is adorable. their supports were the cutest thing i’ve ever read, i almost shat out kittens and rainbows. idk why i even paired them up in the first place, think they mightve been all that was left and i said f it but they were precious together and i also think pink haired shiro is lit fam, he ROCKS that hair color. xander’s supports with felicia were admittedly adorable as well, she is just a total cinnamon roll. i would marry her myself if it were possible (god i love that maid outfit)

also i said i love laslodin but i’m equally torn between that and xanlas as well, even better if you tack on leodin and selena/camilla. i just love the royal/retainer dynamics with the awakening trio!! i want them to have nice things and be loved and also i want the royals to be lured in by their ~enigmatic pasts~ and dive right into their secrets. also laslow is a bottom and needs a dom and xander is currently unemployed in that department. nuff said

as for corrin i have a soft spot in my heart for corrin/jakob bc i married him in my first playthrough (and ugh did i LOVE coming home to him <3) but corrin/kaden had adorable supports and i’ve married him twice so I love them too. i also love corrin/laslow bc um i love laslow very much hes my precious son and they admittedly had cute supports too! i love to think of them on tea dates bc laslow loves tea and corrin is somewhat of a sheltered princess and i recall she tried so hard to make good tea in her jakob supports which means i bet she likes tea too :)

ok i want u to picture this: azura/kaze. i paired them up on my latest playthrough and their supports were so wholesome i almost cried, they are so sweet together!!

forgot to mention but charlotte/xander is good, actually

btw i’m currently doing a revelations playthrough and the ships i’m pairing up for funsies are as follows:

corrin/kaden, selena/takumi (SO TSUNDERE), kaze/azura, laslow/felicia (i bet they’ll be super cute), niles/effie, saizo/mozu, silas/elise, xander/charlotte, subaki/oboro (i actually love them now their supports were awesome sauce) and i haven’t decided on jakob yet but i may pair him up with kagero even though their supports are stupid because then dwyer will look exactly like L from death note LOL

oh my god i can’t get over how op henry is with just a simple nosferatu tome. forget ruin and waste, forget mjolnir and bolganone, i just fought an army that took out every single one of my units except him and robin within three turns and they just kept sucking the life out of everyone and running away while surviving off scraps until they all died. he was literally living his dream

[unassumingvenusaur]

Flora Early Join Patch + Gay Fates Update 0.6.0-- “Flora Emblem”

It’s here!!!! Finally!!! After so many months!!!

Here’s all the Flora love you could ever want, in two parts! 

Part 1: Gay Fates version 0.6.0-- This update adds 77 new support conversations, and Flora now has supports with every first gen character minus Yukimura and a decent amount with the second gen as well! This is all thanks to the tireless contributions of all this hack’s writers and supporters, especially those who helped me with the nitty gritty like my girlfriend Claire and @parrythemoon--this couldn’t have happened without them! 

Part 2: Flora Early Join Patch!  This patch enables Flora to join much much earlier than normal--Chapter 8 of Conquest for those who have the Conquest or Special Edition cartridge/download and Chapter 12 of Revelation for those who have the Special Edition cartridge/download.

Flora is crafted into a character a la Felicia and Jakob in this patch, with a level cap at level 40. This also has a Corrinsexual rebalancing patch built in which means her growths will more than keep pace. 

Hope you all enjoy these!!! I’ll have the full list of Gay Fates changes under the cut!

Added Luma version files in the download pack

The All Paralogues Unlocked GameData has instead been turned into an Lunar IPS patch.

Various Corrections to support options in GameData.bin.lz

Added Support Options for:

Flora x Azama C-S

Flora x Effie C-S

Flora x Anna C-S

Flora x Kagero C-S

Flora x Hana C-S

Flora x Orochi C-S

Flora x Izana C-S

Flora & Hayato C-A

Flora & Soleil C-A

Flora & Forrest C-A

Flora x Nyx C-S

Flora x Kaden C-S

Flora & Dwyer C-A

Flora & Midori C-A

Flora x Fuga C-S

Flora x Hinata C-S

Flora x Mozu C-S

Niles x Benny C-S

Scarlet & Shiro C-A

Lucina x Mozu C-S

Yukimura x Azura C-S

Gunter & Peri C-A

Yukimura x Saizo C-S

Yukimura x Kagero C-S

Leo x Arthur C-S

Fuga x Ryoma C-S

Izana x Takumi C-S

Added Support Conversations for:

Flora x Jakob C-S

Flora & Dwyer Parent/Child

Flora x Camilla C-S

Flora x Xander C-S

Flora & Siegbert Parent/Child

Flora x Azura C-S

Flora & Shigure Parent/Child

Flora x Beruka C-S

Flora x Charlotte C-S

Flora x Laslow C-S

Flora & Soleil Parent/Child

Flora x Subaki C-S

Flora & Caeldori Parent/Child

Flora x Azama C-S

Flora & Mitama Parent/Child

Flora x Anna C-S

Flora x Leo C-S

Flora & Forrest Parent/Child

Flora x Effie C-S

Flora x Saizo C-S

Flora & Asugi Parent/Child

Flora x Kagero C-S

Flora x Benny C-S

Flora & Ignatius Parent/Child

Flora x Nyx C-S

Flora x Ryoma C-S

Flora & Shiro Parent/Child

Flora & Sakura C-A

Flora x Setsuna C-S

Flora x Odin C-S

Flora & Ophelia Parent/Child

Flora x Oboro C-S

Charlotte x Selena C-S

Flora x Keaton C-S

Flora & Velouria Parent/Child

Flora & M!Kana Parent/Child

Flora & Dwyer C-A

Flora & Soleil C-A

Flora x Hana C-S

Flora x Arthur C-S

Flora & Percy Parent/Child

Flora & M!Kana C-A

Flora & F!Kana C-A

Flora x Peri C-S

Flora x Niles C-S

Flora & Nina Parent/Child

Flora & Midori C-A

Flora & Forrest C-A

Soleil x Velouria C-S

Flora x Izana C-S

Flora & Elise C-A

Flora & Gunter C-A

Flora x Kaze C-S

Flora & Midori Parent/Child

Flora & Hayato C-A

Flora x Mozu C-S

Soleil & Azura C-A

Flora x Takumi C-S

Flora & Kiragi Parent/Child

Flora x Kaden C-S

Flora & Selkie Parent/Child

Flora x Reina C-S

Laslow x Subaki C-S

Subaki & Soleil Parent/Child

Laslow & Caeldori Parent/Child

Soleil & Caeldori Siblings

Flora x Shura C-S

Flora x Hinata C-S

Flora & Hisame Parent/Child

Flora x Orochi C-S

Flora x Fuga C-S

Flora x Hinoka C-S

Flora x Silas C-S

Flora & Sophie Parent/Child

Flora x Rinkah C-S

Oboro x Xander C-S

Oboro & Siegbert Parent/Child

[opendoorlorien]

Who did ya marry the hoshidan and nohrian royals to?

Man there are EIGHT of those mfs. Since Fates hasn't been around as long as Awakening has, and I haven't played it as many times, I haven't seen as many of the supports in this game as I have with FEA. And I haven't gone online and looked them up either. So maybe its because of that that I don't really have that many OTPs or preferred pairings for the royal fams or Fates characters in general. And since I'm not much of a shipper, that may never change.

Although that doesn't mean I have no preferred pairings for them.

Firstly for Xander. I think he has the same kind of issue Kaze does in that he doesn't really have a lot of chemistry or super interesting stuff going on in all his general supports excluding Corrin. I havent seen all of Xander's supports, but for the ones I have, this holds true. Most people OTP him with Charlotte, and while I definitely don't think they're bad together per se, and he is her perfect endgame, idk I always felt that something was kind of lacking or missing for them. I guess their support together didn't really hit the right notes for me. Instead I really like Xander with Mozu bc their support together is one of the cutest and sweetest in the entire game, is written pretty well, and showcases Xander's wholesome side perfectly. She is probably who I'm going to ship him with unquestionably from now on.

As for Camilla, I don't really have an OTP for her, but I have put her with Jakob and Niles before. I also think some people like her with Keaton and I could dig that. She’s also all right with Kaze but I.... dont really want to give him to her ehehehe. I havent really seen her with a dude who I thought she went super well with yet, aside for ONE but we'll get to that.

Leo is kind of the same case where I don't really have an OTP for him either, but I have put him together with Nyx before for MAGFORREST (and their support was respectable enough) and I think he's okay with Felicia too. I haven't seen that many romantic supports for Leo. I should get on that.

Elise is the same. Theoretically at first glance you'd think she'd be pretty cool with Arthur, but when I actually went and did their supports I think I had the same kind of issue as I do with Lissa/Frederick in that they feel more like family than lovers to me. Like in both cases Arthur and Frederick feel like a big brother. Also most of the support is spent talking about Xander and having Elise worry about him while Arthur just memes as usual. I like Elise's support with Kaze also but idk if I'd really marry them.

NOW FOR HOSHIDO

I dont have any strong feelings about a Ryoma OTP. He's kinda okay with Kagero but I dont really want to put them together for a few reasons I think (some of which are just my own personal feelings lol) but I like him with Rinkah bc he tried to calm her the fuck down and imo that's what she needs, to chill and eat some fkn candy. I also put him with Camilla in Rev and while they're C-A rank is back and forth meh, THAT S RANK WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN AND MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS LIVING.

I think my main Hinoka OTP is with Jakob actually bc their support is pretty good and actually foreshadows the queen of hoshido thing that happens in BR (although, funnily and tragically enough, he wont be there for her when she becomes queen of hoshido in BR x'))))))) although I think I slightly prefer Jakob with Azura. And also, setting aside my more visceral feelings about him, her support with Silas is pretty good too. OH, I also like her with Saizo and I think she's one of the few people who would be able to handle his shit.

For Takumi I like putting him with Azura. Oboro is also ok. I need to look into his supports with Hana and Camilla more bc they have potential.

And for Sakura, I think I prefer her most with Subaki. Because while their support was kind of clumsily written, I really like the message behind it in that she loves him because of both his strengths and faults, and because of his imperfections. I also think he'd do a good job of taking care of her (tho HANA BE JELLY. Actually I wish I could ship Sakura with Hana in this game too). And while Sakura's support with Xander was half assed, it too had a pretty neat message behind it, but I wish they'd kind of focused more on her anxiety and him helping her through it than just glossing over it too fast. What made it more interesting too is that Xander could personally relate to her issues and see himself in her and her reasons for why she was doing what she was doing. Also if I wasn't marrying Kaze (HAHAHAHAHA) I'd put him with Sakura. I don't care for their support that much but personality wise I think they'd be good together, and Sakura is his type.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.