#sheperd-of-ylisse

[otherfein3houses]

Chrom- Awakening

One of the main protagonists of Awakening, head of the Sheperds, eventual Exalt of Ylisse and a strong swordsman because of course he is.

Boons: Sword, Lance, Bow, Riding, Authority

Banes: Brawling, Reason

Combat Arts: Sunder (C+), Finesse Blade (A), Vengeance (C+), Swift Strikes (A), Heavy Draw (C)

Reason: Fire (D), Bolganone (C)

Faith: HealNos, Recover (C)

Authority: Battalion Wrath (C), Model Leader (C+), Battalion Desperation (A), Rally Skill (S)

Chrom comes with his semi-personal Lord class as well as having Cavalier and archer for reclass options, making swords, lances, bows and riding apt talents and authority being obvious given he’s essentially a prince and the main lord of the game. Sunder and finesse blade so he has one strong and one fencery attack, ended up matching Ike which I hadn’t planned but eh I suppose it fits in a way since they both get Aether. I gave him more lance talents than bow talents since he favors lances more between his great lord promotion and the cavalier line. Vengeance sorta ties in with his grudge against Gangrel and would probably be good on him since everyone’s stat growths in Awakening are ridic and he ends up with plenty of health. Swift strikes is for the double hit provided by Aether. For the bow talent I went with simple boosted damage. One of the stat debuffs might be good but all I could think about with them was how the Seal skills appeared in the next game. I once again followed the 3H lords pattern for picking authority skills, with rally skill at the top as it’s the only rally he has access to. The brawling weakness is the opposite of Ike and is a bit of a joke on how they delayed putting him in Smash, plus there’s no brawling skill in Awakening (or most games really but still). The reason weakness is for his poor magic stat and lack of access to magic classes. I could’ve done a Faith weakness for the same reason but given his families quasi religious vibe I figured reason works better. Finally, I’m gonna speculate wildly on how inheritance would work in a 3H setting cause why the hell not. In game Chrom passes different things to his sons and daughters, and in this case I would say he’d pass an authority boon to his sons and a sword talent and the ability to learn swift strikes to his daughters as stand ins for Rightful King and Aether.

[ladyofspoons]

he came from Valm with his assistant Cherche and joined the Sheperds of Ylisse, under leadership of crown prince Chrom, to defeat the forces of Plegia led by Gangrel

what did he do wrong answers ONLY

[heroesofvalor]

closed starter - @convxction​ 

Either they have forgotten about something or remembering things out, it didn’t matter. From the looks of it, Lucina still remembered the time when the Sheperds ventured on Itsuki’s world but this one seemed very eerie, like it was fused with one of Ylisse’s house structures, like a messed up puzzle.

She still have her Falchion but instead, she is using a cedar bow, Reflet carrying a spear than her tome. Venturing the unknown, they might expect something surprising asides from the weird skies.

“Keep an eye on each other now. Seems that either we’re in Ylisse or a jumbled version of our home with these tall towers mixed together.” She was aware that something was missing and it was one of the other members of the Shepherds could be scattered, until there is a weird-looking masked general, wielding a replica of ‘Luin’ along with several clones of him carrying various weapons such as Marth’s Falchion, A set of darts from Kagero and a giant boar-like being wielding a giant-sized Aymr.

And they don’t like the humans, thus she had to put her spear into use. Asides from those weapons, seemed they were quite fake.

[mangosdoodles-moved]

INTRODUCING MY SI: Silent Storm

Lips, ripe as the berries in June // Eyes, blue as the sea and the sky

Red the rose, red the rose // Water flows, water flows

Skin, pale as the light of the moon // Heart, burning like fire in the night

Gently as she goes

Introducing my FE: Awakening SI, Margaret the Mage! (( @teawithsugarships @littlestlostsheep @lilacindulgence @nougatships @meowstic-ships @dreamingcore @selfinsertheaven @little-fairyfox-ships @them-lucky-few ))

Name: Margaret

Nationality: Ylisse

Occupation: Member of the Sheperds

Starting level: 7, max level 20

Starting class: Mage, can promote to a Sage/Dark Knight with a Master Seal

Power: Thunder. While her strength can be impressive sometimes, it’s actually incredibly fragile for her to control, and she often ends up accidentely hurting herself in the process. (Thus the several injuries spread throughout her body, whose she always try to hide w/ her cape/cloak) She gets better as time goes on.

Personality: Can be very cheerful and positive at times, but also severly distant and cold. She has struggled with her control of magic ever since childhood, despite her coming from a long bloodline of mages. She has unfortunately experienced bullying in the past because of her bruises and scars, and utterly refuses to take off her gloves and cape/cloak, even to this day. If she must, however, she’ll most likely burst into tears and/or experience a panic attack, as her shame suddenly triumphs over her rationality, convincing herself that she’s the ugliest creature alive. Though, if you look away from her poor skills and her sensitive heart, she’s very determined and intelligent. Despite getting no children (unless you pair her up with Male!Robin), she is often referred to as «the mother of the Sheperds», and the second generation’s «fairy godmother», because of her well-known, deep care for her loved ones by constantly giving people nicknames.

Support conversations (Romantic): Robin (both male and female), Lon’qu (main romantic interest), Gregor, Donnel, and Chrom

Support conversations (Platonic - Canon): Basilio, Flavia, Frederick, Maribelle, Virion, Sumia, Gaius, Miriel, Laurent, Olivia, Stahl, Tharja, Henry, and Lissa

Support conversations (Platonic - SI’s): Koda, Kris, Ross/River, Mellia, and Angelina

Confession quote (Robin’s POV only): “..And just when I thought I would never get the chance to actually belong somewhere.. here you are, my love. Did you.. read my mind, or..?” 

Battle support quotes:

“Keep your eyes on them.”

“Go for the heart.”

“I’m right behind you.”

“Need a hand?”

Critical quotes:

“My patience is running low!”

“Deep breaths..!”

“Go to hell, where you belong!”

“Don’t you dare expect mercy!”

Defeated enemy quotes:

“One down!”

*giggle* “Would you look at that!”

“I warned you.”

Partner defeated enemy quotes:

“Oh hey.. thanks.”

“Chivalry is far from dead!”

“Always appreciated.”

Defeat / Death quote: “A-As.. expected..” / “N-No.. n-not now..!”

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The real fun is imaging the Nohr sibs seeing their loves/retainers home and families, and either going 'Oh no yeah that makes perfect sense this is why they're Like That' or looking at the families and going 'Okay they're weird here too thats good I guess' (Also Chrom and Lissa being the least professional royalty ever and Nohr Sibs/ Xander being like 'this explains why these three never took us too seriously omg whats happening is he telling jokes HOW?!')

Haha, yeah! I talked about this the other day with another anon here too! “Oh, this is why they’re Like That” is the A+ realization. 

Chrom and Lissa are very different from Nohr or even Hoshido royals, haha. They do serious things, but they’re also way more down to earth feeling than a lot of the Nohr and Hoshido royals? Probably because they’re part of the Sheperds and work with the common folk on a face to face basis literally every day. So they have a hugely different feel than Hoshido & Nohr for sure! And the “oh, so that’s why” realization for that is equally choice, haha. They’re just way more used to Ylisse style everything

[jenology-archive]

OH OH OHMYGOD UH another world, chewing gum, switch, we young, and without you!!! 💐💘💕💖

ooh I’m gonna have fun with these questions, thank you for sending in an ask sandra!!

another world: which fictional world would you like to like to live in?

definitely pokemon oh my GOODNESS I’ve always wanted to live in the world of pokemon! maybe I’ll elaborate on that more because I was asked it twice hehe, but also maybe fire emblem! I want to be either from the halidom of ylisse (maybe ferox, I want to be a khan if not a sheperd LOL) or from nohr, windmire maybe? my class is gonna be dark flier, I really want that Galeforce :^) I also don’t want to be in a classic gamethrough lol

chewing gum: what is your favourite candy?

I love sour keys!! or any type of sour-ish candy, like sour patch kids or sour skittles!! also basically and candy coated in sugar!!

switch: if you could be somebody of the opposite sex for one day, who would you be?

I think I’d want to be doyoung solely for the fact that I’ll get to take care of the other nct members like he does, and I could spend time with jeno HAHA also I want to know what it’s like to have such an angelic voice!! I’m going to sing so many songs

we young: what is one film from your childhood that you never get tired of?

literally any studio ghibli or pokemon movie, I don’t know how many times I’ve seen kiki’s delivery service or that pokemon movie with celebi but I love them TOO MUCH.

without you: what are three things you cannot go without?

my notebookS emphasis on that s because I’ve got multiple, I have way too many sketches and writing!! I think I’d also be extremely uneasy if I didn’t have any form of accessory on me, particularly ones that were given to me by family members, never in my entire life have I gone without at least two of them (earrings, rings, bracelets n necklaces are harder but they’re most important to me) and lastly my wallet (that andi bought omg, it’s snorkmaiden i love it lots)!! aside from those necessities I keep my wonho polaroid and jonghyun photocard in it and they’re super important to me!! 

[umbrahighpriestofgiratina]

Rude Awakening Chapter 4

In which dragons and bunnies.

Chapter 4: A Matter Of Time

It had been about a couple weeks now, and the multiversal visitors were starting to get along with and get to know the multitude of Shepherds, all settling in. One of the Shepherds, though, was not so settled. Virion was attempting to move stealthily through the barracks, and failing, considering he quickly literally bumped into a ginger-haired young man in a black cloak and headband, causing the latter to nearly choke on the lollipop he was sucking on. "Hey! Watch where you're going!" "Ah! Sorry, Gaius - Do you happen to know where Libra is?" "I've got no clue where Padre is, I was looking for Bubbles! Why don't you ask The Invisible Man?" Virion blinked. "Why are you looking for Robin and why did you specify Kellam?" "I'm right here?" said Kellam, suddenly beside him. Virion gave a high-pitched yelp as he jumped into Gaius' arms. "How do you do that?" Kellam shrugged. "It just kind of happens. But Libra's on the loft, praying. You probably shouldn't disturb him too quickly." "Duly noted!" Virion would have leapt out of Gaius' arms right there if Gaius didn't drop him first. He picked himself up and dusted himself off before dashing over to the loft and finding Libra sitting there, indeed praying. Virion stood there a while fidgeting and nervously sweating before Libra finally spoke normally without moving a bit. "...You can talk to me now, Virion." Virion wiped his brow, adjusted his ruff, and gulped. "It's about those Cincinnatians." "What about them? They've been much more well-behaved since they first got here, especially when they help with the cooking." Virion shook his head. "It's not about how they are now they've been here a while, it's about how they got here at all! You're a priest, a spiritual man... Haven't you noticed anything metaphysically strangeabout them?" Libra paused before finally standing up and turning around to face Virion. "Yes, actually, I have... Subdued, well-hidden, but it's still detectable by someone of my cloth." "Aha!" said Virion. "Fantastique, further evidence!" Libra raised an eyebrow. "Evidence?" "It all started when Howard referred to me as Kalosian. Now, I could believe that people as bizarre as him and his companions were from some esotetic faraway land, but when he mistook me for being from another, I grew suspicious. So I looked through every geographical book I could, even" - he shuddered - "sneaking into Miriel's personal library! And there was no mention of a Kalos or a Cincinnati anywhere!" Libra put a hand to his chin. "That is direly suspicious..." "And what's more, all the strange spells they seem capable of - Valentia's manipulation of water and space, Quentin's seeming bending of time in lapine form, Howard's mix of dimensional and dark magic, and that one time Bartimaeus did a "trick" to turn into a muscular strongman but was stuck that way for three days - they seem out of this world!" Virion put his own hand to his chin. "And given the existence of a certain Outrealm Gate they may very well be!" "So," said Libra dryly, "I assume you want my help figuring out what's really up with these 'Cincinnatians.'" Virion grinned. "Oui! Precisely!" Libra raised an eyebrow. "Why me though?" "Because you're one of the few men I find att-" Virion gave a hacking cough before regaining his composure. "-Attentive enough to the divine and spiritual for this task, of course! With their strange powers, these 'Cincinnatians' could be spirits or even deities from another world! That's your department, is it not?" Libra paused, then nodded. "True... If they were beings of great metaphysical power from another world intruding on ours it could cause a stir amidst the gods..." "Alright then!" said Virion. "Let's figure out what's really going on!" He headed off. Libra hesitated, then followed. --------- Dialga was off away from the barracks, trying to get some peace and quiet in a small wooded area with sunlight dappling through the trees onto moss and fallen leaves. However, the sharp Taguel ears of his current form made the "quiet" part a fair bit harder, being able to hear every crack of a branch and every rustle of a leaf and every breath of all creatures in a very large vicinity. "Hello, Panne," he said without turning around. Panne stopped behind him, twitching her nose. "I suppose you want something?" said Dialga. "In a sense," Panne said back. She started circling him. "Your time with the Sheperds has proven to me you are no threat. But I still doubt you are truly one of my own kind. Who are you, really?" "A visitor," said Dialga. "From another time, another place." "I still hear the voice of someone bending the truth. But I've said that enough. Can you hear something for me?" Dialga shifted slightly. "Tell what?" Panne looked through the treetops up to the sky. "The old Taguel gods; I wonder if you could hear them. There were those of my kind that could hear them in days long past, but they are gone now. Can you hear them now?" Dialga turned his ears, and more metaphysical senses, up to the sky. He heard and felt something, but nothing coherent enough for him to make out. "...Only whispers." Panne sighed. "They may be gone or leaving now; there's nothing left of my race but me. And... You, possibly, Quentin." Dialga was silent as Panne looked off in another direction. "I... Honestly kind of envy the man-spawn and those scaly Manaketes for still having theirs to pray to; they've got one mutual one they particularly revere, especially in Ylisse..." Dialga perked one of his ears. "Which would that be?" Panne glanced back at at him and raised an eyebrow. "I do not know why you would be interested, but they call her Naga the Divine Dragon." "A dragon goddess?" said Dialga. "How curious." Panne turned her head east as Dialga turned to face her. "She answers the prayers of the Manaketes, at least. And she's said to appear before those worthy of her to the east of here at Mount Prism." She glanced at Dialga and looked away, shaking her head. "But I don't see any reason for you to take interest in the likes of her..." She slowly walked off the way she came. Dialga waited until she could hear her no longer, then turned his ears and divine senses to Mount Prism, expecting to hear nothing more than whispers again. He was startled to hear and sense something much louder. "...You don't know how wrong you are, Panne." He shifted to his lapine form and ran to Mount Prism. ------ Atop Mount Prism, Dialga perked his ears and sniffed around a forested area with ruins of what appeared to be some sort of shrine scattered around a large waterfall at the center of a peak. "There's really not much here... Could this truly be the home of a go-" "A... Visitor?" a booming, yet feminine, voice rang out. "I never get visitors." The waterfall parted, and a woman, tall with flowing green hair and pointed ears, stepped forth from it. Dialga immediately tilted his currently rabbit-like head at her outfit - the bottom half was a long, billowing skirt accompanied by a similar scarf, but the top was something so scanty the being before him was showing most of her skin. "Isn't that a little risque by human standards? I mean, it's not as bad as what those slavers stuffed that Nowi girl into, but still, you have to worry about how you present yourself to mortals! And aren't you cold, given how high the altitude is?" The woman stared in surprise before shaking her head and chuckling. "I'd never thought I'd get critique of my fashion sense from a Taguel of all beings. Especially given they're critically endangered." She furrowed her brow at Dialga. "Though... Given what I sense emanating off of you, and your strange coloration... You're no true Taguel, are you?" Dialga sighed. "Very well. It's hard enough keeping it hidden from Panne, and I came to find you because I was seeking a being like my true self..." At this the Adamant Orb attached to his waist glowed, and the woman stared in shock and awe as his form glowed and stretched into its more natural shape. Dialga stretched his limbs to get readjusted, then turned to face the stunned woman. "They call me Dialga. You are Naga, correct?" The woman stared in shock a bit longer before shaking her head and nodding "Yes, I am Naga, the one called the Divine Dragon. But my question back is... What in this world are you?" Dialga huffed. "That's the clincher; I am not of this world. I am another world's god of time come here for a visit. It has mostly proved relaxing so far. But I was hoping to see what at least one of the local pantheon was like." Naga smiled, and gave a respectful bow. "It is an honor then, Dialga." She sighed and shook her head. "But I am no god. I am no creator. I possess not the powers of making or unmaking." Dialga gave her a quizzical look. "You're not? The Manaketes and the Yilliseans seem to hold you in high enough regard. And you have given the Yilliseans your blessing, have you not?" "What divinity I have is as a protector and guardian," said Naga. "I can indirectly aid but take no direct action." She looked out over the landscape. "It has been this way for millennia... I have taken many forms over all that time... I have not always been a woman... I have not always been a dragon, even..." She sighed. "But memories of those fleeting times... They are not truly mine..." Dialga gave her a look again. "How so?" Naga looked at him almost solemnly. "I am not the first Naga... There have been others before me... The role and memories are passed down from one incarnation to the next. It is a burden, but one I must bear to help both human and Manakete." Dialga shifted uncomfortably. "If it helps, there are those of status like mine back home who must go through similar tribulations..." "Which gets me back to my first question," said Naga, giving Dialga a stern look. "What are you, other than a dragon god of time from another world?" Dialga paused, then sighed. "To put it at its most basic level, I am a Pokemon." Naga blinked. "A... Pokemon?" "They are the creatures of my world, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and elemental attributes. They range from mere sapient versions of the 'animals' of your world to beings of divine power like myself. I may be a deity, but I am still a Pokemon all the same, and one classified by others of my world as being elementally affiliated with Dragon and Steel, affiliations I share with countless other lesser Pokemon." Naga paused, then stepped forward, extending a hand. "May I?" Dialga raised an eyebrow. "May I what?" "Touch you." Dialga cringed. "I'm hoping not... in a bad place that's no good. Especially since you'll be out of luck there in this form." Upon realizing what he was saying Naga cringed herself. "Oh g-goodness, no! I just... Argh, I just wanted to touch your scales to test something, but if that makes you uncomfortable I can-" Dialga sighed in relief. "If that's it that's totally fine, thank you." Naga sighed in relief herself as she closed her eyes and extended her hand to stroke Dialga's scales as he stood perfectly still. Eventually, she smiled. "You're right... Your scales are much like a Manaketete's, but have the texture and hardness of the finest plate armor..." She stepped back, opened her eyes, and looked up at him. "What are the other 'Pokemon' of your world like?" Dialga shifted uncomfortably again. "Well, there's my siblings, and our companion, but they're more like me. Let me try to show you something more mundane, hold on..." He turned around and shuffled about in a place Naga couldn't see and turned back to her with a strange clamshell-like object in his mouth that he placed down in front of her, then moved over to seat himself next to her as he opened up the device with his mind, causing a panel on the upper half to glow to life as Dialga pressed buttons on the bottom half telekinetically. "This will take just a second, hold on..." Naga watched in fascination as the panel showed a icon-laden picture of Dialga and two similar dragons posing for an awkward groupshot, then a blank white space filled with oddly shaped brown boxes. She noticed Dialga move a small, arrow-like icon to a brown box with the words "cute cat pokemon videos" on the bottom and selected it to reveal a large amount of pictures with strange boxed bars across the top and bottom. Dialga selected one with the words "littenandfamily.avi" attached to the bottom. Immediately the screen was taken up by a vision of a small, red-and-black catlike creature pawing at the front of the panel. "Oh!" said Naga. "It's adorable! What sort of cat is that creature?" Dialga turned to her and smiled. "A Litten." "Lit-ten?" "You'll see what I mean in a bit." A human girl scooped the Litten up in a hug. Naga blinked in surprise. "There are humans in your world?" "Plenty. They live and work together with the Pokemon." The Litten struggled and mewled in the girl's grip before letting out an annoyed "Lit!" and spitting a flaming furball out into the grass before them, causing the girl to drop it in surprise. Naga gasped and chuckled. "I suppose Litten are affiliated with fire?" Dialga nodded. "Yep, they're Fire-types." The Litten's fiery hairball was patted out by a larger creature resembling a cross between a Litten and a bobcat, which the Litten batted at playfully. Naga gasped again. "Is that an adult Litten?" Dialga shook his head. "Not quite. Pokemon can transform into more powerful Pokemon as part of their life cycle. Litten transforms into Torracat there when the time is right..." The Litten and Torracat are scooped up by a third, bipedal creature resembling a cross between the previous two and a tiger, who started licking them affectionately. "...And then into Incineroar." The vision stopped, and Dialga dissipated it with the same icon he used to open it. Naga looked back up toward him. "Your world seems amazing already! Do all Pokemon transform like that Litten do?" Dialga chuckled. "It depends; Pokemon of stature like mine typically don't do anything quite like that. We're powerful enough as is." He thought a bit, then gave a frown. "Speaking of which... Others and yourself refer to you as a dragon, and yet you have kept this pointy-eared human form this whole time! Is this simply your latest incarnation, or what?" Naga frowned deeply. "Not quite... You are my first true visitor in a long while, so I suppose I shall show you..." She pulled a stone out of her dress and rubbed it, chanting. She was enveloped in energy that to Dialga resembled a more floral Mega Evolution cocoon before emerging as a massive, golden dragon that gave a mighty roar and spread its mighty, leaf-like wings to show their full splendor and display their owner's glittering golden scales. It was Dialga's turn to stare in awe. Naga looked at him, smiling, for a while before her eyes flashed red and she snarled before recovering. "Ugh..." She quickly reverted back to her more humanlike form and groaned again, clutching her head. "Are you alright?" said Dialga. "Yes, I am... It's just..." She gave him a solemn look. "The dragons of this world, including the Manakete, have a curse placed upon us... Where we eventually succumb to madness that robs us of our sapience as our lives go on..." She shook her head sadly. "It's already too late for the wyverns... Even the mighty Starfall clan have been reduced to feral scavengers and thieves... We Manaketes have only survived by assuming human form most of our lives... And part of why I must change vessels every few millennia..." Dialga listened intently, then shook his head sadly himself. "I could not imagine if such a curse was placed upon the mortal Dragon-types of my world..." He hurriedly stowed his laptop away, then turned to leave. "I shouldn't have brought you to do such a thing so risky to yourself... If you need rest after that, I shall take my leave now..." "Dialga, wait!" said Naga. Dialga stopped. "What is it?" Naga hesitated before continuing. "During your trip... Could you come back and visit me from time to time? Teach me more of your world?" Dialga paused, then glanced back and smiled. "...I most certainly will." His Adamant Orb glowed, and he shifted back to his more lapine Taguel form as he bounded off. -------- Panne tried to remain completely silent as Dialga bounded past her. This explained so much, and yet she still had so many questions. She had managed to hear Dialga heading off toward Mount Prism and followed, and had discovered he was a bizarre being called a "Pokemon" from another world, and one of enough divine power to be on speaking terms with Naga herself. Question was, what was such a being doing in their world? She bounded off to the barracks herself, making sure to approach from a far different direction than Dialga. She could not forgive him for masquerading as her species, but there was too much risk exposing him outright, especially given his companions were likely of the same magnitude of power as he, and she still didn't know of their motivations. Thinking further, she realized that Libra would be a good initial aid for this given his knowledge of the divine... ...And was also of the sort not to recruit particularly numbskulled man-spawn to their cause. ***

[goldheld-blog]

ever since she was alert by mother mila that the future was still indeed in trouble , her mind IMMEDIATELY decided that she had to do what her duty was as a royal to fulfill for the good of her people . arriving in the future surprised her slightly , hearing the different new things that happened after everything between zofia && rigel . along with a group that had been famous for some time now . different rumors had led her into ylisse , their cause was apparently noble yet she still wished to see so for herself . 

❛  is this where the group called the sheperds are ?  ❜ // @duellatxr ( s . c . )

[alfstop50]

Game #43: Fire Emblem Awakening

"There're better places to take a nap that on the ground, you know. Give me your hand."

Released: April 19th, 2012 Synopsis: The continent of Ylisse lies on the brink of war between the Halidom of Ylisse and the kingdom of Plegia. As an amnesiac tactician, you must assist Prince Chrom and his Sheperds in defending Ylisse from enemies of the present and future. Chosen Music: Don’t speak her name! --- Back in the early days of Fire Emblem starting to make waves in the West, I always hated playing it because of its perma-death mechanic. I can at least recognize the fact that it puts more emphasis on smart strategy and making each member of your unit more valuable, but it’s annoying to reset every time a unit dies to some lucky crit or when someone who wasn’t supposed to get hit suddenly bites it. So when I heard that Awakening was including a Casual Mode for people like me who hate perma-death, I was completely onboard, except even after I bought it when it came out, I still wasn’t too interested in finishing it and put it down for a long while. It wasn’t until Lucina and Robin were introduced into Smash for 3DS/Wii U in July of 2014 that I finally decided to play it more. Of course, I was still a little slow in playing it, but as soon as I reached “that chapter,” I was completely hooked. That’s probably why I like Awakening for reasons other than the inclusion of Casual Mode: when it gets its moments to shine, the writing quality is top-notch. The story itself is a pretty by-the-books Fire Emblem plot - fight off an evil kingdom who wants power, also there’s an evil dragon involved because of course there is - but what makes it work is the lengths some of the characters go to in order to achieve their goals. There are themes of self-sacrifice and nearly murdering someone for the greater good at play here, and it’s all handled extraordinarily well. It also helps that the cast is very likable, with a helping handful of hilarious and sometimes touching Support conversations breathing a lot of life into them. I used to think that Awakening had some of the best gameplay in the series before Fates came along (even when the story of Fates is a hot mess), but on its own, Awakening is still really damn fun to play. You can break the game over its head real fast with the Pair-Up mechanic on Normal, but it helps add plenty of depth and strategy to how you approach enemies, especially on higher difficulties. Pair-Up is also really good for building up Support conversations, which helps to play into how the children units turn out; not only do they make it work in the context of the story (which Fates failed to do), but it’s super fun being able to pass on abilities from parents to their kids, and it makes for a Fire Emblem game that’s far more customizable than most entries. All in all, I’m really happy that Awakening got the success it deserves; it’s such an earnest and sincere love letter to the Fire Emblem series as a whole, and it’s helped to pave the way for the franchise coming back from the grave and eventually becoming a major IP for Nintendo. Teaser for Game #42: A game about heroes

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[wanderingmercenary]

FOR SHEPHERD OF YLISSE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH

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@Luci-mun:ღ)FUCK YEAH TALES OF GRACES.

@Ian:Pffttttttttttttt

[pigtail-punisher-blog]

ღ)Do your best to protect all of us, Asbel Chrom.

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ღ)Mun is good with nicknames, I think.

[pigtail-punisher-blog]

ღ)Alright then Mr.Lord-Ian. I will then 'cause I fucking made like 6 dozen of her icons.

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