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Not as many banners this week. I'll start with the Ascendant & Rearmed banner. One circle for fun, since with only 78 orbs on hand I can't afford to invest too much here. 4* Knoll: No. 3* Ares: No. 4* Lukas: No. 4* Titania: No. 4* Lex: Reposition fodder. Well, that's disappointing. Maybe I'll come back next week. Blue on A Season for Picnics since Lukas is the only unit I'm missing. 3* Colm: No. Green on Weekly Revival 20. 4* Bartre: No. Red on Weekly Revival 71. 5* Fallen!Mamui: Alright! I would have preferred Fallen!Julia, but this is fine as well. +Def/-Res, so merge fodder for my +1 +Def copy. An entirely blue circle and I pick a 5*. I guess my lucky streak isn't quite over yet. Red for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Ryoma: Exactly who I was looking for! I finally have all of the Heroes launch units! +Spd/-Def is actually really good. Another good week of pulls, although the Hero Fest could have gone better.

There's a nice variety of banners this week. First, blue for the Hall of Forms banner. 4* Gwendolyn: No. Red for Unlikely Friends. 4* Kagero: No. Red again for the BHB banner. 3* Sully: No. Green for Weekly Revival 19. 4* Raven: No. Red for Weekly Revival 56. 5* Kiria: Nice. +Res/-Spd is solid, better than my current +Def/-HP copy. Merge time. Another free 5*. Sniping red on the Harsh Command+ banner looks fun, so I'll do that. 332 orbs on hand. I ended up spending 96 orbs, more than I was hoping for, but I got a lot out of it. Lucia and Karel joined the barracks for the first time, and I got merges for Lucina, Exalt!Chrom, and Fallen!M!Morgan. Now to try my luck on Nerthuz's banner, ignoring reds since I have Plumeria, Mirabilis, and Ascendant!Tiki already. 236 orbs left. So that did not go very well. 220 orbs and 55 pulls later, I ended up with just a brand-new L!Deirdre and merges for Triandra and Ash, which is seriously disappointing considering those two were the only focus units I already had from their respective colors. I did get 3 4* Specials to match the previous banner: Larum, Fallen!Berkut, and Eyvel, the last of whom is a happy new addition to the barracks. Between both banners I think I did pretty well for spending 316 orbs, although it would have been nice to get some better merges. Now for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Gray: Really? I just got you last week. +Def/-Atk isn't even good. Merge fodder for my +2 +Atk copy.

First things first, green for The Start of It All. 4* Silvia: No. Grey for the Draconic Aura banner. 3* Virion: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 18. 3* Est: Or not. Grey again for Weekly Revival 70. 3* Ilyana: Nope. Blue for CYL 1. 4* Catria: No. 4* Merlinus: Reposition fodder. 3* Clarine: No. 4* Valbar: No. Grey for CYL 2 since Veronica's the only Brave unit I'm missing. 3* Lucius: No. 3* Tanya: No. 3* Elice: Okay. +Res/-Atk is a good master copy, so I'll keep you. 5* B!Veronica: Alright! +Def/-Atk isn't really alright, but my Brave collection is finally complete! Very nice. Red for CYL 3. 4* Knoll: No. 4* Cain: No. 4* Eirika: No. 5* B!Micaiah: Heh. +Res/-HP is good, but I already have a +1 +Atk copy. Merge time. This is going well. Red for CYL 4. 5* YT!Olivia: She appears as a 4* Special yet again! +Atk/-HP is good, but I prefer my +3 +Spd copy. Somehow she's ended up at +4 through no effort of mine. 4* Lilina: No. 3* Kamui: No. 3* Jakob: No. Grey for CYL 5. 4* Cherche: No. 3* Mathilda: No. 5* Louise: Great! +Spd/-Def is fantastic too. Time to pair you with Pent. 4* Serra: No. 4* Emmeryn: No. My luck continues to hold. Blue for CYL 6. 4* Roshea: No. 4* Jagen: No. 4* Donnel: No. 4* Catria: No. 4* Silas: Reposition fodder. Disappointing at the end, but still a nice haul. Now that I have B!Veronica, time to try red for the Weekly Arena ticket since Ryoma's the only launch unit I still don't have. 5* Gray: Eh. +Atk/-Res is good, so I guess I'll merge my +1 +Def copy in.

Almost forgot to do the pulls for this week. Blue for the New Power banner. 3* Jagen: No. One full circle from the Double Special banner. 263 orbs is enough to spend a few. 4* Flame!Rinkah: Nice. +HP/-Res is decent enough. 4* Guy: No. 5* Nephenee: A good 4* Special, even if it's only because I like her as a character. +Res/-Atk is horrible, so merge fodder for my current +2 +Res copy. 3* Orochi: No. 4* Frederick: No. That went well. Blue for Childhood Encounter. 4* Roshea: No. The entire circle is blue, so I feel obligated to see what's here. 244 orbs on hand. 4* Benny: No. 4* Oboro: No. 3* Colm: No. 5* Y!Tana: Coming in to salvage this circle! +Res/-Spd isn't great, but I'm happy enough to have her. Awesome. I now have all of the versions of Tana. Green for Weekly Revival 17. 3* Libra: No. Blue for Weekly Revival 55. 4* Catria: No. And lastly blue again to see if I can get Ingrid with the tickets. 3* Shigure: No. 3* Frederick: No. 4* Silas: Reposition fodder. 4* Femui: No. 3* Clair: No. Because I've been lucky so far, I'll try the other two blues in this circle. 223 orbs left. 4* Oboro: No. 3* L'Arachel: No. That's a shame. I've already gotten quite a bit today, so I'll settle for not getting Ingrid. Now for the Arena ticket. 5* Eleonora: Alright, nice. +HP/-Spd is poor, so merge fodder for my Forma copy.

Green for Ymir's Revival banner. 4* Titania: No. 4* Effie: No. 3* Bastian: No. 5* Julia: A completely pointless 4* Special given I've had her at +10 for over two years now. Oh well. 3* Libra: No. Red for the TT banner. 3* Echidna: Or not. Green for Spring Festival. 3* Cath: Reposition fodder. Grey for Weekly Revival 16. 4* Saizo: No. Red for Weekly Revival 69. 4* Scathach: No. One circle from No Matter Where to see if my luck still holds. 199 orbs on hand. 4* Cain: No. 4* Reinhardt: No. 4* Reyson: No. 5* Fallen!Rhea: Okay...She's about as different from Rebecca as you can get, but good enough! +Res/-HP is serviceable. 4* Serra: No. So no focus unit, but an interesting pity-breaker means my lucky streak hasn't ended quite yet. Now for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Jaffar: Meh. +Def/-Res is terrible, so merge fodder for my +HP/-Atk copy. Another lucky week thanks to Rhea, although both 4* Specials were bottom-of-the-barrel.

I figured this was going to be an Elibe child banner, but I definitely did not have Mark on my list of possibilities. The sheer novelty value is enough for me to approve, especially since being completely silent means there's no way for them to appear outside of a Duo or other such special unit. The lords are all unsurprising, and Rebecca was obvious from the preview silhouettes, but I'm surprised I actually guessed correctly that Lucius would be here as well. Then again that may be because I was fantasizing about also getting a Duo Hero of Raven and Priscilla. So much for that. Interestingly, Rebecca's line in the trailer about being surrounded by one's family implies that the characters come from a point in time where Wil and Dart already left Pherae, which was around 5 years before the events of the game.

Time for more pulls. Red for the VG banner. 4* Mustafa: No. Green for Hares at the Fair. 4* Gaius: No. Blue for the Glimmer banner. 3* Subaki: No. Green for Weekly Revival 15. 4* Merric: No. Red for Weekly Revival 54. 4* Guy: No. For the fun of it I'll take one circle from L!Yuri's banner. 143 orbs on hand. 3* Lukas: No. 4* Catria: No. 3* Rath: No. 3* Raven: No. 5* Gotoh: There we go! I was starting to worry my luck had run out. +Atk/-HP is quite good as well. A happy ending in that circle. Now for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Velouria: Okay. +Res/-Atk is horrid, but I have a +2 +Atk copy to merge into. +3 now. Another good pull session. Still waiting for the misfortune hammer to drop...

Another week, more banners. Grey for the Stance banner. 4* Brady: No. Any reds on the AHR banner. 132 orbs is enough to risk a few. 5* Ninja!Camilla: Very nice! +Res/-Def is nice too. 4* Knoll: No. That was a lucky free pull. Green for the Hall of Forms banner. 4* Silvia: Or not. Blue for the BHB banner. 5* Tibarn: Yeah! +Def/-Spd is mediocre, but I already have a +3 +Atk copy. +4 now. Yet more luck today. Red for Weekly Revival 14. 4* Tailtiu: No. Blue for Weekly Revival 68. 4* Mathilda: No. Grey for Regal Rabbits. 4* Jakob: No. Now to see if I can get a merge for Harmonic!Karla with my 128 orbs. That went stupendously well. 39 orbs and 9 pulls got me a merge each for Karla, Valentian!Palla, and B!Eliwood. I have been on an absolute roll these last few weeks, which makes me wonder when fortune is going to swing back against me. Now for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Caineghis: I think this is the second time I've gotten him from these weekly tickets. +Def/-Res is good, but I already have a +3 +Def copy. Merge time. Well, that was certainly a session. 5 merges for good units and a new Ninja!Camilla, all for only 43 orbs spent.

Another week, more banners. First, green for L&M Remix 1. 4* Reyson: No. Grey for L&M Remix 2. 4* Athena: No. Grey again for Willful Rabbits. 3* Norne: Okay. Grey for Weekly Revival 13. 3* Knoll: No. Blue for Weekly Revival 53. 4* Jagen: No. Blue for Familial Festivities. 5* Guinivere: I can't complain about this. +Def/-Spd is terrible, but I already have a +3 +Res copy. Merge time. Now for the new Sacred Stones banner. I'll take any non-greens from the ticket circles and go from there. 232 orbs to start. Things weren't going well at first, but then my luck picked up massively. I got two copies of Rearmed!Tana, one copy of Gilliam, a 4* copy of Vanessa, a pity-breaker B!Marth, and a 4* Special Luke. I even finally added Dwyer to the barracks. Sparking for Syrene means I picked up every focus unit from this banner and then some. Now to cap things off with the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Adrift!Camilla: Not bad. +Res/-Atk is okay, better than the +1 +HP copy I currently have. Merge time.

There's quite a few banners I want to pull from this week. Starting with red for the New Power banner. 4* Soleil: No. Red again for the TT banner. 4* Atlas: Or not. Any greens for Hop-and-Go-Seek. I've got 258 orbs, so depending on how my luck pans out with Karla and Freyja I might come back here. 4* Mustafa: No. Red for Weekly Revival 6. Another banner I want to pull from. 5* Zeke: Okay, sure. +Def/-Spd is great, but my current copy is already +1 +Def. Merge time. Lucky. Red for Weekly Revival 67. 3* Knoll: No. And now for Spring Eternal. Green-sniping only, since my luck with Harmonics tends towards the bad. That went better than I expected. 24 orbs got me a +Def/-Spd copy of Harmonic!Karla and a second copy of Arthur (FE4). Since the Easter banner is going to be around for a while I think I'll go back to Weekly Revival 6 and see if I can get Lucina a merge or two. 234 orbs left. 87 orbs and 20 pulls later, I made off with a patently absurd haul. Without even counting the merge for Zeke from the free pull, I just got: Hugh (merge) Volke Quan (4* Special merge) Lucina x 3 * (merge) B!Lucina (merge) Combining that with the Easter banner, today I spent a total of 111 orbs to make 32 pulls and got a total of 10 5*s from it. And I still have 147 orbs left! I'm not pushing my luck any further today though. Between Harmonic!Karla and the upcoming New Heroes banner I've got to be cautious with my spending. But before I end things, time for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Lyn: Not a good unit, but a character I like. +Atk/-HP is decent, but I think I'll merge into my old +Spd/-Def copy from way back at the beginning of the game.

I'm going to go through every character since I've got time to kill. Honestly I don't think a lot of them need more than one extended scene, but for the sake of the thought exercise... Cord: He arrives in an extremely forested map, so perhaps he was working there as a woodcutter when the Macedonian rebellion broke out. He gets accosted by a soldier who gets distracted when Marth arrives before being dispatched. After the chapter he could fill Marth in on the brewing unrest in Macedon and allude to what we learn from Michalis's conversation with Rucke in the next chapter regarding Hardin's involvement. Bord: I suppose he could give more evidence that something's wrong with Archanea as a whole instead of just Lang, but I can't think of anything else that wouldn't be blatantly duplicating Cord. Wrys: He appears as the target of the first optional assassin mission, so he could play a part in the discussion regarding this new threat. Have the group conclude that someone is hunting their old comrades based on his testimony (maybe the assassins said too much?) rather than Jagen picking up rumors beforehand. If the chapter wasn't unlocked, have the army find him dying and learn what happened from his last words. Barst: His Shadow Dragon ending involved him joining the Archanean army before deserting to become a pirate, so he could have been captured and conscripted under penalty of death for both crimes. Play up a desire for vengeance. Frey: Have him describe the escape from Altea Castle more. Harken back to Shadow Dragon by having him volunteer to be the distraction so everyone else could escape only for Cain to do it instead, reminding him that he nearly died the first time he did that. That also explains why Cain shows up on his own two chapters later. Norne: I would have had her show up in the Prologue instead of Gordin to better represent the rather slapdash collection of helpers you get. As for the main story, given she's from a small village maybe she could bring up the Archanea-caused devastation she and Frey saw along the way to Grust. Caesar and Radd: Have them hired specifically because they fought with Marth in the previous war and know his tactics. After the chapter they initially decline to join Marth out of shame, after which the assassins try to kill them only to be driven off by the Altean army. As it turns out their original declining was a trick to lure the assassins out of hiding, at which point they join normally. Roger: He joined Archanea because they were the strongest, but perhaps Caeda could also play on his sense of Grustian patriotism. At least that would give him more character than being a love-struck idiot. Etzel: Have him join at the beginning of the chapter rather than be recruited as an enemy. He could fill Marth in on what Arlen's doing and explain that while a lot of Khadein's mages bought into Archanea's lies, some don't really want to fight. Dice and Malice: Honestly, they're mercenaries looking for work. There's not much else that needs to be explained. Maybe they were trying to get signed on with Khadein but didn't like the rate on offer. Or they could be recruited with gold during the chapter itself like Beowulf, Hugh, etc. Marth's desperate enough for help that he accepts their offer. Horace: I agree that his appearance is extremely out of place and understated considering who he is. However, I think having him start as an enemy runs the risk of copying another character. If he reluctantly joins out of ever-dwindling loyalty before deciding he's had enough he's copying Jeorge. If he goes full "Loyalty to Archanea over common decency" before being shown sense he's copying Astram. I would have had him refuse to help Hardin right from the beginning and get imprisoned for it before escaping and trying to join up with Marth before getting attacked by Legion. He already turned traitor once to protect innocents, what's one more time? He'll just have to make amends by setting Archanea right again. Besides, he knows from personal experience that Princess Nyna would understand. Jake: Does he really need a good explanation? He's Anna's boyfriend, she has a shop right there, that's all the reason he needs. Darros: Maybe an expeditionary force from Aurelis catches up to Marth around the Flame Barrel and Darros is working with them as a mercenary. It would at least make more sense than him ending up with a bunch of dragon-using barbarians in the middle of nowhere, as well as give Aurelis a little more presence in the story. Sable Knights: They could have shown up at the very beginning as part of Lorenz's rebellion, helping Ogma escort Yuliya and Jubelo before parting ways at the beginning of his recruitment chapter in order to go continue the fight against Archanea on their own, only for the pirates to show up once they depart and leave Ogma and the children vulnerable. Then there'd be the amusing irony of them and Camus just missing each other. Their appearance at the Ice Temple could be explained as them having followed the aforementioned Aurelian force north in hopes of meeting up with Marth rather than randomly being out in a frozen wasteland. Beck: I have no idea. Maybe he comes along with Jake? The two appear to be acquainted with one another already, so it wouldn't be a stretch to have them traveling together. Athena: Have her trying to get home via boat from the northern coast only to get caught by the assassins. Afterwards emphasize her putting that plan on hold in order to help Marth out. Dolph: He could tell Marth about the situation with Abel and Est, because otherwise I don't think there's actually any point where he finds out directly. Macellan: He could warn about the ambush inside the Altean throne room rather than breaking immersion to show Willow talking to his soldiers about it. Tomas: He expresses sympathy for the people of Gra, so maybe show him as part of the local Archanean garrison before deserting out of disgust. He could also make an earlier appearance as part of Jeorge's sniper unit during the liberation of Grust. Frost: Have him working at Lena and Julian's monastery and staying behind to watch over it while Julian goes off to find Lena. He eventually joins the army after leaving it in the care of someone else, unable to keep sitting on the sidelines while both Lena and Maria are missing. Ymir: We're never actually shown what happens to Grust after Lang is killed and Marth and co. retreat north. Have Archanea reoccupy the country offscreen only for even more resistance to spring up, with Ymir playing a major role in keeping his local region free. When he appears in the Wyvern Dale it's because Archanea finally surrendered and he's free to go help Marth put an end to everything. Nagi: With how mysterious she is I'm not sure what could be done with her other than maybe giving her a few conversations with Gotoh regarding Medeus.

A lot of these ideas feel like they're trying to give Karel more importance than his role in FE6 really warrants. In the end he's there to be a wise swordmaster with a mysterious past. He doesn't even have a particularly noble reason to help; the only reason he's even involved is his family connection to Fir and Bartre. He doesn't convey any plot-relevant information and basically all we learn about him is that he used to be a wandering slaughterer before becoming the man he is now at some point before his last meeting with Fir and/or Bartre. Not knowing exactly how that happened appeals to me because it lets us come up with our own ideas when we see him in FE7. Did he end up killing his one and only student Guy in their duel and regretting it? Did learning that Karla was sick permanently reawaken his familial love for her? What I do think could have been done in FE7 is give Karla more time to shine by switching her and Karel's recruitments, as well as obviously making his appearance in Ostia dependent on her reaching a certain level rather than Bartre. They fight, and if Karla wins she spares Karel despite him urging her to kill him as their blood demands. He then joins the army, nominally to make sure Karla doesn't die before he kills her, but as shown in his supports he starts to mellow out after "normal" interactions with other people. If I may nerd out a bit, this would also present two interesting character contrasts. Karla vs. Harken: On the one hand a vagabond swordswoman searching for her bloodthirsty brother, not to kill him but instead simply to reconnect with him as family. On the other hand a rogue knight who forsook his comrades and fiancee in pursuit of bloody vengeance. Karel vs. Renault: From what we can tell Renault used to be a lot like Karel when he worked under Nergal, killing anyone strong enough to put up a good fight (albeit in order to acquire quintessence). In turn Karel ends up a lot like Renault by the time of FE6, regretful of his bloody past and consequently averse to conflict despite his immense power.

Okay, time to start off with blue for Love Abounds. 5* S!Innes: That works too. A 4* Special I've already got, and full neutral at that, so merge fodder for my +1 +Def copy. Green for the Ideal banner. 4* Bartre: No. Green again for Here With Me. 3* Sophia: No. Blue for Weekly Revival 11. 4* Mae: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 52. 4* Lena: No. Grey again for the TT banner. 4* Lachesis: No. One circle from the Legendary banner. 158 orbs is a little low for my liking, but I like what this banner has to offer. 3* Robin: Wrong. 4* Altena: No. 4* Miriel: No. 4* Balthus: No. 4* Frederick: No. Disappointing. Let's see who the weekly Arena ticket gives me this time. 5* B!Claude: Hey, not bad. +Res/-Def isn't great, so I think I'll stick with my original neutral copy.

Anyone who's surprised by Michalis, raise your hand now......Didn't think so. Otherwise I'm thoroughly unexcited about this banner, especially Karla getting a second alt for some reason, but she's a Harmonic and principle demands that I try to pull her anyway. What I really don't understand is what IS is doing with their weapon choices for Harmonic Heroes. Karla and Freyja will be the 4th axe cavalry among them whilst we still have a total of literally 2 blue Harmonics. On a broader note 8/18 of the Harmonics are going to be green compared to 4 red, 2 blue, and 4 grey.

Some of my suggestions: FE6: Before Ch. 16 where Bern and the Revolutionaries end up being forced to retreat inside the palace by the Elimine Church and angry citizenry, as well as Murdock's debut confronting and demoting Narcian FE6: The beginning of Ch. 23 where Brunnya talks to her remaining troops and Guinivere tells Roy that she must stay at the frontline to hear their calls. "That is all that a...traitor like myself can do..." FE7: Before Chapter 10 when Lyndis's Legion finally lays eyes upon Castle Caelin FE7: After defeating Darin at the Dragon's Gate, the whole scene with Nergal summoning a dragon, Nils breaking Ninian out of her trance, and Ephidel being sucked through the gate FE8: During the prologue, show Seth and Eirika fleeing the throne room before shifting to Fado's last stand, with Grado soldiers surrounding him before a blank-faced Vigarde and Lyon approach him as he prepares to fight FE8: Before Chapter 10 of Eirika's route when Innes, Gerik, and Tethys are preparing their last stand while surrounded by Pablo's troops

Alright, blue for the Double Special banner. 4* Lilina: Nope. Red for the CYL4 Hall of Forms banner. 5* Nah: Hey, a 4* Special! +Res/-Def is the wrong way around, so I think I'll keep my current +1 +HP copy and merge in. Green for Greil's Devoted. 5* Mamori: A second 4* Special! +HP/-Spd is alright, but again I think I'll stick with my +1 +Res copy. Grey for the BHB banner. 4* Clarine: No. Green for Weekly Revival 10. 4* Wrys: No. Red for Weekly Revival 66. 3* Palla: No. And lastly the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Zelgius: Not bad. +Res/-Atk is awful, but my current copy is +Atk/-Res, so an easy merge choice. A lucky session this week. Nah and Mamori are hardly top-tier anymore, but my lizard brain likes more merges.

Let's see if I get anything this week. Green for Lovely Gifts. 4* Ross: No. Green again for Love of a King. 3* Gunter: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 9. 3* Nyna: No. Grey again for Weekly Revival 51. 3* Jakob: No. Blue for the Rally banner. 4* Shigure: No. And now to see if I can get Ascendant!Elincia. I only have 80 orbs on hand and don't feel up to gathering more right now, so this probably won't do it. That actually went really well. 54 orbs got me merges for Saber and Shinon plus a copy of Elincia. Depending on future banners I may come back here. Now for the weekly Arena ticket, late but not forgotten. 5* Fallen!Femui: Not bad at all. +HP/-Spd is awful, so merge fodder for my +Def/-Atk copy.

Technically not a character, but Vanessa's pegasus (FE8) is named Titania, exactly the same as the second-in-command of the Greil Mercenaries. What's interesting is that Sacred Stones and Path of Radiance were made around the same time, which makes me wonder if someone was trying to insert a small joke. There's also Morgan (FE6), the boss of Elphin and Bartre's introductory chapter, and Morgan (FE13) the child of the avatar.

First things first, 5 tickets from the Hero Fest that I apparently forgot to get before. 3* Matthew: No. 4* Sothe: No. 3* Forrest: No. 3* Legault: No. 3* Kagero: No. That was terrible. Blue for the New Power banner. 4* Catria: Not quite. Grey for Weekly Revival 8. 4* Lachesis: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 65. 4* Matthew: No. Red for the Valentines banner. I'm not really eager for anyone in particular, so I'll just see if I can get Hana for free. 4* A!Tiki: No. I guess not. Blue for Remix 1. 3* Silas: Reposition fodder. As for Remix 2 I'm going to snipe blues until the spark. L!Chrom is the only unit here I'm missing, and L!Julia needs just 3 more merges to reach +10. 182 orbs on hand. I'm down to 4 orbs and aside from sparking for Julia (+8 now) I got two copies of Chrom and a merge for B!Byleth. I was hoping for at least one extra merge for Julia, but as is I feel like I got my orbs' worth. Lastly, the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Azura: How worthless. +Spd/-Res is good, but she's just so out of date. I might as well just merge her into my +2 +Res copy to make numbers go up.

Even more banners this week. Starting with green on the BHB banner since my Kaden's +1 while Selkie and Velouria are +2. 4* Vyland: No. Red for the Time's Pulse banner. 3* Mustafa: Or not. Grey for Hero Fest since Lysithea and Lute need a merge. 5* Ascendant!Idunn: Not my initial goal, but nice to have! +Def/-Res is decent. 4* Gaius: No. 4* Priscilla: No. 3* Brady: No. 3* Matthew: No. 4* Kaze: No. 4* Bantu: No. 3* Forrest: No. 3* Kagero: No. 4* Elice: Meh. +Def/-HP isn't a good master copy. 4* Palla: No. Well, I got something good out of those tickets. Green for the Hatari banner. 3* F!Shez: No. Red for the Plegia banner. 4* Marth: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 7. 3* Nyna: No. Red for Weekly Revival 50. 4* M!Morgan: No. Grey for the TT banner. 4* Clarine: No. As for the free 5* Special Hero, I'm hoping for green. 5* Harmonic!Roy: Alright. I would have preferred a new unit since I already have them at +1 +Spd, but a merge for a Harmonic is never wasted. And lastly the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Claude: Eh. +Res/-Spd is awful, but I already have a +1 +Atk copy to merge into. Not a bad session. Ascendant!Idunn is a nice addition to the barracks.

Blue for the Voting Gauntlet A banner. 3* Miranda: Or not. Naturally the circle had two reds and three greys. Focus? What's that? Anyway, blue again for the B banner. 4* Thea: And of course this circle has four blues. Red for Weekly Revival 6. 3* Athena: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 49. 5* Caineghis: Nice. +Res/-Def isn't great, so merge fodder for my +2 +Def copy. One full circle from the Mythic banner since I'm missing most of the units on it. 76 orbs on hand. 3* Ogma: No. 3* Catria: No. 4* Gordin: No. 5* Fomortiis: Hah! Finally a good Anima Mythic. Of course he's +HP/-Atk, but that's a minor issue. 3* Kaze: No. All of my 5 most recent 5*s have had their asset and flaw in HP and Attack. It's strange. Anyway, time to try yet again on the Khadein banner with 61 orbs. My luck finally appears to have turned around. 31 orbs got me 4* Special copies of YT!Olivia and Y!Tiki, plus Harmonic!Linde at long last. Combined with the free Fomortiis I did well today. Lastly, what will the weekly Arena ticket give me? 5* Phina: Not bad. +Def/-HP isn't good, but I've already got a +Spd/-Atk copy that would love a merge.

A bunch of pulls for the first session of the Year of the Rabbit. First grey for Hostile Springs. 3* Jeorge: No. Green for the AHR Engage banner. 5* Harmonic!Roy: Lucky me! +Res/-Atk is awful, but I already have him at +Spd/-Res, so merge time. Any reds on the Iceberg banner. 4* Sophia: No. 100 orbs on hand. 3* Guy: No. 3* Hinata: No. Ugh. Maybe I'll come back here if I can get the Khadein banner over with. Blue for Weekly Revival 5. 4* Cordelia: No. Red for Weekly Revival 48. 4* Nanna: Or not. Blue for the Engage banner since I have no plans to spend orbs here. 4* Mamui: No. 3* Valbar: No. 3* Miriel: No. 4* Phila: No. 4* Donnel: No. 5* Alfred: Great! My first Arcane unit, although unfortunately he's +HP/-Atk. Still, happy to have him. 4* Tatiana: No. 3* Luthier: No. 5* Selena: Awesome! Also +HP/-Atk, but I've already got a +HP/-Def copy to merge into. 4* Marcia: No. That went wonderfully. Now back to digging for Linde and Sara on the Khadein banner. 92 orbs left. I hate this banner with a burning passion now. I got a 4* Special Leif right at the beginning, then absolutely nothing of value. I'm up to a 4.25% pity rate again, and after spending 77 more orbs (bringing me up to a whopping 399 total) I still have zero copies of Harmonic!Linde and only one of Nino. It seems like all of my luck is ending up in the free pulls. Speaking of free pulls, time for the two freebies. First, grey for the weekly Arena ticket. 5* Loki: Okay, not bad. +Atk/-HP is certainly better than the +1 +Def copy I currently have. And for the AHR unit I think I'll pick Celica, both for the floret and because she's in colorless hell.

Red for the New Power banner. 3* Fir: No. Green on the Hall of Forms revival. 4* Emmeryn: No. Grey for the Remix banner. 5* L!Leif: Perfect! +HP/-Res isn't great, but I'll take that over the +Def/-Res I'm currently running. I'll gladly take that freebie! Grey again for Weekly Revival 4. 4* Kagero: No. Red for Weekly Revival 47. 4* Fir: No. Now the weekly Arena freebie. 5* Silque: Not bad. I do use her quite a bit, so another merge is always appreciated. +Res/-Atk isn't great, so I think I'll keep my current +1 +Def copy. And lastly back to red-sniping on the Khadein banner. 76 orbs on hand. 12 circles, a total of 9 red units between all of them, and 64 more orbs spent only got me a meaningless 5* copy of Byleth. I swear this is what happens every single time I try to pull a Harmonic: several hundred orbs spent to get one copy at best. At least my free pulls earlier went well.

First things first, red for Happy New Year! 3* Seliph: No. Grey for Weekly Revival 3. 3* Jeorge: No. I guess B!Veronica will continue to be the one Brave unit I'm missing. Red for Weekly Revival 46. 4* Tharja: No. Grey for the TT banner. 3* Tethys: No. And now time for the Khadein banner. I've got 268 orbs on hand, so hopefully my red-sniping Harmonic hunt goes well. 258 orbs and 57 pulls later, that banner went well in every way except the one that actually mattered. I got Nino and Ursula back to back, Byleth at 4*, Hugh, a merge for Galzus, and 4* Special merges for Idunn, Nah, and YT!Olivia. Naturally the one thing I didn't get was a copy of Harmonic!Linde. I guess I'll have to come back here once I've gathered up some more orbs.

Completely forgot to use the weekly Arena ticket a few days ago. Let's see what it gives me... 5* Ishtar: Not bad. +Def/-HP is awful, but I already have a +3 +Res copy to merge into. +4 now.