Elincia

I've heard many people complaining about their screens getting scratched by the dock and have had to put tape over the top of it in order to prevent it from getting worse, and that the dock itself is rather cheaply made. I dont own one as of yet (plan to get one for FE switch though), would rather wait till the issues are sorted out for it first.

Team @Clarine all the way. She's just too damn fabulous not to support.

I could totally see Ike, Roy, Alm, and Celica getting in through ambiio support, at the very least, then maybe add others through DLC. Would totally love to play as either Hector or Ephraim, who aren't sword lords btw IS. I cant get over how BS that excuse was. Especially when most characters that are already in the game all use swords, ugh.

Game looks alright, wasnt really expecting much tbh, but what they showed doesnt look bad. Will likely give the game a shot, though not a launch, might hold out for any possible DLC in the future. Curious about the ambiio functionality for the game. If I can use my Alm or Celica ambiios to play as them that would seal the deal for me.

Was expecting a Magvel banner, but part of me was really hoping for another Tellius banner. Oh well guess I'll continue saving orbs up then.

I have a good feeling the next banner will be Magvel. I remember seeing a sprite of Seth in a post over on reddit FE Heroes (still trying to dig the post up, it was probably from a week ago, or something) Though another Tellius banner would be amazing, despite the next one likely being Micaiah and her group. Oh well more time to save up for Best Queen.

Kieran might, not sure about Marcia though. IS seems content with only doing 4 characters per banner, (though they did do 6 for the FE7 banner so who knows). We'll probably still be waiting a bit since Micaiah and her gang will probably come first, ugh.

Yeah, she'll probably be a red or blue tome user. Regardless both her and Elincia are primary characters in the Tellius games, so making either of them healers is just unacceptable.

Heroes ID: 8016064300 Name: Elincia Leader is Xander.

Wouldn't surprise me if they made Micaiah into one, since that's like.. the only thing she's useful for in RD, lol!

She better have Amiti or there will be a riot.

I'm really hoping for Geoffrey to get released along side Elincia. Here's to hoping she gets her own banner. I shall have my OTP

Exactly why I've been saving for her. Hoping she gets her own banner with her retainers.

I've explained my love for Elincia in a favorite FE character thread, but just to sum it up, I love her for the fact that she's such a divergence of the typical naive Princess trope, and is a great representation of what a strong female character should be. One of my all time favorites though would have to be Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher series. He doesn't go out of his way to get involved in things that dont concern him and doesnt always play the hero. He's a professional, not a hero, and he choses not to concern himself with petty quarrels. He's, imo, one the best morally grey characters out there.

Elincia, where is she? I'm currently sitting on 360 orbs for her (would be over 400 if I hadn't blown 50 orbs on Celica's banner and not get her). Any characters you're trying to salvage enough orbs for? It's admittedly quite hard to hold off on summoning for so long.

It's stuff like this that make me dislike Ike even more. I love PoR to death, but the game tries way too hard to always make him look good. Everything always works out for him in the end and he never suffers any true consequence for his actions. Bit off topic, but yeah. I could never truly understand that scene. Lucia would never have been that willing to leave her brother behind, especially at the expense of Elincia feelings.

Now that is just evil XD Geoffrey obviously :P. And Bride Elincia is just so <3

Isn't it already obvious :P She starts off as kinda the typical damsel in distress when we're first introduced to her; she's lost everything, her family, her kingdom, and has no choice but to turn to Ike for help. Despite this, there's still some uniqueness to her character even in PoR. She wasnt raised in court, and was taught how to do a manner things, like cooking, cleaning and even sword fighting, things that most Princesses within this trope never get experience in (as most of them are likely just spoiled rotten from court life) She was original not even suppose to be Queen. She lived a peaceful and secluded life with her closest companions, Lucia and Geoffrey, and when the invasion of Crimea happens, she losses so much of her past life, and has to all of a sudden take up the mantel and lead the Crimean people. In RD she's even better, way better. You get to see her struggle to rule due to her lack of experience, eventually leading to a political uprising that she must thwart, with Ike having long left his position as a lord, she must settle things on her own. She's far from the perfect ruler and she knows this, and you get to see just how much that ways in on her. Despite never wanting to be Queen, she never gave up on her duty as one, and even went as far as choosing to sacrifice her best friend in order to remain on the throne. And even after successful thwarting the rebellion, and after Ike finally reappears and offers her support in order to take down the remains of the rebel army, Elincia refuses his offer, saying that she wishes to move on with her subjects and better her country, essential saying she no longer needs him. That right there is one of the main reason I love her so much, she doesn't need to rely on the main hero to do her job for her. She goes from being a naive and shelter princess, to a confident and strong ruler, and is such a divergence of the typical princess trope. It makes her such a strong and well written character. And by far my favorite character in the series. Also felt to include this gorgeous art of her by the same artist that did the one of Lucia that the OP posted. =D

There's admittedly a bit of ranting on me and my boyfriend's part (we both wrote it together). Neither of us are big fans of Ike, and we're both huge fans of Elincia, and there's admittedly a bit of bias for her in here as well. But anyway, glad you liked.

The point about the SS legendary weapons was that anyone could wield them, unlike Ragnell And, yeah, you may have a point, we may have been too harsh on Ike for that, but Elincia should have had far more involvement in the story than what she got. I mean hell it would have been really cool just to see something from her point of few in PoR as well. That is kinda fair, however do also remember that just because you have good connections doesn't stop you from being a self made man. He didn't have Eragon's help when he first convinced his entire village to pack up and leave to a rebellion. His wards were a finite resource he had to manage, and the only weapon he used was a blacksmith's hammer.

The map its self isn't too bad, just try not to keep your more vulnerable units in range of all the archers. You'll have 2 bosses for this map (only one needs to be taken down though) Desaix will be pretty difficult to take down, as he has a dracoshield, which is instead an equitable item rather than a stat booster in this game, and it greatly increases his def and res, so if you fight him, you'll basically just be doing 1 point of damage for every attack (though it is possible to beat him and get his dracoshield). If you dont have the patience to take down Desaix just go after Slayde (he's the paladin that you encountered in the prologue) he's way easier.

*A write up both me and my boyfriend (who isn't on the site,however) worked on together. This is rather long so if the mobs prefer this be posted somewhere else on the forum let me know as I'm still quite new here. Ike, a character loved by many across the Fire Emblem community, who is generally praised for being a common mercenary, and not of noble birth when compared to other lords in the series, has many inherit flaws within his story that are almost never discussed and are generally hand waved without hesitation within the FE community. What those flaws are, I could occasionally express, but never as a cohesive whole until I randomly encountered (this video). In short, the whole idea behind this comes out as one common thread, one painful, out-of-tune note in the Tellius games that centers around Ike, and ends up tainting the wonder of the entire world’s cast: Ike, supposedly just a mercenary, still follows story habits of ‘chosen one’ royalty. Ike makes his first appearance while he is in the middle of a training session with his father, Greil, after a quick lesson with Greil, Ike takes a couple missions, quickly earning his first command. The all so important first impression implants Ike as just a good guy mercenary. He wants what's best for people, is willing to disobey a direct order to do what he believes is right (not inherently wrong, mind you.), and aspires to at least match his father one day, a common idea across many cultures. Ike also comes off as being quite sheltered growing up, due to his lack of knowledge of the laguz or politics surrounding Daein. The writers use this tactic to explain the world’s unfamiliar aspects to the player, painting the player from Ike’s perspective. In other words, the writers made Ike naive so that older more cultured citizens of Tellius could explain the world to Ike, and by extension, the player. This use of perspective does become problematic later, largely in the info scenes of PoR. Ike's next ‘chosen oney’ scene is a memorable and emotional one. Had it been on a 3DS game, we would be making fun of it to this day, however, it’s in PoR, and involves Ike so it’s not a laughing stock. Of course, I’m referring to Greil vs the Black Knight scene. What makes this sequence follow the ‘chosen one’ stereotypes so horridly falls in two major areas. First, and the easy one to blame, the Black Knight’s armor and Ragnell. Magical armor that can only get pierced by divine weaponry stinks of chosen oneness. And of course, later in the game Ike remains the only character allowed to wield that weapon for literally no explained reason, other than for plot convenience. Just like any other ‘chosen one’ hero, they always have some special weapon or ability that only they can use. Fire Emblem employs this frequently in the form of divine weapons, most notably, the Falchion which literally stops being sharp (awakening), or the Royal Sword (SoV/Gaiden), which is too heavy for anyone else to use. In regards to divine weaponry, Sacred Stones stands out as the most generous and free for allowing its characters to use sacred weapons. As the only ones locked to specific characters are our famously memed incest twins. The simple existence of this blessed armor and weaponry defeats the entire purpose of making Ike a common mercenary, unless the point was to make him be this special chosen one destined to save the universe. The second side effect of the Greil v Black Knight scene shows a less hard ‘this is clearly a chosen one story’ and more of an ironic violation of Ike’s inherent values. Ike reluctantly accepts the mantle of leadership of the Greil Mercenaries, despite Titania being the most qualified person to do so. He basically inherits leadership of the mercenary company, much like a Noble son would inherit control of his family's’ house once his father passes. Now, this sort of thing happens in life all the time, after all, the vast majority of wealthy people in the United States, a country famed for the rags to riches dream, descend from wealthy families. However, around this time, Ike expresses distaste for the idea of inheriting positions of power, and to further push the irony, pay attention to who he serves. Princess Elincia, a woman born to the throne of Crimea, who needs his help because Ashnard took over Crimea, and Daein before that, with his own personal ability. The game only offers a tiny moment of pointing out this massive rift in world view later in the plot. (Do take note of how all of the heroes, especially in RD inherit their position from birthright, with the exception being Sothe, who kinda gets there from marriage) A moment to facepalm at, as a blatant chosen one symptom would be, is during Ike’s voyage to Begnion. Along the trip, the characters ram into some reefs and get stuck right next to Goldoan territory. According to that nation’s law, outsiders must be evicted or murdered, however, in true chosen one style, Ike lucks his way into meeting a prince who just so happens to be intrigued by Ike existence, and insists that the dragons offer their aid to help the protagonists out of their predicament. Again, there’s nothing inherently wrong about the concept of this scene. It offers a chance to introduce an important endgame character, Shows Ike being reckless and diplomatically inept, however, in no way would this be a believable part a story about a merc who accomplishes great deeds from their own merit. If nothing else, this would’ve been a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate the diplomatic ability of Elincia by having her negotiate a way out of it, yet alas, the focus of the story remains on Ike above all else, so he’s the one who must push the plot forward. Had the game's framing at least been allowed to deviate from Ike’s perspective, then this fantastic journey and moment could happen without taking away Ike earning greatness of his own merit, not because of predestination. Once Ike finally arrives in Begnion, he and Elincia are later given an audience with Empress Sanaki (another heroin earning her position from birthright.) Which first is a bit odd given that Elincia is the person of interest, not Ike. Had this game been given the freedom to shift away from Ike’s perspective on a consistent basis, then a likely outcome is only Elincia earning the ear of Sanaki. However, Ike again needs to drive the plot, and basically throws a temper tantrum that almost gets the Greil mercenaries killed, after Sanaki belittles Elincia and her position. Now Ike’s desire to stand up for Elincia isn’t inherently flawed, and it’s even consistent with his character; however, his actions could have cost him his life and taken away any possible Begnion support. But yet again, the birthright of nobility once again kicks in and Sanaki demonstrates mercy upon her new guests, allowing Ike to escape his blunder with naught but a stern warning. In stories that feature characters who do great things beyond their perceived born abilities, Ike would take some serious punishment here. Look to Roran from the Inheritance (Eragon) books. Roran, when he commits insubordination must suffer a public whipping for his actions. Or even the perfect confucian parable about just a man accomplishing great things: Admiral Yii Sun Shin. Had Yii been in Ike’s shoes after that mistake, Yii would’ve been at least been stripped of command and demoted to a common foot soldier. Yet, again, Ike gets away with naught but a stern warning. This reinforces Ike as someone special, and as a sort of ‘chosen one.’ After a series of interesting investigations that reveal that lesser nobles and self-made men do evil things, Sanaki offers her support to Elincia’s cause, and names Ike general. This moment has recently frustrated me, as there’s a far superior choice. One that would likely happen in a zero to hero type story, as well as one that just makes quite a bit of logical sense after abandoning the need to always center the Tellius universe around Ike: Elincia. Why would she not be named the figurehead to her own army? Sanaki wants to help Elincia be a strong leader able to fend off and control her own nobles, as well as having a leader on the Crimean throne able to handle the senators of Begnion better, so it naturally falls into Sanaki’s best interest to name Elincia as her own general. Not only this, but it wouldn’t involve forcing nobility onto someone who fundamentally despises it (yet only fights for monarchs who earn their throne from birthright), as apparently the Begnion forces only like taking orders from nobles. Even Sephiran showed some doubts about Ike leading this army, as he’s supposedly a symbol of a man achieving greatness without the right of birth. (the moment I reference lies at the end of the game) Again, the issue of forcing Ike to drive the plot rises up again, forcing the writers to put Ike in a more central role at all times. This creates perception issues like arguments used against me in discussion claiming that Ike aiding Elincia in Part 2 of RD would take away from her legitimacy. The only reason it does so, is the insistence for the plot to treat Ike like a chosen one, around whom the Tellius universe must revolve. Mercenaries function as an extension of their employer, in RD, Ike would simply be a part of Elincia’s strength, yet in the Tellius games, the writers seem to forget this, and place Ike higher on the army’s hierarchy over Elincia. Thankfully, some realism in that aspect came through in the form of the rebellion in RD’s part 2. At this point, a recurring theme shows up time and time again, Ike is supposed to represent a common merc, but the writers seemingly never learned how to write a zero to hero story, which leads to Ike getting split into a chosen one as well as the common hero. And that’s the reason I chose the the word ‘Dissonance’ in the title. In music, Dissonance is when two tones are close, but not in sync with each other, causing painfully disgusting noise. (Band kids reading this, tuning will never go away, and is absolutely critical for playing music people actually want to listen to.) ^1 (possible physics of dissonance tangent) Ike’s split between chosen one and common hero damages his character, and it’s at its worst in PoR. Had the game adopted framing techniques so that characters other than Ike could advance the plot as well as demonstrate moments of badassery (Okay, Elincia’s speech right before assaulting Ashnard is one such moment, but framing kinda ruined that one, too); then Ike could be a main character who isn’t a blue blood, but still accomplishes great things. TL;DR: Ike’s framing leads to him fulfilling both lesser symptoms or terrible cliches of ‘chosen one’ arcs, yet he supposedly is supposed to be a common merc who accomplishes greatness upon his own merit.

Their AI can be pretty dumb sometimes. I've had a few bascially suicide to my archers before. Anyway, when and where they decide to wrap is pretty random, and if worst comes to show, and they end up killing one of your units, you can always just use Miles Turnwheel.

If so what are your preferred sub genres? My personal favorites are death metal, thrash, and metalcore. But I do enjoy a bit of deathcore from time to time as well.

You cant really give any valid criticism of the article if you didnt bother to read it. If you had, you would have read that the author isnt agaisnt the possibility of Ike still getting with a women