jloweis

Hmm, what are the chances of a Fire Emblem direct, say, a month or 2 before the FEW2 release? Like, similar to the one that revealed Echoes? Maybe that's how they would show the next mainline game?

Marianne is quite good imo; in my playthrough GD route, I made Marianne a dancer and she really carried. Her decent speed and good mag made her a good magic/Levin sword user whilst also being able to refresh and heal units. Due to her somewhat decent movement as well she can usually catch up to units after she uses Stride, and even if she can't she still has Physic and Silence so she can still be useful from a distance. Her Hero Relic also allows her to do really good damage most units as well. She also has really good avoid if you use Sword Avoid, so she can be decent on the frontline as well, especially against mages.

You get it later once you finish Sylvain's paralogue.

eh, maybe? Chances are most of the official information isn't going to cover everything anyway, such as not stating that the teachers get personal skills whilst thanibomb mentioned that they are still playable. I doubt that Nintendo would want to reveal everything about the characters straight away, so I think the "oh Dorothea was adopted by a noble family" might be something that the officials want you to find in the game yourself.

Dunno if this has come up yet, but thanibomb did pm me 'proof' of their credibility when I asked them. Not sure if I should put it here because they seem to have a reason to pm it instead of putting it in the thread, but essentially they leaked out Rhea's name weeks before her bio was revealed.