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Micaiah character analysis


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On 5/27/2021 at 12:53 AM, vanguard333 said:

My thoughts on Micaiah: she's an interesting character with a lot of potential, and I think the story managed to utilize somewhere around seven tenths (7/10) of that potential before overshadowing her in favour of other characters.

Right away, one thing I really like is her dynamic with Sothe. She's the one that Sothe spent all of Path of Radiance looking for, and right away, it shows. I think that their tension whenever Sothe brings up Ike is great and makes a lot of sense: Sothe was there fighting alongside Ike and being inspired by him; he's seen firsthand that the Conquest of Daein and the Begnion Occupation were not Ike's fault, whereas Micaiah hasn't had that experience to learn who Ike really is and she doesn't have that perspective, so to her, Sothe fanboying about Ike is him fanboying about the guy that led an invasion of their homeland (a counter-invasion after Daein invaded Crimea, but an invasion nonetheless). I also like how, when she does finally meet Ike in part 4, she sees why Sothe is so inspired by Ike. Plus, her thoughts on Ike in part 1 led to what is possibly the funniest bit of banter in all of Fire Emblem:

Sothe:
“Entering Gallia by yourselves would be nearly impossible. The man you need to get you into Gallia actually resides in Crimea. That man, Ike, is in contact with King Caineghis and his advisors. There’s no doubt in my mind that he’s the man you need.”

Micaiah:
“Right. Lord Ike, hero of the Crimean Liberation, leader of the Greil Mercenaries, and father of Sothe’s children…”

I also like how there's a mystery behind the origin of her special (inevitably-royal) chosen one powers; a mystery that the story answers with the reveal that she was Sanaki's branded older sister, and I like how she's unique among FE lords in being a light mage and a healer.

 

In terms of how much I felt she got overshadowed, I'll just quote myself from another topic:

 

it is revealed that during the war micaiah actually traveled in to crimea searching for sothe iirc, which mean, she has seen, first hand, the atrocities daein committed in crimea, but she still blame the war on ike. which indicated she have little concern over any living beings except daein people who have been proven time to time never learn from their mistake and attack other nations with no apparent reasons.

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