JupiterKnight

Muse/Amusia is supposedly its own small nation as well. That's where the Opera House is located. Maybe they convince the Dancers to work as support for their forces rather than have them executed in a botched Hoshido assassination attempt?

Dragon degeneration has been a thing long before Fates. It's not like Blizzards make someone crazy to justify a boss fight deal. The backstory details we have gotten even points out the dragons in general were suffering from the urges so they discarded their body and became spirits to avoid that fate. Hydra tried to deal with the problem for ages since he was likely the dragon that couldn't become a spirit. Plus your comment that all the info we got is just from Azura is wrong since he does talk about his past to an extent as well in Invisible History, and we know he at least has some influence on the backstory as the giver of Dragon's Vein and being both the Light/Dark Dragon. We got way more than Grima who just kinda existed was defeated and had an evil cult that was in no way subtle about how evil they are and spends most of his talk about how you can't fight fate or how powerful Grima supposedly is. He was even benevolent enough to write the poems that foretell his defeat/death and turn it into a song. One that is used to weaken himself in the process. @Alazen: Oh yeah I can agree on that to an extent. I don't like the whole dating both families deal or Garon being a Slime Monster, but I do understand from the perspective of Hydra's actions why he had a minion take control of an entire nation and that Gooron could exist as the perfect fall guy so no one tries to come after him. I would still prefer seeing the real Garon over that and have Ganze/Iago be Dark Dragon worshipers who think he's speaking to them. Or maybe even Mikoto being evil. @Taka-kun: Azura does talk about in her IK support with Kamui about how Nohr never had it as good as Hoshido does, so the people naturally developed envy of them for having it so much better than they do. It's not surprising if a previous war did involve Nohr trying to conquer Hoshido for its resources.

They always side with Hoshido in the story so I figure they might as well be the only one to join Hoshido. Likely in exchange for something like their nation becoming subservient to it and getting all those resources to help their own land prosper.

They should deal with the rebel factions as well, but likely after the war since a common enemy gives rise to a momentary truce. Except Chevalier, they outright join Hoshido and get wiped out during the war.

Except Invisible History does show you who he was before the madness and a big part of Hydra as the INVISIBLE DRAGON is that he stays invisible. He even admits he had tried to deal with his power and had lived in harmony with the people before his urges and degeneration began to distort his mental state. Being inconspicuous is related to being invisible not just from physical sight but the mind as well. He even has things set up for a fall guy like Gooron and a magical curse that doesn't let you talk about fight club. Not to mention there are plenty of hints in both routes of a mysterious force acting behind the scenes. Starting right from Mikoto's assassination, with the implications the plan was to kill Kamui and Mikoto since they carried dragonslaying weapons.. No one besides Mikoto, Lilith, and the Awakening kids even know Kamui is the child of Hydra and Hydra wanted them to keep it that way. A vow of silence on their origins. The real bs is how powerful this curse is that it can make heart Hydra dissipate as well even in a different world, when he has the power to transform an entire world from the past. Edit: Also I'm bugged that Gunter is just left in the Invisible Kingdom on Hoshido. I want to say this might lead to future DLC, but knowing IS writers I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't.

Grima and the Grimleal will always be worse to me to be honest. I absolutely loathe Grima.

I actually like the Invisible History DLC for showing Hydra. I will not deny that the way they added the Awakening Kids was badly handled however.

No it's worse than that. Ryoma offers food without being asked after learning how most people starve. Apparently not a single assassin ever sent into Nohr has seen how the country isn't as rich or fertile as Hoshido. Or how it took walking in some secret underground city in Nohr that Nohr royals don't even know about to learn this obvious fact. @Ryo we don't know what happened after they fled Touma. For all we know they ended up in separate places while traveling together. Then she met Garon and for the first time in his life he met a woman who wasn't a terrible human being.

Doesn't make sense to be honest. Especially when the guy who sends them straight to Nohrs Capital tells them to serve the Nohr Royals. Though now I wonder about the next four popular parents as Nohr kids.

I think that could work if you keep Kamui's dragon powers saved for said third path, where Hydra wishes for Kamui to take its place as the dragon god due to his own degeneration.

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I'm honestly not sure if Cynthia could keep her lips sealed and not end up turning to bubbles. And I doubt that Nah or Yarne would appear due to no Taguels or Manakete being around. Though I wouldn't be surprised if it gets really convoluted to explain it. I would like to see Foxes and Werewolves trying to eat Yarne.

Most of the small Japanese/Hoshido styled countries seen are Neutral in the story. izana's and even Fuuga's choose Neutrality for the most part with the exception of Koutarou. The Ice Tribe, Amusia, Chevalier are all territories that were basically conquered by Nohr. They still have enough freedom to rule themselves, but for the most part they are effectively a part of Nohr.

Maybe a rule the Queen takes over the country should her husband dies and then passes on to the oldest son when she wants/dies. That or she's secretly a tyrannical and ruthless queen loved by her kids who burns entire villages down to the ground for questioning her reign.

Izana has the biggest impact of the lot, dying so that Takumi will trust Kamui. Clear has the second biggest, because him being a bad dad to Flora while spoiling Felicia. His actions lead to Floras suicide afterall. I imagine Mikoto remains queen due to being the one making the Brainwashing barrier that removes all hostility towards Hoshido. Kill her or try to dispose of her and Nohr will be free to invade.

Plus a Taguel and a half Manakete would look suspicious considering most Dragons are gone and there are no Taguel around. And to top it off the three do manage to defeat Sumeragi and Shenmei.

Since daughters only become rulers of Hoshido if the brothers are dead. Camilla was at least second in line to the throne in Nohr.

His likely plan does appear to have Kamui die with Mikoto considering all the IK troops had Dragon slaying weapons equipped in the battle where Kamui take Dragon form and Garon rants about how Kamui betrayed them by surviving on Conquest.

He wanted some loyal subordinates to aid his child in the mission to slay him as most people would be loyal to one country or another. As you clearly see things didn't work out in part because he was busy doing a lot of stuff while events happening in Hoshido and Nohr. Heck he didn't even know Kamui wasn't in Hoshido until Lilith told him. Unfortunately they are enjoying their life as Nohr retainers way too much. It doesn't help he wasn't able to tell them Kamuis name before he sent them either. Though they do hint about the mission in supports.

I was just reading that and it didn't click until just now who he meant. Thanks Ryo. But man that's clearly absurd for him to be able to do so much yet not even be that strong. It's like the opposite problem of Grima where the biggest threat he showed was at the end and spent most of the story relying on Risen even after his revival.

I must have missed something because I didn't see anything about him saying Naga is more powerful? The only reference I saw to Naga was the kids saying Nagas name when they mistake IK troops for Risen. Plus the magic ball was meant to send them back once, because his dialogue made it pretty clear he would vanish eventually so he wouldn't be able to send them back personally. He was in a rush to get things done since he's being hounded by IK troops. If he can do this in a weakened state, that makes me wonder how strong the original is. Even after eating Garon Insane Hydra planned on eating everyone to restore his power in the final battle on Ik. Hydra was immune to all their attacks until the Yato took its final form.

Well we don't know if Falchion could harm Hydra. His power seems to be on an entirely different level considering his sane half was able to transform an entire alternate future as a wish of someone, while Naga would have to send people there and have them do something about it instead.

And in the end the one I'm more likely to get is Nohr anyways. Gameplay only being a partial factor.