Hello and welcome to the forums, I would recommend starting with FE8 has the grinding capabilities of the more recent games but with the consequences of death still very much lingering over you is a nice ease into what the older titles are like.
Hello and welcome to the forums, I too like to talk Fire Emblem whether its in game stuff or even just funny lil fan things. Shall we discuss over tea and biscuits? on another note, that wheel in the profile pic is not on fire, needs more fire :P
Hello and welcome to the forums, Awakening was also my first FE game, but an RPG and Anime fan, alright lets go for this question, Whats your favourite RPG game (besides Fire Emblem) and Top 5 animes :P
Hello and welcome to the forums, I have to say I do like Hoshido the most, by a small margin mind you, i mean its hard to bear Nohr they are so awesome :)