For my first run, I think I'm gonna go Golden Deer and try to recruit as many of my favorites from the other houses as I can.
Keeping the Archer line for Claude until I know what his possible unique promotion is.
Going brigand to warrior for Hilda.
Knight class line for Raphael.
Gonna try to make Leonie a pegasus knight.
Was originally thinking of making Ignatz another archer, but seeing he has potential for reason magic, I think I'll make him a mage.
Lysiththea and Marianne are both gonna be magic users, and I'm torn between which of the two of them I'll make into a dancer, since they could both be good with swords as well.
And Lorenz gets to be a cavalier.
For recruits, in the Black Eagles, I wanna recruit Caspar, Linhardt and Petra.
Mercenary for Caspar, as while he's only neutral with swords, hero seems like a fun fit for him.
Linhardt seems like he'll make a fun dark mage.
And swordmaster for Petra.
And in the Blue Lions, I wanna recruit the trio of Felix, Sylvain and Ingrid.
Felix, both in personality and personal skill, seems like a really good fit for thief to assassin.
I /really/ wanna make Sylvain a wyvern rider. It feels like such a cool class for him, and it'd work well in pairing him up with Leonie.
And for Ingrid, I think I'll make her another cavalier.