Jotari

Yes, she most definitely made the Valencian Falchion long before Jugdral as Duma and Mila split off from everyone else even before the Earth Dragon war.

I expect you missed the quote I just dredge up. Tiki clearly believes Grima's claim even upon seeing Naga standing right before her. She treats it as an alternate version of mother dearest, just like our party are alternate versions of Chrom and co.

Yeah, but she likely made the Archanean Falchion before the Jugdral game's went down.

Evidently, she must have been wrong, because we get this in Future Past Naga: Tiki? But...you died in that world. Tiki: Yes. And now only my spirit remains. But I came here to tell you something important before I take your place there. Before I become tied to that world forever... Naga: Take my place? Tiki: You know what I mean. And why. Naga: ...... Tiki: But everything will turn out all right. We have you to thank for that, Naga, for sending help. And you, brave warriors, for giving it. In our world, Naga is dead, but you fought in her stead and gave us hope. We cannot thank you enough. But we will always remember— (Tiki leaves) Chrom: Huh? She's gone! What just happened? So Grima killed the Future Past's version of Naga. They were fortunate a parallel version of Naga took interest and sent main time Chrom and co to help out. I suppose it's possible Tiki just meant Naga is a plain old corpse when she says "In our world, Naga is dead," but it wouldn't really make sense as a comment as the same is true for all Awakening era worlds with any way similar a timeline.

Might be cool to see reinforcements in chapter 21 that vary based on the route you chose. If you went Ilia, then bow knights show up to ruin your day, if you when Sacae, then it's pegasus knights. As for why Bern ignored Lycia, Etruria is a much more powerful enemy. They could have eliminated Lycia if they wanted, but Etruria is a military match for them and is protecting Lycia. So putting their focus on backing the coup in Etruria (which they do by actively fielding soldiers) is prudent. Had the coup succeeded, it's likely they would have conquered Lycia pretty quickly afterwards. It's also possible that they did make some attempts at taking it over while Roy is busy in Ilia/Sacae, but Eliwood repelled the invasion and we just didn't hear about it, he is specifically said to be commanding the defensive army even in his sickly state. It wouldn't be too strange if they never did though, as after Roy liberates the Etrurian capital, they liked had lands there that they were trying to keep and expand from.

Naga could normally revive herself eventually, but in the future past timeline Grima does outright say he killed her (how, I'm not sure, maybe firing off an expiration at her spiritual image would suffice) so Tiki took the spot as the new Naga because there was an opening. That about sums it up. But what I was really wondering, is do the Divine Dragons themselves have a method for permanently eradicating Earth Dragons or fellow rogue Divine Dragons (of which there seems to be a surprising amount of) other than sealing them in the Dragon Table. There must have been casualties on both sides of the war before the Divine Dragons won and they must have had a way of stopping the dead dragons, otherwise there would likely be evidence of it. So perhaps Grima's soul destroying abilities has less to do with him being Grima and more with being a divine dragon (wait, no, Naga says she can't permanently destroy Grima though...Hmm, maybe she just meant she's unable to as the spirit from she's comfortably occupied for a couple thousand years). The point about the Elibe dragons is interesting. On the whole, we don't see much evidence that they're as strong as the Archanea dragons. Elibe dragons managed to go extinct from puny humans while Archanea dragons were the undisputed master of the human race, and just in general displayed more varied and greater powers. So I think I'm willing to bet that if the Elibe dragons could destroy souls, then the Archanea dragons possess that ability too. Now that I think about it, Duma does actively display this power in regards to the witches (and yes, I recall Fomantiis talking about consuming Lyon's soul too).

None of the Earth Dragons took manakete form except Medeus (unless they retcon that in the future). All the survivors of the war were sealed in the Dragon's Table. But the fact that some are still alive is ignoring the fact that many of them likely died somehow, and if they weren't killed for reals then there should be crazy angry Earth and Divine dragons floating around. Your comment does remind me that Grima claims to have killed Naga in the future past. So that would indicate there is a way to kill ghost dragons for good.

Heroes! We take the RNG out of the gameplay and put it in your wallet!

Well the Paladins were a real historic order who (presumably) couldn't use magic, so it's other fantasy works that are deviating from accuracy by making some kind of white magic combat healer.

Well she's not quite the bearded lady, but I think Echnida fits the mold. Unless you meant the oppose of dude looks like a lady is a dude that looks like a dude...

Oh dear god! It's actually legitmate. I was certain it was some kind of joke, like the SilvaGunner channel. That's absolutely glorious. What insane man composed this and did they have any idea what they were doing?

That's the beauty of it. It doesn't fit him so much, it loops right back around to being perfect. Can you think of any music more unfitting for him?

It's a little underplayed, but it's probably the first plot point in the entire series, it's really hard to kill an Earth Dragon. Medeus had already been killed once before the start of the first game, and with a little effort on Gharnef's part, he was revived twice to little ill effect (in fact he got even stronger the second time due to...reasons). Divine Dragons later gained this apparent trait in the Shadow Dragon remake (won't complicate things by getting into the possession books from Jugdral) with Nagi being a reincarnation of some sort of Naga. Then it was reinforced with Naga again in Awakening, where she's in some sort of spirit form that can still restore people's health, teleport armies and unlock the power of the Falchion. Shadows of Valentia retconned Mila and Duma as Divine Dragons and turned their sealing from the original game into full on death, but still present in spirit form. Mila could even revive the dead in this state! So it's a pretty clearly reinforced idea, that no matter what you do, no matter how many times you stab a Divine or Earth Dragon with a weapon specifically designed to kill them, they simply won't die. At best you can render them in an incorporeal form where they can still do some impressive stuff. And all it takes is a knowledgeable mage like Gharnef or Gotoh to give them physical form again (just came up with the headcanon that Gotoh revived Naga as Nagi the same way Gharnef revived Medeus). At best, it seems like the only way is to make them commit suicide in some way, if Grima's invulnerability is the same as a regular old Divine Dragon (and if he is working under the same rules, it means any Earth or Divine Dragon can eventually revive themselves given about a millennia of rest time). With all that in mind, how did these races go extinct? The official explanation is they had a big war with each other, but how did the Divine Dragon successfully manage to eradicate the Earth Dragons? Is there a way to permanently kill them that even the Falchion lacks? Or did they simply destroy their corporeal bodies, in which case there's thousands of insane Dragon spirits flying around that have significant powers even as ghosts? That's a scary thought. It's almost better to leave them alive as an insane dragon then dead as a insane ghost (which I suppose the whole Shield of Seals thing was going for, but still, Earth Dragons were still surely killed in the war, and that doesn't cover any of the Divine Dragons that must have died and would be equally dangerous as crazy ass ghosts).

I for one can think of one marriage where the party involved clearly can't give consent to the union

Fool! This is clearly superior to the forgettable theme. Listen in fear as the Shadow Dragon struts his stuff!

BEST CHARACTER THEME EVER!

This is gold. The perfect way to reuse the first Fire Emblem gimmick character in a new and interesting way.

A Gaiden style magic system with Ragnarok being the only spell in their spell list. They start off with a base HP of 11. Eventually they'll earn enough HP to cast it twice, but for the most part, it's one shot and they're effectively useless unless you heal them. Ragnarok being their only spell also means they would even counter with it (provided they have enough HP to use it, which is unlikely unless they managed to dodge the enemy's attack). Useful boss killer, but pretty useless as a general unit. Would be interesting to see how LTC players would treat them.

Ah. I had my doubts, but the brave properties on it made me think it was right. I actually made a suggestion for a Xavier moveset on the create a unit thread giving him the Master Bow, with the effect being double attacks, but only on enemy phase. Funny to see that prediction was kind of accurate for the Master Weapons, only they made them even better. It's actually probably a really good idea to wait. You'll gain dozens upon dozens free Orbs from playing through the story mode and won't waste them just summoning anything, like I (and I assume many others) did.

Reinhardt looks super slow, so I imagine it wouldn't be hard to eliminate him in one round before vantage can even take effect. Might want to artificially activate it by using Ardent Sacrifice. I also think Fierce Stance would be more useful than Death Blow. Have to make use of the enemy phase brave weapon, if you want a player phase nuke then normal Reinhardt is probably a better option. Distant Counter would also needed to combat ranged foes. I can see him being really good, but only with quite a bit of investment.

Haha. Sounds like he could be some kind of exaggerated parody of the purists complaining about the heightened level of fan service in the modern games.

Give em Ardent Sacrafice and try to end each map by donating all his health to injured allies and it should come in pretty useful.

Chain challenge.

Haha. I thought it was just there for using in conjunction with the Distant Counter skill. I might actually consider using some non lightning breath users with this new realisation. I've been wanting melee range magic attacks in the game for a while now, and they were right under my nose without me realizing it!

Ah! I see. I've always just assumed that was for counter attacks from 2 ranged enemies, but it applies all the time when you're fighting a two ranged enemy. That makes the ability much better than I previously thought.