Retsudo Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Grima is Medeus with some Loptous thrown in. The game never really explains that much about him. He doesn't have that much of a presence in the story. Really, did the game really need him? Couldn't we have gotten Medeus instead if only because he's already in the series? And Grima has nothing to him as a character that Medeus doesn't have? Honestly, Grima is not one of the better FE antagonists. He is Medeus on crack, but he doesn't even have that much of a presence in the game. He shows up, then Team Chrom runs off to Valm. Yay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Is there any reason why Grima can't actually be Medeus? Besides looking different (and so does Tiki), I'm not seeing anything, but maybe there's something I'm overlooking. It's been several centuries, people might have just started calling him something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsudo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Share Posted March 4, 2013 If Grima is Medeus then why didn't the game say so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireemblem123 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 If Grima is Medeus then why didn't the game say so? Maybe they're saving that little tidbit for a prequel/sequel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Cero Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Didn't Medeus die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Nope, Medeus was sealed away once again and promised he would return once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 To feed dark whispers into the ear of Theoden King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonZ Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) Is there any reason why Grima can't actually be Medeus? Besides looking different (and so does Tiki), I'm not seeing anything, but maybe there's something I'm overlooking. It's been several centuries, people might have just started calling him something else. Well, not even Lucina ever talks about Hero King Marth beating Grima in the past, just taking inspiration from his strength in general. Also, I think that he didn't receive a backstory here because they're leaving material for a prequel, there's no way we'll see a direct sequel to Awakening with all the variations possible with pairings and children. On the other hand, the way they did things here, they'd have almost complete freedom in how a game about the first Exalt beating Grima would go, with the only necessary set pieces being a female pegasus knight in his party and some Taguel around. Edited March 4, 2013 by NeonZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLeafeon Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) What's the point of Grima as a character To be a zombie apocalypse-causing bad guy. Simple as that. Edited March 4, 2013 by MagicLeafy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'm thinking they just wanted a fresh villain. You already beat Medeus twice and he was beaten by Anri once, so he's no longer a dangerous villain. Simimarly, Loputousu was already stopped twice (by the 12 Crusaders and Seliph) and he was just a weaker Medeus anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone2Ground Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The point of his existence is to provide an overwhelming force for the good guys to ally against like all other FE villains beforehand. Grima just takes the 'overwhelming' part more literally by being at least part Lovecraftian horror. His backstory has not yet been explained, but we didn't know jack squat about Sauron's origins until we read Silmarillion, so honestly who cares? We'll probably get a prequel or something that'll explain more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georg Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Comparing Awakening's story to the Lord of the Rings in any way, joking or seriously, is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone2Ground Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Comparing Awakening's story to the Lord of the Rings in any way, joking or seriously, is insane. Not the story, the role of the main villain. A force of pure evil with a hand behind the scenes for most of the events, and is never directly confronted (Unless you count fighting the Future!MU, you never directly attack the dragon) Besides, the point still stands. Both are major forces of evil with no backstory revealed in the main source material. Therefor, the comparison is apt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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