Category Archives: Fire Emblem 8

Bandit die

I killed someone! Oh the humanity!

I killed someone! Oh the humanity!

I remember drawing this at Aunt Sets’ new apartment, so we were going to the Silver Medal ceremony so I could receive my Grade 9 Organ RCM medal. For BC. Not very interesting again. Anyway, this is the most realistic bandit or bad guy I think I’ve ever drawn. And his feet are terrible. Eirika’s hands are too skinny and my experience fencing didn’t help me enough with her right hand. And her body should be twisted more to her left so she makes a smaller target. Blah blah blah.

I actually like this picture. Could you tell?

Frelia’s Finest

Royal and Knight... but not the usual ones

Royal and Knight… but not the usual ones

This picture is of another Fire Emblem 8 couple that is probably pretty uncanonical: Innes and Syrene. I wrote a story to go with this, too. Innes’ clothes are terrible, and Syrene’s hair. And they didn’t fit together quite right. And Innes’ steel bow is pretty hacky, and I’m not sure what happened to his quiver. Syrene’s armour was a little better.

Lyon and the Shadows

Wh-what - Wh-who are you?

Wh-what – Wh-who are you?

This is a depiction of Lyon encountering the Demon King for perhaps the first time. The black tendrils of shadow are coiling around him, probably whispering strange and arcane things. Lyon’s kind of scared, but he’s doing experiments in the name of peace – it’s to cure his sick father. Unfortunately… well, bad things happen. Poor Lyon.

I actually like this picture better than the previous one, but I don’t like that way of doing hair very much.

Happy Lyon

Nice to meet you, Eirika, Ephraim.

Nice to meet you, Eirika, Ephraim.

Lyon! The Prince of Grado from Fire Emblem 8 gets some more paper time. I wanted to draw him happy because he comes across as a pretty tragic character in the game: in love with Eirika, beating himself up for being physically weak and losing to Ephraim (and Eirika) all the time, even though they’re both terrific friends and he knows it, and he appreciates it, etc. Also his father getting sick and dying doesn’t help. He’s far too sensitive to be an Emperor, but with his friends’ help, he could have made it. As a sensitive Emperor, he would have listened to his people very carefully. Instead, the Demon King ate his soul. Blah. So, this is him being happy because he doesn’t get to be often enough.

I used his game sprite for a reference for his hair again, and his clothes. His face came out a bit long.

The Prince’s Despair

Naglfar is very destructive, but kinda preeeetty...

Naglfar is very destructive, but kinda preeeetty…

This is undoubtedly one of my favourite – no, my favourite Fire Emblem 8: The Sacred Stones pictures. It’s called The Prince’s Despair after one of my favourite songs from the game, which is the desperate, longing, turmoil of Prince Lyon’s theme, except when he’s been taken over by the evil Demon King. The music inspired a slightly different picture, though.

In this picture, Lyon has been dumped by the Demon King (hopefully with his soul intact) and now fights alongside Eirika, Ephraim, and co. Although the scale is massively off (just look at Altha, Seth’s horse) the detail I put into some of this makes me feel good. And Lyon looks like Lyon. He’s the one in front, with long hair and a spell-book. Behind him is Eirika, and behind her is Ephraim, who is somehow bigger than she is, and behind him is a distorted Seth on a distorted Altha, and in the back corner are Prince Innes and Syrene the Frelian pegasus commander. Ephraim’s head looks good.

I love that music. Too bad the actual theme part is all of one line long. The rest is just disturbing chordal sequences. Yes, I think the music in FE 8 has a higher hit-to-filler ratio than FE 7, in that there are about half the number of songs, but more of them are memorable and exciting/beautiful/thrilling/on my favourite list.

Fire Emblem Romance

Hold me...

Hold me…

 

Um... uh... that is... willyoumarryme?

Um… uh… that is… willyoumarryme?

Two pictures in one day? Huh? Well, they were both on the same page, so there. Two red-headed men propose to two greenish-bluish-tealish-turquoiseish-haired women, with predictable results. So, yeah. Seth and Eirika from Sacred Stones, from the chapter where Seth takes a spear through the shoulder in my story. Kent and Fiora from Blazing Sword, at the end somewhere. Kent is so hard to draw recognizably, and Fiora isn’t great either. I guess I just had to get the sap out of my system. That scribble in Seth’s tent? It’s his armour, I think. Except I cheated.

Tactically, Fiora rules (along with Florina, naturally).

Yes, they were drawn on the same page, but K&F at right angles to S&E. And as you can see, kissing is still not one of my strong points in drawing. I guess I have to watch more animated kissing movies or something.

Eirika’s Alternate Epilogue

Based on the post-game battles and secret characters. Odd, but rather nice if you missed Ismaire, Glen, Selena, and Lyon.

Eirika’s Alternate Epilogue

Later, after the formal announcement of the engagement, at which there was much cheering – Innes even condescended to clap – Pontifex Mansel called us together. “I have news for you. To the south, there are some ancient ruins, that used to be a castle known as Lagdou.”

“I know, Uncle. They became infested with monsters.”

“Well, it has come to my attention that there is a strange spell surrounding both the Ruins and Frelia’s Valni Tower. I would like to send you to Frelia to investigate. You may take the Sacred Twins with you.”

“We’ll go,” said Innes immediately. Tana was jiggling up and down with excitement. “We’ll break this… spell. Thank you for all your help.”

We set off the next day, and went by sea – Ephraim told me that the ghost ship L’Arachel had been warned about had been defeated, by him. King Hayden greeted us warmly, as I expected, and sent us off to the Tower after a welcome lunch with him.

The Tower contained only weak monsters, so we killed them all easily. But, we had an awful shock when we reached the front gate again… Continue reading

Eirika’s Story: Epilogue

Chapter 22: Sacred Stone

 

Epilogue

    We returned first to Rausten, giving back the Sacred Twins to Pontifex Mansel. We stayed there for a time, celebrating, and I came to know and like L’Arachel much better than I ever did on the march. Somehow, she also bullied her uncle into letting her become engaged to Rennac. We all heartily wished them both joy.

    This was the time that Ephraim and I pulled Seth aside, in a little room, and began to ‘discuss’ marriage with him. He argued a bit at first, relasping into his old reactions, saying that Prince Innes was a much better match than he. Ephraim yelled at him impatiently, but I showed Seth the ring he had given me, and he shut up. I smiled apologetically and put my arms around him. He returned the embrace, bent his red head and kissed me.

    After a moment, we looked up and saw Ephraim was no longer there. Seth grumbled slightly about brothers-in-law-to-be who run off at the worst times, but I laughed and ran out of the room to find Ephraim to actually plan the wedding.

    At dinner that night, as I waited in the corridor for my turn to enter the banquet hall, Ephraim and Seth walked up behind me, engaged in a technical discussion of lance-work. Seth laid an arm over both of our shoulders and changed the subject. “I still wish you two hadn’t ‘lorded’ me.” We gave him an extra title as an early wedding present. Lord Seth of the District of Pender…

    Ephraim fixed him with a hard stare. “Seth, just how old are you again?”

    “Er… twenty two, Lord Ephraim.”

    “Just wondering. You’re so proper, I didn’t think you had the nerve to initiate… a group hug!”

    After a brief tight embrace, we three of Renais stepped out to take our places at the tables of peace.

 

Chapter 22: Sacred Stone

Chapter 22: Sacred Stone

Chapter 21: Darkling Woods     Epilogue

 

Chapter 22: Sacred Stone

There stood Lyon. We three stood still, not moving towards each other.

“Eirika…” he said at last. “Ephraim…”

“There’s no need to say anything, Lyon,” Ephraim said gently. “We know everything, and we’re sorry.”

“You must kill me now. The Demon King will use my body to revive his own…” We stood silent. “You don’t actually know everything. When the Demon King first reached out to me… there was… I must say it… jealousy and envy in my heart. I did not resist as I should have… I am to blame for my unforgivable weakness…”

“No, Lyon. You are not to blame,” I said. “Everyone has weaknesses. I know I do. I’m certain my brother does. We do, we do forgive you.”

“Even now, you are so kind to me…”

Abruptly, the Demon King broke in. “Are you done yet? Huh, making your life over into some sort of epic tragedy… Booooring!”

Ephraim shook himself. “We are going to kill you now.”

“Yes? You think you have the strength to do it?”

Ephraim looked at me, and I gave him a look of determination. “Yes, we can and will do it. You will die this day.” Continue reading

Chapter 21: Darkling Woods

Chapter 20: Last Hope     Chapter 22: Sacred Stone

 

Chapter 21: Darkling Woods

    We pressed deep into Darkling Woods, to the west of Rausten. Myrrh led us swiftly, surely, onwards. She said she would take us to an ancient sort of temple building thing, the place where the Demon King had first been destroyed.

    The further we travelled, the thicker the monsters became. At last, Ephraim stopped the army.

    “We’ve got to get a strategy. Just fighting off the random bonewalkers is annoying and stupid. Let’s call it a battle from here on.”

    So, we did. Our winged units zoomed ahead, beyond the rest of us easily. The watery mud slowed our horses slightly. The pegasi and wyvern each carried an extra fighter – magic users and Innes.

    As Ephraim killed the bishop who had attacked us in Rausten, a bishop named Riev who had once served Grado, we gathered outside the temple.

    A damp and ghastly foul-smelling roar swept over us. I saw some of the more delicate members of our army turn away quickly. Myrrh sat on her haunches quickly.

    “What the heck?” Innes swore at the abhomination. A tattered dragon-corpse stood in the gate of the temple, roaring challengingly. Myrrh roared back.

    The two breaths swirled around the two dragons. The draco-zombie caught flame, but Myrrh’s golden brown scales looked paler and greener. She swayed and collapsed sideways. Saleh ran forward with a staff. Artur and Natasha attacked the draco-zombie. It, too, collapsed to one side of the gate. The last shreds of its skin and bones were blown away by the wind.

    Ephraim looked at me. I returned the glance, and, Sacred Twins at the ready, we entered the temple together without a backwards look.

 

Chapter 20: Last Hope     Chapter 22: Sacred Stone