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Frelia’s Finest: Part 3 (rewrite)

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Part 1 this way

Part 2 this way

 

Part 3

 

Joshua was Prince of Jehanna.

Well. I hadn’t seen that one coming. It was almost a bigger shock than Eirika rejecting me. Actually, Joshua was having far worse a day than I was, because he was no sooner revealed to us as Prince than he became King as well, for his mother Ismaire died in his arms.

I formally gave him the letter from my father, and then someone set the hall on fire.

The first we knew of it was a soldier came rushing up to all us royals. “Sire! Sire! Fires have broken out all through the hall!”

“What!?” cried the new King. This was too much for him. His mentor betraying him, his mother dying – he needed someone to help him out.

“Someone soaked the wall hangings in oil and set fire to them! It’s a deathtrap!”

“We must get out!” I called, turning towards Tana and her winged horse.

“Mother… no… I will return…” Joshua cried. Seth was already pulling him onto his horse. Where was Eirika? Oh, with L’Arachel. She was all right. Continue reading →

Frelia’s Finest: Part 2 (rewrite)

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Part 1 this way

 

Part 2

 

“How goes it?” I asked Gerik, who crouched at the door of the tower while I knelt on the top of the tower.

The mercenary captain peeked through the arrow slit next to him. “I’m good, thanks for asking, Highness. Still lots of baddies out there, though.”

I stood up and surveyed the hilly plain. “They’ve drawn off a little. I think we have time for a breather. Come up and look around.”

“Ewan, stay in hiding,” Tethys warned her brother as she followed Gerik up to the top of the tower.

We had been ambushed by Carcino soldiers right when we were in the middle of the country. Brin had taken a lance in the leg, and had dropped back even though she was able to partly heal the wound with a vulnerary. They wouldn’t kill her; the mercenaries’ guild laws prevented that. But the treacherous bastards had no reason to attack me, and since I hadn’t stopped for news since I left Frelia, I had no idea why they thought they had reason to. Could it be that Grado guessed at my mission and had corrupted them with coin?

In any case, we were wildly outnumbered and though we made it to the relative safety of a small abandoned tower in the middle of this plain, it was only a matter of time before we were overrun. I would have failed almost before I had begun.

I couldn’t let that happen. Continue reading →

Brothers-in-law

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Difficulties in not-using honorifics abound

Difficulties in not-using honorifics abound

Ephraim and Seth. Not much to say, except that they both have short legs but Ephraim somehow looks okay despite that, and Seth has a way-cool coat. And they’re both not exactly like the official art.

It’s really dumb how there’s only official art (that I’ve seen) for about ten random characters in Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones.

And yes, I did realize that the KOTOR II patch has not yet been released. I’m looking forward to it, though. Eeeee.

The Prince’s Despair

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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

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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.

Seth and Eirika

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"She's so wonderful, but a princess..." "He's so wonderful, but a knight..."

“She’s so wonderful, but a princess…” “He’s so wonderful, but a knight…”

Just a picture of Seth and Eirika. She turned out nicely, for once, and I like her light fluttery skirt. Seth is less good than the previous picture. Altha (the horse) is just plain weird. Well, besides Seth’s face, his body turned out all right. Eirika is actually not great after all. I changed my mind. Good shoulder pads (pauldrons) but that’s about all. And skirt. Still like the skirt.

Altha is ‘weapons’, more or less, in Kalmeirin. No one would know if I didn’t say, so here you are – a random bit of trivia.

Seth and Eirika Ride to Frelia at Night

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Romance... with an injured soldier and a very worried princess. And a horse.

Romance… with an injured soldier and a very worried princess. And a horse.

This occurs shortly after the previous picture. Seth was badly hurt, but still managed to whip around, pick up Eirika, and ride away. Valter didn’t follow.
After defeating some random bandits out to capture the princess, the two ride to the neighbouring kingdom of Frelia. Eirika’s best friend Princess Tana lives there. Ephraim’s rival Prince Innes lives there too. And that’s where Eirika’s father, King Fado, wanted her to go. So off they ride without pause through the night. The dots are stars. I rather like this picture; it’s quite good, not counting the tiny arms and hands and the terrible legs.

Eirika’s really beautiful.

It’s hard to draw Seth. He has such distinctive hair that is hard to get right.

And Eirika’s not in love with Seth. Yet.

Y’know, FE 8 has such distinctive colours (although L’Arachel’s hair is honeybrown, not green!) and the sprites (and characters) are so unique compared to the others, FE8 is really a joy to play and a wonder to behold. I love it.

Not even counting the romance!

Seth Defends Eirika

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Lances beat swords. Who will win this fight? Oh well, it's dramatic tension.

Lances beat swords. Who will win this fight? Oh well, it’s dramatic tension.

This is from the very beginning of Fire Emblem 8: The Sacred Stones, which is a stand-alone in the Fire Emblem series. It follows the quest of Princess Eirika (above, left) of Renais, her twin brother Ephraim, the Commander of Renais – his name is Seth, and he’s the guy getting skewered – don’t worry, it’s not lethal – and various other folks. Eirika is a gentle soul but a great fencer, Ephraim is a super-cool lanceman, and Seth is the first Jeigan character (old, ugly, EXP hog, and useless stats) to be young, handsome, and have useful stats! He’s still an experience point hog at the beginning, but only because he begins as a powerful unit whereas Princess Eirika is level 1.

In this picture, the insane enemy general Valter Moonstone is intent on capturing the terrified princess, but dutiful Seth charges to the rescue. The swirls on the right are more wyverns – dragonlike creatures – and the smoke behind the hill is the burning of Castle Renais.

Also, this means I should start posting my super-sappy Eirika story. Here.