History Awesome / FireEmblemThreeHouses

* This route perhaps best highlights Byleth's development into a MagneticHero. Unlike the other three routes, which has the army rallying behind their respective Lord's philosophies and vision for the future and Byleth playing a supporting role, this route sees this happening for Byleth directly. It makes it all the meaningful if you actually managed to recruit all the recruitable students because that means they opted to forgo the central conflict entirely because they had full faith that Byleth would be the one to lead Fodlan into a new future. And as tragic as it is that all three Lords and nations ultimately end up falling, there's poetic that an entirely new Fodlan ultimately emerges with Byleth as the new leader.

* When you have your first face-to-face encounter with the Flame Emperor, the allies who react(Linhardt for the Black Eagles route and Mercedes for the Blue Lions route) are some flavor of worried and scared. Lorenz?

* In the same battle, halfway through the battle, reinforcements arrive... [[BigDamnHeroes led by the Death Knight]]. Yes, the horribly hard BonusBoss who plagued you for the first half of the story fights by your side.

* On all routes in the academy phase, Manuela of all characters gets one. Flayn has been abducted, and rest of the faculty are on a wild goose chase of sorts, looking into everyone as much as they can but not finding anything helpful. Manuela? She figures out almost immediately who the kidnapper is, and it is none other than the Death Knight. She of course is not as strong as him and gets herself stabbed — but still holds on long enough to point any other would-be rescuers to where Flayn is being kept by him. And she still manages to survive, meaning the Death Knight actually failed to kill her entirely!

* The conquering of Derdriu. Claude, ever the tactician with a backup plan, forms an alliance with a feared general of Almyra, Nader, who comes at the Black Eagle Strike Force with an everspawning group of wyvern riders to reinforce Claude's soldiers. Keep in mind, the Almyrans have a reputation as a powerful force constantly threatening Fódlan from the east. And yet, despite the odds, once more Byleth and their force will plow through them all and defeat both Nader and Claude, cementing the defeat of the Leicester Alliance.

* When you have your first face-to-face encounter with the Flame Emperor, most of your allies are some flavor of worried and scared. Lorenz?

** Or, you can just use Lysithea, who naturally learns the anti-cavalry spell Dark Spikes. Even with middling stat growths, she's capable of reliably performing a OneHitKill on him as soon as she learns the spell. Epic, ''and'' just a tiny bit funny, using one of the smallest students to take out TheHeavy.

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* An October Nintendo Dream poll had Dimitri ranked 8th out of the top 10 among readers' favourite Nintendo characters. Bear in mind, this poll featured gaming icons like ''Mario'', ''Link'', ''Pikachu'', and ''Kirby''. All of whom have entire franchises under their belts. Dimitri managed to place alongside them based on his appearance in '''one game'''. If that's not a testament to this game's writing, and the talent of his voice acting, nothing is.
** Even better, [[https://japanesenintendo.com/2019/11/22/nintendo-dream-character-poll-6/#more-90054 the November poll]] not only has Dimitri placed 4th on the top 10, Claude joins the fray this time at 6th place!
** Speaking of polls, this year's [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes ''Choose Your Legends'' poll]] had all 4 winners being from ''Three Houses'', with Lysithea, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude taking the victory. Special mention goes to Edelgard, who took first place for females and has the most votes out of all the winners at 74,617.
* As of September 30th, ''Three Houses'' has sold 2.29 million copies worldwide, making it either one of the best or '''the''' best-selling ''Fire Emblem'' game ever after only 3 months.[[note]]While ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is reported to have sold 2.8 million, it should be noted that these are combined sales of [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo both versions]]. If treated as if it were one game, it would be closer to 1.5 million.[[/note]]
** As of June 30th the game has sold 2.87 million copies, meaning that it is now officially the best selling Fire Emblem game of all time.
* For those disappointed by the game's original [[GayOption gay male romance options]] ([[BaitAndSwitchLesbians or lack there-of]]), then it should come as good news that the 3rd and 4th waves of DLC adds Jeritza and then-newcomer Yuri as romance options for Male Byleth.
* In addition to winning Strategy Game of the year at the 2019 Game Awards ([[AwardSnub the only award the voting jury nominated it for]]), the Player's Voice award[[note]]The only award determined 100% by fan votes[[/note]] ended up going to Fire Emblem due to a mass rallying of the fanbase that allowed it to win by a landslide 44%. It should be noted that for the Player's Voice award, it went up against ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'', and ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'', and that was only in the final round of voting. The fact that it not only won against all those games, but did so by a landslide speaks volumes as to how much the franchise and its fanbase has grown ever since it was introduced to non-Japanese audiences back in the days of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''.
* And speaking of Smash, on January 16th 2020, Byleth was announced as the fifth DLC fighter for ''Ultimate'', wielding the Sword of the Creator and the Relic Weapons of the three house lords.
* ''You,'' if you beat Silver Snow on Maddening New Game. Without Edelgard by the player's side, you still manage to take the toughest challenge the game has to offer ''and beat it.'' And Maddening Silver Snow holds ''nothing'' back; the first four maps are hell, the timeskip map is brutal, and the Black Eagles take a while to mature into the monsters of the battlefield they are destined to be. To still beat this mode despite all that is a true testament to player skill.
* For the 1 year anniversary of the game, who else but Joe Zieja announced a whole anniversary campaign that included live signings, a playthrough on Zieja's channels of the Black Eagles route, and a collaboration with metal musician and "[[MemeticMutation Doorbell Guy]]" Family Jules for a metal cover of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhWhTbe3MWk God Shattering Star]]''!
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* The entire route, since unlike the others, you are taking on all the antagonistic factions (The Alliance’s Pro-Imperialist Faction, the Dukedom, the Empire, and Those who Slither in the Dark) with the smallest army on the continent. And you beat them all.

* The entire route, since unlike the others, you are taking on all the antagonistic factions (the Dukedom, the Empire, and Those who Slither in the Dark) with the smallest army on the continent. And you beat them all.

* The entire route, since unlike the others, you are fighting just about ''every single faction except the Kingdom'' (the Alliance, the Dukedom, the Empire, and Those who Slither in the Dark) without support. And you beat them all.
** While this also happens in the Azure Moon Route, it's far more impressive in this route because you don't have one of the lords, and by extention an entire country, backing you up. You enter the war with an army consisting of the Knights of Seiros and a handful of imperial turncoats (plus any Blue Lion and Golden Deer students you may have recruited) who don't come anywhere close to any of the other factions in terms of numbers... and against all odds, you win the war.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Goodbye, my Teacher."]]

* The moment that finally locks you into the Black Eagles storyline: after defeating Edelgard and Hubert when they [[FaceHeelTurn turn on you]] in Holy Tomb, Rhea orders you to execute her for everything she's done. But if you went with Edelgard to Enbarr to witness her [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning coronation as Emperor]], you are instead provided with the option of flipping the script on Rhea and siding with Edelgard instead, an act which not even ''Edelgard'' was expecting, and bringing all the Black Eagles with you. After escaping a furious Rhea, and regrouping at an Adrestian military outpost, Edelgard gives an awesome DareToBeBadass speech, then dubs you all the Black Eagle Strike Force, an elite military unit within the Adrestian military. Your first task? Drive Rhea and the Knights of Seiros out of Garreg Mach to claim it as your new base of operations in the war against the Church and the retaking of Fódlan for Adrestia. ''And you succeed'', opening the war in a suitably epic fashion.

** While this also happens in the Azure Moon Route, it's far more impressive in this route because you don't have one of the lords, and by extention an entire country, backing you up. You enter the war with an army consisting of the Knights of Seiros and a handful of imperial turncoats(as well as any Blue Lion and Golden Deer students you may have recruited)who don't come anywhere close to any of the other factions in terms of numbers and against all odds, you win the war.

* Resistance Army, composed of the Knights of Seiros, the former Black Eagle students, and others Byleth may have recruited. They're quite explicitly the smallest force of the four routes [[note]]The Empire, as noted has the largest forces and the advantage during the war, even in their own route. While in Azure Moon and Verdant Wind, the Kingdom and Alliance respectively forms an alliance with the Knights of Seiros to become a United Force.[[/note]] but they still manage to score decisive victories over the Empire and ultimately liberates Fodlan at the end.

* The entire route, since unlike the others, you are fighting just about ''every single faction'' (the Alliance, the Dukedom, the Empire, and Those who Slither in the Dark) without support. And you beat them all.

* The entire route, since unlike the others, you are fighting just about ''every single faction'' (the Alliance, the Blue Lions, the Empire, and those who slither in the dark) without support. And you beat them all.

* Just the fact in this route, ''you'' are fighting for the Empire fully for the first time in this series history, and unlike the other routes where you generally start as the underdog, the Adrestian Empire is relatively in a strong position after 5 years[[note]]the Empire is ''slightly'' weaker here than in non-Crimson Flower routes due to Edelgard not making some immoral-but-pragmatic decisions that she would have made without Byleth by her side, such as creating Demonic Beasts to reinforce her troops or having Cornelia underline the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus[[/note]]. For fans who have been clamoring for a more morally ambiguous route, this route ''will'' have you play as the AntiHero or AntiVillain for the first time in ''Fire Emblem''. And the writing does not disappoint either, bringing down Seiros, abolishing the crest system, destroying the corrupt nobility, and giving the people of Fódlan a true chance to rise on their own merits, will make you feel like a badass.

* When you have your first face-to-face encounter with the Flame Emperor, most of your allies are some flavor of worried and scared. Lorenz?
-->'''Lorenz:''' Flame Emperor, eh? Seemed quite frightened of us, if you ask me! Haha!

* Byleth being crowned the GodEmperor of the unified Fódlan.

** As of June 30th the game has sold 2.87 million copies, meaning that it is now officcially the best selling Fire Emblem game of all time.

* For the 1 year anniversary of the game, who else but Joe Zieja announced a whole anniversary campaign that included live signings, a playthrough on Zieja's channels of the Black Eagles route, and a collaboration with metal musician and "[[MematicMutation Doorbell Guy]]" Family Jules for a metal cover of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhWhTbe3MWk God Shattering Star]]''!