History FireEmblemThreeHouses / TropesAToD

** This is also what [[spoiler:Edelgard]] is planning to do once [[spoiler:she]] manages to implement [[spoiler:her]] desired reforms for Fódlan and finds a worthy successor.

* AllLesbiansWantKids: Downplayed. If a female Byleth romances Mercedes on the Crimson Flower route their paired ending states that they ended up opening an orphanage and raising many kids together. Byleth also ends up adopting children in her paired ending with Dorothea but [[HideYourLesbians only in the Japanese version of the game]].

* AllLesbiansWantKids: If a female Byleth romances Mercedes on the Crimson Flower route their paired ending states that they ended up opening an orphanage and raising many kids together. Byleth also ends up adopting children in her paired ending with Dorothea but [[HideYourLesbians only in the Japanese version of the game]].

** Generic [=NPCs=] with little importance to the plot have light brown hair and eyes to distinguish them from the more plot-important characters.

* AllLesbiansWantKids: If a female Byleth gets a paired ending with Mercedes it is stated that they ended up opening an orphanage and raising many kids together. Byleth also ends up adopting children in her paired ending with Dorothea but [[HideYourLesbians only in the Japanese version of the game]].

* AllLesbianWantKids: If a female Byleth gets a paired ending with Mercedes it is stated that they ended up opening an orphanage and raising many kids together. Byleth also ends up adopting children in her paired ending with Dorothea but [[HideYourLesbian only in the Japanese version of the game]].

** At the start of the story Byleth works as a mercenary before becoming a professor at the Officer's Academy. However, if a female Byleth marries [[DefrostingIceQueen Felix]] on a non-Azure Moon route her paired ending with him heavily implies that she eventually returns to her life as a mercenary after [[spoiler:[[AbdicateTheThrone abdicating her position as the queen of the United Kingdom of Fodlan]]]].

** At the start of the story Byleth works as a mercenary before becoming a professor at the Officer's Academy. However, if a female Byleth marries [[DefrostingIceQueen Felix]] on a non-Azure Moon route her paired ending with him heavily implies that [[spoiler:she eventually returns to her life as a mercenary]].

* BookEnds: The game's opening cutscene has Seiros defeat Nemesis, with the soldiers under her command cheering after the battle ends. The Verdant Wind route ends with [[spoiler:Byleth and Claude killing the resurrected Nemesis]] and the Alliance soldiers cheering.

*** After Byleth is hired by Rhea as a professor, Caspar early on mentions in the Monastery the Church had previously had their eyes on a teacher that was scared off by Kostas' attack, and that everyone expected Jeritza would've been made the Officers Academy's third professor instead before Byleth came into the picture. [[spoiler:Considering Jeritza is later revealed to be the both [[TheDreaded the Death Knight]] and [[TheMole working for the Flame Emperor]], this also proposes an alternative (or second) motive for the attack; ensuring Jeritza is made into a professor to further his boss's goals within]].

** The [[MalevolentMaskedMan Flame Emperor]]'s scheme to have Kostas kill Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude in the prologue ends up falling into this due to some late reveals, [[ContrivedCoincidence contrivances surrounding it]], and the subplot itself never being uncovered nor explained, leaving the truth of it unsolved in ''Three Houses'' proper beyond implications that the whole scheme [[spoiler:was a FailureGambit]]:
*** Kostas' conversation with the Flame Emperor reveals his given order was just kill any young nobles that he could find, and was ''not'' informed the Church and the Knight of Seiros would get involved afterwards (which is later corroborated in Chapter 3 when exploring Abyss by one of his men). The Flame Emperor from their part brushes off Kostas' problem as [[ItSeemedTrivial something "trivial"]], and is more puzzled over Byleth being subsequently hired by Rhea as a professor, implying [[SpannerInTheWorks the latter development was not part of the plan]].
*** After Byleth is recruited in Garreg Mach, Caspar early on mentions in the Monastery the Church had previously had their eyes on a teacher that was scared off by Kostas' attack, and that everyone expected Jeritza would've been made the Officers Academy's third professor instead before Byleth came into the picture. [[spoiler:Considering Jeritza is later revealed to be the both [[TheDreaded the Death Knight]] and [[TheMole working for the Flame Emperor]], this also proposes an alternative (or second) motive for the attack]].
*** Finally, while exploring the monastery in Chapter 8, Ferdinand ponders if the House Leaders meeting Jeralt's Mercenaries back in the prologue was truly a stroke of luck, and if one of the House Leaders happened to know there were mercenaries nearby when Kostas attacked. Given the story by that point is toying with the possibility [[RedHerring Byleth's chosen House Leader might be the Flame Emperor]], this proposes Kostas [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness was always meant to be dealt with]] [[UnwittingPawn by either the Church or Jeralt's Mercenaries]]. [[spoiler:Due to the Flame Emperor turning out to be a House Leader, this possibility, while never confirmed, cannot be debunked either]].

*** Kostas' conversation with the Flame Emperor reveals his given order was just kill any young nobles that he could find, and was ''not'' informed the Church and the Knight of Seiros would get involved afterwards (which is later corroborated in Chapter 3 when exploring Abyss by one of his men). The Flame Emperor from their part brushes off Kostas' problem as something "trivial", and is more puzzled over Byleth being subsequently hired by Rhea as a professor, implying [[SpannerInTheWorks the latter development was not part of the plan]].

*** Finally, while exploring the monastery in Chapter 8, Ferdinand ponders if the House Leaders meeting Jeralt's Mercenaries back in the prologue was truly a stroke of luck, and if one of the House Leaders happened to know there were mercenaries nearby when Kostas attacked. Given the story by that point is toying with the possibility [[RedHerring Byleth's chosen House Leader might be the Flame Emperor]], this proposes Kostas [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness was always meant to be disposed]] [[UnwittingPawn by the Church of Seiros]] one way or another. [[spoiler:Due to the Flame Emperor turning out to be a House Leader, this possibility, while never confirmed, cannot be debunked either]].