WMG / Fire Emblem Heroes

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The Takumi in this game is the one from Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest.

He has Vengeance as a special skill, and Close Counter is eerily similar in function to Point Blank, the skill he has as the boss of Chapter 23 and as the final boss in that path (though Skadi replaces Point Blank).

• Sort-of in the ballpark. There's no word on the main playable version of Takumi, but while the New Year's version is definitely Revelation since Camilla can freely celebrate the new year in Hoshido, the boss of the second Tempest Trial Mini is definitely Conquest.
• And then truly confirmed in a roundabout way - the Fallen Heroes banner introduces a Grand Hero Battle against Takumi: Empty Vessel who is very definitely the Conquest version of Takumi.
• Fallen Takumi is the Conquest Takumi, but the third Takumi, the regular version of Takumi, still has no confirmation on which route he's from.

The first Voting Gauntlet will end with Ephraim defeating Sharena.

In the men's bracket, Ephraim has WTA against all of his opponents (Alfonse, Chrom, and Leo). All four of them are as slow as molasses with high attack, so he'll quickly clean house. Sharena has much of the same advantages in the women's bracket; she has WTA against Lucina and Eirika, and the only other woman not packing a sword is Elise, a squishy Troubadour. Once the finals begin, Ephraim is a dedicated offensive unit, while Sharena is geared towards support, so he'll probably take home the gold.

• Well, considering Lucina is utterly wiping the floor with Sharena, he's more likely to face her instead.
  • And she's currently wiping the floor with him in the last sweep.
    • In the end, Lucina won. By a lot.

Kiran is just as affected by the "trust your summoner" effect as the Heroes

Which is why s/he adjusts so quickly. The spell also helps give tactician skills.

The Breidablik was created by another inter-dimensional traveler from our world.

That's why it's shaped like a gun, and given the Summoner's own origins and the fact that Askr and Embla oversee and are linked to many other dimensions, it's entirely possible people from our world have been to the Heroes world before.

The game's Fire Emblem...

• ...is a person. Specifically, the missing Zacharias.
  • Alternatively, it's the also currently unseen Prince Bruno. Who is possibly the Mysterious Man according to game files.
  • Or it may be the Summoner themself.
• ...is the Breidablik.

Spring Lucina is the Lucina in the final, good Awakening timeline.

She never had to experience The End of the World as We Know It or Time Travel because the "previous" Lucina already fixed it. (This is the baby Lucina says "will be loved" in her non-partner ending.) Thus her gaiety. (Lucina can be cheerful and friendly, but this is beyond that.)

• Spring Chrom is also the one who raised "non-apocalypse" Lucina a few years down the line.
  • Confirmed.

There will be a Voting Gauntlet consisting entirely of Jagen-archetypes.

It will be Jagen vs. Oifey vs. Evyel vs. Marcus vs. Titania vs. Sothe vs. Frederick vs. Gunter. Screw Seth, he's too popular and we don't need another Lucina/Camilla.

• The third Gauntlet introduces an underdog multiplier of x3, so if it stays until then, Seth's army will still need to work for it, giving the others a chance if he's in there. So far, the new rule is keeping fan favorite Tharja from blowing away her foes effortlessly in the mage gauntlet like Lucina and Camilla did in their gauntlets.
• Confirmed as of May 2022.

The Genealogy spotlight will take place in the Underworld

If we follow up the above WMG that Zacharias has died and Veronica took Kiran into the Underworld, it may mean that it could also be the place where Alfonse and the rest will meet the likes of Sigurd and Deirdre. At least those whose deaths were set in stone in FE4 and their children fixed (most possibly Quan and Ethlyn as well).

• ...What about Eldigan?
  • He's already playable, alongside his sister Lachesis. However, that doesn't mean he can't show up. Post-release chapters have a history of placing characters available prior to the spotlights in the chapters (Whitewing sisters in Chapter 11, Nino and Raven in Paralogue 3).
  • Eldigan is also a special case that he's originally a Camus character, so The Powers That Be would've classified him differently than Sigurd, thus it's just Sigurd and the other three that shows up in the Underworld, being the characters that was under control of the player... and then die anyway because the plot demands it. And if you look at Eldigan's Level 40 quote, he looks like he was taken before he rode for the final battle against Sigurd, therefore the story still counts him as not yet a resident of the Underworld.
• Jossed — the Tempest is Awakening focused, and Genealogy has its own spotlight in October, and it still takes place in the world of the living.

If/when Micaiah becomes a playable character, she will have Ardent Sacrifice as a skill

As a nod to her unique ability in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

• She may also wield Thani as her personal weapon.
  • Both are confirmed. As a side bonus, Ardent Sacrifice upgrades to Sacrifice, her ability from her home game.

If/when Leif becomes a playable character, he will yield the Light Brand as his preferred weapon!

As a nod that the weapon is only wield-able to Leif back in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

• A cookie for you, noble troper. You called it!

If Rowan and Lianna become playable characters, they will have Savage Blow as a skill

Since they can mow down hordes of enemies at once, it would be pretty logical for them to have skills that do area-of-effect damage.

Naglfar will be a red tome

Both Veronica and Bruno's tomes are green and blue, so it would make sense for this tome to be red to compliment them.

• That, plus Lyon is a dark mage, and dark tomes have all been red so far.
  • With Lyon in the game, his classification as a red tome user and holding Naglfar as his tome confirms it.

"To Die on the Battlefield" is an Elibe-focused Tempest.

One of Hector's quotes is "So... I'm going to die on the battlefield.", and he's also told that he's fated to die on the battlefield once he wields the Armads in his home game.

• Confirmed.

Nephenee will be voiced by Ashleigh Ball.

Her Applejack voice would be perfect for the role.

• Jossed, it was Julie Ann Taylor.

There will be enemy-exclusive units that you cannot recruit

Fire Emblem has no shortage of its own despicable villains that... honestly lack 'cool' or 'hilarity' factors or are just so utterly deplorable that most players would not want to put them into their roster. Therefore, they would put these characters into the game and make them unrecruitable, only serving as Catharsis Factor to be beaten by the players. These include:

• From Archanea: Lang. Gharnef is a contender for this, but he was playable in one of the DLC of New Mystery, which opens up prospects of him being playable similarly to Clarisse and Legion.
• From Valentia: Desaix and Slayde. Possibly Jedah as well.
• From Jugdral: Chagall, Hilda, Raydrick, and Manfroy.
• From Elibe: Lundgren, Darin, Ephidel, and Sonia. Possibly Desmond as well, in the way of promoting him into a unit.
• From Magvel: Riev.
• From Tellius: Izuka and Lekain.
• From Ylisse: Excellus and Validar.
• From Nohr: Hans and Iago.
  • If Valter made the playable roster, almost nobody is impossible.
    • Valter, however, has an Evil Is Cool vibe, in the same way as Caellach, which is why he makes the pass and Caellach not listed there either.
  • Iago is a GHB hero now and never had been enemy-exclusive, Jossing him. However, I do not think this is going to be ever true, as since Book II I don't think I have ever seen enemy-exclusive units outside of Original Characters. These characters are more likely to become available in GHBs instead.
  • Them becoming playable as been confirmed. The enemy exclusive theory is jossed. Even Hilda is playable and (watch out) a tiny bit LIKEABLE and SYMPATHETIC !
• There are indeed enemy exclusive units, however they are all story related characters original to Heroes.

The characters will remember their roles in Heroes. This will change things drastically for everyone.

As mentioned in Tearjerkers, characters who died in their series are pulled from right before their deaths. However... the ones who survive are after this. Under the Summoner, their camaraderie means they will tell each other who lives, who dies, who betrays the other. Heroes will choose whether to follow their path if it saved others or at least try to defy it if it's a Senseless Sacrifice. Villains who are disposed of because they've outlived their usefulness will either defect, attack their betrayers, or just wash their hands of the business and leave.

Alfonse has low Speed because Folkvangr is very heavy.

It would explain his fairly high Attack stat, but rather low Speed. It would certainly display how physically strong Alfonse really is to be able to wield such a heavy sword with one hand.

December's Voting Gauntlet will be based on naughty or nice

In the spirit of the Holidays, there would be four "nice" and four "naughty" heroes put against each other. The "nice" side would have saintly heroes, while the "naughty" side would have heroes with an air of mischief.

• So Robin (M) would be nice, and Tharja would be naughty...
• (original poster) Jossed. According to the calendar they released for mid-November to mid-December, the Gauntlet theme is Enduring Love.

All of the 3* heroes will eventually become free-to-play.

As of November 6th, 2017 we're missing Azama, Bartre, Cherche, Clarine, Corrin (F) (for iOS players), Eliwood, Florina, Gaius, Gordin, Gwendolyn, Hinata, Jagen, Laslow, Nino, Odin, Robin (M), Saizo, Serra, Setsuna, and Tiki (A). That's 20 out of 61 3* heroes. It's only a matter of time.

• April 9th, 2018 - Marth, Ogma, Athena, Seliph, Roy, Eirika, Chrom, Corrin (M), Cain, Seth, Caeda, Lilina, Tharja, Lukas, Effie, Abel, Roderick, Mathilda, Oscar, Peri, Catria, Clair, Cordelia, Mae, Reinhardt (Oh, Crap!), Nowi, Raven, Hawkeye, Sheena, Titania, Camilla, Merric, Boey, Soren, Fae, Jeorge, Leon, Klein, Rebecca, Jakob, Kagero, Maria, Lachesis, Lucius, Sakura, and Priscilla are all added to the 3* pool. Catria, however, was given out as a 3* previously. 56 left for iOS, 55 for Android.
• Currently missing as of October 6th, 2019 - Abel, Athena, Bantu, Boey, Caeda, Cain, Camilla, Clair, Cordelia, Effie, Eirika, Fae, Hawkeye, Jagen, Jeorge, Kagero, Klein, Lachesis, Lilina, Lucius, Lukas, Mae, Maria, Merric, Nowi, Ogma, Oscar, Peri, Priscilla, Rebecca, Roderick, Sakura, Seliph, Setsuna, Sheena, Soren, Tharja, and Titania, for a total of 38.

The November Feh Channel will give us all a free unit.

As an apology for the whole Ayra fiasco. My money's on either Ayra or Reinhardt.

• Called it! It was Fjorm, a brand-new character.
• That said, given that she's a brand-new story character, this seems to be a coincidence and was probably in the works for a while. But make of it what you will.

Possible future character artists

I would be interested in seeing Akira Toriyama, Tetsuya Nomura, and/or Kazuma Kaneko contribute art to the series (if at all possible).

Brave Veronica will be from an Alternate Universe.

Probably one where she doesn't have a curse. The fate of the Veronica in this world is still to be told.

• Confirmed.

Tobin's sword is from Rigel.

Random bit of fun speculation and trivia: in Tobin's artwork, the writing on his sword translates to "Duma, the war god, blesses the wielder of this sword", like an invoked blessing. Duma is worshiped in the Rigelian Empire, while Tobin himself is from Zofia. It's possible that he got the sword from somewhere in Rigel. Or perhaps he got the sword in Zofia, and it was reforged by a smithy in Rigel?

When/if the laguz become playable, dragon tribe laguz will be red units, bird tribe laguz will be blue units, and beast tribe laguz will be green units.

That way, thunder magic will beat dragon laguz, wind magic will beat bird laguz, and fire magic will beat beast laguz — just like in the Tellius duology!

• Jossed. The laguz are counted as beast-type units, and can be put in any color.

Male Morgan is the Bad Future Morgan from the DLC, however he's Imprinted on the Summoner.

Robin's existence has always been an odd temporal anomaly. A vessal of a dark god who gained their own personality through time paradox and amnesia. Morgan is even more so. Morgan has always been a transplanted sprig; an existence that springs from Robin / Grima. Usually as a "son" or "daughter" via another hero, but that's because in the good timeline, Robin considers themselves human. In the bad future, Grima does this too with Morgan, who imprints on them. His existence doesn't make sense; as noted in several of Awakenings endings.

• Enter The Summoner; who can call forth Heroes from different sides; villains, the good and noble, dragons, the insane, the possessed, even Grima itself; and regardless of intent; the Summoned must obey and trust the Summoner. This undeniable compulsion hits Morgan even more than it does anyone else. Though not conscious of it, the Summoner would have Morgan be happy. Not as a command or order; but just as a kind errant thought. Amplified by the Summon effect and the nature of Morgan's existence, even a Morgan corrupted by years of serving Grima instantly transmutes into what the Summoner wants; with only the Grimoire "Grima's Truth" left unchanged.
• Adding to this, one of Morgan’s lines when you tap on him is “Huh? How’d I wind up with two copies of this strategy book?” This could be a reference to the first Future Past map, where if you have a female avatar wait next to the enemy Morgan they speak briefly before Morgan retreats. At the end of the conversation the avatar hands Morgan their strategy book, only for Morgan to note that they already have the same book, presumably from before the Future Past avatar was possessed by Grima.
• Ultimately jossed; the real Morgans from the DLC appear in the fourth edition of Fallen Heroes.

There will be a Voting Gauntlet based on Super Smash Bros.

We have Marth, Roy, Ike, Lucina, both Robins, and both Corrins. Since Female Robin is a Grand Hero, this may complicate banner arrangements...

• Well, Fallen Takumi and the Black Knight were both in the Shadow in the Mirror Voting Gauntlet; they just weren't in any of the banners dedicated to it.
  • That's not to mention Female Robin can currently be recruited since she's part of the daily Grand Hero Battle rotation, and is summonable with Heroic Grails. A Smash-based Voting Gauntlet that would include her should be no problem.
• Chrom was revealed as an Echo Fighter in Ultimate, so there's another possibility.

There will be a Dragalia Lost crossover

While DL is hosting a crossover with FEH with Alfonse, Fjorm, Marth and Veronica pulled in by Loki to Alberia because she likes causing chaos for shits and giggles, she'll then do the same thing by pulling in the party members of DL.

• Looking even likelier since the sequel crossover involves building a proper gate between Askr and Grastaea, otherwise Alphonse's mere presence is enough to cause dimensional disturbances.

Guess who will be the character from Tellius that will be voiced by Takehito Koyasu

For every realm in Fire Emblem, Koyasu will at least voice one character (truly, he lives up this site's Running Gag saying he's everything in the world). In Archanea, we got Navarre. In Valentia, we got Saber. In Jugdral, we got Lewyn. In Elibe, we got Pent. In Ylisse, we got Lon'qu and Validar. In Fates-verse (exactly Nohr), we got Niles. In Fodlan, we got Seteth. The only realm where he hasn't voiced someone is Tellius.

So take a guess who he's gonna be! It's all in good fun.

• Ashnard: Yes, the Big Bad of Path of Radiance. Let's try to imagine that Koyasu tries to outdo the ham given he gives from Validar. If his portfolio includes Dio Brando, it should be a perfect match and Koyasu can provide the 'larger than life' feel of Ashnard's presence.
  • Jossed for Ashnard: His Japanese voice is Satoshi Hino.

A confusing Anna alt

Simple idea, large thoughts provoked: An Anna hero that explains herself as "What? No. It's me, Commander Anna. I'm just wearing a different outfit... Or am I?" Is she as she says, your specific Commander Anna but wearing a different outfit and seizing the opportunity to be a bit silly or is she one of the many Annas across the various worlds of Fire Emblem or even an an Anna from the alternate universes your implied to be summoning heroes that may be a Commander Anna or not. Food for thought about the rules of both extra dimensions and the multiverse existing in FE and the classic Anna conundrum.

The Queen Camilla alt came from a timeline where Leo died instead of Elise.

• Camilla in the Birthright canon relinquishes her claim to the throne in favor of Leo, and by all indications doesn't want to rule. So this alternate version of Camilla would have only done it if she felt she had no choice...and if the only other option for the throne was Elise, she'd feel she had no choice.

Every time there’s a character ending in a Fire Emblem game where they “vanished without a trace”, it’s because they were summoned to Askr.

Every Fire Emblem game seems to have one or two characters who mysteriously vanish in their ending. This theory is a lot less depressing than “the character died”. It would also explain Lyn and Florina’s jarring absence from FE 6 (which in actuality was only because their game, FE 7, was a prequel to FE 6 and their characters hadn’t been created yet when the game was made).

Múspell will receive a Christmas variant to counterpart Nifl's Summer variant.

In a hilarious sense of irony, Nifl received a Summer Seasonal, which is known to be very hot, and out of her element. If this is the case, then Múspell will receive a Seasonal in December where he has to adapt in a cold environment. As Nifl also maintained her exclusive Domain of Ice C-Skill, Múspell will also keep his Domain of Flame C-Skill as well.

• With the Bite of Flame banner in September 2022 featuring him, it's going to be a lot less likely for the 2022 version, but future ones are up for possibilities.

Story-related

Loki is...

• ... Similar to Xane, a dragon who lost the ability to transform into a dragon but still is able to shapeshift into other beings.

Loki is not the being possessing the Embla royal family

Veronica describes a voice in her head telling her to kill people in a Compelling Voice, and Bruno is Fighting from the Inside. Loki appears to Veronica as a being with a physical body, and has a conversation with her. The way they interact with each other indicates that they're two separate beings.

• Book VI confirms that Embla herself can possess those with Emblian royal blood.

Loki is Loptous

Loptous was almost named as Loki even in the Japanese version of FE4. In addition, myth-wise, Loptr (from which 'Loptyr', the name used for Loptous in the Awakening localisation) was an alternate name of Loki. Put the two together, and I think this could be a case where after being banished by Seliph and Julia, Loptous' essence still remained, even without anyone with Loptous blood in Jugdral, until discovering Embla and managed to get some sort of 'host' where he could transform into anyone convenient, eventually manipulating Veronica. In addition to this, Loptous was kind of the only dragon where you never fight him in dragon form, just his host (Julius), while Loki never showed any 'draconic' or true form; this is kind of Loptous' modus operandi.

• We were introduced to Loki's true form: a sorceress. Unless we see any essence of Loptous within her, this is at risk of being jossed.

Bruno will die at some point in the story.

Chapter 13 confirms that he is Zacharias, but he doesn't rejoin the Order of Heroes once he reveals his true identity because of the curse that runs in his family. Eventually, this curse will become too much for him and he'll either make another attempt on his life, or have the Order do it for him.

• Confirmed; he died in Book VI.

The Askr trio will receive story-related promotions later on.

Alfonse would receive a horse, Sharena would be on a pegasus, and Anna would remain an infantry unit, but would gain greatly increased stats. All 3 of them would gain upgraded versions of their legendary weapons, and would only be able to promote at 5 stars. For the ones who don't have them at 5*, they would receive an item that would let them promote.

• Partially confirmed? Alfonse and Sharena received somewhat story-related promotions, depends on how you classify the paralogues, in the form of their Hares at the Fair alts. Alfonse was put on a horse making him Horse Emblem viable but Sharena remained infantry. Anna, however, did not receive an alt but here's to hoping.

Either Alfonse and Veronica or Sharena and Bruno will get married after the game

To seal an alliance between their kingdoms. Askr and Embla are named after the first man and woman in Norse Mythology, who presumably got married. Fjorm is their Kid from the Future. Probably Sharena and Bruno, because they already knew each other well, it's easier for them to marry because they won't become king/queen and won't have to deal with fusing the kingdoms, and Fjorm has Sharena's coloring and Bruno's ice affinity.

• Partially Jossed, Fjorm is from the present time, as Surtr mentions how he conquered Nifl, Fjorm's home kingdom, in just six months recently.

The identity of Sharena's friend that she wanted to share the bouquet for

Take a wild guess. Even same sex friend will do. Who? Fjorm?

The Powers of Askr Opening gates and Embla Sealing them are tied to the royalty's gender

For Askr, the dragon named after the first male in Norse Mythology, the first king Líf being male, and Gustav's Heir Club for Men attitude choosing Alfonse over Sharena to take the throne should he die suggests that Askr's power to open the gates to other worlds is tied to male royalty only.

For Embla, the dragon being named after the first female in Norse Mythology, the first Emperor Thrasir being female, and how Bruno was abandoned, but Veronica was chosen to rule over Embla and being praised by her people, despite being young, suggests that Embla's power to close the gates to other worlds is tied to female royalty only.

• Possibly jossed. In the crossover sequel in Dragalia Lost, Princess Sharena managed to open a gate to the other game's realm.

The reason why Alfonse is so strong now compared to launch

Since the Fire Emblem: Lost Heroes event in Dragalia Lost seems to take place around Book 2, during his time in Alberia, Alfonse met one of Euden's friends, Celliera, who's a Hot-Blooded Drill Sergeant Nasty who could give Frederick a run for his money. Once she was done working him over, he's the reason he became such a beast on the field able to make a Badass Boast at Hel herself.

Dragon God Embla will be the True Final Boss of the game.

• Embla is fought and killed at Book 6's ending, although it's unknown if she will remain so.

Alfaðör is a dragon.

Loki, who herself is implied not to be human and works for him, refers to him as the creator of their world. More often than not, such beings are typically dragons in the Fire Emblem cosmology.

Níðhöggr will be an antagonist, if not the Final Boss

Lets face it, Intelligent Systems likes their dragons. And in Norse Mythology, you can't get better than the Malice-striker itself. When considering how the story so far (As of the end of Book 3) seems to be heading for some version of Ragnarok, where Níðhöggr plays a major role, him showing up is nearly a no-brainer.

• Confirmed: Níðhöggr is an antagonist in Book VIII.

Alfaðör is the final boss

Since Loki and Thórr are antagonists, and Alfaðör is their boss, it makes sense that he'd be the final boss. Or, alternatively, Angrboða, whose heart was necessary to defeat Hel, is the true Big Bad and final boss.

The Summoner accidentally placed a summoning contract on Fjorm when they first met.

Alfonse mentioned that the Breidablik was resonating with Fjorm's Leiptr when they first found her. Based on Fjrom's appearances in the Forging Bonds, it seems the summoning contract is probably the reason why Fjorm survived for so long even though the Rite of Frost was supposed to take her life.

Fire Emblem Heroes will finally have its climax on mid-Book 5 or Book 6.

Note that I know absolutely nothing about Norse mythology, but with how the story is progressing right now I feel like the one who seems to be in control of Fáfnir and/or those who recruited Lif, Thrasir, Triandra, and Plumeria would appear in mid-book 5, and then we finally get to meet Thorr in Book 6 at the latest likely opportunity (it is still possible for Thorr to be a major character in Book 5, just that it feels like she'll most likely appear in Book 6)

Alternatively, the story just keeps on making unused plot threads everywhere and avoids having a climax to be able to make more stories.

• There are still 2 realms of Norse mythology left to go. If we assume that Askr & Embla are both Midgard (which seems to be the case), then they've been to Midgard (just explained which ones that is), Niflheim (Nifl), Múspellheim (Múspell), Hel (self-explanatory), Alfheim (Ljósálfheimr), Svartalfheim (Dökkálfheimr) & now Niðavellir (again, same name). That would still leave Jötunheim (realm of the giants) and Asgard (realm of the gods) left. So expect things to end by Book 7.
  • As of Book V, Chapter 4, Jötunheimr can now be crossed off the list, leaving 2 more realms to be added: Vanaheim and Asgard. The climax will surely hit around Book VI or VII.
  • A slight correction to the original post: Svartalfheim and Niðavellir are both supposedly names for the same realm - the actual remaining realms are Asgard (realm of the Aesir gods) and Vanaheim (realm of the Vanir gods).
    • Jossed, as Book VI continues the Askr and Embla storyline, and therefore is set in Midgard. However, Book VII confirms Vanaheimr as one of the Nine Realms.

If the story goes beyond the Nine Worlds, it will tackle other various mythological pantheons.

• The story of the game so far is inspired by Norse Mythology. If the story continues beyond the Nine Worlds, where else can it go to? There are countless other pantheons out there for Heroes to tackle should the time come, like Greek, Egyptian, and Hindu, so these could easily extend the life-cycle of Heroes when the time comes.

Eir, Peony, and Reginn will get their own Tempest Trials in the coming years, dealing with the aftermaths of their respective books

Right now, Fjorm's story is continuing with a Tempest Trial dealing with her pact with Nifl. Because of this, future years could give the other main heroines of the game a chance to shine as well. They could also get their own Image Songs as well.

• Eir's will be about her searching for her kin, possibly regaining her immortality at the end.
  • Eir getting a Tempest Trials story is confirmed, but story theory is jossed: her Tempest Trials seem to focus on her relationship with Ymir.
• Peony's will follow up on the epilogue of Book IV, where Plumeria and Triandra team up with Lif and Thrasir to revive Freyja.
• Reginn's will focus on finding Fáfnir's family that he mentioned leaving behind when he was forcefully summoned by Eitri.

• Semi-confirmed, The Recent tempest trials deal with Eir's story, with the Dragon of Life Ymir and the new ruler of Hel, Ganglöt.

The Summoner (aka us, the player, or Kiran) is actually the long-lost child of Alfaðör.

There's plenty of evidence to support this possible plot twist that may come when Alfaðör is finally revealed:

• Kiran is the Avatar character of Fire Emblem Heroes, and every Avatar character in Fire Emblem (except Kris) is related to the Big Bad of their respective games in some way.
  • Robin is the child of Validar and is set on bringing Grima back to life using his own child as a vessel.
  • Corrin is the child of Anankos, who is set on destroying all due to his dragon body's degeneration.
  • Byleth is closely related to Rhea, because she created their mother, Sitri, in an attempt to resurrect the goddess Sothis. While she is the most sympathetic of the three, she becomes the Big Bad completely in the Crimson Flower route.
  • Alear is a child of Sombron, the Fell Dragon.
• The Breidablik is a weapon that can only be used by the Summoner, and if the name and Loki's comment on the weapon are anything to go by, it is of Ásgarðrian origin. Additionally, the design of the weapon does not look out of place when paired with Thórr and Loki's weapons, which are also gold and white. Kiran's outfit design is also much more focused on white and gold than the Askran royals, which could hint to their heritage.
• Pent, in his Forging Bonds S-Support conversation, says that only with Kiran's help can we defeat this powerful god, strongly implied to be Alfaðör. It would stand to reason that Kiran has the same power and genes as their presumed father, and for that reason is the only one that can kill him.

The Summoner and the Tactician from The Blazing Blade are one and the same.

It would make sense, since most of the other Fire Emblem characters are represented; Lyndis even remarks that the summoner reminds her of a tactician she once knew in one of her extra dialogues.

Other Norse-based lands beyond the Nine Realms will be explored

While there is presumably one more realm to explore in the game (that of Asgarðr). But in Norse cosmology, there's still more to be explored beyond the realms.

The realms are part of the World Tree Yggdrasil, and three locations are located beneath its roots: Urðarbrunnr, Mímisbrunnr, and Hvergelmir. So the story could easily move beyond the Nine Realms as we explore Yggdrasil and all that's part of it.

• Not quite true, as there's still Vanaheimr left as well as Asgarðr.

Askr is the Fire Emblem afterlife

Anytime a character suffers permadeath in someone’s playthrough, their soul goes to Askr. This also extends to villains who are defeated and killed. The Norse mythology overtones suggest something like Valhalla, an afterlife for warriors. When they reach the afterlife they often forget that they died, not remembering what they were doing the moment they were “summoned”. This is the reason no one can die in Askr, they’re already dead. Seasonal alts mean the people who end up in Askr don’t necessarily die in battle, but at some other stage in their lives; the character may have died as a child, while at the beach, at a wedding, or celebrating Halloween or Christmas, and are wearing Jacob Marley Apparel. Merges consist of two souls of the same person from different universes merging together. When they are “sent home”, or used to teach someone a skill, their soul completes its unfinished business and crosses over, possibly to be reincarnated.

There are more realms outside the ones that Alfaðör created.

It was stated countless times that there are nine realms in the universe of Heroes. However, as of late, there are more realms that have been introduced that seem to contradict this statement.

As of Book VII, the realms shown include (in order of appearance): Midgard, the realm of mortals, Nifl, the realm of ice, Múspell, the realm of fire, Hel, the realm of death, Ljósálfheimr, the realm of dreams, Dökkálfheimr, the realm of nightmares, Niðavellir, the realm of the dvergar, Jötunheimr, the realm of the jötnar, Ymir, the realm of life, and now Vanaheimr, the realm of light. Additionally, we know that there's an Asgarðr.

This totals 11 realms. So it's possible that the Nine Realms are only the ones that Alfaðör created—and there are more countless realms created by other gods like him.

Book I

The true identity of the Mysterious Man.

Is Zacharias, mostly because of The Law of Conservation of Detail, since the Mysterious Man is the only new male character besides Alfonse, and the Mysterious Man himself claims Zacharias is dead at the end of Chapter 5.

• Interestingly, the game files list his name as Bruno.
• The third Paralogue has a letter from Zacharias that references 'Bruno' by name. Casts an interesting light on the Mysterious Man's various lines.
• Same person as the comment above — Chapter 10 outright confirms the Masked Man is Prince Bruno. Now all we need to do is figure out what happened to Zacharias.
  • Chapter 10's end reveals that Zacharias is still alive, and helps the Summoner escape after being cut off by Veronica. Though he lacks a portrait, so what state he's in is still unknown.
  • Okay, so in Chapter 11 Bruno says that he killed Zacharias just before, except this contradicts a previous claim of his that Zacharias is already dead, so we know he's lying in some way. Plus, when Anna performs the rite to talk to Zacharias, only Bruno appears.
• Now she's Loki, looking like Anna because she feels like it.
• Chapter 12 ends with Alfonse outright accusing him of being Zacharias.
• Chapter 13 confirms it. Though they certainly seem to have taken it for granted...

Anna botched an earlier attempt to summon the Hero.

The result sent amnesiac copies of herself throughout all of space-time.

• Jossed, the Summer event establishes that the various Annas are fully aware of each other, and even take measures to foil any money-making schemes the others may attempt on their world.

Zacharias is dead

The place Veronica took Kiran at the end of Chapter 10 being the Underworld, home of the dead. This will be the focus of the new Permadeath mode coming to the game.

• If what Bruno said in 11-5 is true, this WMG may be confirmed.
  • ...The entire point of this WMG is to take Bruno's claim at face value, and not assume he's lying in some way.
  • Chapter 12 ends at a cliffhanger in which Alfonse asks Bruno whether he is Zacharias. If the killing him part was indeed a lie, then that can ultimately joss this WMG. Though we do know that the Permadeath mode part of this is jossed, as it is applied to the modes Tempest Trials and Chain Challenge.
  • Chapter 13 reveals that Prince Bruno is in fact Zacharias, making this theory jossed.

Zacharias is...

A Colorless unit, likely a dagger user, given the spy implications.

• Original poster. Given that Zacharias is later mentioned as using a lance, I think I can safely call it jossed.
• Chapter 13 reveals that Zacharias is an alias of Bruno, who uses blue tomes, so this is officially jossed.

The curse on the Emblia Royal Family is tied to Fomortiis.

The curse is carried through the blood of the "Original Demon", an apt description of the Demon King. Furthermore, while Fomortiis's body was killed in the final battle of Sacred Stones, his soul was sealed away in the one remaining Sacred Stone before the heroes even took the body on. Considering that Lyon got set on the path to darkness by interacting too closely with Grado's Sacred Stone, where the Demon King was imprisoned... Perhaps Veronica and Bruno's ancestor fell under the same possession by getting too close to Rausten's Sacred Stone during one of the joint Askr-Emblia expeditions long ago. And it's not as if Lyon had any kids, so the possession may very well be passed on to the victim's descendants...

• Book 6 reveals the curse comes from The Goddess Embla Herself, so this is Jossed.

Veronica's Xander is from Fire Emblem: Birthright

Given how Xander is steadfast loyal to Veronica and given how her body type's similar to Elise, it could be that he sees Veronica as a second Elise.

Book II

Surtr's weapon will be the Lævateinn.

It was the mythological Surtr's sword, so why not?

• Jossed. Lævateinn is the name of the dark-skinned, twin-tailed sword user... and her sword, for that matter.
  • Zigzagged Trope: She considers herself to be Surtr's weapon.

The Fire Kingdom will be named Múspell.

Because that's the mythological counterpart to Niflheim.

• Confirmed.

The Summoner and Breidablik will play an instrumental role in defeating Surtr.

• Fjorm states that Surtr can't be beaten by any Hero or weapon. Well Kiran isn't a conventional Hero, and Breidablik isn't a conventional weapon either. Couple this with the Weapon Refinery interlude mentioning something about awakening Askr's power, and the Book II intro movie showing Kiran getting into the action against Veronica (though that could just be a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation), seems at least somewhat plausible.
• Confirmed. According to Gunnthrá, Breidablik is one of two items required to perform the Ritual of Frost, which will eliminate Surtr's invulnerability.

The Legendary Hero who corresponds with Fire is the first princess of the Fire Kingdom

• Laevatein's profile mentions she is specifically the second princess of Múspell, which is a rather oddly specific thing to say unless the fact that she has a sister is an important plot point.
  • Given Legendary Ike means non-original heroes are potential choices. So perhaps Legendary Marth, the Original Fire Emblem lord. Pants optional.
• Jossed on all counts. Instead of Laegjarn (the aforementioned sister/first princess) or a Legendary Marth, we get a Legendary Ephraim, a cavalry unit equipped with a Siegmund variant.
  • Partially confirmed with Legendary Marth's release. He is a Fire Legendary Hero as well.

Loki will betray Surtr in a way that takes away his Nigh-Invulnerability

Thokk was the one being who refused to bring the Nigh-Invulnerable Baldr back to life. And naming her sword "Mistletoe" would be too obvious. (And "Mystletainn" is already taken.)

• This looks like it might happen: Loki is noticeably taken aback when Surtr mentions that he plans to conquer Embla (complete with burning Veronica to a crisp) once he's conquered Askr.
• The Tempest Trial featuring her also sheds another light in her: Sure, Loki acts like Card-Carrying Villain who thrives in destroying worlds, but it seemed like she slipped up a regretful tone or thinking like having worlds destroyed counted as a Mercy Kill. This may lead into Loki thinking that it's better that worlds get destroyed than being put into Surtr's reign, or whatever it is that loomed behind Surtr. Remember, Surtr is just the token 'Tin Tyrant Conquering Emperor', we haven't even seen the token 'Evil Big Dragon For Final Boss'!
• Ultimately semi-confirmed; she does betray Surtr, but in such a manner that only indirectly leads to him losing his immortality.

Surtr already used the method Laevatein mentioned to make himself stronger.

This would explain why he's invincible and why he's so vicious, since Laegjarn mentions this process could destroy the soul. In Surtr's case, it could have corrupted him into becoming a destructive monster.

• One of his voice clips in the official website has him saying that his soul vanished in the flames of Múspell. While previously it might not have had much meaning, Laegjarn's comment puts it in different light.

No one but the Summoner can recognize Gunnthrá, not even Fjorm.

According to her, because she used a spell to communicate via dreams to the Summoner; she's the only one she can speak to. It's actually deeper than that. Nobody but the Summoner can actually perceive her. So she can't get around it via learning sign language or something like that. Oh, allies can recognize there's a Hero standing there in a battle; and even keep in mind her general abilities for a battle strategy. But they will never recognize her as Gunnthrá, Princess of Nifl. She is basically a ghost to all but the Summoner. Fans joke about characters not recognizing their loved ones standing in front of them; in this case it's true.

• This is a similar perception condition that Kellam had in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
  • This is why the Summoner can only relay messages that Gunnthrá tells them via dreams. If they talk about her in the party, or even what she says in the waking world; the perception filter would block it. Hopefully this will be removed once they find her temple.
• They do meet her in person...and for a moment, everyone can see her. But then she dies. But her Self that is a dream is still with the Summoner; and noone but they can recognize her Dream self.

Laegjarn will die to protect Laevatein from herself.

Laevatein, unaware that Laegjarn is still alive, will activate the Flames of Múspell in order to try and kill the Order of Heroes in revenge. To save her, Laegjarn will take the Flames into herself, killing her.

• Semi-jossed; Surtr orders Laevatein to activate the Flames as punishment for her failure, but Laegjarn offers herself up in her place.

Gunnthrá isn't dead.

• Surtr said he found about her location from Loki, except we know she has reservations about what he's doing and she's named after someone known for trickster bullshit. So she probably pulled some trickster bullshit on Surtr and Fjorn and friends, something Gunnthrá herself is in on.

Laegjarn will betray Surtr later on in the story.

When Fjorm mentions that she could've been friends with her in a different time and place, Laegjarn remains speechless. Not only did her enemies spare her life, but they treated her more humanely than her own father (who believes that she deserves to die for losing a battle). Not only that, but she was also implied to be there when Surtr killed Gunnthrá, which happened right before she escaped the order's clutches. Having a close bond with her sister herself might've made her reconsider following her father's ideals, which would be more leverage for her to betray him.

• Jossed. She lives for him and dies for him to the end.
• Semi-jossed,semi-confirmed : Laegjarn doesn't betray Surtr and dies...but she's later revived and defects from Muspell in the tempest trials. She has yet to reapper in the main story.

Bruno is a bastard child of the Embla and Muspell royal families.

For starters, his skin tone is a dead giveaway. That alone makes him resemble Laegjarn and Laevatain more than Veronica. He and his mother were despised by the Embla royals, which in the case of an affair would make sense. He also mentions his bloodline causes him to go crazy. He's seen with the urge to destroy naturally, whereas Veronica needed Loki to manipulate her into going heel.

Veronica will be possessed by whatever demons possesses the Embla royal family, and take revenge on Surtr in an Enemy Mine situation

If that demon is anything like Loptyr, it only has two possible vessels. It's going to be incredibly pissed when Surtr tries to kill one of its hosts.

• Jossed. Veronica's possession seems to have been removed and instead she manages to escape with help from Helbindi.

Bruno will pull a Big Damn Heroes moment against Surtr

His beloved sister abducted, and his friends mounting an attack on Surtr? He wouldn't be betraying his homeland if he's saving his princess, and it just so happens that he's aiding his friends. And his personal weapon uses ice, perfect against fire.

• Mostly jossed. He shows up to rescue Veronica and Ylgr, but leaves with them.

Fjorm is dying because she used up so much energy

She coughs at a strange moments and gives a lame excuse. She won't actually die and deprive the player of a unit, but there's going to be a dramatic moment.

• Confirmed.

Loki disguised herself as Ylgr.

She knew the Summoner’s name without Fjorm telling her what it was. The real Ylgr is still being held captive by Múspell.

• Hrid's suggestion that there is a traitor among them only fuels this theory.
• Confirmed.

Helbindi will die protecting Ylgr from Surtr.

At some point later on, Surtr will threaten Ylgr and attempt to kill her as well. Helbindi, having grown to care for her like his own sister, will step in and protect her, costing him his life but allowing her to escape from Surtr.

• Confirmed. He helps her and Veronica escape from being sacrificed in the Rite of Flames.

Surtr's reasoning for betraying Veronica goes beyond For the Evulz bloodlust.

He's actually deeply envious of Veronica and her power. He is aware of whatever demonic entity is cursing and possessing the Emblian royalty, and feels deeply insulted that the entity chose a young, "weak" little girl who has to rely on summoned Heroes in combat as its vessel instead of a powerful, Nigh-Invulnerable king like him. Besides whatever general benefit Múspell's Rite of Flame grants, Surtr also intends to use it to forcibly become the entity's vessel.

The Rite of Flames does make Surtr immortal, but...

...it doesn't last forever, and requires another sacrifice to renew it. And Veronica is the intended sacrifice at the moment. And if/when Veronica is rescued (Whether by Askrians or by Hríd), it will disrupt the ritual and make Surtr mortal.

• Chapter 11 seems to imply or confirm this about Surtr's immortality being temporary and 'can be turned off'.
• Everything about this post is confirmed in chapter 12, with the addendum that Ylgr is also going to be sacrificed.

Loki is actually the mother of Laevatein and Laegjarn

It can't be a coincidence that they don't know their mother and she's double fucking with them

• Loki drops the Luke, I Am Your Father trope on Laevatein after the end of Loki's Flames Tempest Trial, only to say she was joking afterwards. This won't joss the WMG entirely, however; she may be hiding it.

The grand final of the Surtr arc will involve the CYL2 winners

Let's face it; it's a good point for Veronica's Heel–Face Turn and Bruno grand return, and once everything is done Loki will just fuck off until Book III

• They explicitly state that Brave Veronica is from Alternate Universe; though she may be in the plot to rescue this world's version. However, because Brave Veronica is separate; OG Veronica could die; stay evil; be possessed...
• Ultimately jossed. No Brave Heroes show up.

Helbindi will pull a Heel–Face Turn

With the revelation that Surtr killed his sister to make an example of him, he has nothing left to gain by fighting for him and everything to gain by turning on him to get his revenge.

• Confirmed; he (supposedly) dies rescuing Veronica and Ylgr and protecting them from Surtr.

Book III

Book III's main plotline will have dragons as a key element.

In Paralogue 23, we see Loki reading about the First Dragons from Fates, and learning about Anankos. She briefly ponders on the third dragon until the Order of Heroes confront her. After the Paralogue, Sharena reveals that the gods of the World of Zenith are dragons—Askr and Embla.

It's possible that a third dragon that is neither Askr nor Embla will play a role in Book III, either as the main antagonist (using a hierophant as a humanoid form) or as the final boss of said book.

• Jossed. Book III's focus is the undead.

Kiran is the light that died that day.

Their name means "Light" and they're based on Baldr; who is most known for dying in Norse Mythology. Meanwhile, their name in the Japanese and Chinese versions of the game, "Eclat", refers to a show of brilliance.

• Confirmed, but 1) it's not the main Kiran and 2) it's not just Kiran that died that day, but everyone but Alfonse and Veronica, later becoming "Líf" and "Thrasir" who later serve Hel.

Hel is the Queen of the Deadlords.

Loptyr could only summon them if they had the corresponding heroic corpse. Awakening showed that they were Dead Hero Lords in their own timeline(s) presumably where everyone died. They've never had direct access to an actual world until now. This is what Loki warned would destroy Askr.

• Jossed.

Hel is Loki's daughter.

Cribbed directly from Norse Mythology. It would certainly explain Loki's continued involvement.

• Jossed. Loki is never seen in Book III again after her brief appearance in Chapter 7.

The key to defeating Hel is to turn her own curse against her.

Gustav revealed that when Hel curses someone, it is that person's bloodline that is cursed, meaning someone else can die in the afflicted's place. So if Eir were to be cursed by Hel, that could make Hel vulnerable to death.

• Jossed for a few reasons. The ritual of the "forbidden heart" was needed to create a weapon to make Hel vulnerable to death. Hel was only able to curse someone twice in the entirety of Book III due to her powers being weak, and both on Alfonse, and it's revealed that Eir is the adoptive daughter of Hel, so no blood relation there to connect the curse between Eir and Hel for the curse to work.

Thrasir is Not Brainwashed, and in fact is subtly pulling Hel's strings somehow.

First of all, Thrasir is Veronica's ancestor, and may have been under the same curse that afflicts her and Bruno. Thus, she wants to destroy Askr of her own will. Second, in the splash picture for Book 3 with Alfonse and Lif clashing with a seemingly dead Sharena in the background, you can see Eir at the bottom, with Hel behind her gripping her shoulders, implying her figurative hold over her. But then you can also see Thrasir behind them both, shaded in red, implying she's manipulating them both somehow.

• Jossed. Thrasir's goal is the same as Líf's: To work for Hel and kill everyone in another world, in order to bring back their loved ones.

Dead Book II characters will return in Book III.

Remember how Surtr, Gunnthrá, Laegjarn, Helbindi, and his unseen sister Menja died in Book II? We've just entered Hel in Chapter 5, so Chapter 6 and further chapters in Book III could consist of familiar faces from Book II, along with the new Book III antagonists. There are a couple of explanations for Gunnthrá and Surtr.

For Surtr, Xenologue 4 pretty much explained itself: He was sent to Hel, the realm of the dead after he was defeated by Fjorm and the Order of Heroes.

For Gunnthrá, her Japanese name is Sildr, which is one of the eleven freezing rivers of Élivágar. Sildr is a river that flows in Hel, the realm of the dead. Based on this, she might return as an undead general of Hel.

• Inexplicably Jossed. Nobody from Book II (except for a few brief unrelated moments with Loki) returns, as a Hel General or otherwise.

There may be world that's the opposite of Hel.

Think of it this way: Askr and Embla are rival kingdoms, both of Light and Dark, and so are Nifl and Múspell, both of Ice and Fire. So far, we've only been told about Hel, the realm of the undeserving dead, as explained by Eir and Hel throughout the story. However, Henriette has mentioned that some people who die ascend to "a joyful place", while others go to Hel. This implies that Hel isn't where everyone goes when they die.

In Book III, Chapter 6, we explored the swamps of Hel, on our way to Hel's castle, but before we could, we were ambushed by Hel, and her two generals Líf and Thrasir later. The two ran away to a gate that lied in Hel, which lead to another world. Finally, Eir has the blood of the dragon of life, according to her, and also vaguely remembers memories of her own mother, something about warmth and life, her gentle smiles, and white wings. Based on the evidence shown, and since Book III is all about the afterlife, IS had planned another world in the story all along. Two possibilities include Asgard (home to Valhalla, where dead warriors go in Norse Mythology), or in a somewhat more likely scenario, Heaven.

• Ultimately semi-confirmed due to the Life & Death Tempest Trials+ story. While the gate in Book III, Chapter 6 leading to the realm's opposite in Book III was Jossed, it was confirmed that there is a world that's the opposite of Hel, but it was not Ásgarðr. Instead, it was Ymir, named after the dragon of life Ymir herself.

If Líf is an alternate timeline Alfonse like Alfonse suggests, then Eir is an alternate timeline Sharena.

Think on it. There's clearly something that Eir's forgotten. Líf doesn't want to attack Sharena. I suggest that something went wrong with that ritual and Sharena ended up claimed by Hel and turned into Eir. Alfonse sold his soul to follow Sharena in hopes of saving her, becoming Líf. This also explains Sharena's prominence in the Book III promotional material: since Eir is on her last life, Hel needs a new daughter, and well, here's this timeline's Sharena ripe for the picking.

Now the question is, is Thrasir an alternate Veronica?

• Jossed. Eir once met the alternate Alfonse and Sharena, meaning the two are not related in the slightest.
  • However, Thrasir is confirmed to be Veronica from another timeline.
  • Eir is revealed to be the princess from the Kingdom of life, Ymir.

The "forbidden heart" is Hel's daughter Eir

In Book III Chapter 8, the Askr and Embla created the "forbidden heart" to stop Hel once and for all by peforming the Heart's Rite, but consumed lives everytime that the heart pulses, eventually killing everyone. In a few chapters before, Eir reveal that she has thousands upon thousands of lives within her, which Hel killed her every day to increase her power until Eir was on her last. Even better, "Líf"/Older Alfonse knows her too well. Putting two and two together makes you think that Eir is the forbidden heart that "Líf" used the rite to stop Hel, only for it to have an unexpected, but catastrophic outcome, in which Hel got what she wanted anyway.

• Jossed.

If Hel is somehow permanently destroyed, her entire army dies (again) along with her, ala the Night King.

Hel is the only reason the deceased warriors are able to enter the realms of the living. If there is a way to kill her, then every single undead fighter will drop immediately.

• Neither confirmed nor jossed.
• Recent Tempest Trials shows that someone else now controls hel's power, Ganglöt.

Eir will become Hel eventually

Once Hel is dealt with, Eir will have to take the throne of the Realm of the Dead and after enough time passes will become cold and cruel, her skin will turn traslucid and will try to invade the other realms too. Alternatively if the theory that Eir is the Forbidden Heart it’s true, it could be that creating the Heart weakens Hel... By creating another Hel, and Hel killed Eir thousands of times just to reclaim the lifes she lost when she was created.

• Jossed. Eir is the adoptive daughter of Hel, and she returns to Askr with Alfonse and the others.
  • Doubly jossed with the introduction of Ganglöt, the new ruler of Realm of the Dead.

Hel is playing Lif for a fool

When Lif made his deal with Hel, she was using Exact Words. Sure, she said that for everyone that Lif kills in our Askr, that person from his own is revived, but she never said anything about how long they would remain alive. For all we know, they would be brought back only to be cut down again. Thus, Lif (In his mind) is responsible for the death of everyone he knew about a second/third time.

• This doesn't get confirmed or jossed in the story.

Ganglöt's true identity is Líf's sister, Sharena.

The "Writhe" song that features Líf mentions Sharena in the lyrics indirectly a lot of the time. While this may be seen as a reminder of why he is sad, the fact that there is heavy emphasis on it feels less of a coincidence. Adding more evidence, Líf's Meet Some of the Heroes entry shows a more detailed silhouette of Ganglöt, which looks to have a halo or circlet and hair that looks eerily similar to Sharena's hairstyle. Additionally, the Ganglöt silhouette in-game shows boots that look similar to Sharena's boots, as well as what looks to be a pink glowing core which may be her transparent flesh, similar to Hel, Líf, and Thrasir, which is the same color of Sharena's hair tips.

Besides, unlike other Heroes characters, she has her full design hidden in a dark silhouette, likely to lead up to a surprising reveal later.

• Jossed.

Book IV

Peony will turn out to be Evil All Along.

Her conflict with the Dark Fairies started when she invaded them, only for them to turn the fight around and drive them back. Peony promptly gets Askr to join the war on her side by playing up her cuteness and light, only to send her troops to conquer Askr while the Order of Heroes is off fighting.

• Jossed.

Peony used to be human, and was like a sister to the Askr siblings, if not their biological sister

Both siblings say that they feel like they've met before, and Peony jumps on the chance to claim they met in a dream as children, so it's obviously not that. She could be a former member of the Order of Heroes, a cousin, or their sister.

• Semi-confirmed; Peony was a human, but she wasn't a sibling of the Askr family, she was a part of Triandra's human family.

Peony and Triandra had a history together

• In Book IV, Realm of Nightmares movie, a scene shows Peony and Triandra as children, holding hands until adulthood where Triandra disappear right in front of Peony. It is either they used to be childhood friends, siblings or cousins.
  • Confirmed. Peony and Triandra are sisters.

Sharena is Peony and Peony is Sharena

• In Book IV, Realm of Nightmares movie, a scene where Sharena walks across a mirror where her reflection briefly shows Peony before revert back to normal. It implies that Sharena and Peony ends up switching places when they were kids and had their real memories switch or erased in the dream world. In Book IV Chapter 8, Sharena mentions someone who looks exactly like her and often switch clothes with each other.
  • Something to add to this is that Sharena, Peony, and Mirabilis get affected by Plumeria's Brown Note, Anna is somehow able to stay focused. Its possible it only truly works on those who have tasted whatever this nectar discussed heavily in the story, and since Sharena implies she drank some, it would mean she could be a fairy by extension.
• In the end, the two decided not to worry about such things, so this is neither confirmed or jossed.

Ljosalfheimr and Dokkalfheimr were once one realm: Alfheimr

Typing into the Mythology Gag of how that one realm has many different names across various interpretations of Norse Myth.

The Summoner we actually see in Book IV is actually a changeling

Since the changeling is able to copy anyone and is able to take place of them, it's not a stretch that the changeling has taken the form of the Summoner, and since the changeling is stated to be a álfr in Book IV Chapter 8, it's not much of an imagination that the changeling works for Freyja.

• Jossed as of Book IV, Chapter 12. The enemy Summoner is a Nightmare copy.

Freyja wasn't lying about Alfonse, and he's been replaced by someone else

The dream arc reveals that Alfonse is dead and the dream is how the Order escapes from reality, and Freyja mocks them for trying to return to the tragic real world. Then the arc ends with nobody remembering anything, everyone waking up after a three-day nap, and Alfonse alive and well. And then Loki shows up and insinuates that something's amiss and they don't even know it. My guess is that three days ago, Alfonse was killed and replaced, and the Order was sent to the Realm of Dreams as a coverup. Alfonse could have been replaced by a parallel version of himself, or by Loki or a parallel Loki.

• Possibly Jossed, as Freyja's Level 40 confession seems to imply she really was lying.

Book V

The circlet on Fáfnir's head is called Andvaranaut

His mythological namesake killed his father to obtain the titular object (a ring in the original myth), but it was cursed, transforming him into a dragon. Not sure if Fáfnir will be a dragon unit, but seeing as how the circlet in the opening cinematic seemed to be either affecting or controling him, it's likely that, and it's also possible that if Fáfnir is a dragon unit, his circlet will be his dragonstone.

• While we don't know much about the circlet or its name, what we do know is that the dragon idea is jossed. Instead, Fáfnir uses a lance.
  • Jossed, the circlet's name is simply called the Crown of the Dvergar.

The true villain(s) of Book 5 will be the two valkyrie-like women shown in the trailer.

• There are only 4 known characters in Book 4, and they all hail from the world introduced in Book 5. As the cast for Book 5 would be too small with only four characters plus the main Askr trio (Book 3 introduced Gustav and Henriette as well as the Book 3 characters, but they were out of focus), the two valkyrie-like women are sure to show up in the near future. Additionally, Fáfnir seems to be just a puppet serving the two valkyries, who very likely serve Alfaðör, as evidenced by his circlet which appears to be controlling him against his will.
  • Jossed as of Chapter 6, as Eitri was the true villain.

Eitri summoned Fáfnir five years ago from another world, but the summon was incomplete.

• Since we know that incomplete summons cause issues, it would explain his impaired memory and headaches. If he was summoned from another world, his desire for Henriette and Alfonse to open a gate could be that he unconsciously knows the gate leads to the world he was originally from. Him waking up on the battlefield could actually be him regaining consciousness outside the place where Eitri summoned him. Lastly, the first scene in Book V is the summon, where the summoned escaped the building, noting how the outside world looked like a great catastrophe happened and suffered a splitting headache.
• The time frame is jossed (Reginn was a baby when Fáfnir invaded), but otherwise it's confirmed; Fáfnir was torn away from his wife and daughter with the incomplete summon.

Fáfnir is a dragon

In an inversion of the myth where his namesake was turned into a dragon out of greed, this Fáfnir is a dragon with amnesia who was forced into human shape. He's going mad without his dragonstone. Eitri taunts him by referring to his monstrous strength, and asks if he knows why he's so strong. Going off of this, he's not just a normal manakete, he's one of the dragon gods like Nifl, and he's suffering because he's no longer tied to whatever land he's supposed to watch over.

• Jossed. Fáfnir was just a mortal from another realm and is not initially a Dragon, but was forced to assume a dragon form by Eitri in the last quarter of Book V.

Fáfnir's real identity might be Sigurdr/Siegfried

Since Fáfnir has amnesia, it's likely a possibilty that he is actually Sigurdr/Siegfried, the hero that slain Fáfnir, since in Book V Chapter 7 he's drawn to the gates of Askr, where people from other worlds come through, Book V Chapter 9 reveals that he's not born in Niðavellir, and that Book V Chapter 10 he recognizes Gramr, the sword of Sigurdr/Siegfried, and was summoned by Eitri. Further reinforcing this is that in Norse Mythology, Sigurdr/Siegfried once made a promise to marry Bynhildr, but was later made to forget about it, and while slaying Fáfnir with Gramr, he was coated in his blood and later on ate his heart in order to understand animals, making him part Fáfnir as well.

• Fáfnir's name isn't revealed, so this is neither confirmed nor jossed.

At the end of Book V, Otr will be recruited by Loki.

It would seem reasonable, since she already recruited the other supporting generals from the last two books. Otr would probably be recruited on the promise that he'll be able to stay by Fafnir's side forever.

• Unlikely. With Otr dying to Fáfnir after the latter's transformation, she needs to revive him first.
• Overall Jossed. No Book V character was recruited by Thorr, Loki, or Lif and Thrasir.

Book VI

The Curse Directive is behind the Embla forces that the Order of Heroes fought in past Books except Book I.

According to the dialogue revealed so far, the Curse Directive is basically the Embla's version of Askr's Order of Heroes. It would make a lot of sense if the Curse Directive is the one that's forcibly making contracts with otherworldly heroes in each Book chapters.

The Curse Directive will be the forces that are fought in Book VI.

Letizia and her subordinates will be evil counterparts to the order of heroes. Letizia will be the big bad, and she will be Henriette's evil counterpart.

• This seems more likely now that Letizia was revealed to be Evil All Along.

Embla is a psychopath.

Think about it; if she feels the need to possess people and bring about destruction to those Askr loves, it might be because she prefers controlling people to control and love her out of fear... Or, well... it's one-sided to begin with, Embla either has no understanding for compassion and maybe no care for it either, or she became jealous over everyone fawning over Askr for yet unexplained reasons. This lady will potentially be the second female antagonist to fall in the Hate Sink where Hel was the first, bonus points if Embla dies spat upon, and thus make even the Summoner, who's said to be quite compassionate towards their summoned heroes, draw the line at this bitch.

• I'm partly right, because it turns out Embla became jealous over Askr getting most of humanity's favor. The Embla we meet now is that psycho who wants to keep her own people under her thumb, even if she has to discard anyone no longer deemed useful as weapons.

Book VII

Gullveig is actually Heiðr.

Not only are their mythological namesakes the same person, but the Book VII trailer shows parts of Heiðr's body covered in gold, the same gold that covers parts of Gullveig's body, in all of the same places no less.

• Also supporting this is how, after Heiðr mentions snakes writhing in her due to the curse, Alfonse's reaction implies that he either suspects this theory or knows this is true but doesn't want to say it out loud.
• Heiðr is cursed by Gullveig to become Gullveig, then in the future when Heiðr turns into Gullveig, she will travel back in time and curse Heiðr to turn into Gullveig.
  • Jossed; she is related to Gullveig, but Heiðr herself is a Red Herring.

Gullveig will be Good All Along.

She's on the game icon now. Look at everyone who's been on the icon so far: Veronica, Fjorm, Eir, Peony, Reginn, Ash, and then Veronica again. Except for Veronica, they're all the heroines of their arcs, and even Veronica is an Anti-Villain. Perhaps Seiðr is either evil or misguided.

• Additionally, Njörðr is very suspicious as a character and could turn out to be Evil All Along.
• Semi-Jossed. While Gullveig is the future version of Seiðr, she is still the villain of Book VII and must be killed.

The anachronic order of Book VII is covering up something important.

So far, the book starts with Chapter 13 as the final battle, which is presented as a vision of the future. Then it goes to Chapter 5, where Seiðr appears to explain what's going on. Did something important happen in Chapters 1 through 4, and Seiðr is covering it up? Especially since the events of the chapters still happen, but Kiran doesn't remember. Perhaps if you played all the chapters in the right order, it would turn into a Rewatch Bonus.

• Confirmed, it confirms Seiðr's previous identity as Kvasir, as well as showing what happened in the past.

Gullveig is the child of Seiðr and the Summoner.

After Book VII, Chapter 8 came out, many people began to suspect that Gullveig is the child of the Summoner and Seiðr, per to Njörðr's request to Seiðr to bear a child. If that remains a plot point, then chances are that the child is Gullveig, which would explain why Gullveig seems to have some sort of attachment to the Summoner in the Book VII Movie.

• Kvasir, who is Gullveig as a child, has features that resemble both the Summoner and Seiðr, such as the Summoner's hood and Seiðr's hair colors, so this could be more likely.
  • Jossed; the child of the Summoner and Seidr is actually Heiðr.

Gullveig is actually Seiðr.

In contrast to the seemingly obvious conclusion that Heiðr is Gullveig, there are a handful of points to consider that lead in a slightly different direction:

• In one of the teased quotes by Gullveig on the game's website, she reveals herself to be bound to a particular mortal, probably the Summoner. If this is truly the case, it mirrors Seiðr binding her destiny to the Summoner in order to give them a gift of revelation.
• The book VII trailer has a few visual parallels between the two as well. Both Seiðr and Gullveig are shown to be cradling the Summoner's face in their hands, which might suggest a similarity in their disposition towards the Summoner. Additionally, after Heiðr collapses from the effects of the golden curse the camera cuts straight from zooming in on Seiðr looking worried to Gullveig looking melancholic - two very similar expressions, creating a feeling of continuity between them. While a bit of a stretch, it's an interesting tidbit to think about along with the other big points.
• In her level 40 conversation, Seiðr offers up "gold, silver, or any other treasure" to the Summoner. It felt a bit out of place on a first reading, but if she is in fact Gullveig, associating her with gold early on makes a surprising amount of sense.
• As of chapter 8, Seiðr has started using time magic. Equating light with time, her status as a goddess of light would seem to also make her a goddess of time, and therefore someone with the right skill set to become Gullveig in the future. Anna calls out her first unpracticed performance of time travel as worryingly reckless, and while her haste might be justified by the impending threat of future Gullveig, there may still be consequences.
• It's been called out as unusual that the game's app icon isn't Seiðr at the start of the book like it was for Fjorm/Eir/Peony/Reginn/Ash, but what if it actually was her in a different form?
  • Confirmed; Seiðr is the Present version of Gullveig, and her past self is Kvasir.

Freyr and Freyja were exiled from Vanaheimr.

Njörðr exiled his son and daughter from Vanaheimr and allowed them to share dominion on Alfheim, in an attempt to shield them when Gullveig inevitably arrives.

• Neither confirmed nor jossed; Freyr and Freyja are only mentioned as being the aunt of Nerþuz and are Seidr's kin once and are not mentioned again afterwards.

Njörðr is the true villain of Book VII.

There is so much evidence that makes Njörðr way too suspicious to not be a villain. His reasons for having Seiðr bear a child with the Summoner are still unknown. His sister Nerþuz did not want to return the Ár to him, and she has been confirmed to be an ally of the Order of Heroes for two reasons: her appearance in Chapter 2 where she senses the Order of Heroes in the past, saying they'll be in trouble if Njörðr finds her, and being released as a Mythic Hero of Light in late-April 2023. Finally, the story has made it prominent that Nerþuz is the aunt of Freyr and Freyja, who were brought in during Book IV, meaning their father is Njörðr, true to Norse Mythology. If Njörðr is the true villain of Book VII, perhaps he is secretly plotting his revenge on the Order of Heroes (or all of humanity) for killing his children.

• Confirmed, though Gullveig kills him the very next chapter, leaving Njörðr as The Unfought.

To defeat Gullveig, she has to be killed somewhere outside of time itself or somewhere where time doesn't flow at all.

If Gullveig was killed outside of time or somewhere where time doesn't flow or she can't manipulate the timeline, she couldn't be able to control time to bring herself back, leaving her gone for good.

• Jossed; Gullveig is simply defeated with the power of Breidablik via Nerþuz's Aurr from many previous cycles.

Destroying the world is a good thing.

Ain't nothing that says it isn't remade after the destruction. It's the Sailor Saturn loophole.

• Jossed.

The plot of Book VII is a "Groundhog Day" Loop disguised as a Stable Time Loop...

And at the end of the Book, the time loop will be broken, prompting Ásgarðr to intervene in the next Books.

Book VIII

Læraðr will not be the main villain.

Læraðr's sudden personal change will be explained as him having being imprisoned and replaced by an impostor. The impostor will be revealed to be Loki.

• There also seems to be some sort of law forbidding male Heroes characters to be the main villain of a Book (with Surtr being the exception to the rule). Njörðr was revealed to be the creator of Gullveig in Book VII, but rather than have him be the Final Boss (or at least have his own fight), Intelligent Systems decided to kill him off without a fight against him for no reason, and the whole plot point of Njörðr being the creator gets swept under the rug in favor of focusing on how tragic Gullveig is. Considering Læraðr is a male character and a villain, he's almost inevitably going to be killed off early, or turn out to be Dead All Along, with his daughters Hræsvelgr and Níðhöggr or Loki becoming the true Book VIII villain.

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