Fire Emblem Three Houses (Spoiler Thread)

@Mullon: For their part all of them except Sothis are all native to Fodlan.

Sothis is essentially a marebito, while the Children of the Goddess are, as mentioned, native to Fodlan due to being created there.

Seiros was basically a second generation immigrant to Fodlan.

Maddening Banes Only Silver Snow: someone needs to tell these students to join up with Caspar, Hero of Fodlan, before it's too late!

Maddening Banes Only Silver Snow: The world's tiniest Silver Snow army commits war crimes!

Despite me not caring about Edelgard, I must admit that she is definitely the character that has gone through the most interpretations from me.

Right now I’m at ”She’s a good character, but a bad morally gray character”.

If you don't care about Edelgard, then why are you constantly talking about her?

Edited by Ruderuby on Mar 20th 2024 at 11:31:56 AM

What do you guys think of what’ll happen to Fodlan in 1,000 years? Would it just be Europe? I can imagine high school debate teams arguing about whether or not Edelgard’s crusade was in the right in the Crimson Flower future. Kind of like in the real world.

3H in a nutshell.

The future of Fodlan is Persona.

Crimson Flower is the "Progress at any cost" route though so I imagine Adrestia will start excavating that Lost Technology ASAP.

Yeah, I headcanon that post CF, Edelgard takes control of Shambala after killing Thales, and then uses the tech to advance her Fodlan empire.

If Rhea says no to tech advancement, then Edelgard should be giving people as many medical equipment as they need.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Mar 20th 2024 at 10:59:09 PM

Playing fantasy medieval history is both fun and weird. Because if we go by all other FE worlds like Archanae, Tellius, and Valentia that all had large multi-millennia long time gaps, then it seems pretty clear.

It's almost guaranteed that the United Kingdom of Fodlan will separate out into smaller kingdoms the same way Crimea and Daien split off from the super empire of Bengion or the way Valentia balkanized into it's associated kingdoms. It also matches what happened in the past with the kingdom and alliance splitting off from the empire. It doesn't seem like there is a strong cultural or political identity to keep a united Fodlan together.

Given the strong history of monarchy in every single FE world including Fodlan, it's very likely that the monarchy will still be strong a thousand years later. There are usually a few plutocracies or councils but monarchies are clearly the norm. My guess is that like Marth, the associated house leader (Edelgard, Claude, Dimitri or Byleth) will be remembered as the "founder of the dynasty." Their blood descendant will be royalty and be special enough to use their associated weapon.

Regarding tech, it's a FE world so it will probably remain a medieval stasis no matter what. Minor things may change, the the general aesthetic and tech is the same. Lost tech and magic tends to come and go in FE settings and never gets reverse engineered. It also matches what we see outside of Fodlan. All the surrounding kingdoms and continents seems to be at the same tech level despite vastly different histories and power dynamics.

In terms of bandits, they will keep existing for the entire millennium in the exact same numbers. Bandits are Fodlan's (by every FE world's) must important and renewable resource.

Edited by Freshwater on Mar 20th 2024 at 8:59:57 AM

I really don't think you can (Or at least should) use other Fire Emblem games as a basis for what will happen with Fodlan (Especially Crimson Flower Fodlan) considering Three Houses is the "Hey aren't these tropes kinda fucked up when you look at them at the wrong angle? Let's do something different." Game.

If Fodlan does get a case of Status Quo Is God I expect it to be quite literally. There's an axe for that.

I feel like that first part (can we use other F Es to game guessing about FE 3 H world) is a agree to disagree situation because there isn't really a right answer to that.

I was being kind of tongue and cheek with the bandit part, but the rest of it. I do think a United Fodlan will not last for the same reasons it didn't last the first time. The people to the North West and North East seem to be separated geographically, politically and socially from the southern sections of the continent. The North Eastern Section in particularly seems to be heavily influenced by a different politically ideology compared to the rest of the continent probably due to it's interactions with the neighboring areas (both positive and negative).

Regarding the monarchy, just looking at what happens in game especially the Blue Lions and Black Eagles routes, I absolutely seeing it continuing on. In both routes, the two house leaders show that the best system is an absolute monarchy. Edelgard in particular will probably be used as an example of the importance of blue bloods taking charge for generations.

In terms of tech, that one's kind of weird. But my rational is that all the surrounding representatives we see all seem to be at the exact same tech level despite no interference. To me this suggests the medieval tech is just something that "happens." Minor things may change because of the Nabateans or the Agarthans but the general idea will stay the same.

In regards deconstruction aspect, I honestly don't see it. FE 3 H's stories plays like traditional Fire Emblems with the same themes being presented positively.

Edited by Freshwater on Mar 20th 2024 at 11:15:06 AM

@Freshwater: Heck you could use Valentia the game before it where it all splintered after a thousand years, and undoing the attempt to unify it+ conquer the rest of the world by Walhart.

The building of the Sluice Gate that divides both halves of Valentia was even technology that current Valentia couldn’t reproduce during the times of Alm and Celica.

Edit: In the case of Fodlan, what began the divide was also invasions by a foreign country/continent, which ended up leading to the dividing of Fodlan over the next century as well.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Mar 20th 2024 at 11:32:44 AM

I kind of like how in the end you become the ruler of the country because you slaughtered everyone who would oppose you and no one left is dumb enough to challenge you. Usually in these European fantasy settings the hero becomes the king because they're the chosen one or marry into it, something safe.

Well, Byleth is still the chosen one, due to merging with what the setting worships as a god. Doesn't really get much more special than that.

You also don't really slaughter everyone in any route aside from Crimson Flower. Silver Snow is especially funny because of how passive it is. Everyone murders each other at Grondor 2, and Byleth just gets a slapdash "tell, don't show" report of the events. So all that's left for potential leaders are the warlord conquerer, and unambiguously evil faction.

Deer and Lions both have other people alive at the end who could rule, but choose not to, in part because Byleth is the Special Chosen One of Chosenness.

Well I'd imagine it'd be harder to garner support for your ascension to ruling the country when your opponent is basically Jesus

So Fodlan is actually Poland?

Idk, do they have a lot of dragons in Poland?

Me neither from what I remember

While true, I think Byleth would trust Dimitri or Claude enough to step aside and let them take over if either could make a convincing argument.

If Fodlan is Poland, does that mean that Almyra is Russia? It is the big country to the east, after all.

But most of Fodlan doesn't know you're the chosen one, you're just a mercenary turned professor who decided to draw a big bloody circle around the country in the middle of a war.

Church-endorsed merc who was appointed as the new head by Rhea (in three of the routes, anyway), single-handedly broke the five-year stalemate, is absurdly charismatic (despite often not even saying a word), and led the country out of the horror of war to the start of a new era. It's that's not a chosen-y Jesus figure in game, I don't know what is.