History Awesome / TheSaviorKingTheMasterTacticianAndTheQueenOfLiberation

* Dimitri's flashback to a younger Edelgard's antics during her stay in Faerghus. She's portrayed fearlessly climbing on buildings to see the sky and saving a kitten when the knights wanted to kill it. It's a refreshing look at Edelgard's courageous, forceful, and compassionate nature that she demonstrated even at a young age. This is especially notable given how [[AdaptationalVillainy negatively her personality has been twisted otherwise]].

** Having mere months ago been so timid that she couldn't really function socially, Bernadetta unloads a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech not just on Gloucester but everyone who was supporting him. She calls them out on not appreciating what Claude has done to protect them, [[ShamingTheMob listing his virtues and pointing out that some of those very people had happily championed him until they found out his father as Almyran]]. This triggers the rest of the Golden Deer to step forward and support him as well, demolishing any momentum Count Glouescter had built up and making him look like a fool.

* The [[ForWantOfANail nail]] that kicks off the story. Dimitri overhears a Knight loosing his temper and goes to see what's happening. He comes across a virulent [[FantasticRacism racist]] screaming abuse at Cyril and insulting Claude when the latter intervenes for him. Dimitri promptly steps in and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews him out]]; when the knight doesn't take a hint and calls Claude the son of a whore, Dimitri [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom loses his temper and]] ''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom decks]]'' [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom the guy hard enough to throw him into a wall and knock him out]]. Claude gains a whole new respect and understanding of him in that moment.

* Another moment that deserves mention is when [[ImprobableAimingSkills Claude pulls a Simo Häyhä and]] [[OneHitPolykill kills NINETEEN foes with just one arrow]].
* Or just generally the fact that the battle against Maximus von Varley at Hrym is a [[CurbStompBattle stomp in the heroes' favor]], with [[LaserGuidedKarma Varley and his army getting crushed for deciding to abuse and attack their own citizenry]], and Byleth is able to save and [[HeelFaceTurn re-recruit Ferdinand]] in the process.

%%* The [[ForWantOfANail nail]] that kicks off the story. Dimitri overhears a Knight loosing his temper and goes to see what's happening. He comes across a virulent [[FantasticRacism racist]] screaming abuse at Cyril and insulting Claude when the latter intervenes for him. Dimitri promptly steps in and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews him out]]; when the knight doesn't take a hint and calls Claude the son of a whore, Dimitri [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom loses his temper and]] ''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom decks]]'' [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom the guy hard enough to throw him into a wall and knock him out]]. Claude gains a whole new respect and understanding of him in that moment.
%%* During the battle with Black Beast Miklan, Claude straight up [[ColossusClimb gets up on the monster's back]] in order to fire arrows directly into its neck. Byleth gets one of her own for pulling a DivingSave mixed with TakingTheBullet to push Claude out of the way of the beast's tail when its in its death throes.
%%* Chapter 15. [[TheDreaded The Death Knight]] has a [[FirstTimeFeeling distracted and fumbling Byleth]] on the ropes. Cue Claude and Dimitri arriving...and an enraged Dimitri catching the [[SinisterScythe Scythe of Sariel]] in one hand and ''[[SuperStrength shattering]]'' it!
%%* Byleth pushing Divine Pulse to its limit to get every single one of her friends safely through the insane gauntlet of traps protecting the Chalice of Beginnings, even if doing so means losing her own life. Followed by Yuri achieving one of his own by successfully activating said Chalice, which the Apostles themselves failed at, in order to save her.
%%* When Edelgard is revealed to be the Flame Emperor and Dimitri has a [[FreakOut violent breakdown]] in response, Bernadetta rushes straight to him despite Felix trying to pull her back and gives him a CooldownHug, drawing from her own experiences to comfort him. It works. Doubles as a SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment.

%%** Ignatz [[ImprobableAimingSkills using two jury-rigged ballistas to launch a broken Golem into the breach in the monastery gates]], buying the defenders time to regroup.
%%** Hapi getting into melee with [[TheDreaded The Death Knight/Jeritza]] to hit him with Banshee, slowing him down so Dimitri can force him to retreat.
%%** Hilda using Freikugel for the first time, wiping out an alley full of opponents with [[PlayingWithFire Apocalypse]].
%%* Marianne's magnificently understated ShutUpHannibal moment against Hubert during the battle at Brigid.
%%--> '''Marianne''': [[NotSoDifferentRemark I am no more a slave to Sothis than you are a slave to Edelgard.]]
%%* [[BewareTheQuietOnes Linhardt]] calling out Edelgard's FantasticRacism towards the Nabateans during parley before the siege of Enbarr, along with her ironclad belief that HumansAreSpecial.
%%* Felix's duel with [[HateSink Maximus von Varley]] during the Battle of Hrym. Felix [[CurbStompBattle utterly demolishes him]] with contemptous ease, dishing out a biting TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how Varley is a weak man who relies on his status to get away with hurting people who can't fight back, and finally swears he'll never hurt [[LoveInterest Bernadetta again]] before knocking him out. [[LaserGuidedKarma It's a well-deserved fate for Varley]], given that he [[MoralEventHorizon treated those under him just as badly as he did his own daughter]].

%%* When Claude's Almyran parentage is revealed, [[FantasticRacism Count Gloucester]] storms in with his people to attack him, threatening to cause a rift in the army and potentially endangering Claude's life by whipping up hatred towards him. Who comes in with a BigShutUp to cut him off at the knees? [[TookALevelInBadass Bernadetta!]]
%%** Having mere months ago been so timid that she couldn't really function socially, Bernadetta unloads a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech not just on Gloucester but everyone who was supporting him. She calls them out on not appreciating what Claude has done to protect them, [[ShamingTheMob listing his virtues and pointing out that some of those very people had happily championed him until they found out his father as Almyran]]. This triggers the rest of the Golden Deer to step forward and support him as well, demolishing any momentum Count Glouescter had built up and making him look like a fool.

* Felix's duel with [[HateSink Maximus von Varley]] during the Battle of Hrym. Felix [[CurbStompBattle utterly demolishes him]] with contemptous ease, dishing out a biting TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how Varley is a weak man who relies on his status to get away with hurting people who can't fight back, and finally swears he'll never hurt [[LoveInterest Bernadetta again]] before knocking him out. [[LaserGuidedKarma It's a well-deserved fate for Varley]], given that he [[MoralEventHorizon treated those under him just as badly as he did his own daughter]].
** Another moment that deserves mention is when [[ImprobableAimingSkills Claude pulls a Simo Häyhä and]] [[OneHitPolykill kills NINETEEN foes with just one arrow]].
** Or just generally the fact that the battle against Maximus von Varley at Hrym is a [[CurbStompBattle stomp in the heroes' favor]], with [[LaserGuidedKarma Varley and his army getting crushed for deciding to abuse and attack their own citizenry]], and Byleth is able to save and [[HeelFaceTurn re-recruit Ferdinand]] in the process.

&&* During the battle with Black Beast Miklan, Claude straight up [[ColossusClimb gets up on the monster's back]] in order to fire arrows directly into its neck. Byleth gets one of her own for pulling a DivingSave mixed with TakingTheBullet to push Claude out of the way of the beast's tail when its in its death throes.

* The [[ForWantOfANail nail]] that kicks off the story. Dimitri overhears a Knight loosing his temper and goes to see what's happening. He comes across a virulent [[FantasticRacism racist]] screaming abuse at Cyril and insulting Claude when the latter intervenes for him. Dimitri promptly steps in and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews him out]]; when the knight doesn't take a hint and calls Claude the son of a whore, Dimitri [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom loses his temper and]] ''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom decks]]'' [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom the guy hard enough to throw him into a wall and knock him out]]. Claude gains a whole new respect and understanding of him in that moment.
* During the battle with Black Beast Miklan, Claude straight up [[ColossusClimb gets up on the monster's back]] in order to fire arrows directly into its neck. Byleth gets one of her own for pulling a DivingSave mixed with TakingTheBullet to push Claude out of the way of the beast's tail when its in its death throes.
* Chapter 15. [[TheDreaded The Death Knight]] has a [[FirstTimeFeeling distracted and fumbling Byleth]] on the ropes. Cue Claude and Dimitri arriving...and an enraged Dimitri catching the [[SinisterScythe Scythe of Sariel]] in one hand and ''[[SuperStrength shattering]]'' it!
* Byleth pushing Divine Pulse to its limit to get every single one of her friends safely through the insane gauntlet of traps protecting the Chalice of Beginnings, even if doing so means losing her own life. Followed by Yuri achieving one of his own by successfully activating said Chalice, which the Apostles themselves failed at, in order to save her.
* When Edelgard is revealed to be the Flame Emperor and Dimitri has a [[FreakOut violent breakdown]] in response, Bernadetta rushes straight to him despite Felix trying to pull her back and gives him a CooldownHug, drawing from her own experiences to comfort him. It works. Doubles as a SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoment.

** Ignatz [[ImprobableAimingSkills using two jury-rigged ballistas to launch a broken Golem into the breach in the monastery gates]], buying the defenders time to regroup.
** Hapi getting into melee with [[TheDreaded The Death Knight/Jeritza]] to hit him with Banshee, slowing him down so Dimitri can force him to retreat.
** Hilda using Freikugel for the first time, wiping out an alley full of opponents with [[PlayingWithFire Apocalypse]].
* Marianne's magnificently understated ShutUpHannibal moment against Hubert during the battle at Brigid.
--> '''Marianne''': [[NotSoDifferentRemark I am no more a slave to Sothis than you are a slave to Edelgard.]]
* [[BewareTheQuietOnes Linhardt]] calling out Edelgard's FantasticRacism towards the Nabateans during parley before the siege of Enbarr, along with her ironclad belief that HumansAreSpecial.

* When Claude's Almyran parentage is revealed, [[FantasticRacism Count Gloucester]] storms in with his people to attack him, threatening to cause a rift in the army and potentially endangering Claude's life by whipping up hatred towards him. Who comes in with a BigShutUp to cut him off at the knees? [[TookALevelInBadass Bernadetta!]]
** Having mere months ago been so timid that she couldn't really function socially, Bernadetta unloads a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech not just on Gloucester but everyone who was supporting him. She calls them out on not appreciating what Claude has done to protect them, [[ShamingTheMob listing his virtues and pointing out that some of those very people had happily championed him until they found out his father as Almyran]]. This triggers the rest of the Golden Deer to step forward and support him as well, demolishing any momentum Count Glouescter had built up and making him look like a fool.

* The entirety of the Battle for Garreg Mach. Claude's tactics deserve a special mention, as even Seteth defers to him. (It's awesome on a meta level, too: the author is juggling a MASSIVE number of characters, and still makes it flow seamlessly.) Several moments in particular stand out-

** Ignatz [[ImprobableAimingSkills using two jury-rigged ballistics to launch a broken Golem into the breach in the monastery gates]], buying the defenders time to regroup.

* The [[ForWantOfANail nail]] that kicks off the story. Dimitri overhears a Knight loosing his temper and goes to see what's happening. He comes across a virulent [[FantasticRacism racist]] screaming abuse at Cyril and insulting Claude when the latter intervenes for him. Dimitri promptly steps in and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews him out]]; when the knight doesn't take a hint and calls Claude the son of a whore, Dimitri [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom loses his temper and]] ''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom decks]]'' [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom the guy hard enough to threw him into a wall and knock him out]]. Claude gains a whole new respect and understanding of him in that moment.

** Having mere months ago been so timid that she couldn't really function socially, Bernadetta unloads a blistering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech not just on Gloucester but everyone who was supporting him. She calls them out on not appreciating what Claude has done to protect them, listing his virtues and pointing out that some of those very people had happily championed him until they found out his father as Almyran. This triggers the rest of the Golden Deer to step forward and support him as well, demolishing any momentum Count Glouescter had built up and making him look like a fool.

* When Claude's Almyran parentage is revealed, [[FantasticRacism Count Gloucester]] storms in with his people to attack him, threatening to cause a rift in the army and potentially endangering Claude's life by whipping up hatred towards him. Who comes in with a [[BigShutUp]] to cut him off at the knees? [[TookALevelInBadass Bernadetta!]]

** Or just generally the fact that the battle against Maximus von Varley at Hrym is a [[CurbStompBattle stomp in the heroes' favor]], with [[LaserGuidedKarma Varley and his army getting crushed for deciding to abuse and attack their own citizenry]], and Byleth is able to save and [[HeelFaceTurn re-recruit Ferdinand]] in the process.

* Felix's duel with Maximus Varley during the Battle of Hrymn. Felix [[CurbStompBattle utterly demolishes him]] with contemptous ease, dishing out a biting TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how Varley is a weak man who relies on his status to get away with hurting people who can't fight back, and finally swears he'll never hurt [[LoveInterest Bernadetta again]] before knocking him out.

--> '''Marianne''': [[NotSoDifferent I am no more a slave to Sothis than you are a slave to Edelgard.]]

* When Edelgard is revealed to be The Flame Emperor and Dimitri has a [[FreakOut violent breakdown]] in response, Bernadetta rushes straight to him despite Felix trying to pull her back and gives him a CooldownHug, drawing from her own experiences to comfort him. It works. Doubles as a HeartwarmingMoment.

* Chapter 15. [[TheDreaded The Death Knight]] has a [[FirstTimeFeeling distracted and fumbling Byleth]] on the ropes. Cue Claude and Dimitri arriving...and an enraged Dimitri catching the [[SinisterScythe Scythe of Sariel]] in one hand and [[SuperStrength ''shattering'' it]]!

** Ignatz [[ImprobableAimingSkills using two jury-rigged ballistics to launch a broken Golem into the breach in the monastery gates, buying the defenders time to regroup.

* [[BewareTheQuietOnes Linhardt]] calling out Edelgard's FantasticRacism towards the Nabateans during parley before the siege of Enbarr, along with her ironclad belief that HumansAreSpecial.

* The entirety of the Battle for Garreg Mach. Claude's tactics deserve a special mention, as even Seteth defers to him. (It's awesome on a meta level, too: the author is juggling a MASSIVE number of characters, and still makes it flow seamlessly.)