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* HositByHisOwnPetard: Anankos' decision to spare Mikoto and Arete comes back to bite him later on, as it gives them time to fight back. Arete is able to create a special spell that keeps out hostiles, which Mikoto uses very late into the story to (temporarily) prevent Nohr from invading Hoshido.
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* HositByHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Anankos' decision to spare Mikoto and Arete comes back to bite him later on, as it gives them time to fight back. Arete is able to create a special spell that keeps out hostiles, which Mikoto uses very late into the story to (temporarily) prevent Nohr from invading Hoshido.
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* HositByHisOwnPetard: Anankos' decision to spare Mikoto and Arete comes back to bite him later on, as it gives them time to fight back. Arete is able to create a special spell that keeps out hostiles, which Mikoto uses very late into the story to (temporarily) prevent Nohr from invading Hoshido.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Arete's husband is certain that he can talk Anankos out of his burgeoning madness and in doing so make everything alright again. [[KilledOffScreen He]] [[FromBadToWorse can't]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Arete's husband is certain that, with ThePowerOfFriendship, he can talk Anankos out of his burgeoning madness and in doing so make everything alright again. [[KilledOffScreen He]] [[FromBadToWorse can't]].
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A few years before the fic's start, Anankos cast a spell that erased all memories of Valla and the people within it from the collective memories and written records of the world, explaining why no one is aware of this old kingdom in the time of ''Fates''.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A few years before the fic's start, Anankos cast a spell that erased all memories of Valla and the people within it from the collective memories and written records of the world, explaining why no one is aware of this old kingdom in the time of ''Fates''.
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* MysteriousPast: Since the Vallite curses mean no one remembers Valla and that Arete and Mikoto can't speak of their pasts there, they have to be present themselves as having this.
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* MysteriousPast: Since the Vallite curses mean no one remembers Valla and that Arete and Mikoto can't speak of their pasts there, they have to be present themselves as having this.
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** Life-binding is mentioned early on as a way to ensure some long-term spells, such as the curses Anankos casts over Valla, can never be broken (though they can weaken) without the caster either dying or breaking them themselves. [[spoiler:Mikoto later uses it herself to extend the life of the protective barrier around Hoshido.]]
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** Life-binding is mentioned early on as a way to ensure some long-term spells, such as the curses Anankos casts over Valla, can never be broken (though they can weaken) weaken/be weakened) without the caster either dying or breaking them themselves. [[spoiler:Mikoto later uses it herself to extend the life of the protective barrier around Hoshido.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Arete's response to Mikoto telling her about Hoshido's economic trouble just drips this:
-->'''Arete:''' [[SarcasmMode I can't imagine what it must be like to live]] [[{{Mordor}} in a country going through a bout of economic trouble]].
-->'''Arete:''' [[SarcasmMode I can't imagine what it must be like to live]] [[{{Mordor}} in a country going through a bout of economic trouble]].
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* SilkHidingSteel: Mikoto deliberately presents herself as meek and mild on the outside to hide how cunning and determined she is on the inside. There's also Arete, who is normally cool-headed, dutiful and reserved, but proves to have a sarcastic and defiant streak underneath, and Queen Ikona, who is civil to Mikoto when they meet but very politely tells her, in no uncertain terms, that she will ''ruin'' her if Mikoto tries to hurt her or her children.
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* MysteriousPast: What Mikoto [[spoiler:and Arete]] have to hide during their time in the world above.
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* MysteriousPast: What Since the Vallite curses mean no one remembers Valla and that Arete and Mikoto [[spoiler:and Arete]] can't speak of their pasts there, they have to hide during their time in the world above.be present themselves as having this.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Anankos proves himself spectacularly able to do this during Chapter 7. [[spoiler:Despite all his efforts, Mikoto and Arete were close to making peace between Hoshido and Nohr. So, when he learned about the planned meeting at Cheve, he killed and replaced Garon. The fake Garon was then sent to Cheve on Anankos' orders and, taking advantage of the trust the Hoshidans had placed, slaughtered Sumeragi and kidnapped Kamui, in one fell swoop giving Anankos both the things he wanted: a destruction of any chance of peace between the two countries, and his son.]] [[NearVillainVictory That single move nearly ensured his win]].
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Anankos proves himself spectacularly able to do this during Chapter 7. [[spoiler:Despite all his efforts, [[spoiler:Upon learning that Mikoto and (posthumously) Arete were are close to making peace between Hoshido and Nohr. So, when he learned about Nohr and that the planned meeting is at Cheve, he killed kills and replaced replaces Garon. The fake Garon was is then sent to Cheve on Anankos' orders and, taking advantage of the trust the Hoshidans had placed, slaughtered placed in the Nohrians, slaughters Sumeragi and kidnapped kidnaps Kamui, in one fell swoop giving Anankos both the things he wanted: a destruction of any chance of peace between the two countries, and his son.]] [[NearVillainVictory That single move nearly ensured his win]].
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto's past, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty and cousins, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns the reader in her first author's note to not to read the story if they haven't finished ''Revelation''.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto's past, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty and cousins, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns the reader in her first author's note to not to read the story if they haven't finished ''Revelation''.
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* ChekhovsGun: Life-binding is mentioned early on as a way to ensure some long-term spells, such as the curses Anankos casts over Valla, can never be broken (though they can weaken) without the caster either dying or breaking them themselves. [[spoiler:Mikoto later uses it herself to raise the protective barrier around Hoshido.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** Life-binding is mentioned early on as a way to ensure some long-term spells, such as the curses Anankos casts over Valla, can never be broken (though they can weaken) without the caster either dying or breaking them themselves. [[spoiler:Mikoto later uses it herself toraise extend the life of the protective barrier around Hoshido.]]
** The staff Arete crafts [[spoiler:is the same staff Mikoto uses to raise that barrier in the first place.]]
** Life-binding is mentioned early on as a way to ensure some long-term spells, such as the curses Anankos casts over Valla, can never be broken (though they can weaken) without the caster either dying or breaking them themselves. [[spoiler:Mikoto later uses it herself to
** The staff Arete crafts [[spoiler:is the same staff Mikoto uses to raise that barrier in the first place.]]
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** Arete's first husband, Theophilus, is killed in the very first chapter after a failed attempt to talk down Anankos.
** Arete's first husband, Theophilus, is killed in the very first chapter after a failed attempt to talk down Anankos.
* MeaningfulName: "Theophilus", the chosen name for [[OriginalCharacter Arete's husband and Azura's father]], means "friend of god", referring to his close friendship to Anankos before his death at Anankos's hands.
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* {{Pride}}: Anankos's biggest flaw is his complete certainty that he's going to win, no matter what, because humans are weak creatures who could never ''possibly'' hope to defeat him. It comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:he decides Arete and Mikoto aren't a threat to him and lets them go when they're in his grasp, and the sisters go on to delay his plans long enough for Corrin, Azura and the royals to grow up. Had he simply killed them when he had the chance, he would have won.]]
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* {{Pride}}: Anankos's biggest flaw is his complete certainty that he's going to win, no matter what, because humans are weak creatures who could never ''possibly'' hope to defeat him. It comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:he decides Arete and Mikoto aren't a threat to him and lets them go when they're in his grasp, and grasp; the sisters go on to delay his plans long enough for Corrin, Azura and the royals to grow up. Had he simply killed them when he had the chance, he would have won.]]
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* EvilGloating: Anankos likes to brag about his superiority and how doomed the human race is when he talks with Mikoto and Arete.
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* EvilGloating: Anankos likes to brag about his superiority and how doomed the human race is when he talks with Mikoto and Arete. Garon also partakes in it in Cheve, to further drive a wedge between Hoshido and Nohr.
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* HopeSpot: Garon's letter for negotiations makes it look like that Hoshido and Nohr will final work towards getting along. It turns out to be a trap to kidnap Kamui. [[spoiler:sort of, the letter as sent by the real Garon immediately after Arete died trying to warn about Anankos as a genuine offer of peace. But he was killed and replaced by Anankos shortly after.]]
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* HopeSpot: Garon's letter for negotiations makes it look like that Hoshido and Nohr will final work towards getting along. It turns out to be a trap to kidnap Kamui. [[spoiler:sort of, [[spoiler:Sort of; the letter as was sent by the real Garon immediately after Arete died trying to warn about Anankos as a genuine offer of peace. But he was killed and replaced by Anankos shortly after.after sending it, and [[MagnificentBastard Anankos]] took the opportunity to further divide Hoshido and Nohr.]]
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* KissingCousins: It's mentioned that Vallite royalty and nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for [[ArrangedMarriage setting up a marriage]] between her son and niece. While those plans fall through, Corrin and Azura's heavy ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints that they're falling and love and will eventually get married anyway.
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* KissingCousins: It's mentioned that Vallite royalty and nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for [[ArrangedMarriage setting up a marriage]] between her son and niece. While those plans fall through, Corrin and Azura's heavy ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints that they're falling and in love and will eventually get married anyway.
* NearVillainVictory: Anankos comes within a hairs breadth of creating a war between Hoshido and Nohr. Had it not been for [[spoiler:Arete's barrier staff and Mikoto figuring out how to make it last years]], he would have succeeded.
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* {{Pride}}: Anankos's biggest flaw is his complete certainty that he's going to win, no matter what, because humans are weak creatures who could never ''possibly'' hope to defeat him. It comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:instead of killing Mikoto when he has the chance, he lets her go, and she goes on to delay his plans long enough for Corrin, Azura and the royals to grow up.]]
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* {{Pride}}: Anankos's biggest flaw is his complete certainty that he's going to win, no matter what, because humans are weak creatures who could never ''possibly'' hope to defeat him. It comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:instead of killing [[spoiler:he decides Arete and Mikoto aren't a threat to him and lets them go when he has they're in his grasp, and the chance, he lets her go, and she goes sisters go on to delay his plans long enough for Corrin, Azura and the royals to grow up.up. Had he simply killed them when he had the chance, he would have won.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Mikoto for Anankos. [[spoiler:Had he killed her when he had the chance, she wouldn't have been able to raise the barrier around Hoshido, which delayed the Hoshidan-Nohrian war until the time of ''Fates''.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Mikoto and Arete for Anankos. [[spoiler:Had he killed [[spoiler:Arete by creating and giving her when he had the chance, she wouldn't have been able sister a barrier staff, Mikoto by using it to [[CaptainObvious raise the barrier around Hoshido, which delayed Hoshido]], delaying the Hoshidan-Nohrian war until the time of ''Fates''.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Arete is decidedly not happy with her sister manipulating her in Chapter 2, and gives her a good dressing down for it.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Anankos proves himself spectacularly able to do this during Chapter 7. [[spoiler:Despite all his efforts, Mikoto and Arete were close to making peace between Hoshido and Nohr. So, when he learned about the planned meeting at Cheve, he killed and replaced Garon. The fake Garon was then sent to Cheve on Anankos' orders and, taking advantage of the trust the Hoshidans had placed, slaughtered Sumeragi and kidnapped Kamui, in one fell swoop giving Anankos both the things he wanted: a destruction of any chance of peace between the two countries, and his son.]] [[NearVillainVictory That single move nearly ensured his win]].
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* HopeSpot: Garon's letter for negotiations makes it look like that Hoshido and Nohr will final work towards getting along. It turns out to be a trap to kidnap Kamui.
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* HopeSpot: Garon's letter for negotiations makes it look like that Hoshido and Nohr will final work towards getting along. It turns out to be a trap to kidnap Kamui. [[spoiler:sort of, the letter as sent by the real Garon immediately after Arete died trying to warn about Anankos as a genuine offer of peace. But he was killed and replaced by Anankos shortly after.]]
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** Garon is killed by Anankos and replaced by his familiar sometime shortly after Arete's death
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* TimeSkip: 14 years pass between chapters 9 and 10, catching the story up to just before the point in ''Fates'' where Corrin arrives in Hoshido.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: When Corrin returns to Hoshido, he insists on not being called by his birth name since he's more used to his Nohrian one.
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* ImportantHaircut: when Vallites lose loved ones, it is customary for family members to cut off their hair, with the amount cut off being proportional to how close they were to the deceased. Example: after Arete's husband is killed by Anankos, she shaves off all ofthe hair from her scalp.
** [[spoiler:Hinoka gets a "mutation" of the custom. When Mikoto tries to talk to her after Kamui's kidnapping, Hinoka asks about the queen's short hair. After getting a(n understandably) vague answer, Hinoka vows to cut her own hair short until she gets Kamui back, which surprises and moves Mikoto.]]
** [[spoiler:Hinoka gets a "mutation" of the custom. When Mikoto tries to talk to her after Kamui's kidnapping, Hinoka asks about the queen's short hair. After getting a(n understandably) vague answer, Hinoka vows to cut her own hair short until she gets Kamui back, which surprises and moves Mikoto.]]
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* ImportantHaircut: when ImportantHaircut:
** When Vallites lose loved ones, it is customary for family members to cut off their hair, with the amount cut off being proportional to how close they were to the deceased.Example: Arete shaves down to the scalp after Arete's her husband is killed by Anankos, she shaves off all ofthe while Mikoto cuts her hair from her scalp.
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**[[spoiler:Hinoka gets a "mutation" of the custom. When Mikoto tries to talk to her Hinoka after Kamui's kidnapping, Hinoka she asks about the queen's short hair. After getting a(n understandably) vague answer, Hinoka vows to cut her own hair short until she gets Kamui back, which surprises and moves Mikoto.]]back.
** When Vallites lose loved ones, it is customary for family members to cut off their hair, with the amount cut off being proportional to how close they were to the deceased.
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* ThatManIsDead: She never says it to his face (for [[DoNotTauntCthulhu good reason]]), but WordOfGod is that Mikoto considers her husband Anankos and the BigBad Anankos to be two different people, as the former was a loving and kind man and the latter is an insane murderer out to destroy the world.
** [[spoiler:Overlapping with DoNotCallMePaul, Corrin views himself as a different person from Kamui. Takumi, in a harsher version, also openly states he considers his brother to have died in Cheve.]]
** [[spoiler:Overlapping with DoNotCallMePaul, Corrin views himself as a different person from Kamui. Takumi, in a harsher version, also openly states he considers his brother to have died in Cheve.]]
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* ThatManIsDead: ThatManIsDead:
** She never says it to his face(for [[DoNotTauntCthulhu good reason]]), ([[DoNotTauntCthulhu since being rude to a mad god isn't exactly smart]]), but WordOfGod is that Mikoto considers her husband Anankos and the BigBad Anankos to be two different people, as the former was a loving and kind man and the latter is an insane murderer out to destroy the world.
**[[spoiler:Overlapping with DoNotCallMePaul, Corrin views himself as a different person from Kamui. Takumi, Kamui, as he cannot remember his life in a harsher version, also Hoshido at all. Takumi even openly states that he considers his brother to have died in Cheve.]]
** She never says it to his face
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** [[spoiler:Hinoka gets a "mutation" of the custom. When Mikoto tries to talk to her after Kamui's kidnapping, Hinoka asks about the queen's short hair. After getting a(n understandably) vague answer, Hinoka vows to cut her own hair short until she gets Kamui back, which surprises and moves Mikoto.]]
** [[spoiler:Hinoka gets a "mutation" of the custom. When Mikoto tries to talk to her after Kamui's kidnapping, Hinoka asks about the queen's short hair. After getting a(n understandably) vague answer, Hinoka vows to cut her own hair short until she gets Kamui back, which surprises and moves Mikoto.]]
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** It's mentioned that royalty often have to marry for their countries reasons over love, such as Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages.
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** It's mentioned that royalty often have to marry for their countries reasons over love, such as Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages.
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* DoomedByCanon: It's a prequel, so certain characters are doomed from the start.
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* DoomedByCanon: It's As a prequel, so certain characters {{prequel}} fic to ''Fates'', the reader knows that Mikoto, Arete, Sumeragi, and Garon are all doomed from the start.to die.
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* FantasticRacism: Hoshido and Nohr have bad blood that originates from being on opposite sides in the First War, so both sides have negative and racist views towards the other--Hoshido considers Nohr to be little more than barbaric warmongers, and Nohr considers Hoshido haughty snobs. Mikoto herself ends up being racist towards the Nohrians [[spoiler:after they kidnap her son, understandably.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking to Mikoto as if old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking to Mikoto as if old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
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* FantasticRacism: Hoshido and Nohr have bad blood that originates from being on opposite sides in the First War, so both sides have negative and racist views towards the other--Hoshido considers Nohr to be little more than barbaric warmongers, and Nohr considers Hoshido haughty snobs. Mikoto herself ends up being somewhat racist towards the Nohrians [[spoiler:after they kidnap her son, understandably.]]
after Kamui gets kidnapped.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking to Mikoto as if they're old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking to Mikoto as if they're old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
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* HeroicBSOD: After the HopeSpot below, Mikoto falls into a deep depression that takes an entire chapter (several months in the story) to get through.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Garon's letter for negotiations with Hoshido. Turns out it was a trap.]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Garon's letter for negotiations with Hoshido. Turns out it was a trap.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: After the HopeSpot below, Sumeragi is killed and Kamui gets kidnapped at Cheve, Mikoto falls into a deep depression that takes an entire chapter (several months in the story) to get through.
* HopeSpot:[[spoiler:Garon's Garon's letter for negotiations with Hoshido. Turns makes it look like that Hoshido and Nohr will final work towards getting along. It turns out it was to be a trap.]]trap to kidnap Kamui.
* HopeSpot:
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* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Arete and Sumeragi. Arete dies trying to warn Garon about Anankos, and Sumeragi dies in the Cheve ambush, which Mikoto sees the aftermath of but not the actual event.]]
* KissingCousins: It's mentioned that Vallite royalty and nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for setting up an ArrangedMarriage between her son and niece. While those plans fall through, Corrin and Azura's heavy ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints that they're falling and love and will eventually get married anyway.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty and cousins, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her first author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
* KissingCousins: It's mentioned that Vallite royalty and nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for setting up an ArrangedMarriage between her son and niece. While those plans fall through, Corrin and Azura's heavy ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints that they're falling and love and will eventually get married anyway.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty and cousins, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her first author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
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* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Arete and Sumeragi. KilledOffScreen:
** Arete dies trying to warn Garon about Anankos,and but it's only revealed after the fact.
** Sumeragi dies in the Cheve ambush, which Mikoto sees the aftermath of but not the actualevent.]]
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* KissingCousins: It's mentioned that Vallite royalty and nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for [[ArrangedMarriage setting upan ArrangedMarriage a marriage]] between her son and niece. While those plans fall through, Corrin and Azura's heavy ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints that they're falling and love and will eventually get married anyway.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla,Mikoto, Mikoto's past, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty and cousins, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns the reader in her first author's note to not to read the story if you they haven't finished ''Revelation''.
** Arete dies trying to warn Garon about Anankos,
** Sumeragi dies in the Cheve ambush, which Mikoto sees the aftermath of but not the actual
* KissingCousins: It's mentioned that Vallite royalty and nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for [[ArrangedMarriage setting up
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla,
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* PartingWordsRegret: In Chapter 7, after an argument, Hinoka angrily yells at Kamui that she hates him before storming off. He was going on a trip to Cheve, and is kidnapped before either can apologize. Hinoka breaks down crying over this later.
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* PartingWordsRegret: In Chapter 7, after an argument, Hinoka angrily yells at Kamui that she hates him before storming off. He was going then goes on a trip to Cheve, Cheve and is kidnapped before either can apologize. Hinoka breaks down crying over this later.later on because she didn't really mean it, and is unable to make up to her lost brother.
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: After being gone for ''fourteen years'', Corrin has troubled adjusting to life in Hoshido, and his family there in turn has trouble adjusting to how he [[GoingNative went native]] in Nohr.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change.
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: After being gone for ''fourteen years'', fourteen years, Corrin has troubled trouble adjusting to life in Hoshido, and his family there in turn has trouble adjusting to how he [[GoingNative went native]] in Nohr.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, which is how Kaze is able to recognize himas her son after despite his name change.being changed to Corrin.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, which is how Kaze is able to recognize him
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Mikoto. Before the fic's start she's already lost her parents. Then, over the course of the fic, she systematically loses her country, her retainers (and best friends), [[spoiler:her sister, ''both'' her husbands, and finally her ''son'']]. The last three in particular drive her to a HeroicBSOD.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]]]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to [[spoiler:him after his kidnapping]] is a giveaway.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]]]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to [[spoiler:him after his kidnapping]] is a giveaway.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Mikoto. Before the fic's start she's Mikoto's already lost her parents. Then, over parents before the course of the fic, she story starts, but then systematically loses her country, her retainers (and best friends), [[spoiler:her her sister, ''both'' both her husbands, and finally her ''son'']]. son. The last three in particular drive her to a HeroicBSOD.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]]]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to [[spoiler:him after his kidnapping]] is a giveaway.HeroicBSOD.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]]]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to [[spoiler:him after his kidnapping]] is a giveaway.
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* YouAreTooLate: After receiving a vision of [[spoiler:the Cheve ambush]], Mikoto desperately gathers as many pegasus knights as she can and sets out to stop it...and arrives just after it happens.
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* YouAreTooLate: After receiving a vision of [[spoiler:the Cheve ambush]], Nohr's ambush at Cheve, Mikoto desperately gathers as many pegasus knights as she can and sets out to stop it...and arrives just after it happens.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Mentioned to be something royalty have to go through for the sakes of their countries. Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages were these, for example, and [[spoiler:Mikoto and Arete later arrange one between their children which, if [[ForegoneConclusion Cheve]] hadn't happened, would have sealed an alliance between Hoshido and Nohr and solved the future Vallite succession crisis.]]
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* ArrangedMarriage: Mentioned to be something ArrangedMarriage:
** It's mentioned that royalty often have togo through marry for the sakes of their countries. countries reasons over love, such as Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages were these, for example, and [[spoiler:Mikoto marriages.
** Mikoto and Aretelater decide to arrange one between their children which, if [[ForegoneConclusion Cheve]] hadn't happened, would have sealed an alliance between for Azura and Kamui to get married as part of a deal to help Hoshido and Nohr and solved the future Vallite succession crisis.]]to get along.
** It's mentioned that royalty often have to
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* ForegoneConclusion: The fic is in-line with the canon of ''Fates'', so as soon as one hears [[spoiler:that the Hoshido-Nohr peace meeting is in Cheve]], one knows how it's going to end.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The fic is in-line with the canon of ''Fates'', so as soon as one hears [[spoiler:that the Hoshido-Nohr peace meeting is in Cheve]], one reader knows how it's going that Mikoto and Arete's attempts to end.stop Anankos and unite Hoshido and Nohr are ultimately doomed to failure. The best they do is stall for time.
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* KissingCousins: Also mentioned as something that usually happens because of the frequent intra-royal and noble marriages. [[spoiler:The planned ArrangedMarriage between Kamui and Azura would have been this, and the ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints it may happen anyway.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her first author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her first author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
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* KissingCousins: Also It's mentioned as something that usually happens because of the frequent intra-royal Vallite royalty and noble marriages. [[spoiler:The planned nobility have been known to marry their cousins for political reasons, so Mikoto has no compunctions for setting up an ArrangedMarriage between Kamui her son and Azura would have been this, niece. While those plans fall through, Corrin and the Azura's heavy ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints it may happen anyway.]]
that they're falling and love and will eventually get married anyway.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Valliteroyalty, royalty and cousins, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her first author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Vallite
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* MeaningfulRename: Kamui is renamed Corrin [[spoiler:by the Nohrians after his kidnapping.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Kamui is renamed Corrin [[spoiler:by by the Nohrians after his kidnapping.]]kidnapping. Since he can't remember his upbringing in Hoshido at all, he keeps the new name even after reuniting with his mother.
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* PartingWordsRegret: In Chapter 7, after an argument, Hinoka angrily yells at Kamui that she hates him before storming off. [[spoiler:He was going on a trip to Cheve, and is kidnapped before either can apologize.]] Hinoka breaks down crying over this later.
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* PartingWordsRegret: In Chapter 7, after an argument, Hinoka angrily yells at Kamui that she hates him before storming off. [[spoiler:He He was going on a trip to Cheve, and is kidnapped before either can apologize.]] apologize. Hinoka breaks down crying over this later.
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* RebelliousPrincess: Mikoto, in her early years, sneaking around outside the palace to consort with "Hydra", volunteering on adventures, and manipulating or breaking the rules to suit her own ends. She matures out of it as the fic goes on.
* ShipTease: [[spoiler:Between Corrin and Azura, in the last chapter.]]
* ShipTease: [[spoiler:Between Corrin and Azura, in the last chapter.]]
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* RebelliousPrincess: Mikoto, in her early years, sneaking would sneak around outside the palace to consort with "Hydra", volunteering volunteered to go on adventures, and manipulating manipulated or breaking broke the rules to suit her own ends. She matures out of it as the fic goes on.
* ShipTease:[[spoiler:Between The last chapter shows Corrin and Azura, Azura spending a lot of time together, and Corrin's very clearly interested in the last chapter.]]her.
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: After being gone for ''fourteen years'', [[spoiler:Corrin has troubled adjusting to life in Hoshido, and his family there in turn has trouble adjusting to how he [[GoingNative went native]] in Nohr.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, [[spoiler:which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, [[spoiler:which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change]].
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: After being gone for ''fourteen years'', [[spoiler:Corrin Corrin has troubled adjusting to life in Hoshido, and his family there in turn has trouble adjusting to how he [[GoingNative went native]] in Nohr.]]
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto,[[spoiler:which which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change]].change.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto,
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'''This fic is written under the assumption that the reader has played the ''Revelation'' version of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' and the ''Hidden Truths'' DLC, and as such this page has unmarked spoilers for the game.'''
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'''This fic is written under the assumption that the reader has played the ''Revelation'' version route of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' and the ''Hidden Truths'' DLC, and as such DLC. As such, this page has unmarked spoilers for the game.'''
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* AdaptationExpansion: The goal of the fanfic is to develop Mikoto's backstory.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The goal of the fanfic is to develop Mikoto's backstory.{{Backstory}}.
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* IdentityAmnesia: "Hydra" aka Anankos's good half lost his memories when he was torn out of Anankos's body, and only regains them in a flood when he holds his newborn son for the first time.
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* KissingCousins: Also mentioned as something that usually happens because of the frequent intra-royal and noble marriages. [[spoiler:The planned ArrangedMarriage between Kamui and Azura would have been this, and the ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints it's going to happen anyway.]]
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* KissingCousins: Also mentioned as something that usually happens because of the frequent intra-royal and noble marriages. [[spoiler:The planned ArrangedMarriage between Kamui and Azura would have been this, and the ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints it's going to it may happen anyway.]]
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* ShotgunWedding: Invoked by Mikoto. She knows that she cannot get married to Hydra due to him being a commoner, but she also knows that Arete would be forced to allow a union if the have sex out of wedlock so as to preserve the family's honor. Mikoto then seduces Hydra and purposefully gets caught, leading to a quiet and hastily thrown together wedding.
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* ShotgunWedding: Invoked by Mikoto. She knows that she cannot get married to Hydra due to him being a commoner, but she also knows that Arete would be forced to allow a union if the they have sex out of wedlock so as to preserve the family's honor. Mikoto then seduces Hydra and purposefully gets caught, leading to a quiet and hastily thrown together wedding.
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* OriginalCharacter: Many, as a necessity to fill out the world. Mikoto has her own set of retainers and some of the ''Fates'' characters have their parents show up, all this,
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* OriginalCharacter: Many, as a necessity to fill out the world. Mikoto has her own set of retainers and some of the ''Fates'' characters have their parents show up, all this,of whom are original.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Queen Ikona dies by giving birth to Sakura goes out, with a rather graphic description.
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* DeathByChildbirth: Queen Ikona dies by giving birth to Sakura goes out, Sakura, with a rather graphic description.description.
* DemonicPossession: Anankos can seize control of any of his undead soldiers and use them as mouthpieces to speak through.
* DemonicPossession: Anankos can seize control of any of his undead soldiers and use them as mouthpieces to speak through.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking as if old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
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* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking to Mikoto as if old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
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'''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11860540/1/The-Invisible-Princess The Invisible Princess]]''''' is a multi-chapter ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6977447/The-Apocryphal-One The Apocryphal One]]. Set years before the game's present setting, it follows Mikoto's life as a princess of Valla, before eventually becoming the Queen of Hoshido.
'''''WARNING: Spoilers for the game's story.'''''
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Set years before the game's present setting, it follows Mikoto's life as a princess of Valla, before eventually becoming the Queen of
'''''WARNING: Spoilers
'''This fic is written under the assumption that the reader has played the ''Revelation'' version of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' and the ''Hidden Truths'' DLC, and as such this page has unmarked spoilers for the
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* AdaptationExpansion: The goal of the fanfic is to develop Mikoto's backstory.
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* {{Backstory}} [[AdaptationExpansion Expansion]]: The goal of the fanfic - specifically, [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters to flesh out Mikoto]], among other certain characters.
* BigBad: Anankos, like in canon, although he actually rarely confronts Mikoto and mostly operates as TheManBehindTheMan.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mikoto has foreseen her own death, knows it's unavoidable and coming soon, and knows that she will be subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath by Anankos once she dies. However, she's been reunited with her son, got to see her family being happy together, and is comforted by the knowledge she'll die protecting someone she loves. And while Anankos is still alive, the next generation have people with the ability to stop him.]]
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Ryoma is described as being splattered with blood when Mikoto and the Hoshidan soldiers find him [[spoiler:in the aftermath of the ambush at Cheve.]]
* BigBad: Anankos, like in canon, although he actually rarely confronts Mikoto and mostly operates as TheManBehindTheMan.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mikoto has foreseen her own death, knows it's unavoidable and coming soon, and knows that she will be subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath by Anankos once she dies. However, she's been reunited with her son, got to see her family being happy together, and is comforted by the knowledge she'll die protecting someone she loves. And while Anankos is still alive, the next generation have people with the ability to stop him.]]
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Ryoma is described as being splattered with blood when Mikoto and the Hoshidan soldiers find him [[spoiler:in the aftermath of the ambush at Cheve.]]
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* BittersweetEnding:
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Ryoma is described as being splattered with blood when Mikoto and the Hoshidan soldiers find him
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* DeathByChildbirth: How [[spoiler:Queen Ikona]] goes out, with a rather graphic description.
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* DeathByChildbirth: How [[spoiler:Queen Ikona]] Queen Ikona dies by giving birth to Sakura goes out, with a rather graphic description.description.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Mikoto is DoomedByCanon since she dies in Chapter 5 of ''Fates'', but the entire story is built around characterizing her and giving her a fleshed-out backstory.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Mikoto is DoomedByCanon since she dies in Chapter 5 of ''Fates'', but the entire story is built around characterizing her and giving her a fleshed-out backstory.
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* EvilGloating: Anankos likes doing this.
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* EvilGloating: Anankos likes doing this.to brag about his superiority and how doomed the human race is when he talks with Mikoto and Arete.
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* ShotgunWedding: Invoked by Mikoto, who slept with Hydra/Anankos and then allowed themselves to be caught so her sister would have no choice ''but'' to let them marry to preserve family honor.
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* ShotgunWedding: Invoked by Mikoto, who slept with Hydra/Anankos and then allowed themselves Mikoto. She knows that she cannot get married to be caught so her sister Hydra due to him being a commoner, but she also knows that Arete would be forced to allow a union if the have no choice ''but'' to let them marry sex out of wedlock so as to preserve family honor.the family's honor. Mikoto then seduces Hydra and purposefully gets caught, leading to a quiet and hastily thrown together wedding.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Mentioned to be something royalty have to go through for the sakes of their countries. Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages were these, for example, and [[spoiler:Mikoto and Arete later arrange one between their children to seal an alliance between Hoshido and Nohr and solve the future Vallite succession crisis.]]
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* ArrangedMarriage: Mentioned to be something royalty have to go through for the sakes of their countries. Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages were these, for example, and [[spoiler:Mikoto and Arete later arrange one between their children to seal which, if [[ForegoneConclusion Cheve]] hadn't happened, would have sealed an alliance between Hoshido and Nohr and solve solved the future Vallite succession crisis.]]
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* YouAreTooLate: After receiving a vision of [[spoiler:the Cheve ambush]], Mikoto desperately gathers as many pegasus knights as she can and sets out to stop it...and arrives just after it happens.
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* EnemyWithout: The case with Anankos; he ripped out his soul, which went on to be the Anankos Mikoto met, fell in love with, and had a family with, and the body that remained is the antagonist driving the story.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Anankos's good half is never seen again after the fall of Valla, and Mikoto later privately suspects him to be dead.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mikoto has foreseen her own death, knows it's unavoidable and coming soon, and knows that she will be subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath by Anankos once she dies. However, she's been reunited with her son, gets to see all her family being happy together, and is comforted by the knowledge she'll die protecting someone she loves.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mikoto has foreseen her own death, knows it's unavoidable and coming soon, and knows that she will be subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath by Anankos once she dies. However, she's been reunited with her son, gets got to see all her family being happy together, and is comforted by the knowledge she'll die protecting someone she loves.loves. And while Anankos is still alive, the next generation have people with the ability to stop him.]]
* TheCameo: Kagero, Kaze, Saizo, Orochi, Scarlet, Hana (by mention), and Izana all make a cameo as children, with Orochi making several recurring appearances. The author even states in one author's note that she enjoyed seeing how many ''Fates'' non-main characters she could slip in.
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* GrayAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Hoshido and Nohr is expanded on, with both sides having a hand in their conflict. Nohr has been raiding Hoshido for some time as of Chapter 4, but Hoshido raised the taxes for Nohr's food imports beyond what Nohr could reasonably pay. It's later revealed Hoshido was pushed into doing this by their greedy merchant clans, who were unhappy with their cut of the profits and would go into rebellion if they didn't get more, making things even murkier.
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* GrayAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Hoshido and Nohr is expanded on, with both sides having a hand in their conflict.it. Nohr has been raiding Hoshido for some time as of Chapter 4, but Hoshido raised the taxes for Nohr's food imports beyond what Nohr could reasonably pay. It's later revealed Hoshido was pushed into doing this by their greedy merchant clans, who were unhappy with their cut of the profits and would go into rebellion if they didn't get more, making things even murkier.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Both Anankos and Sumeragi fell for Mikoto the minute they saw her.
* MakingASplash: Valla as a whole is associated with water, with natives possessing the ability to travel through it as a gift from Anankos. Naturally this ability extends to Mikoto and Arete, which they use to escape.
* MakingASplash: Valla as a whole is associated with water, with natives possessing the ability to travel through it as a gift from Anankos. Naturally this ability extends to Mikoto and Arete, which they use to escape.
* OriginalCharacter: Many, as a necessity to fill out the world. Mikoto has her own set of retainers and some of the ''Fates'' characters have their parents show up, all this,
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* {{Worldbuilding}}: Besides expanding on several pre-''Fates'' characters, the fic also explores and expands the world of ''Fates'', particularly Valla, the Fire Tribe, Izumo, Hoshido, and Nohr.
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* DramaticShattering: Mikoto drops a crystal ball, breaking it, upon realizing that her husband Hydra is actually Anankos.
* FauxAffablyEvil: The few times we see his evil half, Anankos is very cordial, talking as if old friends, and also ''very'' prone to mocking, gloating, and [[HairTriggerTemper snapping at the drop of a hat]].
* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Arete and Sumeragi. Arete dies trying to warn Garon about Anankos, and Sumeragi dies in the Cheve ambush, which Mikoto sees the aftermath of but not the actual event.]]
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto and Azura being Vallite royalty, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto Mikoto, Corrin and Azura being Vallite royalty, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her first author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
* ParentWithNewParamour: The reason behind Ryoma and Hinoka's dislike of Mikoto (and subsequently Kamui), after she marries Sumeragi--they view her as trying to "replace" their mother.
* {{Pride}}: Anankos's biggest flaw is his complete certainty that he's going to win, no matter what, because humans are weak creatures who could never ''possibly'' hope to defeat him. It comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:instead of killing Mikoto when he has the chance, he lets her go, and she goes on to delay his plans long enough for Corrin, Azura and the royals to grow up.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: Mikoto for Anankos. [[spoiler:Had he killed her when he had the chance, she wouldn't have been able to raise the barrier around Hoshido, which delayed the Hoshidan-Nohrian war until the time of ''Fates''.]]
* ThatManIsDead: She never says it to his face (for [[DoNotTauntCthulhu good reason]]), but WordOfGod is that Mikoto considers her husband Anankos and the BigBad Anankos to be two different people, as the former was a loving and kind man and the latter is an insane murderer out to destroy the world.
** [[spoiler:Overlapping with DoNotCallMePaul, Corrin views himself as a different person from Kamui. Takumi, in a harsher version, also openly states he considers his brother to have died in Cheve.]]
** [[spoiler:Overlapping with DoNotCallMePaul, Corrin views himself as a different person from Kamui. Takumi, in a harsher version, also openly states he considers his brother to have died in Cheve.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to him after his kidnapping is a giveaway.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]] Corrin]]]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to him [[spoiler:him after his kidnapping kidnapping]] is a giveaway.]]
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* ArrangedMarriage: Mentioned to be something royalty have to go through for the sakes of their countries. Arete and Sumeragi's first marriages were these, for example, and [[spoiler:Mikoto and Arete later arrange one between their children to seal an alliance between Hoshido and Nohr and solve the future Vallite succession crisis.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Life-binding is mentioned early on as a way to ensure some long-term spells, such as the curses Anankos casts over Valla, can never be broken (though they can weaken) without the caster either dying or breaking them themselves. [[spoiler:Mikoto later uses it herself to raise the protective barrier around Hoshido.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: The fic is in-line with the canon of ''Fates'', so as soon as one hears [[spoiler:that the Hoshido-Nohr peace meeting is in Cheve]], one knows how it's going to end.
* KissingCousins: Also mentioned as something that usually happens because of the frequent intra-royal and noble marriages. [[spoiler:The planned ArrangedMarriage between Kamui and Azura would have been this, and the ShipTease in Chapter 10 hints it's going to happen anyway.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Kamui is renamed Corrin by the Nohrians [[spoiler:after his kidnapping.]]
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* ShipTease: [[spoiler:Between Corrin and Azura, in the last chapter.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Mikoto. Before the fic's start she's already lost her parents. Then, over the course of the fic, she systematically loses her country, her retainers (and best friends), [[spoiler:her sister, ''both'' her husbands, and finally her ''son'']]. The last three in particular drive her to a HeroicBSOD.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to him after his kidnapping is a giveaway.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Corrin]] doesn't appear until the final chapter, so anything relating to him after his kidnapping is a giveaway.]]
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Ryoma is described as being splattered with blood when Mikoto and the Hoshidan soldiers find him [[spoiler:in the aftermath of the ambush at Cheve.]]
* GuileHero: Mikoto is politically savvy and very clever at crafting plans and manipulating people, to the point of sometimes overlapping with [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]] (though she grows out of the latter aspect).
* HeroicBSOD: After the HopeSpot below, Mikoto falls into a deep depression that takes an entire chapter (several months in the story) to get through.
* HeroicBSOD: After the HopeSpot below, Mikoto falls into a deep depression that takes an entire chapter (several months in the story) to get through.
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* RebelliousPrincess: Mikoto, in her early years, sneaking around outside the palace to consort with "Hydra", volunteering on adventures, and manipulating or breaking the rules to suit her own ends.
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* RebelliousPrincess: Mikoto, in her early years, sneaking around outside the palace to consort with "Hydra", volunteering on adventures, and manipulating or breaking the rules to suit her own ends. She matures out of it as the fic goes on.
* ShotgunWedding: Invoked by Mikoto, who slept with Hydra/Anankos and then allowed themselves to be caught so her sister would have no choice ''but'' to let them marry to preserve family honor.
* ShotgunWedding: Invoked by Mikoto, who slept with Hydra/Anankos and then allowed themselves to be caught so her sister would have no choice ''but'' to let them marry to preserve family honor.
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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: After being gone for ''fourteen years'', [[spoiler:Corrin has troubled adjusting to life in Hoshido, and his family there in turn has trouble adjusting to how he [[GoingNative went native]] in Nohr.]]
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* BigBad: Anankos, like in canon, although he actually rarely confronts Mikoto and mostly operates as TheManBehindTheMan.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mikoto has foreseen her own death, knows it's unavoidable and coming soon, and knows that she will be subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath by Anankos once she dies. However, she's been reunited with her son, gets to see all her family being happy together, and is comforted by the knowledge she'll die protecting someone she loves.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mikoto has foreseen her own death, knows it's unavoidable and coming soon, and knows that she will be subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath by Anankos once she dies. However, she's been reunited with her son, gets to see all her family being happy together, and is comforted by the knowledge she'll die protecting someone she loves.]]
* DeathByChildbirth: How [[spoiler:Queen Ikona]] goes out, with a rather graphic description.
* DoomedByCanon: It's a prequel, so certain characters are doomed from the start.
* EvilGloating: Anankos likes doing this.
* FantasticRacism: Hoshido and Nohr have bad blood that originates from being on opposite sides in the First War, so both sides have negative and racist views towards the other--Hoshido considers Nohr to be little more than barbaric warmongers, and Nohr considers Hoshido haughty snobs. Mikoto herself ends up being racist towards the Nohrians [[spoiler:after they kidnap her son, understandably.]]
* GrayAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Hoshido and Nohr is expanded on, with both sides having a hand in their conflict. Nohr has been raiding Hoshido for some time as of Chapter 4, but Hoshido raised the taxes for Nohr's food imports beyond what Nohr could reasonably pay. It's later revealed Hoshido was pushed into doing this by their greedy merchant clans, who were unhappy with their cut of the profits and would go into rebellion if they didn't get more, making things even murkier.
* DoomedByCanon: It's a prequel, so certain characters are doomed from the start.
* EvilGloating: Anankos likes doing this.
* FantasticRacism: Hoshido and Nohr have bad blood that originates from being on opposite sides in the First War, so both sides have negative and racist views towards the other--Hoshido considers Nohr to be little more than barbaric warmongers, and Nohr considers Hoshido haughty snobs. Mikoto herself ends up being racist towards the Nohrians [[spoiler:after they kidnap her son, understandably.]]
* GrayAndGreyMorality: The conflict between Hoshido and Nohr is expanded on, with both sides having a hand in their conflict. Nohr has been raiding Hoshido for some time as of Chapter 4, but Hoshido raised the taxes for Nohr's food imports beyond what Nohr could reasonably pay. It's later revealed Hoshido was pushed into doing this by their greedy merchant clans, who were unhappy with their cut of the profits and would go into rebellion if they didn't get more, making things even murkier.
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* HumanoidAbomination: The resurrected Vallite soldiers are depicted to be this underneath their "invisible" glamours (e.g. lost skin).
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* HumanoidAbomination: The resurrected Vallite soldiers are depicted to be this underneath their "invisible" glamours (e.g. lost skin).rotting skin).
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto and Azura being Vallite royalty, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
* MeaningfulRename: Kamui is renamed Corrin by the Nohrians [[spoiler:after his kidnapping.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Nearly all of the game's main spoilers--the existence of Valla, Mikoto and Azura being Vallite royalty, and Corrin's father being Anankos--are revealed within the first three chapters. The author even warns in her author's note not to read the story if you haven't finished ''Revelation''.
* MeaningfulRename: Kamui is renamed Corrin by the Nohrians [[spoiler:after his kidnapping.]]
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* OutsideContextHero: Subdued cases in Mikoto. [[spoiler:and Arete.]]
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* OutsideContextHero: Subdued cases in Mikoto. Mikoto [[spoiler:and Arete.]]]]
* PartingWordsRegret: In Chapter 7, after an argument, Hinoka angrily yells at Kamui that she hates him before storming off. [[spoiler:He was going on a trip to Cheve, and is kidnapped before either can apologize.]] Hinoka breaks down crying over this later.
* RebelliousPrincess: Mikoto, in her early years, sneaking around outside the palace to consort with "Hydra", volunteering on adventures, and manipulating or breaking the rules to suit her own ends.
* StepfordSmiler: Mikoto wears a variety of "masks" for a variety of purposes--to make herself look weaker than she is, to make herself look like a ditz to cover up her lack of cultural knowledge in Hoshido, and finally to pretend she's happy while hiding her inner despair as her TraumaCongaLine goes on. [[spoiler:Her son turns out to have inherited this tendency from her.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, [[spoiler:which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change]].
* PartingWordsRegret: In Chapter 7, after an argument, Hinoka angrily yells at Kamui that she hates him before storming off. [[spoiler:He was going on a trip to Cheve, and is kidnapped before either can apologize.]] Hinoka breaks down crying over this later.
* RebelliousPrincess: Mikoto, in her early years, sneaking around outside the palace to consort with "Hydra", volunteering on adventures, and manipulating or breaking the rules to suit her own ends.
* StepfordSmiler: Mikoto wears a variety of "masks" for a variety of purposes--to make herself look weaker than she is, to make herself look like a ditz to cover up her lack of cultural knowledge in Hoshido, and finally to pretend she's happy while hiding her inner despair as her TraumaCongaLine goes on. [[spoiler:Her son turns out to have inherited this tendency from her.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Kamui is noted several times to bear a strong resemblance to Mikoto, [[spoiler:which is how Kaze is able to recognize him as her son after his name change]].
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'''''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11860540/1/The-Invisible-Princess The Invisible Princess]]''''' is a multi-chapter ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6977447/The-Apocryphal-One The Apocryphal One]]. Set years before the game's present setting, it follows Mikoto's life as a princess of Valla, before eventually becoming the Queen of Hoshido.
'''''WARNING: Spoilers for the game's story.'''''
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!!''The Invisible Princess'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* {{Backstory}} [[AdaptationExpansion Expansion]]: The goal of the fanfic - specifically, [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters to flesh out Mikoto]], among other certain characters.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Mikoto does this a lot while [[spoiler:worrying about Arete, who has become Queen of Nohr]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Garon's letter for negotiations with Hoshido. Turns out it was a trap.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The resurrected Vallite soldiers are depicted to be this underneath their "invisible" glamours (e.g. lost skin).
* MysteriousPast: What Mikoto [[spoiler:and Arete]] have to hide during their time in the world above.
* OutsideContextHero: Subdued cases in Mikoto. [[spoiler:and Arete.]]
* WhyIsntItAttacking: [[spoiler:When Anankos' troops surround Mikoto and Arete, they both think they are about to be killed. One discussion with Anankos later, the soldiers let them go, to their surprise.]]
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'''''WARNING: Spoilers for the game's story.'''''
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!!''The Invisible Princess'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* {{Backstory}} [[AdaptationExpansion Expansion]]: The goal of the fanfic - specifically, [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters to flesh out Mikoto]], among other certain characters.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Mikoto does this a lot while [[spoiler:worrying about Arete, who has become Queen of Nohr]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Garon's letter for negotiations with Hoshido. Turns out it was a trap.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The resurrected Vallite soldiers are depicted to be this underneath their "invisible" glamours (e.g. lost skin).
* MysteriousPast: What Mikoto [[spoiler:and Arete]] have to hide during their time in the world above.
* OutsideContextHero: Subdued cases in Mikoto. [[spoiler:and Arete.]]
* WhyIsntItAttacking: [[spoiler:When Anankos' troops surround Mikoto and Arete, they both think they are about to be killed. One discussion with Anankos later, the soldiers let them go, to their surprise.]]
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