History Fridge / FireEmblem

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors''... Well, this is spoiler-heavy territory, so expect a blank WallOfText. Anyways, [[spoiler:the BigBad of ''Fire Emblem Warriors'' is named Velezark in English -- certainly not as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast imposing]] a name as his Japanese moniker, Evilzerg. ''Or is it?'' Velezark's name is actually a clever reference to almost all the BigBad dragons who have come before him. The root of his name, Veles, is one of the most important gods in UsefulNotes/SlavicMythology, and his domains include magic, water, and earth. This connects him to three other dragons -- [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Idenn the]] [[{{Mana}} Mage Dragon]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Anankos the]] [[MakingASplash Silent Dragon]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Med]][[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem eus]] [[VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE the]] [[DishingOutDirt Earth Dragon]]. Veles was known to be a {{Troll}} and a {{Jerkass}} who spent much of his time being a complete nuisance to Perun, another one of the top gods of the Slavic pantheon. This ties into Velezark's title of "Chaos Dragon". Furthermore, the "-ark" at the end of "Velezark" means it's a portmanteau of "Veles" and "dark" -- "dark" as in Medeus (again), [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Loptyr]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Grima]]. The only two FinalBoss dragons left out of the Velezark reference party are [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Duma]] and the nameless [[PlayingWithFire Fire Dragon]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', and neither of those two were exactly evil (though they were definitely dangerous enough [[ShootTheDog to need putting down]]) -- the former had good intentions that [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]] at every turn, while the latter was the draconic equivalent of a black kid pointing a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at a homicidally racist police officer (it was explicitly stated to just be taking an opportunity to visit Elibe, unaware that it would be threatening the native inhabitants just by '''existing'''). So, in summary, Velezark's name is a reference to almost the entirety of the Medeus archetype (well, the dragons of the archetype, anyway) from the ''Fire Emblem'' games up to ''Warriors''.]]

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors''... Well, this is spoiler-heavy territory, so expect a blank WallOfText. Anyways, [[spoiler:the BigBad of ''Fire Emblem Warriors'' is named Veleztark in English -- certainly not as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast imposing]] a name as his Japanese moniker, Evilzerg. ''Or is it?'' Veleztark's name is actually a clever reference to almost all the BigBad dragons who have come before him. The root of his name, Veles, is one of the most important gods in UsefulNotes/SlavicMythology, and his domains include magic, water, and earth. This connects him to three other dragons -- [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Idenn the]] [[{{Mana}} Mage Dragon]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Anankos the]] [[MakingASplash Silent Dragon]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Med]][[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem eus]] [[VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE the]] [[DishingOutDirt Earth Dragon]]. Veles was known to be a {{Troll}} and a {{Jerkass}} who spent much of his time being a complete nuisance to Perun, another one of the top gods of the Slavic pantheon. This ties into Veleztark's title of "Chaos Dragon". Furthermore, the "-ark" at the end of "Veleztark" means it's a portmanteau of "Veles" and "dark" -- "dark" as in Medeus (again), [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Loptyr]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Grima]]. The only two FinalBoss dragons left out of the Veleztark reference party are [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Duma]] and the nameless [[PlayingWithFire Fire Dragon]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', and neither of those two were exactly evil (though they were definitely dangerous enough [[ShootTheDog to need putting down]]) -- the former had good intentions that [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]] at every turn, while the latter was the draconic equivalent of a black kid pointing a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at a homicidally racist police officer (it was explicitly stated to just be taking an opportunity to visit Elibe, unaware that it would be threatening the native inhabitants just by '''existing'''). So, in summary, Velestark's name is a reference to almost the entirety of the Medeus archetype (well, the dragons of the archetype, anyway) from the ''Fire Emblem'' games up to ''Warriors''.]]

* ''{{Fire Emblem}} Sacred Stones,'' specifically Ewan and Dozla's supports. At first I didn't think much of them. Then it struck me! I never really actually consider Ewan anything special in the game, but Ewan really IS thinking about ideas for two inventions we use in ''this'' universe. Because of the fact that, in my opinion, all of the Fire Emblem games are set in separate, yet similar medieval-ish fantasy setting, Ewan is actually a genius thinking of bright new ideas. In the B support, Ewan was thinking about "coaches that could travel in the air"(some sort of a plane, perhaps?) and discussed using Pegasus Knights but realizing the problems. Then in the A support, Ewan talks about "people far away from each other talking" using magical devices (telephones?). Furthermore, the fact Ewan mentioned that he got in trouble for the fact that he thought about these "outlandish things". Maaaan, This is a revelation for me! -Sovvil
** Another one for ''{{Fire Emblem}} Sacred Stones,'' also concerning a support with Dozla, coincidentially enough. In Dozla's supports with Garcia, Garcia mentions how in the old days, it was important to be trained in multiple disciplines, even if you end up specializing in one overall. The B and A supports then go to [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious attempts where the two try archery and magic, not to have much success.]] The Fridge Brilliance, however, comes with the remakes of Marth's games, Shadow Dragon and Heroes of Light and Shadow. These were the very first Fire Emblem games, putting them in the 'old days' of the series. The new reclass system allows nearly every unit to change to a new class, where they can learn the use of a new weapon while keeping the weapon experience they had before while their stats and growths change in the process. And finally, except for some rare occasions like the fighter who can become a decent dark mage and the cleric succeeding as a Pegasus Knight, the unit would most likely have been better off in the class they started. Just as Garcia and Dozla found out in their supports. - Grithalmur

* I had a sudden, absolutely ''hilarious'' bout of insight regarding the character of Wallace from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''. It had suddenly occurred to me that in both the chapters where you can recruit Wallace -- one in Lyn's story, the other in Eliwood's/Hector's (if you fight Lloyd first rather than Linus) -- the map is a FogOfWar. This would seem to be a coincidence -- except that Wallace has ''{{no sense of direction}}''! Even if this was ''not'' a deliberate joke on the character, I'm still very impressed at the appropriateness of it all -- especially since the alternate 'Four-Fanged Offence' (where you fight Linus) is noticably ''not'' a FogOfWar. - Tropeers/CaellachTigerEye

* One for ''Radiant Dawn'': Ashera is the goddess of order, which is of course why her biorhythm does not fluctuate '''''at all'''''. --[=SpiriTsunami=]

** Ike does not get the princess, but he ''does'' get the [[spoiler:[[YaoiGuys prince]]. Of Daein, no less.]] FridgeBrilliance indeed.

* In Awakening, Nah will tell her father that her foster family was brutal to her. If her father was Avatar, that means the incredibly cheery Morgan was also subject to that. -GlaceonMage

* In Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, when you achieve the HHM extended ending, you learn a lot about Nergal's past. You can infer Nergal's motivation for doing what he does. [[spoiler:You learn that, when Nergal went to search for his missing wife (the dragon Aenir), he sent his half-dragon children, Ninian and Nils, through the Dragon's Gate. His only goal, throughout the entire game, is to call dragons through the dragon's gate. That's all he wants. '''He just wants his children back.''' He has been so corrupted by the power that he needed to get his children back that]] he has completely forgotten them and the reason he needed the power in the first place, and he doesn't even recognize them as they stand in front of him. He has become so corrupted by the power that he [[spoiler:'''laughed as his daughter was cut down by the man she loved, and he laughs while his son falls to his knees in pure agony as the only thing left that he cares about dies.''']] Going even further, and even darker, imagine how Ninian and Nils feel throughout the entire game. Imagine what they are going through, because ''they '''know'''''.

* Although it has since been averted, thanks to DLC, the original ending to Awakening states that most of the second generation stays in the present era with their parents and younger selves, with Lucina disappearing shortly after [[spoiler:Grima's death/sealing]]. This implies that the people who literally traveled across time to save their world ''completely abandoned it'' upon saving this world. Even if Lucina had returned on her own, she lacked the ability to either slay or seal the [[spoiler:Grima]] of her world, essentially making her romp to the past useless for her own timeline.
** Actually, [[spoiler:Grima]] followed her to the past, so [[spoiler:he died/got sealed there.]]

* ''{{Fire Emblem}} Sacred Stones,'' specifically Ewan and Dozla's supports. At first I didn't think much of them. Then it struck me! I never really actually consider Ewan anything special in the game, but Ewan really IS thinking about ideas for two inventions we use in THIS universe. Because of the fact that, in my opinion, all of the Fire Emblem games are set in separate, yet similar medieval-ish fantasy setting, Ewan is actually a genius thinking of bright new ideas. In the B support, Ewan was thinking about "coaches that could travel in the air"(some sort of a plane, perhaps?) and discussed using Pegasus Knights but realizing the problems. Then in the A support, Ewan talks about "people far away from each other talking" using magical devices (telephones?). Furthermore, the fact Ewan mentioned that he got in trouble for the fact that he thought about these "outlandish things". Maaaan, This is a revelation for me! -Sovvil

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors''... Well, this is spoiler-heavy territory, so expect a blank WallOfText. Anyways, [[spoiler:the BigBad of ''Fire Emblem Warriors'' is named Veleztark in English -- certainly not as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast imposing]] a name as his Japanese moniker, Evilzerg. ''Or is it?'' Veleztark's name is actually a clever reference to almost all the BigBad dragons who have come before him. The root of his name, Veles, is one of the most important gods in UsefulNotes/SlavicMythology, and his domains include magic, water, and earth. This connects him to three other dragons -- [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Idenn the]] [[{{Mana}} Mage Dragon]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Anankos the]] [[MakingASplash Silent Dragon]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBladeOfLight Med]][[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem eus]] [[VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE the]] [[DishingOutDirt Earth Dragon]]. Veles was known to be a {{Troll}} and a {{Jerkass}} who spent much of his time being a complete nuisance to Perun, another one of the top gods of the Slavic pantheon. This ties into Veleztark's title of "Chaos Dragon". Furthermore, the "-ark" at the end of "Veleztark" means it's a portmanteau of "Veles" and "dark" -- "dark" as in Medeus (again), [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Loptyr]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Grima]]. The only two FinalBoss dragons left out of the Veleztark reference party are [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Duma]] and the nameless [[PlayingWithFire Fire Dragon]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', and neither of those two were exactly evil (though they were definitely dangerous enough [[ShootTheDog to need putting down]]) -- the former had good intentions that [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]] at every turn, while the latter was the draconic equivalent of a black kid pointing a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at a homicidally racist police officer (it was explicitly stated to just be taking an opportunity to visit Elibe, unaware that it would be threatening the native inhabitants just by '''existing'''). So, in summary, Velestark's name is a reference to almost the entirety of the Medeus archetype (well, the dragons of the archetype, anyway) from the ''Fire Emblem'' games up to ''Warriors''.]]

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors''... Well, this is spoiler-heavy territory, so expect a blank WallOfText. Anyways, [[spoiler:the BigBad of ''Fire Emblem Warriors'' is named Veleztark in English -- certainly not as imposing a name as his Japanese moniker, Evilzerg. ''Or is it?'' Veleztark's name is actually a clever reference to almost all the BigBad dragons who have come before him. The root of his name, Veles, is one of the most important gods in UsefulNotes/SlavicMythology, and his domains include magic, water, and earth. This connects him to three other dragons -- [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Idenn the]] [[{{Mana}} Mage Dragon]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Anankos the]] [[MakingASplash Silent Dragon]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAndTheBladeOfLight Med]][[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem eus]] [[VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE the]] [[DishingOutDirt Earth Dragon]]. Veles was known to be a {{Troll}} and a {{Jerkass}} who spent much of his time being a complete nuisance to Perun, another one of the top gods of the Slavic pantheon. This ties into Veleztark's title of "Chaos Dragon". Furthermore, the "-ark" at the end of "Veleztark" means it's a portmanteau of "Veles" and "dark" -- "dark" as in Medeus (again), [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Loptyr]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Grima]]. The only two FinalBoss dragons left out of the Veleztark reference party are [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Duma]] and the nameless [[PlayingWithFire Fire Dragon]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', and neither of those two were exactly evil (though they were definitely dangerous enough [[ShootTheDog to need putting down]]) -- the former had good intentions that [[GoneHorriblyWrong went horribly wrong]] at every turn, while the latter was the draconic equivalent of a black kid pointing a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at a homicidally racist police officer (it was explicitly stated to just be taking an opportunity to visit Elibe, unaware that it would be threatening the native inhabitants just by '''existing'''). So, in summary, Velestark's name is a reference to almost the entirety of the Medeus archetype (well, the dragons of the archetype, anyway) from the ''Fire Emblem'' games up to ''Warriors''.]]

* This troper is a huge fan of ''{{Fire Emblem}}: Path of Radiance'' and has replayed it numerous times, so listing all the moments of FridgeBrilliance would be blatant {{EntryPimp}}ing and AuthorAppeal. (But I have to say, the choice of affinities can be quite delicious, Ike and Elincia as Earth and Heaven, Titania and Soren as [[http://omgdragonfly.deviantart.com/art/Tactical-Advice-76244158 Light and Dark]]...) But what really struck me was how thrown in Marcia and Tanith's A support seemed. Tanith thought ''Marcia'' had so much potential to be commander of the Holy Guard that she swallowed her pride and admitted it? Really? Marcia? She never really struck me as uh, a leader type. But then sometime later I was looking at her behaviour around Makalov and realised how much she was acting like Tanith (just with {{UnusualEuphemism}}s). That's the potential Tanith sees in Marcia! The perfect successor! -omgdragonfly
* I had a sudden, absolutely ''hilarious'' bout of insight regarding the character of Wallace from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingSword''. It had suddenly occurred to me that in both the chapters where you can recruit Wallace -- one in Lyn's story, the other in Eliwood's/Hector's (if you fight Lloyd first rather than Linus) -- the map is a FogOfWar. This would seem to be a coincidence -- except that Wallace has ''no sense of direction''! Even if this was ''not'' a deliberate joke on the character, I'm still very impressed at the appropriateness of it all -- especially since the alternate 'Four-Fanged Offence' (where you fight Linus) is noticably ''not'' a FogOfWar. - CaellachTigerEye

** Another bit of insight into ''Blazing Sword'', which I'd picked up on awhile ago but didn't realize that it wasn't intuitive until I read the game's entry on AnotherSideAnotherStory. There may be a bit of FridgeHorror mixed in here. Why does Karla only appear in Hector's Story, when the chapter she appears in is not one of the ones exclusive to said story? Well, quite simply, it's because in that story, [[spoiler:she happened to be passing through a village on her search right as it was attacked by bandits and was killed in the attack.]] I actually discovered this completely by accident. There was one time when I was playing through Hector's Story and she ''didn't'' show up, and then I realized that on this particular run-through I had failed to [[spoiler:get the Elysian Whip]] in Chapter 25--[[spoiler:an item that is handed out ''by Karla'' when you visit the chapter's lone village.]] And since Chapter 25 of Hector's Story ''doesn't'' appear in Eliwood's Story at all, your army couldn't ''possibly'' have [[spoiler:saved that village]]. This also proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hector's Story, not Eliwood's Story, is canon. --[=SpiriTsunami=]
*** To explain: [[CaptainObvious "Blazing Sword" is the prequel to "The Sword of Seals,"]] and in-game, the Myrmidon Fir has ties to both Barte and Karel (Supports reveal that Barte is her dad, whereas Karel is her uncle). How is she related to both of them? [[spoiler:''Karla'' had to be her mother -- in Karla and Barte's ending in Hector's Path of Blazing Sword, it mentions that they had a daughter together before Karla died of illness after the events of the game. This explains why Karla doesn't appear in "Fūin no Tsurugi" if she had survived the war.]] Thus, in order to for both games to remain canon, Karla had to survive the events of "Blazing Sword."

* Also: Ashera is the goddess of order, which is of course why her biorhythm does not fluctuate '''''at all'''''. --[=SpiriTsunami=]

** Also from Radiant Down: Part 4 involves TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt caued by a mad goddess and efforts to reverse it. Why then would the survivors split into three groups? In Fire Emblem, you have [[QuantityVersusQuality the best Quality of troops versus the best Quantity of troops the enemy brings against you]], therefore grouping all your troops in one location is just begging for all the enemies to gang up on the weak link, or any link at all, and wear them down until they die. Therefore, splitting up in teams is the best way for the player army to fight the much larger enemy army by forcing them to split down and lose the advantage of numbers without you losing your advantage of quality. Splitting into three army is just a larger scale version of that.

* Thieves can't promote in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Sword of Seals]], but they can in Blazing Sword, which takes place twenty years prior. EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, maybe? Consider that the only two Assassins in Blazing Sword, Jerme and Jaffar, are both Black Fang operatives, one of your two thieves is Legault, who is an ex-Black Fang member, and you obtain the Thief promotion item from Sonia, who has ties to the Black Fang. The Thieves can't promote anymore because the Black Fang, the largest Assassin league ever to exist in Elibe, no longer exists by that time!

* In general, why Dark magic is usually confined to a handful of characters. It's actually hard to use, and it apparently is easy to become corrupted by the lust of pure power. In addition to the social stigma (Canas and Knoll insist it's ''ancient'' magic, not evil magic), there's very few people who teach it, and most find it easier to learn Anima and light magic instead. (No real risks, since Canas mentions his brothers becoming soul-less vessels.) So, the combination of stigma, few people who can teach it, how tough it can be to master yourself, as well as the fact that learning said magic is quite literally do or die, and that's why there's very few dark magic users around.
* Some people were disappointed Ike didn't marry Elincia as per convention for every VideoGame/FireEmblem series of the main character getting hitched with the princess. The reason was pretty simple. Ike's father was a Daein Knight and people would know that Ike is by blood a Daein. If Ike asked for Elincia's hand in marriage, he would have caused a political incident that could spark another war. So both backed off from any idea of a marriage, let alone an affair.
** Additionally, Ike ''hated'' being a noble for the brief time he was one in Path of Radiance, and renounced his title and went back to being a common mercenary as soon as he could. Elincia, meanwhile, is [[TheHighQueen the best Queen Crimea could ever ask for]], and an entire part of Radiant Dawn is spent showing how fitting she is for the role. For them to be together, either Elincia would have to give up the throne, which would be very bad for Crimea, or Ike would have to become a noble and live at the palace, which he'd hate. Circumstances mean a relationship between them couldn't work.

** Also Elincia fills the same role as [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Nyna]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Guinevere]], as the princess in exile who the heroes helped to restore their respective kindgoms.and never end up as the main character's love interests for reasons such as political issues or the princess already has someone in mind.

* Almost every main character is nobility or royalty, and they find this out early on. This is probably to give troops a reason to defer to them, and why the main character can command troops to begin with. People command armies either through experience and skill or inheriting the post. It's why the unexperienced character can command troops in the first chapters. In 1 and 12, Marth is a prince, so he can command (In 3 and 12, he's an experienced leader). (Sorry, don't know about 2, 6, or 8). In 4, most playable characters were nobles but they followed Sigurd for various reasons (Azel wanted to rescue Adean, Lex was along for the ride, Quan vowed to help him, and Ethlyn was his sister), and they followed him for his cause later. The second half was because the characters wanted Seliph to ascend the throne. Most of the ArmyOfThievesAndWhores in 5 followed Leif for a lot of different reasons (from ideals to payment to not being executed), but Finn trusts his prince's judgement and Evyel trusts Finn. In 7, Kent and Sain started out protecting Lyn, and followed her to help her save her grandfather. Ike's not a noble, but the Greil Mercenaries follow him since he's Greil's son, so this counts (Shinon and Gartie are noted exceptions). In 13, Chrom is fairly seasoned; the Shepherds follow him because he's the captain, not the prince.
** In Gaiden, Alm is the lost prince of Rigel, but doesn't discover it until the end. However, before that, he is thought to be the grandson of the Golden Knight Mycen. Celica, in the meantime, begins as a warrior priestess, and is then revealed to be the lost princess of Zofia. In Sword of Seals, Roy is the son of Lord Eliwood, thus making him a commander of the Lycian League. He also gains a lot of authority when he becomes the protector of Princess Guinevere of Bern. In Sacred Stones, Eirika pretends to be a mercenary named Erina at first, while Ephraim leads a guerilla force of Renian knights. By the time they reunite, both are backed by Frelia's forces.
* In Path of Radiance, Ranulf is a [[MightyGlacier very slow and very defensive]] unit, completely at odds with the archetype of [[FragileSpeedster cat laguz]]. However, after seeing the character archetypes that the beast laguz actually exhibit (cats being combative and tigers being pacifists), Ranulf certainly fits more into the latter, and shows no traits of the former. If he's not going to act like cats off the battlefield, why should he on it?
* In the Tellius duology, Ena's overall stats are weaker than you'd expect from a Dragon Laguz, but the epilogue of ''Radiant Dawn'' reveals that [[spoiler:she's been pregnant with Rajaion's child the whole time. Her stats are what they are because she's holding back on purpose so as not to endanger the baby. Especially since Rajaion ''dies'' and [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy that baby is all she has left of him]].]]
* If you think about it from a realistic perspective, the weapon triangle makes complete sense. Swords beat Axes because Swords are more graceful and less clumsy than an Axe. Axes are effective against Lances, simply because an Axe has the power to snap a Lance in half. Lances beat Swords because of their longer reach and ability to hit more vital parts

* Notice how each game puts sole emphasis on its respective nation, often when it's concerning the BigBad and sometimes the GreaterScopeVillain? It was stated that most of the world was flooded by Ashunera when she got out of control. One must wonder: was it just Tellius that got hit with this or ''the rest of the nations of the VideoGame/FireEmblem world?'' This could be one explanation as to why the world of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and possibly the other worlds [[MedievalStasis have not technologically advanced despite Awakening being literally 2000 years since Marth's reign]], Anri being thousands of years before Marth, and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Judgral]] being another several thousand years earlier than him, including the thousands of years it's been since Loptyr ruled the world ([[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror Grima]]]] could be another explanation). It's also a ''very'' good thing that the heroes of their respective continents stopped their respective [[BigBad Big Bads]], too, because if they didn't, imagine ''the horrors that could be wrought upon the other continents if they weren't stopped'', such as [[OmnicidalManiac Lop]][[BackFromTheDead tyr]], [[GodIsEvil Ash]][[KillEmAll era]], and ''especially'' [[spoiler:'''[[EldritchAbomination GRI]][[{{Dracolich}} MA]]''']].

** Also Elincia fills the same role as [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Nyna]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Guinevere]], as the princess in exile who the heroes helped to restore their respective kindgoms. and never end up as the main character's love interests for some reason.

** Ike does not get the princess, but he does get the [[spoiler:[[YaoiGuys prince]]. Of Daein, no less.]] FridgeBrilliance indeed.

* How come Celice is specialized in killing mages? Given how the cult has taken over Jugdral, he figures the best way to solve the problem is to focus on those responsible for the misery of everyone.
** It's important to note that amongst the Legendary Weapon users, Celice and Aless are essentially a Paladin with Swords as their preferred weapon. Gae Bolg and Gugnir are wielded by DragonRider, while the Helswath are a thrown Axe. It makes tons of sense that the only close range weapon that is wielded by non-airborne units are given the strongest anti magical capabilities.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-s5C0dnZs The US commercial]] for ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'' is a good example of the confusion that can arise from GameplayAndStorySegregation. On one hand, the "trust nobody" tagline makes sense in the context of the setting: the player's band of warriors routinely has to deal with the consequences of shadow politics, in which betrayal and attempted assassinations are common elements. However, none of this affects the player directly, as the battlefield is strictly divided between friendly and enemy units, with no amount diplomacy beyond convincing certain enemies to join your side. In fact, said enemies are the ''only'' defectors on the battlefield, and on the player's side they will remain as loyal as every other playable unit; the player would no be able to recruit them if they were to take the "trust nobody" tagline at face value. Also, [[BadBoss why would the good guys]] [[KickTheDog poison one of their own comrades]]?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-s5C0dnZs The US commercial]] for ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'' is a good example of the confusion that can arise from GameplayAndStorySegregation. On one hand, the "trust nobody" tagline makes sense in the context of the setting: the player's band of warriors routinely has to deal with the consequences of shadow politics, in which betrayal and attempted assassinations are common elements. However, none of this affects the player directly, as the battlefield is strictly divided between friendly and enemy units, with no amount diplomacy beyond convincing certain enemies to join your side. In fact, said enemies are the ''only'' defectors on the battlefield, and on the player's side they will remain as loyal as everyone else; the player would no be able to do this if they were to take the "trust nobody" tagline at face value. Also, [[BadBoss why would the good guys]] [[KickTheDog poison one of their own comrades]]?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-s5C0dnZs The US commercial]] for ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'' is a good example of the confusion that can arise from GameplayAndStorySegregation. On one hand, the "trust nobody" tagline makes sense in the context of the setting: the player's band of warriors routinely has to deal with the consequences of shadow politics, in which betrayal is a common element. However, none of this affects the player directly, as the battlefield is strictly divided between friendly and enemy units, with no amount diplomacy beyond convincing certain enemies to join your side. In fact, said enemies are the ''only'' defectors on the battlefield, and on the player's side they will remain as loyal as everyone else; the player would no be able to do this if they were to take the "trust nobody" tagline at face value. Also, [[BadBoss why would the good guys]] [[KickTheDog poison one of their own comrades]]?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM-s5C0dnZs The US commercial]] for ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword]]'' falls under this when taken at face value: the game - and the rest of the series - ''isn't'' about trusting nobody, and in fact the heroes are very trusting in that they recruit everyone that's interested in their cause. Also, [[BadBoss why would the good guys]] [[KickTheDog poison one of their own comrades]]?

* I had a sudden, absolutely ''hilarious'' bout of insight regarding the character of Wallace from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingSword''. It had suddenly occurred to me that in both the chapters where you can recruit Wallace - one in Lyn's story, the other in Eliwood's/Hector's (if you fight Lloyd first rather than Linus) - the map is a FogOfWar. This would seem to be a coincidence - except that Wallace has ''no sense of direction''! Even if this was ''not'' a deliberate joke on the character, I'm still very impressed at the appropriateness of it all - especially since the alternate 'Four-Fanged Offence' (where you fight Linus) is noticably ''not'' a FogOfWar. - CaellachTigerEye
* Another one regarding ''Blazing Sword'': Renault [[spoiler:spent most of his life as a mercenary]] and only became a bishop late in life. This explains why his magic is so abysmal and his magical resistance is only a few points higher than his physical defense (which is actually pretty high for a magic-user.) [[spoiler:If strength stats for magic-users and magic stats for weapon-users were available in the GBA games, Renault would probably have an abnormally high strength stat for a magic-user, quite possibly even already coming capped (since the Bishop class would probably have a very low Strength {{cap}})--not that this would mean anything as a Strength stat would be completely useless for a magic-user given the operating mechanics in these games.)]] --@/{{SpiriTsunami}}

*** To explain: [[CaptainObvious "Blazing Sword" is the prequel to "The Sword of Seals,"]] and in-game, the Myrmidon Fir has ties to both Barte and Karel (Supports reveal that Barte is her dad, whereas Karel is her uncle). How is she related to both of them? [[spoiler:''Karla'' had to be her mother - In Karla and Barte's ending in Hector's Path of Blazing Sword, it mentions that they had a daughter together before Karla died of illness after the events of the game. This explains why Karla doesn't appear in "Fūin no Tsurugi" if she had survived the war.]] Thus, in order to for both games to remain canon, Karla had to survive the events of "Blazing Sword."

* Thieves can't promote in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Sword of Seals]] but they can in Blazing Sword, which takes place twenty years prior. EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, maybe? Consider that the only two Assassins in Blazing Sword, Jerme and Jaffar, are both Black Fang operatives, one of your two thieves is Legault, who is an ex-Black Fang member, and you obtain the Thief promotion item from Sonia, who has ties to the Black Fang. The Thieves can't promote anymore because the Black Fang, the largest Assassin league ever to exist in Elibe, no longer exists by that time!

* In general, why Dark magic is usually confined to a handful of characters. It's actually hard to use, and it apparently is easy to become corrupted by the lust of pure power. In addition to the social stigma (Canas and Knoll insist it's ''ancient'' magic, not evil magic) there's very few people who teach it, and most find it easier to learn Anima and light magic instead. (No real risks, since Canas mentions his brothers becoming soul-less vessels.) So, the combination of stigma, few people who can teach it, how tough it can be to master yourself, as well as the fact that learning said magic is quite literally do or die, and that's why there's very few dark magic users around.

** Additionally, Ike ''hated'' being a noble for the brief time he was one in Path of Radiance, and renounced his title and went back to being a common mercenary as soon as he could. Elincia, meanwhile, is [[TheHighQueen the best Queen Crimea could ever ask for]], and an entire part of Radiant Dawn is spent showing how fitting she is for the role. For them to be together, either Elincia would have to give up the throne, which would be veey bad for Crimea, or Ike would have to become a noble and live at the palace, which he'd hate. Circumstances mean a relationship between them couldn't work.

** It's important to note, that amongst the Legendary Weapon users, Celice and Aless are essentially a Paladin with Swords as their preferred weapon. Gae Bolg and Gugnir are wielded by DragonRider, while the Helswath are a thrown Axe. It makes tons of sense that the only close range weapon that is wielded by non airborne units are given the strongest anti magical capabilities.
* Almost every main character is nobility or royalty, and they find this out early on. This is probably to give troops a reason to defer to them, and why the main character can command troops to begin with. People command armies either through experience and skill or inheriting the post. It's why the unexperienced character can command troops in the first chapters. In 1 and 12, Marth is a prince, so he can command (In 3 and 12, he's an experienced leader). (Sorry, don't know about 2, 6, or 8). In 4, most playable characters were nobles but they followed Sigurd for various reasons (Azel wanted to rescue Adean, Lex was along for the ride, Quan vowed to help him and Ethlyn was his sister), and they followed him for his cause later. The second half was because the characters wanted Seliph to ascend the throne. Most of the ArmyOfThievesAndWhores in 5 followed Leif for a lot of different reasons (from ideals to payment to not being executed), but Finn trusts his prince's judgement and Evyel trusts Finn. In 7, Kent and Sain started out protecting Lyn, and followed her to help her save her grandfather. Ike's not a noble, but the Greil Mercenaries follow him since he's Greil's son, so this counts (Shinon and Gartie are noted exceptions). In 13, Chrom is fairly seasoned; the Shepherds follow him because he's the captain, not the prince.
** In Gaiden, Alm is the lost prince of Rigel, but doesn't discover it until the end. However, before that he is thought to be the grandson of the Golden Knight Mycen. Celica in the meantime begins as a warrior priestess, and is then revealed to be the lost princess of Zofia. In Sword of Seals, Roy is the son of Lord Eliwood, thus making him a commander of the Lycian League. He also gains a lot of authority when he becomes the protector of Princess Guinevere of Bern. In Sacred Stones, Eirika pretends to be a mercenary named Erina at first, while Ephraim leads a guerilla force of Renian knights. By the time they reunite, both are backed by Frelia's forces.

* In the Tellius duology Ena's overall stats are weaker than you'd expect from a Dragon Laguz, but the epilogue of ''Radiant Dawn'' reveals that [[spoiler:she's been pregnant with Rajaion's child the whole time. Her stats are what they are because she's holding back on purpose so as not to endanger the baby. Especially since Rajaion ''dies'' and [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy that baby is all she has left of him]].]]

* Notice how each game puts sole emphasis on its respective nation, often when it's concerning the BigBad and sometimes the GreaterScopeVillain? It was stated that most of the world was flooded by Ashunera when she got out of control. One must wonder: was it just Tellius that got hit with this or ''the rest of the nations of the VideoGame/FireEmblem world?'' This could be one explanation as to why the world of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and possibly the other worlds [[MedievalStasis have not technologically advanced despite Awakening being literally 2000 years since Marth's reign]], Anri being thousands of years before Marth, and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Judgral]] being another several thousand years earlier than him, including the thousands of years it's been since Loptyr ruled the world ([[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror Grima]]]] could be another explanation). It's also a ''very'' good thing that the heroes of their respective continents stopped their respective [[BigBad Big Bads]] too, because if they didn't, imagine ''the horrors that could be wrought upon the other continents if they weren't stopped'' such as [[OmnicidalManiac Lop]][[BackFromTheDead tyr]], [[GodIsEvil Ash]][[KillEmAll era]], and ''especially'' [[spoiler:'''[[EldritchAbomination GRI]][[{{Dracolich}} MA]]''']].
* In Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, when you achieve the HHM extended ending, you learn a lot about Nergal's past. You can infer Nergal's motivation for doing what he does. [[spoiler: You learn that, when Nergal went to search for his missing wife (the dragon Aenir), he sent his half-dragon children, Ninian and Nils, through the Dragon's Gate. His only goal, throughout the entire game, is to call dragons through the dragon's gate. That's all he wants. '''He just wants his children back.''' He has been so corrupted by the power that he needed to get his children back that]] he has completely forgotten them and the reason he needed the power in the first place, and he doesn't even recognize them as they stand in front of him. He has become so corrupted by the power that he [[spoiler:'''laughed as his daughter was cut down by the man she loved, and he laughs while his son falls to his knees in pure agony as the only thing left that he cares about dies.''']] Going even further, and even darker, imagine how Ninian and Nils feel throughout the entire game. Imagine what they are going through, because they know.
* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'', Ike and Soren's (and to a lesser extend, Soren and Stefan's) supports reveal that [[spoiler:Soren is a Branded]] and the Laguz effectively ignored his existence as a child. Why then, did Lethe and Mordecai acknowledge him when they met? Soren was with Beorc. Those Beorc were willingly traveling with Soren, so to the Laguz that clearly meant they could not have known what he is. They ''had'' to acknowledge him, because otherwise they'd be forced to admit to one of the greatest secrets of the Laguz.

* Although it has since been averted, thanks to DLC, the original ending to Awakening states that most of the second generation stays in the present era with their parents and younger selves, with Lucina disappearing shortly after [[spoiler: Grima's death/sealing]]. This implies that the people who literally traveled across time to save their world ''completely abandoned it'' upon saving this world. Even if Lucina had returned on her own, she lacked the ability to either slay or seal the [[spoiler: Grima]] of her world, essentially making her romp to the past useless for her own timeline.
** Actually, [[spoiler: Grima]] followed her to the past, so [[spoiler: he died/got sealed there.]]

** Actually, [[spoiler: Grima]] followed her to the past, so [[spoiler: he died/got sealed there.]]

* I had a sudden, absolutely ''hilarious'' bout of insight regarding the character of Wallace from ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Sword''. It had suddenly occurred to me that in both the chapters where you can recruit Wallace - one in Lyn's story, the other in Eliwood's/Hector's (if you fight Lloyd first rather than Linus) - the map is a FogOfWar. This would seem to be a coincidence - except that Wallace has ''no sense of direction''! Even if this was ''not'' a deliberate joke on the character, I'm still very impressed at the appropriateness of it all - especially since the alternate 'Four-Fanged Offence' (where you fight Linus) is noticably ''not'' a FogOfWar. - CaellachTigerEye

* Thieves can't promote in [[FireEmblemElibe Sword of Seals]] but they can in Blazing Sword, which takes place twenty years prior. EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, maybe? Consider that the only two Assassins in Blazing Sword, Jerme and Jaffar, are both Black Fang operatives, one of your two thieves is Legault, who is an ex-Black Fang member, and you obtain the Thief promotion item from Sonia, who has ties to the Black Fang. The Thieves can't promote anymore because the Black Fang, the largest Assassin league ever to exist in Elibe, no longer exists by that time!

* Some people were disappointed Ike didn't marry Elincia as per convention for every FireEmblem series of the main character getting hitched with the princess. The reason was pretty simple. Ike's father was a Daein Knight and people would know that Ike is by blood a Daein. If Ike asked for Elincia's hand in marriage, he would have caused a political incident that could spark another war. So both backed off from any idea of a marriage, let alone an affair.

* Notice how each game puts sole emphasis on its respective nation, often when it's concerning the BigBad and sometimes the GreaterScopeVillain? It was stated that most of the world was flooded by Ashunera when she got out of control. One must wonder: was it just Tellius that got hit with this or ''the rest of the nations of the FireEmblem world?'' This could be one explanation as to why the world of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and possibly the other worlds [[MedievalStasis have not technologically advanced despite Awakening being literally 2000 years since Marth's reign]], Anri being thousands of years before Marth, and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Judgral]] being another several thousand years earlier than him, including the thousands of years it's been since Loptyr ruled the world ([[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror Grima]]]] could be another explanation). It's also a ''very'' good thing that the heroes of their respective continents stopped their respective [[BigBad Big Bads]] too, because if they didn't, imagine ''the horrors that could be wrought upon the other continents if they weren't stopped'' such as [[OmnicidalManiac Lop]][[BackFromTheDead tyr]], [[GodIsEvil Ash]][[KillEmAll era]], and ''especially'' [[spoiler:'''[[EldritchAbomination GRI]][[{{Dracolich}} MA]]''']].

** Actually, [[spoiler: Grima]] followed her to the past, so he died/got sealed there.

* Although it has since been averted, thanks to DLC, the original ending to Awakening states that most of the second generation stays in the present era with their parents and younger selves, with Lucina disappearing shortly after [[spoiler: Grima's death/sealing]]. This implies that the people who literally traveled across time to save their world ''completely abandoned it'' upon saving this world. Even if Lucina had returned on her own, she lacked the ability to either slay or seal the [[spoiler: Grima]] of her world, essentially making her romp to the past useless for her own timeline.

* FridgeHorror that has permeated the fanbase in the Tellius series: Soren is Branded. Branded age slower than beorc. Soren has a beorc around his age as a LivingEmotionalCrutch and OnlyFriend (at least). That's unlikely to end well.

* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance]]'', Ike and Soren's (and to a lesser extend, Soren and Stefan's) supports reveal that [[spoiler:Soren is a Branded]] and the Laguz effectively ignored his existence as a child. Why then, did Lethe and Mordecai acknowledge him when they met? Soren was with Beorc. Those Beorc were willingly traveling with Soren, so to the Laguz that clearly meant they could not have known what he is. They ''had'' to acknowledge him, because otherwise they'd be forced to admit to one of the greatest secrets of the Laguz.

* Notice how each game puts sole emphasis on its respective nation, often when it's concerning the BigBad and sometimes the BiggerBad? It was stated that most of the world was flooded by Ashunera when she got out of control. One must wonder: was it just Tellius that got hit with this or ''the rest of the nations of the FireEmblem world?'' This could be one explanation as to why the world of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and possibly the other worlds [[MedievalStasis have not technologically advanced despite Awakening being literally 2000 years since Marth's reign]], Anri being thousands of years before Marth, and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Judgral]] being another several thousand years earlier than him, including the thousands of years it's been since Loptyr ruled the world ([[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror Grima]]]] could be another explanation). It's also a ''very'' good thing that the heroes of their respective continents stopped their respective [[BigBad Big Bads]] too, because if they didn't, imagine ''the horrors that could be wrought upon the other continents if they weren't stopped'' such as [[OmnicidalManiac Lop]][[BackFromTheDead tyr]], [[GodIsEvil Ash]][[KillEmAll era]], and ''especially'' [[spoiler:'''[[EldritchAbomination GRI]][[{{Dracolich}} MA]]''']].

* ''{{Fire Emblem Path of Radiance}}'', Ike and Soren's (and to a lesser extend, Soren and Stefan's) supports reveal that [[spoiler:Soren is a Branded]] and the Laguz effectively ignored his existence as a child. Why then, did Lethe and Mordecai acknowledge him when they met? Soren was with Beorc. Those Beorc were willingly traveling with Soren, so to the Laguz that clearly meant they could not have known what he is. They ''had'' to acknowledge him, because otherwise they'd be forced to admit to one of the greatest secrets of the Laguz.