History WMG / FireEmblemHeroes

Think about it; if she feels the need to possess people and bring about destruction to those Askr loves, it might be because she only wants people to control and fear her, not to be appreciated... Or, well... it's one-sided to begin with. Embla either has no understanding and maybe no care for compassion either, or she became jealous over everyone fawning over Asked for some unexplained reasons. This lady would be the second character to fall in the HateSink like Letizia died as, and thus make [[EveryoneHasStandards even the Summoner draw the line regarding this bitch]].

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

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

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

* Anytime a character suffers permadeath in someone’s playthrough, their soul goes to Askr. This also extends to villains who are defeated and killed. When they reach the afterlife they often forget that they died, not remembering what they were doing the moment they were “summoned”. This is the reason no one can die in Askr, they’re already dead. Seasonal alts might represent the different ways players pictured the character’s personality in their head as they were playing. Merges consist of two souls of the same person from different universes merging together. When they are “sent home”, or used to teach someone a skill, their soul completes its unfinished business and crosses over, possibly to be reincarnated.

* Anytime a character suffers permadeath in someone’s playthrough, their soul goes to Askr. This also extends to villains who are defeated and killed. When they reach the afterlife they often forget that they died, not remembering what they were doing the moment they were “summoned”. Seasonal alts might represent the different ways players pictured the character’s personality in their head as they were playing. Merges consist of two souls of the same person from different universes merging together. When they are “sent home”, or used to teach someone a skill, their soul completes its unfinished business and crosses over, possibly to be reincarnated.

* [[spoiler:This seems more likely now that Letizia was revealed to be EvilAllAlong.]]

[[WMG:Loki is [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Loptyr]]]]
Loptyr was almost named as Loki even in the Japanese version of ''[=FE4=]''. In addition, myth-wise, Loptyr was an alternate name of Loki. Put the two together, and I think this could be a case where after being banished by Seliph and Julia, Loptyr's essence still remained, even without anyone with Loptyr blood in Jugdral, until discovering Embla and managed to get some sort of 'host' where he could transform into anyone convenient, eventually manipulating Veronica. In addition to this, Loptyr was kind of the only dragon where you never fight him in dragon form, just his host (Julius), while Loki never showed any 'draconic' or true form; this is kind of Loptyr's modus operandi.
* We were introduced to Loki's true form: a sorceress. Unless we see any essence of Loptyr within her, this is at risk of being jossed.

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

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

* Letizia and her subordinates will be evil counterparts to the order of heroes. Letizia will be the big bad.

[[WMG: The Curse Directive will
be the forces that are fought in Book VI.]]

Letizia and her subordinates will be evil counterparts to the order of heroes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is [[spoiler:Zacharias, mostly because of TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, since the Mysterious Man is the only new male character besides Alfonse, and the Mysterious Man himself [[ThatManIsDead claims Zacharias is dead]] at the end of Chapter 5]].
* Interestingly, the game files list his name as [[spoiler:Bruno]].
* The third Paralogue has a letter from Zacharias [[spoiler:that references 'Bruno' by name]]. Casts an interesting light on the Mysterious Man's various lines.
* Same person as the comment above -- Chapter 10 outright confirms the Masked Man [[spoiler:is Prince Bruno]]. Now all we need to do is figure out what happened to Zacharias.
** Chapter 10's end reveals that [[spoiler:Zacharias is still alive, and helps the Summoner escape after being cut off by Veronica. Though he lacks a portrait, so what state he's in is still unknown]].
** Okay, so in Chapter 11 Bruno says [[spoiler:that he killed Zacharias just before, except this contradicts a previous claim of his that Zacharias is already dead, so we know he's lying in some way. Plus, when Anna performs the rite to talk to Zacharias, only Bruno appears]].
* Now [[spoiler:she's Loki, looking like Anna because he feels like it]].
* Chapter 12 ends with [[spoiler:Alfonse outright accusing him of being Zacharias]].

** Alternatively, it's the also currently unseen Prince Bruno. [[spoiler:Who is possibly the Mysterious Man according to game files.]]

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

* Chapter 13 reveals that [[spoiler:Zacharias is an alias of Bruno, who uses blue tomes]], so this is officially jossed.

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

To seal an alliance between their kingdoms. Askr and Embla are named after the first man and woman in Myth/NorseMythology, who presumably got married. Fjorm is their KidFromTheFuture. Probably Sharena and Bruno, because [[spoiler:they already knew each other well]], it's easier for them to marry because they won't become king/queen and won't have to deal with fusing the kingdoms, and Fjorm has Sharena's coloring and Bruno's ice affinity.
* Partially Jossed, Fjorm is from the present time, as Surtr mentions [[spoiler:how he conquered Nifl, Fjorm's home kingdom, in just six months recently]].

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. According to Gunnthrá, Breidablik is one of two items required to perform the Ritual of Frost, which will eliminate Surtr's invulnerability.]]

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

* [[spoiler:They do meet her in person...and for a moment, everyone can see her. But then she dies. But her Self that is a dream is still with the Summoner; and noone but they can recognize her Dream self.]]

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

[[WMG:Gunnthrá isn't [[spoiler:dead.]]]]

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

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed. He helps her and Veronica escape from being sacrificed in the Rite of Flames.]]

* [[spoiler:Everything about this post is confirmed in chapter 12, with the addendum that Ylgr is also going to be sacrificed]].

[[spoiler:With the revelation that Surtr killed his sister to make an example of him, he has nothing left to gain by fighting for him and everything to gain by turning on him to get his revenge.]]
* [[spoiler:Confirmed; he (supposedly) dies rescuing Veronica and Ylgr and protecting them from Surtr.]]

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

* [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed. Loki is never seen in Book III again after her brief appearance in Chapter 7.]]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* [[spoiler:Jossed. The gate led to Askr, but in an alternative universe.]]

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

* [[spoiler:Jossed. Eir once met the alternate Alfonse and Sharena, meaning the two are not related in the slightest.]]
** [[spoiler:However, Thrasir is confirmed to be Veronica from another timeline.]]

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

* [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* [[spoiler:Neither confirmed nor jossed.]]

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

* [[spoiler:Jossed. Eir is the adoptive daughter of Hel, and she returns to Askr with Alfonse and the others.]]

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

* [[spoiler:This doesn't get confirmed or jossed in the story.]]

* [[spoiler:Jossed.]]

* [[spoiler:Semi-confirmed; Peony was a human, but she wasn't a sibling of the Askr family, she was a part of Triandra's human family.]]

** [[spoiler: Confirmed. Peony and Triandra are sisters.]]

* In Book IV, Realm of Nightmares movie, a scene where Sharena walks across a mirror where her reflection briefly shows Peony before revert back to normal. It implies that [[spoiler:Sharena and Peony ends up switching places when they were kids and had their real memories switch or erased in the dream world.]] In Book IV Chapter 8, Sharena mentions someone who looks exactly like her and often switch clothes with each other.

* [[spoiler: In the end, the two decided not to worry about such things, so this is neither confirmed or jossed.]]

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

* [[spoiler: Jossed as of Book IV, Chapter 12. The enemy Summoner is a Nightmare copy.]]

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

** [[spoiler:Jossed as of Chapter 6, as Eitri was the true villain.]]

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

** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Corrin]] is the child of [[spoiler:Anankos]], who is set on destroying all due to his dragon body's degeneration.
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Byleth]] is closely related to [[spoiler:Rhea, because she created their mother, Sitri, in an attempt to resurrect the goddess Sothis, and rules over Fodlan with an iron fist. While she is the most sympathetic of the three, she becomes the BigBad completely in the Crimson Flower route.]]

Every Fire Emblem game seems to have one or two characters who mysteriously vanish in their ending. This theory is a lot less depressing than “the character died”. It would also explain Lyn and Florina’s jarring absence from FE6 (which in actuality was only because their game, FE7, was a prequel to FE6 and their characters hadn’t been created yet when the game was made).

* Pent, in his Forging Bonds S-Support conversation, says that only with Kiran's help can we defeat this powerful god, strongly implied to be Alfaðör. It would stand to reason that Kiran has the same power and genes as their presumed father, and for that reason is the only one that can kill him.

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