#blutgangs

[guarder-sol]

“I don't want to lose control.”

[randomnameless]

I knew the Momo sobfest would return as soon as Marianne with Blutgang was revealed but :

FEH outdid itself!

"Poor Momo, he suffered so much for "what he did but I'll never mention it bcs 10k years of lore and/or it'd involve dealing with the 'Nabateans were genocided and used as weapons to kill the ones who survived' plot, and that'd look either extremely bad after Nopes, or would make people think twice before buying an umbrella".

Extra cucumber points for "wahwah-ing" about Momo suffering for "what he did", and not for Momo's victims, but hey, it's a Fodlan game.

Who gives a flying fuck about victims when you can sob about any perpetrator's feelings?

"Poor Nemesis, he suffered so much having to wash his loincloth stained with Sothis' blood after deboning her, let's pray for his soul."

[owainbradys]

Dorothea, Caspar, Rearmed Marianne and Aided Dagr... yes, we WILL be eating

[swordwife]

put some reworking into Lyon's build 😳 😳

he grows stronger

[eggyoin]

Marianne Drop

Also here! https://x.com/Eggyoin/status/1777130896962822244

[rosebudcosplays]

Some Blutgang progress pics

[mazarin]

Resplendent Lilina with Arcane Blutgang! I'm happy with how this piece turned out, hope you like it as well!

[theyuseifan]

I absolutely get the complaints about blutgang being a tome, but I think it’s hilarious solely for this reason

[fantasyinvader]

@randomnameless

Something caught my eye with Maurice the other day. According to Hopes, in the document titled Crestological Mysteries,

“Whenever it became known that someone possessed this detestable Crest, they would suddenly fall ill or meet their end in an untimely accident. Inevitably, the Crest became an unspoken curse...“

“Suddenly fall ill” or untimely accident at this point makes me curious about the involvement of TWSITD. If someone is exposed to have this Crest, TWSITD step in to remove them from the gene pool, like out of all the Crests they want this one to die out. Not helping matters is that they used the Crest Stone of Maurice when making Aymr, and Thales chucks it at Edelgard when he captures her in Azure Gleam.

At this point, I’m willing to bet that Edelgard’s Hegemon Husk form is the result not just of bringing out the full power of her two Crests, but also the Agarthans using it to transform her (And then Thales using their techniques to control Edelgard like a typical Crest Beast). Something about that Crest in particular, one that gives Marianne the ability to communicate with animals, turns even people with Crests into Crest Beasts but still allows them to retain their minds (though Edelgard seems off after her transformation, likely due to her Crests not matching). Maybe what happened to Maurice isn’t because he overused his Relic, but simply because of the specific Crest he had?

Also, it mentions Maurice killing a “holy warrior.” So, a Saint. Thinking he was the one who killed Saint Luca, considering we know the other Saints and Apostles survived. But the strange thing is, there is no Crest associated with Luca and he was implied to be a shapeshifter.

“...As another example, though much said about him is likely fiction, we have Saint Luca and his many offspring. The man loved love, and had great affection for the many children he brought into the world. However, appearances can be deceiving. Was he truly the comely saint? If we consider that perhaps he was simply using some sort of power to change his appearance, then...”

What happened here? If he had many offspring, you’d think his Crest would be a little more common, and this is based on how they were seen by the people of the Empire. Luca was having children with humans. And then there’s Maurice and his sons being said to have sown his wild oats, which is why his Crest just pops up from time to time...

Sothis refers to Flayn as “The Kind One,” but it comes off as she assumes Flayn is another Nabatean in a body she doesn’t recognize. It’s implied Sothis confused Flayn for her mother, The Kind One that Sothis created. We also know there are at least two Crest Stones of Maurice, while there are two Relics associated with the Crest of Lamine (the Rafail Gem and the Ichor Scroll) and the Crest of Charon (Thunderbrand and Suttungr's Mystery). Think the best explanation for this is that Blutgang was made out of one of Luca’s childre with another Nabatean, then Luca fought Maurice during the War of Heroes and died. The Saint that had many children died to a weapon made out of one of his.

The Crest of Luca becomes known as the Crest of the Beast.

“...The Crest of the Beast was inherited by the wild oats sown by Maurice and his sons. They lived on in the shadows of various clans and families, and in particular lords who bore a grudge towards the Empire.”

But at the same time, people who are known to have the Crest end up dying due to the Agarthans. Maybe the answer to why they target the Crest isn’t because of the Crest, but because it could also come from Luca himself. That all those accidents are just them going after anyone who may have actual Nabatean heritage.

[cameron-possibly]

needed motivation for another art piece, so to warm up - here's blutgang, one of the first macguffins the party dealt with

[etymology-of-the-emblem]

The Names Behind the Heroes' Relics (and other items from Fódlan)

The world of Fódlan and currently features the largest collection of regalia in the Fire Emblem series, with a staggering total of thirty-three after the release of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. In celebration of five years of Fire Emblem Three Houses—welcome to the timeskip, by the way—today we will reflect on not only the Heroes' Relics and other regalia, but all weapons and items introduced in Fódlan that have something worth noting. Strap in: this is gonna be a long one! So long that is exceeds the Tumblr character limit nineteen and a half times over.

Please follow this Dropbox link to read the dissertation.

Or use the individual post directory here:

The Spear of Assal, Areadbhar, and Lúin

The Inexhaustible and the Lance of Ruin

The Sword of Begalta and Sword of Moralta

Failnaught

Tathlum Bow

Ochain Shield

Banshee Θ

Rafail Gem, Scythe of Sariel, and Crescent Sickle

Abraxas

Athame

Viskam

Bohr Χ

Thunderbrand, Aegis Shield, Amalthea, and Labraunda

Scroll of Talos and Ichor Scroll

Asclepius, Caduceus Staff, Thyrsus, and Circe Staff

Aurora Shield, Lampos Shield, and Kadmos Shield

Hades Ω

Dahaka

Aymr

Axe of Ukonvasara

Crusher and Járngreipr

Ridill and Hrotti

Fetters of Dromi

Suttungr's Mystery

Blutgang

Freikugel

Arrow of Indra and Agnea's Arrow

Giant Katar and Vajra-Mushti

Cursed Ashiya Sword

The Sword of the Creator

[guarder-sol]

Chibi Askran Mom and Dad,

[randomnameless]

Checking Momo stuff for a reply, I wondered if his paralogue had any lolcalised stuff :

The JP text is more explicit, Momo struggles with his "urges" to slaughter instead of the very sad "he suffered for his muderous past :'("

Billy's line in the localised script can be interpreted as them being glad they put an end to Momo's suffering, aka giving him a mercy kill, but in the JP!version it's inferred that the "ended it" doesn't mean Momo's life, but his urges - like "I'm glad we kille him so he won't struggle with his urges to slaughter people", but I'm still pissed it's seen as something good for Momo, and not, you know, good so no one else will die because a maniac killer was roaming in this forest.

Now comes the pot of tea :

We still have this shit "blood of the beast no longer I now become human".

Fittingly for a paralogue native to Fraud's route, the difference between "beast and human" isn't spelled out, because you can drink a cup of tea while agreeing that Rhea is a cruel beast, but Maurice finally returned to being a "human", aka not a black beast on death, so Marianne isn't "beast blooded".

Which is even more hilarious when you consider what her crest is - yes Mary-Ann, you are "beast" blooded, rather "Nabatean" blooded even if Momo was/is/returned to his human form. And the verse dgaf about, idk, Poppy*, the Nabatean who was slaughtered by Maurice/used by Maurice to get his super-powers.

Less hilarious is the implication - in the jp text when the loc just went with a general sobfest for Momo's backstory - that Momo was struggling with his urges to slaughter...

When Nopes (sure it's a later thing, so it might count as a retcon?) reveals Momo was already slaughtering people right and left (and even potentially his own allies!), even back as a human!

So, when in his paralogue Momo goes :

My beastly blood is roused... You will not be able to stop me!

Is he actually "blaming" his urges to slaughter on his "beastly blood", aka, on Poppy??? Like, it's the Nabatean's fault if he wants to slaughter? Was he pulling the same shit back then during the WoH "oh noes, if I slaughter my allies and plant wild oats, it's not because of me being an asshole, but's the fault of that weird beast whose blood I drank!"

But hey, it's peak Fodlan writing, aka, victim blaming at its finest, and no one calling it BS.

*if the game won't give names to the Nabateans who became relics, I'll have to come up with something to talk about them lol

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Post-Forgotten Hero Marianne realizes that with Blutgang she has full control over shape-shifting herself and others, and has used this power to make people happier and "feel more connected with nature"

This may or may not be an excuse to give her wolf ears, but damnit I want her to have them

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[saiyan-of-fairy-tail]

I have come to the conclusion that giving Celica the Arcane Blutgang was a mistake. Because WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?! Is she suppose to hold the sword tome like that?!

[thesummonerandthehelgeneral]

Just seeing how my Summoner looks wielding Blutgang.