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since you like dark AUs, have you ever thought about writing one about crime bosses? like maybe Dimitri is the *seemingly* soft-spoken don with a Feral side trying to settle the score with the rival Hresvelg family, throw in Felix as his top enforcer and Sylvain as the man with ears on the competition through all the wives he's seduced. idk I just wanna see the lads in italian businessman suits.

I think I got a little carried away fleshing out this AU. Oopsie.

~Fódlan city is separated into three boroughs: Faerghus, Leicester, and Adrestia. Political tensions have been ramping up over the years and many people are beginning to feel that Mayor Seiros is too focused on trying to maintain the status quo.

~Adrestia is the historical landmark, the oldest of the three and although it’s been on a slow decline, it’s still the cultural hot spot with the best venues, entertainment, sports, and university. The worst crime problem, too, although they’re good enough with selling their image that many people aren’t aware. It is somewhat commonly known that Borough President Ionius Hresvelg is compromised and there are rumors about him being complicit in the fire that killed all but one of his daughters, but nobody knows for certain. What many people don’t know, only dare to whisper about, is the Agarthan gang influence.

~Leicester was originally a port town focusing on shipping and cargo but now has become a modern, cosmopolitan place with the best job market but an unstable political position as Mayor Seiros fights them on engaging too much with international trade. They’ve faced issues with the other two Boroughs to establish themselves and their individuality. Borough President Riegan has suffered a lot of controversy, not so much due to his own actions, but because of the constant involvement of other people on the board. Although Adrestia has the market on culture, Leicester has the best red light district.

~Faerghus is primarily industrial, as evidenced by the sprawl of factories and manufacturing plants. Their industry means a huge disparity of wealth and a lack of cultural refinement due to the majority of blue collar workers and emphasis on production. Lambert Blaiddyd was the owner of Blaiddyd Industries centered in Faerghus, a weapons and industrial resource manufacturer on the rise. Before his tragic death, there were rumors about him running for Borough President against incumbent Cornelia and possibly even Mayor with his favorable stance on fighting poverty, uplifting the lower class, and stricter criminal law.

~Just gonna casually borrow from myself and say that the Tragedy on Duscur Street was an assault on a gala fundraiser event for a poor, crime-ridden district in Faerghus held by Lambert Blaiddyd. Many people assumed that it was also meant to springboard into his announcement that he would be running for Borough President but the event quickly became a national tragedy with nearly everyone in attendance being killed or injured. Although it was officially blamed on the poor inhabitants of the district and essentially killed any public support of helping the community out of poverty, there were many people who were aware of the shady conspiracies surrounding it all.

~Orphaned son of Lambert Blaiddyd, Dimitri, joined the military when he became of age just as his father always intended him to. Lambert was of the belief that even though they were rich, they still owed a debt to their country. Predictably, this did nothing for Dimitri’s mental health but it did instill in him a sense of “justice” as well as a taste of brutality and “ends justify the means” sort of ideas.

~Leaving the service was a twofold thing. Dimitri returned to Fódlan city when fresh evidence in the Duscur case was unearthed and wound up retiring from the service to tend to Blaiddyd Industries when he saw the state it was in. However, his military career took a dive after killing a target and his family, leading to a resurface of repressed trauma and leaving Dimitri unable to shoot a gun without shaking. He’s one of the best at hand to hand, but poor marksman.

~I did headcanons about Dimitri never really “getting over” his feral side in this post, which is how I imagine his personality for this type of AU. Stable, but only to an extent because the fresh evidence did nothing to reveal the culprit of the Tragedy on Duscur Street. In fact, it did nothing but highlight how broken the justice system really was and made Dimitri realize that the system could not be trusted to see to the interests of the people. Not in a vigilante way so much as a “the only way to have power in this city is to claim it by force” way, thus kickstarting his shady career under the table with Blaiddyd Industries being the shiny cover.

~Dimitri and Edelgard had been friends with when they were younger and going to the same private school but now he begins to suspect the Hresvelg family and particularly Edelgard for all of the terrible things that had happened, blaming her for the rampant crime problem. Since he has a totally legitimate means of weapons manufacturing, he arms his people and begins to drive any and all Hresvelg influence out of Faerghus. Cornelia’s the highest publicized murder, but there are many as Dimitri “cleans house”.

~Meanwhile, Edelgard, after realizing how weak and pathetic her father was, went to school for criminal justice. However, rather than using that degree for any sort of legal career, she took over the main criminal enterprise of Adrestia after coming to a similar conclusion to Dimitri as to how broken “justice” actually was. She cooperates with the shady cabal only known as Agartha and begins to work her way up with the eventual goal of becoming mayor.

~Felix joined the military around the same time as Dimitri in an attempt to escape from his father and wound up becoming a specialist taking on independent mercenary-type contracts. Similar to Dimitri, this did absolutely nothing to help his issues. Although he fundamentally disagrees with Dimitri in many ways, he isn’t blind to the reality and understands the necessity of brutality when facing off against brutal people. Still, he’s far more likely to do things his own way rather than take direct orders which leads to a lot of butting heads.

~Sylvain was always seen as a playboy philanderer of absolutely no concern to anybody even though he’s definitely one of the most cold-blooded of the crew, accepting Dimitri’s logic and reasoning for criminal enterprise because of his unfortunate awareness of how awful the world actually is. He has hopes about the reform of the poorer districts in Faerghus, especially the Sreng district, but his main focus is definitely on seeing the Hresvelg family and whoever is pulling those puppet strings taken out. Most people aren’t aware of this, though. All they see is the pretty rich boy drinking and charming his way through high society. He’s the best with blackmail and twisting the social sphere to his will because he knows everybody's secrets and weaknesses. Additionally, he’s good at keeping Dimitri's above-ground image as spotless as possible.

~Dedue is Dimitri’s number two, his ride or die. They have basically the same relationship as they do in the game with Dedue running Dimitri’s security force, both above and below. He’s a surprisingly fantastic driver, got those Baby Driver level maneuvers. His hope is, of course, to clear up the reputation of the people who were blamed for the Tragedy on Duscur Street by finding the real culprit. He coordinates everything security related, his system of organization is impeccable.

~Mercedes is the friendly and sweet underground doctor. She’s practically a wizard with medicine but chose to work for Dimitri because of the bureaucratic nightmare weighing down the hospital’s ability to take care of people. Ashe is the group’s best marksman and incredibly skilled with long range weaponry and the mechanical/technological innerworkings of those systems. Annette does a lot of things, but mostly helps Dedue keep things running and keeps track of planning and arranging things. Despite being such a scatterbrain, her ability to juggle a lot of things at once and easygoing temperament is good for a team of such diverse personalities. Ingrid is auxiliary security and helps with odd jobs and boosting security. She’s good at making people do what she wants so she is usually the one to help manage all of the “grunts” during jobs.

~Anyway, now that we have all of that backstory out of the way, you specifically mentioned fashion so let us discuss the main three’s wardrobes.

~While Dimitri himself doesn’t care particularly about fashion, he’s aware of the important of optics. Or, at the very least, the people around him are. Say what you want about feral Dimitri, he’s stylish as hell. Plus, he has some sense and comfort in formal wear after his military service, although growing out his hair is probably (either consciously or subconsciously) a rebellion against the strict codes enforced about how to dress. Wearing an eyepatch instead of having a glass eye or any alternative is a choice of convenience and a sort of symbol. Despite how expensive his clothes are, Dimitri often looks rather unremarkable due to his preference for monochromatic dark pallets. His go-to outfit is a buttoned shirt, tie, waistcoat, trousers, jacket, and a Chelsea boot. The only jewelry he wears are silver cufflinks engraved with the Crest of Blaiddyd. The jacket and suitcoats are almost exclusively single-breasted with a classic or slim fit to accentuate his narrow waist. In extremely formal situations, he’ll upgrade to the double-breasted suit. Dimitri favors dark colors without patterns, black and dark blue usually. No browns or greys. His ties vary a bit more with a preference on power colors like blues or reds (is imagining Dimitri in red sacrilege? He needs SOME variety...). If things are going to get messy, he’ll take off the jacket but overall is very comfortable moving around in formalwear which is very problematic for his poor, overworked tailors. Outside, he’ll wear black leather gloves and single-breasted overcoats possibly with the collar somewhat popped. There’s a chance that he’ll wear a black wool cape, they’re hesitantly in fashion, and it would have a bright blue lining for dramatic effect.

~In general, Felix is never going to be as formal as Dimitri but he's not running around looking like a high society dandy the way Sylvain does. He’ll wear waistcoats without a jacket, turtlenecks under a suit instead of a button down, or button down shirts without anything over it. There’s always a sense that although he’s paying respect to formalities, he’s never quite going to bow down to the rules. Despite that, Felix isn’t plain in his choices. His post-timeskip outfit is full of little details. He’ll wear two-tone wingtip shoes instead of plain oxfords, a waistcoat with a chain, have buttons engraved with designs, and maybe even have panels with small scale floral or geometric patterns on his waistcoat. I like to think he might wear fun socks, too. He’s always wearing a watch on the inside of his wrist and will pointedly check it when people are annoying him. Felix is also a lot more welcoming to color, albeit with a focus on blues and dark greens. Black isn’t as much of a staple for him, anything leather or neutral will likely be tan or brown. Felix’s favored outwear is his dark brown bomber jacket with fur trim. While he’s fine wearing double-breasted waistcoats, you won’t catch him dead in a double-breasted suit. His choice to grow out his hair is from the same rebellious mind-set as Dimitri. Felix is incredibly clever about hiding weapons on his person, like the meme of being asked to give up all of his weapons and building up a massive pile from increasingly dubious places.

~Sylvain is by far and away the most fun fashion-wise for obvious reasons. His in-game costume is practical armor, but with the fun pops of color and style to make himself stand out. He’s the only one of them who can pull off pleated and cuffed suit pants, which he enthusiastically does because you can never go wrong with the classic styles. He definitely wears suspenders with certain suits. Extra points if he’s wearing suspenders but they’re actually gun holsters. Along these lines, Sylvain’s also more comfortable with longer suit jackets, double-breasted looks, and things that aren’t as slim fit. He’s very aware of what he is, so he might as well look like a classic gangster to dress for the part. Plus, any man can be fashionable, he also needs to be different. To keep a casual, approachable vibe on the daily, he’ll wear unbuttoned blazers with jeans, but add a colorful pocket square or shirt underneath to keep it classy. He’ll also follow the waistcoat trend but ditch the jacket and, being aware of his raw power, roll up the sleeves of his button down to reveal his forearms. Sylvain very much strikes me as a boot or loafer kind of man, the two extremes of comfort. In another post I mentioned Sylvain wearing Doc Martens and there’s a trend of wearing them with suits to give it an edgy flair, which he absolutely does. Despite the occasionally foppish styles, Sylvain doesn’t wear bright colors or go too far with patterns. He definitely prefers to wear dark reds, blues, and greys and add in brighter color through accessories or small pops. Sylvain’s not the biggest fan of ties or neckwear when he can avoid it. At least, not tight ones. I actually think he might prefer an ascot or cravat to a tie proper, unless he can loosen up the tie a bit. He has a massive collection of designer sunglasses.

#fire emblem three houses #feh3 #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #edelgard von hresvelg #sylvain jose gautier #felix hugo fraldarius #dedue molinaro #mercedes von martritz #annette fantine dominic #ashe ubert #ingrid brandl galatea #headcanons #i'm sorry this is a lot #i think about this a lot #too much probably #i had a plot where dimitri was going to attempt suicide at a bridge but reader knew what was up and stopped him #and he made the choice that he wasn't going to kill himself he was going to fix the problems he saw #and becoming obsessed with reader as he saw her as his guardian angel #and sinking further and further into the mania of his criminal empire and cleaning the city through increasingly villainous means #a lot of this incorporates other ideas y'all have seen from me honestly it's kinda #old news maybe #idk #stan stylish sylvain

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