#if julius hasn't suffered enough

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*punching a wall while hysterically sobbing* HASN'T HE SUFFERED ENOUGH DAMN IT!!! STOP THIS JULIUS ABUSE!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Dennis of Lovell & Julius of Minett

Blessed by his forefathers, Dennis was raised all his life to become a knight worthy of the Lovell name, an honor he loudly made known to anyone he came across. Julius had no expectations to serve in the Nohrian military himself. He was born to a pair of highly successful merchants in Nestra who suddenly received nobility status when his aunt Seraphina became consort to King Garon. Eager to make use of their new status, he was encouraged to join the academy for Nohrian knights in Westerstede. There, the two met, beginning as bitter rivals, and soon as relentlessly unstoppable partners.

The two were a force to be reckoned with in battle, one who had superiority in range, and the other in close combat. They are both best known for following Prince Marius into battle to drive Hoshidans away from the border towns in the first wave of the Hoshidan-Nohr Conflict, and were key players in Prince Xander’s bid to secure Hoshidan lands in the second wave.

Their shared glory was cut short, when Julius was forced to retire shortly after he sustained a grievous injury that prevented him from setting foot on the battlefield again. After coming to terms that he could no longer fight alongside his love, Julius returned home to Janholt with his head held high. His mother, who managed the family after his father’s death, decided that it was time for her to step down so her son would properly inherit the family leadership.

Dennis, meanwhile, continued to rise up in the ranks of the royal guard and carried out many military successes for his country and house. He now serves on the war council as a representative from House Lovell and is seen as the future of the Nohrian military who would go on to serve the up and coming crown prince. And yet, no other partnering bow knight could compare to Julius for Dennis. Despite this distance, their respect and love hasn’t faltered, and they paid each other visits regularly. It was only a matter of time when Julius presented Dennis with a ring, but of course, Julius wouldn’t make it easy and made it a puzzle for Dennis to solve.

Yeah, their bio portrait do look a little more sinister than they actually are, but they are supposed to be the evil power couple if you went a Birthright Route.

Julius was supposed to be a Cavalier like Dennis at first, but I made him a Bow Knight instead so he can resort to long range attack instead now, but that just made him more similar to Leon from FE15. My bad.

Julius isn’t so shabby with swords either, which was a regular thing he used for sparring with Dennis

Yes, I know, Dennis is kinda like Kieran from FE9. I wasn’t sure who I was thinking of when I made Jules.

For those who haven’t read that one part in “As Dark Comes the Night”, they would be together for one map, likely to support Leo who is defending Fallmount and Janholt in a Birthright route

And as named characters, they have death quotes, related to each other

Can you spare one while killing the other? Nope. You kill one, the other will refuse to negotiate or be defeated safely. You’d have to spare both of them which would be a challenge.

Their support conversation leads up to their engagement, but they’ll get married anyways further in the future so long as both of them are alive.

Silas is much closer to his cousin Dennis than his sister Claudia, but Dennis always wished the two siblings would get closer together

When Silas got kicked out of Arlcliff for doing a bad (like bringing his crush outside the castle walls for a picnic), Dennis taught Silas a lot of stuff he missed while he was grounded and sent back

Without Dennis, Silas wouldn’t have been able to get back on track to being a knight

Although Silas does get embarrassed when Dennis shouts out loud that he’s proud of his little cousin

Julius, Cornelia, and Camilla make the pillars of the future of the Minett family, so they get along swimmingly

Julius promised Camilla and Nelly that his doors are always open to them

When Camilla does decide to adopt a lot of kids with Selena, Julius makes a whole building just for the kids because he and Dennis are just as ready to be parents, too

Julius was never brought up with expectations to become a knight, so he had to work twice as hard as Dennis to be the same level

He had always believed he was going to take over the family business and jump start a large trading company

Probably, he’ll make it happen anyways

One discarded ending I came up with the story ended with Anri setting out on a voyage because he did so much shit he felt he could no longer stay in Nohr or Hoshido.

When they first met, Dennis thought Jules was too much of a coldhearted person, although Jules didn’t give any fucks, which infuriated Dennis further

Dennis was a bit of a dick when he was younger, too, so he used to think he was superior to Julius who was a newly made noble

Julius was better friends with Nichol, who also didn’t have a stellar of a background either (he was a stable boy who sassed and won his prince over), and Dennis with Prince Marius, so they were bound to meet up even more

Oh, yes, they have tried to physically fight with each other, but their respective friends did not let them lay a finger on each other until they got along

Otherwise, they had some pretty intense shouting matches, although Dennis has always been the louder one

Julius’s scar on his cheek came from one of their fights

Dennis, who proclaimed himself the best of the best, grew frustrated and anxious about his own ability every time Julius prevailed while he couldn’t

They both had the bad luck of constantly getting paired up, but that did help Dennis understand Julius more as a person, and he really came to love Julius and his quick thinking personality

Don’t forget that Theresa wanted to squash the Minett family as soon as it was made a noble family, so you bet your ass she had probably tried to get Julius killed a few times

That’s also a contributing factor he had to consider when making decisions

He’s lucky not to have suffered as badly as Camilla and Cornelia, but being shunned widely at the academy was probably not fun

Actually, he’s got Dennis to thank, who quickly realized that he was a dumbass for underestimating Julius

Their first kiss probably happened because Dennis dared him to. Julius would think dares are stupid until he has to stop Dennis from trying to announce to everyone how he’s bad at kissing

He really isn’t. Quite the contrary, actually.

Julius has personally participated in the Massacre of Durand, and he’s been trying all his life afterwards trying to make up for it, but that hasn’t stopped his shrewd ways

While that’s something that everyone in Minett want to do, he feels most personal about the issue since he is now the head of the family

So he’s more likely to think in terms of family first, everyone else later, and hides a resentment for the current royal establishment (the Albrands included) for the massacre

He’s rational enough to not unfairly transfer hate to people like Xander and the other royal kids (his cousin was with him, too), but he dislikes Augustine of Albrand’s obsession with tradition, and questions whether Odelia would serve his interests

He already wrote off the Gehrings as being useful for his family, so that’s why he tries to ask Anri to give him Fallmount

At some point when Xander decides to kick Garon off the throne, Julius easily swears loyalty to Xander because he thinks Garon is getting old and out of touch

He hopes that getting Garon out of power and putting a more open minded Xander, Camilla, or Leo will encourage other families to start placing young blood at the front of their families to responsibly lead the nation to a future

Julius is very particular about saving money, while Dennis is not as worried about money

FE15 Spoiler: As evil as their portrait scene (and their seeming penchant for dancing), at least Dennis wouldn’t kill Julius and serve him to an evil dragon god

Music: Eiyuu Denshouki by Taro Iwashiro (Arslan Senki)