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[pathetic-gamer]

Fashion in Fódlan: a very long, non-comprehensive, and entirely unsolicited analysis

The fe3h writers did a pretty solid job of creating three nations with clear social, economic, and political differences. The fashion stands out to me as doing exceptionally well at expressing those differences, and, just like in the real world, it works as a sort of socioeconomic barometer that helps tell Fódlan's story.

In this post, I'll break down the key clothing trends in the three regions and provide some light interpretations, largely related to $$

Please note that I'm NOT using this post to discuss historical inspirations. Also, not everyone from every region is included. In particular, anyone whose outfit is too much of just a riff on a class uniform (like the Ashen Wolves or the various minsters in the empire) is left out.

There's a part 2 now lol (church of seiros time); part 3 as well!

1. Holy Kingdom of Faerghus: function IS fashion, baby!!

Fearghus, beloved land of ice and snow and spooky folktales about watering your fields with blood and ghosts living under the ground - you did not come to fuck around. You're here to protect the commoners and go back home to a stew that may, if you're lucky, actually have some meat in it. In this kingdom, you're going to dress warm and you're going to like it. Oh, you have some extra money? Gonna spend it on something for yourself? Better be using it for something useful, like keeping your plate armor in good condition. (Please note: Catherine, though being Faeghan, is excluded because she wears the uniform of the Knights of Seiros, not her own clothes.)

Trends:

High collars, long skirts - generally as little exposed skin as possible. (There is exactly one pair of bare hands in the entire kingdom. Mercie is getting a little bold 👀)

Fur cloaks/capes/gloves, or just fur around the cuffs and collars if they don't have a full fur cloak.

Armor - every single man is dressed in armor, as is Ingrid. Most of the men have full suits of plate armor, but Felix, Rodrigue, and Ashe are wearing only gambesons (note the quilting in Felix's sleeve - that's what gives it away, imo). The folks in plate armor would have gambesons on as well (you can see Ingrid's underneath her breastplate), acting as padding for the plate armor. I think Gilbert is wearing plate armor with a tunic over it (a realistic historical practice).

Fastening is accomplished with clasps and lacing, and there are relatively few buttons or adornments to be seen on the main garments - Annette is an exception, which will be addressed later.

Brief analysis:

Notice the economical use of fabric - their clothing tends to lie flat, with fabric being layered for warmth rather than pleated, gathered, or puffed. The folks in plate armor may spice it up a little with a sash of some kind if they aren't already wearing a cloak or cape. I'm assuming Gilbert's ~stylish tunic~ is keeping him warm well enough to not need a cloak or larger scarf. (Mercedes has a ruffles and puffier sleeves, plus a fuller skirt, but it's worth noting that she is currently part of a merchant house, and merchants tend to be wealthier and actually occupy a unique social class between nobles and commoners.)

Note the colors, too. Greens, browns, and yellows are the cheapest and easiest dyes to make and use. That bright sort of tawny color that Gilbert, Annette, and Jeralt all have is easy and cheap. Gilbert's grey tunic could feasibly just be undyed wool. A true blue is difficult, but you'll note that the blue the people wear up here leans towards grey and green - could be that the dye is faded, or that it was never very blue to begin with. The only true blue is on Dimitri.

All of this reinforces the idea that Faerghus is not a rich nation, and the nobility don't live too far off from the common folk. The vast majority of the cost we see is actually their armor (worn by Dimitri, Dedue, Sylvain, Gilbert, Jeralt, Matthias, Ingrid, and also if we're getting all the way into it, Gwendal, Miklan, Lonato, and Baron Dominic as well), which is would have been pretty expensive. You'll notice they mostly wear grey armor with very little extra decoration, keeping the costs low. Ingrid, the poorest of the nobles in armor, also has the least actual plate. Felix and Rodrigue both have full cloaks, which most other people don't have (just Dimitri), but they also aren't wearing plate, so clearly that's a calculated choice.

That being said, even within these more economical fashions, we can still see clear differences between classes. Most noticeably, Felix (rich) and Ashe (not rich) have very similar outfits, but Felix's tunic/gambeson is lined with fur, while Ashe's is not.

BTW I'm of the opinion that the Fraldariuses are the richest people in the kingdom other than the royal family, and I believe that specifically of their fancy cloaks lol

so luxurious~

2. Adrestian Empire: look at my money bitch

Ah, the land of beauty and excess! I love to live in the capital and visit the cultural icon that is the opera and pretend that I'm not in Wealth Inequality Central. (Please note: Petra is not included, since she dresses according to Brigid's fashions. Also note: I fuck w these styles so hard, dude.)

Trends:

Short skirts (above the knee - Dorothea has a draped over-skirt thing, but her main skirt is shorter, and Manuela has leg slits instead of a short hem), low or square necklines, open backs. In general, we're looking at a lot of exposed skin. Forgot to include Cornelia in the pics, but she has this too.

Tailored jackets with just SO many buttons. Hanneman fits into the tailored jacket category, but isn't included in the highlights by virtue of Not Enough Buttons. (Some concept art is included here to drive the point home.)

Finally, there's this specific very specific double-breasted neckline thing (baby edelgard is separate bc i forgot to include her when i made the first image shhhh)

Brief analysis:

Adrestian fashion is all about displaying status and wealth, in this case through ornamentation, rich colors, uniforms denoting class/role, and also a fair amount of excess fabric.

Historically, fabric itself was one of the major indicators of wealth - in fact, certain historical styles very explicitly showed off just who was rich enough to afford, for example, a whole gown made from the same length of fabric, or even just an entire skirt panel with no piecing. In the Adrestian Empire, We've got excess fabric galore, tucked away into all those beautiful ruffles and bell sleeves, layered skirts, unnecessary capes, double collars, and puffy pants - and it's all in much more luxurious colors, too. In fact, I'm pretty sure the largest single piece of fabric on anyone in the game is Edelgard's cape, which is then also adorned with dozens of buttons and extra bits of fabric. It's almost definitely fully silk, both the outer layer and the lining. (And it's badass.)

Look at all that fluff! Dimitri's cloak probably rivals hers in the size of the actual fabric itself, but his is likely a heavy wool (unlined, maybe?), plus has a lot of fur.

"Oh, but pg, there are capes in Faerghus, too!" yes, but in Faerghus, they live in the arctic /hj. Note the vast expanses of exposed skin down here in the empire - clearly, cold is not an issue. You'll also note that the cloaks in Faerghus were heavy and lined with fur; that's not the case here. Given the prevalence of tailored jackets and the dual colors on Ferdinand's cape, I'm guessing they're either a comparatively lightweight wool with a silk lining (typical for tailored suit jackets, nothing particularly noteworthy about that), or just fully silk. (Bernie's shawl is just cotton though, prove me wrong...) Hanneman and Manuela are exceptions, since they both have fur, but they live at Garreg Mach, not in Enbarr.

The jackets themselves, by the way, could be silk OR wool. Ferdinand's in particular (especially thropes) reminds me of early 18th c. waistcoats, which would have been full silk.

We also have much richer colors down here in the land of art and song. Red, purple, and black were all very difficult colors to maintain, and very expensive. The most expensive colors, in fact. Not gonna lie, as far as price per yardage goes, I think Hubert's outfit might rival Edelgard’s in expense.

A notable exception to the excess fabric bit is Bernadetta. However, her dress is in what is arguably the most expensive color, and is heavily decorated, so that's a reasonable trade-off, and I don't blame her. I, too, would go for a smaller amount of pretty purple silk embroidered with bright, beautiful gold and yellow instead of a bigger, more impressive-looking option. It's about the little things.

I do want to take look at Caspar, in particular. He's unique in that he's dressed in a full suit of armor. But, given that he's the second son and not set to inherit anything, unlike all his waistcoat-wearing friends, he isn't being held to some particular uniform, and even if he were, it's the ministry of military affairs. Of course they wear real armor. What's interesting is that his armor is a sort of rosy grey/brass, rather than silver, and he has a lot more decoration and flair than the folks with full armor in Faerghus, in both his throuses and thropes outfits.

Worth noting, btw, that we have exactly zero examples of actual commoners in Adrestia, other than generic NPCs. Dorothea belongs to that peculiar niche that is opera and acting, so she is expected to dress and act like a noble, despite not having a title or property of any sort.

Adrestia - and Enbarr in particular - leads the slow march of fashion across Fódlan, given that it's a cultural hub and is so much wealthier, while Fearghus slowly picks things up over time. Thus, we have Annette, who lives closer to the empire and has disposable income, having some decorative buttons and tassels and a mock low neckline.

It's not nearly as much as the actual Adrestians, but she's picking it up!

3. Leicester Alliance: the beeeest of both worlds~

Oh, Alliance, you messy bitch. What we see here is a mix of everything, where some of them are influenced by Faerghus, and others by Adrestia (just like how some of them have kingdom-style names and some have empire-style names), and a few fit neither camp. There are clear reasons for similarities where they exist, though, so let's take a look! (Please note: Claude is not included, since his clothes are heavily influenced by Almyra.)

Hilda and Lysithea have the frills, puffy sleeves/skirt, short hems, low/square necklines, and expensive colors of the empire (plus, Lysithea gets a decorative veil in dark purple. How ~fancy~). This reinforces the idea that Adrestia sets the standards for fashion: Hilda cares about fashion and keeps up with the times. Lysithea lives on the border and was briefly under the control of the empire, and thus is influenced by it. Mostly, though, I think it's about how she tries to seem older and tends to see Hilda as a model of maturity (lol), so she's following that example.

Holst's armor is quite decorative, similar to Caspar's, but what stands out to me is the fringe in particular. We see the exact same fringe on Caspar, Hubert, and Edelgard, but not anywhere else.

Lorenz and Erwin are a bit of a border case, tbh! They both wear practical, full plate armor with little in the way of extra decor (other than Lorenz's rose and Erwin's little cape thing), but Jesus christ how much does it cost to keep it all so purple like that??? That's a blatant display of wealth that would impress any empire noble.

Marianne, on the other hand, would fit right in in Faerghus, with the old fashioned long skirt, high collar, capelet, and lack of extra decoration other than some pretty trim. Makes sense, since her territory is so close to the kingdom and she's clearly not interested in trying to stay fashionable.

Judith is dressed very practically, has some fun puffy sleeves and bright but inexpensive colors, has a short cape and gambeson (a short vest one, though). I want to say leans toward Faerghus, which makes sense since it's on the border and the house did at one point split off, with part going back to the kingdom.

Now we get to the only real, honest-to-god, never-owned-land-or-property, born-as-and-remain-now peasants/commoners: Leonie and Cyril. (Raphael was born into the merchant class and was able to support himself and Maya by selling his estate, so while we can consider him a real commoner at this point, it's not nearly to the same degree.)

Their economic status is obvious from their outfits: both have very practical clothes with no extra decoration, in cheap and easily accessible colors. Leonie's cloak wrapped around her waist is purely functional - she can use it when the weather calls for it, but it's out of the way of her arrows when she doesn't need it - and looks to be pretty soft, so likely is lightweight. She has a hint of some light protective wear (note the quilted sleeve) and the same front clasps as Felix and Ashe, so i think she's also meant to be wearing a gambeson, but it's shorter and less protective. Cyril doesn't seem to have any armor at all except for the shoulder protection - we can tell from the lack of center-front closures on his shirt and the shape of the cuffs of the sleeves that he's actually just wearing a tunic (or rather, two tunics on top of each other).

Raphael also has a very practical outfit, but notice that his is so much more protective, probably because he has a little more money than the other two. He has very limited, sparsely placed plate armor, but he is covered head-to-toe in quilted cloth armor. He's ready to get some punching done, baby!

Our real outlier, however, is Ignatz... But you bet your bottom dollar I've got an explanation for that one, too!!!!! Mans is an artist and he has rich(?) merchant parents, he can do whatever he wants.

Absurdly unnecessary lengths of (probably not very expensive) cloth? Sure. Fancy feathers that literally no one else gets? Why not! A billion buttons, half of which arent even keeping anything closed? Curly and intricate cloak fasteners probably made of some kind of cording? Sashes and tassels and a decorative sword??? Fuck it, we ball. I love this so much, it's easily my favorite outfit in the entire game and I would ABSOLUTELY wear it irl. I already have the right haircut and glasses and boots, I'm ready

4. In conclusion

These designs really are Fódlan in a nutshell. From the quiet wealth and functionality in Felix's fur-lined gambeson to the audacious luxury of Ferdinand's waistcoat to the unrepentant anarchism of Ignatz's entire vibe, we can see the history - and future - of the continent outlined right before our eyes:

Faerghus is cold, practical, focused on survival, and probably has the most even distribution of wealth. Leicester is a mix of remnants of the empire and kingdom, with clear wealth disparity but also a relatively high amount of social mobility and communal support systems. Adrestia has significantly wealth disparity, with nobles very disconnected from their people and instead busy politicking about.

Side note I know I said I wouldn't go into the historical inspirations, BUT I do think it's interesting that the men's clothing in Adrestia - particularly the tailoring - is similar to much later styles than the men's clothing in Faerghus, and the reverse is true of the women's sleeves and necklines.

Okay that's all, thanks for reading!

[quillfulwriter]

Look, Rhea is a tragic figure. I feel for her. Her trauma at the hands of Nemesis and the Agarthans is vast, and the slaughter in Zanado is completely unforgivable.

But until she's healed from that trauma and doesn't blame all of humanity for that nightmare, there's absolutely no reason she should be in charge of anything. Much less the very people she resents.

The Empire was created when the Church named Wilhelm its emperor, and the Kingdom is literally called the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus because it was founded by the Church as well. It's only by looking at the Alliance where you can see how the commoners especially feel about the Church's practices when they haven't been indoctrinated.

When the priest from The Eastern Church is trying to stress how they're different from the Central Church, he says:

Their church doesn't have an order of knights.

They don't believe in using force to chastise believers.

A noble house keeps order in their territory, and they have forbidden the use of any soldiers, even for self-defense.

You can reverse engineer these to describe how they see the Central Church in Leicester: Militant, violent towards its followers, and deceitful (claiming self-defense as a shield for its violent ways).

This is correct. The Church has a standing army and a school used to train child soldiers. It punishes criminals with execution more often than not. And it actively warps major events to make people see them in a certain light.

Yes, Rhea chose to keep the peace rather than openly hating humanity. That's not exactly a kindness when she 1) makes sure most people are reliant on the church for basic needs 2) restricts access to education based on who she can control (nobles vs. commoners) 3) bans advances in technology like the printing press so she can more easily prohibit the spread of knowledge and 4) creates clones and experiments on babies.

I understand she is traumatized. I understand she is in pain and trying to protect her people from another slaughter. But the simple fact is she's not even doing that well, because she's refused to heal. Everything she does against the Agarthans is basically whack-a-mole, and she only ever punishes who they manipulated.

Hubert found TWSD in 10 years! She's had centuries! I can't even say he's healed from his trauma to make that happen, but at least he directed it to something practical that got results. So no one would suffer like he had.

But Rhea? She's content to punish and oppress humanity for being manipulated by the Agarthans. Meanwhile, TWSD experiments on children too and the Church does nothing. When Lysithea and Edelgard are the sole survivors of murky circumstances, one would think that the Church would get involved. Even for aid. But no. They had their chance to make this right, and they chose to turn a blind eye.

I cannot rightly believe that she really cares about human beings when she treats the people most loyal to her so horribly. Even Seteth! She's telling Catherine to burn down a city with people inside in the Black Eagles route, she's never once tried to get anyone to teach Cyril to read and write (Seteth was the only one interested in doing that for him), and she hid all of her atrocities from Seteth because she knew that what she was doing was wrong.

Her compassion as the archbishop ultimately comes from a place of indoctrination and control. Understandable though it may be because of what she experienced, it's still wrong. And she shouldn't be in charge of anything because of that.

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"Oh, Deer!"

A modern rendition of the Golden Deer.

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[slotumn]

While I'm Leicesterposting today: headcanon + theory on the Crescent Moon War and House Ordelia being a part of the Roundtable.

So on the Leicester emblem, you can pretty clearly see symbols and Crests of Riegan, Goneril, Gloucester, and Daphnel:

Implying that they lead the independence war, which pretty much lines up with what you'd expect. Oldest houses in the region with the most clout and power, access to Relics, etc. Daphnel eventually got kicked off and all that, but yeah.

Meanwhile, there's one Roundtable house that's not represented on the emblem, one that was presumably added after the war: Ordelia.

And in Lysithea and Lorenz's supports, we hear that Ordelia is (about) 300 years old:

Lines up approximately with the Crescent Moon War, which occured from 881 to 901. So I think it's fairly reasonable to assume that House Ordelia was established and admitted into the Roundtable due to their accomplishments in the independence war.

And speaking of that, Crescent Moon War lasted pretty damn long: 20 years. Someone born at the beginning of the war could have been fighting in battles by its final years.

In contrast, the war for Faerghan independence lasted 4 years, and the Unification War we see in-game lasted 5 years. War of Heroes took nearly 70 years, but tbf that was against a bunch of people who drank fresh magic dragon blood and presumably were much stronger than their descendants.

There are multiple explanations for that, one that's more or less confirmed in canon being that there were conflicts within territories as to whether stay a part of the Kingdom or not, as shown by the Daphnel-Galatea split. So it wasn't a neat "big battles with big national army against big national army," it was more like a bunch of civil wars, which obviously get messy.

I think it's also pretty likely that the Empire would have tried to intervene and get Leicester back, which would have made sense because remember: Leicester didn't break away alongside the Faerghan territories, they rebelled and got annexed after the Kingdom was established. Not only would that have been a severe wound to the Empire's pride, it would have been a fresh wound, because the whole incident was only 80 years ago, as of the start of the Crescent Moon War.

Btw I think the whole business above has some interesting implications about how the Leicester region always liked to be autonomous, and I find it pretty realistic given the geography: they have Airmid River to the south and Oghma Mountains to the northwest as natural borders. It must have been a hassle to get there from Enbarr and Fhirdiad; feels pretty likely that they would've been left more to their own devices and grown to enjoy that, especially when it came to trade and profits. (My personal headcanon is that both the Leicester Rebellion and Crescent Moon War kicked off because the Leicesterians didn't want to pay taxes to Enbarr/Fhirdiad lmao)

Anyway, back to Ordelia and the fact it was established during the Crescent Moon War, then incorporated into the Roundtable afterwards, in relation to my theory about another reason why the war took so long:

I like to think that the Crescent Moon War was about a bunch of warlords fighting each other for the opportunity to become noble lords, and on top of that the potential to become a part of the Roundtable, as much as it was about driving out Faerghan (and maybe Adrestian) loyalists.

There's nothing in canon text to support this, but I hold this headcanon for a couple of reasons. First, I think the country my blorbos (Golden Deer) are from should get to suck because it's fun. Also Lysithea is my blorbo of blorbos (alongside Claude) so it's very moe to think that she is the descendant of a ruthless warlord who slaughtered a bunch of civilians. (And I think Lysithea should get to follow in those footsteps during the war but that's for a different day)

Second, I think it adds an additional layer to Lysithea's personality and how she wants to be recognized for her own effort and skill, not "being a prodigy" or having two Crests. There's the fact the two Crests are gonna kill her at a young age, yeah, but also, what if the "we earned this by our own skill" was the founding basis and pride of House Ordelia? As much as she intends to abolish her house and give up her title as nobility for realistic reasons, what if that's the part of the family dignity that she won't/can't let go of? Stuff like that.

Third, gives some additional context on why Leicester seems somewhat more flexible on social mobility compared to the other two countries. Never ask the non-Elite Leicesterian noble houses (so everyone aside from the four featured on the emblem) what their ancestors were doing during and before the Crescent Moon War! The answer to the former is "slaughtering rival militias and also civilians" and the answer to the latter is "Insolence!! (translation: idk man they weren't nobles back then)"

Finally, it adds some beautiful irony and layers to the Leicesterian neuroses about the "savage Almyrans." Part projection, because what was 20 years of internal fighting and killing if not savagery? Part cope for humiliation, because Leicester had a hard time fending off the "savages" to the point they immediately had to go and ask the countries they'd just broken away from for help.

And finally, part looking into a mirror, because if Almyrans, with their warrior culture, heard that Leicester decided who the new lords would be by literally fighting it out?

They just might say, "Ah, you get it, we're not so different, after all," and the Leicesterians would know that was true.

[squeaky-potat]

for the drawing requests, I would love to see Balthus & Holst - in their Three Hopes appearances of course! (i know those outfits are crazy detailed, so simplify as you need to!) thank you so much if you decide to pick it up!!

Thank you anon for your request! I enjoyed drawing these silly BFFLs.

These 2 are up to some shenanigans and causing headaches for Claude. 🦌

I’m still taking requests! If you’re interested in requesting a drawing in this style, please see my pinned post. ✍️

[sugar-stories]

Federation Army Log, Still Day 655: I continue to be trapped in a small, dark, scary dimension with the Emperor of Adrestia and the Kings of Faerghus and Leicester. Atmosphere is getting kind of awkward. I am going off in search of an empty bottle to spin because SOMEONE in this room needs to kiss and get it over with

[umbralstars]

Fódlan Landscape Series; Derdriu's port

[kynimdraws]

The great Leicester noble kdrama relationship chart shitpost is done FINALLY....

Everyone except Erwin, Judith, and Acheron are my hc designs. I did draw full profiles of Godfrey, Tiana, and Edgar....but will I ever get the proper profiles of the other nobles done? idk lmao

EDIT: Made a chart that reflects the relationship of the nobles in the year 1179 aka right before in-game stuff over here

Check under the cut if you wanna know of some other tidbits I wanted to add in this chart but ran out of space OTL

Edgar and Godfrey often discuss magic theory together 

Milo is the only non-family member who knows about Godfrey's past relationships and how they all ended. 

Hendrik is the token het dude 

Edgar dislikes Hendrik mostly because they disagreed on their open relationships counted as cheating or not (basically Erwin drama). Milo intervened before they started to draw their weapons/spells 

Erwin's rivalry with Godfrey happened only bc of the White Heron Cup incident  

Milo wants to study Erwin's behavior like a lab specimen 

Judith only reciprocated Erwin's flirting genuinely during 3Hopes bc he "aged like fine wine" 

Tiana was courted by all the Leicester nobles at least once. She rejected them all

Godfrey worries that Tiana genuinely may kill Erwin if he pisses her off enough, and really doesn't want to deal with the resulting power vacuum if it ever happens 

Hendrik thinks Judith needs to settle down and told that to her face once...and Judith beat his ass for that

[rainestorm2556]

ALL FE FANS HERE’S THE NEW TRAILER:

I’m so hyped

[blaiddydbrokeit]

Some thoughts I had about the Holy Kingdom, the Alliance, their naming conventions and some timeline things.

So we are familiar with the Empire's name format of First Name von Last Name, and that prior to the founding of the Kingdom, it was the likely standard to naming conventions within Fodlan nobility. Given that Loog I was called out as Loog von Blaiddyd, and that Kyphon was presumably descent from the Fraldarius lineage, it's safe to also assume that Kyphon would be Kyphon von Fraldarius. Following the founding of the Kingdom in Red Wolf Moon, Imperial Year 751 at the end of the War of the Eagle and Lion, it may be established that the naming convention continued to assume a similar format for the subsequent time. The Leicester Rebellion in 801 saw the breakaway of Leicester from Adrestia, and its following assimilation under the Kingdom banner as a protectorate. This would likely have been during the reign of the king after Loog I, or the potential following king who would become predecessor to the reign of Klaus I.

It can be assumed that Klaus I was responsible for implementing that first shift in naming convention within the Kingdom to further distinguish its identity from the Empire and assert sovereign loyalties from its noble houses. This likely makes Banfig, Krouffer and Kite part of the first generation using such a format, placing the beginning several decades before the Crescent Moon War in 881.

This also makes sense timeline wise, given that the Alliance portrays an incomplete switch from the Empire format to the Kingdom format. It suggests that such conventions were not yet standard in the Kingdom at the time of breakaway, that with the formation of the Alliance under their own banner, only some of the houses had already adopted it and would simply continue to use it, and others no longer saw need to conform to Kingdom practices when they were flying their own banner.

We get a bit of a skip in terms of what we are told from this point - nothing too major for about 200 years. However, this encompasses an estimate of 6 to 8 generations during which the convention becomes distinctly standard to the Kingdom, that even minor houses like the Barony of Dominic would conform - hence Gustave being canonically "Gustave Eddie Dominic". The early 1100s (think the first 2 decades or so) would be the reign of Lambert and Rufus' grandfather, and from the late 1130s onward, the reign of Lambert and Rufus' father during which he would serve as squire.

Given that Lambert doesn't become king until the later 1150s - inferred from his time at the Academy in the earlier part of the decade, and that his coronation must have come before Dimitri's birth in 1162, I think it holds up fairly well in the timeline we were presented. Gustave would have been well into his 30s during Lambert's reign, and in his 50s during Rufus' regency, he could definitely have been the one overseeing Dimitri's training and youth between the 1160s and 1170s. Rufus' regency in Houses always ends in 1181, whether by death or otherwise, and Gustave is in his early 60s during the war phase in 1185. Interestingly, Dimitri's own coronation in AM (the only route where he survives the war) being toward the tail end of 1185 is actually quite a gap (30+ years since Lambert's own coronation and almost 10 years since his death, since Rufus is regent rather than King) if we notice how often the monarchy of Faerghus changes hands at about a 20 year interval.

It's fascinating how strongly the timeline holds with a little bit of logical inference, isn't it?

[wordsneverfade01]

Not me doodling Fire Emblem Three Houses crit quotes instead of revising my thesis… Well, I’m too far head over heels for these characters now.

Yes, those are supposed to be the crests. Yes, I don’t know how to draw. Yes, normal pens are used for doodling in my notes so I don’t have my journaling ones with me.

Off to work on my thesis now so that I can keep playing later.

[gomez-alonzo-addams]

For the preamble, see here:  https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/gomez-alonzo-addams/689395283392708608?source=share

For the Adrestian Empire map, see here: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/gomez-alonzo-addams/689395388898246656?source=share

For the Faerghus map, see here:  https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/gomez-alonzo-addams/689395803621621760?source=share

Sadly, the Leicester Alliance had the most blind spots on the war maps.  The entire eastern portion was a big blank spot, and the exact borders of Albrecht, Muller, and Nilsson are complete conjecture on my part.  

There are a few things of note, however.  The one that sticks in my mind the most is the line of territories on the western border, Daphnel, Siward, Albany, and Burgundy.  I’m not sure what it means, but it must mean something.

[themoomoorn]

Irksome 3 Hopes Fact

If you go to the watchtower at camp on Azure Gleam, you can find a Duscur NPC there. Not only does she have dark skin like Dedue, but unlike 3 Houses, her portrait is actually changed to match her skintone too (the portrait itself is still generic, though).

And yet, we have a heavily implied dramatic arc for Almyra and Claude on Golden Wildfire. What do they give us? Fodlan-style NPCs, including this guy who reports off to Shahid.

And unlike the base game, they didn't even diversify the skintone of the enemies you're fighting for Chapter 3.

Golden Deer and Leicester getting done in again, at this rate.

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Monograms for the nobles of the Golden Deer class 💛🦌

Follow up to this post of Golden Deer signatures (includes commoner characters)

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[slotumn]

Today's unnecessarily detailed 3H headcanons: what internal Leicester stereotypes would be like by territory

Riegan: unreasonable living costs, full of scammers, Derdriu is underwater, cities other than Derdriu do not exist (capital with lots of trade, aquatic city)

Gloucester: fucks sheep/livestock, unreasonable living costs in Edgaria, thinks hating on Riegan/Derdriu is a personality trait (lots of agriculture, Edgaria being like the second capital, Riegan-Gloucester rivalry)

Edmund: stingy penny pinchers (self-explanatory)

Goneril: cousin-marrying hicks, basically culturally Almyran but also insanely racist to Almyrans (lots of mountains and tough geography = urban development is difficult and most of territory is rural, border territory)

Daphnel: everybody emigrated to other provinces, constantly swears they will get Galatea back and restore their former glory but they do not have the capacity to (used to thrive but declined in recent years, Galatea split)

Ordelia: everybody emigrated to other provinces or are throwing themselves into the Airmid because they're broke, basically Adrestians, if you go here Imperial soldiers and bandits will kill you/kidnap you (also a result of economic/social decline, proximity to Adrestia)

Albany/Siward/Burgundy: Faerghan wannabes but Faerghus doesn't want them (those GW missions)

Müller: everyone is a lumberjack (territory produces lots of lumber)

Nilsson: invokes saints and the goddess every other word (close to Eastern Church and acts as their defenders)

Phlegethon: has no reason to exist/is basically Gloucester (tiny sliver of a territory)

Albrecht: who? (the territory nobody remembers)

Kupala: mountain cryptids (isolated minority everyone else is racist towards)

Okay now somebody make one of those country slander vids with this thanks

[goldenschemes]

What Khalid eats in a day: Derdriu edition

Breakfast

It’s leftovers, because this man always has somewhere the fuck to be. He happened to make bread pudding for dessert last night — one of the few things he can cook with his eyes closed. That and a couple of eggs (medium-boiled) will do it. Oh yeah, and coffee.

Mid-morning

Coffee time!!!

Mid-morning again

Coffee. A page makes a COMPLETELY BASELESS ACCUSATION that Claude constantly steps away to brew coffee just to give his mind a break between engagements. Like playing hooky. How DARE. THE NERVE. THE UNMITIGATED GALL. He’s absolutely correct btw

Lunch

An underrated old-fashioned Derdriu meal — salmon stew flavored with herbs and butter. And some brown bread. ….and maybe just one more cup of coffee, with a piece of honey-hazelnut holkuôm, because you don’t expect him to eat sweets without coffee, now do you?

Afternoon Tea

Claude isn’t feeling like snacks, so he sticks with a simple cup of Almyran-style tea, which is smoked with fir needles. Those cucumber sandwiches look all right, but he politely declines.

Dinner

Claude may have some gripes with House Gloucester, but their dining isn’t one of them. Roasted beef, potatoes, and parsnips is the main. Served with onion gravy, red currant jam, cheese buns, pumpkin fritters, and rocket salad. Dessert is this fancy new ice cream everyone’s been talking about, decorated with sugared violets. Claude can’t help but think it’d taste even better if flavored with coffee.