#the blazing blade

[trunswicked]

Commission for a dear friend - Dragon gals and their partners on a lovely picnic! ❤️❤️

[merimerz]

"Killing the people you’ve lived and worked with for years. You’ll find yourself hated pretty quickly."

day 13: scars

[octo-l95]

Nils the doot dragon..........

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Character: Eliwood

Sample Size: 266 stories

Source: AO3

[pourablecat]

Hojotoho!

(Was playing fire emblem and thinking how cool Sybil would be as a pegasus knight because of the valkyrie connections, and THEN I learned wyvern knights are a thing)

[fauslayer]

list of fire emblem characters whose wives have been revived.

[anuuuubis]

Bisexual Katamari charms and Elibe Lords wood pins are now back in stock, get them here!

[arikirin]

Cute Shy

[four-loose-screws]

Fire Emblem Novel Translations Sub-Master Post: FE7

A master post for the Fire Emblem novel translation based on FE7 (AKA Fire Emblem (the one with no subtitle)).

First, here’s a list of all the novels out there, fyi.

Link to my main FE novels translations folder on Google Drive.

Fire Emblem (AKA FE7, AKA The Blazing Blade)

For the Google Drive folder with high-quality scans of all the images and art, and two Google Docs containing the entire translation, click here!

Book 1:

Front Cover & Other Introductory Pages

Prologue

Chapter 1: Section 1 - Section 2

Chapter 2: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3

Chapter 3: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8

Chapter 4: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5

Chapter 5:  Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7

Chapter 6: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5

Chapter 7: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7

Book 2:

Front Cover & Other Introductory Pages

Chapter 8: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7

Chapter 9: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6

Chapter 10: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8 - Section 9

Chapter 11: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8 - Section 9

Chapter 12: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6

Chapter 13: Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Section 7 - Section 8

Epilogue

[etymology-of-the-emblem]

Elffin / エルフィン, Myrddin / ミルディン, and Merlinus / マリナス

Elffin (JP: エルフィン; rōmaji: erufin) is a bard involved with the resistance on the Western Isles in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. He gets his name from a figure in Welsh mythology, Elffin ap Gwyddno, lord of Ceredigion. Before his lordship, Elffin's father asked him to catch salmon - to his surprise what he found in the water was not fish but a lone infant. He took up the baby, who was capable of speaking in eloquent poetry, and called him Taliesin. Taliesin was a semi-historical figure, called Ben Beirdd, or "Chief of Bards" for his skill with poetry and serving as the bard to multiple kings. According to legend, Elffin was imprisoned by the king of Gwynedd when he refused to sing his praises, as Taliesin was a more skilled bard and Elffin's wife was more loyal and virtuous than all of the king's court. The King of Gwynedd then sent his son to take the wedding band from Elffin's wife to prove a lack of chastity. Luckily, Taliesin was blessed with prophetic visions and knew the means to prevent Gwynedd from undermining his family.

As apparent from how much focus was given to him, The Binding Blade's Elffin pulls from aspects of Taliesin, borrowing his skills as a bard and his abilities as a seer. Additionally, Taliesin makes appearances in a few Arthurian tales like Culhwch and Olwen, where he acted as King Arthur's bard. This better ties him to the many existing allusions to the King Arthur mythos.

Elffin's true identity is that of Myrddin (JP: ミルディン; rōmaji: mirudin), the lost prince of Etruria. In Welsh legend, Myrddin Wyllt, also called Myrddin of Caledonia, is a bard accredited to poems found in The Black Book of Carmarthen and The Red Book of Hergest. In Welsh literary tradition are many poems presented as prophecies of coming battles; these are frequently attributed to the mind of Myrddin. It is said that after the death of King Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio, in the Battle of Arfderydd, Myrddin his adviser was driven to madness. He fled to the Caledonian Forest of Scotland, reflecting on that battle for the rest of his days. Or until saved by a saint, in modern Christianized adaptations.

There is plenty here already to relate to Fire Emblem's Prince Myrddin, but there is also an explicit connection made to Elffin. According to tellings of Elffin's imprisonment by Maelgwn Gwynedd, when asked to identify himself in the court of Gwynedd, Taliesin opened as such:

"Primary chief bard am I to Elphin, And my original country is the region of the summer stars; Idno and Heinin called me Merddin, At length every king will call me Taliesin."

From the horse's mouth: Taliesin is Myrrdin, little sense as that makes. And so, the Etrurian Myrrdin and the bard Elffin, who is heavily based on Taliesin, are appropriately one and the same. And yet it goes deeper still.

Merlinus (JP: マリナス; rōmaji: marinasu) is a traveling merchant turned inventory manager and adviser to House Pherae in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and The Blazing Blade. Merlinus Caledonensis was another name for Myrddin Wyllt. And it was from Myrddin Wyltt, combined with a similar figure called Ambrosius Aurelianus, that Geoffrey of Monmouth created the character of the magician Merlin. Originally called Merlinus Ambrosius, he was a madman sired by an incubus, capable of prophecy and form-shifting magic. He used this magic to change the appearance of Uther Pendragon to that of his mortal enemy, so that he may bear a son - King Arthur - with the opposing king's wife in their own bed. Later French-based adaptations of the Matter of Britain would change Merlin from an insane visionary to a sagely wizard and adviser to Arthur from an early age. Merlinus, as Roy's tactician and adviser, is more based on the later versions of Merlin's character.

[trunswicked]

Happy Valentines Day! ;)

[merimerz]

my +10 merges on feh or as I like to call them, my war obliteration machines

[captain-orlek]

Lyn from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and Bellossom for Green!

[lemonadesour33]

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Character: Ninian

Sample Size: 161 stories

Source: AO3

[warrenwaskilledbyadeer]

My brother has made some pretty funny memes