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| History of the Stone Wars, with Augustus; AKA Let's Play FE8 | |
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| Augustus | Feb 6 2010, 07:07 PM Post #1 |
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All right, you louts, time for a history lesson. My name's Augustus, and I'll be your lecturer. And you'd better listen up, or I'll bloody well stab you, I will. War's about to break out all over Magvel. You'd have to be some sort of moron to not see that. We've got Necromancers running around stealing Sacred Twins and trying to resurrect the Demon King and so on. They're a right bunch of assholes, I'll tell you that. Yeah, and so what? What's this all about, anyway? Well, I'll tell you. In the beginning, the Earth was without form, and void. But that's a bit farther back than anyone cares, so let's skip to a couple hundred years ago, to the Stone Wars, which laid the foundations for the clusterfuck that's about to go down here. Welcome to the world of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Posted Image Now, this will be just an introduction. We'll begin in earnest next time. For now, let's meet the major characters of our history. Dramatis Personæ Eirika Posted Image Ephraim Posted Image Our Lords are these twins, the prince and princess of Renais. They are the children of this guy: Fado Posted Image The king of Renais. A General. King Fado dies at the start of the Stone Wars, one of the first casualties, when Castle Renais is unexpectedly attacked by Grado forces. Rather an odd thing, royal families were quite good friends. If you don't think that there's more than meets the eye here, go get a lobotomy and do us all a favor. Vigarde Posted Image The emperor of Grado. General. Lyon Posted Image And his son. The emperor's a hardass. The prince is a weak pansy, despite being a Necromancer. That's all you need to know for now. Seth Posted Image A Paladin. This dude here is Eirika's retainer, who rescues her from the castle as it gets invaded. He's probably of Jehannan ancestry, although I don't think there are any records confirming this. And now, Grado's Gemstone Generals. They're basically badasses of one sort or another, and the best Grado has to offer. Glen Posted Image Sunstone. A Wyvern Lord. Generally a nice enough guy, who's not afraid to do what he thinks is right. Duessel Posted Image Obsidian. Great Knight. Honorable to a fault. Selena Posted Image Fluorspar. Mage Knight. Loyalty, thy color is orange! And thy name is Selena! Valter Posted Image Moonstone. Wyvern Knight. He's one sick fuck. Just look at him. He'll kill your women, eat your babies, and rape you. He was a Gemstone General before, but was dismissed for being a sick fuck. And now he's got his job back. Life's a bitch, eh? He and I have a bit of a shared history, but I'll get to that another time. He's the one to lead the assault on Castle Renais. Caellach Posted Image Tiger's Eye. A Hero, although there's nothing heroic about him. This guy's an asshole who'll do anything for money and power. Originally a mercenary, but as the Stone Wars started, he was brought in to help out and instantly rose to the top. And the last of the Gemstone Generals. Riev Posted Image Blood Beryl. Bishop, believe it or not. This guy's the worst of the bunch, if you'll believe it. Think Valter's bad? This guy's worse. Caellach is an asshole, Valter's more insane than I am, but this guy's just plain evil. Forget rape, murder, and eating babies. This guy would just as readily just eat the souls of all of the above as any of that. If you want proof that light is not synonymous with good, look no further than him. And while we're at it, let's introduce the other leaders of the various nations. Pablo Posted Image A Sage. Klimt Posted Image A Bishop. Two members of Carcino's Council of Elders. Pablo's a dick, Klimt's a basically a pretty cool guy. Hayden Posted Image Ranger. King of Frelia. Pretty friendly with the Renais royalty, but unlike Vigarde, he doesn't randomly go all "Take over the world!" for no discernible reason. Ismaire Posted Image Queen/Swordmaster. Just accept the dual classes and move on. The Queen of the White Dunes, they call her. Queen of Jehanna. Mansel Posted Image Pontifex is his class, and Pontifex is his title. The ruler of Rausten. Fun guy. His descendant once helped me buy a table, so this guy's all right in my book. And finally, we get to the source of all our troubles, now and then. Fomortiis Posted Image The Demon King. Fine, fine. Humans are the source of all our troubles. But this asshole doesn't help. The rest I'll introduce as the history gets to them. And that's the way it is. Any questions? |
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| Augustus | Feb 6 2010, 07:08 PM Post #2 |
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Table of Contents Introduction Prologue: The Fall of Renais Chapter 1: Escape! |
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| Augustus | Feb 12 2010, 03:19 PM Post #3 |
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So you're back, eh? Excellent. Introductions ain't necessary here, so let's get in to the actual history this time. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image So, hope made people blind. The gods are assholes. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And if not for them, old Fomortiis would have assraped us with a cactus. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Yeah, Grado was one badass motherfucker. Garm in one hand, Gleipnir in the other, kicking ass and taking names. If he saw his legacy today he'd weep at how his once-mighty nation had fallen. Posted Image Of course not. Peace never lasts. Lasting peace means everyone's deader than Latona. So, let's take a look at Magvel itself, without all them fancy letters and lines. Just the land: Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And with each Stone as its core, the five major nations formed. Each also keeps a pair of Sacred Twins, weapons used by their founders, and Grado's friends. Posted Image Sacred Twins are the Flaming Spear Siegmund and the Thunder Blade Sieglinde. Although they don't really burn or shoot lightning, so they're not all that awesome. Posted Image Sacred Twins are the Winged Lance Vidofnir and the Serpent Bow Nidhogg. Yet here there not be dragons. At least not in any significant capacity. Posted Image Sacred Twin weapons are the Ice Sword Audhulma and the Piercing Gale Excalibur. Ice Sword in a desert. I guess Grado's friends were going for irony? Posted Image Sacred Twins are the Holy Staff of Latona and the Divine Light Ivaldi. Well, finally, something that makes sense. I guess Latona wasn't gonna put up with any shit. Posted Image Sacred Twins are the Black Axe Garm and the Shadow Void Gleipnir. While Grado's nothing more than Renais' bitch today, before the Stone Wars, it was the world powerhouse. The Fire Emblem belonged to them, too. Rausten's got the Fire Emblem now, although it's a different one. While only Rausten's Stone remains now, back then each of them still had one, and they kept the monsters and whatnot at bay. Posted Image While Carcino even today is distrusted, back then it was just an emerging nation, with not even a century to its name. And it occurs to me that I had not actually given the date for the start of the Stone Wars. 200 years ago is rather vague. So here it is. Posted Image So, they've all been peaceful for 800 years or so, more or less. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And this is why peace isn't a good thing. Everyone gets complacent, and the first asshole that notices that force works will easily open up a crate of whoop-ass on you. So Grado just rushes to the capital with no resistance. Posted Image And Ephraim, who's pretty much the only leader Renais had that was worth a damn, disappeared. Yeah, Renais is done for. Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Front gate's fallen, garrison's fallen, Vigarde's troops inside the castle walls. Fun times. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image That's right, Renais just surrendered. Probably the only sensible thing Fado did, for what good it did him. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Renais's dead, and Fado's asking about bracelets. He just being loopy, or saying something significant? You decide! Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Seth and Eirika escape, and Fado stays behind. To die. Posted ImagePosted Image Outside: Posted Image Posted ImagePosted Image Franz went on ahead. But the other two were just a bit too late. Posted Image Because here comes Valter. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted Image Valter attacked Seth, wounding him. Seth is less successful. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And so, Brave Sir Seth turned about, and gallantly he chickend out. And took Eirika with him. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted Image They stop right before the border to rest. Posted Image But all is not well. Posted ImagePosted Image Bur Eirika decides to fight. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image So, where do our heroes stand? Here are the records we have of that battle: Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image As well as the Grado soldiers: Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image It would appear that Princess Eirika took Seth's Steel Sword, and fought herself, despite not using said sword. No records of the reasoning behind this strange move survive. Posted Image Posted ImagePosted Image After weighing her choices, Eirika decided to attack the closest. Posted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image She hit him twice, but the Grado soldier was unable to land a single blow. Posted Image The enemy response came swiftly. They attacked. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Eirika killed the first one with ease. But the second was not far behind. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image After this, Eirika took to hiding in a nearby forest. Posted Image But O'Neill came looking for her. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And he found her. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Records show that O'Niell was able to wound her, but it was minor. By the time of the next battle, all any wounds she received were inconsequential. Posted ImagePosted Image O'Niell broke off the attack, but Eirika did not let up. She attacked. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image This time Eirika broke off the attack, but O'Niell made one last-ditch effort to kill her. Reports say that his next attack would surely have killed the princess, but she managed to dodge the attack and deliver a spectacular finishing blow that one sees only in storybooks or theater. Whether this was an embellishment or not is not clear. However, it should be noted that the sources are not exactly unbiased, as the only people who witnessed that battle were the two winners. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Me? I say it's complete bullshit. These flourishes look fancy up on a stage, but in real life they're the quickest way to get yourself killed. Either that, or O'Niell was dumber than a lobotomized brick. So, Seth and Eirika had a short discussion while they rested after the battle. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image I gotta ask, what was our little princess expecting? Sunshine, and daisies, and lollipops? Ach! It's war! People die. They bleed. They stink. But even so, soldiers live. Get used to it. Yes, strengh is the most important thing. Strength of arms, strength of mind, strength of soul. You need all three to survive, to win, to conquer. Brute strength alone will simply get you killed just the same, so don't think that the world's all that bad. We cling to life because we realize it's worth fighting for. Posted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Well, she wasn't fully stupid, at least. Then again, if she were, we'd all not be around, so I suppose that's some consolation. After this rest, they picked up their weapons and went on to Border Mulan. But that's a story for next time. And that's the way it is. Any questions? |
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| Augustus | Feb 21 2010, 02:50 PM Post #4 |
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Back? Excellent. Now listen up. Prologue's done, so we're going for real this time. Posted Image We pick up at Border Mulan, where Grado troops are about to make an attack. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted Image A Frelian soldier informed Princess Tana of the approaching soldiers. Of course, the border was weakly defended, and the soldier recommends withdrawal. And before we continue, let's introduce our princess properly. Tana Posted Image The Princess of Frelia. Pegasus Knight. Eirika's best friend, basically. Doesn't seem to have been too smart. Anyway, Tana refused to abandon Eirika. Then she got a brilliant, mind-shattering, unprecedented idea. Posted Image Genius! And so he left for reinforcements. Posted Image As that happened, the Grado forces were making their plans. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image So he walked up to the fortress.... Posted Image And he did just that. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Bloody showoff. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Real smart, Princess. Confront a guy in heavy armor and a giant spear alone. He'll obviously bow to the will of an enemy royal. Well, at least she told him who she was. She'd probably have been killed otherwise. Although I somehow doubt that was why she did it. So, she gave this speech about how if he does anything her father and brother will hunt him down or whatever. I call BS. So, she got captured. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted Image Outside, Eirika and Seth have arrived. Posted ImagePosted Image Posted Image Seth was a practical one. Of course, Eirika would have none of it. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image So, they attack. Posted Image Two people against full squad. Our records say this about the Grado commander. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image The commander, naturally, saw their attack. Posted Image But reinforcements came! Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And so, they joined the fight. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Franz and Eirika recognized each other. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image And he spoke with Seth as well. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image However, Grado reinforcements chasing Eirika also arrived soon after. Posted ImagePosted Image It was not enough. Eirika, Seth, Gilliam, and Franz fought them off and challenged the Knight commander. Posted ImagePosted Image And they won. Of course. Posted Image They rescued Tana, caught up, and then proceeded unopposed to Frelia's capital. Posted ImagePosted Image There, they met with King Hayden. But all is not well. Posted ImagePosted Image Too bad. Renais is no more. At least until the end of the war, but that's for later. Posted ImagePosted Image But there is good news! Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Eirika decides that sitting around doing nothing is unacceptable. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image In the end, he relents. He cannot spare an army, but he can spare a few soldiers. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Before Eirika leaves, she meets with Tana. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image All good questions. And all will be answered in due time. Posted ImagePosted ImagePosted ImagePosted Image Posted Image So, Eirika, Franz, and Seth, accompanied by Moulder, Gilliam, and Vanessa, set off to find Ephraim. And that's the way it is. Any questions? |
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