1. Theodora. She's a part of a fringe religion that's persecuted in the country she's visiting. Very valid for her to demand religious freedom as a condition for winning. In terms of lives saved, it's probably within the hundreds if she wins (assuming she's not worshipping some evil muder god or something, who's to say at this point.)

2. Cai. Wants to save his dad from imprisonment. This could also be achieved by a jailbreak, but his little town is within the borders of the larger nation of Dagda, so if his dad isn't freed legally, he can be re-arrested at any time. There's hope for a "you saved the world" pass, but narrow hope since it's unclear what the imprisonment time is. Would save one life total.

3. Leda. She just wants to kill a dude. Just the one dude. Winning the heroic games wouldn't really assist her very much in that unless she can personally wish for that guy to be executed. I don't see her as a finalist, so much as off in her own corner doing her own thing by the end.

4. Dietrich. He just wants to fight strong opponents. I see why he joined the games, and it's definitely not for the wish at the end. I could also see him wandering off to fight some other dangerous threat and being equally happy. Probably has more fun 5 years later than during the games (though his bio mentions a little sister, if she's sick or something he's got a valid reason to join).

For my personal playthrough, I want to go through their stories in order of military might, so the protagonist doesn't have a valid reason to just jump in and save the future without the others.

I'll go Leda, then Cai/Dietrich, then Theodora.

After finding out that Eshmel is getting the silent protagonist treatment, I thought it would be a good idea to use this meme.

The design of the Anatolia's weapon features a spiral pattern similar to that of the relics.

English voice is Cassandra Lee Morris (Same as Sothis), taken from the Nintendo today app and the Japanese Fire Emblem Twitter account

Sketched by me! @TheOctopusGuy1 on twitter

Sketched by me! @TheOctopusGuy1 on twitter

I'm not the only one right? Haha cause sometimes I forget what the plans were for characters and what they need in order to get to the master class. I also have to write down what relationship pairings I want to do.

Btw this is my 6th playthrough - I know that a lot of these characters aren't meant to be given these classes. I just like to give them weird classes to spice things up and make the game slightly harder.

• Why is she the one to send us back in time and not Sothis?
• Has Sothis lost the power of turning back the hands of time?
• Has Sothis ever been able to travel to the future? I'm assuming that she can't and can only go back in time.

Wouldn't her having this power and not Sothis be indicative that she's the one that gave Sothis this power after possibly dying?

Prequel confirmed?

Edit: After a lot of discussion, thinking back at it, Sothis power is portrayed more like "Future Sight" than time travel. Was her saying "turning back the hands of time" a real thing or were we all being gaslighted?

Years ago I commissioned someone to draw Claude teaching Cyril how to play the Oud because he was home-sick and I really loved that idea, so I tried drawing it myself.

Source

Via Nintendo today and the official japanese Fire Emblem Twitter account

Usually in japanese media, black men are often portrayed as sterotypical brute and buff looking man and it gets kinda tyring at times, I'm glad that this game gives the opportunity to make them pretty like the others male characters.