The Estate of Lord C.R.P

No More Heroes 2

2010-05-31T05:31:00.000-07:00

With my Birthday approaching, I wound up getting No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle for the Wii, since I had become sick of the endless FPS games on the 360. I loved the first game, and I will eventually do a review on this game.

But for now, when I got the game, I was given the last of the Pre Order Bonuses. This:

In case you do not know, this is a shirt for the In Game Anime, Pure White Lover: Bizarre Jelly. As you may have gathered from the title, it's a Magical Girl Lolicon parody.

This quickly became awkward since I was with my Mum when I got this.

The conditions in which I will ever wear this shirt are:

* When I am alone

* If I ever decide to cosplay as Travis Touchdown

* For a web review

* For a Lets Play

Lets Play Fire Emblem VI! Index

2010-05-13T03:52:00.000-07:00

I have decided to make a table of contents for the Lets Play! Enjoy!

Episode 1: Obligatory Bandit Attack

Episode 2: I am So Sorry

Episode 3: No Rest for the Weary

Episode 4: SSDD

Episode 5: Mountain King (Coming Soon!)

A Musical Tribute to Fullmetal Alchemist

2010-05-10T04:24:00.001-07:00

Since Fullmetal Alchemist is ending next month, I decided to do a musical tribute to the series.

!WARNING! Contains Spoilers!

The Wonderful World of Fire Emblem! Part 2

2010-04-19T00:35:00.000-07:00

In Which I talk about the Generals throughout Modern Fire Emblem history!

Now that the Dragon Trio of Bern has been introduced, I suppose it’s best to explain this theme from the GBA generation games and beyond.

It is a theme that the main Enemy force has a group of Elite Generals that are the best warriors of said force, and have their own group title. They are the most developed out of the enemy army had are given their own personalities, becoming characters in their own right. Some even join you!

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: The Four Fangs

The Four Fangs belonged to the order of assassins known as the Black Fang. It is established that the Fang used to be an Assassins Creed style organization, who only took out corrupt nobles. Sadly, the main villain, Nergal took notice of them, and sent his subordinate; Sonia to marry the leader, Brendan Reed.

This is Sonia. Now how she managed to turn the Fang completely corrupt, with them taking on any target behind Brendan’s back is beyond me bu-Hey wait! She looks familiar! But to wh-

I....I...I’ve been reading Fullmetal Alchemist way too much....

Anyway.....Here are the Fangs. They all have animal based titles, ala FOXHOUND.

Lloyd: The White Wolf

Lloyd is one of the Reed brothers, along with his brother Linus. More on him in a bit. Lloyd is calm, collected and strategic. Despite the whole assassin shtick, Lloyd is actually a really nice guy. He actually opposes Sonia along with his brother. Ingame, his power....Actually varies. His chapter is spilt with Linus. By filling certain conditions, you wind up with either him or Linus’ chapter. His class is a Swordmaster, a promoted Mymradon.

One fact to point out is that His Swordmaster spite is unique to him. What’s more, his animation seems sped up more that the normal animation.

Linus: The Mad Dog

Linus is the second of the Reed Brothers. He manages to fufill the Yig/Yang brothers archetype by being impatient and prone to anger. Thus, he comes off as far less likable than Llyod. And like Llyod, his chapter is split between his brother. His class is a Hero, a promoted Mercenary.

Ursula: The Blue Crow

Of all the fangs, Ursula is by far the blandest. She has no personality, and really has little impact on the plot. The only notable things about her is that she is the first of the Four Fangs to appear, and that she gives you a staff and tells you to take down an enemy that she wants gone. (Said enemy is nigh indestructible and what she gives you does not help in her defeat in any way possible) She is a Valkyrie, a promoted Troubadour.

Jaffar: The Angel of Death

Jaffar has the most character of all the Fangs. He is one of their deadliest assassins, and is completely emotionless, in other words, the perfect killer. Now I can’t say much about him for the sake of spoilers, but he turns out to be more than he seems. His character arc is also a fantastic part of the game. His class is an Assassin.

Actually....That’s spot on. Assassins are a promotion from thieves that was introduced in Blazing Blade. They had poor strength, but their big advantage was that they could perform an instant death move that worked like a critical hit.

Anyway, that’s all of the Blazing Blade generals. Next time, I will be going into the Generals from Sacred Stones.

Lets Play Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seals! Episode 4

2010-04-01T02:50:00.000-07:00

Episode 4: S.S.D.D

As Roy's quest continues, he stumbles upon a blast from the past! And will he be able to thwart the same nation that his father did twenty years ago?

Alright....Alright.....I have gotten over the........You know what......

Oooooh crap. I know where this is going.

Wow. Erik no longer looks like a snob. He grew a rad stache and everything.

Yeah...Spoliers, it’s the Starscream nation of both this and Blazing Blade.

See.

And it looks like Narshen has finally arrived. How far can Wyverns fly anyway?

Oh god.....

Must.....Suppress.....Rape.....Thoughts......

STOP SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT!!!!

.....?

OH NOW YOU WANT TO SWAP RAPE OUT FOR INCEST?!

HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh god....We finally get a fun character....Glorious days. I now love this girl.

Oh, how could a creepy pedophiliac coward like him lack the slightest bit of finesse?

ICE BURN!!!!!

Narshen does not appear to be able to handle Ice Burns.

What did I just say?

Soldier

"Sir Narshen, I have just received a report that Castle Araphen has been

retaken by the enemy!"

“Oh. Who would have thought that the level 7 knight with shitty stats would fail against the enemy. Maybe if you hadn’t decided to be a pedophile and leave your army in the lurch you FUCKING RETARD!!”

STOP MAKING R-I....I...Give up...

Well with that behind us, lets see the chapter. It’s-

It’s.....

Errr....

What the.....It can’t...

IT IS!

Okay, for the record, this is Chapter 4 in this game:

This is Chapter 14 from Blazing Blade:

(I could not find any other versions of the chapter layout. Sorry)

That’s right! It’s a nostalgia level! And what’s more, who was the boss of Chapter 14? Erik! This chapter also had an Etrurian girl held prisoner.

Enough of this nostaliga trip though. It’s murderin’ time!

Okay, it’s time for Marcus to do what he does best.

Be our item finder! Lets see what useful information/reward this village has!

Pretentious bastard. Okay, we got a door key. They unlock doors. Moving on.

And once again, I get a transition shot.

The main issue with this chapter is that Laus has ALOT of cavalry. And they are in an open field area where their skills can truly shine. But don’t worry, we can make through that. It’s a bit later in this chapter that’s the problem.

Since they wield Lances and Axes, Lott, Ward and Bors will hold the line in the south area.

Roy will hold the North. His Rapier has been better days however.

Thany will enjoy the beautiful ocean scenery.

Lance will be on ranged combat, along with Wolt and Lugh.

They don;t have any ranged units, so it’s safe enough to put Ellen here.

And this is the full defensive position.

The first conflict breaks out with Ward making headway on the first Cavalier.

The northen cavalier thought he was being clever attacking out leader. He was wrong.

Errr.....Remember how I said there were no ranged units.? Yeah, I am retarded.

The limitations of the cavaliers leaves them vunerable after the turn. For the record, Cavalry could actually move after attacking in some of the SNES Fire Emblems, as well as in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn.

Just for proving that I am an idiot Nomad, you get some Dieck flavored punishment.

Remember Lot, the one two punch!

That’s the one two punch! (I was getting Bioshock 2 when I wrote this alright?)

Wolt. The archer who will kill you, buuut just not quite...

The full killing goes to Alan.

I have a thing with showy formations okay?

The majority of the Laus army bounds across their majestic plans. It is here the main battle will be decided. However, whatever you do, DO NOT ADVANCE TOO FAR IN. If you do, well.....You’ll see...

(Meanwhile, in the castle dungeons)

The girl continues to be hilarious.

Huh. My brooding senses are tingling. Wonder what that’s about?

Oh. Him.

Pompishness aside, I still think she is the best character so far.

The Mercenary will have none of her shit however.

WHAT IS IT WITH THIS CHAPTER AND RAPE?!

The next turn starts. However, due to an error, I failed to take any pictures of it. It involved more slaughter. However, after it’s over, this happens:

*Inside castle*

Clarine

"I said, let go!"

Rutgar

"Shut up. You won't be able to escape with all the noise you're making."

Clarine

"! Then you're..."

Rutgar

"I've prepared a horse for you over there by that tree. Get on it and leave

while you can."

For the record, she will never get off that horse. Ever.

Clarine

"...Why are you helping me?"

Rutgar

"I have hatred against Bern."

Clarine

"Hatred?"

Rutgar

"It's none of your business."

Clarine

"Putting it that way makes me more curious."

Rutgar

"Time's running short. Go!"

Clarine

"......"

*Clarine leaves the castle*

Clarine

"This is in the middle of a battlefield! What was that man thinking!? A

proper gentleman should escort the lady to her mansion! Well, putting that

aside...I came all the way here on my own to meet my brother, and now look at

the state I'm in... What should I do now?"

So yes. Luckily for Clarine (The player should be able to see her name by now) the brooding Mercenary decided to let her escape. Unfortunately for Clarine, he dumped her in the middle of a battlefield. Class act sir.

And not only in the middle of a battlefield, but in enemy range too.

I should explain green characters now. They are NPC’s. They are always against the red units, and they can either be generic soldiers, important defend targets, or recruitable characters. Recruiting them is as simple as talking to them with a certain unit. In this case, it’s Roy. I have to admit though, I always wanted a unit colour that would attack both your blue units AND the enemy red units. Oh well..

(Note to Intelligent Systems: PUT THIS IN YOUR NEXT FIRE EMBLEM GAME)

We need to save Clarine. As a healer, she has as much endurance as tissue paper. But first things first, Bors has some words to say to this Cavalier.

So we can get Roy to talk to....What? Why isn’t the command popping...

OH! I forgot! Some NPC units don’t let you talk to them, they actually move over to the unit they want to talk to. Clarine is one of them, the snooty prick. (I Still like her)

Blah Blah, brave Knight to the rescue.

Did I forget to mention that Foot units can pick up mounted units? Well they can. I would make a joke, but I think I will let somebody much funnier than me do it.

There. Get through THIS assholes.

Meanwhile....

Marcus did not take too kindly to Captain Obvious

Once the turn ends, this happens:

Yes, Pirates appear. They are basically sea Bandits, and have the same ability to destroy villages. For the record, Pirates also appeared in Chapter 4 of Blazing Blade. Deja Vu.....

People continue to fail to kill Dieck

Alright, now that this turn is over, It’s time to recruit Clarine.

Aww man, SNARK OFF!

Clarine

"Please step back. I was not addressing you."

Merlinus

"What!? Who do you think..."

Roy

"Now, now, Merlinus... It looks like she's being pursued by the castle's

soldiers. That's why she wants us to guard her. Right?"

Clarine

"Um, yes! Yes, that is correct."

Merlinus

"What...what impudence! Our army isn't so lenient that we are going to take

along some girl who would be of absolutely no use!"

Clarine

"My name is Clarine, not 'girl.' And I am not of no use! I can use these

staves to heal wounded allies."

Roy

"So you will fight alongside us?"

Clarine

"...Yes! Of course...I would certainly not ask to be protected without doing

anything in return!"

Roy

"Thank you for joining! We're going up against Bern, so we need all the people

we can recruit. I'm Roy. Pleased to meet you, Clarine."

Clarine

"I am also pleased..."

*Clarine steps back*

Clarine

"Hmph! I will not be friendly with you..."

*Clarine joins*

So yes, Clarine joins us. She is a Troubadour. It’s just a Cleric on Horseback. Nothing special. Personally, I prefer Ellen because of her Promotion. But Clarine can be a good choice as well.

I also realize that there is an archer standing right in front of her.

Alright, he’s not dead.

Lets see if Lance can actually do something.

Done. Now I need to stop those Cavaliers in the right from going after my weaker units.

This is when you should use defensive positions.

Not you.

Elsewhere....

Turns out that our brooding friend is actually working for Laus. Now let me say that this cutscene is the only indication what is going to happen next.

Rutgar

"What do you want?"

Eric

"Our forces are having trouble out there. Take some more troops and go assist

them."

Rutgar

"......"

Eric

"Didn't you hear? I said, go help them!"

Rutgar

"I heard you. I'll go as soon as I'm ready."

*Rutgar leaves*

Eric

"Hmph, not the friendliest of people. Well he's supposed to be one of the best

swordsmen out there."

I always love how they try to pretend that low level Myrmidon’s are somehow these amazingly spectacular killing machines.

Wow. Ward actually got some decent growths.

Long story short, the ambush worked well. But we want to keep this position.

Execpt I want to switch out Lance for Dieck. Since he’s more formidable. But why do I want to keep this position? Okay, no more beating around the bush. This is the Dick Move:

You remember how I said that in this game, reinforcements come at the beginning of the turn at the end of the turn? Well see, here is the thing. If you are doing this chapter, you would naturally be advancing towards the castle. Now you would keep up defensive positions, but hey would be uneven. What I am getting at, is that if you are close to the castle on this turn, then they decide to spawn the reinforcements.....

RIGHT IN YOUR FUCKING FACE!!!!

Oh, but that’s not all. You remember how Erik sent out the Brooding Guy?

Well, his name is Rutger. He is a Mymradon. Like Mercenaries, they only use swords. Unlike Mercenaries, they trade Strength and Defense for Speed and Skill. And another thing about them, is that they are good at performing critical hits. Rutger makes it even worse with his weapon:

The Killing Edge. It’s a moderately strong sword with one huge advantage. It has a massive critical rate. It’s 30. To put that into perspective, most of our characters have a 1-5 % chance of critical. He has about 35%. In a game where over 15% is considered slightly high for a critical, that is quite a bit.

So when he spawns as part of the reinforcements, he can easily kill a character by using a critical. Alan had 22 HP. Rutger did 8 damage. If that was a critical, Alan would be dead.

And even after that, he still brings three other units with him that can kill a wounded character.

The best way to get past this is to make a defensive position, and keep your distance from the castle when the previous cutscene comes up. So how do you deal with Rutger?

Actually, it’s quite simple.

I should tell you that you can also talk to certain enemies with certain characters to get them to join you. Yes, you can make Rutger’s awesomeness part of your army. They actually give you subtle hints about who can recruit who for the most part. Some of the later ones are downright cruel however.

Rutgar

"What, you're still here?"

Clarine

"'Still here!?' You just abandon me in the middle of a battlefield and you

have the nerve to say that!? I could have been killed!"

Wow. Good job on calling him out.

Rutgar

"Then you're lucky that you're still alive. Is there anything else you need to

say to me?"

Clarine

"Just a minute! You are just going to walk away after abandoning me? I do not

think so. A proper gentleman should take responsibility for his actions."

Rutgar

"Responsibility? What responsibility?"

Clarine

"If a gentleman rescues a lady, he must also escort her to her mansion! I've

never heard any story from any bard of the man just abandoning the lady."

Rutgar

"...What in the world are you talking about?"

Clarine

"Besides, did you not have a grudge against Bern? Then you shouldn't be

trying to fight us, who are going up against Bern."

Rutgar

"What? Wait! Is that true?"

Clarine

"? Is what true?"

Rutgar

"Is the army that you're in really fighting against Bern!?"

Clarine

"Yes...the leader named Roy or something said so."

Rutgar

"...All right."

Clarine

"?"

Rutgar

"I'm going to join your army. Happy now?"

Clarine

"Ah...I guess so."

*Rutgar leaves*

Clarine

"Wait! The important thing is not to fight Bern, but to protect me! ...*sigh*"

*Rutgar joins*

Lets celebrate his recruitment by having him shred a hapless Archer who is probably still wondering why his former comrade is now dismembering him.

I also sent Thany and Lance to deal with the pirates. It’s nothing interesting.

Except for this.

Also, Marcus finds another piece of Deja Vu.

Yes, once again, in Chpater 14 of Blazing Blade, you were also given an Iron Blade. (It’s still a Blade. Shut up).

The village below gives an Angelic Robe. It’s an item that gives a 7HP increase to anyone who uses it.

Now really, the remainder of the Chapter is just me killing the Pirates for EXP. It’s really boring to commentate on, so lets just skip to the boss.

Eric is a bit more formidable than he was was in Blazing Blade. In that game, he had the advantage of having a strong lance and the ability to move around. However, we also had Hector and his disgustingly overpowered Wolf Beil. Nothing to write home about really here.

So as you can see, Roy can take out half his health with a single Rapier hit. The trouble is that if he gets to attack Roy on his turn, he will use his Javelin instead. That is bad. Lets just attack anyway.

Eric

"You fools who are bound down by old, moldy tradition! I shall teach you the

ways of the world!"

Because letting yourself being taken over with a brutal and oppressive nation is SOOOOO much better....

RNGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

Thank the gods for rescue healing. It involves using a staff character to heal your attacking character, and then pulling out the staff user via rescue.

Like so.

Okay, Roy should counter attac-

Oh yes....

INSTA KILL CRITICAL BITCH!!!

Eric

"Ha...haha...fools...there is no future for you...who try and oppose absolute

power..."

That’s the end of Erik.

Okay, you want me to screw up later, don’t you RNG?!

I guess it’s time to end this trip down memory lane.

What Laus soldiers?

Guinevere

"Roy...are you all right?"

to Bern's side...I thought the members of the Lycia Alliance had a strong bonding to each other. Damn Bern! Playing dirty like this!"

Lycia having a strong bond?

HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Ohhhh.......Roy? Did your father tell you NOTHING about what happened 20 years ago?!

It had.....

Dark Mages.......

Homunculi.....

Dragons....

and everything!

Guinevere

"...I apologize."

Roy

"Oh...I'm sorry! I wasn't even thinking about your feelings..."

Guinevere

"No...you are right."

Roy

"We will now proceed west towards Ostia. But we can no longer trust the other

dukes and now that Lord Hector has passed away, there may no longer be a

peaceful way to end this war. My lady, do you plan on returning to Bern? If

you need anything..."

Guinevere

"No, please allow me to stay, if it would not be a burden."

Roy

"It would never be a burden! But why do you wish to stay?"

Guinevere

"My brother is wrong. He is dragging the Dragons into a human war. If he

thinks that that is the way to liberate the world, I must stop him."

Roy

"To liberate the world?"

Guinevere

"Yes, he has always been talking about liberating the world. He is saying that

this war is to do so."

Read: Destroy

Roy

"What does he mean?"

Guinevere

"I do not know... But my brother is not the kind of person that would think

about taking over the world. So he must have a very important reason for

conquering Elibe. Still, that is no excuse to cause war killing innocent

people..."

Roy

"Princess Guinevere..."

Mission Complete!

Lets Play Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seals! April Fools Special

2010-04-01T02:49:00.000-07:00

Well, You can't blame a guy for trying to have fun on April Fools! This is the April Fools Mother 3 Tanetane Island video! WARNING! This video does contain some spoilers for Mother 3!

Lets Play Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seals! Episode 3

2010-02-12T18:54:00.000-08:00

Episode 3: No Rest for the Weary

Lets Play Fire Emblem returns as Team Roy attempts to reclaim Castle Araphen and Save Lord Hector! Will they succeed? And will I be able to get over denial?

Castle Araphen appeared in Blazing Blade. I will get to that during the bonus content.

Bern.

Roy's army was hurrying toward Castle Araphen, taking with them Princess

Guinevere, a key member who could make or break this war.

: Lord Roy? How long have we been marching towards Araphen?

: Almost three months. That’s weird. We shouldn’t have taken that long.

: And why did our tactician leave when we started to march?

: I’m not sure. He left saying things like going to a “Second Modern War” and “Assassins”, and something called a train. What’s a train?

: Well, no matter. Apparently he retuned today. And it looks like we are almost at Araphen! We shoul-

Activision has stopped being staffed by evil?

NOTE: Only one of them actually rides a dragon.

Curse you APEC security!

Okay, so the leaders were attacked. How bad could things have possibly-

Okay, that may be a problem. Wait, enemy leader? Ostia is the Alliance leader.....

.....Then that would mean.....

HECTOR?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

two of our Dragon Lords. I suppose they do not call you the leader

of the Lycia Alliance for nothing. However, you were not good enough. Pray

while you can, for you end here."

I did not grind him to near demi god status in Blazing Blade for nothing....

each other. Even when you took the throne, we have always paid our respects towards Bern..."

Yes. Great terms. Especially when Bern shut it’s borders to Lycia, and enforced a law banning Lycian nobles from traveling in the country, as the prospect of massive conflict between said countries grew critical.

Retcons are fun.

Lycia...no, this entire continent must go

under my rule. That is the only way to liberate this world. I lack the time

to be worrying about such trivial matters as respect."

The person that Bern will follow to the end, ladies and gentlemen.

Hector

"To liberate...this world? What do you mean...?"

Zephiel

"It is of no importance to you. You are going to die anyway. Someone! Take

him away!"

Okay, don’t panic. He’s being thown in the dungeon. Not being executed. So he was badly wounded, big deal! Hector took that kind of shit for breakfast back in the day. And besides, dungeons don’t kill people right?

Right?

(Moving on...)

Zephiel

"Yes, you may be on your way."

Brenya

"One thing before I leave, your Majesty. I beg your pardon, but I do not think

that it is such a good idea to put too much trust into sinister people..."

Zephiel

"Do you mean Idoun?"

Brenya

"Yes. Our soldiers call her the 'Dark Priestess' and do not approve of her

presence. I understand that she is a Shaman of great powers, however..."

Oh come on. How could you find this person the least bit threatening or ominous?

Zephiel

"Brenya, do you not have faith in me?"

Brenya

"...! Yes, of course I do, your Majesty! I just thought that..."

Zephiel

"Then all you do is follow my orders. Understood?"

Brenya

"...Yes. I will do whatever his Majesty wishes."

*Brenya leaves*

Zephiel

"'Do you not have faith in me?' Dear dear, the things I say sometimes..."

Chad (the Thief)

"Yeah, that's for sure. I saw some of Bern's soldiers take him into the

castle."

See? Dungeons. Can't kill people.

You know, this is a bit abrupt for a new character to be introduced.

I wouldn't try that if I were you. The bulk of Bern's forces are gone, but there are still a decent number of soldiers still in the castle, you know? It would be suicide to try and charge them with your army."

Shut your damn mouth kid. Hector is going to be sprung from this hellhole just as the Bern forces will be bleeding corpses after our clean out

Roy
"Perhaps. But we can't afford to lose Lord Hector. And you said that their
main forces are gone, right? Then there is a chance that we could win."

Chad
"I see... Then I guess I'll go along too. I can show you around the castle."

Roy

"What!? No no, don't feel pressured! If you could just explain what the

interior of the castle looks like..."

Chad

"I also want revenge against Bern. C'mon, let me go with you!"

Roy

"All right. Then I'll be counting on you."

I didn't think he would invade Lycia so soon..."

Roy

"My Lady, there's no point in dwelling over the past. Please do not blame

yourself.

Don’t worry Guinevere. I don’t hold any blame on you whatsover. Unless there is the no-existant scenario that Hector dies. Then I will be painting Bern with the blood of the Bern royal family.

Roy...

Don’t you think THAT may be a problem?

Welcome to our first indoors map. Indoor maps have their own special quirks that we will be covering in this update.

But first, lets see our new character!

Chad here is a Thief. Now Thieves are a bit of an oddity in this game. The Thief class did not gain the ability to promote until Blazing Blade. (What is promotion? Err, I think I will cover that when I have a character I can promote. For now, think of it as this game’s version of Evolution from Pokemon) Because of this, they are not good at combat.

However, they have one important thing going for them: their looting and steeling abilities. Looting is something I will get to in this chapter. Steeling involves putting the thief next to an enemy and steeling an item. This is important as enemies, unlike in other games in the series never drop items and weapons upon death in Sword of Seals. So Stealing and Looting is more important than ever.

As for Chad himself? Well theves, as stated previously, are not useful for combat, so I didn’t even level him up on my previous playthrough. But lets see how he does here...

The thing about indoor maps is that you have to get used to confined fighting. This makes certain classes less than effective, and some more effective. For example, Pegasus Knights are not useful in these maps, due to the close quarters and lack of rough terrain to take advantage of. Not to mention that there is a lot of archers in these maps, which are very useful in indoors maps.

So lets get started. I had one of the cavaliers attack one of the soldiers at the entrance.

Fun fact: I managed to take this image the precise moment the striking animation took place. This is simultaneously the best and worst shot I could have taken

I also had Chad take down the other guard.

The enemies’ turn starts, and once again, enemy soldiers fail to realize that they are a bit shit.

STOP DOING THAT SCREENSHOT TAKER!!

(Meanwhile, an event happens at one of the villages in the upper left corner)

I know what you are thinking. Shut up.

Wow. These are the most detailed children NPC’s I have ever seen in a Fire Emblem game.

He will show his bravery by staying in his village until we come to drag his ass into our merry band.

And so the reverend and the children flee past the enemies. They can do this because they are moving within the turn void. Its a bizarre dimension where characters can move wherever they want, without bending down to the rules of turn based RPG’s. It can be too much for most minds.

Back to our side, an archer learns the hard way that he should not attack by charing into a hostile zone, via Bors running him through with a lance him, and Chad knifing him.

Dieck took down the solider from above and manged to level up. Dieck has some good growths, and he will be a valuable part of our army.

(I didn’t get that many screenshots of this next part, so bear with me. We cut to the throne room)

Zephiel

"Narshen! What is causing all that noise?"

Narshen

"Probably what's left of the enemy are trying to put up a fight in their last

hope. Excuse me your Majesty, I shall have them cleaned up in no time."

Idoun

"Your Highness, shall we use the Dragons?"

Narshen

"No, I do not wish to put the Dark Priestess through any trouble. Do not

worry, we can handle them by ourselves..."

(No, they can not.)

Idoun

"......"

Zephiel

"Not this time, Idoun. Send the Dragons back to Bern, as was planned."

Idoun

"Yes, if his Highness wishes it to be so."

Narshen

"......"

Zephiel

"I will be off to Bern soon as well. Narshen, I'm going to leave Lycia up to

you."

Narshen

"...What shall I do with the remaining forces of the Lycia Army?"

Zephiel

"Kill all those who stand against us."

Note: If you are writing a Fire Emblem game and do not have at least one character who is perfectly fine with killing women and children, you are not doing it right.

Zephiel

"Of course. Annihilate them enough so that they would no longer even think

about going against us."

Uhhh...Zephiel? I don’t think that’s possible.....

Narshen

"Leave that to me, sire. Hehehe..."

Zephiel leaves, with Idoun in tow. Just as well, seeing that with his stats, he would turn every character into red mulch.

Narshen

"Hmph, I wonder what his Majesty sees in that Idoun girl.

Yes, Narshen is going to leave the scene. This will become a reoccurring theme later on.

against Lycia has a special gift for me. He says it's a girl from Etrurian nobility or something...hehehe..."

Given that Narshen is promoted, we can contribute our victory to his Pedophiliac Libido.

(I am so sorry for that line)

Narshen, ladies and gentlemen

Back to the fight, Team Roy has finally managed to break into the castle. For the record, I actually sent Lance up the left side of the map, around the castle, to get to the village. In the meantime, Wolt headshots another soldier.

Followed by Lot.

Lauren also adavnces another level. Staff spamming helps.

This is the next turn, and I believe this is Ward. I could never tell him and Lott apart.

At the very least, the enemy Knights have some degree of confidence in their blind rush. These guys come mandatory for all indoor levels. Make sure you have Ward and Lott taking point at this point.

You may have also noticed the Cavaliers that are above Ward. See, when Slater took command, three cavaliers appeared. They are simple to deal with if you know what you are doing, ie, make a chokepoint with the combination of Lott, Ward or Bors, but they can easily do some serious damage if you are not prepared.

It is for that same reason that Cavaliers are not good in indoors maps, limited maneuverability and all that.

(Elsewhere, Lance finally reaches the village with little trouble)

I have heard enough. GTFO b-

MAGIC!? You are in sir! This should make up for Lillina.....

So yes, Lugh joins as our first mage. Now let me explain magic. Magic’s attack power is deducted by the Resistance stat, or Magic Defense. Most physical classes have very poor res, so Mages can tear classes like Knights and Bandits to pieces.

Magic, like weapons has a counter triangle. I will bring up the other magic types when they become relevant, but for now, we have Anima magic. It’s all based on the elements; Fire, Thunder, Wind, ect. Other Fire Emblem games had a weapon triangle within Anima magic itself, but thats another story. Despite being the most common magic, Anima is more like Lances than Swords, with the middle ground of might and hit. But let me tell you, Anima is over powered in this game compared to the others. Why is that so?

See, magic comes from spell books. And you wouldn’t think that a spell book would be heavy at all compared to, say a Battleaxe or a Lance right? Well, in this game, you would be right! Spell books have very little weight in this game. Not so in the other games. The problem with weight is that since mages are scrawny little twigs, they have very little con. You can see that Lugh has 4 con. A fire book (the most basic) is 2 weight. Simple. However, the weight in the other games is about 4. Which some mages can’t even handle, which, in turn, saps them of much needed speed.

What does that mean for Lugh himself. Well, he is simply a good Mage. His growths are good, he has the right growths, and he will be an important part of your army for this part of the game, and if you like him, beyond.

Back to the fight. The Cavalry charge stopped in front of the blockade, so Bors and Roy will advance to meet them. This poor sod has a sword, so not only is he useless when pitted against Bors....

......Roy can attack him with little fear of RNG dickery.

One thing about making a chokepoint is the threat of Javelins. This is only if you put weaker characters right behind the guarding units of course.

And we now see reinforcements arrive. Now in most of the other recent Fire Emblem games, reinforcements arrive at the end of the turn. However, they arrive at the beginning of the turn in this game. And they can move right after deployment. Naturally, the game will do everything in it’s power to make this into as many dick moves it can. Starting from next chapter. Just wait and see.

I think this image perfectly sums up my feelings towards Marcus, as well as his general tactics.

My units converge on the throne room entry, as the remainder of the guard does their best to defuse the threat. Guess how well it goes.

Although, to their credit, they managed to pick their targets well. What? Oh yes. See, in the 2D Fire Emblem games, ranged attacks have the bizarre ability to phase through walls, with no hinderance to accuracy whatsoever. Now I can vaguely understand magic, accuracy issue not withstanding, but Arrows, Hand Axes, and Javelins are pushing it just a bit.

Our turn begins. It is at this point that the Bern forces realize the problem with their positions.

Not for long, mind you.

Amidst the hilarious failure of tactics, Wolt finally gains a Strength growth.

Now I actually want Chad to gain levels in this playthrough, so after he runs down this poor sap....

I use my units to trap his hapless comrade behind my forces. This is one of the best tactics for giving weak units easy EXP.

Oh, and I think it was at this point that Chad performed a critical. Unfortunately, I failed to get it in a picture.

And Chad reaps the rewards.

So with his entire army annihilated, it’s up to Slater to save Castle Araphen and regain Bern’s honor.

Unfortunately for him, these are his stats.

But we should not be focusing all our forces to curbstomp Slater, lets loot this place!

Oh and dispose of his last guard..

Done.

Okay, I seriously don’t remember Roy being able to get this good growths at all. Are you setting me up to smash my hope to the ground later RNG?

Alright, lets get rid of Slater. I am going to trade blows with him first.

Bern’s mighty army, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Now, I could use Ward’s shiny Hammer to quickly get rid of him. If the hit was not 28%. That is a problem.

Besides, we want to milk this sod for EXP. Roll call!

ROY!

Alan!

LUGH!

Now let’s finish it with Roy!

So Roy has 64% hit and Slater can kill him in one shot. Lets go!

OH GOD!! RNGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO......

:O (He missed)

VICTORYYYYYY!!!

Wow. Narshen’s wrath goes beyond the grave.

*Guitar Riff*

Slater

DEAD

(That will make no sense to people who have not seen No More Heroes 2)

Oh. Forgot about the whole looting thing.

Oh sure, there’s a Knight guarding the treasure room, but we have Dieck.

See?

Our loot is...

A Halberd. An anti Cavalry weapon. And....

$$$$$$$$

Could not resist another Kodiac moment.

Now that we made it to the throne, we can save Hector now!!

(Apparently, the down time devoured all the images of this scene somehow. Bear with me)

*Inside castle*

Merlinus

"Master Roy! We have found Lord Hector in the dungeon level!"

Roy

"Really!? Is it all right?"

Merlinus

"He's severely wounded..."

*Hector appears*

Hector

"Roy..."

Roy

"Lord Hector! What an awful wound...! We must treat it! Here, lean on my

shoulder..."

This.....Was....The same thing Hector said to *BLAZINGBLADESPOILER* before he.....Died.....That is....Just....A coincidence.....

Hector

"It's all right...I won't last much longer..."

No. Shut up. You will live. Stop lying. Why do you have to be a lier?

Roy

"Lord Hector..."

Metal Gear?!

Sorry.

Hector

"Yes...the Dragons that we humans fought in the past..."

And we spent the prequel trying to stop. Great. It’s Modern Warfare 2 all over again.

Roy

"The Scouring? I have heard of it. A long time ago, two races that each had

half of Elibe, the humans and the Dragons, fought over total control of the

continent..."

Hector

"Right...the "Eight Heroes"...defeated the Dragons and led us humans...to

vic...tory..."

Roy

"How did Bern use the Dragons...?"

Hector

"I...have no idea...but...the Dragons had control of what is now Bern in the

past...and Hartmut, one of the "Eight Heroes"...is the founder of Bern...

perhaps...the reason...lies there...cough cough..."

Exposition. People don’t die when they give exposition right?

Roy

"Lord Hector!"

Hector

...instead of me..."

STOP WITH YOUR BULL SHIT TALK ABOUT DYING!! YOU! WILL! LIVE! YOU! WILL! LIVE! YOU! WILL! LIVE!

Roy

"Me...? But..."

Hector

"Don't worry...in Ostia...are weapons that....are effective against Dragons..."

Roy

"Weapons...?"

Hector

"I have already told this to Lilina...please take care of her too...she...may

seem strong...but she is still a child...please...give her support..."

WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT LYING?!?! STOP YOUR BULLSHIT!! YOU WILL LIV-

Roy

"...Yes, I will."

*Hector dies*

.................

I see.

Well.

I will be crying myself to sleep thanks.

Mission Complete. :(

Tune in Next time for Episode 4.

I am Back!

2010-01-27T19:36:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! Now that my laptop has been retuned to me, I can finally get back to the Lets Play!

Oh BTW, remember how I said how I was hyped for this?

Well.....After playing it, I wound up having more satisfation from this:

And this.

And If you want to be throughout, these:

Modern Warfare 2: A story of Sane men on an Insane Earth (WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS!!!)

2009-12-06T02:42:00.000-08:00

A Plot summary of Modern Warfare 2
Act 1: 99 Luftballons

Shepherd: It is a well known fact that the winners write history. In this case the Ultranationalists are the ones in control of Russia's history and society now.

Player: But I thought I defeated the Ultranationalists by shooting their leader in the face! Why are they erecting ridiculous statues of him as Napoleon?

Shepherd: YOU FAILED. OFFSCREEN.

Afghanistan

Srg Foley: Hello men, I am Sergent Foley. You may recognize my voice actor as Keith David, aka, Goliath from Gargoyles. Feel free to orgasm every time I talk. Now since all you Afghan soldiers can't do simple things like throw grenades, Prv Allen will show you.

Afghan Soldiers: Okay, we know we are better than tha-

Foley: WRONG.

Training Course

US Soldier: Okay, time to run the training course.

Allen: Is this going to involve throwing flashbangs into rooms right next to me?

US Soldier: No.

Allen: Thank god.

US Soldier: You will have to avoid shooting civilian targets though.

Allen: Well.....That's a situation that will come up alot for me right?

US Soldier: Uhhhh......Sure......Anyway, this practise should be useful in the event that shit breaks loose.

*Shit Breaks Loose*

One mission later

Shepherd: Allen, I think you are awesome. I want you to join our super l33t team.

Allen: Hell yeah!

Shepherd: Your first mission is to go undercover to bring down Russia terrorist Vladamir Makarov. Your job is to bring him down.

Allen: When and how do I do this?

Shepherd: That's top secret.

Allen: But.....

Shepherd: Oh, and we have two British guys on a mission in the middle of Russia. Thier names are...

Somewhere in Russia
Soap: ......Roach, time to scale up the mountain. Any questions?

Roach: Why is my codename so stupid?

Soap: I started out with an equally stupid codename, and god damn you will too.

*One mountain climb and stealth mission later later*

Roach: Alright, I found the downed sat modual, good thing we were not compromised!

Soap: *Is compromised*

Roach: Crap.

Soap: Roach....Go to plan B. BLOW SHIT UP!

Roach: *Blows shit up and shoots soldiers in bullet time*

Russians: NO! BULLET TIME! OUR GREATEST WEAKNESS! *Dies*

Soap: Alright, we can escape using snowmobiles via an epic chase!

Roach: Wasn't this series about logic and realism?

Soap: Well.....This is kinda logical....and realistic.....

Zakhaev (!) International Airport

Makarov: Remember, No Russian.

Lev: What about the security cameras?

Makarov: The what now?

Allen: Alright. I have gotten this far. All I need to do is shoot Makarov in the head, and this can all be avoided. But wait.....That would be too predictable. And the mission can't be this simple! I guess I should just play along and find the right opportunity!

Civilians: *Are massacred in droves*

Allen: Wait for it......

Civilians: *More dying*

Allen: Should come up any second now....

Airport Security: *Getting Exploded*

Allen: Do do do doooooo.....Oh god. All the slaughter...All the horror....I need to do something to take my mind off it all....*Sees Flight times all switch to "Delayed" for no reason other than irony*...I KNOW!

Allen: I guess their flight.....

*Takes sunglasses off bullet riddled corpse and puts them on*

....JUST GOT DELAYED.

I: *Am going to hell for that joke*

Team Makarov: *Blank stares of suspicion*

Allen: Uhhh....Right comrades!?

Team Makarov: *Angry states of suspicion*

Allen: Errrr......Oh look, Police squads.

*One kill fest later they arrive at their getaway ride in the form of an ambulance*

Allen: So how did our message go?

Makarov: Oh it went perfectly fi-HEIL HITLE-I mean-ZAKIHAV!! *Shoots Allen*

Allen: BLEAGHHHH. HOW DID YOU KNOW!?

Makarov: If the CSI reference did not tip us off, I don't know what did.

Allen: Damn....you....overused.....memes......*Dies*

--
Offscreen Investigation

Officer #1: Hey, this body is American! AMERICA MUST BE RESPONSIBLE! THEY WILL PAY IN BLOOD!

Officer #2: Uhhh....Sir? There are two other bodies with the same tattoos. And they are Russians.

Officer #1: AMERICAN TRICKS.

Officer #2: And we have surveillance footage of the massacred being committed by what appears to be Vladamir Makarov. We should probably bring him in.....

Officer #1: MORE AMERICAN TRICKS.

Officer #2: Sir, with all due respect, all the evidence points to Makarov being the person responsible, and the American just being a pawn. We should really take this evidence into account.

Officer #1: DEATH TO AMERICA!!

Officer #2: *Sigh*

--
Task Force 411 Briefing

Shepherd: Well, that mission was a bust.

Soap: When and What was Allen supposed to do anyway?

Shepherd: Well.....When he got in the group.......He was meant....to....do....the.........thingy...Errrr....

Roach: *Facepalm*

Shepherd: Anyway, the Russians are blaming America, and we have no way to prove otherwise.

Ghost: Okay, I can think of at least 3 ways we could prove otherwise.

Shepherd: Russia is basically run by Saturday Morning Cartoon villains. Logic is not exactly in their court. Anyway, we managed to get the ID of the bullets fired using CCTV footage. Apparently you can hunt down this weapons dealer.

Roach: HOW IS THA-

Shepherd: Nobody cares. I hope you all like Rio!

Rio De Janeiro, aka THE WORST FU**ING MISSION IN THE GAME.

Driver: All right we need to tail this suspect. Hey, he just ran into two guys there that seem unhappy. I wonder why?

Thug 1# and 2#: *Irrelevant dialogue that no one can hear or care about*

Suspect: *Irrelevant dialogue that no one can hear or care about, followed by Desert Eagle related violence*

Driver: HOLY SHIT!

Suspect: EAT LEAD CAR!

Driver: *Headshotted*

Roach: GAH HIS BRAINS ARE EVERYWHERE!

Player: GAH HIS BRAINS ARE EVERYWHERE!

Soap: ROACH GET DOWN!!

Roach: Down?! What do you mean down?! There's no time to discuss dow-*Dead*

Player: How was supposed to know that I had to duck?

*Respawn*

Soap: He is going into an allyway!

Roach: Alright, so all we have to do is grab the guy without harming h-

Soap: SHOOT HIM IN THE LEG!!

Roach: ???????

Soap: DO IT!!

Suspect: *Is shot in leg*

*Transition*

Soap: Okay Roach, we need you to get Alex. Redshirts 2# and 3#-I mean...Meat and Royce, go with him.

Roach: Kay. BTW, are you sure that your interrogation will follow humane protocols?

Soap: Absolutely!

Roach: Then why is Ghost powering up a car battery?

Soap: Can't hear you. BYE!

*Door closes. Buzzing sounds can be heard*

Roach:....Anyway, any idea on how to get the civilians away safely?

Royce: I know. BLOODY MURDER! BLOODY MURDER! EVERYONE FREAK OUT!!!

Meat: Okay, I am sure that there should only be a few Militia in the Favela-

*The Militia turn out to apparently consist of 95% of Rio's population*

Meat: Okay....You can't blame us for not expecting th-*Shot*

Royce: Meat is down! Don't worry Roach, these Militia should be poorly armed-*Shot*

Soap: Roach? Alex is on the run! You need to follow him solo! No pressure!

Roach: THE MILITIA ARE IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE POSITIO-*Dead x15*

Player: How the hell do I get past this Clusterfu*k?

Roach: Okay, Now I have reached the hill area. I need to be calm and patient...

Soap: HE'S GETTING AWAY ROACH HURRY HURRY.

Roach: THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT STOP MAKING ME TENSE AHHHH.

*Roach reaches a ally where there are about six guys waiting, postion on the rooftops, ground, and windows, all trained on an area that, since someone at Infinity Ward was having a bad day, has no good cover*

Roach: Ah-*Dead WAY TO MANY TIMES TO COUNT*

Player: *Twitch*

Roach: Okay.....I finally made it past that hell hole.....Now to nab Rojas and-

Soap: *Goddamn piledrives Rojas out of a window onto a car*

Roach: WHA.

Soap: We got him boys! Great work! Roach, even though your efforts were unneeded, good work!

Roach:.........I hate my life.

TO BE CONTINUED.....

Lets Play Fire Emblem on Temporary Hiatus

2009-11-12T03:43:00.000-08:00

Due to me being forced to give in my laptop, I have to put Lets Play Fire Emblem VI on hiatus until late January 2010. Sorry.

As for what I will be doing until then? Well....A few things come to mind....

2009-10-29T02:26:00.000-07:00

Episode 2: I am so sorry

Welcome back to Lets Play Fire Emblem: The Sword of Seals. Now, before we begin this episode, I have some bad news. I kinda went poorly on the whole “image taking” aspect. As a result of my inexperience, I wound up with several...No, lets not be kind here, MANY superfluous shots, and little in the way of proper gameplay footage. Not to mention that, once again, an entire chunk of images disappeared.

So, really, I am really sorry, but I have to make due with what I have here. It’s too late to re-do Chapter 2, as I already saved over the file. I promise that these issues will be sorted out by Episode 3.

So, long story short:

* Roy is going to meet the Mercs

* The Princess of Bern has vanished, to the annoyance of her bodyguard.

* Turns out the fort commander has her, and is going to ransom her off to the enemy. Good to see the loyal Bern army at work then.

* Her servant escaped and told Roy and co.

* Merlinus reveals himself as a douche.

* Battle.

Well, lets get this out of the way...

And the first shot I have is Wolt missing a unit that, by all accounts, he should have hit. I......

Sheesh, at least Bors has an excuse.

For this, I wanted Bors to be the meatshield against the axemen. Luckily, he was on a fortress, which defends him.

I should explain terrain. There are different spaces that have terrain, which increases a unit’s avoid and Defense stats. For example, Forests give 20 avoid and 2 defense and Fortresses have 3 defense and 30 avoid. They also heal a set amount of health each turn. I will get to more terrain when they become relevant.

Anyway, my brilliant strategy succeeds in......!

.....Trapping my army and halting it’s progress.

Oh.....

Oh, and the Mercenaries arrived. I was going to write an epic introduction for them, but OH WELL, WE CAN’T BECAUSE WE LOST THE PICTURES WOOPS.

Sigh.....Lets just introduce these people.

Oh wait, I lost their portraits. So let me just sum them up. I will do the full coverage next time.

Dieck: Mercenary. Uses swords. Is all kinds of awesome

Thany: Pegasus Knight. Is fragile. Decent unit.

Wade and Lot. Fighters. Have no discernible differences between each other. Turned out mediocre on first playthrough.

Anyway, I made a choke point with the Mercenaries, as the game essentially gives it to you on a silver platter

It works. But it all goes horribly wrong. I want Thany to get EXP so she attacks a weakened archer. The first step towards conquering you fear is confronting it.

And by “confronting”, I mean “run through with a lance”.

I wound up moving Wade in bad position and.....

He got killed. In Fire Emblem, when a unit dies, they are dead for good. No take backs. This is the most infamous part of the series, and the reason it is so polarizing.

For me, my FE Philosophy is....

Leave no man behind!

Second time round I.....You know what? I was going to have a much better thing planned out, but after this whole image crap, I am just going to set images to some tunes.

I am so sorry

This boss is a bit more complex than the last one. He is a knight. Meaning he has a ton of defense and offense. How do we deal with him?

Simple.

Eariler on, Marcus picked up an armourslayer from a village. This doubles it’s might against armored units. The drawback is it’s inaccuracy and Weight.

When using a weapon, the weight’s affect depends on the Con of a unit. If the weight is more than the con, the difference is taken out of the unit’s speed for example, If a weapon has 10 weight and the unit has 7 con, then the unit looses 3 speed while using the weapon. Dieck does not have a problem with that. Characters like Thany and Wolt do.

As you can see (Or can’t because of the bloody “x2” sign), the boss gets wrecked by the armor slayer.

You have no luck. Look at your stats.

DIECK WINS.

FLAWLESS VICTORY.

Well, now we know! And knowing is half the battle!

GI-You know the drill...

Before I end the chapter, I would like to show you a trick you can use to quickly train your healers. When the chapter ends, use your healer to heal every single unit, whether they are wounded heavily or little. It’s a very useful trick.

Right, lets end this.

Woman

"Ellen! Oh, you were all right? I never knew you would do such a brave thing

for me... You had me worried, Ellen."

Ellen

"I wanted to rescue you no matter what...so..."

Woman

"It is fine, Ellen. Thanks to you, I am safe now."

*Woman turns to Roy*

Woman

"You are in my debt. May I ask your name?"

Roy

"I am Roy, son of Eliwood, the Duke of Pherae."

Woman

"Yes. And I am..."

Ellen

"Your Majesty...are you sure?"

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEA-Oh wait. Wrong Guinevere.

Hey Merlinus! SHUT UP!

Judging by the fact that she was just captured by a low ranking goon, not really.

Mission Complete!

Next time on Lets Play Fire Emblem VI! We....

HECTOR?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

(Next episode will be better, I promise)

The Wonderful World of Fire Emblem! Part 1

2009-10-21T22:33:00.000-07:00

The Wonderful World of Fire Emblem: Continents

Every single Fire Emblem game takes place on a single continent. Most of the games have no relation to each other, (Outside of direct sequel /prequel games) but have over arching themes, ala Final Fantasy. The formula for most of the games follows:

* There are a bunch of neighboring nations

* One of the nations is ridiculously driven by military, to the point that they are a massive war machine

* The peaceful, idilic nation that the main character lives in is invaded by the war nation is invaded, and usually has it’s shit wrecked in the process. Most of the war nations' commanders of the war nation are stupidly evil for no reason.

* Said war nation declares war on everyone else, because of dark, supernatural forces that are pulling the strings behind the scenes.

* Heroes team of with other nations to curbstomp the evil nation and the forces behind it. Usually with a legendary Sword of some kind.

This was the case in this game, Sacred Stones and Path of Radiance. Blazing Blade and Radiant Dawn followed a different formula.

We will eventually learn all about the nations later in this game. So let me talk about the other Continents

Sacred Stones: Magivel

The unique thing about Magivel is that at one point, it was embroiled in a war between humans and monsters. These monsters were things like Zombies, Floating Eyes, Cyclopses, Centaurs, Gargoyles, Giant Spiders, Gorgons (Medusa’ for those of you who are not fluent in Greek mythology) and Zombie dragons. They were all led by the Demon King. Long story short, he was sealed in one of the Sacred Stones: Five magical stones that are used to protect the nations from the monsters. During the actual events of the game, the monsters were released.

The nations were:

Renais: The main characters’ Erika and Ephiraim’s homeland. Is a peaceful nation that was allied with Grado. Until being invaded by Grado and being more or less shredded in the process.

Grado: The military/evil nation that was at once at peace with Renais, until they broke the peace and started invading. And for some reason, the Grado soldiers commit brutal atrocities upon the Renais people, despite them being former allies.

Frelia: The nation allied to Renais. The heroes spend company with the nation for a good part of the game. Nothing else remarkable, except for them having the most pathetic cutscene NPC’s in the entire series.

Rausten: A religious nation that is essentially Paladin land. The nation is home to the bulk of Light mages on the continent, and their actions lead to the defeat of the Demon King.

Jehanna: Desert nation protected by it’s surrounding territory. The prince, Joshua, ran away, leaving her mother in charge. The nation was invaded by Grado and betrayed by a crazy stalker.

Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn: Telius

Telius had gone through almost 800 years of a racial war by the time of Path of Radiance. The continent was home to two races, Beorc, normal humans, and Laguz, people who had the ability to shapeshift into animals (Message to people who make furry jokes: Shut up)

There were three tribes of Laguz:

The Beast Tribes: They occupy the country of Gallia, and consisted of the Cat Laguz, Tiger Laguz, and the Lion Laguz. The Red Lions are the royal family and rule over the rest of the cat and tiger laguz. In human form, their distinct features are their cat ears and tails.

In Radiant Dawn, another beast tribe are revealed: The Wolf Laguz, who live in Hatari, the lost nation.

The Bird Tribes: The bird tribes are the nations of Phoenics, home of the hawk laguz, Klivas, home of the Ravens and Serenes, former home of the Herons, who are essentially a Monk race. I say former because a major plot point is that they were massacred by Beorc 20 years before the events of the games.

The Dragon Tribes: Rulers of the country of Goldoa, and the most powerful of all Laguz. They decided to go all Howard Hughs on the rest of Telius and hid their society from the world.

The Beorc nations are:

Crimea: A peaceful nation that is mostly countrylands. Take a guess what happens to it. It’s soldiers dress in white uniforms. Said soldiers are mostly mounted units

Daein: A snowy, mountain filled land that invades Crimea under the rule of King Ashnard. It’s soldiers wear black. People who have been following me on Gamefaqs, TvTropes and That Guy With The Glasses may note that this is what I got my username, “Emperordaein” from. In Radiant Dawn, it kinda becomes the bitch nation of....

Begnion: The largest nation on Tellius, which most of the story of the two games revolves around. Is a massive empire ruled by the Apostle, the Empress who is tasked with speaking to the godess, and the senate, a group of aristocrats, who as you find out in Radiant Dawn, are some of the biggest douches in the world. Their soldiers wear red.