The Holy Kingdom of Faerghus Sucks
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Azure Gleam: "Maybe, after the Empire is dealt with, the war will be over and peace will reign over Fod-"
_AND HERE COMES CLAUDE WITH A STEEL CHAIR!_
Shez&dee: we teamed up against the empire. Why would you want a nother war!!
El: I grabbed the popcorn and enjoy the show for the next 2 years 😂😂😂😂
@@dihanjet6797Byleth: Hey, pass the popcorn, I got zero character development in this game so I'm just here solely for vibes.
El:ok
Shez:What if you got dlc with me and you can be well developed and I finally get closer to my past and my real parents or adoption mother is this good.
And this dlc has s supports
Top 10 Things to do in Faerghus
1. Leave
And what are the other 9 things to do in Faerghus?
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2: Depart
3: Evacuate.
4: Travel overseas
5: Migrate out of Faerghus.
6: Go away
7: Flee
8: Vanish
9: Leave even harder than option 1.
10: Lament that you can't do any of the above 9/
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"The Kingdom may be a half-frozen stretch of dirt, but it's MY half-frozen stretch of dirt!"
- Sylvain Jose Gautier
I love how in Three Hopes, nearly all Blue Lions stay at Dimitri's side. Despite Faerghus having PLENTY of major issues, they love their country too much to see the Empire and Alliance destroy it. Only Mercedes and Ashe can defect, for very understandable reasons.
“The Holy Kingdom of Faerghus Sucks” my brother in Seiros that’s one of the best parts! Faerghus is my beloved shit hole which is supposed to be France but really just is tsarist Russia.
In all seriousness though Faerghus’ lore goes so fucking deep and half of it is dark souls lore levels of obscure which requires mountains of theorizing and analysis of vague comments that paint a bigger picture.
For one, Fhirdiad was likely not always the Capital of the kingdom of faerghus. Camulus (located at the northern edge of the Tailteann plains, a major center of the central church, and where the central church hides out in three hopes/crimson flower) was likely the original capital of the kingdom. We know this through various documents from hopes and houses. For instance, the entire peninsula that Sreng is on used to be part of Sreng, which would include Fhirdiad. And Camulus also just out right works as a capital due to the clout it has.
As a church holy site in the northern part of the Tailteann plains, it’s likely it was built on top of the place where nemesis died, so Loog, being crowned by the church, likely ruled from there until his descendants would push Sreng back, in either one or two wars. If I had to guess, Klaus founded Fhirdiad, while Banfig, Klaus’ eldest son, finished the job (while properly establishing house Gautier in the process and getting the juicy fertile land for Fraldarius that is mentioned in the three hopes documents, although that Fraldarius farmland was likely taken most by klaus)
There is also SOOOO many implications about the crescent moon war and the three archduchies that are also only implied but could easily be concluded. For one, we know the western kingdom, aka Mach, is the only not wasteland part of the kingdom that isn’t Fraldarius territory, and it’s filled with assholes and nobles who will immediately get uppity to any threat to their autonomy.
During the succession crisis after klaus’ death, the lords of Mach backed the middle child, Krouffer, who, between his brothers *lacked a crest*. The western church aligned, crest obsessed western kingdom backing a crestless prince seems odd, as in their eyes, he seems like the least legitimate candidate. But that’s exactly the point. By having all of his power depend on them, they gain a massive amount of power and autonomy. Furthermore, Krouffer is described as Banal and generous, so he seems like the sort to be easily cajoled into giving out favors and privileges to the western kingdom. He’s sorta similar to Rufus, a crestless prince who is used by the western kingdom for their own power, albeit WAY more sympathetic. Princes need not be assholes for faerghus to make killers of them.
The whole move was likely spear headed by House Dominic, which based off some dialogue from Rodrigue in three hopes was WAY bigger and power powerful back then, including most of Duval and Elidure lands. Krouffer probably didn’t even initially go along with it, with him joining up with the western lords only after it became clear that they were going to do this regardless of whether or not Krouffer actually wanted the throne.
Another reason Krouffer probably started going along with it was so he could force his brothers to the negotiating table so they would stop fighting each other, with the end result being three archduchies, all nominal vassals of King/Archduke Banfig in the Kingdom’s heartland. Although after that Krouffer probably got made into a puppet of the nobles, maybe even murdered in a Dominic coup, which would explain why Banfig, who is described as not caring for power, would have reconquered Mach, to save his brother. Hopes mentions a Blaiddyd cadet branch named house Ifan which is in Mach, so they could be Krouffer’s descendants, ruling from the old direct domain of the Archduke of Mach. Also, the reason why we hear so little of the war may be because it went by relatively fast. Out of all the Mach/western kingdom lords, House Dominic got singled out, and was reduced to a tiny barony, while their neighbors were rewarded. In all likelihood, House Dominic grew tired of using Krouffer as a puppet and tried to seize direct control of the Archduchy, only to turn all their fellow lords against them, who were not in it for House Dominic’s power, but their own power, so they likely sold the Dominics out to Faerghus, getting rewards and keeping their old privileges they got from Krouffer’s reign.
Meanwhile, the Leicester Archduchy under Kite was likely a slitherer and House Riegan power play. Morrianne, Klaus’ sister, backed Kite and may have forged Klaus will, so she was possibly a slitherer agent. Furthermore, if Kite were to rule Leicester, he’d need a direct territory of his own, but unlike Krouffer, he can’t split off some of house Blaiddyd’s land, so house Riegan (a Blaiddyd cadet branch according to gatekeeper in houses, likely with the elite riegan being a relative of the elite Blaiddyd, a bastard son of Blaiddyd born before they got their crests if I had to guess), might have generously lent Deirdriu to Kite as his capital.
Furthermore Kite’s death is extremely odd, as he “died of illness” despite having a crest which grants great vigor and strength. Also, kite’s eldest brother Banfig managing to out live kite by at least a decade, is very odd. In all likelihood, house Riegan murdered kite and stopped the succession, then leading the rebellion.
Poor Banfig… had to fight a war to avenge his brother, only to get hit with a two front war when Sreng invaded half way through the war.
Wow, I need to finish Azure Gleam to find all this shit. Really good stuff.
Also, hate to break it to you, but Faerghus is almost exactly like early-high medieval France, down to the toxic obsession with chivalry, the warlike nature of the Church and state, and the backstabbing and constant territorial changes. Sure, there are a couple of Celtic influences thrown in there, but the Irish and Welsh lords weren't exactly peaceful either.
Also, we already have some idea of how House Riegan became a cadet branch of House Blaiddyd through the figure of the Luna Knight, a folk hero who was a daughter of House Blaiddyd who married Duke Riegan. She could be fake, but enough lines up that she could have been real.
@@MrGksarathyI hear that argument a lot regarding the house Riegan cadet branch issue, but quite frankly it makes no sense to me.
You don’t become a cadet branch of another house by marrying a daughter of the aforementioned different house. Fodlan is notably patriarchal (albeit far less than real life feudal Europe, and less consistent), so a woman marrying into a house is very much unlikely to change a house’s status from being a regular house into a cadet branch of another house. If that WERE the case, then house Daphnel is a Riegan Cadet branch because they married a member of house Riegan.
Cadet branches are typically founded by second, third, fourth, etc sons, OR by bastard sons who become nobles.
What is more likely is that House Riegan was already a cadet branch of house blaiddyd since it’s inception. In fact, I could imagine House Riegan enjoying a position of prominence during Blaiddyd rule over Leicester, as they are a related family, and were noted to have been MADE dukes by house Blaiddyd during kingdom rule (in the Alliance nobles document). It is also possible that House Riegan were household knights of house blaiddyd, as they were relatives, before being granted lands in Leicester as reward for heroic acts during the kingdom annexation of Leicester. Similar to how King Banfig granted one of his household knights Laetitia Zoe Gautier, lands conquered from Sreng as a reward for her heroism during the Sreng invasion that occurred during the crescent moon war. Oh and also, according to legend, a King Blaiddyd was the father of a king lier (who most know from the Shakespeare play) who is the father of Regan, the etymological root for house Riegan. Also, King Lier is said to have founded the irl city of Leicestershire/ is the name origin for land irl Leicester region.
As for the Tsarist Russia connection. It mostly is related to climate, and the relations and behaviors between the nobles and king.
In Tsarist Russia, there was this social idea that the Tsar could never deliberately do any wrong. Any problems that could be levied on the tsar are always redirected towards the nobility, disloyal boyars who would mislead the king with lies or bad advice all for their own selfish ends. It was also sort of a “meme” (as in the original definition of a meme and also sorta the modern definition of a meme) that the tsar could do no wrong among the Russian peasantry. And faerghus seems to be someone taking this idea, but making it literal, and then saying “the current system by its very nature is flawed, even if the kings are good”. Another thing, Rufus never actually declares himself king in azure gleam, he is specifically remaining regent. He declares that he is “freeing Prince Dimitri from the foul clutches of Duke Fraldarius”, not that Dimitri must be overthrown. Every problem in faerghus is at surface level levied at the nobility, but this seems to be more of a deconstruction of this idea. Sure you can remove the power hungry nobles and put in good hearted ones, but they also need to be willing to break with the current system, as it is the root cause of the problem (combined with the climate.)
Also, while Dimitri is a very Russian name, his middle name is also of interest. Alexandre, while being a reference to Alexandre Dumas, a French painter, is also a reference to Tsar Alexander, the Russian Tsar who fought Napoleon. Edelgard is very clearly an expy of Napoleon in regards to her political and social effects on fodlan.
Another thing to note. I make this mention of faerghus’ capital being moved. It could be that this is similar to Tsar Peter the Great’s moving of the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. Just as Tsar Peter takes land from the Swedish to found his new capital, Faerghus takes land from Sreng (who have Norse names, aka sorta Swedish) and found Fhirdiad there.
Oh and lastly, Rhea burning down Fhirdiad is painfully similar to Tsar Alexander burning down Moscow before Napoleon can capture it.
About the cadet branch thing, I concede your point. There is the possibility however that House Riegan went extinct in the male line at some point, and a son of House Blaiddyd married into the family, thus making it a cadet branch or in a situation akin to House Habsburg-Lorraine.
I also understand your comparisons to Tsarist Russia, especially during the Romanov years, but a lot of that stuff still applies to medieval France, including the idea that the King is ultimately innocent of any wrongdoing while the nobles take all the blame. Heck, even the climate of Faerghus can be mapped onto Northern France pretty well.
Nice
Can you point me to the documents on the Camulus part? That sounds interesting and I'm really curious to look deeper into it.
Though whats also an interesting aspect of how much Faerghus sucks and is an absolute failure, there is also the document "Burnt Remnants of a Report" in the shadow library of the abyss which strongly hints at Pan, Loogs tactician, being a member of Those who Slither in the Dark and Loog himself being allied with them and only winning the war due to their soldiers and weaponry, which basically puts the whole legitimacy of Faerghus into question, as this means that it might not have originated in a popular rebellion, but a traitor lord and his crownies allying himself with a dark cult to betray his liege and carve out his own personal kingdom. It also plays into the whole theme of chivalry being a sham and a massive lie, Loog is basically hailed as the great chivalric lion king, but with the document in place, we have to really question this claim.
Btw, regarding the term for someone from Faerghus.
I fucking hate this, but, it is, canonically a Faerghus (as per a dedue support in houses). It’s the same for someone from Duscur (also from a dedue support) and someone from Sreng and someone from Leicester.
So you would say Dimitri is a Faerghus
You would say Dedue is a Duscur.
You would say Claude is a Leicester.
But that’s fucking stupid so I just called them Faerghans, Duscuri, Srengi, and Leicesterites
I can hear that in the context of “___ Title”, like you’d say Faerghus Noble instead of like American Noble or whatever, but it sounds so wrong on it’s own.
This is a probably a case of bad translation. In Japanese, there are no adjective to indicate nationalities. They add -jin (person) at the end of the country. American = amerikajin. So in Japanese 3H, it probably says Duscur-jin. It was the job of the translator to create the nationality word, like you did at the end.
I feel bad for the Blue Lions. They’re, in many ways, stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Well some Black Eagle Students like Dorothea, Ferdinand and Bernedetta, some Golden Deer Students like Ignatz, Raphael, Lysithea and Marianne and the entire Ashen Wolf Students, especially Constance are probably on the same boat with every Blue Lion Student since they have rough childhoods due to Fodlan’s flawed system.
Didn't help that any allies they could have would turn on them on a dime for the most simple of reasons. I mean, I know loyalty isn't easy to cultivate but goddamn! Those nobles have no common sense!
fun fact for all my fellow faergheads, in the scarlet blaze route of Fire Emblem Three Hopes, there is a translation error regarding the Family of House Mateus (the head of which was a major conspirator in the tragedy of Duscur, possibly one of if not the chief noble conspirator)
In Azure gleam, we meet a son of Viscount Mateus (a paladin) who is married to a Gautier girl (a priest I think?) (relation to Sylvain is unknown but presumably a cousin)
However, in Scarlet Blaze, after Viecount Mateus gets deposed, the new Baron Mateus is someone different from the earlier mentioned son. But Hubert and Rodrigue can’t agree on what his relation is to the Viscount, one calls him a son, the other calls him a nephew.
Which implies that Viscount Mateus married his own sister if you ignore it as being an error
(The Japanese translation clarified that Baron Mateus is the viscount’s cowardly nephew)
Gotta keep the best genes in the family tree /j
Here's the win for the Dragon Pope. The suppressed techs all exist in modern Fodlan, either through actually being there or logically having to exist at this point due to other's actions. Manuela not only does an Autopsy, but also has an accurate diorama of a human body. Oil set on fire is in fact the Blaze gambit, which even a Seiros aligned battalion can use, and full blown astronomy is a viable career path. After all, the only reason to put a list of banned tech in a secret underground library for discarded books that are of vague authenticity is if they're not illegal anymore.
That's...actually a fair point. Interesting.
And the laser firing robots? The church is sitting on crazy scifi level tech that could revolutionize society for the better and not sharing any of it.
There are way to make oil without fossile fuel, with either plant or animal so that one is still debatable
In Golden Wildfire during the attack on Fraldarius Territory, Claude makes use of barrels of alcohol to blow open the gates.
This could be an almyra thing tho, as a few almyrans come along with the invasion, along with a bunch of requisitioned almyran ships.
We do see cannons on almyran ships in the Deirdru map for three houses (almyran ships and fodlan ships look noticeably different on that map). However, it COULD be that almyra simply uses alcohol canisters instead of gunpowder for their cannons, hence why they haven’t been able to downsize their cannons into early guns.
Speaking of the Fraldarius invasion i feel like not enough people talk about how Claude has to inform Nader’s troops that NO, they don’t get to pillage and plunder the innocents of faerghus, to the Nader and the Almyrans’ collective disappointment, because almyrans see pillaging and warfare as a good time. Like, I know almyra’s whole plot line is the breaking of xenophobic beliefs between Fodlan and almyra; but IS could have at least not made the Almyrans a culture that sees killing people and plundering their homes and families as a good time.
What about the robots and obvious scifi tech the church is keeping under wraps?
I love how Faerghus is such a thorough deconstruction of the good guy nation in most FE games because while it has that knightly aesthetic and aristocratic characters that seem closely bound, that aesthetic belies a darker reality in which the knightly culture ultimately perpetuates a toxic martyr culture among the populace, which is also tied to its fairly conservative, segregated gender roles and its particularly martial crestocracy. Additionally, the aristocrats we see have pretty strained relationships due to the Tragedy of Duscur, and most of the nobility acts like you would a feudal aristocracy to act. Same goes for the Church.
The result is a Kingdom with a hardy, resilient populace that us nonetheless riven with deep divisions, infected with a toxic reactionary ideology that gets people killed, and is too violently hidebound for its own good.
Still, even with all this, Edelgard's invasion is ultimately unjustified because no one really asked her to interfere, and these problems cannot really be fixed by conquest, especially if your goal is to actually help people.
I agree with Edelgards conquest not being the answer, i do see what she sought to achieve though. Her specific aim was "down with the church" which her conquest does actually somewhat solve, albeit in a very misguided, roundabout and ultimately more costly manner. Those slithering in the dark aren't addressed at all and they still have to sacrifice more lives in another 5 year war even once the church os gone
@@GoldD.Machinu I see what she wanted in a vacuum, but it's tied up with so much Adrestian revanchism and a lack of respect for the people of Faerghus or the Alliance that any good she might want to do is worse than nothing.
Even the whole down with the Church angle is wholly inadequate to resolve the problems she professes to care about.
@@MrGksarathy 100%
That's why Faerghus needs a mentally stable Dimitri (basically his 3 hopes iteration) to be left alone fixing his country.
@@hectorhernandezaleman3836 Him and his friends because no one should be left alone with that power.
There was more than one plague in Faerghus, Alois was orphaned by plague, Yuri lived through the Plague but is supposedly young looking for his age, and Dimitri was too young to remember his mother when she died. Either there was a plague predating the one that killed Alois' family or Yuri is around the same age as Alois.
My interpretation of the Shadow Library texts is that those bans are outdated since they have telescopes in Seteth's office and the ballistae.
Dimitri lives into old age if he marries Marianne.
But there is proof that there's been suppression of technology. People say that the explosives in battalions means that oil is used, but GW reveals that their explosives is just alcohol and fire magic.
Books are CRAZY expensive according to Anna, meaning that the printing press does not exist.
No advances in medicine and no autopsies are performed (no, Manuela did not perform an actual autopsy on Jeralt).
Telescopes might be the only exception, but even then, the fact that you find this only in Seteth's office, who is a Nabatean, and possibly in imperial places for their weapons, a nation that has bad relations with the Church, it stands to reason that even that's suppressed for the most part.
She still outlives him by a fair margin in their ending. I interpreted that as Dimitri dying in middle age while Marianne made it to her '70s at least.
Also, Dimimari best Dimitri ship
@@0axis771woodblock printing expressly exists and is unbanned by the church. What the church did ban was moveable type printing
@@scion513 Based on how the books are still super expensive, as stated by Anna, it's clear that the policy of remaining at a woodblock printer is still there, meaning that Rhea continued to suppress that tech advancement.
@@0axis771Even when moveable type printing was adopted, books were still not that cheap. It's pamphlets and newsletters that really took off.
Look I’m a Dimitri simp to the highest degree and even I know this game has a cast with room temperature iqs
The empire sucks, the kingdom sucks… surely the alliance is a good place for an average person to live in and this whole continent doesn’t just suck right?… right?
*Sips non-specified drink suspiciously*
Honestly I'll take the Empire over the Kingdom or Church of Seiros any day.
I always got the feeling that, all TWISTD machinations removed, Leicester had the brightest possible future. From what you see and hear from the Golden Deer, there is a genuine amount of upward mobility that some members of society can achieve that seems to be missing from the other two countries, they seem to be properly using their relics to single-handedly stave off the greatest threat of invasion Fodlan has, and the councilmembers seem to at least half have their heads on straight - it only takes one freshman to the council to start major movement in the Alliance, almost like half the council was just waiting for a new heir to Reigan to come in and shake things up.
@@EZog58 ig in regards to my “average person” statement yeah it’s probably the best of the three but in terms of they’re morality they do kinda have a slavery thing going on that seems to be completely overlooked simply because house Goneriel protects the border. And yknow, just more the same dangerous opportunistic noble bs you see in the other countries, dudes like fuckin Acheron just causing issues and turning coat at like the mere suggestion by the empire
Chad Almyra wins again! We chill, we raid, we take stuff and go home and chill again, repeat.
To be fair to Twstd
Solon specifically did a great job at acting for like about a decade
Monica and Cornelia are just way too different from their previous personas
Thales’ only tell was that he stopped donating money to the church
Thales had way more tells. I mean, even if you didn't know Volkhard, I don't think you could say Thales was trying very hard to impersonate the man as a whole.
I'm curious to see what you have to say about the Leicester Alliance next
I think the demonym is "Faerghan". That's the only one I found that could make sense.
I wish that were the case, but as per a Dedue support from three houses someone from Faerghus is called a “Faerghus”.
Similar for someone from Sreng, Duscur, and Leicester
Still just gonna call em Faerghans, Srengi, Duscuri, and Leicesterites anyway
Faerghus lore is a f*ckin’ mess. You’ve got Sreng invading practically every Tuesday, Duscur on thin ice until Azure Gleam Chapter 8 with racial tension, The Empire and even Leicester at your throat, and even your own people because the Western Lords feel like it and/or if you don’t help the church, the commonfolk could start a civil rebellion if they so wanted.
Then that’s not to mention their beliefs of chivalry and all that and how crests are everything to a fault that you’re either tossed aside, or passed around dehumanisingly. And how that chivalry makes some of the most intelligent of characters into Fódlan’s biggest dumbasses for following an insane maniac for 4 months straight, that you’d might as well be following Fates’ Garon. Wotj implicit trust.
Oh yeah, depending on where you are, it’s most likely really really cold in comparison to the other nations.
But that still doesn’t stop me from loving the Blue Lions crew and Azure Moon and that Dimitri is best lord and “Edelgard was right” supporters should know where to stick it
The worst part about Sreng is that these border raids follow centuries of Faerghus conquest and expansion into historical Sreng.
What’s that? It’s post timeskip Gronder field time and Byleth is standing beside Claude.
DON’T MATTER, FORTUNE TO FAERGHUS 👑🦁
Edelgard is right
Next is Verdant Wind......
I’ve never really considered all the pressure the Kingdom is under, it’s not in a secure place at all! I also think fans say they’d rather live in Adrestia or Liescter lmao
So in a sense, Faerghus is basically a frozen backwater kingdom just like Fereldan from Dragon Age, Skyrim, Khanduras from Diablo, Vermund and Gransys from Dragon’s Dogma, Albion from Fable and the four Northern Kingdoms from the Witcher series.
atrocity is simultaneously a hilarious name and a hilarious art, while also being just so cool, i love it
It sounds like if the Western Nobles took over, Farghus would just become a Leicster Alliance under the Empire's Thumb.
When the nobles full on rebel in azure gleam, they actually get their own unique faction name “The Western Coalition”.
Although there was a historical realm that controlled all of western faerghus, the Archduchy of Mach, which was ruled by Krouffer, the middle child of king Klaus.
Wow, I already enjoyed your last video about Adrestia, and you delivered another well-made video. I appreciate that you're able to even criticize your favorite route and house. No wonder I was able to enjoy your Adrestia video despite how I'm an Edelgard fan. You try and make sure that you have valid criticism for ALL sides without playing favorites.
You know, one of the things I appreciated from the Azure Gleam was how Dimitri explained why he didn't immediately go take the throne of Faerghus, as well as explain why he would be motivated to oppose Edelgard and support the Church. There's plenty of political nuance behind it and there are decisions that are not easy for him to make. It helped ease my annoyance with him from Azure Moon. Bonus on how it even explains why Edelgard feels like she needs to conquer Faerghus.
I do agree that Faerghus is the one nation that will have the most difficult time doing away with the Crest system, even if Edelgard conquers it. When you think about the lack of resources, Relics having the power to take on an entire army by itself helps a lot because you don't need to worry TOO much about keeping your army well-fed, because the military would normally be in high demand, as per its culture of learning to fight before learning to write. But at the same time, this creates a vicious cycle that only feels like Faerghus is gonna collapse in itself at the rate it was going. Their endurance can only go on for so long.
This is why I'm a fan of characters like Ingrid in non-AM endings and Sylvain's general endings. Ingrid in non-AM endings becomes the new Count Galatea and dedicates herself to revitalizing the territory, which flourished from the frigid wasteland it once was, which is superior to her AM ending where she just becomes a knight and just ends up in more battles. And Sylvain's ending has him solve the dispute with Sreng by making peace with them.
Once you solve the problems with resources and no longer need to have battles, the Faerghus region will be far better for it.
Thank you, always a pleasure to make something people enjoy.
Funny thing. While I do think Azure Moon is *objectively* the best written route...my favorite route is Silver Snow. And my favorite lord is Claude (but only thanks to Three Hopes, before then I was pretty meh about him).
With perspectives like that, plus my experience with Three Houses that I explained in my last 3H video, you might be able to understand how my tastes can be less prone to favoritism.
Your analysis of Faerghus is very good, although if there is one thing that would and has prevented its collapse, it would be the Church. If the Church stands, so too does Faerghus. Even should Faerghus begin to collapse, as we saw with the Tragedy of Duscur, the Church will step in and establish order itself. For better or worse, of course.
@@TheHearthGuy Yeah, I understand why AM is considered the best route given how Part 1 tends to have quite a bit of Blue Lion involvement for a few chapters and Dimitri's descent is pretty good. I can't bring myself to enjoy it overall due to how the story kinda NEEDS you to like Dimitri. If you don't, the story's quality kinda goes downhill quickly. Especially cause by Part 2, every other story element is abandoned.
I think what helps a lot is that, from my perspective, you took a step back and tried to view the entirety of Fodlan, or each nation as per your videos, as a whole. You wanna see the larger scope of it and that lets you make a more unbiased argument. Which is something I very much respect.
Speaking of the Kingdom needing the Church, AG kinda revealed how Rhea knew agriculture techniques that she shared with Dimtiri ONLY when Dimitri offered support to Rhea. So it says a lot that Rhea essentially sat on this kind of information for so long and only now does she decide to offer it to Dimitri and Faerghus. If you think about it, Faerghus needing the Church might equally be due to Rhea withholding her knowledge and/or neglecting them for the sake of ensuring that her Church is still needed.
Good analysis. Azure gleam part 1 is probably the best part in all of three hopes. (Let’s not talk about part 2)
Also, another thing that people don’t really notice is that while faerghus is constantly fighting Sreng and nobles are also a problem, the food issue is by far the single greatest issue faerghus has.
Faerghus’s nobles barely send any resources to each other, hell, Ingrid’s dad, Count Gunnar Galatea, out right REFUSES to accept any aid from the rest of the kingdom, instead preferring to sell his daughter off in a political marriage.
Also, in a different comment I left, I mentioned that Faerghus had conquered a lot of land from Sreng. Well some of that land, namely the lands in Fraldarius territory, are mentioned in three hopes as being the most fertile land in the entire eastern Kingdom. So faerghus did conquer some land from Sreng, although whether it was in a direct attack on Sreng or if Sreng attacked first for that war in particular is up in the air.
Another detail from three houses that not many people talk about is where most of the pre time skip battles occur. Every singly main story battle outside of garreg Mach pre time skip is in faerghus or near the faerghus border.
Also, the type of enemies you fight in repeatable battles you can do also seem VERY deliberate. In Hrym territory (currently being utterly mismanaged by Duke Ludwig von Aegir) you ALWAYS fight bandits. In other parts of the empire or alliance, you typically fight kingdom soldiers in a mock battle.
But in Faerghus based missions? It’s ALWAYS bandits.
Faerghus’ single greatest problem is it’s lack of food, it’s conflicts with Sreng stem from it, and when peasants starve, they turn to banditry in desperation. This constant banditry leads faerghus to further invest into crests and knights, because the barriers of feudalism make it difficult to properly solve the problem as some lords simply follow the system out of hunger for power, belief in the system, or simple “it is what it is”.
In the Ingrid Ashe B support in three hopes, the pair literally stare dumbfounded over a full harvest in the southern kingdom (likely Geraint land, the most fertile part of the kingdom), stating that neither of them had ever seen this large of a harvest in their entire lives. And while Count Geraint is loyal to Dimitri (uninvolved with Duscur and never betrays him) he isn’t really ideological. He doesn’t send the food elsewhere. Maybe the other lords refuse aid, maybe he wants the other lords to pay and they refuse to do so, or a dozen other things. Either way, no food is sent and people starve, turning to desperate means to survive.
The Empire has the Rafail Gem
Azure Moon
>Blue (Azure Moon) is the color of FE good guys, Red (Crimson Flower) are bad guys, and Green (Verdant Wind) are Allies.
>Lord character promotes to Great Lord
>Your father Jeralt came from the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus
>White Clouds have missions that features character spotlights on family members of BL students.
>Able to recruit almost literally every single recruitable character (even Hilda), Ferdinand von Aegir gets his Paralogue and Sacred shield, and Lorenz Hellman Gloucester gets his Sacred Axe.
>Mercedes and Felix get BOTH a Relic and a Sacred Weapon
>Can get Gilbert and Annette to reconcile and get their Relic
>Claude lives and gives you his Relic
>Heck every relic is accessible
>Nobody defects from your army
>Only Edelgard and Hubert die, while Jeritza never goes to prison but instead dies as he lived like he always wanted.
>You accidentally destroy the chain of command of the Agarthans like a speed bump on your path to Edelgard, then proceed to round up the “dark mages” at her palace.
>Nemesis never wakes up
>Rhea never rampages, instead she retires peacefully to Zanado
>Dimitri claims his birthright, and Claude heads out to reclaim his.
>You retain your Godhood and become the literal Pope (optional become Queen of a United Fódlan)
>Dimitri introduces a Constitutional Monarchy, and other characters like Sylvain help with establishing equality between Crest and non-crest people.
Aside from never gaining clarity of the lore, the Blue Lions retain standard FE story and is by far the best ending for Fódlan. Dare I say:
Blue Lions is the Golden route. No DLC needed.
Erratum: With the inclusion of the DLC Cindered Shadows, Dimitri and Hapi wipe out any last remaining Agarthans that were not already accidentally stepped on by The Boar.
Erratum 2: With the Nintendo Dream interview outlining that Edelgard is the undisputed villain of Three Houses, it has proven that any pro-Church route is the correct and default option.
Azure Gleam
>Blue (Azure Gleam aka Blue Fire) is the color of FE good guys, Red (Scarlet Blaze) are bad guys, and Yellow (Golden Wildfire) are alternate bad guys.
>Lord character promotes to Great Lord
>Avatar Character is basically “the Robin” to Dimitri’s “Chrom”.
>Byleth originally came from Church of Seiros while being the reincarnation of Sothis and Jeralt is a Son of Faerghus who was a Knight of Seiros
>Able to recruit almost literally every single recruitable character (almost all of Golden Deer are given to you without the need for recruitment) including all the Church units.
>You retain the highest amount of route exclusive characters.
>Mercedes can even bring over the Death Knight to your side.
>Claude never betrays you, despite his hatred for Rhea
>Get some Wilhelm and Saint Lore from Rhea
>You don’t have to kill Caspar, he can retreat safely; only Ferdinand and Hubert “disappear” off screen.
>Edelgard is spared, and reverts back to her innocent El
>Dimitri absolutely destroyed those that Slither in the Dark, and Rhea lives.
>The combined might of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, the Leicester Federation and the Church of Seiros leads to a forgone conclusion that the war will end soon with Adrestian Empire in shambles.
The one route that gains the most clarity of the lore, the Blue Lions retain standard FE story and is by far the best ending for Fódlan. Dare I say:
Blue Lions is the Golden route. No DLC needed.
@@Methodius-and-CyrilAw yes. A country made of "good guys" and the "chivalry" they adore after the death of their king. And their response was "the savages from Duscur kill our king beloved so our response was by commiting genocide"
Here's the reason: all of both pre-war and post-war Fodlan just sucked at rulling everything, Claude was a scheming imperialist from Almyra because of his half-Fodlanese heritage, Edelgard was a tragic empreror but a scarred princess after her siblings died after the experiments by TWISTD, Dimitri just was a sadistic king by whom with pillaging for those standing his way and leading his friends into a suicidal charge at them, the Nabateans and The Agarthans were literal a**holes
Its hard to ignore how the people of Fodlan were living in a hellish world of both crest obession, pre-war conflicts, eugenics and more, but I hope there was some change of the future of this scarred continent
Omg people still misquoting that interview
Well said @Methodius-and-Cyril.
Loving the FE3H videos! Wondering what the brass-led music is that comes in around 11:30? It's lovely
Thank you. The music is called Sunday Drive, by Silent Partner. Its a copyright-free song from UA-cam's audio library, and I agree, its a great atmospheric piece.
Can you do a video on both the Empire and alliance next?
I think there is one on the Adrestian Empire already.
HAVE NOT EVEN WATCHED THE VIDEO YET AND I AGREE.
Fantastic rant. Have a great day!
Great video ps can I ask you a question
Go ahead.
@@TheHearthGuyok what do you think of edelgard and her realtaship with byleth
@@sueflewelling3657 Its hard to say. Byleth's character is practically nonexistent in Houses, and in Hopes Byleth has little to no interaction with anyone save for Shez and Jeralt. Functionally, I understand her role: Serving as an anchor for Edelgard so she doesn't lose her humanity, but in practice the execution leaves much to be desired. Especially since Crimson Flower is so short.
It definitely would have helped if Byleth was actually voiced in Houses.
Yep. Can’t say I care for the kingdom whatsoever.
I only found one person who did Fire Emblem Warriors three hopes shez only run what about axe,Lance, and Bows only. Is it because it's the only warriors game that allows unites to customize to your liking, I would want to see more challenges run for the future. I am about to do a challenge run in fe warriors three hopes with only axes in maddening mode I am going to suffer am i😂😂😅
May the goddess be with you
Now we wait for a hearth guy to cover my favorite leader: Claude😎
Time to Fear the Deer everyone🦌
Heart i have a another question for you and thats have you heard of fire emblem fates?
I have, it was my first Fire Emblem game, believe it or not.
@@TheHearthGuywhat do you think of the nohrians more pecifically the noble family
@@sueflewelling3657 As characters? In their supports they're all okay. Xander especially is pretty interesting as his supports reveal many facets to the otherwise stoic prince. Camilla doesn't ever really change, but she's a whole other can of worms. Leo and Elise otherwise work well with what they are given.
But in story they all suffer from the same problem many characters in Fates suffer from: Plot mandated ignorance. Willfully ignoring the blatant evil of Garon until it is almost literally stabbing them in the back. And outright assuming the main character is brainwashed or crazy for betraying their homeland and calling Garon a nutcase.
@@TheHearthGuyi ask this because I im cirrus on what people would think if they meet black eagles exspesly edelgard since I would be a interesting convention what do you think?
@@sueflewelling3657 I'm not sure I understand.
great video
I must say that the HKF was the worst place to live. Even Dimitri stans refuse to acknowledge it
Because of the political instability, harsh weathers, dwindling resources, both the Empire and Alliance at the Kingdom’s borders, resistance groups hellbent on reclaiming Duscur and Sreng ready to invade at any moment?
@@samflood5631They gonna said "The Kingdom was innocent and they did nothing wrong uWu" nonsense when they commit genocide towards Duscur
Jokes on you, I like the Kingdom BECAUSE it sucks to live in.
Cutting your path through the frozen hell, slowly making your situation better as all around you stands against you.
“The only thingto come out of Western Faerghus are Ashe and Yuri”…You forgot Annettes from The Western side didnt you? Or you dont like her. Either is fair jsut want to be clear which
Huh, just checked the map and you're right. I thought Dominic territory was further down the center of Faerghus. Good catch. Also, I do like Annette, hard to hate any of the Blue Lions (even if Sylvain makes it hard)
@@TheHearthGuy Also Lord Dominic (Annettes uncle) is stated repeatedly he only joined his traitorus neighbors is because hes samdwiched between them, and is Confirmed to not be invovled with killing the king
It’s too close to bretonia so it sucks
That's kind of intentional, the world sucks and trying to make it better drives the story.
Koff koff sylvains 3 houses ending koff koff
Cough Dimitri’s solo ending COUGH Hannemans ending cough.
Sometimes I debate with myself with how some characters in Azure Moon like Rodrigue, Gilbert and Ingrid follow Dimitri (almost to a fault) due to Faerghusians’ characterisation is either good storytelling, or just outright stupid?
I agree with about only less than half of what you said.
The idea of separating the kingdom between two sons is good idea and has been historically practiced in nearly every wealthy kingdom. It's not stupid; it is something that happens. Plus, there are many of times when a king didn't do that, and it directly led to in-fighting.
You do know that therapy isn't an end-all, right? It wasn't going to help him any faster. And I, for one, thinks his "mental disease" isn't him going crazy-- the crest allows its users to do supernatural things, perhaps his crest actually allows him to see and hear the dead.
I believe that all four routes are correct to a degree. A theme to this game is letting go of the past and one avenue, it displays is realizing and seeing the whole picture. Mostly everything about a subject isn't found in one place, nor within one route. Only pieces can be found and there are many lies placed around it. Just like how you have to search in all four routes to know the truth of their past, you also have to explore all the routes to get the truth of their present.
And looking at the rest of the series we know what happens to Fodlan.
Lastly, I do agree with you about the France thing. I thought Fargus was named after the country "Fragie" which did have a young ruler named Demetri, His father was killed in a coup from foreign invaders, did have an uprising against am empire, did have to kill his uncle, did have to fight Eastern invaders and did die at a young age. It is by a sea, under a very hostile people, and wasn't known for farming. I believe Fragus is close to Turkey (or may even be Turkey), because Fragus is landlocked with the Empire. We find out in Azure route that the Empire isn't modeled after Rome but after the Macedonian. And when looking at old maps of Macedonia there is a territory that is similar to Fodlan that has a country named Fargi, that is somewhere in or clsoe to present day Turkey. This and the whole "Golden Deer" name really help with nailing down the place this area is based off of.
In short it isn't France.
And Demetri should have married Reha. That would have solved everything.
The etymology for Faerghus is actually Celtic.
It’s named for Fergus, an Irish mythological hero from the Ulster cycle. In fact in Japanese, faerghus is outright called Fergus
Also, Fodlan is painfully just a rip off of Europe. Western Adrestia is northern France (Neuvelle territory is Britany). The peninsula Enbarr is on is Italy, with Enbarr being on a river likely analogous to the Tiber river which Rome is on.
Also, the splitting of faerghus into three kingdoms is a reference to the division of The Carolingian Empire into east, west, and middle Francia, a decision which had disastrous consequences on Europe and caused several wars
The entirety of the series is based on European wars. The geology doesn't support you, and then there is the title of the Empire. When Rome had Meccidonia it had more territory than that region. Plus the fact of them using the "Golden Deer", or the "Golden Horde" which it is also known as.
It can't be France.
Actually, I think faerghus is Russian and French and Celtic.
The war is loosely influenced by the Napoleonic wars. Edelgard being equivalent to Napoleon and Dimitri being equivalent to Tsar Alexander.
Also, almyra is blatantly Persian. Which is also a middle eastern empire known for its horse riding archers.
Also, I could go on about the geographic similarities between Fodlan and Europe.
Duscur is blatantly Denmark. Morfis is turkey, the island south of almyra is Crimea. The islands between Adrestia and Morfis are Attica, Achaea, Albania, and the long one is the Bulgarian/Romanian coast line.
The very western most parts of faerghus looks like the Netherlands and Belgium.
Leicester is very similar to the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth: an elective monarchy, where it’s leader is elected by a council of nobles that also holds legislative power, so the round table is very similar to the polish Lithuanian Sejm, even down to the constant bickering that prevents anything getting done.
Northern Leicester is similar to the polish/Prussian coast line. With Deirdru’s area being similar to Gdańsk/Kaliningrad. Also, Margravate Edmund reeks of early Prussia. As Prussia before it was a military power, tried to become a mercantile power in the same vein as the Netherlands. Even down to Margrave Edmund being a very new power in Leicester.
Also, Hrym territory is very similar to southern Romania aka wallachia. Even the Airmid river is similar to the Danube:
Brigid looks like if Iberia was shattered and sunk; turned into an archipelago.
Albinea is Britain. Alba/Albion/Albinea are old names for Britain, related words.
Fodlan is europe geographically, with its lands squished together and shifted.
Also, in an interview with the devs of the actual game, they say faerghus under nemesis was inspired by Gaul, that Adrestia is Italian with german names, Leicester is sorta english, and Faerghus is culturally French/Frankish
@@scion513 I see where you are going, but that only shows connections to the later games. There is an Ulster in FE, and he one of his descendants bear his "holy blood". I can't remember which character from Genonlogy it is, but that gives a connection. Since Ulster is both a person and place, whomever has the blood has traces back to when the land was known as Fargus.
In short, just cause entomology displays ties to a significant place does not mean for sure it is inspiration of the place, especially since said inspiration can also be a connection to more significant themes. And if it is so a connection to Genonlogy, then we know for certain it is not in France since the whole of that conflict is around thracia. Which is no where close to France.
this video was made by felix
Felix would say all of this, but in less words.
@@MrGksarathy And with more curses
Not enough calling Dimitri "Boar". Actually, Almost no moment of that.
My favorite part of azure gleam and azure moon was when Dimitri said, “It’s Faerghin’ time”; and then Faergh’d all over the imperial army.
Why yes, I love playing as a failed state to fight a war of attrition against an empire that is vastly stronger than in almost every way, how did you know?
My one persistent headcanon about Faerghus' formation is that Pan eventually got too fond of his surface-dweller friends, had a change of heart, and secretly contacted the Church to institute it as the official religion of Loog's new country in an attempt to safeguard the Kingdom from future Agarthan interference. Afterwards, he refused all accolades out of shame.
I could be super wrong, but it feels like a fun explanation for how the Kingdom so quickly pivoted towards the Church despite relying heavily on the Agarthans for its independence.
Honestly I always took that whole pan thing to just be Hubert making stuff up or going in incomplete information.
It reads like Hubert wrote and snuck a book into the Garreg Mach Library disparaging the church, before Seteth found it, only for it to end up in the shadow library
@@scion513 Problem is, he doesn't seem to have known about this, he didn't know about Abyss before he enrolled in the Academy, and Ferdinand also mentions Pan the Undesiring Strategist in his A supports with Byleth. Not to mention, Hubert and the Church could have given the Slitherers the same nickname as the Shadow Church 400 years earlier.
Also, Pan has a Greek myth name like the other Agarthans, and the Faerghus happen to have Lost Crest Stones in a secret vault.
Pan was probably Agarthan.
No I’d say the long term plan was always to turn the church and Empire on each other. When you look at everything that happened based on the information presented you see the noose slowly being placed around Rhea’s in such a way that even though she sees the individual movements she does not perceive the threat until the moment when the rope is pulled.
It's entirely possible that Pan is just Agarthan Robin. Which is funny, because Shez is like the dumb shounen Agarthan Robin. (All the power, none of the wisdom).
@@chickenbacon5197 Loog is then Chrom, and Kyphon is his Frederick. Or his Vaike. And the Maiden of the Wind is Sumia.
I think we might have our perfect dark and gritty Shepherds.
Azure Moon is my favorite route but yeah Kingdom sucks as well. Also while Felix was “right” he also was wrong. It’s more he was the closest to the truth than everyone else (like almost at the bullseye but not quite). Frankly one of my more favorite supports of his is when Seteth tells him off.
Felix himself was for better or worse very knightly himself
@@caspianbchalphy Mostly agree. He was just an edgy teenager who didn't have the tools to express his helplessness over his friend/brother's mental health crisis and his own grief over Glenn, and he lashed out with aggression to cope. He was undeniably a dick, but he had the capacity to change, and he did.
I kinda loved Azure Gleam after playing it besides the incredibly depressing ending for Edelgard. It’s an interesting contrast to the other routes, where Edelgard and Claude are these super ideologically driven people with a lot of forward momentum and the kingdom is getting the absolute worst of it. Dimitri just has to put out a billion fires from invasions from four sides and trying to bring justice for a literal genocide and navigate obligations to a church he holds no love for at all and is just generally going through it with no greater ambition than making sure the people he’s responsible for’s needs and safety are met. Guy got dealt the worst hand imaginable but having Dedue and Rodrigue around and not spending years on the lam means he’s still keeping it together.
It fleshes out the oddly sane Crimson Flower Dimitri into a fully developed character, basically, and shows a highly intelligent side of him base 3H never could, though the arc doesn’t hit as hard as his Azure Moon counterpart, it juggles a lot of interesting pieces while also being the version of the war most different from the other routes in how it plays out.
I also feel that Dimitri is far more aware of the fundamentally violent nature of kingship and state power than Claude or Edelgard are. They talk a good game, but I feel both of them get lost in their own sauce a bit while Dimitri doesn't mince words about what he has to do to keep the peace. Because of this, he's probably the most interested of the 3 lords in practical, bottom-up political change, as shown wonderfully in his supports with Yuri. I mean, he wants to build a public education system and was asking Yuri for advice on how to better mobilize and empower the people on the ground level.
That, and he takes VW Claude's role of digging into the truth behind everything that's going on, and he gets to show his more intelligent side.
To be fair, Edelgard in one of her supports also talks about a public education system, she does want to abolish nobility but knows that leaders are needed, so she needs an alternative. Raising the most capable people for it makes sense for her. I think it was in her Dorothea support? @@MrGksarathy
@@GigiBranconi It was in her Ferdinand support. So yeah, she does have some interest in the idea, but it took Ferdinand's input for it to even occur to her. That, and I feel Dimitri consistently expresses a greater interest in the minutiae of public policy and the lives of common people.
Admittedly I liked Azure Gleam the best out of the three Hopes routes. Sure for the reasons you mentioned but also because Claude allying with Edelgard just seemed off and stupid. A ceasefire between the two and then each working on taking down the kingdom or taking certain parts of the kingdom while they sured up their borders with each other because both know this peace won’t last would’ve been better but not a straight up alliance.
@@MrGksarathy In Edelgards defense, public education is an entirely unknown concept in Fodlan and the Nobility system so ingrained in its culture that Dorothea thinks Edelgard is crazy to want to abolish it.
"Only good things to come out from the kingdom are Ashe and Yuri" I second this so much
Can’t believe people are forgetting Annette, smh
(House Dominic is in the western most part of the kingdom)
I don't know if this is the right place to share this thought, but here goes: The leadership of Fodlan is crap, mainly because every faction's leader is either evil, corrupt, selfish, insane, or in Rhea's case, all of the above.
The big outlier is Dimitri, who, while he does fall to madness, is the only unselfish leader. In fact, most of Dimitri's fall is due to his selflessness, which is corrupted into self-loathing.
Dimitri cares for others more than any other lord - Edelgard and Claude are two sides of the same selfish coin who had a traumatic childhood and decided the only solution is to conquer the continent. They were hurt, and they want revenge. Both of them suppress this fact by covering their ambitions in platitudes like 'making the world a better place'', but let's be real - that's what genocidal maniacs say. Those two have been hurt, and they want to hurt the world back. They're doing to Fodlan what Sylvain is doing to women. It's an understandable perspective, but it's purely selfish.
But speaking of genocidal maniacs, doesn't Dimitri go full-on psychopath? Well yes. And what does he do? Does he slaughter innocent villagers like Edelgard and Claude wouldn't hesitate to do if they thought it would help their own goals? No, he slaughters bandits. Imperial soldiers. Those he thinks are just as guilty as he is. And when he finally learns the consequences of his madness through Fleche? he's broken beyond belief. He realized that he was harming the innocent and it snapped him in half. The man cares about others first, and himself second.
In fact, the entire pathology of his madness is because he thinks he's serving others' wishes - in his case, the dead. He doesn't want revenge for himself - he thinks OTHER PEOPLE want it.
This is why I truly believe the Blue Lions were initially intended to be the canon route, or even the only route. Dimitri is the only one with an actual character arc with real change and a unique perspective.
Just my two cents, and I've left a lot of points out, but that's the gist of my perspective. I empathize with all three lords, but only Dimitri has my respect.
Oh, and three hopes is fanfiction. Some of it was fine story-wise, but the retcons and outright canon-defying backbending they did there were pretty bad.
They are so lucky that Dimitri is a king that actually cares and really wants to make the world a better place 😂
Dimitri challenge was his trauma that he struggled with. He is a decent enough person so long he has someone to persist in reaching out to him.
the beauty of the kingdom in 3H is that it truly feels like you're an underdog taking on the MUCH stronger evil empire in a war. you feel every once of being that underdog when your homeland is a frozen wasteland and you are barely managing to survive the winter, let alone a war. most people love playing as/rooting for the underdog against an evil empire with all the power, wealth, and prosperity. it works very well for a video game where your lord is prince of this underdog, poverty stricken kingdom in a war against a much stronger empire with all the power.
Poor land, crappy weather and even crappier rulers, populated by barbarians with weird habits. That is Scotland alright.
@@Sukharno2121 Kinda had that thought when I was in Scotland last month. They are very similar.
Hard times breed strong men.
Best way to summarize your opinion of the blue guys.
Hard times breed broken men
Northern climate is something I love, but I agree that the state of their government is a mess. And personally I love Edelgarde, of the house leaders I'd say she's the smartest of the 3. Her main problem is having her bloodthirsty servant Hubert around aside from the Empire's own corrupt nobles. Though Hubert does kinda chill out when he has one of the ladies support, Bern and Dorothea I think are the best for him, Petra is probably good for him too. I'm pretty much against the church simply because I don't think religion has a place in politics. One thing I really hate about Three Houses is Edelgard or Rhea/Seiros get hit with the crazy stick off screen when either is your final boss. Though for Rhea I think it makes more sense for her to go crazy than it does for Edelgard cause she's actually trying to get rid of the crest and no crest hierarchy and employ people based on their skills in and out of combat. I'm fully onboard with her unifying Fodlan under the Empire cause of the 3 I see it as the most stable. I'm aware of the flaws, but she's at least trying to fix the issues whereas everyone else just wants to keep the status quo. Rhea is obviously unhealthily hanging onto the past and if she was a smart and wise dragon she would've moved on a long time ago. I know Edelgard is kind of indirectly responsible for Byleth's dad dying, but not entirely cause as both her and the crazy mages that we briefly encounter in the story just have a temporary alliance and don't actually obey any orders, the situation in general is a grey area that honestly doesn't bother me much cause Jeralt is barely there in the story and he doesn't act like a parent
7:49 No, the empire has relics. Well, a relic. Rafail gem, at least during the events of the games, since Jeritza and Mercedes are from there and Jeritza seems to have it
The thing is, they are the only Crest of Lamie users. Lamie was one of the elites, wich probably means their family once lived in the north to north-east of Foldlan like the rest of the elites and probably got wiped on some war at some point. Some time later the descendant of a survivor gets picked up into the Martriz and then by the Bartels when the Martriz die off. And after the "incident" they get back to the kingdom, including the relic if you recruit Jeritza in AG, so its kind of a full circle. But yes, for an unspecified amount of time the Martriz where the one singular Adrestian noble house with a crest that wasn't of the saints and a relic along with it.
I feel like Mercedes could've easily been Dimitri's therapist in this situation especially if Byleth wasn't around. Considering how pure she is, surely even she could've pushed through to him plus with a little help of Felix's (pessimistic yet realistic) viewpoints just without the insults. They could've gradually started trying to talk to him in cutscenes in between chapters, rodrigue only gets injured (though seriously why did he yeet himself when his sword could reached to stab the assassin first), Dimitri realizes his wrongdoings and turns around right then and there.
Blue Lions is still my favorite group.
Maybe, but the thing about Mercie is that she's very passive towards the desires of others and wouldn't function as a proper bastion for Dimitri's sanity, since she doesn't have the courage to tell him no.
Felix could be helpful, but I feel his biggest flaw is that while he knows there's a problem, he can't understand it as a sickness as opposed to a moral failing, so all he can do is antagonize and stigmatize Dimitri, which could make things worse.
Also, Rodrigue parrying the knife wouldn't have exactly stopped it from stabbing Dimitri, and given its make, that likely would have still been dangerous.
Perhaps characters like Edelgard, Bernedetta, Felix, Sylvain, Ingrid, Marianne, Lysithea and especially Constance are in desperate in of therapy. But I guess hiring a therapist, or a bunch of therapists isn’t in Garach Mach’s budget.
@@samflood5631 I don't think therapy really exists in Fódlan. I don't think the idea even existed in our world prior to the mid-late 19th century.
@@MrGksarathy It's a fantasy setting meaning that a therapist could exist in a world that isn't a modern setting more like they're stuck in the Medieval Era/Roman Empire/Victorian Era
@@samflood5631 It's a medieval fantasy specifically, and Three Houses is fairly grounded in that time period as far as FE games go. I suppose a therapist character could exist in FE, but not this one.
Of course Faerghus needs to have french inspiration, explains a lot i guess
Poor Dimitri never stood a chance
The very first thing that i noticed about the entire setting and story was how fucked faerghus society was.
Maybe, but still preferable over the Empire.
At the end of the day Fodlan is a better place with Byleth ruling the church and Dimitri ruling Fodlan.
That's two kingdoms down. Only one left on the chopping block.
is the Central Church worth having its own video or only the third of the 3 kingdoms video left to do for this series?
Honestly, I can picture timeskip Dimitri wandering around the wasteland of Faergus sustained by the desire for violence and offerings of cheese wheels.
So, are all of the other colors going to get roasted?
Man giving out about calling the place Leicester again. It's run by a guy called Cluade, clear Leicester FC reference.
Well look on the bright side: at least it's not as bad as Sreng.
How do you feel about Azure Gleam?
So is this going to be a full series going over the problems with each of the main factions? If so who is up next Claude, Rhea, or the Agarthans? Of the three Claude would probably be the most interesting, Rhea will basically be “the various bad decisions that lead to where we are at the start of the story”, and the Agarthans will be boring because they lose in all timeline except maybe Azure Moon where they get to go “well that was a botch job. Oh well let’s let this cook a few decades and try again.”
“Living with the Agarthans in Shambhala Sucks” - your home base is underground and eventually gets purged/blown up
@@LFPman “on the plus side, dying is just a minor inconvenience so long as someone collects a small black sphere from your body and if you’re into murderous goth clown girls I hear Kronya is single.”
Classic Azure Moon and Azure Gleam L Moment.
Fear the deer!