User blog:Worldracer99/Drace Liveblogs Fire Emblem: Awakening (Chapter One: Unwelcome Change/Chapter Two: Shepherds)

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As always...



Something that I should have mentioned earlier is that Robin has a weird mark on his right(?) hand. It looks like this.



After the events of the Prologue, the Shepherds are camped outside Ylisstol. We learn that Lissa doesn't like bugs. This is rather amusing. One meal of bear meat (that Robin particularly enjoys) later, everybody's sleeping.

Chrom wakes up and gets a bad feeling, accidentally wakes up Lissa, and then they go to investigate what's happening. What happens?

The ground splits open, fireballs start shooting out, the forest lights on fire, and this sucker appears in the sky.



OH MY LORD SAURON PUT ON COLOR CONTACTS AND SNUCK INTO A NINTENDO GAME WHEN NOBODY WAS LOOKING.

Anyways, a couple of undead warriors (I'm going to try to avoid using the Z-word) flop out of the giant eye-portal and try to kill Chrom and Lissa. Chrom takes one out easily, but since Lissa's just a healer, she doesn't have any actual weapons and another undead warrior is about to bring an axe down on her head.

Then a distinctly living warrior guy jumps out of the portal and helps Chrom save Lissa.



Anyways, Frederick and Robin turn up, and apparently these undead things aren't from Ylisse. And there are a whole bunch more to take out. It's this battle when we meet two more cool warriors: Sully (a lady knight with a hammerspace horse) and Virion (an archer who looks like the child of Franziska von Karma and a Black Butler character).





Yes, Virion is as girly as he looks, and when Sully arrives at the battle and starts threatening to shove her lance up the enemies'... well, someplace painful, he's following her and flirting with Sully. This causes Sully confusion (that's not just you, Sully. It's the audience, too). And she calls him Ruffles (Can I just give this nickname to every single Black Butler character out there?) And when Virion proposes to her, we get the best line in the game so far:

“...Will I what now? Oh wait, I get it... This is a joke. And when I put my boot through your face, that's the punch line.”

...I think I'll like Sully.

Anyways, one battle against undead warriors later, Masky (I'M NOT SORRY) shows up again, and says his name is Marth.



...not that Marth. That Marth lived thousands of years before this game.

Anyways, Marth gives a typical "THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING" warning, and disappears.

The next morning, the team makes it to Ylisstol and meets the Exalt of Ylisse (basically the queen), Lady Emmeryn. Turns out she's Chrom and Lissa's big sister. Yeah, they're a prince and princess.

Also, Chrom gives some exposition about how an evil dragon tried to destroy the world at the dawn of this era, but the first Exalt teamed up with a good dragon to stop the evil dragon.

Anyways, those bandits from earlier? They're from a country called Plegia, which is apparently trying to start a war with Ylisse. Frederick, Emmeryn, and Chrom start a council, and Chapter One ends as Lissa goes to show Robin some place.

Between chapters, you can do these things called Supports. They're basically conversations for your characters to get to know one another and become friends. The Supports also give your characters stat boosts in battle if they're standing next to each other and they've had a Support together. The only one that I had at that moment was between Chrom and Robin. It went a little something like this.

Robin: Hey dude, why'd you help me out when you found me passed out and with amnesia in that field?

Chrom: Because it was the right thing to do. I help people.

Robin: What if it was a trap?

Chrom: I'd still be chivalrous and help you out, bro. I'd help anybody out in that situation.

Robin: OK, thanks so much for giving me some help, but promise me that you'll try to be careful in the future. For my peace of mind.

Robin x Chrom BrOTP

Chapter Two starts in the Shepherds' garrison, where we meet a few new Shepherds- Maribelle (Lissa's best friend and fancy, slightly stuck-up fighter), Vaike (a prideful warrior who uses a battle axe), and Sumia (a clumsy, shy Pegasus Knight who appears to have feelings for Chrom).







Wait a second... a quiet, slightly klutzy animal lover who's good with Pegasi?



OH MY LORD FLUTTERSHY SNUCK INTO A NINTENDO GAME WHEN NOBODY WAS LOOKING.

Anyways, Chrom comes and gets the team on a march to Regna Ferox, a kingdom filled with barbarians who they're gonna try to ally with to fight back the undead warriors (now dubbed Risen). Sumia's going to stay back in fights, partially because she's kind of a noob and she should watch and learn, partially because the poor girl's self-esteem doesn't seem to be that great.

Once the march starts, another knight named Stahl rides up to come with the group. He seems nice enough, and he has a sweet tooth. I like him. He's a generally nice guy.



Anyways, a group of Risen ambush the Shepherds, and Vaike forgot his axe (nice one, Vaike).

After a turn of battle, a mage named Miriel shows up with Vaike's axe. Miriel seems neat, too. She uses fire magic, and she and Robin got some great tag-team attacks on the Risen.



Once the battle's over, Sumia finds her injured pegasus. She decides to stay behind with it and heal it, then catch up with the rest of the group.

The chapter ends, and Stahl and Sully have a support. It basically goes like this:

Stahl: Hey, thanks for that training. It was pretty tough.

Sully: Stop being a wimp. You need to train more. Those two knights who served the original Marth [WR's note: They're apparently called Cain and Abel, also known respectively as the Bull and the Panther, also known respectively as the Red Knight and the Green Knight] didn't give up like that. And I'm gonna try to be as good a knight as they were.

Stahl: Hey, being a hero of legend would be great, but I think I'm not cut out for being that awesome.

Sully: [WR's note: THIS IS AN ACTUAL QUOTE AND THE NEW BEST QUOTE IN THE GAME] Ha! Take that attitude over to the kitchen, ya d--n scullery maid!

Stahl: Um

Sully: I'm gonna try to be even better than the ancient knights.

Stahl: Wow. You're something else. But maybe I could try to be more forceful in training.

Sully: You'd better! I'm not going to stop until I'm just as skilled as the Bull!

Stahl: Wait so does that make me the Panther? I've got some work to do, then.

Anyways, this Support really got me to like Stahl and Sully even more. Stahl's a dorky everyman who wants to be good, but not the absolute MLG Pro best knight ever (I can relate to that), and Sully's a kickplot Knight who doesn't take any crap (also she's got a bit of a foul mouth, so you'll have to play the game to get the full effect of all of her talk). These guys are great, and they play off each other perfectly.

Battle's gotten a lot more complicated, too. I had to control eight Shepherds in battle, and now there's a weapons triangle (Swords are more powerful against axes, axes beat lances, and lances beat swords) to deal with too. There's also an auto-battle system for if I want the Shepherds to just do their own thing.

Current Party: If you want to know my units' skills and weaknesses, just ask in the comments.
 * Chrom (Level 3 Lord, C-level Support with Robin)
 * Robin (Level 4 Tactician, C-level Support with Chrom)
 * Lissa (Level 2 Cleric)
 * Frederick (Level 1 Great Knight)
 * Virion (Level 3 Archer)
 * Sully (Level 2 Cavalier, C-level Support with Stahl)
 * Vaike (Level 3 Fighter)
 * Stahl (Level 2 Cavalier, C-level Support with Sully)
 * Miriel (Level 1 Mage)

Next time: Chapters Three and Four.