User blog:Worldracer99/Drace Liveblogs Fire Emblem: Awakening (Chapter Eight: The Grimleal/Random Side Battle/Paralogue Two: The Secret Seller)

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The team's arrived in Plegia, which is apparently... a desert country. Huh. Honestly, I wouldn't have thought it would have desert terrain. I dunno. It just never really crossed my mind. Most of the Plegian troops seem that they wear heavier clothes than would be expected for a hot desert place.

...Except for Aversa. She's at least getting some ventilation in her clothes.

Anyways, up until now, the Shepherds haven't encountered the Plegian guard, but Frederick has spotted some activity not far away. The desert sands aren't exactly going to help the team move, either (except for our mages and pegasus knights).

The battle begins against a group that is... well, they're certainly not Plegians... and a young girl named Nowi appears, closely followed by a Russian-accented mercenary named Gregor.





"Hey Drace, you didn't use a mod to censor the fanservice!" you say. That's because using a mod would just creep that mod out. Nowi is... well, I'll just explain through this comic.



Yeah, Nowi wears skimpy clothes, but it's OK because she's actually an ancient being known as a Manakete, which is basically a person who can turn into a dragon.

Hanging out with that girl still squicks me out, though. I'm going to try to keep her as far away from any S-Supports as possible.

Yes, you can get married to her.

I just made most of you veeerrry uncomfortable.

According to Nowi, Gregor's been hunting her down for some reason, but Gregor claims that he's actually trying to help Nowi escape from the slavers (ooooohhhhh no please don't make those implications).

The two join the group for the battle, and we fight off the Plegians. Yes, Nowi can turn into a dragon, kinda like Panne can turn into a giant rabbit creature that looks like something out of RWBY. Maybe I should get Supports between the two to get them to be friends.

The battle ends, and Gregor and Nowi join our party. Gregor also gives the new best line ever when trying to convince Chrom to let him join the Shepherds:

"True, Gregor just finish killing former employers, but still very reliable!"

...I love this dork.

Anyways, the group we fought weren't Plegians, but members of a cult called the Grimleal, a group of people who follow the Fell Dragon, Grima. Wait a second... an evil cult that's following and awaiting the return of an ancient evil monster?


 * ...I... couldn't actually fine any good pictures of Cthulhu cultists, so just pretend there's one here.*

OH MY LORD THE CTHULHU CULT SNUCK INTO A NINTENDO GAME WHEN NOBODY WAS LOOKING.

Anyways, Flavia then advises the group to get some rest, since we're getting close to the Plegian capital. Robin and Panne have a C-Support, too. Robin decides to get to know Panne better so he can learn more about the Taguel. Heck, I'd do that too. I want more Taguel worldbuilding, they seem really neat.

Sometimes on the map, random side battles against Risen appear. They're a relatively quick and easy way to levelgrind, and I got a B-Support between Sumia and Chrom on that battle. Sumia noticed that Chrom's been training a lot and wearing himself out, so she made him a pie. This was adorable.

Then Paralogue Two happens. A merchants' caravan is being blocked by bandits, so the Shepherds decide to take the bandits out. We also get help from a merchant girl named Anna.



We take care of the bandits, Anna and the other merchants go back to selling their wares, and Robin has two B-Supports- one with Sully, and one with Panne. The ladies love him, I guess. :P

Robin learns more about the Taguel (Panne tells him that there are also cat Taguel and bird Taguel- I really hope I learn more about them because fighting alongside a giant falcon or tiger would be cool), and offers to make her some carrot soup. She actually accepts. This surprises Robin because he thought she would subvert the whole "Rabbits like carrots" thing, but nope. Robin's just been reading too much TV Tropes.

Meanwhile, Sully accidentally ate the entire bag of seaweed (the insanely high-fiber one). You were only supposed to tear off a little piece and rehydrate it with water, apparently, and now poor Sully is apparently having very clear bowels. She threatens to kill Robin for this incident, and Robin offers to try to help her in some way. If I were Robin, I would be legitimately scared. Grima hath no fury like an angry Sully.

My Thoughts
Nowi and Gregor are going to be powerful allies, but I'm going to try to avoid S-Supports with Sully, because that would be creepy. Or I could pair her up with someone closer to the age she looks, like Ricken or Donnel.

How old are they, anyways? We don't really get ages. I've just been assuming everybody's in their late teens to early thirties. Except for Gregor. He's probably about 40.

I'm still worried about what's going to happen to Emmeryn. And the Grimleal can't be good news at all.

Current Party

 * Chrom (Level 14 Lord, C-level Support with Lissa, B-level Support with Robin and Sumia)
 * Sully (Level 8 Cavalier, C-level Support with Kellam and Stahl, B-level Support with Robin)
 * Robin (Level 14 Tactician, C-level Support with Frederick and Sumia, B-level Support with Chrom, Sully, and Panne)
 * Ricken (Level 11 Mage)
 * Maribelle (Level 5 Troubador)
 * Sumia (Level 4 Pegasus Knight, C-level Support with Robin, B-level Support with Chrom)
 * Gregor (Level 11 Mercenary)
 * Gaius (Level 11 Thief)
 * Kellam (Level 11 Knight, C-level Support with Sully and Donnel)
 * Panne (Level 9 Taguel, B-level Support with Robin)
 * Cordelia (Level 8 Pegasus Knight)
 * Lon'qu (Level 4 Myrmidon)
 * Nowi (Level 3 Manakete)
 * Virion (Level 4 Archer)
 * Frederick (Level 2 Great Knight)
 * Miriel (Level 1 Mage)
 * Vaike (Level 4 Fighter)
 * Donnel (Level 2 Villager)
 * Stahl (Level 4 Cavalier)
 * Lissa (Level 3 Cleric)

Next time: Chapters Nine and Ten...