User blog:Worldracer99/Drace Liveblogs Fire Emblem: Awakening (Chapter 13: Of Sacred Blood/Paralogue 4: Anna the Merchant/Chapter 14: Flames on the Blue)

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Summary
The team goes to an island off the coast of Plegia to have the summit with the new king.

Also, Aversa. Apparently she's still the aide to royalty. And the new king is...

WAIT NO NO NONO. WE KILLED YOU.

THE NEW KING IS VALIDAR. WHAT IS HE DOING HERE YOU'RE DEAD OH NO IT WAS GRIMA WASN'T IT.

Aversa did mention that she and Validar are both Grimleal, so... I wouldn't be surprised.

Obviously, this doesn't go unnoticed between Chrom and Robin. They know that Validar's supposed to be dead... maybe he just looks a lot like the dude who tried to kill Emmeryn a few chapters back? IDK.

The two of them have already made their plans- they can't spare any soldiers (thanks to the last war), but they can give us 800 warships and 200 transports.

Obviously there's some sort of trick.

The Plegians also introduce us to a hierophant (kinda like a priest) who's wearing the same robes as Robin. And...

OH CRAP, HE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE ROBIN AND HE'S ALSO NAMED ROBIN NOPE NOPE NOPENOPENOPE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE

OK... after the team leaves, Robin's out thinking to himself about the crap that went down earlier in the day, when Validar starts talking to him in his mind.

And he claims that he's Robin's father.



THE THING IS THOUGH THIS COULD BE ACTUALLY TRUE BECAUSE ROBIN DOESN'T KNOW HIS PAST AND LOOK AT THEIR ROBES



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THEIR ROBES ARE THE SAME COLORS IS THIS PROOF????

Validar tries to convince Robin to abandon the Shepherds and the followers of Naga (the Divine Dragon) and join the Grimleal. Thankfully, Chrom shows up.

Validar disappears and Robin explains what happened.

Frederick reports that Risen have encircled the camp. Stealthily. Apparently these things are learning battle strategies.

As the battle starts, there's a giant swarm of crows, and a Dark Mage named Henry arrives on the scene.



Henry's... kinda creepy. He's the type of creepy guy who's constantly smiling. Creepy as in "in a later support, he took a Risen's arm back to the barracks to try to learn about how these things work" kind of creepy. He also has the best line ever in response to Chrom asking where the Risen keep coming from:

"Well, see, when a mommy zombie and a daddy zombie love each other very much..."

Chrom cuts him off. And... wait a second. Henry's wearing the same robe colors as Robin, and though you can't see it, the eye symbols on Henry's collar are also on Robin's sleeves.

Once the battle ends, Marth shows up and saves Chrom from a lingering assassin. She also calls him father.

The two have a private conversation, and...

In Marth's eye is the Brand of the Exalt.

Marth is Lucina.

From the future.

Robin and Sumia show up (poor Sumia thought for a second that Chrom had left her for Lucina, mainly because she didn't know Lucina is her daughter), but Lucina reveals the Brand.

Apparently, Lucina's from a bad future where Emmeryn died, Grima was resurrected (*insert Cthulhu joke here*), the zom- I mean, Risen apocalypse happened, and all the Shepherds were killed.

Apparently, Naga had created a time-travelling ritual long ago so that somebody could go back and change the past in case of emergency (*insert Doctor Who joke here*). Lucina and her friends went back to stop the bad future (Bad Future would be a great name for a techno-punk band), but they got separated.

Lucina joins the team, and we have some supports.

Chrom and Lucina get a C-Support during some father/daughter sword training.

Henry and Robin get a C-Support- as I mentioned before, Henry sliced off a Risen's arm, took it back to camp, and dissected it to try to see what keeps these things alive. He invites Robin to help out. Robin's terrified and disgusted, so he declines.

Ricken and Tharja have a C-Support where Ricken tries to get Tharja to teach him how to use curses. Tharja says no.

Lucina and Sumia have a C-Support where Lucina tries to pick out a dress for Sumia. She doesn't do a very good job.

Paralogue 4 then begins. Apparently bandits are attacking a merchant, and- oh hey, it's Anna! Good to see you again!



And she's being menaced by the surviving twin of the twin bandit leaders who she helped us fight back in Paralogue 2.

The battle starts, and we get Anna recruited to our team. She's a Trickster, which means she has the skills of a thief (attacking twice in one turn, picking locks on doors and chests), but also the healing skills of a Cleric. This could be VERY handy.

The battle ends, and Anna joins our team. Except... it's not Anna. Not the Anna we knew, anyways. Turns out that Anna is related to Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, and she has identical sisters who share her name all over the country. This explains all the Annas who have been acting as merchants through the game. But hey, we helped her sister, so she's willing to help us.

Let's face it, she'd be adorable with Gaius. One's a merchant, the other's a thief, they both try to get their hands on cash. Unfortunately, she doesn't have any supports with him. :c

Chapter 14 starts, and the Shepherds are already at sea. Robin's a huge dork who loves the ocean and sailing. Just like me! :D

Thanks to Lucina giving more exposition, apparently the bad future is back on track since Emmeryn is dead, and Chrom dies in the bad future too, killed by someone he trusted.

Holy buck, no... the premonition...

no...

Robin can't...

oh gods...

We'll... we'll come back to that later.

The Valmese fleet has as many ships as we do, but many more troopers.

Robin starts a plan: pack some of our ships full of oil, send them into the enemy fleet, and then make like Fall Out Boy and light 'em up (I'M ON FI-YAAAAA!).

A battle happens, we blow up some Valmese ships, and go full speed towards Valm. There's a support between Sumia and Lucina where Lucina continues to try to find a dress for her mom (How? We're at sea... was there a merchant ship or something?). She fails. Again. Sorry, Lucina. (Although that octopus dress you mentioned sounds freaking rad.)

My Thoughts
Sumia, Chrom, and Lucina's interactions are adorable. They're a happy family. Dawww.

I'm honestly genuinely worried about Chrom's death. It will hit me hard. Probably harder than Emmeryn's death, if it turns out Robin kills him.

The whole thing with Validar is even more worrying. If Robin is his son... I don't want to think about that for the moment. No assumptions.

Also, Robin can apparently get an S-Support with Lucina. I guess Chrom sees no problem with Robin dating his daughter from the future.

Current Party

 * Chrom (Level 20 Lord; C-Support with Lucina, Lissa; B-Support with Robin; S-Support with Sumia)
 * Robin (Level 20 Tactician; C-Support with Henry, Tharja, Sumia, Stahl, Frederick; B-Support with Chrom, Sully; A-Support with Panne)
 * Ricken (Level 16 Mage; C-Support with Tharja)
 * Libra (Level 4 War Monk)
 * Tharja (Level 20 Dark Mage; C-Support with Ricken, Robin)
 * Panne (Level 16 Taguel; C-Support with Cordelia; A-Support with Robin)
 * Sully (Level 13 Cavalier; C-Support with Stahl, Kellam; B-Support with Robin)
 * Sumia (Level 4 Pegasus Knight; C-Support with Robin, Lucina; S-Support with Chrom)
 * Kellam (Level 14 Knight; C-Support with Sully, Donnel)
 * Cherche (Level 15 Wyvern Rider; C-Support with Nowi)
 * Henry (Level 12 Dark Mage; C-Support with Robin)
 * Lucina (Level 10 Lord; C-Support with Chrom, Sumia)
 * Anna (Level 1 Trickster)
 * Nowi (Level 6 Manakete; C-Support with Cherche)
 * Lon'qu (Level 7 Myrmidon)
 * Cordelia (Level 12 Pegasus Knight; C-Support with Panne, Gaius)
 * Vaike (Level 8 Fighter; C-Support with Lissa)
 * Gregor (Level 12 Mercenary)
 * Gaius (Level 12 Thief; C-Support with Cordelia)
 * Stahl (Level 5 Cavalier; C-Support with Robin, Sully)
 * Olivia (Level 1 Dancer)
 * Miriel (Level 1 Mage)
 * Lissa (Level 4 Cleric; C-Support with Vaike)
 * Virion (Level 4 Archer)
 * Frederick (Level 3 Great Knight; C-Support with Robin)
 * Donnel (Level 2 Villager; C-Support with Kellam)
 * Maribelle (Level 5 Troubadour)