In real sword fighting you aim for the body, not the sword. That's one of the many criticisms of sword fights in movies and shows, for it looks as if they are not trying to kill each other, and some times even dancing. Here it makes sense though, neither of them wish to kill each other, not now.
I always thought it was like sparing, as a professor and specially a swordsmanship and authority professor you likely sparred with edelguard like you did with some other students. It was like a goodbye the last spar before truly becoming enemies.
yeah. though the sword itself is not an ideal weapon. However culturally, its a very symbolic weapon. Much more so compared to actual military use (to my knowledge, spears/hammers where weapons of choice). Sword "dances" I interpret as an extention of that.
@@magic_cfw uhhh no and yes, swords were made out of pure iron or steel which meant they costed too much. Knights would wield them often or peasants who got it passed down. Swords were effective, Saying that they weren't is wrong. Hence why swords evolved as plate armor did. Getting thinner lighter to thrust into plate openings. Spears could only do so much. While great for calvary, spearmen were restricted by their tight formations and small movement space. Hammer while cheap and useful, took greater skill. Like that if an axe a hammer has a small hit area. Most who would use hammers and axes were peasants and or lower class
@@magic_cfw a sword is an ideal weapon, it can thrust , cut and chop. Most physical weapons can only do one. If they weren't such an ideal weapon vanguards would not use the Zweihänder to chop down calvary and their horses. The sword is more of close quarters weapon , while the spear and halbert give you more distance which means less chances of you getting stabby stabby.
Byleth: I have failed you, Edelgard. I have failed you. Edelgard: I should have known the Church was plotting to take over! B: Edelgard! What you are doing is evil! E: From my point of view, the Church of Seiros is evil! B: Then you are lost!
This is probably hands down the best voice acting I've heard in a Fire Emblem Game, they were really able to up the drama and emotion tenfold, my hat is tipped to the voice actors~
Three Houses made me realize how much voice acting could add to a game. I don't know but SoV and 3H made their plots more affecting than previous games. Their dialogues felt heavier and more important.
While the Azure Moon route is the one where Edelgard is the least successful as far as her goals are concerned (since Rhea survives and Shambhalla isn't destroyed), the Church route kind of does her the dirtiest on a personal level. Dimitri at least tries to talk (and finds out that she didn't kill his parents) and Claude eventually figures out that she wasn't evil/ why she did what she did, but here everyone continues to blame her for crap she didn't do/ assume the worst of her, and she ends up heartbroken and abandoned by everyone whose name isnt Hubert. I mean its implied that she lowkey pines for Byleth in every possible timeline but its particularly bad here where they actually spent that one year together before becoming enemies. :(
You explained it really well, action had to be made as well as her life being shortened just like Lysithea, let's be honest even in real life doing things diplomatically isn't going to do anything most of the time people in history have killed for their ideals, to stay on the top of things all kinds of reasons. So I do agree with her with what she did, she makes action and is fully aware of the consequences and she feels the weight on her shoulders with everything she's doing. That time of bonding with Byleth does add onto the sadness, because it's clear she cares about Byleth a lot she opens up to him or her even when Hubert is trying to get involved and say that it would be a bad idea, she does it anyway. She also carries a lot of loneliness and Byleth is the only real person who sees her as an equal person, Byleth doesn't kiss her ass at all like Hubert and she likes that.
Algorithm may have spoiled me, but since its the church route, I'm surprisingly not upset. Especially since I honestly think Golden Deer route did things better. Church route just feels like they removed a certain "Bandit" to fill their "Dragon quota" checkbox. Seriously her transformation makes more sense in Crimson Flower than it does in the church. Also they could have literally taken like 2 sentences out of the final dialogue before the last battle and put it on Golden Deer and it would make so much sense considering Byleth's lore and origin do go hand in hand. Edit: Point is, instead of doing the church route, since Online statistics say most people did Crimson Flower judging by deployment, they should have moved some church things to the superior Golden Deer route, give Dimitri more meaningful screentime in GD even if its a tragic scene and not something that is offscreen and exposition, and added 4 more chapters to Crimson Flower itself since it kinda paces weirdly in timeskip and ends abruptly. I personally would have been fine with Claude, Dimi, and Edel all having one route instead of having a 4th that has questionable moments due to what it shares and things that happen near the end that may be a plothole. If they really wanted to do a Byleth/Rhea route for Church, it should have been completely unique and had the rest of the Black Eagles side with Edel since they do that by default in Dimi and Claude. Having a route solely focused on the characters with more years of experience under their belt would have been interesting. Of course though considering we would lose all black eagles, the knights of seiros would be scaled up to match the "required" levels for timeskip and we should have Rhea as playable and not imprisoned like in most routes.
I mean, shambhalla might not have been destroyed, but every single high ranking member of those who slither are dead and there's no one left to actually set it off. In her own route, it's far worse off, as now there's nothing that can actually stop the slithers, since Seiros is dead and Byleth loses the powers of Sothis, meaning realistically, the entire continent gets destroyed 2 weeks after the credits roll.
@@lancejburns Well shit I didn't know the implications were that bad considering I thought the Slithers only goal was to eliminate the dragon race. Didn't know Sothis and Seiros were that necessary. I thought the only cost to her ending was people pulling a "her" and rebeling against her like she did Rhea. Not to mention, losing the true history of Fodlan and giving the Slithers the last laugh even if they would die at Edel and Byleth's hands. Unless one of them know the monastery is protected from their dubstep missiles. Rhea states Sothis put some protection spell or something on it since the Holy Tomb was basically her home before a monastery was built on top of it. Otherwise, without that knowledge, the slithers can destroy everything except the monastery.
@@michaelolegario6399 Slithers consider themselves to be gods and want to wipe out the dragons, because they're the only thing that can realistically stand in their way. Seiros in her immaculate one form is also the only confirmed thing that can stop the missiles, though it's presumed that Byleth could using Sothis' power. Once the children of Sothis are dead, the slithers don't care if they subjugate or destroy the rest of the world.
I do wish that Byleth and Edelgard had more interactions in the Church of Seiros route. Edelgard's last words did tug at my heart a little, but it would have been much better had they invested additional time on exploring Edelgard more after the time skip. After all, Church of Seiros route is the only route where Edelgard directly betrays Byleth.
Reasons I chose Edelgard’s route: 1. I liked the characters 2. I knew Edelgard was the “villain” before I even brought the game 3. The story interested me 4. I liked Edelgard’s character 5. I felt that Rhea was more of a villain than Edelgard 6. I wanted to play every story Reasons I played Golden Deers: 1. Claude seemed like an interesting character 2. I wanted a satisfying conclusion to TWSITD 3. I wanted to learn more about the story 4. The story interested me 5. I wanted to play every story 6. I wanted to fight nemesis Reasons I played Blue Lions: 1. I wanted to see Dimitri’s decent into madness 2. I wanted to see why Dimitri goes mad 3. I wanted to see Dimitri and Edelgard’s relationship 4. I wanted to witness Dimitri’s redemption 5. Dimitri was a small character In Edelgard’s and Claude’s route 6. I wanted to play every story Reasons I played Rhea’s route: 1. I wanted to play every story
Funny thing is outside of Claude getting killed in that one outcome Claude always win something in the end And if you know Claude you probably know what he's going to do beyond going back to Almyra
Reasons i wanted to play silver snow: 1. Story fits better than verdant wind 2. Its a very sentimental route . Killing Edelgard after being one year teaching her and Dimitri decides to talk to Byleth before dying . 3. The final map its the most challenging . The boss with 9 shields and every f*cking white beast with miracle . 4. Its the route that better explains how byleth was made . 5. It was my first route and it was very sad killing Edelgard(i never knew about crimson flower until i wacthed a video after finishing my first playtrougth)
To be honest when she asked do you want to return to the empire with me. I wanted to say yes eventhough I needed to play the church route luckily it's my last route so I can do the edlegard route again.
Man, I wish Silver Snow had more "Byleth & Edelgard"-moments because the "reunion" with Edelgard was easily my story-highlight of that route. It would improve the story so much for me :/
I believe the Agarthans fed her half truths to make her believe the Church was the main enemy, when it was possible that she could have convinced Rhea to let go of her control and give back the people's destinies back to themselves the same way as Sothis sacrificed her consciousness to Byleth so that he/she may choose their own path without a goddess dictating their future. The real truth about the Agarthans being put to light if she had managed to ally with Claude who could have uncovered their true history, and learn to become more open and accepting towards others, since uniting Fodlan doesn't necessarily mean conquering it under Adestia, but uniting everyone under the spirit of cooperation. This would also in turn help Dimitri discover the real perpetrators who killed his family and friends in Duscur, thus keeping his desire for revenge in check with the help of Byleth and knowledge that he still has someone still alive to call his family(Edelgard). Just wishful thinking, but if all points above were obtained, then Fodlan may have been united against a common threat while removing it's dependency on crests and religion. Perhaps the dlc route where everyone is united will branch off Edelgard's, which is why it's the shortest?
Except it would be kind of hard to branch that sort of route from any of the 4 available now, considering both Dimitri and Edelgard die in every route where you don't side with them
The thing is that the Curch has way less influence on Foddlan than people tend to assume. When you think about it, they are never seen or confirmed to encourage the practices of the Kingdom's nobles regarding crests and bloodlines, nor do they interfere in the political affairs of the factions. Heck, they themselves seem to regularly hire outsiders and crestless commoners into their ranks.
I doubt it because while the Agarthans definitely had a presence in the Empire, un til Arundel they had no control over the Imperial family, none at least that would indicate they'd know about the knowledge passed from Emperor to Emperor let alone manipulate it. I don't think Edelgard was fed half-truths.
Silver Snow ended up being my first route. I got Edie’s support to B and waiting, chose her at the Goddess Tower, went to her coronation, felt uncomfortable after that and sided with Rhea, took a nap for five years, killed her and then some other people of importance and then I married Bernie. Then I started Dimitri’s route, recruited the entire year and married Bernie again. I think the Blue Lions might be my favorite route.
Anyone wanna help me understand where all the love for bernie comes from? The way I see it, she’s literally a one trick pony as far as character goes. All her C-supports kind of turned me off of her character.
Josh Daniels, it’s all subjective. I can only speak on how I approach romance on games. When I find a character in a game I love, it’s usually the same sort of love I had in my childhood for my dearly departed hamsters. I don’t want to marry the girl I just want to take her in, give her snacks and play with her hair, but Intelligent Systems didn’t think to make that an option so I went with the next best thing.
This is painful... in this game, there are no true absolute right paths. Everyone is fighting for their own sense of ideals, justice, and beliefs. Yeah, Edelgard has done some bad stuff, but everything she did, she did with the belief that if she wins, she can help the world. And in her route, if you side with her, she does. So she isn't wrong in her ideals or her ambitions. Her methods might have been questionable and at times wrong, but the Church wasn't a foe that any nation could beat so easily.
@@drogon8764 Claude is the only one that didn't go through a seriously tragic and traumatic backstory that would give him a form of insanity or extreme belief and was technically the outsider of the group. However, even his way isn't necessary the absolute best way.
There's a wrong path (Siding with the person who plunges the land into war at the behest of a creepy apocalypse cult) and a right path (any other path).
@@gabrielrussell5531 Yeah, no. Edelgard's path is by no means wrong. The Church was messing up the system and society to go into decay. It is not unlike human history where someone starts a war to change the system.
That’s what makes this game so fascinating. No one is absolutely correct, yet at the same time, they aren’t absolutely wrong either. To each their own values and methods. This isn’t about morals. It’s about loyalty. Who do you agree with more? Who do you truly trust wholeheartedly? Who do you despise without mercy? Who are you willing to lay down your life for? Who will you side with for the future of an eventually war-torn continent? Gosh, the mixed feelings from playing this game!
But I don't want to be Suzaku in this situation. I wanted to be Jeremiah Gottwald with 200% loyalty! Now during the sword fight I can only hear: Edelgard: "Byleth!" Byleth: "Edelgard!"
Well with Lelouch the story has a lot of time for us to get into his head and what he's thinking. I love Lelouch he's a great guy and he plays some risky games with the cards he plays but he still has an answer for coming back.
@@cherryspice1011 I'm not sure why you're making it out to be that Edelgard is truly a POS. Each path of a certain house leader makes the other house leaders look bad.
Nah, it’s way better when either Edelgard or Rhea are the villains. Making a “Revelations” path will just get rid of any questioning of morality the other paths give you, and make this path the obvious “right” choice.
I get why people don't want it, as I was right with them initially. I love the moral ambiguity of this game. Honestly, though, we have the Divine Pulse. It makes too much sense that we could go back with knowledge gained from other paths and convince characters to make different decisions than they did. I think the brilliant writers who made the existing paths could pull it off.
this one hurts as hell if u finish the black eagles route first and then come back to do this route..... i really didn’t want to fight her i love her too much
I played Crimson Flower first and Silver Snow last, since I really didn't want to side with Rhea (I'd never fully trusted Rhea and especially didn't have a high opinion of her after she went off the deep end). Because I'd played Crimson Flower 1st it made my following playthroughs (Azure Moon 2nd, Verdant Wind 3rd) rather interesting as I got see El in the best light at the start and so in my other playthroughs I felt bad for her. Since I knew her true motives and it just hurt to see how hard she falls without her light.
@@jinkii It does feel like some people went into her route hating her or believing that they're siding with the villain, which isn't really the right mindset as I think it makes people ignore her explanation for what she does. It actually kinda amuses me to see people call Edelgard evil especially when they're playing Azure Moon as the guy they fight alongside with is a deranged boar prince that will kill anyone in his path.
Edelgard- Feels genuine remorse for having to fight against Byleth and even after five years still asks Byleth to join her and refuses to kill him when he declines, thus making a powerful enemy. Rhea- (IMMEDIATELY after Byleth refuses to kill Edelgard) "I WILL F#*KING RIP YOUR HEART OUT!!!!!!!!" Edelgard>>>>>>>>>Rhea
Do you even know the context of it all? By the way, feeling remorse about being responsible for the deaths of thousands of bystanders doesn't redeem someone.
@@TheRandomshenanigan And Rhea let a system causing deaths and pains for 1000 years all to see her mother back while she could have change things so I don't see how Edelgard is evil for wanting to take the power away from her She had no right to keep the power this long
In regard to the description, finding the Edelgard only (Crimson Flower) path is kinda complicated, and requires a few intricate things to happen. First, you have to get to C+ support with her by the time you get the Enlightened One class. Then, during one of your free days, she will ask you to go back to the Empire with her for her to officially become the new emperor. Then you play the Holy Tomb mission normally. At the end, when Rhea asks you to kill Edelgard, you are given a response that says “I must protect Edelgard”. That will let you go with her to an Imperial fort for the next two weeks where you will prepare for the Battle at Garreg Mach.
It’s not exactly complicated. You were told explicitly at the start of chapter 2 to take time talking to students, and if you didn’t get C+ support by chapter 11 idk what game you were playing. The post chapter 11 options are pretty logical.
I suppose you make good point there. Those she could had her Axe on her back and grab it. Those I guess a sword is faster than Axe so I guess it don't matter.
See two things, that is Seiros sword and Edel wielding it is not only story hint but symbolic. Then there is the conection that Byleth is the one who taught and refined Edels swordsmanship shown in how they mirror one anothers moves.
She is not a villain. Only villain in this story is the person who is manipulating events to make her look like a villain but revealing the identity will be spoiler.
I started the Black Eagles path intending to do the Crimson Flower route. But since it was my second playthrough of the game (did Blue Lions first) I tried to skip monastery activities as much as possible so I could go through it faster. By the time I realized you were supposed to go and talk to Edelgard in the monastery in order to trigger CF, I had already saved after the Mausoleum mission. I was thoroughly disappointed at first, but accidentally going into Silver Snow made me feel like I really was betrayed by Edelgard and Hubert, who I had invested levels, tutoring, and certifications into, and the whole conflict with her starting with this cutscene made the route a lot more meaningful in a way that the developers probably intended for players who initially weren't aware of the route split.
Edelgard wanted two things. To bring back the empire glory days and to end the church influence in Fodlan. She is basically Cao Cao and Oda Nobunaga combine. She firmly believe she can make Fodlan better and uniting Fodlan through force because it is quicker that way. Because her empire is weak due the church influence. She either seek or accept the offer the aid from Thales. Since both of them wanted to end the church, specifically Rhea. To make her ambition easier, she have to assassinate Dimitri and Claude by hiring some bandits, But it was a failure due to Blyeth and Jeralt intervention. Due to the fail assassination, Thales and Edelgard are force to use proxies like Lonato and the Western Church to attack and confuse the Central Church. If Blyeth join BE. Edelgard will try to influence Blyeth to join her hence why you have to directly talk to her to get CF route. If not, she assume she failed her attempt and count you as an enemy as well. CF route was really short because by destroying the church and killing Rhea. Thales have achieve his goal of avenging the Argartha's. Which is why we don't get fight Thales army because we have unknowingly aided his real goal. Even if Edelgard successfully destroy last remaining Argartha. It will be a hollow victory because Thales have already won.
XenkailX Play Games For Muffin This viewpoint is incorrect. They know about those who slither in the dark and after getting rid of the corrupt and clearly insane Rhea the epilogue says they eventually hunt those who slither in the dark and Fodlan prospers under her rule. CF route got screwed. We should have been able to finish what we started instead of it ending after defeating Rhea. Just because her way was more extreme it doesn’t make her evil.
Ahh so this is what happens when you side with the church. Did you choose to go to the empire capital with edelgard ? I'm trying to decide what that changes.
@@bessieburnet9816 I mean, isn't Pokémon a lot more popular than FE which was once a dying franchise? Sure 3 Houses has sold well, but Pokémon's sales will kick its butt.
Me: Okay, Edelgard! You have crossed the line! You were my waifu, and if you're going to ditch us like this, then you are dumped! I don't need you! I'm going with Dorothea right now! A few chapters later Me: Yeah, Dorothea, you're definitely a good waifu, much... better... than... that... unholy... traitor...edel... Oh who am I kidding? It doesn't fill the void! EDELGARD! PLEASE COME BACK TO ME!
I could never side with edelgard tbh. I'm glad I picked the church path. After I found out she was the flame emperor. She basically was involved in your father's death no matter how you look at it.
Your loss on not getting to see Edelgard's perspective tbh. Edelgard didn't order them to kill Jeralt or commit atrocities in the village. Even without Edelgard's alliance Those Who Slither in The Dark have their own plan in motion and would've gone through with infiltrating the church and experimenting on the village anyway
She's still affiliated with them tho. That's like saying she's innocent. She clearly knows what she is doing, and isn't afraid to shed some blood. That's what makes me like the game tho. What I dislike someone could like.
@@brandoncherry6264 she specifically says she didn't order those particular actions. She also specifically says she sees TWSID as enemies and hates them more than any other group. TWSID acted without her acord on many parts of the story. blaming edelgard for geralt death is simply the easy way to blame someone for jeralts instead of actually learning the truth. Also at the end of her path she starts hunting for TWSID so yeh her afiliation with TWSID is a necesity for her to overthrow rhea but plans to immediately kill them once Rhea is out of the way
@@AlexEternalChamp That's the thing though, she fully knows what she's getting herself into when she allies with twsid. They acted on their own accord and edelgard let it by because she only cared about her own goals and knew she needed them. That's why I can stand by edelgard's beliefs, but not her actions. I do believe she had good intentions, but she should not have allied with them. And in the last scene it does say she will fight them. However... it does not say whether she defeats them or not. In golden deer playthrough it seems very obvious that she is losing control of twsid. They dropped javelins of light on one of her biggest forts just to take out the Alliance forces before her forces had escaped. The death knight just barely made it out himself. She was losing her grip on them. After defeating edelgard you are informed that twsid need to be taken out. If in the end of edelgard's story she does start the war against twsid, will she even win after letting them grow? Can she even defeat Nemesis without the power byleth once had? When nemsis' seal was broken he destroyed countless villages. We just won't know whether it was a good idea or not. Sure edelgard accomplished her goals but will she suffer for the ties she had to do it? That's why I don't agree with her actions. She allowed twsid to do what they pleased, and It doesn't matter whether she ordered it or not, when she had the power to stop them.
POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT! I wish there was a third route for the Black Eagles faction. One where you don't side with Rhea but you can also oppose Edelgard becoming empress because of her being the Flame Emperor and her indirect part in Jeralt's death. There, she takes your disapproval so badly she goes off the deep end (like a certain magnificent knight from Valentia) and it's up to you to stop her. When beaten, you can choose to spare her and she reconciles and joins you. You can even get Claude, Dimitri and even the Church to actually come around to your side. Would be wonderful, and then have the last part of said route around destroying TWSITD once and for all.
Out of curiously, when you had the dialog option in the tomb after the fight which did you pick? I really want to do a BE run so I'm nervous. Anyway, thanks for uploading!
Alex K you gotta go with her on the day 2/8 on her trip to the capital and then when you get to her raiding the tomb you choose the option to protect her.
In Crimson Flower, Edelgard is more emotional about Byleth returning and not quite as cold to them, even going as far saying while on the verge of tears that she was heartbroken about missing them for 5 years.
Me: Edelgard, you are dumped! You were my waifu, but now I'm going with Dorothea! Goodbye forever! I don't ever want to see you again! A few hours later Me: Yeah, Dorothea... you're amuch better waifu than... that... unholy... traitor... Edel... Oh, who am I kidding? It doesn't fill the void! Edelgard! Please come back to me!
Silver snow should be locked until you finish the endings of all three routes to get a better understanding of the real situation and who is the real villain is. Silver snow focusing more on how to solve every problem of each houses all final bosses are fought in silver snow, first hegemon edelgard saving her and stopping dimitri form stabbing her then Rhea immaculate one again saving her and calming her down. Nemisis because for some reason the argarthans have him on life support and since we now know who encourage edelgard to turn people and her self into a demonic beast finding out who were experimenting on Rhea and knowing where the hell Nemisis came from Silver snow final boss should be Thales in shambala with all the 3 lords with you.
Seteth: Where were you?! Oh you slept for five years? Makes sense. Listen, Ceyhole (I know that’s not how you spell his name) buddy, your not doing a great job hiding this.
Ok, I'll admit I almost always go blue lions or golden deer, but the reunion fight cutscene with edelgard alone 1. made me gay for her and 2. made me regret never trying her route
Edelgard's eyes in the reunion scene seem to change color from lavender to blue. Is there some in-game explanation for that? Or is it just developer's inconsistency?
Why don't I like Edelgard I wanna like her but ahhh just some of the things she says and she only See's things through her point of view, (granted her view on religion and crest changes) but she doesn't change as a character for the better, unlike Claude and my boi patchy the pirate in blue
To be fair, Claude didn’t change much at all. He just matured a bit, but so did everyone else because they have all grown older. Dimitri probably has the most character development
Same. Her A support with ferdinand is what made me not like her as much tbh :/ all of the leaders are written to be war criminals yet El is so hypocritical at points
Kali Primp I honestly feel like they did El really dirty with her writing. Her route and character. I do see some of her points, but she is a very flawed character. I still like her though
Jacaerys Claude does not change a lot indeed. But, he clearly is conflicted with the whole war going on, its clear this is not what he hoped for. Honestly, imreally feel sorry for him. You should look up the video “blue skies and a battle between heaven and earth”. You can see claude at gronder 5 years before and during the war. Just look at his facial expression, you can see he has a real hard time. Its so sad honestly
If you notice edelgard's sword is the same that Rhea fights with against nemesis in the first cutscene. And nemesis had the sword of the creator, just like byleth. Now I wonder what that sword really is (oh if somebody is going to tell me please be sure it's not spoilers for verdant wind sonce i have not finished it yet, if it is for the other routes it's ok, i played them all)
Yes there are four paths, there’s two Black Eagles paths, one for the Blue Lions and one for the Golden Deer. Crimson Flower is the route where you stay with Edelgard, Silver Snow is the route where you don’t side with Edelgard and instead side with the Church of Seiros, Azure Moon (my favourite of the bunch) is the Blue Lions route and Verdant Wind is the Golden Deer route. There’s no order for them technically, but I guess you could go Silver Snow, Crimson Flower, Azure Moon and then Verdant Wind if you really wanted some sort of order as that’s the order that the endings are displayed in the cutscenes menu.
Get the support up for her, need the C+ one. What's funny is I just finished my first playthrough of any fire emblem game and somehow ended up just getting the secret path just cause I wanted to S-support Edelgard hahaha
It's telling when a game genuinely makes you feel like the role it gives you. Spending hours raising your house getting to know your students' hopes and dreams wanting to see them come true. Even Edelgard. I sided with the church because her "by any means necessary" vibe didn't sit well with me. But this scene...i wanted to tell her that had she come to me, trusted me, as her teacher I would help her reach her goal without having to burn the world. I'd even lay down my life to see her goal realized. But the countless lives lost...as Dimitri said, "They must be avenged."
law2309 most voices are pretty good in english but i guess it comes down to preference. Eventually I’ll play all routes again in japanese and appreciate lord DIO
You and your other fellow weebs shall not drag me into the pits of outer darkness along with you. I suppose next you'll tell people to promote Felix to mortal savant?
>gets a reunion cutscene as an enemy
>No reunion cutscene on her own route
TheOPN Just a CG image of her hugging Byleth.
Even with no reunion cutscene i still cried seeing all the students grown up
Because her route is unfinished
Even more reasons as to why CF is the worst route
I mean, CF has just one cutscene but it's my favorite cutscene of the game - but yeah, not having a reunion-cutscene is a joke.
In real sword fighting you aim for the body, not the sword. That's one of the many criticisms of sword fights in movies and shows, for it looks as if they are not trying to kill each other, and some times even dancing. Here it makes sense though, neither of them wish to kill each other, not now.
I always thought it was like sparing, as a professor and specially a swordsmanship and authority professor you likely sparred with edelguard like you did with some other students.
It was like a goodbye the last spar before truly becoming enemies.
Alex Cavazos yeah, that would make sense, I kinda like that idea better actually
yeah. though the sword itself is not an ideal weapon.
However culturally, its a very symbolic weapon. Much more so compared to actual military use (to my knowledge, spears/hammers where weapons of choice). Sword "dances" I interpret as an extention of that.
@@magic_cfw uhhh no and yes, swords were made out of pure iron or steel which meant they costed too much. Knights would wield them often or peasants who got it passed down. Swords were effective, Saying that they weren't is wrong. Hence why swords evolved as plate armor did. Getting thinner lighter to thrust into plate openings. Spears could only do so much. While great for calvary, spearmen were restricted by their tight formations and small movement space. Hammer while cheap and useful, took greater skill. Like that if an axe a hammer has a small hit area. Most who would use hammers and axes were peasants and or lower class
@@magic_cfw a sword is an ideal weapon, it can thrust , cut and chop. Most physical weapons can only do one. If they weren't such an ideal weapon vanguards would not use the Zweihänder to chop down calvary and their horses.
The sword is more of close quarters weapon , while the spear and halbert give you more distance which means less chances of you getting stabby stabby.
Oh my God, Byleth's little wave is adorable!
It's hilarious given the context; Byleth never really picked up on social cues now, did he?
Just can't get over it...
He was like "YO SETETH!"
"Hi, Zuko here"
@@vicentericci1417 i cant unsee it
Every other route: oh my gosh, how are you alive?!
Claude: yo whats up, i brought mcdonalds
*Edelgard pulls out her sword*
Byleth: Oh my god, not today Edelgard. I just woke up from a 5 year nap.
Byleth: I have failed you, Edelgard. I have failed you.
Edelgard: I should have known the Church was plotting to take over!
B: Edelgard! What you are doing is evil!
E: From my point of view, the Church of Seiros is evil!
B: Then you are lost!
Chris take the L Anakin had a point on the Jedi. Probably shouldn’t have murdered a bunch of kids though...
El is still a good enough sport not to send the entire Imperial army to the monastery, knowing that Byleth is there.
That’s kind of what thought on my first playthrough but in my head you were my brother anakin I loved you
She only See's things through her point of view and nothing else I feel like
GOOD THING THAT NEVER HAPPEND
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Byleth: EDELGARD THE BELL DOESN'T DISMISS YOU, I DO!
This is probably hands down the best voice acting I've heard in a Fire Emblem Game, they were really able to up the drama and emotion tenfold, my hat is tipped to the voice actors~
Three Houses made me realize how much voice acting could add to a game. I don't know but SoV and 3H made their plots more affecting than previous games. Their dialogues felt heavier and more important.
Oh, yes. i really love this voice acting, it is so good, do well done, so emotional. I really have no need to even listen to the original, tbh.
This game's voice acting is pretty great, but Echoes' voice acting is top tier.
SomeonesReviews At least it was better than Fates', Path of Radiance's and Radiant Dawn.
박수짝짝짝 idk, awakening got good in the cutscenes but a lot of the chatter wasn’t as great. Radiant dawn and path of radiaces were... yknow
While the Azure Moon route is the one where Edelgard is the least successful as far as her goals are concerned (since Rhea survives and Shambhalla isn't destroyed), the Church route kind of does her the dirtiest on a personal level.
Dimitri at least tries to talk (and finds out that she didn't kill his parents) and Claude eventually figures out that she wasn't evil/ why she did what she did, but here everyone continues to blame her for crap she didn't do/ assume the worst of her, and she ends up heartbroken and abandoned by everyone whose name isnt Hubert. I mean its implied that she lowkey pines for Byleth in every possible timeline but its particularly bad here where they actually spent that one year together before becoming enemies. :(
You explained it really well, action had to be made as well as her life being shortened just like Lysithea, let's be honest even in real life doing things diplomatically isn't going to do anything most of the time people in history have killed for their ideals, to stay on the top of things all kinds of reasons. So I do agree with her with what she did, she makes action and is fully aware of the consequences and she feels the weight on her shoulders with everything she's doing. That time of bonding with Byleth does add onto the sadness, because it's clear she cares about Byleth a lot she opens up to him or her even when Hubert is trying to get involved and say that it would be a bad idea, she does it anyway. She also carries a lot of loneliness and Byleth is the only real person who sees her as an equal person, Byleth doesn't kiss her ass at all like Hubert and she likes that.
Algorithm may have spoiled me, but since its the church route, I'm surprisingly not upset. Especially since I honestly think Golden Deer route did things better. Church route just feels like they removed a certain "Bandit" to fill their "Dragon quota" checkbox. Seriously her transformation makes more sense in Crimson Flower than it does in the church. Also they could have literally taken like 2 sentences out of the final dialogue before the last battle and put it on Golden Deer and it would make so much sense considering Byleth's lore and origin do go hand in hand.
Edit: Point is, instead of doing the church route, since Online statistics say most people did Crimson Flower judging by deployment, they should have moved some church things to the superior Golden Deer route, give Dimitri more meaningful screentime in GD even if its a tragic scene and not something that is offscreen and exposition, and added 4 more chapters to Crimson Flower itself since it kinda paces weirdly in timeskip and ends abruptly. I personally would have been fine with Claude, Dimi, and Edel all having one route instead of having a 4th that has questionable moments due to what it shares and things that happen near the end that may be a plothole. If they really wanted to do a Byleth/Rhea route for Church, it should have been completely unique and had the rest of the Black Eagles side with Edel since they do that by default in Dimi and Claude. Having a route solely focused on the characters with more years of experience under their belt would have been interesting. Of course though considering we would lose all black eagles, the knights of seiros would be scaled up to match the "required" levels for timeskip and we should have Rhea as playable and not imprisoned like in most routes.
I mean, shambhalla might not have been destroyed, but every single high ranking member of those who slither are dead and there's no one left to actually set it off. In her own route, it's far worse off, as now there's nothing that can actually stop the slithers, since Seiros is dead and Byleth loses the powers of Sothis, meaning realistically, the entire continent gets destroyed 2 weeks after the credits roll.
@@lancejburns Well shit I didn't know the implications were that bad considering I thought the Slithers only goal was to eliminate the dragon race. Didn't know Sothis and Seiros were that necessary. I thought the only cost to her ending was people pulling a "her" and rebeling against her like she did Rhea. Not to mention, losing the true history of Fodlan and giving the Slithers the last laugh even if they would die at Edel and Byleth's hands. Unless one of them know the monastery is protected from their dubstep missiles. Rhea states Sothis put some protection spell or something on it since the Holy Tomb was basically her home before a monastery was built on top of it. Otherwise, without that knowledge, the slithers can destroy everything except the monastery.
@@michaelolegario6399 Slithers consider themselves to be gods and want to wipe out the dragons, because they're the only thing that can realistically stand in their way. Seiros in her immaculate one form is also the only confirmed thing that can stop the missiles, though it's presumed that Byleth could using Sothis' power. Once the children of Sothis are dead, the slithers don't care if they subjugate or destroy the rest of the world.
I do wish that Byleth and Edelgard had more interactions in the Church of Seiros route. Edelgard's last words did tug at my heart a little, but it would have been much better had they invested additional time on exploring Edelgard more after the time skip. After all, Church of Seiros route is the only route where Edelgard directly betrays Byleth.
It's sad. Edelgard still calls Byleth "My teacher" even though he didn't side with her.
Reasons I chose Edelgard’s route:
1. I liked the characters
2. I knew Edelgard was the “villain” before I even brought the game
3. The story interested me
4. I liked Edelgard’s character
5. I felt that Rhea was more of a villain than Edelgard
6. I wanted to play every story
Reasons I played Golden Deers:
1. Claude seemed like an interesting character
2. I wanted a satisfying conclusion to TWSITD
3. I wanted to learn more about the story
4. The story interested me
5. I wanted to play every story
6. I wanted to fight nemesis
Reasons I played Blue Lions:
1. I wanted to see Dimitri’s decent into madness
2. I wanted to see why Dimitri goes mad
3. I wanted to see Dimitri and Edelgard’s relationship
4. I wanted to witness Dimitri’s redemption
5. Dimitri was a small character In Edelgard’s and Claude’s route
6. I wanted to play every story
Reasons I played Rhea’s route:
1. I wanted to play every story
Funny thing is outside of Claude getting killed in that one outcome
Claude always win something in the end
And if you know Claude you probably know what he's going to do beyond going back to Almyra
Reasons I wanted to play Rheas route: S support her
Reasons i wanted to play silver snow:
1. Story fits better than verdant wind
2. Its a very sentimental route . Killing Edelgard after being one year teaching her and Dimitri decides to talk to Byleth before dying .
3. The final map its the most challenging . The boss with 9 shields and every f*cking white beast with miracle .
4. Its the route that better explains how byleth was made .
5. It was my first route and it was very sad killing Edelgard(i never knew about crimson flower until i wacthed a video after finishing my first playtrougth)
2:16 the Byleth wave
To be honest when she asked do you want to return to the empire with me. I wanted to say yes eventhough I needed to play the church route luckily it's my last route so I can do the edlegard route again.
I get that feeling
Same.
And I wanted to say:
Never!
And I couldn't.
Man, I wish Silver Snow had more "Byleth & Edelgard"-moments because the "reunion" with Edelgard was easily my story-highlight of that route. It would improve the story so much for me :/
I believe the Agarthans fed her half truths to make her believe the Church was the main enemy, when it was possible that she could have convinced Rhea to let go of her control and give back the people's destinies back to themselves the same way as Sothis sacrificed her consciousness to Byleth so that he/she may choose their own path without a goddess dictating their future.
The real truth about the Agarthans being put to light if she had managed to ally with Claude who could have uncovered their true history, and learn to become more open and accepting towards others, since uniting Fodlan doesn't necessarily mean conquering it under Adestia, but uniting everyone under the spirit of cooperation.
This would also in turn help Dimitri discover the real perpetrators who killed his family and friends in Duscur, thus keeping his desire for revenge in check with the help of Byleth and knowledge that he still has someone still alive to call his family(Edelgard).
Just wishful thinking, but if all points above were obtained, then Fodlan may have been united against a common threat while removing it's dependency on crests and religion.
Perhaps the dlc route where everyone is united will branch off Edelgard's, which is why it's the shortest?
Except it would be kind of hard to branch that sort of route from any of the 4 available now, considering both Dimitri and Edelgard die in every route where you don't side with them
The thing is that the Curch has way less influence on Foddlan than people tend to assume. When you think about it, they are never seen or confirmed to encourage the practices of the Kingdom's nobles regarding crests and bloodlines, nor do they interfere in the political affairs of the factions. Heck, they themselves seem to regularly hire outsiders and crestless commoners into their ranks.
Future DLC may do what FE fates did by making a "revelations" route
@@leirbag1595 I mean, the church kind of has A LOT of power, being the main religion of Fodlann and being able to execute leaders and what not.
I doubt it because while the Agarthans definitely had a presence in the Empire, un til Arundel they had no control over the Imperial family, none at least that would indicate they'd know about the knowledge passed from Emperor to Emperor let alone manipulate it.
I don't think Edelgard was fed half-truths.
Silver Snow ended up being my first route. I got Edie’s support to B and waiting, chose her at the Goddess Tower, went to her coronation, felt uncomfortable after that and sided with Rhea, took a nap for five years, killed her and then some other people of importance and then I married Bernie.
Then I started Dimitri’s route, recruited the entire year and married Bernie again. I think the Blue Lions might be my favorite route.
I respect your opinion and your favorite house but most importantly I'm glad you protected Bernie. I did as well.
Kyle Florio, bros.
Bernie for life man.
Anyone wanna help me understand where all the love for bernie comes from? The way I see it, she’s literally a one trick pony as far as character goes. All her C-supports kind of turned me off of her character.
Josh Daniels, it’s all subjective. I can only speak on how I approach romance on games. When I find a character in a game I love, it’s usually the same sort of love I had in my childhood for my dearly departed hamsters. I don’t want to marry the girl I just want to take her in, give her snacks and play with her hair, but Intelligent Systems didn’t think to make that an option so I went with the next best thing.
Seteth: “it’s.. it’s you!”
Byleth: “..sup?”
This is painful... in this game, there are no true absolute right paths. Everyone is fighting for their own sense of ideals, justice, and beliefs. Yeah, Edelgard has done some bad stuff, but everything she did, she did with the belief that if she wins, she can help the world. And in her route, if you side with her, she does. So she isn't wrong in her ideals or her ambitions. Her methods might have been questionable and at times wrong, but the Church wasn't a foe that any nation could beat so easily.
I felt claude's route was good and he's the only sane person one out of the three.
@@drogon8764 Claude is the only one that didn't go through a seriously tragic and traumatic backstory that would give him a form of insanity or extreme belief and was technically the outsider of the group. However, even his way isn't necessary the absolute best way.
There's a wrong path (Siding with the person who plunges the land into war at the behest of a creepy apocalypse cult) and a right path (any other path).
@@gabrielrussell5531 Yeah, no. Edelgard's path is by no means wrong. The Church was messing up the system and society to go into decay. It is not unlike human history where someone starts a war to change the system.
That’s what makes this game so fascinating. No one is absolutely correct, yet at the same time, they aren’t absolutely wrong either. To each their own values and methods.
This isn’t about morals. It’s about loyalty. Who do you agree with more? Who do you truly trust wholeheartedly? Who do you despise without mercy? Who are you willing to lay down your life for? Who will you side with for the future of an eventually war-torn continent?
Gosh, the mixed feelings from playing this game!
But I don't want to be Suzaku in this situation. I wanted to be Jeremiah Gottwald with 200% loyalty!
Now during the sword fight I can only hear:
Edelgard: "Byleth!"
Byleth: "Edelgard!"
JONATHAN! CHARLOTTE! JONATHAN! CHARLOTTE!
Yeah, but Lelouch is much better than Edelgard for me. Still, nice reference
Well with Lelouch the story has a lot of time for us to get into his head and what he's thinking. I love Lelouch he's a great guy and he plays some risky games with the cards he plays but he still has an answer for coming back.
@@edelgardvonhresvelg372 the season 2 finale does nothing but reaffirms it and even makes it stronger.
WAIT I thought Dimitri will be Suzaku in this lol
is it okay to say I still have feelings for Edelgard despite the things she has done?
Yes
i see you are man of culture. but really, they are giving us shipper a lot of ammunition to play with
Knight Of Cerebus I am the complete opposite. I used to adore her before.....but this path made me fucking HATE her
The Church are to blame
@@cherryspice1011 I'm not sure why you're making it out to be that Edelgard is truly a POS. Each path of a certain house leader makes the other house leaders look bad.
If there truly is a 5th path, it better be the “Revelations” of Three Houses, with all 4 of them (Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude and Rhea) living
Please not Rhea
No, just no.
@@justoneguyisright how about fuck off
Nah, it’s way better when either Edelgard or Rhea are the villains. Making a “Revelations” path will just get rid of any questioning of morality the other paths give you, and make this path the obvious “right” choice.
I get why people don't want it, as I was right with them initially. I love the moral ambiguity of this game.
Honestly, though, we have the Divine Pulse. It makes too much sense that we could go back with knowledge gained from other paths and convince characters to make different decisions than they did. I think the brilliant writers who made the existing paths could pull it off.
Me (to Edelgard): Edelgard, you are dumped! I’m going with Dorothea now!
My first run, except I probably banged Dorothea pre-timeskip
Solar Flare375 After I posted my comment I realized I couldn’t stay mad at Edelgard though.
Edgelord is looking hot.
@Chris take the L Nope she is definitely Daenerys and Leia combined...no doubt about it.
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this game has some real good battle music.
Dimitri: hmmm....
Edelgard black eagles: OMG
Edelgard church: you wanna come with? No? F you then
Claude be like: hi how are ya?
this one hurts as hell if u finish the black eagles route first and then come back to do this route..... i really didn’t want to fight her i love her too much
I played Crimson Flower first and Silver Snow last, since I really didn't want to side with Rhea (I'd never fully trusted Rhea and especially didn't have a high opinion of her after she went off the deep end). Because I'd played Crimson Flower 1st it made my following playthroughs (Azure Moon 2nd, Verdant Wind 3rd) rather interesting as I got see El in the best light at the start and so in my other playthroughs I felt bad for her. Since I knew her true motives and it just hurt to see how hard she falls without her light.
@@DRAG0NSPIRIT10 yep exactly. and i feel like a lot of people hate her bc they never played crimson flower first and never saw her true self
@@jinkii It does feel like some people went into her route hating her or believing that they're siding with the villain, which isn't really the right mindset as I think it makes people ignore her explanation for what she does. It actually kinda amuses me to see people call Edelgard evil especially when they're playing Azure Moon as the guy they fight alongside with is a deranged boar prince that will kill anyone in his path.
@@skylergee6449 why do you hate Dimitri so much I love them both tbh
@Skyler gee what?
Edelgard- Feels genuine remorse for having to fight against Byleth and even after five years still asks Byleth to join her and refuses to kill him when he declines, thus making a powerful enemy.
Rhea- (IMMEDIATELY after Byleth refuses to kill Edelgard) "I WILL F#*KING RIP YOUR HEART OUT!!!!!!!!"
Edelgard>>>>>>>>>Rhea
Do you even know the context of it all? By the way, feeling remorse about being responsible for the deaths of thousands of bystanders doesn't redeem someone.
I mean she only invades a continent and kills thousands and thousands of people. But hey, at least she feels sorry about it!
@@TheRandomshenanigan And Rhea let a system causing deaths and pains for 1000 years all to see her mother back while she could have change things so I don't see how Edelgard is evil for wanting to take the power away from her
She had no right to keep the power this long
El views Byleth as a person, ally or enemy. Unless you get her support high enough, Rhea only views Byleth as Sothis's flesh seat.
@@TheRandomshenanigan And Rhea set a whole city on fire as a sore loser.
Will you return to the empi-
*Sword of the creator for that neck!*
My first route.
I love Edelgard's voice
Play persona 3, best girl has the same voice
@@Raydnt69 That is true !? OMG It's also one of my favorite games (but I started the Saga Since the 4 I took all 4)
In regard to the description, finding the Edelgard only (Crimson Flower) path is kinda complicated, and requires a few intricate things to happen.
First, you have to get to C+ support with her by the time you get the Enlightened One class. Then, during one of your free days, she will ask you to go back to the Empire with her for her to officially become the new emperor. Then you play the Holy Tomb mission normally. At the end, when Rhea asks you to kill Edelgard, you are given a response that says “I must protect Edelgard”. That will let you go with her to an Imperial fort for the next two weeks where you will prepare for the Battle at Garreg Mach.
It’s not exactly complicated. You were told explicitly at the start of chapter 2 to take time talking to students, and if you didn’t get C+ support by chapter 11 idk what game you were playing.
The post chapter 11 options are pretty logical.
Is no going point out that Edelgard use a sword in this CG Cutscene yet her default
weapon in game is Axe and other CG when you kill her.
You can't exactly unsheathe an ax it was probably more for dramatic effect
I suppose you make good point there. Those she could had her Axe on her back and grab it. Those I guess a sword is faster than Axe so I guess it don't matter.
It is Rhea`s sword, a hint where Rhea is.
She has a sword because they don't want her to lose that fight.
See two things, that is Seiros sword and Edel wielding it is not only story hint but symbolic. Then there is the conection that Byleth is the one who taught and refined Edels swordsmanship shown in how they mirror one anothers moves.
Ughhhh now that I know she's a villain, omg I wanna go her route now! Bad bitches she's your leader!!!
She is not a villain. Only villain in this story is the person who is manipulating events to make her look like a villain but revealing the identity will be spoiler.
orrthehunter she is the final boss in blue lions and this route so, yes. That is a villain to me.
No there are two routes with Edelgard it’s just later
Actually it's earlier, it's when she gives you the option between siding with her or with the church (the game warna you the choice matters).
@@epidemiceclipse3071 when? Which Option?
@@epidemiceclipse3071 when is that choice?
@@kaz9332 If I'm not mistaken, it's before the last mission pre-timeskip.
@@epidemiceclipse3071 has any youtuber done that?
I started the Black Eagles path intending to do the Crimson Flower route. But since it was my second playthrough of the game (did Blue Lions first) I tried to skip monastery activities as much as possible so I could go through it faster. By the time I realized you were supposed to go and talk to Edelgard in the monastery in order to trigger CF, I had already saved after the Mausoleum mission. I was thoroughly disappointed at first, but accidentally going into Silver Snow made me feel like I really was betrayed by Edelgard and Hubert, who I had invested levels, tutoring, and certifications into, and the whole conflict with her starting with this cutscene made the route a lot more meaningful in a way that the developers probably intended for players who initially weren't aware of the route split.
Whenever I see byleth waving their hand for seteth I can't unhear Kirby voice saying:Haaii ~~
Edelgard wanted two things. To bring back the empire glory days and to end the church influence in Fodlan. She is basically Cao Cao and Oda Nobunaga combine. She firmly believe she can make Fodlan better and uniting Fodlan through force because it is quicker that way. Because her empire is weak due the church influence. She either seek or accept the offer the aid from Thales. Since both of them wanted to end the church, specifically Rhea.
To make her ambition easier, she have to assassinate Dimitri and Claude by hiring some bandits, But it was a failure due to Blyeth and Jeralt intervention. Due to the fail assassination, Thales and Edelgard are force to use proxies like Lonato and the Western Church to attack and confuse the Central Church.
If Blyeth join BE. Edelgard will try to influence Blyeth to join her hence why you have to directly talk to her to get CF route. If not, she assume she failed her attempt and count you as an enemy as well.
CF route was really short because by destroying the church and killing Rhea. Thales have achieve his goal of avenging the Argartha's. Which is why we don't get fight Thales army because we have unknowingly aided his real goal. Even if Edelgard successfully destroy last remaining Argartha. It will be a hollow victory because Thales have already won.
XenkailX Play Games For Muffin This viewpoint is incorrect. They know about those who slither in the dark and after getting rid of the corrupt and clearly insane Rhea the epilogue says they eventually hunt those who slither in the dark and Fodlan prospers under her rule. CF route got screwed. We should have been able to finish what we started instead of it ending after defeating Rhea. Just because her way was more extreme it doesn’t make her evil.
The animation screen for fire emblem look dope
I'm watching this because I seriously don't think I'm gonna be able to do this to my sweet girl
2:09 I almost collapsed my lung from wheezing at this scene
Seteth: we are low on military might
Me: glances over at my roster full of every possible recruit able character “riiiiiiight...”
Experiencing the cutscene while playing the game, I didn't feel anything. Seeing the cutscene now. I soaked my bed
bobo Hassan idk what the context of soaking the bed is. Did you sob or piss yourself?lol
@@cherryspice1011 both
dunkle samus mood
Ahh so this is what happens when you side with the church. Did you choose to go to the empire capital with edelgard ? I'm trying to decide what that changes.
If you don't go the the coronation with her then you're hard locked down this route but if you do go then you get to choose between her and the church
A lot of care and effort was put into this game yet it is overshadowed by Sword and Shield...
Overshadowed? Really?
@@bessieburnet9816 I mean, isn't Pokémon a lot more popular than FE which was once a dying franchise?
Sure 3 Houses has sold well, but Pokémon's sales will kick its butt.
@@bessieburnet9816 Sales-wise yes. Also sales-wise FEH would still earn more money than any FE game.
Me: Okay, Edelgard! You have crossed the line! You were my waifu, and if you're going to ditch us like this, then you are dumped! I don't need you! I'm going with Dorothea right now!
A few chapters later
Me: Yeah, Dorothea, you're definitely a good waifu, much... better... than... that... unholy... traitor...edel... Oh who am I kidding? It doesn't fill the void! EDELGARD! PLEASE COME BACK TO ME!
Same, in a way. I really like Dorothea. If Edelgard wasn't a character, I would go with Dorothea full stop.
Ah my red queen.
She's my Queen too!
Emperor.
I could never side with edelgard tbh. I'm glad I picked the church path.
After I found out she was the flame emperor. She basically was involved in your father's death no matter how you look at it.
Your loss on not getting to see Edelgard's perspective tbh. Edelgard didn't order them to kill Jeralt or commit atrocities in the village. Even without Edelgard's alliance Those Who Slither in The Dark have their own plan in motion and would've gone through with infiltrating the church and experimenting on the village anyway
She's still affiliated with them tho. That's like saying she's innocent. She clearly knows what she is doing, and isn't afraid to shed some blood. That's what makes me like the game tho. What I dislike someone could like.
@@brandoncherry6264 she specifically says she didn't order those particular actions.
She also specifically says she sees TWSID as enemies and hates them more than any other group.
TWSID acted without her acord on many parts of the story. blaming edelgard for geralt death is simply the easy way to blame someone for jeralts instead of actually learning the truth.
Also at the end of her path she starts hunting for TWSID so yeh her afiliation with TWSID is a necesity for her to overthrow rhea but plans to immediately kill them once Rhea is out of the way
She also offers to help get revenge with you even when you are teaching the Blue Lions or Golden Deers.
@@AlexEternalChamp That's the thing though, she fully knows what she's getting herself into when she allies with twsid. They acted on their own accord and edelgard let it by because she only cared about her own goals and knew she needed them. That's why I can stand by edelgard's beliefs, but not her actions. I do believe she had good intentions, but she should not have allied with them. And in the last scene it does say she will fight them. However... it does not say whether she defeats them or not. In golden deer playthrough it seems very obvious that she is losing control of twsid. They dropped javelins of light on one of her biggest forts just to take out the Alliance forces before her forces had escaped. The death knight just barely made it out himself. She was losing her grip on them. After defeating edelgard you are informed that twsid need to be taken out.
If in the end of edelgard's story she does start the war against twsid, will she even win after letting them grow? Can she even defeat Nemesis without the power byleth once had? When nemsis' seal was broken he destroyed countless villages.
We just won't know whether it was a good idea or not. Sure edelgard accomplished her goals but will she suffer for the ties she had to do it? That's why I don't agree with her actions. She allowed twsid to do what they pleased, and It doesn't matter whether she ordered it or not, when she had the power to stop them.
POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT!
I wish there was a third route for the Black Eagles faction. One where you don't side with Rhea but you can also oppose Edelgard becoming empress because of her being the Flame Emperor and her indirect part in Jeralt's death. There, she takes your disapproval so badly she goes off the deep end (like a certain magnificent knight from Valentia) and it's up to you to stop her. When beaten, you can choose to spare her and she reconciles and joins you. You can even get Claude, Dimitri and even the Church to actually come around to your side. Would be wonderful, and then have the last part of said route around destroying TWSITD once and for all.
i am so glad she’s a romance option for girls too!!!!!!
Out of curiously, when you had the dialog option in the tomb after the fight which did you pick? I really want to do a BE run so I'm nervous. Anyway, thanks for uploading!
I tried to side with her
Is this choosing Black Eagles and then veering off into Church path?
SeirenK yes
SeirenK sorry, it’s actually just staying in the church path instead of siding with her.
canadian sniper do you know how to get the other option and stay with edelgard? I only got the option to stay with the church.
Alex K you gotta go with her on the day 2/8 on her trip to the capital and then when you get to her raiding the tomb you choose the option to protect her.
canadian sniper ok, thanks!
Byleth: Only sith deals absolutes i will do what i must!
Oh wrong serie?
Why didn't Byleth kill Edelgard lol. Would've saved so much time
In Crimson Flower, Edelgard is more emotional about Byleth returning and not quite as cold to them, even going as far saying while on the verge of tears that she was heartbroken about missing them for 5 years.
Byleth at the middle of swordfight: I shouldn't have switch teaching this girl sword proficiency *FCK!*
You can actually side with her, you just have to go with her to the coronation and then choose to side with her after the tomb battle.
I wish there was a bridge into Crimson Flower from here but whatever
Me: Edelgard, you are dumped! You were my waifu, but now I'm going with Dorothea! Goodbye forever! I don't ever want to see you again!
A few hours later
Me: Yeah, Dorothea... you're amuch better waifu than... that... unholy... traitor... Edel... Oh, who am I kidding? It doesn't fill the void! Edelgard! Please come back to me!
2/8 talk to her if you want to side with her and make sure u watch her coronation
it hurts watching this bc I sided with her my first playthrough 😭🥺
THE WAVE IM IN TEARS
Je je, they gave Edelgard a sword similar to the sword of Seiros when she fought Nemesis......that had the sword of Byleth.
That was the sword of Seiros.
Church? Destroyed
Rhea? Missing
Edelgard? Mythic bitch
Hotel? Trivago
Silver snow should be locked until you finish the endings of all three routes to get a better understanding of the real situation and who is the real villain is.
Silver snow focusing more on how to solve every problem of each houses
all final bosses are fought in silver snow, first hegemon edelgard saving her and stopping dimitri form stabbing her
then Rhea immaculate one again saving her and calming her down.
Nemisis because for some reason the argarthans have him on life support
and since we now know who encourage edelgard to turn people and her self into a demonic beast
finding out who were experimenting on Rhea
and knowing where the hell Nemisis came from Silver snow final boss should be Thales in shambala with all the 3 lords with you.
And so begins the start of the most depressing route in the game.
Edelgard my favorite still
that's the sword of seiros that edelgard wields.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
Ticks me off that you label it as 4K. The switch cannot output any visuals above 1080p
Can it get higher on docked mode?
We should've had a choice to actually go back with her, shame JRPGs become so railroady at times
Seteth: Where were you?! Oh you slept for five years? Makes sense.
Listen, Ceyhole (I know that’s not how you spell his name) buddy, your not doing a great job hiding this.
Ok, I'll admit I almost always go blue lions or golden deer, but the reunion fight cutscene with edelgard alone 1. made me gay for her and 2. made me regret never trying her route
Edelgard's eyes in the reunion scene seem to change color from lavender to blue. Is there some in-game explanation for that? Or is it just developer's inconsistency?
Did NicoB see timeskip Edelgard?
If yes, in what video?
The first post-timeskip video
There are two routs but it depends on if you side with Edelgard or with Rhea
0:26 What's the name of the ost please?
Same
It's called "unfulfilled"
@@n00d13sandr1c3 thank you very much
Xavier Stokes sadly I can’t find it you know any good places to find it
@@marcuswilson2008 oh man its gone.
Why don't I like Edelgard I wanna like her but ahhh just some of the things she says and she only See's things through her point of view, (granted her view on religion and crest changes) but she doesn't change as a character for the better, unlike Claude and my boi patchy the pirate in blue
To be fair, Claude didn’t change much at all. He just matured a bit, but so did everyone else because they have all grown older. Dimitri probably has the most character development
Same. Her A support with ferdinand is what made me not like her as much tbh :/ all of the leaders are written to be war criminals yet El is so hypocritical at points
Kali Primp I honestly feel like they did El really dirty with her writing. Her route and character. I do see some of her points, but she is a very flawed character. I still like her though
Jacaerys Claude does not change a lot indeed. But, he clearly is conflicted with the whole war going on, its clear this is not what he hoped for. Honestly, imreally feel sorry for him. You should look up the video “blue skies and a battle between heaven and earth”. You can see claude at gronder 5 years before and during the war. Just look at his facial expression, you can see he has a real hard time. Its so sad honestly
@@jacaerys4 fr, she's still an AMAZING character yet she's only amazing outside her own route (in my opinion)
I wish they did more with her
that scene made me cry
If you notice edelgard's sword is the same that Rhea fights with against nemesis in the first cutscene. And nemesis had the sword of the creator, just like byleth. Now I wonder what that sword really is (oh if somebody is going to tell me please be sure it's not spoilers for verdant wind sonce i have not finished it yet, if it is for the other routes it's ok, i played them all)
Tell me if i am wrong but there are 4 path in the game no ? And did we have a order to do like in Fates or no ?
Yes there are four paths, there’s two Black Eagles paths, one for the Blue Lions and one for the Golden Deer.
Crimson Flower is the route where you stay with Edelgard, Silver Snow is the route where you don’t side with Edelgard and instead side with the Church of Seiros, Azure Moon (my favourite of the bunch) is the Blue Lions route and Verdant Wind is the Golden Deer route.
There’s no order for them technically, but I guess you could go Silver Snow, Crimson Flower, Azure Moon and then Verdant Wind if you really wanted some sort of order as that’s the order that the endings are displayed in the cutscenes menu.
No man there is four routed two from Edelgard
Imagine This people busy with their life and Fatalis from Monster Hunter simply spamming fire & burns all of their nations lololol
gad dam i wish they gave edelgard more justice when picking her route
I was told that if the Black Eagle students died early, they would leave your team for Edelgard in this route. Is that true?
Edelgard is ass smh Claude the best house 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 he a real one
Is it just me or do the voice lines don't play during pre rendered cutscenes.
How can I choose Edelgards Route?
choose Black Eagles
@@bracketd_oom2033 i know but i mean HER route in the Black Eagle Route, because you can choose between the Church and her
@@thecraz9020 In the school phase there is a choice where she asks you to join her against the church. Accept her proposal.
Get the support up for her, need the C+ one.
What's funny is I just finished my first playthrough of any fire emblem game and somehow ended up just getting the secret path just cause I wanted to S-support Edelgard hahaha
It's telling when a game genuinely makes you feel like the role it gives you. Spending hours raising your house getting to know your students' hopes and dreams wanting to see them come true. Even Edelgard. I sided with the church because her "by any means necessary" vibe didn't sit well with me. But this scene...i wanted to tell her that had she come to me, trusted me, as her teacher I would help her reach her goal without having to burn the world. I'd even lay down my life to see her goal realized. But the countless lives lost...as Dimitri said, "They must be avenged."
Can you still side with Edelgard if you choose Blue Lions or Golden Deer at the start of the game?
Probably not...…..though the games still new and likely has some more tricks up its sleeve
I choosed the blue lions class and no shes the enemy
I heard that if you have a C+ or higher support with Edelgard you get the option to be on her side
@@bobasimp9610 the be route is actually 2 routes. The main route is the church. The *secret* route is to join Edelgard.
No with the Blue Lions you side with Dimitri, and with the Golden Deer, you side with Claude. The Church sides with you in the two routes.
Is there a route where all of them survive?
Edelgard, Dmitri, Claude
No. The only one that can survive on all paths is Claude.
@@GamerNonGamer Well shit
@@artemis3966 In Cindered Shadows they survive all:)
Edelgard turn into a yam
Sry I meant a ram. Sheep looking thing
Can you join her
Is there really no way to side with eldegard?
There is. You just have to choose Black Eagles and accept her proposal.
@@Darkyan97 is there any walkthrough that they have accepted the proposal?
@@kaz9332 I sadly couldn't find anyone doing that. All I see is Blue Lions for now.
@@Darkyan97 ok. why havent people done it jeez i am disappointed lol
@@kaz9332 Well I know that Mangs will start with the Black Eagles in his let's play. But it will be quite some time til he gets to the choice.
which house route is this???
Black Eagles
The English dub is some normie garbage.
Play in Japanese where they actually hired real talent
law2309 most voices are pretty good in english but i guess it comes down to preference. Eventually I’ll play all routes again in japanese and appreciate lord DIO
You and your other fellow weebs shall not drag me into the pits of outer darkness along with you. I suppose next you'll tell people to promote Felix to mortal savant?
Begone foul weeb
I don't like listening to Japanese voices when there's an English opinion right in front of me
Shut up weeb