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deathbirby · 10 months

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Sitri and the Others

This topic was suggested to me by @dovehearts-blog! Feel free to suggest your own topics to me.

We're going to look at Byleth's mother, Sitri. Who was she? What was she like? Were there others like her?

Let's unpack!

Creation

I thought that I could regain all I had lost, if only I could revive my mother... And so I tried to bring her back by creating a body, and then burying a Crest Stone within it. A young woman I created...my twelfth try after much heartache...was a failure.

Rhea created twelve vessels in order to revive her mother. She did this by creating a (human) body, and embedding the Crest of Flames in it. All of these vessels were failures as they lacked the conscience of the goddess. And yet, the Crest of Flames would give life to the body. These vessels would come and go in the span of a thousand years. The twelfth one was called Sitri.

Life

Sitri grew up with a frail constituion and was unable to go outside the monastery because of that.

Still, people talked to her. Aelfric and Jeralt were two men who held romantic feelings for her. Sitri did not smile often, but she would always brighten up when Jeralt brought her flowers. The two of them fell in love over time, and Aelfric was willing to watch her walk away, if only she kept smiling.

Sitri and Jeralt wed, and she became pregnant in time. She was so happy during this time, but that joy would not last long.

Death

The childbirth was too much for her and the baby. Byleth was stillborn, and Sitri was in grave danger. Sitri pleaded with Rhea to save her baby.

"My heart... Give it to my child."

Doing nothing would have led to the death of both the mother and child, and so Rhea granted her final wish. It worked. The baby started breathing.

Sitri died, surrendering her life so Byleth's might begin.

Vessels

Sitri and Byleth's names are derived from demons mentioned in the Ars Goetia. Listed in order of sigil, you get:

Bael

Agares

Vassago

Samigina

Marbas

Valefor

Amon

Barbatos

Paimon

Buer

Gusion

Sitri

Beleth

Not all of these names are feminine-sounding. While it seems unlikely that Rhea would create male vessels for her mother, it is not outside the realm of possibility. She never raises any concern about Byleth possibly being male.

There is also the possibility that some names might've been slightered altered to sound more feminine if all the vessels were female.

Or the names could pass off as either gender. It really depends on how you view it.

Soul

One might wonder if the eleven vessels before Sitri had their own souls like she did. I lean towards yes. Rhea doesn't sacrifice lives to revive her mother; otherwise, she would've shanked the apostles and drained all their blood for the Rite of Rising.

I believe that did they have their own souls and that they lived as long as they could because Rhea didn't want to outright murder them. A thousand years divided by twelve gives you around 83 years for each vessel's lifespan. Of course, they were likely frail and had shorter lifespans than the average person, but that still gives each of them a relatively long life.

Nabatean..?

Sitri has green hair and green eyes like Nabateans, but we never see her ears, so who knows. Rhea does say in the Japanese version that she created a human body, but that might be a translation error on my part.

STILL

SHOW ME THOSE EARS

Edit: @randomnameless mentioned that Sitri's body didn't decay. That would put her closer to a Nabatean than a human.

#fe3h #analysis #sitri

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my-random-ocs · 3 years

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Arrowverse OC Masterlist

Me and Mine

Name: Astrid Erikson

Story: Roots

Fandom: Supergirl and Arrow

Faceclaim: Sadie Sink

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Story: Struck By Lightning

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim: McKenna Grace

Summary:

Name: Holly Reynolds

Story: Roots

Fandom: Supergirl

Faceclaim: Arden Cho

Love Interest: Logan Garcia

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Story: Struck By Lightning

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim: Skylar Astin

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Story: Roots

Fandom: Supergirl

Faceclaim: Tyler Posey

Love Interest: Holly Reynolds

Summary:

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Story: Roots

Fandom: Supergirl and Arrow

Faceclaim: Millie Bobby Brown

Summary:

Name: Rose Reynolds

Story: Struck By Lightning

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim: Amanda Seyfried

Love Interest: Barry Allen

Summary: Rose Reynolds lives a pretty normal life. She lives in Central City with her daughter, is a student teacher in the afternoons while she works mornings at the local coffee shop. Anyone who meets her would think she was ordinary. Then one night, that all changes. Suddenly, she’s thrust into a world where people can control the weather, and run faster than the speed of sound. She wonders how she could ever fit into this new world. Then she meets someone who shows her how easy it is.

Name: Violet ‘Vi’ Reynolds

Story: A Star in the Sky, Legends Never Die

Fandom: Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow

Faceclaim: Kat Dennings

Love Interest: Ava Sharpe

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Name: Rebecca ‘Bex’ Gaumond

Story: Anchors

Fandom: Teen Wolf, Arrow, The Flash

Faceclaim: Candice King

Love Interest: Barry Allen

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