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papillondenuit-marth · 2 months

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[In his unconscious state, the moth's mind relayed picture shows and feverish visions to him. Memories new and old were mixed and matched like that of a bag of jellybeans he remembers... someone... giving to him. Who was it again?]

[There were voices, muffled like on the radio yet so clear. It was like he could see deformed blobs of colour, coming in and out of focus, moving as if they were people they could never be.]

["Keep those peepers shut!"]

["I am too old for this."]

["Nahhh. No such thing."]

["Are we really going to do this in an abandoned smith's abode?"]

["Where else do you expect to do this durin' war, Marth?"]

["Nowhere. You do not celebrate birthdays in the middle of war."]

["Well, I beg to differ! Gotta find somethin' to smile about it. Hate sitting in dreary dumps. You like to sit in your sorrow and I'm not standin' for it."]

["Hmph..."]

["Alright, alright. Open those eyes!"]

["...Ah."]

["Congrats for makin' it to the ripe old age of 26, brother of mine!"]

["That is an unusual way of saying Happy Birthday."]

["Weren't you just complaining about celebrating this not even ten seconds ago? Now you wanna critique my methods?"]

["I am difficult."]

["You're a pain in the ass. I'm glad you made it to 26."]

["I do not imagine you will make it past 23."]

["MAN, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM??"]

["Hahaha!..."]

["Say somethin' nice, I did somethin' nice for you! What, are you gonna ask if I poisoned the cake next?"]

["Did you poison the cake, ------?"]

["Yes. You'll die in five minutes."]

["Ah. Should have told me after I took a bite of the cake. Now I can just toss the whole thing and not die."]

["I'm JOKIN'!! Please eat the cake, this was not easy to put together. Appreciate it. Savour it. Happy god damn birthday."]

["Yes, ah.... Thank you. It was... nice of you to do this. You did not have to."]

["I don't normally do things that I'm told I have to do. I do things 'cuz I want to. And you know what I want to do? Celebrate my beeewoved big bwother, the absolute saint..."]

["Get off me before I throw this cake in your face."]

["Hey, Marth?"]

["Mhm?"]

["Wake up."]

["...What?"]

["Marth. Wake up. WAKE UP."]

[Something shifted. His heart was racing.]

["Wake up!"]

[It didn't sound like his voice anymore.]

[Who was that?]

["You have to wake up!"]

["Come on!"]

["You're okay!"]

["Please, Marth, come on!"]

[He wanted to go back to the abandoned blacksmith shack. He wanted to eat that cake. Instead he found himself staring at nightmarish spirals of abstract imagery and figures. He stood facing a mountain of bodies, the bodies all of the same man.]

[No. No. No. No.]

[Then he was rushing through a crowd. Nobody would move out of the way for him. No matter how much he pushed and screamed, it was like he was wading through the sea trying to go forward. He had to keep moving. His heart was pounding against his chest as if begging to be set free like a bird from a cage. He felt like he was drowning.]

[The yelling didn't stop. It got louder. It was all he could hear, echoing back and forth through where he was.]

["Stay with me, okay?!"]

[And then it roared like a siren. Someone grabbed his hand from within the crowd, gripping it tightly, digging his claws into Marth's palm.]

["WAKE UP!"]

............

[Groggily, Marth found his eyes opening. He could barely manage to keep them open, and they were barely open at that. It was all hazy. He was... awake. But not fully conscious. He's not super... present.]

...hnfgnh..

[Perhaps he overdid it this time. Everything hurts! Yeowch!]

[What happened, again? Where was he? There was... some sort of fight, yeah.]

[...Ugh.]

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theofficersacademy · 4 months

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2024 is here at last! The mod team wishes you health and fortune in the year to come.

Housekeeping

Current Month in TOA: Verdant Rain Moon

Our first lore event of 2024 begins this month! It will begin at noon EST on January 1st and run until the beginning of February. Please wait until the event begins for the team announcements and more information.

Inventories are locked in according to what you signed up with. Signups for the event will not be reopening at this time.

If you missed it last month, TOA held a Secret Santa event! Everyone pulled through with some really cool gifts, have a look if you've not already!

Please don’t forget to leave feedback on our [feedback poll] for this month! If you have feedback during the course of the event, feel free to leave it whenever it crosses your mind, but we will have specific questions about it on February’s form.

On the topic of the feedback poll, we would like to remind everyone that the mods are all people too. Being passive aggressive and rude serves no one. Please also make sure that if you're calling our attention to a problem, that you're being specific about that problem (quoting/timestamping recent incidents, for example) and not just vaguely alluding to some situation that we have to sleuth out instead.

Important Updates

Starting from this month on, it is requested that all asks with claims in them wait a minimum of 48 hours before resending or asking a moderator if it went through unless you are sending a claim on the final day of an event prize period. This is separate from the 24-hour clause about application/reserve submissions.

Starting today, we will be requiring that all members use a google sheets tracker for keeping track of their stats. We understand that this transition will take time for existing members, however, so we will not be penalizing the lack of skill point trackers yet. We will be working on gathering templates for you to use, and will link these options to our application for future members to fill out. If you need help, please contact Mod Rai.

We've had some feedback this past year about muns repeatedly & rapidly swapping through muses, and would like to address it. We do not encourage people holding onto muses longer than they should if they aren't gelling with a character. However, it becomes a problem when someone is swapping through muses with exceeding frequency. Please think carefully before taking the plunge on a new muse, as frequent drops affect your partners, too. We have, over the past few months begun to - and will continue to - approach these muns with a one-month cooldown between swapping/picking up a new muse, if need be.

Other

January Mun Birthdays: Sage (3rd), Key (6th), Grant (9th), Darcy (9th), Maddie (12th), Annie (12th), Sara (14th), Neffi (17th)

January Muse Birthdays: Bramimond (1st), Nils (1st), Altena (3rd), Ingrid (4th), Rhea (11th), Rolf (12th), Rosado (19th), F!Alear (20th), M!Alear (20th), Marth (21st), Selena (FE14) (21st)

First-year mun anniversaries this month: Ivy (1st)

Second-year mun anniversaries this month: Sage (14th), Alina (21st)

Third-year mun anniversaries this month: Reddo (11th), Rua (15th)

First-year muse anniversaries this month: Chad (25th), Linus (29th)

Second-year muse anniversaries this month: Chrom (1st)

Third-year muse anniversaries this month: Maria (11th), F!Byleth (15th)

Muses who have been in the group for a solid year will also be granted an Academy Brooch to put in their inventory. It doesn’t do anything. It just lets others know your character has been around the block. These characters are also granted a new opportunity to change houses if they wish to do so.

- The House Leaders

#toa newsletter #january newsletter

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ally-notebook · 11 months

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Framme

You can find close ups and better quality pictures on the wiki!

[ID: Five screenshots of Framme from Fire Emblem: Engage from her pages in the ally notebook. In the first screenshot, there is a polaroid of Framme on the left page, her eyes to her left with her hands planted confidently on her hips, her body turned to the right. She wears her steward clothes, a sleeveless pink shirt with gray details, a tan scarf with black and white stripes, a matching hat with a pink bow, and brown gauntlets strapped to her wrists. The page to the right reads:

'Framme. Initial Class: Martial Monk. Birthday: Marth 10th. Basic Info: Clanne's twin. 33rd Steward of the Dragon, following in Vander's footsteps. Was present when Divine Dragon Krym (Alear) awoke.'

The second screenshot is of the next few pages of the ally notebook. On the left page, there is a polaroid of Framme in battle, ready to fight. She has a determined look on her face, unwilling to stand down. Her left hand reaches forward, fingers open, and her right hand pulls back. The page on the right reads:

'Likes: The Divine Dragon, flowers, fashion, exercise, cheering for people. Dislikes: Cleaning, studying, scary stories, difficult books, lectures, the awkwardness of falling down while all alone.'

In the third screenshot, there's a polaroid of Framme in the Lake Cassok on the left page, a set of white robes with a deep blue accent, complete with gold vine detailing. She reaches out towards the Divine Dragon with her left hand, the picture having been taken from their point of view. With her right arm, she angles her hand just above her face, two fingers pointing out in the peace sign. The page on the right reads:

'Hobbies: Divine Dragon viewing. Talents: Back handsprings, judging beets. Background: Distant relation to Vander. Earned her position through her devotion to the Divine Dragon.'

In the fourth screenshot, there is a polaroid of Framme leaning against the counter, her chin resting on the backs of her hands. She sits in front of a few jars of beets, and a basket in the edge of the picture. She smiles, mouth open and eyes wide. The page on the right reads:

'Height: 5'3. Ring Size: H 1/2. Personality: Spirited and energetic. Attentive steward but absent minded. Founded Divine Dragon Fan Club with Clanne. Best back handsprings in the entire army.'

In the fifth screenshot, there's a polaroid of Framme on the left page. She is standing before the Divine Dragon, the picture having been taken from their point of view. Her hands are cupped together in front of her, the Pact Ring sparkling blue on her ring finger. Excited tears are rolling down her cheeks as she smiles, the Divine Dragon reaching out to wipe them away for her. The page next to it reads:

'Life with Framme: Always overjoyed to see the Divine Dragon, she still cheers loudly when the time is right. She keeps the Pact Ring in her treasure box so she won't lose it, but plans to wear it when she's more responsible.'

End ID.]

#ally notebook #fire emblem #fire emblem engage #fe engage #engage #fee #fe17 #framme #framme fire emblem #fe framme #lythos

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arcstral · 9 months

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ooc; TOA Anniversary Munday!

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is. Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing! Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: Soji

Pronouns: She/her

Birthday (no year): October 14

Where are you from? What is your time zone? United States. Both my parents are from South Korea. East coast resident (EST)

Roleplay experience: A little over 13 years of roleplay experience

Got any pets? One chinchilla affectionately dubbed Souji Man and a 'Shavanese' dog (short-haired Havanese) named Happy

Favorite time of year: Autumn

Some interests and things you like: The holy trinity of cosplaying, writing, and drawing

Some fun facts & trivia about you:

— I joined TOA during the peak of Covid quarantining in 2020 when there was a huge convention dry spell. The indie roleplay scene for Fire Emblem during this time was uneventful too. Having no productive outlet for cosplaying or writing, it lead me to join my first RP group which was (jazz hands) TOA

— My zodiac animal is a rabbit

— I have hundreds upon hundreds of hours clocked on Super Smash Bros from Brawl to Ultimate. You'll never guess who I main.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Final Fantasy XIV, Project Zomboid, Phasmophobia, Touken Ranbu, and Stardew Valley in order of frequency.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: I like bug types; my favorite Pokemon is Scizor. While not Pokemon my favorite Digimon, Kabuterimon, is also a bug. Honorable mention goes to Greninja.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? Saw Shadow Dragon in my local Gamestop one day and didn't buy it even though it stuck out to me with its somber and less colorful boxart. Next time I saw a Fire Emblem game in the store, i.e., Awakening, I bought and played it. The rest is history.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? If we're talking start-to-end I've played and finished FE1, FE3, FE7, FE9, FE11, FE12, Awakening, SOV, 3H, and Engage. The remaining games in the series I've played to either early or mid game.

First Fire Emblem game: Awakening

Favorite Fire Emblem game: FE11 Shadow Dragon

Any Fire Emblem crushes? FE7 Rath was my first and only concrete FE crush. Marth was initially more of an aesthetic source of admiration though knowing his character better he likely exemplifies the ideal partner. Similar to Marth he's not really a crush, but right now I think a lot about Rafal, ironically less in the realm of looks or perfection and more at his attractive hot-and-cold personality.

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? - Awakening: Chrom - Fates: Kaden was my forecast - Three Houses: Dimitri - Engage: Alfred

Favorite Fire Emblem class: Dracoknight

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class? Archer. My first class in FFXIV was an archer and my FE tastes will reflect that too.

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? Blue Lions

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with? Marth. Need me a princely ghost boyfriend I mean advisor with a good head on his shoulders.

How did you find TOA? Through Fire Emblem roleplay related tags

Current TOA muses: Marth and Rafal

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again? Marth is my ride or die Fire Emblem character and that extends to him as a muse.

Have you had any other TOA muses? Besides Marth and Rafal I've also written Xane. Though there isn't a lot of data, my second muse slot historically (and presently) being reserved for dragons tickles me a lot.

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards? Not really. My tastes are unexplainably versatile. I can favor the sweet and friendly golden boy type characters, or the less pristine and morally ambiguous "bad boy" types, and everything in-between. This isn't just true for TOA but also for characters from different series. My friends have a lot of trouble forecasting possible favorites for me because of it.

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most? Emotions. Conflict with those emotions. Mwahahahaha

Favorite TOA-related memory: The first few months into my TOA debut when everything was bright, fresh, and new. Meeting new friends and forging bonds with other characters was super fun and I still remember who was around me during that time. Farina (written by Maxie) is the closest muse to Marth in terms of when they joined TOA and who has stayed to this day.

Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day in TOA that you’d like to share? I tend to be very stable, loyal, and proactive in my delusions. If they're strong enough I pursue them, like Xane and Rafal. Rath would be among them if I ever replayed FE7 and if I determined having three muses wouldn't make my performance suffer over all.

#◜ ╰ ♕ ◦ › battlefield command ‹ MEME. ◞#marth (and my) toa anniversary is tomorrow so it might have been timelier to save this for tuesday :thinking:#but mun monday was too good to pass up

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princessmacedon · 9 months

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(o・・o)/

You do not remember the second war, of course; it began after you closed your eyes, lost in a spell and darkness. So naturally, you cannot remember Kris, because you do not know them -- oh, you do not know them, but you want to. After all, isn't it strange? You hear their name so often from those who fought in Prince Marth's army, but never anywhere else.

It is, as it has always been, Minerva who inspires the greatest curiosity within you; you know her heart is not closed, but still it is brambled with hidden gates -- when she gives her trust, it is always exactingly placed, and especially so after... ...but the others think well of him, too! And the few times you see Prince Marth in the after, he comes with a moon in his orbit, a star in his sky: ever present, you're sure, but sometimes lost and not found again until you squint your eyes.

And then! And then you come to Fodlan, you make new friends and reconnect with old, but still, you hardly ever meet him more than just in passing. You think he mustn't ever think of you, the unnoteworthy little sister of a hero and a villain, and you think that for some time still after a box of candy arrives on your birthday, sat quietly at your door. Yes, you think, and you think, and you think, gifts given and hunches come and gone in the interim, but by the time your third birthday comes in this faraway land, you have already known that simply isn't true.

To you, his kindnesses are quiet, like unto the seeds of trees planted by weary travelers: its shade, its splendor, the affection with which it grows -- all things that blossom in his wake, long after he is gone.

#meme tag #unsungblade #wanted to try out second person too huhu #NOT trying to say that everyone knows the extent of kris' contributions or anything #but i imagine they were at least a presence felt as reliable among the army?? lmk if that goes against anything for anyone!!#retcons as well obviously if we ever get a minerva who feels differently #also feeling so much regret x2 that i was dead during kris' birthday HDGHSGHDS... waugh

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adowbaldwin · 2 years

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Baldwin takes a nap and he's a little cutie pie

Inspo from the below gif

(Sorry i dont know whose it is, saved it from a discord chat)

It was one of those naps that you didn't know you needed until you were face down, dribbling and wrapped around a pillow like a sloth in a tree with a blanket thrown over you.

It was one of those where the dream was so bizarre you think you accidently took acid before you went to sleep. The sand turned to ice-cream, pigs flew in the sky and you were a merman flopping about on the beach, a literal fish out of water.

And the YOU, my dear reader, is not YOU but Mr. Hot shot stock broker himself. The very man who puts the F in fear dreams every year that he has a pink and teal tail.

His pillows are his favourite, a mix of faux goose feather and memory foam. A mix of silk and cotton covers, Lord above he loved his bed. You wouldn't think it, but even when he's not asleep you can find him at night curled in bed hugging a pillow as if it were a woman. Atleast they didn't whine and moan like a girlfriend. A pillow wouldn’t hold a silly grudge about a War. Bloody stupid beautiful Eva.

Every year he took two weeks off for his birthday. The first week he spent up to all kinds of debauchery, the second week he slept and lazed around his apartment. Usually he would sleep at most four days and then spent the rest lounging.

This year was no different, and on the Sunday at the end of a very very long and hard week of sex and booze, he put himself to bed.

He threw on his favourite comfy shirt and grey jogging bottoms, turned his phone and alarm clock off and slumped into the welcoming warmth of his bed.

"He is going to either torture or murder us" Diana chewed nervously on her lip as she tried, quietly as possible, to turn her spare key in Baldwins lock.

"Murder, definitely murder" Phoebe winced as a floor board cracked under their footing

"Where do you think he hid it?" Diana crossed her brows as she tried to think like her brother. Which was hard because he did alot of thinking and she didnt really want to know what went on behind those eyes.

Phoebe and Diana had been made aware of a wax tablet that incriminated Baldwin and Philippe in the burning of the Library of Alexandria. This information may or may not have come from Ysabeau.

The women had tried to wiggle more information out of the matriarch but she was tight lipped. It was Marthe who had informed the women that such a thing would be kept close to Baldwin. Perhaps in his own apartment. And that he slept once a year and nothing would wake him once he was out of it.

The pieces fell together, and off they went. The female version of Sherlock and Watson.

"Shall we check if he's asleep first and not waiting to pounce?" Phoebe nodded her reply to Diana and so off they went quietly as possible to the very end of the hall.

Phoebe pushed his door open, little by little thanking God that his hinges weren't screaming.

"Oh" Diana began

"My" phoebe continued

"God" they said at the same time

The sight before them would reduce any woman to jelly.

Or anyone really, he looked like a little baby.

His perfectly long lashes fanned out over his slightly pinked cheeks, hair fluffy and wavy as it hung over his forehead. His cupid bow lips formed a small pout and the softest, child like snoring echoed the room.

His arms held a pillow captive, clinging to it for dear life with a patchwork blanket thrown over his body. It was clearly home made and they both had the suspicion Marthe had something to do with the plush comforter.

"Oohh" Diana whined, clutching and unclenching her hands "i have the strongest urge to run my hand through his fluffy hair"

"That’s the pregnancy hormones. Don't you dare think of disturbing him before i get a photo" Phoebe's phone was out in an instant, snapping multiple photos of the site before them

Diana tentatively walked over, hand outstretched as she gingerly brushed her hands in his hair "Oh sweet Lord its so soft" she spoke in a loud whisper "come on, touch it!"

Phoebe didn't need much convincing, and before she knew it she was partaking in the perverse act "its like silk" she marvelled “you wouldn’t think looking at it”

"Amoote misftoe" he grumbled in his sleep, before turning onhis side away from the giddy women and jammed his right thumb into his mouth

Tears spilled from Diana's eyes, Phoebes ribs hurt so much she couldn't move. That image, Baldwin Montclair sucking his thumb circulated in the family chat. How it got into the hands of Eva no one will ever know (but Marcus definitely knows)

What no one knew was that Philippe slept once a year too and just like his son was a thumb sucker. Ysabeau had his portrait taken and it sat in a secret place, right next to the wax tablet in question.

She would never, ever admit to setting the girls up to find him asleep sucking his thumb. How dare you accuse her of such.

#adow #a discovery of witches #Baldwin Montclair #baldwin de clermont #Diana Bishop #phoebe taylor #fic

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arcaeda · 1 year

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“Close your eyes, Caeda.”

The words touch to the shell of her ear with love on their breath, a gentle turn of her body that swivels the women around with his chest pressed lightly against her. Marth’s quiet shuffling occurs next, occurring only at the act’s indulgence; slow and meaningful in the drape of a ‘beaded’ texture across her collar bone, then amusingly clumsy with his pending mastery over the clasp on the back- composed of too fine and slippery a mechanism.

The process had gone smoother and easier in practice, though perhaps said practice on a mannequinn as opposed to a living subject had something to do with it. But after securing the hook at last, he clears away an obstructing strand of her hair and bids the mystery of his original request to disappear- gaze simmering with warmth as it lands upon her in the mirror. “You can open them now. Take a good long look if you like; I certainly wish to. It truly places your loveliness on display."

And the foremost observation following this comment attracted the eye like nothing else; a shimmering gold necklace congested luxuriously with pearls all boasting impressive size and a lustrous grade of pallor. A married creation of effort and forethought; each pearl imported and handpicked from a distant stretch of Talysian shore; each one personally inspected by the Hero-King himself for the appropriate conformity to his lovely lady.

As the seconds ticked by a growing shyness commanded the king’s expression, commonplace throughout his offerings for her. Would she find approval or solace in this one as he’d hoped? Would it be enough? “Happy birthday, my love. You often express the enjoyment of my kingdom and company- of being at my side- but I know neither I nor Altea can perfectly replicate the properties of your Talys. I pray these pearls conveyed from your homeland’s shores will comfort you with their memory."

"hehe, what do you have planned?" caeda giggles, closing her eyes as instructed. his breath tickles against her ear, but caeda waits patiently despite it. trust most of all is shown through her relaxed state, accepting without a second of fuss as she feels marth turns her around.

her shoulders flinch involuntarily at the feeling of his fingertips against the nape of her neck, brushing away the many strands of her hair in order to hook something together— a necklace? despite her curiosity she does not open her eyes until marth tells her to do so.

her mouth opens slightly in surprise, gaze falling to the string of pearls now placed around her neck. they hang so naturally against her body, the pegasus knight knows instantly that these are no normal pearls. that marth has not gone and purchased just any old necklace off garreg mach's marketplace.

caeda could recognize the fine quality of a talysian pearl anywhere, the pearls off the coast of talys a unique beauty that even the young tomboy princess caeda indulged in. her fingertips reach to feel a few of the pearls stringed together— just touching them brings her back to when she was a little girl.

homesickness is not a feeling she allows herself to indulge in very frequently. she often missed her home back in talys but it was always when she had other things to worry about. she is as selfless as her marth is sometimes, almost to a hypocritical degree. just as marth is a king before a husband or brother, caeda is a queen before she is a wife or a daughter.

but this? on her day of birth with her most beloved person to herself.. caeda allows herself to indulge in her home— in talys but in marth as well. a soft smile comes to tug at her lips as her gaze falls away from the mirror, turning her body so that she may hug him tightly.

"thank you, beloved. i will wear this with me everywhere." she pulls away enough to comfortably plant an adoring kiss against his cheek. "i will never be lonely again when i have both you and talys so close to my heart."

#{ ic. }#{ birthday 2023. }#{ MAEDAAAAA AUGHH }

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scrollingfan · 2 years

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My name is Robert the Second, I'm from England, I'm thirty-six, I'm an accountant, by birthday is Marth the thirteenth, I was born in the year 1986, and my father, Robert the First, died in a fatal gas station accident.

#I am driving my sister up the wall

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royalreef · 2 years

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(( It’s that time of year again! I have a long-standing annual event on this blog for the Merkingdom holiday of M'nghn a' Esl'aaka, which just so coincidentally happens to share the date for my Miranda’s Birthday! This is the third year I’m holding this event, and thus, I’m touching up on the information regarding it, as well as providing everyone a chance to figure out if they want to participate and in what manner.

It’s the one single biggest event that I have for this blog, and so I want people to generally be able to plan for it instead of me springing it on them last-second! Plus, I know how long roleplays can stretch on, and this is a lore-heavy event with a lot of stuff going on. As always, if we have plotted something out together beforehand to take place on a certain date or during a certain event, then it will not be restricted to that date alone. We can start that thread early, or even late, and have it stretch on much longer than the given time, which is all the further reason to go ahead and establish something with me over DMs.

That said, this is a very large, very lore-heavy event, so there’s a lot of information to establish!

First of all, it’ll come in phases.

Right now I’m considering this the first phase, being a lot of IC planning and dread. Essentially, the events of the holiday haven’t begun yet, though they’re being considered and put into stone as plans for the immediate future. It also has the least amount of planning involved, and a good place to jump into the event if you know nothing about it. Miranda’s going to be walking around in a sour mood, and all you have to do to get involved is to get her talking. This phase’ll last right up until the end of February.

This first phase is largely through the act of muses ( and muns too ) to be able to gather information on what exactly is happening and why Miranda’s so upset about it from her own mouth. This is the time for questions! Miranda’s going to have a lot on her mind, and be kept rather busy, so it’s not hard to ask her why exactly she has to do what she has to do, what this holiday is, why the Merkingdom has it, why it upsets Miranda, what she has ahead of her, what chances other muses have to hop in, what the Merkingdom is like, and what exactly all of these events entail.

The second phase is a lot of minor parties and events. Miranda will be visiting other places in the Merkingdom and hosting a few herself, meeting with other Merkingdom royals and essentially keeping them politically calm. She is still going to be having downtime between, coming back to Spooky High here and there, and so can talk with other characters then. This makes it the perfect time to actually talk to her about the event and what it’s about, and possibly even get her mentioning that the main event falls on her Birthday, since she doesn’t actually tell people when her Birthday is! If you want, there is even the possibility of attending one of these events with Miranda, though I will go ahead and warn that you’ll have to be someone Miranda can trust for that to happen, and that both muses’ behavior will be under intense scrutiny during it. This is where the meat of the event is - as it has the highest potential for relationship development and lore exploration without having already been intensely familiar with both Miranda and the Merkingdom.

The third phase occurs within the time of Marth 14th to March 18th. Miranda will be travelling back to the royal palace and the Merkingdom capital city during this time for the “main event” of the Holiday. During this time, she won’t be available for other muses to talk to her about the event nor interact with her involving it, and essentially she’ll be entirely absent IC.

That said, I might still have her join in on dash shenanigans, as they’d be entirely unrelated to the event itself and thus could take place at any time. Anything that could take place at literally any other time in the year, I’ll still do, and I’ll also still write for pre-existing threads, even those that involve the event, during that time, since I know threads don’t typically wrap up in the same time that they last IC.

Another muse can be invited along to this event for a massive amount of lore and relationship development, however, I will warn that the criteria for such a thing is much harder than in phase two, and the vast majority of muses won’t be able to be brought along. You can still ask, but realize this is only for the people that Miranda trusts the very most AND are safe for her to bring right to the heart of the Merkingdom, and if your muse asks IC, be prepared for them to get bitterly rejected. As this is the best time to meet Miranda’s family and explore, not only inside the Merkingdom, but inside their capital and the Royal Palace itself, this holds the MOST potential for lore and worldbuilding exploration, even if it is available to the least amount of muses.

The fourth phase takes place after the night of March 18th, at 12 am EST, as Miranda gets back from the Merkingdom. This is going to be effectively the aftermath. There can still be some plots started, dealing with how exhausted and mentally destroyed Miranda will be, likely with a heavy lean into hurt/comfort as she recuperates from it, but at this point, I’ll start to taper them out and end it.

Here’s the current list of planned dates for both the minor parties and events, where they are being conducted at, and at what time will the main event be:

February 28th: Celebration within the Merkingdom March 4th: Celebration at the Schooltime Castle March 8th: Celebration within the Merkingdom March 11th: Celebration at Schooltime Castle March 14th - 18th: Main Event

If you’re interested in getting involved anywhere in this event, PLEASE go ahead and send me a message! This is a lot of planning and plotting and it is going to be a big event, so the earlier you get in contact with me, the better! This has been incredibly fun for the past two years I’ve hosted it, and I’m very much looking forward to the third. 👑

#Most secret royal advisor || OOC #Given by Divine Right || Headcanons #But either way I become a vessel ; for your purposes or for theirs || M'nghn a' Esl'aaka 2022 #(( polished this post up from last year!! LETS GOOOOOO

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ask-tws · 4 years

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Tries His Best And Sometimes, That's Too Much: Leonardo Hamato!

Species: Red-eared slider

Birthday: June 6th (oldest when you ask him, second-oldest when you ask Raph)

Preferred clothes: anything traditionally Japanese, very handy because they’re also very roomy

Likes: Star Trek, training, meditating, Marvel comics, playing chess with Donnie

Dislikes: when things do not go according to (his) plan, when Mikey borrows his toiletries without asking

Favorite pizza toppings: mushrooms and spinach

About: Average in build, Leonardo is the turtle voted most likely to pass as a human under enough clothes. It's universally accepted that his stripes also make him the prettiest of the turtle brothers, something Leonardo is quite proud of. He puts a lot of work into his appearance.

His level-headed nature and tactical smarts got him the role of team leader, a job he takes very seriously. He tries very hard to be mature but sometimes he's overdoing it. He just cares a lot and sometimes that makes him do or say stupid things. But that's okay because he's still very young and has room to grow!

His Smash Bros. main is Marth.

#tmnt leonardo #leo #fic information #character sheets

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futuresmashmemes · 4 years

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In complete curiosity, can you tell me what your favorite Smash reveal trailer of all time was?

Like, actually, real shit, stuff that’s already happened in this timeline?

Nothing will ever top Smash 4’s reveal for me. I was really into Brawl as a kid, and after Brawl came out a lot of people spread the idea online that it would be the last smash game (hilarious in hindsight, I know). Me, being the dumb kid I was, took that at face value. I also wasn’t really into following leaks at the time. I was also 12, almost 13 when 4 was revealed, keep in mind. I just sort of accepted that smash was done.

I vividly remember when I first saw that reveal trailer. We were in the middle of bumfuck nowhere for my sister’s soccer game. I was sweaty, hungry, and my phone was running out of battery. I managed to convince my mom to let me stay in the car for the rest of the game, where I promptly began charging my phone and went onto YouTube to pull up some music to listen to (knowing me at the time, it probably would’ve been an Evanescence song). And there, at the top of my recommended feed, was that trailer.

It almost didn’t feel real. I was so convinced that Smash was over, I almost thought that the video would’ve been a fake. Some shitty mod or whatever. But I clicked on it anyways, because, y’know, Smash Bros! Boy am I glad I did. Instantly, I was enthralled by the idea of Smash on the go. I didn’t have a 3DS at the time, but I played on my DS like I was getting paid for every second the screen was on. Having a portable smash game was a dream come true! And when they got to the Wii U part of the trailer, I was drawn in by the visual upgrade compared to Brawl. I was a dumb kid who didn’t know anything about graphics watching this trailer in 480p on a shitty Windows phone, and even I could tell how much of a graphics upgrade it was compared to Brawl. I didn’t have a Wii U at the time either, but I was still excited.

The new characters announced were just the icing on the cake. I love Animal Crossing, but I never expected an Animal Crossing rep in smash because I read that Sakurai had previously said that Animal Crossing characters were unsuited for battle. So when that trailer opened up on a shot of the Villager opening the now iconic envelope, my hype levels instantly shot through the roof of the car. Really, I should consider myself lucky that I was watching this trailer in the middle of an empty parking lot in the middle of nowhere and not, say, on the bus ride home from school, because after that point, I was visibly freaking out throughout. I would’ve been perfectly satisfied with just Villager, but then the trailer continued. The videos online right now show these two as separate videos, but I definitely remember watching them as one big trailer.

NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHING!

Oh boy, who could it be? The gang looked up at a cliff to see a boy with distinct spiky hair.

“No. There’s no way it could be him. There’s just no way! I read online that he couldn’t get in, so it’s not him.”

Blip!

“OH MY GOD IT IS HIM HOLY SHIT IT’S MEGA MAN FUCKING MEGA MAN HOLY S H I T!”

It didn’t feel real. It felt like a dream. But I was loving every second of it. And even better, the next video in my recommended feed was the trailer for Wii Fit Trainer. What? Why? Who asked for this? I was dumbfounded, but all for it.

I think that those three characters made for the perfect holy trinity of character reveals. The anticipated first party/character Sakurai previously said no to, the third party, and the character that nobody saw coming. Smash 4’s initial reveal had it all. I probably rewatched that trailer for the rest of the soccer game. I texted all my friends about it, and they were all nearly as excited as I was. I would’ve told my mom and sister all about it when they got back in the car, but I wasn’t supposed to be using data at the time, so if they knew that I had used it to watch a silly reveal trailer over and over again, mom probably would’ve had a heart attack (this was before unlimited data was more standard). But you better believe that I exploded on about it as soon as I figured it was safe to.

Even after all these years (and all of the timelines I’ve looked into), no Smash trailer...no, more like no trailer period has ever gotten close to capturing the pure excitement that I felt when I first saw the Smash 4 trailer, and I doubt that there ever will be one. I’m a jaded adult now, and everything is more exciting through the rose-tinted glass of adolescence. The “Everyone is Here!” trailer for Ultimate came close, though. Smash 4’s development was also something of a turning point for me when I became more active in following the development of new games online. I think it was for a lot of people, I think that a lot of that can be attributed to Brawl’s success (and the Wii as a whole) at capturing a wider demographic of gamers compared to Melee and 64. Smash 4 feels almost laughable to go back and play now, but I can’t deny the impact it had on me.

As far as other individual reveal trailers go, here are my favorites:

Little Mac and Palutena-both for the same reason: THAT ART STYLE. Their trailers also convinced me to play their respective games. Uprising was one of my first 3DS games and Punch Out is the last game I remember renting from Blockbuster.

Greninja-As laughable as this sounds now, getting a new Pokémon rep was really hype for me back then. I was beginning to get into competitive, so seeing the ninja frog that had taken over the competitive scene at the time get into smash was cool, even if I was Team Fennekin. Confirmation that at least Charizard had survived the cut was also really cool.

Robin and Lucina-I didn’t know anything about Fire Emblem at the time, but Robin looked cool and I was digging the 3D anime artstyle from Awakening that the trailer was rendered in. Another trailer that convinced me to buy the game that they were from, and good god now I’m an insufferable Fire Emblem fan good lord I was so innocent back then. “Girl Marth” jokes were rampant amongst my friends. Also, CAPTAIN FALCON!!!

Lucas-Funny story, my sister absolutely despises video games with a burning, visceral passion now, but back when we played Brawl together, her mains were Lucas and Snake. You can imagine the pain and agony she felt when Smash 4 initially came out. Lucas’ DLC came out around my birthday, so her gift to me that year was a $10 eShop card. She just told me: “you know what to spend it on.”

Cloud-“Hey guys, you know what would’ve been awesome? In Brawl, if, like, they put in Cloud from Final Fantasy 7?”

Corrin-At this point I was a big Fire Emblem fan riding hot on the hype train for Fates, so I was very excited for Corrin. The dragon-inspired moveset also seemed really cool. Funny how times have changed, and when Byleth was added in I was very lukewarm compared to when my reaction to Corrin.

Inkling-Similar story to the Smash 4 reveal trailer, I was absolutely not expecting a Smash announcement that day and I saw the video was in my YouTube recommended feed while I was at my internship of all places. Unfortunately, none of the other people there were gamers (let alone Smash fans), so they couldn’t share in my hype.

Everyone is Here/Ridley-I can’t properly give this one the justice it deserves in a short amount of words and this post is already getting really long, so I’ll save this one for a later day if you guys are interested. To keep it short, let’s just say that I was very much a part of the Ridley gang and I was very happy to see him in.

Belmonts and K. Rool-I got up at 7 in the morning to watch that trailer and loved every second of it. Keep in mind that I am not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination. The only thing that sort of spoiled it for me was that the Smash teams themselves leaked it the night before by releasing a track titled Bloody Tears/Monster Dance

Ken and Incineroar-Nothing against these two, but at the time I was crushed when I realized the Grinch leak was fake. Now I can look back on it and laugh at Little Mac getting yeeted through the billboard and Villager’s stance at the end of the trailer.

Sans Mii Costume-Pretty sure I’ve already mentioned this, but when I first saw that trailer I legit fell out of my chair laughing. I’m not even an Undertale fan, but seeing funny skeleton man on my screen just broke me. The fact that Toby went to Sakurai’s house and beat him in Smash made it even better.

Banjo-I’ve never actually played a Banjo Kazooie game before, but I’ve seen enough videos about them over the years that I almost feel like I have. They’re ingrained in my childhood due to that in a weird way. Plus, it felt so good to have a victory over the Steve fans. I felt the weight of that Jiggy that bounced on the floor.

And that’s about it! If you guys want to hear my thoughts on the Everyone is Here trailer, please let me know and I’ll do another post like this.

...Upon rereading this post for spelling errors, I realized that you probably were more asking about my favorite reveal trailers throughout multiple timelines. Oops. Let me know if that’s what you wanted and I’ll answer with my thoughts on my favorite future reveal trailers.

#ask #futuresmashmemes #oops this got long lol #smash bros

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crystalelemental · 4 years

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New Mystery of the Emblem is complete, and I have many thoughts.

Let’s just start with this: holy shit this was so much more fun than Shadow Dragon. For three major reasons:

No one is expected to die. Shadow Dragon bothered me immediately, because I’m required to let someone die in the prologue to escape. That sucks, and I hated it. I have never gotten over that, or the expectation to kill more units to access the bonus chapters. Which, sure, you can argue are optional. But those characters appear in this game and are recognized, so clearly those happened now didn’t they?!

SUPPORT CONVERSATIONS! Okay, they’re not like...actual support conversations. They’re Radiant Dawn style, where you have conversations with allies at your base and only your base. But there’s a tier of 1-3 for most characters, and they’re essentially support conversations, and god Shadow Dragon was impossible to get in to without those. Seriously, I may enjoy the gameplay of Fire Emblem overall, but I do not enjoy units for combat performance, I enjoy them for being characters, and thank god they feel like characters this time.

Actually interesting story. Shadow Dragon was pretty boring, frankly. Very basic concepts presented, not really a lot going on. But New Mystery actually expands on a lot of this stuff. I’ll get into that more below.

Suffice to say, I really enjoyed it more than Shadow Dragon. I think in terms of ranking, I’d definitely place it above Shadow Dragon, Birthright, Revelation, and Sacred Stones. Currently I think I’m putting it above Conquest too. While Conquest is similarly fun to play, New Mystery has the benefit of being more interesting as a story. I’m hesitant to put it over Echoes, though. Listen, Echoes sucks as a game. It’s really not fun to play, almost at all. New Mystery is fun to play, so this should be obvious. But while the story is improved, I wouldn’t put it anywhere near the level of Echoes.

See, the main thing with New Mystery is that it filled in gaps that made the world feel more organic than just generic medieval kingdom with magic and dragons and shit. They delve into what the Fire Emblem here is, about the history of the dragons, and why, say, Tiki’s kept locked away for so long. Also why Medeus is a villain, and out to eliminate humanity. Turns out, he was the only Earth Dragon to listen to Naga and convert to a manakete, and even helped guard the seal over the dragons who were slowly losing their minds. But humans, as soon as they had that advantage, exploited dragons. Several maps showcase that these deteriorating dragons are being kept in thrall to human tribes who use their power for personal gain. Exploitation of dragons led Medeus to despise humans, and seek to overthrow them. Which is pretty cool! I’m on board with that! Tiki’s said to also be deteriorating without the seal in place, and that, as a powerful divine dragon, she’s bring ruin to the world if she weren’t contained. So they basically kept her in stasis to avoid disaster. Which...okay, Fallen Tiki should’ve just been that. A feral Tiki that’s no longer all there, instead of just “Gharnef’s power is controlling her.” Shadow Dragon’s momentarily irritable Tiki wasn’t shit compared to what they implied could happen here.

The trouble is that the game is still pretty basic. Beyond this bit of worldbuilding, it’s still very much conflict between the kingdoms, again, all ochestrated by Gharnef, who’s working for Medeus. Again. They play around more with their themes and set up some cool ideas, but it’s not the most compelling of narratives by any means. What’s also not helped is that, while support conversations exist to make characters more engaging, it’s not all of them, and not all are done well. Some supports are just a sort of filling in the gaps. At least, with the MU they are. Maybe with other characters they get a bit more.

Speaking of MU, let’s divert a bit to talk about them. Kris is like...the one MU I have heard universal hate for. My best guess is that this is due to fans of the original FE3, who didn’t like their inclusion in the first place, because otherwise I have no idea what the problem is. Kris seems fine. Really boring, but fine. The only reason they’re kinda my least favorite is because they’re supposed to be their own character but don’t do anything. Like, Robin has a personality and is fun, and has a great dynamic with Chrom. Corrin, for all the faults borne of Fates, feels pretty much like a typical Fire Emblem lord. Byleth...okay, I don’t like Byleth much, I feel like their inclusion kinda hinders the game’s narrative a little bit, but otherwise they’re pretty blank and exist mostly as a support for the other lords. But Kris...doesn’t do much of anything. They don’t really have a dynamic with anyone, including Marth, and are just sort of...generic loyal knight with no knowledge of the world for some reason, and who only ever trained with their now dead grandfather. Beyond that, they don’t really exude any particular personality. Which is probably part of the problem with supports; everyone supports with Kris, but they don’t contribute much, so it’s mostly the other character doing stuff at them. They just don’t have much to do.

With one exception. We gotta talk about the other, presumably new character: Katarina. I actually love Katarina. Which is a shame, I pulled one of her in Heroes once and made her into a manual because I didn’t care. Oh well. Anyway, Katarina’s got a pretty solid story behind her, and is one of the more compelling pieces of the plot overall. She’s part of a band of assassins who were orphans, taken in by Lady Eremiah. Eremiah is super cut-throat, willing to sacrifice the lives of these children to accomplish her goals, which mostly seem to be serving Gharnef. While Legion’s boring and lame, Clarine and Katarina are spectacular. Clarine starts off really obnoxious, and kind of a bitch, but the chapter where she finally falls hit me pretty hard. Katarina’s supports with Kris also give a bit more context to what had happened, particularly with the talk about how Clarine and Katarina share a birthday, because they never had one but Clarine just decided on a day and that was the end of it. It’s a really cute dynamic you get to experience kind of in reverse. You see how bad things have gotten, then get the history of what used to be, and why Katarina couldn’t leave. Eremiah’s the same. Gharnef shows up as she’s dying and reminds her of her own history. The orphanage she worked at was burned to the ground and the children slaughtered in the last war. In despair, Gharnef appeared and convinced her that if the children were strong, they wouldn’t die so easily, leading her to take in the next wave and train them for strength alone, all the while becoming corrupted by Gharnef’s influence. That last part aside, pretty compelling. I do enjoy narratives that play with the idea of kindness being manipulated to a sensible, but corrupted, conclusion.

My main problem is that Gharnef sucks. He’s not an interesting villain at all. He just kind of exists, and was largely motivated by getting passed over by his master when it came to who got the cool spells. He’s a big, stinky baby man whining about not being the favorite, and I could not care less. Yet he’s supposed to be this grand puppetmaster, of a particularly shitty puppet. Hardin was an ally in Shadow Dragon, who became an enemy this game. Why? Oh, he was mad that Nyna didn’t like him back, and got super buttmad about it. Which is honestly fair at this point, since they describe it as a depressive episode. He gets to marry this woman he loves, only to find out she never reciprocated the feeling at all. Feel like it’s fair to be upset. But then Gharnef shows up and allegedly corrupts his soul with the Darksphere. Which...okay, first? Lame. Second? Why do we have that, and why does it do that? This was a gift from Naga, why the hell is it so dangerous? Third, super lame! It takes away all agency Hardin had as a villain and removes it down to “oh, he was possessed.” Which sucks, because the exact inverse happened for Michalis, and now he’s super cool!

His character arc this game was spectacular! Showing up to take Minerva away from her captors. Giving her refuge in the desert and helping her rendezvous with Marth? There’s something going on, compared to last game where he was just some lame baby man who wanted power. Minerva says Gharnef lost his hold, and Michalis is like “Oh, no, I would never bend to him. I killed dad because we disagreed on Macedon fighting to become a major power in the world again, and he tried to have me exiled. I did it for me, and regret nothing.” Honestly loved that. But when asked why he’s helping now, it turns out it’s for their sister. He talks about how, after he was defeated, he was near death, and the first thing he saw when he came to was Maria kneeling over him, praying to the gods to save him. He was so touched by her kindness despite his actions, that he’s now solely driven to save her as his final act. He doesn’t regret his actions, but recognizes that he lost and needs to do something, and god damn if it’s not going to be saving his little sister. That’s super cool! I’m so on board with this dude now! One of the bigger antagonists of Shadow Dragon who offered almost nothing became a big favorite in the game with a single conversation! I feel like that encapsulates the difference between Shadow Dragon and New Mystery pretty well.

The last thing I’ll mention is gameplay. I really enjoyed just playing this game, and I think a big component of that is because the maps are pretty short. And yet. They’re challenging. There are a few that just repeatedly required me to restart the chapter, despite being maybe three turns long. The extra chapter when you first face Legion, and it’s got the two mercenaries to the left and right of your starting position, and you can recruit both but you have to not kill them? The map was so small they could get to just about anyone, so it was a real challenge to handle the archers with my high movement units, prevent those two from dying against the blockades to the sides, and take out the boss quickly without being swarmed. Other times, the gimmicks were a little obnoxious. Like Chapter 18. You’re trying to take this one castle on the right that’s pretty well defended, but there are these super fast cav archers closing in on you from above. You basically have one turn to get to the village on the left, so their king calls them off. It’s a cool chapter, but I had to reset the first time, because I didn’t go into the chapter knowing that. I put my dancer closer to the fortress, thinking I’d have to just move quickly and take out the boss to get them to back off, so Marth couldn’t reach the goal fast enough. It’s just small things like that.

Overall, I think it’s pretty solid. I could see playing this one again some day. Maybe to intentionally miss one of the spheres so I can see what the bad ending is about. But on the whole, I like it. Still not super impressed with the characters in Marth’s game, I still feel like a lot are pretty bland (including Marth himself), but it’s a huge step up from Shadow Dragon.

#new mystery of the emblem #fire emblem

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theofficersacademy · 1 year

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2023 is here at last! The mod team wishes you health and fortune in the year to come.

Housekeeping

Current Month in TOA: Verdant Rain Moon

Our first lore event of 2023 begins this month! Keras Kai Elephas will begin at noon EST on January 2nd and run until the beginning of February. Please wait until the event begins for the team announcements and more information.

We will open up inventory selection when the event begins on January 2nd. As a reminder, event inventories can be changed until January 5th. That said, we ask that you be patient with the mod team as we sort through them and the monthly claims. We guarantee that everything will be set before the event begins in full, even if it takes us a couple of days to get to your requests.

Signups for the event will reopen on January 5th and close again on January 12th, so that will be your last chance to sign up if you haven’t already!

Thank you to everyone who filled out our feedback form last month and weighed in on our ideas about the 4th muse slot. Due to the responses we received, we have decided that we will not add a 4th muse slot. TOA will remain with an allocation of 3 muses per mun.

The Discord banner contest will accept entries until January 17th! Please refer to the server announcement in the #officialannouncements channel for more information.

A new installation to the Fire Emblem series is just around the corner! Fire Emblem Engage is slated to release on January 20th, and with a whole new cast of characters, the Officers Academy will be having its largest cast expansion since its creation. While we will eventually accept characters from the land of Elyos, these characters will not be available until midnight on March 1st, 2022. TOA operates on a first-come, first-served basis, so we will be processing reservations and applications in the order that they arrive in our inbox.

Other

January Mun Birthdays: Beth (3rd), Key (6th), Darcy (9th), Maddie (12th), Neffi (17th)

January Muse Birthdays: Eir (1st), Ingrid (4th), Rhea (11th), Say’ri (11th), Marth (21st)

First-year mun anniversaries this month: Alina (21st)

Second-year mun anniversaries this month: Dewa (8th), Reddo (11th), Rua (15th)

First-year muse anniversaries this month: Chrom (1st)

Second-year muse anniversaries this month: Dimitri (8th), Maria (11th), F!Byleth (15th)

- The House Leaders

#toa newsletter #january newsletter

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