Fire Emblem: Legend of Heroes

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"Alright, you! Axe guy! Let's see what you got!" Frex steps forward, holding her axe at the ready.

"Ha! You want to take me on in a one on one? I'm the strongest one here!" Wallace runs in, leaving the other three behind.

The tactician shouts at him from behind. "Wallace! Stick to the plan! What are you doing!?"

Frex goes in for the first hit on him, getting up close.

Wallace receives 8 damage 23/31 HP

"HYA!" She quickly hits him with her axe, causing him to stumble backward before retaliating with a swing of his own axe.

Miss! Frex receives no damage 23/23 HP

Frex receives 3 damage 20/23 HP

As he swings, she quickly hops backward, avoiding his attack, but he uses the momentum of the missed swing to spin forward and land another hit on Frex. Luckily, she managed to partially block with her own axe. He looks surprised. "You're pretty tough! But can you do this?" He jumps backward and throws his axe at Frex from a distance.

Miss! Frex receives no damage 20/23 HP

She dives out of the way, moving into a roll and getting back to her feet. She then looks back and notices the axe coming back at her like a boomerang.

Miss! Frex receives no damage 20/23 HP

She ducks and barely dodges the axe as it flies back into Wallace's hands. "Oh, this is gonna be interesting! I haven't seen anyone do that before!"

"...I'M GONNA-" Frex takes a deep breath in and out.

I have to stay under control. I can't actually kill him.

"I'm gonna beat you!"

The tactician sighs and motions to his allies. "Myst! Lysea! Plan B!" They both nod and start to move into position. The Myrmidon runs up to Wallace's side and the Turtle Rider stands guard in front of the tactician.

Please give an action to each unit.

Lute: 20/20 HP
Frex: 20/23 HP
Roland: 17/17 HP
Pyrio: 19/19 HP

Lysea: 22/22 HP - Holding Beast Killer and has Swimmer skill
Myst: 16/16 HP - Holding Killing Edge and has Avoid+
Wallace: 23/31 HP - Holding Iron Star Axe and has HP+
Lawrence: 20/20 HP - Holding Levin Sword, Elthunder and has Veteran

Pyrio and Lute notice Myst approaching by Wallace's side and move in to go take her out. They stay at a distance, to avoid getting hit back.

Myst receives 15 damage 1/16 HP

Pyrio quickly casts a spell, sending a fireball flying into Myst without warning. As she was paying attention to Frex and approaching her instead of the others, she's not ready for the attack and gets hit directly.

Miss! Myst receives no damage 1/16 HP

Lute follows with a dark beam breath at Myst, but with her attention now shifted, Myst quickly runs out of the way, staying ahead of the beam and avoiding getting hit. Meanwhile, Frex and Wallace continue their duel with Frex charging in for another strike.

Wallace receives 8 damage 15/31 HP

She hits his side and causes him to stumble back before retaliating.

Frex receives 3 damage 17/23 HP

Miss! Frex receives no damage 17/23 HP

He swings twice and Frex tries her best to block both attacks, but can't fully block out the damage. Wallace then steps back and throws his axe in a boomerang style again towards her.

Miss! Frex receives no damage 17/23 HP

Frex receives 3 damage 14/23 HP

She manages to block the axe the first time with her own, causing it to bounce off of her's and return to Wallace's hands. He then throws it again quickly before she can move, hitting her, before the axe flies back to him. As he snatches the axe from the air, Myst comes running in from the side, dodging a dark beam from Lute, and attacking Frex.

Critical hit! Frex receives 6 damage 8/23 HP

Frex receives 2 damage 6/23 HP

"Now...!" Myst runs past Frex twice, hitting her sides both times before leaping over her with a slash. Finally, she lands behind her and places one hand on her blade while it's sheathed. "Strike!" She suddenly appears on the opposite side of Frex, her blade held out as if she used it. A slash appears on Frex's side, causing some breaks in her armor.

The turtle rider and the tactician move closer to the battle, slowly. Frex is breathing heavily and holds her arm in pain. "I can't...lose like...this..."

Wallace yells at Myst when she shows up. "Hey! No fair! You interrupted my duel, Myst!"

"Lawrence gave us orders and a specific plan. We must follow them or we will surely lose." She's clearly on the verge of collapsing, but shows no exhaustion in her face and breathes calmly.

Please give each unit an action

Lute: 20/20 HP
Frex: 6/23 HP
Roland: 17/17 HP
Pyrio: 19/19 HP

Lysea: 22/22 HP - Holding Beast Killer and has Swimmer skill
Myst: 1/16 HP - Holding Killing Edge and has Avoid+
Wallace: 15/31 HP - Holding Iron Star Axe and has HP+
Lawrence: 20/20 HP - Holding Levin Sword, Elthunder and has Veteran

"Hold still, Frex. You'll only be hurt more if you keep struggling like that."

"MUST DESTROY...!" It's difficult to tell if Roland is holding her back or healing her. Perhaps both.

Frex recovers 17 health 23/23 HP

Pyrio notices Myst running all over the place, avoiding attacks, and focuses closely on her. "Alright...here it goes! Take this! Fire blast!"

Critical Hit! Myst receives 51 damage 0/16 HP

Pyrio creates a large magic circle in front of him, tracing a symbol with his finger before five fireballs launch out of it at Myst, exploding when hitting her. She's flung back, dropping her blade, and falls to the ground. "Impossible...I failed you, Athena..." She manages to stumble to her feet and grabs the sword, running out of the arena.

"Alright! I did it!" Pyrio jumps up and down, cheering.

Pyrio reaches level 5! Pyrio's Health, Strength, Magic, Skill, Luck, and Resistance increase by 1!

Meanwhile, Lute flies in and lands in between Frex and Wallace's duel. "Sorry to interrupt, but we have to win!"

Miss! Wallace receives no damage 15/31 HP

She swipes with her claws, missing as Wallace rolls under them. "What? No fun..." She lets out a puff of smoke in frustration.

Lute receives 6 damage 14/20 HP

He swings back, hitting her with his axe. "Owch! Hey, I think you chipped my scales..."

"Don't interrupt a duel! There's plenty of me to go around after I finish up with your frien-"

"HYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Critical Hit! Wallace receives 24 damage 0/31 HP

Frex leaps in and smashes Wallace over the head with her axe, causing a loud crashing sound against his helmet before he flops on the ground, knocked out. "I WANT BLOOD!" She tries to swing her axe again, but Roland grabs her hand and flicks her nose.

"Get a hold of yourself." Roland quickly heals Wallace enough so he wakes back up. "Go leave the arena. You lost." He holds his head and seems dizzy, but picks up his axe and runs off. Only Lysea and Lawrence remain. They both approach with Lawrence striking first at Frex from behind Lysea.

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Frex receives 21 damage 2/23 health

Lawrence raises his sword and a lightning bolt is called down right on top of Frex, doing some heavy damage. She nearly falls over, but manages to catch herself. "I can't go down...yet..."

Lawrence calls out to Lysea from behind her. "Block them from approaching. I'll take them down one at a time from back here."

Please give each unit an action

Lute: 16/20 HP
Frex: 2/23 HP
Roland: 17/17 HP
Pyrio: 19/19 HP

Lysea: 22/22 HP - Holding Beast Killer and has Swimmer skill
Lawrence: 20/20 HP - Holding Levin Sword, Elthunder and has Veteran

Crow's option, but everyone not Roland going after Lawrence. Levin Swords are 1-2 range, so...

Lute (attack Lawrence), Roland (heal Lute), Frex (attack Yen), Pyrio (attack Lawrence)

"Before you recklessly charge into battle..." Roland waves his staff over Lute casually.

Lute recovers 18 health 20/20 HP

"Hey, thanks! Wait, did you say reckless?"

Pyrio then runs in, toward Lawrence in the background. "CHAAAAARGE!" He quickly creates a fireball in his hand, throwing it at Lawrence as he runs forward.

Miss! Lawrence receives no damage 20/20 HP

Lawrence calmly steps aside and swings his Levin Sword, launching a blast of electricity toward Pyrio.

Miss! Pyrio receives no damage 19/20 HP

He quickly leaps to the side and then beam crashes into a wall behind him. Frex then runs past him, directly toward Yen. "HYAAAAAAH!"

Yen receives 10 damage 10/20 HP

She smashes the fox with her axe, knocking it away with a yelp. Yen manages to land on his feet, however, and leaps back at Frex, electricity surging through his fangs.

Frex receives 9 damage 13/22 HP

Frex receives 9 damage 4/22 HP

Yen leaps past her twice, quickly biting with his fangs and causing blasts of lightning with each strike. Frex steps back, injured and breathing heavily. Lute then rises up behind her, taking in a deep breath.

Lawrence receives 20 damage 0/20 HP

Lute unleashes a dark beam into Lawrence, causing a large explosion as both he and his fox are knocked away and crash into an arena wall. They're both fully knocked unconscious.

Lute reaches level 5! Lute's Health, Strength, Skill, Speed, and Resistance increase by 1!

"Hooray! I did it!" Lute dances around and shakes the entire colosseum again as the crowd lets out a loud cheer. Up in the stands, Ryner is sleeping next to Athena before she punches him in the shoulder, knocking him out of his chair.

"Hey! That was pretty impressive! I guess since you guys won, I'll be helping you out!"

"Huh...? Whuh...?" Ryner seems to have been sleeping the entire time and has no idea how he ended up in this situation.

"And not one of them got knocked out! You've definitely earned my respect, dragon. There's nothing more honorable than strength."

"Oh, uh...Yeah. Thanks." The two shake hands while the four down in the arena are showered with praise from the crowd. Lute and Pyrio seem to be enjoying the attention while Roland is simply busy keeping Frex from killing Lawrence.

Bonus EXP

Nate, Nate, Terrance, Frex, Feath. Get them 5's.

6 Supports

Lute/Lysea C
Frex/Wallace C
Pyrio/Myst C
Feath/Nate C
Roland/Ryner C
Terrance/Lawrence C

Three training

Ryner Stone D
Roland Staff C
Pyrio Anima C

Three shopping

Killer Bow (Nate)
Concoction
Javelin (Lysea)

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Ryner sits on top of a building in the capital, napping away his free time happily. As he sits there, he's awoken by a presence behind him. Roland stands there, the wind blowing his robes around. "...Roland? You wanted something?"

"Ryner...something is troubling you. I can sense it."

"Hm...Yes, that's true. But I'm a leader. I have a lot to worry about. I have to choose a side in this war. I also have to keep everyone alive. It's my job to protect you all."

"No, not that. Something inside. Something deep."

"...? I don't know what you mean."

"You're hiding something from us. It's eating at you inside. Like a parasite. If you don't face this thing, it could be seriously detrimental to your health."

"For a blind man, you see a lot."

"I'm not as blind as everyone might think. There are some things that I can see that others cannot."

"I see."

"Do you?"

"Not really."

"That's the issue. Ryner, whatever it is that's bothering you so much, you can tell us. Or rather, you should tell us. Keeping all that inside isn't good."

"Yeah. I know."

"...Well, if you ever decide to speak with me, I'll be waiting. You know where to find me."

"...Mmm hmm." He nods.

"See you later. Figuratively, of course." Roland seems to disappear from the rooftop almost as soon as he appeared, leaving Ryner to sit with his own thoughts. He closes his eyes and leans back into another nap...

Ryner and Roland reached support rank C!

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Lawrence sits casually at a table, placing little play pieces on a chess board. "Ah, chess, the perfect game. Care to play a round, Yen?" The fox at his side gives a little bark in response and sits on the opposite end of the table. The two begin moving their pieces in a game of strategy before Terrance happens to walk in on the two of them.

"Oh, Lawrence. And your dog too."

Lawrence responds without looking up, carefully placing his pieces in position. "Fox."

"Right, fox." He looks at them playing chess and stands, confused for a moment. "You're uh...playing with your fox?"

"Yep." He moves another piece. "Checkmate, Yen. I win again." Yen lets out a little whine and covers his face with his paws. "Hmm...Terrance! You're a leader, correct? Of a band of mercenaries! You must be a decent tactician! Come, give me a taste of your tactical prowess."

"Tactics...? Strategy...? Uh...I um...don't know all that much about-"

"Come now, don't be so modest! I'm sure you'll do fine. Any fine leader would. Yen, fetch him a chair." The fox pushes in a chair and yips at Terrence.

"Oh, alright. Let's see...yes, I think I remember how to play this." Terrance starts to move the pieces around with Lawrence and a few minutes later, the battle is won by Lawrence.

"Checkmate."

"Does that mean I win...?"

"You lost. Miserably."

"O-Oh...Whoops."

"That was just sad. How do you manage to get anywhere on the battlefield if you can't even win a simple game of chess?"

"Well, I just improvise, you know? Just attack and get lucky. Except...usually I just attack and get unlucky. And usually separated from my allies. And chased by big monsters..."

"This is just pathetic..." Lawrence stands and looks to Terrance. "You're never going to get anywhere like that. I'm going to teach you about tactics. Come along."

"Huh?" Terrance is pushed along, still sitting in the chair, by Yen.

"Alright, you're going to need this...and this...and this and this...andthisandthisandthis." He drops a large pile of books in Terrance's lap. "And make sure to take notes."

"But wait-"

"Don't interrupt your tutor when he's talking. Now, you'll also need this and this and this..." Terrance sighs as piles of books begin to stack around him.

Terrance and Lawrence achieve support rank C!

Meeting with Opulentus

Sitting in the meeting room, Ryner and Lute wait with Athena for the Opulentian representative to appear. Today should be the day. After a few minutes of waiting around, the representatives finally appear in the room, interrupting Ryner and Lute's card game.

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The first to open the large doors is a woman dressed fully in a white and gold maid outfit, the colors of Opulentus. She has long, light blue hair that's almost white and golden eyes. She seems to emit some sort of mystical aura that Ryner can't quite understand. Her hair is tied back in a bun, but despite this, there's still somewhat of a ponytail left. She must have very long hair. She gives a bow as she enters and speaks in a soft and calm voice. "It is a pleasure to meet you all. My name is Spearah. I am the maid to Madame Adiamant, one of the council members in Opulentus. She sent me here to represent her since she is sadly busy with the war at the moment." She steps carefully to the side and gives room for a man behind her to enter.

He wears the same colors of gold and white and has a full suit of armor on except for the helmet. He looks fairly tall and strong. He greets everyone in the room with a polite and genuine smile, nodding to them all. His hair is short and dark brown and a trim beard covers his jawline. His eyes match his hair, also brown. He speaks with a strong voice, but not in a scary or demanding way, more in a confident and comfortable way. "So this is what Glaewood looks like. It's beautiful here. Thank you for giving us the excuse to come by. With the war going on, I don't get the luxury of vacations all that often!" He then walks over to the table and sits with the others. "I am one of the council members, Murus. I apologize for my lateness. I was mesmerized by the city's sights. But I do realize that I am here for business, not fun. My duty to my people comes first." Spearah stands by his side instead of sitting with him.

Ryner inspects both of their faces. They look trustworthy. And they haven't given him reason to distrust them. "So what exactly caused this war?"

Murus nods for a bit, closing eyes. "I thought you might ask that.” He then opens them back after taking a deep breath and looks at Ryner. “Long ago, a war broke out between Sidhe and Opulentus. The wolf king at the current time was power hungry. He wanted our legendary weapons. So he attacked us mercilessly. The Laguz were terrible. They slaughtered anyone in their way. It was then that we rose up and began training the strongest and most loyal knights in the land. Striking back at the invading Laguz, we managed to drive them back. From those battles, we learned that Laguz are never to be trusted. They are savage animals. The only way to put an end to their evil is to capture them all.” He then looks down and shakes his head. “I apologize. I may have taken that a little personally. You see, I have seen many of my close friends killed in battle by Laguz. It’s...not something you can forget.” The maid, Spearah, pats him on the back slightly in an attempt to comfort him.

“So what will capturing them do? Won’t you just have dangerous monsters in your towns if you do that?”

“They aren’t dangerous if you can take away their stones. Without them, they can’t transform. I may dislike them, but...we can’t simply kill all of them. Of course, we can’t treat monsters as Beorc are treated. We’ll let them live, but they will live below us, as it should be.”

“I see. So what do you hope to accomplish with this battle?”

“I only want to protect my people. Those beasts are dangerous and unpredictable. We cannot let them roam around freely. They must be restricted or we will always be constantly at risk. I only want what is best for my nation. If there were any way to do this without war, I would be all for it. But you cannot reason with the beasts. They simply will not listen. All they want to do is destroy.”

“Alright. Thank you for coming to see us. But I think I have enough information now.”

“Anytime. It was good to meet you. Thanks for having us come here.” Murus stands and heads out the door, but Spearah stays behind and looks at Ryner.

“Please, consider helping us. If the Laguz win this war, there’s no telling what would happen to our people. Especially to the leaders. I want to keep Malec safe. And Murus as well. Our ways may seem harsh, but you have to understand that this is our only option. If we do not fight back against the Laguz, they will surely hurt our people.” She bows and seems to be rather sad, but thanks Ryner for his time and heads out the door, following Murus.

Meeting with Sidhe

“Got any 5s?”

“Nope.” Lute reaches to draw a new card from the deck before the doors open and the representative from Sidhe appears.

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He’s a lion Laguz with red hair that’s spiked upwards. His ears flick quickly as he enters the room and he looks at everyone with a big smile. He walks around, shirtless, in bare feet and only wears simple looking, brown pants with an elaborate scarf wrapped around his waist like a belt. Part of the scarf dangles down to about his knees in length and flows behind him as he walks. “Hey! You must be Ryner, right? My name’s Leo! I’m the lion prince from Sidhe. Nice to meet ya!”

Ryner simply stares at him for a moment before responding. “...Aren’t you cold?”

“Huh? Oh, no, not really. I always walk around like this, so you just kinda get used to it.”

“You seem rather casual for a prince.”

“Well, I’m not the only prince in Sidhe. There’s a lot of royal families there. But the most important one there are the wolves. Not that the rest of us aren’t important, it’s just that they’re the most important. Kind of. They’re like our leaders, but the rest of us all still get a say in things.”

“Okay. So I guess I’ll start with the obvious question. Why are you fighting a war?”

“Well that one’s pretty simple. The Opulentians treat Laguz like garbage. In fact, a lot of people do. It’s pretty terrible. They hate us just because of our race! It’s stupid. They kill us, capture us, enslave us, you name it they probably did it at some point. Basically, all Opulentians are just big, evil jerkfaces. All they care about is money. They want to catch us to use us for free labor so they can make a quick buck. They say that they’re trying to protect themselves, but that’s a ridiculous excuse. We may have attacked first a really long time ago, but everyone from back then is either dead or really old, so why label us all as evil for something one dumb king did a long time ago? That’s why we’re fighting. For our freedom! We want to be treated equally and we want to get revenge for all the bad things that the Opulentians have done to us.”

“Interesting...Your stories seem to conflict.”

“Of course they do! Opulentians are the bad guys here. They probably lied to you and are trying to make you fight for them. They’re so disgusting. Opulentians will do anything to win a war.”

“Alright, well, I think that’s all I need to hear for now. Thank you for coming.”

“Hey, anytime! We should all hang out together sometime! You all seem like cool people! We’ll have plenty of time to spend together when you join our side, right?” He laughs a bit and then heads out, waving to the group.

Meeting with Daravia

“Ummm...Ah ha! I have five of these! Does this mean I win…?”

“How did you even get those cards…? They aren’t even in the deck.” Once again, Ryner and Lute are interrupted as the representative from Daravia enters.

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She’s a woman with long, red hair kept hidden underneath a black cloak, which she wears with the hood up. Underneath her cloak, she wears a sleeveless shirt with matching pants. A bandana covers her mouth and she carries the legendary knife, Gladius, attached to her hip in a sheathe. “Alright, make this quick. I don’t have much time to stand around and talk.”

“Alright, what do you think of the war going on between Opulentus and Sidhe?”

“None of my business and not my problem. Next question.”

“So what is Daravia doing right now?”

“We’re in the middle of a civil war. Next question.”

“Would you help us try and find another way to end the war between Opulentus and Sidhe?”

“Only if you help us win our own war. Help isn’t free. You help us, we help you.”

“Alright, what are your thoughts on Laguz?”

“Don’t care. Laguz, Beorc, doesn’t matter. I only care if you’re going to help me or not. I don’t have time to play silly games like the other countries. Are you done now? I should be leaving soon and don’t have much time.”

“What’s your name?”

“...You can call me Shi.” She walks out of the room, without saying another word and the doors shut behind her.

Ryner leans back in his chair and sighs. “I don’t feel like I’m any closer to making a decision than I was before. What the Opulentians told us and what the lion prince told us conflict and that Shi girl didn’t seem very interested in talking to us.”

“Well we still have one more day left. So maybe you can decide tomorrow, right?” Lute tries her best to cheer up Ryner and manages to get a smile out of him.

“Alright. I’ll decide in the morning. Hopefully I can make the right choice.”

“Don’t worry! No matter what you pick, I’ll be there to help you out!”