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One of my favourite books from Three Hopes is Fears and Frights of Fódlan. This book is a collection of in-world mythology of local folklore from across Fodlan. Some of what it describes are mysteries that are uncovered during the events of Three Houses and Three Hopes. For example:

The Wandering Beast

In the Enchanted Forest of Mircea, on nights when the mist is thick, an otherworldly wailing can be heard.

One must never enter the wood on nights like these. Anyone who does is never seen again, for in the mist lurks a bloodthirsty beast... An old Leicester legend.

This, clearly, refers to Maurice in Marianne's paralogue from Three Houses. The people of Fodlan don't know the exact context of what Maurice is, but they know that there is a monster living in that forest. To the people of Fodlan this is a mysterious entity - but we know it's a crest beast. The people of Fodlan don't know about crest beasts, so any one they encounter goes down in folklore as a mythical monster or beast. The truth of the matter is actively suppressed by the Church of Seiros so that people do not become fearful of Hero's Relics.

This is important information for later. Another interesting example of the people of Fodlan not knowing the nature of a monster or beast is this one:

Dana's Sandstorm

They say the north has sandstorms that prevent invaders. Merchants may navigate the edges of the desert undisturbed, but if someone steps into the desert seeking something, the scenery will change in an instant.

It is said that in that moment, a gigantic sandstorm will rise up to tear them to pieces. Old legend from an unknown region.

So an entity that lives in a desert region of Sreng, with control over the wind and sandstorms, that attacks visitors who come looking for treasure. If you've played Claude's route, you may know who this is referring to already.

Again, we see the people of Fodlan know that something exists somewhere, but they lack the knowledge of Nabateans or Crest Beasts to explain it.

What's interesting though, is that Fears and Frights of Fódlan has some mysteries that we DON'T know the answer to, but additional context from Fortune's Weave can help us answer.

One of these is this:

The Red Demon

At the bottom of the peaceful-looking Whitehorn Sea, a Red Demon slumbers. When someone falls overboard from a boat, the demon pulls them down to drown them.

To ward against it, use oil to... (A collection of ghost stories from around Fódlan.)

For those who don't know, the Whitehorn Sea is the name for the sea off of the coast of the Fraldarius region.

But what could this "Red Demon" that sleeps beneath the waves and eats sailors be? Well, I believe Fortune's Weave gives us the answer with its own sea monster, Cetus.

When an aquatic Crest Beast is submerged underwater, they give off an eerie red glow that can be seen from underneath the waves. The Crest Beast then destroys the boat and eats anybody unlucky enough to fall into the water.

Based on this, I think it's a pretty fair assumption that the "Red Demon" is a Crest Beast that lives off of the coast of Fraldarius. A good question to ask would be if the Red Demon was Cetus itself, which I would say is possible but unlikely just based on geography and context from Fortune's Weave.

It would technically be possible for a sea monster to swim all the way from Fraldarius to the coast of Dagda, but I'd say it's unlikely for a few reasons: it's a massive distance, Solel states that Cetus has been terrorising the coast of Dagda for a while now, and Cetus is killed by Dietrich in the 400s so it's unlikely it could have become this long-standing legend in the region.

It also seems to be far less hostile than Cetus, the legend isn't that the Red Demon attacks boats, but that it follows boats and eats any sailors unlucky enough to fall overboard. Cetus throws herself into boats and explodes them.

We also know from Fortune's Weave that there were a lot of "failed" Ten Elites that never went down in history because they went mad, got killed, or turned into monsters. Maurice was not an isolated case. It is likely that the Red Demon is another instance of a Maurice/Hedda situation, where a failed Ten Elite was transformed into a monster by their Relic.

Based on this, I would argue that there is a second Crest Beast terrorising the seas of Fodlan: the Red Demon of the Whitehorn Sea.

Just finished up my first Maddening run (though on NG+, so just slightly easier than NG). Definitely a learning experience, what with all those unfair ambush spawns and whatnot. As expected I abused divine pulse to the high heavens. XD

I had two squads for the run; a group of fliers, and this group of cavalry whom I dubbed the Four Horsemen.

Felix was great at deleting mages from range.

Sylvain was great for deleting squishies with Swift Strikes.

Marianne was great at deleting wounds and hard targets with magic.

Dimitri was great at, well, managing the entire department of deletion.

Was just a pretty fun playthrough all around, and just wanted to share this little thing. XD

"Say 'aah'~"

I don't know about you guys but I'd only give my strawberry to someone I love very much...

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Bluesky

How was she going to explain the whole turning into a dragon thing to everyone?

I used to think Fortuna's name was Nocturna so much to when I learned the actual name I've stuck with Nocturna.

i’m playing through the game for the first time and i took the golden deer route bc claude’s a cutie. i just got the sword of the creator and didnt try fighting the death knight cuz all the forecasts ended in death. am i leaving something huge on the table? or does it not matter that much

Source: https://x.com/krembeni/status/2112193733311795339

Female Shez Art
Male Byleth Art
Male Shez Art
Female Byleth Art
This is NOT my art. You can only give me credit for arranging it all.

Anyway...these are coverart concepts for a fanfic I'm going to make!

Cleobulus looks GORGEOUS in this game, even prittier than his Cornelia form/body in my opinion. Either way, he has amazing taste!

Source: https://x.com/kaswooshle/status/2111986456277270577

He would send out the pokemon in that order having Annilhilape as his ace. The team reflects Jeritza himself starting with his love of sweets and swordplay to the dark and disturbed mind of the death knight. I didn't have typing theme in mind when making this team but I'm actually pretty happy the only odd one out is Gallade being neither fairy nor ghost type.

Perhaps Jeritza would prioritise double battles and he'd have a pair that represents both his sides and have Gallade and Annilhilape as dual aces.

I'm currently finishing up a VW run on Hard, after FW made me realize I never did remember to finish it before, and now I'm feeling inspired to attempt VW again, but as my first Maddening run. Rate my team? It's partially based on what worked on Hard, though I've also been checking old threads.

Repeating from Hard

Bylass: Falcon Knight

Claude: Barbarossa

Bignatz: VanWrath War Master

Lysithea: Gremory, but potentially adding a Valkyrie certification and switching depending on what I need

Flayn: Dark Flier with Darting Blow

Hilda (retiring after HBD): Armor

Lorenz (retiring after HBD): Dark Bishop (he's actually a mainstay of my Hard team, but my team feels too packed to justify him on Maddening)

Raphael (retiring after HBD): Grappler

New to Maddening

Sylvain, Leonie, Cyril, Seteth: Four Horsemen of Brave Arts, so two Lance Wyverns, a Bow Wyvern, and a Bow Falcon

Constance: Mortal Savant, because I want the magic battalion from her paralogue... for Flayn (I forget which thread I saw it in, but Mortal Savant actually was recommended as an alternative for her, if I want to avoid multiple magic fliers)

Ferdinand: Dancer, because my general philosophy for Dancers is that they shouldn't have to worry about positioning apart from not aggroing half the map. I actually used the same logic with Sylvain in Hard, but between wanting Ferdinand for his paralogue and wanting Sylvain to use Swift Strikes, I'm planning on making Ferdinand my Dancer instead

Marianne: Some sort of healbot. She was a Falcon Knight on my Hard playthrough, but I realized it wouldn't hurt to have a dedicated healer in house for HBD, as opposed to Mercedes being my healer on Hard

Hapi: There's only the one magic flying battalion, but I'm still thinking of making her another Dark Flier like Flayn and letting them trade spaces depending on what I need

...I was told this isn't lore-accurate for CF.

"lol" I said. "lmao"