Elibe Headcanon Dump
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mark_asphodelSo, I have two mutually exclusive Elibe headcanons now. I consider one of them to be kind of... normal. Eliwood marries Ninian, Hector marries Lyn, Erk marries Priscilla. Maybe not the most popular iteration of everyone's destinies, but not that off-the-wall.
Then there's the other, more recent headcanon invasion:
Farina married Hector, but she ran away when Lilina was an infant. The folk theory was that the failure to produce a son, and the subsequent pressure from the Ostian court, caused her to snap. Tried her hand at being a pirate and came to a bad end long before her daughter emerged as a great leader.
Florina never married anyone and became a kickass knight of Ilia, serving in the Great War of Bern, where she met up with her niece and nephew.
Fiora died of an sudden illness when her son Roy was about six years old. It was probably poison, but nothing ever could be proven.
Wil married Rebecca but died of a fever before their son Wolt was a year old. Rebecca fended off proposals from Lowen and proved a great comfort to Lord Eliwood in later years. The birth of their child, when Rebecca was thirty-five, caused as much gossip as had Eliwood’s first marriage to “that Ilian woman.”
Priscilla eloped with Guy and they had a son, Rutger. Guy was killed in a skirmish on the plains and Priscilla lived on the fringes of Sacaen society. She claimed to be Bernese, and her son continued the ruse after Priscilla’s death.
Eliwood survived the illness that forced him onto the sidelines at the time of the Migration of Bern. He continued to govern Pherae while Roy was off doing other things, and lived to see the births of several healthy grandchildren.
Erk was robbed, beaten, and left for dead while searching for his wife Nino. Since it's my headcanon and not a Fire Emblem script, "left for dead" in this case actually resulted in death instead of convenient amnesia.
Lyn married Rath, but never stopped trying to contact the remnants of her father's people. She disappeared during the search, and one day Rath saddled up, announced he was going to find her, and never returned. Rumors reported them in various places over the years.
Serra married Oswin. He died at Araphen. I guess that's not so weird.
Then there's the other, more recent headcanon invasion:
Farina married Hector, but she ran away when Lilina was an infant. The folk theory was that the failure to produce a son, and the subsequent pressure from the Ostian court, caused her to snap. Tried her hand at being a pirate and came to a bad end long before her daughter emerged as a great leader.
Florina never married anyone and became a kickass knight of Ilia, serving in the Great War of Bern, where she met up with her niece and nephew.
Fiora died of an sudden illness when her son Roy was about six years old. It was probably poison, but nothing ever could be proven.
Wil married Rebecca but died of a fever before their son Wolt was a year old. Rebecca fended off proposals from Lowen and proved a great comfort to Lord Eliwood in later years. The birth of their child, when Rebecca was thirty-five, caused as much gossip as had Eliwood’s first marriage to “that Ilian woman.”
Priscilla eloped with Guy and they had a son, Rutger. Guy was killed in a skirmish on the plains and Priscilla lived on the fringes of Sacaen society. She claimed to be Bernese, and her son continued the ruse after Priscilla’s death.
Eliwood survived the illness that forced him onto the sidelines at the time of the Migration of Bern. He continued to govern Pherae while Roy was off doing other things, and lived to see the births of several healthy grandchildren.
Erk was robbed, beaten, and left for dead while searching for his wife Nino. Since it's my headcanon and not a Fire Emblem script, "left for dead" in this case actually resulted in death instead of convenient amnesia.
Lyn married Rath, but never stopped trying to contact the remnants of her father's people. She disappeared during the search, and one day Rath saddled up, announced he was going to find her, and never returned. Rumors reported them in various places over the years.
Serra married Oswin. He died at Araphen. I guess that's not so weird.
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Date: 2011-08-14 01:57 pm (UTC)Erk was robbed, beaten, and left for dead while searching for his wife Nino. Since it's my headcanon and not a Fire Emblem script, "left for dead" in this case actually resulted in death instead of convenient amnesia.
I like this.
Actually, all of it is pretty interesting, but I happen to have been developing a recent fondness for Erk/Nino, even though Nino/Jaffar arguably has much more canonical weight behind it. And it does mesh with their epilogue and provide quite a bit of realistic closure re: "why are Lugh and Rei still orphans????"
I like the Farina bit too. Very much.
I really need an FE7 icon, ha.
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Date: 2011-08-14 08:46 pm (UTC)Nino/Jaffar is something that simply repels me on a visceral level. It's not the alleged "age difference" (I ship Serra/Oswin, dammit), it's Jaffar. And bad fanfiction. But mostly Jaffar.
I like the Farina bit too. Very much.
I've been trying to figure out a way to write it for months now. I'm just still not really comfortable navigating Elibe in fictional form.
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Date: 2011-08-14 02:18 pm (UTC)And yay Erk/Nino~
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Date: 2011-08-14 08:47 pm (UTC)I am trying hard to write this, and the words keep escaping me when I sit down to type. I'll get there... eventually.
And yay Erk/Nino
It may be the weirdo choice for them both, but it works for me.
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Date: 2011-08-15 02:05 am (UTC)I actually like the idea of Erk/Nino, because then you look and Lugh and Rei and it just... It makes sense to me.
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Date: 2011-08-14 05:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-14 08:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-14 07:03 pm (UTC)"Convenient amnesia". I laughed. XD
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Date: 2011-08-14 08:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-15 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-14 08:01 pm (UTC)Also re:Eliwood/Rebecca... that'll be an awkward surprise for Roy and Wolt when they get home, hahah.
I'm becoming more fond of Erk/Nino as well; that's a sad but fitting death for both of them.
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Date: 2011-08-14 08:42 pm (UTC)I got the feeling, more from Madelyn's story than anything else, that while females are acceptable heirs in Lycia, they are definitely not preferred. I suspect that's going to change, post-unification, though. But no, there'd be a lot more to Farina skipping town and taking the silver with her than just not producing a male heir. A lot more.
that'll be an awkward surprise for Roy and Wolt when they get home, hahah.
:D
Oh, yeah. But, really? They're young, by our standards. They're not that old by late-medieval/early Renaissance standards-- not for second or third marriages, anyway!
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Date: 2011-08-15 12:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-15 01:10 am (UTC)As someone closer in age to FE6!Eliwood than to FE7!Eliwood, I must admit that's a sore spot. Thirtyish people have needs, too. Dammit.
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Date: 2011-08-15 02:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-14 11:44 pm (UTC)A little early birthday present to yourself, perhaps?
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Date: 2011-08-15 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-15 02:20 am (UTC)I will not promise a birthday present, but you might like this Contest entry I am cooking up. Or the Big Bang. Or one of these things that gets done first. ^_^;
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Date: 2011-08-15 04:48 pm (UTC)I look forward to it!
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Date: 2011-08-15 01:39 am (UTC)I like the Erk/Nino stuff too, if only because their supports are so adorable, and Nino/Jaffar has always struck a sour chord with me.
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Date: 2011-08-15 04:48 pm (UTC):D
Nino/Jaffar has always struck a sour chord with me.
WORD.
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Date: 2013-01-29 04:59 pm (UTC)"Yes. My father's mother and my mother's father were Sacaean. Bulgar is near Bern's border, so there are a lot of mixed people there." (Dieck/Rutger A)
The funny thing is that this doesn't rule out Lyn being his mom instead. :P
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Date: 2013-01-29 05:05 pm (UTC)OTOH, he can't be Lyn and Kent's son either unless we're to believe Kent is also of mixed heritage.