So after a fairly shitty week at work-- couple of weeks, really-- I came home to something that genuinely brightened my day.

( Meet my new writing desk mascot )

Thanks so much, kyusil !  :D

So, I finally finished a story I first mentioned back in this post, last August.

It's the one about the period after Thracia 776 wherein Finn went MIA and was allegedly wandering the Yied Desert.  Despite Fire Emblem's love for ambiguity and and uncertainty, I think that's exactly what he was doing.  But why, and why'd it take him three years, and why did he decide to come back when he did?

The easy answer is he was looking for Lachesis, who was a) confirmed alive by Levin in FE5 and b) possibly/probably/was turned to stone like Eyvel and therefore technically OK as long as Manfroy's granddaughter still had her sparkly magic staff.  Or she was in a refugee camp with a bunch of kids, or something.  Anyway, all we know (and all he knows) is that she went into the desert and never came out, and she was alive circa 776.

Mind you, Lachesis isn't the only thing precious to Finn that was lost in the desert...

( Notes, spoilers, the usual )