History VideoGame / FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade

* CrouchingScholarHiddenBadass: Don't let the monocle fool you, Canas will be nearly unstoppable once he reaches Druid form.

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:Nino, Jaffar, and possibly Erk are killed by bounty hunters or are in hiding. Roy's mother is implied to have died giving birth to Roy, meaning this can either be Fiora, Ninian, or Lyndis. Whoever Hector marries is never mentioned in Binding Blade, and the possibilities include Florina, Farina, and (again) Lyn. Karla dies of illness some time after giving birth to Fir. Canas dies trying to stop a blizzard, and his son is raised by his grandmother -- both appear in ''The Binding Blade''. Not to mention, the Black Fang. Hector dies onscreen in ''The Binding Blade'', and he's actually told that he'll die a violent death for taking Armands; furthermore, outside sources say Oswin dies in the same battle, protecting Hector. Athos and Bramminond don't make it to ''The Binding Blade''. Rath's grandfather and daughter are both in ''The Binding Blade'', but neither of them mentions him, implying the worst. Nino is on the run, regardless if she's married or not in her endings, and her sons mention that the priest who ran the orphanage they were in was killed -- in Lucius' ending, he starts an orphanage, so it's possible that he died as well. Given her loyalty to Bern and Zephiel, and the fact that she never appears in ''The Binding Blade'', it's not looking great for Vaida, and possibly Heath as well.]] This has a lesser impact on western players who never got ''The Binding Blade''.

* ForcedTutorial: "Lyn's Tale" is a 10 chapter prologue to the main quest that [[ExpositionBreak explains the game's mechanics in great detail]], complete with forced moves and luck manipulation. The first time you play it, the tutorials are unskippable unless you link with ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' (only possible in Japan since ''The Binding Blade'' wasn't released overseas). This was arguably a good thing for the Western release as this was the first official Fire Emblem game to release in the west, so newcomers would have no idea how the game is played.

** In the Japanese version, [[spoiler:Guy and Priscilla's paired ending. Guy considered giving up on Priscilla, because of their different background, the former being a nomadic mercenary and the latter being a noblewoman. However, seeing her cry is too much for him and the two agree to elope. In the English version, this is completely removed because of a mistranslation.]]

* {{Elopement}}: Lyndis's parents eloped. Her mother, Lady Madelyn, was the daughter of the Marquis of Caelin. Her father, Hassar, was the leader of the Lorca Tribe, one of the three tribes of Sacae, a group of nomadic people. In order to stay together, Madelyn left Caelin to live with her lover on the Sacaen plains.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original Japanese script for Farina and Florina's B support, Farina mentions how Florin accidentally drank some alcohol at a festival, [[CantHoldHisLiquor got drunk]] and sang the Pegasus Counting Song at a festival. In the localization, the reference to alcohol is removed and Farina says that Florina simply comes out of her shell at festivals.

%%* DudeLooksLikeALady: Lucius actually confuses Serra and Sain.

* FantasticRacism: The Sacaeans are treated poorly by most of Elibe's other countries due to both their nomadic lifestyle and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy their cultural pride]]. This becomes a point of contention for Lyn during her story, and in her supports with Eliwood, she expresses fear of being ousted in Caelin's court due to her mixed blood.

* InformedAttribute: General Bauker of Laus is allegedly not such a bad guy, according to the [=NPCs=], but he never displays any sympathetic traits or a hint of regret for the sack of Caelin. Made particularly jarring since his commanding officer Bernard, the boss of the very next level, accepts his own death as justice for Laus's brutality.

** [[spoiler:It's all but stated that Nergal is Ninian and Nils' father, with the biggest hint being his extended death quote, which you can only get by doing an extremely obscure sidequest in Hector's Hard mode. In it, he mentions the children's mother Aenir. Other relatives are Dart, who is Rebecca's long-lost brother Dan, Priscilla's brother Raymond is Raven, and it's strongly hinted that Canas is Nino's uncle]].

** Older Marcus in ''Binding Blade'' mentions he's glad that Roy has Lilina, Wolt, and others as his friends, because Eliwood never had any friends his age growing up, despite personally being witness to Hector being his childhood friend and the two of them bonding strongly with Lyn. This likely came about from changing Hector to being younger this game and creating the character of Lyn, who despite potentially being several characters' mothers isn't named there.

** In Dieck's backstory, it's stated that Klein's parents (Pent and Louise) not only took a [[HarmfulToMinors six year old to a gladiators game]], but were careless enough that he was somehow in the direct path of a loose lion that Dieck ended up saving him from. Further supports with Clarine mention that their parents are unconcerned with the revolt of Etruria and their childrens' well being, which sounds ''quite'' unlike the Pent and Louise we know of.

%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Leila and Elbert.]]

* ContinuitySnarl: The game suggests both that Uther is much older than Hector (having taken care of Hector since their parents died when Hector was a child) and that he is only a few years older (being "young and new to the throne" of Ostia). Matthew's dialogue with Hector in Lyn's tale suggests that Uther was already marquess then, but a year later in Eliwood's and Hector's tale he is still busy setting up his court, and he is specifically noted elsewhere as having become marquess only recently.

* EasyLevelsHardBosses: Played with. Most of the Black Fang {{Mooks}} are not individually threatening and rely on their numbers, and most bosses are not overwhelmingly difficult on most modes (though a few become nastier in HHM). However, the important members ''are'' a challenge to take down, particularly Linus, Lloyd, Sonia, and Limstella.

* EliteFour: The Four Fangs are the 4 most elite members of the Black Fang, each with their own RedBaron titles: Ursula "the Blue Crow", Lloyd Reed "the White Wolf", Linus Reed "the Mad Dog", and Jaffar "the Angel of Death". They all report to Brandon Reed, the boss of the Black Fang. There's some competition among them, as another Assassin, Jerme "the Death Kite", laments Jaffar taking his spot among the Fanga and hopes the earn his spot back by killing the party. Former member Pascal Grentzer "the Crazed Beast" was expelled and imprisoned after he killed an entire village to take out one target and Sonia offers to pardon him and restore his rank if he kills the party.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: A fate of many sympathetic members of the Black Fangs. Among others, at least one member of the Reed family will experience this in any given playthrough. [[spoiler: Whichever Reed brother is fought in Four-Fanged Offensive will begin to have their doubts about the Fang's course but be killed by Limstella before they can learn more, while the other brother willingly fights the heroes to the death in Cog of Destiny out of misguided revenge. Additionally, if Night of Farewells is unlocked, Brendan similarly misses any chance at redemption as Sonia kills him.]]

* {{Retcon}}: The Dragon's Gate concept seems to be something like this; going by what Jahn says near the end of ''Binding Blade'', the dragons, bar himself, Idunn, and the population of Arcadia, were all slaughtered at their weakest by the humans in a brutal genocide. ''The Blazing Blade'' reveals they were simply chased into an AlternateDimension. Granted, Jahn was sealed before that happened so he had no way of knowing, but it still smells faintly of backpedaling. Additionally, several pieces of characterization of parents in ''The Binding Blade'' are contradicted by the events of this game, likely due to being written as a prequel.

%%* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:Zephiel in the epilogue...]] '''eek.'''

* SparingThemTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:Wallace destroyed the Taliver Bandits, the group that killed Lyn's parent, so that she wouldn't feel consumed by vengeance.]]

* DevelopersForesight: Hector can be seen in an EarlyBirdCameo. However, if you send ''Matthew'' in, you actually get an alternate scene in which some {{Foreshadowing}} is dropped. You can also get an alternate scene with Serra.

** Mentioning a unit's inventory which might be different from the description. For example, Florina to Lyn: «Let's see... A vulnerary... And, um... My lance is here...», when Florina can have an empty inventory.

* HateSink: Nergal and his minions are evil, sure, but even they have their fans and [[spoiler: Nergal has a fairly sympathetic backstory if you jump through hoops to get the secret sidequest mentioned above]]. The Black Fang are ultimately sympathetic despite their terrible deeds. But pretty much the entire fandom wants King Desmond dead. Want explanation? Here's a rundown... [[spoiler:shall we say that ''if'' he got over his loser complex, then Zephiel wouldn't be driven to misanthropy and would have turned out to be a good King, thereby averting the events of ''The Binding Blade'' and the deaths of many innocents ''and Hector''. Yep, [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Desmond actually caused the horrible war and the deaths of many favorites by being a horrible father to Zephiel.]]]]

* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: {{Inverted|Trope}}; magic-weilding enemies in Hector Hard Mode become increasingly dangerous over the latter half of the game, necessitating units with high Resistance to stand a chance.

* MasterOfNone: Eliwood can be like this, if the RNG goes badly. While by no means a terrible character, his "balanced" stat growths are pretty lackluster when Lyn and Hector's unbalanced ones enable them to kick so much ass.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: When Lyn visits the southern village in Chapter 3, the villagers automatically assume she is part of the bandit group.

** Many of the [[SideQuest gaiden chapters]] require you to complete a chapter in a set amount of turns or to visit a certain village, but Chapter 19xx is notorious for having very strange ones: Leveling your SpoonyBard to level 7 (which means LevelGrinding and lots of it) on your second playthrough of Lyn's tale (see ForcedTutorial above), choose Hector's Story after completing the prologue and kill the BonusBoss in Chapter 19x (itself a SideQuest).

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Eliwood or Hector gives one to Nergal just before the final battle, depending on whose story mode you selected.
-->'''Eliwood:''' [[spoiler:If that is what you learned from your encounter, then you are a fool. Do you believe for a moment that, when wise Athos struck down his dearest friend, he felt nothing!? His heart was torn in two, and yet you refuse to understand that! Nergal! I will defeat you! Here! Today!! But...even now, there is no hatred in my heart. You who were born human, you who lost the heart that defines your humanity...For you, I have nothing but pity.]]
-->'''Hector:''' [[spoiler:You're beyond help, you craven fool! Do you have any idea how Graybeard felt? What it must have meant to cut down a former friend? Are you telling me you don't get it? What happened in the past, what reasons drive you...None of these matter!! I have no compassion or pity for you whatsoever! I care not for your excuses. Prepare yourself, Nergal! With these hands, I shall end your crimes today!!]]

-->'''Nergal:''' [[spoiler:Do you understand? I have power. The power to perform miracles. Oh, yes...Hector. Your brother, Uther, the marquess of Ostia? He's dead, is he not?]]
-->'''Hector:''' [[spoiler:How--]]
-->'''Nergal:''' [[spoiler:If you would like, I could make a morph of your brother. It would be well suited for a fragile human such as you. Perhaps a heartless puppet could ease the longing in your soul.]]
-->'''Hector:''' [[spoiler:Shut up. A heartless puppet? That's you, monster.]]
-->'''Nergal:''' [[spoiler:...What?]]
-->'''Hector:''' [[spoiler:To gain power, you think of no one but yourself. You are devoid of emotion, unable to feel pain or suffering...You are the puppet, Nergal!]]

* TooAwesomeToUse: You'll come across several awesome weapons of which there is only one (perhaps 2) obtainable copies and probably be too reluctant to actually use them, save for the final chapter. The best example of this are the 4 "Brave Weapons". They are a powerful sword, lance, axe, and bow, respectively, and only one obtainable copy of each can be found in the game. They guarantee a doubling of your overall strikes (meaning two attacks if too heavy or slow, and four if said character can double-attack normally)... and thus use up their durability ''fast''. They can potentially break after just 5 uses. Eliwood and Hector's starting unique weapons each have two extra copies, one of which are dropped in the chapter right after their promotions.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Lyn and Florina, Hector and Eliwood, Raven and Lucius, Sain and Kent... there's a long list. See HoYay for how fans have taken it...

** Oddly enough, killing Kishuna in Chapter 22x is significantly harder on Eliwood mode than Hector mode, to the point that it's basically a SelfImposedChallenge to pull it off. Unlike Hector mode, he just doesn't move at all from the center of his cell, making only reachable by a Longbow, and he will warp away after a single attack, so you have one round of combat for a super high-levelled Sniper to try it and [[LuckBasedMission hopefully hit and crit both attacks]].

** Even more so trying to kill him in "Genesis", where he retreats as soon as you attack him or open the door to his chamber, forcing you to [[SingleStrokeBattle kill him in a single battle]], which is ''almost'' impossible to do without a critical hit [[SelfImposedChallenge and probably tougher than getting the critical would be]]. (And his position makes him impossible to hit with anything other than a Longbow, though in Hector's Story he at least moves around enough to be within range of a regular ranged weapon.)This time, though, you aren't actually supposed to defeat him, and there's nothing lost if he retreats rather than being defeated.

* WizardsLiveLonger: Athos, Bramimond, and Nergal certainly do.
* YouBastard: If you play with a Tactician and get an E or D ranking overall, several characters on the Battle History screen will say something along the lines of either "What were you thinking?", "You need more practice", or just flat out say "You suck" (though some units, namely Jaffar, will say things like this even if you played decently and got a C or B rank). And the ending notes that future historians were baffled at how you led Eliwood and co. to victory with [[{{Scrub}} 'such incomprehensible']] strategies.