A.N: Warning, this had plot, then plot got vaguely thin, and then it came back again! Characters may be OOC, as they are the deities and heroes mentioned in the Fire Emblem world and their personalities were vaguely fuzzy. Also, as I have no clue what some of them may look like (especially the heroes not shown in FE 7) I have them look like characters already shown in the Fire Emblem realm.
I have always thought Ashunera, after Ashera and Yune combine in Radiant Dawn (which is my belief because even though Ashera technically "died", how could Yune keep on existing after that whole stretch of balance between Order and Chaos the game stressed on), would be a rather snarky goddess but still hold wisdom. With Formotiis, his personality wasn't really delved on except for the fact he wanted to conquer and destroy. And the heroes mentioned in Fire Emblem 7? I just kind of winged it on their personalities. Well, except for the ones shown in the game.
Let's begin!
Commonly known fact: Fomortiis would do ANYTHING to take over the world and destroy it.
Lesser known fact: He would do ANYTHING to have Elimine look at him.
Which was quite pointless, in Ashunera's eyes, because honestly who would want to pay attention to a half-rotting corpse who was larger than a Draco Zombie and most likely had maggots crawling around in him? Oh, not to mention that she wasn't even sure if Fomortiis was HUMAN let alone…well, she shouldn't say LIVING because it was OBVIOUS that Fomortiis is undead. And a demon king.
The stone sitting innocently on the pedestal flashed indignantly. "I do not understand!" Fomortiis growled angrily from his holy prison. "There must be something I can do to escape! As my last plot seemed to have failed, it is obvious human possession is out of the question!"
Ashunera resisted the urge to laugh and point out that his plan did more than "Seemed to have failed". His plan had blown up in his face like a good ol' Cymbeline or Ivaldi. "Well, maybe it's because you didn't quite plan for all those people to rally together as they did," she said. "Admit it, Formotiis, you lost because you underestimated the Children of Renais. King Fado's twins equate to the strength of Ike."
"Oh, Ike this, Ike that, do you have some sort of attraction to him, Ashunera?" the stone groused, flashing in anger at each word. Ashunera would not lie, she found this amusing.
"Maybe," she answered coolly. "At least I'm not the Demon King trapped in a stone, pining after a woman who probably would not pay a single LICK of attention at you let alone even declare that she loved you. Honestly, is there a particular reason WHY you're attracted to her in the first place?" The Stone of Rausten, containing the formidable Demon King, paused in its "angry flashing" to contemplate this thought. The silence was long, drawn out, and Ashunera felt like getting up to go bother Ike while he traveled with soft threats of remaking the world. Again.
"St. Elimine is a cleric," Fomortiis started (Ashunera resisted rolling her eyes at this obvious fact), "and she is a holy woman. I am the Demon King, wanting to bathe the world in darkness, rule it, destroy it, and make it as I please…When I first met her I was irritated by her."
"And you were promptly shot in the shoulder by Hanon," Ashunera calmly pointed out. "Also, if memory serves me correctly, Roland decided to chop you up a couple of times." The Stone of Rausten trembled on its pedestal. Ashunera would admit that at that time, seeing Formotiis being beaten up a couple of times by the heroes was amusing. Ashunera calmly clasped her hands, placing them on her lap, "Then, Elimine apologized for their rudeness and healed your mortal vessel from the kindness of her heart. Bless that woman for not noticing you for who you are."
Silence stretched on for several minutes before Ashunera spoke again.
"Or, really, maybe she did and just didn't comment on it. You ARE rather grotesque, Formotiis."
The Demon King released a savage snarl, "I will kill you for this later, I swear! When I am free from this stone, Ashunera, I will personally throttle you myself and take over my position as head deity!" Ashunera scoffed at her immortal companion's tirade.
"You cannot have this world without Balance, and killing me would bring more chaos than Order," she said. "The world would collapse before you could even do anything!" Ashunera was quite aware that Fomortiis held more chaos than her, held more power in that department, but even he knew not to mess with her power over Order.
"…I don't know why I fell for her, to be honest," Fomortiis said. "I was annoyed by her, as she was a saint and all…but there was something there I just couldn't place." The stone stopped flashing again. A somber mood filled the air and for once Ashunera did not feel like making a snark come back. Fomortiis spoke again, "Why is it that we can fall in love? Are we not holy beings?"
"I am, you are anything but," she replied. "Maybe it is because we have made the creations in our image, that we have unknowingly harbored this feeling called 'love' and shamelessly experience it." Ashunera did not deny her attraction to Ike, but she did nothing to pursue it. He had another, someone he cared deeply for, and she was not going to interfere on that. She was not Formotiis, who relentlessly pursued to find a way to bring a dead woman back to life—of course, after his plans to take over the known world.
"In our image, you say, when I have had no helping hand in the creation of your world," Fomortiis said. "I have made the Earth, yes, but when it comes to humans…to beorcs and laguz, they are your creations. I once had a human vessel…one made to my liking that I wandered in…it is the same vessel that I met Elimine in."
"Ah, yes, I remember."
Ashunera does as well. How hard is it for her to forget when the human shell the Demon King traveled in all those centuries ago looked very much like the new King of Renais, Ephraim? And now, Elimine's looks were transferred over to Eliwood who was born in the lands created by Roland. "We may be supreme deities," Ashunera said, "but even Fate twists with our lives."
The Stone of Rausten trembled again for a bit before Fomortiis spoke, "Ashunera, we will finish our conversation another day. Someone is coming to check on me." Ashunera nodded her head, standing up to teleport back to Tellius. Formotiis listened, held his breath as the familiar steps of those blasted human warriors, came into the holding hall he was kept in.
"I told you, Ephraim, that the stone has done nothing," the chirping, flighty voice of Queen Rausten said. "That abomination will wander the earth no more! You have nothing to worry about." Fomortiis watched as the King of Renais drew closer.
"I see all is right then," Ephraim said. "It seems my paranoia has gotten the best of me again. Forgive me. Castle life has not always been my cup of tea, and now that I am King of Renais I have not been quite myself."
Fomortiis narrowed his eyes, watching from his stony prison. When he had seen the Renais King through his previous vessel's eyes, he had marveled at how similar he looked to Fomortiis' previous shell. He had even plotted to possess Ephraim when he had awoken and regained his full power to traverse and conquer other lands. Now…
Now Ephraim was weak in his mentality, worn down by the stress of castle life.
"All he needs to do now is come closer, touch the stone and hold it for just a second," Fomortiis schemed. The Demon King grew anxious as the two approached. Ephraim's hand reached out to give the Sacred Stone of Rausten a gentle touch, thinking it was safe.
"Foolish mistake…"
If anything, the worried voice of Queen Rausten as his new vessel fell to his knees was just a tiny bonus to the joy of possessing a new human.
Commonly known fact: The Demon King had a new body. He was going to go and devour the world now.
Lesser known fact: While he is out to conquer the world, he will find Elimine, bring her back, and they will rule the world together.
