The next few days spent in Hoshido were some of the best of Corrin's young life. Reconnecting with nearly all of his long lost siblings, Corrin instantly felt like a part of the family. He and Ryoma constantly tested each other in swordplay, Hinoka flew him around the capital on her pegasus, Sakura took walks with the young prince around the castle and Azura gave him lessons on Hoshidian culture.
While connecting with his siblings was easy, reconnecting with Queen Mikoto proved to be more difficult. Despite the time the two had spent together, Corrin was still having trouble accepting Mikoto as his mother. Perhaps it was because he had only had a Father for his entire life, but any gesture by Mikoto toward her son fell flat. The Nohrian prince did want to connect with his Mother but was unsure as to how to accomplish the feat.
On the fifth day of his stay in Hoshido, Corrin was called to the throne room by Queen Mikoto.
"H-Hello Queen Mikoto." He said, still unsure of how he should refer to the Queen.
"I told you that you didn't have to be so formal with me Corrin." Mikoto replied with a small smile. "But that isn't why I called you here."
"Ok, then M-Mother." The word was still quite awkward to the young prince, "Why was I called here?"
"I would like to announce your return to the people of Hoshido. People have been talking about a Nohrian spy getting close to the royal family and I would like to these rumors to rest."
"I can understand wanting to quiet these rumors but I haven't decided to stay in Hoshido yet." Corrin replied. "If you announce my return to Hoshido and I do decide to go back to Nohr, how will that make me look to the public?"
"The public would admittedly have a problem with you returning to Nohr, but these rumors need to be put to rest or the royal family will lose face."
"Don't worry Brother." Ryoma said, walking into the room with a blond ponytailed archer. "If you stay in Hoshido, this announcement only benefits you and if you do decide to return to Nohr, you shouldn't care what the Hoshidian public thinks. Correct?"
"I suppose..."
"Excellent! Preparations have already been made!" Ryoma declared. "The entire castle will be holding a festival leading up to your big reveal. You should go into town with Azura and the others. It'll give you a chance to connect to your other brother."
Mikoto gestured toward the blond haired man and introduced her stepson. "This is Takumi. He just returned from a patrol of the border."
"A patrol that wouldn't have been necessary if not for you..." The archer mumbled under his breath as he halfheartedly extended a hand in greeting.
"It's very nice to finally meet you again Brother." Corrin said as he took his brother's hand. Takumi only gave a scowl in reply before returning to the Queen's side.
"You two go enjoy the festival." Mikoto said, glossing over any animosity she may have sensed from Takumi. "Perhaps Azura would like to join you as well. I know how close you two have become over the past several days Corrin."
Takumi rolled his eyes while Corrin replied, "That's an excellent idea Mother but what about my other siblings?"
"They will be hard at work with me preparing the festival." The Queen replied as she began to push Corrin and Takumi out of the throne room. "Now go and have fun. Enjoy all Hoshido has to offer! Hinoka will come and get you when the time comes."
Rushing the siblings out of the room, Mikoto closed the throne room door and visibly slouched.
"Is everything all right Mother? You seemed to be forcing things between Corrin and Takumi." Ryoma stated. "You know Takumi hates anything remotely Nohrian. It will take time for the two of them to reconnect."
"I know you're right but..." The Queen paused and sighed before continuing, "There is something I must tell you Ryoma. Something that will impact the entire nation of Hoshido."
While Ryoma received dire news from Queen Mikoto, Corrin was enjoying the festival just as his mother had wanted. Vendors lined the crowded streets as the sun shone brightly overhead.
"This is amazing!" Corrin exclaimed as he moved about the crowds with Azura and Takumi in tow. "We never had anything like this back in Nohr!"
"That's because food is much more plentiful here." Azura explained. "Hoshido has the spare resources to throw festivals like these. It's just one of the many advantages of living here, be sure to enjoy yourself."
"Just don't get too comfortable Brother." Takumi growled.
"What do you mean?" Corrin asked, not noticing the anger in Takumi's voice.
"Do you need me to spell it out for you!? I don't trust you. All of those years in Nohr has probably turned you into a Nohrian scumbag."
"Takumi! Is that anyway to treat your brother?" Azura asked.
"The same goes for you Azura." The Hoshidian royal replied, "You may have lived here in Hoshido most of your life, but deep down your still a filthy Nohrian waiting for an opportunity to strike."
"That doesn't make sense! If all of my years in Nohr have turned me into a Nohrian, then shouldn't the same be true for Azura living all of these years in Hoshido?"
"The country of Nohr is like a plague upon the Earth, polluting anything and everything it comes in contact with. The sooner it is taken off the map, the sooner this world will know peace."
"You say that as though there are no good Nohrians at all. Most of the people I interacted with back at the Northern Fortress were very nice."
"Of course filth would talk highly of other filth." Takumi replied brushing off the comment. "Watch your step dear Brother. If you make one false step, I won't hesitate to shoot you down with my Fujin Yumi." With that final remark, Takumi disappeared into the crowd.
"Wow... I never realized someone could harbor such a deep hatred against a country."
"Sadly Takumi's comments echo the thoughts of most people here in Hoshido." Azura explained. "Nohr's constant aggression against smaller states and their assassination of our king have not left a pleasant taste in the mouth's of Hoshido. But don't worry yourself, Takumi will warm up to you in time. It took him years to even let me speak his name and you've only known him a few hours. Simply give him time."
"You're probably right. Let's just enjoy the festival and deal with Takumi later."
Walking around the crowded streets of Hoshido, Corrin and Azura enjoyed all the festival had to offer, sampling traditional Hoshidian food like onigiri and playing games. The two eventually came across an ominous looking shop with a crystal ball on display.
"What kind of shop is this?"
"This is the shop of a Diviner." Azura explained. "They are supposedly able to see visions of the future. You can only find these shops here in Hoshido."
Intrigued at the thought of seeing the future, the Nohrian Prince took a cautious step into the shop. It was a dimly lit shop with dust thickly laden in the air. In the center was a small table with a crystal ball. Behind it sat an old woman who gazed almost greedily at her newest customer.
"Hello young man. Care for a glimpse into your future?"
"Can you really do that, glimpse into the future?"
"Anything is possible if you have enough magical power." The woman replied with a crooked smile.
"I have a bad feeling about this Corrin." Azura whispered. "If you truly wish to have a reading, there is a perfectly good Diviner back at the castle."
"That quack Orochi? I have forgotten more techniqies than that novice will ever learn."
Hearing the woman boast only increased the young prince's interest. Sitting down at the table Corrin ignored Azura's previous warning and asked. "Could you look into my future?"
"Of course" The Diviner replied. She took the young prince's hands and said, "Let us begin."
Magic began to permeate the air and a blue ethereal glow spiraled around them. After a few moments, the glow died down and the Diviner turned to look at Corrin.
"This is... odd."
"What is odd? What did you see?" The Prince asked excitedly.
"I saw... nothing. Your future is shroud in a deep fog and I was not able to ascertain anything."
"It's just as I thought. This woman doesn't know anything." Azura commented. "Let's leave and have your future read back at the castle."
"Orochi will be able to see even less than I did." The Diviner called as Corrin and Azura turned to leave. "I was able to see one thing! There is a big choice coming in your future. A choice that will affect your life and lives of everyone around you."
The diviner's words carried even as Corrin and Azura rejoined the crowds and found Hinoka waiting for them.
"There you two are!" The princess called. "Mother is ready to start the ceremony!"
Hinoka led Corrin and Azura to a large stage set up in the middle of town where each of the other Hoshidian royals were already present. A large crowd had gathered around eager to see what their Queen was to announce.
"People of Hoshido! Long have we suffered in the wrathful shadow of our neighbors in the west. Constantly you have lived in fear of the Kingdom of Nohr who have harassed our borders and even killed our great King and my husband Sumeragi. But in these dark times there are rays of light. Perhaps some of you will remember the Hoshidian Prince that was taken from us on that fateful day in Cheve. Today I am proud to say that Prince Corrin has returned to us!"
The crowd cheered as Queen Mikoto took a step backwards and gently took hold of her son's shoulder. Whispering she said, "I hate to put you on the spot Corrin but I think the people are expecting you to comment."
"M-Me!? But I haven't prepared anything!"
Ryoma took hold of Corrin's other shoulder and said, "Simply speak confidently from the heart and your words will reach the people."
Looking back at each of his Hoshidian royal siblings, each one encouraged him to speak as the crowd continued to cheer in the background. Sakura gave Corrin a nod and a smile, Hinoka gave her brother a thumbs up and even Takumi was wearing a smirk that said 'give the people what they want'. Somewhat reluctantly, Corrin stepped forward to take the stage. Little did the Nohrian Prince know that back at Castle Krakenburg, Iago was activating King Garon's contingency: Ganglari. Four words and an outpouring of magic was all it took to completely change the lives of everyone in Hoshido.
"Ganglari." Iago said calmly as a malicious purple aura surrounded him. "Awaken and annihilate!"
Back at Castle Shirasagi, Corrin was just beginning his speech as Iago's spell took affect.
"I want to thank Hoshido for welcoming me back with open arms!" Corrin began as Ganglari shook violently in it's scabbard at the prince's side. "As you are all aware, I have lived in Nohr for nearly all of my life. Living away from Hoshido for all of those years has allowed me to truly appreciate just how great this country is!" The crowd cheered even louder in response to Corrin while the Ganglari shook even harder. "I hope to use my experiences from both Nohr and Hoshido to help bring peace to the world!"
Just as Corrin finished his speech, Ganglari managed to break free of it's scabbard, flying into the air where it's sickly purple aura began to intensify. Unaware of the danger they were in, the crowd simply stared in awe as Ganglari's aura grew, before folding in on itself to create a large explosion. Debris flew everywhere as people began to scream in terror.
"AHH!" Takumi cried as a sharp piece of debris hit his head, knocking him unconscious.
"Takumi!" Hinoka cried, rushing to her brother's side.
"How could this happen?" Corrin said, looking out at the destruction his sword had caused. The castle courtyard was completely destroyed with injured civilians lying everywhere.
In the middle of all the destruction, Ganglari continued to float with it's sickly purple aura. Slowly it began to fall back to the ground where the sword broke into deadly projectiles that shot themselves toward Corrin and the Hoshidian royal family. Ryoma defended himself, Sakura and Azura using the Raijinto while Hinoka used her naginata to defend her injured brother. Only Corrin was defenseless as the projectiles rocketed toward him, sure to be his demise. At the last possible moment, Queen Mikoto threw herself in front of her son and was hit with a countless number of projectiles. Even as the Queen collapsed into her son's arms on the verge of death, her thoughts were still on his well-being.
"Are you.. all right?" Mikoto croaked, the life beginning to fade from her eyes. "Tell me... you're not hurt"
"Mother! NO!" Corrin cried as Mikoto's eyes closed for the final time. Even though the two had not yet become close, deep down Corrin had accepted her as his Mother. This realization had sadly come at the cost of his Mother's life.
"Mother!" Ryoma, Hinoka and Sakura cried in unison as they each rushed to Corrin's side.
"I-Is she Ok?" Sakura asked already dreading the answer.
"She's fine..." Corrin said, clearly in denial. "She has to be. There's still so much we have to do..."
As the Nohrian Prince held his mother's lifeless body close, a wave of anger slowly began to wash it's way over the recovering crowd. One particularly vocal person, dressed in a dark cloak stepped forward and yelled, "He lied to us!" Pointing at the grieving prince, he continued, "He has killed the Queen!" Others slowly began to cheer in agreement. The cloaked man picked up what remained of Ganglari, now an ordinary Kodachi and cried, "The Nohrian scum must pay for his actions!"
"Stop spouting your lies this instant!" Ryoma yelled, drawing his sword and rushing into combat. "Corrin was used by the Nohrians. He had no idea this would happen."
As Ryoma and the cloaked man began crossing blades, Kaze and Rinkah emerged from the crowd and rushed to the royal family's side. Both of them were riddled with scratches but had otherwise come out unharmed.
"Milady." Kaze said, bowing in front of Hinoka. "What happened here?"
"It looks like a wildfire broke out." Rinkah commented.
"Those filthy Nohrians used our brother against us!" The Sky Knight declared. "His sword exploded and now Mother... Mother..."
"Queen Mikoto has died." Azura said bluntly as her adopted sister began to tear up. "The crowd has gone out of control. We need your help to bring them back under control. Can we count on your support?"
"Of course Lady Azura." Kaze replied for both himself and his Fire Tribe comrade.
Hearing someone officially declared his mother dead, sent Corrin's mind into a spiral. How could this happen? I was just getting to know her and now she's gone! You let this happen. You couldn't defend yourself and now Mother is dead. I can't aRAGHHHpt this. I won't allow thiRAGHHH! The deeper Corrin spiraled into his mind, the louder the roars became and soon his body was enveloped in a bright blue light. His arms began to extend and his hands turned into claws. Wings began to sprout from the prince's back just as horns began to sprout from his head.
"RAGGHHHHHH!" With a great roar and a flash of light, the small prince was replaced by a feral dragon, ready and willing to tear anything in it's path to shreds.
"What the hell is that!?" Rinkah asked.
"He's turned into an ancient dragon..." Azura replied, in awe of what she was seeing. "I've read about this in the history books. Ancient kings were able to transform into dragons, but I thought that power was long gone." Turning to Hinoka, she continued, "Take Takumi back to the Castle and have the Diviners begin work on a Dragonstone. It might be the only thing that can bring Corrin back to us."
"Got it." The elder princess replied before placing her brother on her pegasus and beginning the flight back to the castle.
Meanwhile Corrin was still adjusting to his new form, looking about for a target to attack. Eventually locking on a mercenary with an odd looking sword, the feral dragon charged.
"He's charging at a member of our anti-wyvern force." Kaze noticed. "That wyrmslayer will tear him to shreds!"
"Not if he can strike first." Azura replied before clearing her voice and singing, "Ahhh~"
As soon as the songstress let out her voice, Corrin began moving faster catching the mercenary off guard and allowing him to be impaled on one of the dragon's horns.
"My song can support us in this battle but we also need to support Corrin!"
"Of course Lady Azura." Kaze replied, brandishing his shuriken. "Let's go!"
"W-Wait!" Sakura called from behind. "I-I can help too!" Pulling out her staff, a white light began to glow around Kaze's and Rinkah's injuries.
"Thanks for the support." Rinkah replied before pulling out a Brass Club and saying, "Now let's put out this fire!"
Chaos reigned supreme as the small group set out to restore order to the crowd. Most people were still in a rage about the death of their Queen and were attacking Corrin. Others were running in fear of the feral dragon that had been released in their capital.
"RRAAAAGGGGHHH!"
Corrin let out another roar as a lucky hit from a wyrmslayer, pierced his hide.
"The speed buff I gave him must be wearing out." Azura commented. "We need to help him!"
"T-There's more trouble b-behind us." Sakura said, pointing to a team of 3 Diviners who had arrived on the scene. "I don't think Corrin will be able to take many magical attacks."
"Rinkah and I will take care of the magic users." Kaze declared. "You two keep supporting Lord Corrin."
"Got it!" Sakura replied with surprising intensity.
Leaving the royals behind to charge their enemy, Rinkah asked, "How are we going to take down these magic users? In case you haven't noticed, magic is strong against clubs. I'll be at a disadvantage."
"But I have an advantage with my shurikens and most magic users are physically weak." Kaze explained. "I'll draw their fire while you go in for the kill."
The first diviner pulled out a scroll containing an Ox Spirit and launched it at Rinkah while the other two summoned rat spirits. Thinking they had the Oni Savage outmatched, each one smirked with confidence. Their attacks were thwarted however by a few well timed shurikens from Kaze which dealt with each of the spirits and left their casters wide open for Rinkah's club.
The Ox Spirit Diviner went down with a loud cry as Rinkah's club struck true. The other two diviners fumbled with their scrolls, worried what the Savage might do at such close range. Capitalizing on their clumsiness, Rinkah was able to take out the second before another spirit could be called. The third diviner was able to summon his Rat Spirit once again but it proved to be too little too late. Rinkah simply took the attack head on before charging in and knocking the caster out.
"Well done." Kaze commented.
"Yeah, thanks for the assist." Rinkah replied with a smirk. "I'll have to repay you after the battle. We should really rejoin the action."
"Certainly. Let's go!"
It was not hard for the two to find the Hoshidian royals. Corrin's dragon form had torn a path of destruction across the courtyard with bloody bodies the only evidence that this mystical beast was truly real. Once Rinkah and Kaze caught up to the Hoshidian royals, they were able to better access the situation. Corrin had taken quite a few hits from mages and wyrmslayers alike but was still fighting with the same ferocity that he had at the start. Without Sakura's constant healing Corrin would have fallen ages ago but the young Shrine Maiden was tiring. Azura was tiring as well. Beads of sweat flew off her body as she continued to sing and channel strength into both Corrin and her adoptive sister.
"Allow us to help!" Rinkah yelled before striking down a wrymslaying mercenary who had drifted too close for comfort.
"How are you holding up miladies?" Kaze asked.
"Fine." Sakura replied. "I think Corrin's trying to get to Ryoma and the mob's leader. Maybe he'll come back to his senses if he can strike down the one who started the mob."
"We can certainly hope..." The ninja replied, uncertain whether Sakura's logic would hold.
Corrin charged through yet another wave of foes and Ryoma finally came into view. Both Ryoma and his Kodachi wielding foe were panting for air as Corrin charged toward them both. Ryoma was just barely able to jump out of the way as Corrin barreled into the cloaked man at full speed.
"Big Brother!" Sakura cried as she raced to Ryoma's side and began healing him. "Are you all right?"
"Don't worry about me." Ryoma replied as healing magic poured over his aching body. "Worry for Corrin."
Turning their attention back to the battle, the Hoshidians found that the cloaked man was still holding his own against the feral dragon which had slayed so many of his comrades. Each time Corrin charged, the cloaked man simply flipped out of the way or used his Kodachi to block against the prince's deadly horns.
"RRRRAGGHRRRR!" Corrin roared after another unsuccessful charge at his opponent.
"Come at me Nohrian dog!" The man goaded. "I want to see the life drain out of your eyes as I kill you."
"RRRAGGHHH!" Corrin roared before charging his foe once more.
As the feral dragon neared its target, the cloaked man made no move to block his adversary. The only move the mob leader made was a slight smirk before Corrin tackled him at full force. Rather than hearing the satisfying sound of bones crushing beneath a dragon's might, Corrin was met with only the fluttering of his adversary's cloak now stuck between his horns.
Angered by his foe's sudden disappearance and the nuisance of the cloak stuck to his horns, Corrin let out yet another roar.
"RRRRAAGGGHHHHH!"
"This isn't good." Ryoma said, slowly returning to his feet. "Corrin looks angry enough to destroy the whole town."
"What the hell happened here?!" Hinoka cried as she flew in on her pegasus.
"Corrin is beginning to lose control of himself." Azura said. "Have you brought the Dragonstone?"
"Yup its right here." Hinoka said, handing Azura the stone.
"Are you sure that will bring him back Lady Azura?" Kaze asked. "If we fail, he very well might destroy the whole town."
"It will." Azura replied with certainty. "But he is still too consumed with rage for the Dragonstone to work. We need to find a way to reach the Corrin deep inside the feral dragon."
"I'll fight him then." Ryoma declared, tightening his grip on the Raijinto. "That should exhaust him to the point where one of you might be able to get through to him."
"It's too dangerous Ryoma! He could kill you." Hinoka said, urging her brother not to fight alone. "At least let me lend some support."
"Sakura can heal me from the sidelines should the need arise, but should anything go wrong you will need to be the one to call reinforcements. All right?"
"Fine..." Hinoka replied sourly. "Go give 'em hell Big Bro!"
"That I shall." Ryoma said before charging toward Corrin.
The feral dragon had finally managed to untangle the cloak from his horns and turned to see Ryoma charging toward him with his sword drawn. Recognizing the swordmaster as another threat, Corrin charged as well locking his horns with the divine Raijinto. Both combatants came to a grinding halt as their weapons clashed. Utilizing his smaller size and greater mobility, Ryoma spun outwards and slashed at Corrin's side. Sparks flew as the Raijinto made contact with scales and Ryoma quickly pulled back just before a claw came down where he was standing.
"Can you not see its me Brother?" Ryoma asked, trying to reach his brother inside the beast. His words fell flat and the feral dragon barreled toward him, ready to see him impaled on one of his horns. The Hosidian Prince strafed out of the way before trying again. "Listen to my voice Brother. Come back to us!" Corrin ignored Ryoma's request and instead attacked once more to no avail. "If the sound of my voice will not do, hopefully the sounds of combat will be enough to bring you back."
The battle raged on as Corrin continued to attack Ryoma but each time he got close, the swordmaster would lunge out of the way and counterattack with the Raijinto. While the blade itself did not seem to be harming the feral dragon, it's lightning was certainly wearing the dragon down. Corrin's attacks were slowing down and losing power as his rage slowly burned away.
"He's... tiring." Ryoma yelled as he tried to catch his breath. The battle was taking its toll on him as well "Try... to snap... him out of this!"
"Lord Corrin! Snap out of this!" Kaze yelled. The dragon didn't notice and instead charged Ryoma once more.
"Get a hold of yourself!" Rinkah called. "You're acting worse than a barbarian!" Rinkah's remarks fell on deaf ears as the battle continued.
"B-Big Brother. We've only just met. I-I don't want to lose you!" Sakura called. Just as with Kaze and Rinkah's comments, Sakura's were ignored as well.
"I spent my whole life trying to find you Corrin. Please come back to us." Hinoka tried as exhaustion finally got the better of Ryoma. Corrin landed a direct hit and sent Ryoma to the ground. "Ryoma!"
"You are the ocean's gray waves~"
Just before striking the final blow against Ryoma, Corrin turned his head toward Azura who had begun to sing.
"Destined to seek life beyond the shore just out of reach~" Cradling the Dragonstone between her hands, Azura continued toward the Dragon. "Yet the waters ever change flowing like time the path is your's to climb~" At the end of the phrase, Azura came within arms reach of Corrin and gently touched the Dragonstone to his forehead. "Come back to us Corrin."
The feral dragon disappeared in a flash of light and when it faded, Corrin reappeared in human form sprawled upon the ground.
"Good work Azura." Ryoma commented. "How did you do it?"
"I was singing that song when Corrin and I first met." Azura explained. "I thought that maybe that memory in addition to the song might be enough to break him out."
"What happened?" Corrin asked as he slowly came back to his senses.
"You turned into a dragon and went on a rampage." Hinoka replied. "Right after Mother..."
Hearing the word Mother was enough to bring Corrin's grief back with a vengeance and tears began to well in his eyes.
"Its my fault. Ganglari was my sword and it killed Mother."
"You mustn't blame yourself." Ryoma replied. "That sword was a gift from King Garon was it not?"
"Y-Yes. Why?"
"Those Nohrians orchestrated this, obviously." Hinoka chimed in. "There's no way any of us could have seen this coming."
"Not exactly..." Ryoma admitted. "Queen Mikoto foresaw her own death. She confided in me only this morning. But I agree this had to have been King Garon's doing."
"That explains Ganglari exploding but what about that mob?" Azura asked. "It was only natural that they blame Corrin but violence isn't the Hoshidian way."
"That is because when Mother died, so did the barrier protecting Hoshido."
"I thought that barrier prevented those with an evil heart from attacking Hoshido." Kaze began, "Why would it affect those within Hoshido?"
"Its impossible to generate a spell that specific and have it affect so large an area." Ryoma explained, "That is only what was told to the public. On the surface it appears to be true but in reality, the barrier suppressed the negative emotions within one's heart. When the barrier came down, those repressed emotions must have resurfaced and manifested as anger toward Corrin."
It took a moment for Ryoma's explanation to sink in. "Wait a second. Hoshido as been manipulating their people's emotions!? That isn't right!"
"It was for the good of the people Corrin." Ryoma countered. "It may have infringed on people's rights but it kept them safe. Surely you can see that."
"What I can see is that Hoshido has been suppressing their citizens just like you claim Nohr does."
"Don't you dare compare us to them!" Rinkah cried. "They rule over their people with fear and violence-"
"And here in Hoshido you aren't even allowed to feel those things!" Corrin finished. "How can you not see the similarities?"
"We don't have time for this." Ryoma declared. "We have to clean up the city and deal with the death of our Queen. There will be time to properly discuss this later."
"Bad news Ryoma!" Takumi yelled as he raced onto the scene. A small bandage covering the cut from Ganglari "A small Nohrian war party has amassed itself outside the capital. We need to defend the capital!"
"That's impossible! How could they have gotten so far inside the border?" Hinoka mused.
"That doesn't matter right now." Ryoma replied. "Our first priority is to protect our people. Let's go!"
"Let me go too!" Corrin said. "I may not agree with what Queen Mikoto did but I do agree with protecting people."
"Don't you think you've done enough damage today?" Takumi said.
"You've just returned from being a feral dragon Corrin." Ryoma replied. "You should rest for a bit. There will be other opportunities to help the people of Hoshido. Azura, Kaze, Rinkah you stay here with Corrin and look for survivors. Takumi, Hinoka, Sakura let's go!"
As his birth family rushed off to face the Nohrian war party, Corrin knew he should be with them. "I need to go with Azura. Its the only way to make up for what I've done here. With my background in Nohr maybe I could even prevent the battle altogether."
"Ryoma wanted you to stay back and rest but if you truly believe you must go join the battle, I won't stop you." Azura replied. "However if you lose control of your emotions again you may revert back into a draconic state. If you feel yourself losing control, use this." Taking Corrin's hand, Azura gave him the Dragonstone. "According to the books I've read, channeling your magic into the Dragonstone should allow you to become a Dragon at will and remain in control."
"Thank you Azura. You've been a true friend these past few days." Corrin said, taking an Iron Katana off a dead soldier. "I don't know what I'd do without you."
"You're too kind." Azura said with a smile. "Good luck and be careful."
"Of course!" Corrin replied before chasing after Ryoma and his other siblings, unaware of how the next battle would change his life forever.
AN: Hello everyone! Hopefully you enjoyed the chapter(the longest one I've written for any story). Sorry about the delay but I just started graduate school a couple weeks ago and progress really slowed down. Unfortunately this means updates for this story will slow down slightly but I'll still try to write when I can. Now onto the changes(there are a lot of them)
1) The Diviner scene. Rather than just having Corrin sample Hoshidian food, I thought it would be a nice touch to include a fortuneteller to both showcase a new Hoshido exclusive class and add some foreshadowing to the plot.
2) Ganglari's explosion. In the original, this explosion was never truly explained (at least not in Conquest or Birthright) but I think it was implied to be the work of Valla. In Conquest Revamped, I've tried to cut out Valla as I believe it adds too many holes to the plot. Ganglari' explosion here was caused by a spell Iago put on the blade as a contingency in case Corrin returned to Hoshido.
3) Ryoma vs. Corrin fight. This was done mostly to nerf the power of Azura's song but this change would have been a nice addition to the map You could've been given control of Ryoma, Hinoka and the others and been told to defeat yourself. I think it would have been a nice twist.
4) Corrin untransformed via Dragonstone. As for Azura, I feel as though she and her song are given too much power over the plot. Here I tried to give Azura a moment to shine but also give a reason behind what is done and explain why there is a Dragonstone on the scene, rather than Azura just having one.
5) Queen Mikoto's barrier. I changed Mikoto's barrier for two reasons. The first being that Hoshido is too nice. Other than his siblings in Nohr, Corrin has no feasible reason to go back. King Garon has been clearly established as evil and Hoshido has been established as just. Here in Revamped, Hoshido is shown to have a couple skeletons in their closet and at least strengthens the argument for Corrin's return. The second reason the barrier was changed was to explain why Hoshidians would start attacking Corrin so I could cut out the Valla soldiers.
6) No Yato. I understand that the protagonist of each Fire Emblem game gets his own personal weapon but Corrin receives his way too easily. It is stated that the Yato chooses its weilder but shouldn't the weilder have to undergo some trial first to earn the blade? Siegfried, Raijinto and the other legendary weapons are implied to be royal family hierlooms in that if Takumi hadn't taken up the bow, Hinoka or Sakura could have wielded the Fujin Yumi instead. The Yato is the only weapon where it is specifically stated that it chooses its user. The Yato will be a part of Revamped, but will be introduced in a later chapter.
And there you have it! Next up is the route split. Remember you too can choose your path. My friend TheThirdRoute has begun work on Revelations Revamped which picks up where I left off here. Be sure to check him out. Happy reading!
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