Sorry for the delays and all that, I've been studying for my Driver's written test.
I'm getting a learners permit because I cannot drive, hell I never drove before my Driver's Ed class back in highschool.
Anyway I'm writing today because the urge has grown too strong... See you at the end of the chapter.
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[Irwin's P.O.V.]
The problem of knowing about a Nohrian oversea's attack, not including how I can't give an early warning without raising too many questions? Not knowing when it will happen.
So for the time being I was below deck, simply walking around to pass the time...
Well at least until I bumped into someone.
"Oh jeez, sorry." I said not yet looking at who I bumped into, "I wasn't paying much attention to- Anna?"
Yes folks, Anna was here, on the same boat as Corrin and the rest of our rag tag group.
"Hey there Irwin." Anna greeted, okay so this is an Anna I know... what are the odds of that? "Glad I found you, my supplier asked me to give you a little something. Free of charge." Anna did not sound too happy about that last bit.
Either way Anna held out a card to me, and I took it and looked at it, nearly dropping it when I saw the picture on the card.
On the card was the picture of a blue eyed woman with long blonde hair over a metallic headband, she wore a long blue cloak with a high collar over her shoulders, opened to reveal a light violet shirt that held to her figure by it's tightness alone, she had grey bracers on her hands. And though it wasn't shown on the card, I knew she wore dark violet pants held to her by a gold buckled belt and and knife sheath on her right thigh, and knee high grey boots.
This was Heather of Crimea, the Alluring Rouge.
Flipping the card I saw her stats.
[Heather Lvl 7]
[Tellian Rouge (Teir 2)]
[HP: 32]
[Str: 15]
[Mag: 9]
[Skl: 21]
[Spd: 25]
[Lck: 16]
[Def: 10]
[Res: 14]
[Weapon(1)- Kard (Tellian): MT- 4, High Crit]
[Weapon(2)- Steel Knife (Tellian): Mt-4, Range: 1-2]
I honestly couldn't help but smile at having an Einherjar card of Heather.
Let me explain, in Radiant Dawn Heather was the second Rouge recruitable, the first being Sothe. Unlike Sothe however, Heather is not an Oifey Archetype (A person who joins with high stats, but have growth rates that make them not as useful as other units, but still plenty usable throughout the adventure) Nor is she limited to gain her Whisperer promotion by Yune which held back Sothe's offensive use somewhat.
Furthermore Heather was built more into Speed and Luck than Sothe, making her the more evasive of the two... And the more Crit crazy one.
Still though, I know we're going to start running into second Tier opponents now, starting with the Berserker's if I recall correctly, and Flora... But this is just a little of the overkill side of things as of right now...
Oh who am I kidding, there's no such thing as overkill, especially with a Kard... It might not be as good as the Stiletto, but it's like a mini Killer Dagger... However a Tellian Dagger isn't built like a Nohrian Dagger and isn't meant to be thrown, those are Tellian Knives meant to do that job, meaning if I summon Heather she'll have to get in close to attack.
"Tell you'rs supplier I said thanks." I said putting the card away, "Now... what have you got for sale?"
Anna smiled as she pulled out a bundle of leather from... somewhere, and rolled it out, revealing an assortment of swords, axes, lances, bows, and tomes.
"Here's what I have at the moment." Anna said smiling.
Looking at the weapons I was a little underwhelmed by what I could afford... That's not to mean she had bad weapons though, I mean if I could afford it at Anna's prices I'd buy myself and Mozu the Steel Great lances she had in a heart beat.
They're only supposed to be 1,120 gold but Anna's gone and inflated it to 2,000... although now that I think about it I don't think Mozu is ready to use a Steel Greatlance.
However I then spotted something I think Corrin might like... seeing as she still uses the Wind Edge from time to time.
The sword looked almost exactly like the Wind Edge, only it had a green tinted blade.
[Storm Sword: MT- 12]
[Range: 1-2]
A step up from the Wind Edge, the Storm Sword is double the might of the Wind Edge... and double the skill required, but Corrin's already proven skilled enough to use it, according to Selena, and I'll take her word for it, she did fight in a war before this one after all.
The Price however was 3,000 Gold, (Which is actually 1,000 less than it is in Tellius but I'm not telling that to Anna) so with the 4690 Gold I have for my personal use... it's either me or Corrin who get's a new weapon as everything else is either too expensive or not worth the money...
"I'll take this one." I said handing Anna the money while picking up the weapon I chose.
"Thank you very much~" Anna said with a smile.
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I didn't take too long after that for it to get really cold... Crap that means Flora's here.
This was further confirmed when the boat violently shook.
"I gotta get up top, fast." I muttered pulling out my Killer Lance and beginning my way to the top of the ship.
Only to be stopped when a trio of Berserkers broke down one of the doors in front of me.
"Oh you have GOT to be joking." I grumbled lifting my shield while I checked one of them.
[Berserker Lvl 1]
[HP: 33/33, Str: 11, Def: 12]
[Weapon: Hand Axe- MT:7]
Okay... this could be an issue... Sure I can take them all on individuallly, but it's three on one... Wait.
I smirked as I drew the Einherjar card Anna gave me and threw it to the ground next to me. If Nohr want's to throw Tier 2's at me I'll throw a Tier 2 at them.
If a white pillar of light the Einherjar Card Anna gave me was replaced by the Alluring Rouge herself, Heather, her Kard at the ready.
[OST: Radiant Dawn: On Glory's Wings]
"These odd's look a bit better." I said smirking.
[Heather Lvl 7]
[HP: 32/32, Str 15, Def: 10]
[Weapon: Kard- MT: 4]
[Irwin: Lvl 12]
[HP: 33/33, Str: 14, Def: 16]
[Weapon: Killer Lance- MT: 7]
Heather was the first to be attacked by a Berserker, however she made a graceful leap that was a full on backflip with a twirl before landing on her feet and dashing forward at a speed that would make a Ninja jealous, landing a sudden strike on the side of the Berserker and costing him 7 HP.
Then while he was still stumbling backwards Heather let of a golden glow as she smirked.
Faster than the eye could see, Heather leapt up and past the Berserker. leaving a deep cut, followed by another leap that landed her in front of him with a downward slash, then she flashed back next to me as a third cut appeared on the Berserkers chest, which resulted in him taking 21 damage.
"Wha- What the?" The Berseker cried out.
I took this chance to finish him off with a quick stab with my Lance, finishing him off.
[+50 EXP]
"Who's next?" I taunted.
The second and third Berserker charged us with their hand axes raised.
I ducked under the swing on the one targeting me and quickly slashed him for 9 damage, right before Heather jumped in and stabbed him in the back for an extra 7 damage before jumping back to avoid the swing of the third one.
"Night night!" I shouted as a golden glow coated me, followed with me making a pair of slashes in a spin, dealing 27 damage, enough to finish him.
[+50 EXP]
[Level up!]
[HP+1]
[STR+1]
[SKl+1]
[DEF+1]
'Good boost.' I thought with a grin.
[+50 EXP]
I blinked and looked over to see that Heather had taken out the third Berserker.
"I love Tellius classes." I said smirking.
"We'd better get to the top of the ship though." Heather said, surprising me because I wasn't expecting the Einherjar to talk... but whatever, she's right.
[OST End]
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Once I reached the deck I looked around to see what was going on.
Beruka was riding with Kaze over the iced over sea, taking out opponents from the air with Kaze's Shuriken, Subaki and Selena were making fly-by strikes at whoever was dumb enough to leave themselves open... And Camilla was a full on nightmare of fire as she flew across the skies.
Finally I noticed Corrin slashing down a Tribalist Dark Mage with the Yato, her Wind Edge knocked aside.
"Corrin!" I shouted running toward her as a Fighter did the same.
At that moment Heather Pulled out her Steel Knife, glowed yellow, threw her knife into the air before catching and throwing it with pinpoint accuracy, taking the Fighter down with 33 Damage.
[+21 EXP]
"Wha- Irwin!" Corrin called out running over to me, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Corrin." I said as Corrin gave me a surprise hug, causing me to jump a bit, "I met Anna down below and her supplier wanted to give me an Einherjar card."
"I'm guessing this woman's the one on the card?" Corrin asked... I'll have to ask how she know's about those later.
"Yeah, this is Heather, a Crimean Rouge." I introduce.
"Pleasure to meet you your highness." Heather said with a wink... Oh right, I forgot Heather was a lesbian.
"Right..." Corrin said blinking, shifting away ever so slightly, then she looked over to her Wind Edge.
"Don't worry too much about the Wind Edge." I said smiling, "I got you an upgrade."
With that I pulled out the Storm Sword and held it out to Corrin.
Corrin smiled and took the sword and drew it, "Thank you Irwin." Corrin said before returning to her 'Leader' mode, "Irwin, Flora's attacking us under King Garon's orders."
"That explains why it's so cold." I muttered, then I noticed someone had already raised an ice bridge to Flora's ship, "Need an escort?" I asked.
"Or two?" Heather added.
Corrin nodded, "Yes, please." She said.
I smiled, "Let's go then." I said as we started to run toward the ice bridge, with me grabbing the Wind Edge as I passed it.
Looking around for a bit I noticed Subaki and Selena flying close by, Corrin noticed this and handed me the Wind Edge's sheath.
"Selena!" I shouted, catching her's and Subaki's attention, "Catch!"
With that I threw the sheathed weapon at Selena, who caught it with practiced ease and sheathed her previous sword to draw the Wind Edge.
Upon reaching the ship Flora was on we noticed that it was just her that wasn't in combat.
"I can't afford to show you mercy." Flora said as we approached, while she drew her Steel Dagger, "My Tribe need's me to hold nothing back. Are you prepared to die? I'll freeze you all."
"That is just way too dark a tone from a maid." I muttered.
"Irwin." Corrin said with her eyes closed, "If you don't mind... I'd like to do this myself."
I took a quick look at the stats of the two.
[Corrin Lvl 11]
[HP: 22/22, Str: 15, Def: 11]
[Weapon: Storm Sword- MT: 12]
[Flora Lvl 3]
[HP: 28/28, Str: 17, Def: 11]
[Weapon: Steel Dagger- MT: 7]
Okay so making the quick calculations... Corrin does 16 damage per hit, while Flora does 13... it really a matter of who hits more often.
"Alright." I said, "But if things are looking dicey I'm jumping in."
Corrin smiled as she drew the Storm Sword, getting a look of surprise from Flora.
"I've never seen a sword like that before." Flora mused.
"It's a weapon from Irwin's homeland." Corrin said, just before she swung the Storm Sword, sending out a slash of wind toward Flora.
Flora, to her credit, jumped out of the way of the attack and threw her Steel Dagger at Corrin.
At this point Corrin drew partially upon her Dragon form, growing her antler-like horns to deflect the dagger and slash once again with the Storm Sword.
This time Flora was struck by the wind slash and skidded back, now she was looking at the Storm sword with much more weariness.
Flora ran in toward Corrin and slashed at her with her dagger.
However one thing I can say is that Corrin has not slacked off in her training, as she intercepted the dagger strike with the Storm Sword, and headbutted Flora with her antlers to knock her down, followed by Corrin pointing the tip of the Storm Sword to Flora's neck.
Flora seemed to realize she was beaten, as she slid her dagger over to Heather, who kicked it into her hands.
"How..." Flora breathed, "Could I let this happen... I'm sorry."
At that time I noticed that everyone else had finished off the rest of the Tribalists and were now converging on our location.
"You've won Corrin..." Flora said, "Now then, what do you plan on doing with me?"
Corrin closed her eyes, "Come with us." Corrin offered.
Flora's eye's went wide as she stared into Corrin's, "Lady Corrin..."
Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that Takumi was about to say something, but Selena stabbed his foot with the Sheathed Wind Edge, preemtively shutting him up... And giving me a small satisfying smirk.
"I'm sorry Lady Corrin." Flora said as tears appeared in her eye's, "But I can't come with you... I can't abandon the Ice Tribe."
I looked back at the men we had fought, "Err... Sorry about your troops in that case." I said.
Flora shook her head, "No need to apologize Irwin." Flora said, "Those men were loyal to Garon, they'd have rather committed suicide than fail the mission and live."
That caused Camilla's face to turn into a grimace, along with almost everyone else.
"Are you certain?" Corrin asked, "About your tribe?"
Flora nodded, "My father, along with the rest of the tribe, are still in danger." Flora said, "They may be in hiding, but I want to check up on them."
At that moment a falcon's screech filled the air, looking up we all noticed a falcon land on the deck next to use, a letter in it's beak. Flora took the letter from the beak of the bird and opening it, Flora began to read out loud.
"To the daughter of Kilma." Flora read, "You have yet to meet me, my name is Merdia, I have encountered your fellow tribesmen and have henceforth taken them to a safe location far from Garon's clutches. They are currently hold up with the Hoshidan Wind Tribe, a privilege I won for them. They are safe from Garon's grasp. I also have a request from your father, he has heard of Corrin from Fuga and has asked you to join her in her cause as soon as you are able to. You're free to write a response to him and have this falcon deliver it for you."
Flora closed the letter as tears began to spill from her eyes.
'Merdia...' I thought, 'Just who are you and how did you find the Ice Tribe? And how long ago did you find them?'
Shaking my head I looked back to see Corrin and Flora were hugging each other happily, Flora still crying though.
"W-wait, lady Corrin, Sister!" A familiar voice called out... followed by a familiar crashing sound.
"Was that..." Camilla started.
"I... Think so." I admitted.
Sure enough a minute later Felicia came running out from below the ship, "Oh no, please tell me I manage to stop the fighting." Felicia cried out.
"Er..." Corrin gapped, "We're not fighting right now?" She answered unsurely.
"Oh no that means you did fight!" Felicia cried out, "Are either of you hurt?"
Flora smiled, "Nothing I can't recover from." Flora said smiling, but then her expression turned serious, "But what are you doing here Felicia?"
"I heard what King Garon was ordering you to do, so I snuck aboard to try and stop you and Lady Corrin from fighting." Felicia said, "But I... got stuck in the barrel I was hiding in."
That caused a sweat drop to roll down the back of my head... which also seemed to be Heather's cue to turn back into an Einherjar card, which I quickly shoved back into my inventory.
Corrin then began to ask Flora if she knew anything about Dragons, meanwhile I went over to the side of the ship we were originally on, where Selena and Rinkah were resting.
"Thanks for tossing this to me Irwin." Selena said holding up the Wind Edge, "But... This was Lady Corrin's sword right?"
"Yep." I said, "You can ask her if you can keep it if you want."
"Heh." Rinkah chuckled, "I'll say this, you Tellius folk do have decent weaponry."
"Thanks Rinks." I said ignoring Rinkah's growl, "Um... You don't think you could melt this any faster could you? I'm not sure if Gunter's Horse and Subaki's Pegasus have grown their winter coats in just yet."
"True." Selena said, "After the battle I saw Subaki throwing blankets on his Pegasus."
"If I were to make a flame that big we'd need to burn a boat." Rinkah said, "This one if we were trying to get this one to move forward."
"Can we not talk about burning boats please?" Selena asked, "It brings up some... memories."
However her eye's betrayed her thoughts, the memories weren't normal ones, they were sad memories of the Ylissian Tactician Robin... who gave their life to permanently destroy the Fell Dragon Grima.
Boy I wonder if I'll find out if Robin was a man or a woman in this continuity.
"Sure." Rinkah said walking away.
I was about to walk away to, until I noticed something.
Apparently between now and the battle, Selena had pulled out a sucker and was now idly sucking on said candy.
"What's with the candy?" I asked.
Selena looked at me for a moment before she noticed the candy in her mouth, "I inherited my fathers sweet tooth." She said flatly, "Of all the things I got from him it had to be his sweet tooth."
I raised my eyebrow at that, but now I knew who Selena, A.K.A. Severa's father was.
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Okay so I actually meant to get this out yesterday...
But for the love of all things holy no one in this house would go to sleep and they were murdering the internet making it really hard to write.
Anyway I hope you've enjoyed this chapter and I've got two things to say.
1: Yes, Selena will eventually start using skills she inherited from her parents... and now you know who her father is.
2: And yes, Tellius characters will be appearing as Einherjar, and there will be more... especially in the Children Paralouges.
Speaking of Einherjar, I was originally planning to have Meg appear as the Einherjar Iwrin got... but when I looked back on it, Meg was really hard to level up in Radiant Dawn, it didn't help that she was a more speed focused Sword Armor that appeared on a chapter involving a battle against Laguz, but she was really tough to level up without using Bonus Experience to give her cheap levels... not to mention you pretty much just replace her after you get a General two chapters after you get her.
Heather on the other hand is much easier to level up and that makes her just that more viable as a long term ally.
Anyway I gotta go, see you all soon.
