STEP FIVE: REVELATION
After a difficult choice, Corrin decides to side with neither kingdom. Ryoma and Xander are shocked, but they don't linger on it long. Both send their armies out to capture Corrin, but they don't end up getting the chance. Jakob/Felicia appears and helps Corrin and Azura break through the lines of both kingdoms. They successfully escape but are pursued by both kingdoms. In a panic, the group looks for a place to hide. They eventually stumble upon the border of Valla nearby and end up accidentally falling down the steep incline and down below. Both armies retreat afterwards, but another figure still follows them.
Gunter had seen his liege running from both sides and follows Corrin, Jakob/Felicia, and Azura into the new land. None of them know the true name of this land at first, but they find a piece of paper on the ground that turns out to be a map. It says that the land is known as Valla.
The group doesn't have long to linger on it. A large number of invisible soldiers appear, shocking both Corrin and Azura. They recognize them as similar fighters to the ones who appeared when Mikoto was attacked. The soldiers attack the group, so they fight their way through. Azura and Corrin decide that the attack on Hoshido has something to do with these soldiers and that they must look into it to learn what happened involving the assault on the capital of Hoshido.
The group manages to find a way to get back up to normal land. Corrin figures that they'll have more luck trying to reason with Hoshido, so they go to a fort near the border where Sakura is located. She is accompanied by Yukimura, who is there to protect her from harm alongside her retainers and Kaze. Yukimura is hostile regardless of Corrin's insistence that they are here to make peace. After Yukimura is defeated, Sakura and her retainers exit the fort. Yukimura notes how all the soldiers have been spared, so Corrin explains that it is because they want peace for all. Sakura finds this inspiring and joins, bringing Subaki, Hana, and Kaze along with her.
Sakura advises them to next head to the Wind Tribe where Hinoka went after the fighting. On the way, we get the Mozu paralogue where Corrin's army saves her from an invasion of Faceless. Mozu joins the party to repay the debt.
Next, the group arrives at the Wind Tribe. When they arrive, Hinoka is already gone alongside her retainers. They find Rinkah, Hayato, and Fuga all there, fighting against a group of Faceless. Corrin's army helps them defend the Wind Tribe village from the monsters, gaining Rinkah and Hayato in the process. Fuga stays back to defend the Wind Tribe for the time being from any other Faceless raids.
On the way, the group runs into Takumi and his retainers, who were sent to make peace with Izumo. It is important to note that Takumi does not fall into Valla in this version, so he does not end up possessed or anything of that nature. Takumi is hostile at first, thinking Corrin to be the enemy, but Sakura manages to calm him down. Takumi decides to travel with them, but only to make Sakura happy. He also says that he will be leaving after they make peace with Izumo.
When the group arrives, they find a group of Nohrians present. Iago is leading them. Iago laughs in Corrin's face, saying that Izumo's palace has been taken for Nohr before disappearing. Corrin, refusing to accept this, fights off the Nohrians with Takumi and his retainers. They win the day, defeating the Nohrain general looking over the castle. They find Izana not long after, who says that he had a vision shortly before the castle was taken over. His vision points Corrin to Notre Sagesse. Takumi, impressed with how Corrin was doing leading the army, decides to join instead of leave. The group then makes for Notre Sagesse through the port town nearest them.
On the way, the group finds Saizo, Kagero, Orochi, and Reina surrounded by ninja from Mokushu. The ninja had claimed to be allied with Hoshido before cornering the four and attacking them. Corrin's army saves them from being killed by the daimyo, Kotaro. Saizo defeats the daimyo and says that he has gotten his revenge on the man who kills his father. Kaze convinces him to join Corrin's army alongside the other three. They join the fighting.
Upon arriving at the port town, the group runs into none other than Elise. Elise had secretly snuck away, believing that Corrin wouldn't betray them, to join them. Her retainers are with her. Corrin accepts Elise, Effie, and Arthur onto the team and makes for the boat, but is stopped by Silas, who is leading a fighting force sent by Garon to capture Corrin. Silas is hesitant, but he ends up fighting anyways out of fear that Garon would kill him if he tried to turn his back on Nohr. Among his fighters are Benny and Charlotte. They recognize Elise and decide to join her. Charlotte knows that Elise has rich brothers that might be suitable to marry. Benny just follows Charlotte. After the battle, Silas surrenders and accepts his fate. Corrin allows him to join the army instead, which he does instantly.
The group hops aboard the boat and starts towards Notre Sagesse. Soon after, the water surrounding them is frozen. Camilla, Beruka, Selena, Flora, and Felicia/Jakob (whoever Corrin did not start the game with) reveal themselves to be the culprits behind this. Camilla is leading them under orders from Garon to kill Corrin. The group ends up being defeated by Corrin's fighters. Afterwards, all five of them hop aboard the Corrin train and join the army, leaving behind Nohr.
The army arrives at Notre Sagesse without any other fights. They find the land overwhelmed with invisible soldiers. Corrin and Azura explain that these fighters are their enemy because they are the ones who appeared following the attack on Mikoto. The army fights through them and gain Nyx as an ally on the way. She has come from the Rainbow Sage herself, who told her information about her right to the knife Spectre currently wielded by the Nohrian sorcerer Iago. She tells nobody in the army of this. Nyx acts as a tactician from that point on until Leo joins the army.
After the fight, the Rainbow Sage invites Corrin and Azura up to his room on the top floor. He gives them Yato and Safaia and explains how their enemies are from the kingdom of Valla. He tells them how Valla fell to Nohrian invasion years ago. When the dragon of the land, Anankos, died, a large amount of magic was left behind, suspending the invisible soldiers in a constant state of suffering as they roam around, hoping for revenge and closure to go onto the afterlife. The Rainbow Sage doesn't know who is leading the fighting, as there is nobody who comes to mind as significant enough in Valla to be able to do such a thing. Azura and Corrin thank the Rainbow Sage for the information and depart to share it with their comrades. However, before they go, the Rainbow Sage tells them how the Yato will soon change into something new. After the Yato changes into the Omega Yato, the fully realized Fire Emblem, the group will be close to peace for all nations on Pheyura.
Meanwhile, Yukimura and Hinoka are at the Hoshidan palace with Azama and Setsuna. They are looking over Mikoto, who is recovering from a sickness that struck her after the attack on the castle town. Yukimura and Hinoka briefly leave her bedside to find a bit of medicine for her, but while they are gone, Iago appears in Mikoto's room. He kills her with the knife Spectre. Yukimura and Hinoka walk in after hearing Mikoto scream to see Iago standing above Mikoto's dead body. We get a departure chapter away from Corrin and friends in which the player takes control of Yukimura, Hinoka, Azama, and Setsuna, who take down Iago, who has a small number of Nohrian soldiers with him as backup. Iago ends up warping away, vowing revenge on Hinoka, who he recognizes from the kidnapping incident. Hinoka, realizing who he is upon seeing the scar on his arm before he disappears, takes Azama and Setsuna and leaves the palace, bringing the knife Spectre with her. She says that she has to find one of her siblings and goes to Cheve to find Ryoma.
Sakura next mentions how Ryoma was supposed to be heading towards Cheve to assist the rebels there. Corrin's army sails there next. When they arrive, they find Ryoma, Hinoka, Scarlet, Azama, and Setsuna present. Ryoma and Scarlet are close enough that one might think they were married (if only). Hinoka is telling Ryoma about Mikoto's death. Ryoma is shocked by this news. Corrin appears not long after to gain the alliance of Ryoma and Hinoka. Ryoma, seeing Takumi and Sakura with Corrin, decides to disclose the information about Mikoto's death. Corrin is shocked at this, but they don't have a moment to linger on it.
None other than Leo appears. He was sent by Garon to quell the Chevois rebellion with his retainers. The group fights him and the general leading the Chevois occupation force. Leo decides to join the fighting, trusting the judgement of his sisters, with Niles and Odin at his side. He says that he heard Garon was heading to Nestra to discuss an alliance between Nohr and Nestra. Nestra is where they're most likely to find Xander.
Before they depart, Hinoka tells Ryoma, Takumi, Sakura, and Corrin what she knows about Iago from her multiple encounters with him between Ikona's assasination, the kidnapping, and Mikoto's more recent murder. She pulls out the knife Spectre, which she had brought with her. Corrin decides to take it to keep Hinoka from panicking over it. Nyx offers to take it off Corrin's hands, which Corrin allows, unaware that Nyx wanted it because it is biologically hers.
The group travels to Nestra to meet with Xander and hopefully get him on their side. When they arrive, they find Nestra burning. Kaden and Keaton are found together, badly burned after exiting the opera house They explain that Garon was there to discuss an alliance with the duke of Nestra, though it didn't end up working out that way. Garon attacked the duke after he refused the alliance, killing him. He had the Nohrians decide to burn Nestra to the ground in his anger.
A group of Nohrians recognize the traitors of the crown, Camilla, Leo, and Elise, and attack. Xander appears during the fight with Laslow and Peri. He says that his father's ruthless burning of Nestra is nothing short of dreadful and that he can no longer stand for it. He decides to switch to Corrin's army, bringing his retainers with him. The army defeats the Nohrian fighters.
Now with a sufficient fighting force and all the royals on their side, Corrin has the army head for the Vallite border. Before the group slides down into Valla, three other fighters appear. Izana, Yukimura, and Fuga decide to lend their blades to Corrin after trusting that their homes are left in good hands. They all want the war to end to keep further harm from coming to the people of Izumo, Hoshido, and the Wind Tribe respectively. Corrin allows them on board and the group slides down into the canyon.
However, once the group arrives down in Valla, Hans appears. He and Iago had grown suspicious of Xander's disappearance and trailed after the group. Iago and Garon are close behind Hans, set to arrive soon. Hans sends an axe at Ryoma, intending to kill him, but Scarlet jumps in the way and is knocked unconscious. She's not dead because that would be a ridiculous plot device that wouldn't be sensible to anyone. Angered, the group fights him and defeats him.
Iago arrives next, ready to kill the army. He notices Hinoka among the fighters and proclaims that he's finally going to kill the pesky child who wounded him so many years ago. Reflective of years before, Hinoka shoots an arrow at him, but this time, it's from Warrior Princess and impales him right through the chest. Bye, Iago.
Suddenly, the Yato begins to glow. With all of the weapons of the dragons fighting alongside one another instead of against each other, the Yato is reacting. The Yato changes into the Omega Yato. Corrin recalls what the Rainbow Sage told them and recognizes the Omega Yato for what it is, the one and only Fire Emblem, the symbol of peace in the world.
The group cannot stare at the blade in awe for long, though. Garon appears and fights the group with a faction of invisible soldiers. Azura figures that he's under the same influence of the invisible soldiers from the mysterious figure in Valla the Rainbow Sage brought up. The group fights Garon and he dies, disappearing into purple fire as he passes on. Xander and his siblings say farewell to their father but are glad that he is freed from whatever influence was controlling him. Scarlet wakes up afterwards and decides to join the fighting once again. Ryoma expresses happiness that she is safe. They may or may not share a kiss at this moment. Add it in or don't depending on your ships.
The army next encounters a man who bears much resemblance to Azura. Unbeknownst to the army, it is none other than Azura's birth father, Rivalis. Seeing him as the enemy, the army fights him and defeats him. Rivalis is freed from his possession in his final moments and says farewell to his daughter. Azura gasps in surprise but is unable to get any other bits of information from him before he too disappears into the purple fire.
Next, the group fights the possessed Katarina. Xander recognizes her as his mother while nobody else knows her. He knows that she is not herself and allows the others to fight her. Her army is made up of the many concubines who passed away in the concubine wars, including the mothers of Camilla, Leo, and Elise. Katarina bids her son farewell when she is defeated and passes on and into the afterlife. Xander says goodbye and vows to defeat whoever brought her back to suffer in this way. The other three go through the same rite with their mothers before the group presses on.
Ikona is the next possessed being that the group encounters. Hinoka ends up breaking down upon seeing her mother again after her assassination. Ikona, however, ignores her and commands her invisible soldiers to fight the army. After she is defeated and snapped out of her trance, Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi, and Sakura bid farewell to the mother that they barely knew growing up. Ikona says that she's proud of what they've become before vanishing.
Similar to how the previous three people were fought, Arete appears and is thrown into battle with Corrin's army. Azura recognizes her mother and is torn to see her alive again following her suicide. After Arete is defeated, she tells Azura the truth about her past involving Rivalis. Arete reveals that Azura is the heir to Valla now that she is gone. She also apologizes to Azura for leaving her when she was so young. Azura cries in her mother's arms before Arete disappears. Azura composes herself and insists that the army move forward, but Corrin confronts her alone. Corrin helps Azura with her grief regarding her mother's death and consoles her. Azura thanks them for it and promises to pay them back after the war has ended.
Sumeragi resides just outside the palace. The Hoshidan siblings are surprised to see him but know that they must fight him regardless. He is no longer himself, now a puppet of whoever is controlling them all. Sumeragi is defeated. Before passing on, he muses on how his children are so grown up now. He smiles to them before vanishing. The Hoshidan siblings push the army ever onward to defeat who was doing this.
Mikoto is on the bottom floor of the palace with another faction of invisible soldiers. She says that she regrets having to see so many of her children on the other side of the battlefield, but she fights on due to her controlled status. Once she and her soldiers are defeated, Mikoto tells Corrin of their past. She explains how Corrin was born to her and Thalone. After her death, Mikoto learned how Thalone was the reincarnation of Anankos, the dragon of Valla. She tells Corrin this as well as how Corrin is royalty of Valla through her since she is the sister of Arete. Thalone's power has corrupted him and left him a shell of his former self obsessed with revenge against the people who hurt the Vallites so. Finally, Mikoto explains how she learned Lilith and Corrin are siblings through Thalone, which shocks Corrin. She says goodbye to her children and niece before vanishing.
Finally, Thalone appears. Since he hasn't seen Corrin in so long, he doesn't even recognize them. He absorbs the power of his defeated soldiers and regains his most powerful form, that of the true Anankos as a dragon. The Nohrians recognize his human form as being with Garon from time to time, likely because Garon was under his influence. With no other choice, the group goes into battle to defeat Thalone once and for all.
The army first defeats Anankos' dragon form before moving on to the human version. After Thalone is defeated, he realizes his wrongs and how he was consumed by revenge. He tells Laslow, Selena, Odin, and Lilith how thankful he is that they helped him out before. He also tells his two children, Lilith and Corrin, how glad he is that they're grown and happy. He sheds a single tear before dying, leaving Valla without a god like Hoshido and Nohr.
We skip to see Corrin being dubbed the ruler of Valla by Azura. Valla will take much time to recover from the disastrous state it was left in for so long, but Corrin is up to the challenge. Corrin vows to make the land into something new and better and to restore the land to its former glory.
Ryoma and Xander, now kings of their countries, vow to help Corrin restore their country to how it had once been before the war. Peace is established between all countries of the continent. An effort to rebuild Nestra goes into effect. Scarlet helps Cheve to recover. Rinkah returns to Aulane to help rule over the Flame Tribe. Izana goes back to Izumo to rule his land as well. Kohga is established once more with Shura leading it. Mokushu is given to Kagero, who allows it to be an independent Hoshidan territory similar to the Wind Tribe. Notre Sagesse continues to be ruled over by the peaceful Rainbow Sage.
As for Nohr and Hoshido, a peace contract is forged that keeps the countries both satisfied. Nohr receives the food that it has needed for so many years but never got. Hoshido becomes closer with Nohr than ever. Valla begins to thrive after a few years of rebuilding.
Everyone seems to be happy. Nobody in the army has died and peace now rules over the land as the war rebuilding effort begins.
You have followed through to the end of the path of silence and blood. In any other situation, you would wonder how things would be if your initial choice had been different. However, now, you feel like it couldn't have gone better.