Seth and Eirika Ride to Frelia at Night

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Romance... with an injured soldier and a very worried princess. And a horse.

Romance… with an injured soldier and a very worried princess. And a horse.

This occurs shortly after the previous picture. Seth was badly hurt, but still managed to whip around, pick up Eirika, and ride away. Valter didn’t follow.
After defeating some random bandits out to capture the princess, the two ride to the neighbouring kingdom of Frelia. Eirika’s best friend Princess Tana lives there. Ephraim’s rival Prince Innes lives there too. And that’s where Eirika’s father, King Fado, wanted her to go. So off they ride without pause through the night. The dots are stars. I rather like this picture; it’s quite good, not counting the tiny arms and hands and the terrible legs.

Eirika’s really beautiful.

It’s hard to draw Seth. He has such distinctive hair that is hard to get right.

And Eirika’s not in love with Seth. Yet.

Y’know, FE 8 has such distinctive colours (although L’Arachel’s hair is honeybrown, not green!) and the sprites (and characters) are so unique compared to the others, FE8 is really a joy to play and a wonder to behold. I love it.

Not even counting the romance!

Prologue: The Fall of Renais

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Chapter 1: The Escape

 

Prologue: The Fall of Renais

My name is Eirika, Princess of Renais, daughter of Fado and twin sister of Ephraim, the crown prince. I have turquoise hair and matching eyes, which, eyes being eyes, seem to have a higher content of blue. At least, that’s what my maidservant tells me. I wear long red boots, a short white dress, a red tunic over that, a short white cloak, and red gloves, and in troubled times like today, yellow armour. On the breastplate is embossed the royal crest of Renais. On my left hand I wear my most precious possession: a bracelet that my father gave to me.

My father’s kingdom was under attack from our good friends of Grado. This bizarre atrocity had been continuing for less than a week, but our provinces fell swiftly and our very castle was, at the moment, beseiged. To compound my worries, my dear brother was missing. He’d gone off to fight Grado as soon as the first word came…

I raced down the stairs from my chambers and into the throne room.

My father was giving instructions to General Seth, the youngest of our paladins at age 22, five years older than I. His mare, Altha, pawed the tiles nervously. Something bad was happening; horses were allowed in the throne room, but only in the most dire of need.

“You must see her safely to Frelia,” my father commanded, and I knew instantly he was speaking of me. Frelia was another neighbouring kingdom.

“Yes, Sire,” Seth answered, bowing his head. Then, he glanced up and looked at me. Continue reading →

Seth Defends Eirika

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Lances beat swords. Who will win this fight? Oh well, it's dramatic tension.

Lances beat swords. Who will win this fight? Oh well, it’s dramatic tension.

This is from the very beginning of Fire Emblem 8: The Sacred Stones, which is a stand-alone in the Fire Emblem series. It follows the quest of Princess Eirika (above, left) of Renais, her twin brother Ephraim, the Commander of Renais – his name is Seth, and he’s the guy getting skewered – don’t worry, it’s not lethal – and various other folks. Eirika is a gentle soul but a great fencer, Ephraim is a super-cool lanceman, and Seth is the first Jeigan character (old, ugly, EXP hog, and useless stats) to be young, handsome, and have useful stats! He’s still an experience point hog at the beginning, but only because he begins as a powerful unit whereas Princess Eirika is level 1.

In this picture, the insane enemy general Valter Moonstone is intent on capturing the terrified princess, but dutiful Seth charges to the rescue. The swirls on the right are more wyverns – dragonlike creatures – and the smoke behind the hill is the burning of Castle Renais.

Also, this means I should start posting my super-sappy Eirika story. Here.

Kuuichi

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Water/fox demon boy with light and plant magic!

Water/fox demon boy with light and plant magic!

Uhh… This is the son of Kurama and Rinako. Here he’s about ten years old. Left is his human, red-haired, school-uniformed, blue-eyed body, and on the right is his long-red-haired, golden-eyed, fox-tailed, fin-eared demon form, which can use both plant magic like his father and elementary light magic like his mother. (shrug) He also sings like an angel and is terribly innocent.

Some sort of adventure story could be told about him… Kurama is trapped in the demon world, and Kuuichi must go to “Uncle Yuusuke” and “Aunt Keiko”, with their three kids, to learn how to master his powers. Rinako is not a disciplined teacher, except in music. So he goes off and defeats massively powerful enemies in his quest to free his father.

Also, Prince Koenma is really handsome, and Botan looks good with him, but I never drew a picture of them. Darn.

People in my Head

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Fair lassies, one plain lass, and an extra lad

Fair lassies, one plain lass, and an extra lad

This is a picture of all the people who were living in a vivacious – er, lively-ish – fashion in my head at this time. L-R Lyra, the High Elf maiden who made Mengil into a good guy, but she looks more like Esgalwen than the girl next to her, Esgalwen. You can tell who’s who because Esgalwen has a dress with lots of pleats and she has a locket around her neck. Lakia stands next to her. Sitting are Rinako, who looks especially good here, and Salir, who you might remember is Sain’s girlfriend in my story. Up on the tree branch is a girl named Cassandra, with bright red hair and raggedy clothes from living on a deserted planet. The two Hylians are again talking, Raelle and Rana, and Raelle has her nice hair again. Ceniro wanted to be included, but my first attempt looked more like my amusing double bass player friend Anthony.

Rinako

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Rinako to the rescue!

Rinako to the rescue!

Rinako, in two neat outfits. Her school uniform is the upper one, I think, or maybe that’s her ‘hanging around town’ outfit. In Japan, her school outfit would probably not be a monochrome suit like the guys of Yu Yu Hakusho, it would more likely be a kawaii seifuku. Bottom is her ‘save the world’ martial arts outfit. I tried to make her look like she’s dashing off, but it didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted it it. My hands are also too small. I have since learned (and tried to do, with limited success) that hands cover the same area as the face.

Oh, yeah. Also Rinako has light brown hair and light blue eyes.