Chapter 1: This game doesn't want any of your silly prologue nonsense
Once upon a time, humans and dragons were friends and lived happily together and shared picnics and everything was pretty great. Then humans had to go be a bunch of jerks and they started a war against the dragons known as The Scouring. Even though dragons were super big and hella powerful, somehow humans ended up winning the war and kicked the dragons out to a different realm. About a thousand years or so, give or take a decade or two, has passed since then...
Without the dragons to hinder them, humans spread all around the continent of Elibe. The country of Etruria was founded in the west. They're kind of the France of the FE world and are known for their refined culture and high fashion. In the east is the country of Bern, pragmatic and with the largest military. Together, they are the most powerful nations, but there are some small losers scattered about, like Lycia. The Lycian League is actually a group of independently run territories each governed by a Marquess. Ilia to the far north is nothing but snow and mercenaries. Sacae is home to a bunch of nomads and generally minds its own business.
Everything was cool for a while, until King Robin of Bern decided to be a jerk and conquer all of Elibe. Bern's powerful military might effectively slaughtered the people of Sacae and Ilia as easy as squashing a gnat. Their next target is Lycia. They first targeted the border territory of Pherae, home of Lord Green, the noble born son of Marquess Eliwood of Pherae. Green happened to be chilling out in Ostia at the time, but his dad was very ill, so he called his son back home to help lead Pherae's soldiers in defense against Bern. On the other hand Athena, daughter of Marquess Hector of Ostia, just so happened to be visiting Eliwood in Pherae, so bad luck for her.
Green heads off towards his home armed with some soldiers to help protect him. He also brings with him Bors, a shitacular Ostian knight who wants to make sure Athena is safe. So begins our tale in Pherae...
I watched out the window as Jabber rode forward to the southwest where Green would hopefully show up soon. Suddenly, they arrived; not only Green himself, but a small collection of soldiers were with him, just enough for a nice opening chapter to start off the game.
Green and his knights rushed forward into the waiting arms of the bandits. DNA took a side route to warn a local village while Green and Jabber took care of the brunt of the fighting, slowly pushing their way towards the castle. Jabber lured units forward and whittled down there HP for Green to finish off. Eventually they made it to the castle which was guarded by the bandit's leader. DNA took the first few hits to soften him up for Green to take down and then seize the point.
Without the dragons to hinder them, humans spread all around the continent of Elibe. The country of Etruria was founded in the west. They're kind of the France of the FE world and are known for their refined culture and high fashion. In the east is the country of Bern, pragmatic and with the largest military. Together, they are the most powerful nations, but there are some small losers scattered about, like Lycia. The Lycian League is actually a group of independently run territories each governed by a Marquess. Ilia to the far north is nothing but snow and mercenaries. Sacae is home to a bunch of nomads and generally minds its own business.
Everything was cool for a while, until King Robin of Bern decided to be a jerk and conquer all of Elibe. Bern's powerful military might effectively slaughtered the people of Sacae and Ilia as easy as squashing a gnat. Their next target is Lycia. They first targeted the border territory of Pherae, home of Lord Green, the noble born son of Marquess Eliwood of Pherae. Green happened to be chilling out in Ostia at the time, but his dad was very ill, so he called his son back home to help lead Pherae's soldiers in defense against Bern. On the other hand Athena, daughter of Marquess Hector of Ostia, just so happened to be visiting Eliwood in Pherae, so bad luck for her.
Green heads off towards his home armed with some soldiers to help protect him. He also brings with him Bors, a shitacular Ostian knight who wants to make sure Athena is safe. So begins our tale in Pherae...
<Merlinus> Lord Eliwood! Bandits are attacking! :<
<Eliwood> So I can see out the window. Damn and blast! If only it weren't for this stupid illness, I would go out there and slaughter them myself. I got up to 20/20 last game, you know.
<Athena> Lord Eliwood? What's going on?
<Eliwood> Go hide, Athena. Bandits are coming and there's a very good chance they'll break into the castle with our soldiers out defending against Bern.
<Athena> I can help fight too, you know!
<Eliwood> I'm sure you could, sweet thing, but your dad would have my head on a platter if anything happened to you, so I need to make sure to keep you out of harm's way. We just need to sit tight and wait for Green to come save the day. In fact... Merlinus, why don't you send a messenger out to him, make sure he's hurrying along.
<Merlinus> Sure, I'll send Jabber out.
<Eliwood> So I can see out the window. Damn and blast! If only it weren't for this stupid illness, I would go out there and slaughter them myself. I got up to 20/20 last game, you know.
<Athena> Lord Eliwood? What's going on?
<Eliwood> Go hide, Athena. Bandits are coming and there's a very good chance they'll break into the castle with our soldiers out defending against Bern.
<Athena> I can help fight too, you know!
<Eliwood> I'm sure you could, sweet thing, but your dad would have my head on a platter if anything happened to you, so I need to make sure to keep you out of harm's way. We just need to sit tight and wait for Green to come save the day. In fact... Merlinus, why don't you send a messenger out to him, make sure he's hurrying along.
<Merlinus> Sure, I'll send Jabber out.
I watched out the window as Jabber rode forward to the southwest where Green would hopefully show up soon. Suddenly, they arrived; not only Green himself, but a small collection of soldiers were with him, just enough for a nice opening chapter to start off the game.
<Green> Ohhey, Jabber. 'Sup?
<Jabber> Urgent news, milord! Bandits are attacking the castle! :<
<Green> Ohshi- is my dad okay? D:
<Bors> And Lady Athena?
<Jabber> Yes, they're both inside the castle, but please hurry!
<DNA> Jabber's right. We need to get rid of these bandits and get to the castle as soon as possible.
<Green> Alright. Let's go! :3
<Jabber> Urgent news, milord! Bandits are attacking the castle! :<
<Green> Ohshi- is my dad okay? D:
<Bors> And Lady Athena?
<Jabber> Yes, they're both inside the castle, but please hurry!
<DNA> Jabber's right. We need to get rid of these bandits and get to the castle as soon as possible.
<Green> Alright. Let's go! :3
Green and his knights rushed forward into the waiting arms of the bandits. DNA took a side route to warn a local village while Green and Jabber took care of the brunt of the fighting, slowly pushing their way towards the castle. Jabber lured units forward and whittled down there HP for Green to finish off. Eventually they made it to the castle which was guarded by the bandit's leader. DNA took the first few hits to soften him up for Green to take down and then seize the point.
<Green> Dad! Athena! I'm so glad to see you're safe. <3
<Athena> We're very happy to see you, too.
<Green> How are you feeling, dad?
<Eliwood> Eh, you know. Anyway, I'll spare you the long form narration. You know what's going on right?
<Green> Yeah, yeah, Bern's invading everyone and you want me to lead Pherae's soldiers because you're sick.
<Eliwood> Sorry to interrupt your studies, but I figured, you know, survival was more important.
<Green> Oh, yeah, totes.
<Athena> Let me help, too! I have good magics. :3
<Eliwood> Sorry, Athena, you're not supposed to join until Chapter 8. You'll have to head back to Ostia for now.
<Athena> But but but... :<
<Eliwood> No butts. Since your dad is leading Ostia's army, you need to cover the throne for him while he's gone anyway.
<Athena> Fiiiine~ But I refuse to take Bors back with me because he sucks. Green can keep him.
<Green> Uh, thanks, I guess.
<Eliwood> Anybutts, Pherae doesn't exactly have a whole lot of soldiers, so I've hired some mercenaries to help you out. We didn't actually draft any of the units, so you won't get much long-term use out of them, but they might be nice in a pinch until you start getting some more drafted characters. You do get Merlinus, though, to help you deal with inventory management and stuff.
<Green> Alright, that should be fine. We got this.
<Athena> Take care, Green!
<Green> You too! See you in Chapter 8, I guess.
<Athena> We're very happy to see you, too.
<Green> How are you feeling, dad?
<Eliwood> Eh, you know. Anyway, I'll spare you the long form narration. You know what's going on right?
<Green> Yeah, yeah, Bern's invading everyone and you want me to lead Pherae's soldiers because you're sick.
<Eliwood> Sorry to interrupt your studies, but I figured, you know, survival was more important.
<Green> Oh, yeah, totes.
<Athena> Let me help, too! I have good magics. :3
<Eliwood> Sorry, Athena, you're not supposed to join until Chapter 8. You'll have to head back to Ostia for now.
<Athena> But but but... :<
<Eliwood> No butts. Since your dad is leading Ostia's army, you need to cover the throne for him while he's gone anyway.
<Athena> Fiiiine~ But I refuse to take Bors back with me because he sucks. Green can keep him.
<Green> Uh, thanks, I guess.
<Eliwood> Anybutts, Pherae doesn't exactly have a whole lot of soldiers, so I've hired some mercenaries to help you out. We didn't actually draft any of the units, so you won't get much long-term use out of them, but they might be nice in a pinch until you start getting some more drafted characters. You do get Merlinus, though, to help you deal with inventory management and stuff.
<Green> Alright, that should be fine. We got this.
<Athena> Take care, Green!
<Green> You too! See you in Chapter 8, I guess.
Lord Green - Lv. 2 Lord
DNA - Lv. 1 Paladin
Jabber - Lv. 3 Cavalier
Decisions!
We still have a few things to finalize for our picks!
Member Names: We need to decide whether Vom will be Rutger or Niime. We also need names for Sophia, Gonzales, Astore, and whichever one of Rutger or Niime doesn't go to Vom. Guinivere can still get named, too, but that's optional since she's an NPC.
Supports: Now that units are finalized, we need to decide on who is going to support whom. The full list of available supports can be seen here.
Player Notes
Welcome to Binding Blade! I hardly remember anything about this game, so it's fun to play it again.
As usual, the first chapter starts out very simply. In addition to Green, DNA, and Jabber we also start off with another cav, an archer, and Bors the knight (who gets mentioned in the write-up). Since we're not using them, their main role is to give their weapons to other units, provide plinking damage, visit villages, or otherwise stay out of the way. All the EXP this level went to either Green or Jabber, since DNA doesn't really need it at all at this point, though he did help bringing down units' HP.
Both Jabber and Green are pretty useful at this point. Jabber has excellent starting Spd so he can already double lots of things. Roy got some amazing level up and is proving to be very useful so far. DNA of course has great bases so we'll get some good use out of him for a while.
Otherwise, not much to say, since not much happens. Hope you all enjoyed! Make sure to comment your desires for Supports~
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