What if Obey Me Was Fire Emblem/What Fire Emblem Class I Feel Fits The Brothers
Part 3: New Kids(Thirteen, Raphael, Mephistopheles)+MC+OCs
Note: I have not played every FE game, so I may have missed some classes that could fit since I didnāt know they existed.
For those who donāt know Fire Emblem (FE): It is a strategy medieval fantasy RPG series that is noted for itās varied characters, and in the more recent games, in-game mechanics to ship them! In FE there are MANY classes your units can be that change combat, some classes having an inherent advantage over others such as archers being effective against flying units, and the weapon triangle of swords being effective against axes, axes being effective against lances, and lances being effective against swords, and many more things to take into account in battle where you pit your army against another, like armor types and magic, even the terrain!
For those who donāt know Obey Me! (OM): It is a dating sim series where you DONāT have to romance ANYBODY, keep it completely platonic and you still get nice endings! Obey Me! is noted for having great set-up but little payoff, characters that had depth early on were boiled down to a few main quirks later in the main story that. Just. Arenāt. Utilized. Or. Explored. TO ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, so you FE fans should be able to warm up to them quickly like any other FE character with their few defining quirks!
Okay, but seriously, I love both these game series so much, so why not slap them together and see what we get out of my character analysis or just presenting the obvious along side my absolute terrible photo editing I did on a Word Doc.
Every character and class will get a brief synopsis, so no one gets lost.
Obey Me actually already lends itself well to a Fire Emblem makeover, with it having medieval fantasy elements like itās own prince, and magic, and weapons being mostly of the medieval variety like spears! The seven brothers of Lucifer, Mammon, Leviathan, Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, and Belphegor are war veterans who lost and were taken in by their home countryās enemy. They went to war, for many reasons, apparently, but the main one being their little sister Lilith being set to be executed for a crime and they found the punishment unfair and rebelled. Unfortunately, in the battle Lilith died still.
Yes, these characters are demons/ex-angels. Most characters in Obey Me are literal demons and angels with the exception of the player/Main Character/MC and Solomon being human (+kind of Simeon) and Thirteen who is just death, a grim reaper.
Obey Me! As well, already has itās OWN IN-UNIVERSE HIGH MEDIEVAL FANTASY AU in the form of a book series Simeon based off of the fallen brothers.
Yeah, making a Fire Emblem AU, just makes too much sense.
Intro: Eldest and strongest of the brothers and just the angels as a whole, Lucifer is the Avatar of Pride. During the fall after losing the war in such rage at the Celestial Realm where the angels reside, he tore off one of his three pairs of wings, this action birthing Satan, the Avatar of Wrath. In the immediate after math him and his brothers fell into the Devildom where demons reside. Lilith having been shot in battle and now dieing, Lucifer pledges his undying servitude and loyalty to Prince Diavolo, acting ruler of the Devildom to save his little sister. Diavolo canāt save her as she is, but is able to make it so that she can reincarnate as a human. This is good enough for Lucifer, who never tells his brothers, believing the knowledge of their sisterās fate would have been too much a burden, knowing she lived but being unable to see her, as what Diavolo had done could be seen as a declaration of war on the Celestial Realm.
This choice has grave consequences down the line, in particular for his youngest brother Belphegor. All you need to know about that situation for now is that Lucifer, instead of telling his brother the truth so he wouldnāt rebel against Diavolo and subsequently get executed or be imprisoned for life decided tooā¦ Lock him in the attic in the brotherās home, that none of the rest know about, magically sealing it off so none of them can find it, or make any contact with Belphegor, even hearing him.
It is unknown how long he was planning on keeping him there, if eventually heād lie and declare the boy missing or something.
I know itās a lot, but trust me, itās important!
I feel the General class would be a good fit for him.
Generals are a Heavy Armor class that make up for their limited mobility with sheer strength and high defense, however they are weak to magic.
So, Avatar of Pride, huh. I could never see him as prideful to be honest. I see him as fearful and emotionally closed off. Lucifer will do anything to protect his brothers, even if it means in the end they hate him, hell, he believes none of them like him due to The Fall/losing the war, and that theyāre just still with him because Lucifer refuses to let go. Lucifer much rather be the one to hurt his brothers because at least he has control over the pain. He refuses to open up to them aside from exceedingly rarer occurrences.
This man is also ruthless, not just to his brothers when they go too far out of line but to ANY perceived threat, crushing it under heel before it even has the chance to think about doing harm to his brothers.
Character wise, this works, all that armor representing his emotional walls, and shielding his bros, butā¦ he just doesnāt have the build to pull off being able to lug heavy armor around. Something lighter fits him better frankly, in fact a part of me wants to give him a flying class, given that A. it related to Satanās creation and B. it would make Lucifer a better reflection/foil to a character I plan on keeping mounted and grounded, Mephistopheles.
Another choice could be the bird tribeā¦ kind of?
I say kind of because, what if technically heās a bird tribe person, however one of his wings it torn off so he canāt fly, or if weāre going by FE Fates logic where transforming races need a special stone to do so, maybe in this version he threw away or broke his stone, leaving him unable to transform, so despite being bird tribe he acts like another class entirely like a General from before. Keep that bit of story from OM while twisting it to fit FE better.
Lucifer in OM proper is also HEAVILY associated with peacocks, and even after falling and turning into a demon, unlike his brothers who still have wings they became leathery, Lucifer is the only demon character depicted as having/retaining feathery wings.
I do believe there is one other class we could make him that I havenāt quite touch on yet, and thatās just about any magic wielding class from any of the FE games. However if I were to pick one specifically, Iām torn between Dark Flier/Falcon and Malig Knight from Fates.
Dark Fliers, unlike regular Pegasus classes, the Pegasus is black, the rider can be male, and have access to magic as a weapon.
Malig Knights, like their Wyvern Rider counterparts, ride wiverns, only difference is that while Wyvern Riders tend to have access to axes and lances, Malig Knights swap out the spear for magic.
And, like, both work, in opposite ways. The Dark Flier is literally a black winged Pegasus, thatās JUST his wings from OM proper, however if heās atop a wyvern that could be shown as a connection to the Devildom, and to Diavolo specifically, who in his demon form, has black dragon-like wings. Lucifer only continues to live with some sort of piece of mind thanks to Diavolo, a man who even if Lucifer hadnāt offered himself likely would have helped anyway because of his deep attachment to Lucifer. Diavoloās care carries him.
If I can, I want Lucifer to be associated with the air somehow, whether it be him actually in the skies or with unusable wings.
I am leaning toward the wyvern rout just because thereās another character later on who I have Dark Flier/Falcon picked out for and I wanna try repeating as little as possible which is why I only slapped Luciferās face on a Malig Knight Cipher art.
Not an actual choice since I donāt think a spears and bows really fit him, more so swords and axes, but special shout out to Kinshi Knights because their mounts are very much peacocks.
Intro: Mammon may be the second strongest but by far the fastest of the brothers, the Avatar of Greed. just another run of the mill angel aside from one fact. He was very devilish, scheming all the time, selling dove feathers claiming they were Michaelās, the only other angel to rival Lucifer in age and power. Michael who also happened to be Mammonās boss once upon a time, and who would put him through grueling punishments Mammon canāt even think back on.
Thankfully for his sake, Lucifer took him in under his wing, still punishes Mammon for his misdeeds, even after falling to the Devildom, but, despite Lucifer himself being Mammonās greatest fear, the punishments he doles out arenāt torturous, immediately after Mammon is able to go on to scheming again like nothing happened.
When war broke out, Mammon followed Lucifer. When Lucifer fell Mammon followed. Mammon is Luciferās right hand man, if Lucifer needs something important, it falls to Mammon to get it and Mammon will simply do, not even thinking on it.
Ultimately Mammon and Lucifer trust one another. When it comes to important things, any situation that is not possibly dangerous Mammon canāt be trusted whatsoever, likely to twist things into some money-making scheme. Because Mammon is safe he can keep acting the fool, and be the family punching bag, and he only feels that way because of Lucifer.
Mammon can be a leader, moments of that leak out, but most of the time heās acting as the butt of jokes, whether it be so his little brothers have someone to lash out at instead of getting themselves into trouble, or Mammon genuinely just doing something stupid.
Mammon is the one who dose Luciferās dirty work.
In FE terms Mammon would have the role of Luciferās retainer, without a doubt, or something similar.
Mammon is absolutely not studious, he can only study if heās interested in the subject like math so heās definitely not a magic user. He needs something physical, and FAST.
I cannot emphasize enough just how fast this guy is, he could probably race a cheetah and put up a good fight.
My first option for Mammon would be the Raven Tribe.
I know in Luciferās section I said I wanted to try not repeating classes. TRY. However, this is different, and unlike Lucifer, Mammon could actually play as a Raven, or more appropriately, Crow.
Mammon is associated with crows and itās ALL OVER HIS CHARACTER DESIGN. From his love of anything shiny, to his trickster personality type, to his intelligence, to working as a model in OM proper so him caring about his looks could be a tie in to how crows can recognize their own reflection and care about it, to having crow familiars, to literally being symbolized as a crow, this is just too perfect. And in his demon form Mammon still had wings so it allows us to take advantage of that too!
Given heās the Avatar of Greed another real obvious classā¦ line? Idk what to call it since sometimes they have a different name depending on the game like Outlaw in Fates, itās the Thief class!
Known for their speed, and generally good mobility what I like about them in relation to Mammon is their high skill/dexterity/luck stats.
Lucifer has used Mammon for recognizance work before, he literally had Mammon spy on their boss Lord Diavolo and the man was not caught.
Thieves also fit Mammon in that, both can just be really good in any situation, very flexible. Thies are very varied through out the series, sometimes theyāre more utility based, sometimes theyāre good in combat like in FE Engage. And their weapon pool is also very varied through out the series. And Mammon, heās certainly picked up a lot of skills in his scheming, he doesnāt get the show it off all too often, but he can and dose use them.
Andā¦ as much as I wanna give Mammon something else, these two classes just fit him too well, nothing else can compare so I suppose we move on tooā¦
Intro: Third strongest of the brothers it is the Avatar of Envy, Leviathan. Leviathan worked as the head military officer of the navy division when he was an angel, however such position became useless once Prince Diavolo became the acting ruler of their enemy and declared he wish for peace, and that word he kept. Now with a hollow position Leviathan sealed himself away, believing himself a burden to others, that was until he found his calling again. Rebell and go to war against his home along side his dearest brothers to protect his little sister.
But then they lost, and Lilith didnāt even survive.
He actually failed this time, by his own two hands.
In the Devildom he was given the position of Grand Admiral of the Devildom Navy.
A fake job for a fake person under Diavoloās rule.
In a spiral of grief, and self-hatred Leviathan sealed himself away once more, this time finding an escape in the form of anime and videogames, becoming a self-proclaimed otaku, refusing to ever leave his room. Not like anyone would want to see him anyway. Leaving him to be jealous of how everyone else was better than him. More skilled, or smarter, or more caring, or having connections. Everyone being something he wasnāt.
And without war, he wasnāt anything. This title of otaku was the only thing of him, yearning and getting lost in digital stories.
Okay, so, Levi, Grand Admiral of the Devildom Navy. Obviously, we want him as a class thatād make him OP in boat/ocean maps. So, what IS good to have? Well, what are issues with ship maps?
Navigation. They can be annoying to move cause you gotta make bridges between boats to get your units anywhere? And even then those bridges are only like one, maybe two units wide so thereās not much space to work with. You know whoās NOT effected by that?
But not just ANY flier. No, no no.
Leviathan, summoner of Lotan, an almighty sea serpent that destroys anything in itās path; Leviathan, third strongest of this brothers; Leviathan, THE MAN WHO FLOODS THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF LAMENTATAION REGULARLY AND THE ENTIRE DEVILDOM AT LEAST ONCE! This man is ABSOLUTELY a magic user.
My first recommended class for Levi is the Dark Flyer/Falcon from Awakening, Fates, and Three Houses.
I honestly forget about awakening, but I KNOW in Fates laddies could take on this class, not just lassies despite this being a pegasus class, generally pegasus being lassie exclusive with few exceptions.
I simply feel Leviathan requires a magic class, his magic is shown to be too strong in OM to NOT use it, and of all the characters aside from maybe Solomon and the player, Levi is probably the character who uses magic and magical items the most frequently. Itās only fitting.
I also feel this would suit him since he needs to have a unique advantage in some sort of terrain. In FE thereās no class that really has an advantage IN water as Leviathan dose in OM, there really is only ground vs. air, so letās make him good in the air!
AND being in the skies would be good for an admiral since he can get a better view of whatās happening and more easily lead his battalions.
Obviously, weād switch up his armor to be more aquatic themed, but something else we have is Dark Fliers also use lances, so theoretically, if Levi had a signature weapon, it could be something like a fishing spear to keep tying in that theme of the ocean for him.
His Pegasus could also maybe be more reddish-orange in color and named Henry with black armor to tie in the āDarkā part of Dark Flier/Falcon instead of the coat color. That way Leviathan can still have his beloved pet goldfish in some form in this universe.
If I had to choose an alternate class for him itād have to be Tactician from Awakening.
In Obey Me proper we only see Leviathan post wars, post peace being negotiated. We know Leviathan staked his EVERYTHING really, on being a master of war. Only after all that he was, was taken away from him we get the self-conscious otaku we know and love.
But THIS is a Leviathan in war, in his element. He is a strategist, a leader. THIS Levi is confident. THIS is a Levi who will take charge. A Levi who believes he knows better and more than everyone else because THIS IS ALL THAT HE IS! So invested in that thatād heās spiral into a terrible self-deprecating depression without it, because he doesnāt see himself as anything outside of this.
This is a Levi were weād see more of the side of him we saw in season one of the OG where he was snobbish, a gatekeeper, abrasive, that kind of thing.
Thatās why as well, I believe he deserves a more unique or special class, because this is his element.
This man still had access to magic, but now instead of a spear he has a sword which in a way still works, but instead of water, it could tie more into hero themeing. Obviously a Grand Admiral would likely be seen as some sort of hero, protecting the country from attacks from sea, it could play into that. Feeding into Leviathan is not Leviathan, but the Grand Admiral, a Hero solely. That is how he sees himself, as his title, his job, his status, not as his name, himself.
Nowā¦ I do have a third, little more out of left field, option for Leviathan as well. Necromancer/Summoner from Sacred Stones and Radiant Dawn.
For those who want a Levi whoās more like he is in Obey Me! proper, the shy otaku, leaning away from the Grand Admiral line of thinking, this is it.
Imagine, a shy necromancer OBSESSED WITH HISTORY! So much so he raises his favorite heros back from the dead to admire them in all their glory, maybe recreates their greatest battles! Now obviously one would need room for large scale mock battles, so he lived isolated in a tower by the sea that NO ONE goes near, for fear of joining his undead army. Heād never do that thoughā¦ not unless youāre a great hero, then maybe, just maybe heāll make you join.
The lucky heros were the ones who had come across him that were famous enough to draw his attention, but not so much so for him to want them to join his thrawl, after all, they could be greater yet, they had more stories to tell! After fleeing for their lives any heros who lived to tell the tale felt as if they were always watched, and that feeling follows them for the rest of their lives. Levi had to see all the misadventures of his new faves after all.
I feel doing the otaku thing would be kind of hard in this kind of world without, like, t.v.s and such to follow and watch, so one would have to follow, more literally. Levi would probably end up stalker like, not yandere. Any heros who die prematurely would probably either be not worth his time and he regrets getting invested in them, or itās tragic they died early, but oh, look at that, they have a convenient child to get revenge for their fallen hero parent, lovely, the story continues!
Intro: Satan the fourth strongest of his brothers, and technically the youngest, physically, the Avatar of Wrath. His birth is like that of a greek myth. Lucifer began to grow disillusioned and angry with the Celestial realm he called home long before he rebelled to protect his sister. When the battle was lost and he fell from the heavens, so enraged at everything, the Celestial realm, losing the war, at himself for dragging his brothers into this he tore out a pair of his wings, and along with it his wrath, Satan gaining a physical form in this moment.
Satan hates Lucifer for this existence, of feeling nothing but rage when he can clearly see thereās more out there. He hates being associated with Lucifer, being called that manās brother is tolerable, but as a part of him or worse yet his son, Satan would obliterate anyone whoād dare claim that. The situation certainly wasnāt helped that his brothers treated him like a wild animal, tying him up and caging him in his room because they didnāt want to or know how to deal with him and his destructive tendencies.
And soā¦ Satan studied. Satan wished to put as much distance between himself and Lucifer as possible. To distinguish himself as his own person. He found a comfort in books. Books could give him knowledge as to how the world worked, the world he was sealed off from, he could explore foreign emotions through stories, he could learn of magic that could destroy Lucifer severing all ties between them.
Satan became a gentleman. Satan sought out social connections to grow his power and knowledge in any form, be able to pull strings just about anywhere he so pleased. Satan collected thousands upon thousands of books and tomes, his thirst for knowledge and understanding of others and himself becoming unquenchable. Satan found love and adoration for cats, the creatures being adorable and everything he wished he was, free.
This man HAS to be a magic user, I am simply not considering any classes that donāt include magic or tomes as weapons. And no, magic weapons like the Levin Sword do not count toward a class being considered.
Nowā¦ I kinda wanna keep Leviathan special as being the only possible Dark Flier/Falcon butā¦
IT ALSO WORKS SO WELL FOR SATAN. A. Him taking to the skies ties into his birth from the OG game. B. So dose the Pegasus being black. In Satanās demon form he has a black boa, believed to be the remnants of Luciferās wings from when he pulled them out. C. Should Lucifer be the General class/some other grounded infantry class, Satan being in the air makes him more distinct to Lucifer, OR if Lucifer is in the skies as well like for the Malig Knight class it shows their connection, but ALSO CONTRAST BECAUSE ONE IS ON A FEATHRY HORSE AND THE OTHER A SCALY WYVERN! Having them both connect and be opposites is SO important!
And now another class that fits Satan as well as his big brother Levi is the Tactician.
Like, COME ON! His thing is literally studying and being the smartest person in the room.
I could not, NOT give him this class option! Are you kidding me! I donāt think I need to say anything else!
Alright so what if we took the Tactician with their magic and sword capabilities, and then allowed them to transform into a beast as well? That would be the Nohr Noble from Fates.
A noble, that seems to fit Satan with his gentlemanliness, then what about for his rage beneath? Usually in OM proper when Satan gets mad, truly enraged to the point he canāt control himself, he transforms into his demon form, why donāt we allow him that still?
And if you read the Lucifer section, you would recall I said that if we took the mechanics from Fates and required him the use of a stone to transform, that stone should be something he no longer hasā¦ What if Satan inherited it? Being able to take on his wrathful form, because of something physical Lucifer removed from his self, just like in OM proper, but twisted!
I know I said beast earlier, but technically the Nohr Noble transforms into a dragon, but for our purposes we could change it a little to be something more fitting, like say a creature one usually associates with dragons when thinking of fantasy settings that can be seen as itās opposite, that themeing we keep reinforcing here, the unicorn.
Satan in OM proper is represented by the unicorn, even if his demon form has little to arguably no representation of it. Imagine a big battle unicorn, covered in green flames charging through the battlefield, itās magic precise yet unwieldly hitting ally and foe alike, whatever it takes to win, trampling over all getting in itās way, using his horn almost like a sword!
In another light, being able to transform could also be a symbol of how Satan wants to change, not just be Luciferās wrath, but be more than that, something else entirely.
Info: ā¦ Okay, soā¦ This one is gonna be a little more awkward because all the interesting things about Asmodeus, I canāt quite finagle them into his classes so all the required info you need to understand my picks is gonna be a little more light than with the others.
Now we have the ever beautiful center of the universe, the Avatar of Lust Asmodeus! Up in the Celestial Realm when the brothers were still angels Lucifer nicknamed Asmodeus āThe Jewel of the Heavensā for Asmodeusā captivating beauty. Asmo adored this nickname, it was a symbol of his big brotherās love and attention, even when Lucifer favored the troublemaking Mammon over anyone else.
Then the rebellion happened. Asmodeus also loved his brothers, even more than his comfortable life from before and so he took up a weapon to protect his family.
However they lost. Fell to the Devildom, a place that HATED angels. Asmo was used to being loved and adored, not this. And so he went flitting about, embracing this new life, embracing his sin, getting acquainted with any one he could, as long as theyād praise him he didnāt really care for whoās company he kept. Eventually he became something of an influencer through these connections, his hard work and dedication to himself above all others a true sight to behold, and no one could manage to look away from his dedication.
Asmodeus refuses to be out of the spotlight, heāll do whatever it takes, work as hard as he must to keep being loved.
I know what FE fans are thinking, Asmo is the dancer. Well, I say FUCK NO HE AINT! THIS MAN IS SO CAPTIVATING INSTEAD OF GIVING HIS ALLIES AN EXTRA TURN HEāD STUNLOCK THEM IN PLACE FROM HOW DROP DEAD GORGEOUS HE IS AND THEYāD GET KILLED!
HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE A DANCER!
Well in the OG game, one of the first text chains you get are about what is more attractive, thinness vs. being muscular and Asmo is ABSOLUTELY on team thin, so, something where he doesnāt have to work too much and keep his slim figure. Magic could be an option, or support things like rods in Fates. Perhaps make him a mounted unit so he doesnāt have to be running everywhere.
Obey Me! being, well, Obey Me! weāre definitely going to have PLEANTY of magic users in the cast so I wanna stay away from that for Asmo here, besides heād much rather be doing many things other than studying, something thatās generally expected of any magic user in any fantasy thing ever.
So, letās lean more into the support unit angle for the moment.
My first option from Asmo, Priestess from Fates.
A.Ā Priestess sounds like Princess so we could lean into the Princess Asmo thing he has from OM proper but twist it into Priestess Asmo. B. As a Priestess he gets access to not only rods for a support role, but the bow as well. Since Asmo is all about Lust we could ironically lean a little into cupid theming with him via cupidās bow. C. Another level of irony from how Asmo in OM proper is a demon, something priestesses generally are known for killing.
This class more so fits him for themeing shenanigans.
This next one, kind of as well. Summoner/Specifically Veronica in Engage.
He literally just summons his fans to do the fighting for him. Iāve got nothing else for you. Itād just be funny and in character.
Okay, now for my final, and personal favorite option that I feel would be the least likely to be agreed with of all the classes Iām assigning to anyone in this post. Just about any of the Wyvern Rider classes from too many games to list.
(I wanted to use Rosado art, BUT I CANāT FIND ANY OF HIM WITH HIS WYVERN ASIDE FROM LIKE, ONE CG THAT CUTS THE WYVERN ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF!!!)
I want the Wyvern to do the brunt of the work and Asmo is doing less fighting and more keeping his wyvernās temper in check to keep it from killing their allies as well.
Asmodeus IS STRONG in Obey Me proper, he just doesnāt use his strength all that often, so he COULD fight with an axe, and make it look elegant. And if not, in some games Wyvern Riders use lances so if you want a more elegant weapon for him, thatās an option.
Asmo can charm just about anything, why not a wyvern? A wyvern would also match his demon form wings from OM proper to an extent as well.
Asmo in OM is mostly famous for his looks and through social media. Then what would happen here since thereās no social media?
Asmo still cares about his looks, he still gets that āJewel of the Heavensā Title from Lucifer, the people who meet him would likely spread word of his beauty. Beauty he desperately keeps up with to live up to such a grandiose title given to him by one of the most powerful people there is, by his big brotherā¦ his big brother who favors MAMMON.
People talk about him, but Asmo canāt easily hear all their praise, and most donāt even know him.
I feel like he could get lonely and possibly get an animal companion. An ANGRY animal companion, a Satan counterpart kind of.
Look, idk how to describe this next bit butā¦
When I first started playing Obey Me! I noticed group dynamics among the brothers; Mammon and Leviathan, the twins, and Satan and Asmodeus. Like on a surface level youād likely think the levelheaded Satan wouldnāt get along with the overdramatic Asmodeus so well, butā¦
We donāt get to see these two in particular interact with each other often but thereās somethingā¦ about it I canāt quite put my finger on. Something special, they respect one another, less likely to make fun of one another than they are of their other brothers, they look out for one another but not in a blatant way.
Their dynamic is more subtle.
So in a way, thatās kinda why I want him to have a wrathful wyvern, something to, in a way, embody that???
Like I said, I find their dynamic FASCINATING, but I just canāt quite capture the words for it. And it was more so there in Season one of the OG game, so thereās even less to scavenge through, to marinate in to find the words other than the first few memory cards.
On a separate note, it could also be fun to play with a sort of dynamic of the one the enemies should actually fear is Asmo and not his wyvern given how terrifying Asmoās wrath can be in Obey Me proper. Asmo is also known to like bringing out the beauty of others, not just himself, so either he could find his wyvern to be the second most adorable thing ever, only after himself, or the wyvern is a passion project for him to bring out itās beauty.
Info: Now we have the ever indulgently kind Avatar of Gluttony, Beelzebub. Despite Beelzebub being created some time before Belphegor the pair formed such a close bond they called one another their twin, and all others refer to them as such as well as it was just fitting. Beelzebub initially was to guard the gates of the Celestial Realm, he was made to be a fighter, a shield, but Lucifer saw something else, something caring, and so he got Beelzebub to work as his bodyguard instead. As this Beelzebub blossomed, to protect his family specifically, someone he loved fueled that fighting spirit like no other could.
The twins as well were very close to Lilith. Beelzebub would accompany his twin and his sister whenever they snuck out into the Human World in order to make sure they were safe and that they got back in time before anyone could notice.
Then Lilith was set to be executed and the war broke out. It was simple really, keep to the front, take the brunt of the attacks, protect his brothers and sister, this is what he was made for. But then a rain of arrows came down, both Lilith and Belphegor were in itās line of fire. There was no time to think, his body already moving and he shielded Belphegor, the pair clutching one another as they fell.
Beelzebub loved his family more than anything, and yet one of them was gone because he wasnāt good enough.
Beelzebub dedicated himself to training, day in and day out he dose so despite being starving, all so he doesnāt have to lose anyone ever again. The exhaustion doesnāt matter, his brothers do.
This manās main goal in life is to protect his family. Itās why he trains endlessly even when it starves him. The most obvious class to symbolize this would be, literally any Heavy Armor class in any of the games.
In the Celestial Realm it was literally Beelzebubās job to protect Lucifer, this man is UNDENIABLY shield coded. He needs a giant shield.
Itās kind of difficult to make an argument for any other class just because Heavy Armor just fits the core of Beelās character so perfectly.
Well, aside from one aspect.
Beelzebub is too open as a person. He acts as a shield, and has the strength to carry that shield, but heās willing to be vulnerable. When one looks at character design, generally heavily armored characters would be closed off, how they look represents who they are on the inside, and THAT isnāt Beel, if anything that fits Lucifer more.
No Beelzebub is open, honest, blunt, and smart when his stomach isnāt keeping him in pain. Beelzebub is strength, positive masculinity.
Thatās why I feel like another option for him could be Wyvern Knight.
Unfortunately, Wyvern Riders tend to be more on the skinnier side than bulky so Three Houses/Hopes Grappler Class was up for consideration, however that class lacked something important.
If he were just a little faster, could Beel have saved Belphegor and Lilith?
He wasnāt good enough before, so he has to be better now.
This is why I believe Wyvern Rider is just as valid of a choice as Heavy Armor.
They both fit him so well, they just focus on different ideologies of the same side of protection.
As a Wyvern Rider he can zip across the battlefield to whichever of his brothers may be in trouble. He is known for being fast in OM proper, just not as fast as Mammon. And with a wyvern Beelzebub gets his wings back from his demon form in OM.
And if weāre taking IDO into consideration, something I NEVER thought Iād do, it fits that as well. Him caring for animals, a dragon becoming a part of his family. It could even be possible Beel saved this wyvern, and it just followed him too the point Beel decided itād be safer if he just knew where it was and work together instead of it appearing out of nowhere to save Beel, where Beel could accidentally hit it instead of the enemy.
And in this hypothetical by working with this wyvern Beel can more easily make up for what he was lacking when Lilith died.
Beelzebub and Belphegor, they have to reflect one another, the motifs in their respective side of their bedroom is literally the sun and the moon, and with Beel as a Wyvern Rider, we could make a delectably cruel, tragic, and ironic choice for one of Belphegorās classes.
Intro: Now this is the walking corpus, Belphegor, the Avatar of Sloth. Though he was created some time after Beelzebub the pair created such a tight bond they saw and began to call one another their twin, others referring to them as such as well. Life in the Celestial Realm was rather peaceful, but Belphegor found himself more interested in the going ons of humans, a race he came to love and adore. The twins grew close to Lilith soon after her creation and Belphegor introduced the girl to humans, and she became the only other one who could rival Belphegor for their love of the race.
Then Lilith was set to be executed, he didnāt even have to think on it, going to war to save his sister was the only natural option for Belphegor. But then came the rain of arrows. He should have died, and yet there was Beel shielding him, the twins helpless, all they could do was watch as their sister was shot and fell.
Belphegor should have died.
He was the one who introduced Lilith to humans, Lilithās love of the people being the reason for her execution and subsequent war in the first place, it was natural for Belphegor to-
Beelzebub means so much to Belphegor, thereās a reason why, thatās his twin.
Belphegor couldnāt blame Beel. Beelzebub chose HIM to save, to die now would be putting Beelzebubās choice to waste and only make him have to suffer more grief. But staying alive was horrendous, living with a guilt he couldnāt allow himself to fathom Belphegor found himself sleeping the days away. It was the only way to cope.
A shame for how bright the man is, even when asleep able to retain any lessons and information he overhears. But when one is awake what use is all that when he canāt bring himself to do anything.
Whatever class it is, itās gotta be something he can do well, while doing as little as possible. A mounted class may be a good choice on that front.
Letās first go over the classes that reflect Beelzebub.
So the opposite or counter to any Heavy Armor unit is, just about any magic based unit. And if Belphie is a mounted unit he can make up for Beelās lack of mobility as a heavily armored unit so Dark Knights from Awakening, Fates, and Three Houses/Hopes seems like a good fit.
I chose Dark Knight specifically and not the magic Pegasus or wyvern classes because a horse is the closest thing we have to a battle cow for Belphie here, as the cow/bull is his symbolic animal. Belphegor, no matter what, is going to stay grounded considering his symbolic animal is grounded.
However we could be silly and just have his mount be a raging bull. Hell, Belphegor could even let it loose to do most of the work while he just occasionally uses ice magic to freeze enemies to keep them from moving too much.
Magic as well is ranged so Belphie can make sure no units with magic based weapons get near Beelzebub.
Belphegor in OM proper is also really smart, he even retains all the information he gets while heās asleep so being some sort of mage would probably come easy to him.
And now we have the terrible class choice. Bow Knight.
This is the class choice for if Beelzebub is a Wyvern Rider.
To shoot down his enemies just like they did Lilith in OM proper.
As an archer he can take out other archers before they even have the chance to take aim at Beelzebub, and once again, the Bow Knight is mounted so even if heās out of range, he wonāt be for long, and can keep his battle bovine buddy from the last class choice.
And now unlike Beel thereās a third and fourth option for Belphegor, though this third one is mostly for laughs. Ninjas from Fates.
Look, as I said from the magic class, Belphegor could be dead asleep and still remembers everything that was said around him.
Theoretically this man could be napping in the woods, the enemy happens to make camp nearby and they. Just. Donāt notice him, or assume him to be a corpus, and Belphie just meanders on back and reveals enemy secrets that he happened to overhear.
Now for the final option, an odd one, but also oddly fitting, Dancer.
Belphie, for whatever reason, maybe because heās the youngest of the bros, orā¦ skinniest??? Aside from Asmodeus, Belphegor is the most feminized or put in revealing clothing such as in the Three Wishes, Sleeping Beauties, Long Hu Love, Belphie Goes To C.S!, and Make A Wish cards. And some of them, you could literally slap those outfits on a FE dancer and assume that just is the actual dancer outfit, like his lamp outfit, just looks like that! (I know they are based off of the same culture, clothing, and aesthetics, BUT of all the bros, Belphegorās looks the most similar to FE in my opinion)
I donāt know why itās a thing, but it is.
And of all the bros, in dance battles, Belphegor literally dose ballet, and the Sloth music in dance battles sounds rather ballerinaish as well, for lack of better wording. This type of dancing of all of them in OM seems to be the closest to the kind of dancing the dancers typically do in FE games.
With the two above points combined, why not have Belphegor be a dancer! It also works should Beel be a Heavy Armor unit, as to help him with mobility.
The other funnier angle to take this from as well is, Belphegor (and Beel, but not the point) is babied by his brothers. You could take him giving them more turns as, theyāre giving in to him being too lazy to actually fight himself and attacking for him.
And thatā¦ Will be it for now. Yeah, I was going to have this be one long post, but I hit the photo limit and tried making it two postsā¦ and hit the photo limit again, so thereāll be three. This one for the bros, the next one for the datables+Luke and the final one for the new kids of Thirteen, Raphael, and Mephistopheles+MC+my OCs.
Iāll admit, this got a bit lengthier than I had thought it would, but I certainly had an absolute BLAST making this! Character work just is my favorite thing to write about so being able to integrate that into what these characters could be was just amazing.
As always thank you @raphaelshalo for beta reading
Part 3: New Kids(Thirteen, Raphael, Mephistopheles)+MC+OCs
