reasons to love edelgard von hresvelg
- she is a badass canonically wlw lady in armour who swings around a giant axeā¦. honestly i could end the list there
- every single outfit she has is an absolute LOOK. the shorts with the red leggings? that bright red dress and cloak combo??? her gold emperor armour? THE FLAME EMPEROR āFIT WITH THE MASK. also her crown looks like HORNS
- just the fact that she didnātĀ pull off her scheme just being herself and had to go and be ~The Flame Emperor~ with that mask and the edgy voice mod stuff??? while being 5ā²2ā³
- after declaring all-out war on the church at age 17, she stayed up all night trying to think of a cool name for her army, only to settle on āblack eagle strike forceā
- she is obviously very proud of having come up with the nameĀ āblack eagle strike forceā
- if you choose dialogue options likeĀ āwe were never going to loseā orĀ āit will be easyā etc in conversations, she will politely chastise you but her little heart icon will go up to show she actually liked what you said pfft
- she considers herself to have a very good hubert impression (i agree)
- she can knock ferdinand over in one hit in a sparring match
- itās shown that she likes to draw! she also loves nature and going for long walks. her favourite tea is bergamot
- when cooking she says she wishes she could use an axe or a sword to make the process go faster shsjshsks???
- she literally masterminded that whole plot to take down the church, while attending a school which is DIRECTLY run and overseen by the church, and didnāt get caught, AND it worked
- WHEN SHE DOES THAT BIG JUMP AND GETS SEIROS RIGHT IN THE FACE WITH AYMR
- even though she knew about the playerās connection to the goddess the entire time she never held any bias against them and took them for who they were
- she tried to offer mercy to the civilians of fhirdiad (before seiros set it on fire)
- she plans to hand her crown over to someone competent and kind, rather than following traditional hereditary succession
- she has no problems with chores like clearing rubble from the monastery even though sheās the emperor (she is also clearly proud of the rubble in the monastery and how well they destroyed the place during their coup lol)
- she has some sincerely cool raw lines omgā¦Ā āiāll cut you down until you have no blood left to bleedā??? damn
- actually the best part is she says the above line to you in a practise battle. where no one can die. to rally your spirits
- she literally wants to overthrow a corrupt church and the oppressive elitist system of nobility it upholds to make fódlan a better place, and then she literally DOES THAT i love her so much