Xc's FE Convoy

If youre seeing this rn, this is a side acc dedicated to fire emblem ramblings and stuff.

For the next Archanean character to be adapted in this FE:Shadows AU, here's Minerva!

I couldn't do the obvious wyvern cuz, from my understanding of the FE:Shadows world, wyvernfolk aren't a thing.

I also doubt she could be a dragon without a dragonstone or be associated with FE:Sh's Naga.

Anyway, I think she'd more likely be a Shadow Disciple than a Light Disciple. (I say that yet I haven't drawn her Shadow Form yet.)

Back at it again with Xc and her FE:Shadows AU brainrot with this one featuring Coyote(?)Hardin and Wolf!Marth and Tiki.

Hardin was once a proud leader to a pack of warriors that threatened to bring criminals and bandits to justice. His prestige eventually extended beyond the plains he frequents, which earned him the nickname "The Coyote." But in reality: he is a wolf.

One day, an operation ended on a tragedy that lead to the eradication of his crew. Now Hardin takes on his heroic vigilantism alone with a hint of vengeance.

In the present day, he is kinda silly in that he defends Marth and Tiki from hostile onlookers yet suspects of them being Fenris followers. Despite that, he still offers Marth and Tiki protection and even a temporary home.

Very early into the shadowdropping of FE:Shadows, I started proposing ideas of what certain Archanea characters (particularly Marth, Tiki, Hardin, and Caeda) would be like if they were to be in the world of FE:Shadows.

The suggestions that went around my bsky circle was that Caeda would likely be a winged creature. So basically, she could've been Rose but if she had a lance instead of a tome (this was before Chapter 2, therefore no lance flyers yet).

So I had 2 proposals: Pegasus, or Swan

Looking back at this, I do think that Caeda being a swan (or some other kind of bird) is more realistic than pegasus.

As for why I chose a swan? Well, swans are both associated with love and violence. Caeda is both a lover and a fighter, so why not.

I finally did Tiki as a Disciple of Shadow.

Admittedly, her FEW iteration is my favorite out of her (Archanean) dragon designs, so that's what I took for this AU. (im sorry i LOVE LOVE LOVE Archanea but i ADORE nonstandard dragon designs, so Awakening wins in that department)

Plus I wanted to give her a fallen angel look, so I took notes from Yuni's shadow form and changed her naturally heavenly white feathers to black.

I originally considered changing her hair-color, too: either to white like Carina, Sai and Shea; or a different color altogether like Alberta, Zasha, and especially Micaela. But I held back and just desaturated the color.

Of course, if wolf boi Marth had to be in FE:Shadows, then he has to have a monster form, so here you go.

I wanted to show that Marth will only ever be pushed into this state after an unimaginable amount of suffering, hence the tears-like streak under his eyes.

I had shared this idea in this post, but the idea was that Marth got his prince attire from an acting gig

unfortunately, his time with this troupe wouldnt last long

dont get attached to these nameless OCs

The idea behind this was that: if Marth were to be in a DnD setting and he couldnt have a noble background, then it still has to be smth related to Charisma—which landed on the Performance aspect (AKA stage performer or actor). So, like an idol in a medieval setting or smth

so have a Marth x Joker

Look, they're playing :)

Even in a different world, they're still really good friends!

Check out my previous post for more on the AU.

Those who know my bsky know I had an entire FE:Shadows what-if thread featuring wolfboi Marth and Tiki except-her-dragon-form-is-closer-to-FE:Sh's-canon.

[More of the AU below.]