
10/31/2024 c13 Bydarro
This chapter drove me crazy. Ninian pregnant? It's crazy, but I love it.
Also, good chapter overall. Goddess Idunn being the GOAT. It's a shame there's a hiatus, but I can wait. Honestly, one of the best Fire Emblem fics I've read, and looking forward to the next arc.
I still think... Idunn/Roy... hmm. Clearly not right now, but Roy to grow up and see Idunn as a woman instead of just his friend, I would like that to happen.
Have a good rest, and come back strong.
This chapter drove me crazy. Ninian pregnant? It's crazy, but I love it.
Also, good chapter overall. Goddess Idunn being the GOAT. It's a shame there's a hiatus, but I can wait. Honestly, one of the best Fire Emblem fics I've read, and looking forward to the next arc.
I still think... Idunn/Roy... hmm. Clearly not right now, but Roy to grow up and see Idunn as a woman instead of just his friend, I would like that to happen.
Have a good rest, and come back strong.
10/31/2024 c5 Bydarro
So far, the story is very good. There are some things I don't like like my Goddess Rebecca married to the idiot Lowen, no man, no, sorry for Lowen fans, but I don't like it. Likewise it is only a secondary element and does not really ruin the story.
On the other hand, how beautiful my Idunn is, I hope she is happy between now and the war starts. I hope she manages to find a way to heal Ninian, it would be nice.
It also makes me wonder, is Zephiel going to awaken Idunn of this timeline? If that is the case, how will our Idunn behave? Idunn/Roy viable couple?
But hey, I'll keep reading, so far a very good story.
So far, the story is very good. There are some things I don't like like my Goddess Rebecca married to the idiot Lowen, no man, no, sorry for Lowen fans, but I don't like it. Likewise it is only a secondary element and does not really ruin the story.
On the other hand, how beautiful my Idunn is, I hope she is happy between now and the war starts. I hope she manages to find a way to heal Ninian, it would be nice.
It also makes me wonder, is Zephiel going to awaken Idunn of this timeline? If that is the case, how will our Idunn behave? Idunn/Roy viable couple?
But hey, I'll keep reading, so far a very good story.
10/22/2024 c13
3Az-Bebere
Marcus's discussion with Idunn is a nice touch as is Ninian trying to work out what kind of dragon is Idunn. And the celebration was good, I can see Pherae Castle's staff do that upon learning that Ninian was cured of her ailment. And so Roy will be a big brother? That promises to be fun.
Something I'm wondering from previous chapters is that Zephiel mad plan was to have Idunn take over as empress of the world so did he try teaching her the art of ruling or was he thinking that her being a dragon and Jahn's assistance would be more than enough?

Marcus's discussion with Idunn is a nice touch as is Ninian trying to work out what kind of dragon is Idunn. And the celebration was good, I can see Pherae Castle's staff do that upon learning that Ninian was cured of her ailment. And so Roy will be a big brother? That promises to be fun.
Something I'm wondering from previous chapters is that Zephiel mad plan was to have Idunn take over as empress of the world so did he try teaching her the art of ruling or was he thinking that her being a dragon and Jahn's assistance would be more than enough?
10/22/2024 c12 Az-Bebere
The whole dragonstone creation thing is a bit anticlimatic but on hindsight, if she can create war dragons complete with their stones as easily as a human swings a sword — and she does in Binding Blade's last map — then creating a dragonstone was always going to be that easy. That the one wrinkle was tying it to Ninian with her refusing that her son be involved in its creation was a nice touch.
And as for the colour-coding, unless something odd is happening with Sophia's dragon parent I'd say no: she's also black/violet themed and as far as I know, Idunn is the only Demon Dragon and she doesn't have descendants.
The whole dragonstone creation thing is a bit anticlimatic but on hindsight, if she can create war dragons complete with their stones as easily as a human swings a sword — and she does in Binding Blade's last map — then creating a dragonstone was always going to be that easy. That the one wrinkle was tying it to Ninian with her refusing that her son be involved in its creation was a nice touch.
And as for the colour-coding, unless something odd is happening with Sophia's dragon parent I'd say no: she's also black/violet themed and as far as I know, Idunn is the only Demon Dragon and she doesn't have descendants.
10/22/2024 c11 Az-Bebere
Eliwood's and Ninian's initial wariness is a nice touch: after all their previous experience with a dark magic-wielding quintessence specialist is Nergal... As are her initial doubts that Idunn really has the quintessence to keep a dragon healthy: last I checked, Nergal needed enormous amounts of quintessence merely to lure dragons back to Elibe, let alone to keep them healthy once there.
Thinking of it, wouldn't Ninian suspect Idunn to be a divine dragon? She spent a millenium living amongst dragons and I wouldn't be surprised if divine dragons were known amongst dragons to have lots of quintessence.
Eliwood's and Ninian's initial wariness is a nice touch: after all their previous experience with a dark magic-wielding quintessence specialist is Nergal... As are her initial doubts that Idunn really has the quintessence to keep a dragon healthy: last I checked, Nergal needed enormous amounts of quintessence merely to lure dragons back to Elibe, let alone to keep them healthy once there.
Thinking of it, wouldn't Ninian suspect Idunn to be a divine dragon? She spent a millenium living amongst dragons and I wouldn't be surprised if divine dragons were known amongst dragons to have lots of quintessence.
10/9/2024 c13
244Cosmic Sky
That's was a good finale, as well as a good place to stop for the moment. It figures that Ninian's recovery spread fast, and it was something to celebrate. Idunn choosing to remain anonymous was in-character, but I liked how a few of the more perspective characters recognized her as the one responsible for Ninian's recovery.
Quite understandably, the dragons faced during Eliwood's adventures left quite a mark on Marcus, who's practically the stony-faced veteran of Elibe. The CG artwork of the fire dragon from Blazing Blade is kind of daunting, so it's easy to imagine how terrifying it would have been for the characters. Confronting a creature straight out of legend, and finding it's even more terrifying than said legends made it out.
I think the War Dragons were "modeled" after Jahn, a fire dragon, thus why so many of them were fire-attributed, even with Idunn making them. As for why it was primarily fire dragons, yeah, I can chalk that up to the "fire/red is aggressive" trope, made extremely popular thanks to Avatar: The Last Airbender. From the way Idunn described it, the war played out the way it did partially thanks to the other tribes remaining neutral, if they hadn't...things probably wouldn't have ended well for humanity.
Elenora had what was in my opinion one of the better talks with Idunn about her true nature. It was touching reading her recounting her acceptance of her daughter-in-law, and darkly funny how Idunn admitted what Elenora had been taught about dragons actually came to pass. I doubt she's going to be in a hurry to let anyone know about that.
Now, the biggest news...Ninian's having another baby! Roy's going to get a sibling! I'll admit, I always had a headcanon that if Ninian had lived, she and Eliwood would have had another child. I'm thrilled to see someone took that possibility and incorporated it into a story. Idunn's formed a friendship with Roy, and I'm sure she'll form a close bond with his sibling whenever they're born. It'll add to the happy experiences she's going through at Pherae Castle.
Some big and interesting things have been set up. I can't wait to see how they turn out when you come back to the story!

That's was a good finale, as well as a good place to stop for the moment. It figures that Ninian's recovery spread fast, and it was something to celebrate. Idunn choosing to remain anonymous was in-character, but I liked how a few of the more perspective characters recognized her as the one responsible for Ninian's recovery.
Quite understandably, the dragons faced during Eliwood's adventures left quite a mark on Marcus, who's practically the stony-faced veteran of Elibe. The CG artwork of the fire dragon from Blazing Blade is kind of daunting, so it's easy to imagine how terrifying it would have been for the characters. Confronting a creature straight out of legend, and finding it's even more terrifying than said legends made it out.
I think the War Dragons were "modeled" after Jahn, a fire dragon, thus why so many of them were fire-attributed, even with Idunn making them. As for why it was primarily fire dragons, yeah, I can chalk that up to the "fire/red is aggressive" trope, made extremely popular thanks to Avatar: The Last Airbender. From the way Idunn described it, the war played out the way it did partially thanks to the other tribes remaining neutral, if they hadn't...things probably wouldn't have ended well for humanity.
Elenora had what was in my opinion one of the better talks with Idunn about her true nature. It was touching reading her recounting her acceptance of her daughter-in-law, and darkly funny how Idunn admitted what Elenora had been taught about dragons actually came to pass. I doubt she's going to be in a hurry to let anyone know about that.
Now, the biggest news...Ninian's having another baby! Roy's going to get a sibling! I'll admit, I always had a headcanon that if Ninian had lived, she and Eliwood would have had another child. I'm thrilled to see someone took that possibility and incorporated it into a story. Idunn's formed a friendship with Roy, and I'm sure she'll form a close bond with his sibling whenever they're born. It'll add to the happy experiences she's going through at Pherae Castle.
Some big and interesting things have been set up. I can't wait to see how they turn out when you come back to the story!
10/7/2024 c13 tl34lt12
This is a Sweet chapter
Ninian is doing well, and everyone is happy
Idunn now gaining a lot more trust and friendship
And Roy is gonna have a sibling.
Happy praises for the Eliwood and Ninian.
This is a Sweet chapter
Ninian is doing well, and everyone is happy
Idunn now gaining a lot more trust and friendship
And Roy is gonna have a sibling.
Happy praises for the Eliwood and Ninian.
10/5/2024 c13
3Grimmideals
Hey there's a Valentia reference! Amazing chapter as always. I love this depiction of Iduun.

Hey there's a Valentia reference! Amazing chapter as always. I love this depiction of Iduun.
10/5/2024 c13 thzfunnymzn
D'ah. Roy gets a little sibling in this timeline. How adorable.
... reminds me of some dumb AU ideas I had for FE6, which is entirely irrelevant to this. I've enjoyed this. It's some nice, sweet fluff. Thanks for it! :D
D'ah. Roy gets a little sibling in this timeline. How adorable.
... reminds me of some dumb AU ideas I had for FE6, which is entirely irrelevant to this. I've enjoyed this. It's some nice, sweet fluff. Thanks for it! :D
10/5/2024 c13
155CitrusChickadee
Marcus and Idunn's conversation was nice here for a couple reasons! He does seem like someone who'd directly ask her what happened, and it's good to see that Idunn is comfortable enough to at least tell her secret to a few more people.
Similarly, her talk with Ninian is nice for them telling each other slightly more about themselves. In particular, Ninian opening up about being a half-dragon and their discussion on Roy open up a lot of interesting points... I kinda feel like in-game, stuff other than fire dragons hadn't been thought of much during FE6, but it does make sense for there to be more kinds of dragons, and that different tribes would have different feelings on the war.
Anyway, both of the celebrations were some sweet moments, and it's good to see another appearance from Jenny! I was also not expecting Ninian's reveal at the end there, but it'll be interesting to see a second kid in general, and whether/how this will effect things later.

Marcus and Idunn's conversation was nice here for a couple reasons! He does seem like someone who'd directly ask her what happened, and it's good to see that Idunn is comfortable enough to at least tell her secret to a few more people.
Similarly, her talk with Ninian is nice for them telling each other slightly more about themselves. In particular, Ninian opening up about being a half-dragon and their discussion on Roy open up a lot of interesting points... I kinda feel like in-game, stuff other than fire dragons hadn't been thought of much during FE6, but it does make sense for there to be more kinds of dragons, and that different tribes would have different feelings on the war.
Anyway, both of the celebrations were some sweet moments, and it's good to see another appearance from Jenny! I was also not expecting Ninian's reveal at the end there, but it'll be interesting to see a second kid in general, and whether/how this will effect things later.
9/19/2024 c12
1Sfirea
I'm going to drop this here now, since I'm finally logged back into my account. But I've been reading this since the beginning, and have looked forward to updates ever since. It had me feel like I was in Idunn's shoes for sure. Feeling, overthingking, and theorizing as much as I would.
The fact that I got to see Eliwood and Ninian still together in Roy's youth made it worth reading. Then it became even more so when this part of the story started to revolve around Idunn looking to help Ninian's condition, given that Ninian is one of my favorite FE characters.
You'll definitely have me around to see where this story goes now.

I'm going to drop this here now, since I'm finally logged back into my account. But I've been reading this since the beginning, and have looked forward to updates ever since. It had me feel like I was in Idunn's shoes for sure. Feeling, overthingking, and theorizing as much as I would.
The fact that I got to see Eliwood and Ninian still together in Roy's youth made it worth reading. Then it became even more so when this part of the story started to revolve around Idunn looking to help Ninian's condition, given that Ninian is one of my favorite FE characters.
You'll definitely have me around to see where this story goes now.
9/8/2024 c12
244Cosmic Sky
This chapter was definitely a defining moment, the moment the future of Elibe changed, mostly for the better. The chapter was great in building off the events of the previous one, Idunn providing the titular ray of hope, and this chapter having her finding a permanent solution to Ninian's sickness. I'm glad you showed her going through the trial and error to get to that solution; it got me curious as to what she'd ultimately end up with.
Rather than New Mystery of the Emblem, I actually thought about Awakening and Fates were Dragonstones I believe were sold like common weapons. That might have been a case of gameplay and story segregation, but it still felt jarring. Once again, I think you did a good job of working with the source material. Dragonstones being a great deal more important as a piece of a dragon's soul makes better sense story-wise.
I did notice the namedrop, and it immediately got me thinking of the Human-Dragon War Idunn lived through. While I'm not expecting a whole lot of exposition about it, it's nice getting little tidbits like her namedropping the anti-human faction's leader. As for Tiamat's original depictions, it varied between a woman with monstrous features to some sort of monster, usually a sea serpent being a primordial sea goddess.
Ninian sharing a dragonstone with Roy was an intriguing idea, as was Roy's quintessence being used to draft one, but I could see the idea was shot down by both Idunn and ESPECIALLY Ninian. The moment the word quintessence was brought up, I felt her and Eliwood go on alert. That maternal protectiveness within Ninian rose up at the notion of anyone touching Roy's quintessence in any way. At some point, I'm hoping they sit Idunn down and tell her about the events of Blazing Blade, I'd love to see her reaction to it. Ultimately, Idunn using her own was the far better option-I loved the visualization of their energies as two fires, with hers being the larger one. The image of Idunn towering over Ninian and holding her smaller hands was kind of funny.
Well, color-coded characters were a big thing back then, and still are today. As for Fae and Idunn, purple is powerful and unique was no doubt in effect for them.
Overall, a great chapter! Ninian's back and will be progressively recovering, which I'm sure everyone will take note of. I can't wait to see what that'll be like, as well as what else Idunn will be getting up to.

This chapter was definitely a defining moment, the moment the future of Elibe changed, mostly for the better. The chapter was great in building off the events of the previous one, Idunn providing the titular ray of hope, and this chapter having her finding a permanent solution to Ninian's sickness. I'm glad you showed her going through the trial and error to get to that solution; it got me curious as to what she'd ultimately end up with.
Rather than New Mystery of the Emblem, I actually thought about Awakening and Fates were Dragonstones I believe were sold like common weapons. That might have been a case of gameplay and story segregation, but it still felt jarring. Once again, I think you did a good job of working with the source material. Dragonstones being a great deal more important as a piece of a dragon's soul makes better sense story-wise.
I did notice the namedrop, and it immediately got me thinking of the Human-Dragon War Idunn lived through. While I'm not expecting a whole lot of exposition about it, it's nice getting little tidbits like her namedropping the anti-human faction's leader. As for Tiamat's original depictions, it varied between a woman with monstrous features to some sort of monster, usually a sea serpent being a primordial sea goddess.
Ninian sharing a dragonstone with Roy was an intriguing idea, as was Roy's quintessence being used to draft one, but I could see the idea was shot down by both Idunn and ESPECIALLY Ninian. The moment the word quintessence was brought up, I felt her and Eliwood go on alert. That maternal protectiveness within Ninian rose up at the notion of anyone touching Roy's quintessence in any way. At some point, I'm hoping they sit Idunn down and tell her about the events of Blazing Blade, I'd love to see her reaction to it. Ultimately, Idunn using her own was the far better option-I loved the visualization of their energies as two fires, with hers being the larger one. The image of Idunn towering over Ninian and holding her smaller hands was kind of funny.
Well, color-coded characters were a big thing back then, and still are today. As for Fae and Idunn, purple is powerful and unique was no doubt in effect for them.
Overall, a great chapter! Ninian's back and will be progressively recovering, which I'm sure everyone will take note of. I can't wait to see what that'll be like, as well as what else Idunn will be getting up to.
9/5/2024 c12
155CitrusChickadee
Ninian's recovery's effect on the populace and if/how much Eleanora and Roy know about Ninian are two small-but-interesting details there. I don't know how important they'll be (though it'd make sense for the latter to come up again), but it's still a nice touch to include them!
Anyway, at first I kind of expected the dragonstone process to take a little longer, but after reading how this went, I do think it makes more sense to get through it faster. Once Idunn figures out HOW to do it, it'd just kinda drag things out to put the resolution in a second chapter. Also, the idea of Ninian and Roy sharing a dragonstone is genuinely intriguing, but it does make sense that nobody would want to use Roy's quintessence in the creation process at least.
(The idea of Elibe's dragons being "color coded" somehow never occurred to me, but it is amusing that we can have a red-haired part-ice-dragon Roy. Obviously an effect of FE6 being released before FE7, but it does make me wonder if it'll come up/how important it'll be, haha.)

Ninian's recovery's effect on the populace and if/how much Eleanora and Roy know about Ninian are two small-but-interesting details there. I don't know how important they'll be (though it'd make sense for the latter to come up again), but it's still a nice touch to include them!
Anyway, at first I kind of expected the dragonstone process to take a little longer, but after reading how this went, I do think it makes more sense to get through it faster. Once Idunn figures out HOW to do it, it'd just kinda drag things out to put the resolution in a second chapter. Also, the idea of Ninian and Roy sharing a dragonstone is genuinely intriguing, but it does make sense that nobody would want to use Roy's quintessence in the creation process at least.
(The idea of Elibe's dragons being "color coded" somehow never occurred to me, but it is amusing that we can have a red-haired part-ice-dragon Roy. Obviously an effect of FE6 being released before FE7, but it does make me wonder if it'll come up/how important it'll be, haha.)
9/5/2024 c12 thzfunnymzn
Yay! Ninian healthy.
If you're worried about it, I don't mind at all any creative liberty taken to explain Idoun's creation of a dragon stone, or of the leader of the dragons in ancient times. I doubt Jahn was any sort of powerful leader of dragons during the Scouring, so just name-dropping a "Tiamat" as the leader works for me.
And Idoun being able to just create dragon stones feels perfectly fine, even if there's nothing in canon to strictly suggest it. And you'd have to expand on canon to get this "feel goods, make everything right" fluff, so more power to ya'. I also do appreciate how you have dragon stones as linked to the soul of the user, not just a replaceable artifact that stores big boom power.
Will be interesting to see where things go from here. For now, there's not really a conflict to resolve. Just feel good fluff of a healing Idoun and Ninian ten years in the past. Which I'm down for.
Yay! Ninian healthy.
If you're worried about it, I don't mind at all any creative liberty taken to explain Idoun's creation of a dragon stone, or of the leader of the dragons in ancient times. I doubt Jahn was any sort of powerful leader of dragons during the Scouring, so just name-dropping a "Tiamat" as the leader works for me.
And Idoun being able to just create dragon stones feels perfectly fine, even if there's nothing in canon to strictly suggest it. And you'd have to expand on canon to get this "feel goods, make everything right" fluff, so more power to ya'. I also do appreciate how you have dragon stones as linked to the soul of the user, not just a replaceable artifact that stores big boom power.
Will be interesting to see where things go from here. For now, there's not really a conflict to resolve. Just feel good fluff of a healing Idoun and Ninian ten years in the past. Which I'm down for.
8/16/2024 c11 thzfunnymzn
Was dreading this chapter and things not going well for Idoun, but nice to see things turn out.
As for working with Idoun being a Demon Dragon: does Demon Dragon even mean anything in the Elibe universe other than "corrupted Divine Dragon?" As far as I understood, the "breaking her soul" is basically equivalent to a lobotomization. IIRC, war dragons are something that a divine dragon technically can do. So, I'm pretty sure the only actual "demon" thing is that her dragon form is Gothic instead of being a Super Chicken. Otherwise, pretty sure everything else is just "divine dragon can do, poor girl's just lobotomized so has no will to say 'no' to bad people telling her to use divine dragon powers for bad things."
Course that does bring up that Fire Emblem never does exactly give the logistics of Idoun healing and returning to her proper form, other than "hit her in the head with a flaming sword while wishing she'll get better." (Seriously, which game designer thought that was a good idea.) So, the only canon way you have to get her back to divine dragon form is by pulling the sword of seals. Which, understandably, ain't happenin'.
Ah, well, I get to read fluff of Ninian living and Idoun just chillin' with the pherae royal family.
Was dreading this chapter and things not going well for Idoun, but nice to see things turn out.
As for working with Idoun being a Demon Dragon: does Demon Dragon even mean anything in the Elibe universe other than "corrupted Divine Dragon?" As far as I understood, the "breaking her soul" is basically equivalent to a lobotomization. IIRC, war dragons are something that a divine dragon technically can do. So, I'm pretty sure the only actual "demon" thing is that her dragon form is Gothic instead of being a Super Chicken. Otherwise, pretty sure everything else is just "divine dragon can do, poor girl's just lobotomized so has no will to say 'no' to bad people telling her to use divine dragon powers for bad things."
Course that does bring up that Fire Emblem never does exactly give the logistics of Idoun healing and returning to her proper form, other than "hit her in the head with a flaming sword while wishing she'll get better." (Seriously, which game designer thought that was a good idea.) So, the only canon way you have to get her back to divine dragon form is by pulling the sword of seals. Which, understandably, ain't happenin'.
Ah, well, I get to read fluff of Ninian living and Idoun just chillin' with the pherae royal family.