ChosenDin apparently, that was a mistranslation and in the Japanese version, it was a cross dresser instead of a scarecrow (which makes much more sense
@@MrGksarathy Astralizing is different from forming a fully functional physical form Not to mention that it had its own will from the rest of the body.
@@jesse7572 You get 4 new characters each with a new class you can give to others, new relics, and the 8 chapter side story that has some pretty harsh difficulty curve and limits your characters and your access to the stuff that breaks the normal game. There is some interesting lore stuff and additional backstory for Jeralt/Byleth.
Aelfric took the friendzoning like a champ, he wished nothing but the best for her and Jeralt. Rhea is responsible, she didn’t tell anyone the truth about Sitri, not even her closest friends.
@@maxrichards3881 That isn't the problem. He may have taken being just friends well, but he still was sort of a simp/white knight and prioritized resurrecting Sitri at the cost of everyone and everything else. Of course, Rhea's duplicity did not help matters, and that would take a whole essay or even term paper to untangle.
It would've been so cool to have playable Jeralt in this map. Heck, to see interactions between Jeralt and Aelfric would've been interesting in the DLC.
Imo, coulda just said It would've been so cool to have playable Jeralt- Heck to see interactions between Jeralt and [Anyone besides Byleth, Leonie, and Alois]. But I agree.
@@oa-san53 You could literally make any unit into a lancer unit... sure, bit of work to build up those that aren't lance-inclined, but it's worth doing.
@@whitenoised because you don’t gain weapon ranks in the dlc, it’s very ill advised to go with anything that isn’t already a strength. I made Ashe into an Assassin because I wanted him to have more flexibility, but I was only able to do that because he came equipped with Sword and Bow skills and already had the certification.
Thats comparing a dead hollow shell vs the most relavent character in fe3h. Whether you think edelguard is worth killing or worth saving every fan can agree that she is worth it.
@@basilofgoodwishes4138 He's not saying Edelgard is popular, just that she's extremely relevant. Whether you love her or hate her, you cannot deny El is objectively the most important character in the game. She literally drive the plot forward single-handedly, and the entire story revolves around her actions Meanwhile, Aelfric has zero long term impact other than being a meme. Sitri's only contribution is birthing Byleth, and she's literally already dead from beginning to end anyways
Oh, lookie, another moron without an original thought of their own who doesn't know what a simp is, but will gladly project that unto others with remotely respectable emotions.
This boss taught me that Dimitri and Byleth are the true protagonists of the game, and when push comes to shove, everyone else is a helpless bystander.
@@Freaky1347 I KNOW! I couldn't find a use for Edelgard either - as an armoured knight she's too slow and dies to any passing mage, but as a Brigand she's basically just a second Hilda.
Aelfric: *Uses the power of the Goddess Sothis in conjunction with a Minor Crest of Seiros to become a horrifying monstrosity* Edelgard: "Write that down, write it down!"
@@maxrichards3881 Do not worry, my dear apostate friend. I have bathed the paving stones in heretic blood more than enough times to counterbalance your foolishness. Little Miss Arundel and her handlers get an all expenses paid trip to the Eternal Flames courtesy of yours truly, and I shall never regret that.
@@maxrichards3881 Ah yes, mortals. I am sorry, but I cannot relate to those who wither and die. Immortality is our birthright, and I would not give it up for the sake of an ignorant bastard child, let alone a slave of Dubstep Mole People.
I'm going to give a hat's off to Yuri, despite finding himself in the situation he was in, and siding with a group that would kill him or his gang if he made any slip up, and if he made a slip up within Abyss, he could find his family potentially being killed. This man, with his wits and the opportunity of Byleth stumbling into Abyss, managed to save both groups, along with the Ashen Wolves, from utter tragedy. I applaud him.
@@ManuCarrotman312 If they teamed up they could literally conquer the world, and they both got good ideas for a good future so I guess it wouldn't be all bad
@Daniel Paul He said something along the lines of "I'd let her go as long as she was happy" I don't know about you, but I feel there's some implication there
Aelfric: And then he turned himself into a pickle, funniest shit I've ever seen. Sitri: Haha...Hey Jerry, tell me the one about the Adrestian man who went to Brigid again. Jeralt: "Piss on you too I'm going back to Adrestia!" Sitri: LOL! Aelfric: -_- (He's Jerry but I'm not Alfy?)
After the transformation "Aelfric... what have you done?" "Oh Sitri... I always wanted to see you again, but I never imagined it would be like this" *Sigh* "Sorry kid for having to see your mother become this... this thing, but now we need to stop that monster before it destroys the monastery. And Rhea, you better give me a damn explanation after we're done with this"
I dunno why you two have him so calm. I mean sure we never see him startled in game but Its his wife. Who was dead. And she was turned into a monster. Id imagine thered be less talking about rhea explaining things and more anger fueled swinging of his weapon
@@BIGstonks I tried to make him look sadder than calm, also confused and reluctant to fight, and he would definetly direct his anger towards Rhea after the battle is over
I don't think Aelfric is the best written character the series has ever produced. He lacks a consistent tone, and I saw his twist coming a mile away. Something about this song though, combined with his simple appearance makes him really memorable to me. It sounds like a warped funeral song, lamenting the morbid end of a misspent life. Aelfric was once a good man who's corruption came not from some outside force, but his own repressed desires. No one forced him down this path, it was all from his own mistakes. Something about that bums me out in just the right way and keeps me coming back to this song. Especially after he made a cameo in the main story not as an enemy, but as a friend wishing the best for you and Jeralt. It makes me thankful that the DLC is more of a "what if" scenario than something that is squeezed into the main plot, and it makes me love this song as much as Indomitable Will and Apex of the World.
@@meyeneetuks4680 well if you watch the playthrough obvously not, but it was pretty enjoyable and the style of missions are both classic fe and completely new at the same time. only thing that sucks is basically no growths other than like a couple levels.
@@ClawedAsh yea i was kinda scared. Kinda felt like the whole thing was just an add on. Something that wouldve been no problem if it was in base game but not substantial enuff as DLC by itself. Should hav saw it comin tho. Not bein able 2 go inside the sauna EVEN THOUGH it in the base game was a huge red flag
You know, all jokes aside, it's a bit sad that anytime an antagonist tries to bring back the love of their life back from the dead, many of the fandom almost immediately play the "simp" card and means it. I mean, I get it, the whole plan was stupid from the start and going through with it "at any cost" is a really bad mindset. And, yeah, this character trope is used quite often, but some people seem to forget that at the core, "love" isn't called one of the strongest emotions without reason. And I think Aelfric truly loved Sitri, even if it was unrequited, calling her "his world". That does often lead to being blind to literally anything else.
It's not so much that he wanted the love of his life back from death. It's because he wants her back even when Sitri wanted nothing else with him that we call Aelfric a simp. Because that "bring my beloved back from the dead" motive had already been done in Sacred Stones with Orson, and he doesn't have the same reputation as Aelfric.
Final Bosses in Three House Black Eagles: A berserk Rhea Blue Lions: A demonic looking Edelgard Golden Deer: A crusty old bastard Cindered Shadows: Some freaky simp that wanted to bang my mother
@@reyniersamaniego9085 I guess the idea is that, while Rhea was murderous, she hadn't entirely lost all control of her power or her faculties. The other case is more the classic Fire Emblem example of draconic degeneration--the sudden shift to a feral state without any sense of control.
@@valydendor4472 Definitely. Oh Goddess the amount of times I had to outright redo it, not just DP, was insane. I think I had done it close to 20-ish times?
@@MrGksarathy 4. Freaking 4 bolting mages with 4 boltings each. I didn't keep count of how many redo's I had, but I know that I beat chapter 6 quicker than chapter 4.
I was kinda bummed in the main game story line he’s only a side quest where you place flowers on your mothers grave and that helps him find peace (it’s assumed in the main time line he never actually found our mothers body). It would’ve been nice to have him as a recruitable character who had supports with others and we could’ve even learned more about our mom... also he should’ve interacted with Jeralt once. The fact our dad isn’t at all in the dlc really bothers me
It’d be pretty freaking simple to implement him to. Jeralt simply notices his kid isn’t around and searches the monastery and realises you’re in abyss (if we write it so that he’s aware of the place).
What an AMAZING melody. A capture of both struggle and breaking free of shackles that hold the Ashen Wolves down. Truly an amazing finishing song for an amazing DLC pack!
Don't know if anyone else has noticed but at about 2:40 there's a single violin/cello hidden away that plays the verse part of Edge of Dawn. Still surprised at how many little things there are in this soundtrack!
Me, seeing that the Umbral Beast is nine-spaces large: Psh, is that it? I already beat Crimson Flower, this shouldn't be a problem. Me, seeing that Umbral Surge covers the entire map: Oh fuck.
Me before umbral surge: alright. Boss summons adds, no prob. I'll just leave these two out of the boss fight to- *Sees umbral surge range, que record scratch noise* ..... that's not fair. That's not fair at all....
Severus Snape never submitted to Lily though. It was his racism that caused her to leave him behind. Apparently Fódlan is not the only racist place here, we need Claude in England to end racism.
@@AxeCrazyAutobot What? Did you even read the books or watch the movies? Snape retrieved the prophecy for Voldemort, which said that he'd be killed by a boy born at the end of July, Voldemort thought the boy was Lily's son, and he planned to hunt them down and kill them. Learning of this plan, Snape pleaded with Dumbledore to hide them away from Voldemort, and in return, he would abandon the Death Eaters and join the Order of the Phoenix. Lily and James put their faith in the wrong person, and Pettigrew led Voldemort straight to them, then framed Sirius Black for it.
if i had a nickel for every fire emblem ally that turned traitor due to grief and denial about their love interest's death and partook in horrifyingly botched resuscitation attempts that they refused to recognize as failures, i would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
@@colorpg152 Surely not the guy who put on a 10 year long scheme full of suffering and tragedy that was going to end with effectively instakilling an entire room of people.
@@lpfan4491 why? because the message the writers wanted to pass demanded it? because if the villain going to lose no matter what and all rules will be broken for plot convenience then I would argue that message is hollow, but the argument remains whether is a good thing or not for him to succeed at reviving her it should be possible according to the internal logic and the rules the plot established so far
@@colorpg152 What are you even talking about? What message? And what internal logic and rules of the plot? That I even have to ask this shows that the writers messed it up. The other routes are messy, but at least their purpose is properly parseable. Here, we just have a guy who may have been decent 15 years ago(Even if the evidence given by the plot contradicts other things) and then went off the deep end effectively right away 10 years ago.
Now that “A Funeral of Flowers” has reached 1 million views, this is the last final boss character theme in 3H that needs to reach 1million views. Make it happen
2:21 plays a slightly altered version of the melody from “The Forgotten” the track that plays in the abyss. Just thought that was cool, especially considering the context.
But it does make Jeralt question Rhea even more than finding out Byleth was born without a beating heart. This is going to make him snap again finding out where his wife was actually buried.
Crimson Flower and Silver Snow: Goddess dragon Azure Moon: Fallen stepsister Verdant Wind: Crusty old bastard Cindered Shadows: Psychopathic man trying to revive a dead mother
Imagine fighting the dead body of your mother fused with her biggest simp, who was trying to revive her by sacrificing your students. Thats basically the context of the battle.
@@nicolesplaylists9366 I know this is like damn near a year old and you may or may not have played it/heard more from it by now but if you don't plan on doing so at some point I recommend giving Apex of The World a listen, being one of the final tracks from the main game its pretty fucking great lol
This is more of a Bayonetta boss fight than Dark Souls. Monster name: Umbral Beast. Bayonetta's clan: Umbra Witches. The orchestral church instruments are also what you hear when battling them. The Red & Black color scheme the Umbral Beast has matches Bayonetta's outfit, as well as a few of her moves, one of which consists of miniature demons with skulls on the outside of their heads.
This theme will forever haunt me due to the fact That this was the first time I ever lost in any fire emblem game ON NORMAL (not counting FE: heros) Like I really had to sit up in my seat. Step outside for air, shower, and pace around my house to figure out how to beat alferic. Cause I was so dumbfounded Edit: (Only took one retry to nail it down but even that was a struggle and only won by praying the 11-33% crits hit)
It would’ve been sick to see Aelfric in the wolves’ paralogue in Three Hopes instead of what we got being Constance blowing up an entire cave system lmao
At what cost, did you desecrate my mother's tomb? At what cost, did you disturb my mother's rest? At what cost, did you betray the people who trusted you? At what cost, did you desecrate my mother's body? At what cost.... did you become this horrific beast? ...the people who adored you as "savior", the prospects of your pupils...how many did you trample upon? How many dreams did you exchange for this moment? No matter what it takes...I SHALL BRING YOU TO JUSTICE!
I have a ton of the three houses music all from your channel on my music playlist on here, so I really hope none of it gets deleted. Previously, most of my three houses music on my playlist was from another channel called DestinyFateKnight, but not too long ago that whole channel got deleted along with the music from my playlist. I was really disappointed but I’m happy you have everything and I really hope you don’t get deleted ever. Thank you so so much for uploading all of this!
The irony of the whole situation is that Aelfric wanted to restore an innocent life that was lost only for it to blow up in his face. His lack of insight as to why the Rite of Rising failed when Saint Seiros tried it caused Byleth's mother, Sitri, to be lost a second time.
Come to think of, how tf Jeralt missed Sitri's existence for so long? Jeralt was Rhea's proto-Catherine for a century. Unless Sitri popped into existence as a grown girl... Damn, Rhea is outrageously good at keeping secrets (until she is triggered) - to hide from one of her most devout followers she made a daughter and still let them marry. Or... Damn, I'd like to see how tf that happened
Rhea's experiments with creating a Sothis vessel were done in extremely top secret, virtually no one knew about it. Sitri was around 20 years of age when she and Jeralt met and no one truly knew exactly what her origins were. Yes, Rhea is just that good at keeping that a secret: so much so that even Seteth had no idea she was creating Sothis vessels behind the scenes (this is why he was so suspicious of Rhea when she appointed Byleth as a professor immediately even though they were seemingly a stranger, even though Rhea in truth knew everything about them).
Sitri was confirmed long before the release of the Cindered Shadows Side Story to be Rhea's 12th attempt at making a vessel for Sothis in the Silver Snow route. Day and month are never specified but Sitri's headstone reads the years 1139-1159. Meaning she died tragically young at the age of 20. Rhea has this habit of keeping secrets. So, it's within the realm of possibility for Sitri to have been given life in 1139 without anyone knowing. Since Sitri's cover for her presence was a nun, no one else would be none the wiser. Placing a failed attempt at a goddess vessel in the role of a nun in a monastery is the equivalent of hiding a tree in the forest.
All simp jokes aside, I'm not quite sure what to feel about Aelfric. There's part of me that wants to feel bad for him, but doesn't, and then another part that doesn't feel bad for him, but wants to. He honestly seemed like a good person before he found Sitri's body, but he was completely irredeemable after all he did. I feel sad thinking about how he could have had a much happier ending had he dealt with his sorrow in a healthier way and not tried to bring Sitri back by killing the Ashen Wolves.
I mean the tragedy is pretty apparent when you consider that none of this would have happened if Rhea didn't deny her favourite creation Sitri her humanity and did not disturb her final slumber. As you said he seemed to have done fine until he discovered Sitri's body, virtually unblemished by time. I can sympathise with his resentment and confusion and still hate him for what he tried to do to his charge in the Ashen Wolves.
@@SophiaLilithUwU Exactly. The tragedy comes from what could have been, rather than what was. By the game, he was a total monster, but the situation was so easy to avoid.
@@SophiaLilithUwU Eh the only thing Rhea fucked up in this story was using the Abyss as a Crypt for her daughter should have stashed the body somewhere else. Aelfric though was planning to resurrect a kind gentle life loving woman by sacrificing innocents and even her own child if it came to it. I mean did he even think that plan through? Sitri would have hated him if he succeeded.
@@AxeCrazyAutobot She also could have buried her properly like Jeralt thought she did instead of putting her in a freezer. Put that is what being immortal and seeing everybody you care about die does to you.
Not in a bad way but Aelfric is basically FE Snape. And to be honest I think Aelfric was pretty genuine in his kindness, he just had a massive agenda, if you compare him to other tragic characters in FE like Arvis or Berkut I find him much more reasonable… hell Aelfric is more reasonable than even Crimson Flower Rhea for crying out loud. Anyways this is just my opinion so take it with a grain of salt.
You are not wrong tho Both have the same problem of not being able to move past the past, so they do everything in power to bring back their loved ones
I mean, kinda. Aelfric is not really a great guy due to his goal being absolutely nuts abd at the detriment of everyone, but his basic motivation is understandable. It is likely that Sitri was his only real friend and her passing away must have been incredibly heartbreaking. To find her body in unnaturally preserved condition years later, coupled with Rhea just naturally being sus is a logical reason to become beyond distrusting.
You know what? This song could have been used on Blue Lions last chapter. I mean, Edelgard uses the power of her two crest to transform into Hegemon Edelgard - a monster - so as well as this poor guy transforms into the Umbral Beast.
I disagree my thoughts are that he didn’t know what he would become. Edelgard willingly transformed herself to that beast, he didn’t. He did bring Sitri back in a way but “At What Cost”
honestly i think this wouldve suited the fight against Hegemon Edelgard more, God Shattering star against Rhea in CF, and Apex Of The World for Nemesis
Does anyone else think it would've been incredible to have a single scene with Byleth being able to talk to a revived Sitri? It would be short, a single conversation but I imagine it would also break my heart
This song gets my creative juices PUMPING, imagine an epic final boss battle against who you thought was your best friend, or something along those lines.
