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Welcome to the Companion Document for The Lion and The Lotus!

The first chapter reads like a fantasy novel as is, so you can jump right into it. 😀 Since there are quite a few characters introduced fairly quickly in the first three chapters, as requested by some fandom-blind readers, I’ve provided this page as a character cheat sheet. Click on the links to see what they look like! 😃 

I've also added some quick Wiki Links and Resources!

If you like what you see, I would recommend taking a look at the relevant Lore for this story.

Feel free also to check out this story's Official Art and Fan Art!

"The Earth That Meets The Sky"

Garreg Mach Monastery (official game art)

Wiki Links And Resources 

• Fire Emblem Three Houses Wiki
• The Lion and the Lotus Official Art
• List of characters
• List of locations
• The Tragedy of Duscur
• The Church of Seiros
• Agarthans
• Canon Official Art (including characters, locales, flags)
• My explanation of the lore 

Character Reference

(based on first appearance)

Chapter 1: The Earth That Meets The Sky

1. Seteth: second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy.
    
2. Catherine: a bad-ass charge-straight-forward Knight of Seiros. (Watch epic character intro.) 
   
   
3. Shamir: the cool archer-assassin-type Knight of Seiros. A foreigner to Fódlan from Dagda (a nation southwest of it).  
   
   See Catherine and Shamir butt heads when they talk to each other.
    
4. Parvati: my OC, a Professor of Agarthan Technology (making her an enemy of the Church). Born in Duscur, raised in Adrestia.
   
   
5. Randolph: Commander of the Fifth Division of the Adrestian Army (in my story). In the game, an NPC who becomes a General of the Adrestian Army.
   
   
6. Laslow and Bacardi: OCs, Adrestian soldier subordinates of Randolph.
    
7. Rhea: the Archbishop, head of the Church of Seiros. Also one of the Children of the Goddess, secretly Seiros herself.
   
   
8. Alois: hilarious punny knight and all around good dad. The dad of dad jokes.
   
   

Chapter 2: Gaspard

1. Manuela - a professor at the Officer’s Academy. Adrestian. Opera singer + physician combo. How??? Because Fire Emblem said so.
   
   
2. Hanneman - a professor at the Officer’s Academy and Father of Crestology (the study of the powers inherited by blood). Adrestian.
   
   
3. Flayn - Seteth’s naughty and whimsical daughter. They hide their true identities by pretending to be siblings.
   
   See Flayn’s hilarious frustration at Seteth’s over-protection. 
   
   
4. Ashe Gaspard - one of the students at the Officer’s Academy from Faerghus. A cutie patootie total sweetie.

Chapter 3: The Book of Cards

1. Lonato Gaspard - the adoptive father of Ashe, rules the Gaspard territory of Faerghus.
   
   
2. Gilbert: a Knight of Seiros. Secretly Gustave of Faerghus, who had been a retainer of the assassinated King Lambert but abandoned his post in grief in having been unable to protect his liege.
   
   
3. Christophe Gaspard: deceased son of Lonato, adoptive brother of Ashe. Executed for supposed involvement in the Tragedy of Duscur.
   
   

Chapter 4: An Inevitable Encounter

1. King Lambert - a King of Faerghus assassinated 5 years ago. The Faerghusi accuse the people of Duscur for assassinating their king and committed genocide (The Tragedy of Duscur).
   
   
2. Dedue - a student at the Officer’s Academy from Duscur and vassal to the Prince of Faerghus. This South Asian version of him will be appearing at the ball (courtesy Moyou).
   
   A survivor of the pogroms / massacres. How to pronounce his name, according to Flayn. 
   
   
3. Prince Dimitri: son of the assassinated King Lambert, he is the Crown Prince of Faerghus. Sweet and sour and lacking in self-awareness, he is also the leader of the Blue Lions, one of the Three Houses in the Officer’s Academy. 
   
   One of few survivors of the Tragedy of Duscur (the assassination). 
   
   
4. Aelfric - a Professor of the Officer’s Academy and a Cardinal of the Church of Seiros. Seems to have enemies in the Church. Guardian of the Abyss.

Chapter 5: The Inevitable Question

No new characters.

Chapter 6: The Dark Merchant

1. An OC. Dark Merchant. Childhood friend of Parvati.

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CHOOSE YOUR INTRO: (optional hype)

• Epic trailer 1: best trailer for the game, considering my story
• Epic trailer 2: with the philosophies of the three lords of the Three Houses
• Humorous intro instead: So this is basically Fire Emblem Three Houses

Students of the Officer's Academy

Map of Fódlan

Image and Text From: Serenes Forest

Three Houses takes place on a brand new continent called Fodlan. On this continent, there are three major nations: the Adrestian Empire, the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus and the Leicester Alliance. Currently, these three nations co-exist in relative harmony.

Upholding the peace and order of Fodlan is the Church of Seiros, which holds great power. The church was founded by the followers of the Divine Seiros, who received a revelation from the Goddess.

The Church’s home base is located at the heart of Fodlan, in a place known as the Garreg Mach Monastery. Here, there’s an officer’s academy where the youth who hold the future of Fodlan have gathered to study.

The two major struggles to know about:

Tragedy of Duscur: fandom.com (please read)

• Someone assassinated King Lambert of Faerghus.
• The people of neighboring country, Duscur, were turned into a scapegoat.
• Faerghus, already inclined to be racist against Duscur, “punished” it by massacring its people and taking it over.

Church vs Agartha:

• According to members of the Church of Seiros…
• Children of the Goddess vs Humans With Technology (please read these two)
• The Goddess, Sothis came to Fódlan 1000+ years ago. She brought prosperity and was the progenitor of a race called Nabateans, "the Children of the Goddess.”
• The Agarthans, humans already existing in Fódlan, were gifted learnings about technology by the Goddess.
• The Agarthans abused the technology and warred with each other (what a surprise). They had advanced to the point of nuclear warfare, eventually turning on the Goddess herself.
• The Children of the Goddess “won” the battle, and the remaining Agarthans fled underground and continue to live on in the darkness, waiting to come into the light and attain their revenge.
• The Children of the Goddess established the Church of Seiros to hide their true identities as Nabateans, and to use the awesome power of a religious following to rewrite the history of the world, and to keep in check evolution of technology to prevent humans from rising up again.

The Premise of My Story

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Parvati is the intersection of both struggles.

The House Leaders

Welcome to the Officer's Academy! 

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First off, the picture that helped me set the vision for this story! The illustrious Moyou saw me request a South Asian Dedue, and then she did this:

This picture took my breath away and helped me set a foundation for Duscur full and rich. You can look forward to this Dedue at the Ball. ;)

Featured in: Chapter 1: The Earth that Meets the Sky

Professor Parvati Sinha

Designed by the multi-talented kiri!

First sketch 

Official Character Design

Based off the art style of Genshin Impact! She's got that red-black Adrestian pride! Thanks so much Kiri!

Featured in: Chapter 2: Gaspard

Behold the Prince of Faerghus

Another glorious piece by Moyou!

Featured in: Chapter 3: The Book of Cards

Thank you to these glorious artists! Here are their links again if you would like to follow them or collaborate: kiri and Moyou! 

I love featuring artists! So if you’ve already got art for these character, leave a link to it in the comments and I just may feature it! 

These characters are already getting special highlights in the first installment of The Lion and the Lotus:

• Parvati, Dimitri, Dedue, Catherine, Shamir, Seteth, Flayn, Randolph, Claude & Hilda, Hubert, Ashe, Sylvain
• More characters take the spotlight to come in upcoming installments.

So if you love these characters, already have completed art for them, or are interested in doing a big bang, let me know in the comments.

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Some Fan Art I have received for this story! 😍

This one is currently my AO3 Author Profile Picture, created by Moyou for Deepavali / Diwali last year!

And one featured in Chapter 8: Fear the Deer, by @hearingoff. It made me sooooo happpyyyyyyyy! 💃🏾 💃🏾 💃🏾 Thank youuu!!!

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Character Reference: Chapters 7 to 12

Chapter 7: Waiting for a Friend

1. Claude: the smart-ass Duke-to-be of the Leceister Alliance, a sneaky tactician. Leader of Golden Deer, one of the Three Houses.
   
   Secretly Khalid, the Crown Prince of Almyra, the country east of the Alliance, which the Alliance is often at war with.
   
   
2. Hilda: extremely strong, extremely smart, she pretends to be incompetent to get out of doing work.
   
   Daughter of House Goneril, which defends the Leceister Alliance’s eastern border against Almyra. She doesn't know Claude is the enemy prince. 

Chapter 8: Fear the Deer

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Chapter 9: The Black Eagle

1. Hubert: this is the most vampire-like Fire Emblem character in existence. He is the shadowy, clever second-in-command of the Black Eagles, the last of the Three Houses. His family does intel operations. 

Chapter 10: Not Dead Yet

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Chapter 11: Backup Plans

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Chapter 12: The Edge of Dawn

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Character Reference: Chapters 13 to 18

Chapter 13: Intermission: Eight Hundred Years

No New Characters

Reminders:

1. Archbishop Rhea: head of the Church of Seiros. Catherine worships her. 
   
   
2. Viceroy Seteth: second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and the strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy. Flayn's "Big Brother".
   
   From Chapter 1: set Catherine and Shamir to spy on Professor Parvati. Has lured Professor Parvati to the Officer's Academy so that the Church could use her to gather Agarthan Technology so they could "make it disappear."
   
   

Chapter 14: The Second Test

New Characters:

1. Lady Edelgard von Hresvelg: the driven and ambitious heir to the Adrestian Empire, House Leader of the Black Eagles, one of the Three Houses. Monarch of Parvati, Hanneman and Manuela (Adrestians) and top-of-command for Commander Randolph von Bergliez. 
   
   
2. High Commander Ladislava: an Adrestian soldier. In my story, currently the superior of Commander Randolph von Bergliez. 

Reminders: 

1. Hubert: Lady Edelgard's retainer and the shadowy second-in-command of the Black Eagles. His family does intel operations.
   
   An already advanced mage who, in Chapter 9, challenged Claude and Dimitri, then turned into an actual black eagle (a non-canon use of magic) as he left them in the dust.
   
   
2. Catherine: the Prime Knight of the Knights of Seiros (the Church knights).Set by Seteth to spy on Parvati in Chapter 1.
   
   As a woman from Faerghus, she has discriminatory tendencies against those of Duscur and almost attacked Dedue in Chapter 6, then escorted him and the Prince to the student dorms, and Parvati back to her quarters. 
   
   
3. Shamir: the cool archer-assassin-type Knight of Seiros who put Professor Parvati in a Dagdan hold in Chapter 1. Parvati and Randolph don't like her much. 

Chapter 15: The Pact of Pan

Aside from Dorothea, most new characters are just getting cameos right now. 

New Characters: 

1. Dorothea Arnault: a diva from the MittelFrank Opera Company in Adrestia. Manuela discovered her as an orphan with a singing talent on the streets of Enbarr.
   
   “Oh my, you look like a wonderful person. Is this your first time at the monastery? Shall I show you around? Ah, my name is Dorothea. Before enrolling in school, I was in an opera company at the capital.” —Dorothea introducing herself 
   
   
2. Ferdinand von Aegir: is quite a character. Son of Duke Aegir, the Prime Minister of Adrestia and the primary sponsor of Parvati's Agarthan Tech businesses. Hence, he has Parvati's attention. 
   
   “I am more talented than anyone in my class—even Edelgard. I will lead the Adrestian Empire to a bright, enlightened future.” —Ferdinand
   
   
3. Petra Macneary: with the personality of Starfire from Teen Titans, this is the princess of the country of Brigid, which Adrestia recently warred against and won. She is now being held essentially hostage so that Brigid doesn't turn against them again. She puts her all into everything. 
   
   “I can read and understand the language of Fódlan, but speak it... gives me difficulty. I hope I will keep having your support. And I will give you my support too, with my whole heart. I have things that I cannot fail to accomplish.”
   
   
4. Bernadetta von Varley: 17 year-old extremely anxious shut-in who is convinced everyone is out to get her. Likes to sew and sing (privately). Her personality is definitely induced by trauma from an abusive father.
   
   “I do like my time alone. Actually, it's more of a need. But you're right. I also need to venture out every once in a while. Maybe if I work as hard as you do, I can try it a little more.”
   
   
5. (mentioned) Caspar von Bergliez: a 16-year old gung-ho fourth son of Adrestia's Minister of War. He is the fourth son, though, so he inherits nothing and aims to make it as a knight to prove his worth. He is Randolph's step-nephew, and therefore of particular interest to Parvati.
   
   “My instincts tell me that he's up to no good, and my instincts are never wrong.”
   
   
6. (mentioned) Linhardt von Hevring: a smart 16-year old mage who likes to nap. Heir to Adrestia's Minister of Domestic Affairs. He hates having to be a noble and wants to escape having to be heir to Count Hevring.
   
   “It's not that I want to miss lectures...exactly. Drowsiness is my archnemesis. For some reason I just can't seem to win against it. Just talking about it makes me sleepy...”
   
   
7. Blue Lions Parents: parents of Blue Lions students (of which Dimitri is leader, Dedue is a part). Faerghus is generally anti-Duscur. The same is implied about the parents, of which we have already seen from Parvati's encounter with Ashe and Lord Lonato.
   
   

Reminders: 

1. Claude: the smart-ass Duke-to-be of the Leceister Alliance, a sneaky tactician. Leader of Golden Deer, one of the Three Houses.
   
   Secretly Khalid, the Crown Prince of Almyra, the country east of the Alliance, which the Alliance is often at war with.

Chapter 16: Q.E.D.

The Blue Lions:

1. Ashe Ubert Gaspard: not born noble, but by a fantastic twist of fate, adopted by Lord Lonato of Gaspard. Lonato had warned Parvati to stay away from Ashe in Chapter 3, in the Cathedral.
2. Felix Fraldarius: childhood friend of Dimitri, hates his guts. The surly one firing harsh truths. 
3. Ingrid Galatea: childhood friend of Dimitri. Reigns in Sylvain’s womanizing and harbors indiscreet anti-Duscur sentiment. 
4. Sylvain Gautier: childhood friend of Dimitri. The skirt-chaser who protests Ingrid’s racist viewpoints.
5. Annette Dominic: the kind mage whose father, Sir Gustave, trained Dimitri, Felix, Ingrid and Sylvain as children.
6. Mercedes von Bartel: mage friend of Annette, a wonderful baker. Can say the scariest things with a smile.

Chapter 17: Working Relationships

Scroll up to Chapter 15 for Black Eagles Characters.

Chapter 18: Elementary

1. Lysithea von Ordelia: known as the magical atomic bomb, Lysithea is a plucky and fearless prodigy, the youngest student at the Academy. She bears 2 Crests (blood-based magical powers), one of which had been inserted into her through unethical experimentation.

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Thanks again to Moyou for this lovely Halloween fanart! What a lovely surprise!!! 🥰

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Character Reference: Chapters 19 to 21

Chapter 19: A Day in the Life of Parvati Sinha

The Officer's Academy Faculty:

1. Catherine: a bad-ass charge-straight-forward Knight of Seiros. Obsessed with Lady Rhea. Friends with Parvati but spying on her on Seteth's behalf.
   
   
2. Shamir: the cool archer-assassin-type Knight of Seiros. A foreigner to Fódlan from Dagda (a nation southwest of it). Spying on Parvati on Seteth's behalf.
   
   See Catherine and Shamir butt heads when they talk to each other.
   
   
3. Manuela - the Divine Songstress and a professor at the Officer’s Academy. Adrestian. Opera singer + physician combo. Parvati is her super fan. 

The Blue Lions kids:

1. Ashe Ubert Gaspard: not born noble, but by a fantastic twist of fate, adopted by Lord Lonato of Gaspard. Lonato had warned Parvati to stay away from Ashe in Chapter 3, in the Cathedral.
2. Felix Fraldarius: childhood friend of Dimitri, hates his guts. The surly one firing harsh truths. 
3. Ingrid Galatea: childhood friend of Dimitri. Reigns in Sylvain’s womanizing and harbors indiscreet anti-Duscur sentiment. 
4. Sylvain Gautier: childhood friend of Dimitri. The skirt-chaser who protests Ingrid’s racist viewpoints.
5. Annette Dominic: the kind mage whose father, Sir Gustave, trained Dimitri, Felix, Ingrid and Sylvain as children.
6. Mercedes von Bartel: mage friend of Annette, a wonderful baker. Can say the scariest things with a smile.

The Black Eagles kids:

1. Dorothea Arnault: a diva from the MittelFrank Opera Company in Adrestia. Manuela discovered her as an orphan with a singing talent on the streets of Enbarr.
   
   “Oh my, you look like a wonderful person. Is this your first time at the monastery? Shall I show you around? Ah, my name is Dorothea. Before enrolling in school, I was in an opera company at the capital.” —Dorothea introducing herself 
   
   
2. Ferdinand von Aegir: is quite a character. Son of Duke Aegir, the Prime Minister of Adrestia and the primary sponsor of Parvati's Agarthan Tech businesses. Hence, he has Parvati's attention. 
   
   “I am more talented than anyone in my class—even Edelgard. I will lead the Adrestian Empire to a bright, enlightened future.” —Ferdinand
   
   
3. Caspar von Bergliez: a 16-year old gung-ho fourth son of Adrestia's Minister of War. He is the fourth son, though, so he inherits nothing and aims to make it as a knight to prove his worth. He is Randolph's step-nephew, and therefore of particular interest to Parvati.
   
   “My instincts tell me that he's up to no good, and my instincts are never wrong.”
   
   
4. Linhardt von Hevring: a smart 16-year old mage who likes to nap. Heir to Adrestia's Minister of Domestic Affairs. He hates having to be a noble and wants to escape having to be heir to Count Hevring.
   
   “It's not that I want to miss lectures...exactly. Drowsiness is my archnemesis. For some reason I just can't seem to win against it. Just talking about it makes me sleepy...”

More Officer's Academy Faculty again:

1. Hanneman - a professor at the Officer’s Academy and Father of Crestology (the study of the powers inherited by blood). Adrestian. Like a father to Parvati.
   
   
2. Seteth: Parvati's boss, the second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy. Flayn's father (pretending to be "older brother").

Chapter 20: Our Little Secret

1. Flayn - Seteth’s naughty and whimsical daughter. They hide their true identities by pretending to be siblings.
   
   
2. (mentioned) Commander Randolph: Parvati's lover, Commander of the Fifth Division of the Adrestian Army (in my story). In the game, an NPC who becomes a General of the Adrestian Army.
   
   
3. Seteth: Parvati's boss, the second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy. Flayn's father (pretending to be "older brother").
   
   
4. (mentioned) Claude: the smart-ass Duke-to-be of the Leceister Alliance, a sneaky tactician. Leader of Golden Deer, one of the Three Houses.
   
5. (mentioned) Alois: hilarious punny knight and all around good dad. The dad of dad jokes.
   
   
6. Ignatz Victor: sweet Golden Deer commoner kid, the son of merchants, avid painter but trying to get himself to stop because he must pursue knighthood to make money for the family.
   
   
7. Ferdinand von Aegir: is quite a character. Son of Duke Aegir, the Prime Minister of Adrestia and the primary sponsor of Parvati's Agarthan Tech businesses. Hence, he has Parvati's attention. 

Chapter 21: Holiday Special: Flying Lessons with Flayn

1. Flayn - Seteth’s naughty and whimsical daughter. They hide their true identities by pretending to be siblings.
   
   
2. (mentioned) Commander Randolph: Parvati's lover, Commander of the Fifth Division of the Adrestian Army (in my story). In the game, an NPC who becomes a General of the Adrestian Army.
   
   
3. Ashe Ubert Gaspard: not born noble, but by a fantastic twist of fate, adopted by Lord Lonato of Gaspard. Lonato had warned Parvati to stay away from Ashe in Chapter 3, in the Cathedral.
   
   
4. Petra Macneary: with the personality of Starfire from Teen Titans, this is the princess of the country of Brigid, which Adrestia recently warred against and won. She is now being held essentially hostage so that Brigid doesn't turn against them again. She puts her all into everything. 
   
   
5. Anna: a fan favorite merchant who appears again and again through the Fire Emblem franchise. Brimming with enterprise and always ready to separate you from your money.
   
   
6. Khalid / Claude: the smart-ass Duke-to-be of the Leceister Alliance, a sneaky tactician. Leader of Golden Deer, one of the Three Houses.
   
   Secretly Khalid, the Crown Prince of Almyra, the country east of the Alliance, which the Alliance is often at war with.
   
   
7. Lorenz Hellman Gloucester: a Golden Deer who considers himself rival to Claude in becoming Duke of the Alliance, he is a prim, proper, pompous nobility-obsessed heir of the Alliance's Gloucester house. 
   
   
8. Marianne von Edmund: a Golden Deer, Marianne is a quiet student with a curse who shies away from people in fear she will bring them terrible fortune. 
   
   
9. (mentioned) Seteth: Parvati's boss, the second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy. Flayn's father (pretending to be "older brother").

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Character Reference: Chapters 22 to 25

Chapter 22: When Words Won’t Reach

The Officer's Academy Faculty:

1. Hanneman - a professor at the Officer’s Academy and Father of Crestology (the study of the powers inherited by blood). Adrestian. Like a father to Parvati.
   
   
2. Lysithea von Ordelia: known as the magical atomic bomb, Lysithea is a plucky and fearless prodigy, the youngest student at the Academy. She bears 2 Crests (blood-based magical powers), one of which had been inserted into her through unethical experimentation. She requested to drop out of Parvati's Ancient Technology class. (The unethical experiments done on her and her siblings used Ancient Tech.)
   
   
3. Seteth: Parvati's boss, the second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy. Flayn's father (pretending to be "older brother").
   
   He is scheming with Lady Rhea to eliminate Parvati after using her to gather and disappearing all the Ancient Technology her parents had excavated.
   
   
4. Sothis: the name of the Goddess that the Church of Seiros worships
   
   
5. Shamir: the cool archer-assassin-type Knight of Seiros. A foreigner to Fódlan from Dagda (a nation southwest of it). Spying on Parvati on Seteth's behalf.

Chapter 23: The Open Door

No new characters.

Chapter 24: The Eisner Fiasco

1. Manuela - the Divine Songstress and a professor at the Officer’s Academy. Adrestian. Opera singer + physician combo. Parvati is her super fan. 
   
   
2. Hanneman - a professor at the Officer’s Academy and Father of Crestology (the study of the powers inherited by blood). Adrestian. Like a father to Parvati.
   
   
3. Seteth: Parvati's boss, the second-in-command of the Church of Seiros and strict Principal of the Officer’s Academy. Flayn's father (pretending to be "older brother").
4. Lady Rhea: the Archbishop, head of the Church of Seiros. She has tasked Seteth to eliminate Parvati.
5. Jeralt Reus Eisner: also known as the Blade Breaker, he leads a mercenary band. Used to be Commander of the Knights of Seiros, but left for mysterious reasons.
   
   
6. Byleth Eisner: a talented mercenary known as the Ashen Demon, this is the main character player of the video game. She is made to be an instructor at the Officer's Academy by Lady Rhea, who has sinister reasons for wanting her within reach.  

Chapter 25: Worrying

1. Byleth Eisner: a talented mercenary known as the Ashen Demon, this is the main character player of the video game. She is made to be an instructor at the Officer's Academy by Lady Rhea, who has sinister reasons for wanting her within reach.  
   
   
2. Jeralt Reus Eisner: also known as the Blade Breaker, he leads a mercenary band. Used to be Commander of the Knights of Seiros, but left for mysterious reasons.
   
3. Catherine: a bad-ass charge-straight-forward Knight of Seiros. Obsessed with Lady Rhea. Friends with Parvati but spying on her on Seteth's behalf.
   
   
4. Shamir: the cool archer-assassin-type Knight of Seiros. A foreigner to Fódlan from Dagda (a nation southwest of it). Spying on Parvati on Seteth's behalf.
   
   See Catherine and Shamir butt heads when they talk to each other.
   
   
5. Manuela - the Divine Songstress and a professor at the Officer’s Academy. Adrestian. Opera singer + physician combo. Parvati is her super fan. 
   
   
6. Randolph: Parvati's lover. Commander of the Fifth Division of the Adrestian Army (in my story). In the game, an NPC who becomes a General of the Adrestian Army.

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Thank you to Chloe_roo for such a sassy rendition of Parvati!!! 😍 🥰 💖 You can follow her on Twitter and Reddit!

Dimitri looked surprised, then laughed. “Is that a backup plan for a backup plan?” 

“You always backup your backup plan," said Parvati.

Dimitri smiled. “Good to know.” 

“But you don’t tell people about your final backup plan.” 

“So there’s a backup plan you haven’t told us,” Dedue inserted.

Parvati started, then laughed, turning to Dimitri. “I don’t like how smart this one is.”

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Thank you thank you thank you so much for 5000 hits and 400 comments! I'll be commissioning some artwork in the upcoming months to celebrate!

In the meanwhile, check out the latest Chapter 28: The Six-Pointed Star and 29: For Honor.

Not too long before Commander Randolph returns, in a few chapters!

For those who don't remember, Commander Randolph is Fléche's brother and Caspar's step-uncle and the Adrestian General Dimitri tries to torture Post-Timeskip. Be excited!  

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PadmaLily made me an Expression Sheet for Parvati, in the style of Fire Emblem Three Houses! SQUEEEE!!!

Here are the first three expressions - resting face, angry, and smiling.

Coming up next time: surprised, sad and happy! Parvati's crying expression is my favorite. 😆 You'll see why when you see it!

Thank you so much PadmaLily!!! 😘

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Created by a new reader on Discord, Drebby, for Chapter 30! 🤣🤣🤣

Dimitri and Dedue get a peek at Manuela's apartment:

The first hint that this had been a mistake was the sound after the door hit something and stopped half-way ajar...

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Another meme created by Drebby on Discord, inspired by Chapter 7! 😆

A prediction of Caspar's reaction when he realizes Professor Parvati's lover is Randolph, his step-uncle.

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Another meme created by Drebby on Discord, inspired by Chapter 22! 😆

Lorenz got beaned.

This moment was going to go down as one of Khalid’s favorite moments in life. 

This was the moment the Golden Deer head watched Lorenz get beaned by the professor. 

And by beaned by the professor, it wasn’t a case of Professor Parvati threw an object at Lorenz’s head. This was a case of Professor Parvati was the object thrown at Lorenz’s head.

Khalid and Lorenz were standing just outside the horse stables, arguing about something. Khalid would never remember what they were arguing about, just that they had seen Marianne talking to her horse “Dorte”, and she — mortified — was trying to make an escape. So she was just out of the stables herself.

Khalid would remember that glorious moment in three instants. 

Instant One: Lorenz’s arguing face of frustration just as he was turning away from Claude. 

Instant Two: Lorenz suddenly looking over his shoulder, because he heard the screaming, and in a split second identified an impending doom coming in from behind him. 

Instant Three: the look on his face as Professor Parvati — hanging upside down from a pegasus by just one boot stuck in the saddle — smacked right into his back with so much force, Lorenz toppled face-first into Marianne, who had been standing just beside him. Collateral damage. 

Khalid would replay it in his mind, again and again, for the rest of his life — Lorenz’s expressions: Frustration. — Danger? — AAAH!!! He’d remember this story to Lysithea over so years she would tell him to stop retelling it.

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The Forgotten Meme -- a.k.a. the first meme ever created for The Lion and the Lotus, by DragonCat for Chapter 6! 😆

DragonCat, I can’t believe it — I have no clue how this wasn’t in the Companion Doc for over the last year! But here it is now, in the place it rightfully deserves:

MEME OF HONOR.

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Blaiddyd Battalion Be Like

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On the day Prince Dimitri and the Blaiddyd retinue were supposed to be entering the Garreg Mach Monastery, another retinue was traveling down the mountain. Because of the narrow nature of this road, traveling caravans and armies were required to reserve a time for one-way access to this road. But someone somewhere did not get the memo, because an Imperial foot-soldier army met ninety-eight horseback Faerghusi on a two-lane slope of the mountain.

Cue awkward stand-off.

Said stand-off went from awkward to bizarre in ten seconds.

The Faerghusi response — with no room for input from Dimitri — was to play the Faerghusi national anthem, loudly. And without pause.

It was unexplainably coordinated. No one knew who had the idea first, and no one knew why, but somehow, within ten seconds, every soldier of the Blaiddyd battalion had their horns out.

The Imperial soldiers were polite. Under orders of their second-in-command, they chose to oblige the Blaiddyd battalion. The foot-soldiers started moving single-file down the mountain, making space for the Faerghusi to proceed up the switchbacks.

The soldiers from Faerghus, on the other hand… Skilled in the art of sword and lance, they wielded their brass instruments right into the faces of the Imperial soldiers. Whether or not these Faerghusi soldiers had ever wanted to learn how to play this horn, they blew their hearts into these notes. They played with the bombastic audacity of knowing that their audience would have no idea if they were playing it wrong.

Decades later, this moment would be voted as the one, most annoying, most passive aggressive martial maneuver ever recorded in Fódlan military history.

Needless to say, the Prince was humiliated.

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Chapter 31 inspired 3 memes in the last 2 weeks! Here is meme 1 of 3, created by the epic DragonCat! 😆 

Height Difference

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Sorrow (Sintagon) and Svarasvalkir, two fellow writers friends on Discord concocted this one for when Jeralt catches Parvati and Randolph having a moment in Chapter 31: Arrival. 😆

But Were They Really Alone?

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Drebby from Discord is now putting Memes inside Memes here. Here's one combining this meme along with this fan art by PadmaLily ! For Chapter 31: Arrival. 

Isn't There Somebody You Forgot To Ask?

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Hi All! Today's edition of fan content: Parvati with Guns. 🤣  

My boyfriend has been playing XCOM, a sci-fi post alien-invasion game with game mechanics similar to Fire Emblem where you play as rebels trying to take Earth back from the aliens. He added Fire Emblem characters to his play -- including Parvati!!! 

Here are the characters with spectacularly on-point backstories!

And best of all...

Here are Parvati and Dimitri being deployed alongside Hubert, Ferdinand, Shamir and Felix.

I can't stop grinning at the absurdity. 😆 She looks SO COOL!!! 😍

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Whoa! So long delayed but -- here is Part 2 of the Parvati Expression Sheet made by PadmaLily !

I love that it's in the style of Fire Emblem Three Houses!!!

The expressions: surprised, sad and happy! Parvati's crying expression is my favorite. 😆 It's a Discord Sticker now!!! 

Thank you so much PadmaLily!!! 😘

Parvati Expression Sheet 

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Drebby on Discord is back with a meme for Chapter 38: Attack on Spoons! 😆

It's an old Vine and I just cannot stop laughing at the size of this GIANT SPOON.

Anything, you say?

"Do not worry," the dining staff woman said to Lady Edelgard, offering a honey jar separate from the one Parvati was already holding out to her. "We’ll replace anything that has been soiled right away.”

Lady Edelgard blinked, perplexed, as Parvati’s eyes widened. Soiled. As the woman reached for the honey jar Parvati had used, Parvati slid it back out of her reach. 

“Everything?” challenged Parvati, looking into the woman’s green eyes. “You’ll replace — everything?” She could hear the blood rush in like fire roaring in her hears.

Before the woman can say more, Parvati _attacked_ the coffee table. She ran both hands down the sides of the column of ceramic cups. She grabbed all of the stirring spoons into her left hand and flexed them into one bunch — had to get her palms into contact. They clinked against the ceramic cylindrical container when she dropped them in favor of the milk jug, the sugar pot, the orange juice, and she almost got her hands on the apple juice, but the woman shrieked and seized it away, out of Parvati’s reach.

“Oh no! You’ll have to replace the tablecloths!” Parvati said, running her hands on it back and forth. “In fact! You’ll have to replace the table!”

And then, behind Hubert, she saw the table with the lunch utensils. She declared to Hubert, “This Monastery will have no spoons.” His brows rose. She walked around him, making a beeline for the table, saying, “This Monastery will have no spoons!”

Credit also again to PadmaLily for the Parvati image here! 

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I asked a writing server what they thought my Enemies-to-Lovers endgame ship was. The results were nothing I imagined.

And from here began... 

What is happening. 🫠

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Long time no see! A much belated update for a second meme for Chapter 38: Attack on Spoons!

Here's Drebby of Discord's original meme, and Svarasvalkir's follow-up take! 

"Do not worry," the dining staff woman said to Lady Edelgard, offering a honey jar separate from the one Parvati was already holding out to her. "We’ll replace anything that has been soiled right away.”

Lady Edelgard blinked, perplexed, as Parvati’s eyes widened. Soiled. As the woman reached for the honey jar Parvati had used, Parvati slid it back out of her reach. 

“Everything?” challenged Parvati, looking into the woman’s green eyes. “You’ll replace — everything?” She could hear the blood rush in like fire roaring in her hears.

Before the woman can say more, Parvati _attacked_ the coffee table. She ran both hands down the sides of the column of ceramic cups. She grabbed all of the stirring spoons into her left hand and flexed them into one bunch — had to get her palms into contact. They clinked against the ceramic cylindrical container when she dropped them in favor of the milk jug, the sugar pot, the orange juice, and she almost got her hands on the apple juice, but the woman shrieked and seized it away, out of Parvati’s reach.

“Oh no! You’ll have to replace the tablecloths!” Parvati said, running her hands on it back and forth. “In fact! You’ll have to replace the table!”

And then, behind Hubert, she saw the table with the lunch utensils. She declared to Hubert, “This Monastery will have no spoons.” His brows rose. She walked around him, making a beeline for the table, saying, “This Monastery will have no spoons!”

Credit also again to PadmaLily for the Parvati image here!