#Catherine's dad is 'my daughter is a fugitive who took our relic but hey look she's becoming quite famous'

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I like Alois too and I find it strange that he is the captain of the knights when he doesn't have a crest! Catherine has a relic and a crest so she would be a better fit, Jeralt had a crest too.

(This turned into an Alois appreciation post)

I don’t know if Jeralt having a Crest was widely known, worse, if it was known that he had major Seiros given how it’s supposed to be tied to the Imperial Bloodline - some might think Jeralt could be a bastard from a previous Emperor, but given how, apparently, Edel was experimented upon to officialy give her a major Crest of Seiros, Jeralt being that random running around with major seiros crest would be upsetting.

or, maybe the empire was pissed at the church who flaunts their major seiros captain everywhere and they feel like noobs?? idk how crest (major and minor) are passed down in Fodlan...

(thinking about it, is it even mentionned that Rhea has a major Crest of Seiros in the game? Like anyone comments on it? Even Hanneman?)

Back to the question, Catherine/Cassandra is a fugitive. Given how Catherine is still widely known i don’t think this would have prevented her from being a captain but it raises questions, i think, during her intro chapter we briefly get an overview of the military organisation of the Knight, you have squires (randoms), knights (glorified randoms) and Holy Knights (randoms able to use a relic).

Meaning that, before Catherine, to create that rank, there must have been more Holy knights which is both weird and interesting - we know that Relics are kept as treasures of one’s household. Meaning that even if a major crested guy/girl wanted to join the church, s/he would have to take that treasure away and, in the game, we see how vital some relics are for various territories, like the Gautiers. OTOH, the Gonerils are badass enough not to need it, so could Hilda, if she wanted to join the knights, could have been promoted Catherine rank? idk.

(otoh how fucking weird is it that Catherine ran away with Thrunderbrand when her dad and her siblings are still alive and kickin’ + the whole “Catherine is a fugitive” stuff ?)

Concerning Alois, I stand corrected, he isn’t the Captain per the wiki (which is stupid all things considered, when Jeralt ran away Rhea didn’t give his post to someone else? The Knights were running without a Captain for 20ish years? Even Catherine, with all of her hype and Rhea’s favors wasn’t picked up??) but eventually becomes Captain in the end (bar CF).

it reeks of the devs wanting to make your dad that legendary mercenary thing who is so awesome that no one took his place during his absence and no one will question his return in the order of the knights because he’s just that awesome and i will litterally create two mouthpieces to tell you how awesome he is

Dimitri and Shamir’s support lampshades his ability to lead and raise the morale of his troops, Alois might not be the strongest but he has a bajillion leadership stars and it has nothing to do with magical lizard’s blood. Let it be because of his stupid jokes or his cheerful demeanour.

So yep, Alois can become Captain of the Knights even if Catherine exists because being a captain and a leader isn’t measured on how great you can smash things but on other virtues and qualities Alois possess.

In his solo ending, he even manages to make his troops outshine what Jeralt achieved as a captain, even if Jeralt was a semi-immortal being with a major crest of Seiros!

Alois is a beast.

#FE16 #fire emblem three houses #Alois #that guy is awesome #it sucks that there was a 20 years gap at the head of the knights of Seiros #who was the de facto leader when Jeralt fucked away? #Seteth? He trains some battalion corps #Rhea with a wig? I don't think so she wouldn't pull the wig thing if Seteth's around #Catherine's dad is 'my daughter is a fugitive who took our relic but hey look she's becoming quite famous' #'rad isn't it?' #following the Gautier issue if Dad Charon wanted his relic back would Rhea have to give it back even Catherine uses it? #wow extradition issues i love it #or maybe Dad Charon is kind of a doofus like his daugter #I didn't play CS and don't plan to but seeing Rhea talk about the plot to Alois made me happy #for a random who was thought by the devs to be Jeralt's number 2 fan the lizard lady interacts with him #more than she does with her niece anyways