#verdant wind

[paunchsalazar]

Mister Leader Man

#claude von riegan #claude fire emblem #fire emblem #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #my art #golden deer #verdant wind

[iubworks]

Edeleth - After the War

#edeleth #male edeleth #edelgard #edelgard von hresvelg #Byleth Eisner #Byleth #FE3H #black eagles #crimson flower #blue lions #azure moon #golden deer #verdant wind #feh #fire emblem heroes #Nintendo #fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #three houses #fe17

[themisteriousentity]

"Golden Deer is boring though it's lackluster, the characters aren't as strong as the other paths there's less conflict-"

You fool. You absolute buffon. Golden Deer is perfectly designed. Not only does it feed into the whole "alliance" theme well by having the characters still work together despite their differences and feelings well before hitting those A supports, but it's ALSO the only route that actually puts the focus on YOU the player. Or, rather, Byleth themself

Black Eagle is about whether or not you can agree to Edelgard's ideals of acceptable sacrifice and perspective that there's only 1 way to do things. The branching happens when you decide whether or not you agree, but ultimately it just explores opposing or agreeing with Edelgard. Anything more than that is really just incidental to that main concept, whether it's Crimson Flower or Silver Snow, the entire time you're focused either on helping Edelgard achieve her goals or you're focused on showing her how wrong she is alongside the Black Eagles who think it's their duty to correct Edelgard's wrongs (and I have a whole separate thing in regards to how the cast acts in Crimson Flower verses Silver Snow). It works really well for characters designed around an empire, a domineering form of government where (usually) a singular ruler determines the course and focus

Blue Lions is focused entirely on working on past issues and learning to bring yourself into the present, but it's done almost entirely through the cast more than the player. The Blue Lions themselves all have their own traumas and deep-seated past issues that hinder or help progress. While both Blue Lions and Black Eagles have a lot in common when it comes to traumatized characters and ideology, the ideology is front and center, while in Boue Lions, their interpersonal conflicts are front and center. This shows especially in the final (non romance) scene, where Dimitri decides that his personal attachment to Edelgard and past memories still matter, and he reaches out a hand, despite her immediately trying to kill him. It's fitting for a route designed around a kingdom, which is usually built entirely on interpersonal dealings between the ruling class

Golden Deer, however, is designed very differently. Unlike the other 3 routes, the player, or more specifically Byleth, is put as the driving force instead of the Lord. And this is actually what makes Golden Deer such a good route and one with the best ending of all of them. Claude has ideals, but he isn't a person who wants to force others to follow his path like Edelgard. Claude has lived a life of strife where his past motivates him, but it doesn't chain him the same way it does Dimitri. Instead, he works on understanding everyone around him and working together towards agreed upon goals, while taking on stuff that isn't agreed upon onto himself. But more than that, while all the Lord's value your opinion, Claude is the only one who actually takes what Byleth wants (rather than just what they think about specific matters) into consideration for his plans. Repeatedly you tell Seteth in Silver Snow that you don't want to kill Edelgard, but he pushes that you have no choice. Pretty much the entire first half of Azure Moon is Dimitri ignoring you. And in Crimson Flower, you've all but completely submitted to Edelgard's will with a couple of exceptions (which actually proves my point because it's specifically in regards to the Golden Deer because you can fight the entirety of Crimson Flower while sparing all of them except for Judith). But in Verdant Wind, Claude doesn't hide that he has a problem with the church and wants Rhea gone. In Golden Wildfire, without Byleth, he's more than happy to just get rid of her without a second thought. But when Byleth is the protagonist, he goes out of his way to accommodate your wants into his plans and goals. When you express as the player that you want to reason with Edelgard and ponder if you can't walk the same path, Claude agrees with you and says he'll make it happen if he can, with the other Golden Deer mostly agreeing. When that,can't happen you both lament the fact that Edelgard gave you no choice together. He makes finding Rhea a priority, mostly because as curious as he is in general, he wants to help you find out answers only Rhea can give you. And all of the Golden Deer do this to some extent, with each other but also with you as the player. I think Hilda and Marianne's A supports with Byleth show this best personally, but that's a personal opinion. And it just works so well for a route designed around the idea of an alliance, people coming together and agreeing to work towards a goal bigger than themselves

And that's not to say the other routes aren't as good as Golden Deer, they're all equally well written, but it just makes me sad when I see people giving the Golden Deer route grief just because the characters aren't the same when it does its theme so beautifully

#fire emblem three houses #fe3h #claude von riegan #claude fe3h #golden deer #byleth eisner #byleth fe3h #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #edelgard von hresvelg #blue lions #black eagles #crimson flower #silver snow #azure moon #verdant wind #edelgard fe3h #dimitri fe3h

[cosmosnout]

Autumn

#making this into a series #edie is up next👊👊💥 #art #digital art #my art #fanart #fe3h #fire emblem 3 houses #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem #claude von riegan #claude #fe3h claude #fe claude #verdant wind #golden deer

[momochanners]

Oswald von Riegan has died, leaving to his grandson the mantle of leading the Leicester Alliance...and also his journals.

Is Claude prepared to uncover the secrets that lie within the pages?

Dear Teach Chapter 3 begins over at my P@treon!

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #fe3h #Claude von Riegan #verdant wind

[whimsycottt]

Claude's Asking the Questions We're All Wondering (VW Spoiler)

edited to add bonus panel

#Claude von Riegan #rhea #seiros #verdant wind #fe3h #fire emblem #Fire Emblem Three Houses #seteth #flayn #cichol #cethleann

[cometnoodle]

more shenanigans

#fire emblem #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #fe3h art #byleth eisner #f!byleth #fe3h byleth #claude von riegan #fe3h claude #khalid von riegan #fe3h khalid #golden deers #verdant wind #dedue molinaro #fe3h dedue #edelgard von hresvelg #fe3h edelgard #art #myart #digital art #i just realised i mostly drew byleth doing 😬 face

[marmastry]

Claude

#claude von riegen #golden wildfire #verdant wind #khalid von riegen #my art #fire emblem #few3h #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem three hopes #People who didn’t appreciate GW! Claude are WEAK - first to die off in the natural selection #GOES FERAL OVER HIM

[anam-mana]

There's nothing so cruel to this warrior as an aerial battle. After all the strategy and planning, once it happens, her only choice is whether she can bear to watch.

#claudeleth #byleth eisner #female byleth #fe3h #verdant wind #claude von riegan #fire emblem three houses

[fieldsofvarley]

the edelgard and dimitri as little angel devils on claude’s shoulders whispering to him to join their side because of this or because of that is a cute concept for the 0.3 seconds it takes me to realise how deep the lack of claude’s agency or being taken as a legitimate, third lord with his own ideas and depth and character runs in this fandom. most of the time he’s treated like a dog’s toy getting pulled in one direction or the other and you never see that being done to the other two. nobody ever talks about dimitri as Claude’s Best Ally. edelgard as Claude’s Best Ally. either. whichever. whatever. if he’s ever brought up by die-hard fans of the other two, it almost always sounds something like ‘gotcha, claude works with them, therefore they’re better and right and correct unlike that other, murderous war criminal one. name claude’s three personality traits? umm.’ i love verdant wind claude, but the plot’s writing crimes are as numerous as they have been disastrous. i think that’s why i enjoy hopes!claude so much. i love him consolidating power and becoming king. i don’t even mind him betraying edelgard, as much as i prefer them as allies. watching him consistently being denied agency or not taken seriously by the writing nor the fandom has made it satisfying beyond the narrative. if you can’t have love…you can at least have power. and it feels good. it feels vindicating. and it fits khalid, who tried reasoning and yelling and pleading and never got heard out. maybe there’s a time when you’re done trying to be heard, and instead - you make people listen.

but it is sad, in the end. for his character to suffer the same fate in fandom as in-story. always the spare, never the heir.

#text post #fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem three hopes #fe3h #claude von riegan #khalid von riegan #claude fire emblem #khalid fire emblem #edelgard von hresvelg #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #verdant wind #golden wildfire #fieldsofvarley

[hapigairu]

Actual footage of the battle at Gronder Field:

#fe3h #fe16 #azure moon #verdant wind #claude von riegan #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd

[sleepy-bear-tm]

(cue God Shattering Star playing in the background)

#golden deer #claude von riegan #lysithea von ordelia #raphael kirsten #lorenz hellman gloucester #claude #khalid #verdant wind #three houses #fire emblem three houses #fe3h #fe3h fanart #art #digital art #my art #fanart

[cosmicnovaflare]

Claude von Riegan from Fire Emblem: Three Houses

#fear the deer #fe3h #fe3h Claude #Claude #Claude von Riegan #fe16 #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem three houses fanart #fire emblem three hopes #fire emblem three hopes fanart #fire emblem fanart #fire emblem warriors #fire emblem warriors three hopes #fire emblem heroes #fe16 Claude #failnaught #golden deer #verdant wind #golden wildfire #if the professor doesn’t show up to class for 5 years you are legally allowed to start a war

[btwnskyandsea]

A New Dawn

#fe3h #claude von riegan #fire emblem three houses #verdant wind

[momochanners]

FE3H - Dear Teach, Chapter 2

Previous chapter

#fe3h #fire emblem #claude von riegan #byleth eisner #golden deer #verdant wind #comic

[legendsoffodlan]

Verdant Wind AU where Dimitri survives the Battle of Gronder Field and gets dragged back to the monastery by Hilda and just kinda becomes the Vegeta of the Golden Deer. A angry bastard rat man who is still majorly fucked up but now he's fighting the enemy instead of us.

Dunno, could be funny.

#Legends of Fodlan #Fire Emblem #Three Houses #Dimitri #Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd #Golden Deer #Verdant Wind #AU #Fic #fanfic #idea #though #funny #comedic potential