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Eldritch Abomination
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Hello all!

It's been quite a while! I'm glad to be back. I'd been working on something for quite some time, and then had a major set back. My old dinosaur computer finally crashed, and then almost caught fire, so naturally I lost all my work, every sprite I'd ever made, and years of writing work. So, naturally, this discouraged Fire Emblem hacking for quite some time for me.

However, thanks to my lovely boyfriend, I managed to get all that work back. By the time I got it, though, I'd already grown pretty disinterested in my original ideas for a hack, but I still had a lot of stuff piled up, so I figured I might as well put it to good use. So, I'm making a new hack, Fire Emblem ~ Maiden of Darkness!

Yes, that is the FE6 Beta name. No, this hack will not have anything to do with FE6. I'm not remaking FE6 because I'm not talented enough. Though, I promise, the title will be relevant to the plot, which is heavily lightly inspired by Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis, Diablo 3, and a few other games I've played in the past few months.

The Story will take place in the country of Advhen, a highly religious island country, whose church and military are heavily interwoven, and ruled by the aging and devout King Gabrian, and his Holy Knights, each of whom governs a major city of Advhen. Due to the King's negligence, and the cruel, and dogmatic laws of the Holy Knights, a peasant uprising has begun, throwing Adhen into turmoil.

The first few chapters will detail the Prince of Advhen's escape from one of the major cities, while it is being attacked by the rebels, while he seeks refuge with one of the Holy Knights, and then leads his own counter-attack on the rebellion. As he ventures on, certain truths that were hidden from him became clear, such as the Holy Knights hidden motives, and the true nature of the rebellion.

A side plot (Chapter 5x) will focus on a young female commander in the rebellion, and her assault on an Advhen controlled fortress, sneaking in during the night in an attempt to get the drop on their forces. Debates will be had on the morality of some war crimes, such as taking hostages, betrayal, and killing civilians and gentry who are trying to keep out of the civil war.

And that's all of the plot I'm going to put here! But I will also put my notes on some of my ideas, and the changes I'll be making from the vanilla Sacred Stones, below. A word of caution, I make my concept notes in all caps, with lots of curse words. It makes it more exciting, and keeps me on track.

SHIT IS GOING TO BE RIDICULOUS
IT'S GOING TO HAVE
THREE LORDS WHOA HOW ORIGINAL
A MAGIC LORD WHO IS A TOTAL ASSHOLE (OMG) AND CAN ALSO USE STAVES RIGHT OFF THE BAT
AN ARMORED LESBIAN LORD WITH AN AXE (WHAT LILINA SHOULD HAVE BEEN)
AN AMBIGUOUSLY AMORAL ROGUE-ISH LORD WHO IS AN ASSHOLE
TWENTY TWO CHARACTERS TOTAL (BECAUSE I'M GETTING RID OF THESE ASSHOLES SPOTS [GILLAM ROSS COLM JOSHUA ORSON AMELIA MARISA DOZLA CORMAG RENNAC DUESSEL SYRENE])
NO FUCKING SUPPORTS PROBABLY
PLAYABLE FIRE DRAGON MAMKUTE AND MALE DANCER (HOLY SHIT)
THE MAMKUTE ISN'T AN OLD MAN HE'S FINE AS FUCK
A SUPER RELIGIOUS COUNTRY FULL OF ASSHOLES (ADVHEN)
A PEASENT REBELLION LED BY A HOT LESBIAN WITH AN AXE
CHARACTERS OF COLOR
LESBIAN AND GAY CHARACTERS
HOT ENEMIES
NO UNBELIEVABLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ARMY
DIRE WOLVES FUCK YEAH AND ONE MIGHT BE PLAYABLE
SOLDIER AND BRIGAND WILL NOT BE ENEMY ONLY CLASSES
NEW MONSTER TYPES GHOST
GETTING RID OF MOGALL/ARCH MOGAL, MAUTHEDOOG (SORT OF), AND GWYLLGI
FEMALE GENERIC ENEMIES
CLASS NAMES WILL BE MORE ACCURATE TO WHAT THEY IMPLY [sO SOME CLASS NAMES WILL CHANGE]
NO TRAINEE CLASSES
[POSSIBLY] NO JEIGAN [sORT OF]
NEW/DIFFERENT PROMOTIONS FOR SOME CLASSES
GETTING RID OF THE PIRATE CLASS [bRIGAND WILL HAVE WATER WALKING]
RECRUITABLE QUEEN
HIGHER DIFFICULTY [bUT NOT INSANE]
TOWER OF VALNI/LAGDOU RUINS AREAS WILL BE VERY HIGH DIFFICULTY
BONUS CHARACTERS WILL ACTUALLY BE WORTH GETTING
FIRE EMBLEM WILL BE A USEABLE SWORD

Character Replacements

Eirika -> Shane (Lord, Anima/Staff)
Seth -> Baslam (NPC Great Knight)
Franz -> Jared (Cavalier)
Gillam -> Removed
Vanessa -> Joshua (Knight)
Moulder - Zach (Mercenary)
Ross -> Danielle (NPC Civilian)
Garcia -> Tyler (Fighter)
Neimi -> Jude (Cleric)
Colm -> Removed
Artur -> Enkihl (Warlock)
Lute -> Marie (Cavalier)
Natasha -> Mordred (Dancer)
Joshua -> Removed
Ephraim -> Robey (Lord, Axes)
Forde -> Megan (Thief)
Kyle -> Zac (Archer)
Orson 5x -> (Enemy Civilian)
Tana -> Alistair (Cavalier)
Amelia -> Removed
Innes -> Kit (Soldier)
Gerik -> Roger (Brigand)
Tethys -> Sean (Horseman)
Marisa -> Removed
L'Arachel -> Robbie (Lord, Lances)
Dozla -> Removed
Saleh -> Reigh (Mamkute)
Ewan -> Nora ( Pegasus Knight)
Cormag -> Removed
Duessel -> Removed
Knoll -> Jacob (Bishop)
Myrrh -> Moira (Shaman)
Syrene -> Removed
[sECRET CHARACTERS]
Caellach -> Uriel (Halberdier)
Orson -> Brian (Assassin)
Riev -> Macena (Bishop)
Ismaire -> Sherai (Sage)
Selena -> Jedza (Druid)
Glen -> Joseph (Hero)
Hayden -> Unnamed (Mage Knight)
Valter -> Claire (Dark Flier)
Fado -> Unnamed (Possibly General)
Lyon -> Belial (Fallen Angel)

General Class Changes

All classes growth rates will be increased
Most classes will have stats changed, especially Shaman/Druid/Summoner, and Mage Knight
Gender differences will be merely cosmetic, will not affect stats except Con
Con increased for most female classes
Soldier stats changed (20 HP, 4 Str, 6 Skill, 5 Spd, 4 Def, 0 Res, 8 Con)
Female Mercenary, Thief, and Rogue added
Pirate, Journeyman, Recruit, Pupil, Mauthe Doog, Gwyllgi, Mogall, Arch Mogall, and Gorgon Egg removed
Pick removed from Rogues
Slayer removed from Bishops
Pegasus Knights have different secondary promotion
Shaman/Druid names changed to Warlock/Apostate
Tavros/Maelduin names changed to Satyr/Centaur
Phantom's given different stats, depending on Summoner
Final Boss Stats (HP 120, Str/Mag 30 +5, Skl 30, Spd 25, Luck 30 +5, Def 30 +5, Res 30 +5, Light S, Dark S, Monster Weapons Usable, Flier)

Item Changes

Iron changed to Bronze
Steel changed to Iron
Silver to Steel
Rapier stats changed (Lvl C, Wt 3, Mt 4, Hit 90, Crit 5)
Hatchet changed to Short Axe, stats changed (Lvl C, Wt 11, Mt 10, Hit 60, Crit 0)
Warp/Rescue staves removed, Mine/Light Rune staves added
Added B level non-super ranged magic for each type
Aircalibur's stats changed (Level B, Wt 8, Mt 11, Hit 85, Crit 0)
Dark magic will be largely reworked
Nosferatu is now Light Magic, made B level
All light magic will be effective against monsters
Evil Eye/Crimson eye are now standard Dark Magic (E and B, respectively, stats will be changed)
Stat boosting items removed
All promotion items except Master Seal removed
Master Seal now promotes all unpromoted classes
Lockpick use doubled
Vulnerary use increased to 5
Pure Water/Antitoxin use increased to 10
Torch use decreased to 1
Dragonstone made infinite use, no longer effective against monsters
One Sacred Weapons for Each type (two for sword), none will be character exclusive, will be effective aginst Monsters, but not the Final Boss (except one)

Screen Shots

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...Now, be aware, I've little experience with map creation/insertion, and even less with event hacking. And though there's been some advances on it recently, there's still not a whole lot in the way of FE8 hacking documentation, so this isn't going to be something super awesome and amazing. My talents mainly lie in writing, with a minor talent in spiriting, so that's what I'll be focusing on. However, if anyone would like to contribute anything (maps, hacking help, characters, sprites, etc), please just let me know! I'm unlikely to turn down any help, especially with maps or event hacking. However, I'm at least a moderately skilled spriter, and so I will be a bit picky when it comes to any character mugs from others I'm going to put in here. I'm not expecting anything super fancy (I'm actually not expecting anything at all), just so long as it looks clean, and has a nice palette.

That's all for the moment. I'm not on my desktop, so I don't have any images to add to this at the moment, but I'll throw them on here as they're brought into existence. Any thoughts, ideas, or criticisms are appreciated!

Thanks,

~Eldritch Abomination

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oh my god it's ghaststation he's so cool don't say anything stupid

As soon as I can pull the boyfriend off League of Legends, I'll be posting character Mugs. A lot of this was thought up this morning over subway and coffee, so I don't have a lot of solid progress made into it yet, but most of what I need to do for the initial first few parts or at least enough to mock up some good looking screen shots is stuff I'm fairly good at doing.

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And I've added some screen shots. This is just some very basic edits at this point, a few mugs (including some stand in ones), animations, and what not. Haven't done a lot of work on the writing yet, and stats displayed are not even close to final. Just a general view of the look I'm going for.

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"lolol another nooby FE6 remake. Prepare for giggl—

... wait, it's not an FE6 remake?

And Eldritch Abomination's helming it?!?!"

^my approximate reaction.

If you want one, you've got yourself a music-insertion-person.

I don't have many examples of my work online now, but I inserted most of FE: Bloodlines's music and intend on uploading a sampler of some other music-as-inserted-into-FE on youtube just as soon as I have internet that isn't slayed by video upload/download. Also, the pretty colors that you see in FE:BL's maps were my doing too. [shot]

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You could definitely bug Alfred for any and all help with event hacking FE8. He's sort of become the go to guy for that, with all he's done.

(and if this picks up hey maybe I can dust off ye olde spriting hands and help out, I've always liked FE8 hacks more \ '3'/)

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I'm hoping not. Most names are subject to be changed at one point or another along the way. Everything, from names to animations, is still very much in beta at this point. Hence why I have a Zach and a Zac. And thank you~

That is a Female Hector. I didn't think I would need to ask permission to use it, since I made it. All I did was throw on some longer hair onto Hectors model. Any animations you'll be seeing here come from either the Fedtior Animations post, or were made by me.

Mordred is a guy. He'll be a male dancer, filling Natasha's spot. The mug is just a stand in for the moment. Magic Lords are the best. I'm trying to avoid Sword Lords, though both the melee Lords will get swords after promoting, so use of the Fire Emblem isn't entirely impossible for them.

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That is a Female Hector. I didn't think I would need to ask permission to use it, since I made it. All I did was throw on some longer hair onto Hectors model. Any animations you'll be seeing here come from either the Fedtior Animations post, or were made by me.

Ah alright, since there were another female hector edit in Awful Emblem and was simply concerned.

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Wow, so, super fun long overdue update time.

My entire computer crashed. My hard drive is completely fired, and I lost everything. All my mugs, animations, weapon icons, the whole nine yards.

Thankfully, not all is lost. Some of my custom stuff I had backed up on a google drive, but without a computer of my own to work on, I haven't been able to do anything with this project. However, it's not dead yet. My lovely boyfriend just got me a new laptop, and my first priority is getting this project revamped, up and running. It's still going to have playable fire dragons, and axe wielding lesbians, but the first thing I'm reworking is the story, to give it a more Fire Emblem feel to it.

Updates will be coming over the next few weeks, but they will be slow, as I work six days a week. Prepare your anuses, though, because with all the lovely new animations that have come out, and my intent to learn all I can about event hacking in my spare time, I'm hoping to make this something at least decently mediocre.

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AN ARMORED LESBIAN LORD WITH AN AXE (WHAT LILINA SHOULD HAVE BEEN)

...Darn, looks like someone has come up with this for Lilina already...

Seriously though, this hack looks pretty cool so far. I'm looking forward to more updates~

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I swear I've been working on this!

I've got (almost) all of the animations I need together, and I've been working on mugs, too.

I've entirely rewritten the story. The original title may not even be applicable anymore?

Anyway, I should have a trailer out for it sometime next month, and a patch of the first five chapters will follow soon after.

Edit: Also, I'm totally down with any sort of mug submissions for characters. I didn't realize how tiring it can be to try to make character portraits for 30+ characters, with each one looking unique. It's a pain in the ass not being talented like so many others on here

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