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About the Author: Elieson
Single father of 2 in Texas. Avid enthusiast of tile-based games and overall upstanding fellow.
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Community Spotlight: Manakete Millennium E-Zine (Pre-orders open until Aug. 14)

If you’re a fan of Fire Emblem, then you’ve no doubt come to learn about Manaketes. They’re the dragons of the series, and they’re practically as well known as the blue-haired lords that were there at the birth of the franchise; Tiki and Bantu made their appearances as recruitable characters in the first game. Furthermore, you’ve likely come across some varieties of art of various Manaketes across the franchise, from the various iterations of Tiki across the main games and spinoffs, to standards in the main games such a Nowi or Fae. Now, what if I told you that there was a fan base out there that appreciates Manaketes so much, that they created a fan-zine to show their love?

Look no further than towards this, the Manakete Millennium! Manakete Millennium is a SFW zine dedicated to the Manaketes and dragonstone-wielders across every Fire Emblem game, from Shadow Dragon to Fire Emblem: Heroes! They aim to showcase and celebrate dragons in both their humanoid and draconic forms, in both canon and crossover settings.

The zine features over 40 creators: 25+ artworks, 10+ fanfictions and various merchandise (including digital goods and physical goods), and all proceeds will be donated to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (https://www.ifaw.org/). I can’t turn my nose up to a fandom that supports charity!

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Heroes: Summertime 2022 Slams in on July 7 with Magvel regulars and a pair of Gods

After a hiatus and a move, I’m back and ready to take a look at Fire Emblem Heroes again, and what’s more exciting to take a look at then a Special Heroes banner!?

This time around, in the Taken by the Tide Special Heroes banner, we have some love for the mobile series as well as Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, by way of summer-versions of Eirika, Lyon, Nifl, Thor (+ Loki) and Tempest Trials+ reward unit Seth: Silver-Sea Knight (a Green Axe Cavalry). Furthermore, Lyon: Sunlit Prince will be available in the 4-star pool as a focus unit. Lastly, there are a handful of new and interesting inheritable skills in this batch of Heroes, so the artwork isn’t the only thing Summoners will be looking at.

As per usual, this banner will run for a month, from July 7 until August 6.

Good luck, Summoners!

For more info on the unit skills and such, click Read More.
For complete artwork of the units, click here, courtesy of 4Gamer.Net.
For the Japanese trailer, click here.

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Heroes: Special Heroes (Unlikely Friends) brings a Tiny Tellius team to the fray on April 7

It’s high time for our next low-in-age units to join the brigade, and this time, we’re graced with a slew of Tellius inspired units, all of which have connections to each other via the Greil Mercenaries. This, and just a bit more, come in the Unlikely Friends Special Heroes banner!

For the Japanese trailer, click here.

This banner features a few interesting inheritable skills, including the next Distant Counter but with a stat boost skill, Distant Dart (boosting Speed). There is also the new -Tempo skill line, which is similar to Special Fighter 3, that protects a unit from Special Cooldown altering abilities, and also grants a stat advantage. The Spd/Def Tempo 3 appears on an Infantry unit this time around, so I wonder what unit movement types will be allowed to use this skill. Speaking of skills, we have another rare Colorless Tome with Soren.

Additionally, Boyd: Future Great, makes his debut in Heroes, and much to no one’s surprise, is a green axe infantry. He is a free unit, earnable in the upcoming Tempest Trials+ event as reward unit.

Finally, Ilyana: Awakened Appetite, will be available in the 4* Focus pool.

Special Heroes (Unlikely Friends) will run from April 7 until May 6.

For more details on the units’ known Stats and Skills, click Read More.
For complete unit artwork, click here (courtesy of 4Gamer.Net).

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Heroes: Ascended Idunn and more Binding Blade reps arrive Feb 17, plus Gonzales GHB on Feb 18

After quite a wait, it’s Binding Blade’s time to shine, as the New Heroes & Ascended Idunn Banner trailer has just dropped.

For the Japanese trailer, click here.

In this banner, you’ll find some new characters from the Binding Blade series, including first timers Hugh, Cath and Niime. Furthermore, Idunn is the ascended unit this time, representing yet another color on the spectrum of Idunn versions.

In addition, the upcoming Grand Hero Battle on February 18 will feature Gonzales: Kindly Bandit, presumably a Green Axe infantry unit. Furthermore, if you summon an Ascended Idunn from this banner, you’ll receive an Ascendant Floret, which can be used to add an Asset to a Hero’s stat. Finally, after 40 summons, Summoners will receive a Celestial Stone, as well as a Spark-effect, granting one free banner unit.

This banner will run on February 17, and will feature Cath: Master Thief as a 4* Focus unit.

For more details on the unit’s skills, click Read More.

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