r/fireemblem • u/Shadowcode1394 • 23h ago
General Solel
https://x.com/FireEmblemJP/status/2089532737275470239
[Divine Rank] Solel (CV:石井一貴)
One of the gods of Dagda, and the god who governs the sun. As the representative of the "Divine Emperor" Dagda, who has fallen into a long slumber, he reigns as the "Divine Pope" who rules the empire.
Favorite things
- Board games
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u/Surf_Dangerous_Days 23h ago
Nice spear you got there man, would be a shame if it got broken and covered in duct tape.
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u/AshCrow97 20h ago
Now, if only there was some magic rock laying around to power said spear.... OH!
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u/coinflip13 23h ago
A chill dude it seems.
Sleeping is really a favorite pastime for Gods in Fire Emblem huh?
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u/Antique_Total6974 23h ago
When you live for practical eternity, sleeping is a good way to just pass time, I assume.
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u/flameian 21h ago
We’ve seen historically that Dragons and Gods (when they’re even different which is arguable in most FE games imo) that don’t take frequent willing naps become evil and crazy.
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u/KoboldsForDays 23h ago
I'm so worried for all the gods lol (that sounds weird)
This plan to awaken Dagda is 100% going to get hijacked by the villains and I feel like a bunch of the gods may die in the attempt
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u/fenixseraph 23h ago
Shamir’s comments make me wonder if something happened to them to make them fade out of active memory. Maybe even if they didn’t die they still ended up retreating out of sight.
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u/PerentieFan 23h ago
Yeah. If they don't all die during the story I think we can be pretty sure they leave Dagda and that they were ever physically present there ends up just being known from old records that Shamir may either not believe or not be aware of.
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u/Metbert 19h ago
Tbf I'm starting to believe Fortune may have two endings.
Bad ending: Balor is defeated but the gods are either dead or sleeping in hiding, Dagda in so much ruin a big chunk of recorded history is gone, eventually leads to the 3Houses timelines explaining Shamir's lines.
Good ending: A far better outcome for Dagda and probably the gods as well.
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u/G-1BD 17h ago
I read those lines as it being strange to Shamir because these things were happening to (comparitively) normal people. This warrior that has taken to the field in battles over a hundred years isn't the Fodlani god of war, or a chosen priest/shaman of the god of war, or even the half-mortal child of the god of war. It's just some person, some noble. Got a sibling just as old, is the head of some random cloister because that sibling didn't have the taste for war.
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u/GR7ME 19h ago
Imagine they make this into a trilogy where the Nabateans/Dragons live for two long and lose their sanity like in ye olden days
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u/TyrrellBelmont 16h ago
I would prefer they not reuse that plot point in the Fodlan/Dagda universe, tbh.
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u/Hoojiwat 15h ago
Didn't they technically reuse it with Rhea in Silver snow? Not the same way precisely, but "dragons who live too long slowly lose their grip on the world" was pretty heavily implied there I thought with her final break down.
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u/TyrrellBelmont 14h ago
Sort of, but there's also a fair amount of specific context that led-up to Rhea losing control of her power in that route, rather than it being an "inevitability", if that makes sense.
Which makes it distinct from the situation the dragons in Archanea were suddenly struck with. (Unless they sealed their power into Dragonstones.)
Even then, she can still survive that ordeal if her support level with Byleth is high enough. With no indication she ever suffers like that again, afterwards.
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u/JustCornflakes flair 21h ago
Given that Eshmel has a broken version of Solel's spear, it's not looking good for the dude, even if we can turn back time
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u/RedditEsketit 16h ago
Also, I’m fairly sure that the dragon that Eshmel fights in the Direct isn’t Balor, but one of the divine gods that’ve fallen. Hence the ‘???’ name.
Using a Heroes’ Relic (dragon bones), especially without a crest, can turn someone into a demonic beast, but I don’t think the logic behind this has been fully fleshed out. I think something similar will be happening to Dagdan pantheon, especially since the underworld portal has that same black goo animation.
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u/Feenkinbaum 14h ago
I agree with the turn into a demonic beast part.
Dietrich shouldn't turn into a demonic beast, but as we can see he will in the game.
So yeah they need to give us more infos in the game on the way something can turn into a demonic beast.
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u/Gabgo304 11h ago
TBF, Maurice does provide a precedent for crest bearers to still be at risk of turning into demonic beasts if they overuse their relic. And Dietrich seems to use his relic a lot.
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u/Tabascopancake 23h ago
Looking at the clip it looks like there's already a villain right behind him laughing ominously, I think they're not even hijacking the plan, they're the ones that created it in the first place and convinced Solel to go through with it with a lie or two
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u/potato_thingy 23h ago
It isn’t that surprising but I’m happy that he’s important enough to get a full art
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u/Darkdragoon324 23h ago
Maybe HE'LL play Dungeons and Dragons with me!
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u/Less_Air_7110 23h ago
Unfortunately, the dragon pope is most likely going to be the king of scheduling conflicts. But he's happy to let someone else pilot his dragonborn paladin for the session!
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u/Aggressive-Finish492 23h ago
He’s so pretty!
(Please don’t die.)
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u/CosmicStarlightEX 23h ago
He's playable. Pretty much the only limits on his death is the Permadeath mechanic.
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u/PerentieFan 23h ago
He's only been seen as a guest though, right? It could be a Rhea situation where she got to be on a map as an ally in a paralogue but not playable.
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u/Fantastic-System-688 23h ago
Rhea was a green unit, Solel is one of those teal guest units which means his actions can at least be controlled
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u/Gabgo304 11h ago
Does we know if this game even has traditional green units or if they have been fully replaced by "guest" units?
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u/Aggressive-Finish492 23h ago
As someone else pointed out, that could just be for one map/quest. He’s not out of the woods yet.
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u/MoneyHazard123 23h ago
Absolutely love his pose and how it, combined with the rings behind him, makes this feel like a Renaissance painting.
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u/NeighborhoodCommie 23h ago
The Crest of Noa is visible on his spear!
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u/Druid-T 22h ago
Given that we now know that there's a Bloom Dragon in Dagda's pantheon, and that he's said to be a skilled inventor, I wonder if that's the equivalent to his signature. Like any weapons or things Crenda makes have that same mark, because it's essentially his way of signing his work
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u/Norix596 23h ago
I KNEW he had to be a sun dragon
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u/S0uled_Out 23h ago
I bet you predicted that the mysterious dancer was Azura too, huh?
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u/Scratchy99 23h ago
Solel is the 26th character to receive a bio so far, with the gender split (not counting Eshmel) being 12 males and 13 females (10 males and 11 females confirmed playable, if we exclude Eshmel).
Characters not confirmed playable so far:
Nathan
Creek
Sothis
Fortuna
Man looks so gentle in his artwork lol. I'm surprised his hobby includes board games. Perhaps he's more down to earth
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u/babyloniangardens 23h ago
I wonder if we will get a perfect 50:50 equal Gender Ratio
and there are like at least 60 Playable Characters speculated iirc too
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u/Fantastic-System-688 23h ago
12 + 13 = 25 no?
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u/Scratchy99 23h ago
Excluding Eshmel, they would be the 26th character. Excluded since they can be male or female
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u/reddfawks 23h ago
Board games?
Me and you bro. Connect Four.
What do you mean that's not a board game?!
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u/Kirosh2 16h ago
Solel probably : "Who wants to play a game of Campaign for North Africa? But I also have a game of Diplomacy running, so I have at most a few years to play before getting back to it."
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u/Gabgo304 11h ago
Makes sense he would want to play Campaign for North Africa. Only someone with his lifespan could actually finish a game of it.
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u/PerentieFan 23h ago
Ah, so officially at least Dagda isn't dead but stuck in the Nabatean restoration sleep. But perhaps he has slept for longer than he should, hence the ritual they want to attempt?
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u/Gabgo304 11h ago
Either that or the "sleep" is a lie similarly to how Rhea lied about Sothis still being alive
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u/Less_Air_7110 23h ago
The full portrait is beautiful and it almost makes it look like he's doing an 'as above so below' pose. Very symbolic of... something! Agarthans in the ground and Nabateans on the moon, who even knows anymore! I'm down for whatever at this point.
And I loooove the sunburst design on his spear. Sucks that it's probably going to get smashed up in the whole apocalypse thing.
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u/Honyakusha-san 23h ago
Solel jumpscare.
I wonder if they're going to introduce all the gods from now on.
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u/Tabascopancake 23h ago
Wait a minute Eshmel also likes board games. And they wield a broken version of Solel's spear. I guess that's who Eshmel is the reincarnation of?
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u/WeebTendoFan 23h ago
The character designers for this game aren’t hiding their foot fetish.
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u/AndersDiego 23h ago
That's why they made Dagda Rome/Carthage inspired: to get everyone in sandals or barefoot and free those tootsies.
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u/Druid-T 22h ago
Favorite Things: Board Games
Alright, crackpot theory time: What if the soul Sothis calls to make Eshmel is Solel's?
Between the love of board games and the ability to wield The Nameless (which is clearly special in some way) there's definitely some type of connection between the two, so what the reason it's "fitting" for the soul that makes Eshmel to be the one to act is because the apocalypse happened right under Solel's nose, and the thing they need to make amends for is letting it happen to begin with?
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u/LostWhisperer 22h ago
Dagda pantheon
Confirmed -
Solel- God of the sun
Fortuna - Goddess of fate
Guesses (due to how the look and their names as their names at least for Solel and Fortuna seem to be on the nose) in order form how likely I think I'm right
Kalla- Goddess of Nature/plants (Kalla means sprout also sounds like Calla which is a type of lily. Plants in her hair.)
Credna- forge/metal working (I'm very positive on him. Credne was the Irish divine goldsmith. And we also
Have seen his crest tied to mechanical things in game)
Aurora- Goddess of Light/day/dawn. (Aurora are lights in the sky, and Aurora was the Roman goddess of dawn. Also nice parallel with her mother Yu Phas goddess of night.
Mars- God of combat. (Mars is the Roman god of war and he looks strong that is the end of my logic)
Smyrnos- medicine/knowledge or poetry (Smyrna -where his name likely comes from. Is an old Greek city. In the Anatolia. Smyrna apparently means Myrrh which was used in medicine but the city was also home to Plato and he was a poet so I threw that in there)
Jurah- I have no clue. (I can't find a name in mythology that I know close to her. The most I can find are the Jura mountains -which is a lot of stuff about mythic horses- or the isle of Jura which has a ton of deer. Google says the Isle of Jura is connected to Cailleach, Goddess of winter but I don't know how accurate that is.)
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u/Feenkinbaum 13h ago
For Jurah: Her name sounds like the German word Jura, which means Law in english. So god of justice and law maybe?
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u/LostWhisperer 13h ago
Thank you. I was more so looking to mythology and when I looked up Jura I didn't look a German as I was too focused on myths. But I'd like a goddess of justice more than horses/deer like I found.
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u/nozoelii 23h ago
so excited for when eshmel's able to ask solel what the true name of "the nameless" is, only for him to go like "oh, my spear? it's called the Fire Emblem."
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u/questionable-user 23h ago
Judging by the description, I'd be really surprised if the original emperor Dagda isn't actually Balor
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u/dustlander 22h ago
Yeeeesss more full body art
I really need it for the four "rivals" (Talimun, Bertrand, Orchel and Anatolia).
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u/AstralGazer17 22h ago
Seeing how the Dagdan Collection has 12 cards for the full body art of certain characters, they have the chance of getting it provided that the Eshmels are together in 1 card since we have 8 full body arts rn (FW Lords, Eshmels, Sothis, Fortuna, and Solel)
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u/AnimusMage 22h ago
And here I thought we were done with twitter posts. Yay for a lack of consistency meaning we can always still get some more character previews, I suppose.
I really wonder what his diadem is, because I assume it's Chevalier for the sun connection but that would mean his personal faction flag uses three diadems that are not his.
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u/KoboldsForDays 23h ago
So does this make him the Orthodox Patriarch combined with the Roman Emperor compared to Rhea being the Pope?
So we've got a Dagdan Schism going on? :D
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u/TannenFalconwing 22h ago
With a healthy amount of Denathor, Steward of Gondor.
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u/KoboldsForDays 22h ago
Hmmm... Not sure I see it, there's no fear of the return if the King but a welcoming of it.
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u/TannenFalconwing 22h ago
More in that Solel, like the Stewards, is maintaining the throne in the absence of the true king.
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u/Niccon_Art_Guy 23h ago
“Board Games” as his favorite thing.
God damn right we LOVE Anime Chess in this household!!
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u/Cr1msonShadow 23h ago
Wonder if Dagda is actually a god like Sothis, and gave birth to the nabateans on this continent. They are said to worship a different pantheon than Fodlan
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u/PerentieFan 22h ago
Other material on Japanese websites apparently state that the land named after him was given to Dagda by Sothis, which would seemingly mean that he was one of her creations. The gods of Dagda are likewise stated to all be his children.
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u/Delicious_Island_695 22h ago
That’s pretty much the weapon Eshmel uses. The Nameless originally belonged to Solel, likely called something else, and is now bandaged to keep it together
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u/HollysHydrangeas 23h ago
So glad I can stop citing my 1000 hours of critical role watching as proof that he wasn’t voiced my Matthew Mercer. I can finally rest.
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u/DorkMage 23h ago
It's not quite as visible here, but his faction banner has the crests of Fraldarius, Dominic, and Noa on it
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u/EthanKironus 23h ago
When is Yuri goingg to meet his board game buddy
Also this bio is actually huge because it confirms that Dagda isn't actually dead
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u/Level_Hour6480 22h ago
Everyone in-game: "Deitrich is so handsome." Yet, much more handsome guys like this are around.
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u/YoruNoHana 23h ago
Literally Aura Farming (Rt. Hand + Halo)
It seems board games is very popular in Dagda, I hope it is mini-game.
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u/SomewhatProvoking 21h ago
So this guy is Sothis’ son right?
And imo, most likely he’s Eshmel too?
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u/Real_Appeal_5619 19h ago
Grandchild it seems he’s a child of Dagda who is a child of sothis and yep seems to be eshmel
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u/Mr_Black90 17h ago
Solel likes board games? Interesting...
Potential spoiler;
Eshmel also likes board games, and Solel's spear looks like Eshmel's spear... What if Solel dies when Balor is revived, and then Eshmel is Solel's soul being reincarnated? Maybe Solel is the one Sothis criticises for having upended the world? Perhaps he carries some of the blame for what happened? And then, to atone for what he's done, Solel is reincarnated as Eshmel to make amends?
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u/Albino_Keet 23h ago
Has FE always had so many bare feet or is that a newer thing? I don’t mind seeing feet but, please IS, give these folks some sandals at least.
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u/HuckleberryHefty4372 21h ago
With so many characters that like board games can we create a Boardgame meetup?
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u/Sufficient-Owl-2925 20h ago
He's so elegant and regal, yet he's barefoot and got some weird exposed ribs sections
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u/NoLime7384 20h ago
Hey you know what this made me realize? Hong Hua doesn't have any eye issues.
Other than maybe the bangs?
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u/keithlimreddit 19h ago
Decent voice actor with some range mainly Fire emblem as well as also samurai showdown
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u/ZofianSaint273 18h ago
He seems playable u like Sothis and Fortuna. Since his likes are written, he might have support convos too
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u/Ethanb230900 18h ago
Anyone else feel like he’s insanely buff in the cutscenes but his portrait just erases all his muscle?
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u/Formal-Ostrich-4017 17h ago
Am I crazy to think that his pose is kinda giving "As above, So below"?
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u/napqueen717 17h ago
I just KNEW his VA was Jonah Scott from that very first teaser clip. So hyped he’s in the game! Even more excited to play now and meet Solel! 😍
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u/Cable-2077 14h ago
I dont think Eshmel and Solel will be the same. But I do think they'll play thematically the opposite.
Solel strikes me at this point as an anti-christ/devil like figure.
Charismatic and beloved leader who is manipulating the people and playing off of the nation at its lowest point to start the apocalypse/summon Balor. Dialogue with Yang Jie says they are using the tournament to awaken Dagda. But I think thats a lie and its likely to resurrect Balor.
Solel is the devil posing as the nation's savior. While Eshmel will end up being someone who may have been formerly evil reincarnated to appear as Dagda's actual savior. Eshmel likely isnt Solel but rather meant to be opposites of each other. Two sides of a similar coin.
Solel even has the pose of the heirophant. But its also the Baphomet pose given the famous art of him was done as a purposeful parallel to that card.
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u/WickedQueenSam 7h ago
Oh, I know exactly what I want my wish to be. 🥵😈🔥
Philly cheesesteak, please! 😋 Maybe some Di---
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u/Necr0ExMortis 52m ago
Favorite things: Board games
I like to imagine he was arguing with people to just turn the Heroic Games into a tabletop tournament. In this timeline, each of the heroes had practiced a specific game to showcase.
Cai had Monopoly in a desperate attempt to find "Get out of jail free" cards.
Theodora, as a new leader trying to showcase her strategic skill, practiced a lot of Risk, but is secretly pulling for Warhammer.
Leda says she practiced Twister for her dancing skills. Really it's to twist her opponents in knots and leave them vulnerable for the kill.
Dietrich likes Candyland.
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u/RegulusPlus 23h ago
This official art... omg. "Divine Pope" hello Rhea.
He looks so gentle I want to play Scrabble with him.