Milord/Milady, as your retainer, I know this is tantamount to treason. Not for my actions, but for this unfortunate circumstance. Her boss dialogue with Jakob makes it way, way worse, and really twists the knife.įlora: I'm sorry, Avatar.This leads to a horrifying scene in Birthright where she's Driven to Suicide by Self-Immolation right in front of her sister. Her older twin sister, Flora, will only join in Conquest, and later on in Revelation. One of the Avatar's maids, Felicia, will join their group no matter what path you take.Mozu, being playable on both routes, is the most likely character to go through this, which itself is a Tear Jerker given how much suffering she's gone through already. In another life, on another path, that unit may have married the very character they're cutting down on this path. Even worse is that some units are available on all routes, or can work together with opposing units on Revelation.
The deaths of characters exclusive to the opposite route in general, especially if you got attached to them in another playthrough.Having to fight, and even kill in some cases, the other siblings is so much more depressing after seeing how well things could have gone, if only you'd sided with them. Similarly, in whichever route you play second, all of the above is even worse for the opposite family, as the player would have spent the entire previous run getting even more attached to them.And in general, seeing the brothers become more villainous on their opposite routes after getting to know them before the route split really shows how war brings out the worst in people.Even when Sakura does not hate the Avatar, she has to fight them and their group, and she's clearly not happy but still willing to do so. On Conquest, Takumi leads an invasion of a peaceful Nohr port town in a Roaring Rampage of Revenge for the Avatar's betrayal and Ryoma resorts to blackmail (i.e keeping the Avatar out of the only place with medicine to cure the dying Elise) to get them to go back to Hoshido, while Hinoka's Fantastic Racism towards Nohr gets worse.Finally, Xander goes from kind, protective older brother to a borderline Inspector Javert, only focused on hunting the Avatar down for their betrayal. Team Mom Camilla cracks badly enough to go from My Beloved Smother to an outright Yandere. Leo is first seen about to pull You Have Failed Me on a minor boss until the Avatar talks him out of it, and later claims he has always hated them. On Birthright, Elise, who normally acts as a rare beacon of optimism on the Conquest route, falls into depression.It really shows how much the Avatar was something of a Morality Chain for both families. Seeing how much the lives of the siblings you don't side with change for the worse as you progress through the story.It's a painful double-whammy, especially when the chapter ends with both countries labeling the Avatar a traitor and ordering a hunt on their head, despite their desperate protestations that they aren't, they just can't bear to fight either of them. And if you thought picking neither side would spare you heartbreak, think again! You get the exact same reactions as above, but from both families this time.Going after the little sisters, who can't even fight back, is possibly the most gut-wrenching - and even worse, it's necessary to attack Sakura on Conquest, unless one wants to fight Ryoma. Their reactions are all heartbreaking, ranging from angry accusations of betrayal to despairingly wondering why this is happening, and the Avatar is clearly wracked with guilt and horror. You know what makes it worse? Fighting the siblings with the Avatar.On the Hoshidan side, Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi, and Sakura have just been reunited with their long-lost sibling, only for their sibling to turn on them, which hits Hinoka especially hard since she's been searching for the Avatar all her life, and she even laments that all her life's training has been pointless. The Armor-Piercing Question the Avatar gives him: did Garon really care for them if he sent the Avatar into Hoshido with Ganglari, KNOWING the sword's explosion would most likely kill them? Them calling his father Garon a monster just twists the knife further. Xander's is possibly sadder, as he's seeing the person he'd loved and cared for as a sibling all his life become his enemy, and unlike Ryoma, he's incredibly hesitant about fighting them, only doing it when he feels he has no choice. Either you side with Hoshido and get Xander lamenting the Avatar betraying their family, or side with Nohr and have Ryoma brutally rebuke them for supporting the country that murdered Mikoto and countless innocent people. The Chapter 6 decision will hurt regardless of which side you choose.
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