Fire Emblem: Three Houses: Difference between revisions

If Byleth sides with Edelgard, they awake to discover that Rhea has taken sanctuary in the Kingdom capital of Fhirdiad and that Adrestia is locked in a stalemate with [[Faerghus]] and [[Leicester]]. Byleth's return tips the state of the war decisively in Adrestia's favor. First, the group conquers the Alliance capital of Derdriu and either executes Claude or forces him into exile. Right before the empire begins their invasion of Faerghus, the Church attemps to retake Garreg Mach in a surprise attack which ends up foiled and with Seteth and Flayn either slain or spared in the process. Edelgard then resumes her invasion of the kingdom by seizing Arianhrod in a surprise strike, taking down the generals guarding it as well as [[Cornelia]], an undercover agent working for "those who slither in the dark". Edelgard and her elite forces then proceed to defeat Rhea and kill Dimitri on the Tailtean Plains, forcing Rhea (revealed to be Seiros) to retreat to Fhirdiad. The Imperial forces pursue her to Fhirdiad, where she orders the city burned and transforms into a dragon in a mad attempt to kill Edelgard, but Edelgard emerges victorious and slays Rhea. Now the ruler of a united Fódlan, Edelgard begins her sweeping reforms of the nobility and the Crest system and begins a silent war against "those who slither in the dark".

If Byleth is a member of the [[Blue Lions]], they awake to discover that Rhea has vanished and Dimitri has been forced into exile in the Garreg Mach region and has been driven mad by his desire for revenge against Edelgard. Reuniting with the former Blue Lions, the two form a proper Kingdom army and vow to defeat the Empire. After receiving reinforcements from Dimitri's ally [[Rodrigue]], the Kingdom begins an invasion of Adrestia. At Gronder Field, Dimitri defeats Edelgard and forces her to retreat, but Rodrigue sacrifices himself to save Dimitri from the younger sister of an Adrestian general he killed. Reassessing his priorities and vowing to atone for his sins and become a worthy king, Dimitri doubles back to Fhirdiad and wrests it from Imperial control. He then marches to Derdriu and reinforces Claude, driving the Empire out of Leicester. Claude disbands the Alliance, places their former territories under Dimitri's governance, and departs Fódlan. Dimitri then launches a proper invasion of Adrestia and conquers the Imperial capital of Enbarr. Cornered, Edelgard transforms herself into a monstrous abomination, but is ultimately defeated by Dimitri in a final battle. Dimitri makes one last attempt to reconcile with her, but she attacks him one last time and he executes her. Afterwards, Fódlan is united under Dimitri's prosperous rule.

If Byleth is a member of the [[Golden Deer]], they awake to discover that Rhea has vanished. Reuniting with Claude and the former Golden Deer, the two form a proper Alliance army and vow to defeat the Empire. After receiving reinforcements from Lady Judith of Daphnel, the Alliance begins an invasion of Adrestia. At Gronder Field, Claude defeats both Edelgard and a deranged and vengeful Dimitri; Dimitri is killed by Imperial troops afterwards in an attempt to pursue Edelgard. Claude continues the assault on Adrestia, and conquers Fort Merceus. However, the fort is destroyed by ballistic missiles that the Alliance refers to as "javelins of light". The Alliance storms Enbarr, kills Edelgard, and rescues Rhea. Afterwards, Edelgard's vassal Hubert posthumously informs them about the ones responsible for the destruction of Fort Merceus and much of the tragedy that has plagued Fódlan, a cult called "those who slither in the dark". The Alliance besieges their fortress, an underground city called Shambhala, and kills their leader Thales. In a last-ditch effort to destroy Fódlan, the cult resurrects Nemesis; Rhea reveals that she is one of the Nabateans, a race of dragons, and that Nemesis was a common bandit who massacred them, created the Heroes' Relics from their bones and hearts, and drank their blood to gain the original Crests. The Alliance defeats Nemesis in a final battle. Afterwards, Claude founds the United Kingdom of Fódlan to unite the continent under Byleth's rule.