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'''''Fire Emblem: Three Houses''''' (Japanese: {{hover|ファイアーエムブレム 風花雪月|Faiāemuburemu fūkasetsugetsu}} ''Fire Emblem: Wind, Flower, Snow, Moon'') is a new {{FES}} game releasing for the [[Nintendo Switch]] on July 26, 2019.

The game features four main characters: [[Byleth]], the playable [[Avatar]] unit, and the leaders of the titular three houses, [[Edelgard]], [[Dimitri]], and [[Claude]].<ref>{{Cite web| quote= Your protagonist meets three main characters—Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude—who play important roles in the story. | published=June 12, 2018 | retrieved = June 12, 2018| url=https://www.rpgsite.net/news/7332-fire-emblem-three-houses-revealed-for-nintendo-switch | title=Fire Emblem: Three Houses revealed for Nintendo Switch | site=rpgsite.net }}</ref> Byleth, after arriving at the [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] and given a teaching position, chooses one of the three houses to teach; this choice will have ramifications for both students and teachers down the road.

 

After a vision of a battle between [[Nemesis]] and [[Seiros]] and a meeting with an amnesiac girl who eventually identifies herself as [[Sothis]], a mercenary named [[Byleth]] and their father [[Jeralt]] rescue three nobles from an attack by bandits: [[Edelgard]], [[Dimitri]], and [[Claude]]. The five travel to the Officer's Academy at the [[Garreg Mach Monastery]], where Byleth is offered a position as a teacher and Jeralt resumes his former post as a high-ranking member of the [[Knights of Seiros]]. Byleth chooses one of the three lords to take charge of and spends the next year teaching them the ways of battle and going on missions for the [[Church of Seiros]]. During this time, they come to blows with forces conspiring against the Church, including "those who slither in the dark" and a masked individual calling themselves the [[Flame Emperor]]. The Flame Emperor's forces stage an attack on the Holy Mausoleum where Seiros' remains are allegedly stored, but they only manage to uncover a Relic called the [[Sword of the Creator]]. Upon learning that Byleth can wield the blade, Archbishop [[Rhea]] entrusts it to them. Byleth also eventually learns that Sothis is the name of the goddess of [[Fódlan]]. During an attack by [[Demonic Beast]]s on a chapel on monastery grounds, Jeralt is murdered by an assassin named [[Kronya]] working for those who slither in the dark. Byleth pursues Kronya and slays her, but is trapped in a realm of darkness by her ally [[Solon]]. Sothis sacrifices herself to imbue Byleth with her full power, and Byleth escapes and kills Solon. Afterwards, Rhea takes them to the Holy Tomb to receive a divine revelation. The Flame Emperor and their troops invade the Tomb and engage Byleth in battle, and over the course of the battle they are unmasked as Edelgard. If Byleth is a member of the [[Black Eagles]], witnessed Edelgard's coronation as Emperor of [[Adrestia]], and chooses to protect her, they may defect to her side. Otherwise, they remain allied with the Church. In either case, Edelgard declares war on the Church and its allies and besieges Garreg Mach. The Adrestian forces win the battle, and Byleth vanishes and falls into a five-year coma.

 

 

 

 

If Byleth is a member of the Black Eagles and 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. After beating back an attempt by the Church to retake Garreg Mach, the Empire begins an invasion of Faerghus. Edelgard and her elite forces 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.

[[File:Ss fe16 june famitsu 01.jpg|thumb|[[Byleth]]'s crest activates during battle.]]

'''Crests''' are a new unit attribute introduced in the game. Based on what has been revealed about them so far they are alike to [[Holy Blood]]. Several characters in the game, descended from historic heroes, possess crests that grant them particular abilities during combat.

 

Characters possess the standard set of stats the {{FES}} is known for. [[Attack speed]] can be [[:File:Ss fe16 edelgard class.png|seen in the trailer]], but it is as of yet unknown if [[weight (weapon)|weight]] returns, though the AS being zero suggests that it does.

 

Two new battle stats can also be seen: "{{hover|Prt|&quot;End&quot; in E3 2018 footage}}" (presumably for protection; Japanese: {{hover|防御|Bōgyo}} ''{{hover|defense|A different word than the regular defense stat, which is 守備}}'') and "Rsl" (presumably for resilience; Japanese: {{hover|耐魔|Taima}} ''magic endurance''), and they are possibly the battle equivalents to defense and resistance, akin to strength/magic and attack. There is also a new stat labeled "Cha" (presumably for charisma or charm; Japanese: {{hover|魅力|Miryoku}} ''charm'').

 

Many characters start in the mechanically identical [[Commoner]] or [[Noble]] classes and may change classes upon reaching level 5; doing so does not reset the character's level. In order to take an examination, the character must spend an exam pass; passing is based on a percentage chance, which can be increased through their abilities. Characters can freely reclass between any class they have unlocked. Any class can use any weapon, but certain classes specialize in certain weapons. Characters have affinity towards and against certain classes.

 

New to the series, units are now able to equip batallions, groups of generic characters, to accompany them in battle. Different battalions give different benefits and also allow access to new abilities.

 

[[File:Ss fe16 byleth on bridge to castle.png|thumb|[[Byleth]] at the monastery.]]

The Garreg Mach Monastery serves as the game's "hub" for at least Part 1 of the game. It, on the surface, can be likened to [[My Castle]] in {{FE14}}, however it is far larger and has more features.

The Officers Academy, housed within Garreg Mach, allows the player to set up teaching schedules and goals for their chosen house. During the weekends, when the player is not teaching, the player may freely walk around the grounds to speak with students, give advice, plan meals, or partake in battles.

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The calendar is a system used to visualize the course of a single chapter in the game. During weekdays the player spends time teaching their students; on weekends, the player can, as mentioned above, wander the grounds or begin battles. On the last weekend of every month there is a mandatory battle serving as the ending of the chapter and progression to the next.

The game was initially announced early in 2017 on January 18th in the ''Fire Emblem'' [[nwiki:Nintendo Direct|Nintendo Direct]]. At the time it was announced without subtitle and was only presented with the broad release date of "2018". Nothing of the game was shown during its initial announcing except for a generic ''Fire Emblem'' logo. No further details were given on the game for over a year until a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkux5h0PeXo reveal trailer] aired at Nintendo's 2018 [[wikipedia:Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] showing on June 12th. During the reveal trailer they revealed that the game would release in Spring 2019, marking a delay from its initial 2018 release window.  

After another lengthy absence the game resurfaced again in February 2019 during Nintendo's Nintendo Direct presentation and received a story trailer and confirmed release date of July 26, 2019, marking another, though much smaller, delay, from spring 2019 to early summer 2019.

 

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* ''Three Houses'' is the first mainline ''Fire Emblem'' game to have a single, worldwide release date.

* The name of the ''Seasons of Warfare'' limited edition of the game appears to be in reference to the game's Japanese title. See the ''etymology and other languages'' section below for details.

|eng-mean=''Three Houses'' appears to refer to the three houses that students of the Officers Academy at the [[Garreg Mach Monastery]] are sorted into: the [[Black Eagles]], [[Blue Lions]], and [[Golden Deer]].

|jap-mean=''Fire Emblem: {{hover|Wind|of summer}}, {{hover|Flower|of spring}}, {{hover|Snow|of winter}}, {{hover|Moon|of autumn}}''. This combination of characters is used when describing the beauty of the four seasons in a poetic fashion.<ref>https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/fire-emblem-three-houses-vs-fire-emblem-風花雪月/</ref> It is rearranged compared to the poem and adds wind as the summer aspect, which is not present in the original poem. These four words are used in the names of the four different versions of Part II.

FETH Sothis and logo.jpg|Game logo and artwork of [[Sothis]].

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