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1. #1Setting

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   The story of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is set on the continent of Fódlan and begins a year before the events of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. The game is set during two time periods. The first begins in Imperial Year 1180, during the characters' time as students at the Officers Academy, acting as an introductory segment to the game. The longer second part then jumps two years later, with Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude seen in multiple storyline routes: Scarlet Blaze, Azure Gleam, and Golden Wildfire as their three nations are now at war with each other.

   Some characters from the latter reappear in the former as playable characters, including Monica in the Scarlet Blaze route, and Rodrigue in the Azure Gleam route. Several relatives of the Three Houses cast either appear for the first time or are fought against: Rufus is the uncle of Dimitri; Leopold, Waldemar, Grégoire and Matthias are the fathers of Caspar, Linhardt, Bernadetta and Sylvain respectively; Holst is the brother of Hilda; and Shahid is the older half-brother of Claude.

2. #2Alternate Timeline

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   Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is set in an alternate timeline from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. The main character is Shez, a mercenary who at the beginning of the game is in service of Berling's Mercenaries, who rival Jeralt's Mercenaries.

3. #3Prologue

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   In a bid to attack and destroy Jeralt's Mercenaries, Shez's mercenary companions are wiped out instead, and Shez in turn is struck down by Byleth. However, Shez is immediately brought back from death and escapes with their life due to an entity named Arval that awakens within them. Shez learns that, because of Arval, they are incapable of dying.

   Six months after this incident, Shez is lost in the woods near Remire when they stumble into the path of Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude, who are on the run from bandits. In the Three Hopes version of this event, it is Shez that aids them in fighting off the bandits. Consequently, Shez is asked to come with the Church soldiers to Garreg Mach Monastery, where they are given the opportunity to enroll as a student at the Officers Academy in the house of their choosing. Similar to Three Houses, the story plays out in a different fashion depending on the house Shez chooses to enroll with. However, because of Shez's actions, Byleth consequently does not become an academy teacher in this timeline, and the house that Shez chooses to join is instead taught by the weapons instructor Jeritza.

   The first mission given to Shez's class is to mop up the remaining members of Kostas's bandits that were responsible for the ambush in the woods. Embarking on this mission, Shez's class is led by Jeritza to a mysterious fortress where the remaining bandits are holed up. However, while exploring the fortress, they discover and rescue Monica, a Black Eagles student that had gone missing toward the end of the previous school year. After coming to her rescue and fighting off a mysterious woman, they return with her to the Monastery, where Monica reveals her kidnapper was Tomas, the monastery librarian. When Church soldiers confront Tomas, he drops his disguise, revealing himself to be the mage Solon, and vanishes. Over the course of these events, Shez witnesses these adversaries use abilities that reflect their own and grows concerned, though the house leaders and students don't feel any reason to distrust them.

   After this incident, events lead the house leaders to return to their respective nations to tend to individual business. Edelgard uses the revelations brought by Monica to accelerate her timetable and expunge the influence of Those Who Slither in the Dark from the Empire and become the new Emperor. Dimitri, meanwhile, returns to the Kingdom to settle a sudden dispute regarding royal succession, and Claude returns to the Alliance territories to defend the border against an Almyran attack led by an ambitious prince vying for the Almyran throne.

   With the majority of the students now either away on business or preoccupied, Rhea closes the Officers Academy in 1180 and sends the rest of the students home.

4. #4Story: The Ashen Demon

   Keys: Byleth, Shez, Jeralt, Arval, Zahras

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   In all routes, Byleth and Jeralt are hired by factions opposed to Shez and hinder them throughout the war that follows the prologue. Shez encounters and fights Byleth and Jeralt multiple times, either as optional or main battle objectives.

   During a critical battle in all three routes, the path of the story will diverge. In these key battles, if Shez kills Jeralt, Byleth swears revenge and sacrifices their mortal body to Sothis, who senses and is vexed by Arval's presence. This ultimately leads to the "bad" ending for the respective route.

   If Shez instead avoids direct confrontation with the mercenaries and convinces Byleth and Jeralt to surrender, the two are hired by Shez's faction. In the event that Byleth and Jeralt are part of Shez's force, prior to the final battle of each route, Arval possesses Shez and attempts to kill Byleth. When that fails, they banish Shez, Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude to Zahras.

   In Zahras, Shez loses their connection to Arval, who has become one with their original identity of Epimenides, an Agarthan that swore revenge and is bent on killing Sothis and conquering Fódlan for those who slither in the dark. Shez and the three lords kill Epimenides, freeing them from Zahras. Once back in Fódlan, the lords call a temporary truce in order to return to their respective forces before continuing the war.

5. #5Story: Scarlet Blaze

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   Edelgard and her forces claim Garreg Mach for the Empire, forcing the Church of Seiros to seek aid from the Kingdom. The Empire manages to hold back troops from the Kingdom and Alliance to secure key locations in the west and east. Months later, Edelgard and Claude form a pact for the Empire and Alliance to work together to defeat the Kingdom and Church of Seiros. As their forces begin to surround the Kingdom, many Adrestrian territories are suddenly attacked by "those who slither in the dark" and a revolt led by Duke Aegir. Edelgard's army slays Duke Aegir and contains most of the chaos before advancing back to the Kingdom. While the Empire and Alliance fight the Kingdom and Church of Seiros in the north, Rhea uses a secret passage and leads her soldiers to reclaim Garreg Mach, which is also approached by Thales and "those who slither in the dark". Edelgard's forces manages to hold back both armies until Rhea and Thales seemingly kill each other. With their absences, the influence of the Central Church wanes and "those who slither in the dark" vanish.

   There are two endings to this route that are determined by Shez deciding to recruit or kill Jeralt and Byleth. If they recruit them, then the Empire and Alliance will prepare for their final battle with the Kingdom to end the war. If they kill Jeralt, Byleth joins Claude and encourages him to break the pact with the Empire during the battle with the Kingdom and Church in the north. Claude's betrayal causes all three ruling powers of Fódlan to return to war against each other with no end in sight.

6. #6Story: Azure Gleam

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   Upon the start of the war, Dimitri chooses to grant asylum to the Church of Seiros and go to war against the Empire. As they attempt to reclaim western territories, they face a revolt from the traitorous former royal family mage Cornelia and the western lords. After they defeat her, Cornelia tells Dimitri that his stepmother, Edelgard's mother, was involved in the Tragedy of Duscur and encourages him to seek answers from Edelgard before dying.

   The Kingdom and the Empire later face off in Arianrhod, with the Kingdom emerging victorious. Dimitri confronts Edelgard during her retreat, but Thales appears and attacks both of them. Edelgard reveals that Thales was responsible for the death of Dimitri's father, but before he can be confronted, Thales uses his magic to subdue Edelgard and put her under his control. Duke Aegir is then restored to power as Regent of the Empire under the pretense that Edelgard is unwell. With Edelgard little more than a puppet and Thales controlling events from behind the scenes, the Empire turns more chaotic and ruthless. Dimitri and Claude form a partnership and engage in a strategy. By feinting attacks in the west and east, the Kingdom and Alliance split the imperial forces before converging on an assault to liberate Garreg Mach Monastery from the Empire with the aid of the Knights of Seiros.

   The feint is only partially successful, and the allied forces of the Kingdom and Alliance face off against imperial forces led by Aegir with Edelgard in tow at Ailell. After killing Aegir on the field of battle, the Kingdom and Alliance assault the monastery. Thales attempts to fight Dimitri's army with the aid of a mind-controlled Edelgard, but Dimitri kills Thales.

   With Thales's mind-control having left Edelgard in a childlike state, and the Empire as a whole on its heels from both the defeat at Garreg Mach and significant internal strife, the allied forces push on to Enbarr in order to crush the Empire for good, upending the power structure across Fódlan.

7. #7Story: Golden Wildfire

   Keys: Claude

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   Claude initially opposes Edelgard in defense of Leicester. However, an attempt to counterinvade the Empire is interrupted when Shahid launches another attack on the Alliance, forcing Claude to break his momentum against Adrestia to repel and kill Shahid. Claude negotiates a ceasefire with Edelgard. Four months later, the Alliance is reformed as the Leicester Federation, with Claude as its first king. Claude, who agrees with Edelgard's belief that Rhea is stagnating Fódlan, sets out to kill Rhea and cripple the Church's military and political power. Claude drives Dimitri to the capital of Faerghus, but is forced to back down when those who slither in the dark incite civil unrest in Leicester. The Empire and Federation defeat the Kingdom and Church in battle. Dimitri abandons the Church to protect Faerghus, allowing Claude and Shez to battle and kill Rhea. With his goal complete, Claude proposes an end to the war, although it is uncertain whether his words will be heeded.

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