The Fire Emblem Prompting Fest

Congratulations, everybody. Round VIII is over, and here is our master list. This year, we have 15 fills by 6 authors. Well done, and thank you all!

Per standard procedure, this challenge traditionally includes an indefinite amnesty period, so you are more than welcome to post for any prompts you have claimed until such time as Round IX begins. (If ideas strike you, you can also PM me to ask to fill a prompt that you did not claim during the round proper.) Prompts that have not been filled by then will be returned to the prompt pool.

Meanwhile, we have one week and one day until the U.S. release of Three Houses, so I look forward to seeing what the new game brings to the fandom in days to come. :-)

ROUND VIII

And Our Destination Makes It Worth the While by sarajayechan [Radiant Dawn – Micaiah / Pelleas]
Peaceful, Easy Feeling by sarajayechan [Radiant Dawn – Ike / Soren]
While My Garment's Hanging Sleeves / Are Speckled With Falling Snow by 22degreehalo [Awakening – Say'ri / Tiki]
We Were Never Meant To Be Gods by sarajayechan [Echoes – Alm / Celica]
Home To Talys by samuraiter [Shadow Dragon – Caeda / Ogma]
Heather's Finishing School For Flirting Failures by sarajayechan [Heroes – Heather & Soleil]
You Say You Wanna Go To Heaven, But You're Human Tonight by seasaltmemories_14 [Echoes – Alm / Celica]
Dancers of Khadein by samuraiter [Shadow Dragon – Merric / Linde]
The Only One by anonamor [Sacred Stones – Ephraim / Innes]
Eyes On Me by 22degreehalo [Awakening – Brady / Inigo]
Summer's Glow by sarajayechan [Path of Radiance – Mist / Rolf]
My World Spins On One Particular Axis [Fates – Hinoka / Azama]
Love Is Love by anonamor [New Mystery of the Emblem – Kris (F) / Katarina]
"Dance" Lessons by anonamor [Sacred Stones – Marisa / Tethys]
Sleep, I'll Guard You Both by lady_katana4544 [Fates – Rinkah / Corrin (F)]

Title: Dancers of Khadein
Game: (Archanea)
Character(s) / Pairing(s): Merric / Linde
Rating: All Ages
Summary: Linde makes up her mind about Merric.
Word Count: 1,480
Author Notes: AU in which Merric and Elice do not end up together. This was interesting to write. I think my feelings about this pairing have evolved a fair bit since the prompt was originally added to the Round 1 list.

Prompt: Merric / Linde – With a cup of fragrant wine as the moon sets.

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( Dancers of Khadein )

This is the post for leaving new prompts, and it will be open from June 3 (today) to June 10. Since I intend to post a complete prompt list by the end of the day on June 10, I am going to set the end time for prompting at 7 PM (EDT) on that day to give myself time to get all of the new prompts organized. Here are several things to remember:

— The format for prompting has not changed: Game, Character(s) / Pairing(s) – Prompt.

— You may leave as many prompts as you wish, both in total and per comment.

— To preserve the anonymity of our prompters and stick to prior practice, all comments to this post will be screened, so, if you have any questions, please go to the Welcome Post and ask them there.

— For ease of handling, prompts will be organized by in-game continent. For example, the original Fire Emblem, its direct sequel, and the remakes of both will have their prompts listed under Archanea. (The Fates continent has no official name, so that section is Fates.) The one distinction that I draw, due to the large number of existing prompts and the long time skip between the two games, is for Elibe, which will stay subdivided into Blazing Blade Era and Binding Blade Era. When prompting, just list the game, and leave it to me to decide where the prompt goes.

— Where applicable in the older prompts, I am switching in localized names where they have since become available.

— Prompts for Fire Emblem Heroes and Fire Emblem Warriors headers are also welcome, and they will be under the Heroes and Warriors headers.

— There is also a header for Non-Heroes Crossovers. These can include crossovers with other Fire Emblem games, crossovers with other IPs entirely (e.g. Final Fantasy), or crossover elements that already exist in other games (e.g. Project X Zone 2 and Smash Bros.).

— There is still a header for (Any / All), too, so feel free to leave prompts that are not for any one game or set of characters.

— If you want to leave prompts for Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, those are welcome, too.

— As I traditionally offer, you can leave prompts for Tear Ring Saga and Berwick Saga if you are so inclined. Those are part of the family, too, and I can make a Lieberia header for that.

— One new item: As you are no doubt aware, Three Houses will be releasing in the near future, but this challenge will be concluded by then, so there will be no Fódlan section as yet, since people are going to need time to get to know the new game and its characters. I look forward to hosting Three Houses prompts in Round IX, though.

Okay, that should be everything. Like I said above, if you have any questions, please direct them to the Welcome Post. Now, let's get to prompting, shall we?