Hello, you lovely anime-chess players! My name’s Zeldacrafter64, as you’ve probably already figured out, and I’m here to share my project with you! I know it’s far from perfect, but I seriously hope you will still have a good time playing it!
(Also, I apologize for my occasional grammar errors, I’m not a native english speaker. Please correct me if you find any, so that I can hopefully improve!)
Download the latest patch here !
WARNING : READ THIS BEFORE DOWNLOADING
There is a bug that makes several chapters unfinishable if you save over the prologue. Don’t do that.
EDIT : Due to the recent rules regarding hack content and age restriction, here’s a list of everything listed under ESRB’s website that I could identify within ToTF. I apologize if I forgot something, so please notify me if you find something “trigerring” I haven’t mentionned here. Note that I have listed the project as 17+, but maybe it belongs more to 15+? All this is kind of confusing to me.
-Depiction of blood and burn scars, some light gore and mentions of torture
-Fantasy violence
-Use of alcohol
-“Comic mischief” (I dunno what that is but honestly I’m just assuming I did it at some point)
-Somewhat strong language
-Sexual Content
-Sexual violence (Especially attempted from one teenager to another. Thankfully off-screen and avoided before anything really squicky can happen. Happens in the middle of Ch13’s long end cutscene, specifically Arya’s flashback)
-Hate Speech (Between fictional races, especially from amazons to regular humans around Ch18.)
What’s new?
-Some more bug fixing.
-Added a bunch of temporary characters, bringing the total roster up to a whopping 76 characters! If you count character who are the same lore-wise but take up more than one unit slot, the number goes up to 79 characters!
-One new chapter added
-Some story details, mostly regarding Arnold’s betrayal, have been changed
I - The Hack's Story (Warning, big text ahead)
A long time ago, war broke between humans and monsters (Wait, isn’t it that game’s into ?). After years of struggle, humans emerged victorious, and sealed the monsters away with the help of powerful artifacts.
Now, a thousand years later, humans have completely forgotten about this war and these artifacts. In this hack, you play as Sylvester, a debuting brigand who will see himself becoming a hero when the monsters banished a millenium ago suddenly resurface. Together with his loyal right-hand man, the leader of what remains of a mercenary group after a mutiny, a teenage amazon seeking strength and validation and more than sixty other weirdos, of course.
II - About this Hack (Warning, ALSO big text ahead)
Three years ago, I started writing a story, about men, about monsters, about fun and about horror. Two years ago, I had an epiphany and realized that my Wii U’s e-shop could allow me to play those game I only ever knew through Super Smash Bros, but really wanted to play : Fire Emblem. After someone pointed out that my characters did share similarities with FE’s characters, I wondered if I could make my story into a game. One-year-and-a-half ago, I discovered Fire Emblem Hacks. If I remember correctly, the first two I’ve heard of were Elibean Nights and Ostian Princess. Amazed by all that could be done on this engine, I downloaded FEBuilder and started making my story into a game.
Except it wouldn’t fit. First off, I decided there wouldn’t be any horses or dragons in my story, just out of spite for their important roles in an usual fantasy setting. How could I make a FE game without them ? Additionally, I didn’t imagine any of my characters according to FE classes, so a lot of them didn’t fit, including the main character ! And to top all that, my story was too long to fit in a 20-30 chapters-long game ! However, I did try anyway, and managed to make two “playable” chapters. During these chapters’ creation, I had to create a new character. An early-game bandit boss. Originally just a Migal recolor, I named him Sylvester. Once I decided to cancel this project, I grew so attached to this guy that I made him an integral part of my story. That’s when I had an idea. If I couldn’t directly make my story into a Fire Emblem, then why not make ANOTHER story ?
That’s how this project was born. The one-shot early-game boss became the main character, and from that point on, everything went easier, eventually becoming the hack you have in front of your eyes.
III - Features
-A total of 25 chapters, including the two interlude chapters!
-70 playable characters total! (Keep in mind you will only have 63 at the same time though). I’m sure you’ll find a favorite in no time!
-Only infantry! On both sides! Horses, Pegasi and Wyverns don’t even exist! Because some people just want to see the world burn, I guess!
-More weapons for some classes, including Assassins and Generals with Bows and Heroes with Lances!
-The most basic bunch of patches you could ever imagine!
IV - Screenshots
V - Credits
(Unfortunately, my dumb *ss mistook the file in which I’ve written the credits for another file and sent it straight into the nothingness, so I tried to find back everything I used and credit them to their respective creator. I apologize for any mistake I’ve possibly made.)
Music :
Ant-Man Theme : KTMILLER
Dining Room : Charles Stiles
Ib_-_Memory : Vaati The Wind Mage
Ib_Memory : Hakumi
Hyrule Castle : Megacowz
Molgera : Christian.litser
Let’s Dance Boys : Cthylhu Sciences Music Division Section 2
Pepper Steaks : MrChris01020
ANT MAN : Roddek
Megalovania : CinderFire
Hyrule Castle : Phosphor
The Schemer = Dekkadeci
Shantae Medley = thebandteacher
Bran-Son = BrainyLucario
Lament Of Innocence = Bumbghork Piano
Don’t Speak Her Name = Forblaze
Mipha’s Theme = DS Music
Taken from the Music Blitz :
Driftveil City - Meilu
Fatalize = Meilu (I think ? Not sure. I’ve inserted so many versions of it I cannot tell anymore)
Power-Hungry Fool = Nyawenyye
Guile’s Theme = Sme
Mute City = Sme
Linebeck = Sme
From the Music Repository :
Sheena’s Theme (ToS)
Zelos’ Theme (ToS)
Rest Of The Heart (ToS)
Portrait :
Myself !
I did use Shin19’s FE6 mugs with blinking frames for some of them, so he deserves credits as well
Arnold’s chin has been edited by my boy Ruby
Marguerite’s latest redesign has been greatly improved by Leo_Link, more than by my own hand lmao
Animations :
Legault Assassin + Bow = Andy, SD9K
Jaffar Assassin+ Weapons = DerTheVaporeon, Glenwing, Andy, SD9K, Jj09 (The repo doesn’t say who did what, actually I only used the vanilla animation and the bow)
Female Hero Lance = Pushwall
Male Hero Lance = Pushwall
Amelia Halberdier = Spud, TBA, Black Mage, Temp, Wan
Male Halberdier = TBA
Female Soldier (Ponytail) = Dr0zz
Female Berserker = eCut, Skitty
Female Warrior = Temp
General + Weapons = TBA, DerTheVaporeon, GabrielKnight, JPN
Armored Brigand = TBA
Tethys + Sword = Circleseverywhere
Cleric Repalette = Eldritch Abomination
Priest Repalette = Eldritch Abomination
Bishop Repalette = Eldritch Abomination (Male and female)
(I could not find whoever made the Female Pirate animation I used, sadly)
Patches :
16 Tracks, 12 sounds : Agro, Brendor
256 Color Title Background Installer : Leonarth
Convert Chapter Titles to Text : circleseverywhere
Actions After Support : 7743
Actions After Talk : 7743
HP Bars with Warnings : circleseverywhere
Lose item : Kaito, 7743
Alusq : Native Instrument Map 2
Thanks to :
BrightFlame (For occasional testing and giving his opinon)
Applejuice (For greatly helping me with maps during this project’s early life)
VI - Recruitment guide
I realize a few characters might be hard to notice, or to understand they’re recruitable, so in case you’re worried about missing anyone, here’s a recruitment guide :
Prologue :
Sylvester - Joins automatically from the start
Zweite - Joins automatically from the start
Chapter 1 :
Achille - Joins automatically during Turn 1
Magam - Talk with Zweite
Luna - Talk with Sylvester (will join at a later chapter)
Palmer - Talk with Sylvester (will join at a later chapter)
Chapter 2 :
Salvatore - Joins automatically from the start
Lancelot - Joins automatically from the start
Laetitia - Talk with Sylvester
Chapter 3 :
Batto - Talk with Sylvester or Cazadora
Armaduro - Talk with Sylvester
Jess - Talk with Achille, and pay 3000 gold
Cazadora - Battle with Sylvester, make sure both stay alive
Interlude :
Luna - Step into the tile just above Sylvester’s spawn point (Only works if you’ve talked to her before)
Chapter 4 :
Vicieux - Joins automatically from the start
Lucy - Talk 3 times with Sylvester
Venemum - Visit east house
Bill - Stand on the arena tile
Palmer - Talk with Sylvester (He will not join there yet, and it only works if you’ve already talked to him during Chapter 1)
Chapter 5 :
Starhuka - Joins automatically from the start
Martin - Open Leftmost door
Sally - Open rightmost door
(Note : Opening the door next to Martin’s gives Achille an item that will be useful later)
Chapter 5x :
Everybody here joins automatically. Have fun.
Chapter 6 :
Hans - Talk with Zweite or Velvet
Velvet : Wait on the ruins near the river
Chapter 7 :
Yami - Joins automatically during Turn 3
Igor - Talk with Yami
Valkyr - Talk to Igor with Sylvester, then talk to her with Sylvester
Alex - Talk with Sally
Alyssa - Talk with Igor (Will not join until the end of the chapter, but will stop moving and attacking)
Chapter 8 :
Alyssa - Talk with Igor during Ch7, keep her alive until the end of the chapter
Shell - Talk with Armaduro
Dick - Visit south-west house
Arnold - Joins automatically from turn 5
Tenebrice - Joins automatically from turn 5
Interlude :
Arshan - Joins automatically from the start
Marguerite - Joins automatically from the start
Desiree - Talk with Sylvester (Dick needs to be alive, and either Vicieux or Laetitia needs to be missing)
Note : Talking to Vicieux with Sylvester will give you the choice to let him go, if you wish to get Desiree without killing him or missing Laetitia
Chapter 9 :
Hercules - Joins automatically from the start
Lily - Joins automatically from the start
Octavia - Visit the ruins
Chapter 10 :
Ludmilla - Visit the nearest village (Only joins if Jess hasn’t been recruited/is dead)
Vertov - Joins automatically from the start
Barnaby - Joins automatically from the start
Sofia - Joins automatically from the start
(Note : If Achille has the Weird Notes he got by opening the 2nd door during Ch5 in his inventory, talking to Sofia will give her Explosion, a very powerful tome)
Chapter 11 :
Esther - Joins automatically from the start
Chastity - Joins automatically from the start
Eve - Talk with Laetitia, Vicieux, Sally or Lily
Chapter 12 :
Morgana - Joins automatically from the start
Helena - Talk with Yami, Lancelot or Octavia
Palmer - Talk with Sylvester (Only works if you’ve talked to him during Chapter 1 and 4)
Chapter 13 :
Zugma - Open the chest between Johnny and Jukujo
Jukujo - Talk with Zugma
Johnny - Joins when entering the zone after the two-tiles wide bridge
(Note : Making Johnny wait in front of the door he came from will give him the Raw Meat item, which will be useful later)
Chapter 14 :
Satsujin - Joins automatically from the start if Jukujo, Zugma and Helena are all recruited and alive
Arya - Joins automatically from the start
Trashie - Joins automatically from the start
Walter - Joins automatically from the start
Alicia - Visit village with Sylvester or Zweite
Chapter 15:
Gerard - Enter the first house clockwise (Required to end the chapter)
Vivian - Enter the last house clockwise (Required to end the chapter)
Amy - Give the Raw Meat (Obtainable by bringing Johnny in front of the doors he came from during Ch13) to Lily and talk to her. (She will reappear later if not killed, so don’t sweat it if you don’t have it)
Chapter 16 :
Suzanne - Joins automatically from the start
Willy - Talk with Sylvester
Chapter 17:
Theodore - Joins automatically from the start
Andrew - Talk with any female character (YES, ANY. MADLAD HAS 27 DIFFERENT RECRUITMENT DIALOGUES)
Ambrose - Enter the south-west house
Chapter 18 :
Barbara - Talk with Sylvester
Abigail - Talk with Sylvester
Brut - Talk with Abigail or Barbara
Marguerite - Joins automatically from the start
Chapter 19 :
Golem - Talk with Arnold, Tenebrice, Arshan or Suzanne
Amy - If not recruited or killed during Chapter 15, you can recruit her now by talking to her with Willy
Edward - At the end of the chapter, choose “Yes”
Mina - At the end of the chapter, choose “No”
VII - Known Issues (IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ)
-There’s been some problem with save files. I HIGHLY reccomend using a savestate every time you end/start a chapter. Thanks for understanding. (Also, not saving wherever you saved your first chapter appears to be safer, but don’t count on it too much either)
-Unfortunately, your save files from previous playthroughs will be corrupted. I did all I could to avoid that, but there was no use. My sincere apologies…
-There is a secret event during Ch20. I won’t tell what happens or how to trigger it, but if you do manage to do that, the game will bug heavily. This is simply fixed by going back to the main menu and then resuming the chapter.
Do you want to be a part of this train wreck I call a project? Do you have Discord? Then that’s great, 'cause here’s the project’s discord server : https://discord.gg/vCYEp5E
Thanks for your attention ! I hope you’ll have fun playing this hack, even with all its flaws !
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