[FE8] [WIP] Fire Emblem 8 - Matthew's 2026 PME

[MattPascal]

Third’s time the charm baby! After a little bit of an hiatus on my part, I’m back and this time I know for sure I can finally work and complete a PME of FE8 (as currently there’s already two upcoming PMEs for the other Fire Emblems of GBA). This time we’re in it to win it, here’s the rules:

• Up to two submissions of units per user per day. Can reserve two slots too.

• Growths: 300% players, 350% Lords/Trainees/Dancer/Manakete, 250% pre-promoted.

• Boons/Banes: 5/5 HP-Luck, 4/4 Con, 3/3 Str-Mag-Skl-Spd-Def-Res.
  Up to three boons, so long as you also choose three banes together.

• Will be entirely vanilla as base, so no skills or separation of strength and magic, stuff like that. Classes and weapons can be custom, and you can request to change the animation of vanilla classes with new ones so they look more beautiful.

• Submissions like other FE characters, self-inserts, jokes etc are allowed, but please no weird things such as ultra meme units or lame shitposts.

• I will be putting in quality of life patches such as map danger zone, show growths with select on status screen, etc, but do let me know any other QoL patch that I might forget.

Gameplay Changes

• Supports can now be gained at up to 3 tiles away.
• Mono-weapon promoted class crit bonus now 15 > 30.
• Experience for healing/stealing/dancing/summoning now 10 > 15.
• Female Myrmidon New Animations (Shadow_the_halberdier)
• Female Swordmaster New Animations (Shadow_the_halberdier)
• Female Assassin New Animations (Shadow_the_halberdier)

Template (Playable)

Slot:
Name:
Gender:
Affinity:
Class:
Portrait:

Description:

Boon:
Bane:

Growth Rates

• HP:
• STR/MAG:
• SKL:
• SPD:
• DEF:
• RES:
• LCK:

Inventory:

Death Quote:

Misc (Title/Ending/Palettes):

Template (Bosses)

Slot:
Name:
Gender:
Affinity:
Class:
Portrait:

Description:

Boon:
Bane:

Inventory:

Battle Quote:

Death Quote:

Misc (Palettes):

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Playable Units

• Eirika: Hernsolf (Lieutenant) - Shadow_the_halberdier
• Ephraim: Malenia (Captain) - Speak
• Seth: Gracidea (Paladin) - ItsJustin
• Franz: Reserved - Sir_Lancelot
• Gilliam: Kathryn (Thief) - Speak
• Vanessa: Karen (Pegasus Knight) - Speak
• Moulder: Rosa (Dark Knight) - CelestiaHeart
• Garcia: Erik (Sword Cav) - Gghen19
• Ross: Aria (Villager) - Shadow_the_halberdier
• Neimi: Niya (Student) - Gghen19
• Colm: Shay (Lance Cav) - Gghen19
• Artur: Kari (Cleric) by CelestiaHeart
• Lute: Fir (Axe Cav) - Gghen19
• Natasha: Reserved - CelestiaHeart
• Joshua: Reserved - Sir_Lancelot
• Orson: Zenron (Druid) - Shadow_the_halberdier
• Forde: Reserved - Speak
• Kyle: Reserved - Speak
• Tana: Delmah (Pegasus Rider) - Starlord
• Amelia: Geha (Journeyman) - Speak
• Innes:
• Gerik: Kerig (Noble) - ATHATH
• Tethys:
• Marisa:
• L’Arachel: Marth (Prince) by Furcorn776
• Dozla:
• Saleh: Reserved - Starshadow_Melody
• Ewan:
• Cormag:
• Rennac:
• Duessel: Reserved - ItsJustin
• Knoll: Alex (Soldier) - marcelfe
• Myrrh: Lyndra (Manakete) - Starlord
• Syrene:

Boss Units

• O’Neill: R’Noral (Wyvern Knight) - Shadow_the_halberdier
• Breguet:
• Bone:
• Bazba:
• Ch04:
• Saar:
• Zonta:
• Novala:
• Murray:
• Tirado:
• Binks:
• Gheb:
• Pablo:
• Beran:
• Ch11Ek: Reserved - Starshadow_Melody
• Ch11Ep:
• Ch12Ek:
• Ch12Ep:
• Aias:
• Selena: Cynthia (Wyvern Lord) - Nokitrix
• Carlyle: Lauren (Hero) - RNGSOMEONE
• Vigarde: Arges (Cyclops) - RNGSOMEONE
• Valter: Solitha (General) - Shadow_the_halberdier
• Calleach:
• Orson: Zenron (Druid) - Shadow_the_halberdier
• Ch18:
• Riev:
• Morva:
• Lyon: Bravos (Creationist) - braveneon
• Formotiis: Reserved - marcelfe

NPC Units

• Fado:
• Hayden:
• Glen:
• Ismaire:
• Messenger:
• Mansel:
• Klimt:
• Dara:

Have fun everyone!

[Shadow_the_halberdier]

Taking Erika and ross LEZ GO. Also no higher growths for trainee units?

[MattPascal]

Oh yeah I forgot about trainees. They can have the same 350% growths as the lords.

[Starshadow_Melody]

Damn, no skill sys means no Ireone w/ Summon. Shayme. I’d like to reserve Saleh and CH11Ek Boss Wight.

[Shadow_the_halberdier]

sniped Erika and im making it the brother of the pair.

[Speak]

Ill reserve Ephraim

[ItsJustin]

Snagging Seth and Duessel!

[Speak]

can I also reserve ameila?

[Sir_Lancelot]

I’ll yoink Franz and joshua.

[Shadow_the_halberdier]

Slot: Erika
Name: Hernsolf
Gender: M
Affinity: Light
Class: Lieutenant –> Admiral
Portrait:(Nickt)

Description: A kind yet scary Royal who didnt inherit any of the tribal traits of his ancestors, Trained with [Fado Replacement] and [Seth Replacement] so fights as if not in any armor.

Boon: (wot?)
Bane: (Bases more like it)

Growth Rates 350%

• HP: 70%

• STR/MAG: 60%

• SKL: 30%

• SPD: 40%

• DEF: 50%

• RES: 60%

• LCK: 40%

Inventory: Narihama(rapier replacement), Iron axe, Metis’ tome(saw no ban on it so ima do it)

Namigata(Sieglinde repacement)

Death Quote: F-for t-the people l-live on [Ephraim replacement]

Misc (Title/Ending/Palettes):

FE-Repo/Battle Animations/Infantry - Knights, Generals, Armors/[General-Variant]...

(lieutenant) (Doesnt count as a armor unit)
Weapons: Lances/Axes
Bases: 20 hp, 7 str, 7 skl, 7 spd, 5 def, 3 res, 5 mov, 11 con
Description: Wiser soldiers who know their way around a battlefield

FE-Repo/Battle Animations/Lords - Vanilla and Custom/[FE7 Hector-Custom] T2...

(Admiral) (Still doesnt count as armored)
Weapons: Swords, Axes, Lances
Bases: 35 hp, 13 str, 13 skl, 13 spd, 15 def, 13 res, 7 mov, 16 con
Descriptions: Leaders of the battlefield wise in both battle and strategy
promo gains: +5 con, +4 hp spd skl, +2 mov and res, +1 def and str

Narihama: 1 rng, 10 wt, 12 mt, 95 hit, 5 crit, 50 uses effective vs armored and mounted units

Namigata: 1-2 rng, 16 wt, 19 mt, 95 hit, 5 crit, 45 uses +2 def and res +1 skl, effective vs Monsters

[MattPascal]

Do you also have custom map sprites for Hernsolf’s classes?

Also just to confirm, the portrait’s author is Nickt (from the file’s name) correct?

[Shadow_the_halberdier]

Ya sorry just wanted to put it down before one of his inventory was banned XD

And for map sprites unpromoted(L) Promoted(R)

[Shadow_the_halberdier]

Slot: Ross
Name: Aria
Gender: F
Affinity: Wind
Class: Villager –> Myrm –> Swordmaster
Portrait: (VelvetKitsune)

Description: The proud daughter of [Garcia replacement], Secretly trained with a sword behind [Father/Mother]’s back.

Boon: con
Bane: spd

Growth Rates 350%

• HP: 50%

• STR/MAG: 50%

• SKL: 40%

• SPD: 60%

• DEF: 70%

• RES: 50%

• LCK: 30%

Inventory: Slim sword, Shamshir, body ring

Death Quote: I-im sorry e-everyone…..

Misc (Title/Ending/Palettes):

FE-Repo/Battle Animations/Infantry - (Swd) Mercenaries and...

Weapon:(swords) (has myrm and swordmaster weapon locked weapon)
Bases:16 hp, 3 str, 5 skl, 6 spd, 3 def, 4 res, 5 con

Promotion gain from villager to myrmidon
+2 def and res, +3 hp, +4 skl,
(would give her custom swordmaster animations if I could)

[CelestiaHeart]

reserving natasha and moulder

i can actually do the idea i had for my unit properly this time

[ItsJustin]

@MattPascal

Slot: Seth
Name: Gracidea
Gender: Female
Affinity: Ice
Class: Paladin
Portrait {Melia, Cygnus, ItsJustin (Recolor) F2U/F2E}:

Description:
Hernsolf’s loyal retainer.
Secretly pines for him.

Boon: Defense
Bane: Skill

Growth Rates

• HP: 50%
• STR/MAG: 40%
• SKL: 25%
• SPD: 40%
• DEF: 35%
• RES: 30%
• LCK: 30%

Inventory:
Silver Sword
Javelin
Body Ring

Death Quote:
Hernsolf… I’ve let you down.
Sorry! I have to fall back.

Misc (Title/Ending/Palettes):

Gracidea - War Celebrity
Gracidea took to her post-war celebrity status
easily. The once stoic knight dropped all pretense
and adopted her flamboyant persona in full,
becoming a sensation across Renais.

Here’s the Seth replacement. Also, @MattPascal, totally up to you but I think it would be cool to have Gracidea start with a C-Support with Hernsolf.

[Shadow_the_halberdier]

id accept it or atleast let them start with enough points for an auto C conversation.

[braveneon]

ill reserve Lyon

[Furcorn776]

May I reserve L’Arachel?

[RNGSOMEONE]

Slot: Vigarde
Name: Arges
Gender: ???
Affinity: Dark
Class; Cyclops
Portrait (Credit: L95):

Description: A powerful monster left behind to stall [Ephraim replacement]'s army. Laid claim to Garm.

Boon: SPD
Bane: MHP

Inventory: Garm (drop on defeat; remove it from the chapter end event)

Battle Quote: Bwaaaarg!

Death Quote: Bwaarg? Bwaaa…

Has no palette.

Calculated Stats

HP: 66
STR: 21
SKL: 15
SPD: 17 (+5)
LCK: 9
DEF: 20 (+3)
RES: 9 (+5)
CON: 16

Notes: Yes, this boss can’t fight back at range. Yes, you can nuke it with a Bishop. Have fun trying to hit though. This thing has 83 Avo on Normal.

[ATHATH]

Slot: Gerik
Name: Kerig
Gender: M
Affinity: Thunder
Class: Lord (Male)
Portrait: Gerik but flipped horizontally

Description: I’m the protagonist now.

Boon: SKLx3
Bane: LCKx2, STR x1 (or LCK x1, STR x1, RES x1 if baning LCK to sub-zero doesn’t put the overflow in HP)

Growth Rates

• HP: 0%

• STR/MAG: 100%

• SKL: 0%

• SPD: 100%

• DEF: 100%

• RES: 0%

• LCK: 0%

Inventory: Axereaver, Javelin, Hoplon Guard, Solar Brace

Death Quote: How did you… get me killed…?

Misc (Title/Ending/Palettes): Swap out Gerik for Kerig but otherwise leave them alone.

Projected starting statline should be:

HP 30 | Atk 13 | Skl 20 | Spd 12 | Lck 0 | Def 12 | Res 4 | Con 12 | Mov 5 | Aid 11

Or, if the alternate bane array was chosen:

HP 32 | Atk 13 | Skl 20 | Spd 12 | Lck 3 | Def 12 | Res 1 | Con 12 | Mov 5 | Aid 11