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Fixing Awakening 1: Grima
Feb. 13th, 2014 01:23 pmGrima, the creature sealed away by the First Exalt. Worshipped by the Grimleal. Has a body bred by the Grimleal, called Robin.
And he is out to wipe out mankind because...? And where did she come from anyway, seeing as how he is another Earth Dragon?
As I said in the last entry, Grima is a god among so many mortals. Why does she bother with the "wipe out mankind" thing? Grima talks about the future, but the game never goes into enough detail on what future Grima wants. You have the Risen, but the game never says Grima is planning to build a new nation populated by new creatures who have replaced humanity. Or wanting to build a new nation with a controlled humanity. The game never even says that Grima is out to get back at Naga and the humans she's aided for the Earth Dragons being sealed away all those centuries ago.
That's another thing. Grima is another Earth Dragon according to Knights of Iris. And yet the last game in the series tells us the Earth Dragons were sealed in the Dragon's Table except for Medeus. And the Shield of Seals was required for the seal to hold. But by the time of Awakening, the Binding Shield has been taken apart, with no Earth Dragons besides Grima being seen.
Now, it's been suggested that Grima is what happened after the Earth Dragons in the Dragon's Table fused together. While I admit that does go with what been shown or said about Grima, that isn't confirmed in-game. And it's on the writer to give the major antagonists enough backstory.
With all that gone over, I'll start with the fixing.
First off, have it be explained that after a long time of trying to bring forth the fell dragon, Grima had been born into a human body. Grima isn't "possessing" the human like how Loptyr did with Julius. The boy is Grima in a human form, which would have been the best that could have been done at the time.
I've been thinking on how the narrative might have played out if Grima!Robin's going dragon had more to do with Alternate!Chrom's actions than in the Awakening we have. Say that Alternate!Chrom, having developed in a different path from the playable Chrom, was led into turning on Robin or otherwise do something that would drive her away from him ... and after Chrom dies the alternate Avatar, having those closest bonds sliced after all that he went through up to that point, finally goes dragon, with all that comes with it. The fell dragon having been made from the sealed Earth Dragons. Robin goes which leads into the Playable!Lucina's future. The fell dragon's fatalism would go back to what Chrom did in the Alternate timeline, who as the Avatar's best friend or husband was the one that all the hope and expectations for how Grima would act towards mankind ended up resting on.
With so much power, Grima!Robin would decide that the world should have had a dragon for it's ruler. Grima!Robin would look into making a new populace and/or an army to guard the nation and enforce what the draconic ruler wants. Hence, the use of the Risen and looking into other beings and/or creatures.
And he is out to wipe out mankind because...? And where did she come from anyway, seeing as how he is another Earth Dragon?
As I said in the last entry, Grima is a god among so many mortals. Why does she bother with the "wipe out mankind" thing? Grima talks about the future, but the game never goes into enough detail on what future Grima wants. You have the Risen, but the game never says Grima is planning to build a new nation populated by new creatures who have replaced humanity. Or wanting to build a new nation with a controlled humanity. The game never even says that Grima is out to get back at Naga and the humans she's aided for the Earth Dragons being sealed away all those centuries ago.
That's another thing. Grima is another Earth Dragon according to Knights of Iris. And yet the last game in the series tells us the Earth Dragons were sealed in the Dragon's Table except for Medeus. And the Shield of Seals was required for the seal to hold. But by the time of Awakening, the Binding Shield has been taken apart, with no Earth Dragons besides Grima being seen.
Now, it's been suggested that Grima is what happened after the Earth Dragons in the Dragon's Table fused together. While I admit that does go with what been shown or said about Grima, that isn't confirmed in-game. And it's on the writer to give the major antagonists enough backstory.
With all that gone over, I'll start with the fixing.
First off, have it be explained that after a long time of trying to bring forth the fell dragon, Grima had been born into a human body. Grima isn't "possessing" the human like how Loptyr did with Julius. The boy is Grima in a human form, which would have been the best that could have been done at the time.
I've been thinking on how the narrative might have played out if Grima!Robin's going dragon had more to do with Alternate!Chrom's actions than in the Awakening we have. Say that Alternate!Chrom, having developed in a different path from the playable Chrom, was led into turning on Robin or otherwise do something that would drive her away from him ... and after Chrom dies the alternate Avatar, having those closest bonds sliced after all that he went through up to that point, finally goes dragon, with all that comes with it. The fell dragon having been made from the sealed Earth Dragons. Robin goes which leads into the Playable!Lucina's future. The fell dragon's fatalism would go back to what Chrom did in the Alternate timeline, who as the Avatar's best friend or husband was the one that all the hope and expectations for how Grima would act towards mankind ended up resting on.
With so much power, Grima!Robin would decide that the world should have had a dragon for it's ruler. Grima!Robin would look into making a new populace and/or an army to guard the nation and enforce what the draconic ruler wants. Hence, the use of the Risen and looking into other beings and/or creatures.
