Fire Emblem/Tear Jerker

"...I'm sorry to say this to you, but... It's just your imagination. Or perhaps you saw an illusion in the desert heat. ...... I...see... Then... I must have been dreaming... I must have had a dream of a short period of happiness... ...  ...No... Sorry, forget it. ...... Just...forget it all. ...Please."
 * The death of in Fire Emblem 7. Even worse when.
 * And if you're an, it's even worse: In fact, if you have the , the music becomes that much sadder.
 * Not just the music.  Gaaaaah.
 * Yes, but the A support with  makes the overall outcome a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming at the end.
 * At least
 * Actually
 * It brings another Tear Jerker, tho:
 * Yet another tearjerker from the same character.
 * 99% of the death quotes.
 * In Fire Emblem 8, . Also,
 * Knoll and Duessel's A support conversation: "We are dead men who strayed too far from our graves." Knoll himself is a magnet for tragedy,.
 * Actually his ending and supports with Natasha implies that he stayed and helped restore Grado, and eventually left his homeland, likely out of guilt for being one of the assistants of Lyon who unintentionally assisted his prince in causing a war and resurrecting the Demon King, which is also quite depressing.
 * in Fire Emblem 6.
 * Fire Emblem 4: It was bad enough being blindsided halfway through the game when, but that very same chapter ends with.
 * Ironically, Alvis himself becomes tearjerker material in the second half..
 * And for some extra "fun", read the manga. For starters, there's the entire subplot about Eltoshan and Lachesis, especially her total emotional breakdown after he died...In general, that thing is excellent at capturing the characters' emotions and personalities and all, which makes the entire thing extra depressing if you see something good happen to them for once, while knowing of the great plot twist of Chapter 5. This creates a constant air of uncomfortable dread.
 * Most Star-Crossed Lovers people in Fire Emblem do end up here. Especially
 * About the Miledy and Gale thing,.
 * is severely depressing, partially because how jarring it is to see the.
 * The latter is slightly subverted by.
 * Priscilla seems in fact to get every male character she can talk with in love with her, except Raven and Lucius (understandable) and Oswin. Though you would probably have preferred this kind of support that the actual with him.
 * Come to think of it, Priscilla's supports with Oswin are pretty sad too. The girl embarked in that journey to learn what happened to her parents, and he has to tell her they're gone. Even Oswin, who borders on The Stoic, is depressed.
 * Anothere Star-Crossed Lovers pair is  Their A support made me cry like a little girl.


 * Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
 * The death of : not so much during the actual event, but the conversation with Haar and the surviving troops afterwards.

"Legault:"My oh my... Fools aplenty. That includes me, too.""
 * At the end,.
 * Also, lets not forget...
 * Ike watched . Making it even worse when he also watched.
 * Fa and Sophia from FE 6 have a heart-wrenching support conversation: . Her conversation with Ingrine is just as saddening:.
 * All of Serra's A supports, but especially the Hector/Serra one,.
 * Serra and Lucius' A support: Lucius reveals that, he is a far cry from nobility, and that the other children made fun of his extremely feminine looks. And what does Serra do? Reject him? Mock him? No. She bawls and hugs him.
 * Legault and Heath's A-support takes a more serious turn when you remember that they're on the run from a group of assassins AND the continent's most powerful army. And even though Legault says he was joking when he pretended to hit on Heath, he also mentions that he's really good at lying.
 * On the note of Legault, if you take him to the final battle against Nergal, he says a few rather depressing lines to the Something about his quote at the beginning of Light really hits home. And don't even get started on Legault's supports with Nino...

"Nino:"... I'll...see you again... I'm sure you're angry, but... Please be my friend...again...""
 * Nino also gets those conversations, if you levelled her up enough to bring her to the final battle. They're arguably even more heartbreaking than Legault's, considering Nino's ultra-woobie status.

"Rolf:"I... wonder what will happen to me... I'm so scared... Boyd... Broth--""
 * Fire Emblem doesn't even need any plot-related scenes. Just let certain characters fall in combat.

"Elincia:"
 * Soren's past in FE 9 and 10, especially when.
 * Japanese script. Geoffrey and Elincia's discussion on the walls, and the following discussion that Elincia has with, especially her last comment.

"Ike: Farewell, Knight."
 * When Soren is finally reunited with
 * Hell, this editor gets depressed when he gets forced to kill bosses that were either likable characters or anti villains. Examples: Linus in FE 7, Celina in FE 8 and worst of all, Shiharam in FE 9 (Jill's sadness at the end and the fact that he never wanted and part in the flooding only made it even worse). This editor was always thinking: "Goddamn it IS.....why are you making me do this......WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME DO THIS?
 * There is also the special death conversation with Bryce if you kill him with Ike. It just makes you even sadder when he dies.

"Celice: Prince Leaf, I can't begin to express my sorrows to you."
 * death in Radiant Dawn. Then there was also
 * Limstella really died a damn tragic death. She was an incredibly loyal character to the very end. Sure, she was a morph and so she just had to be loyal, but look at Sonia or Ephidel. Both weren't exactly happy about dying. But Limstella? Nergal gave her so much magic power before sending her against the lords that she would die, even if she had won. But did she feel hesitation to go into death for Nergal? Not at all. Still, despite she seems to have no emotions and just does what Nergal says, she was not completely without personality. She knew she was not human and her life was not worth anything (at least this is Nergal's opinion) and still, in her dying breath, she actually shows that she can feel something morphs do not have: emotions. In this case, it is sorrow. Sorrow, that the lords may be powerful enough to defeat Nergal. Even in her last moments she only thought of her master. Now that's loyalty and love. Nergal really did not deserve such a subordinate.
 * Was I the only one who cried when in FE 7? Perhaps it's because Matthew was my favorite character, but I was horribly depressed by it...
 * No, you weren't. Definitely, not. And Matt's little speech before he re-joins the game? Made me bawl harder.
 * Also from FE7: Chapter 32x: The Value Of Life. Everything about it. Kishuna is possibly the greatest woobie in the entire game,
 * Nino seems to exist for two reasons: to be a great mage if raised correctly, and to out-Woobie Kishuna. Let's see:  Note that Nino is a 14-year-old girl. Fun fun fun.
 * Not to mention the A-support with Canas revealing him to be, nor forgetting he has only one ending, in which.
 * Poor Nino definitely takes Break the Cutie to new levels. Or, at least, IS's brutal attempts to do so.
 * Several of Nino's endings involve her running away and vanishing. The ending with Nino and Erk involve
 * Which adds another layer of Tear Jerker for Nino....
 * You have to, and rather had him to join. It's especially sad when you let Nino talk to him in chapter.
 * They actually give a tantalizing hint to who the father of Nils and Ninian is?
 * " was killed by continuity errors!" indeed. ;___;
 * Matthew and  from FE7. Ephidel orders Jaffar to   Matthew suspects   of the crime after he joins, in their 'support' conversations. In their 'A' support Matthew finds in himself to forgive
 * In Fire Emblem 4, try to pair Levin with Tiltyu. Then get him to talk with Tinny in Chapter 10 (through Celice).
 * If you pair him with Sylvia and then get him to talk to Leen, the results are also pretty sad.
 * In Fire Emblem 7, Hector and Eliwood's A support is pretty tragic when you know the plot of FE6.
 * The ending to Fire Emblem 7 can be sad enough, but if you maxed out Eliwood and Ninian's support, . If you were a fan of Nils, this is heartrending enough, but if you were on Hector's story and got the obscurely ridiculous-to-get hidden 19xx stage... . Get both conditions together, and...
 * Leaf and Celice's conversation in chapter 7 of Seisen no Keifu.
 * The ending to Fire Emblem 7 can be sad enough, but if you maxed out Eliwood and Ninian's support, . If you were a fan of Nils, this is heartrending enough, but if you were on Hector's story and got the obscurely ridiculous-to-get hidden 19xx stage... . Get both conditions together, and...
 * Leaf and Celice's conversation in chapter 7 of Seisen no Keifu.

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 * Really, the fates of pretty much all the significant villains in Blazing Blade, excepting Kenneth, Jerme, and Ephidel. Arguments can even be made for Darin (his death quote makes it fairly obvious that he's realized he's become a liability and that he gave up his son, army, and country for all of nothing) and Sonia (who is unceremoniously booted out of the Black Fang with the information that, no, she's not a perfect being, she's just a crazy Morph who thought she was).
 * Sonia's is very debatble, as not only was she a Complete Monster par excellence, but she flaunted her being a "perfect being" at Limstella's expense and mocked her for being a lowly Morph. Limstella killing her while informing her the truth of her existence is more or less poetic justice.
 * Even Kenneth and Jerme may be sympathetic, to some, when you consider the implication that Nergal had driven them both completely insane, as implied by Morphs in the last chapter, forced to fight for Nergal and - when you kill them - smiling and closing their eyes, looking peaceful. And Sonia was, for some, pitiful and broken a little too far to really enjoy her death. Pascal Gretzner from the Hector's Mode exclusive Chapter 25 plays the No Sympathy card completely straight, however.
 * in Fire Emblem 7. What's shocking about is that he had a genuine chance of surviving the events of the story, unlike . This character, in contrast, lasted a good third of the overall story, showed a more complex personality than many an FE styled Sacrificial Lamb, and even had a Dying Moment of Awesome by, even as he lies dying. But the real tragedy comes here:


 * Admittedly, the scene is slightly Narm-worthy near the end, but the emotional impact - especially with that blasted sad music playing in the background - really made the sequence highly depressing for me.
 * Lyndis getting to meet her grandfather. That is all.
 * Oh Gods, yes. Lyn really had to fight for that happy ending - more so than even the larger story arc because all she had were a few friends and allies - but damn if Lyndis and Lord Hausen didn't earn those 'long walks in the palace gardens', described in her epilogue.
 * Happy tears at the Rebirth scene of Path of Radiance. After that battle, you deserve this. As if the scene and the music weren't enough...
 * Lyn's and Eliwood's talks with Hector in the final battle of Fire Emblem 7..

"Ferry: Please! Somebody tell me it's not true!"
 * Ferry's Heroic BSOD in Seisen, when she learns
 * Ferry's Heroic BSOD in Seisen, when she learns

"Kieran: General... Forgive me! I should have... trained harder... Geoffrey: Kieran... No! I'm coming to help you! Hold tight! Kieran!!"
 * And in the second part, when
 * The part from Saisen no Keifu in which  was already sad in the game. The Oosawa manga, though? Made it far worse, since   Holy crap...
 * Don't forget Oosawa's rendition of  Those were damn well-done and sad too.
 * Also, Oosawa's version of Sylvia's challenge to Fury. Aw Sylvia, you poor baby. Made worse because Fury later cries in Mahya's arms too.
 * A bit of Fridge Brilliance - and Fridge Sadness, if it existed: 99% of the death quotes are extremely sad. Intelligent Systems likes to give the goofier, funnier characters the sadder quotes. Probably the best example in Radiant Dawn is Kieran; you can tell by looking at him he's a very silly guy. But his death quote for Chapter 3 in Part 2?

"Forde: "Ah, Prince Ephraim... It... It was fun while it lasted."
 * There's also Sain from FE 7: "Lady Lyndis... I was so happy..."
 * And following the trend, have these from FE 8. All of these charas are among the funnier, more-stable, cheerier ones in the game, and then...

Ewan: "I'm sorry, Teacher... I never--"

Tana: I've long been prepared for this day... Too long...

Amelia: I... I did well, didn't I?

Colm:: To think of it... Me... In this place... Neimi..."


 * Hey, it's not like the Akaneian saga is all happy place with happy things either. This is capitalized mostly on Book 2 about
 * The implied death of  between FE 7 and FE 6. In his A support with , master and student agree to meet in one year and test their swords against one another. In FE 6,   appears, while   does not, implying that he was killed in their duel.
 * Made worse by the title has taken up by the time of the sixth game.
 * A rather subtle one from the eighth game: if you watch the portrait sprite of the character during their death quote, the character actually closes their eyes after the quote finishes (except for people who just retreat).