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Another Character we need. The Radiant Descendant

Some of you may or may not know this, but in Awakening, it is known that Ike had at some point married (to an unknown spouse) and his descendant, Priam, now lives in Archanea (the name for the continent where Ylisse, Plegia and Ferox are) and he has traveled to Valm and Archanea and back.

He sports a shattered version of Ragnel (literally Ragnel after aeons of use), he can use aether lore wise (not ingame for code reasons, but in FE Cipher, he's shown to use Aether all too well) and in Cipher it further cements that Ike made it through the outrealm gates and into Archanea (Priam's card says as much, and it's validated by Ike's ending in RD).

He'd be one hell of a unit to have. And if he's like anything in Awakening, he'll be a monster of a unit. Which is why I'm curious. How many of you know about Priam and how many of you would love to see this fellow in Heroes and how strong do you think the descendant of the strongest hero in Fire Emblem's multiverse would be?

Asked by ArgentSable1 month 3 weeks ago

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Actually, Priam could be descended from Mist and Ugh... Boyd. You could be descended from someone and not 100% directly linked to them. As long as its a sibling it works. Also Ike isn't the strongest Hero. Strongest protagonist? Sure.

Well, according to Alfonse, he's the strongest hero. Its in a past mission.

FUrthermore, he can't be a descendant of Mist and Boy, Ike took Ragnell with him, and according to Priam's Lore card in Cipher, he left to Archanea alone, with his legendary blade. So no, it isn't Mist and Boyd. Trust me, I checked before.

Actually, that doesn't mean that Ike didn't hand down ragnell when he died of old age. Also Cipher isn't considered canon. That and Ike's ending in Radiant Dawn which is considered a primary source contradicts Ike going to Archanea. I think it was Priam who went to Archanea alone. (Kinda a missed opportunity to have other descendants and or another Tellius series game if ya ask me)

First off, sure. But that doesn't explain Priam knowing Aether. But sure.

Second of all, Ike's ending doesn't contradict this.
"Once he saw stability returned, Ike left on a journey to lands still unknown. He was never seen again."
This could be Archanea, Awakening's crew was finalizing the series and I doubt they were going for maybes and wanted to likely finalize Ike's story in one way or another, so this makes more sense IMO.

And I'm not sure how Cipher isn't cannon. Most of the characters in Cipher have been in the main games. Even the protagonists of Cipher are in Valentia, so they're pretty much cannon. So long as we're not talking about Cipher's main story, there isn't anything to deny IMO.

Actually there are 2 variant endings. One where Ike leaves with Soren and one where Ike leaves with Ranulf. And what explains Chrom and Lucina being able to use Aether?

I will say im having fun debating with you.

Well , I think Aether is a goddess blessing/inheritance thing.

And sure, those 2 endings exist. But don't forget that, unless we have confirmation, no supports are cannon at all. Sure, we can pair our characters up, but hell look at Awakening. The closest we get to a cannon support is Maribelle and Olivia (and potentialy Sumia and Chrom).

But yeah I get your point.

And same. I do enjoy debating these things. Priam is such a fun character to talk about.

Hell, all of fire emblem is fun debating. Too bad most of the fandom thinks otherwise... Most get pissed if you don't share the same opinion... And it gets boring if everyone has the same opinion.

And it's not known that Ike had a spouse. Is it possible? Yeah. Is it confirmed? No. Although with Priam's strength and skill stats I would imagine Ike would have had to marry a laguz or someone else physically strong. Just something to think about.

Yeah I know.

And it's kinda confirmed. The kid can use aether (In Cipher) and has Ragnell in his possesion (Ike took the sword with him through the gates according to FE Cipher's lore tab on Priam's card).

Priam was a mistake.

Speaking seriously, there are actually two reasonable enough explanations as to why he isn't necessarily Ike's direct descendant:
1) Aether isn't exclusive to Ike. Chrom and Lucina learn it naturally. Currently, there is no known connection between them in relation to Ike.
2) While she doesn't use it, I believe Mist at least has the ability to wield Ragnell. (I'm not 100% sure on this one)