Greetings Fodlanians! For this last time you are welcomed to see the final words of Edelgard von Hresvelg. Ah god It's been so long since this started and I still can't believe it's almost over. This game has been everything I thought it would be. We've been through a lot of weird shit together. Searching for the Hollow Knight, researching throuplings, being really Hot together, way too many ties, drowning in limes, anxiously watching the Final 7 votes.. A few times I thought I'd be coup'd for sure. My road was never easy but that's why it was so much fun.

People have said I'm afraid to take risks. I think that's funny because this FTC contains the biggest risk of all. I brought someone none of you expected and it's made you re-evaluate whether I'm a stunning tactician or just stunningly blind. Forgive the impertinence of an Emperor who would do anything to argue they played their game, their way. I have a few things to say about my competition and then some things to say about you all.


Dorothea: I've thought about why my perception of Thea is worse then the general mood. When the vote on me failed, Thea changed. More loose and desperate, lashing out at Raphael, Shamir and I. My opinion is she thought her game was over bar immunity running against Shamir who scared her to death. I still liked her a good deal but she was clearly willing to burn people as badly as Shamir burned Hapi.

I forgot something obvious: Unlike with Hapi, most of you weren't there. If Raphael didn't talk about it on Jury, his jury post and my description of F6 might be the first time you're hearing about this. If I thought this was new information I'd have talked about it immediately, but at the least I can make it clearer now.

Would I favor her as a juror for telling me to play my idol.. No. I'd favor Shamir, Petra or Raph. Telling me as she's voting me is performative. It's not why we kept her around either, she just wasn't trying hard enough to win challenges. As a juror, I'd have respected the move more if she hadn't said anything at all.

Dorothea is as much gamebot as I. That's why she assumed the idol thing is why I gave her fire. She has no idea if she said anything to change my mind. Most of it was for the game and about getting an edge over Shamir. I did admit there was a little sentiment though, she was just sad because she'd never done FTC before. So I considered whether an endgame without Ashe was one I could win if she actually did it. And yeah, I decided Ashe had a better game then we were giving him credit for so there were merits going with someone who'd not been able to get her way in a game controlled by the three of us. I can admit this was greedy and could cost me everything. If I want to win I need to earn back your respect. I will say I chose this while thinking I saw serious flaws in her game.

Dorothea has pointed out her social connections and groupchats, but save Hapi I was connected to all those people too, and the majority voted with me.
Personal one on one connections will trump groupchats between people that don't trust each other every time. I had groupchats too but I went to each of those people outside of them and asked what they wanted, so when I posted in them I already knew what the others would say. This is why I always got my way and she didn't, because she was never willing to push people hard enough. The only successful move she can claim is Final Six and that's not something she had a choice in, she was locked into voting Raph because she shut him down so hard. That move belonged to Ashe.

One last thing. I said she had opportunities to gain control and didn't. In particular I mean the Final Eight vote on Lorenz. Because Raph and Lorenz wanted her to vote Ashe. This is the one time I offered to do what she wanted because if they really wanted to I couldn't stop them from removing Ashe. Instead she backed down and voted Lorenz. For someone who's strength is social connections its surprising she can't read the room because voting out Lorenz is why the blindside on me didn't work.
- Because she tried to pull in Raphael after voting out his best friend.
- Because she was relying on Ashe to flip when people were openly discussing the F3 we were obviously in.
- Because she voted out Lorenz who would obviously vote for me if she told him I planned his vote.

Did she say she was running social circles around me? Planning for rounds in advance? Only one of us had plans that worked. It's easy to get to know everyone, by the merge we've all done that. It's easy to know your closest allies. But to get things done you have to pay attention to what makes everyone tick. You have to actually know how voting one person out will make another feel. And you have to be willing to get your hands dirty instead of being too afraid to upset someone to make a move. That's the difference between our games.



Shamir: We said we wouldn't hold back against each other so I have to say this. When I saw your answer to Caspar about why you didn't want him I put my head in my hands and sighed. Caspar didn't want you to take him instead of Ashe. What he wanted, and what almost happened, was for you to take him instead of me. I wasn't ever sure which one of us more people perceived as doing more because that person would be different to different people. But when we were both vulnerable at Final Seven, despite the fact that Dorothea was terrified of you, my name is the one people got on board with. They're being hard on you because as the one with two immunities in endgame there's a bigger expectation you'll either remove me or have a damn good reason not to. I hope you come up with a really good one.




Now as for the rest of you esteemed members of the jury. I've already said positive memories and many fond things about you all. Now I'm going to tell you what I'm personally thankful to each of you for.











This has been a harrowing trial. You've put me through the ringer to answer for what I've done. Yet somehow I've left the experience feeling strong. Because by going through our history you reminded me of what exactly is likable about me. I'm steady like a mountain and slippery as ice. Troubles break and flow around me, targets slip right off me. You just can't get rid of me and that's what people admire, my tenacity. I really am nice but if I wasn't also driven to succeed it wouldn't mean anything. I put in sleepless nights to gain any advantage I could get over you. I wanted to know everything about you all. What makes you Hapi, what makes you sad. Your fears in this game, what you wanted to accomplish. How can I make you want me to be a part of that? I wanted the power to do that and I got it in spades. I used it openly but you were all so comfortable with me around no one tried to stop me until it was too late. To want ownership of that game, to say I was close to you all but I also made the plans that took you all down is hard. But I would chose to play this way every time. That's the kind of game that makes me proud to play. The good and the bad, I want the responsibility of owning it all.


I've told you my story and my reasons. I've put every part of myself into this and at the end of the day, after reading all the things we've said it feels good to end it like this. I believe I would choose myself to win. That decision is up to you now. Goodnight Three Houses, remember to take a nice long Raphael when we're done.

Shamir: What is there to say about you that I haven't already said? You're like. I can't believe you exist. You're so wickedly smart and dangerous yet instead of being intimidating I find you the easiest person in the world to be around. Even when I think you're being manipulative. Maybe especially? Yes, especially when I think you're doing your best to try and warp my thinking with little things most people wouldn't notice, like fearful hints of the power of Ashe just in case Thea won immunity. I wonder if you did more that I didn't catch. No one's ever gone to the lengths you did to try and capture my attention. And you just did it because you can and the only person it has to be funny to is you. Who else would say "Good, I hope they hated us doing that?" and mean it. Well I would, but no one ELSE says these things with me?! You're such a showoff. I wish I could be half as confident as you. Geez I'm supposed to be spending the next few days arguing about why I'm better then you and I've given no thought to it because I've been twisted into so many knots along the way wondering what to do about you.
Things I will never admit in the game: Back on BE I already thought you were really cool. After the Cyril vote I think I was a little terrified to go through another game of constantly being on the bottom. You were so reassuring to me. Seeing you on GD again I clung to you pretty hard as a source of support. We were apart for what, a whole day? And I spent most of that day wondering WTF to do because you weren't there. It's not like I didn't have other things going on. I valued a lot of relationships that weren't about you. But yours was the most stable, complete, unquestioning. I can't believe we're going to be out of this in like a week? And you'll sadly be much less likely to respond to a random hello. I'm really gonna miss this.
Haha they never locked these I can add in that you're being a lot nicer to me in FTC then I expected you to be. I didn't deserve you. I think if you made one mistake it wasn't trying harder to talk me out of tieing the vote because when you tell me to do things I always seem to end up caving. I can't believe people think they should be voting me instead of you, ever.






Edelgard von Hresvelg: All the best Edelgard images imo are the ones when she's with the Black Eagle crew being like YEAH LADIES LETS GET INTO FORMATION. Look at them, in suits, this is incredible tbh. Edelgard's story speaks to my soul. Someone who isn't afraid to die for what she believes in even if it throws the entire world into chaos, because it's right and doing what's right means more then anything. Is that the kind of person I've been? Hmm. Well we certainly had to fight the world, and we definitely overthrew groups that never should have included us. I don't know. A lot of the time I think I was doomed from the start. Well that's fine. I feel like I'm over the paranoia of what could be and ready to try and argue my place. And if they hate me? Whatever, I've probably been through worse and at least I had fun along the way. As long as my perception of myself is an Emperor that deserves to rule I'm sure someone will think of voting me.

Raphael: I think I got more emotional about you leaving then you did lol.. I didn't want you to. And I especially did not enjoy Shamir pretending she wouldn't have flipped faster then I did if she wasn't immune. Sometimes caring is a terrible curse. You'd know that better then anyone! You gave not just one but two idols essentially away! If you'd had one in that moment, what happens in the finals? Who knows.
Our convos were short and to the point. To be honest at first I wasn't even sure if you liked me and thought, I must've done something terrible wrong at some point? But no, I think you're just not an overly social player. I really wish I could have been a better ally to you. People told me you were a threat to fear but really what is a threat to an Emperor? We should've replaced Ashe with you tbh. At least you'd talk to me today.






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Petra: I owe you so much. I was terrified of being so distant from everyone and not knowing how to reach out. Feeling the distance between Felix/Caspar and me. Feeling the way Raph and Thea had new friends and weren't sure how I fit in. And Lorenz. I think if we hadn't gotten together and started doing things I would have just been :person_standing_there:. I wish I could have helped you. I tried to hint without outright telling you Shamir had an idol and there was no way out. I think if she hadn't had one I would have been convinced. You're really sweet and if there's one thing I'm weak to it's sweet amazonian women begging me to stay.
I remember we were talking normally about strategy stuff and getting away from Hapi and then suddenly we went from 100 words to gigantic 4 paragraph 500 word posts. I'm chatty but you even wore me out at times. Why didn't we eat all the men together smdh it would have been incredible. I didn't even have to tell you who Natalie Bolton is.. together we were Queens. I think when you left it made a bit of my confidence leave with me. No one left treats me half as pretty as you. We will write some fantastic Edeletra sometime soon.

Oh boy I remember the merge htinking hey at least when we all get VOTED OUT because we KEPT HAPI AND SHE'S GONNA KILL US we make jury!!!!!!!!!!
Also my brain is have the go now it's a perfect time to wind down with some torhcwalks before sleep





me forcing you all to learn upside down Claude memes
Claude: Man fuck this game. Was it your timezone, being the least connected, or did Lorenz really get you voted out out of spite? I suspect a mixture of all three. This isn't as bad as the Yuri mistake because you'd never go if he stayed, but. I should have played my idol on you. The simple reason I didn't is I can't fucking count. F3, 12 players, they never use 9 person juries because they 3-3-3 tie. I was stupid and selfish and thought it wasn't so bad for the first juror to be a good friend of mine since it was very obvious other votes weren't working. Well at least I didn't agree to vote you, I fought this as hard as I could. Just, ugh. You and me, Yuri and Felix.. I really wonder how different the game could have been if Shamir wasn't the only person I'd bonded with left.
You were my favorite everything. We talked about all the cutest things together, and also your horrible habits Claude srsly problematic relationships aren't supposed to be that sexy! ...Haha j/k I have so little ground to stand here it's hilarious but it's not like the Emperor could admit that to you. You were like.. .the happy fun good influence that kelpt me from being more like Palpatine. Sometimes I have trouble forcing myself to talk to people for the sake of talking. Never with you. I enjoyed every moment. I'm not sorry for calling you a whore though, I probably would have done that anyways. 



Hapi: Wow like, this was the worst conversation I was forced into all game. Every few minutes I would just think to myself, my god. This is not happening. This person is writing out the way in which they are going to murder me in their head in every PM. When we got to merge you were always like wow I didn't expect to survive and it was like a kid who took a cookie from the cookie jar laughing because they got away with it. I still have no idea how this round became you getting idoled out by an ally. I told you the entire situation was awkward so if you needed me I'd be over here and we stopped talking atp. I rather think that was for the best. It's so weird that I met Petra after you yet Petra became someone great for me and you were my worst nightmare.




Felix: Well I tried giving that Support thing a fair shake and instead I got this.. Felix I'm not sure what we could have done to be better allies at the point we met. You uh, you really didn't seem to like Shamir. Fair but you also weren't willing to help Claude so it was like okay, i guess to ally you all my friends need to go huh? I actually considered the Caspar snipe you were worried about but even if the math was right (and Lorenz was in which, lol..) it required us making a big obvious move, so no it wasn't happening. Caspar was willing to make nice with us and came with Petra, so he got to stay but someone from Blue had to go y'all and Thea were so obviously not voting each other yikes. I just thought you were the easiest way to stop me from being replaced by cute bloo ppl. Sometimes if you don't play hard enough you just fall out.
You being the vote we forced was a surprise TBH. I thought you must be better connected then you were at first. All our talks were long and interesting to me. I thought you were like, a challenge threat walling monster. Instead I realized you were just trying to be chill, play games and hang out a little more under the radar. I don't do well with men that aren't willing to commit, but if I'd been in a better position it've been nice to just hang out a little more. And in another world we probably go a lot further together. One in which Lorenz doesn't get gifted two idols and Hapi sticks around to murder Shamir and I actually have to turn to you like you seemed to think would happen.

Ph my god. I'm so drunk I can't remember that 10 is not 9. I need to stop looking at white gforums again.

Leicester was a nice swap! Somehow people I met left my tribe and then got eliminated so it sort of felt like we lost two tribals, that was funny.






Lysithea: Ah this is still crushing to think about. I was so hungry to meet new people and make allies that weren't associated with the Eagles. And then I met one of three characters I was willing to play the game as, and she was awesome? Ashe told me you were quiet and most likely to be first boot. The person I met was fun, easy to talk to and could easily have formed a threesome with Shamir and I instead of the tragic moment we had instead. What kind of ghetto bullshit twist is sending an idol to a DIFFERENT TRIBE? How were we supposed to predict that shit? Worst part is this still doesn't happen without the Mutiny twist because Alois exists to get rid of. Ah, I don't know what I expected. The very game itself attempting to ruin me is just par for the course. I'm a terrible comod tbh because game design doesn't interest me that much but for Putt Putt Survivor, I would do it for you.



Also Alois was voted out and although we'd met twice at that point this didn't really affect me. First of like five people I informed that Yuri is a guy. You should have come back so we could vote Lorenz out together, sucks that Ashe hijacked your ability to leave for literally no reason.

Soon (tm) (not yet though) (I need my morning coffee)

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