History Recap / FireEmblemHeroesBookVII

** Gullveig pulls off a Class 6 by destroying the entire mortal realm of Midgard, and all of the humans along with it.

* HaveWeMetYet: During Chapter 7 in Book VII, when the Order first meet Nerþuz, she appears pained and confused at their appearance, but soon ends up [[CutenessProximity gushing over how cute the humans are]]. After seemingly refusing to aid them in saving their world, Nerþuz reveals that she's actually already met them in her past, but that for the Order, it's their first time meeting her, and agrees to help them.

* PlotHole: Chapter 4 reveals that Kvasir is Seiðr's past self, and that killing her would also mean killing Seiðr. However, Nerþuz tells Seiðr in Chapter 11 that she must kill both Gullveig and Kvasir, despite the fact that Kvasir is her past self.

* TimeTravelEscape: As a last ditch effort to escape from Gullveig after she becomes an InvincibleVillain and traps Seiðr and the Order of Heroes in Chapter 8, Seiðr sends herself and the Order of Heroes to an unknown time in the past due to Seiðr's inexperience of time traveling, but Gullveig kidnaps the Summoner during the traveling process to complicate things. Chapter 2 reveals that Seiðr and the Order of Heroes escaped hundreds of years in the past, the Summoner included, albeit sent 100 days earlier and heavily injured, needing to be nursed back to health by Kvasir, the native goddess of that time period.

* AnachronicOrder: The story starts with Chapter 13, which is usually the ''last'' chapter in every other Book, then continues with Chapter 5 to Chapter 8, then continues to Chapter 2 to Chapter 4, then goes to Chapter 9. This is due to the numbers of the chapter for Book VII being indicators of placement in the story's timeline rather than being told out of order.

* ILetYouWin: The Order appear to defeat [[MotherNature Nerþuz]] in battle in Chapter 7, but she reveals there was no way that mortals could have won against a god, and that she is willingly forfeiting because she finds them [[CutenessProximity too cute to beat]].

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Brave Gullveig's appearance in Chapter 10 Part 4 is this, especially if players deployed either any of the Askr Trio or Seiðr for that part, as despite TimeTravel and multiple personas being involved, the Askr Trio and Seiðr don't comment about Brave Gullveig at all during that part. This turns to a head when the actual Gullveig appears in Part 5.

* AnachronicOrder: The story starts with Chapter 13, which is usually the ''last'' chapter in every other Book, then continues with Chapter 5 to Chapter 8, then continues to Chapter 2 to Chapter 4, then goes to Chapter 9.

** [[spoiler:Njörðr attempts to summon Gullveig to pull off a Class X-4, wanting to destroy all of time due to his hatred of humans multiplying while the gods are slowly dying out despite their immortality. While he doesn't quite get what he achieved, he still technically wins due to Gullveig destroying the mortal realm of Midgard and everyone along with it]].

* ReducedToDust: While Gullveig's way of killing off her enemies is via DeathByDeaging in the main story, the Book VII Intro movie shows Gullveig turning Alfonse and the Summoner to dust, before it was revealed to be a vision of a possible BadFuture from Seiðr. [[spoiler:She does the same to Njörðr in Book VII, Chapter 10 as her first kill.]]

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Despite the story foreshadowing that Njörðr was secretly the one behind Gullveig being created and possibly being the true ArcVillain of the story, he is instantly killed off by Gullveig in an anticlimactic matter, without even being fought once in the entire story]].

* ReducedToDust: While Gullveig's way of killing off her enemies by DeathByDeaging in the main story, the Book VII Intro movie shows that Gullveig does this through this method to Alfonse and the Summoner, before it was revealed to be a vision of a possible BadFuture from Seiðr. [[spoiler:She does the same to Njörðr in Book VII, Chapter 10 as her first kill.]]

* ReducedToDust: While Gullveig's way of killing off her enemies by DeathByDeaging in the main story, the Book VII Intro movie shows that Gullveig does this through this method to Alfonse and the Summoner, before it was revealed to be a vision of a possible BadFuture from Seiðr.

* AnachronicOrder: The story starts with Chapter 13, which is usually the ''last'' chapter in every other Book, then continues with Chapter 5 to Chapter 8, then continues to Chapter 2.

* OurPhlebotinumChild: In Chapter 8, from Njörðr's request to Seiðr for the prosperity of Vanaheimr, Seiðr wants to conceive a child with the Summoner though a magical ritual that will birth their child that will be a product of their souls rather than their flesh in Vanaheimr (even if the Summoner in question if female).

* WhamLine: Kvasir reveals that she is Gullveig as a child at the end of Chapter 2.
-->'''Kvasir:''' I will not always take this childish form; I will grow... And when I've grown, I will take another name. I will be known as Gullveig, the Golden Seer.

* TimeTravelEscape: As a last ditch effort to escape from Gullveig after she becomes an InvincibleVillain and traps Seiðr and the Order of Heroes in Chapter 8, Seiðr sends herself and the Order of Heroes to an unknown time in the past due to Seiðr's inexperience of time traveling, but Gullveig kidnaps the Summoner during the traveling process to complicate things. Chapter 2 reveals that Seiðr and the Order of Heroes escaped hundreds of years in the past, the Summoner included, albeit sent 100 days earlier and heavily injured, needing to be nursed back to health by Kvasir, the native goddess of that time period.

* AnachronicOrder: The story starts with Chapter 13, which is usually the ''last'' chapter in every other Book, then continues with Chapter 5, and so on.

* GetBackHereBoss: Upon learning that the Order want [[MacGuffin the Ár]], Nerþuz refuses to give it over and instead flees from them because she can't bear to harm them, forcing the Order to chase her across two maps. However, since they refuse to heed her warnings to leave, she takes it as reason to fight back.

* ILetYouWin: The Order appear to defeat [[MotherNature Nerþuz]] in battle, but she reveals there was no way that mortals could have won against a god, and that she is willingly forfeiting because she finds them [[CutenessProximity too cute to beat]].

* TimeTravelEscape: As a last ditch effort to escape from Gullveig after she becomes an InvincibleVillain and traps Seiðr and the Order of Heroes in Chapter 8, Seiðr sends herself and the Order of Heroes to an unknown time in the past due to Seiðr's inexperience of time traveling, but Gullveig kidnaps the Summoner during the traveling process to complicate things.

* OurPhlebotinumChild: In Chapter 8, from Njörðr's request to Seiðr for the prosperity of Vanaheimr, Seiðr wants to conceive a child with the Summoner though a magical ritual that will birth their child in Vanaheimr (even if the Summoner in question if female).

* TimeTravelEscape: As a last ditch effort to escape from Gullveig after she becomes an InvincibleVillain and traps Seiðr and the Order of Heroes in Chapter 8, Seiðr sends herself and the Order of Heroes to an unknown time in the past due to Seiðr's inexperience of time traveling, but not before Gullveig kidnaps the Summoner beforehand.

* TimeTravelEscape: As a last ditch effort to escape from Gullveig after she becomes an InvincibleVillain and trapped Seiðr and the Order of Heroes in Chapter 8, Seiðr sends herself and the Order of Heroes to an unknown time in the past due to Seiðr's inexperience of time traveling, but not before Gullveig kidnaps the Summoner beforehand.

* EscapeToThePast: As a last ditch effort to escape from Gullveig after she becomes an InvincibleVillain and trapped Seiðr and the Order of Heroes in Chapter 8, Seiðr sends herself and the Order of Heroes to an unknown time in the past due to Seiðr's inexperience of time traveling, but not before Gullveig kidnaps the Summoner beforehand.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Njörðr in Chapter 8 suggests that to stop Gullveig one and for all after she accumulated infinite strength Seiðr and the Order of Heroes have to travel into the past to the time before she could reach that strength and eliminate her there.

* ReducedToDust: While Gullveig's way of killing off her enemies by DeathByDeaging in the main story, the Book VII Intro movie shows that Gullveig does this through this method to Alfonse and the Summoner, before it was revealed to be a vision of a possible BadFuture from Seiðr.

* DubInducedPlothole: In Chapter 7, Seiðr states that Nerþus is Freyr and Freyja's mother, but despite how maternal and protective Nerþus is, no mention is made of the Order of Heroes's involvement in both her children's deaths in Book IV. This is because in the Japanese version Seiðr actually says that Nerþus is their ''aunt'' rather than their mother. This was later corrected in an update in March 2023 to display her proper relationship with Freyr and Freyja.

* DubInducedPlothole: In Chapter 7, Seiðr stated that Nerþus was the mother of Freyr and Freyja, but due to the interactions with the Order of Heroes and Nerþus, her not having any malice towards the Order of Heroes with their actions in Book IV or even mention Freyr or Freyja does not make a lot of sense. This is because in the Japanese version Seiðr states that Nerþus is actually their ''aunt'' rather than their mother, and thus made her obliviousness during that Chapter slightly more sense. This was later corrected in an update in March 2023 to display her proper relationship with Freyr and Freyja.

* ReducedToDust: While Gullveig's way of killing off her enemies by DeathByDeaging in the main story, the Book VII Intro movie shows that Gullveig does this through this method to Alfonse and the Summomer, before it was revealed to be a vision of a possible BadFuture from Seiðr.

* GetBackHereBoss: Upon learning that the Order want [[MacGuffin the Ár]], Nerþuz refuses to give it over and instead flees from them because she can't bear to harm them, forcing the Order to chase her across two maps.
* HaveWeMetYet: At the end of Chapter 7, after seemingly refusing to aid the Order of Heroes in saving Midgard, Nerþuz reveals that she's actually already met them in her past, but that for the Order, it's their first time meeting her.
* ILetYouWin: The Order appear to defeat Nerþuz, [[MotherNature the god of land]], in battle, but she reveals there was no way that mortals could have won against her, and that she is willingly forfeiting because she finds them [[CutenessProximity too cute to beat]].
* MarshmallowHell: In Chapter 7, when the very well-endowed Nerþuz meets the Order and asks to hug them because she thinks they're adorable. Sharena, Alfonse, and Anna all end up very flustered by her affection, implying she's smothering them into her chest.

* MythologyMotif: Besides drawing from Norse Mythology, the characters and setting are at least visually inspired from Japanese Folklore, with Seiðr visually invoking Oto-hime, Gullveig invoking [[Orochi Yamata-no-Orochi]], and Vanaheimr invoking Ryūgū-jō (lit. Dragon Palace Castle).

* AnachronicOrder: The story starts with Chapter 13, which is usually the ''last'' chapter in every other Book, then continues with Chapter 5, and so on.

* BackToFront: The story starts with Chapter 13, which is usually the ''last'' chapter in every other Book.