Dragalia Life #6 has Ranzal checking the temperature of the spring before getting in. It makes sense, since he's a Wind unit that's weak to Flame attacks.
One of Fjorm's abilities obtained from the Mana Circle is Skill Prep 100%. In her home game, Fire Emblem Heroes, she comes with the skill Shield Pulse, which reduces the skill cooldown by 2 at Level 3 if the unit has a defensive skill like Pavise and if it's the first turn. Her Secret Art, Ice Mirror, qualifies as such, and with its cooldown of 2, Fjorm has it ready from the start.
The reason why Marth is such a Game-Breaker against High Midgardsormr is because, by the end of his own game, he will have racked up several dozen Manakete kills. A dragon-like Regular or High Midgardsormr would be no issue.
If Marth opens a chest, he will sometimes exclaim in surprise they didn't need a key to open it. In most Fire Emblem games, you need a key (or a thief) to open chests.
Alfonse can obtain Curse Resist 100% from the Mana Circle. In his home game, he is cursed by Hel, Queen of the Underworld, so that he will die in nine days, the same curse that killed his father Gustav. He boasted to Hel that he'll use that time to find a way to kill her.
One will immediately notice that Thanatos looks like a purple version of Hypnos. This is actually fitting, since in Classical Mythology, Hypnos and Thanatos were twin brothers.
Mega Man being attuned to Flame may confuse some players. Veterans of his series, meanwhile, can credit his decreased mobility when underwater in his games, as Water has an advantage over Flame. It's also the reason there's no Wyrmprint for Brainwashed Midgardsormr, taking in the whole boss pattern from the series. It may also be a reference Mega Man being solar powered.
Volk and most of the Agito bosses are noted to be harder than Master difficulty High Dragon Trials (more noticeably, he inflicts twoStatus Effects rather than one). This is mainly because the Agito group is aware that Euden is forging Wyrmpacts with the Greatwyrms and they need every piece of arsenal they can get to take down the Greatwyrms alongside with Euden, including the High versions of them.
The Agito are subjected to supreme irony when one considers their psychological profiles, showing that they have become the very things they despise.
Volk despises those of privilege, however acquired, and psychotically avails himself to slaughtering them. Wouldn't that make him privileged to be judge, jury and executioner?
Kai Yan values strength above all else and slaughters those he sees as weak. Yet given how he gave in to his psychosis after his kingdom was cut down by outside forces, could his strong heart have been made weak with cynicism?
Ciella obsessively executes those connected with the Church after discovering the depths of its corruption. Yet when one considers execution an expeditious way to eliminate those the tainted elements within the Church consider blasphemous or heretical, wouldn't that make her corrupt too?
Ayaha and Otoha hate those who get in the way of their psychotic madness they consider freedom, but the ease to which they murder others over these slights basically makes them slaves to their desire for freedom.
Chapter 19 has Laxi call them out on it too. It makes the twins no longer want to "play" with her and just want to tear her apart.
Tartarus goes berserk whenever someone mentions the concept of justice to him, and his belief is that the world should burn for the death of its rightful king. Quite the perverted sense of justice he has to possess to come to that conclusion, and far from what Alberius would actually want.
Kagutsuchi's description mentions fried chicken being very popular in Hinomoto. While this may seem like an offhand bit of world-building, remember that Hinomoto is supposed to be a stand-in for Japan, and what food is eaten in Japan as opposed to the Christmas turkey?
Dragalia Life #220 has Fafnir Roy III give Euden his molted skin as a present the same way the player gives gifts to the Dragons. Considering he gets bigger with each level in Mercurial Gauntlet, he's shedding away his skin each time, much like a snake.
Why do both the Flame-attuned Manticore and Volcanic Chimeratech Weapon descriptions usually mention their wielder going into an Unstoppable Rage when used? Because both the beasts they're made from have a passive ability that functions as such!note Manticores have Fury, which keeps them in a constant Overdrive state and prevents them from being Broken, and Chimeras have Frenzy, which reduces the damage they take and increases the damage they deal over time.
Typically, Adventurers obtained for free during Events require you to forge a friendship with them in order for them to remain on your roster. Three adventurers don't follow that rule.
Sharena from the "Fire Emblem: Kindred Ties" event is the first case. In Fire Emblem Heroes, Sharena sees the heroes as friends, and she views the Dragalia cast the same way. Therefore, the friendship is already forged.
Summer Euden from the "Stranded Scions" raid event is the second case. This is the main protagonist we're looking at. It wouldn't make sense for you to part ways from yourself if you didn't accumulate enough friendship points.
Harle from the "Faith Forsaken" duology is the third case. This is the real Harle who seeks vengeance after being sealed away by this game's version of Loki who masqueraded as him all this time. As they say, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
During the lead up to "Fire Emblem: Kindred Ties" Event, many players were speculating on what Adventurers would be revealed and what element they would be, such as Tiki. When the aforementioned Tiki was revealed, she turned out to be Water Element to the surprise of many, instead of, say Light or even Flame Element. But then again, in her home series, after transforming, she always had either Ice Breath or Breath of Fog. And what element do Ice attacks fall under? Water. And how does fog happen? When water vapor condenses near ground level.
Special Stamina items from Events (like the Yule Roast or the E Tank) give 100 Stamina upon use... except the Stamina Potion, tied to "Fire Emblem: Kindred Ties," which only gives 99. What is the max Stamina for Fire Emblem Heroes? 99.
In the Chapter 13 Interlude, besides his ideology of hating those with privilege, Volk would, of course, be against Ciella, because he's Wind and she's Water.
Even better, Chapter 21 Part 1 introduces Gala Beast Volk, allowing him to show how irremissible Ciella is.
Selfie Fiend Nadine is revealed to be a Lance user. Selfie sticks, anyone?
Even better, "Sands of Reflections" has her call for a selfie stick at the end of the story!
Cat Sith is amazing in the boss fight against High Jupiter, one of the Greatwyrms, who happens to resemble a bird. Cats, most notably domestic housecats, hunt and eat birds both forfun and for food.
Ayaha and Otoha being evil twins in a game with Mega Man. They're practically Gemini Woman.
Gala Prince's second skill Exalted Glory calls his closest allies in an Alpha Strike to attack the enemy. And the bonus effects of the skill correlate to each one of their pre-Mana Spiraled skills, the Strength buff comes from Elisanne and her Brave Bastion skill, the Defense buff comes from Cleo and her Ancient Aegis skill, the Shield comes from Ranzal's Storm Wall skill, and the Paralysis affliction comes from Luca and his Radiant Bonds skill.
There's a reason they chose Forager Mitsuba to be part of the Princess Connect event. Her Japanese voice actress, Miku Itō, is Kokkoro. While Forager Cleo isn't the Tsundere that Karyl is, she's just as magically gifted.
There's a good reason why, during the tournament in Fortune's Fray that you fight Daikokuten instead of Mitsuhide: She's a Lazy Bum who likes to pawn her work off onto everyone else while she goes off to nap. The Exhibition match has her paired with her running mates Chitose and Hanabusa, who probably convinced her to wake up and fight after bringing up how Daikokuten got floored.
When Elysium uses Universal Creation, he becomes immune to all non-dragon damage while the player needs to burst his Blue Soul down before time runs out. You're supposed to kill the reinforcements for dragon gauge (since Elysium empties it out when he uses Universal Creation) then shapeshift to deal damage. There are exceptions, however.
Alberius' skills are all dragon transformations, explicitly invoking High Chthonius and High Midgardsormr; of course they'd still deal damage.
The Phantom Thieves have fought deific beings before, so it only makes sense their Persona skills would harm Elysium too.
Tiki's Divine Dragon form, while being a dragon from a distant universe, is still very much a dragon, so it counts, too.
Notte is an outlier until you remember that conversation about faeries being distant relatives to dragons; given that the energies she emanates in her 'adult' form have purified dragons before (right, Kamuy?), she can cut Elysium's scales as well.
This, however, does not extend to the Syndicate's 'products', Aldred and Bellina. Those dragons are mostly antipathic towards humanity (Barbatos in particular) and were forcibly fused into their human hosts; what reason would they have to defy Elysium now?
When Zethia is released from Morsayati’s control in Chapter 14 after being absorbed by Beren, she ends up back in her own clothes automatically, compared to Zena who is still wearing her outfit as Empress Zethia. Since Beren likely absorbed Morsayati in his entirety (compared to Zena who is explicitly said to still have a part of Morsayati inside her), it’s safe to assume that the Evil Costume Switch is solely a result of Morsayati’s mana and when his influence was gone, it disappeared as well.
By the same token, Gala Zena gains a new outfit after learning to control the mana left inside her by Morsayati as well in her own Adventuer story.
Chapter 19 reveals that Euden is an Artificial Human created by combining faerie magic with a piece of Morsayati's flesh. That actually makes Morsayati's actions earlier in the story much clearer. It had been assumed that he was after Euden because of his Dragonblood, but Zethia, who he already possessed, should have the same blood flowing through her. And if need be, he could have just taken over one of Euden's siblings, such as Leonidas or Valyx. But now it makes sense why Morsayati wanted Euden so badly. Euden is MADE of a piece of him! By possessing Euden, Morsayati will complete his body AND gain power over the Dragons.
This is also a good explanation as to how Euden is able to share his shapeshifting powers with the others (which is the Hand Wave used to justify non-Dragonblood people being able to turn into Dragons), as we've seen both faeries and Morsayati pour their mana into other creatures easily.
Besides Euden's connection to the Alberian Royal Family, one reason Joker can use different dragons regardless of element is that he's the Fool, also known as the Wild Card, that can use any Persona from Com Mons (Pixie/Hikage) to Olympus Mons (Satanael/Gala Cat Síth). It's still Euden's connection that allows the other Phantom Thieves to use dragons.
During Chapter 18 Part 2, Harle siccing a corrupted Kamuy to give a water boss might be random until "Faith Forsaken" revealed he was Loki. In Norse Mythology, Loki is the father of Fenrir, the wolf who is fated to kill Odin during Ragnarok.
On the main screen while "Celestial Showdown" is running, Izumo remarked that he thought mochi was grown in a field. Technically he's not too far off: the main ingredient for mochi is mochigome, a type of glutinous rice, and rice is grown in a field. With his upbringing, though, he may not have been aware of the production process for mochi, hence the assumption.
"The Hunt for Harmony" shows that Luca and Sylas, in their youth, have basically invented mustard gas. In small bombs, they're good for stink bomb pranks, but in industrial quantities, if the Empire got their hands on that recipe and refined it, it would be a very catastrophic, to the point of using it very straight like World War 1!
The flavor text for the 5-Star Shadow Lance Weapon, Mistilteinn, describes it as not the name of a single weapon, but also having different forms like a sword, a lance and a plant sprout. An evil weapon that changes form? Are we talking about Soul Edge?
The Bad Future shown in Audric and Parallel Zodiark's Adventurer Stories has a lot of disturbing implications, with the biggest one being that Euden was possessed and then used Zodiark to murder Zethia. The vague time period also leaves up in the air just how many of the characters known along the way are dead or alive, especially with Dragons like Phantom and Sylvia being forcibly controlled by the villains previously.
Akasha being able to Backstory Invader the main cast easily means she could just as easily do the same to the rest of Euden's siblings. The only reason she probably won't is because it's not part of the Ancient One's plans.
Amane's story of wanting to hunt down Dragons, due to being a survivor of a Dragon attack, means she could have just as easily have been one of Euden's worst enemies if she went to Valkaheim and went to Leonidas instead, since he has an utter hatred of Dragons for killing his mother.
Gabriel's Dragon Story reveals that Pinon was born from the corpse of her mother, who was Gabriel's previous Sigil bearer. Are we talking about an Apostle of the Church of Ilia, or about Guts?
Speaking of the apostles, while Basileus wants to revive Satan, he made little effort to stop Pinon from purifying Jaldabaoth's sealing stone once Ryszarda got her hands on him, and he even said that what happened was just an experiment. Does he truly plan to let Satan loose to destroy Northern Grastaea, or is he trying to be Honorius here and use what he learns to destroy Satan himself?
"Faith Forsaken" reveals he went along with it because Graht, along with Michael's previous Sigil bearer, razed his hometown and declared them heretics. He wants to become Satan since the goddess Ilia has forsaken the world, so he'll be the vessel for Satan's rebirth.
The Phantom Thieves being used as a multi-element party against Elysium in "Dawn of Dragalia" draws some stark parallels to them having fought godlike beings like Yaldabaoth in Persona 5, Adam Kadmon in Royal, and then EMMA, who becomes the Demiurge in Strikers.
Speaking of the Phantom Thieves, Gala Audric visiting Emile is most likely what set got Emile so twisted up enough that EMMA was able to cross the border between Earth to Alberia. So Nice Job Breaking It, Hero.
There's been this lingering thread as to why this timeline has a chance for a good ending while several others, like Zena's and Audric's, went to utter pot thanks to Euden getting possessed by Morsayati. Well, Chapter 19 revealed the truth: even when he got his core back, Morsayati wasn't complete. That final piece of his flesh, having several dragons pactbound to it and a nation's might at his beck and call? It's no wonder he went after him: he could wrap up all the loose ends at once! Which begs the question of whether or not Finlorda gave Phares the idea to pop the lid on Beren's can...
The reason why Chronos knew Euden's blood would hurt, if not outright kill Vania, is cause he was made by a piece of Morsayati, aka the Other, his true master.
Euden being made of a piece of Morsayati may be a reason why he's Oblivious to Love. Morsayati was created from The Power of Hate, even after being separated from Mordecai.
Finlorda sending Notte as his unknowing spy to make sure Euden doesn't become berserk as a piece of Morsayati is unfortunately right in many other timelines, especially as he takes the deal to let The Other take his body over, thus dooming the entire world.
It's both Brilliance and Horror that the boss for Akasha's Trials of the Mighty is Grimnir. On the surface he's a Bunny-Ears LawyerChuunibyou, but considering he's a Tuner who's dealt with Chronos in the past, the fact that he's now in Let's Get Dangerous! mode means we're getting closer to the revival of the Ancient One, whether Lathna wants to do it or not.
Considering "Drifting Sorrows" had a Nyarlathotep nearly succeed in their plans, he's just as right to stop holding back.
Surtr being the Fire Dominion boss would be trauma inducing for Fjorm since he was the main villain in Book 2 of Fire Emblem Heroes and it took a lot just for the heroes to put him down.
Less a case of fridge horror and more a fridge tearjerker, but Kimono Notte's story shows how she values her companionship with the others, right? Not to mention what kind of wreck she'd be if she lost them, as shown in Fractured Futures. Put it together with the main story, and it's clear that Notte went through this crap already - she forgot her old faerie friends thanks to Finlorda's tampering, and odds are between his schism with Jinlorda, any friends Notte had may have forgotten about her too! It also explains why she was hurt by Sheila's betrayal in her Gala Adventurer Story, like that memory resonating when everything else was deleted. Finlorda, you mean well, but you're still a dick...
Chapter 25 ends with every alternate world being destroyed to create Xenos's perfect world. Regardless of game progress if players have been here from Day 1 or came in just to see what the fuss was about, every last game and account will become part of the countless worlds that are destroyed by Xenos.
For "Stranded Scions," why don't Euden, Leonidas, and Chelle just shift into dragon to escape the island? Could be a case of also deciding who has to carry Emile on their back. Midgardsormr, having dealt with Alberius during the Second War of Binding probably would tolerate it. Cat Sith would just Make It Look Like an Accident that he drowned. Mars would eat him and be done with it.
They don't know where the nearest place of land is. Without Midgardsormr or another Greatwyrm to allow them to stay in Dragonform permanently, they'd likely run out of energy before finding dry land.
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