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- The hero Anri founds the Kingdom of Altea on an island near Archanea on Symqures.
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- October 20. Athena is born in a foreign land: a land foreign even to its own inhabitants.
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- January. King Rudolf of the Valentian Kingdom of Rigel orders his best general, Mycen (48), to take his infant son, Alm, and raise him in the ways of knighthood in the village of Ram in the neighboring Kingdom of Zofia. Mycen claims Alm is his grandson.1
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- Zofian King Lima IV's general Desaix orders the murder of the king's children by fire. General Mycen manages to rescue Anthiese (8), and secrets her away. One of the king's sons, Conrad (12), also survives by escaping through the tunnels with his mother's handmaiden.2
- Mycen brings Anthiese to his home in Ram Village, introducing her to his "grandson" Alm (8) as another grandchild, giving her the new name of Celica.3
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- June. Alm (10), Celica (10), and their friends Gray (11), Tobin (10), Faye (11), and Kliff (8), travel beyond the borders of Ram Village, and encounter Desaix's minion Slayde. Slayde recognizes Celica by her cross-shaped birthmark, and tries to take her back to Desaix. Mycen appears just in time, driving Slayde off. Knowing it will no longer be safe for her at Ram, Mycen takes Celica away. Her friends, especially Alm, are heartbroken. Alm swears they will meet again.4
Mycen leaves Celica in the care of the Priest Nomah at the priory on Novis island. Celica meets and is fast friends with other children there: Mae (10), Boey (9), and Genny (8).[5]
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The Dolhr Empire begins a campaign of expansion, attacking the armies of Gra and Altea. The two border nations unite against their common foe.
May 20. King Cornelius of the Altean Kingdom is betrayed by the Gra King Jiol. The Altean army is utterly slaughtered, with the youth Cain (19) being the only survivor. The sorcerer Gharnef (71) takes the sacred sword Falchion from Cornelius's remains.[6]
May 22. Gra forces attack Castle Altea, which falls. Princess Elice (20) gives her brother, Marth (14), her tiara[7] before he escapes with the help of soldiers Jagen (53), Abel (19), Cain, Gordin (10), Draug (20), and Norne (18), eventually reaching the Kingdom of Talys. Another soldier, Frey, acts as decoy to draw the Gran pursuers away from Marth. Elice is captured by Gharnef, and Queen Liza is murdered.[8]
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- The mysterious foreigner Athena (26) washes up on the coast of the continent of Archanea. She takes up residence with a coastal village, acting as its protector.
5^ Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017).
6^ Events of game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (2008) prologue.
7^ As seen in the Fire Emblem anime (1996).
8^ Events of game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (2008) prologue.