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Finally. I was having issues uploading this earlier because of some error messages. I notified DA about it though, so hopefully it won't happen again.

Anyway, don't worry, I haven't stopped doing character art for FE: Dawn of Darkness (my main Fire Emblem fic for those that don't know). This is Natalie, another one of the Talgrian knights (who was named before I knew FE7's Natalie existed), shown wielding a silver sword. I personally think she's one of my better character designs, as I love the pastel-like color scheme I came up with. Her tunic was originally a totally different color, but I decided to change it. And I think this looks much better! Changing her sprites to match this won't take long either, as her tunic barely shows in them. It's also a good thing I never actually stated what color it was in the story context. Heh. Oh, I've also stopped using all black for my lineart. I use various colors now! But on to more info.

Class: Blade Paladin

Lv. 10

HP: 40
Str: 18
Mag: 5
Skl: 21
Spd: 16
Luk: 14
Def: 15
Res: 19
Con: 11
Wt: 35
Mov: 9

Weapon: Sword - A

Natalie is the deputy commander of the Talgrian Royal Knights, acting as the right hand of Leyon, who is the general and one of Allied Command’s most prominent military leaders. She's strongly dedicated to her duty and is quite serious about serving the knights to the best of her ability. However, she also seems to have high expectations of the warriors she serves with. This shows in her tendency to belittle those she believes to lack the skill to be excellent on the battlefield. In particular, her fellow knight Marc has been subject to her criticism due to his mild short-term memory loss, and she’s nearly been driven into a homicidal rage by another knight, Eliot, who seems the very personification of clumsiness. Despite this, Leyon has sometimes voiced the opinion that Eliot is a good match for her, if only because they sometimes have amusing quarrels.

However, Natalie also has a softer, more sensitive side. For some time prior to the events of Dawn of Darkness, she has held an unrequited love for Leyon. Though he seems oblivious to her feelings, she nonetheless supports and defends him at all costs. Her past crush, however, causes a bitter rivalry to develop between her with Azura after Leyon grows increasingly interested in the red-headed sword fighter. His initial overture, however, goes quite badly when Azura, valuing her independence and viewing his gesture as condescending, rebukes him and mistakenly causes him be seriously injured during a battle. As might be expected, Natalie blamed Azura for Leyon’s mishap and the pair came to blows. After Leyon recovers and he and Azura reconcile, Natalie adamantly hides her heartbreak when the pair of them finally let their romance blossom; though, her sadness may have eased after Eliot went on to save her life and she began to see that there was a good man behind his bumbling exterior.

Natalie is also revealed to have an acute fear of heights, paralleling Azura's near-hysterical fear of spiders. Their rivalry continues even after Natalie finally puts to rest her old feelings for Leyon, though the hostility seeps out of it and the two women become a little friendlier.

As a unit, Natalie has a few more ironic commonalities with Azura, despite them being very different classes as a nod to their rivalry. They both use swords, they both have resistance as their best stat, and neither of them have very good strength. However, they do still have some important differences, beyond such obvious things as Natalie using a horse and Azura going on foot. Natalie has better defense while Azura is much faster. She gains the ability to use axes upon promotion while Azura gains lances. But, compared with her fellow knights, Natalie is the most adept at resisting magic and, since her defense isn't bad either, she can even be called a little tanky. She's probably the weakest of all the cavalier knights, however, in terms of physical strength.

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Finally. I was having issues uploading this earlier because of some error messages. I notified DA about it though, so hopefully it won't happen again.

Anyway, don't worry, I haven't stopped doing character art for FE: Dawn of Darkness (my main Fire Emblem fic for those that don't know). This is Natalie, another one of the Talgrian knights (who was named before I knew FE7's Natalie existed), shown wielding a silver sword. I personally think she's one of my better character designs, as I love the pastel-like color scheme I came up with. Her tunic was originally a totally different color, but I decided to change it. And I think this looks much better! Changing her sprites to match this won't take long either, as her tunic barely shows in them. It's also a good thing I never actually stated what color it was in the story context. Heh. Oh, I've also stopped using all black for my lineart. I use various colors now! But on to more info.

Class: Blade Paladin

Lv. 10

HP: 40
Str: 18
Mag: 5
Skl: 21
Spd: 16
Luk: 14
Def: 15
Res: 19
Con: 11
Wt: 35
Mov: 9

Weapon: Sword - A

Natalie is the deputy commander of the Talgrian Royal Knights, acting as the right hand of Leyon, who is the general and one of Allied Command’s most prominent military leaders. She's strongly dedicated to her duty and is quite serious about serving the knights to the best of her ability. However, she also seems to have high expectations of the warriors she serves with. This shows in her tendency to belittle those she believes to lack the skill to be excellent on the battlefield. In particular, her fellow knight Marc has been subject to her criticism due to his mild short-term memory loss, and she’s nearly been driven into a homicidal rage by another knight, Eliot, who seems the very personification of clumsiness. Despite this, Leyon has sometimes voiced the opinion that Eliot is a good match for her, if only because they sometimes have amusing quarrels.

However, Natalie also has a softer, more sensitive side. For some time prior to the events of Dawn of Darkness, she has held an unrequited love for Leyon. Though he seems oblivious to her feelings, she nonetheless supports and defends him at all costs. Her past crush, however, causes a bitter rivalry to develop between her with Azura after Leyon grows increasingly interested in the red-headed sword fighter. His initial overture, however, goes quite badly when Azura, valuing her independence and viewing his gesture as condescending, rebukes him and mistakenly causes him be seriously injured during a battle. As might be expected, Natalie blamed Azura for Leyon’s mishap and the pair came to blows. After Leyon recovers and he and Azura reconcile, Natalie adamantly hides her heartbreak when the pair of them finally let their romance blossom; though, her sadness may have eased after Eliot went on to save her life and she began to see that there was a good man behind his bumbling exterior.

Natalie is also revealed to have an acute fear of heights, paralleling Azura's near-hysterical fear of spiders. Their rivalry continues even after Natalie finally puts to rest her old feelings for Leyon, though the hostility seeps out of it and the two women become a little friendlier.

As a unit, Natalie has a few more ironic commonalities with Azura, despite them being very different classes as a nod to their rivalry. They both use swords, they both have resistance as their best stat, and neither of them have very good strength. However, they do still have some important differences, beyond such obvious things as Natalie using a horse and Azura going on foot. Natalie has better defense while Azura is much faster. She gains the ability to use axes upon promotion while Azura gains lances. But, compared with her fellow knights, Natalie is the most adept at resisting magic and, since her defense isn't bad either, she can even be called a little tanky. She's probably the weakest of all the cavalier knights, however, in terms of physical strength.