Fire Emblem: The Tragedy Of Duscur, Explained
It would be a massive understatement to say that there's a lot of lore to keep up with in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. While it's something that lots of people love about these games, no one could fault you for going down a wiki hole while you try to piece together all the things you didn't understand.
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One of the major plot points explored during the games is the Tragedy of Duscur, a traumatic event that had ripple effects across history. You put together pieces of the puzzle through the games' various story routes. In this article, we'll gather up all of that knowledge in one convenient place.
The Tragedy of Duscur refers to the murder of the King and Queen of the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, which occurred in the Imperial Year 1176, around a decade before the start of Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
While traveling through Duscur (an independent nation near Faerghus) with a number of nobles and knights, King Lambert and his Queen Consort, Patricia, were the victims of a surprise attack. Almost everyone was slaughtered and burned. Prince Dimitri was the only survivor.
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Afterwards, though a few nobles were implicated in the plot, most people in Faerghus placed blame for these deaths on the people of Duscur. The people of Duscur still practiced a polytheistic religion rather than worshipping Sothis. For this, among other reasons, citizens of Faerghus saw those who lived in Duscur as "others" - making them the perfect scapegoat.
In the time following the murders, Duscur was conquered by Faerghus in retaliation, and almost everyone who lived there was killed.
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