Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - Who is Monica?

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Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a musou-style spin-off of the 2019 strategy game Fire Emblem: Three Houses, will likely have a large roster of playable characters. The original Three Houses featured its titular houses of eight students each, as well as a mix of teachers, mercenaries, and members of the Church of Seiros. While Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes has not confirmed all previous characters to be returning, early trailers have shown Monica, who has a rather complicated history in the original game.

Monica was revealed to be playable in the April 12, 2022 trailer focusing on new protagonist Shez, which reveals former protagonist Byleth will take a more antagonistic role in Three Hopes. While fans were not surprised to see a new protagonist after Shez was teased in earlier marketing, Monica's appearance on the battlefield alongside Edelgard von Hresvelg and the other members of the Black Eagles is interesting to see.

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Monica's appearance as a playable character in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is an indication there may be major story changes. In Three Houses, Monica von Ochs was a member of a minor noble house from the Adrestian Empire and a former student of Garreg Mach Monastery who had gone missing about a year before the events of the game.

Monica was seemingly rescued by Byleth and their students during one of the game's early missions, and rejoined the Officers Academy as a non-playable character. However, it was later revealed that the real Monica was dead, and this doppelganger was actually Kronya, a member of the villainous organization «Those Who Slither in the Dark.» Using her Monica disguise, Kronya was able to successfully