engagement farming, pt. 8

Welcome back, friends and enemies, to Engagement Farming, our ongoing series where we play through Fire Emblem Engage. Last week we hung out with a princess; this time we save the queen! Let's begin. This week I played through Chapter 14, Lucina's paralogue, and Lyn's paralogue. The paralogue levels narratively (so far, anyway) are pretty much empty, as you'd probably expect: the Emblems are reminded of their home, they challenge us to a battle. The map is borrowed from the game they come from. I don't think we should expect much more from paralogues about the Emblems; by virtue of their premise, their story is already done, y'know? Chapter 14 features Hortensia, the other Princess of Elusia, invading the palace of Solm to try to get the Emblem Rings back. Turns out this was an unauthorized invasion and three of the Four Guys We'll Have To Kill Later come to bring her back; she decides to join our army (in a scene with some pretty solid character moments actually) but then gets…