Five years have passed since the War of Heroes concluded. Marth, the Hero King, defeated the Dark Dragon Mediuth, finally putting a decade of warfare to rest. The Seven Kingdoms of Akaneia were unified, and Marth became Emperor of them all. He also married his wife, Sheeda, making her Empress.

However, Marth has been missing for two years, and his united empire is crumbling at the seams. Akaneia is in a civil war, with the sage Marich and the hero Kris struggling for control at every turn. More distant regions dream of freedom, and rebel for independence. All claim loyalty to the absentee Emperor, but ambitious figures are more than willing to prosper from the chaos.

While Akaneia burned, Marth had gotten engaged with Alear, from the far-off Lythos. His prior loyalties had been replaced with loyalty to Alear. But engagement wasn't sufficient: marraige was on the table. Marth and Alear's wedding day will prove to be fateful...

• Six playable chapters
• Voice clips
• Unit randomisation
• Akaneian maps reimagined
• Dismount
• Unit variety
• A close-to-FE1 Falchion
• The Wing Spear
• The FE3 soundtrack
• Marth and Chiki animations

Please read the attached CREDITS.md file.

• Mage knights, valkyries, and horsemen cannot dismount currently. The one map with mount restictions temporarily restricts instead of blocking cavalry. Other dismount issues include lacking animations and retaining mounted ranks.
• Jigglypuff's name is too long for certain menus.

Apply War of Lovers.ups file to a clean American FE8 rom.

v0.21: 16/11/2023

• Fixed the Marth animation crash (thanks to Wan and Abzel)
• Fixed the Chiki animation errors (thanks to Huichelaar's animation tool)
• Added proper world-map narration in the vein of FE7 (Sme helped)
• Fixed several Jam Mode oversights and placeholder text, including a Ch3 crash
• Character endings play in Jam Mode's ending.

v0.2 - Akaneia I: 18/10/2023

• Finished the first story arc in Akaneia.
• Chapters 5 and 6 added, and writing for Chapter 4 completed.
• Replaced the battle frame with one inspired by FE3.
• All random characters now have full-screen CGs when recruited.
• Voice acting added for Super Smash Bros. characters.
• Added "Jam Mode", which alters the story to follow the plot planned for the game jam the idea for this hack was first designed for. Jam Mode ends on Chapter 5: playing on normal mode is recommended.

v0.1: 01/04/2023

• Initial release.