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For several hours, I spent my free time meandering the world map of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave <\/em>like a woman crazed. No matter what the calendar said, every day was Black Friday, and I was in feverish pursuit of gifts. From east to west and back again, I cleaned out vendors’ stock of gifts for the several dozen randos I was determined to make my new besties. Back in Dagsion, I meticulously ticked through the full laundry list of recruitable characters and dutifully handed them their pastries or fish sauce, one swarthy pirate or pegasus girl blending into the next. I continued to do this for several in-game months, until I realized I wasn’t actually enjoying the game to its fullest.<\/p>\n

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I knew going in that there are more characters than you can actually recruit in one route in Fortune’s Weave<\/em>. Some folks are exclusive to just one or two routes. That’s why you have the option to play as all four protagonists, if you like. For some reason, my brain took this as a challenge akin to gathering Suikoden<\/em>‘s 108 Stars of Destiny, or maxing out every social link in the Persona games. But actually, Fortune’s Weave<\/em> is far more generous than those games. If you miss a character on Leda’s route, you can pick them up on Cai, Deitrich, or Theodora’s route. Alternatively, if you’re looking for less of a time commitment, you can simply replay a chapter of Leda’s route and use that time to recruit the one who got away. I knew there was no good reason to try to recruit everyone on my first playthrough. But that didn’t stop me from wasting a whole lot of time doing exactly that.<\/p>\n