MAJOR FE10 SPOILERS HERE AND SUCH!
What is Lehran anyway? His flashback with Zelgius seemed to imply he's a Branded, but his own flashback refers to himself as a bird Laguz and having the ability to sing Galdrar.
Lehran is one of the 4 heroes who, the representative of the Bird Tribe, a Heron no less (though NOT a Royal; he has Black Wings, all Royals and ONLY the Royals have White Wings of the Heron clan. FE9 made this rather clear). The others were Soan of the Beast Tribe (a White Lion), Dheginsea (you know who he is), and Altina of the Beorc (the original wielder of Ragnell and Alondite, and the first Empress of Begnion.)
Lehran was the father of the first Branded (Altina being the mother), however, as a result, he lost all his Laguz Powers. Longstory short, he became just like Almedha, so functionally was very similar to a Branded, in that he was basically a Human who aged VERY SLOWLY and had to be on the move. Just in Lehran's case, he was able to take refuge in Goldoa for several hundred years, being a friend of Dheggy who knew all his secrets anyway, so he didn't have to worry about the usual Nomadic Lifestyle.Is Pelleas really Ashnard's child? There's a bunch of half-Laguz running around in the second game, but the game seems to imply that Pelleas isn't really Ashnard's kid and the whole thing is a setup by Izuka.
Pelleas is not Ashnard's Son. He doesn't know he's not really Ashnard's son, cause he didn't know that Ashnard's son was in fact a Branded. He himself figures out he's not the real son once Izuka spills the beans to him on a replay where he survives, as he knows his symbol is from a Spirit Pact. Izuka just saw the Spirit Pact, saw that Pelleas was an orphan and was able to convince Almedha that Pelleas was her son cause of how similar the Spirit Pact looks compared to a Brand.
Naturally, for Almedha, he just kept the whole "That's a Spirit Pact!" thing a secret from her, pretending it was a brand, and in the case of Pelleas, he just kept the whole "Almedha is actually a Laguz!" thing a secret from her, so they never could put two and two together. Pelleas never reveals the Spirit Pact thing to anyone but Micaiah too, for that matter, on grounds that he knows it looks too much like a Brand, and its easier to just avoid any potential unrest rather than have to get into explaining it; obviously, in Micaiah's case, he just assumed she was one too, so felt it would ease her if she knew he was totally ok with it, especially since being one with a pact himself, he's no one to judge.Do PCs get different epilogue text depending on supports or anything? I gave Soren and Ike high-level support and it seems that they wandered off into the sunset together while Mist became a spinster and Elincia is apparently in love with Lucia. Not -too- surprising if these were fixed epilogues, but they could easily be support-dependent.
The following epilogue text changes based on supports, characters living/dying, etc. Supports require an A, mind:
Micaiah: Depends on whether Pelleas is alive (NG+ only for "Pelleas lives" route naturally; whether Pelleas dies in plot or gameplay doesn't matter here.)
Sothe: Support with Micaiah
Jill: Support with Haar
Volug: Nailah Alive/Dead.
Rafiel: Nailah alive/dead
(AHAHAHAHAHA to either of those <.<?)
Caineghis: Skrimir alive/dead
Ranulf: Support with Ike
Muarim: Tormod alive/dead
Leanne: Support w/ Naesala (...yeah, he's a lucky bastard <_<)
Geoffrey: Support w/ Elincia
Lucia: Support w/ Bastian
Astrid: Support w/ Makalov
Boyd: Support w/ Mist
Mist: Support w/ Boyd
Soren: Support w/ Ike
Not gonna reveal what happens but a lot of them should be pretty straight forward.
Anything interesting about a 2nd playthrough? There's no way I'm playing this again anytime soon, but I'd like to know what changes.
NG+ allows you to keep Pelleas alive (and he becomes a PC), it has a few new plot scenes, particularly backstory related, and there's a PC you can get for the FINAL BATTLE only (who has a unique item to boot.) This also extends into a potentially extended ending, where a few new scenes pop up.
A big one which I don't understand why it wasn't in the first play through, though, is that the game actually explains why Ike couldn't remember that he grew up in Gallia, despite how when he left, he was old enough such that he should remember SOMETHING, and also explains why Mist got the Medallion, etc. Its something that I can understand why they held off until FE10 to explain, but why it had to be NG+ only is beyond me (there are other things I understand why they're NG+ only, like early in the game, there's a scene with Kurth and Almedha added on into Info Sessions. Naturally, they wanted to avoid this foreshadowing on a first playthrough and accidentally give something away, so I can at least understand that. On a replay, you already know how they're related)
Though, why Pelleas is an NG+ only PC, I'll never know. The fact that the game teases you by pretending you have a choice to keep him alive in the first playthrough, which only effects "Does Micaiah do it or does Tauroneo do it!?" is especially insulting.
