The King's Triumphant Return

The King's Triumphant Return Mural used to introduce The King's Triumphant Return.

Previous chapter(s) Blood of the Eagle and Lion Next chapter(s) The Golden Deer's Plea

“	We are a Kingdom in need of a king. A hero to save the people from their long oppression.	”	— Gilbert

The King's Triumphant Return (Japanese: 王の凱旋 King's Triumphant Return) is the eighteenth chapter of Fire Emblem: Three Houses in the Azure Moon route.

Plot

Main article: The King's Triumphant Return/Script

As the Faerghus army discusses recent events in the wake of Gronder, Dimitri arrives and apologizes for his selfish actions in the pursuit of his revenge. He declares that their next objective will be to liberate Fhirdiad from the rebel Faerghus forces. At the end of the month, Dimitri marches for Fhirdiad, causing the oppressed citizens to revolt against Cornelia's tyranny. Unable to divert forces to suppress the rebellion in the face of Dimitri's army, Cornelia grumbles about how he and Edelgard should have just killed each other and deploys Titanus to face him. Her forces buckle, Dimitri reclaims Fhirdiad, and Cornelia is mortally wounded. Before dying, she implicates Dimitri's stepmother Patricia in the Tragedy of Duscur and confesses to helping orchestrate the massacre. Afterwards, Dimitri decides to force the treasonous nobles back into his service and continue to investigate the Tragedy. The civilians of Fhirdiad joyously welcome Dimitri home and celebrate his return, much to his shock. After the victory celebration, Dimitri thanks Byleth for their guidance and discusses Edelgard's motivations, concluding that a revolution wrought by bloodshed is not worth the cost. A soldier arrives and reveals that Claude has sent an urgent messenger.

Calendar - Harpstring Moon

Harpstring Moon
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	1 Story Event	2	3 Free Day Golden Fish Choir Festival
4 Instruct	5	6	7	8	9 Annette's Birthday	10 Free Day Rare Monster Sighting Bitter Eats
11 Instruct	12	13	14	15	16	17 Free Day Fish of Mystery
18 Instruct Raphael's Birthday	19	20	21 Saint Macuil Day	22	23	24 Free Day Rare Monster Sighting Morale Meals
25	26	27 Mercedes's Birthday	28	29	30	31 Take Back Fhirdiad

Character data

Characters
New units
None
Available characters

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Silver Axe+ Tournament prize 3,000 G Quest reward: Supply Run Chamomile (×2) Quest reward: Floral Tribute Training Weight Quest reward: Floral Tribute Duscur Cavalry Quest reward: Floral Tribute Elixir Dropped by enemy Dark Bishop in Reclaiming the Capital Wo Dao Dropped by enemy Swordmaster in Reclaiming the Capital Brave Sword Dropped by enemy Swordmaster in Reclaiming the Capital Tathlum Bow Dropped by third army Sniper in Reclaiming the Capital (Reinforcement)

Strategy

Main article: The King's Triumphant Return/Reclaiming the Capital

From this month onwards, Dimitri can participate in monastery activities again. Also, this is the last month the paralogue Weathervanes of Fódlan can be done, so get working on it if hasn't been done.

Dialogue

• "Kings can't have feelings?" (Exploration conversation with Ferdinand, Ferdinand support+)
• "It'll be tough" (Exploration conversation with Bernadetta, Bernadetta support+)
• "Though actors die, the show goes on?" (Exploration conversation with Dorothea, Dorothea support+)
• "Maybe we should ask someone." (Exploration conversation with Ashe, Ashe support+)
• "You don't have to hide it." (Exploration conversation with Annette, Annette support+)
• "Were you a traveler?" (Exploration conversation with Lorenz, Lorenz support+)
• "You don't have to force yourself." (Exploration conversation with Ignatz, Ignatz support+)
• "You can tell how your muscles are feeling?" (Exploration conversation with Raphael, Raphael support+)
• "You could find our targets quicker than anyone." (Exploration conversation with Cyril, Cyril support+)
• "You should have invited me." (Exploration conversation with Balthus, Balthus support+)
• "You must be eager to face her." (Exploration conversation with Hapi, Hapi support+)

Trivia

• The story event "Home" has a trigger in the game's data which displays a small scene at the very end if Felix is unrecruited. As this scenario is impossible without hacking however, this scene goes unused.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	The King's Triumphant Return	--
Japanese	王の凱旋	King's Triumphant Return
Spanish	El regreso triunfal del rey	The triumphant return of the king
French	Le triomphe du Roi	The triumph of the King
German	Des Königs triumphale Rückkehr	The King's triumphant Return
Italian	Il trionfante ritorno del re	The triumphant return of the king
Korean	왕의 개선	The king's triumphant return
Simplified Chinese	王者凯旋	The king's triumphant return
Traditional Chinese	王者凱旋	The king's triumphant return

Gallery

• 
  The opening mural for Chapter 18.
• 
  Dimitri speaks to the people of Faerghus.
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  Dimitri speaks to the people of Faerghus.

References

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