Oh, this is just fantastic! You've really captured the charm of FE in that first paragraph. As I was reading through, I was internally going "oh man, that has to be Binding Blade. Oh wait, is that Radiant Dawn? Sacred Stones? Oh, oh, that could be Awakening! Shadow Dragon! AAAAH"

It really hit me with a rush of nostalgia, haha. I loved this, and I'm definitely interested in seeing your other takes on this prompt!