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I was just reading a passage about Madam Duval not wearing her widow´s garments (and the note about the custom) when a question popped up.

Are people in FE even allowed to remarry?

I'm not too sure about FE7 since I haven't played it in forever, but I think the king of Bern did remarry. If so, then it is probably possible in Elibe (or at least it is possible for kings/men). However, if we look at Magvel?

Ismaire - husband is definitely dead and she rules alone. It is said that he died when Joshua was young so it was quite some time ago. Why has she not remarried? Or rather, did the people urged her to remarry and she refused? Or could she not remarry?

Fado - Eirika always talks about meeting her father and brother again in the 1. - 9. Chapter. She never mentions a mother so the conclusion that she doesn't have one anymore makes sense. It is not clear when her mother has died, though I personally take it -- since she never comes up anywhere (and Eirika and L'arachel talk about their respective parents in their B support) -- that Lina died early so that the twins don't really remember her. Which would also mean that she died at least 10 years and more ago. Why has Fado not remarried? Did he not want to or was he not able to?

Vigarde - The hardest to pinpoint; I find it obvious that Minna is dead. Otherwise Lyon would've had someone to go to and it definitely would have come up when it came to Viggy´s zombieness. Because she would've noticed that one. So. Viggy is single as well. Though you could argue that he didn't have the nerves and/or interest in remarrying since he was such a workaholic. On the other hand, his health was not the best and Lyon was not exactly cut out to be a great emperor and maybe Viggy could've had another son. But, nothing happened.

(Aileen is still alive and kicking so we can ignore Frelia. Which makes me sad D8 Moar Frelia.)

I can't remember if there was anything in PoR or RD that could give us any clues about widow customs so that one remains a bit "?".

Hm... Thoughts?

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I'm fairly certain that in FE7, Desmond didn't remarry--he had a mistress. However, according to my headcanon, Serra and Oswin's paired ending makes her his second wife, making Bors Oswin's son from his first marriage (with his first wife dying in childbirth/some sort of illness) and Wendy the child of Serra and Oswin. So.

Sorry, I'm kind of braindead about Magvel at the moment. XDD

I was actually wondering about divorce, myself.
In FE10, at least, there's something to be said for Almedha's separation from Ashnard. Also, there's no stigma around Isadora if she breaks of her engagement with Harken, right?

But it is unusual that Ismaire, for example, didn't remarry and try to beget more heirs, as well. I think it might be a cultural thing - so while Ismaire might not remarry, and I don't see Eleanora taking another husband, it's possible that someone from, IDK, Renais or Ostia would.

Also important to note - historically, there are different standards for widows and widowers. Much more common for a widow to remain single for the rest of her life, whereas a widower would often take a second wife, whether or not he had children.

Hm... Thoughts?

Pardon me for dropping in.

I tend to interpret that as characteristic laziness on the part of the FE scriptwriters, which means we can go with it in any direction we want in fanfic. FE overall has a very, very, very low rate of remarriage among the primary cast, but at the same time seems to take a pretty lax attitude toward "lovers" and marriage in the first place.

BUT-- earlier (1-5) games tended to show more complicated marital dynamics, with kings taking second wives, and female nobles getting involved with more than one man. The later games get really sketchy on details in many departments, and I tend to interpret that as part of the general laziness of the writing team after Kaga left Intelligent Systems. (Along with, "What were the names of the other Five Heroes of Magvel?" and other burning questions.)

So I think the main reason Ismaire, Vigarde, and Fado didn't remarry was so the writers didn't have to worry about spouses and half-siblings. :/