With the recent release of Fire Emblem Three Houses, a lot of people are playing a Fire Emblem game for the very first time. While Three Houses is definitely a great place to start for anyone new to the series, it’s far from the first in the franchise. With 16 titles under its belt, the Fire Emblem series is definitely one with a lot of history. To learn just exactly what Fire Emblem is, I’ve brought some friends of mine around the Gaming Council table to explain to me the answer to the simple question, “What is Fire Emblem?”