Love System

The Love System (or Romance System) is a gameplay feature that only features in Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, although a similar supports system features in later games.

Besides a select few characters, all playable characters can fall in love with a playable character of the opposite gender. This is important in the 1st Generation because if a female is married, their children will appear as playable characters in the 2nd Generation (otherwise you will instead get the inferior Substitute characters).

Female characters start off with a certain amount of Love points with all the male characters. Each turn (but only up to Turn 50), they will gain Love points (the number of which depends on the male) with each male. Love growth can be speeded up by making females wait adjacent to males (gaining 5 extra Love growth per turn) or by initiating specific, time-limited events.

Once a female reaches 500 love points with a male, they become married. Whilst married, the couple have the option to give eachother all their Gold and they also receive the Combination bonus if they fight adjacent to one another.