Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave reportedly added Eshmel halfway through development

A post sharing remarks from director Toshiyuki Kusakihara quotes him saying players begin Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave as Eshmel—a character added halfway through development. The original plan let players choose one of four protagonists and follow them to the end. Kusakihara says keeping those individual perspectives after the stories merged didn't feel right, so Eshmel was created to take a broader view of all four protagonists.