Its not the beginning, I just wanted to test to see if this part of the game worked the way I wanted it to, so I set the character to start there so I can test it out. It works pretty much how I wanted it to, I just need to figure out how to get the king to stick around. He disappears after you finish talking to him and I need him to stick around because you will be talking to him some more in the story.
As for it looking like Fire Emblem, I have never played any of them so I have no idea what the content of the games are like.