Virtus Arete

by SAga4000

Set in a world where Shin-Ra continued on under the rule of Rufus Shin-Ra for twenty years; where a certain SOLDIER managed to survive his fate and abandon his sword to live a simple life, where a young orphan travels the world to find his purpose in life, where Where a young flower girl choose love over everything she's known, and where a certain First Lady forges her own path.

1. Introduction: How Virtus got its name?

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For my previous readers who have stuck through the first rendition of the fanfic Virtus, I give you all my utter gratitude for your reviews that gave me the encouragement to keep the story going, and of course to my boyfriend and beta-reader TaintedWisdom2014 who was and is still my main source of encouragement during this new rendition of the story.

As for the title of the story, it was taken from the Latin word Virtus. Which does have some historical importance during the Roman Period as having Virtus was an essential part of being a Roman man, especially if you wanted to get into politics, and after doing a bit more research. This word—or title was only given to a selected few. However it should also be taken to consideration that the meaning of Virtus was changed during the time of the Roman Period and as the centuries passed was used to categorize the actions and good characters of Roman men and warriors; for the sake of the story the first half of the title will reflect on the old meaning of the word and its usage.

Now for the second half of the title Arete although has the same concept of virtue it delves into strive that people take to reach that high of virtue. Or in its basic sense: 'Excellence in any kind.'

Expect a lot of characters arcs, plenty of tragedies and changes of point of views during the fanfic.

With that said, all Canon Characters, with the exception of any Original Characters, are all properties of Square Enix. Any future use of Canon Characters will be used solely for entertainment purposes only.

Thank you for reading Virtus Arete, and I hope you new and old readers will enjoy the rewrite!

~SAga4000