Okay, so this is my legit story. It's slightly AU and a crossover with a mental world called the Rim. This is also where the name for my avatar in the other story comes from, but the guy with his name dies in the second prologue without his name being mentioned, so. Anyway I'll try to get the other chapters I have ready up sometime today.
Warnings: Besides implications of a lot of death, nothing
Disclaimer: Fire Emblem: Awakening is not mine but Cyara, Fiaryne, and everyone related to the Rim, along with the Rim itself, are mine, so please leave them alone.
Prologue One: Wildland Refuge
An account of the events that led to the forming of the Rim as it is today, as told by Cyara to her daughter Fiaryne.
It is a dark time for the world. The Three Heroes of Ashera have just won their victory over the forces of Yune in Tellius, and it will be eight centuries before they are defeated and balance returns. The dragon wars rage on the continents that will become Ylisse and Valm, with many perishing to defend friend and family.
With no other choice, people run.
One in twenty find refuge.
The lucky ones find a small strip of land that skims the eastern edge of Tellius, bordering what will be Hatari. It is an uncharted wilderness, with a rocky coastline in the east facing western Valm-to-be, fierce mountains to the north, a great plateau to the south, and a vast forest between them. The refugees take to the places they are most familiar with. Many climb the Height in the south, or the trees in the central and western forest, living far above the ground. Others find the mountain halls and ocean caves to suit them best.
Eventually these peoples realize they are not alone. First, each area condenses into one group. The leaders of each of these four then meet, to decide if there will be one people or four in the wild Rim of the continent. They believe it is best, as they all have run from war.
It is here the spirits of the land approach them.
They are four, as are the humans: Erytan, Lord of Oceans, Cyatin, Lady of Forests, Fiant, Lord of the Height, and Kalhara, Lady of Mountains. They say that the humans have treated the earth well, and if they continue to do so, the spirits will grant them their blessing. It is a cycle they propose, but not a vicious one; as the blessing gets stronger, the people's connection to the earth will deepen, and they will treat it with more care. This in turn will strengthen the blessing. The humans agree, but would ask one more thing of the spirits. The spirits are surprised, and Lady Cyatin asks what it is they wish. The leader of the people of the Height speaks, "We wish you to mix your blessings between parents and children, to ensure peace." The spirits are happy with this request, and grant it readily. So begins the Rim, and whenever a nation or race finds themselves under attack, a few will run to safety there.
So whaddaya think? Review, let me know!