Disclaimer:

Hi everyone. So I have some points to clear first before you read the story-Please take a bit of time and read this first...

1. I do not own Broken Blade, Yunosuke Yoshinaga does.

2. My story follows the original story line only up to a certain point, but after that point—the story is completely fictional and made up from my imagination. If you haven't read the manga or watched the anime movies at all (don't worry)—the introduction will give you a summary as to where my story begins and how things get started (basically the starting point—so really the introduction is the only part that actually comes from the original story). If you have read the manga/movies then introduction will be a little bit of a refresher but coming close to the end of the introduction—you will probably notice the differences compared to the original story.

3. Okay, well this is my alternate revision of Broken Blade/Break Blade (the name is up to you to choose what you want to call it—for me I'm simply going with Broken Blade). So with this story, most of the cast from the original story will appear in it, and there is no revival of characters who've died in the story which is mentioned in the introduction, plus some roles of original characters will be changed (especially the roles of the characters from Orlando, and the entire role of the nation in the remainder of the story will be completely different compared to the manga/movies. However, their involvement at the beginning of the story and how the war started will be exactly the same as the manga/movies.)

4. To clear up some potential confusion, I will be mentioning in the story at some point as possible dialogue about how the war started, Orlando's involvement, the three conditions given to Krisna for surrender, and maybe more. All of these will be taken from the original story, but it will be quite simple and not that detailed compared to how it was explained in the manga/movies. So if you don't know and want to know about it more in-depth, then try wikipedia or something. It might explain it in more detail, but I'm not going to go into it because it is not that important in my story.

5. Since this is a completely new created story—there will be addition of new characters as well. Some play quite a minor role, but the most important addition is the new main female lead/couple for the main hero of the story. Also, there are additions of places, areas, terrains, forts, etc that are completely made up and not from the manga/movies at all. Plus, there will be changes to certain other facts such as the number of soldiers/golems/army sizes and more.

6. I'm going to be straight-forward here, but (in my personal opinion) I didn't think the original story was that great on the romance. In my story, there will be an absolutely different heading for all the romantic relationships, which for those who may be fans of the original coupling may not like, but I promise no one will be trashed and you will like how it goes in terms of love. Or not, but don't complain or be mean about it because this story is not based on romance. I'm only adding it in because love always spices up the story, and I hope that everyone will like how it goes for every character. So again, please do not write to me saying things like: 'but in the manga/movies he really does love her or blah blah blah'—this is not the manga/movies. (Just a heads up because comments like those are like a pet-peeve of mine)

7. Now, I bet those who are reading these notes must be thinking that I'm pretty anal-retentive, but I just want to be as informative as I can to all of the readers so there will not be any confusion or as much. Which brings me to the main theme of this alternate story which is: War. This alternate story will be focused on the war between the two nations, so expect exciting things such as battles, tactics, and more. For those who like 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' there are features of it in this story, plus different variations of similar tactics in RMOTK and Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War' will be making an appearance as well. (Yes, I actually did use the book: 'The Art of War' when writing this story because I do own it—and no, I do not have any dark, secret ambition to one day become dictator of the world.)

8. I actually have the structure of the whole story complete (in my mind). Basically, the story will consist of 5 'Books' and each book will consist of different chapters.

9. Finally (yes it's finally over), I had a friend help me create a picture of the new main female lead for visual imagery to all those who are reading since she will be playing a very important role. If you want to see her plus other characters that play a main role in the story as well, then copy this link: http:/photobucket/maiome

-The password is: brokenblade

Well, hope you enjoy the story (sorry for such a long speech) and please review