The Demon King Speaks
By ElwynWanderer
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Summary: In the darkness, an offer was made that turned the greatest of friends into the deadliest of enemies. The story of Lyon and the Fire Emblem. FE8
Disclaimer: If I owned Fire Emblem Lyon would not have turned to the dark side. And his story would have more development, yes?
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Prologue: Knoll's Tale
His execution is scheduled for tomorrow.
He sits motionless in his dungeon cell, a dark cloaked heap of a man, tortured in his heart because he has failed. He could have stopped his prince, could have saved Grado.
Or at least, that is what he tells himself.
But there is little he could have done, he sees now as he relives the past few years in his mind's eye. The chain of events began long before his research on Grado's Sacred Stone. He did not set this in motion; what could he have done to prevent it?
He lifts his head as the prison guards' footsteps clatter down the passage to the cry of "To arms! To arms! The castle defenses have been breached!" As the dungeon door opens further down the hallway he can hear the faint sounds of battle and he knows that Prince Ephraim of Renais is in the fray. For a moment he thinks he hears two of Grado's finest - Duessel and Glen - in battle as well, but he is sure he is mistaken. Glen is dead, and Sir Duessel has been declared a traitor.
Then the moment is gone and the door swings shut. He is left alone with his thoughts…
…And regrets…