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Fire Emblem: Legend Of The Chaos Hero

Book One: In The Grip Of Hatred

By Chaos Hero Mark

Chapter I: Destination

"As the Archsage spoke his last words, what he said had left us speechless. That a year from now, someone even more powerful than Nergal will wage a war against humankind. He also warned us that our tactician, Mark is very dangerous and that he carries pure evil in his soul. Some of us didn't know how to react to this. If it had nothing relating to war, Mark never spoke to any of us personally. We knew so little about him. It made more sense, seeing that he ran from us. "

+ Fargus's ship +

A woman sat on a box outside the ship as it sailed. Pale white skin, long green hair tied in a pony-tail and green eyes. She don's a dark-green tunic underneath her teal colored, chinese dress with slit's on the sides. Brown-colored boots with dark-green strips of cloth; tied around each boot and dark-green gloves. As she was fixing the string of her bow, the Rienfleche, a short lavender-haired girl came to her.

"Lyn, do you have a moment to spare?"

Lyn looked at her and smiled. "Of course Florina. What is it?"

"I...I wanted to give you something." She takes a letter out of her pouch and hand's it to Lyn.

Lyn was confused. "Florina, where did you get this?"

Florina was silent for a moment and then said. "It was from Mark"

Remembering the last words of Athos, Lyn became silent. She remembered the first time she met Mark. At first, they kept their distance of each other, but as they got to know one another, they became more at ease. During the inheritance dispute, they traveled together for a while. As their company grew large in number, he slowly distanced himself from her. She learned all about him as a war tactician, that he could see things deeper than most when it came to warfare, but she knew very little about him as a person. He mentioned to her once about his interest in music. When he played her a tune, she could see that he felt more at ease. She noticed that he carried a sword made of unique material; a gift he got from a friend. He said it was only for show, to ward away anyone seeking him for trouble. He even made it look convincing that he could fight. But things have have become uncertain for them all, especially Lyn. She took the letter from Florina and asked her. "Did he tell you anything else?"

"Only that it's for your eyes alone."

Lyn was contemplating throwing the letter into the sea. She didn't know what to make of Mark anymore. Why he left the company, and why has he been avoiding her. She felt angry that he left. She wasn't even in the mood to read his letter. Florina became concerned.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry Florina. I'm - I just need to be alone for a while."

"Are you sure?" Was Florina's reply. She didn't know how to comfort her friend who was trying to come to grips with this.

"Yes, I'll be okay. I just need to...think."

+ On the other side of the ship +

"Ninian, what is that in your hand?" A young man with red hair spoke.

"It's a book I found lying near the chest, Eliwood." The teal haired girl spoke. The book she had in her hand had a dark brown cover, It was the size of a dictionary.

"Wait, isn't that..." came Eliwood's reply.

+ Below the cabin, Hector was speaking with Fargus +

"Fargus, do you have any maps outside of Elibe?" The young lord asked hopefully.

As he sat behind his desk the gruff man scratched his white beard. "Hrmm....I think I may have one or two."

He searched his desk draws until he found a few. He took them out and spread them across the table.

"Let's see here. There's two of Magvel, one of Tellius and..."

Fargus looked at him quizzically. "Whad's it?"

"What do you know about this continent?"

He narrowed his eyes and said. "Dat's da con'inent auf Olympia. If ya hope ta fin' dat Mark fella' den dat's wherr ya should go."

"Thanks." Before he took the map Fargus wanted to say something.

"What?"

"Nothin'." Was all Fargus said.

Without a word, Hector took the map and returned outside.

+ Outside the ship +

"Marcus! Oswin! Eliwood! Lyn! I need to speak with you!" Hector shouted. Lyn, Eliwood and Ninian heard him and went to his side.

Hector started. "Where's Marcus and Oswin?"

"Oswin's speaking with Matthew and Marcus is resting." Eliwood replied.

"Alright then, I'll need you to get them both and meet me in my quarters, and bring Pent as well." Hector said and left.

+ Inside Hectors room +

As the blue-haired lord was waiting for the others, he was thinking about Athos's prediction and where Mark fits in all of this. And on top of it all, Now that his brother is gone, Hector had to take his place as ruler of Ostia. He is certain that Eliwood and Lyn are in the same position. It would seem that their trip to Olympia may be delayed. His red-haired friend enters the room with Lyn, the veterans, Marcus and Oswin, followed by Count Reglay himself.

"Hector." Eliwood began. "Ninian found this near a chest in Merlinus's wagon." He showed his friend the large book.

"May I?" Pent replied, gesturing his hand to the book, which Eliwood complied.

As Pent was going through the book with curiosity, Oswin spoke. "Lord Hector. I know that you wish to follow up on what lord Athos said but -"

"I know what you mean." Hector cut him off. He had a look of indecision across his face. Eliwood had that same expression.

Marcus's face showed concern. "Oswin's right, lord Eliwood. We should return to Lycia first. As the successor of lord Elbert, you have duties you must attend to. I understand your need to get to the bottom of this, but it is not wise to jump into another war, especially when our troops are trying to recover."

At this Pent spoke with his eye still on the book. "And to make matters worse, we know very little of Olympia. The Etrurian government even sent a few spies there..."

He took his eye off the book's contents and stared at them seriously. "None of them came back. So I can only assume they're dead."

Lyn was silent until now. At this point she spoke. "Lord Pent. Is that Mark's?"

Pent looked at her and said yes. Then Hector asked. "What does it say?"

"Well." Pent began. "There are mostly, basic battle strategy in here. And as for his notes, he writes them in a foreign dialect, knowing that the most of the world has never heard of Olympia."

"Sneaky bastard." Hector thought, then said. "So it's decided, we head back to Lycia then."

As they exited the room, Hector and Eliwood spoke to Lyn.

"Lyndis, something is troubling you. Do you want to talk about it?" Eliwood asked. Their faces showed signs of concern.

Lyn took a deep breath and spoke. "After Lord Athos spoke his last, it was at that moment that Mark disappeared. Has he... has he been planning all of this?"

Eliwood spoke, trying his best to remain optimistic. " I don't believe that Mark would betray us. Yes, I'll admit that Athos's prediction about a more dangerous foe may come true, but -"

"But I still think he's dangerous." the blue-haired youth cut him short.

"Hector." Eliwood tried to reason with him.

His face showed signs of anger. "Stop defending him Eliwood. For all we know, he could be in league with this foe greybeard spoke of. If he really plans on invading Elibe, I'll -"

At that point, Lyn stopped him. "Enough! Both of you." then her face bacame serious. "All I know, is that we need to get to Olympia and get answers from Mark himself."

Eliwood agreed with her on that one, but Hector still wasn't sure, so he remained silent. Later that night, Lyn had a moment to herself. She kept the letter with her, although she thought of getting rid of it. She took a deep breath and slowly opened it. Thankfully, the letter was in english so she began to read it. Judging by what happened, she knew that he didn't get along well with everyone, despite being the army's tactician. Why was she even concerned for him. Yes, they were friends, but he kept his distance from them. He tried his hardest to put up this barrier, as if he didn't want to get close to anyone. When she was finished, Lyn had placed the letter back in it's seal and placed it in her travelling bag. She then retired for the evening.