Disclaimer: I do not own Suikoden III or any of its character's. It all belongs to Konami. So don't sue me.

Authors Note: This is the final part of Alls Fair in Love and War, so please enjoy these last bits.

Readers information: "quotation marks" (Talking)


Epilogue: A Small Measure of Peace

Time would continue onward as days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. Chaos and disorder erupted at the end of the war when the Council Chambers were discovered to be a bloody mess. The senior diplomats of Vinay del Zexay lay in pieces scattered across the walls and floor. During the process of refurbishing the Council chambers, the Zexen Knights set up poll booths as a means to monitor the voting of a new, singular official. A temporary means of governing the Federation until honorable and loyal men or women could be chosen to handle the affairs of Zexen accordingly. It was no surprise to the public when the ballots were counted to hear that Lady Chris, their very own Silver Maiden, would temporarily hold the title of Consul.

After accepting the new title of Consul, Lady Chris arranged an official Peace Treaty between the Federation and the Grasslands. That is not to say it was easy, as many other forms of documentation were required before anything official could be announced. On the day of the signing, Zexen nobles and many clan members gathered around in celebration. After each of the Chiefs, Lady Chris and her Mighty Six signed the official document a wedding was to take place.

It was reminiscent of the day Percival and Yuiri were married, with almost all of their allies present and peace throughout the land. Of course Yuiri was the Maid of Honor and Percival was the Best Man, with Salome being the man that would give Chris away. It was very traditional, in a sense that Chris did wear a wedding gown and Hugo wore his formal Karaya attire. Athena was coordinated enough to be the little flower girl and Blade was especially delicate with the rings.

Chris and Hugo exchanged vows, they exchanged rings, they were bound by an intricately woven Karayan sash when they joined hands and at the end of it all they finally exchanged a rather passionate kiss. They smiled into the kiss before pulling away to take in the cheers from their allies, comrades and friends. Hugo swiftly picked up Blade and hugged her tightly with a kiss on the cheek before passing her off to Chris. The crowd had to awe at the sight of Chris with her little girl as she squeezed Blade tightly to her chest and covered her face in kisses before whispering in the child's ear.

Since Chris was the new official leader of the Zexen Federation, as well as Captain of the Zexen Knights and Hugo was the Chief of the Karaya Clan, they knew they wouldn't be able to live together. So the newly married couple left Blade with her godparents and departed on a three week honeymoon trip to an undisclosed location.

When Chris and Hugo arrived back from their trip, they mutually agreed that Blade would live with her mother in Vinay del Zexay but would be allowed to travel on the weekends to visit Hugo. On Blade's sixth birthday Hugo decided to give her a 10 week old black wolf, against Chris' wishes, which she named Fenrir. The animal would most definitely grow into a rather large beast incapable of being house trained, or so was Chris' reasoning as to her disapproval.

Since the wedding, aside from the three weeks she stayed with the Fraulein's, Blade never saw Athena again. On top of that, Chris was crushed at the sight of Blade crying her eyes out when Lita had to leave with her parents back to Harmonia, promising to visit as soon as she could. Blade eventually became friends with Hunter Lesaurus and one of the Redrum twins, Simon. The other twin, Leona, was equally comparable to her mother and that in itself was a nightmare.

Lucian and Sasarai decided to stay within the Grasslands just outside Alma Kinan village. Percival was even nice enough to help them build their own little cabin; unfortunately Lucian was still jealous of the egg…the dragon. The egg hatched at last into a dragon, its scales a mix of brown and green with golden eyes. Athena named him Demon because of his fierce look even though he was just a big cold-blooded cuddly dog…at least around Athena.

Geddoe and his gang returned to their mercenary branch located deep within the mountains. Taking on even more jobs within Holy Harmonian territory and getting paid lots of money to complete the missions assigned to them. Jacques and Aila finally got to teach Aisleen how to use both a traditional and composite bow. Lita had taken it upon herself, with the aid of any book on lethal combat, to learn how to use a bladed lance. Queen had to tend the girl's self inflicted wounds after disappearing for hours on end. Nash returned with them in order to deliver a message to an advisor of Holy Harmonia, stating the Bishop Sasarai and his nephew would not be returning to their home country…likely ever if they had a say in it.

Thomas and Cecile were engaged with a constantly changing wedding date. Yumi and Louis, as well as Melville, Elliot and Alanis had decided to settle at Budehuc Castle. Alanis worked in the rune shop with Jeane, Melville worked next door as a merchant and Elliot worked as an appraiser. The three of them lived together, though they all had separate rooms and more often than not the neighbors could hear yelling break out over shattered objects.


He couldn't find Albert, he didn't know if Futch ended up killing the strategist or if he simply fled to Harmonia with his tail between his legs and licking his wounds. Pain...absolute agonizing pain, he crawled on the floor towards a dark void that he created. When he finally reached it, he started rubbing his face against its smooth, dark, cold surface of the egg. If he had been a cat, he would have purred in content.

"Soon…you'll be here soon my little pet and then…when you finally emerge from your resting place…all the world will be destroyed and those fools…those fools will finally feel the full wrath of a demon's power. Their stars will burn out one by one and their Legacy will end."

The bloodcurdling and vile laughter echoed throughout the corridors of the hidden ruins, the laugher of a bloodthirsty father awaiting the birth of his spawn.


Final A/N: This Epilogue was written for the purpose of writing a sequel. Not sure if I'll put it up though. The main couplings throughout this story were Hugo/Chris, Percival/Yuiri and Geddoe/Queen; I'd also like to note that this was my party for the final battle against Luc. I also threw in some obvious couples such as Jacques/Aila, Thomas/Cecile, Roland/Nei and Watari/Ayame (at least I think they came off as lovers.) Some that may have surprised people were most likely Elliot/Alanis, Louis/Yumi and Leo/Elaine.

Overall I had an excellent time writing this story, wish I had spent more time on it years ago but alas life happens.