Hello, everyone. MaesterDimentio here, finally updating this story of mine. Sadly, this is not the sort of update some of you may have wanted; considering how long an absence I took from this story, I think it safe to say that it was the one that you were expecting.

This story, Fire Emblem: ReAwaken, is officially dead.

I made the decision a long time ago, but I never officially stated it. I personally consider that to be a mistake on my part – after all, if I start something, I should finish it, one way or another. And despite what plans I had for this story, I am afraid that none of them will likely see fruition. Also, I would like to apologize to those of you who sent in a character hoping to have it appear in the story proper.

So, why did I decide to can this story? Simply put, I have grown to hate it.

Looking back, I can barely read one or two paragraphs without physically cringing from just how bad the entire thing is. A lot of things just did not work for me and I started to see the beginnings of several plot holes that would have torn the story apart regardless. Maybe it's for the best that I ended it when I did.

But beyond the awful writing, I grew to despise the Self-Insert I had created. Kale… Just thinking about him makes me want to slam my head into my desk. When I wrote him, I thought I had created a half-decent character; now I realize that he is just another Gary Stu, and I don't want that for my stories. I realized that as I was writing him, I was more or less making him a mouthpiece for my own personal frustrations – Hell, a lot of the story wound up becoming a way for me to vent at times. That is not how a story should be written.

So, this is goodbye for this story. I have something of an idea to reboot this in the future, but if I do there will be many changes, first and foremost being: no Kale. It will not be a Self-Insert, and I do not plan on ever writing another Self-Insert again. For another, the characters and plot elements would be tweaked significantly in the hopes of creating something that actually deserves to be read.

Again, I would like to apologize to those of you who genuinely did enjoy my story. I should have announced this story's end a lot sooner than I did. And I am sorry that I am laying this story to rest. I will not be deleting it, however. It will stay around as a reminder of my past mistakes as a writer.

Thank you,
-MaesterDimentio.