Here is another new chapter, and let me say, sorry if my last opening message seemed overly negative. I actually enjoyed some parts of this chapter, although I will be the first to admit that some of its structure seems... disjointed. But maybe that's my own Draconian standards influencing my thought process. So in personal news, I downloaded the Dolphin emulator, so now I can listen to people talk about the Tellius games and know what they are talking about. I also bought Bravely Default because I heard that it plays like FF 5, and that was the FF game with my favorite play style. In other news, the Fire Emblem Direct is in about half an hour, so let's hope they announce something Jugdral related for Fire Emblem Warriors. So anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this new chapter. As always, please enjoy and leave a review.

Post FE Direct Reaction: HOLY CRAP! I had thought the idea of Nintendo remaking the older Fire Emblem games to be a an unrealistic dream, but no, they are remaking Fire Emblem Gaiden! I'm sad that it isn't Holy War, but still, I'm not going to complain! Forget emulating Gaiden again, I'm just going to wait until this comes out and play the game legally! The Fire Emblem Warriors announcement was a disappointment, and the announcement of a Switch title was nice gesture, though the mobile phone game looks... actually pretty good. Also, they said vote for your favorite characters to be in the mobile game, and the only Jugdral character I saw was a quick reference of Seliph. So everyone, I encourage you, go on Nintendo's website and VOTE FOR JUGDRAL CHARACTERS! If we can get Nintendo to think of Jugdral again, we could actually see a remake. So go and vote!


"Seliph told me what happened. Welcome back Finn."

Finn spun around, a look of astonishment on his face. "L-lady Altena? You're here?"

"Yes, I'm here. I'm here to stay now that I know the truth about my parentage." she said taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. She opened her eyes and said "Thank you for taking care of my brother for all of these years. From what I understand, it must have taken a lot out of you. You have done my family a great service." said Altena. "You've done more than enough. I hope that you can enjoy life again, knowing that."

"Done enough?" asked Finn, voice quaking. He started to chuckle, then he started to laugh, putting his hand on his forehead as tears streamed down his cheeks. Altena looked at him, confused. "You're telling me that I've done enough? You, the living proof that I've done just the opposite?" said Finn, continuing his cry laughing. "No, I never did quite enough. Your body was never fond at the site of the massacre, yet the thought that you might yet live, and that you were living in the heart of enemy territory... the thought never entered my mind. Done enough? Yes, I've done enough... harm! My negligence is inexcusable!" he said, sobbing the last word.

Altena looked at him aghast. Finn looked back at her "I'm sorry, I'm usually much more composed than this. I... I guess that this old man in a new body isn't a sturdy as he used to be. And what a time to show! This might be your first memory of me, and THIS is what you see, a blubbering wreck. It's shameful." he said, looking away.

Altena came closer, gently put her hand on his shoulder and turned him around, studying his face. "Actually, I don't think that this is my first memory of you. I actually have a few memories of a blue haired man who I always wanted to be around. I couldn't remember his name, so one day I asked fa-Travant about it and he said that the man in my memory was a promising young squire that fell in the line of duty. Now that I think of it, he never specified WHOSE squire it was."

"I was a favorite of both your parents." said Finn

"A favorite to all of us." said Altena. "Finn, we were friends once, I hope that we can be again."

"And I hope so too, milady." said Finn.

Now Leif came running down the hall into the chamber "Altena! You're here! You're alive!" he shouted gleefully.

Altena smiled "Well, hello brother, I'm glad to see you too."


Ced greeted Fee as she exited her room still bleary eyed from being newly awakened. "Good morning sister, tell me, did something happen last night? Any unfortunate event that you need to tell me?"

Fee looked confused "Jo, I had a perfectly normal evening, why do you ask?"

"I came past here about an hour ago when I saw Arthur exit this room carrying a chair. He was also wearing a blindfold... for... some... reason. Umm... Fee?"

Fee's face was crimson. She pressed her head against the wall and she began to slam her fist against it. "Dammit, dammit, dammit! I was supposed to win! It was supposed to be impossible!" she shouted, then went silent.

Ced suddenly looked very unnerved "Ummm... Fee? Do you... mind filling me in?" he asked.

"...Ced, do you think that I'm a very heavy sleeper?" asked Fee, turning her head sideways "Like ridiculously so?"

"Yes." he said flatly.

Fee spun the rest of her body so she was directly facing him "Wha... Seriously? No hesitation? At all?" she asked.

"Fee, if there exists a person who sleeps more soundly than you, I have yet to meet them." said Ced with a completely straight face.

"Oh, are you an expert on how people sleep now? Why do you know how heavily others sleep? Are a lot of those you've observed ladies?" she snapped

Ced looked flustered "Wha- Fee... No! NO,NO,NO, NO! Fee, you know I'm not like that! I know because when you're on the move with a group, you tend to sleep in close quarters, I'd have thought that you'd know that. Besides you are just distracting me from the subject at hand intentionally. So what is the problem?"

Fee sighed and put her hand on her forehead "Arthur admitted that he occasionally watches me sleep while we are staying in tents, and I freaked out and told him watching over me wasn't necessary. He responded that I sleep to soundly and he bet me that he could spend the night in my room in a chair blindfolded and could do it without my noticing. I took him on thinking that there was no way that he could prove that he won, but now..."

Ced began to laugh hysterically. "If I knew about that, I would have pitched in with him!" he declared "How much did you bet?"

"I don't even remember. But, he, I'll give him enough money to buy himself a nice, juicy steak... that HE CAN CHOKE ON!" she declared, red faced, while Ced once again broke out laughing.


"Everyone, I would like you to meet Altena. She is my sister. We thought that she had died with my parents, but it seems that Travant at least had the decency to raise her. She is a trained dragon knight, and now she is here in order to aid us in our quest. Everyone, could you please make her feel welcome?" asked Leif to his assembled comrades. With that, everyone came to greet her and congratulate Leif. But when Patty saw Faval approaching her with a sort gleam in his eye, she groaned mentally. "Hello Altena. My name is Faval. I must say, it is nice for you to join us."

"Thank you Faval." said Altena

"Oh, and I don't know if it's because of the dragon, but you seem to soar over my standards of what a pretty woman is." he added. Patty facepalmed.

"Cute." said Altena. Then her face went completely serious "I wasn't raised to appreciate cute. The last guy to flirt with me like that is no longer with us. Do that again and you'll meet him." she said, pointing her lance at his face.

Faval's face grew extremely pale "Oh, um, I'm sorry mam, I just... please don't hurt me!" he begged

A sly grin appeared at the corner of Altena's mouth. "Oh, am I really so intimidating that you thought that I was serious?" she asked.

After a moment of silence, Faval breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, you were just joking? Well in that case, you certainly-"

"About killing you." said Altena "I still don't respond well to flirtations." Faval went silent once again "Alright, you may leave and change your undergarments now." she said. Faval left the room in a hurry, red faced. Altena now turned towards Lester and Delmund, who were now howling with laughter. "You boys enjoying yourselves?" she asked

Lester jolted straight up "Sorry about that. We just found the situation to be too funny not to react to. If you want us to shut-"

Altena raised a hand. "No, it's fine. I don't get to meet lively people such as yourself very often. What are your names, boys?" she asked.

"I'm Lester, and he's Delmund. I'm the resident practical joker, and he's the resident heckler." he said pointing in Delmund's direction.

"HEY! You heckle too, Lester! Or are you just trying to make yourself look better in front of the lady?" asked Delmund indignantly.

"No, I'll admit that I heckle too, but I'm not as ruthless about it as you are. If we really, truly offend someone, I'm at the very least willing to apologize. I've never seen you do that!" retorted Lester.

"...Eh, you've got a good point." said Delmund, shrugging his shoulders. "Let's not argue it any further."

Altena meanwhile, was listening carefully to the conversation and how they bore themselves "Eh, I could use a laugh or two every now and again. I'm pretty sure that that was a fluke moment of comedy. My sense of humor is probably incredibly stale overall. Maybe we could all go for a drink sometime." she said.

"Sure!" said the boys eagerly.

"Alright then, I'll see you guys later." said Altena, turning her back to them and greeting the others who wanted to meet her.


"You know, Ced. I just realized something." said Fee

"What is it, sister?"

"It's December. Your birthday will be coming up soon." said Fee "Is there anything that you want that we can access?"

"Oh yes, I'd forgotten about that. But my approaching birthday also means that the winter festival is coming up soon." said Ced, putting a hand on his cheek

"Do you think anyone around us will be celebrating?" asked Fee. "Will the liberation army be hosting a big celebration?"

"I honestly have no idea." said Ced. "Perhaps we should ask the princes." and thus, they approached Leif and Seliph.

Leif was the one who answered their question first. "The Thracians generally are at their least fearsome at this time of year. They shouldn't give us trouble. Actually, if we treat the locals with kindness, we'll probably have the opposite of trouble, they might even be willing to celebrate the festival WITH us. In fact, I spoke with Altena before I introduced her. Prince Areone is undecided on what course of action he should take regarding us. So if we sit back and wait and show him our good will, we could potentially leave Thracia without any more bloodshed. Then we could head onwards to our next destination... where that is, I don't know." Leif turned to Seliph "Seliph, do you intend for us to invade Grannvale once we have finished our business here?"

Seliph turned to Leif "Not immediately. If we attacked Grannvale directly as we are now, we will almost definitely be crushed. We've been attacking their fringe territory so far, thus, we haven't been battling their best so far. An organized counterstrike against us could probably annihilate us."

"Then why haven't they already?" asked Leif.

"Perhaps some powerful, younger lords in Grannvale are holding Grannvale's forces back. Remember, we've mostly been fighting the older generations so far. Maybe they are letting us clear away the old blood so that they can have a chance for glory. So, no, it isn't a good idea to attack Grannvale as soon as possible. However, if we wait a bit, we could whittle down their advantages over us." explained Seliph

"What do you mean by that?" asked Ced.

"Since leaving Isaac, we have been gathering more and more allies, many of whom are quite willing to share information regarding events across the continent. Oifey and Lewyn have been gathering this information as we've been going along in order to properly plan out the war. Apparently, they have learned that our success has encouraged dissenters across the continent. There have been a few uprisings in some of the outlying provinces, and even one or two in Grannvale itself. The frequency of these uprisings seem to be growing frequently... which could provide another explanation for why they haven't crushed us yet, now that I think about it... anyways, I intend to send emissaries to all of these various factions of resistance in order to coordinate our attacks, that way, the majority of the imperial troops will be spread across the empire, leaving less troops to protect Grannvale itself." explained Seliph

"So are we going to wait until those emissaries send word back, and then cross the Yied into Grannvale?" asked Leif.

"Wait for the emissaries, yes. Cross the Yied, no. Before we attack Grannvale, we are going to liberate Miletos." said Seliph

"Why Miletos?" asked Fee

Ced had the answer "Miletos is the trade center of Jugdral. It has great strategic value due to its access to resources. However, once the empire annexed the country, they sent some of their most ruthless to govern it. The country has been exploited mercilessly, and it's now only a shell of it's former glory, with a much smaller population."

Seliph nodded. "It may be a shell, but it's still a valuable shell. If we take Miletos, we will likely have the entire nation on our side and their terms for aiding us will likely be highly favorable. We can strike a blow at Grannvale's supply lines, and improve our own in the process."

Now Ced nodded "That is a sold plan, prince. But what are we to do in the meantime? We aren't going to spend weeks on end simply waiting, are we. I know there is the matter of the winter festivals across Jugdral, but still..."

"Well, of course we are going to be preparing and training." said Leif "And actually... I think that it is about time that we paid Firinne a visit."