When the orcs attack the dwarves outside Rivendell, Kíli does a brave and reckless thing to try and save them - which goes very badly wrong. The repercussions of this act are felt as the company gets closer to Erebor, driving those within to do unspeakable things, and question everything that they once held dear. AU

The Survey Corps is ambushed and decimated by a coordinated Titan attack, leaving Commander Erwin Smith seriously wounded and Captain Levi missing. Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert go AWOL to look for Levi. Now they too are MIA, presumed KIA. POV alt.: Erwin, Levi, Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Hange, Pixis, Sasha, Jean. Levi x Erwin, Eren x Mikasa, Sasha x Connie. (Some M).