Written for Zaru. Bismarck Waldstein regrets only one thing; that he has no son. When he claims an orphan boy for his own, the course of history takes an unexpected turn.

Throwing away her life on his blade had seemed like the only choice Camilla had left when she mounted her wyvern and left her homeland behind with her father's harsh decree still ringing like thunder in her ears. But he proved himself unwilling to take it, leaving them again at an awkward standstill. The truth was known now, and with it would come change. (Avatar/Camilla. Ch 12/R.)

To one, the truth was merely an answer to a question never asked, while the other, the truth was a dagger between the ribs and a cut at the cord of the one identity she had ever known. But their time in Hoshido was not to be taken lightly, nor were the discoveries they made about the country they once called home, and the one that now sought to claim them. Hoshido-based collect.

It is CE 73, and the Earth Alliance is on the verge of collapse as the Atlantic Federation and Eurasia square off. A ship arrives from Jupiter, seeking to know the fate of humanity.