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Lance's Role Version 3 Progress

Story Progress:

Chapter 36: Posted

Chapter 37: Poster.

Chapter 38: Beta-reading.

About myself:

I'm a college student studying Commercial Management. No more IT. I am Portuguese, so when you see me trash Portugal in my fic don't take it seriously.

I've always loved anime ever since I first started watching Dragon Ball, Rurouni Kenshin and Saint Seiya when I was just a little boy. I enjoy reading but not nearly as much as I used to. I like a lot of kinds of music, movies and art, but mostly I enjoy nothing more than a good story.

Favorite book: "Chronicles of Allarya" series, by Filipe Faria. I've learned much about group balance in a story and scene description by reading these books.

Favorite Game: Star Ocean the Second Story, followed very closely by Valkyrie Profile.

As a writer: I have a hard time focusing and staying true to professional writing practices, but I try to do my best to fight that flaw. I also struggle a lot with humor and characterization, mainly because I don't have a lot of actual social skill. I am very critical of my own writing which is probably why I take so long to get chapters done.

As a reader: I enjoy romance, but only when well-written and involving an interesting pairing of characters. Despite being Portuguese, I prefer fanfiction written in English because I believe that English has a professional, neutral tone to it that other Latin-derived languages don't. After all, it's the language of computers. Despite my fanfic being so action-packed, I have a hard time enjoying most written fight scenes. My tastes usually revolve around adventure and the fantastic with maybe a bit of history to it.

As a reviewer: I have no qualms with reviewing works, quite on the contrary, and I try my best to have a critique's perspective. You will never find me handing over a "I like it" review. Generally, I like to think myself as a friendly reviewer.

The next few segments are dedicated to laying out LR

LR Timeline (Beware SPOILERS, read only after catching up with the fic)

This is the timeline for my main story. Since I take a considerable while to write each chapter due to their length and beta-reading, I established this section so readers can more easily keep up with the events should they have any need to catch up with the plot before updates or not recall something mentioned in the chapter they're reading. Note that reading this timeline does not substitute the experience of reading the story itself, as it merely goes over the events and doesn't go in-depth into characterization, development, settings, etc, not to mention the timeline is usually several chapters behind the fic's released story.

Pre-20th Century

1485

May: Lucifer is born in Vienna, Austria, real name unknown;

July: Michael is born in Munich, Bavaria (Germany), real name unknown;

At an undetermined point, both of these youths are taken into the Underworld and raised by Thanatos and Hypnos to become the Dark Princes of Hades.

1503

May: Lucifer reaches his 18th birthday, becoming apt to run to be Prince, but Hades postpones the Judgement Day to Michael's birthday, dooming both Specters to not participate in the 16th century Holy War

The 16th Century Holy War (as shown in LC)

June: The 16th Century Holy War occurs! Thanatos and Hypnos conduct a direct assault on Sanctuary and murder most of the Gold Saints, being stopped only by Athena herself. Cancer Sage and Altar Hakurei are two of the few survivors on Sanctuary's side. The Holy War comes to a screeching halt as a result of the injuries suffered on the Twin Gods.

July: 'Judgement Day' for the Prince candidates arrives. After a grueling upbringing in training, Michael and Lucifer become the Dark Angel and Daemon Specters, respectively the Celestial Stars of Absolutism and Pride, forming the new echelon of authority in the Underworld between the Judges and Pandora.

August: While surveying the lands around Pandora's castle, Daemon Lucifer, Dark Angel Michael and Lycaon Phlegyas first encounter the mysterious faction in the Alps who murders all intruders, especially Specters;

1751

(Lost Canvas War)

Minos falls in battle against Pisces Albafica and an Andromeda Saint. In retaliation, Bennu Kagaho and Daemon Lucifer, the latter disguised as a lesser Specter, conduct a series of attacks on Sanctuary that culminate into Lucifer murdering Taurus Rasgado in battle.

20th Century

1925

April : Aguilon is born in Thebes, Greece, under the constellations of Heracles and Taurus.

May : Daniel is born in Recife, Brazil, under the constellations of Bear and Taurus.

1948

May : Guardnia is born in Tanagra, Greece, under the Taurus Constellation.

1950

December: Kastiel is born in Rome, Italy.

1960

May : Late at night by Athena's statue, Hecate infiltrates Sanctuary, approaches Pope Shion and gives him her three prophecies. One announces an age of Holy War greater and earlier than what was predicted. The second announces the reincarnation of the Gold Saints who fought in the Lost Canvas. The third describes the importance a red-eyed child yet to be born that year would have to Sanctuary's near future.

June: Lance is born on the 12th of July in Athens, Greece, under the constellation of Cancer. Lance's parents die on the 14th due to a car accident. He's taken to an orphanage in Athens where he would spend the following ten years.

1963

September : Shinta Akiyama is born on the 9th of September in Tokyo, Japan, under the constellations of Andromeda and Virgo.

Sagittarius Priam, Pisces Aeneas, a number of other Gold Saints and a large group of Sanctuary dissidents attack the Pope in public. Third Civil War begins.

1964

May : Saga and Kanon are born on the 30th of May in Greece under Gemini.

October : Aiolos is born on the 30th of October in Athens,Greece, under Sagittarius.

November: Wyvern Rhadamanthys is reborn on the 30th of November in England.

1966

January: Shura is born in Spain under Capricorn.

March: Aphrodite is born on the 10th in Sweden under Pisces.

June: Deathmask/Mephisto is born in Italy under Cancer.

Battle of the Spire (Chapter 25)

September: Using a new method devised by Aquarius Malta, Sanctuary deduces the rebel HQ to be located at Bluegrad, where they ambush Priam's remnants. Pisces Aeneas battles Capricorn Kirin and the Pisces Gold Cloth is recovered for Sanctuary, forcing Priam to flee through the White Sea to the Atlantic by boat. Gemini Akassius corners Priam and the last remnants of the rebels at open sea in the Romanche Gap. The Battle of the Spire occurs, ending the Third Civil War.

Maiden Elisa is notified at the Isle of Gardens of Pisces Aeneas' defeat and is asked by Pope Arles III to care for the Pisces Cloth and train Pisces Aphrodite.

1968

February: Camus is born on the 7th in France, under Aquarius.

Shinta (age 5) is separated from his mother and taken to Sanctuary, from where he is then sent to Andromeda Island to obtain his Bronze Cloth. At the end of his first month there he passes the Pretest and is admitted into Cepheus' Guardnia's tutelage.

Scorpio Paris retires, revealing his identity to Sanctuary and departing to unknown locations.

November: Milo is born on the 8th in Greece under Scorpio.

1969

March: Mu is born on the 27th in Tibet under Aries.

May: Aldebaran is born on the 8th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under Taurus.

November: Orpheé is born in Greece, under Lyra and Scorpio.

1970

January: Lance is named and taken to Sanctuary by Saint Triangle Noah. He is admitted into the Heart of Sasha orphanage.

Lance is punished with Jason's Exile for his behavior at the orphanage. He's then taken to Mount Olympus's Second Level to try out for the Pegasus Cloth under the vigilance and testing of Kerberus Kastiel. Lance fails the two-week testing period and is hence abandoned in the Training Ground.

March: The Pisces Cloth is recovered by Sanctuary after years of being missing as a result of the Civil War's 'Battle of Bluegrad'. It is taken back to the Isle of Gardens to the care of Maiden Elisa. Aphrodite is taken to the 'Isle of Gardens' where he begins his 'Path to the Pisces Cloth'.

May: Albiore/Daidalos is born in Argentina under Taurus.

August: Aiolia is born in Athens, Greece, under the Leo Constellation.

September: Shaka is born in India, unknown location, under the Virgo Constellation and as the new incarnation of Buddha.

October: Aiolos (age 5) and Aiolia's parents pass away, leaving them orphan. They arrive on Sanctuary and are taken into the Heart of Sasha orphanage, where Aiolos first meets Saga(age 6)

1973

In an undisclosed incident, the former Gold Saint of Scorpio, known as Paris, encounters Lance in Mount Olympus.

1974

(First Arc)

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Early January: After four years of survival and training in the Mount Olympus Training Ground, Lance (age 14) faces the Pegasus Temple's guardian, Bellerophon, as the final test to his Path of the Cloth. Though he is soundly defeated after a fierce battle, Lance's efforts impress the Pegasus Cloth enough for it to grant Lance its blessing and protection. Lance obtains the armor and is renamed Pegasus Lance.

Late January: Pegasus Lance returns to Sanctuary and exacts revenge on Kastiel by crushing his foot soldier division and defeating him in a duel publicly. Pegasus Lance then meets Pope Arles III (Shion) for the first time when the Holy father happens to walk on the occurrence.

Early July: Pegasus Lance conducts a mission on Death Queen Island.

Late July: Seeking to further his career and work for the Silver Rank, Andromeda Shinta meets and teams up with Pegasus Lance, who leads him on Assault missions. The both conduct several assignments together from that moment on, including a task to take down the Black Saint Island HQ led by Ray. Despite Pegasus Lance's protests, he is unable to convince the Pope to let him work solo again.

Early September: Bennu Kagaho and Shaman Kairos conduct a raid on Sanctuary's Austrian lands along with their large squad of Skeleton Soldiers. Pegasus Lance and Andromeda Shinta take an assignment as reinforcements for Sanctuary's Austrian fort of Ismara, within the Peloponesia fortress jurisdiction and near the border with Hades' territory, which has called for help after rumors of enemy activity. Ismara is attacked and destroyed by the two rampaging Specters before the Saints arrive, though. Andromeda Shinta seeks aid of the Pelopenesia Fortress while Lance attempts to intercept the attackers.

Battle of Arcadia (Chapter 7-8)

Unfortunately, the destruction spreads to the village of Arcadia, where a girl named Alexis lives with her father and mother, before either Lance or Shinta complete their parts. Lance walks in on the slaughter and defeats many Skeleton Soldiers, but is ultimately unsuccessful in saving the village. Though Arcadia's population is totally massacred and Lance is defeated by Bennu Kagaho, he miraculously manages to save Alexis' life. Meanwhile, though Shinta never reaches the overseeing Sanctuary fortress, he runs into Cassiopeia Cynthia, who alerts Fort Commander Ionia and joins forces with the Andromeda Saint to fight the Specters.

As Lance recovers from his defeat, takes Alexis to safety and unlocks the fire element, the two Andromeda Islanders reach the burning village and engage the Specters in combat. They are eventually reinforced by Pegasus Lance, who makes use of his new found power to help them defeat the Shaman Specter. They then fight the ferocious Bennu Specter to a draw until Gemini Saga arrives to the battlefield and puts an end to the violence.

Fort Commander Ionia takes control of the situation, ordering an investigation to be made on both the attack and any potential involvement of Lance on it. Alexis, the only survivor of the attack, joins Sanctuary's army to escape a life of brutal labor in the local Sanctuary mines.

Arrival of the Gods (Side Story 1)

Pandora opens the box containing the sealed souls of the Gods Thanatos and Hypnos, allowing them to return to the Underworld along with her. Daemon Lucifer is tasked by Hades to organize a welcoming ceremony, but he takes the opportunity to carry out his conspiracy to smuggle Eurydice, his life long friend and Thanatos' preferred Nymph, out of the Underworld with the help of Corvus Cerah Héloise, the younger sister of Aquila Daese Héloise, who had been left to his care by Sagittarius Priam and Aquila Daese years before. While Cerah succeeds in carrying out Lucifer's plan, Hades detects Eurydice's departure and attempts to harm her from a distance through his godly Cosmos, managing to blind the Nymph in spite of Cerah's best efforts to protect her.

After Thanatos discovers Eurydice has gone missing and nearly kills Lucifer for suspecting him as culprit, Hades orders her capture and Hypnos picks Gryphon Urial, of the New Specters, to bring her back. Urial, in turn, picks Cyclops Servo and his Skeletons to hunt her down. Donning the Corvus Cloth Stone, Corvus Cerah puts up an heroic struggle to stop them, but even though she defeats the Skeletons and even kills Cyclops in combat, she is brutally beaten by Gryphon Urial and ultimately put down by Nasu Erika, Lucifer's spy. Herakles Aguilon stumbles upon the scene, saves Eurydice and Cerah and finally engages Urial in combat, managing to defeat the powerful Judge thanks to his great skill and strength.

Battle of Andromeda Island (Chapter 9-10)

On a visit to Andromeda Island, Pegasus Lance and Andromeda Shinta stumble upon the Specter attack on Andromeda Island led by the Basilisk, Taurus and Gorgon Specters. Through a combination of ambushes on the Skeleton soldiers by Cepheus Guardnia and a difficult battle between the two Bronze Saints and the Specters, the enemy force is defeated and wiped out and Lance learns about Andromeda Shinta's secret gold-rank wind elemental attack.

1976

January: Through a series of Coliseum challenges, Pegasus Lance earns a shot at acquiring the Silver Cloth of Kentaurus, which chooses its owners mainly on battle attributes. He must, however, be tested in it by the veteran Gold-Rank Silver Saint Herakles Aguilon, who is picked specifically due to his overwhelming advantage in experience which leads Lance to believe the fight was rigged against the Bronze. In the ensuing duel, Aguilon completely dominates Lance despite the Saint being allowed to use the Kentaurus Cloth, demonstrating the overwhelming difference between the Silver and Gold fighting levels. While Lance manages to tap into his 7th sense as a result of the brutal beat down and the six years of emotional stress Sanctuary put him through until then, Aguilon eventually crushes him in battle, denying the Pegasus Saint the Silver Cloth.

The Pope's attention, however, is caught by this and he deems the Saint worthy of consideration not for the Silver Cloth, but the Gold Cloth itself. Aware of the controversy surrounding the Pegasus Saint, he summons the Gold Saints to his temple so consensus over a proper decision can be made. After a full day of deliberation, the Gold Saints vote on awarding the Pegasus Saint with the Gold Cloth.

Following a week after his promotion, Cancer Lance accompanies Gemini Saga, Sagittarius Aiolos and the Pope to the Steiner Mansion in the Kastoria province in Greece, where the three are presented to Sanctuary's aristocracy as the new Gold Saints. There, Lance encounters Ionia again, meets Gigas and comes face to face with Akassius Steiner, the almighty and celebrated former Gemini Saint, and his wife Cecilia for the first time. He also meets the silver-ringued aristocrat Adriana Ghisi and discusses with her the upbringing of Sanctuary's nobility.

Finally, Lance travels to Mount Rozan in China to deliver a personal letter from the Pope to Libra Dohko and request his tutelage so as to learn the Gold Saint ways under proper guidance.

February: Andromeda Shinta enters the Virgo Temple to request his Zodiac constellation's new Gold Saint, Shaka, to allow him to learn in his House so as to reach the Silver-Rank. Shaka, however, refuses, claiming Shinta has unresolved guilt issues in his karma that impede him from being a proper student of the One Closest to God. Distraught, Shinta accepts defeat but eventually finds tutelage under Saint Daniel, the Gold Saint of Taurus, and meets Aldebaran, with whom he establishes quick friendship.

Cancer Lance begins communing with Karkinos and develops the Presaepe Underworld Waves.

March: Cancer Lance begins serious training in cosmos manipulation and Dragon fighting style under Dohko. Interested in obtaining a blessing from Seiryu, he convinces the Master to arrange a meeting with the dragon god.

July: Pope Shion summons Lance back to Sanctuary and gives him the mission to oversee the finishing touches of Aphrodite's training and escort him back to Sanctuary so as to become the new Pisces Saint.

The Isle of Gardens (Chapters 18-21)

Stopping at Syracuse, Lance, disguised as a simple Pegasus Saint, encounters Adriana Ghisi who directs him towards none other than Mephisto/Deathmask, whom she believes to be involved in a murder. Believing in his innocence (from the murder charges), Cancer Lance adopts Mephisto and convinces him to come to Sanctuary.

Once in the Isle of Gardens, the two meet Elisa, the maiden of Piscis, who takes care of Aphrodite. The child's problematic nature also causes issues, but after a number of dangerous confrontations, Lance succeeds in his assignment and brings both Mephisto and Aphrodite back to the Golden Zodiac as protegés, to Pope Arles III's elation.

The 1976 Eighty-Eight Knights Festival & The farewell of a Generation (Chapters 22-26)

August: The Eighty-Eight Knights Festival of 1976 occurs. Assigned along with the Silver Saints due to his (official) power level being in their rank, Lance meets Lyra Orpheé and, together with Cassiopeia Cynthia, the three encounter the brutal King Cetus, one of the Seven Allies of Sanctuary, who has strong apparent ties to the dwellers of Andromeda Island, especially Cepheus Guardnia and Cassiopeia Cynthia.

Cepheus Guardnia meets with the Pope, who reveals to him Hecate's prophecies, but in a sudden attack on the Pope's Halls, the former Sagittarius Saint Priam attempts to assassinate Shion, injuring him, and succeeds in kidnapping Cepheus Guardnia. Shion sends out Saga and Lance to rescue the Cepheus Saint and stop the Black Saints while attempting to cover the incident from the Civil War Gold Saints and the Allies, but despite Yuzuriha's assistance, Capricorn Kirin learns the truth and the Civil War Gold Saints sally out as well.

The Battle of Andromeda Island occurs; the Civil War Gold Saints confront Priam's main group, but he eludes them after a harsh climatic fight, while Pegasus Lance, with unexpected help from Kerberos Kastiel and the interference of Andromeda Shinta, rescue Guardnia. An encounter with King Cetus after the fact, however, results in Guardnia's demise. The day ends with the older Gold Saints retirement ceremony coming to a close and the baton being passed to the new generation of Gold Saints.

(Second Arc)

Ongoing 1976

Post-Festival Period, Saga's Generation takeover & Revelations (Chapters 30-34)

October: Following the aftermath of the Festival, the new Gold Saints work hard to adapt to their role, but the lack of support from the Pope hinders their efforts to recover from the damage Priam caused. Shortly after, a tribunal is held by the nobles of Sanctuary to question the new Gold Saints on their performance, and Cancer Lance is pressured into presenting himself as the Patron of Saga's generation in order to protect the Zodiac's honor and reputation.

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