Once again, I must apologize for the gap between chapters. I'm currently in a big transitory period in my life, and I've actually begun work on an original novel that I hope to get published. As a result, updates on this story will continue to be slow, but know that I will finish this, and that we are near the end.
Chapter 21: Two Peas in a Pod
Nina wakes up in a forest to find herself staring back at her. The identical copy of herself reveals they are the bow she grabbed, Skadi. Skadi destroyed the ruin where it was found, resulting in everyone inside being transported outside. She gives Skadi's new form the name Vara, and Vara then tells her that Ophelia had been killed by Peri.
Leo, Selena, and Jakob capture Azura, Niles, Nyx, and Mozu. Selena tells Leo about her suspicions towards Siegbert, Soleil, and Velouria, and Leo decides he will follow up on them. Corrin, who is carrying an unconscious Takumi, encounters Midori, Asugi, and Mitama, who are trying to heal a seriously wounded Rinkah. Corrin decides to leave Takumi with them and take Rinkah to the Flame Tribe, who are not far from them.
Chapter 22: Unique Case
Mozu, Niles, and Nyx try to formulate a plan to escape and worry about what may befall Azura now that her status as a Nohrian princess has been made known to Leo. Mozu is brought by Odin to Leo. Leo discovers the strange information in the Bottomless Canyon, with Divine Weapons carved next to depictions of Ganglari. Leo decides that Peri needs to be captured and not killed. Leo tries to convince Azura that returning to Nohr is a good thing, but she rebukes him.
Nina encounters Forrest, who discovers that she can now manifest a flaming purple bow – the true form of Skadi. She lies to him, claiming it's simply a magical weapon. She breaks the news of Ophelia's death. Corrin gets captured by Laslow and Soleil, who hesitantly let her go due to Rinkah's critical condition. Midori, waiting for Takumi to wake up, finds herself face to face with Dwyer, her friend who got them all through the Deeprealms and into the past. He tells her to go to Izumo and find a girl named Severa before vanishing.
Chapter 23: Feel the Same
Rinkah recalls accidentally killing her guard in the Ice Tribe as a small child, leading to her being abandoned and eventually found by Shura. She wakes up in the Flame Tribe. Corrin had gotten her in by revealing her identity, but immediately claimed it was a lie once she had gotten medical attention. However, Rinkah's mother performs a divination and discovers that she is truly her daughter. She explains to Rinkah that a deal was made for her life, and Rinkah realizes that by then she had already been left to die by the Ice Tribe.
Selena, Siegbert, and Velouria, using her beast form, capture Peri, who is kept bound and constantly regeneration by Leo's Divine Weapon, Brynhildr. Midori, Takumi, and the others are on their way to Izumo when an arrow strikes near them, signaling an ambush.
Chapter 24: Backhanded Blessings
The ambush is revealed to be a young boy named Kiragi, who finds fights to the death to be fun. He's accompanied by Hinoka, who reveals Kiragi to be Takumi's son from the future. Though nobody but Kiragi is truly aware of it, his mother is the Nohrian assassin and retainer to Camilla named Beruka, who runs into Shura and a strange Hoshidan girl named Rhajat who are ordered by Garon to capture Corrin and bring her to Nohr. Rinkah connects with her mother as Forrest and Nina finally arrive at the Flame Tribe. Leo interrogates Siegbert, Soleil, and Velouria, who reveal that they are from the future and that the death of Sakura was not an event in their timeline. Kana killing Kotaro was what gave Sakura the courage to take the blow meant for her mother, irreparably changing the intended course of events.
Chapter 25: Good Reasons
Nina and Forrest reveal to Corrin that Kana is none other than her child from the future, and that Shigure is Azura's. Camilla and Leo run into one another, and Camilla takes her retainers from him, due to needing them for her next mission – supplanting Izumo's current leader with a Nohrian-backed puppet. Camilla reunites with Azura, immediately becoming protective of her. During the commotion, Mozu manages to escape.
Rinkah meets her father and finds herself forming a strong connection with her homeland, one that she struggles to reconcile with her loyalty and familiar relationship to Corrin.
Chapter 26: Hope
Hinoka explains to Midori and the others that Dwyer contacted her as well, telling her where to find Kiragi and Takumi. The group discuss the Dragon's Gate, a mythical gate that could open the paths to other realities. They conclude that he wants them to find and open it to rescue him from being trapped in time and space.
Rinkah decides to stay with the Flame Tribe. Corrin, who had already suspected as much, gives her blessing for her to stay, but not before breaking into a drunken, tearful mess. As Corrin and the others leave, she gives Rinkah her green cloak as a way to remember her by.
Chapter 27: Guardian Angel
Now at Izumo, Midori runs into Dwyer once again, who explains that all of the instructions he's given her are part of a paradox. She meets him at the Dragon's Gate and tells him what they've done to get there, which he then tells her at an earlier point in time.
Azura arrives in Nohr, with her arrival being announced by Leo. Garon shows uncharacteristic warmth and kindness towards her, and she reunites with her half-sister, Lilly. Lilly begins helping Azura, first by getting Nyx and Niles out of the death penalty, and second by assisting her in making friends in Nohr's deadly world of politics. At night, Azura is attacked by an assassin, who Shigure fights off before vanishing. Shigure is left in Azura's room, injured and unconscious. Meanwhile, Lilly watches the moon, smiling to herself as she hears the news of the assassin she hired being killed.
Chapter 28: Missed You Too
Corrin and co. arrive at one of her safehouses that contains the treasure she stole from Hoshido, an abandoned building in a burnt-down village. Mozu had gotten there already, knowing it was the place to go if something happened that split them up. Suddenly, Shura makes his presence known. After a brief moment of eased tension, Shura takes advantage and tries to capture Corrin. She and Mozu fight him off while Nina and Forrest fight off Rhajat, who can summon hordes of Faceless with no effort. They barely manage to make it out, thanks to the help of Kana, who had been following them.
Soleil suffers from the trauma of her murdering Caeldori, now brought back to prominence thanks to the Bottomless Canyon. She decides that she can no longer be a soldier, and after she tries to convince Laslow to leave with her, she readies to retreat into a quiet life. However, Iago stops her, knocking her out and locking her up in Castle Krakenburg's dungeon, revealing she is needed for Garon's plan.
Chapter 29: Some Kind of Fool
Nyx's presence does not go unnoticed by Iago, who offers her a way out of her present situation by teaching Odin some of what she knows about dark magic. She tells Odin that she in fact was the one who taught Iago what he knows. Odin tries to bring up her past, causing her to angrily rebuke him.
Camilla, curiously carrying Garon's axe, presents herself to Takumi and attempts to peacefully bring him back to Nohr, which he refuses. Back in Nohr, Elise is despondent due to her siblings having been much more distant after the attack at the gala. Leo promises to her that he will never leave her.
Chapter 30: Talk to Me
Selena and Beruka take note that Camilla has recently become less caring and far more vicious. After what feels more like an interrogation than a discussion with Camilla, Selena listens in on Camilla seemingly talking to herself.
After healing Shigure with her pendant, Azura is chided by him, who wants her not to use the power of her pendant. He reveals that he knows of the danger of the pendant and how it could end Azura's life if used too much. He finally tells her the truth of him being her son. Corrin, now shaken by Shura's betrayal, also struggles to come to terms with Kana being her child. In Krakenburg, the royal retainers start to grow suspicious of Soleil's disappearance. Siegbert reveals that her heritage could be reason for her to be kidnapped, and they decide to start investigating.
Chapter 31: Fresh Air
After a nightmare about Sakura, Corrin talks to Kana about Rhajat, who he explains is a deranged stalker of hers that will stop at nothing to have her. She meets a contact, Fenn, who can smuggle them into Krakenburg so they can rescue Azura. The only problem is that Nina recognizes the man as the one who murdered her father in the future.
Nyx assures Niles that she's working on a way out of Krakenburg. She stumbles upon Xander, who tries to help Peri, only for the insane retainer to rebuke him, saying that he can't "fix" her like he wanted. Azura attends a dinner with nobles, but she ends up leaving in fury when they start insulting the deceased Sakura. On her way back to the castle, her carriage is ambushed by assassins, which she fights off. Though the last one ends up being defenseless, she kills him regardless. She discovers that Lilly's retainer ordered the plot, which makes her begin to doubt her sister.
Chapter 32: Rethink Things
Nyx lets Leo know that she's far more aware of the Divine Weapons than he assumed. She offers information in exchange for more freedom, but Leo declines. In Izumo, Midori discovers that Kiragi has been telling Beruka about their plan, only to be captured. In the dead of night, the whole group is ambushed by Camilla and her soldiers. They're locked up in a cell in Izumo, learning of the planned internal Nohrian coup.
Camilla heads back to Krakenburg with a kidnapped Takumi in tow, leaving Selena and Beruka to execute everyone but Hinoka. However, after overhearing the plan to find Severa, Selena knocks Beruka out and explains that she is the Severa they're looking for. However, Midori suffers a panic attack.
Chapter 33: Where You Are
Azura talks to Shigure, who wants Azura to write a message containing her suspicions towards Lilly that he can then relay to a person of her choice. He leaves her to decide on who. She remembers her mother dying of a mysterious illness, passing on her magical pendant.
Beruka, realizing that her fellow retainer has betrayed her, makes chase. Nina and Vara plot to kill Fenn in his sleep now that he has arranged a method for them to get into Krakenburg. Asugi and Midori discuss her panic attack, and she admits that it isn't the first. She's been suffering from this level of anxiety since she lost Dwyer in the Deeprealms.
Chapter 34: It Won't
As Nina stands over the sleeping Fenn, trying to work up the courage to kill him, Vara offers to take over to do it for her. She declines, managing to kill him. The next day, as the group leaves for Krakenburg, she and Forrest admit they have feelings for each other.
Severa leads Midori and the others to a town near the Bottomless Canyon, where they meet Anna, a merchant who is a friend of Severa's. Entering a cave in a nearby mountain, they find themselves in a massive cavern containing the mythical Dragon's Gate.
Shigure takes Azura's note while she is forced to meet with Lilly. She catches Lilly in a lie, exposing her as the true mastermind behind the assassination attempts. The two fight viciously until Azura, powered by her pendant and driven by pure survival instinct, bashes Lilly's head in. Camilla, the recipient of the note, arrives just after, and tries to comfort a distraught Azura.
Chapter 35: Back For More
Severa recalls how she came from another world, attempting to reach a far-off destination through the Dragon's Gate. However, she and her comrades ended up in this world instead, and have been trapped ever since. She's attacked by Beruka, who she narrowly manages to incapacitate.
Leo and Xander discuss the brutal events of Azura and Lilly's confrontation. Xander is reminded of Peri, and remembers when he first met her. She was a nobleman's daughter, already driven by murderous tendencies. He offered to take her under his wing. Leo tries to force answers out of Nyx, but she calls his bluff. However, she does tell him that Garon and Camilla are plotting something dangerous.
Camilla tries once again to comfort Azura, telling her that her pendant is special in a way she can't yet say. However, she tells Azura that she is the only one who she can trust. Leo tries to comfort Azura as well, but she rebukes him.
Chapter 36: The Cover of Night
Camilla wakes Azura from a nightmare, noticing her pendant slightly floating in the air for a few moments. She begins to mentally communicate with Garon's axe, Bölverk, which reminds her of the abuse she received from her mother when she was young. She tries to get Takumi to cooperate, but he isn't having any of it.
Odin and Nyx have another lesson, admitting that she obtained her eternal life through a foolish experiment with dark magic. She urges him to be careful with powers like that. He goes with Siegbert and the other retainers, who believe they've found Soleil.
Corrin and her friends, now in the slums of Windmire, prepare to break into Castle Krakenburg to rescue Nyx, Niles, and Azura. Severa and Beruka talk, with the former convincing the latter to work with her. Dwyer pops up, allowing Midori to explain the situation so he can tell her in the past.
Chapter 37: Arbiter
Nyx sets fire to Krakenburg's library in order to facilitate her own escape. Nina and Forrest are quickly surrounded by guards, forcing Nina to give Vara control to save them. Vara reveals she had been waiting for this moment so she could take permanent control of her body. She betrays Forrest. The retainers find Soleil, only for Iago to hold her hostage. Vara arrives, cutting the retainers off from them with a blast of rubble.
Azura and Camilla confront Garon, who was in the middle of talking to Leo. He relents and begins to tell them the truth. Vara fights Nyx, who curiously seems to know her. Vara ends up defeating Nyx and kidnapping Corrin, bringing her to the throne room. There, Garon reveals his plan.
The Divine Weapons are the keys to finding the Yato. They were created by an ancient dragon to keep Nohr and Hoshido stable after their dragon deities went insane and were killed. He used his treasure, the Fire Emblem, to craft the Divine Weapons. Raijinto, Ryoma's weapon, Fujin Yumi, Takumi's weapon, Brynhildr, Leo's weapon, Siegfried, Xander's weapon, Bölverk, Garon and Camilla's weapon, Skadi, the weapon known as Vara, possessing Nina, Ganglari, Peri's weapon, and Dísir, Azura's pendant. When all of these weapons and their wielders are brought together when the sun and moon become one, the Yato will be summoned. Only those in the Hoshidan royal family can potentially wield the Fujin Yumi and Raijinto, while only those of Nohrian royal blood can wield Brynhildr and Siegfried. Soleil is dragged into the throne room and revealed to be Azura's daughter.
Garon reveals to Azura that he and her mother were attempting to achieve this plan. However, in her bid to experiment with Dísir, she drained too much of her own power, falling ill and eventually dying. He then tells Corrin that she does not share a mother with her siblings. Mikoto was Sumeragi's concubine, and their affair resulted in her birth. Mikoto is a descendant of the ancient dragon that created the Yato, and Corrin as a result can wield the blade. Garon tries to convince her to work with him to bring peace to Hoshido and Nohr, but she furiously rejects him.
Garon punishes Camilla for trying to turn Azura against him, as well as for Severa betraying Nohr and thwarting the coup in Izumo, by forcing her to return Bölverk to him. However, Bölverk shows Camilla the memory of her poisoning her mother and killing her in order to give her the courage needed to murder Garon with the axe.
Midori and the others watch the Dragon's Gate activate, only to be unable to rescue Dwyer. Distraught and emotional, Midori runs into the open gate in a desperate bid to save him.
Chapter 38: Trust
Corrin finally remembers the night of her father's murder. Garon did it not for any political reasons, but so that he could obtain Corrin. However, the young girl ran away, falling into a river. She was swept by the fierce waters until her head impacted rough stone, knocking her out. She awoke washed up on the riverbank, only for Shura to find her. Realizing that she could not remember anything aside from her own name as a result of her head injury, she decided to stay with Shura.
In the present, Camilla guts Garon before trying to convince the others in the throne room to help her achieve his goal. Azura, Soleil, and Vara go along with the plan, while Corrin and Leo see it as nothing more than a bid for power by Camilla, fueled by a lust for domination. Nyx and Niles break into the throne room, and the former uses the power of Brynhildr to buy them enough time to escape, revealing her to be related to the Nohrian royals. She urges Corrin to go to the island of Notre Sagesse and climb Mount Sagesse.
Forrest encounters the retainers and decides to work with him as chaos erupts in Krakenburg. Xander and Leo are framed for the murder of their father, and the retainers manage to rescue them. Siegbert accidentally reveals he's Xander's son, and the group flee from Windmire. Camilla, now controlling Vara, Soleil, Azura, Elise, and Shigure, and holding Kana prisoner, meets Peri in the dungeons. She reveals that Peri died in Hoshido, and that Ganglari has been keeping her alive. She's forced to work for Bölverk and Camilla, or else her soul will be forced back into Ganglari.
Dwyer is brought back into the real world, but Midori is nowhere to be found. Before the group has long to grieve, they discover Kiragi and Beruka have run away, claiming they need to help Corrin. The Dragon's Gate briefly flashes with light before leaving Midori, now a fully-grown woman.
Chapter 39: Don't Worry
Months after the events in Krakenburg, Mozu and Niles have split away from Corrin, now working for a series of Nohrian resistance groups. They've also become engaged, planning to marry after the war ends. Corrin, now alone, arrives at Notre Sagesse, beginning to climb its mountain, hoping she will find answers there. She runs into a dancer named Layla, who is being pursued by Nohrian spies due to being the sister of an infamous Nohrian rebel. They decide to stick together. They encounter Beruka, who claims she's there to help.
Xander, Leo, and the retainers have been fleeing from Camilla's forces, heading to a place that Laslow and Odin claim will be the perfect place to hide. Velouria sacrifices herself by fighting Peri and Vara in a desperate bid to buy the others time.
Chapter 40: Be Happy
Shigure, Soleil, and Azura try to make sense of their awkward familiar status. He tells them that Kana had been given to them by his father when he was nine. Meanwhile, Corrin had vanished shortly after giving birth to Kana. Shigure and Azura try to talk to Elise, who has now been entrusted to wield Brynhildr. However, she's in a poor state due to believing that Leo and Xander murdered their father.
Beruka and Kiragi are introduced to Corrin, but their meeting is interrupted by Shura, who has come to take her to Camilla. They talk one-on-one, and she confronts him on knowing she was royalty. He tells her he kept her away from that life to protect her. She admits that she doesn't know if she can take the pressure of the situation she is stuck in. Shura decides he'll betray Camilla and help Corrin, but Rhajat suddenly attacks, using his betrayal as an excuse to murder him and take Corrin away. Corrin is forced to watch as a Faceless snaps Shura's spine.
Chapter 41: Here's Hoping
The Nohrians arrive at their destination, which turns out to the same town that Severa and her group are residing in. There's a tense confrontation before things calm down once Severa reveals that Laslow and Odin were part of the group she was in that became trapped in this world. Their true names are Inigo and Owain, respectively. Anna is the last member of their group. While Anna stayed behind to observe the Dragon's Gate, they became royal retainers in the hopes that they could use their new stations to find a way to get back home. Dwyer, thanks to his time warping around time and space, knows that they will soon be able to go home through the Dragon's Gate. Now that tensions have simmered, Siegbert decides to wash up, noticing that his blonde hair dye is starting to fade, showing off his blue color. He reminds himself of his resolve to put his mother, Peri, out of her misery.
Chapter 42: Never Forget
Nyx sneaks into Krakenburg and breaks Kana out. After being brutally wounded in her fight with Vara, she had spent months healing thanks to a kind stranger nursing her to health, and was still partially recovering. Elise catches them in the middle of the act, but Nyx reveals the truth of Garon's murder. Elise doesn't believe it, but the doubt it instills is enough for Nyx and Kana to escape before she can stop them. They head off to find Corrin.
Rhajat, now holding Corrin captive in a nearby cave, recalls her troubled past. She remembers being saved from certain death as a little girl by none other than Corrin herself, making her become a massive fan of the rogue. Mysterious spirits gave her the power to summon Faceless at will, but this power made the people of her tribe turn on her. After nearly being murdered by her own people, she destroyed the tribe in a rage, killing everybody, including her own family.
Rhajat, desperate for anyone who would care about her, tracked down Corrin, who had been missing for years. Eventually she found her in a remote cabin. Corrin, after giving birth to twins, realized that her presence would put her children in danger. So she disappeared, leaving her husband to take care of them. However, he eventually gave Kana away to Azura, fearing the boy was in danger. He kept their daughter, Midori, with him, until he was tragically killed by thieves, orphaning the poor girl. She was taken in by Asugi's family.
Corrin discovered that Rhajat had used malicious methods to find her, and ordered her to leave. A scuffle broke out, and before Rhajat could stop herself, a Faceless burst in and killed Corrin. She left the dead woman, taking with her a note addressed to Midori and Kana, apologizing for leaving them and telling them to stay strong.
In the present, Corrin manages to break free from her bindings and overpower Rhajat. She realizes that Rhajat is a broken, miserable shell of a person, and decides to leave her alive. Rhajat insists that she needs Corrin, that she doesn't know what she'll do otherwise, but Corrin insists that it isn't her job to help Rhajat.
Still wounded from the fight against Rhajat, Corrin stumbles through the wilds of Mount Sagesse before passing out. She wakes up in a house near the top of the mountain, greeted by a blue-haired servant girl and an old man with red eyes, just like Corrin's. He admits that he is the dragon of legend that forged the Yato.
Chapter 43: No Reason
Hinoka has a verbal confrontation with Xander while she's training her dog, Kamui. She finds herself worrying about Midori, who has been distant ever since she transformed into an adult. Elise begins to investigate Camilla, but falls ill before she can make any progress. Her retainers vow to find the truth for her.
Chapter 44: No More Secrets
The servant girl Lilith and the old man Mikhail are both dragons, able to take human form. Mikhail saved Lilith when she was young, and she's served him ever since. Mikhail recounts the story of the Yato's creation. His brothers ruled over Nohr and Hoshido, while he vowed not to meddle in human affairs. However, when his brothers went insane as a result of the incredibly long life a dragon can have, he was forced to put them down.
Due to the battle, Mikhail was left in his human form, and was found by a woman named Saria. He lived with her on her isolated farm, and the two soon fell in love. However, one day a young girl named Stella arrived, identifying herself as a member of the Nohrian royal family. She urged Mikhail to help Hoshido and Nohr recover from the chaos brought by the deaths of their dragon gods, and he hesitantly accepted, creating the Divine Weapons.
Mikhail entrusted the Yato to Saria, hoping she could use it to decide which nation deserved to inherit the land. Instead, she was unable to choose, and both nations conspired to kill her to ensure they both survived. Stella, in a desperate bid to gain the power to kill Saria, performed a dangerous ritual with Brynhildr, one that resulted in the deaths of almost everyone she held dear. This ritual cursed her with eternal life, which she believed to be her punishment. Saria was killed, and Mikhail hid the Yato out of spite, binding the Divine Weapons to the desire to bring it back. Time passed, with Mikhail going into hiding and Stella eventually becoming forgotten by all, adopting the new name of Nyx.
Corrin and Lilith talk about the weight of being the descendant of Mikhail and Saria, and Lilith mentions how she believes the age of gods and higher powers have ended, and the world now exists in an age of man. Corrin dons a blue cape embroidered with the insignia of Saria's heritage and accepts a strange stone from Mikhail, who tells her that she'll know when it is needed. She understands that the Yato is the last trace of a bygone era that has kept the world at a standstill. She wishes to free the world from its curse. She asks Mikhail a question which amuses him, and then sets off to stop Camilla and save the people she loves.
Chapter 45: Out of my Hands
Dwyer discovers that Peri has tracked the Nohrians to the village, but hasn't found them yet. Corrin arrives at the docks of Notre Sagesse, reuniting with Beruka, Kiragi, and Layla. Vara attacks, but she's fended off by Ryoma and Takumi, who arrive just in time. Scarlet turns out to be the rebel sister Layla was referring to, and the two happily reunite. Flora and Felicia are also with Ryoma, though Flora is now pregnant thanks to an affair she had with Jakob back at the gala in Hoshido, all those months ago. Corrin quickly deduces that Ryoma and Scarlet are in love. Corrin berates Ryoma for not telling her that she's really his stepsister, but she ultimately forgives him, understanding that there was simply never a good time to tell her.
Chapter 46: The Shadows it Casts
Peri attacks Anna, holding her hostage and forcing her to lead her to the others. Flora and Felicia leave with Scarlet and Layla for the Dragon's Gate, believing they'll be safe there with Hinoka.
Chapter 47: Willing to Hope
Severa gives herself up to Peri so the others can be safe for a little longer, but before she leaves, she tells Midori that the only way to ensure they aren't put in more danger is to go to Windmire and kill Camilla. Kana and Nyx find Mozu and Niles, who agree to go with them to find Corrin. Elise's retainers are killed mysteriously, and she concludes they were silenced because they found damning information on Camilla. She runs away, and Camilla goes after her.
Chapter 48: A Good Compromise
Hinoka's group splits up, with Dwyer, Mitama, Anna and Jakob staying behind to protect the Dragon's Gate while the rest set off for Krakenburg. Midori discovers that Asugi and Mitama have been secretly dating, and reacts somewhat poorly. Nyx's group arrives at Notre Sagesse, learning that Corrin has already left for Krakenburg, so they set their sights for Windmire.
Corrin travels to Krakenburg, stopping along the way to request help from old allies. Her mother grants her a battalion of Hoshidan soldiers, Rinkah and the Flame Tribe give her explosives, and Benny and Charlotte at the border agree to let them use some border navy ships to get to Krakenburg, under the condition that they be given cushy jobs in the capital once the battle is won.
Chapter 49: In Peace
Hinoka discovers that her dog Kamui has stowed away in their supplies on their way to Krakenburg. Takumi tries to get Corrin to stop drinking so much, only for her to break down into tears, weighed down by the responsibilities on her and her own self-doubt. He comforts her before returning to his tent, where Beruka is waiting. They discuss Kiragi and how Beruka is protective of her future child before Beruka pledges herself to serve Takumi as a retainer.
Leo's informed by a letter from Anna that Elise has been spotted at Lord Trayon's estate, with Camilla's forces not far behind. He and the others make haste, hoping they can get there in time. Elise is found by Vara, who escorts her to Trayon's tower where Camilla currently is.
Chapter 50: Wrong
Elise and Camilla argue, with the latter admitting she killed Elise's retainers. Elise lashes out, beginning a battle with Camilla that threatens to bring the massive tower they are in crashing down. Leo manages to get there before the battle is over. He and Camilla both try to convince Elise to trust them, and Elise eventually sides with her brother, finally understanding how Camilla has been manipulating her. Camilla knocks them both off the top of the tower, killing Leo in the process. A heartbroken Elise joins Xander and the others as they continue their journey to Krakenburg.
Chapter 51: Mobilizing
Severa is interrogated by Camilla, who reveals her fury and sadness towards being betrayed by so many people close to her, Severa included. Camilla intends on holding Corrin's loved ones hostage to force her to use the Yato for her own ends, wishing to forcefully unite Nohr and Hoshido and rule over them, believing it's the only way to achieve true peace. Camilla begins to choke Severa out of anger, but before she can kill her, explosions rock Krakenburg as Corrin's raiding party arrives.
Azura, Shigure, and Soleil head out to battle, intending on fighting with Camilla. The Dragon's Gate, now known by Camilla to be real, is attacked by Nohrian soldiers, who clash with the members of Hinoka's party that remain there. Scarlet, Flora, Felicia, and Layla arrive during the midst of the battle, and Dwyer is left with the awkward task of explaining that he's Jakob and Flora's child, and encouraging them to try and work together.
Nina and Vara exchange verbal blows as the siege on Krakenburg begins. A furious Vara reveals her unending curse of wishing for a body of her own, only to have her personality warped by the mind of the body she possesses. Nina takes advantage of this, convincing Vara to find and protect Forrest. Siegbert corners Peri in a church, intending on putting her down. The final battle has begun.
