Birth of the future warrior.
Chrom the prince of the Kingdom of Ylisse. He is a direct descendant of the First king, and a distant descendant of the Hero-King, Marth. He has served his kingdom with is powerful blade Falchion that was passed down to him from his father. Ylisee also had a very powerful bond with the Alliance and the other kingdoms. A bond that would prove vital during the first war against the savage orcs of the powerful Horde. Orc forces spilled through the magical gateway called the Dark Portal, which links Azeroth to Draenor. The orcs leave a swath of devastation in their wake, forcing several races of Azeroth to join forces against the near unstoppable threat. During the war, Chrom was able to secure an alliance with the powerful high elves of Quel'Thalas. Despite them rather not get involved with the war between the Allience and the Horde, Chrom's words managed to reach a very important member of the high elves and despite their reluctance, she was the one who ultimately agreed to offer help in the war, without support of the rest of her people.
During the war, Chrom would end up falling in love with the beautiful elf that had offered her help. She was very strict and had little to no patience for fun or any types of distractions from her duty to her homeland and her family. But Chrome would manage to melt her heart and 2 years after the war ended, both would meet again and share a night of passion, a night that would remain in their hearts for the rest of their lives... there were several reasons for that, but the biggest reason was that after that night, the elf would become pregnant with Chrom's child. While it was a happy moment for them, due to their clotures being so different and both needing to uphold their sworn duty to their home, they were unable to raise the child together.
The child was a girl and she would be named Lucina before her parents agreed that Chrom would raise her in Ylisse, because he had much more freedom than his beloved elf. So their child would one day grow in to an warrior of the Alliance.
Sadly, when Lucina turned 4 years old, a second Great War began engulfing almost all of the lands of the Eastern Kingdoms. Following the events of the First War, the survivors of Stormwind led by Anduin Lothar made their way through the Great Sea to the northern kingdom of Lordaeron to beseech aid from King Terenas Menethil II. Following Lothar's impassioned speech, Terenas called for an emergency council of war to discuss the Orcish threat. Meanwhile, the Orcish Horde pillaged Stormwind city and the surrounding areas, effectively destroying all human holdings south of the Burning Steppes.
In the years between the defeat of the Kingdom of Azeroth and the outbreak of the Second War, it can only be assumed that both the Horde and Alliance went through massive reformations and began huge military build-ups in preparation for war.
King Terenas, through skilled political maneuvering, enlisted the support of the human kingdoms of Gilneas, Stromgarde, Dalaran, Alterac, and Kul Tiras. They also managed to gain the allegiance of the Bronzebeard Dwarves of Ironforge, the Wildhammer Dwarves of Aerie Peak, and the Gnomes of Gnomeregan. Envoys led by King Terenas attempted to gain the allegiance of the High Elves of Quel'Thalas, though initially they were uninterested in the coming conflict and sent merely a pittance of their forces at first. However, after the Horde's destruction of a sacred Elven monolith at Caer Darrow, the High Elves joined King Terenas's cause fully, pledging their rangers and navy to the war. This resulted in the creation of the Old Alliance, the Alliance of Lordaeron.
The war was long and bloody, but in the end, the Alliance would once again manage to drive the Horde back, and secure a new time of peace for Azeroth.
This lead us to the current events. a couple of years had passed and Lucina was now 6 years old and had grown in to a beautiful young princess. And like any kid her age, she was very curious and a little stubborn at times.
Chrom was currently looking over some books that could help him in his training, but then he felt small hands on his legs, he looked down and smiled "Why hello there Lucina. Was it something you wanted?".
The 6 year old girl looked at him with her innocent eyes as she spoke "I just wanted to spend some time with you, father".
Chrom gave her a warm smile as he lifted her on to his lap "Why of course sweetie, I always try to make time for you".
Lucina giggled before she asked "What are you doing?".
"Some boring reading. Non of these books offers anything I don't already know. How has your day been?".
"Aunt Lissa showed me her newest prank. She put some oil on a knight's helmet so he could not take it of. It was so funny! And then she made him fall down a trap after he tried chasing her!" Lucina said while failing to control her giggles.
Chrom shook his head "My sister is going to get in to serious trouble one day if she keeps this up" He then noticed that there was something else going on with his daughter "Lucina, what is on your mind?".
"Father... could you tell me about mother?" Lucina asked in her innocent tone.
Chrom was silent for a moment and closed his eyes, he knew this day would come, the day when Lucina would ask about the mother she never met. Chrom had tried to contact her several times so she could at the very least meet her own daughter. But each attempt failed due to her always being so focused on upholding the peace in her home land, while also keeping an eye out for any potential future threats. And it was not like he could just take Lucina to Quel'Thalas to visit her mother, since outsiders were not allowed unless it was under dire circumstances.
"What would you like to know?" Chrom asked.
"Anything, what was she like?" Lucina asked.
Chrom smiled a little "She was great in so many ways. Her strength, her ambition, her dedication to whatever cause she knows is worth fighting for. It was those qualities that made me fall in love with her when we met for the first time and I never regretted it".
"But, why is she not here now? Why did she not want to live with us?... Does she not love us?" Lucina asked, sounding sad.
Chrom sighs at that, he understood why Lucina would think that "Your mother is... a complicated woman. I am sure she would have loved to be here, but her way of life is much different than ours and she always have to put her duties ahead of her personal feelings. But don't think she don't love you, after all she is the one who named you".
Lucina smiled a little at that, but the sadness was still there "I really wish I could meet her...".
"You will one day, Lucina. I promise you that" Chrom said before he kissed her head "Now run along, I will be back soon".
"OK, father" Lucina said as she jumped of Chrom's lap and ran of.
Chrom watched her go before he sighed. Raising a child on his own was not easy for him. Sure his sisters helped him a lot and Lucina clearly did enjoy her time with them... but she needed a mother's love too. Without it, she will never be truly happy. Chrom looked out a window "This would be so much easier if you where here to explain these things to her yourself... she deserves to have you in her life... no matter the duties that keeps you away".
The night arrived and Lucina was sleeping in her bed. But in her sleep she had a dream. A dream of a beautiful woman with a bow standing over her. The woman was an elf, one of those amazing looking creatures that her father told her about. The woman would always smile at her before walking away, which would lead to Lucina chasing after her, wanting her to stay and tell her who she was. But every time when Lucina was so close of catching up, she would always wake up.
It was the same thing this night, Lucina sat up in her bed, looking around for the woman who had been in her dreams all this time. She looked out her window and she could have sworn she saw something. She opened her window and once again she could swear she saw something. Hoping it could be the woman from her dreams, Lucina, still in her night gown, climbed out her window and carefully made her way down to the ground. Her bare feet touched the wet grass, but she did not care. All she cared about right now was to catch whoever she had seen.
She followed the path she thought she saw the woman go which lead her to the outside of the kingdom's walls. Completely disregarding the dangers, Lucina managed to sneak past the guards, something she had been very good at thanks to her small size and the fact the guards never expected that anyone would try to sneak out in the middle of the night, let alone the daughter of the prince.
Lucina headed in to the nearby forest and the shadowy figure seemed to be slowing down, giving Lucina enough time to catch up "Wait... who are you? Are you my mother?".
"Me not be your moma little one. But you nice to fall in me trap" Came a darker voice, and the way he spoke made it clear he was not from any civil places, he sounded more tribal, like those who live away from civilization.
"T-trap?" Lucina asked in a nervous tone.
The dark figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing two large tusks sticking out of his mouth "You humans make life difficult for trolls. We very angry. We want revenge. You be important to royal pink skins. You death make them cry".
Lucina's fear spike when she understood she was going to get killed by this troll. She panicked and ran as fast as she could... but sadly her short untrained legs held no hope of outrunning a creature that has spent his whole life running through forests and other difficult terrains. The troll easily caught up with her and grabbed Lucina's leg, making her fall face first in to the ground.
"NO! Please don't kill me! Please!" Lucina begged.
"You no worry little one. Me make sure your body be put in front of big gates. After me take your heart" The troll said as she turned Lucina around, a dagger raised, ready to be plunged in to her chest.
Lucina screamed, she did not want to die, she wanted her father... she wanted her mother. But just as the troll was about to kill her, the sound of a galloping horse was heard. The troll looked up just in time for an ax to hit him in the chest, sending his life less body in to a tree. Lucina was breathing fast, each breath shaking from what just happened... and almost happened. She looked up and saw a knight with brown hair and heavy armor get of his horse and rushed up to her.
"My lady, are you alright?" He asked in worry.
"F-Fredrick?" Lucina asked as she saw it was indeed her father's retainer, Fredrick.
"What in all of Azeroth where you doing out here? You know it's dangerous" Fredrick said in a harsh yet concerned tone.
Lucina looked down, tears falling from her eyes "I'm sorry... I thought I saw mom... but it was that troll...".
Fredrick was silent for a few moments. This confirmed the rumors that the trolls are somehow tricking people in to leaving their homes so they can kill them in the forest. He would need to report this to the rest of the royal family so they can make sure to tell the people to never leave their homes at night until they are sure that the trolls has been dealt with. But he had to table that for tomorrow.
Fredrick picked Lucina up with one arm and got back on his horse "I am taking you back to your home. But your father will hear of this".
"How did you even know I was gone?" Lucina asked.
"I went to check on you during my patrol around the castle and saw you where not in your bed. After that I just had to follow your trail" Fredrick answered as he motioned his steed to head back to the castle.
Lucina said nothing. Knowing full well how much she messed up... still she was not sure what the worst part was. Almost being killed, or that her mother was never there in the first place.
The news of the attempt at Lucina's life understandably did not sit well with the royal family. And though Chrom was mad at Lucina for doing something so dangerous, he was to relived that she was still alive to get really mad at her. But that did not mean she would get away from a scolding. She needed to know just how stupid it was to run of like that on her own in the middle of the night without telling anyone.
"What were you thinking Lucina? I told you to never leave the castle alone! Especially during the night!" Chrom said, if there was any doubt on how angry he was, there was non now.
Lucina shrunk back "I'm sorry father".
"Sorry? That's all you can say? You disobeyed the rules I laid out for you, snuck out of the castle on your own, without telling anyone, in middle of the night and almost got killed! And all you can say is sorry!?" Chrom said while doing his best not to shout.
"B-but you do it all the time" Lucina weakly argued.
Chrom rubbed his face, his anger becoming annoyance "Yes, because I am a trained warrior. I fought in two wars, the first was before you were even born. I've spent my whole life learning how to fight. But you have never even held a sword before".
"I'm sorry father... I wont do it again..." Lucina said as she began to sob.
Chrom's eyes softened at that and he sighed before opening his arms "Come here Lucina" Lucina did not hesitate to hurry in to her father's strong arms and cried in to his chest "Lucina, I am not saying this to be harsh and my anger came from the fear that I almost lost you. I could never live with myself if hat happened".
"Forgive me father... all I wanted was to see mom... that's all I wanted" Lucina sobbed out.
Chrom understood why Lucina wanted to see her mother so badly. He did not do anything about it because he didn't think it would cause any harm. But Lucina's obsession had become outright deadly for her now. He knew that no amount of harsh words would keep Lucina from trying to find her mother, so there was only one thing left to do.
"Alright Lucina listen up. Since you want to see your mother so badly, you will need to be ready for it. So when you are old enough, I will train you to use a sword. And when you become strong enough, then I will allow you to head out and find your mother" Chrom said.
"Really!? Thank you dad!" Lucina said happily.
Chrom chuckled. He knew Lucina would need years of training before she was ready and he would need help from his friends. But he truly believed that his daughter would grow in to a powerful warrior one day.
Of that, he harbored no doubt.
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Well, here it is, my first attempt at writing Fire Emblem. I already have little experience with Warcraft thanks to my Heroes of the storm story, but now I will truly dive in to it's lore. This story was hard to start since I had 3 different ideas.
1: I was going to do the old fashioned dimension jump and have Lucina being sent to the world of warcraft and see how she would handle being in a new world. The problem with that idea was one major annoyance: Power scaling. When it comes to video game characters, it can be a challenge to separate game mechanics from what the character can really do, and while I was looking Lucina up, there are so many mixed information of how powerful she is, to the point it became far to inconsistent for me to gain the needed info to make the story, so I scraped it.
2: I was going to have her be reborn in to the world and raised by one of the kingdoms. But I scrapped that idea because I wanted her to have a much more personal connections.
So I went with option 3: Having the Fire Emblem characters be a part of Warcraft. I will do my best to stay true to Fire Emblem, but some very notable changes will have to be made to make them fit in the story better.
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But right now I'd like to make some things clear and maybe even answer some potential questions.
I don't know if I will bring in characters outside Awakening, but Lucina will be the main character of the story.
The story will ultimately lead in to Warcraft 3. Since that is the game that got me in to Warcraft and I am exited for Reforged.
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Tell me what you think of the first chapter.