"No way am I going to be king!"

"But you have to; it's your birthright!"

Yelena sighed as she watched her children bicker over who would ascend to the throne…again. Most royal siblings coveted the throne, but not her children. In a way, she supposed she should be happy that neither were power hungry, but they had since started to lean into shirking their responsibilities territory.

Rowan was the only male heir and therefore first in line for the throne, but all he wanted was to be a knight. That left Lianna-the technically older twin-but she did not want the throne out of fear of inadequacy. Their eighteenth birthday was coming up soon, so they really needed to figure this out and soon, but they seemed to be making no headway.

"Come now," she finally intervened, "How would your father react to seeing you behave this way?"

Before they could respond, a messenger entered the throne room, "Prince Darios of Grisstone has arrived."

"Darios is here?" Rowan excitedly asked causing the messenger to nod in confirmation.

"He's early!" Lianna smiled.

"Let's go, sis!"

Yelena sighed again watching her children go. Darios was a good man at least. Maybe his sense of duty would rub off on them.


Darios arrived at the training ground knowing that the twins would inevitably bring him here anyway. He smiled as he thought about his friends but then frowned upon remembering what Queen Yelena had wrote to him about.

He was no stranger to their aversion to the throne, but he had hoped that they would grow into the role eventually. It seemed that was not going to happen without a nudge, so he had been recruited to teach them some responsibility. Not that he had not been trying though.

At least the weather was nice he noted. A good day for training.


"Oof," Rowan grunted as Darios effortlessly pushed him back.

"You're too brash with your movements," Darios casually gave a few practice swings, "You lack focus."

"I'm not sure what hurts more," Rowan groaned as he pulled himself up, "My side or my pride." He assumed a ready stance, "Come on, Darios! I'll beat you this time for sure!"

Lianna giggled from her spot leaning against the castle wall, "You have never beat him. Why would that change now?"

"Lianna," Darios smiled, "Perhaps you would like to give a demonstration then?"

"Er," she hesitated, but knew in the end that she really did not have much of a choice. She grabbed a training sword and assumed a stance much like her brother and Darios'.

"Good. Now remember: don't hesitate." Darios knew that she had the opposite problem as her brother. She thought too much and usually lost track of the action or would hesitate as she second guessed herself.

Darios made the first move, but before they could properly begin the match, he noticed Lianna's attention being drawn to the sky. Stopping his charge and looking up, his mouth fell agape as he saw a multitude of portals opening and spewing out monsters.

"W-what are those?"

"I don't know," Darios grit his teeth at the wanton destruction that the beasts were already causing.

"Mother!" He heard Rowan call out as some of the fiends broke through to the throne room.

That broke Darios out of his daze, "Come on! We have to go secure Queen Yelena! Now!"

The other two hesitantly nodded as Darios led the way into the castle interior. Fortunately, they did not run into any of those beasts before a soldier found them.

"Prince Rowan, Princess Lianna, and Prince Darios, you must all follow me immediately!"

"I'm not going anywhere without mom!"

"Queen Yelena is safe. She has already been escorted to the secret passage."

"Secret passage?" Darios was amazed that Rowan could have kept that a secret…assuming he knew.

"Good," Lianna breathed a sigh of relief, "Lead the way!"

The soldier led them to the passage through the cellar only to find that it was already filling with monsters.

"We have no choice," Darios brandished the bronze sword he had kept from the training yard, "We have to fight our way through! Remember your training and cut them down like so many blades of grass!"

Lianna and Rowan nodded and swallowed their fear and readied their own weapons as they followed Darios through the corridor. They actually cut through them easy enough until they came further down the corridor and saw a larger monster guarding the way.

"Be careful," Darios warned, "He looks…formidable."

"We can take him!" Rowan charged forward with Lianna following after a moment's hesitation.

The beast quickly blocked with its disproportionate claws causing the blades to harmlessly bounce off of its thick hide. It growled in response and swiped for the twin's heads which they narrowly avoided.

"Aim for its underside!" Darios yelled as he fended off a group of monsters trying to break through.

"Right," Rowan yelled as he charged it again only to experience a repeat performance and end up on his backside.

"You're too reckless," Lianna admonished as she took advantage of the distraction her brother provided and jumped on the monster's back and stabbing it in the eye.

"It's dead, isn't it?"

"This is no time for banter," Darios ran over to them after clearing the immediate threats, "Now, let's go meet up with Queen Yelena!"

The twins did not have to be told twice and eagerly followed the prince and their guide further down the passage. It was not long before they met up with the Queen.

"Mother!" The blondes resisted the urge to tackle her.

"I am so glad to see that you are all safe," she smiled gently, "But we must hurry if we are to escape. We can talk later."

"This way, my liege," another soldier directed the group further into the passage at a rushed pace that left little time for conversation. Rumbling could be both heard and felt throughout the cavern as the old cave proved less than stable until it finally collapsed. The debris separated the Queen and a few soldiers from the rest of the group.

"Are you alright?" Rowan asked through a hole in the rocks.

"Yes, but I cannot follow you," she handed a gold rimmed silver shield through the opening, "Take this shield and hurry on to the divine dragon temple."

"What? We're not going without you!" her son yelled back passionately.

"You will accomplish nothing by staying," she replied sternly before switching her attention to Darios, "Prince Darios, take care of my children."

"You have my word, milady. I will see them both to safety."

"No! I'm not leaving her!" Rowan lunged for the rocks only to be pulled back by Darios.

"This tunnel is coming down around us. If we stay, then we will all be killed! Then who will help your kingdom or your mother? Now come on!" The prince proceeded to drag the twins out before they got themselves killed. As if this were not difficult for him.


The town was not in any better shape when they arrived there either, but they pushed through despite the destruction and infestation. They had rescued a few townsfolk, but they still had to break through the monsters at the plaza in order to escape the town.

Unfortunately, three of the larger monsters appeared to block their path. They split up to take them on. It was not the best strategy, but time was not on their side. Rowan attacked his with strong strikes, learning from their last encounter and ducked under the beast's hulking arms to great effect.

Lianna took a more patient approach and let it swing first before going in for a counter, but both twins bested their opponents in time to see Darios perform a whirlwind slash into the air and effectively eliminating the last monster.

"We must press on," he ordered the troops and civilians with the twins following suit. There were a few stragglers blocking their path, but nothing they could not handle. Soon enough they were on the outskirts of the city looking back at the destruction the creatures had wrought.

"They won't get away with this," Rowan clenched his fists with Lianna putting an uneasy hand on his shoulder.

"You're right," Darios walked up to stand next to the twins, "And I pledge my support to the two of you. I will help you to the best of my abilities."

"Thanks, Darios."

"Yes, thank you."

"First things first, we should head for the temple. It should not take long."

"Well come on then!" Rowan exclaimed eagerly, "We have a home to take back!"


"Ugh," the lord moaned while getting up. Looking around, it became clear that this was an unfamiliar area. Looking down, the noble sighed to see that Falchion was still in its place and found no wounds so a failed assassination attempt was unlikely.

Off in the distance, the lord saw a village in the distance and decided to go there for answers. It was a relatively quick walk until the noble reached the village and caught the attention of a nearby villager.

"Excuse me, but I don't seem to know where I am. Could you assist me?"

The villager gave a confused look, but answered nonetheless, "You're in Sedimentria."

The noble furrowed his brow, "Pardon me, but I don't know where that is. What country is this?"

The man went from confused to straight up flabbergasted, "You sure you're okay? This is the Grisstone Empire."

The blue-haired man's eyes went wide. He had never heard of such a nation.

"If you don't mind my asking, what's yer name?"

"Hmm," the lord looked up from his own thoughts, "Oh, yes, my apologies. My name is Marth."

A/N: I don't think this should be held as definitive of what the whole story would be. At least, I hope not. Dealing with the twins is not my favorite. People who know the plot will also probably be able to tell that I removed a certain character's appearance, but that was due to continuity issues as I hope to have the characters coming from a certain time in their games despite the vagueness the actual game used.

Now, I would plan to make some other alterations. For one, the gleamstones will be redistributed. It could go:

Chrom, Lucina, Corrin, Marth, and Azura – unlikely though due to having to implement Azura.

Chrom, Lucina, Corrin, Marth, and Ceada – she is important in her game, but I'm not sure.

Chrom, Lucina, Robin, Marth, and Corrin – main problem here is that it's still very uneven.

Let me know which one you'd prefer.

Anywho, I will also generally reduce the Fates presence. Mainly, I'd remove the retainers, but I will keep Fates. The game did a decent job of making me actually sort of like some of them. Not on par with Awakening by any means of course.

I also plan to cover the characters before they join the team like this Marth bit.

So, if you want to see this as a full story, let me know.