While this extra story may or may not be canon, it has no significant impact on the following chapters.
Chief Hagen reacts to: Laguz
Chief Hagen walked through the halls of Ferox, still amazed by the design of the interior. He was then stopped by a voice calling his name
"Hey chief!"
Hagen turns to see Rune running at him.
"What is it?"
"Some people from the outside want to meet you." Rune said while panting.
"What do you mean from the outside?"
"I mean some people who aren't from Ferox want to meet you."
Chief Hagen wondered who in this world wanted to meet him and on such short notice.
"Okay, tell them that I will be at the mead hall."
Chief Hagen walks to the mead hall and gets himself a large mug of Feroxi firewine.
"I really wish that mead back home was this strong."
His thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of two women at his table. They were dressed in rather common clothes, with both wearing a plain tunic and trousers and a winter cloak. Chief Hagen looks up to see their faces, but what he sees makes him question his very eyes.
The first girl had cat-like ears that were color orange, matching the color of her hair. Her companion's ears were more wolf-like, with the color of silver, going with her silver hair. Both looked to be no older than twenty. Hagen took a moment to process the fact that he was talking to a cat-girl and wolf-girl
"Are you Chief Hagen?"
Speechless, Hagen merely nods. The girls then both go one knee and proclaim.
"It is an honor to meet one of Flavia's most prized champions."
Hagen regains his composure and nods, saying.
"Thanks for the praise." The chieftain replied. so why did you want to meet me?"
The silver haired wolf girl speaks up.
"We come from a Laguz tribe that allies itself with Regna Ferox, and we wish to chronicle the exploits of one of Flavia's greatest champions. So that we may share the stories with our people at home."
The chieftain smiles as he puts down his mug.
"Where do I start?"
The girls had finished their biography of Hagen and bow to him, saying.
"You have our gratitude, Sir Hagen. Our people will remember you and your great achievements."
Chief Hagen nods and replies.
"It was a pleasure."
As soon as the two animal-girls left, Hagen immediately rushes back to his quarters and tries to process what happened. Rune walked in and asked.
"Can I get you anything chief?"
The chief replies while clutching his head in disbelief.
"Get me some more of that firewine." he said while massaging his forehead. "There's a crap load of things I need to process in my mind."
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Somewhere in the far future...
Marcus peeked over the wall to see Frederick and the Ylissean Army were situated outside of Plegia. Armies of mounted knights, pegasus knights, swordsmen, dismounted knights, axemen spearmen, and mages, a few catapults and siege towers. Marcus could even see a few familiar faces in the army, with Cordelia and Sumia leading the Pegasus knights, Vaike leading the axemen, Miriel leading the mages and lastly, Frederick leading the mounted knights. Frederick had ridden with his bodyguard close to the walls of Plegia. As soon as Frederick reaches the gate, he calls out.
"Marcus! Show yourself!"
A heavily armoured man peeks his head over the wall.
"What?"
"You know what we want." Frederick replied.
"To kill my best friend?" Marcus commented offhandedly.
"To avenge milord!" Frederick snarled. "Give us the traitor and we will spare you!"
"No." Marcus replied straightforwardly. "As long as I live, Robin will stay in safe hands!"
"But Chrom was also your steadfast friend!" Frederick replied. "Do you really wish dishonour upon him?"
Frederick was interrupted by a javelin throw, which barely missed him and had caused his horse to rear up in panic.
"You don't know a goddamned thing!" Marcus growled.
Frederick stayed quiet.
"So it is war then?" Frederick asked.
"No. If you drop your arms and go home, we don't have to waste anymore lives."
Frederick thought on this before replying.
"So be it."
Frederick raised his hand, but instead of making the Ylisseans leave like Marcus had hoped. The swordsmen marched forward, with the pegasus knights flying towards the fortress.
Marcus grits his teeth, he signalled a subordinate to blow the horn. The horn echoes throughout the land, giving the Marcus' army the cue to attack. Trebuchets and catapults move up the walls and start raining hell on the Ylissean soldiers. The army still kept its advance as fire fell from the sky. As soon as the army got within a bit close to the wall, Marcus signalled another soldier to blow an even larger horn.
The horn was deep and thunderous and gave way for an even greater threat. A huge number of elephants burst from the pocketed forest and flanked the soldiers. Tossing and sending many soldiers flying. The elephants begin to devastate the infantry as they moved through the puny crowds with ease. Frederick signalled the Pegasus knights to try and defeat the elephants. However, archers stayed on top of the elephants, shooting down any approaching flying unit. Sumia and Cordelia avoid the shots and barely escape. Frederick gets frustrated at his tactical mistake, but it got even worse from there.
Another army of axemen rise from the coarse soil, covered in body paint to camouflage themselves. This army that wielded a hatchet, was led by the brave Rune, who had hidden underground and waited for a chance to flank and they finally had a chance. They flank around the unsuspecting mages, who were still desperately trying to give the other soldiers cover from the elephants. Miriel barely escaped with her life as Sumia lends her a hand and flies off to safety.
The spearmen were attempting to join in, but the Plegian Dark Mages hit many of the spearmen with the Mire spell, slowing down their advance.
The knights come in to support the flanked swordsmen. But Marcus quickly sends out a unit of Jack's hammers, a hammer-wielding unit, to confront them. The hammer men made sure that the Dismounted knights couldn't join in.
Frederick decides to call in three of his siege towers, while sending his own bodyguard to help. They move slowly towards the walls, being pushed by soldiers. They successfully make it past the elephants and the rest of the flanking army. But as soon as they reach the walls, the ground suddenly collapses on them, causing the siege towers to fall and break.
Frederick gets shocked by this and glares up at Marcus on top of the wall, who was overlooking the battle.
"What?" Marcus shouted mockingly. "You didn't think I'd come prepared!?"
Why did I do this chapter? Well firstly, the purpose of this chapter was to test the Total War type story, do tell me what you think. This is merely a draft. But in the future, I actually do want to add War Elephants.
Army Comps:
Marcus' Army:
(Outside)
A unit of 10 Swahili War Elephants (I'll explain later) - 20 men
A unit of 150 axemen - 150 men
A unit of 150 hammers - 150 men
(Inside)
Three units of 30 Wyvern riders - 90 men
A unit of 120 Dark mages - 120 men
Two units of Trebuchets - 40 men
Two units of Catapults - 40 men
Two units of 120 Longbowmen - 240
Three units of 100 spearmen - 300
Total: 1150 men
...
Ylissean Army:
Two units of 30 Pegasus Knights - 60 men
Three units of 30 Mounted Knights, with one unit being the General's Bodyguard - 90 men
Two units of 100 mages - 200 men
Two units of 120 spearmen - 240 men
Two units of 90 Dismounted Knights - 180 men
Six Siege towers containing 600 swordsmen - 600 men
Two units of 100 swordsmen - 200 men
Two units of axemen - 240
Three units of Catapults - 60 men
Total: 1870 men
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Frederick is a poor Total War player. But anyway, the second reason I did this is because, I wanted to expand on the 'Future Past' Timeline or the alternate timeline. To see what would happen if Marcus ended up in the Ylisse where you had to survive Grima's onslaught. BUT! There will be a major conflict before the awakening of Grima
*SPOILERS*
Seriously, if you don't want the rest of the Future Past story to be revealed, don't read it.
*SPOILERS*
Due to Chrom's death, all eyes are on Robin being the suspected killer. But Marcus takes the fall for Chrom's death, falsely stating that he killed Chrom.
Sumia and Marcus stood in a secluded area. Marcus stood tall, wearing no emotion behind his helmet, but Sumia could see his gray eyes shine under the moonlight.
"Please Marcus, you must return Robin to us."
"But you'll kill him if I do that."
"He killed Chrom! The Exalt of Ylisse! And the population will demand justice for their leader's death!"
"Robin didn't do it."
"I understand your denial, but we need justice Marcus." Sumia said while holding back tears. "I was his WIFE, and now, little Lucina is fatherless. Don't you understand MY pain!? You are blameless Marcus, don't make this any more complicated."
Sumia's emotional moment was interrupted by the arrival of guards.
"Milady! There is an angry mob outside the castle!"
"What are they doing?"
"They are demanding that we surrender the Exalt's killer to them!"
"But we haven't even announced the identity of Chrom's murderer!" Sumia replied frantically. "And Robin isn't in this castle!"
"No milady... They are demanding that we surrender Marcus as Chrom's murderer."
Sumia stopped to think, that wasn't right. Who was spreading this preposterous information? Who had the gall to pin the blame on Marcus, one of Chrom's most trusted allies. But then, realization dawned on her face as she looked at Marcus.
"What did you do?"
"I told you, Robin didn't kill Chrom."
"No, no, no. Marcus, you don't know what you're doing." Sumia pleaded. "You can't do this to yourself! They'll hunt you down!"
"You'll hunt me, condemn me, send the troops on me, because it's what needs to be done."
"But why is it necessary!?"
"If they ever found out who truly killed Chrom, then the nation would lose hope."
"But what makes you any different!?" Sumia screamed.
Marcus smiled and said.
"My reputation is minuscule to that of Robin's. The people have put so much faith into the beloved and legendary Grandmaster, they would lose morale if they found out their hero had killed their beloved Exalt."
"But why lie!?"
"Because sometimes, the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserves more." Marcus said while averting his gaze. "Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded."
A random mercenary runs into the throne room and points at Marcus.
"There he is! Get him!"
A crowd of warriors followed close behind as Sumia watched Marcus run away from the angry mob. Sumia watches as Marcus runs out the back and into the stables. Little Lucina joins her mother as they watch Marcus escape.
"Uncle Marcus! Come back!" she shouted. "Mommy, why is he running?"
"Because we have to catch him."
"But he didn't do anything wrong! Isn't a hero Mommy?"
Marcus quickly gets on a random horse and cuts its leash and rides off. Numerous peasants and soldiers pursue him as he struggled to escape.
"He's the hero that was never sung. A hero who has made many sacrifices including this one. So we will hunt him, because he chose this fate."
"But that's not a hero!" Lucina protested.
Sumia sighed deeply as she regretfully stared at Marcus' figure, slowly disappearing over the horizon as he ran and ran.
"Maybe you're right sweetheart. Marcus may not be a hero..."
Marcus galloped as he escaped all but the most persistent of Ylisse's cavalry. He got's shot in the shoulder as he kept running.
"He's an unwavering overseer."
Marcus makes no attempt to retaliate and instead tries to cut them off through the forest. He notices one pegasus fall from the sky.
"A selfless upholder."
Marcus stops and goes to the crash site of the pegasus to tend to the fallen Pegasus Knight.
"An Unsung Champion."
It seems that the children do not know about the Ylissean Civil War, it's probably best that it stays that way. Julia, Marcus' daughter, leaves him to help the survivors fight Grima, much to Marcus' sorrow and depression. Now, Marcus roams the land with all the children of his comrades, playing the role of father, teacher and protector, at the same time.