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    (Written in a universe where the three lords didn't go to Remire Village, Byleth doesn't join the church, and Dimitri doesn't meet them until five years into the war.)
    While assisting her father's mercenaries in protecting a village against bandits, Byleth encounters a strange and tortured young man who is missing an eye. He's one of the strongest fighters she's ever seen, and there's something oddly compelling about him that she can't name. He claims to be many things: an agent of vengeance, the doom of the Empire, and the rightful prince of Faerghus. Through him, perhaps, there may yet be hope the war can be ended.

    Dimitri wonders why he stays with Jeralt's band; in a world rapidly going to hell, and him with it, all that matters is killing Edelgard. But there's something about Jeralt's strange and beautiful daughter that haunts him, as though they were destined to meet. She might be able to save him, but can he save her?

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