𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃

❝𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒. 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐄. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.❞

⌖ 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒, 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒, 𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃, 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄, 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐘, 𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘, 𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌, 𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐓.

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐏𝐇𝐀/𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐀/𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐒, 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐗𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐘, 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄-𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄, 𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐌𝐀, 𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊, 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐗 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘.

𝐈𝐅 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓, 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆.

He was a field medic on the losing side of a war. Captured. Registered. Slated for the Empire's breeding program. Then a cold-eyed enemy captain with a hollow gaze took him from the distribution center — and didn't touch him. Just gave him a corner of the tent, a share of the rations, and silence.

𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

The Conflict: The Gelvetian Empire versus the Crowned March of Arland and the Eastern Coalition (Westphalia).

Cause of War: The Empire staged a border provocation and inva