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    Summary

    Edelgard lives in a world in which Nemesis has beaten Seiros, and the Agarthans evolve their technology without any ethical constraints. Magic is a heavily classified deep state secret, and humanity once again finds itself being manipulated by inhuman creatures from shadows. The recently infamous Flame Emperor struggles to strike back against this overwhelmingly powerful system of oppression with nothing but her small squad of loyal mercenaries.

    What's worse, she's being haunted by flashes of another life she doesn't remember living. These flashes only seem to grow worse around the time the terrifying Ashen Demon makes their appearance. The Demon seems to hold many secrets of their own, and has an odd fixation with Edelgard's goals. The Flame Emperor fights to uncover many of these countless haunting truths.

    Heavily inspired by "Edelgard of the Rebellion" by JSGuardian. Also inspired by “The Emperor and the Goddess” by Captain_Flash and “The Nature of Fire” by ShinjiShazaki. (Although, those aren’t required reading to understand this fic.)

    Note: Chapter 2 is technically the first chapter of the “main story”. Chapter 1 is a brief prologue in Byleth’s PoV.

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