Heart of Stone
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There are a few things in life that Leo knows for certain. He will never live up to Xander. Camilla will dote without end. Nohr and Hoshido will never see eye to eye.
Some things, while not so certain, aren’t exactly surprising. For one instance, the fact that an almost fifteen-year-old Corrin has never left the Northern Fortress is not altogether unexpected by this point. For another instance, Leo might’ve guessed beforehand that the true mastery of the divine tome Brynhildr was not going to come easily.
But there are some things in life that Leo would have never seen coming.
In which the second prince of Nohr learns to wield a divine tome, discovers uncomfortable truths, and must decide if “family” is what you make of it.
(Takes place five years before the beginning of Fates; July 631)
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- Part 7 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 1 of Heart of Stone
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Iago’s life philosophy is that Everyone has a price. He’s never met anyone who’s proved that wrong.
Except he hasn’t figured out what Leo’s is, and he’s watching the threat the prince poses grow more every day.
(Takes place three years before the beginning of Fates and two years after Natural; July 633)
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- Part 9 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 2 of Heart of Stone
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Leo may have learned Corrin's origins, her true name, and the fact that the title of sister is nothing but a lie. Still, though, she remains his closest friend, a comfort he can't help but turn to in the wake of a particularly chilling encounter with Iago.
He never did quite figure out when she learned how to read his mind, and he can only hope she never discovers the biggest secret he's ever had to keep.
(Takes place three years before the beginning of Fates, and immediately after Monster; July 633)
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- Part 10 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 3 of Heart of Stone
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Corrin has spent eleven birthdays in the Northern Fortress, and King Garon has never sent her a present. By now, no one expects one, least of all Corrin herself—and the only one she does want from him is her freedom.
But this year, he has sent her a gift. And it's an odd one indeed.
(Takes place just under three years before the beginning of Fates, and three months after Telepathic; October 633)
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- Part 12 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 4 of Heart of Stone
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Half a year remains until Corrin turns eighteen, and her siblings cling fast to the hope that that day will bring her salvation and her freedom. Until that day, though, hope is all the remains.
In the meantime, though, a seemingly innocent moment brings up memories that are anything but innocent.
(Takes place two years before the beginning of Fates and seven months after Starlight; May 634)
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- Part 13 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 5 of Heart of Stone
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Leo’s seventeenth birthday begins at midnight with a typical fiasco. In contrast to the melodrama at the Northern Fortress, however, disaster is playing out on a far larger scale that threatens to stretch across the continent.
After two decades under Nohrian rule, the death of their governor has sent Cheve into a tailspin of unrest. Xander has been sent to the southern territory in hopes of finding a peaceful solution; while the proposed replacement for the position seems an honorable candidate, his hotheaded daughter’s view on the situation proves worrying.
Nohr is not the only country with a stake in the conflict, either. Ryouma and Hinoka find themselves at odds with the rest of the royal family with their proposal to secretly aid Cheve against Mikoto’s orders. Takumi is more than willing to let their lifelong enemies fight it out amongst themselves, whilst Azura and Sakura find themselves caught in the middle of trying to keep the peace in their own family.
Suddenly, birthday pranks seem a lot less important by comparison.
(Takes place two years before the beginning of Fates and a month and a half after Halo; June 634)
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- Part 14 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 6 of Heart of Stone
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“You know what comes after seventeen, yes? Eighteen. I’m quite certain you’ll leave this place by then. If not before.”
Leo’s words appear to have rung false when Corrin’s eighteenth birthday passes without news or note. Discontent with the long unchallenged decree that keeps her isolated, Leo makes a decision—to go to the source.
He is going to bring the matter directly to the king.
And he quickly remembers there are very good reasons why the Nohrian royal siblings do not challenge Garon.
(Takes place a year and a half before the beginning of Fates and four months after Love; November 634)
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- Part 15 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 7 of Heart of Stone
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With Leo and Camilla’s pseudo-exile into Cheve having dragged until nearly the end of the year, their time away from Krakenburg grows ever-more unbearable. Corrin’s once-frequent letters to them have abruptly ceased and even the promise of an approaching visit home doesn’t quite hold the appeal it should.
Despite Leo’s best efforts to smooth over his father’s unpopular policies, his mere presence in the heart of the already seditious territory is doing far more harm than good. Cheve is a pot heated beyond its limit and it looks as though even the slightest jostle will send it boiling over. When Scarlet returns from a trip to Cyrkensia, bearing news from across the sea, it seems the chain of events already set in place is much too far along now to be stopped.
(Takes place a year and a half before the beginning of Fates and a month and a half after Drought; December 634)
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- Part 16 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 8 of Heart of Stone
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Cheve’s boil has returned to a simmer, but only time will tell how long it will last. Camilla and Leo return to Krakenburg, determined to keep secret the part the latter played in setting off three days of riots, but playing at normality is harder than it seems when the entire world is quickly picking sides in the conflict.
A conflict that is soon to hit a whole lot closer to home.
On the cusp of what will be a tumultuous year, the Nohrian royal family unknowingly spends their last day with two cherished friends.
(Takes place a year and a half before the beginning of Fates and five days after Riddle; December 634/January 635)
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- Part 17 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 9 of Heart of Stone
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They were both remarkable warriors… Both were serious and devoted. Their every action weighed and considered… I always thought I would have them at my side even after ascending the throne… They fell in battle at the hands of powerful Hoshidan soldiers. We were outnumbered. They both gave their lives to protect me.
It’s easy to say they died fulfilling their duty.
In which two soldiers, worlds apart in rank and experiences, find themselves drawn together by the mutuality of grief.
And in which Nohr must swiftly rise to answer the gauntlet that has been jointly thrown by Cheve and Hoshido both.
(Takes place a year and a half before the beginning of Fates and a week after Hero; January 635)
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- Part 18 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 10 of Heart of Stone
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Cheve’s cries of No more demand Nohr’s retribution. An army gathers, suddenly and unexpectedly placed under the command of its grief-stricken crown prince. There is no more hope of a peaceful resolution; military retaliation is the only way to bring the wayward territory back into line, or so they are told.
Divided between the land of his father and that of his mother, Leo can only wonder if Nohr can survive what it’s starting to become.
And if he can live with the role in it he himself is slowly but surely being twisted to fit.
(Takes place a year and a half before the beginning of Fates and two weeks after Centuries; January 635)
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- Part 19 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 11 of Heart of Stone
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There are a few things in life that Leo knows for certain. He will never live up to Xander. Camilla will dote without end.
And Iago is up to no good.
A strange new Faceless threat has appeared, wreaking havoc in the eastern regions of Nohr. When Leo is sent to investigate, his father’s tactician takes an interest that seems just a little too keen to be casual. Before Leo’s suspicions can come to fruition, however, he finds himself facing another realization entirely.
One that threatens to undo everything he thought he knew about himself.
(The Heart of Stone finale; takes place a year before the beginning of Fates, a month and a half after Aggression, and two weeks before the start of Believer; March 635)
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- Part 20 of Break Me Down and Build Me Up
- Part 12 of Heart of Stone