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Fic Update: "When Mila Walked the Land"
Dec. 20th, 2009 10:47 pmThis is the point at which I go off the deep end. Some time back, I threatened to write an FE2/3/8 crossover.
Well, it has arrived, or at least the first chapter (of ten + epilogue) has. A word of explanation is perhaps warranted. Basically, I wanted to do something with the whole "dark critter" tie-in between FE2 and FE8. I toyed around with a couple of ideas before hitting on something that seemed like it would actually work, even if it required a couple of second-generation OCs to be front and center. Once I hit on a device, a lot of other things-- like the whole "sacred twins" business from FE8 and the dual god/goddess system in FE2-- fell into place from a narrative perspective.
In a nutshell, sixteen-year-old Lord Rudolf (younger son of Alm and Cellica) gets shipped off to Archanea to marry Princess Lara (only child of Marth and Caeda). Rudolf, who like Mama Cellica has been educated as a Valencian warrior priest, brings with him a retinue that worships the dual gods of Valencia-- Doma the fearsome "Dark God" and his sister Mila the nurturing Earth Goddess. Shortly thereafter, bizarre undead creatures start popping up in various places around Archanea-- creatures helpfully identified by Catria, a veteran of the great Valencian war, as Doma's trademark critters. Suspicion of Rudolf and his posse abounds until a human girl who speaks no language known to any of them shows up in the midst of the creatures. Is this the incarnation of Goddess Mila, returned to earth despite the promise at the end of FE2 that Mila and her sibling will no longer meddle in the affairs of men? Or is the situation far more complicated and destructive than anyone wants to believe?
There are funny parts to the story, but it is most definitely intended as a serious work, including an examination of the Archanean religious system (such as it is) versus the Valencian one. And I'll admit right now that the final chapter made me cry, and writing fanfic just doesn't DO that to me usually. Usually I'm taking too much delight in crafting the scenario to be moved by it myself.
Anyway, give it a chance. I promise it won't be your standard FE crossover hash.
Well, it has arrived, or at least the first chapter (of ten + epilogue) has. A word of explanation is perhaps warranted. Basically, I wanted to do something with the whole "dark critter" tie-in between FE2 and FE8. I toyed around with a couple of ideas before hitting on something that seemed like it would actually work, even if it required a couple of second-generation OCs to be front and center. Once I hit on a device, a lot of other things-- like the whole "sacred twins" business from FE8 and the dual god/goddess system in FE2-- fell into place from a narrative perspective.
In a nutshell, sixteen-year-old Lord Rudolf (younger son of Alm and Cellica) gets shipped off to Archanea to marry Princess Lara (only child of Marth and Caeda). Rudolf, who like Mama Cellica has been educated as a Valencian warrior priest, brings with him a retinue that worships the dual gods of Valencia-- Doma the fearsome "Dark God" and his sister Mila the nurturing Earth Goddess. Shortly thereafter, bizarre undead creatures start popping up in various places around Archanea-- creatures helpfully identified by Catria, a veteran of the great Valencian war, as Doma's trademark critters. Suspicion of Rudolf and his posse abounds until a human girl who speaks no language known to any of them shows up in the midst of the creatures. Is this the incarnation of Goddess Mila, returned to earth despite the promise at the end of FE2 that Mila and her sibling will no longer meddle in the affairs of men? Or is the situation far more complicated and destructive than anyone wants to believe?
There are funny parts to the story, but it is most definitely intended as a serious work, including an examination of the Archanean religious system (such as it is) versus the Valencian one. And I'll admit right now that the final chapter made me cry, and writing fanfic just doesn't DO that to me usually. Usually I'm taking too much delight in crafting the scenario to be moved by it myself.
Anyway, give it a chance. I promise it won't be your standard FE crossover hash.
