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The year is 2174. The late 2000s and early 2100s were a time of tumultuous international conflict; only after almost fifty consecutive years of war, dotted with the barest of tentative peaces, did the governments of Earth come together to form the Council of Earth Nations - CEN. With a permanent core formed of one representative from each of Earth's twelve most powerful governments - frequently referred to as the Illustrious Twelve for their leading roles in unifying the Earth - to lead the organization, CEN has guided humanity towards prosperity since its founding in 2134. Humanity has prospered in this era of newfound peace. Resource conflicts on Earth are a distant memory; human ills - biological ills, at least - are fading away with advances in medical and cybernetic technology, with only the inexorable passage of time left to claim most lives; a firm overseeing hand balances the power of the world's individual governments. CEN has made it clear to its people. There are whispers of future achievements - dreams of genetic manipulation, nanomolecular implants to one day lift every life of its shackles - only whispers, in the minds of most. Were they to exist, they would be accessible only to the most privileged; those whose hands control corporate conglomerates whose names are indivisible from daily life, or the highest echelons of government. Most if not all on Earth live comfortable lives; and those who do live unaware of those who do not. Resource extraction from asteroid mining stations at L4 and L5, as well as planetary extraction on Mars, have enabled those on Earth to live each day believing their society has surpassed the notion of scarcity. However, for those whose lives are spent on Earth's colonies, life is often more scant. To find oneself afoul of the whims of local authorities - whether planetary government or a space station's corporate hierarchy - can quickly mean ostracization, especially in an environment where people are vastly interdependent. Unless one knows the... right people, of course. Discontent is far from a forgotten feeling for humanity, even if so-called homeworlders on Earth see fit to believe otherwise. The 40th anniversary of the founding of CEN rapidly approaches. Only a few months remain until Unification Day, and all seems in order; celebration preparations on a newfound scale are underway. However, with just those few months to go, a dingy transport vessel arrives late from its origin of the terraformed moon, Callisto. The ship's passengers look rather harrowed, and not from the month-long journey; no, it is the news they bear that worries them. They fled to Earth in fear of growing civil unrest; word begins to spread of the moon's government overstepping its authority one too many a time, and too harshly at that. Those with the funds to leave did so, along with a small detachment of Callistan politicians, who are conversely petitioning CEN for aid in stopping what they state is an anti-Earth movement. Eager to prove itself once more as humanity's peacekeeper but lacking in the full details of the situation, a task force comprised both of civilian diplomats and a small protective force is dispatched to restore peace, having been issued authority superseding that of the Callistan government. The 40th Unification Day will be one of success for humanity... The ship Imminent Dawn sets off for its one-month journey towards Jupiter, and its moon; Callisto. Its orders: dock at the capital; contact Governor Arielle Avyndor, assess the situation, and resolve it as necessary, with peaceful means preferred. The crew - a diverse lot, homeworlders, colonists, officers trained on Luna's vaunted Hubble Naval Academy, test pilots and veteran pilots both - will find their abilities and beliefs tested...

"A war's end is only the beginning. Those who survived have to carry on the will of the fallen, and remember their sacrifice. Never forget who gave us our future..." - Gaius Solfuse the Second, King of Lohengrin. Arkus was a small continent with a lengthy yet bloody history, all thanks to a rampaging behemoth called Requiem. It was born of out of an intense desire to master certain magic, and grew out of the control of the creators. The destruction is caused was enough to completely sink a certain kingdom, and that forced the other nations to rise up and finally face the beast. They were lead by the king of Lohengrin, Gaius the first, and the church had granted them weaponry known as Heroic Regalia to face Requiem. However, before the heroic king could defeat the behemoth, he was struck down by his own allies at the final moment. This gave Requiem more of an opportunity to continue it's chaos until the rest of the allied nations eventually brought it down, though the cost to do so was too great. Almost a millennium later, the continent is still feeling the aftereffects of the beast's influence. But it's not all doom and gloom, some people see the Requiem War as a victory despite the immense losses. Isolde in particular holds a special festival once a year known as the Festival of Liberation, on the day of the end of the war. The kingdom of flowers had decorated the castle town in flora, and there were various stands about. Food, games, and even small performances here and there. It was a day of happiness, for most anyway. For a certain red haired woman in white, it was a stressful day. A young woman named Eve stood at the entrance to the castle town, she looked over a small device in her hand with a sigh. "...Luce should be here by now, I hope they didn't get attacked or anything." The merc lifted her head to the road before her, there were a few hills but she mostly had a clear view of the path before her. I just hope the escort won't be too hard to convince...gotta start thinking of a proper approach. ----------------- Speaking of the road in view, a carriage was a few miles out on the road. It had a coachman in front of it in a green hat and matching suit, and the passengers were two women. A certain princess of the nation of Phantasma in fact, Lorelei Prisma. "...well, we're close to our destination, Alouette." The princess turned her contrasting eyes toward her friend. "Tell me, you were originally from Isolde. Is there anything you can tell me about the nation? I rarely visit, and even when I do it's quite brief. So I'd love to take advantage of the festival while I'm away from my uncle's prying eyes." The carriage continued on as she struck up a conversation, unaware of a travelling duo on the road ahead of them...

Hello. My name is Bhoop. Before I get into the details of this, let me tell you about myself. I am not a very active member of the FE community, I am in college, sexually identify as male, and am working on a small romhack which may or may not become public in the future. So while completing a project assigned by one of my professors, I was thinking about the leaks of FE Switch, and the joint video Lucky Crit made with Mangs about the leaks. I had recently watched that video (this was about 1-2 weeks ago, can't really remember) and was thinking about how the storyline of FE switch might go. I was thinking about how I would write it, and honestly, I kind of forgot what I thought of, but that's not the point. What I am proposing is that (if you want to) anyone can pm me their ideas on a FE storyline (it doesn't have to be about FE switch or anything like that, it can simply be a new idea.) and then I post downloadable word documents (with credit to authors) or a google doc about this. Then I will make a poll (I haven't figured that out yet to be truthful), and we can vote on what we think is the best FE story idea. Some ground rules which I believe are necessary: PROTAGANIST SIDE: --- at least 1 main character, up to a maximum of three. I find this to be somewhat the sweet spot for the "lords" of the story. Fates tried to include basically nine main characters (Xander, Leo, Camilla, Elise, Ryoma, Sakura, Hinoka, Takumi, and Corrin) and I find this to be really tedious to include them all. I understand what Nintendo/Intelligent Systems was trying to do with this, but I feel as if it took away from Corrin's character development---if they had planned for Corrin to be developed at all) ALSO, each one must have a different personality, with their own unique flaws. --- A"Jagen" Archetype character. Someone clearly more experienced than that or the 1-3 main characters and the rest of the party. --- 1 or 2 "best friend" archetypes, like Merric to Marth, Tana to Eirika, Wolt to Roy, etc. Note: 1 or 2 in total, not for each main character. ANATAGONIST SIDE: --- one counterpart for every main protagonist, whether it be a "Camus", "Black Knight", "Ashnard/Zephiel" archetype. (may include more examples later, too tired to think at 3 am in the morning) --- A dutiful, loyal soldier with a personality, one for each antagonist. They can be generic, though I recommend something other than a generic personality. --- A complete bastard douchebag who will stop at nothing to beat the protaganists. WORLD BUILDING: ---- No world map required, BUT overall location required (IE, Gallia is full of forest (FE9 and FE10), so if I wanted to use Gallia, I could say of hey, this country is full of forest, and between this snowy section and this desert section.) ---- At least FOUR known kingdoms, though not all have to be part of the main storyline. Note: 1 of these kingdoms can be replaced with something like Carcino from FE8. ---- History of the world must be set, at least 300-1000 years of History before your story begins. ---- Gods/Goddesses: at least one. ---- Each Kingdom/country must have a unique signature theme to it (IE, Ostia from FE6/FE7 was armor knights, Bern had Wyvern Riders) NOTE: this does not limit you to unit classes. STORYLINE: ---- War must sparked through some way shape or form between at least two countries. ---- The protagonists must start with almost nothing in terms of military strength, gold, etc. Yeah, I think that's about it for now. I may change some of this or add stuff later. Feel free to PM me with any questions. I'll try to respond as soon as I can. NOTE: Go all out with this. I will proof read each submission before posting it. IF I find half-hearted work or something that doesn't make sense, I will try and work it out with the author, but most likely I will disqualify that piece from the contest. I do not want to waste everyone's time with something that they will most likely down vote. Thank you for your time. I'm not really sure when the deadline for the submissions will be, but I am looking towards late December, after Christmas.