– Tag CYRIL

After being released from prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Ashe Duran finds life as an ex-convict difficult; however, following the generous act of Flayn, a holy woman, he sets out to become an honorable man and breaks parole. Five years later and under a different name, he has made a living as a restaurateur alongside his trusted friend, Cyril, all while political tensions rise and his former parole officer Caspar rediscovers his trail. A Les Miserables inspired AU.

There’s no place Claude von Riegan would rather be during election year than in the city of New York. This immigration lawyer has had enough with establishment politics, and in an act of spontaneity, he decides to run for office as a progressive Democrat. Claude recruits the help of critically-acclaimed campaign manager Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd to go up against some of the most powerful Democrats in Congress: the Gloucester family. Individuals from seemingly opposite worlds are brought together in what will be the most contentious election in New York’s history.

After realising he is being treated no better than how he was as a servant of Goneril, Cyril begins to resent the Lady Rhea. Luckily for him, a certain leader of the Black Eagles shares that sentiment, and Cyril and Edelgard join causes to bring Rhea down. They enlist the help of a few likeminded individuals, Lysithea and Shamir among them, and fight in the war to achieve the archbishop's end.