– Tag MINOR CHARACTER DEATH

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.

Dimitri and Ashe fatefully meet one summer, first on the boardwalk and then over a spilled Slushie and a mutual attraction. Together, the two of them try to overcome their hangups--Dimitri struggles with accepting and moving past the death of his father; Ashe believes fiercely in true love but is unsure as to whether or not he deserves it--to achieve some kind of happiness. Others in their immediate group of friends also struggle with life changes and coming to terms with their own relationships and issues with the backdrop of the beach at summertime

Six months after failing to sync with his jaeger and being dismissed from the Officer Academy in Enbarr, Ferdinand is sent to the wall in Sreng. There, he meets Sylvain. Or: the unmaking and making of drift compatibility.