It was a cold and rainy day on the isolated country of Warovia, whose lands had fallen under the gaze of the Imperium for their high reserves of unexplored resources. After many attempts by the Imperium of peacefully negotiate the acquisition of said lands, which had all been met with the same fate, the Imperial emissaries heads sent back the the Imperator on a spike, courtesy of Warovia's former
ruler, even the Imperator's good will was exhausted. Those resources were needed to ensure the prosperity of the Imperium and so an ultimatum was issued.
"Surrender peacefully and join the Imperium, or be crushed under its might."It's not necessary to comment what was the choice of the man known as The Impaler of Warovia for its sheer cruelty and bloodthirst, perhaps far too literally given the abilities of his dark tome, Vladimir. Thus, the Imperium sent a shard its force to crush the insane dictator once and for all, freeing the people of Warovia of their unending nightmare.
Among those forces, was the recently assigned light infantry and scouting squad lead by none other than a
younger Eleonor, who at that time was still a brash and fiery idealist, much like her unborn daughter would come to be. In fact, despite Eleonor's lack of knowledge, her child had already been conceived at that time, fruit of the relationship forced upon Eleonor by her former commander.
Anyway, what followed as soon as Eleonor's squad had set foot in the lands of Warovia was nothing short of a nightmare. Steep cliffs, rapids, mazes of forests and caves, vicious wild life —both mundane and magical— and everything else that one can name as dangerous, Warovia had it all. Add to that the constant ambushes of the under armed, but crafty militia to get a picture of what Eleonor and her men had to overcome.
Even then, Eleonor was successful in guiding her troops through the deadly trap and arrive at Warovia's capital, the ancient fortress-city of Bucuresti and... it was then that it began.
"The rivers will run red..."The Impaler said and so it was. With the blood of friend and foe, humans and beasts, Bucuresti became an open air slaughterhouse, Eleonor's squad had succeed in breaking through it and reaching the lair of the beast himself,leaving their own blood trail on the halls of the Impaler's castle, disposing of even his only daughter who was famed to have a heart as black as that of the man who sired her.
The battle was too much much for them to handle, the Impaler was empowered by the sacrifice of hundreds, if not thousands, no man could ever hope to fell that abomination. Eleonor's squad fell, one by one, while safeguarding the life of the commander who had done everything she could to ensure their safety.
With all hope lost Eleonor's heart was crushed by the loss of her squad, the ones she cared for as if she were their older sister. However, it wasn't her time to join them yet. When the Impaler's spear was about to pierce Eleonor's heart, she heard the monster's body hitting the pool of blood where she laid and besides her...
"Lord Asgard... why?"Was the crippled form of the previous Crimson Knight, one more of those who had perished in the battle against the Impaler, but forged on for long enough to kill the beast with the very same spear that transfixed his heart. It was then that Eleonor heard it, the tome, Vladimir's voice calling her to ditch her old self and be drenched in the blood of countless victims, if what she wanted was to make justice for for this days massacre.
"Only blood can wash off blood, I'm but a tool, make of me whatever your heart desires..."And so was it that Eleonor marched back to the Citadel with the Impaler's head in one hand and Vladimir on the other and knelt down before the Imperator herself, to face whatever fate had reserved for her.
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, Cyrin running like that was kinda fun. Emilia will think he's cute and be even more determined to make him hers, since she likes shy boys. 
