FOREWORD

Well, this was a saga to write, and no mistake. After playing something of Fate/Grand Order, I, along with many other fans of the Nasuverse, was fascinated by the character of Jeanne d'Arc Alter, aka Jalter, a dark mirror of the famous saint. However, trying to pair her with Harry was a hard thing to do. After all, Jalter was an unrepentant mass-murderer, and while there are Nasuverse characters with higher bodycounts, many of them either did so during war, or else repent their actions.

Eventually, I hit on the solution of having a DIFFERENT version of Jalter to the Fate/Grand Order version summoned. One who would be with Harry before she encounters Gilles de Rais, and who would grow and learn. I was torn between doing this as a Fate/Apocrypha fic, and as a Fate/Zero fic, as both have very interesting potential in having Jalter interact with either her original self, or else with Gilles. The circumstances around her creation also allows her to have a number of contradictory elements to her character that will, eventually, get resolved.

It was a pretty tough story to write, and I almost gave up on this story completely, back when it was called Vengeance Conflagration in my sample chapters anthologies. But after taking a short break from the story, I found I could come back to it. This is the result.

Anyway, time for the usual disclaimers. Firstly, there will be spoilers for both Harry Potter and Fate/Zero.

Secondly, there will be heavy annotations, as is usual for my works. You have been warned.

Thirdly, this is an M-Rated work. There will be coarse language, violence, and sexual references. Again, you have been warned.

Finally, the following is a fan-written work. Harry Potter and Fate/Zero are the properties of their respective owners. Please support the official release. Otherwise, Jalter will set you on fire…