As a royal bastard life had never been simple, and when Stennis exiles Gwen it seems that she has gotten a second chance, though she has seen too much to believe in those. When the legendary Iorveth finds her and, with plans of his own, offers her a place in his unit, she has no choice but to accept. A hater of elves now working with them, what could possibly go wrong? Iorveth x OC

Church refused to perish on the very likely chance that Wash was right. Dr. Halsey wasn't about to let humanity's most advanced AI rot in a lab, and Lord Hood certainly wasn't willing to watch mankind's saviour go into battle without someone watching his back. The Chief just wished they had picked someone else. M for language. Cover art by Pilgrimwanders.