Archer has given up on killing Shirou, but that choice has doomed the Counter-Guardian to a fate even worse than non-existence. A last minute offer from the Sorcerer of Jewels gives Archer a way out...provided he can fulfill the requirements. Now as the container of the Kyuubi, Archer must find a way to become a hero and escape destruction. ON HIATUS

An experienced caravanner pulled from the Equestrian wastes by the pleas of a young girl. Faced with a world anathema to her beliefs, and everything hers wasn't, what will Hymn do in the face of adversity? One things is for sure though, and that is war. For war never changes.