In 986, the Changeling Lands are still in disunity. No Queen has ruled the entire nation in nearly a thousand years, but now, only one campaign against a rebel army sits between Queen Chrysalis and imperium. And yet, in the middle of this last great battle for the fate of the nation, its future will just as much be decided by a chance meeting between future leader of a million soldiers, Trimmel Araxis du Gardis, and the one who would create the face of the new changeling state, Dieter Heinrich, at a time when they each have only a few thousand fighters to their name.
What caused these two to be bound together? What are those strange armored war machines? And can Trimmel stop himself from cheating at card games for five damn minutes and play like a normal person?

Finger Knit, a loyal soldier of the Equestrian resistance, finds himself in a fight for his values when he is taken mid-operation and thrust against the Changeling's ultimate weapon against such groups, the Special Ambassadors.