Silver Maiden

An alternate take on Weiss Schnee's adventure, continuing immediately after the first episode of Volume 5, running somewhat parallel to the overall arc of the actual series. In this rendition of her world, she cannot stand to abandon another mayday from civilians under attack by the Grimm and she goes off to try and save them on her own. Unfortunately, she doesn't have the strength to win. To make things worse, the knightly armor she has the power to summon fails to come to her aid, and just as she is about to fall to the Grimm surrounding her, something sweeps her off to safety, something far too reminiscent of a glistening suit of knightly armor.

Except that this suit of armor has a face.

And that face has a name.

Author's Note: William Hillphire, a character you will meet in chapter 13, actually belongs to a friend of mine. I wrote his character into this book in collaboration with him. His characterization is almost entirely his own. Check out "Between the Anvil and the Shield" by DarthKirby for a short on Hillphire's adventures while the rest of the cast are making their way to Mistral.