Midquel
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A midquel is a neologism for a story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel nor an interquel, but which describes previously-undescribed events taking place during the chronology of the original story. It can be considered as “during this time”. For example, in the Fire Emblem video game series, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 is the midquel of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu. Another example is C.S. Lewis' The Horse and His Boy which takes place entirely during Chapter 17 of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel Ender's Game, which was followed by two midquels- Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon, focusing on the adventures of Ender's friend Bean and his siblings, respectively.Template:Lit-stub