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Chapter 11B: Flight Toward Doom

Opening

narrator
The Bernese Army arrives at an area called Eidyna.
Eidyna is a small area of little importance in the island of Caldonia.
It is, however, the location of the former prison where people were kept captive until they were sent to the mines.

Zephiel does not expect opposition here, but he is mistaken.
The area is protected by a local militia, and they will not go down without a fight.

This area is as idyllic as the Isles' harsh environment will allow.
However, this calm is about to come to an abrupt end...

lot
What did you say?
Bern... What could Bern be doing all the way out here...
Perhaps they intend to use the Isles as a base to invade Etruria.
Either way, we cannot allow them through.
Dame Echidna is counting on us! We must stop them here!
soldier
What do we do, Lot?
lot
Prepare the ballistae. Rain down arrows on any foe who approaches.
...This will be our most difficult battle. Bern is not to be triffled with.
Tell everyone to fight their hardest, but be cautious.
soldier
All right! On it!
(The soldier leaves.)
lot
Urgh... If only I could be sure I'm strong enough to do this...
Ward could pull it off, I'm sure. That one was a miracle worker...
If only he hadn't gone and gotten himself killed...
...If only I'd been fast enough to take the hit for him...
murdock
This is Eidyna, milord. The resistance has a base here.
Orders?
zephiel
Exterminate any who attempt to stop our advance.
murdock
Understood.
(Mieu approaches.)
mieu
Uh... W-What are you going to do...?
zephiel
You're still here, runt?
mieu
...I-I...
zephiel
We're going to kill everyone who dares oppose us.
mieu
N-No! Y-You can't hurt Brother...!
zephiel
And who will stop me? You?
mieu
I-I... I'm not letting you hurt Lot!
zephiel
Brave... But foolish.
(Zephiel advances.)
zephiel
Murdock, hold her still. I will silence her swiftly...
mieu
Ah!
(Jahn approaches.)
jahn
Hold it, Zephiel!
zephiel
Jahn...
What do you think you're doing?
jahn
Do you not see that on her back?
It's a bow, Zeph. She can use a bow.
We don't have that many bowmen...
zephiel
You would have a child... One so feeble as this one, at that...
Fight among us? Bern's elite?
jahn
...Yes?
zephiel
......
What difference does it make, killing her here or throwing her to die?
Do as you wish, Jahn.
(Zephiel leaves.)
mieu
B-But... I-I don't wanna fight them!
Everyone here has been so nice to us...
jahn
Tiny imbecile! Hush your mouth!
I just saved your life! Do you not understand?!
mieu
B-But... Brother...
jahn
...I can't do anything about that.
mieu
No... N-No...! He's going to leave... Like Mom and Uncle Ward...
Noo... Sniff... I-I don't want... this... Sniff...
jahn
Quit your whinning... D-Dammit, stop!
You have to fight, or they'll kill you as well!
mieu
Sniff... Aah...
(Mieu runs off.)
jahn
Why... Why am I so worried for this human?
What is happening to me!?

Turn 6

Village

woman
Guerrero... You're really leaving?
guerrero
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure.
woman
(smiles) ...We won't forget you, Guerrero.
You risked your life to get us food and supplies.
guerrero
(smiles) It was noooooooooothing.
woman
If you ever need anything, we'll be here.
guerrero
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks.

Turn 9

(A druid enters from the west.)
nord
Heh heh heh... My information was correct, it seems.
The Bernese Army strikes. The resistance's days are numbered.
This is my chance to regain the status that I lost...
I simply have to find His Majesty and add my strength to his forces.
But first, I shall take the pathetic lives of those resistance fighters...
Yes, that should be a good start...

Turn 11 (if Lot is still alive)

soldier
Lot, the reinforcements are ready!
lot
Good. Deploy them immediately.
Spread them around the castle to defend us on all sides.

Conversations

Oates & Mieu

oates
Ah hah!
(Mieu shrinks back.)
mieu
Eek!
D-Don't hurt me...!
oates
You! Who do you think you are?!
You think just because I'm old, you're better than me?!
mieu
W-What?
oates
Don't lie! Don't look at me with those big bright eyes!
You think you're so superior, with your... youthful vigor!
Disgusting! Experience is where it's at!
I have seen more battles than years you have lived!
mieu
S-Sir, I just... I just wanna go home...
oates
Shut up! You'll go nowhere!
Anywhere you go, anything you try to do...
I will always surpass you! Do you hear me!?
I have outlived hundreds of youths like you!
I will outlive a hundred more! A thousand more!
mieu
Sniff... Sniff... Aahh... Aaaahh...
oates
Cease your wailing! Pathetic child!
I may be old, but I'll be DAMNED if I am replaced!
My magic will carry us to victory yet!
mieu
Sniff... I-I'm not even... a mage... Sniff...
oates
Wha...?
Hold it! What sense does that make?!
How do you intend to compete with me if we don't even share our weapon of choice?
mieu
I-I never said that! You did...
oates
I did...?

(Oates shifts awkwardly.)

Well, regardless! I will not be topped yet!
You lousy whippersnappers had better work hard!
To keep up with me, that is!
Thunder, cast down! Tear my enemies asunder!
Hya! Hya!

(Oates charges off.)
mieu
Sniff... Sniff...
W-What just... happened...
What did I do to... that man...?

Legance & Heddwyn

legance
Debias! Here you are! I've been looking everywhere for you!
heddwyn
Mmm?
Oh, no, I'm not Debias, sir. I'm his brother, Hedd--
legance
Yes, yes, Debias, very interesting.
Listen, I have a task for you.
heddwyn
What? But I'm trying to tell you, I'm not--
legance
I need you to take these bags and haul them away.
They contain the gear we took from the fallen enemies.
Weapons, armor and the like. It's of no relevance to you.
Your task is to bring them back to the encampment.
Go on, chop-chop. Get to it.
heddwyn
H-Hold on a second! I'm not Deb--
(Legance advances threateningly and Heddwyn shrinks away.)
legance
Is there something wrong, Debias?
Do you have any qualms with your orders?
Mayhap you wish for me to... cut you down to size?

(Legance brandishes his weapon.)

You bloated oaf! Get to work this instant!

heddwyn
B-B-But, sir! I'm not Debias! I'm his brother!
legance
Hmm?

(Legance backs off.)

What are you saying? Quit whispering! Speak loud and clear!

(Heddwyn moves closer.)
heddwyn
I... AM... NOT... DEBIAS!!
My name is Heddwyn. I am Debias's older brother.
legance
Well, why didn't you say it sooner, you imbecile?
Blast, you truly are his spitting image... Just as slow, too.
So, have you any idea where your dear brother is?
heddwyn
How should I? I'm not his nanny.
legance
Grrrr... Useless idiot!
I should make you do the job in his place!
(Heddwyn shrinks back.)
heddwyn
P-Please! My arms are not strong like Debias's!
I became a mage for a reason! I couldn't possibly--
(Legance advances.)
legance
Fool! If we don't prove the worth of Ostia's rebels...
We will be a laughingstock! Bern will never take us seriously!
We must carry out our orders without fail or delay!
Go! Go! Go! Take those bags to camp, now!
heddwyn
W-Well, why don't YOU take them?
Or do you just want other people to do your tasks for you?
M-Maybe I should let the king know...
legance
......

(Legance backs off.)

O-Of course, I was going to take some of them.
The gall to doubt my commitment!
Why, if anything, I was being kind to you, Debias!
I was giving you a chance to share in the glory.
You'll regret this when I receive all the credit!
Take care I don't leave you in the dust!

(Legance flounces off.)
heddwyn
......
If Debias is alive
heddwyn
(smiles) ...You can come out now. He's gone.
(Debias approaches.)
debias
(grins) Woo! That was great, Hedd!
The way you confronted that jerk was just... Wow!
You always were the bold one, Hedd...
heddwyn
Hehe, well... What are big brothers for?
I ought to look after my little brother, don't I Deb?
debias
Hahahaha... Thanks, Hedd!
High five!
(They high-five.)
legance
(offscreen)
...Debias? Debias!
Is that your voice I hear? Debias!
heddwyn
Oh, goodness!
debias
Run!
(Heddwyn and Debias run away.)

Zephiel & Guerrero

guerrero
Who aaaaaaaaaaaare you?
zephiel
Zephiel, King of Bern.
guerrero
Are you heeeeeeeere to hurt the villageeeeeeeeers?
zephiel
Only if they get in my way.
guerrero
I seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
You look pretty strooooooooooong.
zephiel
I... Oh, will you stop talking like that?
guerrero
Talking like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
zephiel
Like that! Please, it's annoying.
Only Narcian gets to annoy me. Anybody else who does, dies.
...He should too, in fact... Be that I knew where he is.
guerrero
Cleaaaaaarly my brobdingnagiaaaaaan lexicooooooooooooooon has
dauuuuuuuuunted you. There is no cauuuuuuse for dismaaaaaaaay!
zephiel
...All right, now you've completely lost me.
How about you aim that thing at me before I slash you to pieces?
Put up a fight before you perish.
guerrero
Noooooooooooo. No violeeeeeeeeeence.
I will jooooooin you. Make suuuuure you fight for a goooooood cause.
zephiel
Wh... What?!
guerrero
Let's gooooooooooooooo.
(Guerrero leaves.)
zephiel
I... I don't...

(Zephiel sputters.)

Oh, humanity. So incomprehensible... How I yearn for your extermination!

Zephiel & Nord

nord
(smiles) Good evening, Your Majesty.
'Tis fortuitous that we've met here. Heh heh...
zephiel
State your name.
nord
Nord, my king. I am a noble of Etruria.
Not that that means much, at this point.
I was deposed and persecuted. My status means nothing now.
What does mean something... is my wondrous power!
zephiel
You do seem to wield dark magic with some competence.
nord
With formidable competence, Your Majesty.
On that note, I wish to enter your service.
I make no demands. All I wish is to end some resistance lives...
What say you? It would be a most beneficial agreement for you.
Heh heh heh...
zephiel
I have no complaints, as long as you do not step out of line.
As I'm sure you have surmised, our target is the castle.
nord
And before the day is through... You shall have it.

Roartz & Nord

roartz
Lord Nord! You live!
nord
High Chancellor... My thoughts exactly.
You're the last person I would've expected to survive the debacle...
roartz
(smiles) I have friends in high places. Bern protected me.
They really value my... contributions, you see.
They would never have allowed one so powerful as myself to die!
nord
(smiles) I'm sure... And now you fight for them?
roartz
Indeed. You should, as well. We always have room for more.
Especially one so gifted in the dark arts as yourself, Nord.
nord
Heh heh... Tell your king I shall drain the lifeforce of his every foe!
roartz
I shall vouch for your capability, Nord. Bright days await us, you'll see!
(Arcado leaves.)
nord
(scowls) Hmph... Things have changed, you unsightly braggart.
Might makes right among the Bernese. This I know.
I have tremendous dark power... What do you have, "High Chancellor"?
I shall surpass you soon... Why, if I prove myself strong enough,
they might even grant me Etruria! (grins) Hah hah hah... Now there's a thought!
Only a thought, however, for now. Let's get to work...

Lot

Combat

lot
This will require caution...

Combat w/ Mieu

lot
Mieu!?
What are you doing out here? You have to leave this place!
Wait... W-Why are you aiming that thing at me?!
mieu
B-Brother... I-I'm so sorry...
T-They're making me do it...
P-Please help me! Help me...!
lot
...I'm going to destroy them... Each and every one of them...

(Lot fumes.)

Raaaaaaaaah! Bern! How DARE you!?

mieu
Sniff... L-Lot... I-I'm scared...

Death

lot
Mary, Mieu... I'm dying... You're on your own... now...
Forgive me, Ward...

Locations

Village

boy
Are you the guys helping us out?
Then please, take this.
And tell Lot he's my hero!
I wanna be like him when I grow up...
(The visitor receives a Red Gem.)

Ending

zephiel
No obstacles should remain in our way.
Juteaux is up next.
idunn
Do you believe you will require the assistance of dragons, Your Highness?
zephiel
(smiles) The ones you have provided so far will suffice.
Thank you, Idunn.
idunn
......
zephiel
Let us be on our way. All troops, march!
(Zephiel leaves.)
idunn
...Jahn.
(Jahn approaches.)
jahn
What?
idunn
You are... different.
jahn
Leave me alone, all right?
idunn
......
jahn
I am the last true dragon, Idunn.
I watched everyone around me perish, one by one...
...Just the same as that girl.
idunn
......
jahn
Of course, there's no point in telling you that, is there.

Pah... I am being foolish.
Soon enough I will return to my usual self.
Compassion... What a worthless notion.
I forget myself... I am the last true dragon!
Such a thing as sorrow is out of place in me...!

(Jahn leaves.)
idunn
Jahn...

Character Descriptions

Mieu
An innocent, pure little girl from the Western Isles.

Guerrero
The last guy with this face, I promise. His name means "warrior" in Spanish. He's Warrior the Warrior, that's hilarious.

Nord
An Etrurian noble formerly in charge of Castle Armagh.

Lot
A young man fighting alongside the resistance. Calculating and cautious.

Resistance
Citizens who have taken up arms to fight for the people.

Bandit
Bandits roaming the Western Isles.