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Final: Into the Darkness

Opening

zephiel
There he is... The Binding Blade's thief.
idunn
...!
roy
Ahah... ahahahaha!
You may have pushed my friends back...
But you have not won yet. Not even close!
We are all together now... We will fight you together!
zephiel
...Together with whom?
You stand alone, child. Your last living ally lies dead.
roy
Dead?! Who?
Wolt, did you hear that?! He thinks you're dead!
Aha, hahahaha! The fool!
He's too afraid of us! He needs to convince himself I'm alone!
But I'm not alone... I'll NEVER be alone again!
zephiel
...His fragile little mind has shattered into pieces.
That's just as well. It will make him easier to slaughter.
idunn
How... How can you be so...
zephiel
Don't get too close, Idunn!
His sword would deal grievous harm to your body.
Let us handle this.
roy
All right! Let's save the world, everyone!
I'll confront them head-on! Marcus, with me!
Wolt, General, cover our flanks!
Lilina... Stand back! I don't want you to get hurt!
Aha... Ahahaha!

(Roy flails madly.)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!

zephiel
Hmph... The wailings of one too weak to accept loss.
I have lost people too, foolish child, and I am sound of mind.
I am more sound of mind than any human ever has been...
I see the most important truth. I know what must be done.

Today... The world is liberated.

idunn
His Highness's dream... is almost fulfilled...
Ah...
jahn
I pity you, boy... I truly do.
murdock
After all these years, Zephiel...
perez
Darkness from an age long forgotten...
brunnya
A new era for our country begins...
galle
Victory will never dissipate this profound sorrow in my heart.
Melady... Zeiss... I'm so sorry...!
tick
No... This is a nightmare... How did he get that sword?
martel
My brilliance shall be proven today, once and for all!
sigune
Well, if nothing else, this should be interesting...
roartz
P-Protect me! I cannot fall to a snot-nosed brat like that!
arcado
What does it matter if we win? Nothing will change for me...
thoril/kabul
This is it. For the Djute!
erik
(grinning) Here's to Laus's everlasting glory! And mine, of course.
randy
My sword! Where is my sword?!
windham
(smiles) Very interesting. How about you be a good boy and die now?
raith
Oh, who cares. No matter how this ends, I'll remain a nobody...
mitan
Well, well, well. So our last enemy turned out to be just some brat.
...I'm real sorry, kid...
monke
Hmph. I am not impressed. We are the mightier by far.
maggie
Are you praying for me, Rose?
rose
Lend me your strength, Maggie!
oates
Whippersnapper... You will learn your place!
ein
...Burn.
flaer
Sigh... I need a long vacation after this...
debias
It's just a little boy... W-We can handle that, right?
henning
No hard feelings, lad.
legance
Come. I shall cut you down where you stand!
heddwyn
S-Surely he won't come after me, right?!

Aaah! I don't like this at all! I'll attack him just in case!

scott
I think I'll buy myself some fancier clothes when this is done.
kel
May my arm swing this sword true.
pheros
In the name of the King, you shall fall this day!
guerrero
Victory is assuuuuuuuuuuured.
scollan
This ain't no fun... Where're the villages hidin' at!?
morgan
I have no idea what I'm doing here.
peggy
I-I don't think I can win, even against... that...
mieu
...You're like me... You've lost everyone you loved...
wagner
I have just the thing for you, little boy... Heh heh...
nord
Heh... This will not be difficult.
dory
Aww, poor boy... Breaks my heart, it really does...
damas
Time to send you to Daddy, little boy. Hwahahaha...
zinque
Our foe may not look like much, but peruse caution nonetheless.
mary
This is terrible... That I am made to participate in this crime...
lamia
Oh, what a clumsy mistake you have made...
ruben
Munchin' Manaketes! That's one fancy blade...
daniela
Are you looking forward to your butchering, little boy?
orlo
Gods, forgive our trespasses... Heheh.
slater
I know he's just a boy, but that sword is above my pay grade...!
sommie
Arf! Arf!
batta
Another innocent life. What's one more?
glass
Your swordplay is lacking, kid.
grigas
Hmph! Care to see what steel my wooden steed is really made of?
ruud
Foolish boy... Money rules the world!
narcian
If I land the final blow, I shall regain the king's favor... Surely!
carlyle
I... I just wanted the two of us...
catalena
The Goddess desires your death! I shall be her blade!
acheron
Hmph... Unsightly, aren't you?
lim
Your quintessence and your life. I will take them both.
denning
......

This is a message from Lord Nergal.
"I await you on the Dread Isle."

marla
It's time for all the good little children to go to sleep...
olthoff
What choice do I have? Orders are orders...
trimier
A swift strike, into Tumahann's embrace...

Conversations

Roy

Combat

roy
Ahahahahahahaha!

Die! Die! Die, die, die, die...!

Combat w/ Idunn

roy
Hahahaha! It's you! Ahahahaha!
The Dark Priestess! The Demon Dragon!
It's you, isn't it? Isn't it!?
idunn
......

(Idunn lowers her hood.)

Yes...

roy
When I strike you down... We will have won!
It will all be over... All the suffering...
This... terrible pain in my chest...

Ahahahahahaha! BURN!!

idunn
...F-Forgive me...
Forgive me for my part in all this...!
Please, I beg you to forgive me!
I... I... W-What am I saying...?
What is... happening to me?!

Combat w/ Mieu

roy
Ahahahaha! Whaaat? A little girl?!
What are you doing with the Bernese?!
mieu
T-They made me do it...
They made me fight for them.
A-And now I have to... shoot you down...
I-I'm so sorry...!
roy
Hahahaha! Don't worry! I'll save you!
Soon you won't have to fight anymore!
Nobody will have to fight anymore!
I'll save... I'll save EVERYONE!!
Ahahahahahaha! Stand still...!
mieu
......
I-I...

I swear... I swear that I'll stop him.
One day, when I become strong enough...

(Mieu braces herself.)

I will end King Zephiel's madness!

Death

roy
I...I... I'm so...tired...
M-Mother... will you...
sing me a lullaby... like you used to...?

Ending

idunn
Ah!
zephiel
The sanctuary is collapsing!
It's as if its foundations were shattered with the Binding Blade...

Everyone! Hurry outside!

(Zephiel runs.)
idunn
......

Roy...

(Everyone exits the Dragon Sanctuary. Zephiel speaks to Idunn in private.)
zephiel
(smiles) Idunn... The time has come.
The final insurgents that remain have been rounded up.
They await their fate at the gates of the castle...
Alongside the bulk of the Bernese Army.

The dragons that you have created... I believe they will do.
We can always create more later, if needed.
Such is the immesurable extent of your godlike powers, Idunn...

idunn
...What would you have me...
zephiel
Destroy the insurgents.
...And the Bernese Army.
(Idunn starts.)
idunn
...!
zephiel
They are no longer needed.
And they are humans, as filthy, petty and contemptible as the captives.
With this, there will be no force in Elibe that can match dragonkind.
We will cover the world in flames, until no humans remain.
Then, and only then... My dream shall be fulfilled.
idunn
I...
zephiel
Hm?
idunn
......

...I refu--

(A soldier rushes in.)
soldier
K-King Zephiel! It's an emergency...!
zephiel
What?! What emergency could there possibly be at this stage?
soldier
A group of rebels, milord! A-An incredibly large one!
zephiel
No...!
soldier
They are headed by this incredibly young girl...
She is a wee lass, smaller than Your Majesty's throne, but...
zephiel
Spare me the useless details, worm!
What is happening?!
(The soldier shrinks back.)
soldier
T-They're giving the troops one heck of a fight!
The insurgents are being freed as we speak!
Though the Wyvern Generals are present, it bodes ill...
Even some of our men... They are defecting!
zephiel
Impossible! How can that be?!
Do they know no loyalty? No honor?!
soldier
...It's the rumors, sir.
They say you have ill intentions with those... war dragons...
N-Not that I believe any of it for a second, of course!
zephiel
Grrrr...
Notify the Wyvern Generals! I will join the battle myself!
(The soldier salutes. Zephiel takes Idunn aside.)
zephiel
Follow me, Idunn.
I shall find you someplace to hide before I join the fray.
It won't be safe out there. If you were to be lost now...
My dream would go unfulfilled forever.

(Zephiel quivers.)

I won't let that happen! Not when we are this close...!

(Zephiel leaves.)
idunn
......
(smiles) ...A warm breeze...
Jahn, could this girl be... the friend you told me about...?

Character Descriptions

Roy
The next heir to Pherae. The antagonist of this story.

Manakete
Manaketes that oppose the Demon Dragon for some reason.