You are Blair d’Rusalka. Student at the Garreg Mach Officer’s Academy, Dark Flier, and an Officer of the Black Eagles House. You were sent to the Academy by your guardian, Count Charles d’Rusalka, to undergo training and become a Knight in his service. With vengeance on your mind, you and the Black Eagles pursued Monica into the forbidden Sealed Forest. There, she revealed herself as Kronya, a mysterious assassin with ties to the same group that assaulted Remire Village. In a blowout battle that pushed you to your limits, both physically and mentally, you managed to defeat the villain, only for Solon to reemerge.
Summoning ancient magics that turned the tide of battle, the Dark Mage alone proved to be more than a match for the entirety of the Black Eagles. However, with the timely intervention of Professor Byleth, who was sporting a new, mysterious appearance, Solon was brought down. Two of the biggest enemies threatening Garreg Mach were laid low, and just in time for the end of the school year, and your graduation.
Spending your final remaining weeks at Garreg Mach with the friends you made, you pack up your things and prepare to head back home to Rusalka. The Holy Ritual, a mysterious tradition at Garreg Mach, is currently underway. As you were not elected to participate, you sit alone in your room. The end of a tumultuous year is finally here.
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https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Three+Houses >Blair d'Rusalka >Level 24 Harrier (70/100) HP: 43 (90%)
STR: 22(40%)
MAG: 18 (50%)
DEX: 20 (45%)
SPD: 28 (65%)
LCK: 17 (30%)
DEF: 17 (50%)
RES: 17 (40%)
CHARM: 13 (45%)
>Personal Skill: Fiery Blood+(+4 Damage and +3 Speed when HP is not at Max)
>Skills: Lancefaire: (+5 ATK when attacking w/ Lance)
Black Tomefaire (+5 ATK when using magic)
Darting Blow (+6 SPD when attacking)
Rally Spectrum (Grant +2 to ally’s stats)
Swordbreaker (+20 Hit and Avoid when facing Sword users)
Alert Stance (+30 Avoid when not engaged)
+2 STR
+5 HP
>Proficiencies: Lance: A
Authority/Tactics: A
Reason: A
Flying: A
Axe: D
Sword: D-
Heavy Armor: E
>Spells: Fire (E Rank, +3 DMG, 10 Uses)
Thunder (D Rank, +5 DMG, +10 Crit, 5 Uses)
Aircalibur (C Rank, +3 DMG, 3x damage against flyers, 5 Uses)
Fimbulvetr (B Rank, +12 DMG, +10 Crit, Area of Effect, 3 Uses)
Bolting (A Rank, (12 Damage, 15% Crit, Long Range Siege Magic. 2 Uses, Range: 20)
>Inventory: Silver Lance, Axereaver, Magic Staff, Flame Lance, Blessed Lance, Javelin, Iron Sword+, Vulnerary (x5), Elixir(x2), Pure Water >Gold: 600g >A-Supports: Ashe, Dorothea, Corrine, Bernadetta
>B-Supports: Petra, Caspar, Leopold, Edelgard
>C-Supports: Felix, Mercedes, Elizabeth, Sylvain, Catherine, Flayn
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>>5287645 You’re unable to fall asleep. It could be because you’re alone in your room for the first time. You reckon it’s close to midnight, and Dorothea is still away, with no return in sight. The Holy Ritual must certainly be extensive. Your feelings on leaving Garreg Mach are another matter keeping you awake. You’ve experienced so much happiness, so much strife and so much turmoil, all condensed into a single year. You’ll be graduating in a few days, but what of your friends that won’t be? As you lay in bed, you stare at the one item that you did not pack away yet. A sheathed dagger, lying on a desk a bit away from you. Kronya’s dagger, made of the same Agarthium you had encountered back at Rusalka. Kronya was responsible for the deaths of Martha and Xavier. Senseless, horrible, and prolonged deaths that would deprive you of two dear friends that trusted you with their lives. As you stare at the dagger, you can’t help but think about what you’ve uncovered so far. Thinking back on Hubert’s words, you’ve done your best to distract yourself these last few weeks. However, despite all the friendship and camaraderie you’ve enjoyed, your mind can’t help but wander to the same dark thought.
There’s a greater than likely chance that the same group Kronya and Solon belonged to, are in league with the Empire.
The specifics elude you, but if your adoptive father is correct, and Agarthium is a resource that only the Empire has access to, it would stand to reason where these villains are acquiring it. Laying out the facts in front of you, there’s evidence that this mysterious group of enemies Kronya and Solon belong to are capable of shapeshifting. A feat you’ve never gotten an inkling of being possible in any magic tome you’ve read. Rather than the Empire being complicit in the crimes of this group, it could also stand to reason that they’ve merely been infiltrated and co-opted. You’re not quite sure which is worse, but you do have a sudden sensation to throw up just thinking about it.
Alena had shown herself to be opposed to the same group Kronya and Solon belonged to. She also attempted to assassinate your adoptive father. Was she trying to kill the Count to halt the flow of Agarthium? Or was there another reason?
You feel bile rise to your throat. Perhaps your mind is simply working against you. Hubert said to place your faith in Lady Edelgard, and she hasn’t given you many reasons to doubt her. Edelgard has been nothing but a stellar and true leader. She’s always placed the needs of the Black Eagles first, and she’s proven herself a valuable friend. She’s even insinuated that she wants you at her side once she takes the throne. A prospect that remains incredibly enticing.
A knock on your door interrupts your thoughts. Dorothea must be back. And she’s evidently forgotten her key. You walk over and open the door, but instead of seeing your roommate, there’s another figure in front of you.
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>>5287648 “Oh good, you’re awake. I don’t have to break in.” Corrine says.
>“C-Corrine! What are you doing? Don’t you know what time it is?” You ask as the girl shoves her way inside your room and shuts the door behind her. Now that she’s in the light, you’re able to get a good look at her. She’s dressed for combat, wearing her armor and with her axe strapped to her back. “Why are you dressed like that?” Corrine ignores you, looking outside your window for a few brief moments. She turns and examines the room you’re in, stopping at your packed gear. “Didn’t waste any time packing, did you? You’re really too pragmatic for your own good.” She sighs.
>“What’s this all about?” You ask. A feeling of dread creeps up on you. This is bizarre behavior, even for this girl. “Lady Edelgard and Hubert sent me to collect you. I believe you already know the reason why. Or did you think all that ore we saw being shipped off from Rusalka was going to be used to build orphanages?”
The War. Rex had alluded to it, and the Count had straight said it. A war was coming. When and against whom, they had not been clear, but ore production in Rusalka had increased to prepare.
“I’m afraid I have not been the most honest with you, Blair.” Corrine smiles sadly. She produces a small insignia from her pouch. At first glance, it resembles a symbol that would denote a military company from Adrestia. But you’ve never seen It before and fail to recognize who it would belong to. “This is the unit insignia of a secret covert Adrestian military operations group. The Flame Emperor’s Army.”
>The Flame Emperor?! You’ve heard that name before. This self-styled monarch was spotted back at Remire Village and was in league with Solon and his ilk. They had also been involved with abducting Flayn. “Corrine…what’s going on?” Corrine sighs, pained. “I wish this were…easier to grasp. The Empire has been preparing for war for some time now. Marshalling its forces in the shadows. The enemy is the Church of Seiros itself, and tonight, is to be the first battle that kickstarts the conflict.” She hesitates a bit, before continuing. “Myself, as well as my unit, were sent to the Academy to support Hubert and Edelgard in their efforts. Pinpointing weaknesses and shortcomings at the monastery to better facilitate a future attack. Our families are indebted to Hubert’s House Vestra, and as we were of age to attend the academy, we’d rouse no suspicion if we were to do a bit of snooping. We’d been groomed for this assignment for some time. I’d had my…suspicions that you were one of us. Back when we first met. But it appears Count Rusalka chose to spare you from the rigors that we went through.”
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>>5287649 >“What?! What are you saying? None of this makes any sense. Why go to war with the Church of Seiros?! Fodlan’s been at peace for decades!” Corrine shrugs, sadly. “Supposedly, to topple the Archbishop from her unjust seat of power. To change the status quo, and wrest control away from those born with Crests. But who knows what the real reason is? We’re soldiers, Blair. We do what they say. What I do know, is that Faerghus as well as Leicester, are likely to be drawn into the conflict. Fodlan will be engulfed in a continent-wide war.”
>“And Lady Edelgard supports this?!” “Emperor Edelgard.” Corrine corrects. “Our dear girl has moved up quite a bit in the world since we last saw her. The information hasn’t been made public yet, but during her recent trip to Enbarr, she finally took the throne.”
>Place your faith in Edelgard. Hubert’s words ring in your mind, as do the Count’s letters. They make a bit more sense now, but they don’t make the current situation any less complex. You get a sinking feeling that Dorothea and the others aren’t being held up by the Holy Ritual. “Where are the Professor and the others? You’re dressed for combat…what’s going to happen tonight?” “By now, they’ve likely been ambushed by the Flame Emperor’s Army at the Holy Tomb. They may heed Edelgard’s pleas to join her, or they may have a fight on their hands.”
>“And…am I in the same boat?” Corrine looks hurt. “Never. You’re a dear friend, Blair. Someone important to me. I won’t let anyone harm you, no matter who they may be.” She hisses, taking another glance out the window. “My orders were to explain the situation and ask you to join us on our mission tonight. But whatever decision you make, I will support you. Wholeheartedly.” She clutches the insignia of the Flame Emperor’s Army. “I told you before. My dream was to find someone worthy of my loyalty. Who I could serve with every fiber of my being. I don’t care about the Empire or the Church of Seiros. I care nothing for Edelgard, or Hubert, or the Archbishop. I’ve been alone my entire life. Shunned by family and peers. You were the first person to show me kindness that wasn’t based on wanting to use me. I believe…that you may be the person that I’ve been seeking to pledge myself to.” She looks up at you, and smiles. “You won’t be in this alone. That I promise.”
>For once in her life, Corrine looks earnest. You don’t get the impression she’s lying to you. “This is…too much. I have…questions.” “Ask away, but know we don’t have much time.”
>Choose 3 questions to ask >A): What is your mission tonight? >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >D): Do you believe there may be someone else pulling the strings of the Empire? >E): Do you trust Edelgard? >F): Were you involved with kidnapping Flayn? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Anonymous
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>>5287660 >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >E): Do you trust Edelgard? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Anonymous
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>>5287660 >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >F): Were you involved with kidnapping Flayn? Anonymous
>>5287660 ... Welp, I guess that explains her bullshit detector. Good to see ya TH, ready for shit to go down?
>C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >F): Were you involved with kidnapping Flayn? >H): Is there any other... members of your unit I should know about? Bewilderment and a feeling of betrayal feels kinda warranted here, a close friend just admitted to association by proxy to our friends' killer
Anonymous
>>5287660 >>A): What is your mission tonight? >>E): Do you trust Edelgard? >>G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Any update on the commissioned piece QM?
Anonymous
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>>5287660 >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Anonymous
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>>5287660 >>C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >>B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >>G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Anonymous
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>>5287660 >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >E): Do you trust Edelgard? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? >>5287744 it sounds like she didn't really have a choice
Anonymous
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>>5287660 >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >E): Do you trust Edelgard? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Anonymous
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>>5287660 Ahhh, I had been waiting for your return. Welcome back QM!
>B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? TreeHouses QM
>>5287757 None yet. It's been about a week but I'm not rushing. We've still got quite some time before it becomes relevant. I'm pretty excited for it though. I had to actually sit down and think about what a post-time skip Blair would look like.
Anonymous
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>>5287660 >B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Anonymous
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>>5287660 >>B): What is the Empire planning against the monastery? >>E): Do you trust Edelgard? >>G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? Wonder what our boy would think of this?
Drawfren
>>5287998 heyo QM i'm still around
if you've got some ideas for timeskip Blair you can hit me up on twitter @ SantaHavelyn
Anonymous
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>>5287660 >C): Did you know about Monica and Kronya? >E): Do you trust Edelgard? >G): What happens if we don’t join Edelgard? TreeHouses QM
B, C, and G have it.
>>5288410 Hey! Good to see you friend. You've got your DMs off but my twitter is @NahobinoFE.
Hubert von Vesta
>>5288557 >NahobinoFE Nice, you of course picked the Chaos route, right?
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>>5287660 >“You said that tonight would bring about the first battle of the war. What does the Empire have planned?” “As we speak, a vanguard of the Empire is readying themselves to attack Garreg Mach. Truthfully, they’ll likely be here any moment. Their goal is to lay waste to the monastery and strike a decisive first blow against the Knights of Seiros while they least expect it. Much of the army is camped nearby, hidden from the view of the Knights, while another sizeable portion of it has been in the area for months now. They’ve been disguised as ordinary villagers and pilgrims, and the Church has been none the wiser. We’ve been told to expect a sizeable force.” She pauses, before continuing. “Of which…I’m told your lord brother will be attending.”
>“Rex?! Coming here?!” Of course. That’s no surprise. Far be it from him to miss a battle, let alone one set to change the course of Fodlan forever. “That’s what we’ve been told. Part of our ordered mission tonight is actually to make way for the Empire’s soldiers to enter the monastery. But I suppose the details on that can wait for now.”
>“Another question. Solon…and Kronya for that matter. Any two ways I look at it, they appear to be involved with the Empire in some shape or form. Do you know anything about that?” You clench your fists. Corrine is a dear friend, but if she or Edelgard for that matter were involved with the deaths of Captain Jeralt and your friends, you want to know. “I…don’t know the full details. Particularly in Solon’s case. But you appear to be right. With Kronya, we didn’t know what she…really was. Both myself and my unit were under the impression that she was the real Monica von Ochs. Supposedly, her family was of minor noble status. After she went missing, her father squandered the family fortune looking for her. When she reappeared, we were told by Hubert that she was no different from myself, or Byron, Derrek and Ronald. The child of a noble family who was either indebted or blackmailed by House Vestra, and who would be providing support to our operation. Only…even with Hubert’s word, we knew something was off about her from the beginning.” Corrine sits at your desk, folding her hands out. “You’ve had the ‘pleasure’ of meeting my compatriots. You’re well aware they’re about as brutish and violent as myself, though lacking the same charm, of course. Still, even those freaks knew that something was off about ‘Monica’. If you remember correctly, I did warn you to stay away from her.”
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>>5289121 >“What was her mission? Was Monica here to sow division and chaos at the monastery, like you four?” “I don’t know, though I’ll say that me and the boys have done no such thing. All we did was identify structural weaknesses and…grease a few wheels. Some of which may come in handy tonight.” She looks up at you, a serious look on her face. “I will say, whatever she was here for, I don’t believe she had the blessings of Hubert or Edelgard. They were both outraged when they saw what she had done at the Abandoned Chapel. And I don’t believe that was just for show.”
>“Do you know anything about the group she belongs to?” Corrine shakes her head. “Nothing, that’s the biggest secret of them all. Solon had a few Flame Emperor soldiers with him back at Remire, though I believe they belonged more to the Death Knight, who’s one of ours. Whoever this group is, they seem to have been working with us…only in a different capacity. And independently, as well. They’ve demonstrated more than once the capacity to go rogue. I don’t scare particularly easy but…I’m sure you’ve seen it for yourself. They’re not human, and they’re capable of great evil.”
>“What happens if I don’t want to ally myself with great evil? If I don’t want to work together with the same group that murdered my friends?” You seethe. “Everyone’s got a choice to make tonight, and you can bet Hubert’s keeping track of who votes for what. The Empress has issued a call to arms to her loyal subjects in the Empire!” She says dramatically. The girl scoffs before continuing. “If you choose not to help in this instance, I imagine it may be seen as a dereliction of duty. You’ll likely be branded a deserter. Great shame to House Rusalka and all that nonsense. I imagine they’ll be fine though in the long run. Rusalka is too critical to the war effort, not to mention home to the Empire’s strongest general and his personal elite army.”
>“A deserter…” A few days ago you were talking with Ashe about fulfilling your dream of becoming a knight. Now there’s a very real possibility that may never happen. “Come now, I think it’s a bit romantic! The two of us, on the run, free to start a new life as we see fit! Why, we could even start our own mercenary company! Away from the confines and stuffiness of Adrestian society!” An awkward pause follows. “Sorry. Not the time, I know.”
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>>5289124 >“What of the others? What happens if they say no?” “As for me, and some other of our fellow classmates who are currently in the midst of making a very tumultuous decision…” She trails off. “If we refuse, our families will likely be rounded up, tried for treason or some such and executed. Not a big deal for me, personally, though I can think of a few Black Eagles who might mind.”
>You believe they’ll join Edelgard then?” She nods. “I’m certain of it. Ferdinand, Caspar and Bernadetta most certainly. They’re of high noble blood. Petra as well. Her status as a hostage complicates matters for those she left behind in Brigid. The others will likely fall in as well afterwards. The biggest wild card is our dear Professor. Hard to tell what goes on in that one’s mind.”
>You want to ask Corrine more questions, but before you can, an explosion from far off in the monastery occurs, the force of which almost sends you falling to the floor. “What was that?!” “Shit!” Corrine hisses, staring out the window again, as if looking for something. “We’ve taken too long here.” She turns to you, grabs your hands, and stares you deep in the eyes.
“I know this is far from the ideal situation to make a decision that will impact the rest of your life, but it’s far more time and under less threatening circumstances than Dorothea or our classmates had. Our mission tonight is to open the western gate of Garreg Mach, allowing the Empire’s troops to file in. If you wish to place your faith in Edelgard and Adrestia…if you wish to do what is expected of you by Count Rusalka…then we must go now and play our part! Otherwise…we need to get out of here. And fast. Because in another hour, this place is going to resemble something closer to Hell than a monastery.”
This is a nightmare. But she’s right. You knew for months now that a war was coming. You knew what the circumstances would entail, and you knew you’d be called to fight in it. There’s no more time for hesitation. You must make your decision now.
>A): Support Edelgard >B): Refuse to support Edelgard TreeHouses QM
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>>5289127 This vote will be open until 23:00 tomorrow. Whatever wins decides whether we continue the quest in a Crimson Flower themed world or Silver Snow.
Whatever wins, certainly things will play out different than they do in the game. Additionally, Blair will be up to her own adventures on either route. She won't be tagging along with Byleth. There's a unique story and characters planned for either route that we go on, with an overarching theme for both.
I don't want to go into too much detail or give away anything, but if you have any questions on how this may affect the progression of the quest, let me know.
Happy Voting!
>>5289088 I go Neutral in almost every SMT I play because the other endings often end up being hilariously bad. The exception was True Law in Strange Journey Redux.
Hubert von Vesta
>>5289127 >THE TIME HAS COME Okay... I believe Blair would choose Silver Snow because that is in character for her as I don't see her supporting Edelgard with what she's done.
But, I also see her picking Crimson Flower not because she want's to but because it's... Well, it's the choice that would lead to less troubles for her even if she would be feeling shit about picking it, and like Corrine said it can be said Edelgard isn't that bad as she didn't plan the monsterification of our friends or Jerald's death, but her plan of joining with them is still dumb and risky.
So in the end I pick...
>B): Refuse to support Edelgard Even if it would cause her harm, have her be exiled and be considered a deserter I think she would make the right decision, also I can't see her choosing the side that that has a relatively weak reason to go to war against the church.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard While her goals are "noble", having seen her work ethic and poor judge of character I'm not sure she, and her supporter's actions are going to end with, let alone reach her "goals".
I don't think Blair could be enough of a moderating influence to steer things back "on track".
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard I'm a shameless Edie simp and I will always be until the end
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Edie didn't mean for the bad shit, she was pissed off about it. It sucks that she's not here to apologize to Blair, and she really owes her one, but she's right that the Church is wrong and something has to be done about it. Since Silver Snow means tacitly supporting the Church... well, fuck 'em. We saw what they did to Ashe's dad and heretics for no damn reason. And unlike Edie, they ain't sorry and it's business as usual for them.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>B): Refuse to support Edelgard
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Boy oh boy, this is kind of a no-brainer to me. I can certainly see Blair not exactly unconditionally loving the church, things have simply stacked against Edelgard. Even if she's apparently upset with Monica's actions, the tragedy of Remire happened much earlier and yet despite it the pact with Solon's people continued as evident by the agarthium continuing being sent. We can conclude that despite the atrocious act they commit, Edelgard seems to see those as acceptable collateral for their alliance (unless I'm mixing up the time line which I don't think I am?). That's not to mention how many of the pale folk that have infiltrated the empire's ranks with likely little resistance, the possibility likely including our 'adoptive father' going by Alena's words, the change in attitude over recent years as well as the easy conclusion that those people would want to secure a steady supply of that metal.
Besides, what kind of person leads an ambush against their friends to try and pressgang them into service? I can only hope Corrine is wrong about how many are going to side with Edelgard.
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>>5289256 Tried to steer from meta knowledge, but
I'm sure Blair will feel vindicated, if disgusted, by seeing the empire fielding demon beasts in the coming battle. Anonymous
>>5289127 This is a very tough choice for Blair to make at a moment's notice. I do think she and the majority of her friend group leans pretty far in favor of the church, and that her first thoughts in this situation are on the safety of her friends and their families. While she can't do much for them directly, she can at least fight to keep the monastery safe so that when those friends gather their families, the complex is still standing to be able to accept them.
Oh yeah, and we know who's directly tied to the uptick in demonic beasts now. That makes things even simpler.
>B): Refuse to support Edelgard (I would also accept the Blair and Corrine independent route DLC path and would love a writeup on how that would go some day down the line)
Anonymous
>>5289127 >>A): Support Edelgard I want to see Crimson Flower fleshed out! That's it. That's the story I want to see, more than Silver Snow.Blair's disagreements with Edelgard mean that choosing to follow her will make a better story than choosing the Church. SS is tepid, with less tension for Blair.
>>5289186 >The Church isn’t great, but if we legitimise that it’s perfectly valid to overthrow the old order if you get enough spears together and commit enough warcrimes… well, what happens next? That's always been seen as legitimate. The Empire is an Empire, The Church established itself through a war, the Kingdom established itself through a war, the Alliance established itself through a war. Every major player in the world of 3H fought at least a few wars for their interests. Crests are remnants of old war crimes. Going by this logic then you shouldn't recognize nobility-by-Crest and instead should support Edelgard.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >>B): Refuse to support Edelgard Basically what the other anons said but I do have one important thing to say and that’s that Corrine continues to be the best girl
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Sorry Edelgard, but I can't defend your actions.
Let's hope our friends will be alright, though... Blair, please protect everyone!
Anonymous
>>5289127 support edelgard
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard I'll be honest, I just don't like the Church. I don't particularly care for any of the Church aligned characters and don't really want to read about them. Rhea can go pound sand.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Everything sucks, Blair is in for pain either way.
Anonymous
>>5289324 Firstly, crests are what now? How?
(Haven’t played the game.)
Secondly, this is a fire emblem game, it’s a conceit of the setting that factions and bandits and rebels all fight it out, but this is far beyond the pale of any of that in scale. Rebelling against a kingdom doesn’t compare to marching against everyone else combined to eliminate The Religion and destroy the current political system completely, and if she plans to use demonic beasts to do so that’s also, as far as we can tell, wildly beyond the pale.
War is much thing, but in scale this isn’t about feuds or conquest or sovereignty but literally about looking at people’s entire faith and way of life and deciding the first way to fight against it is to strike against the Vatican equivalent that’s also a school and town to kill the pope with the aid of abominations created from transmuting people with sorcery.
Feudal wars are horrid, but normal- but this is somewhat beyond that.
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*war is a sure thing
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>>5289438 Crests were the result of the founder (of the predecessor to the Empire)'s minions drinking the blood of the Church's founder's mom's children. Except the founder's crest, which came from the mom.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Anonymous
Folks have you considered that if Byleth is on the other side then we are screwed?
Anonymous
>>5289463 Weren't we told somewhere that Byleth would make the same decision.
Anonymous
>>5289478 Am pretty sure that Byleth has chosen Edie since she was at her coronation
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>>5289481 Anyway what's the worst that could happen.
And if things go badly we should be able to remain "independent" to some degree instead of joining up with the Church, or just cut and run should people we "can't" deal with turn up we are spec'd into a mobile class after all.
I think our best course of action would be to, rally people remaining the other dorms, warn the gatehouse (or at least asserting their status current, Corrine would probably be best for this), raise the Alarm (if need be), then try and get into contact with Rex (making sure he is aware of what is up) then fucking off to play things by ear, elsewhere.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard As much as I like my nigger Hubert, I can't really see it being in-character for Blair to support her after everything she's seen and experienced.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 Support Edelgard
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>5289608 Route locks brings the lurkers out, hopefully.
Anonymous
>>5289463 We have been told by TH that byleth will pick the same as us, but even then I'd personally invite the challenge.
>>5289438 Alright, time for a rundown. The stuff in the spoiler is stuff that Blair wouldn't know about while the unspoilt stuff is more common knowledge to some degree. Though this is entirely from a few years old memory so a grain of salt is advised.
>Crests are a heritable trait that exists as both major and minor, both of which allows its owner to be able to perform superhuman feats. These come originally from the people that the church dubbed as heroes who founded many of the great noble of houses today. Having crest is therefore very prestigious and desired even outside of their power. They have over the years weakened which the noble houses in possession of a crest have reacted to quite poorly, a few going so far as to pass up a child as successor due to a younger child being born with a crest, as was the situation with Sylvain and his brother. There's a desire to preserve the crests and their rising scarcity has only increased their value. The church preaches that they are divine gifts from the goddess to the heroes of the land, and thus shouldn't be misused which many nobles only pay lipservice to. In reality, the crests are a result of a band of people lead by a bandit king that slaughtered the goddess and nearly all of her children and ingesting their blood. It's part why the heroic relics work best with someone with the fitting crests, as those weapons were forged from the bones of the goddess' children. The goddess' own bones is what the 'sword of the creator' is made of. Hubert von Vesta
>>5289674 You know here's a question that I've been wondering about, does Rhea actually like the concept of Crests? I mean... The method they were given to people was pretty fucked up, I'm sure if she and Edelgard talked they could have come to a compromise where they could have given Crest's less importance, because I doubt Rhea likes the fact people are flaunting the fact that their ancestors ate her family.
Anonymous
>>5289674 Jesus Christ.
Well, we can’t use that knowledge, what with the meta gaming, but I can see why Edelgard would declare the whole thing illegitimate.
Does seem oddly hasty though. After all, what we didn’t know wasn’t hurting us. Not in that way, at least.
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>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Anonymous
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>>5289674 I'd be down to have Byleth stick with Edelgard even if we flip. Take off the training wheels! Would make the choice more meaningful not knowing that you end up with the Byleth cheat code no matter what choice you pick.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >>A): Support Edelgard The only way to change how the world works is by supporting Edelgard. We may not always agree with her extreme methods but her heart is in the right place and her intentions are true. On the other hand Rhea sucks ass and will do nothing. Our family is counting on us and we must not disappoint them.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard And to think. once I was War Crimes anon.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard All I want is a longer and fleshed out CF
Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard Like the others have said, there are red lines you should not cross. Blair is too nice to go all in with the monsters and beasts Edelgard has created.
Anonymous
>>5289691 >>5289700 I'd like to add on the fact that part of why the system even got in place if I don't misremember is partly because those 'heroes' (or it might've been their children or something) had a lot of popular support after the war that killed the bandit king and partly because Rhea didn't want the descendants to suffer and be hunted down for the actions for their forfathers... Though that last part I can't remember where I read it to be honest. Might be from the dlc?
Anonymous
>>5289691 Rhea is
responsible for the state of Fodlan at game start. The early Empire and Church are the result of her working with the founder of the Empire, Edelgard's ancestor, and she burns several cities to the ground in canon Crimson Flower because she views humanity as completely worthless without her at the helm. She sees humans as ants and inevitable traitors. She is uninterested in humanity except as those who still hold pieces of her mother the Goddess and the possibility of reviving her. Additionally, Rhea may not like the origin of Crests, but
in the DLC it's shown that she was willing to make her own using the same process as the first few, in an attempt to devise a ritual to bring her mother back to life. This necessitates and causes quite a lot of human pain to put it lightly, and she does express some amount of regret for this, but only because it didn't work. Instead, the blood sacrifice of several humans produces...you guessed it...a terrible demonic monster. Byleth and Byleth's mother are the result of her human experimentation to attempt again to resurrect her mother. She does not tell Byleth this. Obviously Blair knows nothing of this. But she would never cooperate with Edelgard.
Edelgard would also never cooperate with her. This is because
Edelgard as a child, along with all her siblings, was experimented on and given two Crests by Slitherers allied with a group of Empire nobles. (This is the source of her white hair - she and Lysithea share a very short lifespan.) She is the only survivor, but she views Crests and those who manipulate human society as horrors themselves, including Rhea. Her Empire, she knows, is full of infiltrators, and she intends to purge them, Church or Slitherer alike. She's only successful in Crimson Flower. In all other routes she succumbs to doing 'whatever it takes', and the corrupt nobles and Slitherers effectively use her as a weapon against the Church. Hubert von Vestra
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>>5290044 You know honestly I don't really see a reason why I should dislike Rhea, I mean I'm not a big fan of hers but I see no reason to hate her, it seems like she doesn't hold it against the bandits descendants for what they did and wants them to be safe, the only bad thing I can really say is... She makes it that people care about Crests too much? But like, that's not something you can solely blame on her really.
But no matter which route wins I won't be mad or upset, because while I prefer Silver Snow I do think a Crimson Flower route would be interesting to read.
Hubert von Vestra
>>5290053 Hmm, yeah I can understand the situation more clearly now, but honestly I still prefer Rhea, no that's putting it wrong, I don't care for Rhea but I dislike Edelgard, so on a technicality I like Rhea more but it's more about that I dislike her for causing this grand war, like Rhea might not actually care about humanity that much but she didn't like cause a massive world wide war over it, yeah she did do experiments but... So did Edelgard, honestly both sides are kinda bad in this but I guess the Church is the least worst, like Edelgard could have like, you know, tell the Church about the slithers and their plans and joined with the Church to take them down... And then backstab the church once the Slithers are dealt with, honestly that sounds like a better plan because then Edelgard has her part of the empire, the church, the holy kingdom and maybe the alliance against the slithers, while with her actual plan it's the remnants of a war torn Fodland against the slithers.
Anonymous
>>5290070 Do keep in mind that many of the more horrid descriptions of Rhea comes from the Crimson Flower route, the one in which Byleth
(who is the closest she's gotten to reviving her mother, the goddess who was slain) betrays her and sides with Edelgard, which leads her on a terrible negative mental spiral as she over the 5 year time skip begins to completely lose any faith and love she had for humanity.
Not to say she does no wrong, but there's a little context for some of it.
Hubert von Vestra
>>5290086 True, so she's at least a bit justified.
Anonymous
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>>5290070 You can use spoilers to discuss this type of stuff you know.
Anyway,
Edelgard's initial alliance of convenience with the Slitherers wasn't decided by her, but by her uncle (a Slitherer infiltrator). She has no control of the Empire before her coronation because before she was born the Empire nobles aligned with the Slitherers rose up against her father and stripped him of powers and privileges. Her and Hubert's work throughout White Clouds is meant to set up the possibility of striking against the Slitherers in the first place. Anonymous
>>5289127 >B): Refuse to support Edelgard I can't see Blair siding with Edelgard over the Church with what she now knows about what Edelgard has done. Yes, she didn't order Monica to murder Martha and Xavier, but she was working with her all the same. She may not have ordered the mind control experiment done by Solon at Remier Village, but she was working with them under the guise of the Flame Emperor. Blair isn't very hot on the ' The Ends justify the Means' approach, so this wouldn't sit well with her at all.
>>5290086 Not to mention the game just takes whichever side you don't pick and turns them in to the Ludicrious War Crimes McGee faction so that you never question if you made the wrong choice in the Catacombs.
Anonymous
Part of why I really like Three Houses is that none of the people involved except the Slitherers are evil for acting the way they did. They all do their best to act well.
Hubert von Vestra
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I sure hope Fire Emblem 3H Warriors won't make the story one where all 3 sides join together to defeat the big bad and everyone lives... Because that'd be dumb.
Anonymous
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>>5290101 If anything she's basically a saint for not wiping out humanity after everything they've done to her family and race.
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>>5290140 The problem is that it’s hard to justify working alongside the snake people from an in character perspective, and what Eddie is doing right now- that is, literally assaulting a school in the middle of a public holiday when the place will be swarming with pilgrims after it’s revealed she’s working alongside the people who did Remire village and demonic beasts summoning- isn’t doing her favours from an IC perspective.
We’ve regularly voted for Blair to put in the extra hours to balance duty and morals, and I don’t think we can achieve both by opening the city gates to let an invading army in to burn this place to the floor.
Personally, I’d like to wash my hands of this, take as many friends as possible, and Run for the Hills, but failing that there’s very obviously an aggressor here.
(Narratively, I don’t think CF is necessarily so much more fulfilling than the church route. I like it a lot, because sticking through with honour and loyalty to the hilt is something modern protagonists don’t really do anymore- but it also feels like a reversal against Blair’s development so far, making friends far outside the accepted hierarchy and going beyond the boundaries she’s lived with her entire life. Are we going to leave that behind to fall back under the shadow of our (suspect) family, to chase our promised reward and become a self made woman, or are we going to suddenly go rogue and strike out to defend a system that, even if it’s not going to benefit her personally, carries the stability of her world on its back?)
Anonymous
(Most of the time when the heroes fight to save the world, it’s very firmly selfish altruism- if we don’t save the world we have nowhere to go. But fighting against against a revolution that would benefit us personally because it’s the right thing to do is something you see even less. What makes a woman split from her family, liege and promised reward to risk life and limb for a world where people like her may never quite stand on equal footing? Is it more chivalric to be loyal to a system, or to people? Certainly, Eddie hasn’t done much to inspire our loyalty beyond waving some ephemeral place of power at us, and the church has come through for us more than our own people, but she is ultimately our liege. Despite being a hero, would we be suspect as an expatriate with seemingly no reward in it for us beyond what is right? Will our counterpart Imperials attempt to ‘redeem’ us, or quickly destroy us so we don’t give others ideas? Would they even understand?)
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>>5289700 >>5289438 (These are mine. To clarify.)
Anonymous
>>5290221 >Certainly, Eddie hasn’t done much to inspire our loyalty beyond waving some ephemeral place of power at us, I want to contest this, because Edelgard has been a great house leader. I'm upset and I really feel like it's just been people metagaming against Edelgard the whole time, rather than working from what Blair herself knows. People were very willing to vote for hanging out with Corrine, who just straight up ax-murdered two boys as a child. Meanwhile Edelgard only got her actions voted for once. Blair's support with her started completely randomly over going to the Meal Hall for Peach Sorbet.
From Blair's perspective, Edelgard has been a welcoming house leader who recognized her and Dorothea despite their common birth, led her in battle, and the thread OP this time even says that she's been a 'stellar and true leader' from Blair's point of view. Blaming Edelgard for Kronya's actions is absurd, for example. And people have cited the use of demon beasts in the upcoming battle as a reason for Blair to vote against Edelgard, even though that hasn't happened yet and Blair doesn't know it.
Meanwhile there are a lot of things Blair should care about but which anons don't, because they are detached from her life and only seem to care about the moral arguments, rather than the personal or story focused ones. For example Blair cares about becoming a knight, she mentions it explicitly as something she doesn't want to lose and as a foundation of her relationship with Ashe, when Corrine mentions the possibility of being branded a deserter. There are many in-character reasons to stay with Edelgard. It's not just a position of power that Edelgard represents, but the idea of a position of power given due to merit over Crest or nobility, the idea of equality and self-direction, the idea that one can make their own fortune. It's not something selfish for Blair to pursue, it's something for anyone, for people like her and Ashe or Ashe's siblings or any of the other small people who were not born with advantages.
I feel like the sentiment is that Blair going under Edelgard is some kind of endorsement of Monica, even though that's ridiculous, and if the same logic were applied the other way then following the Church is an endorsement of centuries of tragedies and inequalities and it's not even like Rhea never used blood sorceries of her own.
I feel like playing a quest is an agreement to play a character and yet no one agrees with me on who that character is. I don't want a story about someone whose morals are too powerful, I want a story about someone whose morals need to be balanced with what is feasible. Blair isn't Ingrid, to demand perfect honor at all times and to indict someone for the slightest malfeasance. She's been established as separate from that character type, while remaining someone with a sense of morals. Doesn't that suggest that she as a character is more fit for Crimson Flower than striking it out on her own? Doesn't it????????
Anonymous
Blair isn't just a ball of morals. She's a ball of morals that are tempered with a recognition of the complicated, murky realities around her. To make a vote purely on moral grounds is so utterly against my conception of Blair that I am getting quite upset about the entire affair. I don't want a story about how the evil warcrimes and evil human-sacrificers are so evil. I don't want a story about how Blair is 'wow so moral she's so great and knightly and amazing' even while Blair abandons those who have helped her become who she is. Blair wouldn't be here if not for the Count, she could have been another war orphan. And yet she's going to abandon him because he executed prisoners who had rebelled? She's going to abandon him for ruling and serving in the Empire? She's not at all obligated to him? Feudal societies work on that basis: Blair has received so much, that she is to some degree liable to return something, some service. And if you disagree with that notion, if you feel Blair has a right to accept that and not give back anything, then you should want to dismantle feudalism, and follow Edelgard anyway! If Blair rebels against her liege then by the system she is thereby defending then she is scum. That particular tangle is not a story-motivating one, it is simply a condemnation of Blair.
Hubert von Vestra
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>>5290297 >People were very willing to vote for hanging out with Corrine, who just straight up ax-murdered two boys as a child. I mean there is a difference between killing two boys and starting a war.
Anonymous
like seriously wtf does it mean 'having seen [Edelgard's] work ethic and poor judge of character'
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>>5290324 I'm with you, chief, I just don't know what to say about it.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard I have been convinced. It's time to fight for what we actually believe in.
Hubert von Vestra
>>5290337 Chill out will you?
I'm not gonna claim Blair's a ball of morals or a reskin of Ingrid, that's obviously not true, I'm not voting against you so Blair can me a super moralist amazing knight, I'm voting against Edelgard because it honestly feels more like she's betraying us, of course she's working to better the eagles and empire but at the cost of everyone else? That just doesn't sound right, and you said we are obliged to her? Obligation is a two way street my man, how can we trust someone who has been working with the main enemy this entire time? Yes she doesn't condemn them and doesn't actually like them but she works with them, should we trust her because she wants to take down the Church? Blair knows very little of their actual bad deeds, should we trust her because she's making a war due to an excuse of ''change the status quo''? I don't think so, yes it means breaking promises and deserting but you can't be a blind follower, yes we are a soldier who's only meant to take orders but is that really what Blair is? Just a soldier who should trust her superiors just because it's her duty? Even if her that duty would be to evil?
We aren't making this decision just because ''Edelgard evil, church good'' It will be a hard decision for Blair, it will cause broken relationships and many hardships, but sometimes you have to take that road, and besides this doesn't mean Blair's gonna be a moralist because of this decision, she is after all abandoning her duty not only to her country but also her family, in both route's Blair's not gonna be inherently good or evil, I just think Blair would know when to put her own wants and needs to the side and try and stop something bad from happening, even if her contribution to it would be very little.
But nevertheless I wouldn't be mad or disappointed if Crimson Flower is chosen, I do see your points why she would pick it, I personally just think she'd pick Silver Snow instead.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Support what matters
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>>5290361 I admit that I'm malding
but anyway most of what you've said has no relation to my posts, please read again. for example, you have misread: we are not obliged to Edelgard, except in the general sense of having her as our liege, and I never said we were. however Blair is personally obliged to the Count, who raised her up and sent her to the officer's academy. a better argument against what I said would be to point out Blair's obligation to the Church and Monastery teachers, including Leopold, for example. this would be more convincing and logical as a rebuttal than simply denying the fact of there being any obligation, or saying that it's a fake obligation. in response to this better argument, I would reply that Blair's obligation to the Count is what has put her in a position to be obliged to the Church in the first place, and therefore supercedes her latter obligation. I would also argue that the obligation to the Count is of a higher order than that to the Church, as it is more direct and specific. the Count chose Blair specifically, whereas the Church were fulfilling a general duty to all the students at the school. this element of specific choice, being what has enabled Blair to become what she has, ought to magnify the commensurate emotional weight to Blair.
But anyway I'm getting off topic and arguing against something you didn't say. nevertheless I hope that my attempt to show that my position is well-thought out and complete is convincing to my readers.
>>5290374 >>5290378 aaaaaaaaaaaagh pls no
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>>5289504 >>5290374 >>5290378 Anon pls. I support the same thing but this is awful.
Anonymous
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>>5289504 >>5290374 >>5290378 >3 posts by this ID, all voting for supporting Edelgard on this vote Hello failed samefag. How many more 1PBTID are you on this vote?
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Hubert von Vestra
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>>5290374 >>5290378 Please get a hold of yourself. We were having a good discussion on the merits of each choice before you had to do this. I hope other anons who have not voted yet aren't discouraged though.
Anonymous
So what’s the current tally discounting the samefag?
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>>5290420 13-16 for not supporting if you count only their first vote. (could have a missed a vote or two though)
Anonymous
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>>5290434 Closer than I expected actually. As much as I want Crimson Flower, I was expecting it to lose handily.
Anonymous
>>5290434 Thanks anon. Would be total
chaos fun if someone from refuse were to switch their vote haha
Anonymous
>>5290439 most people dump their vote in quests and leave, very few stick around to discuss or reconsider. usually only the losing vote cares enough to stick around in my quest experience lol
thus the numerous CF chads rising up this close to deadline, sitting around talking
Anonymous
>>5290361 >>5290324 Ditto what Hubert said.
I don’t terribly mind either way; they both have really interesting things. But the reason why I’m throwing a vote for the church is because of Edelgard’s choice of allies and how to wage this war- particulalry with how IC Blair was seething at the thought of working alongside, I remind, the people who tortured some of her friends to death and turned them into monsters.
Hence I think Blair would believe that in this case, Edelgard’s side is wrong (see: attacking on a public holiday allied with people who use demonic beasts they make by torturing people in battle). As for why that outweighs feudal obligation, I would say that we don’t owe directly to Edelgard- who was a perfectly fine leader, but didn’t really interact with us beyond a recruiting pitch and trying to foist the shape shifting murderer into our squad (ever if she didn’t predict the shape shifter would do the murders), but instead to the Count, who is our parent. However, I think she’d recognise, especially upon learning about the infiltrators, that the Count seems… off.
In the end, it is a split between obligation and what I believe is morality, assuming Blair wouldn’t prioritise her own ambitions in the process (she doesn’t seem the sort in the moment), but given the several really dubious things the obligation side seems up to (looking at you, Count, and also the demonic beasts and basically trying to press gang us), I think it makes more sense if the Church wins out.
She will feel terrible about whatever side she picks though, because this is a really, really hard choice.
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>>5290444 True. We CF chads will fight for our one true empress.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A): Support Edelgard Anonymous
>>5289127 >A) Support Edelgard It's the only way to address all the problems in this society. Working with the church cements the status quo.
Anonymous
>>5289127 >A] support edelgard Anonymous
>>5290446 I don't think Blair would really find the public holiday attack thing to be all that bad. She's got the Tactics A. She can recognize the reasoning behind the timing of the attack and all that. Arguably you could make a case that it would lead to less loss of life doing it this way when you can catch everyone off guard than it would if you you had to actually siege the monastery. That could turn bad real fast.
The demonic beasts thing is definitely a point against though. The only perspective we really have on that is what Corrine has provided us which was that Edelgard and Hubert were outraged over what Monica did, but we don't have confirmation of that ourself, or if that was specifically about the demonic beasts themselves, or more about the how. Point against, but I don't think necessarily and insurmountable one.
The problem for Crimson Flower is really that we're being given a half-assed sales job by Corrine who doesn't give a shit either way and will go wherever Blair chooses, so Blair doesn't really get to hear about the reasons behind what kind of changes Edelgard is aiming to make. Can't blame the refuse side for that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anonymous
>>5290458 >>5290459 >>5290461 Wow, convenient three posts all within roughly three minutes that sway the vote from 'Refuse' to 'Support'. I wonder who could be behind these posts.
Anonymous
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Come on folks this isn't even subtle
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>>5290468 Slightly less blatant than the last guy. Made all the votes unique at least.
Anonymous
>>5290465 The problem is less the holiday itself, and more the fact that of all the holidays she picked the one where the place will be packed with pilgrims, at the point in time in which there would be the most pilgrims.
TreeHouses QM
Time's up.
Refuse: 16
Accept: 14
I'm going to nullify these votes:
>>5290458 >>5290459 >>5290461 Given the circumstances, they seem incredibly suspicious. I don't think it would be responsible to let them slide in. In the off chance you are different people, which I doubt, blame the samefriend.
I'm going to write one last lengthy meta-post in a second detailing my thoughts on where we go from here, before we continue on with our regularly scheduled programming.
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Even more strangely, in fact, at the culmination of a divine ritual in a world where divine magic is real and can raise the dying and smite people into dust.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>5290479 Not that it matters with the vote called, but counterpoint could be that it's the end of the school year. If she waits any longer, most of her agents will have been sent home and she'd have to wait to get a new set of infiltrators in place to disable the defences.
Anonymous
>>5290479 In canon, the pilgrims and accompanying merchants and other auxiliaries of tourism were how Edelgard got a lot of her non-student soldiers in place.
Anonymous
>>5290480 Mucho sado. Blair (and edie) deserves better!
Anonymous
>>5290489 Well maybe if Hubert Von Vesta hadn't stabbed Edelgard in the back we would have had CF!
>>5289140 Anonymous
>>5290490 Would've been a tie though. What would TH do if it remains tied to the end?
Anonymous
>>5290490 ya like how can you name yourself after hubert and not be a CF chad smdfhqh famalamapai
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>>5290491 cancel the quest
Anonymous
>>5290488 >>5290486 But why not earlier, though?
There’d be less pilgrims, but she could still infiltrate without suspicion (pilgrims don’t normally arrive literally on the day of the event), and it looks like she’s looking for the students to sabotage the defences anyways, and there wouldn’t be a chance for Holy Power to slap her into the floor depending on what this ritual actually is.
To be honest, my own suspicion is that she did plan to do it earlier, but there were accidental delays. Alternatively, if we’re being really unkind, the more panicking pilgrims fouling up the church’s defences the easier the assault will be…
TreeHouses QM
>>5290491 Both sides pick their best 8 players and face off in Team Fortress 2. Winner sets the route.
TreeHouses QM
Stream of consciousness incoming:
Firstly, thank you to everyone who voted! I've been monitoring this thread like a hawk all day, and it's been an absolute joy to read all your posts and watch you all debate which route is the correct one. This is probably the most important vote in the Quest, and the one I was looking the least forward too. TH fans tend to be very passionate about what they think is the correct choice to make here. I was worried this would devolve into retarded shitflinging, but barring a few shenanigans at the end there, everyone laid out their arguments and thoughts in a coherent and sane manner. Thank you for that.
As I said, I've been reading this thread all day, though I didn’t want to chime in on anything. The last thing I wanted was for my word to influence changing anyone's vote. Personally speaking, I didn’t care which side won. I have ideas planned out for both routes, so it’s not as though one winning over the other would put me in a bind or anything. I think it’s very interesting that at the start of this quest, way back to a year ago, people seemed very adamant we’d be going Crimson Flower. I think that attitude was prevalent up until the events with Monica, where a major shift in attitude occurred. That event in particular had been something I knew I had wanted to do from almost the beginning. If you’ve played the game, one of the students that you need to rescue from the Demonic Beasts in that chapter is the same generic placeholder we were using for Blair back in Thread 1. That event changed a lot over the course of planning, before ending up as it did. If I had to attribute the change in direction to anything here, it seems it was that. I did my best not to lean the writing in one direction or the other, but present pros and cons for both. I actually think during the last month of activity, we were leaning more towards Empire if anything, what with Blair spending time with Bernadetta and Kate, as well as reaffirming her desire for knighthood with Ashe.
Personally speaking, I think there are perfectly valid arguments for Blair going either direction here. In regards to Crimson Flower, I want to give a shoutout to this anon in particular.
>>5290140 Their arguments for why Blair would stay loyal to Edelgard were spot on. They’ve been paying attention, and they know their lore and presented it in an extremely compelling way. I don’t have anything to add that they didn’t already. I love reading your posts and I hope you stick around despite CF not winning.
Cont…
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>>5290497 We should do that anyway.
Anonymous
>>5290496 No, I mean, all the arriving pilgrims and merchants were remarked upon by various characters for months leading up to the ritual in the Holy Tomb. Her soldiers were preparing for most of the school year.
At the very start of the game, Edelgard and the other two lords are rescued by Byleth from a bandit ambush. But the bandits were her soldiers, IIRC. The plan has been in motion for years.
It's true that she had no real idea of what was going to happen on the day Byleth mounted the throne of the Goddess. But no one knew that was going to happen at all, because Byleth didn't go greenhaired until last month. The alternative to pressing the Go button is canceling her plans entirely, which she can't afford.
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>>5290504 Huh.
Wow.
That does make a lot more sense.
The more you know….
Although that just implies she knows perfectly well what she’s doing.
Not a great look.
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>>5290502 CRIMSON FLOWER EXTENDED DLC QUEST WHEN AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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>>5290502 As for Silver Snow, a few anons here made some compelling arguments for that case as well. One thing I’d like to add that I haven’t seen anyone mention yet, is to consider the state of mind Blair is in right now. She’s fully aware of the existence of an inhuman race of shapeshifters. They’re seemingly capable of assuming the form of anyone they please. They also have the ability to create bloodthirsty monsters from the bodies of human beings. Also, they’re likely controlling everything and they’re most certainly in a position of power. If you tell anyone about this, there is no way they’ll believe you. Furthermore, opening your mouth about this increases the likelihood of you meeting a painful end.
The only people’s word you have to go on are your adoptive father, who may be one of them, and two of your liege lords, who have not filled you in on anything nor are they planning on. In the grand scheme of things, Blair is not important to the Empire. She’s a competent junior officer, who would likely lead her own company, but that’s it. There are plenty of others who can fill in that role if needed. One of them was even in your unit, and will likely be doing just that. Edelgard and Hubert COULD fill her in on Those Who Slither in The Dark, but why would they when they don’t for far more important characters than yourself? They expect you to fall in line.
After Martha and Xavier died, there was a vote we had on how you would react to the reality of the situation. Anger is what won. Ultimately, Blair is still pissed off about what happened. She’s also increasingly becoming more and more paranoid. And she’s right to be. She’s seen what the Slithers are capable of. She’s likely one of the few people on the entire continent who isn’t directly involved with them to have figured out what’s going on. Ultimately, I could see a situation where anger and paranoia drive Blair further away from the Empire, winning over her previous loyalty.
Ultimately, I think it’s very hard to separate meta-game knowledge from what’s going on in the quest from Blair’s perspective. I hope everyone gave it a shot, but I think either route is justifiable given the circumstances. Truthfully speaking, both routes are shitty, and nothing but horrid suffering awaits ahead. One anon here mentioned that he hates how no matter what route you pick, the other is presented as over the top villains, in an attempt to make the player feel like they didn’t make the wrong choice. I’ve wanted to do my best to avoid that feeling. I want you to have to constantly second guess this choice. Look at the support list. A lot of them won’t be coming with us. In terms of how bad things are going to be for Blair going forward, I think Silver Snow was the much harsher choice.
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>>5290517 Well then.
I suppose we couldn’t have our coming of age story without Suffering.
Anonymous
>>5290517 >In terms of how bad things are going to be for Blair going forward, I think Silver Snow was the much harsher choice. Oh boy. a-at least we'll always have a-ashe r-right?
Anonymous
>>5290520 Suddenly, I doubt it.
Who killed his father? Who’s promising a world tomorrow where people like Ashe, and people like us, will have their time in the sun?
TreeHouses QM
>>5290517 Lastly, for those CF anons who may be disappointed, I want to stress again that this vote was mostly to determine the “flavor” of the world we go in. I know some anons have mentioned the idea of us being on the opposite side of the Professor. While an interesting idea, ultimately I decided against it. I had set out from the beginning wanting to center this quest around someone who had just been caught up in the storm of Three Houses and the war, and how they fare in it. I believe putting Blair on the opposite side to that would ultimately end with having to massively change some lore around. That’s not what I wanted to do. There’s no future where Blair kills Byleth and Edie and assumes the throne for herself.
Rather, I wanted to tell a different side-story, taking place during the same time. I know a lot of the CF bros were hoping to see some of the lore that gets ignored in the game be expanded on. That’s still the plan, regardless of the route. The Agarthans are an example that I think have come up pretty frequently already. Who are they? Are they really all bland, insane mole people? Or do they have factions, vying against each other, with different goals in mind? Did you know they worship a pantheon of gods? The lore exists for that in-game, but is never extrapolated on other than the main Slitherers being Saturday morning cartoon villains. Rest assured, I still on plan on doing my best to try and fill in some of the color that’s missing or only briefly mentioned in the game. I don’t want Part 2 of this to be another retelling of the game’s story, but rather be it’s own unique thing for everyone to enjoy.
Thank you again for following along and playing! I had a feeling this vote would be a popular one, but never expected it to get so many replies and discussion! For those of you who are lurking in the shadows and reading along, not really voting, thank you for sticking through, and I hope you play every now and then!
Regular update coming tomorrow.
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>>5290517 >Look at the support list. A lot of them won’t be coming with us. In terms of how bad things are going to be for Blair going forward, I think Silver Snow was the much harsher choice. Yeah, that was one of the things I was looking at with the vote. We have more people on our list that would be anti-Edelgard, but among those that we're closest to we have a much stronger pro-Edelgard faction.
Can't say I'm looking forward to Silver Snow as my least favourite route, but I'm willing to give it a chance and see where it goes after following this for the last year.
>>5290522 Ha. Haha. AHAHA! I'm down for Black Eagle Ashe!
Anonymous
>>5290525 just tell us if best boy ashe is joining us
Anonymous
>>5290522 fuck fuck fuck fuck fuuuckkk
I would be changing my vote if we have to fight our boy
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>>5290502 >I did my best not to lean the writing in one direction or the other, but present pros and cons for both. I actually think during the last month of activity, we were leaning more towards Empire if anything, what with Blair spending time with Bernadetta and Kate, as well as reaffirming her desire for knighthood with Ashe. I think the 'problem' with regard to how people viewed this choice was that Edelgard herself was the primary point of contention, but never appeared on screen. She's not in town canonically, so your hands were tied this last month, but at least some of the arguments people tried to bring up to me were basically 'I don't have any reason to trust Edelgard', and these other relationships were established within the writing as somehow agnostic with regards to Empire/Church, as they hinged on Blair as a person being inspiring to each of these other characters. Kate, Corrine, and Ashe all state, or nearly state, that they would follow Blair wherever she goes...so they have no convincing ability to bind anons to want to stay Empire. Bernadetta is the only one who is specifically bound by her social place.
Blair will have to beat up her father in a much less nice way now.
The specific person of Edelgard however brings with it a very complicated mess, which it seems slightly more than half of anons just don't want to deal with, because the narrative in White Clouds couldn't address the question directly. It's not feasible for Blair to be filled in on all the details of the conspiracy, and Edelgard and Hubert themselves don't know how much Blair already knows. I feel if they did know then they wouldn't hesitate to explain, but they didn't, because Blair kept Alena secret and Hubert turned her away in the last month with a rather bland 'have faith'. It's almost expected for Hubert to lose an officer over lacking interpersonal skills, really...
>>5290502 >I love reading your posts and I hope you stick around despite CF not winning. I've been around since thread 1, checked Blair's progression, and have been looking forward to Part 2 for months.
I am put out, but not crushed enough to leave. You're a good QM, and there aren't enough of those to abandon one who shares my interests.
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>>5290502 I'm just sad because, like real FE3H, it all feels like Silver Snow could have been prevented if Edie sat down and talked to us.
Anonymous
I must become war crimes anon again, clearly.
Anonymous
>>5290552 I think you might just have a problem in general.
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>>5290555 How so? Thought we were just having fun here. I voted for this outcome, btw.
Anonymous
>>5290529 >>5290539 Just remember, this is the future you chose!
>>5290552 Ah, I see the long con you're running now. Vote against the war crimes faction, so that we can join the other side and war crime even harder now that it's been justified by other side! A cunning plan indeed.
Hubert von Vestra
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>>5290480 >Ditto what Hubert said. You know I kinda forgot I had this as my name, which makes things funny and ironic I'm not supporting lady Edelgard lol
>>5290480 Twas a close vote, which does prove that our dear QM has made a well written story where we could have gone both ways, gg.
>>5290490 She forgot to pay me last month and I'm still feeling a bit salty ngl
>>5290497 Oh I would have been fucking ready with my Pyro or Engineer, would have been a win for us
>>5290517 Yeah hard to trust the Empire when we know snake people have infiltrated them.
>In terms of how bad things are going to be for Blair going forward, I think Silver Snow was the much harsher choice. I cannot wait for the DRAMA and SADNESS, it shall be sweet.
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>>5290562 It’s the future I chose, and I have no regrets.
I want to confront our beloved with a lance in hand, in the midst of a burning village! I want to run into him again and again, never bringing ourselves to kill each other or defect, focused on each other to the exclusion of other loves! I want to confront Ashe with a heartfelt, tearful, hateful speech, before we strike each other crippling blows, too hesitant to truly win!
………….perhaps the real warcrimes were inside me all along.
>>5290552 From #1, Blair is canonically Bi, but I’m not sure if Ashe or Blair is polyamorous.
Hubert von Vestra
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>>5290494 Look he's the only thing I really liked about Crimson Flower, I just wanted to have some fucked up little satan babies with him.
Anonymous
>>5290562 More seriously, I think I remember now Ashe has said that he will follow us no matter what we chose.
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>>5290580 Yeah. I'd be down for it if it happened, but I don't believe QM would have Ashe stick with Edelgard out of the blue like that if Blair didn't go that route. It's all in good fun.
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>>5290562 i didn't choose shit. i voted for cf.
Anonymous
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>>5290517 >In terms of how bad things are going to be for Blair going forward, I think Silver Snow was the much harsher choice. The true longest of cons. Sufferingchads, we won...
But nah for real though, I'm looking forward to what's planned. I'll admit I am a bit biased against Edelgard, but I'd be down either way as a player, since I trust you'd make it interesting either way.
Anonymous
Sad that I missed this and we chose the wrong path
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>>5291007 I think we chose the right path, actually
Blair gets to stay on Leopold's side, and we won't have to play the pawn in the plan of Edelgard.
Anonymous
>>5291007 No war crimes...
Hubert von Vestra
>>5291050 Hey, we can do warcrimes against the empire, let's use poison against those fucks
Anonymous
>>5291051 It's not really *warcrimes* if your enemy committed crimes against humanity first
Anonymous
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>>5291053 She's just protecting her people!
Hubert von Vestra
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>>5291053 When one person does warcrimes that gives everyone else a free pass to also do warcrimes, Fodlan will be burned to the ground
TreeHouses QM
>>5289127 >“I…I can’t. I can’t support Edelgard. Not after all that I’ve seen. She expects me to open the gates of Garreg Mach for her? So that her soldiers can come in and slaughter the clergy? The Knights of Seiros that we’ve fought side by side with all year?” You shake your head. “No. I won’t have any part of that. She’s in league with the same “Inhumans” that killed and tortured Martha and Xavier. She may have her reasons for striking such a dark alliance, but I refuse to take part in it. Regardless of what the consequences may be.” “Are you sure this is the decision you wish to make?” Corrine says. She clutches your hands, looking you firmly in the eyes. “There’s no going back from this. No waiting for further clarification. If we don’t complete our mission tonight, we’ll be branded as deserters. At best, we’ll never be able to step foot in the Empire again. At worst, we’ll be hounded by the Imperial Army for the rest of our lives. If they catch us, we can expect nothing but death. That’s not to mention the friends you’ll be leaving behind. Dorothea, Bernadetta, Caspar and Petra. Though I’m loathed to admit it, I believe they’ll fall in line with Her Highness. You’d be giving up a position of power in the Imperial Army, for virtually nothing. Giving up your status under the Rusalkan Court, to live the life of a fugitive. Is this really what you want? What you can live with?”
>You nod your head. “I know what this means. Don’t feel as though you must join me. But…I can’t align myself with the Empire. Not after what I’ve seen. What I’ve pieced together. Hubert knows that I’ve stuck my nose into what those Inhumans have going on. If he were to find me a threat to revealing their secret, I’m as good as dead.” You take a deep breath. “I don’t know what the future will hold. Joining the Knights of Seiros or striking out on my own. But I know this. My enemy is not the Church of Seiros, or even the Empire for that matter. It’s those Inhumans. The so-called ‘Seven Sages of Agartha’. I won’t allow them to take advantage of my debt to the Count. Nor will I let them use me as an expendable pawn in their twisted schemes. I’ll choose another route. And if they get in my way, I’ll knock them down. One by one!” Corrine stares at you silently. Outside, you can hear some the beginning rumblings of a commotion. The residents of Garreg Mach, responding to whatever the cause of that explosion was. Finally, the girl sighs. “You’re going to be the death of me, Blair.” She smiles mischievously. “I suppose I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
>“Are you sure? You said it yourself. Your family will be in great peril if you do this.” Corrine shrugs. “Their problem. Not mine. Now then, if we aren’t going to be opening the floodgates for our dear Empress, that still leaves us with the question of what to do now? Any ideas?”
TreeHouses QM
>>5291697 >Before you can answer, a loud banging on your door interrupts you. The knocking is way too harsh to be Dorothea, and immediately you’re on edge. “What is that?” You ask Corrine. The girl looks at the door quickly, before turning back to you. She sports an apologetic look on her face. “Ahh…figures. I believe some of my friends may have come to check up on me.”
The door bursts open, knocked off its hinges, sending fragments of wood throughout you and Dorothea’s room. Standing at the entrance are three men, none of whom look particularly happy to see you. You recognize them quickly. Derrek, Byron, and Ronald. Corrine’s squad mates, under Hubert. Soldiers in the Flame Emperor’s Army.
“So…this is what the Commoner Dorms look like.” Derrek muses, spitting on the floor.
“Didn’t I tell you I’d be handling this?” Corrine asks them. “What are you doing?! I was just in the middle of converting Blair to our cause!”
“Don’t even try to hide it, you traitorous bitch.” Byron spits. “We heard everything you two said. Planning on betraying us, are you?”
“I’m disappointed in you, Corrine.” Says Ronald. “I wouldn’t expect this low born piece of trash to have any loyalty to Her Highness, but you are of noble blood. To turn your back on your duty…there can be only one fitting punishment.”
Derrek smirks. “Ever since the Battle of the Eagle and Lion, I’ve thought about what a grand feeling it would be to split that skull of yours in two, Blair. Did you truly think you could get away with humiliating me so? I’ll finally have my due justice.”
The three boys take a step into the room. In this crowded, confined space, it’ll be hard to fight at your fullest. Not only that, but you’ve packed up your spear and armor. Leaving you vulnerable, and with only your magic to rely on.
>A): Attempt to convince them you are on Edelgard’s side. (Roll Luck x 3) >B): Try and convince them to join you. (Roll Luck x 2) >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) >D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. >E): Wait and see what happens. >F): Write-In Radiance
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>>5291698 >>D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. Frankly, I never liked you anyways, lads.
Am adopting name so I don’t need to keep lining back to past IDs.
>>5290522 (It seems really unlikely that we’ll turn these boys, and if we can’t it goes really bad. The faster we get through them, by hook or crook, the faster we can warn other people about the assault without blowing our cover.
The magic won’t be quiet, but we want people to know something’s up anyways.)
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Also, we have various methods of healing, like the lance and Corrine’s faith magic (which is surprisingly devout of her).
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>>5291698 >D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. We need to remember to swing past the stables and grab Beathan before they get torched.
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While we’re at it, we should also try to spread the word as quickly as possible- the monastery’s under attack! If you choose to run or fight, do it now!!
Anonymous
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>>5291698 >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) Anonymous
>>5291698 >D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. Let's not use lethal magic, just enough to blind them or incapacitate them, and make a run for it. Let's go find the Knights of Seiros to warn them.
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>>5291698 >>B): Try and convince them to join you. (Roll Luck x 2) I believe in Blair's ability to turn them
Anonymous
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>>5291799 Leaving them alive would give them to make up whatever that want about what went down and make it out like we were the aggressors, If we're going to fight them pulling our punches is a bad idea.
Anonymous
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>>5291698 >>D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. I always expected we’d have to kill these guys
Anonymous
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>>5291698 >B): Try and convince them to join you. (Roll Luck x 2) Anonymous
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>>5291698 >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) I don't think there's any real chance of us convincing them to go rogue, and we can't be getting bogged down nor let them to cause any more chaos. Dispatch of them as quickly as we can and spread the word of the incoming invasion.
I'm tempted to maybe try and to link up with the people in the catacombs. The ambush/confrontation might've already ended, but on the off chance that it hasn't I'd like to try and get down there. Worst case we can help carry injured students that didn't side with Edelgard to the surface for medical assistance. Anonymous
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>>5291698 >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) Hubert ''Turncoat'' Vestra
Hubert ''Turncoat'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Fri 03 Jun 2022 13:13:23 No. 5291911 Report Quoted By:
>>5291698 >>D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. These bitches have shit resistance aside the mage boy, burn them to cinders Blair, this is the path you have chosen
Anonymous
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>>5291698 >B): Try and convince them to join you. (Roll Luck x 2) They may be assholes but we need every fighter we can get for this.
Anonymous
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>>5291698 >B): Try and convince them to join you. (Roll Luck x 2) Anonymous
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>>5291698 >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) Anonymous
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>>5291698 >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) Lucky numbers come the fuck on
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>>5291698 >D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. War Crimes Anon Reborn
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>>5291698 >C): You reach into your pocket, and notice you tucked Kronya’s Dagger away during your conversation with Corrine. With a deft throw, you may catch Derrek in the throat. (Roll Dex x 3) Anonymous
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>>5291698 >D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. Anonymous
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>>5291698 >D): Blast the boys with Magic. You’re confined in your room and may take collateral damage. TreeHouses QM
Hubert ''This is my gimmick now'' Vestra
Hubert ''This is my gimmick now'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sat 04 Jun 2022 04:13:31 No. 5292868 Report Quoted By:
>>5292831 Hahaa, fucke'm up Blair
TreeHouses QM
>>5291698 You’re unarmed, but you’re not defenseless. If these boys seek to do harm to you and Corrine, they’ll have a fight on their hands. The room you and Dorothea have lived in for the last year is small, accommodating merely two beds and a desk. Very little room for an all-out brawl. In such close quarters, it’s likely you and Corrine may take some minor collateral damage. But that’s nothing compared to the three Black Eagles in front of you, who should take the full force of your attack. As you mentally channel the magic required to cast a flame spell, the reality of the situation hits you. These aren’t bandits, or Western Church soldiers or even Inhumans. Despite the bad blood between you all, these are still Black Eagle students. Your comrades. Or at least they were. As the flames dance around your fingers and Derrek steps forward, hand on his sword, you realize there’s no going back from this.
A stream of flames erupts from your hands, filling the room you’re in. Derrek raises his hands in surprise, but they offer little resistance against your magic. The cape that the boy wears ignites, and his screams echo across the dormitory. The flames jut around him, hitting Byron, who stumbles out of the room past Ronald. The only mage in their group, Ronald sports higher resistance than his companions, and he is able to weather most of the attack.
In these close quarters, you and Corrine are also affected by your magic. Though the burns you take are not quite as bad as the ones received by Derrek and Byron, you both still take some damage from the attack.
>(Blair: 35/43 HP) (Corrine: 37/45 HP) (Derrek: 15/48 HP) (Byron: 41/52 HP) (Ronald: (38/42 HP)
Your dorm room is charred and ruined. The three boys are sent scrambling out of the room, attempting to pat out the flames and regain their bearings. Byron and Ronald succeed, but Derrek is not so fortunate. The boy is still ablaze, the fine clothing he was wearing proving to be highly flammable. As he continues hollering, attempting to pat out the blaze, his suffering ceases when Corrine’s axe finds its way into his skull, splitting his face in two.
(Derrek: 0/48 HP)
“You fucking bitch!” Byron roars. He charges towards Corrine, sword and shield out, and the two engage in combat. As much as you want to help her, you have your own problem to contend with.
>Ronald >Lv. 25 Mage HP: 38/42
MAG: 28
DEX: 17
SPD: 20
LCK: 15
DEF: 10
RES: 25
You’d make quick work of this boy if you had your any one of your weapons, but they’re still lying in a trunk in the charred remnants of your room. Unfortunately, you’ll have to defeat him using magic, an area this mage likely outclasses you in.
>A): Attack Ronald with Magic (Choose a Spell) >B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Hubert ''Backstabber'' Vestra
Hubert ''Backstabber'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sat 04 Jun 2022 05:04:27 No. 5292913 Report Quoted By:
>>5292897 >>B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Now we use the dagger, I didn't want to use it before because it would have been a throw and we could have lost it, but against a single mage we can cut him up.
Anonymous
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>>5292897 >A): Attack Ronald with Magic (Choose a Spell) Bolting
Radiance
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>>5292897 Oh wow.
These people have a lot of health.
Tell you what, this academy really does train people well.
>B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) We’re much stronger than we are magical, and his stats are such that a magical attack inherently deals 15 less damage than an equivalent physical one to him.
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>>5292897 >>B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) I believe in Blair’s ability to cut a bitch
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>>5292897 >>B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Anonymous
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>>5292897 >B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Mages are rarely able to defend themselves from physical attacks, and what do you know? We happen to have a dagger and a very high SPD stat
and possible selfdirected disgust at using the tool of that monster afterwards :) Anonymous
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>>5292897 >B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Gotta love (un)intentionally injuring yourself to trigger your own personal skill.
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>>5292897 >B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Anonymous
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>>5292897 >>B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) Anonymous
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>>5292897 >B): Get in close and attack with Kronya’s Dagger (Roll SPD x 3) I actually do feel bad about having to *kill* them, but there's not much choice here...
Let's use our superior speed and dispatch them.
TreeHouses QM
Rolled 78 (1d100) >>5292897 B wins. Roll must be between 1-84 to succeed. Writing.
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>>5293243 whew, cutting it kind close there...
TreeHouses QM
>>5292897 “Thunder!” Ronald shouts, calling forth a beam of lightning from the sky to strike at you. The spell is potent, and of a much stronger variety than you’re capable of summoning. Ronald is clearly an adept mage, having studied spell craft longer than you. However, you’re far faster than he is. You can see how long it takes the boy to summon forth the magic required for his attack. You have plenty of opportunity to see the attack coming, and thus dodge out of the way of the lightning, allowing it to crash into the dormitory building. You may be lacking your spears, but you do still have one weapon with you. You charge Ronald head on, unsheathing Kronya’s dagger from within your pocket. Made from Agartihum and some sort of bone, you’ve seen firsthand what the blade can do. Ronald is shaking, attempting to summon another bolt of magic to fry you before you can get to him, but he’s far too slow.
Your stab the boy with a right-hand swing, catching him in his ribs. He lets out a horrible wheeze, before you bring him down to the floor. He’s utterly defenseless as you raise the dagger and stab him. Once, twice, three times. Then another and another. You continue bringing your blade down onto the boy until his screaming ceases. It occurs to you, as you’re wiping the blood out of your eyes, that you’ve never killed anyone with a dagger before. Your lance often afforded you some measure of distance from the grisliness of battle. You don’t like this feeling.
>(Critical Hit! Ronald: 0/42 HP) >30xp gained! Level Up! >Blair d'Rusalka >Level 25 Harrier (0/100) HP: 43 (90%) + 1 = 44
STR: 22(40%)
MAG: 18 (50%)
DEX: 20 (45%)
SPD: 28 (65%) + 1 = 29
LCK: 17 (30%)
DEF: 17 (50%) + 1 = 18
RES: 17 (40%)
CHARM: 13 (45%)
You turn back towards where Corrine and Byron are fighting. Byron seems to have lost his shield during his tussle with Corrine, and now he’s doing all that he can to desperately block her relentless swings. The steel of his sword is sturdy, and while it holds up against her attacks, his arm does not. You hear the brutal sound of bone snapping in pieces after Byron blocks one of Corrine’s attacks. The boy hollers out and falls back, dropping his sword. His arm dangles limp and useless as he cradles It to his chest and falls onto his knees.
“M-mercy! Please! Don’t kill me!” Byron wheezes. Nothing remains of the brash and arrogant boy you’ve known all year. The death of his friends and hid current predicament have completely broken him. Before you can say anything, Corrine approaches him, placing a hand on his face. “P-please! We were friends, weren’t we?!”
Corrine strokes his face, gently. “You weren’t all that bad, were you? I wish it didn’t have to end this way. Alas…” With a deft swing of her axe, Byron’s head flies off, landing a few feet away.
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>>5293538 >“Was all this really necessary?” You ask, staring at the broken and charred bodies around you. If what Corrine said was true, these boys may have only been following orders due to their families being indebted to House Vestra. They may have been trying to kill you, but you can’t help but feel a tang of remorse for things having to come to this. “It’s a little too early to be feeling regret, Blair. At least this wasn’t anyone you liked.” She sheathes her weapon. “Go get your things so we can get out of here.”
You nod, rushing back into what remains of your room. The interior is completely ruined, but fortunately, the trunks containing your armor and weapons remain intact, if not a little singed. As you’re swapping into your gear, you hear horns blaring outside. You recognize them as alarms, and they’re coming from all over the monastery. It sounds as though you’re not the only one awake at this hour. You take one last look at your room before you depart. You spent a year here. Dorothea even taught you to dance in this place. You wonder how she’s doing before Corrine calls to you.
“Are you ready yet? It sounds like the Knights of Seiros are being mobilized. We need to leave now while we can. We still need to grab that flying horse of yours. I imagine you’d rather not leave without him.”
>“We can get Beathan, but what do you mean leave? You didn’t complete your mission. The gates weren’t opened.” Corrine looks at you incredulously. “All that means is that it will be slightly more inconvenient for the Imperial Army to rape, kill and pillage everyone and everything in Garreg Mach. Rest assured, this place is still doomed, regardless of whether those gates are open or not. Judging by the commotion, it seems likely that the Imperial Army has already been spotted. Need I remind you; your lord brother is expected to be in attendance.”
>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. Anonymous
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>>5293541 >>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. No shame in living to fight another day
Hubert ''I hate flying'' Vestra
Hubert ''I hate flying'' Vestra ID:ues1BUQ2 Sat 04 Jun 2022 20:30:53 No. 5293583 Report Quoted By:
>>5293541 >>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. As much as I would like to help defend the place we all know it would end badly, Blair knows it would end badly, let us flee and live another day.
Anonymous
>>5293541 >>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. Anonymous
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>>5293541 >>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. If we aren't CF then I'd prefer Blair strike her own path, and we see Fodlan at large, rather than her sticking with the Church.
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>>5293541 >A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. Can we grab Ashe?
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. Anonymous
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>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can.
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>>5293541 >A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. Anonymous
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>>5293541 >A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. yeah, we should find ashe and kate first
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>>5293541 >A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. If we get this right we should be able to disappear into the chaos, unnoticed; the "battle damaged" room, dead bodies, missing weapons should leave a confusing mess for anyone should they come looking for us later.
Rex seems like the kind of person that would at least try to talk to us once operations wind down so us being completely "MIA" would probably raise flags somewhere, and the Identities of the bodies should they be discovered even more so, should the how and where get back to "certain" people. The only true "tell" that we left under our own power is that Beathan wouldn't be accounted for in the stables.
which could be solved by torching them ourselves, though allowing any other, mounts inside to run free would be for the best. It might also be an idea to see if we can get Beathan to pull a cart, and leave on foot, alongside anyone else who we can get to come with us, though it would constrain our movement and force us to fight on foot. Anonymous
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>>5293541 >>B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. We must save our friends and ensure their safety first
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. At least, let's make sure our acquaintances are okay...
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>>5293541 >A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. Anonymous
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>>5293541 >>A): Corrine is right, we should flee the monastery while we can. Anonymous
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>>5293541 God, this decision honestly feels almost as big as the fucking SS/CF decision. On the one hand, there's a few people that I want to help like Leopold and whoever of the other students are holding the frontlines like all our friends among the blue lions, on the other this is honestly our only real opportunity to have a chance of laying low.
...fuck, we wanted to be a knight of sort right? I can't see us looking Ashe in the eye if we completely abandon the front.
>B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. At least help spread word or something, try to minimize the chaos?
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight Anonymous
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight Anonymous
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight Cowards, the lot of you. I'm not even saying that we have to be on the front-lines, but let's at least help protect and evacuate the other students/civilians.
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. We’re not gonna leave our friend behind
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>>5293541 >B): We should stay behind and help the Knights of Seiros fight. Radiance
Leopold and Byleth played huge roles in making us the woman and fighter we are, and, being deserters, no matter where we are we will not be safe.
Anonymous
>>5294615 >What would we tell them if we left them for dead? We (sort of) figured out what the fuck is going on, and getting murked / harangued here would be a bad time, considering that things we're piecing together reflect
very poorly on the Empire's leadership, and the Church as things stand.
We're not running way as much as making sure that we remain "free agents" and not "conscripted" into fighting our countrymen, because of poor communication, planning and timing by our nominal "superiors".
On that note how were the Black Eagles that don't have foreknowledge of the events supposed to know what to do, considering that they are effectively encircled and have even less of an idea what is going on, let alone avoid being rounded up and put to the sword the second the Knights figure out what is happening, considering that Hubert's squad appear to have failed their opening gambit, which should let the defenders form up and probably repulse the attacks in the short term at least should nothing come out of left field. and as such remain free to go after the people actually pulling the strings and so hopefully avoiding the extension of the war by being waylaid by a 5th party.
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>>5294621 fair points, I suppose. If we're caught or something by the imperial troops it'd be the death of us if not worse. I just wish there was a middle-ground between going to the front lines and just hightailing it. I want to at least spread a warning or something before going, or help get people away from the fortress.
Anonymous
>>5294687 >If we're caught or something by the imperial troops Imperial troops would be a gamble,
since until our room gets investigated no one else knows what happened, or that we were even attacked, and that if things go smoothly Hubert's "Enforcer" squad simply won't turn up to receive their next set of orders but there is always identifying ourselves and asking to be taken to Rex, and Corrine's unit Insignia as options should we get noticed, though it would restrain our options, at least assuming that an immediate "defection" to the Empire, won't cause plot "issues", since the Professor "should" be throwing in with the Church as per the recent "SS" vote.
Getting caught by the knights outside the castle could be far worse though if don't take immediate action, since we don't really have an "acceptable" reason to not be helping with the defense, let alone being outside the walls and so will almost certainly be treated as defectors or spies, even if we don't "intend" to take up arms for the Empire, aligning ourselves with the Church may not be an "option" should that come to pass.
>at least spread a warning or something before going We could probably get Corrine do go look for specific people while we get Beathan ready and look for an exit, and a cart or something if we chose to leave on foot so we can take some sort of supplies, or additional people, since I don't think we could attain flight with more than two additional people and minimal supplies, without multiple trips which will cause mobility issues.
On a sperate note do you think Blair should keep using the name of her adopted family now that we're a "turncoat", or return to using her Father's surname, Instead?
Hubert ''I hate flying'' Vestra
Hubert ''I hate flying'' Vestra ID:ues1BUQ2 Sun 05 Jun 2022 16:49:16 No. 5294798 Report Quoted By:
>>5294713 >On a seperate note do you think Blair should keep using the name of her adopted family now that we're a "turncoat", or return to using her Father's surname, Instead? oh man, that would be good to return to our original name, both to get less attention and to distance ourselfs from the Count... Man, I really hope he isn't a snake tho
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>>5294713 Ah yes, the Weaver Witch. I'm sure people will have fun talking about such a figure around camp fires. Not that I think we'll have much choice in the matter, I can't see a world in which we aren't disinherited for this.
Also, I meant the stuff with the imperials more as a
>if we're caught fighting for the church, and are captured when/if the Empire wins the battle things won't look good for us while we'd more just be MIA if we run for it and cover our tracks Ultimately, escaping with more people than just ourselves and Corrine on top of Bethan is going to be hard to do stealthily if Garreg Mach is surrounded
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>>5293541 >“It doesn’t sit right with me to just leave the monastery like this…but I suppose you’re right. Tactically speaking, the Knights may be more individually skilled, but they don’t have the numbers to hold off the Imperial Army. And while we may be deserting the Empire, we aren’t exactly making an enemy of them.” Corrine nods. “We can decide where to go later. For now, let’s not waste any more time. Every second here counts.”
The two of you leave the corpses behind as you rush your way to the stables. The monastery has erupted into total chaos. Soldiers are running and shouting orders, barging into dorm rooms, while students from all houses are stirring from their night sleep, wandering the grounds. You can make out their confusion as you and Corrine run passed them.
“What’s going on? What’s that loud racket?”
“Where are all the soldiers going? Are we really under attack?”
“Who would attack the monastery?!”
It seems that while the Knights of Seiros may already be aware they have a fight on their hands, the news has yet to reach the vast majority of the population at Garreg Mach. It’s not just the students who are confused though. At this time of year, many pilgrims from across Fodlan make the trip to the monastery. This is in addition to the large contingent of merchants, laborers and clergy that call the monastery home year-round. And all of them are unaware that they’re about to be under siege. As you make It to the Pegasus Stables, you find it abuzz with activity. The Knights of Seiros here are actively getting ready for combat, and they aren’t the only ones. You see a few familiar faces that you recognize as Pegasus Knights from the Blue Lions and Golden Deer, including Ingrid. Concerningly though, you spot no Black Eagles. Your hopes that no one would notice you grab Beathan are dashed when you’re stopped by a stern looking Knight.
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>>5295505 “Halt! What house are you from?!” The woman asks you.
>“The Black Eagles. We’re here to help.” You lie. “The grounds are off limit to the Black Eagles!” The woman yells. “Return back to your dormitory, at once!”
>“What do you mean?! I said we’re here to help!” The woman puts her hand on her blade. “That was an order! Last warning!” The look on her face tells you this woman is not only serious about her duty, but on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Before you can offer an answer, someone cuts in.
“That’s enough, stand down!” Serena shouts, walking over to you. “Blair, what are you doing here? The Black Eagles were ordered to remain within their dorms until their Professor came for them.”
You’re able to piece together what’s likely going on. With the Imperial Army invading, the Knights of Seiros no longer trust the Black Eagles. You don’t blame them; they have all the reason not to. Besides you and Dorothea, every Black Eagle is a noble of some sort. The question of their loyalty would be too much of a risk to the Knights to let them run around freely. That said, Serena mentioned your Professor. Could it be that her loyalties remained to the Church?
>A): “The Professor actually sent me here” >B): (Lie) Produce your Blessed Spear. “I’ve proven my loyalty to the Church. I’m here to fight for it. >C): Comply. This is too risky. >D): Write-in TreeHouses QM
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>>5295506 I didn't mention this, but I should add that you're no longer covered in Ronald's blood, as you changed into your armor after the fight.
Hubert ''Bird up'' Vestra
Hubert ''Bird up'' Vestra ID:ues1BUQ2 Mon 06 Jun 2022 05:41:35 No. 5295525 Report >>5295506 >D): ''Return to the dormitory? We're getting attacked! You can't expect us just to hole up in our rooms waiting to be burned down with the monastery!'' I know we are planning on escaping but still you can't just make people stay in their rooms while a fucking wars about to happen right outside, all of us have been training for a year for this exact situation
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>>5295506 >B): (Lie) Produce your Blessed Spear. “I’ve proven my loyalty to the Church. I’m here to fight for it. Can Blair lie convincingly? Let's find out
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>>5295506 >A): “The Professor actually sent me here” We totally rushed here as soon as we could, having been dismounted because we were in an underground tomb. Yep, no lies here. By the way, there might be black eagle students by the gates looking to open them up. You should check on that while we return to the professor to help get injured students to the priests and nurse
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>>5295506 >D Describe what happened at our dormitory. We don't have to pledge alliegence to the church to convince them we're not with the Empire. Obviously this is risky but the location being our dormitory, plus our reputation versus Derrek's (weighed by Serena), plus all three of our attackers being Black Eagles gives us a good--and true--argument for self-defense against the attacking force.
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>>5295506 >D): Write-in Get them up to speed on the imdiate goings on, mention the "2nd wave" and that Rex is leading them, and that a long siege is the likely outcome, which will only kill even more people, let alone all the pilgrims and civilians caught up in things at the moment.
>Suggest that we lead an attempt to broker a ceasefire, by trading the safe repatriation of the Black Eagles and the neutrality of the fortress for the duration of the upcoming conflict, in exchange for breaking of the siege and safe passage of church forces elsewhere. While we are there we may be able to explain our future actions to Rex, and get his guard up. Anonymous
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>>5295506 >C): Comply. This is too risky. Anonymous
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>>5295506 >>A): “The Professor actually sent me here” For the first time ever I don't know what to say
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Rolled 54 (1d100) >>5295525 Rolling Charm x 3. If number is 1-39, this is successful.
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>>5296501 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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>>5295506 >“Return to the dormitory? We're being attacked! You can't expect us just to hole up in our rooms waiting to be burned down with the monastery!'' Serena looks at you sadly. “I’m sorry, Blair. I know you’re a good girl, but these are orders from the Archbishop herself. We’ve already had several defections from the Black Eagles tonight. Until the Professor can get the situation under control, I’m afraid I can’t authorize anyone from your house to take a pegasus. Beathan will be safe here until such a time as you’re allowed to ride him.”
“You heard her, now get out of here!” The knight shouts, shooing you and Corrine away.
“That went well.” Corrine muses. “Now what? That pegasus was our ticket out of here. This place is locked down tighter than a vault and leaving on foot will prove a difficult task. If we go back to the dormitory, I imagine we’ll be questioned. After all, three of my squad mates are currently lying dead outside the burned out remains of your room.”
>“That is a problem. Just as troublingly, Serena mentioned there’s already been defections from the Black Eagles tonight. Were there any other students here that were also part of the Flame Emperor’s Army?” Corrine shakes her head. “Students, no. Just the boys and me. Which means…my fears came true. It sounds as though some of the students who accompanied Edelgard to the Holy Tomb joined forces with her.”
Dorothea. Bernadetta. Your mind wanders to the two Black Eagles you were closest with. Had they really joined themselves to Edelgard? You shake the thoughts away. You fear for their safety, and you wish them the best, but right now, you need to focus on the present situation.
>“Putting that aside for now, our options for getting out of here have been limited. While some of our classmates have chosen to defect, it sounds as though Professor Byleth has remained loyal to the Church. When Serena mentioned she’d be getting the situation under control, I imagine that meant ensuring there are no remaining defectors within the Black Eagles. We could go to her and perhaps come clean about the whole thing. Though it’s likely she’d have us fight, at the very least we’d be able to have access to Beathan once given the Professor’s permission.” “We also have the option of laying low, until the battle begins. I doubt they’ll care much about watching the stables once the monastery is under attack. The fighting itself should serve as good cover to make out of here unnoticed.”
>“Barring that, we could always try and find another route of escape. Surely the Knights don’t intend for the civilians here to get caught up in the crossfire?” Corrine sports a grim look on her face. “I wouldn’t be so sure of that. They are at a severe numerical disadvantage after all. Desperate times may call for desperate measure. They may also be called upon to defend the monastery.”
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>>5295506 >“Return to the dormitory? We're being attacked! You can't expect us just to hole up in our rooms waiting to be burned down with the monastery!'' Serena looks at you sadly. “I’m sorry, Blair. I know you’re a good girl, but these are orders from the Archbishop herself. We’ve already had several defections from the Black Eagles tonight. Until the Professor can get the situation under control, I’m afraid I can’t authorize anyone from your house to take a pegasus. Beathan will be safe here until such a time as you’re allowed to ride him.”
“You heard her, now get out of here!” The knight shouts, shooing you and Corrine away.
“That went well.” Corrine muses. “Now what? That pegasus was our ticket out of here. This place is locked down tighter than a vault and leaving on foot will prove a difficult task. If we go back to the dormitory, I imagine we’ll be questioned. After all, three of my squad mates are currently lying dead outside the burned out remains of your room.”
>“That is a problem. Just as troublingly, Serena mentioned there’s already been defections from the Black Eagles tonight. Were there any other students here that were also part of the Flame Emperor’s Army?” Corrine shakes her head. “Students, no. Just the boys and me. Which means…my fears came true. It sounds as though some of the students who accompanied Edelgard to the Holy Tomb joined forces with her.”
Dorothea. Bernadetta. Your mind wanders to the two Black Eagles you were closest with. Had they really joined themselves to Edelgard? You shake the thoughts away. You fear for their safety, and you wish them the best, but right now, you need to focus on the present situation.
>“Putting that aside for now, our options for getting out of here have been limited. While some of our classmates have chosen to defect, it sounds as though Professor Byleth has remained loyal to the Church. When Serena mentioned she’d be getting the situation under control, I imagine that meant ensuring there are no remaining defectors within the Black Eagles. We could go to her and perhaps come clean about the whole thing. Though it’s likely she’d have us fight, at the very least we’d be able to have access to Beathan once given the Professor’s permission.” “We also have the option of laying low, until the battle begins. I doubt they’ll care much about watching the stables once the monastery is under attack. The fighting itself should serve as good cover to make out of here unnoticed.”
>“Barring that, we could always try and find another route of escape. Surely the Knights don’t intend for the civilians here to get caught up in the crossfire?” Corrine sports a grim look on her face. “I wouldn’t be so sure of that. They are at a severe numerical disadvantage after all. Desperate times may call for desperate measure. They may also be called upon to defend the monastery.”
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>>5296593 >A thought crosses your head. “Do you suppose if we went back to the dorm, there’s a chance we could tell Ashe and Kate about all of this? Perhaps bring them with us?” Corrine shrugs. “It’s certainly possible…but I wouldn’t get my hopes up. I don’t know much about your boy toy, but Kate has family back in the Empire. She may not be privy to the idea of cutting out of here. Think hard about if we should go back to the dormitory or not. If we do in fact return, the Professor and the others will likely keep a close eye on us. Getting out of their sight will be much harder, and we may be forced to fight against the Imperial Army.”
Horns blare throughout the monastery once again. You hear the thunderous sound of marching from somewhere far off.
>A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables >C): Head towards Garreg Mach’s civilian district and seek another means of escape Anonymous
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Spend time waiting for something to happen gathering what support we can get.
What good is a "rider" without their mount?
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Anonymous
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church We may as well try to regroup and make sure the professor knows we're allies
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Nah, we gettin' out of here. Not sticking around for when the army busts in. Corrine & Blair road trip time.
Hubert ''Charisma is my dump stat'' Vestra
Hubert ''Charisma is my dump stat'' Vestra ID:ues1BUQ2 Tue 07 Jun 2022 07:41:08 No. 5296677 Report Quoted By:
>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Okay, with the pretty much confirmation that Byleth is on our side I think we could do well being near her, but don't think I'm picking this so we can fight through this whole thing, I'm already thinking of the perfect moment to just flee the battle when things get too dicey, of course that's me talking but who knows how Blair would act.
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>>5296594 >>B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Anonymous
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>>5296594 >>B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Let’s get the fuck out of here
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>>5296764 I don't think that Blair is mentally ready to fight her own family yet.
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>>5296764 >It's going to be very hard to explain /sell why there are three dead Black Eagles, in our dorm, and why its been burnt to shit; Without "awkward" questions being raised. >When the Knights run up against the 2nd wave of Imperial soldiers we know are coming; and get trapped in a siege turning this into a hostage situation, we don't want to be executed or traded for their safety. >Also we probably don't want to throw in with the Church and have to fight our Countrymen / Adoptive brother. Anonymous
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church We've already been spotted and everything, I don't see how we're getting out of this without making an enemy of both sides. Might as well try to make the best of the siruation, also learn what students stayed behind with the professor.
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Well, if you can’t do the smart thing, do the right thing.
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Anonymous
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Anonymous
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Well we can tell Ashe at least
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church If we end up being defeated in the battle to come, I'm sure that we can't fall here, and must make our retreat.
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>>5296594 >>B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Anonymous
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Anonymous
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>>5296594 >>B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables I can't imagine what others would think about the former classmates we just killed
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church Anonymous
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Anonymous
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Sorry professor, this isn't our fight
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Anonymous
>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables If we show up on the church's side here, we're enemies in the eyes of both our brother and everyone else who defected. We also likely won't be on anything less than frigid terms with anyone not from the Church. Ditching this fight makes us frosty with everyone, possibly even Edelgard, but at least we'll be able to fly under everyone's radar...Except maybe the Deer. Nothing escapes Claude's gaze, and considering our goal, we might end up as a blip worth investigating.
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>>5296594 B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables
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>>5297807 Sort of makes me wonder why why Hubert's "enforcer" squad ditched their objective and came after us instead?
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>>5296594 >B): Lay low until the fighting begins, then head back to the Pegasus Stables Anonymous
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The player base appears to be badly divided, but at least everyone has kept it respectful.
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Being divided is hardly a bad thing. What would be the point of voting and debating otherwise?
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I really hope the samefags would fuck off and let the quest play out as is.
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>>5298243 I'm considering namefagging since I'm always phoneposting and I don't want to be mixed up with those clowns
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>>5296594 >A): Return to the Dormitory and tell the Professor you’ll stand with the Church If we're not standing with Edel might as well throw our lot in the prof and their protagonist powers. We're going to be caught between the two sides sooner or later anway.
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>>5298243 what, should we disregard every 1-post id from now on?
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>>5293587 If everyone’s going to get paranoid about samefags I should note that my id changed and this was me
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The B's have it by 2 votes. Writing.
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>>5298567 >You sigh. “I suppose all we can do is wait until the battle begins, and then use the commotion to our advantage. Going back to the dorms now will pose too risky a maneuver. I’m sure our absence has already been noted by the Professor and our remaining friends.” “Judging by the sounds of things, I imagine we won’t be waiting for long.” Corrine says. Taking shelter in an alley, you both look towards the sound of the recent commotion you just heard. A line of Knights of Seiros are marching towards the front entrance of Garreg Mach. Looking closely, you recognize the person leading them. Leopold Von Deltz. Your mentor and teacher is at the front of the ranks, the perfect picture of knighthood, barking orders to those soldiers who are following in his wake.
“For the glory of the Goddess, we march! Courage and Honor!” He yells. The man looks sufficiently motivated, which is more than you can say for those trailing behind. While some of them sport grim and determined looks on their face, others look as though they’re ready to soil themselves in their armor. You say a silent prayer for your mentor, as well as those under his command. If you stay and linger, you risk your mind wandering to what Leopold might think of your actions right now. Something you’re not ready to confront just yet.
You and Corrine spend what feels like days waiting in that alley, though in reality, it couldn’t have been any longer than two hours. The sounds of marching and far off battle have only increased in volume. By now you’re certain that the fighting has broken out, though it’s hard to make any actual sense of who is winning. If you’ve heard one man screaming for mercy, you’ve heard them all.
“Perhaps we should use this time to discuss our options.” Corrine suggests. “Where do we go from here? What are our plans?”
>“I assumed you’d have some good suggestions.” You sigh. “We’ll have to find a way to survive, for starters. And given that there’s only one thing that the two of us are good at, I suppose the mercenary life is where we go from here.” “Well, that’s good. There’s sure to be no shortage of fighting that’ll be happening soon enough. But where exactly do we start?”
Somewhere during the course of your waiting, you hear a loud explosion, followed by what sounds like collapsing stone, and the wailing of men.
“Now is as good a time as ever.” Corrine drawls. “Come, let’s go!”
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>>5298752 The two of you stick to the shadows, running back towards the direction of the Pegasus Stables. The streets which were packed full of panicked soldiers and students a few hours ago are now bereft of life. The occasional confused civilian, wandering around aimlessly, are the only people you come across. Eventually, you make it back to the stables, and sure enough, your idea proved to pay off. The place is essentially deserted, with the Knights needing all the manpower they can get to fend off the Imperials. It’s then a trivial task to sneak into the grounds, where Beathan is being held. As you peruse through the stables, there are very few pegasi left. It’s an easy matter to find Beathan, as he’s the only pegasus there with a black coat.
>“Hey boy. I hope you weren’t too worried with all this noise.” You whisper into his ear, brushing your hand across your companion’s mane and comforting him. As you untie him from his post, you look around the stables and notice a familiar pegasus nearby. Franz, Kate’s Pegasus, remains tied up to his section of the stable. The pegasus is at ease, reminiscent of the cool personality his rider gives off. His presence here can only mean one thing. Kate must have decided to hole up in the dorms with the rest of the Black Eagles who have chosen not to take up arms against the Imperial Army. Before departing the stables with Beathan, you make sure to refill Franz’s food and water. The sounds of fighting have erupted all around you now. It’s plain as day to tell that the monastery is surrounded and will not stay standing for much longer. You hear the same collapsing stone sound that you had heard previously.
“Well, have you decided on our destination?” Corrine asks you.
>A): If we’re to be mercenaries, the Leicester Alliance would be a great place to start. >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. >D): Let’s go to Rusalka. If Alena is still there, I’d have questions for her. >E): Write-in Anonymous
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>>5298756 >D): Let’s go to Rusalka. If Alena is still there, I’d have questions for her. In order to cut the head of the snake, both figuratively and literally, we're going to need info.
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>>5298756 >>D): Let’s go to Rusalka. If Alena is still there, I’d have questions for her. If our father has gone astray it is up to us to put him right, adopted or no.
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>>5298756 >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Might be worth laying low first, if only to see how the battle turns out. Once the heat dies down, we can see where to go from there.
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>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Running back to imperial territories after not throwing in with the empress sounds like a bad plan, at least wait until the dust settles a bit and she's more distracted elsewhere. We don't even know if Alena is there and it's the most obvious place we'd flee to.
We've got the most supports with the Lions aside from the Eagles, hopefully we'll be able to leverage that into something. If not, with the cluster fuck Faergus falls into now they might be more willing to overlook our transgressions if we pledge out spear to them.
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>>5298756 >D): Let’s go to Rusalka. If Alena is still there, I’d have questions for her. May as well confront our family there and see if there's any allies to gather before the empire really goes wild
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>>5298756 >>C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Hope our boy toy's alright
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Hubert ''Trendsetter'' Vestra ID:bEgtAwP+ Thu 09 Jun 2022 09:11:38 No. 5298949 Report >>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Going back to Rusalka is gonna be very dangerous, the alliance would be nice and prolly the safest of the options but I think the Kingdom is a better choice, it's gonna be riddled with war for sure but at least this way we can be mercenaries in a place that really needs them, it is a knightly thing to do and that's as close to being a knight we'll be for the next 5 years or so.
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>>5298756 The Alliance would be a great choice... if we used meta knowledge. Heading to Rusalka is super risky and is practically diving head-first into enemy territory since they will know we abandoned the front. That leaves us with laying low or Faergus which we have some connection to with our friends. In the end, I think we kinda want Alena to come to us. Making a name for ourselves on the battlefield while not being fully tied with the faction as we would with the church might be what we need.
>B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Anonymous
>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Easier to reunite with Ashe this way
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>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Anonymous
>>5298756 >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. It's the place most likely to offer us shelter, and would actually put us right next to Faerghus anyway. Until word gets around that we weren't at the raid on Garreg Mach, running into anyone could be bad news. That, and we probably want to trade our duds in for something a bit more generic before traveling far into Faerghus territory.
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>>5298756 >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Anonymous
>>5298756 >>C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Anonymous
>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Anonymous
>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Anonymous
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>>5298756 >D): Let’s go to Rusalka. If Alena is still there, I’d have questions for her. Anonymous
>>5298756 >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Anonymous
>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. Anonymous
>>5298756 >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Anonymous
>>5298756 >C): We should lay low for the time being. We have friends from Carcino Village on the border of Leicester who would likely give us aid. Anonymous
>>5298756 >>5299230 Seconding this guy. Personally I'd like to go to Rusalka and hunt down Alena because fuck the slitherers, but if we are going to head to Faergus it'll give us a chance to let things get settled first. None of our Blue Lions friends are likely to be home yet. Lay low for a little, let things shake down as they will and maybe get in touch with some of our friends before we run into people that will likely want to kill us at first glance.
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>>5298756 >B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands. TreeHouses QM
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>>5299766 I count 9 each for B and C?
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>>5299791 >>5299639 I guess I should have copied the actual vote into the post. Force of habit from other quests sometimes. I'll make sure to remember for next time.
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>>5299799 OH. Okay yeah I missed this one.
Well I haven't actually started writing yet so how about we go with next vote or changed vote wins.
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>B): The Kingdom of Faergus will have no shortage of fighting on their hands>>5298756 Anonymous
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>>5299849 >>5299850 Ah, well fair enough, there's the B tie breaker anyway.
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>>5298756 >“Faerghus. We’ll go to Faerghus.” You declare. “Huh? Faerghus? Why? What’s over there?” Corrine asks you.
>“I don’t know, but it’s sufficiently far enough from here, and it’s unlikely anyone from the Empire will go looking for us there. Beathan should be able to carry us in that direction a good distance away from the monastery before we need stop for a rest. I’ve got 600 gold pieces left to my name. Not a lot when you’re living here, but once we find a village, it should be more than sufficient to purchase us some new clothing, food and lodging as well.” Corrine shrugs. ‘Not the prettiest place in the world, but you’re the boss. Faerghus is a tough, dreary land, and it has always been plagued by bandits and other sorts of rogues. If we’re about to sell our blades, there are few places we’d get a better start. Now then, if we’re all set here, let’s go. Things don’t sound as if they’re getting any warmer out there.”
You mount Beathan and ride him out of the stables, Corrine firmly grasping onto your back. As you look up, the sky is a deep shade of crimson red, and smoke and flames fill the air. The sounds of fighting have not dulled a bit and seem to continue reaching higher peaks. Taking a deep breath and looking around the grounds you trained in one last time, you take flight on Beathan. It feels good to be in flight again, though that quickly fades as you’re now able to survey the battlefield for the first time.
“By the Goddess…” Corrine gasps.
You’ve been hearing intense battle for a while, but now that you’re able to put a picture to the noises you’ve heard, the reality of the situation sets in. Garreg Mach is on the cusp of being destroyed. The Imperial Army, though just a vanguard, have brought a massive force to assault the walls of the monastery. Already, one section has been completely destroyed, and Imperial soldiers are pouring in, slamming headfirst into a wall of Knights of Seiros. Siege equipment and weaponry are currently working on bringing the other walls down. An Imperial siege tower inches closer and closer to the walls, but a massive Fireball spell from an unknown mage on the walls puts an end to that. The tower erupts into flames, Imperial soldiers throwing themselves off in a panic, only to splatter onto the ground.
Inside the monastery, you can see bands of civilians taking cover from the oncoming barrage of Imperial siege artillery. Your fears proved true, and the Knights of Seiros kept the gates locked, preventing the civilians from fleeing. One artillery barrage hits the Goddess Tower directly, sending rubble to fall down on some people that had been taking cover by it. Sporadically, across the monastery, you can see the occasional bright blue flash, indicating the activation of a Crest. Proof that some of your friends may still be alive, and currently in the midst of fighting.
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>>5299949 The battle rages in the sky as well, as the monastery’s Pegasus Knights do battle with the Wyvern Riders sent from the Empire. You look closely to see if you spot Rex, however from where you’re at, it’s far too hard to tell. These mounted riders aren’t the only ones doing battle in the sky though.
“Are those…flying Demonic Beasts?” Corrine asks aloud.
Sure enough, they are. Supporting the wing of Wyvern Riders from the Empire are several winged Demonic Beasts. The creatures are engaged with the Pegasus Knights, breathing fire and attempting to buffet the enemy with their massive wings and claws. While engaged directly with the Pegasus Knights, you note the Wyvern Riders of the Empire are doing their best to stay away from the beasts, indicating that they don’t possess full capacity to tell friend from foe.
>“It looks like they’ve been set loose on the Knights of Seiros. Someone in league with the Empire must have been involved with the creation of these beasts.” A vile thought. If there was a part of you that regretted your decision to defect from the Empire, the scene in front of you emboldens the idea that you made the right choice. “This is horrible, and I’ve certainly seen enough. Let’s go before we’re found.” You spur Beathan away from the battle, attempting to go around the chaos and make your way in the direction of Faerghus. “I believe we’re a bit too late for that.”
You hear a loud roar and turn around to find the source. A winged Demonic Beast. Somehow it had made its way around the Knights and was making a beeline in your direction. Despite its large size, the creature is fast. Perhaps much faster than Beathan.
>You groan. “Just our luck. We may have a fight on our hands.” “What do you mean we!?” Corrine shouts. “I don’t have wings, Blair! If anyone’s fighting here, it’s you!”
>“Well, you can at least heal Beathan or I if we get hurt, right?!” “Possibly! I’ve never tried healing anyone hundreds of feet in the air. And I’m no Linhardt. I can heal only minor wounds at best!”
The beast roars again, drawing closer.
>"Hold on tight." >A): Attack with your magic (Choose a Spell) >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) >C): Attempt to get out of the beast’s range (Roll SPD x2) Anonymous
>>5299950 >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Anonymous
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>>5299950 >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Hubert ''Starfox 64'' Vestra
Hubert ''Starfox 64'' Vestra ID:bEgtAwP+ Fri 10 Jun 2022 09:05:37 No. 5300076 Report Quoted By:
>>5299950 >>B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Grab on tight Corrine, things are about to get bumpy
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>>5299950 >>B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Anonymous
>>5299950 >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) A little heavy, but it's supereffective, after all.
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>>5299950 >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Radiance
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>B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range)
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>>5299950 >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Anonymous
>>5299950 >>A): Attack with your magic (Choose a Spell) >Aircalibur Blair has a spell which has flying-effectiveness, in addition to her Lance being monster-effective. She'll certainly need to use her Lance, since she's more strong than she is magical, but there's no reason she can't soften it up before engaging in melee with a passenger
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>>5299950 Support
>>5300227 Let's get that juicy x3 damage
On an unrelated note,
I can't believe Blair is the first character you encounter during camp in three hopes Hubert ''Spin-off milker'' Vestra
Hubert ''Spin-off milker'' Vestra ID:bEgtAwP+ Fri 10 Jun 2022 16:05:20 No. 5300302 Report >>5300284 Blair when she fucks up and doesn't end up on the same side as the professor
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>>5300302 For a moment she panics because she doesn't recognize you, thinking you're one of the bandits that chased the house leaders Anonymous
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>>5300177 >>5300227 Changing my vote to this. Might as well dance out of its range with an effective Aircalibur, before moving in with the Blessed Lance.
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>>5299950 >A): Attack with your magic (Aircalibur) Ideally we don't actually fight this thing at all and avoid attention, but given it's larger than us trying to outrun it would draw even more attention with how long it'd take.
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>>5299950 >A): Attack with your magic (Aircalibur) Anonymous
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>>5299950 >>A): Attack with your magic (Aircalibur) Anonymous
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>>5299950 >B): Attack with your Blessed Lance (Get in close range) Anonymous
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>>5300620 A's have it. Writing
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The A's have it. Writing.
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>>5299950 You equip your Magic Staff and get ready to face off against the Winged Demonic Beast. Though you haven’t had much practical application for using this spell you have in mind just yet, at the very least, it beats getting close to that thing with your Blessed Lance.
“Hold tight? What do you mean to do? You can’t seriously intend to fi-!”
>“Aircalibur!” You yell. From the tip of your staff, razor sharp winds emerge forth, buffeting the Winged Demon, slashing it amidst an explosion of blood and feathers. >Aircalibur + Black Tomefaire + Magic Staff = +11 Magic When Attacking. Darting Blow = +6 SPD when Attacking. (4/5 Uses Left) >A Support w/ Corrine: + 10 Damage >3x Effectiveness! (-43 HP, 97/140). The creature roars in pain, having been brutalized by the power of your spell. It doesn’t remain stunned for long though, and it breathes a torrent of flame towards you. The Demonic Beast’s reactions and speed are top notch, and it’s all you can do to narrowly avoid out of the way, while still taking damage from the attack.
>(Blair: -8 HP, 35/43) >(Beathan: 32/40) Recovering, you launch another barrage of the wind magic towards the Demonic Beast. Once again, it shreds through the creature’s wings and skin, exposing bone and letting loose a shower of blood on anyone who may be unfortunate enough to be down below.
>A Support w/ Corrine: +10 Damage >Fiery Blood >3x Effectiveness! (-47 HP, 50/140 HP) (3/5 Uses Left) The winged monstrosity flies towards you this time, talons outstretched to rend you out of the sky. Despite shredding it earlier, the creature seems to have only gotten faster now that it’s on the attack. Claws gleaming, it slashes you and Beathan with it’s first strike, horribly gashing the both of you with one of its talons.
>(Blair: 15/43 HP) >(Beathan: 12/40 HP) The pain is excruciating, and the beast is already lining up for it’s second strike. Before it can though, the blow is parried off By Corrine’s axe sailing right over your head. The creature roars its displeasure, while Corrine’s axe is flung far down below.
“Get us the hell out of here!” She screams through gritted teeth.
Before the overgrown bird can react accordingly, you blast it again with another gust of your wind magic. The attack once again does its trick. At this point, the Demonic Beast is doing all that it can to stay in flight and is bloodied and battered all over its body.
(7/140 HP. (2/5 Uses Left).
The time has come to finish this, but Corrine must see to either you or Beathan’s wounds.
>A): Instruct Corrine to heal you >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Heal the pegasus. If we go down, Beathan can still fly. If Beathan goes down, we all go down.
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>>5300716 >>B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
>>5300716 >>A): Instruct Corrine to heal you Anonymous
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>>5300716 >>5300820 >>B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Dammit I copied the wrong one
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>>5300716 The only correct option.
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>>5300849 >>5300716 ...Forgot to put in my vote.
>B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >A): Instruct Corrine to heal you Anonymous
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>>5300716 >A): Instruct Corrine to heal you I think the beast would try striking us dead out in spite
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>>5300716 >>>B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Hubert ''Horse lover'' Vestra
Hubert ''Horse lover'' Vestra ID:L94Ux6iH Sat 11 Jun 2022 11:38:08 No. 5301269 Report Quoted By:
>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan Anonymous
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>>5300716 >>A): Instruct Corrine to heal you Anonymous
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>>5300716 >B): Instruct Corrine to heal Beathan TreeHouses QM
>>5300716 >“Don’t worry about me and focus on healing Beathan!” You instruct Corrine. “If he goes down, we’re both dead.” By now, the winged Demonic Beast is struggling to stay in the air. It is flying lopsided, battered, and bloodied. Given the likely origins of this beast, you feel a tang of pity for it. What was once an ordinary human has now been twisted and corrupted by malignant powers, all to fulfill the bidding of unseen dark masters. You could fire off another Aircalibur spell, but given this beast’s current state, there’s no need. You’ll end it in one blow and allow the trapped soul within to rest in peace. Unsheathing your Blessed Lance, you jolt Beathan towards your target. Spinning the weapon in the air, you aim true, directly for the beast’s heart. Even were it at full health, it’s unlikely it would be able to dodge this attack of yours. Your spear plunges into its chest, the Blessed Lance’s sacred enchantments activating upon contacting the dark magics within the beast. The creature is pushed back, letting loose one final, loud wail, before you effectively cut the creature in two, emerging on the other side of it. Your Blessed Lance sparks a trail of blood as the two halves of the creature fall below, colliding with two separate buildings within the monastery.
>100xp Gained! Level Up! >Blair d'Rusalka >Level 26 Harrier (0/100) HP: 44 (90%) + 1 = 45
STR: 22(40%)
MAG: 18 (50%)
DEX: 20 (45%)
SPD: 29 (65%)
LCK: 17 (30%)
DEF: 18 (50%) + 1 = 19
RES: 17 (40%)
CHARM: 13 (45%) + 1 = 14
>“I hope that didn’t land on anyone we like…” Corrine mutters. The girl is trying her best to catch her breath, while working on healing the wounds that Beathan took. The high altitude, combined with the current combat situation, presents an ill-suited environment for utilizing healing magics. You try and catch your breath as well, while getting a bearing of your surroundings. Though fighting such a powerful foe felt like an eternity, in reality, only a few moments have passed since you first engaged the beast. The Knights of Seiros are still locked in combat with the Imperial Wyvern Riders and Pegasus Knights. The Demonic Beast you just slew is only one of several currently in the air. Some of them are engaged directly with the Knights of Seiros, while others attacking the monastery’s backlines, wreaking utter devastation on the unprepared soldiers and civilians. Worryingly enough, your downing of one of these beasts seems to have attracted some unwanted attention. Three Wyvern Riders sporting the colors of the Empire are watching you from a distance. As you lock eyes with them, they begin moving in your direction.
>Blair: (+5 HP from Blessed Lance, 20/42 HP) >Beathan: (22/40 HP) >A): Flee the battlefield >B): Stay where you are, ready to fight >C): Attack them with magic as they approach you. (Choose a Spell) Anonymous
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield Time to utilize the greatest advantage the pegasus has over the wyvern. Speed. We are *not* gonna be able to take down 3 wyvern riders at the same time while we're at half health. Also, man that's a really sad levelup.
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>>5301665 >C): Attack them with magic as they approach you. (Choose a Spell) Fimbulvetr (B Rank, +12 DMG, +10 Crit, Area of Effect, 3 Uses)
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield Time to book it. If we had more HP, or some backup, I'd feel more confident in this fight, but we only really engaged the Demonic Beast because it could easily outrun us. These guys probably aren't nearly as fast, and if they do manage to catch up to us, I'd like to be some distance away from their main battle group before anyone else shows up.
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>>5301665 >>A): Flee the battlefield We don’t have time or the health for this
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield Anonymous
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield Anonymous
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield Anonymous
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield Anonymous
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>>5301665 >>A): Flee the battlefield Nope nope nope
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>>5301665 >A): Flee the battlefield TreeHouses QM
>>5301665 “Please tell me you don’t intend to fight those three.” A frantic Corrine asks you from behind. “While I can certainly appreciate a good bloodletting every now and then, I must say I’ve had quite my fill.”
>“You and I both. We’re getting out of here. Hold on tight.” “I’ve never once stopped.”
Turning Beathan away from the three Wyvern Riders currently heading in your direction, you quickly make your escape. The Wyvern Riders seem to be giving pursuit, but after following for some distance, they give up the chase when they are intercepted by pegasus knights from the Knights of Seiros. You look back at Garreg Mach one last time as you’re making your leave. It’s hard to believe you spent an entire year within these walls, or what remains standing of them. Imperial Soldiers are continuing to stream through the monastery, and the bulwark that the Knights of Seiros had set up seems to have finally given way. By your estimates, the battle should be nearing its conclusion soon. Your thoughts wander to the Professor, whom you’ve left behind. All year you’ve seen her overcome any obstacle thrown in her path, including a brief trip into the void during the fight with Solon. Even she wouldn’t be able to stop the full force of Imperial might currently descending onto the monastery though. Nothing would have changed should you have stood and fought by her side, but maybe there was more that could have been done? Alas, you’ll never know, and all that matters now is making your escape before you’re found.
“So, where in Faerghus are we headed?” Corrine asks you. She’s still working her healing magic into Beathan, keeping the two of you afloat.
>“Don’t know. I know the general direction the Kingdom lies in, but I’ve only ever been there to fight. First Lonato and then Miklan. Any suggestions?” Corrine ponders. “Geography was never my strong suit, but I believe the county of Charon is the closet Kingdom territory we’ll find. House Galatea rules that territory, home of your good friend Ingrid.”
>Wonderful. “Will we be safe there?” “For a little while, sure. Given its current proximity to the Imperial Army, we won’t want to make this an extended trip. But at the very least, we’ll be able to stop and purchase a new set of clothes and anything else we require. At our current speed, we should be able to make it there in about a day or so. Quite convenient, this little pegasus of yours.”
>“Make it two days. It’s not like he can fly forever, you know? He’s tired from that fight, I can feel it.” Even with Corrine’s healing, Beathan was badly rattled from that Demonic Beast’s attack. He’ll need to get some rest soon if you wish for him to stay in good health. TreeHouses QM
>>5302066 Corrine sighs. “I suppose we can find somewhere to make camp. Maybe even somewhere we won’t wake up to find ourselves disemboweled. These Kingdom folk tend to be rather…backwater.” She says, settling on the word. “I can’t imagine they’ll appreciate the beauty of this little guy’s ebon coat. Superstition, and all that.”
>“We’ll just have to make do somehow.” You continue flying for a few more hours, Garreg Mach to your back. If you turn around, you can still very clearly see the smoke and fire. After flying over nothing but wilderness, you feel Beathan beginning to pull downward. Your boy is tired, and this is as far as you’ll be able to go for now. You find a clearing in the woods further up ahead, where you’re able to land safely. Beathan collapses, exhausted. You and Corrine follow suit almost immediately after dismounting. >“It suddenly occurs to me we’ve been up all night.” You say, resting your head on Beathan. “Well, fleeing for your life tends to help one forget just how tired they are. And hungry.”
>“I don’t suppose you brought any food with you? All I have is Beathan’s feedbag.” “I was actually thinking we’d eat Beathan.”
>“Not funny.” “Fleeing for your life must dull your sense of humor as well.” She reaches into her satchel, digging out two sticks of jerky, “It’s all I have. Don’t complain. I was sure we’d be sticking with the Empire. I imagine we’d be having quite the victory banquet right now if we had.”
>“What a shame.” You take a bite, ripping off the meat. You both quickly devour your meal, before falling into a deep sleep, using Beathan as an improvised pillow. Your mind quickly wanders off, dreaming of a long-forgotten moment in your past. You’re a little girl, back at Castle Rusalka. The castle is abuzz with activity today. An important visitor is on their way to meet with the Count, and everyone is doing their best to get things ready for him. You find yourself: >A): Sitting with the Count >B): Training with Wedge >C): Being bullied by Rex >D): Sitting alone in your room Anonymous
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>>5302067 >D): Sitting alone in your room smol blair
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>>5302067 >D): Sitting alone in your room A moment of reflection?
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>>5302067 >A): Sitting with the Count Who could it possibly be?
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>>5302067 >>C): Being bullied by Rex Anonymous
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>>5302067 >D): Sitting alone in your room Anonymous
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>>5302067 >>A): Sitting with the Count Anonymous
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>>5302067 >A): Sitting with the Count Anonymous
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>>5302067 >A): Sitting with the Count Hubert ''Yes I'm Hubert'' Vestra
Hubert ''Yes I'm Hubert'' Vestra ID:L94Ux6iH Sun 12 Jun 2022 06:31:58 No. 5302273 Report Quoted By:
>>5302067 >>C): Being bullied by Rex Time 2 bulli Blair
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It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you all of the passing of Billy Kametz who voiced Ferdinand von Aegir, rest in piece you beautiful young man
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>>5302067 >B): Training with Wedge >>5302291 RIP FERDINAND
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>>5302067 >C): Being bullied by Rex Anonymous
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>>5302067 >>A): Sitting with the Count Anonymous
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>>5302067 You’ve been living under the comforts of Castle Rusalka for close to three years now. Though not officially the Count’s daughter, he was gracious enough to bestow his family’s protection upon you, making you a “d’Rusalka” at least in name. While you still miss your father dearly, things have been progressing well in your life. You spend most of your time training both your body and mind. When not practicing with your spear or your magic, you serve as an aide to Count Rusalka, helping him fulfill any administrative tasks or errands that are required. Everyone here has treated you as if you were the Count’s own daughter. Even Rex, while he may take part in bullying and teasing you every so often, seems to genuinely like you. While you don’t know if you’ll ever get used to the full trappings of nobility, you feel as though you’ve at least been able to find a new family.
Today, you find yourself attending to the Count in his private work quarters, as you’ve usually always done. However, lately things have been a bit different. The normally warm and jovial Charles d’Rusalka is in a sour and distant mood. While some at the castle may not be able to tell the difference, you’ve spent enough time around the man to know that something has been bothering him. What could have caused such a change in your surrogate father? It’s hard to say, but you believe that his mood began changing a few weeks ago, when he received word that he’d be paying host to a big shot noble from the Empire.
>“Everything is ready for today’s banquet, my lord. The cooks are working on the menu as we speak, and the weather is looking clear. Should it remain so, our guests should arrive on time with no delay.” “Excellent. Thank you for your report, Blair.” The count says, without looking up from the paperwork in front of him.
>You know when you’ve been dismissed, but you can’t help yourself. “My lord, if I may ask…what is this Lord Arundel like?” The Count looks up from his work to examine you there for the first time. He chuckles softly. “What’s this? Are you suddenly taking an interest in Empire politics?”
>“Well…not exactly. But I was just curious. It’s not often we have guests to the castle.” The Count places his hands on the desk and looks up in thought, as if mulling over the right words to choose. “Volkhard Von Arundel. He’s an interesting sort of person. I’ve known the man for most of my life, and while I can’t say the two of us have always seen eye to eye, I believe that we both have always strived to do the best for our people.”
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>>5303086 >“Are you friends? Are you happy he’s coming to visit?” The Count does not miss a beat. “No, nothing of the sort. His visit is simply to discuss matters of importance occurring in our lands. Lord Arundel is one of the highest-ranking nobles in the Empire and is often involved with political ongoings back in Adrestia, as well as having a firm grip on the Emperor’s ear. I imagine that much of our conversation will strictly be business in nature.”
>“Ahh…I see.” You muster up the courage to speak your true thoughts. “I ask simply because…you’ve seemed somewhat…distracted the last few weeks…ever since hearing he’d be paying us a visit.” The Count laughs. “Very perceptive, Blair. I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me that such a thing would not get passed you.” He gets up from his desk, walking over to you and placing a hand on your shoulder. “My apologies if I’ve worried you. The truth is, Lord Arundel and I are often prone to…disagreements from time to time. The man is an utter headache to deal with, one that I do not look forward to having to entertain. But as I said, I believe his intentions are for the good of our people. As such, I’ll stomach his presence. But you’re right, I have let me feelings get the better of me. I promise I’ll endeavor to have a better hold of them.”
>You smile. “No, there’s no need to apologize! I was just…worried for your health is all.” “Look at you, concerned for the well-being of her lord. You’ll make a fine Knight one day, Blair. Now come, let’s get out of this stuffy room and help make way with the preparations.”
Lord Arundel was not the type of man you expected. Given the Count’s description of him, you had thought you’d be dealing with someone more aggressive, with the sort of overbearing personality most nobles were known for. But from what you could gather, standing to the side in the audience chamber, the man actually seemed quite pleasant.
“My Lords and Ladies, may I present to you, Lord Volkhard von Arundel!” Hoff’s voice boomed across the chamber. The man may be old, but he still certainly had a set of pipes on him.
“My gratitude for the introduction, Sir Hoff. Though I’m intimately familiar with many of the fine folk here today.” Lord Arundel says. “What a great feeling it is to lay eyes upon you once again, Charles. And you as well, Rex. I hear word that many in the Emprie have taken to calling you the Sky Shadow, for your exemplary service during the Dagda and Brigid War. Tales of your valor against the savages have been most inspiring, and I must say, I found myself quite impressed. I knew you’d make a fine warrior.”
Rex, who is standing next to his father, offers only a bored snort as his response. Rex has never been one for following noble protocol, but the gesture struck you as rude, even for him.
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>>5303087 “You’ll forgive my son, Lord Arundel. I’m afraid the only thing that captures his attention these days is the battlefield. Come friend, you must have had a long trip. Let us dispense with the usual noble theatrics and enjoy a private conversation in my quarters?”
“I would be delighted to join you. But, before that, I heard word of a new addition to your family. I’d be remiss if I did not introduce myself.” Lord Arundel says.
“Ahh…yes.” The Count says, somewhat taken aback. “Blair, please present yourself.”
>You feel your nerves rising. You weren’t supposed to have anything to do with this! You step forward from where you were, meeting Lord Arundel’s gaze, and taking a bow. “H-hello, my lord. I am Blair d’Rusalka…a pleasure to make your acquaintance.” Lord Arundel walks towards you, taking a knee so that the two of you are eye level. The man is still smiling, but there’s something else there. Despite his outward appearance and mannerisms, you find him somewhat scary. “The pleasure is all mine, young lady. I hope the Count is doing an excellent job of taking care of you.”
>“I-I am well taken care of, my lord!” You squeak. Someone places a hand on Lord Arundel’s shoulder. The Count. “My friend, surely you did not travel all this way to frighten my adopted daughter. Come, we have much to discuss.”
“Straight to the point as always, Charles.” The two depart the audience chamber, making way to the Count’s private quarters.
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Your mind stirs awake, bringing you back into the present day, and your current situation. What a bizarre dream. You recall that moment well, but it’s not as if there was any significance to it. Lord Arundel visited the castle often after that, and every time, despite the Count’s promise, he soured and became distant during his presence.
You hear a twig snap, and suddenly you’re on full alert. Next to you, you can hear Corrine still snoozing.
“Are those…girls? What are they doing sleeping out here?” A voice whispers.
“Sleeping? They’re covered in blood you fool. These poor girls were killed.” A female voice responds. “Look at those uniforms, they’re from Garreg Mach.”
“How’d some corpses from Garreg Mach end up here?” A third voice asks.
“Beats me, but if they’re really dead, we should check and see if they have anything valuable on them.” The first voice says.
Bandits? Or something else? Your lance is far out of reach, but you can still call your magic if needed.
>A): Spring awake and confront the voices >B): Attack them >C): Remain “sleeping”. >D): Write-in Anonymous
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>>5303089 >A): Spring awake and confront the voices If they try and take our stuff they'll see we're not dead, so we might as well confront them now. They don't really sound like bloodthirsty bandits.
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>>5303089 >A): Spring awake and confront the voices >>5303086 >young blair cute!
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>>5303089 >A): Spring awake and confront the voices Hubert ''No touchy'' Vestra
Hubert ''No touchy'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 13 Jun 2022 09:56:50 No. 5303197 Report Quoted By:
>>5303089 >>A): Spring awake and confront the voices Nice try fucko but we are very much alive
Also I google'd who Arundel was because I forgot and damn, I can't believe I forgot someone pretty important but it has been like a year or two since I last played the game
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>>5303089 >A): Spring awake and confront the voices Anonymous
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>>5303089 >C): Remain “sleeping”. Anonymous
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>>5303089 >>A): Spring awake and confront the voices TreeHouses QM
>>5303089 You can hear one of the unknown figures getting closer to you. They could be bandits; in which case you’d be fully warranted to get the jump on them with a surprise attack. Though if they aren’t bandits, you’d be committing a crime. Not the best way to start this newfound track of independence. Rather than attacking or threatening them, you decide it best to simply jump to your feet and show them that you aren’t in fact, a corpse.
The man approaching you shrieks in terror. “Undead!!” He unsheathes a large battle axe from behind his back and readies to attack.
“Hold you fool!” His female companion shouts. “They’re not dead!”
“T-they’re not…” The large, orange haired man in front of you lowers his weapon and scratches his head. “But…look at her, Milly. They’re both covered in blood…” You realize that you and Corrine never wiped the blood of the Winged Demonic Beast off your clothes and hair. Now that the sun is out and you can get a good look at yourselves, you realize that you’re quite the sight.
The man’s shrieking wakens Corrine, who jumps up in a dazed panic. She frantically looks around for her own axe, before finally finding it and pointing the weapon in the direction of this strange group of newcomers. “W-what’s going on?! Who are you?!” She stammers.
>“E-everyone, please! We mean no harm. And we’re certainly not…undead. We’re students from Garreg Mach. We were forced to flee the monastery and were seeking shelter.” “Forced to flee?” The third man asks. He looks young, with brown hair and a bow strung on his back, sporting a serious look on his face. “Flee from what? We were just on our way there”
Corrine lowers her weapon slightly, looking at you. “Best explain the situation then.”
You do just that. Informing the three people in front of you on how the Imperial Army has invaded Garreg Mach, and laid waste to the monastery.
“The Empire…attacking the monastery? That’s preposterous! Why would they do such a thing!” The brown-haired man asks.
“Perhaps it’s not that far-fetched.” The blue-haired woman, Milly, says. “We could see that strange smoke all the way back in Charon. I think it stands to reason Garreg Mach burning down would be the cause for something like that.”
>“It’s all true. We were lucky enough to flee before the Empire overran the Knights of Seiros. This blood on our clothes is not ours. Well, most of it isn’t.” TreeHouses QM
>>5303940 The orange-haired man whistles. “You ain’t lying. Don’t see much in the way of wounds covering the two of you. Glad we didn’t end up picking a fight. It’s true what they say about you academy brats. You’re some real monsters.”
>“If you truly plan on going to the monastery, I suggest you turn back. There’s nothing remaining there for you anymore. Err…who are you anyway?” Milly smiles. “Why, you’re looking at Fodlan’s number one circus performers, of course! We’re the Killer Trio! My name is Milly. Throwing Knife extraordinaire!” She deftly produces a dagger from her breast pocket and twirls it on one finger. “These are my companions. Caleb here can hit any target from 100 yards out!” She says, pointing towards the archer of the group. “And this fine specimen here is Theo. He’s the strongman of our group.”
Theo nods his approval. “I’m strong and I’m tough.”
“Garreg Mach is usually full of suck-err, I mean pilgrims this time of year! We were planning on visiting the monastery to perform and make some good gold. Though if the Imperial Army has really invaded the place, I suppose that complicates the matter…” Milly trails off.
“Wonderful. We’ve deserted the Empire, but at least we’re just in time to join the Circus.” Corrine mutters.
Caleb sighs. “The life of an artist truly is one of pain and suffering. Well then…if we’re to believe the word of our…new friends here…What did you say your names were?”
Corrine answers before you can. “Corrine. Corrine Weaver. This is my little sister, Blair.”
You try to hide your surprise, but you catch on quickly. Going by d’Rusalka at this point can only be a liability. A sad thought.
“Ahh, right. Corrine and Blair. Well then, if we’re to believe Corrine and Blair, heading to the monastery is an obvious no-go. Shall we make our way back to Charon?”
Theo groans. “Come on…this sucks! There’s no more money to be made over there!”
“Well, the alternative is performing for a bloodthirsty Imperial Army. Could be a good crowd, assuming they don’t outright conscript us and stick us on the front lines.”
Theo ponders the situation.
Milly sighs. “Charon it is, then.” She turns to you and Corrine. “Would you like to accompany us? These woods can be home to creatures far more dangerous than us. Safety in numbers and all that.”
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>>5303942 >A): Accompany the trio back to Charon I doubt Blair has dreams of being a circus performer, though...
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>>5303942 >A): Accompany the trio back to Charon Not exactly looking to become clowns, but having a guide wouldn't hurt. Also quick thinking by Corrine. Prob need to think of more background in case someone drills us for it.
We're sisters from Carcino village, we took a large loan from a merchant family to enter the academy. When we ran we went in the opposite direction of the imperial army which landed us here in the kingdom. We're not eager to return home yet due to not having money for our debt however. This should avoid concerns about us being adrestians while explaining why we're unfamiliar with the territory and it's culture. Hubert ''Not just a clown but the entire Circus'' Vestra
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>>5303942 >>A): Accompany the trio back to Charon Okay the circus gimmic is a good way to give us temporary companions who can fight without just making them more hunters/mercenaries, like of course an accurate archer could work as a bowman in a circus shooting apples in the air.
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>>5303942 >A): Accompany the trio back to Charon Yay! Circus!
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>>5303942 >A): Accompany the trio back to Charon Even if we don't stick with them after the timeskip, there's always safety in numbers. Faerghus is a dangerous place, after all.
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>>5303942 >>B): Strike out on your own Radiance
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>A): Accompany the trio back to Charon >>5303942 How amazingly convenient, that these performers have skills that so perfectly map to combat. Makes you wonder.
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Updates may be a bit more sporadic between now and Sunday as I handle personal matters. Rest assured I am not dead and will try to get a few more updates out during that time period.
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>>5305379 >Rest assured I am not dead i don't believe you. tell us something only the real treehouses would know.
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>>5305379 Thanks for the heads-up!
On another note, how's everyone finding the Three Hope demo? I personally quite liked it, lots more content than I expected.
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>>5305576 I prefer diving to into games blind and avoid all trailers and demos.
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>>5305755 You can import the save from the game, it'll be like getting the first part in advance
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>>5287645 I just finished the archives and caught up QM, quality quest. Sad I missed the big routelock vote.
Just wanted to mention that in thread 5 near the beginning when we chatted with Byleth after the start of the Chapter 8 Paralogue she gave us homework and we ranked up to Authority rank A and got our Rally Spectrum skill, but later in the same thread and in subsequent threads afterwards we were shown as having rank B or B+ and continued to spend 2 Proficiency grades into Authority, so you kinda owe us 2 Proficiency grades. Sorry if I misunderstood or if this was addressed earlier in a previous thread and I just missed it or if it was already addressed in this thread, but I just wanted to give you a heads up since no one seems to have noticed.
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Hubert ''Devidramon's my favorite Pokemon'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Fri 17 Jun 2022 05:25:50 No. 5307439 Report Quoted By:
>>5307438 Blair all of a sudden.
>''Oh yeah I just remembered that I can use heavy armor kinda decently now I guess.'' But for real nice catch dude
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>>5303942 >While you’ve just met the three…circus performers for the first time, they seem friendly enough. More importantly, they’re knowledgeable on the surrounding area. Something you and your “big sister” desperately lack. >“Sure. I think that would be a great idea.” “Perfect!” Milly exclaims cheerfully. “Oh, I just love travelling through the woods. You never know who you’re going to meet!” She stops to take you and Corrine in for a brief moment. “Let’s get you both cleaned up though. You look as if you just crawled out of a Demonic Beast’s stomach.”
“Crawled through the other side of it would perhaps be more accurate.” Says Corrine.
Theo snorts. “You may be tough, but no one’s that tough. There’s no way the two of you took down a Demonic Beast by yourselves!”
You shrug, finding hardly any benefit to arguing the man’s point, and accept their generosity. You follow them a few feet away to find a colorfully painted stagecoach, with two horses tied to the front. You offer to let Beathan help pull the coach.
“Appreciate the offer but…I don’t know if the locals would take kindly to seeing a black pegasus. Hell, I consider myself more well-traveled than most, and even I’m a bit unnerved by it. What was the Goddess thinking giving these beasts red eyes?” Caleb says.
“Nonsense!” Milly exclaims. “I think he’s adorable! The folks back at Charon will love him. We could probably even charge a few gold pieces a head for folks to come brush his mane! I’m sensing a fortune to be made here!”
>“Uhh, perhaps not? Beathan tends to get a bit shy around strangers.” You make up an excuse. You and Corrine join Milly on top of the stagecoach, as the two men handle the reins. Despite the woman’s best efforts at scrubbing off the Demonic Beast’s blood, it’s safe to say that both your uniforms are completely ruined. As a courtesy, she at least parts with two cloaks for the two of you, so that you won’t stand out as much once you reach Charon.
“When we arrive to Charon, you may wish to inform the Margrave about what’s going on at Garreg Mach.” Caleb calls out. “House Charon and the Church have always been on good terms. I’d imagine he’d want to know the fate that’s befallen the monastery.”
“House Charon?” You turn to Corrine. “I thought you had said this was Galatea territory?”
The girl shrugs. “I also said geography isn’t my strong suit.”
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>>5303942 >While you’ve just met the three…circus performers for the first time, they seem friendly enough. More importantly, they’re knowledgeable on the surrounding area. Something you and your “big sister” desperately lack. >“Sure. I think that would be a great idea.” “Perfect!” Milly exclaims cheerfully. “Oh, I just love travelling through the woods. You never know who you’re going to meet!” She stops to take you and Corrine in for a brief moment. “Let’s get you both cleaned up though. You look as if you just crawled out of a Demonic Beast’s stomach.”
“Crawled through the other side of it would perhaps be more accurate.” Says Corrine.
Theo snorts. “You may be tough, but no one’s that tough. There’s no way the two of you took down a Demonic Beast by yourselves!”
You shrug, finding hardly any benefit to arguing the man’s point, and accept their generosity. You follow them a few feet away to find a colorfully painted stagecoach, with two horses tied to the front. You offer to let Beathan help pull the coach.
“Appreciate the offer but…I don’t know if the locals would take kindly to seeing a black pegasus. Hell, I consider myself more well-traveled than most, and even I’m a bit unnerved by it. What was the Goddess thinking giving these beasts red eyes?” Caleb says.
“Nonsense!” Milly exclaims. “I think he’s adorable! The folks back at Charon will love him. We could probably even charge a few gold pieces a head for folks to come brush his mane! I’m sensing a fortune to be made here!”
>“Uhh, perhaps not? Beathan tends to get a bit shy around strangers.” You make up an excuse. You and Corrine join Milly on top of the stagecoach, as the two men handle the reins. Despite the woman’s best efforts at scrubbing off the Demonic Beast’s blood, it’s safe to say that both your uniforms are completely ruined. As a courtesy, she at least parts with two cloaks for the two of you, so that you won’t stand out as much once you reach Charon.
“When we arrive to Charon, you may wish to inform the Margrave about what’s going on at Garreg Mach.” Caleb calls out. “House Charon and the Church have always been on good terms. I’d imagine he’d want to know the fate that’s befallen the monastery.”
“House Charon?” You turn to Corrine. “I thought you had said this was Galatea territory?”
The girl shrugs. “I also said geography isn’t my strong suit.”
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>>5308621 >You turn to Milly. “Forgive me if I’m prying but…the three of you don’t exactly strike me as typical circus performers.” “Have you ever been to a circus?” Corrine asks you.
>“Well, no. But I’ve read about them in books. I thought they were full of acrobats…and men with painted faces and rosy cheeks. Huge animals that perform amazing feats! I didn’t think they were so…heavily armed.” You say, staring at Milly’s knives, as well as the large axe on Theo’s back. “A fantastic perception, Blair!” Milly exclaims. “Truthfully, this is a relatively new profession for us. Myself and my fellow actors here were once mercenaries…of a sort. Our travels with the various companies we served in took us all across Fodlan. The work was really good for a time. Plenty of adventure. Particularly during the Dagda and Brigid War.”
“That was a good one.” Theo calls out. “Never seen so much gold in my life.”
“But, alas, all good things must come to an end.” Milly sighs. “Fodlan became a lot more peaceful after that. It became harder and harder to find work. We ended up taking a bad job we shouldn’t have, and as a result most of our company got wiped out.”
“Damn Jeralt Mercenaries.” Theo calls out again. “Right bastards those guys.”
“So, we decided we’d embark on a safer career path. Hence, we became the Killer Trio!” Milly says. “We may not be the typical fancy clowns you’d see at any other circus, but all that other stuff I said about us is true. Folks love paying top gold to see Caleb shoot an apple off a man’s head 120 paces away. Ain’t that right, Caleb?”
“That’s right.” Caleb confirms. “Though if what our new friends are saying is true, I imagine folks are going to have some shifting priorities in the near future.”
Milly frowns. “Yes. We may be in for quite the economic downturn.” She turns back to you. “Well, that’s our life story. What about you and your sister? If you were going to that big shot school then you must be nobles, right?”
Corrine interjects. “Not exactly. We were both born in Carcino Village, near Leicester. We were orphans, but a kindly old merchant had taken us in. Before he died, he used what remained of his fortune to send us off to Garreg Mach, so that we could make a better life for ourselves.” She sniffs, rubbing her eyes. “Oh, how I wish he were still with us. He’d know what to do…”
“Oh, how awful…” says Milly.
“Wish I knew a kindly old merchant…” Theo mutters.
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>>5308622 Corrine appears to be a natural liar. Far better than you, in any case. You simply nod along with the story and try your best to look sad. Fortunately, you don’t need to try too hard, as there’s plenty to be sad about recently. After a few hours of travelling on the road and making idle chatter, you reach the gates of Charon. From the outside, the city appears to be doing well, and you see many people out and about. The city’s proximity to the border of Garreg Mach and the Leicester Alliance make it a popular stop for merchants passing through.
“I’ll go speak with the gatekeeper. This should only take a second.” Milly says, hopping off the top of the carriage. She’s accompanied by her two allies.
>“So, what are you thinking?” You mutter to Corrine now that the two of you are alone. “Well, we could speak with Margrave Charon and inform him on what’s transpired near his border. Doubtless by now they’ve become aware of some sort of commotion at the monastery, though they’d be lacking details. We may receive some noble support for our trouble. Though we run the risk of earning unwanted attention. Otherwise...we could use our remaining gold to purchase some better clothes. Maybe head towards an Inn and find someone in need of a few hired swords?”
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>>5307438 Oh fuck. Well firstly thank you for the kind words and noticing! This sounds like something I probably did fuck up actually. I'll have to go back and investigate. I don't recall anyone else bringing it up before, but very likely it could have just slipped through the cracks. If it is a mistake, I'll find a way to work the two proficiency grades in somehow. Thanks Anon
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Hubert ''Devidramon's my favorite Pokemon'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sat 18 Jun 2022 18:14:49 No. 5308656 Report Quoted By:
>>5308624 >>A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion We should inform people about it, even if it gives us attention what are they gonna do? Pick up we are Black Eagles just like that and think we are doing some sneaky attack on them? That would happen only if the Margrave is a very paranoid fucker.
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion So we can recruit Sylvain
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion We should try and use his influence to make sure that our friends are okay, if possible...
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Hubert ''Devidramon's my favorite Pokemon'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sat 18 Jun 2022 20:40:15 No. 5308803 Report You know what I realized? If we stay in the Kingdom we might meet up with the Blue Lion students which would be pretty interesting especially with Ingrid and Felix and it could even end up with us kinda joining with them, now I would like this idea mostly so we can personally see Dimitri go fucking wild.
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion >>5308633 Happy to help. I don't see why just letting us choose some retroactive proficiencies wouldn't work, aside from maybe causing some problems if there was a fight we should've won had we spend those grades on something else like heavy armour or something, though I cannot recall if that was ever the case.
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion Also probably that he may need to keep an eye out for his wayward prince. I'm assuming the fleeing Lions would prefer to go the Charon route rather than through Gaspard since it gives them better access to Blaiddyd, Galatea and Fraldarius.
>>5308803 I just want to talk to THE BOAR just one (1) time during this quest. Preferably with neither of us being held at spearpoint.
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Hubert ''The spear'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sat 18 Jun 2022 22:52:33 No. 5308927 Report >>5308895 Bro, a spear battle between Blair and Dimitri would be sick, we'd lose of course but it'd be rad.
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>>5308803 I mean, if I don't misremember he first goes off the rails after
he thinks Dedue dies trying to rescue him, before which he is jailed for a supposed killing of his regent and uncle (the hopes insinuates is the big reason he became the boar in the first place). I'm not sure how much of a chance we'd have of meeting him until several years down the line.
Part of me finds the idea fun that we, as a smaller band of mercenaries, encounter and start traveling with a ragged man we find in the wilds while never realizing who it is. Anonymous
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion Almost forgot. Had it been any other house we probably should've considered laying low. However, the only member of House Charon that's connected with the monastery is Catherine who -while we have met- I doubt is going to show up here any time soon. If she does show up while we're here though, there's going to be a lot of questioning that I'm not sure how we'll answer.
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>>5308927 Kek if we roll a luck nat 1 and have to face off against the boar we gotta
>Pick a god and pray >Throw all the magic at him In that order. Gotta abuse his shitty Res for all we're worth, if NPC mages can then so can we.
>>5308976 Won't be metagaming much for Blair to deduce that something stinks about the whole situation. Gee, isn't it super duper convenient that the future monarch of one of the great superpowers is suddenly taken out of the equation when he's in spitting distance of the throne, just as dear Edel is launching her bid for power huh.
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion Hubert ''Kill every last one of them'' Vestra
Hubert ''Kill every last one of them'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sun 19 Jun 2022 01:09:15 No. 5309039 Report Quoted By:
>>5308976 Dimitri's so fucking haggard and dirty we don't recognize him in years until years later we go to Garrech mach because the mysterious hobo we picked up suddenly just started walking there and we meet the professor and Dimitri fucking finally reveals his identity completely to our shock... then we meet timeskip Ashe and... Well, the image happens.
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>>5308624 >>B): Keep a low profile Anonymous
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>>5308624 >>B): Keep a low profile I don’t see a reason to do something so high profile
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>>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion Anonymous
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>>5308624 >>A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion Anonymous
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>>5308624 >>5308624 >A): Inform Margrave Charon of the Invasion Might as well.
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>>5308624 >“We’ll speak with Margrave Charon.” You decide. “If the Empire did plan on marching on the Kingdom, Charon would likely be one of its first stops. There’s no way they’d be able to hold them here, but at the very least, we can give them a warning. By now, the Margrave has probably been wondering what that smoke means anyway.” You look back towards the path you came. Despite having travelled many miles, you can still see the feint outline of black smoke beyond the forest. Evidence of the destruction that has befallen Garreg Mach. Your party is given leave to enter Charon by the city’s guard. As you make your way through the gates, you notice several of the townspeople staring in Beathan’s direction. Many of them openly gawk and whisper among themselves, while some even go as far as to give the carriage a wide berth, wanting to go nowhere near it.
>“Is everyone in Faerghus really this superstitious?” You ask. “I’d have thought with the Royal School of Sorcery in Fhirdiad, the people here might be more used to magic?” “We’re a long way from Fhirdiad, dear.” Says Milly. “You’ll find more forward-thinking people in the Capital, sure. Out here in the sticks though, not so much. Mages are exceedingly rare, let alone mages that ride winged ebon steeds and rain death from above. These people are likely under the impression that you’re a witch. The good news though, is they’re likely to leave you alone. Most people have the good sense to not antagonize witches.”
After several minutes of walking through ever parting crowds, you find yourself in front of the Margrave’s castle. The guards are no less taken aback by Beathan than the townspeople were and cross their halberds to stop your advance.
“Halt! What is your business?” A guard asks.
>Giving Corrine a determined look, you both open your cloaks, revealing your tattered uniforms. “We’ve come to speak with the Margrave. We’ve just returned from Garreg Mach and have news that we would share.” You didn’t think it was possible for the guards to appear any more rattled, but they somehow manage to find a way. They share a grim look and a quick whisper, before one runs inside the castle. “Wait here.” The one who remains behind tells you.
“Well, I suppose you’ll be alright by yourself from here.” Says Milly. “We’re going to go back to the Inn for now and figure out…well, what we’re supposed to do now, I guess. Come find us when you’re done. Maybe we can all get drunk together. Have a nice chat!” With a wave, your three temporary companions make their departure, just as the soldier who retreated back into the castle makes his return.
“The Margrave will see you. This way, if you please.” He extends a hand, offering you passageway into the castle.
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>>5309767 The inside of Castle Charon has more in common with a military fort than the dwellings of a prominent noble. The walls are bare, save for the occasional weapon rack and tapestry honoring the Goddess. There are more soldiers walking about than there are noblemen or even serving staff. After going through several similar looking halls, you find yourself in what must serve as the Castle’s audience chamber, in front of who you assume is Margrave Charon.
“My ladies.” The Margrave bows his head, respectfully. He appears to be an older man, albeit one still in remarkably good shape. He stands proudly tall, meeting you dressed in full plate armor, with a full mane of blond hair covering his head. “I am the ruler of this land, Margrave Richard Charon. My men have informed me you have journeyed here from Garreg Mach. I would have questions for you, but first, I must inquire as to your health. Given the current state of your uniforms, you both appear to have suffered much.”
>You’re beginning to feel self-conscious at how you and Corrine must appear to everyone. You’ll need to make finding a new set of clothes a top priority. “We are well, my lord. Our journey from Garreg Mach was a hazardous one, but we’re at least glad to have made it in one piece.” You introduce yourself and Corrine to the Margrave, using the same fabricated backstory that she had come up with on the ride over. “There is not a single person within my dwelling that has not seen that black smoke emanating from the monastery’s direction, yet we lack answers as to the origin. I’ve sent some of my men to investigate, though none have yet to return. Please, I must know. What fate has befallen Garreg Mach that would cause you to flee to Charon in such a condition?”
You inform the Margrave of the Empire’s invasion of Garreg Mach. The man’s face turns rigid, his hands clenched into fists. It doesn’t take a too detailed retelling of the events that transpired to send him into a rage.
“Inconceivable!” He shouts, red in the face. “Garreg Mach has long been neutral ground for all three nations! And you say this new Emperor brought an army upon such a sacred place?! What of Prince Dimitri? Are you aware of his whereabouts? Was he able to escape!?”
>“I’m afraid I do not know, my lord. It was all my sister, and I could do to escape with our lives intact.” You've never even met the Prince. You can hardly recall what the boy even looks like. TreeHouses QM
>>5309768 The Margrave is pacing back and forth on the dais he was standing upon, looking shaken. “Where’s my bloody squire?!” He suddenly shouts, startling you. A non-descript boy who had been sitting in the corner of the room taking notes nearly falls off his chair. “Send riders to the Margraves of Gautier, Galatea, Fraldarius and Conand. Fhirdiad, as well, Lord Rufus must be aware of this. Our fears regarding the fate of the monastery are worse than we could have ever expected. Inform them of the contents of our conversation here today and tell them that they must ready themselves for war. Do it, now!”
The scribe jumps off his chair, tripping on the way out and falling flat on his face. The Margrave calls after him. “And send more of our damn scouts to Garreg Mach! The Prince must be found and escorted back safely! Hurry, damn you, lest I beat you bloody!” The squire quickly scrambles out of the room. The Margrave continues pacing back and forth, before punching a hole through his desk, sending dozens of papers scattering about. “By the Goddess, those damned Adrestian blackhearts! I’d see them all put to the sword for this treachery!”
>You give Corrine a nervous look, beginning to wonder if this was worth it. “I-is there anything else you would request, your grace?” “Thunderstrike Cassandra.” He booms out. “Was she still by the Archbishop’s side?”
>“Lady Catherine? I-I believe so. We did not see her either. I’ve fought by her side a few times before though. Knowing her, that’s likely where she would be.” You say, unsure as to why he’d be interested in Catherine’s fate. “Of course. Of course.” He takes a deep breath. “Forgive my outburst. We knew something terrible had befallen the monastery, but we had no idea of the specifics. This…Edelgard. To send Demonic Beasts against the very center of our faith…she is the devil herself. I thank you for bringing us this news, Blair and Corrine. I understand the two of you have nowhere to go. You are both welcome to stay here as long as you like. Truth be told, I may have use for your skills. Two graduates of Garreg Mach who have been through as much as you have would be worth a dozen soldiers each.”
>A): Offer to support Margrave Charon >B): Politely decline, it may be best to not involve yourself. Hubert ''Big man scawy'' Vestra
Hubert ''Big man scawy'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Sun 19 Jun 2022 21:56:05 No. 5309777 Report >>5309768 for a second when I saw Dimitri I thought ''Holy shit did he really appear just when we were talking about him?''
>>5309769 While I like his offer I think it's best we don't join with the territory that's gonna get blitzed soon... But that'd be running away a second time, but the reason why we ran away the first time was for survival, we came to the Kingdom to become merceneries or the like because we knew that there would be enough jobs for us in this place soon and we could have helped people that way.
So fuck it, let's join up.
>A): Offer to support Margrave Charon But this won't be a permanent thing, we'll be here to get our bearings, maybe help here and there but eventually I do want to travel the Kingdom helping out here and there and not just one place.
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>>5309769 >A): Offer to support Margrave Charon At this point, working under a noble's banner is better than trying to scrounge work as a common sellsword. At least it's more likely to bring us some gold.
Also once the lions roll up our little ruse is gonna be blown sky high, might as well drum up what goodwill we can while we have the chance. Since she's a flier maybe Blair's a good candidate to scout for Dimitri and the others?
>You've never even met the Prince. You can hardly recall what the boy even looks like. The BLfag in me weeps.
>>5309777 I do like the idea of Blair travelling around the kingdom. Maybe when Charon falls.
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>>5309769 >A): Offer to support Margrave Charon We've already been a bit of a coward, we should at least try to help these guys out before they eventually get decimated.
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>>5309769 >>B): Politely decline, it may be best to not involve yourself. Anonymous
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>>5309769 >A): Offer to support Margrave Charon Anonymous
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>>5309769 >A): Offer to support Margrave Charon Time to fruitlessly look for Ashe in the remains of Garreg Mach
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>>5309769 >A): Offer to support Margrave Charon Probably not an 'oath of fealty' or anything, but if he's willing to employ us as mercenaries, we could get quite a bit of pay for a while. It's likely that this place will fall soon, even with our help though, so I wouldn't tie ourselves here unless we really had to.
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>>5309769 Margrave Charon is clearly a man with a short temper. The more time you spend around him, the likelier it becomes that you and Corrine’s true identities may be revealed. Were he to find out your association with a noble family of Adrestia, he may no longer be so forthcoming with his hospitality. Still, you need all the support you can get right now. Working as a sellsword under the banner of a Kingdom noble is a far more appealing prospect than striking out on your own while your meager supply of gold continues to dwindle.
>“We’d be happy to offer our support, Margrave.” You say. You can feel Corrine tense up next to you. The Margrave nods his approval. “Thank you, both of you. I understand that the two of you are citizens of the Leicester Alliance, but rest assured, if the Empire wishes to wage this war, it won’t be long before all of Fodlan is pulled into the fray. I won’t ask that you support us out of the kindness of you heart. I’d be offering you the opportunity to work for us as mercenaries. No strings attached. If you decide you must return to Leicester, I won’t hold you back.”
>“I understand, my lord. What is it that you would have us support you with?” “As you’ve no doubt just heard, I’ve ordered my squire to organize a scouting party to head in the direction of Garreg Mach and search for any of our Blue Lions who may be fleeing home. Particularly of concern to me, is Prince Dimitri. Charon is the nearest territory to Garreg Mach. I won’t have it said that we stood idly by while the Prince and his subjects were hounded down by the Empire’s dogs. I’d like for you to accompany the scouting party. Should fighting break out, I’d feel more confident that two Garreg Mach students were on our side, aiding the Prince.” He looks at you two with a serious expression. “I realize I’m sending you back from where you came from. Judging by the state of your attire, I understand that getting here was no small feat, and must have involved hellish fighting. I’m prepared to offer you 2000 gold pieces for your trouble. Half of which, I will pay you up front, in recognition of being the first to spread the news of what befell the monastery.”
>2000 gold! That’s…a substantial amount. Particularly when you’ve been receiving monthly stipends of 500 gold from the Count. That would be the perfect amount to get this whole mercenary life started off just right. “Understood, my lord. We will do our best to help locate Prince Dimitri and the others.” “Excellent. I’ll have a contract drawn up. Guards! See that these two ladies are given proper lodgings and a fresh set of armor and clothing.” He looks back towards you. “I understand that you’re probably tired from the trip here, but now that the circumstances befalling Garreg Mach are known to us, there’s no time to waste. Change your clothing, gather your belongings, and get ready to depart with my Scout Master. Dismissed!”
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>>5310106 You and Corrine are lead down a winding hallway in Castle Charon, into a modestly furnished room. A short while later, a pair of maids enter. One carries two sets of clothing under each arm, while the other is carrying a small chest that she places on the table with a loud thump. From the jingle of metal, you hear within, it sounds like the first half of the payment the Margrave promised you. The maids depart, leaving you alone with Corrine.
“What a lovely sound that chest makes. Almost makes this ridiculous plan of yours worth it.” Corrine says.
>“Would you have rather we had gone to the Inn and found some old codger of a merchant in need of caravan guards? Working under an affluent noble is the goal of every mercenary company. And this way, we’ll be able to amass funds far faster.” You say, finally changing out of your bloodied and ripped Garreg Mach uniform. You hold the rags out in front of you and look upon them sadly. You liked wearing this. Doubtlessly this was the last time you’d ever wear the outfit.” “Yes, but preferably we’d be working for a noble who isn’t quite so eager to ‘put those damned Adrestian blackhearts’ to the sword. In case you’ve forgotten, we’re Adrestian blackhearts.” She whispers the last part. She’s removed her uniform as well, staring at the clothing provided by the maids with distaste.
>“Were, Adrestian blackhearts.” You correct. “And once word about what happened at the monastery reaches the ears of every noble in Fodlan, I imagine the Margrave outlook will be quite common.” You stick one leg in the bland looking trousers. “Since when are you one to be so risk averse?” “I suppose we’re rubbing off on each other. I don’t recall you being so headstrong and decisive.” She says. “Have you thought about what happens if we do find the Blue Lions? They know our true identity. Our little touching origin story will be thrown out the window.”
>“I haven’t.” You admit. “Hopefully If we save their lives, they’ll see fit not to hold our former nationality against us. Ashe has spoken to me much about this Prince Dimitri character. He seems to be an open-minded sort. His right-hand man is from Duscur, after all. Such a thing would be unthinkable for most people in Fodlan, yet he treats with him openly and respectfully. Perhaps there may be some hope for us.” TreeHouses QM
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>>5310107 Corrine sighs. “I suppose for 2000 gold it’s worth the risk.” She walks to the chest sitting on the table, counting the gold within. “We may want to get the ‘Killer Trio’ in on this. We’ll need all the help we can get. They’re obviously want for gold, and I’d wager they’re better fighters than clowns.”
>“Of course. They have no painted faces.” You slip on your shoes. You’re fully dressed for combat and eager to get this over with. You hope that you’ll find your friends from the Blue Lions safe. Annete, Mercedes, Sylvain and Felix. And Ashe. He was no longer a Blue Lion, but perhaps he may have linked up with his old classmates and made it out okay. A girl can dream. Corrine departs to quickly head to the inn, while you are directed by a guard to an area of Castle Charon, where you’re to meet the head of the scouting party that you’ll be accompanying.
“You must be Blair.” The knight says. “My name is Bertram. I serve Margrave Charon as his knight. I’m looking forward to working with a Garreg Mach student. Before we depart, I’d like to ask for your suggestion on our strategy.”
>That takes you by surprise. “You want my opinion? I’m flattered, but I assumed you’d be in charge here.” Bertram shakes his head. “One can always stand to learn from others. You attended the most prestigious military academy in Fodlan. Furthermore, you must have seen those Imperials fighting up close, something neither myself nor my men have ever done. I’d be interested in hearing your suggestion on what sort of composition we should base our party on.”
Good question. The Empire is big on infantry spear walls and armored knights. Not to mention they’ve got their fair share of mages.
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>>5310107 Corrine sighs. “I suppose for 2000 gold it’s worth the risk.” She walks to the chest sitting on the table, counting the gold within. “We may want to get the ‘Killer Trio’ in on this. We’ll need all the help we can get. They’re obviously want for gold, and I’d wager they’re better fighters than clowns.”
>“Of course. They have no painted faces.” You slip on your shoes. You’re fully dressed for combat and eager to get this over with. You hope that you’ll find your friends from the Blue Lions safe. Annete, Mercedes, Sylvain and Felix. And Ashe. He was no longer a Blue Lion, but perhaps he may have linked up with his old classmates and made it out okay. A girl can dream. Corrine departs to quickly head to the inn, while you are directed by a guard to an area of Castle Charon, where you’re to meet the head of the scouting party that you’ll be accompanying.
“You must be Blair.” The knight says. “My name is Bertram. I serve Margrave Charon as his knight. I’m looking forward to working with a Garreg Mach student. Before we depart, I’d like to ask for your suggestion on our strategy.”
>That takes you by surprise. “You want my opinion? I’m flattered, but I assumed you’d be in charge here.” Bertram shakes his head. “One can always stand to learn from others. You attended the most prestigious military academy in Fodlan. Furthermore, you must have seen those Imperials fighting up close, something neither myself nor my men have ever done. I’d be interested in hearing your suggestion on what sort of composition we should base our party on.”
Good question. The Empire is big on infantry spear walls and armored knights. Not to mention they’ve got their fair share of mages.
>A): Calvary will make short work of their infantry >B): Archers picking them off from afar will inflict heavy damage >C): We should make sure we have plenty of hard hitting axe users >D): We’ll need some mages to spare >E): Write-in Anonymous
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>>5310109 >D): We’ll need some mages to spare Mages to counter their rituals and blow open the infantry defending their mages for the knights to get through sound valuable.
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> Margrave Charon punched a hole through wood in one go. Bloody hell, no wonder we’re a feudal system. Physical strength isn’t an indicator of good governance, but how many super powered knights does egalitarianism get you?
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>>5310109 >E): Write-in If there's one thing that we'd know about The Empire from what we saw, it's that they have enough numbers to grind down any frontal assault. What we need more than anything is something they can't just throw numbers at. What we need is ballistae. Even just one can help us deal with Fliers, Flying Demonic Beasts, and Mages, while forcing foot soldiers to abandon their push (and leave a gap for us) to deal with it.
tl;dr E) Ballistae
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(Faerghus is the one with a surplus of warriors, so I’m not accidentally sending a bunch of wizards to be axed to death, right?)
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>>5310131 Yeah, we should Definitely Warn them about the monsters no matter what we do.
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>>5310109 Supporting
>>5310131 Though mages or anything good against high DEF armoured knights would also be good, we'll deal with the mages just fine. Alternatively, something to counter their mages since we are personally also well suited to dealing with armoured folks.
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>>5310109 >D): We’ll need some mages to spare Anonymous
>>5310109 Tentative support of
>>5310131 I'm not sure how good it is necessarily to bring a ballistae for a scouting mission, but it would be what would help us the most in actual battle I think. Otherwise I'd ask for archers, so we can secure aerial dominance and cast our magic with impunity.
>>5310132 Faergus' thing is cavaliers and pegasi for the most part. The Empire notably has a lot more mages, while the Alliance is more archer focused.
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I'll say though, being recognized by potential Blue Lion students is quite the risk. We might have to consider abandoning Charon after they've been secured, and I'm especially afraid that they might believe they've been surrounded by Empire forces when they spot us. I hope the armor we're being given has something to denote us as being on the Kingdom's side (currently). Hell, perhaps even a helmet to hide our and Corrine's faces might be good. If we do stick around though, I guess we have something to bond over with Mercedes if nothing else, haha...
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>>5310464 In retrospect I forgot this was a scouting party, but I guess the way we can justify it is we have some people wheel one in to remove key problem targets and be a diversion for the compact rescue party.
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Hubert ''Masked marauder'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 20 Jun 2022 15:36:02 No. 5310507 Report Quoted By:
>>5310471 I think getting helmets to cover out faces would be good, but I think we should reveal ourselves to the blue lions once things have calmed down because if we can convince them that we are telling the truth and we abandoned the black eagles then they'd know we are good and wouldn't be hounding after us later when they do realize who we are.
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Surely we already wear a helmet normally like the generic portraits for the various classes wear? I don't remember it being explicitly stated we do or do not wear one, but it'd make sense for it to be part of our armour set.
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Did you guys forget we got Beathan, can’t imagine a helmet can hide him
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You can assume that you're both wearing helmets that conceal the better part of your faces. It's up to you whether you want to reveal yourselves to potential friends down the line.
Keep in mind this anon though.
>>5310545 Dark Fliers are incredibly rare across Fodlan. You also somewhat intimately know four of the Blue Lions, and there are already a good group of people that know you're Garreg Mach students. You may be able to get away with your lie from a distance, but it may not be so easy if someone you know gets up close...
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Hubert ''Despite making up only 13% of all Pegasi'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 20 Jun 2022 17:05:26 No. 5310556 Report >>5310545 What do you mean? The empire totally has other black pegasi so they wouldn't... Yeah Ingrid would recognize Beathan at a glance I bet, well still, we are gonna get recognized sooner or later so no need to worry, in fact I think if we tell Dimitri we killed black eagles he'd be maybe a bit happy about that, I can just imagine him being in his boar persona but hearing that news causes him to give us an aggressive pat on the head.
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>>5310109 >B): Archers picking them off from afar will inflict heavy damage Anti mage and to deal with fliers and any archers looking to down Blair while she's roasting the armoured knights.
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>>5310109 >A): Calvary will make short work of their infantry Anonymous
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>>5310556 Speaking of, I wonder just how boar-ish he really is right now. I doubt there'd be time to debrief him on Edelgard's role as the Flame Emperor so he likely isn't quite as uh... intense as he is in AM at this point.
>>5310545 That is true, but at least it'll let us get close enough before being called for us to ask to speak with the person(s) in private, ask them to keep a lid on it until we have a few people who can vouch for us.
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>>5310109 >B): Archers picking them off from afar will inflict heavy damage A ballista sounds cool but isn't the area wooded? I think it'll be too much of a hinderance, and archers will be able to blend in better.
>>5310471 >being recognized by potential Blue Lion students is quite the risk. ....We want to get recognised though.
The whole reason we ran off to the kingdom is to appeal hat in hand to the Lions and hope that our supports will support two fleeing imperial defectors in this trying time.
And the reason why we went all in with the Duke just now was trying toback up our argument that we really have defected (+ get brownie points for pulling their asses out of the fire).
If we wanted to keep a low profile and go to ground we should have fucked off to the Alliance.
In this battle I'm banking that our support ranks + the fact that we're engaging the ones harassing them will be enough to convince them that we're not their to kill them. Might have to yell at Ingrid to stop glaring at us and hustle, though.
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Hubert ''Despite making up only 13% of all Pegasi'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 20 Jun 2022 18:31:14 No. 5310623 Report >>5310610 I wonder how Ingrid would feel about us, like yeah we did abandon our loyalties which is very unknightly... But we are helping her side as well.
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>>5310623 From the general idea I have of her from her supports in the game, I imagine that she'll find incredible distaste towards our actions as a whole but reluctantly agree that we're a valuable ally to have. Our presence alone would be enough though that she might set aside differences with Dedue to ask him to keep a close eye on us so we're never alone with Dimitri.
>>5310610 Yes, but being recognized in the heat of battle might not be advisable. In the end though, I think this is partly a means to an end so Alena will realize where we are and might contact us. If not, we'll just have to see if we can't rope in these kingdom folk into uprooting the Seven Sages of Agartha
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Writing. The write-in for Ballistae won, with Archers and Mages tied for 2nd.
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>>5310109 The Imperial Army’s doctrines have always placed a heavy emphasis on infantry. Relying on both regularly enlisted soldiers as well as conscripts from across the Empire’s numerous provinces, they boast the largest army on Fodlan. Their infantry is bolstered by special forces units, particularly divisions of mages, who serve as the Empire’s trump card in battle. The armored and infantry divisions of the Imperial Army are the first punch, while the mages vaporize whatever is left. At least, that’s how the Empire traditionally always conducted war. The addition of Demonic Beasts to their ranks has complicated matters somewhat. From what you could see back at Garreg Mach, they have no qualms or reservations about deploying numerous amounts of monsters onto the battlefield, despite not being able to fully control them. Demonic Beasts, while always something the people of Fodlan have feared and avoided, have historically been few in number. Very few people have any practical experience fighting against them, and beyond just the physical damage these beasts are capable of inflicting, the damage they can inflict to an enemy’s morale cannot be understated. Knowing the secret source of where these beasts come from, it’s hard to say whether the Empire is truly limited in how many they can create.
>“We’ll want to have ourselves some archers to counter any Imperial mages and pepper the enemy from a distance they cannot reach us. Additionally, a few mages of our own won’t hurt to put a hole through their more heavily armored troops. I myself am a mage and should be able to assist with that last part.” You tell Bertram. “While we’re gone, I suggest you give the order for those staying behind in Charon to begin constructing and preparing ballistae. We’ll need them to stand a chance against the Imperial Army’s Demonic Beasts.” “Did you say Demonic Beasts?” Bertram asks, narrowing his eyes. You take the liberty of filling in the man on the Empire’s newest pets. By the time you’re done, Corrine returns, with the Killer Trio in tow.
“Hey hey.” Caleb calls cheerfully. “I hear you’re our new boss. Good on you, being able to order around your older sister like that.”
Milly sighs. “I was beginning to enjoy the circus life, you know? It felt nice putting a smile on all those faces. But a girl’s got to eat. And I’ve certainly served worse commanders than Garreg Mach students.”
“This is more my style anyway.” Theo calls out, giving you a thumbs up. “So, who we are killing boss?”
>“How much are we paying them, anyway?” You ask Corrine, pulling her to the side. Corrine shrugs. “Enough. Don’t worry about it. Your big sister has it all under control.”
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>>5311094 You most certainly worry about what the girl considers to be “enough” but manage to push the thought to the back of your head. Your party departs, heading into the forest between Charon and Garreg Mach. Accompanying you are a dozen knights of Charon, each of them mounted. True to Bertram’s word, he takes your suggestion, and makes sure to bring an adequate number of mages and archers with the group. With everyone mounted, you’re able to cover huge swathes of ground in your hunt for the Prince. You yourself, take to the skies. While you’re an open target for any keen-eyed archer, you’re able to spot any disturbances or strange occurrences far before anyone else in your group can. Hence, after a day of scouring the forest, you’re the first to spot the rundown tower in the distance, as well as a large flock of birds doing their best to distance themselves from it. You quickly land and report your findings to Sir Bertram, who sends some of his men further ahead to investigate. After a short while, they return, with Caleb at the lead.
“It’s the Imperial Army, alright.” He says. “I count about three dozen soldiers in total. They’re in the process of trying to get into what appears to have been some sort of old military fort. Whoever’s inside though doesn’t seem to be keen on having any visitors. The doors barred shut and there’s quite a few Imperial corpses carpeting the staircase.”
“Fort Highwind.” Sir Bertram confirms. “It’s been abandoned for quite a few years now, but the walls are still sturdy. It would certainly provide adequate cover for anyone in need of a place to hole up. Did you happen to get a good luck at who the Imperial Army was after?”
Caleb shakes his head. He appears to have found a leaf of some sort that he’s using to pick his teeth. “No clue. The only corpses belonged to the Imperials. As for the ones that are still breathing, the majority of them are infantry soldiers, with a few armor knights, and a handful of mages. They don’t have any siege equipment with them, hence why they’re having such a hard time breaking in. Though with the state of the fort, I imagine it shouldn’t take them much longer. Especially if they get reinforcements.” You’re impressed that he was able to deduce all of that from a short visit. Corrine was right. Caleb and his companions seem to be far better soldiers than clowns.
“Just like you said.” Sir Bertram says, turning to you. “Well then, I’ll defer to you again. What do we do? We don’t know if this is the Prince for sure. And we’re outnumbered.”
>A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort >B): Pull away from the scene >C): Wait and see what happens >D): Write-in TreeHouses QM
>>5311094 You most certainly worry about what the girl considers to be “enough” but manage to push the thought to the back of your head. Your party departs, heading into the forest between Charon and Garreg Mach. Accompanying you are a dozen knights of Charon, each of them mounted. True to Bertram’s word, he takes your suggestion, and makes sure to bring an adequate number of mages and archers with the group. With everyone mounted, you’re able to cover huge swathes of ground in your hunt for the Prince. You yourself, take to the skies. While you’re an open target for any keen-eyed archer, you’re able to spot any disturbances or strange occurrences far before anyone else in your group can. Hence, after a day of scouring the forest, you’re the first to spot the rundown tower in the distance, as well as a large flock of birds doing their best to distance themselves from it. You quickly land and report your findings to Sir Bertram, who sends some of his men further ahead to investigate. After a short while, they return, with Caleb at the lead.
“It’s the Imperial Army, alright.” He says. “I count about three dozen soldiers in total. They’re in the process of trying to get into what appears to have been some sort of old military fort. Whoever’s inside though doesn’t seem to be keen on having any visitors. The doors barred shut and there’s quite a few Imperial corpses carpeting the staircase.”
“Fort Highwind.” Sir Bertram confirms. “It’s been abandoned for quite a few years now, but the walls are still sturdy. It would certainly provide adequate cover for anyone in need of a place to hole up. Did you happen to get a good luck at who the Imperial Army was after?”
Caleb shakes his head. He appears to have found a leaf of some sort that he’s using to pick his teeth. “No clue. The only corpses belonged to the Imperials. As for the ones that are still breathing, the majority of them are infantry soldiers, with a few armor knights, and a handful of mages. They don’t have any siege equipment with them, hence why they’re having such a hard time breaking in. Though with the state of the fort, I imagine it shouldn’t take them much longer. Especially if they get reinforcements.” You’re impressed that he was able to deduce all of that from a short visit. Corrine was right. Caleb and his companions seem to be far better soldiers than clowns.
“Just as you said.” Sir Bertram says, turning to you. “Well then, I’ll defer to you again. What do we do? We don’t know if this is the Prince for sure. And we’re outnumbered.”
>A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort >B): Pull away from the scene >C): Wait and see what happens >D): Write-in Anonymous
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Shoot and scoot; and see what happens we may give them a chance to reveal themselves.
If we can manage to draw them away it may provide a chance for them to evacuate or give them better odds, additionally unless they let us run or direct more forces after us, we spit their numbers and so may be able to defat them in detail.
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>>5311098 >>A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Anonymous
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Wait until they’re trying again, and hit them while they’re distracted!
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Git em
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Hubert ''SLAUGHTER THEM LIKE ANIMALS'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Tue 21 Jun 2022 05:05:33 No. 5311194 Report Quoted By:
>>5311098 >>A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Anonymous
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Even if it's not our buddies, it's not in Blair's style to let someone be murdered like it. Plus the last thing we want is the imperials using the damn place as a foothold once they breach it.
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Part of me wants to wait and see, if anything so we can prepare our ambush better. However, there might be more people we have to rescue besides whoever is inside that tower. And we don't know if whoever is in there might be injured and needs medical attention. There's no time to daddle, let's go
and try not to think of them as our countrymen Anonymous
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Anonymous
>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort We can't risk enemy reinforcements arriving. Trapping them between another hostile force with fortifications to work with and our surprise attack should hopefully make up for the numbers disadvantage.
We could wait for whoever is inside to be captured so we can identify who it is and ambush a weakened enemy, but they may simply kill whoever they find immediately or use them as a hostage when we attack, and better to benefit from their assistance in a simultaneous attack rather than hope they weaken the enemy enough for us to overwhelm them after the fact.
I will say it kind of feels wrong to avoid fighting our countrymen back at the monastery on the grounds that we don't want to make an enemy of them by directly opposing them, only to then turn around and work for an opposing nation for money, we didn't really have the excuse of being confused despite the sudden attack seeing as we came to our decision pretty quickly, now we certainly don't. Still, I guess really we are just looking for our friends and working towards our goal of stopping the seven sages of Agartha.
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>>5311098 >>A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Anonymous
>>5311342 >I will say it kind of feels wrong to avoid fighting our countrymen back at the monastery on the grounds that we don't want to make an enemy of them by directly opposing them, only to then turn around and work for an opposing nation for money But we killed three Eagles students and only fled from those riders because we'd just tussled with a demonic beast.
I'd agree with some of this if we were working for the Alliance. But Blair has always had a camaraderie with the Lions - she's got four supports with them and I vaguely remember someone from the Eagles hinting that she'd better tone down how chummy she was being with them back when we were ostensibly Team Edel.
Now she's a persona non grata in the Empire it makes sense that she'd gravitate back to the only friends she still has. Plus a girl had to eat and unlike our new buddies I doubt she has what its take to make it in a circus troupe kek
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>>5311098 >A): Surprise attack the Imperials outside the Fort Whoever's in there is probably in deeper danger than the rather crest-heavy Blue Lions. Like seriously, they've got like 5.
>>5311470 How can you say that when her act is obvious? Color guard! Twirl flags like they were spears!
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>>5311470 >we killed three Eagles students In self defense, during an attempted murder. I doubt anyone that inspects our dorm room could come to any other conclusion
>Now she's a persona non grata in the Empire I don't think Blair's actions have been tied back to her
at this point , and so would likely be believed to be dead / missing, unless those riders managed to ID us, and report back, as far as the empire / Black Eagles should be concerned Blair is is either AWOL or dead. Depending on if someone swung past the dorm or not, and managed to tie Beathan not being at his stall in the stables and the Dark Flier spotted fleeing together.
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>>5311647 I'd say the fact that we haven't reported to Edel's side by now is enough to brand us a deserter, especially since she gave us a mission that we very obviously did not complete. The loyal lackies being found dead in our room is just more evidence against us.
At the time of the update I did wonder what was the point of having the riders attack us right after dealing with the demonic beast. Now that QM has reiterated how super rare harriers are, the fact that we let them live to give their reports probably means that we're already outed as being a flithy turncoat.
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>>5311470 I don't think being chummy with our blue lion friends is weird, nor is looking out for their safety after the battle, I'm just not entirely comfortable with engaging in larger scale military engagements against our countrymen outside of self-defence. Though, given what rooting out the sages will probably involve we were always going to have to spill the blood of people who aren't our targets.
It also wasn't just the idea of fighting our country so much as it felt weird to me to avoid taking a more direct stance against the empire if we are opposed to them and are okay with killing them when we were already in the midst of their first military action. Sure we were injured but if we openly worked with the church we could've gotten healed and been back in the fight again. We also kind of passed up the opportunity to check up on friend's safety and instead fled. Of course I understand that it was a lost battle, and that people weren't keen on being conscripted to fight for the church, and it wasn't really that big a deal, I'm fine either way.
It just feels odd to kinda-sorta flip-flop on fighting our nation, being opposed to the methods of our country's leader and being friends with some nobles from another nation isn't quite the same thing as outright supporting another country. Though to be fair, it isn't like every anon was on the same page in regards to avoiding making an enemy of our homeland.
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>>5311098 >C): Wait and see what happens Anonymous
>>5311769 It's less that we're flip-flopping on who we're fighting against and more that we have a target and are trying to get whoever we can on our side while we tackle it. If we can get the rampaging boar of destruction to alter course, that's all the better.
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>>5311820 kek glad I'm not the only one who wants to at least try and do something about the boar.
Now that Blair knows about them she has canon reasons to do "this looks like the work of an enemy slitherer!"
Whether she can defeat her NPC status and actually do something about it is another matter.
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>>5311820 Ah, the thing I thought was weird was us avoiding the monastery fight only to fight our countrymen now, I understand that our ultimate enemy was always the slithery folks.
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So what do you folks think about Three Hopes? Is it worth getting?
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Hubert ''Second best, never the best'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Tue 21 Jun 2022 21:11:35 No. 5311928 Report >>5311835 Blair becoming the conspiracy nut member would be funny
Also my cent into fighting now but not earlier is that the battle of garrech mach was gonna be a huge battle against an army while we are now doing scouting missions against like a couple of squads, I would have liked to fight before but it would have been a very dangerous move and we could have just died, does that make me a coward? yes
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>>5311928 Agreed. Our actions haven't been the most courageous, but I think I agree with that one anon back then who made the argument that we kinda have to survive to do something about the slitherers and that that battle was largely doomed from the start. Best we could do is recoup our losses and either wage a shadow war of our own or try to rope in/inform a nation about our fears.
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>>5311098 Writing.
In other news, I received the line work from the artist I commissioned for Time-Skip Blair today. It's not colored yet or anything, but I'm really happy with how it came out! Looking forward to busting it once it's fully completed.
Our resident Drawfren had also drawn up a time-skip sketch that was amazing. Last I heard from him he had gotten sick, so give him your energy for a speedy recovery.
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>>5311098 Writing.
In other news, I received the line work from the artist I commissioned for Time-Skip Blair today. It's not colored yet or anything, but I'm really happy with how it came out! Looking forward to sharing it once it's fully completed.
Our resident Drawfren had also drawn up a time-skip sketch that was amazing. Last I heard from him he had gotten sick, so give him your energy for a speedy recovery.
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>>5311098 >It’s true. You don’t know who the Imperials are after. But given the effort they’re going through, there’s a good chance it’s someone of importance, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone waltzing through Kingdom territory on their own. “Ready your men, Sir Bertram. We’ll catch them by surprise.” Sir Betram nods, giving his men the signal to get into position and attack the Imperials. You all move closer, inching towards Fort Highwind. You’re close enough now that you can see the Imperial Army soldiers. Caleb was spot on with his initial assessment. There seems to be a few dozen of them, some of whom are currently in the midst of attempting to batter down the door to the tower. The door likely wasn’t in good condition before, but now weathers the knicks and beatings of the handful of Imperial Soldiers who attempting to break in using their axes. You note that the few mages that this unit has are standing around. They could likely bring this tower down on their own if they wanted, but you imagine that their commander wants whoever is inside captured alive. Either way, it looks as though they weren’t ready for a prolonged siege here, having left their equipment back at Garreg Mach. Whoever they’re currently attempting to reach must have been someone they pursued from the monastery, giving further credence to your decision to intervene here.
As you continue watching the scene, you see a knight clad in red, galloping on his horse and attempting to rally his men. Many of them look tired and ragged, their uniforms either muddied, tattered or singed from flames. Likely they were involved in the siege of Garreg Mach, and then pulled away by their commander to embark on whatever mission they seem to be on. Another positive in your favor. You and your troops are all fully rested and should have an advantage as far as stamina is concerned when compared to these battle-weary soldiers. The knight, who appears to be a Paladin of some sort, begins yelling at his soldiers.
“We must break through! The Prince of Faerghus lies within these walls, bloodied and bruised! If we can capture him here, we can strike the decisive blow against the Kingdom before the war even begins! Think of the lives we’d save! Of all the bloodshed we’d avoid! The future of Fodlan rests in our ability to capture this princeling here and now!”
“Ahh, how delightfully convenient.” Corrine whispers, at your side. You trade a glance with Sir Bertram, who gives you a curt nod. So, Prince Dimitri is still alive. For now, at least.
You’re surrounded by your newly formed mercenary company; weapons drawn. You get a good look at their weapons for the first time. “Killer Trio” appears to be more than just a name. Each of them is sporting a wicked looking ‘Killing Weapon’. The kind you always wanted back at the monastery but could never afford, you somewhat jealously note.
“The plan?” Milly asks, twirling a dagger on one finger.
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>>5312241 You’re about to kill your countrymen. A grim thought. Sure, Derrek, Byron and Ronald were also your countrymen, but you didn’t necessarily like them. They also attacked you first, you simply returned the favor. But the men in front of you have done you no such harm. They don’t necessarily strike you as conscripts. Their armor and weapons seem to be too high quality for that. But they’re clearly just normal, imperial civilians, rather than the Inhumans you most recently fought back at the Sealed Forest. These people that have done you no harm. You feel a pang of regret at what you’re about to do. But you understand the necessity of it. You’ve had plenty of time to make your decision, and there’s no going back now.
>“Leave none standing. The Prince must be rescued.” You and Sir Byron exchange signals, and the next thing you know you’re soaring high above the battlefield on Beathan, channeling your magic to rain devastation on the enemy below. Your targets are the six soldiers currently attempting to batter down the gate to Highwind Tower, chopping at the wood with their axes. If you can take them out, perhaps you can allow the Prince some breathing room to even join the fight. Blue magic swirls around your hands as you hear the men below you scream and head into battle. Power courses inside you, the spell ready. The men at the door turn at the sudden sound of battle, but their fates have already been sealed.
>“Fimbulvetr!” A cold wind blows through the battlefield as large icicles erupt from the ground, skewering and impaling the six axemen that were at the fort’s door. None are able to escape the blast of your spell as all six men are killed in an eruption of blood and frost.
>50xp gained! From your perch high above, you can see the battle down below clearly. Sir Bertram and his men have jumped into the fray, followed by Corrine and your mercenary companions. The enemy camp has been bombarded by both arrow and magic, sending the Imperials scattering and putting them in disarray. The soldier that was nearest to the tree line you were all hiding in can only drop her weapon in surprise and raise her arms before a charging Corrine sends her head flying off.
A little further ahead, two soldiers charge your friend, their spears outstretched, only to be batted away by Theo. The madman swings his axe perpetually, with no signs of tiring. The soldier’s spears are broken and flung away by the superior steel of his Killer Axe, and their intestines soon follow. An armored knight challenges the orange-haired brute with his own sharpened axe. The two trade blows, eventually locking blades. The armored knight is strong, but Theo’s own strength seems otherworldly. Theo pushes back, sending the man to his knees. He bangs him in the head with his Killer Axe, denting the man’s helmet with a sickening crunch, and finishes him off.
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>>5312244 The Imperial mages are caught flustered by the surprise attack and get no chance to call upon their spell work. Two of them get arrows lodged in their throat, courtesy of Caleb’s marksmanship. As they fall to the ground, clutching their grievous wounds, a third mage attempts to run away, only to receive an arrow in her back, causing her to faceplant into the ground.
Two swordsmen, myrmidons by the looks of it, swing their blades frantically at Milly. The woman is lightning fast, perhaps on par with Petra. With each swipe that she dodges, she counters with a deft slash from one of her two knives. This continues on for a few more moments, until both Myrmidons are panting and covered in nasty cuts, while Milly is unharmed. As they both begin to back off, one of them violently seizes, falling to the ground. The other Myrmidon looks on in shock at his companion, before catching a thrown blade from Milly in the eye.
Two of Sir Bertram’s archers are picking off survivors from the initial onslaught, when they are charged by the Imperial Knight you saw screaming earlier. With one swipe of his blade, both their heads are sent flying off.
“Dishonorable bastards!” The man yells. “I, Sir Gerold, will teach you the true meaning of chivalry!” More Imperial soldiers emerge from the tree line, these being archers and lightly armored infantry. Likely scouts that were looking for any enemies while the rest of the men tried to break into the fort. Clearly, they didn’t do a good job.
>A): Attack the enemy commander >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above >C): Ensure no enemy nears the fort Hubert ''Second best, never the best'' Vestra
Hubert ''Second best, never the best'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Wed 22 Jun 2022 02:07:06 No. 5312284 Report Quoted By:
>>5312050 Oh shit, can't wait to see the finished piece once it's done.
>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above Let's deal with the riffraff first then deal with the big man, he speaks of chivalry so I can assume he is a good man so let's not be mean to him, we'll prolly kill him but with respect and not prejudice.
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>>5312246 >A): Attack the enemy commander We need him dead / softened ASAP.
Should anyone leave the fort they have a good chance of walking straight into the melee, so we can probably leave that for last.
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>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above Route the attacking force before they can harm our friends, then fight the leader.
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>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above Anonymous
>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above B O A R
*ahem* We need to keep thinning their ranks while while we have the chance, we're still super outnumbered and have a hell of a lot of squishy units on our side. Can we use bolting to take out some of their snipers to give us a bit of breathing room?
The door hasn't been breached yet so the people inside have some breathing room, and anyone who tries to break it down are sitting ducks for either the boar or outside forces.
Trying to go for the commander at this stage puts us nicely in range of his snipers. Plus this deep into enemy territory there's no guarantee that taking him down will bring the others to heel, they might chose to fight until the end or make a last ditch attempt on Dimitri in his name or something. This is probably a straight rout mission.
Also this commander and his honour is a dying breed in the Imperial side. Shame about all this.
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>>5312246 >A): Attack the enemy commander >>5312050 Should be great!
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>>5312657 Just because the commander mentions chivalry a great deal doesn’t necessarily mean he is.
We’ll probably never know though.
Considering we just killed a dozen people in moments, I’m amazed the Imperial soldiers are sticking in….
Although. Most of our opponents fight to the death, which is strange. Maybe its because the fight’s over so swiftly?
It’s certainly something to see Blair go from a spearwomen who struggled against brigands to a flying source of aerial bombardment who can ill several people in a single blast.
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>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above Anonymous
>>5312774 The beauty of being a flying mage. All other female class exclusives are inferior.
If Blair was a dude I don't know what class we would have gunned for? Dark/holy (kek) knight? Put him on a wyvern? Tried to turn him into knockoff Claude and give him a bow + wyvern?
Also I just realised that whoops, we're halfway across the map from those archers we could get a few good hits at the commander before they get in range. Still, if we don't take him down quick enough then getting bogged down in a fight with him leaves us wide open for getting sniped. Not worth the risk.
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>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above The quicker we clear the rabble, the quicker our ranged troops can move to bombard the boss. Failing that, we might even receive some support from the people holed up inside the keep.
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>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above Anonymous
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>>5312246 >A): Attack the enemy commander As much as I'd love to get the It Ain't Me to start playing, Staying airborne while there are multiple snipers with very long range sounds like a recipe for disaster. Let's get grounded and cut the head off of the chicken, see how long the body can run after that.
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Hubert ''Fly high like a butterfly'' Vestra ID:Z9n1/gem Wed 22 Jun 2022 16:11:06 No. 5312992 Report Quoted By:
>>5312774 About the fight to the death thing, one of the soldiers did throw away their weapon and put their hands up but Corrine just capped their ass so yeah these guys are gonna fight to the death because surrender also means death, also unless you are an important figure there's kinda no point to capture defeated soldiers when a sword to the throat solves that problem.
>>5312824 Being a Wyvern rider would have been rad, I've always loved those, I don't think we would have been a bow rider but prolly would have tried to become a 3H version of a Malig Knight or just becoming a spear and axe expert while flying.
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>>5312246 >A): Attack the enemy commander Anonymous
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>>5312246 >B): Continue raining death on the enemy from above Anonymous
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>>5312246 >C): Ensure no enemy nears the fort TreeHouses QM
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Rolled 11, 53 = 64 (2d100)
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>>5312246 There’s something grimly impersonal about killing from the sky. At least when you’ve fought on the ground, you’re up close and personal with the enemy. You’re in arm’s length of their blades and can see up close and personal the impact that your weapons and spells cause on their bodies. From the sky though, things are vastly different. With the exception of those with bows or other methods of ranged attacks, all your enemies can do is get out of the way of your spells. Unfortunately for these Imperials who were caught off guard by your ambush, there’s little hope of that. A fresh batch of enemy scouts emerge from the tree line, having frantically rushed over upon hearing the fighting. Three of them arrive just in time to be crushed to death by another Fimbulvetr spell. Of the three sets of reinforcements that emerge onto the battlefield, the middle group is immediately buffeted and crushed to death by the cold winds and ice that your spell summons forth.
>15xp gained! (75/100) The other two sets, cut off from each other, become easy prey for your companions, who fall on them in pairs. Corrine and Theo strike the left most group first, falling upon them with their axes. The terrified enemy sniper manages to shoot Theo, but to the raging Berserker, the arrow carries the same weight behind it as a particularly annoying mosquito bite. Before he can get another shot knocked, he is cut nearly clean in half by his target.
The right-hand group fares little better. Milly charges them head on, with cover fire from Caleb, who manages to kill this group’s sniper before Milly even makes contact. The acrobatic assassin jumps into the midst of the enemy, drawing blood with a whirlwind of her blades. Both men fall to the ground and clutch their wounds. While neither looks particularly too deep, you get the feeling that Milly has coated her blades in some sort of poison.
The Imperial Army, which outnumbered you almost three to one, is now on their last legs. Most of the enemy has either been butchered or fled deep into the forest before they could face the same fate as their companions. Only one remains standing. Sir Gerold is locked in combat with Sir Bertram, while the rest of the Charon soldiers either struggle to intervene or choose not to. Both paladins are skilled, engaging each other on horseback and parrying and taking blows wherever they can.
>A): Intervene and kill Sir Gerold >B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe >C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) Anonymous
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>>5313567 >C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) May as well try.
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>>5313567 >C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) Getting answers on the empire's activates after the siege could prove to be very important if we don't find whomever we're looking for.
Hubert ''Get his ass'' Vestra
Hubert ''Get his ass'' Vestra ID:Z9n1/gem Thu 23 Jun 2022 03:02:18 No. 5313689 Report Quoted By:
>>5313567 >C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) You know i would like to say that the way you have always written fights to be brutal is nice, really makes you feel that this is actual war and not just an anime skirmish.
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>>5313567 >>C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) Hubert ''Gaslight'' Vestra
Hubert ''Gaslight'' Vestra ID:Z9n1/gem Thu 23 Jun 2022 04:19:29 No. 5313756 Report Quoted By:
So Gatekeeper is playable in 3 Heroes
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>>5313567 Something something eyes on prize.
>B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe Anonymous
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>>5313567 >C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) At the very least, he's a decent hostage. Might even get a ransom out of him, if his info ends up not being worth it.
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>>5313567 >>C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) Anonymous
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>>5313567 >B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe He's too loyal to give us anything related to the empire's plans and ransoming him is gonna be useless when his lord is Edel, the one perfectly willing to burn a member of high nobility to death.
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>>5313567 >>C): Attempt to take down Sir Gerold without killing him (Dex x 3 Roll: Must be 1-60) Anonymous
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>>5313567 >B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe Anonymous
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>>5313567 >>A): Intervene and kill Sir Gerold kill everyone last one of them Anonymous
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>>5313567 >B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe Anonymous
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>>5313567 >B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe Anonymous
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>>5313567 >B): Secure Fort Highwind, ensure those inside are safe Anonymous
Rolled 15 (1d100) >>5313567 C Wins. Roll needs to be between 1-60 to succeed.
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>>5314585 Fortune favors the bold!
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>>5313567 Just as quickly as the battle started, it now appears to be reaching its end. Most of the Imperial soldiers below lie dead or wounded, while only a small handful were able to escape with their lives. Sir Gerold, the commander of these hapless soldiers, continues to resist in combat against Bertram. The man is not without skill, and his refusal to back down even in the face of overwhelming odds speaks to his honor as a knight. Perhaps sentimentality is getting the better of you, or perhaps you feel as though the knight clad in crimson may be of more use alive than dead. Either way, your mind is set. You race down below on Beathan’s back, lance outstretched. With your speed and height advantage, you’re unlikely to miss. You just need to make sure you pull your punch a bit, so as to not accidentally kill the man. As Gerold backs away, sporting a nasty slash from Bertram, you strike, plunging your spear into and through the side of his horse. The animal screams out in pain, nearly deafening you, as you pull your lance out. The horse falls to its side, directly on top of its rider.
>25xp gained! (0/100) Level Up! >Blair d'Rusalka >Level 27 Harrier (0/100) HP: 45 (90%) + 1 = 46
STR: 22(40%) + 1 = 23
MAG: 18 (50%) + 1 = 19
DEX: 20 (45%) + 1 = 21
SPD: 29 (65%) + 1 = 30
LCK: 17 (30%)
DEF: 19 (50%) + 1 = 20
RES: 17 (40%)
CHARM: 14 (45%)
You hear the sound of Gerold’s legs snapping in two as he becomes pinned under the weight of his steed. Bertram, who had been winding up for another attack, pulls his blade back at the last second as he realizes what’s going on. He nods to you, looking somewhat shaken from the fighting, but otherwise in good health. If he feels as though you’ve interrupted some sort of honorable duel, he fortunately keeps his opinion to himself.
“Gahhhhhhh! Damn you! Faerghus swine! Kill me! Kill me now and be done with this!” Gerold yells, clutching his shattered limbs in agony.
“Secure the fort! Let whoever is inside out!” Sir Bertram yells at the remaining Charon soldiers. Though they’d taken some casualties, at least seven of the original twelve remain standing. Bertram’s men race towards the door, arriving just in time for it to be swung open. A mountain of a man stands in the doorway, white-haired and dark-skinned and with a serious expression on his face as he surveys the battlefield. Some of Bertram’s men instinctively back off, taken aback. You’ve never met this man personally but given that he wears the tattered insignia of the Blue Lions on his chest, and his obvious Duscur heritage, you reason that this is likely Dedue. Dimitri’s right-hand man, whom Ashe had spoken of before.
A bloodied, white hand appears on Dedue’s shoulder, before a second figure steps forward, limping somewhat. “It’s all right Dedue. The battle appears to be over.”
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>>5314698 “Prince Dimitri!” Bertram exclaims. He dismounts from his horse, immediately taking a knee. His men follow suit. You and your party, however, continue standing. He’s not your prince, after all. “My lord!” Bertram looks up. “Are you alright? Get the prince some aid, quickly!”
“No need to worry, good sir. I will be fine.” Dimitri winces. He has one arm around Dedue for support. “I take it from the insignia you wear, you are knights from nearby Charon. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for coming to our aid. How did you know we might be here?”
Sir Gerold is still screaming. Caleb mercifully walks over and gags the man, giving him something to bite down upon.
Sir Bertram gestures in your direction. “A student of Garreg Mach, my lord. She fled to Charon in need of aid and informed the Margrave of the monastery’s predicament. When my master heard the news, he had us scour the forest to find you and ensure your safety.”
Dimitri looks at you in surprise. The boy’s blonde hair is matted with blood, and his armor is cracked and dented in various paces. He sports a black eye, as well as a limp. But that’s it. He carries no wound that looks as though it may be deep or grievous. You recall the dead Imperial soldiers that were littering the outside of Fort Highwind. None of the other Blue Lions appear to be present and joining the conversation. Does that mean that these two alone killed all those soldiers, all after having fled through the siege? What manner of beast is he?
“My friend, thank you for bring word to the Margrave.” He addresses you. “I am heartened to hear that there were other students who were able to escape the monastery unharmed, and it seems you made great haste in doing so. Please, tell me your name.”
>A): Blair Weaver >B): Blair d’Rusalka >C): My lord, perhaps we may speak upon returning to Charon? Anonymous
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>>5314698 Delicious level up!
>>5314702 >A): Blair Weaver If he calls us out on our fake name then so be it, but we should at least give him the chance to take our lie in stride and to confront us later in private if he notices or cares. I'd rather fly under the radar still if at all possible.
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>>5314702 >B): Blair d’Rusalka Directly lying probably a bad idea since we may well be caught out pretty easily, and then the wrong questions are going to be raised. And our Recounting of happenings discarded.
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>>5314702 >B): Blair d’Rusalka Anonymous
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>>5314702 >C): My lord, perhaps we may speak upon returning to Charon? Anonymous
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>>5314702 >>B): Blair d’Rusalka Anonymous
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>>5314702 >>A): Blair Weaver Hubert ''Funny joke'' Vestra
Hubert ''Funny joke'' Vestra ID:zYwgVgqt Fri 24 Jun 2022 05:54:53 No. 5314979 Report Quoted By:
>>5314702 >D): Blair d'Rusalka, but currently I'm going by the last name of Weaver my lord. Yeah I'm being a bitch and picking both options, I think Dimitri would know who we are from Ashe's, Felix's and Ingrid's tales of us most likely, a woman named Blair on a black pegasus is a dead giveaway, we're being honest here and are obvious that we are trying to distance ourselves from our Empiric origins.
>>5314698 Also hell yeah great level up.
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>>5314702 >B): Blair d’Rusalka B O A R
...who is not giving us much of a choice, here, ouch.
Asking to speak back in Charon looks hella suspicious especially as the rest of the company knows us as Weaver. And there's no guarantee we'll be able to get him alone. Plus he's had enough Imperials lying to him already. (really wonder if he knows the identity of the Flame Emperor yet), and the moment we run into literally any other but Lion but these two our ruse is gonna collapse like a house of cards.
So might as well give it straight out and face the music. Hopefully he knows our name from our dealings with Ashe, Mercie and Sylvain.
No seriously boar please be good holy hell the SS/VW path is the worse of the lot of the Lions. At least in CF they were able to go defiant to the end.
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>>5314702 >>A): Blair Weaver Blair already lied to the Margrave, whose knights have not stopped existing during this conversation, and to our circus troupe pals. Her identity is set for now. And it's a thin fiction, sure, but even if it's obvious who she is, giving the Weaver name suggests she's cut ties with the Empire more effectively than if she keeps the name
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>>5314702 >A): Blair Weaver >C): My lord, perhaps we may speak upon returning to Charon? Guys, we still have the Charon knight who knows us as Weaver with us. Declaring this in the open right now is far too early, he'll I'm not entirely sold on revealing it in private before we learn more about this prince but that's at least more sensible. Part of why we lied to begin with was so we could have someone who could vouch for us when we told the truth. Dimitri can't, we just met him.
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>>5314702 >D): Blair d'Rusalka, but currently I'm going by the last name of Weaver my lord. Anonymous
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>>5315101 >>5315106 It's a gamble either way.
We keep the weaver name and run into someone like Ingrid (who's territory is within spitting distance) and everything will go up in flames. We also have the disadvantage of being from the Empire who everyone will naturally assume are sneaky sneaks up to no good - if we get caught in a lie around their precious crown prince that's going to look bad.
On the honor hand, as we learned from Ingrid, certain factions in BL land greatly value honor and integrity. Answering truthfully shows we don't plan to play games or be sneaky and honours his request.
Plus we saved Mercedes life, helped take Sylvain to face his brother and backed up Ashe when no one else would. He might be able to link our real name back to those deeds, since the house at least knows about our dealings with Ashe.
Also I think everyone is writing off Dedue too soon. Sure Dimitri might have been too busy with crown prince / house leader stuff to learn who we were, but his loyal vassal might have looked into who's been helping the Lions out, especially since Lonato + Sylvain bro were very high profile lion affairs.
If we convince him of our defection then the Knights probably won't go against their attack us. Plus it will be easier to flee from here than from Charon territory which is being fortified with ballista as we speak.
If weaver wins we gotta spill the beans to him ASAP.
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>>5314702 >B): Blair d’Rusalka To be fair, it'd be really stupid to go "We're from the Empire, which is currently attacking Garreg Mach and has declared war on everywhere else" while the attacks in that territory are still ongoing without actions to prove our intent.
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>>5314702 >A): Blair Weaver Anonymous
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>>5314702 >>B): Blair d’Rusalka No use in lying is there? Better face the consequences now then be trapped in a web of lies.
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>>5314702 >B): Blair d’Rusalka Anonymous
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>>5314702 >>C): My lord, perhaps we may speak upon returning to Charon? Anonymous
>>5314702 >D): Blair. >C): My lord, perhaps we may speak upon returning to Charon? Anonymous
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>>5317966 My reasoning is that if they do know about Blair d'Rusalka they will be able to do 2+2, the knights of Charon don't have to hear about our name, and we'll get a chance to explain ourselves either way.
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>>5314702 Lying to your companions and the Margrave is one thing. Lying to the soon to be King of Faerghus is an entirely different matter, particularly when he may very well be able to call your bluff. You decide to risk it and reveal your true identity, and hope that your actions here may have endeared you to Dimitri enough that he will overlook your prior association with the Empire.
>“Blair d’Rusalka, my lord.” Corrine groans in frustration beside you, and suddenly all eyes are in your direction. Dimitri himself looks taken aback, getting a good look at you for the first time, while Dedue’s face gives nothing away. The Charon Knights don’t immediately take any action, though Sir Bertram looks at you with narrowed eyes. You begrudgingly note that his hand seems to be hovering near his blade.
“De roo what?” Theo asks. “I thought your last name was Weaver. You a noble or something?”
“Yes, please do explain.” Sir Bertram adds.
“Blair, is it?” The prince starts, giving you an approving nod. “Some of my friends have spoken highly of you. You’d been a dependable ally to many of the Blue Lions in their times of need during this last year. And now it appears that you’ve come to my aid as well. I know not what would cause you to turn against your homeland, but I will not offer complaint. I fear that we will need all the help we can get in the coming days.”
A sigh of relief from Corrine, as well as from Sir Bertram. So long as the most important man in the country has no issue with your identity, you don’t expect any trouble from the others. Dedue, who had remained quiet up until now, finally speaks. “My lord, let us perhaps continue this conversation upon our return to Charon. Staying here any longer may prove to be dangerous should enemy reinforcements arrive.”
Sir Bertram nods in agreement, issuing orders to his men. “We’re moving out. Secure the enemy commander. We’ll have plenty of questions for him once we make it back to the keep.”
The Charon Knights, as well as your own friends, work together to drag the dead horse off the immobilized Sir Gerold. The man is clearly suffering excruciating pain, though his eyes seem to be focused on you. He clearly heard your conversation and is now aware as to your true identity. It’s hard to say if anyone has ever looked at you before with as much hatred and contempt as this now lame knight does. You can’t really blame him. That will likely be a look you’ll be getting very used to. Once the man is secured and all present injuries are accounted for, you all depart back to Charon, leaving the corpses of the Imperials to be found by their allies.
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>>5318038 >On the ride back, you speak with the prince, hoping to get more insight as to the fate of your friends. “Prince Dimitri…if I may ask…are the rest of the Blue Lions safe? Were they able to escape the monastery?” “After it became clear that the monastery was to fall, we managed to cut a path through the frontlines and make our leave. Unfortunately, we were hounded by the Imperials every step of the way. Those soldiers knew my identity and were determined to capture me, so I split off from the group. The enemy gave chase to myself and Dedue here, who stayed by my side, while the rest of the Blue Lions fled in a different direction. Charon was always the goal, and with any luck, they will have made it by now.”
>“Was Ashe with your group?” You ask, hopeful. Dimitri shakes his head. “He was not. I’m sorry. I know you two were close. Ashe is one of the most resourceful people I know. If anyone could make it out of that siege intact, it would be him.” Dimitri sounds sure when he speaks, which in turn makes you feel better. You just hope he’s right, and that Ashe is safe and sound somewhere.
>“Thank you, my lord.” “What of you, Blair?” Dimitri asks. “Please forgive me for asking…but what caused you to turn against the Empire? Not just Ashe, but Sylvain and Mercedes as well always spoke highly of your character. I understand that you are not a true noble, and thus don’t share the same obligations to your country, but given what I’ve heard of you, it’s strange to think you’d turn your blade against the very place you call home.”
>A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the "Inhumans" >B): Lie. Say you were a devout member of the Church and could not stand idly by while it was attacked. TreeHouses QM
>>5318038 >On the ride back, you speak with the prince, hoping to get more insight as to the fate of your friends. “Prince Dimitri…if I may ask…are the rest of the Blue Lions safe? Were they able to escape the monastery?” “After it became clear that the monastery was to fall, we managed to cut a path through the frontlines and make our leave. Unfortunately, we were hounded by the Imperials every step of the way. Those soldiers knew my identity and were determined to capture me, so I split off from the group. The enemy gave chase to myself and Dedue here, who stayed by my side, while the rest of the Blue Lions fled in a different direction. Charon was always the goal, and with any luck, they will have made it by now.”
>“Was Ashe with your group?” You ask, hopeful. Dimitri shakes his head. “He was not. I’m sorry. I know you two were close. Ashe is one of the most resourceful people I know. If anyone could make it out of that siege intact, it would be him.” Dimitri sounds sure when he speaks, which in turn makes you feel better. You just hope he’s right, and that Ashe is safe and sound somewhere.
>“Thank you, my lord.” “What of you, Blair?” Dimitri asks. “Please forgive me for asking…but what caused you to turn against the Empire? Not just Ashe, but Sylvain and Mercedes as well always spoke highly of your character. I understand that you are not a true noble, and thus don’t share the same obligations to your country, but given what I’ve heard of you, it’s strange to think you’d turn your blade against the very place you call home.”
>A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans >B): Lie. Say you were a devout member of the Church and could not stand idly by while it was attacked. >C): Write-in Anonymous
>>5318047 >C): Write-in Edelgard may have her reasons to hold a grudge against church, but I cannot agree with her methods she goes about to wage this war, nor with the ones she allies with. Those who lend her their aid to her tortured both of my comrades to death, and I myself very nearly suffered the same fate. I cannot in good conscious pledge my blade to someone who would condemn her loyal subjects to such a fate.
Going into the nitty gritty of the slithers will have him label us as a nutjob, but we can give him the stripped down facts - that we cannot side with the one had a hand in dooming Martha, Xavier and nearly us to that fate.
Feel free to alter my write in if you want QM.
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Hubert ''Firestarter'' Vestra ID:zYwgVgqt Sun 26 Jun 2022 16:28:39 No. 5318061 Report >>5318047 >>A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans On one hand this could be bad if Dimitri is an inhuman.... HA! Yeah like there's any fucking way Dimitri's a snake, I highly doubt the QM made him a snake in this because that just doesn't make any fucking sense so we are safe to tell him about the infiltrators, plus telling him that the empire has snakes that turn people into inhuman monsters against their wills is very good reason why we'd not join them.
Also I want Dimitri's hate to be super fucking justified.
>>5318059 This is also a good choice I wouldn't mind winning
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>>5318047 >A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans While I like
>>5318059 I think mentioning that we cannot agree with the "ones she allies with" will only prompt Dimitri to ask who are the people she is allied to. Better to just be out with it. Though I still like acknowledging Edelgard has her reasons and that we cannot agree with her methods.
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>>5318061 If he's a snake after all this I'm going to laugh so hard.
But they've already got Cordelia primed to frame Dimitri for killing Rufus and seize control of the kingdom so he's probably good for now.
....what's a non-weird way to go 'yo your highness mind showing us your crest real quick?'
I'd be all for telling him about the slithers but QM did say earlier that barely anyone would believe us as we are - we need solid proof. Or Byleth and Rhea vouching for us in 5 years.
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>>5318047 >A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans Anonymous
>>5318070 >>5318059 Oh yeah you have a point, I'm totally fine with the jist of my write in being - "Edel nearly got me killed and did kill my friends' and take out all mention of her 'allies'
I just don't feel comfortable outing everything to him without solid proof because Blair would actually come across a conspiracy nut and not in a good way.
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>>5318047 > Ashe s gone. You know, I wasn’t actually serious about BE Ashe, but I will be please if it occurs nonetheless.
>A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans Anonymous
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>>5318059 Additionally we should consider mentioning some details of what we learnt of during our Paralog (Akzeriuth Mine's strategic importance, the "black ore", "Alena ", its destination and suggest that it be blockaded if possible, or otherwise interrupted somehow), since if we have concerns about directly fighting our countrymen, being otherwise focused towards bring the war to a "swift" end seems like a good substitute.
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>>5318082 To be fair, he may not believe us and start spontaneously purging his kingdom of snakes, but is really going to think we are legit delusional when we've helped him and his friends and we've actually seen these shapeshifting freaks with our own eyes, and so has Corrine, and while I don't think Ashe ever saw Solon, he did participate in the battle in the Sealed Forest and he was told about both Solon and Kronya and he gave us her dagger and the purpose of the operation. He may have very well told the rest of the Blue Lions even if he was a BE at the time given that he was still chatting with them regularly in all likelihood.
I'll admit it is the equivalent of believing in lizard people in real life, and I doubt he'll do anything about it, but I don't think he'd offer us any less help if he thinks we are a nut. Plus, we'll eventually be vindicated by Byleth or someone.
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>>5318104 *and he was told about both Solon and Kronya and the purpose of the operation, plus he gave us her dagger after the fact.
Mistyped so the sentence was confusing.
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>>5318104 Looking back at things, I wonder if the cut to Blair's neck (Thread #7 post
>>5167553 ) left a scar or not, which Asche could corroborate independently.
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>>5318047 >A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans >C): Write-in I am aware Sylvain comes from a particular family and wish to have them/him in my service for future campaigns.
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Hubert ''Can I please talk to you about the mail?'' Vestra ID:zYwgVgqt Sun 26 Jun 2022 17:52:53 No. 5318153 Report Quoted By:
>>5318073 God it would be so funny to have Blair be this conspiracy nut this entire 5 year period and when Byleth finally returns and says ''yeah shapeshifters totally exist, one killed my dad'' people are gonna go fucking nuts about us being right this entire time and we'll finally feel valitated.... Then slither Dimitri stabs us in the back, the longest of cons.
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>>5318047 >>5318059 Backing this, for the most part. I'd still like to slowly feed him information here over time-- maybe exposition dump if he asks about the Demonic Beasts.
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>>5318047 >>5318059 Support
What a good boar.
>>5318210 >>5318100 Supporting him feeding him bits of relevant info and infodumping about demonic beasts if prompted.
Also won't know what to do with myself if we actually get Black Eagles Ashe. I can totally see him being taken as a political hostage or Hubert going 'we've got Blair captive, one step out of line and she dies'.
>>5318131 No matter what happens in this quest, I hope you always stay true to yourself Sylvain anon.
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>>5318047 >A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans >Preface by admitting we lack decisive evidence, but the thought alone of fighting side by side with a demonic beast was enough drop allegiance after what we've been through Anonymous
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>>5318059 Support.
I'm just sad now. Hopefully we can reunite with Ashe very soon!
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>>5318047 >>A): Confide in Dimitri everything you know about the Inhumans TreeHouses QM
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Writing. A and the write-in are tired from what I can tell, but I'll combine them in this instance.
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>>5318047 By now, you and Dimitri are riding at the head of the column, by yourselves. You figure the others can’t hear your conversation, so you may be safe from being overheard.
>“Edelgard may have her reasons to hold a grudge against the Church, but I cannot agree with the methods she goes about to wage this war, nor with the ones she allies with. Those who lend her their aid tortured both of my comrades to death, and I myself very nearly suffered the same fate. I cannot in good conscious pledge my blade to someone who would condemn her loyal subjects to such a fate.” “Her allies?” Dimitri asks, puzzled. “Who are these allies that you speak of?”
Taking a deep breath, you go into excruciating detail on what you know about the Inhumans. You tell Dimitri all about your experiences with Kronya and Solon. Their ability to shapeshift into just about anyone. How your friends were kidnapped and tortured. The true methods by which Demonic Beasts are created. The Agarthium back in Rusalka. And finally, how Edelgard was in league with these shapeshifters, and had planned to assault Garreg Mach from the beginning. By the time you finish, night has fallen. You can’t exactly make out the prince’s face in the dark, but judging by the silence that follows, he’s either in deep thought on your words, or utterly perplexed.
“That is…a lot to take in, Blair. I’d heard that this Kronya and Solon had assumed the forms of Monica and Tomas in order to blend in at the monastery…but shapeshifters? Could it not have just been some sort of magic they were employing?”
>“I’ve never heard of such magic before, my lord. And their true appearances were nothing like any human I’d ever seen. I’m sure any of the students that laid eyes on Solon back at Remire or the Sealed Forest could attest to that.” “So, you believe that these shapeshifters have infiltrated the Empire at its highest levels, and are now the ones giving orders? I must admit Blair, this is a rather…tall tale to believe. No one wishes to know that vile woman’s reasons for attacking the monastery more than myself, but I have a hard time believing she was put up to this by others.” You feel a tenseness overtake the prince’s voice as he continues. “Edelgard is a monster. Worse than any Demonic Beast, with a heart as black as night. I know not what motivation drives her, but rest assured, I will find out. We will defeat her machinations, and I will torture her, day in and day out, until I have the truth driven from her lips. Only then, will I allow her to die.”
An awkward silence follows. Judging by the tone in the prince’s voice, you know better than to pursue this conversation any further, lest he either think you crazy, or you be the one to suffer his wrath. After a few tense moments, Dimitri breaks the silence.
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>>5319579 “I…apologize for losing my composure, Blair. Perhaps there…is some truth to what you say. Had this news reached my ears any other time or from any other person, I’d have thought them a mad fool. But after the siege…after seeing a real-life Dragon…perhaps such a thing as ‘Shapeshifters’ are not so out of the realm of possibility.”
>“I’m sorry, did you say Dragon?” That was news to you. Dimitri nods. “Yes. A Dragon. I know not where it came from, but just as the Knights of Seiros were being pushed to their last, a Dragon suddenly appeared. It fought off the Imperial Army, as well as the Demonic Beasts, single-handedly. It was the only reason myself and the other Blue Lions were able to escape. The chaos that it created within the Imperial lines was our only opening.”
>“A Dragon…fighting the Imperial Army…what happened to it?” “I don’t know. I believe that it was likely overrun. But such a thing has been unheard of in Fodlan. These are strange times we are living in…and I won’t discount anything that may give us a clearer understanding as to what is going on. After we make our way to Charon, I’ll be returning to the Kingdom’s capital, Fhirdiad. There, I will put in a request with the Royal Academy of Sorcery. I’ll have the Kingdom’s best scholars and mages working tirelessly to find the source of this shapeshifting magic, as well as the means to summon and control Demonic Beasts. With any luck, they may be able to find something.”
>“Thank you, my lord.” That’s a relief, at least he doesn’t seem to think you’re entirely crazy. After a day of hard riding, your group returns through the gates of Charon, and straight into the keep. As you enter the city, you notice men hard at work installing ballistas atop the outer walls. It looks as though your suggestion was taken to heart. You notice that there seems to be a general sense of nervousness wafting through the streets of Charon, a far cry from how you first found the city. Handing over the reigns to Beathan to one of the castle’s servants, your group is met by a Knight, who informs you all that several students from Garreg Mach have arrived in the city since you left.
“That must be the others!” Exclaims Dimitri. “Quickly, let’s go see them and make sure they’re okay.”
“My lord, perhaps we should check in with the Margrave first?” Dedue suggests.
Dimitri looks torn between his duty and his need to check in on his friends. He’s not the only one. You need to report back to the Margrave as well and collect your extra 1000 gold for completing the job. There’s also the need to explain to him your true identity, of which Sir Bertram will likely be soon making him aware.
>A): Check in with Margrave Charon first >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Anonymous
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>>5319581 >>B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Friends come first
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Anonymous
>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Ah there's the boar we all know and love. Was not expecting for him to believe in the snake people so readily but yeah, I guess once the dragons come out all bets are off.
I highly doubt we're getting the rest of the gold now that we've outed ourselves as an imperial blackheart. Might as well check in with our old buddies, show that we actually care for them more than gold. I can't wait to see Ingrid's face when we turn up kek
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>>5319603 Also I'm cracking up so damn hard at Blair's *crickets* when Dimitri goes full boar. Conspiracy nut(actually correct) & feral edgelord(clinging to sanity) has the potential to be tons of fun. At least they can both bond over their beautiful plans of future revenge...?
>...or from any other person Yeah we gotta thank Sylvain and Mercie big time for coming out tops against Ingrid and painting us as an upstanding moral citizen. Both of you get a fruit basket.
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Anonymous
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Money and explanations can wait, friends take priority.
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Anonymous
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Try to find Sylvain.
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Hooo boy, so I guess the Flame Emperor connection must've been made if he's already in this state, or perhaps us divulging of secrets made him connect some dots just now. Whoops, who could've seen this coming?
Anyway, I'd rather be around familiar faces right now rather than a lord we just deceived, preferably to have around and keep us safe from someone who's likely to turn very agitated very soon. Besides, maybe one of them knows a little more of where Ashe might be
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Ashe must be found
Hubert ''Persona 4'' Vestra
Hubert ''Persona 4'' Vestra ID:mxY8/xJD Mon 27 Jun 2022 23:29:30 No. 5319769 Report >>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first I love how we are all on the same board with this vote, and I do like how Blair and Dimitri mesh here, it's gonna be fun these next 5 years with conspiracy nut Blair and the boar king.
I hope Ashe is okay.
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>>5319581 >>A): Check in with Margrave Charon first Anonymous
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>>5319769 It's gonna mixture of "thank the goddess someone believes me" and "oh fuck dimitri believes me"
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>>5319581 >We will defeat her machinations, and I will torture her, day in and day out, until I have the truth driven from her lips. Only then, will I allow her to die.” Yup, that's the real dimitri, unhinged as always. No slithers here
>B): Check in with the Blue Lions first Anonymous
>>5319859 Alright, I gotta ask, why is there a dimitri edit of a broly sprite
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>>5319861 Because his power is maximum.
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Oh yeah, Corrine's still tagging with us, right?
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>>5319581 >B): Check in with the Blue Lions first TreeHouses QM
>>5319581 >“I’d like to check in with the Blue Lions as well. It’s been a while since I’ve seen some of them, and frankly, I didn’t think I’d ever get a chance to again.” “In that case, I’ll leave you to it while I visit the Margrave.” Dimitri says. “While I’m there, I’ll smooth over any issues he may have with you having hid your identity. I understand why you would go to such lengths. I’m sure when he hears of the help you provided out on the battlefield, he’ll see fit to not be too upset.”
That’s a relief. You thank Dimitri for his aid in settling matters with Margrave Charon, before him and Dedue take their leave.
“That was one hell of a fight. Saving the Prince of the Kingdom of Faerghus, now that’s a story. I think we’ve about earned ourselves a drink, gang.” Theo says. “If you need us to kill any more guys for you, ‘my lady,’ we’ll be at the local bar getting hammered.” The Killer Trio excuses themselves, before leaving. Corrine moves to follow.
“I believe I’ll join them.” Corrine says. “After all this reckless planning of yours, a drink to take the edge off seems like just what this girl needs.”
>“Huh? Don’t you want to come with me to meet everyone else?” You ask her. “Pass.” The girl snorts. “They’re your friends, not mine. Besides, I should keep an eye on our newly hired talent. They were incredible against the Imperials. Sellswords of that caliber don’t just fall into your lap every day.” She jingles a coin purse in front of you. “Drinks tonight are courtesy of Commander Blair. Start thinking of a name to call our little merry band.” She follows the trio along.
You receive directions to a local inn from the same Charon Knight that informed you about the Blue Lions. It doesn’t take you long to find the place. The Inn serves as a hub for many travelers coming from both the Leicester Alliance, as well as the monastery. The place is brimming with people when you first walk in. The same nervous energy that you saw outside in Charon fills this place. As you scan the inn for any trace of your friends, someone tall places their arm around you from behind.
“Surely my eyes deceive me! Unless…has fate finally brought us back together? Why even the might of the Imperial Army could not keep us apart!”
>“Hello, Sylvain. Feel free to keep your hands to yourself.” “But how could I resist?!” The boy cries, mocking a wound. “You have no idea the long marching and fighting I went through to find my way back to y-oww!” The boy’s arm releases you and his ear is yanked by another familiar sight.
“Honestly, I’d have thought Garreg Mach going up in flames would instill some sense of seriousness in you, but apparently I was mistaken.” Ingrid chastises. “Would you leave this poor girl alone!” She interrupts herself as she notices you for the first time, mouth wide in shock. “You!"
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>>5320079 “Blair!” Mercedes calls. You find her and Annette seated at a far table. The White Mage rushes over to where you’re standing, scooping you into her arms and giving you the greatest hug that she can muster. “I don’t believe it! What are you doing here?”
“Yes, indeed. Aren’t you with the Empire?” Ingrid asks, face darkened.
You explain to the group your defection from the Empire. You tell them how you were accosted in your room by Derrek and the others. How you and Corrine fled the monastery. How you entered into Margrave Charon’s service and, most importantly, how you found and helped rescue Prince Dimitri.
“Prince Dimitri made it back!?” Ingrid exclaims, surprised.
>“Yes, him and Dedue are currently meeting with the Margrave now, to discuss the current situation.” “Blair, you poor thing.” Mercedes says. “I suppose we weren’t the only ones to go through hardship trying to escape the monastery. To think, you’d be fighting against your own homeland.”
“Yes…” Ingrid starts, a slight blush to her face. “I believe that we may have gotten off on the wrong foot. More than once, at that. But, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for bringing Prince Dimitri back to us. We all owe you a great debt.”
>“Think nothing of it. I merely helped the Knights of Charon. They’re a skilled bunch. I’m sure Sir Bertram would have been able to manage on his own.” “Be that as it may, you helped save the future King of a nation foreign to you. This is something that will not be forgotten, this I assure you.” Perhaps it should be forgotten, you briefly think to yourself. If word gets out to the Empire that you’re still alive, and abating the enemy no less, you imagine you’ll have no shortage of daggers in the night to watch out for. Still, you can’t deny that hearing everyone’s words of praise, particularly Ingrid’s, makes you feel warm inside.
>“Where’s Felix? I notice he’s not here with you all.” “He left for Fraldarius almost the second we arrived back in Charon.” Sylvain shrugs his shoulders. “You know that guy, he can’t stay still and wait around. So he went back to his home, to assist his father with preparing for the upcoming war effort.”
“I imagine we’ll all likely be doing the same.” Annette sighs. “I’ll be returning to Dominic soon, to inform my uncle of the coming war, and ask for his aid. Mercedes will be coming along to join me.”
“I’ll be heading back to Gautier, myself.” Sylvain adds. “I haven’t seen dear old dad since before starting at the Academy. Me and him never got the chance to talk about what went down with Miklan.” He sighs. “If anything, maybe the war will provide an adequate distraction from that.”
“I’m not long for Charon either.” Ingrid says. “As soon as I meet with the Prince, I’ll be checking in on my parents, back at Galatea. I’m sure my father has been worried sick. What of you, Blair?”
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>>5320081 >“I’m…in the process of figuring that out.” Given the reaction Dimitri had when you told him everything you knew about the Shapeshifters, you find it best to not cause your friends undue distress. “Corrine and I plan to use what we learned at Garreg Mach to start a mercenary company. We’ll likely find ourselves fighting for the Kingdom as well.” “Is that so? I wish you would have joined our house age ago. It would have been nice to have you under our roof, as opposed to Ashe going over there. But I’m glad to finally say you’re one of us. And I’ll take that as a bit of silver lining in this otherwise gloomy and depressing week.” He lifts his mug to you in a toast. “To our newfound Blue Lion.” The others follow suit.
“To Blair!” Annette lifts her mug.
“To this terrible ordeal being over.” Mercedes lifts her mug.
“To winning this war.” Ingrid lifts her mug.
You lift your mug.
>A): To the Blue Lions >B): To defeating our enemies >C): To the Kingdom >D): To me! >E): Say nothing and drink >F): Write-in TreeHouses QM
>>5320081 >“I’m…in the process of figuring that out.” Given the reaction Dimitri had when you told him everything you knew about the Shapeshifters, you find it best to not cause your friends undue distress. “Corrine and I plan to use what we learned at Garreg Mach to start a mercenary company. We’ll likely find ourselves fighting for the Kingdom as well.” “Is that so? I wish you would have joined our house age ago. It would have been nice to have you under our roof, as opposed to Ashe going over there. But I’m glad to finally say you’re one of us. And I’ll take that as a bit of silver lining in this otherwise gloomy and depressing week.” He lifts his mug to you in a toast. “To our newfound Blue Lion.” The others follow suit.
“To Blair!” Annette lifts her mug.
“To this terrible ordeal being over.” Mercedes lifts her mug.
“To winning this war.” Ingrid lifts her mug.
You lift your mug.
>A): To the Blue Lions! >B): To defeating our enemies! >C): To the Kingdom! >D): Say nothing and drink >E): Write-in Anonymous
>>5320083 >C): To the Kingdom I AM THE KINGDOM! >>5320079 YEAH! THERE HE IS! MY MAIN MAN SYLVAIN!
Let's bump that support up to SSS, shall we?
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>>5320089 >>E): Write-in To reuniting with our lost friends!
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>>5320102 You make a good point.
>>5320094 >E): Write-in To the future!
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>>5320089 >>5320102 Support
WHERE'S ASHE AAAAAA
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>>5320127 IT CANNOT BE. THE WORST COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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>>5320102 Supporting
>>5320127 >>5320130 There's a solid 90% chance he has been kidnapped by a brown woman
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>>5320122 >>5320089 Support
It's not the future Blair might have expected for herself when she first joined the officers academy, but might as well try to make it a good one.
Was not expecting Ingrid to bury the hacket so easily, but yeah makes sense when her whole beef with us was about our lack of honor.
Awww everyone's leaving when we just reunited! Makes sense considering how easily Cordelia's little coup went over in canon. If we get the choice of where to go I guess we should tag along with Dimitri to Fhirdiad - both for the promised slitherer research and so we're close by to help Dedue with any possible jailbreaks that may happen in the future.
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>>5320133 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST THREE CHILDREN DURING THE TIMESKIP
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>>5320089 >>B): To defeating our enemies! Anonymous
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>>5320089 >>D): Say nothing and drink Actually we should go to corner and have a little sob just to take everything in
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>>5320089 >>5320102 Supporting.
Are we going to play through some of timeskip or just jump to Byleth waking up?
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Hubert ''Shove Ashe into a maid costume'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Tue 28 Jun 2022 09:46:53 No. 5320287 Report Quoted By:
>>5319859 >MAXIMUM >>5320079 If we ever name our merc band I suggest Blackwing Mercenaries.
>>5320089 >>5320122 >E): To the Future! >>5320131 Petra you f*****g w***e! Give our man back!!!!!
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>>5320102 Well it seems like sylvain anon might actually get his way now lmao
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>>5320089 +1
>>5320102 If we have to search through heaven and underground for our boy then we must.
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>>5320395 Sylvain anon has a point, him and Blair are a pretty good pairing. Between her triggering his personal and rally spectrum she can let him to dish out big numbers. Even more so if our rally turns trigger alert stance since we're not 'engaged' .
The real question is if Blair is/was contender for his A support Also just noticed that we reached rank B with Felix last thread, the support list needs to be updated for next thread Tree.
Also Ashe is cute but I refuse to put my Dimitri delusions to bed just yet. We've had two (2) conversations now guys, just look at all that progress! Anonymous
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>>5320089 >>5320102 Backing this. Here's to you, Ashe.
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>>5320081 lol, and now I have the image of tiny Blair being scooped up by Mercedes, thanks for that.
>>5320089 Supporting
>>5320102 Where's Ashe though...? Please be okay.
Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra
Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Tue 28 Jun 2022 17:24:01 No. 5320566 Report Quoted By:
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>>5320089 Support
>>5320122 >>5320471 That brings up an interesting point. How tall, or rather short, is Blair?
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Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Tue 28 Jun 2022 17:43:22 No. 5320583 Report >>5320573 I think it was maybe once said she's a bit short, like barely above edelgard, but who knows how much we can grow in the 5 years, Bernie got like 15 inches.
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Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Tue 28 Jun 2022 17:44:53 No. 5320585 Report >>5320583 oh damn, Ashe got 10 inches in the timeskip, so unless Blair gets a massive height boost he's gonna be taller then us for sure.
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>>5320585 God no, that's in centimeters dude. Imagine the growth pain boor bernie would have to go through if it were inches
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>>5320583 Lol, edie remains a midget
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>>5320583 I didn't know she was literally 5'1 when I wrote that lol. If there's anything I've written that I want to retcon badly it's that. Fortunately she'll have a bit of a growth spurt in the timeskip. Her new portrait reflects it a bit.
Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra
Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Tue 28 Jun 2022 20:00:04 No. 5320692 Report >>5320684 What's Blair's new retconned height?
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>>5320692 Probably somewhere between Petra and Dorothea. 5'2-5'3. That's what I sort of originally envisioned her being, I just didn't realize Edelgard was so tiny. Maybe some room to grow an inch or so after five years.
Who really knows though? It's not like Fodlan has measuring tape.
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>>5320684 Does it feel like this when you commission art?
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Hubert ''Did I stutter?'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Tue 28 Jun 2022 20:17:56 No. 5320709 Report >>5320697 Uh, 5'3 in cm is 160 so your math might be a bit off there TH, but still Blair being between Petra and Dorothea means she's actually almost taller then half the female students, I think being the same height as Ashe would be neat and cute.
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>>5320684 >>5320697 In reality, wouldn't that be going from a bit over 5'2.2 (edelgard's height) to anywhere between 5'3.4 (petra's height) and 5'6.9 (dorothea's height)?
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>>5320700 Kind of. I found the one artist I'm working with after someone here suggested going to Twitter. After combing through various artists of dubious quality, I found one I liked. It took about maybe a month after giving detail to hear back from them, by which point I thought they had forgotten about me. But they sent me their WIP last week and I was extremely happy with it. The artist seems to be well-commissioned in that particular Fire Emblem sphere. It seems like a relatively expensive request, especially since I'm also commissioning expressions, but I don't particularly mind, especially given some of the alternatives.
>>5320709 It probably is a bit off. My American is showing.
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>>5320713 Oh nice we even get a couple of expressions
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>>5320089 Supporting this
>>5320178 Blair needs some time to herself to process and adjust to everything she just went through and now is the best time for it.
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>>5320713 That sounds great! Can't wait to see the finished product.
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>>5320089 >>D): Say nothing and drink Blair's in a worse position than all of them, as a turncoat commoner with no base of support or family anymore, and her closest person completely missing. Some grimness suits her
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>>5320089 >“To reuniting with our lost friends!” You raise your drink and slam it against those of your friends. You can’t lie to yourself. The future looks bleak. In the coming days ahead you’ll be subjected to war and all its unspeakable horrors. Battle and conflict will hound your every step along the way, and it’s likely that some of the people at this table, perhaps even you yourself, will not survive to see the end of it all. But at the very least, for now, you can do your best to push that thought to the back of your head and enjoy this time with your friends. You spend several hours with the Blue Lions, drinking, eating, and thanking the Goddess that you made it out alive. The next day, you and Corrine are called to Castle Charon’s audience hall, to meet with the Margrave. There, you find him waiting for you, along with Prince Dimitri and Sir Bertram. The man stands on the same dais you’d seen him on before. Someone seems to have brought him a replacement table. This one lacks the hole you’d seen him punch through.
“Blair Weaver. Or d’Rusalka, should I say.” His voice booms. “Sir Bertram has informed me as to your true identity. Ordinarily, having a noble of the Empire sitting within my halls would be unheard of, even before their forces were getting ready to lay siege to my territory. However, Prince Dimitri has informed me that you played a pivotal role in retrieving him from Highwind Castle.” The man clears his throat. “Additionally, you had previously mentioned fighting side by side with Thunderstrike Cassandra. Though I find my relationship with my daughter strained these days, I cannot deny that hearing such a thing elevated your status in my eyes. I suppose given the current circumstances; I can overlook your duplicity.”
>“Thank you, my lord.” Catherine is the daughter of Margrave Charon? That’s certainly news to you. “The payment I promised you upon completion of your assignment has been delivered to your room. However, I still have a need for your service. One that I’ve already discussed with Prince Dimitri.”
“We’d like you to stay in Charon for the time being.” Dimitri says. “I must return to Fhirdiad to assume the throne and rally the Kingdom, but the day will come when the Empire launches a full-scale assault on us, and it will come soon. They will need to go through Charon if they wish to make it to the heart of the Kingdom. The Margrave’s army is well-disciplined and experienced, but they lack the numbers to hold them off forever. As such, we’d like to aid the expedition of this mercenary company of yours, on the condition that you use your troops to help defend the frontlines here.”
>“M-me?!” This causes you some shock. “I-I appreciate the honor, my lords, but we’ve hardly even started creating our company. Right now, we’re barely five soldiers. Surely there are more established companies you can utilize in your defense?” TreeHouses QM
>>5321295 “We plan on.” Says Margrave Charon. “But as luck would have it, Charon itself sits as a hub network between Faerghus and the Leicester Alliance. With war on the horizon, it’s likely many mercenaries and soldiers of fortune will be making their way here to enlist in one such company or another. Mercenaries are a fickle sort, prone to switching sides at the first sign the battle may turn against them. But you’ve proven yourself otherwise. You defected from the Empire at the height of their power to aid us in our time of need. You’ve shown character and leadership that both myself, as well as Prince Dimitri can rely upon. Therefore, we’d like to fund your company.”
“Ashe always spoke highly of your strategic ability back at the academy.” Dimitri says. “A tactician with high scores from Garreg Mach is a tactician well sought after. With your ability, as well as your ability to lead others, we believe this to be a sound investment.”
“We’ve taken the feedback you’d given us seriously.” Sir Bertram says. “As you’re no doubt already aware, we’ve begun installing ballistas around the city walls, in preparation of any attacks from Demonic Beasts. We’ve also begun plans to instruct the citizenry in archery to counter the Imperials, should the need arise. I imagine there’s much more we can do with your input.”
“Charon is not a wealthy territory by any means, but we’re prepared to offer you a sum of 30,000 gold coins to fund this endeavor and help bulwark our forces.” The Margrave says.
>“30,000!?” You nearly bite your tongue. “My lords, this is a most generous offer.” Corrine cuts you off before you say anything stupid. “And we shall certainly consider it, though I must ask. How long would we be expected to be in service to the Kingdom for?”
“Two years.” Margrave Charon says. “Or until the Kingdom, Empire, or Charon falls. Whichever comes first. After which, you’re free to do as you please.”
“That’s not the only reason I’d like you to stay here in Charon.” Dimitri says. “Already, refugees from Garreg Mach have arrived in Charon. Many of them are members of the clergy. Citizens. A few Knights of Seiros. Others still, are students from the academy. Some of whom have no other place to go. I believe they would be an excellent asset here for you to utilize. And I’d feel more at peace knowing you were there to ensure their safety.”
There’s nothing to think of, nor do you have the luxury of time. You’ve made up your mind already.
>A): I accept your terms. >B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. Anonymous
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>>5321300 >B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. I get that this is partially to get "Our Company" up and running, and so to a degree would be somewhat front loaded in order to tie down existing talent, but with our contract being defensively focused and "tied" to a location, I don't see "The Company" ever being without support, or acting in support of the defenses here, and as such burdening the Treasury with such an expenditure so early on would be to some degree reckless, but I don't feel like Blair is strongly motivated by money and the funds could be better spent elsewhere, and on a separate note. would likely prevent us from either over expanding or blowing all our funds early.
And we still don't know what the order of battle / force structure looks like, and as such would / should our investments focus on;
>an "Elite" well supplied small number of "professional" soldiers focused around small unit tactics? >A larger "adequately" funded Militia that is focused on serving as a blocking / screening force for defensive elements and to otherwise slow an advance? >A "mixed" QRF to respond quickly to a emerging situation? >As an attaché to a larger force to work as specialists or "problem solvers"? >As Specialists to serve as training aids to the defenders / Militia? Anonymous
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Hmm, surprisingly tough choice, at least for me.
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. This is basically a lease to build what ever type of company we want. We have the full support of an entire kingdom, massive funds, and a strong strategic point in the wars to come, and a deep pool of manpower to recruit from.
If we want to actually make a difference in what is to come, this just seems like a no brainer to me. I simply don't see a better way to jumpstart our company or a better position we could have
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. We've been given a chance to redeem ourselves after being the most cowardly motherfucker out there during the Garreg Mach attack.
I also don't think we could have found a better deal even if we tried unless we somehow meme Claude to give us all of the alliance's money. Plus we could probably grill the church/student refugees on if they saw Ashe that day
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms Anonymous
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>>5321300 >A) I accept you terms. This is probably the best offer we're ever going to get to get, but being tied to Charon starting from now is...
>“Two years.” Margrave Charon says. “Or until the Kingdom, Empire, or Charon falls. Whichever comes first. After which, you’re free to do as you please.” We can probably make an excuse for the kingdom 'falling' once Dimitri is 'executed' and Cordelia hands the country over to the empire. Which is probably going to be sooner rather than later considering he may be actively be making noise about the slithers this time around.
So our total term may end up to be less than 2 years.
A part of me really wants to try whatever means possible to tag along with Dimitri to the capital so we're poised to lend a helping hand to Dedue once shit hits the fan, but then again being stationed in one place means that Dedue knows where to find us if he wants to get us in on any jailbreak attempts. Plus there's a chance we may get 'sub-let' out to help out our BL friends so more adventures there.
Also we have the best chance of running into our church supports (Leopold, Elizabeth, Flayn maybe) if we stick around too.
Oh well, after all storm is coming and 30000 gold will go a long way in helping us prepare for it. In exchange we just...have to go SS with probably canon feralmitri....let's just hope that we can sway him from 'kill Edel' to 'kill the slithers to completely humiliate Edel before you kill her'....
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>>5321300 >>B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. Anonymous
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>>5321300 >>B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. Anonymous
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. 2 years may be long, but I think this is about as good of an opportunity as we're going to get in terms of growing our company. It'd also help to be the first to encounter any fleeing students, including what black eagles there are that didn't side with Edelgard (such as maybe those who were at the tomb). Having our name somewhat known would also help convince them to come out of hiding, not to mention maybe attracting the attention of a certain other harrier. And should the time arise where we would need to to take on the remaining sages and their people, there's nothing physically preventing us from dipping, as much ire as it'd bring.
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. I say we accept the term as it does sound pretty nice, it allows us to form our mercenary band while being at the frontlines of war, while i did say i was a coward before but now we have backup to actually fight, also my main reason to accept the offer is due to the garrech mach students, they need help and we'll give it to them.
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. Before we go on our campaign against the Slitherers, we need capital. If we strike out on our own now, we'll probably find some less lucrative offer that gets us money (though with more freedom to explore our goals). This *does* mean that any hope we had of reuiniting with some of the Black Eagles is dashed, but... let's be real here, we were already considered a deserter and turncoat the minute we decided not to help them.
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>>5321300 I don't know which one to pick, to be honest. Rather than silver snow, it'll be more like we become blue lions... I miss Leopold and our Black Eagle friends. I want to find a way to regroup with them somehow...
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. Anonymous
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>>5321715 Blame the anons who decided to outright fuck off. I'm not even saying that we had to fight on the frontlines, we could have at *least* helped evacuate people. I know for sure that Leopold would have been disappointed in us.
At least with this deal, we'll have the chance to re-organize fleeing church forces
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>>5321300 >>A): I accept your terms. Better than being a homeless vagabond
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms All that gold and we still won't be able to afford a killer lance. Boar prince might be funding the beginnings of his future rebel army here.
Hope Dorothea decided to side with the prof instead of the emperor. Would be interesting if Corrine is right and most of the Eagles are forced to fall in line with the Empire despite this being SS.
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>>5321300 >>A): I accept your terms. Anonymous
>>5321300 >B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. I just want to take Corinne, Ashe and Bernie then run as far away as possible.
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. >>5321804 How would we ever deal with the slithers that way? Seems cowardly to me and given we don't know how this war will end IC we cannot be sure of our safety in a world where the empire wins or the slithers are around. They'd catch up to us eventually even if we stayed quiet from now on.
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. Anonymous
>>5321300 >B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. It would be out-of-character to accept.
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>>5321966 >Slyvain anon not picking option that keeps us in Sylvain land for 2 years Guys I think he's been replaced.
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. Not only is this some fine starting capital, but it also puts us right at a prime location to scout for recruits to add on the sly to our cause. We're still not necessarily Blue Lions, just working with them and, presumably, Leicester, until we can afford to field a force of our own to fight the slitherers. Or convince Dimitri and/or Claude (assuming he ever shows up) to throw some resources at the issue.
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>>5322006 Uh oh, slitherers are everywhere.
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>>5321984 We choose to not defend the church, refused to support Edelgard, hid until a chance to escape presented itself, did not continue attacking after slaying the demonic beast, lied about our name, chose to accompany people for protection, informed a stronger power about an invasion to be under their protection, supported them to continue having their protection, only came clean when an even stronger power showed itself, and finally disregarded our current benefactor for future troops/pawns.
Obviously we care more about our safety, well-being, and current stock than money.
>>5322006 Slyvain comes from a mercenary family. We can go snipe him out from under them.
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>>5322033 >Slyvain comes from a mercenary family. ...huh? Whatever gave you that idea? Also part of why we've been trying to stay alive to the point of being as underhanded as we can was because we were just about the only person we know who knows (somewhat) about the Agarthans and are against them. Now we know that Dimitri is willing to look into what honestly would come off as the ramblings of a schizo and maybe help us.
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>>5322033 >Slyvain comes from a mercenary family. Your boy is the future heir to the noble house Gautier though? It's his dead brother than was a no good mercenary.
Also that 30,000 will buy our wellbeing and safety, at least for the near future.
Plus it also comes with the perk of working under the noble who's been told by their future king to be cool with a couple of Imperial traitors.
The way I see it, the only real benefit of turning this deal down is getting the freedom to position ourselves closer to the capital to try to mitigrate the effects of Cordelia's coup (AKA extract Dimitri and Dedue alive so Dimitri doesn't go full boar), so that when Byleth wakes up King Dimitri is sane enough to ally Faerghus with the Church against the Lizards.
Anons are saying they want Blair to lauch a crusade against them herself, but we're not going to get very far without the sword of the creator and a couple of hero relics behind us. Especially if they break out Nemesis. Or the nukes.
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>>5321300 >B): I decline. Two years of service is far too long. Anonymous
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. I can only hope that Dimitri take's what Blair said to heart and gets rid of Cornelia
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>>5321300 >A): I accept your terms. TreeHouses QM
>>5321300 >“I graciously accept your terms, my lords.” You bow before Dimitri and the Margrave. “We will stay here in Charon and assemble the incoming sellswords into a mercenary company that will assist with the county’s defenses. Together, we’ll defeat any Imperial Army that tries to break through.” A sigh of relief from Dimitri. “Thank you, Blair. I know this is all new to you, but I trust that the academy has prepared you well for what lies ahead. With you aiding the Kingdom in the battle ahead, I feel more at ease.”
“I will have my seneschal draw up a contract, as well as prepare the necessary funds required.” Says the Margrave. “In the coming weeks, I imagine sellswords from across Fodlan will make their way here once the news reaches them. We’ll be prepared to recruit them into our ranks and ensure that they’re assembled into a cohesive fighting force. In the meantime, you and Sir Bertram will work together to see to the city’s defenses. I trust you’re well acquainted by now.”
Sir Bertram bows, facing you. “I’m looking forward to fighting alongside you once again, Captain. Our resources are at your disposal.”
>Captain? That will certainly take some getting used to. “I as well.” You and Corrine take you leave of Prince Dimitri and the Margrave. You find yourselves atop one of Castle Margrave’s walls, overlooking the city below. The Margrave’s men are still hard at work on fortifying the gates. Slowly but surely, trickles of travelers are arriving to Charon. Refugees, you note. Down below, you can hear citizens loudly trading news and gossip concerning the fall of Garreg Mach. It seems that in these parts at least, the news of the Empire’s attack has already become widespread.
“That was surprising.” Corrine says. “I didn’t expect you to just outright accept their proposal like that. You really are becoming a much more decisive woman.”
>“I don’t have a choice, do I? A mercenary company with an indecisive leader wouldn’t last very long.” “I suppose you’re right. Not that I’m complaining, mind you. Frankly, I think this all suits you rather well. As if you…have a natural gift for this sort of thing.” She smiles.
>“I’d hardly say that. Truth be told, I don’t intend to be a mercenary captain for the rest of my life. But this is a means to an end. Having a company of swords at my beck and call should prove to be useful for helping root out those Shapeshifters.” TreeHouses QM
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>>5322712 “You truly intend to fight those creatures?” Corrine asks, lowering her voice. “I’d have thought we’d enjoy our good fortune and pretend they never existed.”
>“I don’t believe we have much of a say in the matter. Hubert read me like an open tome back at the monastery. He knows that I’m aware of their existence. And if he knows, it’s likely they know as well. I can’t imagine they’d take too kindly to leave a potential loose end around. Even if most people are liable to think I’m crazy were I to say anything of their existence.” “Yes...and once Hubert find out we survived the siege and deserted the battlefield…well, there’s no shortage of reasons the Empire would want us buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten. Having a few armed men watching our back would certainly make me sleep just a tad cozier.”
>You nod. “The Margrave’s proposal doesn’t seem so bad now, does it? Besides, it’s not like we had anything else planned for the next two years. This company of ours should serve as adequate cover. The jobs that we take will have us travelling across every corner of Fodlan, and in turn, help us to uncover more information about our enemy. And once we do, we’ll take them all out. One by one.” Corrine giggles daintily. “My, what an impressive little sister I have. It actually sounds as though you haven’t just been making this all up as we go along. I think I’m looking forward to seeing where this path leads us.”
The two of you continue watching the commotion down below. A group of ragged priests have now entered Charon and are in frantic discussions with the guards to let them through. You get the impression this will be all too common of a sight for the foreseeable future.
>“Corrine…” You ask, trailing off. “Do you truly believe the Black Eagles joined forces with Edelgard?” “Hard to say. Who knows what really happened down in that tomb? From what Lady Serena had told us, several of the Black Eagles had joined her. I’d be hard pressed to believe many of those kids would go against Edelgard when she was House Leader, let alone Empress. Almost all of them were of noble stock. Siding with Edelgard would fulfill their noble obligations and ensure their families would remain safe in the days ahead.”
>“I see…” “And…I don’t believe they would be the only ones.” An awkward silence follows. You’re aware of who Corrine is referring to. “That Lonato guy he looked up to…he had a well-known hatred for the Archbishop. Sure, the Western Church were the ones pulling his strings, but it was still Lady Rhea who gave the order to execute him.”
>“You think Ashe joined up with the Empire? He was supposed to go to Rowe. He was going to work for their Count and become a knight, like he always wanted. Would he really give that up for revenge?” Corrine shrugs. “Why not? You did.”
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>>5322712 “You truly intend to fight those creatures?” Corrine asks, lowering her voice. “I’d have thought we’d enjoy our good fortune and pretend they never existed.”
>“I don’t believe we have much of a say in the matter. Hubert read me like an open tome back at the monastery. He knows that I’m aware of their existence. And if he knows, it’s likely they know as well. I can’t imagine they’d take too kindly to leave a potential loose end around. Even if most people are liable to think I’m crazy were I to say anything of their existence.” “Yes...and once Hubert find out we survived the siege and deserted the battlefield…well, there’s no shortage of reasons the Empire would want us buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten. Having a few armed men watching our back would certainly make me sleep just a tad cozier.”
>You nod. “The Margrave’s proposal doesn’t seem so bad now, does it? Besides, it’s not like we had anything else planned for the next two years. This company of ours should serve as adequate cover. The jobs that we take will have us travelling across every corner of Fodlan, and in turn, help us to uncover more information about our enemy. And once we do, we’ll take them all out. One by one.” Corrine giggles daintily. “My, what an impressive little sister I have. It actually sounds as though you haven’t just been making this all up as we go along. I think I’m looking forward to seeing where this path leads us.”
The two of you continue watching the commotion down below. A group of ragged priests have now entered Charon and are in frantic discussions with the guards to let them through. You get the impression this will be all too common of a sight for the foreseeable future.
>“Corrine…” You ask, trailing off. “Do you truly believe the Black Eagles joined forces with Edelgard?” “Hard to say. Who knows what really happened down in that tomb? From what Lady Serena had told us, several of the Black Eagles had joined her. I’d be hard pressed to believe many of those kids would go against Edelgard when she was House Leader, let alone Empress. Almost all of them were of noble stock. Siding with Edelgard would fulfill their noble obligations and ensure their families would remain safe in the days ahead.”
>“I see…” “And…I don’t believe they would be the only ones.” An awkward silence follows. You’re aware of who Corrine is referring to. “That Lonato guy he looked up to…he had a well-known hatred for the Archbishop. Sure, the Western Church were the ones pulling his strings, but it was still Lady Rhea who gave the order to execute him.”
>“You think Ashe joined up with the Empire? He was supposed to go to Rowe. He was going to work for their Count and become a knight, like he always wanted. Would he really give that up for revenge?” Corrine shrugs. “Why not? You did.”
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>>5322715 Ashe. Did he never truly get over Lonato’s death? You recall the final battle with the Western Church. You hadn’t thought of that day for a while now. Some strange man had found Ashe after the battle with Bishop Santiago and given him Lonato’s personal diary. He never revealed the contents of the diary, not even to you. What was in there? Could it have caused him to want to stay and fight against the Church?
“I’m sorry. I’m just speculating.” Corrine says. She places a reassuring hand on your shoulder.
>You shake your head. “It’s fine. You’ve given me something to think about. Ashe and I’s paths will cross again someday. I’m sure of it. Just as I’m sure we’ll meet our friends again. All we can do now is take things one day at a time.” “Very mature of you. I think I’m beginning to like this new Blair of mine. Well then. Sir Bertram is waiting for us. Let’s get started. We have plenty of work in front of us.” The girl walks ahead. “By the way, I know we’ve already been found out, but I’ll be keeping the name Weaver. I’ve quickly grown rather fond of it.”
>That’s right. It’s not like you were ever lying about being Blair Weaver. You just haven’t been that person for over five years. “Yeah. Me too.” >Pick one proficiency to raise by two grades >Axe: D >Sword: D- >Heavy Armor: E Anonymous
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>>5322718 >Heavy Armor: E It's not like we'll ever use Axes or Swords when we've got Lances. Plus, Heavy Armor gives us more speed.
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>>5322718 >Heavy Armor: E >>5322058 >>5322092 Seems I misremembered.
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>>5322718 >Sword: D- If we ever encounter axe-wielding enemies or wyvern riders, and magic won't do the trick, we'd better brush up on our swordsmanship.
Let's hope we can try to go back to Garreg Mach before long.
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>>5322718 >Heavy Armor: E So is weight -3 translating to +speed here? I'm down
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>>5322718 >>Sword: D- Is this a bonus profiency upgrade thanks to the mistake anon spotted?
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>>5322718 >Heavy Armor: E It's time for some weight training! Also something tells me we won't be able to claim the d'Rusalka name for long. Getting reacquainted with our old name already is probably good
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>>5322718 >Heavy Armor: E Don't we have Axereaver for axe-wielding foes?
Hubert ''BlackWing Mercenary'' Vestra
Hubert ''BlackWing Mercenary'' Vestra ID:6UNO/S0m Thu 30 Jun 2022 11:09:49 No. 5323023 Report >>5322718 >Heavy Armor: E We do have Axereaver for axes yes, also now looking back I do like how Corrine, the blood thirsty axe crazy girl is now our closest friend basically, she's best girl.
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Well, if you plan to be a bloodthirsty killer, it pays to have some competent and very sane people in your corner, watching your back.
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>>5322718 >>Heavy Armor: E Anonymous
>>5322718 >Sword: D- Gotta hit Falcon Knight's prerequisites, plus it'd make us a bit more competent with Kronya's dagger, which has been one hell of a backup weapon for us.
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>>5322718 Ah, changing my vote (
>>5322985 ) to
>Sword: D- >>5323180 Made a good argument
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>>5323180 >Falcon knight But that class is massive downgrade for us because we can't use magic in.
I think a few threads back QM did say that Harrier = masterclass/special class like the DLC classes so there's no need to promote further. Which is why we're doing silly things like dumping spar grades into heavy armour.
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>>5323245 Nah, it was that he would allow us to use magic with the class if we went through the Harrier route
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>>5322718 >>5322873 Switching my vote to
>Swords >>5323259 Yeah you're right I'm just spewing bullshit over here.
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Hubert ''BlackWing Mercenary'' Vestra
Hubert ''BlackWing Mercenary'' Vestra ID:URsDC7E9 Thu 30 Jun 2022 18:38:05 No. 5323409 Report Quoted By:
>>5323023 >>5322718 Okay I've been convinced, I'm changing my vote from Heavy Armor to
>Sword: D- also I think in these 5 years we prolly still train up in other aspects but most like smaller amounts then in school, most of our improvement will come from battles.
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>>5322718 >>Sword: D- More breaker skills are always good.
Goodnight sweet(?) prince, please don't be too crazy when we run into you again.
>“You think Ashe joined up with the Empire? He was supposed to go to Rowe. He was going to work for their Count and become a knight, like he always wanted. Would he really give that up for revenge?” >Corrine shrugs. “Why not? You did.” Damn Corrine. Ashe is pretty much our perfect counter as well, this is going to hurt in all possible ways.
Also looks like this is the timeline where Byleth does her church unit only run.
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>>5323461 Look on the bright side, with Ashe turned traitor, Sylvain has the perfect opportunity to slide his way in :^)
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>>5323461 P
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YOU DID THIS ANONS
I still have hope that he was taken out during the fight and is in hiding Anonymous
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>>5323467 I was so sure the goddess tower was the relationship lock-in point, but now this has happened I don't know what to think anymore.
But chool sweethearts torn apart by war is exactly the kind of drama I'm here for with this quest. Nothing being set in stone until the credits roll would be amazing.
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>>5323467 If anyone turned traitor it us though.
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>>5323467 I like the way you think, anon.
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>>5323461 >timeline where Byleth does her church unit only run Which is funny, considering that most of the troops you have at your disposal in SS are hinted at being Ferdie's iirc
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>>5323461 >>5323467 i refuse to believe ashe joined the empire
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>>5323672 I mean, every single member of the black eagles have arguments for why they would stay or leave, including the boy we convinced to join. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure there's no other heir to the Gaspard territory in the southern parts of the kingdom, and we know how this develops in canon...
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Ashe cares too much about his family to do something like this! He would surely make sure to go find his brother and sister instead of sticking with Edelgard!
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>>5322718 I'll switch to...
>Sword: D- We can always do heavy armour last.
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>>5322718 >Epilogue >Location: Castle Rusalka Rex d’Rusalka soared high in the sky as he led his personal elite battalion, the Hellwings, towards Castle Rusalka. 2000 men strong, the company saw heavy fighting at the Siege of Garreg Mach, though suffered few casualties. Part of their luck was due to the overwhelming skill and ability of the Hellwings. Each one was a decorated veteran, having served in either the Dagda and Brigid War, or in Rex’s own personal campaign in Almyra. Each one of them was a man or woman worthy of serving within the Sky Shadow’s personal army. The other reason for their success, was due to the overwhelming advantage afforded to the very woman clinging to his back.
“My lord, shall I stay behind with the troops while you meet with your father?””
Winona Argyros. The brains of the Hellwings. Rex himself had little passion for strategy. All he desired was to fight powerful opponents worthy of his attention. But Winona was different. She had an otherworldly gift for seeing the flow of the battlefield. With her input, the Hellwings had no trouble cutting through the Knights of Seiros once they had arrived onto the battlefield. The enemy buckled under their relentless assault and formation, and the next thing Rex knew, the Empire had overrun the monastery. Rex thought the woman was remarkable. Unlike any other he had been with. Her brain was the perfect complement to his power. Together, they would make an excellent child. One worthy of carrying on his name and legacy. But that would have to wait. Rex still had need of her full faculties.
“Yes. Ensure the men are given rest and provisions. This will not take long.”
Rex bid his faithful wyvern companion, Ashnard, towards the courtyard of Castle Rusalka. The castle was far more active than usual. Soldiers and officers alike were running around, barking orders, and making the final preparations for the long march north. A war to unify Fodlan was on the horizon, and Rusalka would play its part. In just a few short days, the Rusalkan Army would move out to unite with the greater Imperial Army. But first, everything must be accounted for. Weapons must be sharpened, armor polished, food well provisioned.
And most chiefly of all, a new commander for Rusalka’s army must be found.
Rex walked through the halls of the castle, barely acknowledging anyone who saluted or bowed before him. They were beneath his notice. Weak. Boring. Meager. A serving maid turning around the corner nearly bumps into him. He deftly steps to the side, avoiding her. The girl nearly loses her balance, though before she topples onto her face, Rex snatches a tankard of ale off her platter. He continues walking towards his destination as the girl flounders on the floor, spilling drink across the stones.
The inner sanctum of Castle Rusalka. The guards standing outside clutch their spears to their chests and salute the Sky Shadow. The door opens, and the Count’s minister emerges.
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>>5323997 “Ahh! Lord Rex! I had not expected you back so soon! Pray tell, do you bring good news from the siege?” Minister Hoff asks.
“Out of my way.” Rex replies. He brushes past the baffled man. Perhaps once, he’d held respect for the elderly statesman. Though the man that Rex knew was long gone. What was left behind was an entirely different matter. One worthy only of contempt and scorn.
Rex enters the sanctum and finds a familiar sight. Count Charles d’Rusalka, behind his desk, hard at work as always. Various papers and documents are scatted across his desk. In his hands appear to be a ledger of some sort that he is intently studying. On a side table within the sanctum, appears to be a plate of dinner. Long since ignored by the Count and grown cold in favor of giving all his attention to his work. Rex helps himself to the plate, washing it down the flagon of ale he’d taken moments earlier. The two sit there in silence for quite some time. Rex eating and drinking. The Count, ticking away at his ledger. None of the warmth that one might expect from a father seeing his soon return from the battlefield is present within the room. This goes on for some time, before the Count finally breaks the silence.
“I take it from your presence before me that Garreg Mach has fallen?”
“Yes.” Rex replies.
“And? Did you find the battle to your liking?”
Rex snorts. “Hardly. The Knights of Seiros were caught with their britches down. They were hardly worth the effort. I’d hoped to cross blades with that Professor I’d heard so much of. The one who wielded the Sword of the Creator. Alas, I hear she perished against a horde of Demonic Beasts, depriving me of the chance.”
“My sincerest condolences.” The Count says. “What of those bearing Crests?”
“Children in need of seasoning. They were hardly noticeable.”
A silence follows, in which Rex resumes devouring his dinner, while the Count watches. Finally, Charles d’Rusalka speaks again.
“I notice you’re here alone. Where is Blair?”
“Gone.”
The Count raises an eyebrow. “Gone? She perished in the battle?”
“No. She’s gone. Disappeared. Vanished.”
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>>5323998 The Count leans back in his chair, narrowing his eyes as he studies his son, who hardly looks up from the cold turkey he is picking apart. “Explain.”
Rex shrugs. “She never showed up. I had met her roommate once before. Back when I went to the monastery during the Battle of the Eagle and Lion. I had her escort me back to their dormitory, where we found that their room had been entirely destroyed. Burnt to a crisp.”
“So, she is dead?”
“No, there was no body. Neither was her equipment there. Afterwards, the same roommate led me to the Pegasus Stables. Blair rode a very distinct mount. A dark pegasus. The steed was nowhere to be found.” Rex finishes picking all the meet off the last bone, before continuing. “I asked some of my men. We’d had complete aerial dominance during the fight, so it may have been possible one of them would have seen a Harrier present. Sure enough, some of my Wyvern Riders reported a Garreg Mach student slaying a Demonic Beast, before fleeing the battlefield.” Rex leans back in his chair, and smiles. “Given all of the evidence, it seems our little girl has become a deserter.”
Silence follows, broken by the Count pushing his seat back, and folding his hands on the table in front of him. Rex watches the man, who makes no motion. With a sigh, the Count finally speaks. “I suppose it is for the best. To involve her in what is to come would be too cruel. With any luck, she can start a new life. Start her own family. Enjoy what remains.”
Rex barks a harsh, mocking laugh. He takes a swig of his ale, before continuing. “How surprising! I didn’t think your kind was capable of sentimentality! I thought you’d be furious!?”
“Are you going to kill her?” The Count asks.
Rex contemplates the idea, before scoffing. “As if. Her skill has considerably improved from when she first left us. But she’s still a good for nothing pipsqueak. Hardly worth soiling Gae Bolg with her blood.”
“I see.”
“Though, still. Blair doesn’t strike me as the type to simply settle down, as you so hope. Her only talent lies in warfare. Fighting and strategy are all she is good at. She’s honed these skills considerably during her time at the academy. One does not attend Garreg Mach to simply become a fat housewife. I find it more likely that she’ll utilize her talents against the Empire. Should the day come where her skills improve even further. Where she becomes worthy prey…” Rex smiles, baring his teeth. “We shall see then.”
“If such a day comes…” The Count starts. “I will not stop you.”
>End of Part 1 TreeHouses QM
Thread is Archived:
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Three+Houses Thread #10 and Part 2 will commence some time after this one falls off the catalog. Those familiar with the source know that this is the five year time skip. It'll start off differently than the other threads did, with us determining just what Blair and Pals were up to during the first five years of the war.
I wanted to use the remainder of this thread to maybe talk about some what-if scenarios. Things that could have gone differently, and what might have happened had anons voted in another direction. I think this thread in particular had the most deviation from what I expected. I was always prepared for what might happen if we defected from the Empire. I certainly was not prepared for us avoiding the Siege of Garreg Mach entirely at all lol.
Feel free to ask questions about things that might have gone differently that you're curious about. Doesn't matter what. I'll try and remember to the best of my abilities what the original plan was. The Siege of Garreg Mach in particular was something I had a ton of different scenarios planned for. Had you stayed loyal to Edelgard, you would have found yourself fighting against the Golden Deer students to try and break the monastery's western defenses.
Pic related. It's the bandit you killed in Thread 1. Had you spared her, she'd have been someone that joins you in Part 2.
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And as promised. Here's a sneak peak at a certain someone, five years older. Hopefully the full work will be done by the time Thread #10 kicks off.
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>>5324014 Thanks for running.
What would have happened if we fought the Three Wyvern Riders?
What would have happened if we declined the two years of service?
Anonymous
>>5324014 Thanks for running. Blair looks as serious as ever.
What was the other means of escape through the civilian district?
Would pulling out the blessed spear to lie about our trustworthiness to get Beathan have worked?
What would have happened had we stayed to fight alongside the knights of Seiros? Would we have had a chance to fight Rex? Could we have met up or fought any of our friends?
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>>5324027 1. You'd have either won or lost, but more Wyverns would show up. You're wearing the uniform of the enemy in the middle of a massive battle. Furthermore you brought a ton of attention to yourself by single-handedly slaying a Demonic Beast. The option to fight existed to punish EXP hungry anons who thought of staying and fighting. This is actually a very common thing that occurs in Fire Emblem maps lol.
2. Blair and Corrine would have struck out on their own. Travelling across Fodlan with just each other and a very, very small group of others. Likely the Circus Trio and maybe a few more people.
>>5324040 1. Fighting your way through a civilian riot to escape through a small gap within the walls. You'd have met up with Elizabeth here, who would have helped shepherd you through, and join your crew.
2. It would have 100% worked! It was given to you by the Archbishop. Serena would not have questioned your supposed dedication.
3. You'd have fought alongside Leopold and some of the other Knights of Seiros, including Alois and Shamir. It would have been a Survive map, where after surviving a certain amount of turns, the battle would be over and your group would be forced to surrender once surrounded by Rex. You'd have found a way to escape though, with someone holding him off while you got away on Beathan.
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>>5324048 >Blair and Corrine would have struck out on their own. Travelling across Fodlan with just each other and a very, very small group of others With that knowledge, it was probably for the best that we took that deal. While having the freedom would be nice, we'd basically be stuck in byleth waiting room.
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>>5324014 If ashe is on the other side, please give us a chance to talk him out of it before we must cross blades :")
Anonymous
Thanks for running! Lots of contention in this thread which made for some interesting choices, but that's par for the course.
>>5324022 Obligatory "hime cut cutie" post. The art looks really good!
>>5324014 What would've happened if we instead returned to the dorms (after being denied at the pegasus stables)? Would we have run into Kate, Ashe, and Byleth?
Also, what would've happened if we went to Carcino Village to lay low, or to the Leicester Alliance instead?
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>>5324094 Maybe! We'll see what happens :^)
>>5324105 1. You would have ran into them yes. Deserting would have been much harder and probably required a roll.
2. You'd be futzing around in the Leicester Alliance for two years instead of the Kingdom. A similar situation to saving Dimitri may have also presented itself, but I probably would not have it play out so favorably. Blair interacted far less with the Golden Deer than she did with the Blue Lions.
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>>5324022 Lucky Ashe, and kudos to the artist. She really does look regal.
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>>5323997 Also, Rex, that is a very creepy thing to say about your coworker.
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>>5324022 She has that 'distant Vientam war stare' in her eyes. Poor Blair hasn't committed any war crimes right?
HIME-SAMA, Ashe is one lucky boy assuming he hasn't been turned into a beast Anonymous
>>5324014 Thanks for running! Local Dimitrifag here with questions
1. Would there have been any consequences down the line for staying as Blair Weaver when we introduced ourselves to him? How quickly would we have been outed?
2.If we'd chose to avoid investigating the tower, would he have actually been taken prisoner by the Empire or would he have fought them off?
3. What would have happened if we went to the Margrave straight away after we returning instead of choosing to hang out with our buddies?
4. If we chose to escape with Elizabeth, would that mean leaving Beathan behind?
>>5324048 >You'd have found a way to escape though, with someone holding him off while you got away on Beathan. My mind immediately jumped to Leopold doing this and probably getting killed for it. Really hope we can run into him on somewhat good terms post time skip.
>>5324022 Wow what a glow up, I'm impressed.
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>>5324014 Was it possible to convince Ashe and other BE to desert with us?
>>5324022 Looking splendid
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Starting to really look like the Count is a snake, going by that "I didn't think your kind was capable of sentimentality".
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>>5324022 it looks so good! i love it!
>>5324187 at least he doesn't seem as bad as the other snake people.
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It does seem a bit strange that the Kidnapping of Blair and "her" squad
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>>5324022 Remember when Rex called her 'the plainest girl he's ever seen'? I wonder what he would think next time things roll around.
Anonymous
>>5324014 Blue lion's lost by like one vote in the house choice at the start of the quest.
How would the white cloud story beats have changed if we didn't chose the black eagles? Considering a lot of drama at the end was stand with Vs oppose edelgard
Hubert ''Simp 4 the MC'' Vestra
Hubert ''Simp 4 the MC'' Vestra ID:URsDC7E9 Fri 01 Jul 2022 08:53:34 No. 5324267 Report Quoted By:
>>5324022 Fucking yo! Blair looks so dignified in this, and noticeably older as well, she'll be a wicked rider for sure.
>>5324187 >>5324206 I wonder if QM's gonna make the count a snake but try to do something unexpected and have the snake be like an actually kind of a nice person? Like he didn't seem that.... Evil, in the talk, would be neat if the count was always a snake ever since our first meeting and his change in behavior is just the war coming closer.
Hubert ''Simp 4 the MC'' Vestra
Hubert ''Simp 4 the MC'' Vestra ID:URsDC7E9 Fri 01 Jul 2022 08:55:24 No. 5324269 Report >>5324048 If we become a Falcon Knight would Beathan stay black? Or would he return to white? Because I kinda want him to stay black because that's pretty cool.
Anonymous
>>5324014 I can't help but wonder, what would've happened if we had went with going to Rusalka territory. Would we have gotten the personal shadow war that some anons have asked for? Also
>>5324022 Blair grew into a damn fine woman. She has a very sharp look to her, which makes me wonder how the following years might change her personality, and how Corrine might change
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>>5324269 I assume so, considering that's part of what allows a harrier to cast magic from the air. She's shaping up to be quite the witch knight, isn't she?
Anonymous
>>5324279 I'm honestly still hoping we eventually go back to Rusalka and have those personal moments and encounters with Alena, the Count, Rex, and whoever else.
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>>5324014 Thanks a lot for running, QM. This is definitely one of my favourite quests.
Reading what you said, I suppose that staying and fighting might have resulted in Kate or Leopold's death... Let's hope they don't resent us for fleeing.
Hubert ''Minecraft'' Vestra
Hubert ''Minecraft'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Fri 01 Jul 2022 11:15:55 No. 5324329 Report >>5324307 If we stay with the Blue Lions they will eventually push through the Empire to attack Edelgard in her castle, I'm sure we will stop by Rusalka so the Kingdom can at least stop their mining operations the very least.
TreeHouses QM
>>5324162 1. A lack of trust between Dimitri and yourself. You'd have eventually been called out by the other Blue Lions who were present in Charon once you interacted.
2. He'd have found a way to get out of there. He's very resourceful. He wasn't crippled when you found him, and Blair got the impression the blood he was covered in wasn't his. Still, you and Bertram helped expedite the matter.
3. It was mainly a difference in order for what you wanted to do first. Going to the Margrave first would have involved you revealing your true identity instead of Bertram or Dimitri, but he likely still would have let it slide. He's Catherine's father, and though the relationship is estranged, he's willing to give you a second chance since you've fought alongside her in the past.
4. It would have, yes. You'd be Pegasus-less for a while and have to find a new one.
>>5324186 Don't want to give too many spoilers away, but you'd have to be really convincing. You'd have never been given the chance with most of the Black Eagles except for Ashe.
>>5324247 That's hard to say. Since the BE vote happened so early on, there wasn't a fully fleshed out plan for any of the routes really. I think beyond just the characters you'd interact with, things would be a lot different with the whole Monica/Kronya arc (which I'll talk about in a second). It wouldn't play out as it did in the other routes.
>>5324269 He'll stay black. That magic doesn't wash off.
>>5324279 You'd have gone looking for Alena, and may or may not have found her. You'd also be in the middle of enemy territory and have to scrape by while you look for information on the Shapeshifters.
TreeHouses QM
>>5324456 >“Monica! What is the meaning of this?! Where are the other students you kidnapped?!” You snarl. “Weren’t you listening to me before?” She giggles. I’m going to be throwing a grand little surprise party for your friends who are on the way. And to do that, I need bait, and I need ingredients. Right now, I’m here for the latter. You’ve been a diligent little girl helping me so far, Blair, so I’ll let you pick. Which role would you like to serve?”
>A): Bait >B): Ingredient >C): I won’t play your twisted games >D): Write-in Anons chose not to go along with Monica's bullshit here, which resulted in her taking Martha as her "Ingredient" while Blair was the bait. Had anons voted to have Blair be the Ingredient instead, she'd have taken you while leaving Martha behind. A few things could have happened here after. There'd be a prompt to escape, which you could do. Or she'd cut you loose and leave you to the whims of an already existing Demonic Beast, in this case, Xavier, who you'd have to fight off single-handedly. In either situation, Martha would live, though she wouldn't rejoin your party, being far too traumatized from what Kronya put her through. She'd likely reappear again in Part 2, and join you on your quest to destroy the Shapeshifters.
Xavier was unfortunately doomed.
As for Monica/Kronya, you had the opportunity to have her join your squad right after the Battle of the Eagle and Lion. Anons voted no, but had you voted yes, you would have gotten a rather OP Assassin character that would have tagged along with you for the remaining missions before her big reveal. That includes Blair's paralogue in Rusalka, that would have likely played out much more different than it did. Doing so would have also impacted the eventual kidnapping. She would be aware you know something about Agarthium, and she would be far less playful in trying to kill you.
Is there a world where you convert her with the power of friendship by having her warm up to you when joining your squad? Who knows. I never thought of that, but it'd be interesting to see how it may have played out. She probably wouldn't have been the happiest after what Solon did. And you did never find her body.
Hubert ''Minecraft'' Vestra
Hubert ''Minecraft'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Fri 01 Jul 2022 15:53:40 No. 5324467 Report Quoted By:
>>5324466 Wow, imagine if we stayed BE loyal and recruited Monica, having a '''''Nice and friendly'''' Kronya would have been nuts and fun, Blair would have been the seemingly normal girl who just happens to befriend the most wicked of people.
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Before this thread ends I must let my heart out
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>>5324494 Go to church young man
Hubert ''Wyvern Rider 4 Life'' Vestra
Hubert ''Wyvern Rider 4 Life'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Fri 01 Jul 2022 17:02:28 No. 5324512 Report >>5324494 I should finish my Silver Snow playtrough where I made everyone train only in axes and flying so I have an army of Wyvern Knights
It's uh, It's not going great, Bylet, Flayne and Seteth are high level due to me going for his daddy ass but the rest are kinda left behind so the moment any of those three fall the battles get harder.
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>>5324494 I love silver snow and you WILL too.
TreeHouses QM
>>5324512 In the limited spare time have I've been playing Three Hopes to get a better grasp on changes and additions to the lore. I think I'm about almost done with Golden Wildfire, who I started with first, for reasons unbeknownst even to myself. Even though I've always liked Musous, it feels very repetitive, and I'm finding myself now trying to speed through it. Some of the classes feel a lot more fun to play than others, and the customization is a nice touch. Thunderbrand Lysithea is funny.
At the very least, it's given me a few ideas for Part 2.
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>>5324539 >At the very least, it's given me a few ideas for Part 2. love to see it. Also count your blessings not starting with Blue Lions (hard mode). They're plenty fun to play, but my god are some missions just outright sadistic... I should buy the actual game rather than just play the demo.
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>>5324663 Nah I'm just a massive Edie simp
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>>5324692 He is worse than a duscar, he is, sothis forgive me for uttering this word, an adrestian
Anonymous
Gotta wonder exactly when the Count was replaced by a snake. Rex must know considering his comment about sentimentality, which would also indicate that he's not a snake. So for whatever reason, Rex doesn't care that the Count got replaced. Did the original Count do something to Rex that made him ok with this situation? Or does Rex just not care about anything but battle or something.
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>>5324800 With this epilogue I honestly think the person who adopted Blair was the snake rather than the Count - it's very telling that his first reaction to hearing Blair dipped is 'I hope she'll be able to have a good life' rather than raging at her for her betrayal.
I am so looking forward to Blair finding out the truth about him, especially with the 'kill all slithers' mentality she's got now.
Rex is turning out to be one hell of a sociopath - he looks like the person who'll be chill with an actual demonic beast leading the family if it means that he'll be able to get into good fights. He's probably happy that the slitherer is taking care of all the boring useless shit (paperwork, running the estate) so he doesn't have to.
Also
>Hellwing battalion is 2000 men strong This dastard is the reason why the family coffers could only spare only 500 measly gold a month, huh.
>>5324663 The Lions are an otome paradise of a house and still Blair goes for the most boring vanilla one of the lot huh.
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Hubert ''Wyvern Rider 4 Life'' Vestra
Hubert ''Wyvern Rider 4 Life'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Fri 01 Jul 2022 23:33:48 No. 5324902 Report To be honest the only other pairing I would have liked for Blair is Corrine>Corrine:''What? You got feelings for little old me? Heh, that's a good one Blair... Huh? You're not joking? Uh... Um, thanks?''
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>>5324902 It would have been very cute, very yuri.
Well, the quest isn't over yet, and Ashe *was* just a teenage sweetheart
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reeee yurifags in every quest even the ones already with cute boys
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>>5324329 True, we'll eventually get there.
>>5324494 You do you anon.
>>5324663 Absolutely cursed.
>>5324692 Based.
>>5324800 I think Rex just loves fighting and that's it, but who knows, maybe he'll have some hidden depths.
>>5324814 Yeah, that was my thought as well.
I'm not sure Hellwing is 2000, it could be a typo, I think it was mentioned before that Hellwing was a company of 200 and that we'd be getting a similarly sized unit if we stayed loyal to the empire, but plans could've changed and numbers altered or retconed.
>>5324902 I mean...we are growing up and time skipping 5 years with no Ashe in sight to fulfill any urges...I'm just saying it could happen.
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Destroy the Empire and capture Ashe. He must never escape our grasp again
Anonymous
Now I'm not saying I hate Ashe and want to kill him
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>>5324814 Well Blair is still an awkward peasant at heart
>>5324902 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
NO YURI ALLOWED
>>5325132 All I'm saying is that I don't mind if Sylvain anon got their way
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>>5324466 Oh dang it, I voted for bait. Now I regret inadvertently killing Martha.
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Last for Ashe sided with the empire
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>>5290337 I feel like doing a proper writeup of a response to this, I'll get around to posting it next thread.
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Last for Blair x Dimitri
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This quest is amazing
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Actually last for Corinne x Blair pure yuri love
Necro
>>5324539 Thanks for running.
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>>5327736 We found necro's main ID folks
Hubert ''Last Poster Supreme'' Vestra
Hubert ''Last Poster Supreme'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 04 Jul 2022 11:13:23 No. 5327800 Report Ashe best boy get fucked
Anonymous
>>5327800 You have forced us to kill him.
Anonymous
>>5327864 Would it involve shattering his pelvis; if so I don't have any issues should it eventuate.
Hubert ''Last Poster Supreme'' Vestra
Hubert ''Last Poster Supreme'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 04 Jul 2022 13:44:40 No. 5327873 Report Quoted By:
>>5327868 Blair going yandere when she's forced to fight Ashe so she just incapacitates him and drags him in chains back to the base and- I better stop before I get too exited but you catch my meaning.
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>>5327800 How can you say you love him if you won't even betray the church of seiros for him?
Anonymous
True last post for no one will let the thread die so I have an announcement to make, Ashe is lame and I don’t like his personality, Ashefags are gay, I hope we get to fight Rex to the death, and thank you TreeHouses for the thread it was a pretty fun one. See everyone on the next thread
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>>5328145 >Ashe is lame and I don’t like his personality, Ashefags are gay No. It is in fact you who have been struck by the big gay, Anon.
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>>5328145 I cannot allow such slander to be the final post on this thread.
Anonymous
Oh yeah, thank you again THQM. Hope this last series of shitposts haven't fried your braincells too much.
Hubert ''I never said I wasn't a degenerate'' Vestra
Hubert ''I never said I wasn't a degenerate'' Vestra ID:iSNpjBxp Mon 04 Jul 2022 23:45:40 No. 5328397 Report Quoted By:
>>5328373 E-girl Ashe?
Hmmmmmmm I can work with this
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/qst/ finally experiences something very rare, a husbando war.
