TALES OF VESPERIA

PlayStation 3 Translation Script

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(Opening anime cutscene)

NARRATOR Our world, Terra Lumireis.

No one knows how far its lands and oceans stretch.
For the people are no match against the hordes of
monsters that crawl the earth.
Barriers protect the cities in which we live, and we
are completely dependent upon them for our survival.
The barriers are generated by the blastia.
Blastia use the primeval power of aer that fills the
world...
To provide us with fire, water, and light. They
provide us with everything that has made the empire
prosper.

A pack of aggressive wolves hunt down and kill an animal and start
eating it, loudly ripping it apart.

NARRATOR Perhaps one day...

...We may even forget the threat of the vicious
monsters lying in wait, just beyond the barriers.
The blessings of the blastia...
...Will bestow ever more prosperity to the world and
peace to its people.

The city of Zaphias. is shown on screen, with people carrying out their
dayly lives.

A hooded man walks up to a fountain in the middle of town and steals a

blue sphere from it.

Cut to a ruined forest. Several knights are shown standing over sleign
monsters. A blonde-haired imperial knight walks onto screen.

IMPERIAL KNIGHT ...Why?

I don't get it. What could have happened to the
barriers in this town?!

Cut back to the city of Zaphias. The fountain explodes, water shooting
straight up out of it into the sky. The water overflows and floods a
small plaza above the sewage canals in Zaphias City’s lower quarter.

NARRATOR From the Imperial capital Zaphiaus, bedrock of peace,

we pray: May tranquility bless this world.

Cut to the inside of a castle. A beautiful, young, pink haired noble

woman wearing a blue dress is shown on screen reading a book. A knight
is shown walking buy the room in the hallway outside of it. The noble
hears the footsteps of the knight, shuts her book and stands up looking
at the door. The knight knocks on the door.

WOMAN ...!
Back in the city. High above the chaos looms a majestic castle and the
rooftops of the citizen and royal quarters. A handsome young man sits
in a window and solemnly watches the event happening outside his small
apartment.
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(after anime cutscene)

A large blue and white dog with an unlit pipe in his mouth sleeps in
the corner. A young boy (Ted) throws open the door and rushes into the
apartment.

TED Yuri! This is not good!

YURI What’s with all the yelling, Ted?
Ted pulls himself up on the sill with Yuri and points out the window.
TED Look! The aque blastia’s broken again!
And they just finished fixing it.
YURI What’s the big deal? Just leave it to the mighty
Imperial Knights. That’s what they’re there for.
TED Hah, the Knights? You know they never come to the
lower quarter.
Yuri leaves the window sill and walks across the small room. Stopping
in front of the door Ted left wide open, he rubs his
chin.
YURI What about the heroic Flynn?
Ted jumps off the window sill.
TED I already tried to get Flynn.
They wouldn’t even let me see him!
Amused, Yuri turns to look at Ted.
YURI Oh, so I’m Flynn’s replacement, huh?
Yuri walks back to the window. Clenching his hands into fists, Ted
glares at Yuri.
TED Never mind that, come on! We’re short on people!

Undisturbed by the commotion, the dog continues to sleep near the foot
of Yuri’s bed.
FEMALE VOICE Ted! Ted! You get down here! They need your help,
too!
TED I’ll…I’ll be there in a sec!
Yuri… Come on already!
Ted runs from the room as Yuri continues to gaze calmly out the window.
YURI That’s weird. He always comes running whenever
there’s trouble…
This place is gonna become an aquarium soon if this
keeps up.

THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL ZAPHIAS

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Ted races down the stairs and into the first doorway around the corner.
The blue and white dog follows at a leisurely, unhurried pace. Ted
darts from the doorway and looks toward the plaza. Yuri leaps from the
window of his apartment over the tavern and lands gracefully beside the
dog. Behind him looms Zaphias castle and the rooftops of the citizen
quarters and above that, the royal quarters. In the lower quarter,
water spurts from the center of the overflowing fountain and dirty
brown water flows from grates in the stone supports into a narrow
canal.

TED Yuri!

Yuri smiles at Ted and turns to look at water sprouting from a fountain
in the plaza.

Skit Everyday in the Lower Quarter

INFORMATION: Save points are advanced formulas left in cities and

forests created by mages for the purpose of collecting records of
travelers. Even if you quit your journey, you can resume from your last
record, by saving your progress over the Save Points. The Save Points
are available in places all around the world. Make sure to save your
progress when you find them!

To the left of the stairs leading to Yuri’s apartment, a man kneels by

an opened crate of green bottles.
MAN Hey, Yuri. You come looking for something?
Anything you need for work should be lying around
here somewhere. Take whatever you need.
Onions, carrots, and… Is this crate booze bottles?
Lucky I noticed. I was just about to kick this thing
away and shatter them all. That was close!

Inn & Tavern “Comet”:

Yuri enters the tavern doorway that Ted came out of. The Innkeeper and
his wife work behind the counter while their young daughter waits on
customers. Two young men sit at one table. An Old man drinking heavily
from a tankard, sits at the other table.
INNKEEPER’S WIFE Yuri, what are you still doing here?
You’re a young man! Hurry up and go give old man
Hanks some help.
We’d like to help out, too, but we’re needed here.
LITTLE GIRL Move, move! That’s a pretty dumb place to stand.
You’re in my way! My customers are waiting for their
food!
Yuri! Come on, you can’t be that slow.
Ted left ages ago. Stop twiddling your thumbs, Yuri,
and get a move on!
INNKEEPER Yuri, you gotta get yourself outside.
The old lady’ll give you a spanking if you just keep
hanging around.
Ow, ow, ow… The old lady’s ruthless.
I was just sitting out back, taking a little break.
Well, I was sort of slacking off, but still…
MAN #1 Why?
There’s no point in setting off in a hurry if we’ll
just get stopped at the Hold.
This guy says he came from a town in Tolbyccia.
I’m about to set off on a journey myself, so I’m
asking him a bunch of questions.

MAN #2 If you plan on going towards the port, you should

probably wait a while.
This time of year, passage to the north of Deidon
Hold is frequently blocked due to monster attacks.
 The monsters migrate throughout the year.
So the risk of monster attacks varies depending on
what season it is and where you are.
OLD MAN Ho ho ho ho! (musical note) You sure are a looker,
young lady. Fancy a drink with this old man?
…Hey, you’re a guy?!
Ain’t nothing fun about drinking with guys. Go away.

Outside the Inn & Tavern “Comet”:

A man leans against the wall at the foot of the stairs leads up to the
fountain plaza.
MAN (OUTSIDE INN) The aque blastia broke, huh?
No surprise there. They only let us have old beat-up
blastia here in the lower quarter.
If you’ve got a problem with it, go tell the imperial
family or the Council.
They’re the ones who decide what we get.
Fountain Area:
Yuri climbs the stairs to the fountain. Hanks, an Old man with silver
hair and glasses, places sandbags along with men young enough to be his
sons and grandsons. He calls out instructions to the younger men.
HANKS We’ve got to seal it off somehow!
YURI What’s going on? Any sunken treasure down there?
YOUNG MAN Yeah, but you’re late so I’m not sharing.
YURI Hah hah. How nice.
YOUNG MAN Hey, its sink or swim in this world.
Looks like that blue-blooded mage we hired to fix the
blastia left the job half done.
The Old man stands up from the other side of the spurting fountain and
calls to Yuri.
HANKS Glad you could find the time to stop by, Yuri!
YURI Take it easy with the water sports, old man. You’re
not getting any younger.
HANKS You’re up next. Not afraid of a little water, I hope.
YURI Yikes.
Hanks returns to the sandbagging.
HANKS Come on now, put your backs into it! Heave, ho!
Heave…
Yuri starts sandbagging while the women look on.
YURI Hanks is really going at it.
YOUNG MAN He fells responsible. He’s the one who pushed the
people to get the money together for the repairs.
Yuri stops sandbagging and looks at the fountain.
YURI And now he’s the one who’s all wet.
It’s not Hanks’ fault that mage did a two-bit repair
job though.
YOUNG MAN That’s true. He even parted with his wife’s keepsake
to help raise the money.
Yuri walks around the fountain and examines it.
HANKS Hey, Yuri! If you’re not gonna help out, stand clear!
This is dangerous!
YURI Hanks, did you see the blastia core anywhere? You
know, that shiny piece in the center.
Hanks stands up, giving Yuri his full attention.
HANKS Huh? …Is it gone?
YURI Yeah. The blastia won’t work with the core missing.
That aristocrat who came to do the repairs was the
 last person to touch the blastia, right?
HANKS That’s right, a Mr. Mordio.
YURI And he lives in the royal quarter?
HANKS Yeah, so?
Forget about that Yuri, give us a hand here!
YURI …Sorry Hanks, I just remembered an errand I’ve gotta
run.
HANKS Hey, wait just a minute!
Hanks follows Yuri.
HANKS You’re not seriously thinking of going to Mr.
Mordio’s place are ya?
YURI The royal quarter? Me? I wouldn’t be caught dead
going to a place like that. It gives me the creeps.
Yuri walks up the ramp to the citizen quarter.
HANKS Damn it, Yuri… Just because you can do a few tricks
with that bodhi blastia, you think you’re invincible.
With a worried expression, Hanks heads back to the fountain.
HANKS Here’s hoping he doesn’t do anything crazy…
YOUNG MAN He always seems to cause problems when the lower
quarter’s involved.
HANKS Even the knights have started keeping an eye on him…
YOUNG MAN Well, it’s just an average day for Yuri. I’m sure
he’ll be fine.

(Comments made by residents of the lower quarter watching the

sandbagging)
TED I knew you’d come! Yuri, it had to be you!
What are you gonna do? What should I do to help?
Flynn would always be here in no time when stuff like
this happened. Why not now?
Flynn shouldn’t live in the castle when he could just
commute from the lower quarter.
VENDOR Welcome! I want to help out too, but I have to keep
the business running.
This shop stays open, no matter what. Don’t want to
inconvenience people, you know!
Thanks! Come back any time. Like I said, we’re
always open.
YOUNG MAN To think the aque blastia had just been repaired!
They must’ve done a shoddy job.
I even used money I’d saved for my wedding to get it
fixed…
Well, whining isn’t going to stop all this water. We
have to do something about the fountain.
I’d never forgive myself if I let my girl drown.
WOMAN All water for the lower quarter came through that
aque blastia… Now the pumps in our homes are dry.
I don’t really understand it, but my husband says the
broken fountain is the reason.
I’m worried about water in the lower quarter. We
can’t cook, wash clothes, take baths…
I don’t want to shower with the dirty river water.
YOUNG MAN Those darn blastias are a handful!
But we still have to rely on them to survive. Humans
are so weak…
HANKS Don’t get yourself in trouble with those knights
again, ya hear?
OLD WOMAN I sold the comb my late husband gave me to help raise
money to fix the blastia.
It was the first gift he ever gave me…
Will the house I spent so many years together with my
husband in sink…?
Why did I even bother…?
LITTLE GIRL The water just keeps gushing out, and I can’t swim!
I’m going to drown…
There was a big bang, and the water just started
shooting out, and the fountain broke!
I’m scared, Yuri! Help us…
YOUNG WOMAN The fountain blastia is broken… At this rate even the
houses will be flooded!
We have to stop the flow first. We’ll think about
pumping out the excess water later.
Yuri, don’t just stand there! You help out too!

An old man and his dog stand near the exit to the field
OLD MAN I dropped my dentures and I can’t find them…
The water from the broken fountain must have washed
them away.
Hmm? These? Oh, I borrowed my wife’s dentures.

Citizen Quarter:
A young couple sits on a bench.
YOUNG MAN With our barrier and thick ramparts, Zaphias is the
safest place in the world…
It’s where the emperor lives, so the Imperial Knights
keep a very close watch.
I’m proud to be from Zaphias.
This is a wonderful place to live, and more
importantly, it’s where I met my girl.
YOUNG WOMAN Relaxing in a beautiful town without a care in the
world, my sweetheart by my side…
Is it all right to be so happy?
A life of peace is the greatest happiness there is.
I’m so glad I live here.
A middle-aged woman sits on the other bench near a little boy.
WOMAN Salt, check. Wine, check. Did I forget anything…? Ah,
such a lovely day for shopping.
Oh…are you from the lower quarter, young man?
Tee-hee…what a handsome young figure. I got an
unexpected bonus with my shopping today! (musical
note)
LITTLE BOY The Imperial Knights are so cool!
I’m gonna be a Knight when I grow up!
I’ll defend Zaphias! Leave it to me!
Don’t worry, I’ll protect you too!

Fortune’s Market (Imperial Capital):

MERCHANT Welcome! If it isn’t Yuri.
We’ve got some good stuff on sale today!
Fortune’s Market, where we pride ourselves on
providing sales with a smile! Come back any time!

A Krityan man, a tiny girl, and elderly woman stand near the edge of
the plaza overlooking the marketplace below.
KRITYAN MAN I came to Zaphias hoping I could help people, but…
Now that I’m here, I don’t really know what to do.
I’m trying to find something I can help with.
I suppose I’ll have to meet more people in the
capital first.
LITTLE GIRL You see all the tents over there?
They’re the tents for the morning market.
There are all kinds of vegetables and meats for sale.
My mommy and daddy sell bread there too!
OLD WOMAN The Empire may appear peaceful, but its foundations
are shaking.
We still don’t have a new emperor.
It’s already been six months since Krunos XIV passed
on…
There aren’t even any hints as to who the next
emperor might be. It is most unusual.

A noble man in a white suit and an older man from the citizen quarter
walk near a large fountain.
NOBLE MAN Do you know the saying, “To lack nobility is to lack
humanity”?
Ah, but of course you wouldn’t. You lot have no
education, after all. Forgive me.
The lower caste continues to work fussily about
today, I see. How miserable.
OLDER MAN What’s wrong, son? Are you lost? Zaphias is a huge
city, after all. Visitors get lost all the time.
The capital is divided into three areas.
This is the citizen quarter. To the south is the
lower quarter, and up the stairs to the west is the
royal quarter.
The castle is north. You can get there from the royal
quarter. You’ll know it by the huge gate.

Opposite the fountain an artist sits with his easel and a Krityan woman
paces nearby.
ARTIST Welcome! Welcome to my magnificent atelier!
Can you tell that I crackle with ferocious creative
power, this very instant?
As you can see, I am an artist. I paint portraits,
and now I find a spectacular subject before me!
Will you allow me to paint your likeness? It would
surely flex my dazzling creative muscles!
KRITYAN WOMAN It’s been a while now since my hometown was destroyed
and I came to live in the capital.
It’s so quiet. It’s really a great place to live.
Living comfortable helps enrich your heart, too.
If you’ve got a stable livelihood, doesn’t that put
your mind at ease?

A guard stands at the eastern exit.

GUARD Halt! If you go any further, you’ll leave the city.
The world outside Zaphias’ barrier is swarming with
monsters. It’s too dangerous for you equipped like
that.
You cannot be allowed to leave the city with such
 light equipment.
Come back with the proper armaments.

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SUB-EVENT: Wonder Reporter – Part 1:

Yuri heads towards the stairs leading to the royal quarter.

VOICE You there! You there! Are you aware of the serious
events going on in the world?
YURI ?
VOICE Over here! Right here! I’m the Wonder Reporter!
Bringing you the articles about what matters most,
every day!
Do you read the newspaper in the morning? Cup of
coffee? Donut? What? You don’t? That just won’t do!
What epic thing as transpired today? You’ll never
believe it!
You can read it whenever, wherever, and with no
effort at all! Yes, it’s the Wonder Log! Put it to
good use!
…And by the way, let’s let the fact that I’m in the
wall be our little secret, okay? [star]
Well then, farewell!
YURI ……?
(Information) Obtained Wonder Log.
With the Wonder Log, you can access the Synopsis via
the Library from the Menu.
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When climbing the steps to the Royal Quarter, Yuri hears the guards
discussing the lower quarter. He and Repede hide in flower bushes to
eavesdrop on their conversation.

KNIGHT #1 Hey, you hear about the blastia in the lower quarter?
KNIGHT #2 Yes, I heard something about it breaking and them
collecting money to fix it.
KNIGHT #1 That’s right, I hear that lot went so far as to sell
their treasures to save up the money.
KNIGHT #2 Treasures, sir?
KNIGHT #1 Worthless junk, nothing more. They wouldn’t have
gotten more than one Gald for them.
KNIGHT #2 Not even one Gald?! I can’t imagine what sort of
treasures those would have to be. I’d like to have a
look, myself…
KNIGHT #1 I’m telling you, nothing but junk! Heh heh…
YURI Listen to those guys! Poor Hanks. Can’t really argue
with them about the junk thing, though.

Yuri picks up a rock, tossing it in the air and catching it before

lobbing it at the left Knight. The Knight is knocked off his feet and
falls on his back as the other knight watches.
KNIGHT #1 Ack!
KNIGHT #2 What the… Who’s there?!
KNIGHT #2 Oof!
A stone bounces off his helmet and he falls face down near his comrade.
Yuri’s boot heels click on the stone pavement as he casually walks over
to stand between the fallen guards.
YURI If you can’t understand the value of “junk,” you’re
worth less than junk yourself.
Yuri looks at the various nobles loitering in the street beyond the
open gate.
YURI Repede, can you find the trail?
Repede lopes off with his nose to the ground, sniffing out the trail.
Yuri notices a streetlight with a vacant hole at the top of the post.
YURI …So they’ve been taking blastia cores from here, too.
Looks like somebody’s got some sticky fingers.
That’s the royal quarter for you. A few blastia cores
go missing, and on one even makes a fuss.
When just one is enough to throw the lower quarter
into chaos.
If they’ve got cores to spare, they could stand to
give us some!
Repede runs down the sidewalk leading to the first manor on the left
and barks at Yuri.
YURI Found it!

Skit Nobles

Nobles on the street:

MAN Hey! You!
You don’t think you can draw water here, do you?
You commoners are so rude and greedy. Go back from
where you came.
WOMAN #1 Have you heard? They say unusual noises are coming
from one of the empty mansions lately.
I’d like to report it to the Knights, but as it’s
nothing more than a rumor…
I imagine one of those lowly commoners has broken in
to steal something.
This is no place for low folk to dawdle. Do you
understand what I’m saying?
WOMAN #2 The mansion near the lake? Everyone’s talking about
it.
The house is supposed to be empty, but people have
seen lights shining at night.
Perhaps someone bought it?
The mansion is quite spacious… Another of the nobles
might be moving in.
OLDER MAN Oh no… You came all the way here? Oh well…
You came for water, right?
Now hurry up and go back to wherever you came from.
KRITYAN WOMAN The royal quarter has many blastia.
It seems like most nobles don’t really care about
blastia.
They seem to think they can just buy a new one if it
breaks.
YOUNG LADY I’m soooo in love with Captain Cumore of the Imperial
Knights! (heart)
I wish he was my boyfriend. He looks so hot when he’s
crushing those commoners!
I wonder if Captain Cumore would come running if I
called for help right now? (musical note)
OLD MAN You there! This exit is for nobles only.
Common rabble like you should use the exit in the
lower quarter.
No no no. I don’t care if you’re desperate. Try again
when you are of the proper status.
You would have no problem if you were, say, the
Commandant of the knights. Hah hah hah!

Yuri walks toward the first mansion on the left. A statue of woman
seated on a sphere stands to the left of the path. A beast-drawn
carriage waits in front of the mansion.
YURI So this is where he lives…
Yuri knocks on one of the double front doors and Repede sits down near
the steps.
YURI It doesn’t seem like there’s anyone around…
In frustration, Yuri kicks the door.
YURI I wonder if there’s any other way in…?
Yuri walks around to the left side of the mansion and finds an unlocked
window.
YURI Oh! Is it open…? Can I get in this way…?
Yuri slides the window up and climbs through. He jumps down into a
foyer with doors and a set of stairs.
YURI I know Mordio is hiding here somewhere…
He climbs the stairs and tries to open doors. They’re locked.
YURI It won’t open… What to do…?
A door on the first floor opens and Yuri quickly turns to look down
over the railing. A man in a hooded robe, carrying a bag over his
shoulder, walks toward the door.
YURI That must be…
The man puts his bag down in front of the door and holds up a blue
sphere to admire it.
YURI Found him!
Repede jumps over the railing and lands between the man and the door.
A second later, Yuri leaps and lands a few feet behind Mordio.
YURI You are Mordio, right?
Mordio trembles with fear as Yuri advances. He reaches into his robe
and throws something down. He disappears in a thick cloud of smoke.
When the smoke clears, Mordio is gone and Repede is holding the bag in
his mouth. Repede carries the bag to Yuri.
YURI (kneeling beside Repede) Good boy.
(looking in the bag) What the…! The blastia core is
gone!
Let’s go and get that core back! And give that mage a
whooping while we’re at it!
REPEDE Woof!

Outside the mansion, knights wait for them.

ADECOR Yuri! So it is you who are the cause of all this
commotion.
BOCCOS I know he’s poor, but breaking into an aristocrat’s
house… My, my, how the mighty have fallen!
YURI Just what I needed, Tweedle A and Tweedle B.
ADECOR I say, don’t you dare call me that!
BOCCOS Just what is a Tweedle anyway?!
Yuri spots Mordio walking around the carriage and runs to stop him. The
two knights block his path.
BOCCOS There’s no hope of escape! We’ve got you surrounded!
Yuri heaves an exasperated sigh as Mordio escapes in the carriage right
past the clueless knights.
YURI Does it look like I’m trying to escape? See, its
stuff like that that keeps you guys from getting
promoted.
BOCCOS You did not just say that!
ADECOR I say, you take that back!
Yuri draws his sword.
YURI Enough beating around the bush, I guess.
BOCCOS Stand back, Adecor!
I’ll handle this in the name of the Imperial Knights.
Boccos runs toward Yuri a couple of steps with his spear leveled.
ADECOR I say, I shall be the one to defend the good name of
the Imperial Knights!
Peons, I say, should stand back! (runs forward a
couple of steps)
BOCCOS You’re the peon…! (runs forward)
ADECOR No, no, I say, I am your superior! (runs forward)
Yuri draws his sword with his left hand and rests the blade atop his
shoulder.
YURI I appreciate the sentiment, guys, but let’s cut the
catfight and get on with it!

(Battle Tutorial)
INFORMATION The control is set to semi-auto mode during this
battle.
Move forward and backward with LS (right)/LS (left).
Jump with SQUARE+LS (up).
Target nearest enemy using R1. Change your target
with LS while holding R1.
Move towards targeted enemy using LS (right)/LS
(left).
Move freely using L2 = LS

YURI Hey, let’s go! You ready?

BOCCOS I am your superior!
ADECOR Nay, Boccos! You are, I say, clearly my subordinate!
YURI I guess I just gotta whack these guys a little.
INFORMATION Perform regular attack with O.
You can also perform attacks with O while moving with
LT + LS.
Target will automatically switch to the enemy you hit
while moving with L2 + LS.
(practice a few swings)
BOCCOS Owwww…
YURI There, how’d that make you feel?
BOCCOS How dare you! Hitting someone in the middle of an
argument is hardly proper manners!
YURI Didn’t you hear me when I said “You ready?” Or were
you not listening?
ADECOR Damn it!
Boccos jabs his spear at Yuri.
YURI Oh, brother…
BOCCOS Argh… You… Stop right there!
YURI Does it look like I’m running?
BOCCOS You! Be quiet!
Boccos levels his spear and charges at Yuri.
YURI Oops, time for a little defense…
INFORMATION Block attacks with x.
Yuri positions his sword down over his shoulder to block Boccos’
attack. Boccos’ strike hits Yuri’s sword and he falls backward.
BOCCOS H-he blocked my attack…!
ADECOR I say, Sonic Thrust!
Adecor charges and Yuri block his attack.
YURI Whoa… Come on, gimme a break…
Adecor shakes with so much rage that his helmet visor flops up and
down.
ADECOR Oooh! I say, how DARE you block my arte!
YURI Man, you need to calm down…
If you can use strike artes here, then I can too!
INFORMATION Perform artes attack with X (perform practice hits)
YURI Let’s try that again. This next one’s gonna hurt…!
INFORMATION Perform combo by using regular attack O followed by
artes attack X.
During the practice, both Aldecor and Boccos are knocked off their feet
and land on their backs.
YURI Aw, you’re not giving up already, are you?
Adecor and Boccos scramble to their feet.
Adecor [shaking] I-I say, Imperial Knights never give up!
BOCCOS You have yet to see our true power!
YURI …This next time’s for real, guys.
ADECOR That’s my line, I say!
BOCCOS That’s my line!

Spoken Dialogue/on-screen text:

If Yuri wins:
YURI You should thank me. I’m giving you some extra
practice.
If Yuri Loses:
YURI I screwed up.
Guess I underestimated these guys…
(Win Scene)
Boccos and Adecor lie flat on their backs with a hand, a foot or a hand
quivering a little, every now and then.
YURI Come on, guys, you can do better than that, can’t you?
More guards arrive followed by an androgynous male officer with powder
blue hair, blue lips and wearing a purple codpiece.
YURI Looks like I won’t be catching up with that carriage
anytime soon.
CUMORE How typical of the Schwann brigade. They can’t even
manage to capture a single lowlife.
ADECOR C-Captain Cumore! I say, our apologies for this
unsightly display.
CUMORE I’m afraid the Imperial Knights have no use for you
lowborn scum.
BOCCOS Uhh… P-please don’t let Sir Schwann know about this,
Sir.
YURI I can’t believe our taxes go to paying these guys…
Repede appears at the street entrance and still holding the bag, he
waits until he catches Yuri’s eye. As Cumore and his soldiers watch,
Repede escapes with the bag.
YURI There he is…
Yuri throws his sword down on the pavement.
ADECOR I say, that tops it all! Abandoned by his faithful
 pooch!
BOCCOS Gah hah hah hah!
CUMORE Well, well, you’ve had a busy day haven’t you, Mr.
Yuri Lowell?
I’m rather busy myself, but I suppose I can afford to
play with you for a while.
Gentlemen!
YURI It’s rats like you that make Flynn’s job so difficult.
CUMORE Flynn? A little suffering is just what that upstart
lieutenant needs.
The knights close in around Yuri.
CUMORE When you’ve finished with him, throw him in the
prison as usual.
Ten days or so ought to teach him a lesson.
As the scene fades, the sound of blows being delivered is heard.

Zaphias Prison:
Yuri lies face down on a bed in a prison cell. He hears voices
whispering.
VOICE #1 So like I was sayin’, the thief made off with a
priceless treasure from that noble’s mansion.
VOICE #2 I know, I know. Then he was caught, and the loot was
returned, right?
VOICE #1 No. See, that’s just nobility trying’ ta keep things
quiet. The treasure in the mansion right now’s a
fake.
GUARD You’re pulling my leg.
(We discover that Voice #1 belongs to a prisoner and Voice #2 belongs
to a prison guard.)
PRISONER Hey, ya didn’t hear it from me, bub. The Dark wings
are goin’ nuts lookin’ for the hideout.
GUARD You mean the thieves’ guild?
!
Ahem! That’s enough out of you. Almost meal time.
(walks away)
PRISONER Hey neighbor! You’re awake right? You gotta be
gettin’ tired from keepin’ so quiet.
YURI You think that little story up all by yourself, old
man? You must have plenty of time on your hands.
PRISONER “Old man? Now you’ve gone and hurt this old man’s
feelings.
Besides, I didn’t make up nothin’. I’ve got eyes and
ears the world over diggin’ up information for me.
YURI Heh, sure you do, old man.
PRISONER Hey, I am what I am. Go ahead and ask me something.
I’ll tell ya whatever ya want to know.
Wanna know about the pirate guild’s sunken treasure?
How ‘bout the sorcerer who makes his home at the ends
of the earth? Or wait, I’ve got it…
YURI I just want to know how to get out of here.
PRISONER Well I’m not sure what yer in for, but they’ll let ya
out if ya keep yer trap shut for ten days.
YURI The lower quarter’ll be underwater by then.
PRISONER The lower quarter… Ah yeah, I heard about that.
YURI I wonder how they’re all doing right now.
PRISONER Sorry, neighbor. That’s one piece of dirt I don’t
have.
Yuri walks to the cell door.
YURI And what am I gonna do about that damned Mordio.
PRISONER THE Mordio? You mean to say you’ve got connections ta
the famed mage from Aspio, the City of Scholars?
YURI Do you know about him?
PRISONER Oho! Want ta know, huh? I’m afraid that information
won’t come cheap…
YURI The “famed mage from Aspio, the City of scholars”
right? I think I got it.
PRISONER W-wait, that’s not it. He’s the uh, the head of the
gourmet guild! No wait, it’s the un, I mean…
A door opens and a silver-haired officer walks past Yuri’s cell to the
“old man’s” cell.
OFFICER Out.
PRISONER Ah well, just when things were getting’ good.
OFFICER Hurry up.
YURI (thinking to himself)…What is commandant Alexei doing
here?
Yuri sees the prisoner as Alexei leads him past the cell. The prisoner
is indeed older and has thick spiky hair gathered in a high ponytail at
the back of his head. The prisoner stumbles and falls to his knees in
front of Yuri’s cell door.
PRISONER Whoa!
Yuri stoops down and whispers to him.
YURI Just who are you anyway? What does the head of the
Knights want with you?
PRISONER Beneath the statue of the goddess…
The prisoner slides something over the rock floor and under the cell
door to Yuri.
ALEXEI What are you doing? I said hurry up.
PRISONER (standing up) All right, easy. I’m coming.
He runs to catch up to Alexei. Yuri picks up a key.
YURI …I did say I was looking for a way out of here.
INFORMATION Obtained Prison Key.

SKIT Back in Jail

Yuri unlocks the cell door.

YURI Would you look at that--it opened.
Yuri steps out the cell, looking both ways before venturing further.
The guard is asleep at his desk.
YURI Ever-vigilant as usual… With the way he’s sleeping,
it’ll be a while before anyone notices I’m gone.
If I come back before morning they’ll never be the
wiser to my little jailbreak.
I think I can check on the Lower Quarter and make it
back by morning.
It’d probably be good to try that statue of the
goddess, too.
After retrieving his gear from a chest, Yuri ventures into the heavily
patrolled castle. As he steps from a doorway, he’s spotted by a sword-
wielding Knight Fencer.
GUARD Who’s there!
YURI Argh, they spotted me!
After the battle, the fallen knight lies on the floor.
YURI Take a load off for a while!
(kneels by the knight) My rap sheet is long enough as
 it is. But guess I don’t have much choice but to
fight if they discover me.
YURI (stands up) I need to be wary of these guys on patrol.

Room with two chests and a statue of an angel with wings spread,
holding a green sphere:
INFORMATION Command the heavens with the power of the ring.
When all eight wings are spread, a circle of light
shall shine above the Child of the Full Moon and the
fourth door shall open.
The chests contain a cape and a life bottle.

Back in the main corridor, Yuri runs into a left doorway. He hears
footsteps.
YURI !
Yuri darts from the room and hides behind the wall beside the doorway
in the corridor. Inside, a young woman with pink hair and carrying a
sword is cornered by two knights.
KNIGHT #1 Why don’t we just go back?
YOUNG LADY I can’t go back now!
KNIGHT #1 This is for your own good, Miss, you know that.
KNIGHT #2 As for the “incident,” we assume full responsibility
and will inform the lieutenant ourselves.
YOUNG LADY How can you say that when you haven’t done anything
to help me?
Speechless, the knights just look at each other. The young lady points
her sword at them.
YOUNG LADY Please, don’t come any closer.
KNIGHT #1 Now, now, why don’t you put that down? You’ll only
end up hurting yourself…
YOUNG LADY I know how to use a sword!
The young lady slices the air with her sword. The first knight
hesitates a few seconds then his hand reaches for his sword’s hilt.
KNIGHT #1 I’m afraid you leave us no choice. I was hoping it
wouldn’t come to this…
The knight pulls his sword from his sheath. His companion watches him,
then decides to do the same.
VOICE Hey! There she is! This way!

Another Knight Fencer approaches.

YOUNG LADY Please, you’ve got to let me go!
I have to warn Flynn!
YURI Did she say Flynn?

Two more knights arrive. They are soon knocked out by unseen blows.
KNIGHT #3 Hey!
KNIGHT #4 Aaah!
YURI Yah!
YOUNG LADY Flynn…?! (looking over her shoulder) You came to help
me…? (sees Yuri) W-who are you? (takes a step back)
Yuri walks into the room.
KNIGHT #2 Identify yourself!
YURI Man, just when I thought I was being sneaky, things
have to go to hell.
KNIGHT #1 Careful, I think he’s got a blastia.
KNIGHT #2 It shouldn’t be a problem if we take him together.
(battle ensues)
After battle dialogue/no on-screen text:
YURI Man is this what knights do now?

Yuri stands beside the fallen knights littering the floor.

YURI Don’t they teach these guys manners in knight school
anymore?
The young lady staggers behind Yuri with a large vase in her upraised
hands.
YOUNG LADY Hyah!
Yuri dodges the vase as she tries to bring it down on his head.
YURI Hey! What, are you trying to kill me?
YOUNG LADY Well… you don’t belong in the castle, right?
YURI No, and I’ll take it as a compliment that you can
tell that by looking at me.

VOICE Yuri Lowell! Where are yooou?

Looking into the distance, Yuri smiles, but sighs with exasperation at
the next voice.
ADECOR You foul fugitive! I say, we know you’re trying to
make your escape.
YURI Oh please, not them again. Guess there’s no point in
going back to the prison cell now.
VOICE Louder, fools! Say it like you mean it!
BOCCOS Lieutenant Leblanc, your voice is TOO loud. My ears…
YOUNG LADY Yuri Lowell? You’re one of Flynn’s friends, aren’t
you?
YURI Yeah. Why?
YOUNG LADY And you used to belong to the Imperial Knights?
YURI (turns away quickly) Just for three short months.
(turns back a little) You hear that from Flynn?
YOUNG LADY Yes.
YURI Huh. Guess he managed to find someone at the castle
he could talk to after all.
The young lady darts around Yuri to look him in the face.
YOUNG LADY Yuri! I need to talk to Flynn!
Retreating a few steps, Yuri turns away from her again.
YURI Hold on just a second. Who are you supposed to be,
anyway?
I can tell you know Flynn, but why are you being
chased by the Knights?
LEBLANC’S VOICE Over here!
YURI Listen, I want to hear the whole story, but we can’t
really afford to stand around and chat.
First things first, let’s get to Flynn’s place. Want
me to lead the way?
YOUNG LADY Ah, yes!
YURI Let’s go.
Yuri tries the western exit of the room, but hears a voice beyond.
LEBLANC Yuri Lowell!! Show yourself!
YURI Yikes! Not here either!

First Corridor:
The northern exit leads to a corridor where Yuri darts into the first
doorway on the left:
ADECOR Yuri! Where are you?!
YURI Not this way…
Yuri and young lady approach the next door on the right
YURI …Mmm? Something smells tasty.
YOUNG LADY Oh, you’re right. What could it be?
YURI Oh yeah, isn’t the knights’ dining hall around here?
They run up a flight of stairs into another corridor.

Second Corridor:
The young lady stops in front of a door
YOUNG LADY Yeah, it was around here…
YURI This is Flynn’s room.
The young lady looks astonished and nods.

If you go past Flynn’s room:

YOUNG LADY There’s something I have to tell Flynn…
YURI Guess this isn’t the way to Flynn’s room.

Flynn’s Room:
YURI He’s really keeping this place cleaned up…
Flynn must be off gallivanting around somewhere.
YOUNG LADY Then… That means I’m too late.
YURI So, what sort of wickedness did you do anyway?
YOUNG LADY Me? I haven’t done anything wrong.
YURI And yet a bunch of knights were chasing you around
the castle. …Yeah, that makes sense.
YOUNG LADY Um, you see… Yuri!
YURI Whoa… What is it?
YOUNG LADY I can’t be specific, but Flynn is in terrible danger!
I’ve got to go and warn him.
YURI (sitting on the bed) So go if you want to go. What’s
wrong with that?
YOUNG LADY I wish I knew…
YURI Listen, I’ve got something I’ve gotta take care of
right away, too.
As soon as things quiet down outside, I want to get
back to the lower quarter.
YOUNG LADY In that case, would you take me with you? Please?
Other than Flynn, there’s no one I can depend on.
Will you at least help me get out of the castle?
Please, I’m begging you.
YURI Okay I can see you’re serious, but why don’t you tell
me your name first.

Outside, in the corridor, someone knocks Flynn's door off its hinges.
YOUNG LADY Aaah!
She runs to the door, but backs away as a wild-eyed mercenary with pink
and blonde hair walks into the room.
MERCENARY Prepare to fall victim to my blade…
Yuri does not give the man the satisfaction of acknowledgement and
remains seated on the bed looking calmly straight ahead. The man slices
his weapon savagely through the air, but still, Yuri does not turn his
head.
YURI Haven’t you ever heard of knocking?
MAN I am Zagi… The man who will end your life. Now die,
Flynn Scifo!
(battle)
ZAGI Ahh, now I feel it.
YURI You feel what? I’m not feeling anything over here.
ZAGI Yes, so full of confidence.
Ah hah hah!
That’s it! That’s it! Now I feel truly alive!
YURI What’s with him all of a sudden?
ZAGI Mwa hah hah hah!!
Zagi rushes forward and strikes hard with his blade. Yuri blocks his
blow, but not without effort.
YURI …… (grunts)
YOUNG LADY Yuri, let me help you!
The young lady produces a sword and shield and stands beside Yuri ready
to fight beside him.
YURI Stay away!
YOUNG LADY But--!
ZAGI Bring it! The more the merrier!
YURI If things get out of hand, run for it.
YOUNG LADY I will.
ZAGI Oh, don’t give up so soon. I haven’t had a fight like
this in years!

Spoken Dialogue (no text) after the battle: [Note: Not Complete]
YURI Do I look like Flynn to you?
YOUNG LADY Not in the least.

YURI You’ve got the wrong guy. Aren’t you supposed to know
this stuff?
YOUNG LADY He’s not Flynn!
ZAGI Details, details. Bring it!
YURI This guy’s nuts. Flynn sure has made some interesting
enemies.
A man with red eyes peering from a hood appears in the doorway
RED-EYED MAN Zagi, we’re leaving. The Knights are onto us.
Zagi slugs the red-eyed man, knocking him to the floor.
RED-EYED MAN How dare you!
ZAGI Hah hah hah! Mind your own business! I’m just getting
to the best part!
RED-EYED MAN Hurry, before the Knights get here. Or would you
rather have your fun end today?
Zagi strikes the red-eyed man three times until he leaves. With a
wicked smile over his shoulder at Yuri, he, too, leaves.
YURI We should be getting a move on, too.
Yuri walks past the young lady and stops when he reaches the doorway.
YURI …We’ll just go pay a visit to the goddess and be on
our way.
YOUNG LADY Yuri, um.
YURI Yeah, I know. We’ll stick together until we’re out of
the castle.
YOUNG LADY Oh. Right. But I was going to say, my name is
Estellise.
YURI Well then, Estellise, Let’s get moving.
Yuri takes a couple of more steps before the young lady stops him.
ESTELLISE Wait, we can’t just leave the door like that…
Yuri turns around impatiently and barks at the young lady.
YURI I really don’t think this is the time to worry about
something like that.
ESTELLISE But…!
YURI (sighs) All right, all right. Just…. Just give me a
minute.
Yuri has refitted the door in its frame. He and Estellise stand before
it in the corridor.
YURI There, good as new. Now let’s get going. (walks away)
ESTELLISE O-okay! (runs to catch up with Yuri)

If you check Flynn’s closets after you get the items from them:
Armoire (left side)-
INFORMATION Some of Flynn’s belongings. There’s a letter sealed
with a heart-shaped sticker.
Armoire (right side)-
INFORMATION Flynn’s clothes are neatly laid out.
Trunk-
INFORMATION It is full of Flynn’s belongings which is what has
been used from youth in downtown.

Yuri and Estellise go through a door leading to a balcony overlooking a

garden in chaos with shouting knights running about.
YURI I wonder if this is because of those guys earlier.
It better not try to pin this on one too.
ESTELLISE I hope no one was hurt.
YURI Don’t worry about the Knights. They’ll make sure to
protect themselves.
ESTELLISE Yes… I guess so…
LEBLANC’S VOICE Yuri Lowell! Where are you hiding?
YURI That must be Leblanc. I’d recognize those dulcet
tones anywhere.
ESTELLISE Do the two of you know each other?
YURI We have a bit of a history. …Come on, let’s hurry.
Estellise nods and they turn to walk away when Estellise trips on the
hem of her gown and sinks to the floor.
YURI We should do something about your clothes. You’ll
stick out like a sore thumb.
ESTELLISE My room is just up ahead. I have a change of clothes
there…
YURI Okay, that’ll work.

Third Corridor:
Estellise runs to a doorway on the left.
ESTELLISE This is my room. I’ll go get changed, just give me a
minute.
YURI Got it. Try to be quick about it.
Estellise goes into the room and shuts the door. Yuri looks down the
hall for an instant, then approaches the door. The door opens and
Estellise leans out slightly. With her eyes on Yuri’s, she places the
tip of her sword blade on the floor just outside her door.
ESTELLISE Just in case.
Yuri turns away abruptly, but looks around his shoulder at her.
YURI …It’s not like I was going to peek.
ESTELLISE Flynn did tell me to be careful if I ever met you.
Estellise shuts the door and locks it.
YURI Thanks, Flynn.
When Estellise opens the door, Yuri is leaning back against the wall,
arms crossed, eyes closed.
ESTELLISE There, all finished.
Yuri opens his eyes and stares at Estellise dressed in a white coat
trimmed in gold over a pink and rose petal skirt.
ESTELLISE What…? Do…do I look strange?
YURI (turning away) …It’s nothing, I was just thinking
this doesn’t suit you either.
ESTELLISE (downcast) Really?
Estellise approaches Yuri and extends her hand for a handshake.
YURI (looking at her hand) What’s this?
ESTELLISE A handshake. It means, “nice to meet you.”
Yuri shakes her hand and turns away again.
YURI All right. Let’s get going.
ESTELLISE Thanks!
INFORMATION Estellise joined the party.
SKIT On the Run
SKIT Extra Baggage
SKIT The Intruder, Zagi
At the end of a hall, they go down stairs to reach another corridor.

Fourth Corridor:
SKIT Flynn – Part 1
If you try to go through the doorway before the angel trap door room:
ESTELLISE We’ll be seen from here.
Let’s look for another way.
At the end of the corridor, they enter a room with two doors and a
statue of an angel with a sword. Yuri moves the statue to reveal a
hidden passage.

Right Door:
LEBLANC Yuri Lowell!! Show yourself!
YURI Yikes! Not here either!

Left Door:
The left door leads to another room with an Angel holding a green
sphere statue. No treasure chests here.
INFORMATION Command the heavens with the power of the ring
When two pairs of wings are fully opened, she shall
weep beneath the sharp rays of light and the second
door shall open.

They examine the angel statue.

YURI This must be it.
ESTELLISE Is there something special about this statue?
YURI It’s supposed to have some sort of secret.
ESTELLISE It doesn’t look like there’s anything particularly
secretive about it.
Estellise walks around the statue while she looks at it.
YURI Maybe if we moved it, there’d be a hidden passage or
something.
ESTELLISE You don’t think…
YURI Well, we won’t know unless we give it a try.
INFORMATION Hold O (on JPN/Asia PS3) / X (on USA/PAL PS3) to grab
INFORMATION Push or pull objects with LS
Yuri pulls the statue to the left revealing a narrow passage with a
metal ladder.
ESTELLISE …! It really worked!
YURI What do we have here? Looks like the old man was
right…
ESTELLISE Do you think this will lead outside?
YURI I can’t guarantee it.
Well, I’m going down. How about you?
ESTELLISE …I’m coming too.
YURI That’s pretty brave of you.
Who was that guy, anyway? There was something shady
about him.
Following Yuri to the ladder, Estellise suddenly grabs his forearm in
both her hands.
YURI What is it? Did you change your mind?
ESTELLISE No, your hand--it’s injured. Let me take a look at it.
Estellise concentrates and light flows around her hands and a glowing
glyph appears where she heals Yuri’s hand.
YURI Hmm?
Yuri quickly grabs Estellise’s hand to examine the bracelet on her
wrist. His sudden action startles Estellise and she pulls her hand from
his grasp and clutches it to her chest, covering it protectively with
her other hand while staring at Yuri.
ESTELLISE Aaah!
Yuri turns away, embarrassed.
YURI Hey, I’m sorry… I’d never seen a blastia like that.
I-I wasn’t thinking.
ESTELLISE That’s really all it was?
Yuri looks at her and smiles reassuringly.
YURI That’s really all it was. My hand feels better…
Thanks.
Estellise covers her cheeks with both hands to hide her embarrassment.
ESTELLISE …No, it’s the least I could do.
YURI Okay, let’s go.
They climb down the ladder into the a sewer.

Zaphais Castle Sewer:

YURI So there are monsters down here too…
ESTELLISE …. Monsters… That’s what these thing are…?
YURI You’ve never seen one before…?
ESTELLISE Uh, umm...
RATWIGLE !
YURI …Well, let’s hurry up and take care of this, shall we?
ESTELLISE Yuri, they’re coming from the front, too…!
YURI Ugh…this is annoying.

(Battle)
YURI …That should take care of it.
ESTELLISE I didn’t know what to do when they all attack at once…
YURI You generally have to defeat each monster one by one,
but sometimes they come in groups.
ESTELLISE Really? We should be careful when we go ahead.
YURI You can take on a monster one at a time, or take them
on in a group. Your choice.
ESTELLISE Yuri, which way do you think we should go?
YURI Whichever. Let’s just get out of here. (walks down a
short flight of stairs)
ESTELLISE (running after Yuri) Ah, wait… Wait for me.

INFORMATION When in contact with an enemy symbol, monsters that

are a part of the nearby enemy symbol will enter the
battle at the same time.
INFORMATION Beware, as you will be faced with a group of enemies.

SKIT Be Thankful to Strangers

They fight their way to the end of the sewers and climb the ladder.
YURI Man, it’s bright.
They climb out into the courtyard and find themselves beside the statue
of the woman sitting on a sphere in front of Mordio’s Mansion
YURI (shielding his eyes) *Sigh* It’s already morning. I
wasted an entire night.
Looks like it led to the royal quarter.
ESTELLISE Everything looks so different from the windows of the
castle.
YURI Ah, come on. You sound like this is your first time
out of the castle.
ESTELLISE …Uh, well, I…
YURI I guess a lady who lives in a castle can’t just take
a walk outside whenever she wants.
ESTELLISE Y-yes, you’re right.
YURI (raising his hand for a hi-five) Well, hey. At least
we made it out of the castle.
Estellise walks over and places the tip of her gloved forefinger on the
palm of his upraised hand.
YURI Hah hah hah…
ESTELLISE Um. Was that not right? (Yuri grins broadly)
YURI (lowers his hand) Nah… It’s fine…
So Estellise, what are you gonna do now that you’re
out?
ESTELLISE I’m going to find Flynn.
YURI Do you know where he went?
ESTELLISE The other day, he said he was going off on a knight’s
pilgrimage.
YURI Ohh, that thing. Going around the cities of the
empire piling up good deeds?
ESTELLISE Yes. That’s why I’m going to the City of Blossoms,
Halure.
Halure is the first place that knights traditionally
visit on a pilgrimage.
YURI So you’ll need to go outside the barrier.
ESTELLISE Have you ever been beyond the barrier?
YURI Little while back. I’d like to go but I can’t just
leave the lower quarter like it is.
Come on. I’ll show you the way out of town. It’s on
the way to the lower quarter. (walks off)
ESTELLISE Thank you! (runs after Yuri)

(Comments from the nobles on the street)

YOUNG MAN Hey! You!
You’re not the bandit who broke into the mansion, are
you?
We assume commoners in the royal quarter are thieves.
If you don’t like it, don’t come.
WOMAN #1 The wretched thief that broke into that manor has
been caught!
Well, I would like to think I did my part to keep the
capital safe.
I saw the scoundrel break into the mansion and
reported it to the Knights.
Captain Cumore took care of him.
WOMAN #2 A thief broke into that mansion a little while ago.
 So many Knights came to arrest him! I was so
surprised!
…But you know …You look…
No… He must be in the castle dungeons now. You
couldn’t…
OLDER MAN Oh no… You came all the way here? Oh well…
Do you plan to sneak into the mansion like that thief
earlier?
I swear, turn over any rock and out crawls a filthy
thief.
KRITYAN WOMAN It seems like that mansion was being used for
something.
I heard a young man found out and snuck in, but then
he was captured by the Knights.
Maybe I should have followed up with the Knights and
cleared him of the charges…
NOBLE LADY Listen, listen! (star) Captain Cumore captured some
lower quarter scum! (heart)
Oooh! I’m so excited!
That’s my dear Cumore!
He’s my first choice for a boyfriend. (star)
OLD NOBLE MAN Were you the commoners arrested recently for breaking
into that empty mansion?
I won’t let you get away. No no no.
This exit is for nobles only. Well, carriages and
whatnot as well.
I’m sorry, but you commoners cannot pass.
Only one knight guards the gate to the Royal Quarter now.
KNIGHT Up ahead is the royal quarter.
You may enter freely, but refrain from panhandling.
Should you try anything so vulgar, you will face
immediate arrest.

Street In Front Of Zaphias Castle:

NOBLE MAN #1 Just look at the low folk miserably crawling about in
the muck again today.
Don’t you wish you could crush them beneath your heel?
They wear filthy rags and eat garbage. An absolutely
dreadful existence!
If I got thrown into the lower quarter, I’d lose my
sanity in two minutes.
KRITYAN MAN I am a member of the Imperial Council.
There are times when even Krityans must be in
important positions within the government.
If the Empire requests something, one cannot rightly
refuse, can one?
Personally, I think human affairs should be left to
humans, but…
NOBLE MAN #2 All the people that come to goggle at the castle and
our stately homes lately are quite annoying.
…Can’t you take a hint? I’m talking about you.
Stay away. I don’t want your stench on me.
NOBLE LADY You there! Are you crazy, walking around in your
pajamas?
I’ve never seen such unfashionable nightclothes in my
life.
Would you mind not walking so close to me?
 I don’t want anyone thinking I’m with someone who has
such an acute lack of fashion sense.
Two Knights guard the castle doors.
KNIGHT #1 This is Zaphias Castle, residence of his majesty, the
Emperor.
Not that there is a current Emperor…
If you keep loitering around here, I’ll be forced to
arrest you.
So go on. Get lost.
KNIGHT #2 Ahead is Zaphias Castle.
Common citizens are not permitted entry.
A Knight guards the eastern gate to the royal quarter.
KNIGHT One of the guards over there took a rock to the head
and got knocked out.
How pathetic…
You know, this armor is actually really thin.
I really wish they’d supply us with some heavier
armor.

Citizen Quarter:
KRITYAN MAN (same dialogue as before)
LITTLE GIRL This morning I was helping Mommy and Daddy.
One of the customers complimented my pretty smile!
Everyone’s says I’m like the poster girl for the
market.
What’s a poster girl?
OLDER WOMAN Apparently the aspirants for emperor are quite young.
Even if it’s too early to ascend to the throne, they
could at least let us know who the successor is.
I’m so worried with no successor named yet…
Who’s going to take command if there were a state of
emergency?
ARTIST (same dialogue as before)
KRITYAN WOMAN Everyone in the city is so kind.
I visit the lower quarter sometime, too. It’s so
lively, and the people are so nice. It’s great!
If there’s ever anything I can do to help you, please
let me know.
KNIGHT An emergency order has been issued to seal off the
capital.
None may pass.
The gate is sealed. No one may pass until the order
is lifted.
NOBLE MAN (near fountain)They say some commoners broke into one
of the noble mansions.
Isn’t that just like the poor? They lack conscience
and dignity!
The pauper filth should be happy to polish our boots.
Not that I’d let a wretch like you anywhere near my
boots, of course.
OLDER MAN (same dialogue as before)
YOUNG LADY (sitting on bench) What’s the town so restless about?
It seems like the Knights are searching for someone.
There was such a commotion in the lower quarter
earlier about their fountain stopping.
They could stand to be a little more quiet. I’m
trying to spend some time with my sweetheart.
YOUNG MAN (sitting on bench) The capital has been sealed
because some thief the Knights caught in the royal
quarter escaped.
They aren’t letting anyone cross through the barrier.
Isn’t closing off the entire city a little excessive?
It’s such a bother for us citizens.
LITTLE BOY (same dialogue as before)

OLDER WOMAN (sitting on bench) Is it true the aque blastia in the

lower quarter broke? How terrible.
If you need water, bring some from the citizen
quarter.
In troubled times we all have to help each other out.

Fortune’s Market (Imperial Capital)

MERCHANT Well, if it isn’t Zaphias’ very own idol! Maybe I
should put a sign up saying “Celebrities Shop Here”.
Fortune’s Market, where the celebrities shop! Thanks
for visiting!

Yuri and Estellise start down the ramp to the lower quarter
ADECOR You there, fugitive! Halt, I say!
BOCCOS The jig is up!
Yuri turns to see Leblanc flanked by Adecor and Boccos standing to the
right of the market.
LEBLANC Fooools! Enough grandstanding, arrest him!
ESTELLISE W-what should we do?
YURI First you pick up one of these… (picks up a rock)
Then go like this (hurls the rock at the advancing
Adecor & Boccos)
Both are hit with rocks and both fall on their backs. A few feet
behind, Leblanc observes his pathetic unit lying on the pavement.
ADECOR Ow!
BOCCOS Oof!
YURI (turns to Estellise) Let’s get to the lower
quarter.
They take off at a run toward the lower quarter.

Lower Quarter:
HANKS Yuri! Where’ve you been?!
YURI I got an invitation to the castle and had the most
marvelous time.
HANKS Of all the… And who’s the young lady?
ESTELLISE Pleased to meet you. I’m Estellise.
HANKS The pleasure is all mine, Miss. (climbs up from the
fountain)
Er, more importantly, about those Imperial Knights.
They’ve been so busy looking for you, they haven’t
paid any attention to our fiasco down here.
So you’ve really managed to tick them off, huh?
YURI It looks that way. Has Repede come back yet?
HANKS Sure did, and he was carrying some bag.
YURI What happened to it?
HANKS It should be up in your room.
YURI Go pick it up later. Give it a shake. It has a nice
jingle to it. Mordio liked it too.
HANKS You met Mr. Mordio?
YURI Yeah, but the rat left town. Apparently he’s someone
important from a city called Aspio.
HANKS …”Left town?” Then that means…we’ve been hoodwinked.
YURI Afraid so. His house was empty, and I doubt he’s even
a real noble.
HANKS …I see.
YURI Looks like the aque blastia’s finally stopped leaking
water.
HANKS Well, without a core it won’t budge.
YURI Is there enough water for the time being?
HANKS Yeah, but it won’t last long. After that, we’ll just
get it from the river. Get the runs, though.
YURI And the Knights aren’t going to help. Guess I’ll go
get it back from the thief myself.
HANKS What? You aren’t thinking of following Mordio beyond
the barrier, are ya?
YURI Don’t worry. I’ll be back before you know it.
HANKS Humph. Who’s worried?
It’s a good opportunity for ya. No need for ya to
hurry back here.
YURI Huh? What do you mean by that?
HANKS What I mean is, we can get along just fine without
you.
Even Flynn used to say, “I wonder how long Yuri plans
on living this life.”
YURI Flynn needs to learn to mind his own business.

(Comments made by residents in the lower quarter)

OLD WOMAN Thank you so much, Yuri. I think I’ll be able to buy
back the comb my husband gave me.
You seem to have some trouble with the Knights… Is
everything all right?
The aque blastia never got fixed, did it?
What if the barrier blastia broke, too? That’s a
scary thought.
LITTLE GIRL Yuri, where were you? Everyone’s been looking for you.
Is that girl your new friend?
Are you playing hooky to go have fun with her? That’s
no good!
OLDER WOMAN Welcome back, Yuri. Looks like you’ve caused a ruckus
again.
They’re watching you, Yuri, so don’t do anything
crazy, okay?
What are you going to do now? Flynn’s doing his duty
as a knight, but you…
TED So, Yuri, you went and got yourself arrested, huh?
Idiot! I guess that’s like you, though.
I went to the royal quarter since you never came
back. All the nobles were talking about you.
You were in the castle, right? Did you see Flynn?
Tell Flynn the lower quarter’s in trouble!
VENDOR The whole fountain mess seems to have calmed down.
Now you’re totally free to shop!
Hi! Wow, it’s been a while! The Knights were chasing
you weren’t they? Is everything okay?
YOUNG MAN Well, the water stopped, but now we can’t use the
 fountain. Sooner or later the water will run out.
We better start thinking about other ways to get
water.
I used the money I got back from the shoddy repair
to find new sources of water.
My wedding? Nah, we just put it off for a little.
She’ll wait for me. But thanks, Yuri.
YOUNG LADY Well well, Yuri, the Knights certainly are fond of
you.
Leblanc and his troupe were just running around
calling your name.
Be careful you don’t do something to get Flynn
chasing after you, too!
MAN (OUTSIDE INN) You see that, beyond those buildings? That’s our
barrier blastia, the Sword stair. It protects Zaphias
from monsters.
The barrier is incredibly important… Our lives and
livelihood depend on it.
Almost all the towns in the Empire have a barrier
blastia, not just here in Zaphias.
Places without them have to fortify and arm
themselves to keep the monsters out.

Inn & Tavern “Comet”:

INNKEEPERS WIFE Hey! What are you doing just wandering around?!
The Knights are after you!
Yuri! You…
What have you done?!
LITTLE GIRL Yuri, you big dummy!
I was so worried about you! Waaaaah!
…Who’s this girl?
Hmph. When I grow up, I’ll be just as…
INNKEEPER Did you see the old lady?
I bet she whipped you good!
My wife was so worried about you, Yuri, she gave ME a
licking! Owww…
MAN #1 The mistress of the inn sure is funny. We totally
forgot to talk about our travels.
That’s some backhand she has.
Well, well… You got yourself quite a beauty there.
Did you use the fountain blastia as an excuse to go
to the royal quarter and pick up women?
MAN #2 Are you the…?
There’s been quite a fuss about you, you know.
The mistress of the inn certainly keeps her husband
in check with those beatings…
She’s tough! I bet she could handle those monsters
outside the city.
OLD MAN Hey, buddy listen to this…there was a gorgeous young
gal here at the inn the other day…
But it turned out to be some guy with long hair!
Wait…it was you, Yuri!
Real men have short hair! Go cut it! It’s so
confusing!
(Back outside)
MAN (NEAR CRATES) So you’re back, Yuri? Up to your old tricks, I hear.
So who’s the young lady?
 The poor thing. This nasty place is nowhere to bring
a girl.

(Leaving Zaphias)
HANKS Don’t you worry about us. We’ll look after the lower
quarter while you’re gone.
I have to fulfill my duties as chairman, ya’ know?
As Yuri and Estellise walk down the ramp leading to the exit, Leblanc
clomps down the ramp from the citizen quarter, pointing his finger at
Yuri.
LEBLANC Yuri Looowell!! You’ve given my two lackeys a
headache. Now be a good boy and turn yourself iiin!
YURI Well, that’s our cue. Looks like I won’t be coming
back here for a while.
HANKS Never a dull moment with Yuri around.
After this, I’ll be even with you for getting that
money back.

Estellise observes the residents preparing for a fight. The young man
who helped with the sandbagging, vigorously punches the air. The old
woman who worried about her keepsake from her husband, rubs her right
shoulder to loosen it as she makes a fist.

YURI Just make sure you don’t kick the bucket blowing it
all on some crazy party.
HANKS Heh, same to you. See that you don’t go dying in any
ditches. (Yuri takes off)
ESTELLISE Wait for me! (runs over to Hanks) It was nice to meet
you, sir.
HANKS He’ll probably be quite a pain in the neck. You make
sure and take care of yourself, now.
ESTELLISE I will. Thank you.

Estellise follows Yuri as Leblanc charges through the plaza and to the
ramp after Yuri. Looking over his shoulder, Hanks waves goodbye to
Yuri. The little girl beside him also waves goodbye. Estellise looks
back and watches as the residents of the lower quarter gather around
Leblanc with questions and demands. Surrounding him, they block his
path and distract him with their raised voices and barrage of
questions.

VOICE #1 When are you going to fix the fountain, Sir Knight?
VOICE #2 Hey cool, a knight!
VOICE #3 Hooray! Hooray!
VOICE #4 Won’t you help this old man find his dentures?
LEBLANC Foools! (sounds of scuffling and blows) You’re in my
way! Do not interfere in the affairs of the empire!

Yuri and Estellise turn back to protect the residents from Leblanc.
Instead, the residents form a mob and hustle Yuri and Estellise to the
exit.

VOICE #1 Don’t you make her cry!

YURI What are you talking about? …Hey, quit pushing! …Hey,
who just hit me? I’m gonna remember that!
VOICE #2 This might come in handy if you’re going to Halure.
INFORMATION Obtained World Map
YURI Huh? A map? Wait a sec, this only has the roads
written on it.
VOICE #3 What did you expect? It’s better than nothing
considering people don’t normally leave the city.
You’ll have to fill in the empty spaces on your own.
First off, you should head for Deidon Hold to the
north.
INFORMATION Obtained Orange Gel x4. Obtained Melange Gel x4.
Obtained Life Bottle x4. Obtained Bread x4. Obtained
Egg x2.

The jingle of coins is heard among the crowd as the residents bestow
parting gifts upon Yuri. The residents hold back the knights as Yuri
and Estellise run down the ramp to the exit.

ESTELLISE Wow, Yuri. They’re all going to miss you so much.

YURI Honestly, they’re probably thrilled to finally get
rid of me.
Coins jingle as Yuri pulls a money bag out of his tunic.
YURI Hey, hold it…! Who put money in here?! I can’t take
this.
Yuri runs back up the ramp to return the money.
LEBLANC Haaalt! Get out of my way!
YURI Huh… I guess I’ll have to keep it for now.
INFORMATION Acquired 1000 Gald.
They turn around and run for the exit with Leblanc in close pursuit.
Repede trips Leblanc and he falls.
LEBLANC What?!
Lying on the ground, Leblanc raises a clenched fist as he watches
Repede walk unhurriedly to Yuri.
YURI Nice one, Repede
ESTELLISE A dog?
YURI Well, for now it’s north to Deidon Hold.
ESTELLISE What? Oh, right!
YURI I’m not sure how long we’ll be together, but here’s
to the road ahead, Estelle.
ESTELLISE Yes, I…? Huh? …Es…telle…? Estelle… Estelle.
To the road ahead, Yuri!
Yuri takes a final look at the lower quarter and its residents.
YURI Well, so long for now.
ESTELLE (waves) We hope to be back soon.
INFORMATION Repede joined the party.

FIELD MAP – MAYOCCIA PLAINS

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SKIT Eat or Be Eaten

SKIT Thanks to the Lower Quarter
SKIT Christening Estelle
SKIT Nice to Meet You Repede
SKIT Not as Bad as I Thought

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SUB-EVENT: King of Adventure - Part 1:
YURI We’ve come a long way from the capital.
ESTELLE Yes…I wonder if we’re safe now.
YURI Hard to say. Those guys are a sticky lot.
RICH Woof!
YURI Huh…?
Yuri spots a young man and woman standing by a beast drawn carriage.
MAN …Hmpf…
WOMAN Greetings.
ESTELLE Hello!
WOMAN Welcome, good travelers! [musical note]
ESTELLE …Is this a shop?
MAN …It’s the King of Adventure Travelers’ Lodge…
WOMAN Oh, big brother, do try to be a bit more friendly!
[heart]
MAN …Sorry, Karen…
KAREN Please, you’ll have to excuse him. My name is Karen,
and this is Rich.
ESTELLE You’re operating a traveling inn?
YURI Doesn’t the “King of Adventure” refer to something
else…something more well-known?
ESTELLE The late emperor’s brother, His Highness Regin, was
known by that name thanks to his insatiable thirst
for adventure.
KAREN Indeed! We took our name from His Highness Regin.
It’s true.
RICH …We respect him…
YURI Hmmm, that’s a pretty nice name, then.
KAREN So are the two of you married?
ESTELLE M-married…? I, I…
YURI Do we look like we’re married?
KAREN Oh? It seems I was mistaken. So very sorry!
If you’re tired, perhaps you’d like to stay the night?
ESTELLE Wh-what should we do?

(Dialogue if you do rest)

YURI Sure, we’ll sleep here.
KAREN Excellent! Thank you very much!
RICH …Enjoy your shut-eye…
KAREN Oh, big brother, please! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!
ESTELLE N-no, it’s quite all right…

(Dialogue if you do not rest)

Okay. Come back anytime. Thank you.

(Dialogue after you rest)

KAREN Did you rest well?
YURI Yeah, thanks a lot.
KAREN I do hope our paths will cross again, somewhere out
on the road! (musical note)
ESTELLE Yes, I hope so, too!
RICH …Later…
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SKIT On Traveling
SKIT Outside the Barrier
SKIT Not good with Magic
SKIT Bigger Than the Capital
FIELD MAP – NORTHERN MAYOCCIA PLAINS
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INFORMATION You can find items at various Search Points located
throughout the world.
Search Points are restored after some time, so check
back from time to time.
Some Search Points are will only appear after certain
conditions have been fulfilled.
You can find different items from the same Search
Point.
Try looking for them at various places.

??? (Unnamed location)

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While exploring the Northern Myoccian Field, they enter a mysterious

and dark woods.
YURI What a place to get ourselves lost…
ESTELLE Um…About getting through Deidon Hold…
YURI Is that right?
ESTELLE Didn’t we just pass this place?
YURI Ooh…Is that what it was?
ESTELLE This forest…
YURI Huh?
ESTELLE Oh…N..Never mind…
Let’s turn back.
YURI Yeah.

Deidon Hold ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ESTELLE Do you think those knights followed you here?

YURI I wonder. Well, let’s do our best not to stand out.
ESTELLE Okay. And I want to catch up with Flynn as soon as I
can.
YURI All right, let’s see if we can just pass through the
hold.
Yuri and Repede walk further into the hold. Behind them, Estelle is
distracted and runs off to the right.
YURI Where’s she off to now?
Yuri spots Estelle reading a book at a vendor’s wagon.
VENDOR Welcome. I’ve got some nice gear in stock today.
This blade was forged by none other than Assam the
blade master. It even comes equipped with weapon
skills.
No traveler should be without them. Feel free to give
it a try.
YURI Huh? What do you mean?
ESTELLE The special techniques contained in weapons.
These techniques were originally passed down from
master to pupil…
…but the blade master Assam used a special process to
seal them within the weapons themselves.
Bodhi blastia can acquire techniques from weapons
imbued with this power.
With continued use, weapon artes can eventually be
learned by the person using the weapon.
VENDOR My, this young lay knows her stuff. That about sums
 it up.
ESTELLE I read in a book that the Kritya gave this knowledge
to humans long ago.
YURI Huh. I thought bodhi blastia only let you use strike
and magic artes.
VENDOR In order to find the fighting style that meets your
needs…
…it’s best to think carefully about weapon skills
when choosing your weapon.
There are even weapons without weapon skills, that
focus instead on raw attack power. It all depends on
your preference.
If weapons you equip have weapon skills sealed inside
them…
…those weapon skills will be stored inside your bodhi
blastia when you equip the weapons.
If you have a weapon equipped, you can use the weapon
skills sealed inside whenever you want.
However, if you unequip that weapon, you’ll have to
set the weapon skills to be able to use them.
Each weapon skill belongs to one of four different
categories.
When you set a few different skills in a weapon,
depending on what category they are…
…a particular glyph will appear on the core of your
bodhi blastia.
So, if you had a bunch of weapon skills for
attacking, you’d see a glyph called fleck.
That glyph lets you know that strength of our
physical attacks has gone up.
Try all of the combinations you can think of to see
what they do.
I’m afraid the sun would set long before I could
explain them all to you.
Did you get all of that? (Yes) You learn fast.
You should be able to read all about it in that young
lady’s book…
YURI I can’t imagine business is all that great in a place
like this.
VENDOR Don’t get me wrong, I’m not here because I want to be.
There are monsters on the far side of the Hold, so
I’m stuck.
YURI Monsters, huh…?
(to Estelle who has her nose in a book) …Did you hear
that?
ESTELLE Hmm…
YURI And…she’s not listening.
ESTELLE (turning around) …Huh? Did you say something?
YURI I said I’m going to go get some information, so you
wait right there.
Yuri walks away and Estelle closes the book, clutching it to her chest.
ESTELLE Oh, I’ll come too.
Still clutching the book, Estelle turns to look at the vendor.
VENDOR That’s all right, go ahead and take it. It’s pretty
old and it has some pages missing, but it’s yours if
you like.
ESTELLE Th-thank you very much.
Estelle runs to catch up to Yuri.
YURI Is that book any good?
ESTELLE It’s fascinating. You can read it as soon as I finish.

INFORMATION Obtained Battle Book

INFORMATION You can check the status of the battle via the Battle
Book.
INFORMATION You can also get information on weapon artes here.
Check back when you want to find out more.

Southern Gate Area:

KNIGHT This is Deidon Hold. It’s between the capital,
Zaphias, and the City of Blossoms, Halure.
Go south to get to the capital and north to get to
Halure.
The Hold was built between these mountains to block
the advance of the monsters
Our duty is to fight those monsters. We don’t have
time to take care of travelers.

Vendor’s Stall “Vega”:

VENDOR Welcome. This is all just stuff in transport, but is
there anything you want?
Thanks. Come back any time.
LADY VENDOR Well, then… I’ve had my rest, it’s time to set off.
Of course, it’s not like I can go alone. I have to
wait for everyone else to get ready.
We Vendors delivering goods travel as a group.
Why? The monsters. They won’t attack with this many
wagons. It’s crazy to travel in small groups.
YOUNG WOMAN I’m about to head for Halure.
It’s rich in medicinal herbs and such.
Ahh, Halure! (heart) Nobody in Zaphias could imagine
a town in such perfect harmony with nature.
I love my job! (heart)
MAN This is the storage for the Hold. Fortune’s Market
manages the warehouse.
It’s really messy, so I’d prefer it if you didn’t go
in.

Northern Gate Area:

KNIGHT HALBERD You can get to Halure if you get past the gate but…do
you really want to go? You should go back to Zaphias.
The monsters are vicious this time of year. You don’t
want to die, do you?
You can see Halure from really far away. Just look
for the giant tree.
I’ve heard rumors lately the tree is dying… I wonder
if it’s all right?
KNIGHT HALBERD (near Guard Station) The Lord of the Plains thinks
the Hold is a big enemy.
He’ll charge into it, and once he feels that he can’t
win, he’ll go back to his nest.
He’ll go away once he runs into the gate, but
unfortunately, we still have to keep it closed for
awhile.
Guard Station - First Floor:
INFORMATION There’s a pile of apples here. It wouldn’t be right
to help ourselves to some.
KNIGHT FENCER #1 This reserve of provisions is for the use of the
border guards.
I’m very sorry, but I can’t let you have any.
If you need provisions, please talk to the traveling
Vendors outside.
I’m sure they’d be happy to sell you a variety of
things from their cargo.
KNIGHT FENCER #2 This station is for guards only.
All unauthorized personnel must refrain from entry.
You are strictly advised not to ascend the stairs to
the rear.
Please refrain from setting foot on the upper level
of the ramparts.
(Ramparts)
KNIGHT HALBERD Huh? You shouldn’t be up here!
As you can probably tell, you can’t see this place
from below. It’s the best!
What’s so great about it you ask? Isn’t it obvious?
No one can see me when I…you know…
Maybe you’ll find out later. Hee hee hee!

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SUB-EVENT: Duke - Part 1:
A man with long white hair hanging below his waist, gazes out over the
rampart wall. When he spots the group coming toward him, he turns to
walk away.
MAN [exasperated sigh] …………
YURI …Hey, hold on…
The man ignores them.
ESTELLE Hello…
Um, I beg your pardon, but…what are you looking at?
MAN …Humanity at work. Their tenacious attachment to this
life…
ESTELLE …………? [huh?]
MAN Why…? Why must humans live the lives they do?
They fight for a share of monopolized technology and
hurt even those closest to them…
ESTELLE ……….? [hmm?]
YURI …Are you talking about blastia?
MAN ………… [exasperated sigh]
YURI I can’t speak for anyone else, but…
It doesn’t seem to me like there’s any reason why we
get dumped into the world.
But once you’re here, you just do what you can to
give this life everything you’ve got.
MAN Perhaps there is truth in what you say…
The mysterious man turns on his heal and quickly walks away from them.
YURI H-hey…!
The man ignores Yuri and walks on.
ESTELLE He’s gone… What was that all about…?
YURI Got me. They say the heat can make people go a little
crazy.
ESTELLE Is it hot?
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Several Wagons are lined up near the main gates of the hold.
OLD MAN I can’t wait to get to Halure and do a little flower
viewing.
A nice drink in the shade of the Tree of Halure makes
all the dangerous travel worth it.
Going around outside the barriers was pretty unusual
up until a few years ago.
There have been more travelers recently, but most
people are still too scared to leave their towns.
LITTLE BOY Woo-hoo! A trip! A trip! Gonna get on my wagon and
make my deliveries!
Everyone’s waiting for this stuff!
Going to a new town will be so much fun! I wonder how
many new friends I’ll make?
I hope I make a hundred friends!
YOUNG WOMAN Ugh, I’m so tired! I don’t want to sleep in a tent
anymore! I want my nice, soft bed!
I always said I’d like to get out of the city just
once. Now I see that just once is enough!
Let’s just go home already. I’m gonna get sunburned!
My brother wants to go, too. Well…probably.
Anyone who actually wants to travel is just a big
wacko, as far as I’m concerned.
YOUNG MAN My wife said she wanted to come along, but now all
she does is whine.
It’s not like I’m having fun either. So many
monsters… This is the last time I go outside a
barrier.
Our kids are excited to see the world, but I gotta
protect my whole family. It’s no picnic.
Now I get why most people hardly ever leave the
barriers.

A guard stands at the top of a path leading down to tents.

GUARD Below are lodging facilities for travelers through
the Hold.
It’s 100 Gald a night. Would you like to stay?
(Yes) If you find yourself weary, come back any time.
Our “facilities” may only be tents, but it beats
camping out on the road.

There are several tents in the sleeping area surrounded by crates and
barrels of supplies.
MAN #1 Think about how many people never go outside the
barriers… I’m so glad my work takes me places.
Me? I’m on my way to deliver goods from Zaphias to
Halure.
Deidon Hold was originally an outpost to defend the
capital.
But it makes a great place for us to rest, too.
MAN #2 The lands beyond the barriers may be dangerous, but
we merchants can’t really complain about that.
Of course, running away from monsters all day does
 make you fast.
But these holy bottles really keep me going.
I’m afraid I don’t have any to spare, but if I get
more in, you should definitely buy some.

(Text if Yuri looks inside a tent)

INFORMATION There’s someone sleeping inside the tent. It’s not
polite to peek.

(Return to main gates on upper level)

GUARD You can to get to Halure if you get past the gate
but…do you really want to go? You should go back to
Zaphias.
The monsters are vicious this time of year. You don’t
want to die, do you?
You can see Halure from really far away. Just look
for the giant tree.
I’ve heard rumors lately the tree is dying… I wonder
if it’s all right?

An alarm sounds. One of the knights turns a crank to lower the gate as
people out in the field beyond run into the safety of the hold.
YURI !!!
The people in the field start running toward the gate. A red haired
woman standing above on a rampart shouts a warning to people below.
RED-HAIRED WOMAN Hurry, get inside! The gate’s closing!
GUARD (RAMPART) Arrows! Bring the arrows!
GUARD (RUNNING) Shut the gate now!
GUARD (GATE) Dammit! What are they doing here this time of the
year.
GUARD (STATION) The monsters will fall back if we stop the main
charge! Remember your training!

Arrows fly from the hold as a horde of furry boar-like beasts gallop
across the plains toward the gate. People still out in the field
scramble to outrun the beasts and get inside the hold. A little girl,
unable to keep up, falls behind and crouches in fear with her hands
over her eyes.

GUARD OK! They’re all in. Close it up!

RED-HAIRED WOMAN Hold the gate! There’s still more…
The gates continue to come down as more people run toward the hold. The
beasts seem to be herded onward by a larger, more colorful beast of the
same type.
ESTELLE Are all those… monsters…?
YURI We just left the capital and things are already
getting crazy…
That’s it. I’m cursed. I know it.
Yuri runs toward the gate to save the stragglers unable to reach the
gate in time.
RED-HAIRED WOMAN (spotting Yuri) …?! The gate!
Repede is right beside Yuri. As Yuri runs through the gate, Repede
corners the guard lowering the gate.
REPEDE Grrr, woof!!
GATE GUARD Wh-what the hell! Cut it out!
The cowering guard tries to shoo Repede away. The gate stops moving
allowing Yuri to pass under it.
YURI Estelle, you wait over--Hey!
Estelle runs past Yuri into the field.
ESTELLE Help the girl!
YURI …Whatever you say.
Estelle kneels on the ground and begins to heal a frightened boy
holding his injured leg.
BOY P-Please… I can’t get up…. Owww…! The monsters! The
monsters!
ESTELLE Everything is going to be OK.
As Yuri picks up a little girl and runs with her toward the gate, she
drops her doll. Meanwhile, Estelle finishes healing the boy.
BOY …Hey, I can…I can stand…
ESTELLE Go in the hold. Hurry!
The boy runs for the hold and Estelle follows. As the boy passes under
the gate to safety, Estelle waits outside until Yuri runs past with the
little girl.
LITTLE GIRL My doll, mama’s doll!
Estelle starts to go after the doll, but Yuri grabs her arm, stopping
her in her tracks.
ESTELLE Hey! Let go of me!
YURI You wait here!
Yuri sprints back to retrieve the doll.
YURI (squatting to pick up the doll) So much for keeping a
low profile!
ESTELLE Yuri!
With a beast on his heels, Yuri runs toward the gate and slides between
two of the spikes on the bottom just before they pierce the ground.
Exhausted, Yuri sits up as Estelle and the healed boy along with the
little girl and her mother gather around him.
WOMAN How can I ever thank you?
ESTELLE Oh, it’s nothing, really…
BOY I’m not sure what I would have done if you hadn’t
cured me. Thanks!

Repede twirls his knife around his muzzle as the relieved gate guard
watches him leave. Yuri and Estelle walk away from the gate.
ESTELLE …I’m just thankful that everyone’s safe…
Whoa…
Estelle’s knees buckle and she sinks to the ground.
YURI All worn out, huh?
Yuri sits on the ground near Estelle.
ESTELLE It really is dangerous beyond the barriers with so
many ferocious monsters around.
YURI This place could definitely use a barrier against a
pack that big.
Repede joins them.
ESTELLE Couldn’t they install a barrier blastia here?
YURI No. Barriers are a precious resource.
ESTELLE You’re right…and with the current technology we can’t
make anymore.
If only we could recover the secrets of the ancient
Geraios civilization… They created the blastia.
YURI Even if that were to happen, I can’t see the empire
using the knowledge for the common good.

They stand up as a guard approaches.

GUARD #2 You two there. I’d like to have a word with you.
The guard is distracted by an argument starting between two men and
another guard.
GUILD SORCERER So why don’t you let us through? I’ll beat those
monsters to a pulp with these fists of mine!
The guard turns to look at the distraction behind him.
GUARD #2 How many times do I have to say it? These monsters
are tougher than you think!
GUILD SORCERER You dare to doubt the power of the monster hunters?
His companion takes a huge sword off his back and raises the wide blade
in front of his face.
GUARD #2 S-stop!
The man swings the blade down into the ground spraying dirt into the
air.
GUILD SORCERER Stay out of this! You Knights cheated us out of a job
back there, and now we’re gonna work off some steam!
Reinforcements arrive.
GUARD #1 Hey, hold it!
Another guard runs forward.
GUARD #3 It’s always the same with these guild idiots!
YURI Great, we’ll never get through as long as this keeps
up.
ESTELLE But Flynn is headed to Halure, and we’re so close.
YURI Well, getting caught by the Knights wouldn’t be too
fun. Let’s find another way through.

SKIT Quite a Scene

Comments by travelers and guards after “Lord of the Plains” incident:

(Right Side of Hold)
GUARD (ENTRANCE) This is Deidon Hold. It’s between the capital,
Zaphias, and the City of Blossoms, Halure.
The Hold is currently sealed off. Passage to Halure
is not permitted.

OLDER WOMAN No matter how well you prepare, nothing can help you
if you run into the Lord of the Plains.
I hear there’s a different road that’ll take you
close to Halure.
Unfortunately, I don’t know where that road is.
YOUNG WOMAN There’s no way we’re getting to Halure with the Lord
of the Plains out there.
The Halure flowers are good for making medicines, so
I’d like to go gather some, but…

Guard Station Ramparts:

GUARD Hey now, this is my own private MIP seat. Hurry up
and climb back down!
*sigh* …being able to see the Lord of the Plains from
here… It’s just…amazing…

(Left Side of Hold near the wagons)

OLD MAN With the Hold closed, there’s no way to get to Halure.
Even the Lord of the Plains can’t get through the
Hold, so don’t worry.
LITTLE BOY Hey, when are we gonna get back on the wagon and go?
Let’s hurry up and go to town already! I’m tired of
 this place.
YOUNG WOMAN I finally get out of town and now e get held up? What
a bother.
We left the city without any real plans. That’s why
we ran into the Lord of the Plains.
YOUNG MAN I never imagined we’d be held up by the Lord of the
Plains.
Now we’re stranded in the middle of our trip and my
wife’s still whining. Enough already…
The Guards vs. The Guildsmen stand near the closed gate to the plains.
GUILD SWORDSMAN ……
GUILD SORCERER These blasted monsters! I can’t believe they could
stop us.
Ugh…It’s enough to make my heart filled with hatred.
GUARD #1 I guess the relationship between the guilds and the
Empire is the same everywhere.
Who knows? I might even join one the guilds tomorrow…
The world is so uncertain.
We don’t usually deal with those guilds that keep a
low profile.
GUARD #2 What the… What guild do you belong to?
What’s your name? Where are you from?
GUARD #3 Forget about going to Halure right now.
The Hold cannot be opened for passage as long as the
Lord of the Plains is out there.

The red-haired woman on the ramparts and a lightly armored man with
glasses appear.
RED-HAIRED WOMAN You there, how about coming to work for me? You’ll be
paid, of course.
Coins jingle as she produces a money bag, but Yuri turns his head away.
MAN Watch your manners around the President. Well,
whaddya say?
YURI So it’s not bad manners to try and buy someone
without even introducing yourself?
MAN (stepping forward menacingly) Watch your mouth!
The red-haired woman throws out her arm holding him back.
WOMAN You’re just as charming as I expected. I’m Kaufman of
the merchants’ guild, Fortune’s Market.
We handle everything from trade to distribution.
YURI Guilds, huh…
They are startled as the hold trembles from repeated attacks by the
beasts against the gate.
KAUFMAN You see, I’m in quite a tight spot, and it’s all
thanks to these tremors.
YURI I’d rather not know, but was that the work of a
monster?
KAUFMAN Yes, the Lord of the Plains.
ESTELLE Lord of the Plains?
KAUFMAN He’s the leader of that pack of monsters.
YURI The leader? Man, there’s some amazing things out
there.
ESTELLE Do you know if there’s another way we can cross the
plains? We’re in a hurry.
KAUFMAN Hmmm, I’m afraid you’ll just have to wait for the
Lord of the Plains to leave.
YURI Huh. I guess there’s no point getting worked up over
 it.
ESTELLE But I can’t afford to just sit and wait. I’m going to
get a second opinion! (runs off)
REPEDE ……
Repede looks at Yuri then follows Estelle.
YURI You’re with a guild that does product distribution,
but you don’t know any other routes?
KAUFMAN I could hire you and just charge through once the
leader moves on, but…you don’t seem interested.
YURI If it’s bodyguards you want, why not hire the Knights?
KAUFMAN Are you forgetting that we guild members have thrown
away our rights as imperial citizens?
Once we leave the empire behind, you can’t expect
them to help you a whole lot.
So naturally, the Imperial Knights would never deign
to escort the likes of us.
YURI Wow. You really stick to your principles.
KAUFMAN Without that level of determination, one could never
hope to run a guild.
YURI (walking away) Well, maybe you could use your
determination to do something about that Lord of the
Plains.
KAUFMAN Go to the Quoi Woods that lie to the west of here.
(Yuri stops)
If you pass through the forest, you’ll come out on
the far side of the plains.
YURI But the fact that you guys aren’t going that way…
…must mean we have some surprise to look forward to.
KAUFMAN I like a boy with quick wits, but I like one that
doesn’t waste a potential investment even better.
YURI Thanks, I owe you one.
Maybe I’ll talk to you about that job if we meet
again.
They go their separate ways and Yuri finds Estelle sitting near a
lodging tent with Repede.
YURI Estelle. (Repede yawns.)
ESTELLE I…I’m not waiting around for the monsters to leave or
anything. I’m just resting a little.
YURI Oh, I see. Well then, I guess I’ll just have to take
the other way around by myself.
Yuri walks up the dirt ramp. Repede runs past him eagerly. Estelle
stands up.
ESTELLE What? How did you…? (Yuri and Repede walk away) Hey,
wait for me!

SKIT Guilds

The lodging tents area:

MAN I’ll probably have to rethink my plans, with the Lord
of the Plains and all…
This is bad. I wonder if I’ll be stuck here until
next season.
MAN (BACKPACK) I may be used to traveling alone, but even I run away
from the Lord of the Plains.
The Lord of the Plains is scary and all, but the way
they all charge in packs… the whole earth shakes!
FIELD MAP – NORTHERN MAYOCCIA PLAINS

SKIT Watch and Learn

They cross the Northern Mayoccia Plains and make their way to the dark
and mysterious woods they visited earlier.

QUOI WOODS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They enter the forest at night.

ESTELLE …A forest in a place like this can only mean…the Quoi
Woods…?
YURI Bingo. You’re just full of information, aren’t you?
ESTELLE I read in a book once that a curse will fall upon
anyone who enters the woods…
YURI Ah, so that must be the “surprise.”
Yuri walks further into the woods, but Estelle crosses her arms and
looks apprehensive.
ESTELLE … … … …
YURI (turning around) Not going in? That’s fine by me, but
what about Flynn?
ESTELLE …I know. Okay, let’s go!

SKIT The Curse, as Estelle Knows It

They pause in a small clearing.

ESTELLE Did you hear something? (they look around)
My feet feel cold all of a sudden… Oh no! Is this the
curse?!
YURI What sort of curse is it supposed to be, anyway?
ESTELLE (frightened) The voices of corpses buried beneath the
trees creep up and lure us to our doom…
YURI Oh, brother.
ESTELLE …What’s that?
They investigate a broken statue in bushes
YURI A blastia? What’s it doing in a place like this?
Let’s take a break.
ESTELLE I-I’m all right. (walks past)
Huh? What’s this?
Estelle leans over to look at the stone in the blastia statue and
screams.
YURI Uhh…!
ESTELLE Agh…!
A bright light flashes and Estelle is knocked off her feet
YURI Estelle!
Later, Estelle lies on the ground, her head resting against Repede’s
flank. Yuri sits on the ground polishing an orange colored fruit on his
thigh and bites into it.
YURI Damn, that’s bitter.
Estelle opens her eyes and sits up.
YURI You all right?
ESTELLE Ooh…my head feels a little… I’ll be fine.
What happened to me…?
YURI You just fell over all of a sudden. Don’t you
remember?
ESTELLE Perhaps it was the aer that made me dizzy.
YURI Aer. That’s sort of like the fuel that powers the
 blastia, right?
I heard that even though we can’t see it, it’s
scattered through the atmosphere.
ESTELLE Yes, that’s aer.
I read once that dense aer can have negative effects
on people.
YURI Hmm. Maybe that’s what started the rumor of the
curse. (Estelle stands up and faces Yuri)
Hey, you only just woke up. You should rest a bit
more.
ESTELLE But I can’t. If we don’t catch up with Flynn soon…
YURI And what if you collapse again, and this time you’re
out for the whole night?
ESTELLE …You’re right. I’m sorry.
Estelle sits down beside Yuri. He hands her the fruit and Estelle,
smiling, bites into it
ESTELLE … …Ugh.
YURI Heh, I suppose we’ll never get full trying to eat
these.
ESTELLE It’s delicious. (takes another bite)
YURI Hold on a sec. I can make something simple.
ESTELLE You can cook, Yuri?
YURI I’m not exactly a royal chef. I just have a few
recipes I learned growing up.
They sit around a fire.
ESTELLE Aren’t you worried at all that Flynn is in danger?
YURI (chuckling) Huh? Does it look that way?
ESTELLE Well…yes.
YURI Honestly, I’m not worried about him. He’s always
managed to take care of himself.
Actually, it’s the guys who are after him I feel
sorry for.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
YURI Ever since we were kids, I’ve never been able to beat
Flynn at anything. Swords, racing, whatever.
After he’d won, he’d always have the nerve to say,
“You all right, Yuri?”
ESTELLE That must be nice… I’ve never had anyone like that in
my life.
YURI You can count yourself lucky.
The fire is out and an object sits on the ground in front of Yuri and
Estelle
YURI Well, dinner’s ready.
…
ESTELLE (musical note) Thank you for the meal.
YURI It wasn’t anything special.
ESTELLE I thought it was very tasty. I can’t imagine being
able to cook anything myself.
YURI It’s just like using a sword or magic. You’ve got to
learn it by doing it.
You just need to practice with a few recipes. You’ll
be cooking before you know it.
ESTELLE Practice with recipes?
YURI Here, I’ll show you how it’s done. Watch.

Cooking Tutorial:
YURI Cooking clears your mind. And it’s great for
 regaining lost energy.
Cooking has a lot of other effects, as well.
This pretty much everything I know how to cook right
now.
So, in order to make a sandwich, you’ll need bread
and an egg.
Which we just happen to have right here!
After choosing the ingredients, it’s time to cook!
And…there you are! A delicious meal!
ESTELLE You’re so good at that… I’m not sure I’d be able to
get that good at cooking.
YURI Well, it comes more naturally to some people than
others.
Just because you have a recipe, doesn’t mean it’ll
always turn out like you think.
ESTELLE Really? So you can mess it up…?
YURI Well, you usually taste your food while cooking…but
some people don’t.
ESTELLE Tasting?
YURI You know, like when cooks taste the food they make?
YURI Well, you’re a sheltered little princess who’s lived
her life in a castle. It’s only normal.
ESTELLE Sheltered little princess… I suppose so.
Repede gets to his feet.
YURI What is it, Repede? (no response, he just stares at
Yuri)
Well, shall we be going?
Yuri and Estelle get up to leave.
INFORMATION Learned the recipe for “Sandwich.”
INFORMATION New recipes can be obtained when specific characters
cook specific recipes. The higher a character’s
cooking level, the more likely they will discover a
new recipe. The “Sandwich” recipe you’ve just
obtained may evolve into a new recipe. Try different
ways to discover new recipes!

SKIT Is This the Curse?

SKIT Thanking Repede

After passing through another clearing, Repede hangs back and crouches
on the ground, growling.
REPEDE Grrr…
YURI (bushes rustle as he turns around) Hmm?
Voice P-prepare to die, eggbear!
A young boy, apparently spinning from the momentum of swinging a huge
sword, leaps out into the clearing.
BOY Whoa!
Yuri extends his sword and waits until the boy spins close to him. With
a swift upward strike, Yuri catches the blade of the boy’s sword
snapping it in two.
BOY Waaaaah! OOF!
With his balance broken, the young boy falls flat on his back still
holding onto the sword handle.
BOY Ooh, man that hurt…
Repede approaches the boy and stands over him.
BOY (sitting up abruptly) Gyaah!
The boy closes his eyes and falls back onto the ground, possibly in an
attempt to feign unconsciousness.
BOY I-I’m warning you! I don’t taste very good. You’ll
get the runs!
REPEDE Woof!!
BOY Oh my gosh, s-s-somebody h-h-help me--! Aaaah!!
Yuri and Estelle just watch. Yuri is amused.
YURI (chuckling) Is this kid for real?
ESTELLE It’s all right now.
Estelle kneels down by the boy’s side. He turns his head to look at
her.
BOY Huh? The monster turned into a girl?
Turning his head, the boy spots Repede and quickly sits up.
YURI Oh, brother. This should be interesting.
The boy stands before them with one hand resting on the large bag slung
on the opposite shoulder so that the strap lays diagonally across his
torso.
BOY I’m Karol Capel! I’m a member of the Hunting Blades
guild. We travel the globe in search of the toughest
monsters.
YURI I’m Yuri. This is Estelle, and you’ve met Repede
already.
Karol looks from one to the other.
YURI Anyway, nice to meet you.
Yuri turns and walks away.
ESTELLE What? Yuri, wait!
(bows to Karol) My apologies. (runs after Yuri)
KAROL Huh? …Hey, wait up! Where you guys going?!
Karol runs between them, stopping in front of them and turning around
to face them. Yuri and Estelle stop.
KAROL You guys are here to enter the woods, right? Well
then, I’ll…
ESTELLE Actually, we’ve just finished coming through the
woods, and we’re on our way to Halure.
Karol is so shocked, he throws up his arm in a defensive block.
KAROL No way! You guys made it through the cursed woods?
Did you guys run into any eggbears?
ESTELLE Do you know what he’s talking about, Yuri?
YURI Nope. I don’t think we’ve seen any.
Clearly disappointed, Karol turns away from them and talks to himself.
KAROL Man… Wonder if I should head back to town, then…
They definitely won’t like it if I keep them waiting…
All right!
Karol turns around and waggles his forefinger at Estelle and Yuri.
KAROL I’m not sure you two would make it on your own, but
never fear. The star member of the Hunting Blades
will be your escort.
See that? I’ve even got my own blastia.
Karol swings his bag around so they can see the blastia embedded on the
flap of his bag. Unimpressed, Yuri and Estelle exchange glances and
Karol notices their blastia bracelets
KAROL What? You guys both have one, too? O-oh yeah? Well
how’dya like this?!
Karol holds up a book up over his head so they can see it. Yuri walks
over and jerks it out of his hand. Estelle looks over Yuri’s shoulder
as he opens the book.
ESTELLE It has information about monsters. Hm? After a
certain point, all the pages are blank.
KAROL Th-that’s ‘cause I’m gonna fill it up with piles of
monsters after this.
Hey, wait! Who said you could just write in there?!
YURI It might hurt your “star member” status if it got out
that you broke your sword.
KAROL Oh, that? I had to give myself some kinda handicap,
or else it wouldn’t have been a fair fight.
Karol picks up his broken sword and swings it like an axe.
KAROL Hey, that’s actually not too bad.
Yuri, Estelle, and Repede walk away while Karol is busy swinging his
“axe”. Karol finally notices and holding the broken sword over his
head calls out after them.
KAROL Yo! Do you guys even know where you’re going?
Halure’s to the north once you get out of the woods.
(runs after them)
Come one, guys! Wait for me!
With Karol following them, they leave the woods.
INFORMATION Obtained Monster Book.
INFORMATION Karol joined the party.

SKIT Even Dogs Have Pride

SKIT Friends Make the Journey Fun
SKIT The Broken Sword
SKIT Maps
SKIT Karol and Repede

As they leave, the blastia in the woods starts to glow. The man with
long white hair looks at it briefly and then he swings his sword.

They exit the woods into the Southeast Peyoccia Plains. Traveling
northeast into the Central Peyoccia Plains, they find a small village
nestled around the roots of a giant tree.

SKIT Who is this Karol Kid?

THE CITY OF BLOSSOMS “HALURE”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ESTELLE Halure… The “City of Blossoms.”

KAROL Yeah, that’s right.
YURI (looking at the sky) Don’t they have a barrier here?
ESTELLE (looking at the sky) Yes, there should be…
KAROL You guys haven’t been to Halure before, right? (They
both look at Karol)
So then you haven’t heard about the tree barrier.
YURI Tree barrier?
ESTELLE Some Blastia fuse to plant life, gain organic
qualities and evolve.
The tree barrier of Halure is one prime example of
this. I read that in a book.
YURI Well thank you, professor. So what’s happened to this
famous barrier?
Yuri sweeps his eyes across the town. Injured and exhausted residents
are gathered together in groups, some bent over and others sitting on
the ground.
YURI Doesn’t look like it’s doing much right now.
KAROL Every year, just before the blossoms are in full
 bloom, the barrier weakens for a while.
It’s just that time of year right now, and the
monsters took the opportunity to attack…
YURI Is that when the barrier went down?
KAROL Yeah, the monsters were taken care of, but the tree
is slowly starting to decay.
A person runs by them.
KAROL Hey!
ESTELLE W-what is it?
KAROL Sorry, I’ve gotta run! Bye!
Karol happily takes off after the person. Estelle watches him go.
YURI Does that kid ever sit still?
So I guess you’ll be looking for Flynn now, huh,
Estelle?
As Yuri is speaking, Estelle also runs past. She kneels down in front
of injured residents.
YURI Doesn’t she know we need to keep a low profile.
And what happened to looking for Flynn?
INFORMATION Parted with Estelle and Karol.

Halure Mayor’s Residence:

No one is home in the mayor’s tree-like house. A tree grows in the
middle of a circular patio in the back of the house.
INFORMATION Water is flowing into the house from a tree stem.

Bridge:
A Krityan woman and a young human woman sit beside an injured man lying
on the ground near the foot of the bridge
KRITYAN WOMAN We’re powerless… We can’t even help the people of
Halure.
WOMAN You start to appreciate the barrier blastia now that
it’s gone…
We were lucky to get away with just bruises, but the
Old…
OLD MAN Oooww…It hurts…
More residents sit on the ground just beyond the top of the bridge.
YOUNG LADY Father…this is so embarrassing… I can’t face the
citizens of this city…
OLDER MAN Am I hurt? No, no. I’m just too scared to move.

Outside the Inn “Denebola”:

WOMAN Luckily, the children that took shelter indoors are
safe.
INJURED MAN …..Oww…I can’t even tend to the inn with these
injuries…

Further up ahead, Yuri sees Estelle tending to the injured.

ESTELLE Might I help heal your wounds?
An older man, the mayor of Halure, approaches Estelle.
MAYOR Oh my, you can use healing artes?
Why, that would be excellent! …But I’m afraid we
don’t have very much money…
ESTELLE No no, I don’t need any money.
Yuri watches as she heals their wounds. He overhears a resident
thanking Estelle.
RESIDENT Amazing… The pain is all gone. Th-thank you. Thank
 you so very much.
Yuri rubs his chin as he continues to listen.
RESIDENT My heavens, what amazing healing artes you have…
MAYOR How can we ever thank you?
Estelle stands in the middle of a small park with benches and a
fountain, surrounded by thankful residents.
ESTELLE No, really, think nothing of it.
MAYOR What a humble young lady. I wish the Imperial Knights
could follow your example.
YOUNG WOMAN Not a chance! The Knights refuse to lift a finger to
protect us from the monsters!
MAYOR Well, I guess the empire couldn’t care less what
happens to us here.
ESTELLE No…th-that’s not true…
YOUNG WOMAN Ah, but that one knight sure was different, wasn’t he?
MAYOR Yes, that young man. If not for him, we would have
all been lost.
The barrier weakened earlier than usual this year,
and we were attacked before the guild could come to
protect us.
Yuri approaches the group to better hear the conversation.
MAYOR There was a knight who happened to be passing through
our town on a pilgrimage. He and his brigade drove
off all the monsters.
ESTELLE A knight on a pilgrimage…
YURI Was this knight named Flynn, by any chance?
YOUNG WOMAN Yes, his name was Flynn Scifo.
At the mention of Flynn’s name, Estelle runs eagerly to the mayor.
ESTELLE Is he still in the city?!
MAYOR No, he left the village afterwards in search of a
mage who could fix the barrier.
Estelle’s shoulders droop.
YURI Do you know where he went?
MAYOR It looked like he was headed east, but beyond that I
couldn’t tell you.
ESTELLE I see.
So we can wait here, and Flynn will come to us.
YURI Looks like we’ve caught up with him. Don’t you feel
better now?
ESTELLE Yes…I won’t be able to relax until I see him, but I
guess I feel better.
YURI I think I’ll go have a look at this famous tree.
Wanna come with?
ESTELLE Ah, yes!
Yuri, you don’t mind? You’re okay not going after the
blastia core thief?
YURI I can spare enough time to look at a tree, at least.

Karol stands on the bridge, looking over the railing

KAROL *sigh* I had the wrong person… And none of the others
from the guild are here, either…
(sits down) I kept her waiting so long. She must’ve
gotten mad and left… (Deflated, Karol sits on the
bridge)
I wanted to show her Halure’s flowers in full bloom…
Then maybe…
ESTELLE Karol, what’s the matter?
KAROL Where’d she go? Is she really gone? I’m doing the
best I can…
ESTELLE Karol?
YURI Let’s give him some time alone.
Karol hides his face in his knees.
KAROL It’s over, it’s over. It’s all over, it’s really
over. Everything, everything is over…
Turning to leave, Yuri and Estelle hear a child’s voice.
CHILD’S VOICE Yeah! We got weapons now! We’re gonna beat those
monsters!
Three little boys hold wooden stick swords
LITTLE BOY #1 The mayor’s gonna let us fight now!
LITTLE BOY #2 Let’s beat up those monsters, just like Flynn!
ALL THREE (raising their swords) Yeah!
ESTELLE Even those kids are trying to fight… I hope the
barrier is restored soon.
YURI Me too.
KAROL We’re doomed. We’re done for…
LITTLE BOY #1 Hey! Listen! The tree of Halure died!
Hey, mister, isn’t there any way to revive our tree?
KRITYAN WOMAN #2 Thank you for healing everyone.
But the flowers aren’t blooming. I feel so depressed…
What are we to do?

A young man sits on a bench while a young boy leans against a fountain
to the left of the path to the tree.
YOUNG MAN Hmm… There must be some way to bring the Tree of
Halure back to life…
I don’t have the knowledge to look into what caused
it.
BOY It’s the season for flower viewing, but there aren’t
any flowers to view.
And monsters are attacking… It’s too much…
Flower viewing is the least of our problems…

A man and a girl walk about the foot of the path leading to the tree
GIRL If you follow the hill up, you’ll arrive at the Tree
of Halure.
Of course, it’s dead now…
Thank you for healing everyone.
I hope the barrier gets back to normal soon.
MAN I can’t believe monsters attached… Why isn’t the
barrier blastia working?!
I don’t want to be eaten!

(At the base of the Tree of Halure)

YURI It’s huge up close.
ESTELLE The tree’s flowers should blossom any day now.
YURI Yeah, I wish I could see it in bloom.
ESTELLE I know how you feel. There’s something about the
image of a tall tree vibrant with blossoms and
protecting the city that’s so…romantic.
(looking suddenly at Yuri) You know, I’m going to
stay here and help heal the injured.
YURI Hmm, if you’re going to heal something, maybe you
could heal the barrier itself?
ESTELLE What do you mean?
YURI When monsters come again, more people are gonna get
hurt.
Those kids we just saw could be among them.
ESTELLE That’s true, but I have no idea how I could heal the
barrier.
YURI What you need to heal is this tree. It wouldn’t be in
this condition just because some monsters attacked
it. (looks around)
ESTELLE You think there’s some other reason?
YURI (turns to look at Estelle) I think there’s gotta be.

The mayor joins them at the base of the tree.

MAYOR What are the two of you doing over here?
ESTELLE We’re trying to figure out why the tree has withered
like this.
MAYOR I don’t know if you’ll make much progress on that
one. The knight Flynn couldn’t figure out the reason
either.
Karol walks by looking depressed.
ESTELLE (Estelle has an idea)
Oh, Karol! Karol, we need your help!
KAROL …What are you talking about?
MAYOR It seems these two are trying to figure out the
reason the tree’s withered so.
KAROL Oh, is that all?
ESTELLE What do you mean, “is that all?”
KAROL I know the reason. It’s why I was in the forest
looking for the eggbear…
YURI Huh? What are you talking about?
KAROL Look closely at the ground. Notice the strange color?
They all look at the ground. Yuri kneels down for a closer look.
KAROL That color is where the ground absorbed the blood of
monsters who attacked the town.
That blood has been poisoning Halure’s tree.
MAYOR What! The monster blood? I had no idea…
ESTELLE Karol, you really know your stuff, don’t you?
KAROL (head hanging again) …It was nothing.
YURI Is there anything we can do to get rid of the poison?
KAROL I know a way, but…well no one believes me.
Yuri walks over to Karol and kneels down close to him.
YURI Come on, try us.
KAROL (raising head) I think we’d be able to do it if we
had a panacea bottle.
YURI (standing up) Maybe we can get one in the General
Store.
ESTELLE Let’s go, Yuri!

SKIT The Tree of Halure

KRITYAN WOMAN #1 I always felt so relieved and at peace when I looked

around at this city’s flowers.
I can’t believe this could happen…
Every time I look up at the flowers at night, I’m
just filled with sadness.

An Old man stands on the roof of the general store looking up at the
tree.
OLD MAN How could the Tree have died?!
I’ve never seen the Tree like this in my entire life…

General Store “Regulus”:

MERCHANT Howdy, welcome to the store! What can I get for you
today?
YURI Do you have panacea bottles?
MERCHANT Unfortunately we’re sold out at the moment.
ESTELLE But how can that be…?
MERCHANT But you know, if I had the right ingredients, I’d be
able to fix some up for you.
YURI What would you need to make it?
MERCHANT I’d need three ingredients: “eggbear claw,” “nia
fruit, “ and “luluria petal.”
But why do you need a panacea bottle so badly?
A kid came by the other day asking about the same
exact thing.
Karol wanders by and stops to listen.
ESTELLE We want to heal Halure’s tree.
Karol hides behind the bush and a lantern to eavesdrop.
MERCHANT What’s that? I’ve never heard of using a panacea
bottle on a tree before…
YURI Hmmm, yeah…
ESTELLE What sort of thing is this “nia fruit” you mentioned?
YURI That would be that bitter fruit you said was so
delicious back in the woods.
ESTELLE So what’s an eggbear, then?
MERCHANT Sorry, I can’t help you there. Monsters are beyond my
expertise.
If a member of the Hunting Blades were here they
might be able to tell you. They make their living
hunting monsters.
Yuri turns around to talk to Estelle and Karol flattens his back
against the lamp.
YURI So that’s why he was in the forest… (Karol peeks
around the lamp)
ESTELLE What can you tell us about the lulria petal?
MERCHANT You know the tree in the middle of town, right? It’s
a petal from that tree.
Normally we use magic resin but there isn’t any
around these parts at all.
ESTELLE But the tree is all withered…
MERCHANT I believe the mayor has some luluria petals. You
might try asking him.
YURI Gotcha. We’ll come back when we’ve gotten the
ingredients together.

They leave the shop and find Karol near the foot of the bridge.
YURI Come on Karol, we’re going back to the Quoi Woods.
KAROL What do you mean?
YURI Remember? (talks in a high voice) “Prepare to die,
eggbear!”
KAROL (mouth hanging open) You mean you believe what I said
about the panacea bottle?
YURI Were you lying? (Karol shakes his head)
Well then, we’ll have to go with what you’ve told us.
KAROL (smiling) Yuri…
(scratches the back of his head, grinning) All right,
I’ll help you out just this once. I’m a very busy
person, you know.
ESTELLE It’s settled then! The three of us will restore the
barrier together.
KAROL You’re coming too, Estelle?
ESTELLE Well, of course I am.
YURI What about waiting for Flynn?
ESTELLE Wasn’t it you who said “if you’re going to heal
something it should be the tree”?
YURI We’ll just have to fix the tree before he gets back.
Can’t wait to see the look on his face.

(On the way to the Mayor’s house)

MAN You have a talented healer with you there.
She healed all of our wounds so quickly.
Thank you so much. Sorry I didn’t thank you earlier.
MAN’S DAUGHTER This is the city of Blossoms, Halure.
Did you come to see our flowers, too?
I’m afraid the Tree of Halure has withered…

(In front of the Mayor’s house)

LITTLE GIRL That lady’s awesome! She healed everyone in no time!
This is the mayor’s house.
The mayor is such a kind man.
The mayor is standing out in front of his house.
ESTELLE Sir, you wouldn’t happen to have any Luluria Petals,
would you?
MAYOR Who’d you hear that from? I mean, I do, but…

(Later)
MAYOR Ahh, so that’s why you need a petal.
The luluria is one of the three flowers that blooms
on Halure’s tree.
The petals are dried for half a year in the shade,
and they’re very valuable.
This is my last petal, but if it’ll restore the tree
to its old self, then I don’t mind giving it to you.
(gives Estelle the petal)
ESTELLE Thank you!
YURI Next up on the list is the nia fruit…and an eggbear
claw, was it?
KAROL Yep. Let’s go to the Quoi Woods.

Inn “Debola”:
(text if you look out the window)
INFORMATION The grand tree of Halure looks enormous.
(text if you read the sign tacked on the far right wall of the 2nd floor
balcony.
INFORMATION Calling all portrait painters!
Those of you that think YOU can
draw the best Lloyd, step right up!
Doesn’t matter if you draw it on
paper, leaves, tree bark; anything
is welcome![heart]
 Send entries to “Real Lloyd”.
Looking forward to
your work!

QUOI WOODS
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~~~~~~~~~~

KAROL Hey, I’ve been wondering… How come you guys--and

Repede too, I guess--all have blastia?
Aren’t bodhi blastia pretty rare? I didn’t think many
people had them.
YURI You have one too, though.
KAROL I belong to a guild. Sometimes we get a chance to get
one.
And Ruins’ Gate keeps finding more. That’s a guild
that excavates blastia.
YURI Huh, there are even guilds that dig up blastia from
ruins?
KAROL If there weren’t, then the empire would control all
the blastia. Normal folks wouldn’t get any.
ESTELLE “The empire regulates the ancient blastia artifacts
due to their potential danger”
I think that makes sense. If blastia weren’t
regulated, anyone could use dangerous magic.
YURI But they’ve gone way overboard. They have a monopoly.
ESTELLE Uh, I don’t know about… (Yuri looks at her and starts
walking into the forest)
KAROL (to Yuri) So anyway, what’s your story? How’d you get
yours?
YURI I used to be in the Imperial Knights. This was a
(pauses) going-away present.
Repede got his as a keepsake of his old owner.
KAROL A going-away present? Sounds more like you stole it
to me. …So, what about you, Estelle?
ESTELLE Uh, I got mine from, uh…
YURI Look at her. She’s a noble. They all have these.
ESTELLE I knew you were a noble! Well, at least one of you
has some class.
YURI Yeah, yeah. Let’s go get that nia fruit.

SKIT Getting to Know Repede

They make their way back to the blastia statue. Yuri picks a nia fruit
off the ground.
KAROL Next up is the eggbear claw.
ESTELLE Are we going to walk around the woods and look for an
eggbear?
KAROL No, we’ll never find one that way.
YURI Yeah? What’ll we do then?
KAROL Hand me a nia fruit, would you? I’m going to use it
to lure out the eggbear.
The eggbear has very unusual tastes, you see.
Yuri throws the nia fruit to Karol. As Karol stoops on the ground
preparing the fruit, a reddish cloud of fumes emanates from Karol and
Repede backs away.
RITA …
YURI !
ESTELLE !
Yuri and Estelle shield their noses.
YURI Jeez, you smell horrible!
KAROL (Standing up) ME? The smell isn’t coming from me!
Estelle and Yuri back away from Karol.
ESTELLE Please tell us when you’re going to do something like
that.
Repede suddenly collapses to the ground on his side
ESTELLE Oh, no! Repede! (kneels down by Repede)
KAROL Everyone keep a lookout! An eggbear could come out
anytime now.
And they’re famous for their terrible ferocity.
YURI So then, Captain Karol, I’m assuming that you’re
going to lead the charge against this terribly
ferocious monster?
KAROL Of course! But I could us a hand from you, Yuri.
ESTELLE I’ll help too. Oh, and Repede also. (Repede get up,
shakes himself but is still wobbly)
YURI Well then, how about we have a bit of a walk around
the forest?
Karol walks away, generating another blast of fumes. Yuri and Estelle
wave the fumes away and follow.
SKIT A Nia Fruit? Here?

Karol is in front with the others trailing a few feet behind.

Something rustles the bushes and Karol runs to hide behind Yuri.
KAROL (whispering) B-be on your guard, everyone. It’s r-
really ferocious…!
YURI Hey fearless leader, you’re not supposed to hide
right after saying things like that.
KAROL The star always performs the finishing blow,
everybody knows that!
A little filifolia rustles out of the bushes, spots them and runs away.
ESTELLE No…I don’t think so…
An eggbear stomps into their path!
KAROL Aaah!
ESTELLE T-that’s an eggbear…? (Karol nods, Estelle is wide-
eyed with one hand to her face, Yuri is calm)
YURI Well, I have to hand it to you, Captain Karol,
operation stink bomb was a smashing success.
KAROL (crouching behind Yuri) Hey, d-don’t go giving my
plan weird names.
YURI (swings his weapon) Stand up straight when you say
stuff like that.
After the battle:
YURI Karol, come get the claw. I don’t know what I’m doing
here.
KAROL (standing back) What?! A-anybody can do that. It just
comes right off.
ESTELLE Here, let me help too… …Ugh. (becomes nauseous and
covers her nose and holds her stomach )
YURI Estelle, why don’t you guard the perimeter.
ESTELLE R-right. (walks further away)
KAROL Y-you’re sure it’s totally dead, right?
Yuri walks away and stands by Estelle with a mischievous look on his
face. He waits until Karol gets close to the eggbear.
YURI Raaaagh!
KAROL Gyaaaah! (shaking with fear)
YURI Wow, Captain. If I didn’t know you were just goofing
around, I’d swear you were really scared.
KAROL (still shaking) Uh… H-hah hah… Pretty good, huh?
Yuri strides forward and takes the Eggbear Claw.
YURI How’s the nose, Repede? (Repede gives a single nod of
his head)
All right, let’s head back…
LEBLANC’S VOICE Yuri Looowell! I know that you’re here in these
woods! Turn yourself in like a good boy!
YURI (tired exasperation) You’ve gotta be kidding me.
Leblanc followed me all the way outside the barrier?
KAROL Uh, what? Who followed you?
YURI Oh, just some guys form the Imperial Knights…
KAROL Hah hah, yeah right, the Knights are chasing their
own former member.
Wait, seriously?!
ADECOR’S VOICE I-I say, c-come out now, will you?
BOCCOS’ VOICE Sh-show yourself now and we-we’ll spare you a
pummeling!
LEBLANC’S VOICE Shaking in your boots at mere rumors…and you call
yourselves knights of the Schwann Brigade.
KAROL …So, what’re they after you for? Vandalism? Fraud?
Smuggling? Robbery? Murder? Arson?
YURI Umm, it’s really just for jailbreak…
Anyway, let’s bolt!
Yuri places the last branch on the barricade to disguise their path out
of the woods.
YURI There we go.
ESTELLE We can’t do that! It’ll get in the way of other
people passing through!
YURI Who’s gonna be passing through? These woods are
“cursed,” remember?
As Yuri and Estelle walk away, Karol stares into the woods. With a
start he realizes he’s alone.
KAROL Waah, wait up! (runs after them)

SKIT Barrier Blastia

(Back in Halure)
MAYOR A terrible thing has happened…our Halure Tree has
withered and died.
There must be some way to repair the blastia…
MAN Can’t we repair the blastia somehow?
I suppose we’ll just have to sleep on this problem.

General Store “Regulus”:

MERCHANT Ah, you’re back! Have you gotten all the ingredients
together?
KAROL We sure did.
MERCHANT Eggbear claw, nia fruit, and luluria petals… that’s
everything. All right, let’s get this stuff made.
ESTELLE Please, Karol.
MERCHANT Here you go, one panacea bottle!
KAROL Now we’ll be able to cleanse the poison! Let’s hurry!
(takes off running)
YURI Whoa whoa, settle down! You’ll drop the bottle if
you’re not careful!
KAROL R-right. Then, let’s hurry cautiously!

The townspeople gather excitedly around the tree at nighttime.

MAYOR Oh! Have you made the antidote to cleanse the tree of
poison?
YURI Karol, it’s up to you. I’m no good at this sort of
thing.
KAROL (taking the bottle from Yuri) Who, me? Okay then,
here goes!
Karol applies the panacea bottle to the tree roots. Estelle turns to
Yuri.
ESTELLE Didn’t Karol say there was someone he wanted to show
the blossoms of Halure to?
YURI I think so. Here’s hoping we aren’t too late.
A glow emanates from the tree
ESTELLE The tree is…
MAYOR Please, great tree of Halure. Restore the fallen
barrier.
The glow fades.
MAYOR Please…
KAROL No way! Was the dosage too small? Or maybe this isn’t
the right way…
ESTELLE We’ll have to get another panacea bottle!
MAYOR I’m afraid that’s impossible. That was the last of
the Luluria Petals.
ESTELLE (looking at the tree) But… but we tried so hard…

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(anime cutscene)

Estelle studies the tree and then clasps her hands together under her
chin in concentration
ESTELLE Please great tree…
An light and energy emanates from Estelle, animating her hair and the
branches of the tree.

YURI Estelle!
ESTELLE Bloom
In a burst of light, the tree burst into bloom and the barrier
regenerates

KAROL Huh? Whoa

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Estelle returns to normal and the townspeople rejoice.

KAROL Amazing…
MAYOR Can this be…?
Is she using healing artes…?
It’s like a dream…
There’s no way… and yet…
ESTELLE (collapses) *Huff*…*huff*…
Two children run up to Estelle and she sits up
LITTLE BOY Yay! Yay! You’re the greatest!
LITTLE GIRL Thanks for making the tree of Halure healthy again!
MAYOR We owe you our gratitude. Thanks to this, our city
 can live once more…
Karol stands close to Estelle grinning at her. Yuri kneels at her
side.
ESTELLE W-what did I just…?
YURI …That was incredible, Estelle. Can you get up? (she
stands)
KAROL (holding his hand for a hi-five) Yuri!
Yuri tries to return the hi-five but Karol fakes him out and snatches
his hand away grinning.
YURI Flynn’s gonna be so surprised to see the flowers
blooming. Hah, that’ll show him.
ESTELLE You and Flynn seem to have such a strange
relationship. You are friends, aren’t you?
YURI He’s just someone I grew up with, that’s all.
REPEDE …. (walks over, touches Yuri’s hand with his nose and
stares at the Inn. Three men stand at the top of the
stairs. It’s Zagi and two of his minions.
ESTELLE Aren’t those the people from the castle…?
YURI We can’t let these people get caught up in this.
Let’s lay low for a while.
KAROL Huh? What did I miss? Where are you guys going?!

SKIT Blastia
Bushes Life Bottle x1
SKIT Red-eyes at the Tree of Halure
Chest Nectar Bottle x1
Chest Holy Bottle x1

Comments from townspeople gathered at the revived tree:

WOMAN Halure just wouldn’t be Halure without the flowers.
Food even tastes better now with the flowers in bloom.
LITTLE BOY Will you marry me when I grow up?
…No?
MAN Thank you! I heard you guys helped too.
Pathetic… The men in town can’t do a thing.
YOUNG LADY Thank you so much!
I can finally sleep tonight.
MAYOR It’s a miracle! I’m speechless!
LITTLE GIRL Wow! So fluffy! Thank you!
YOUNG MAN How does it work? Let me check it out.
Hehe…just kidding.

Comments by people on the path:

MAN Now we’ll be safe even if the monsters attack.
Being able to sleep peacefully at night is no small
thing.
YOUNG LADY If you follow the path you’ll get to the tree of life
It has been restored to beautiful life.
Flowers at night are so elegant.

YURI Man, those guys (Zagi & minions) are a pain in the
neck.
ESTELLE I wish we could wait here for Flynn to come back…
KAROL Who’s this Flynn person?
YURI He’s an Imperial Knight that Estelle’s got a crush on.
KAROL (surprised) What?!
ESTELLE (agitated) I don’t have a crush on him!
YURI You don’t? Ohh, I get it. You two are already a thing
then?
ESTELLE No, it’s not like that at all! (confused)
YURI Well, anyway, we’d best be getting away from the town.
ESTELLE Yes, you’re right. We wouldn’t want to cause trouble
for the villagers.
KAROL Do you know where this Flynn guy went off to? You
could follow after him.
YURI Didn’t they say he’d gone off to the east?
ESTELLE Yes, they did.
YURI I’d like to get to Aspio somehow…
Anyway, let’s get out of here before the goon squad
shows up. (Estelle nods)
The mayor runs after them down the path.
MAYOR Please wait.
You deserve a reward for restoring our tree. Please
stop by at my house.
ESTELLE Oh, please don’t mind.
MAYOR I will be waiting at my house. Please come. (bows and
runs off)
ESTELLE Uh, wait…
KAROL A reward? What do you say?
YURI Well, I guess we can’t ignore his offer and leave.
ESTELLE I wasn’t really sure what I did back there. I don’t
think I deserve anything.
YURI Let’s just stop by at the mayor’s house. We can still
decline his offer there.

KRITYAN WOMAN #1 We can watch the blossoms again. Watching the night
in Halure and drinking under the blossoms…
We’re going to drink all night long!
DOG *Woof?*
*Woof woof*
KRITYAN WOMAN #2 This world is full of suffering…
But looking at the flowers in this city makes me glad
I’m alive.
When the faint white of the Halure blossoms
illuminate the darkness of the night, I feel at peace.
MAN Hi! I’m a member of the map making guild! My job is
to make maps, but I also collect information on
synthesizing.
I’ll let you know when there’s new information. Check
back often.
Oh! Forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kozakura.
We’ll be seeing a lot of each other around various
towns.
Today’s suggested synthesis
Rapier
Mace
Wood Maul +1
Karakaze +1
Well… don’t be afraid to let me know if you need
anything.

Comments from people in front of Mayor’s house:

MAN The blastia started working again when the flowers of
Halure returned…
 What kind of place is this…? This place is really
interesting.
But, the barrier is the reason we can lose ourselves
in our thoughts in the silence of the night.

Mayor’s House:
MAYOR Welcome, welcome! Here, make yourself at home.
ESTELLE Thank you. But unfortunately we need to be leaving
very soon.
MAYOR Are you leaving before that young knight is back?
YURI The situation’s changed a bit.
MAYOR Did something come up?
YURI You could say that.
MAYOR If there’s anything I can do to help, don’t hesitate
to ask.
ESTELLE We appreciate the sentiment, but we can’t ask for
your help.
MAYOR I see… Then, it’s not much, but I’d at least like you
to take this.
YURI Who, me? I didn’t do anything at all.
MAYOR But since your friend helped us out so much…
KAROL Well then, I’d be happy to-- (holds out his hand)
ESTELLE No, we can’t take that!
KAROL Oh… um… yeah, I guess I can’t… take that… (scratches
the back of his head)
MAYOR But then how will I ever repay you?
YURI Well, how about this. The next time we come into
town, set us up with VIP blossom viewing picnic seats!
ESTELLE That’s a great idea! I can’t wait.
MAYOR …All right then. The next time you’re here, I’ll put
my heart and soul into paying back what you’ve done
for us!
YURI Oh, can I ask you one thing? Have you ever heard of a
town called Aspio?
MAYOR …Aspio? Ah yes, I believe that was the name of the
City of Shade…
YURI The City of Shade…
MAYOR From what I’ve heard, the town lies between tall
mountains, and sunlight rarely reaches its gates.
Every now and then, a few quiet folks in cloaks and
hoods come to our town to get supplies…
But they’re quite creepy, to be honest. Our town
doesn’t deal with them much.
YURI Where is the town located?
MAYOR Towards the east, I think. I wish I could tell you
the exact location…
ESTELLE Flynn was headed east as well, wasn’t he?
YURI Yeah. I suppose a “city of scholars” might have some
link to blastia, after all.
Thanks, that’s all I needed. (turn away to leave)
(as Estelle bows to the Mayor, Yuri makes a fist)
I’m coming for you, Mordio!
Leaving Halure…
ESTELLE This may be a selfish thing to say, but…
I’m happy this means we’re continuing our journey.
I haven’t know this sort of freedom until now.
YURI Hah hah.
 So Karol, what are your plans?
KAROL I want to go to the port city, and cross over to
Tolbyccia from there.
YURI So, I guess it’s goodbye, then.
KAROL Huh?!
YURI Thanks, Karol. It’s been fun.
ESTELLE Please take care of yourself.
KAROL On second thought, maybe I’ll stick with you guys a
little while longer.
YURI Why?
KAROL You guys would be lost and lonely without me around.
YURI Well, you have come in surprisingly handy, Captain.
ESTELLE Well then, let’s all go together.
KAROL So, east was it?
YURI Yeah, Flynn went east.
ESTELLE Okay.
YURI I’d like to get to Aspio somehow…
Anyway, let’s get out of here before the goon squad
shows up.
FIELD MAP - CENTRAL PEYOCCIA PLAINS
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SKIT So…who is Flynn?

THE SEALED CITY OF SCHOLARS – ASPIO

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ESTELLE It looks like this is Aspio…

KAROL It’s so gloomy and damp here… It’s giving me the
chills, too.
ESTELLE It’s because the city is in a cavern.
YURI I wonder if the lack of sun drives the people here to
do shady things… Like stealing blastia cores.

They investigate a path to the left of Aspio’s guarded gates.

BOUNCING SHALLOT ke ke ke…
Ah Ha ha ha ha ah ah
At last! Someone found me!! I’ve been waiting!!
I’m Wonder Chef. I travel the world far and wide,
seeking gourmet food and travelers that appreciate
the importance of fine dining.
You’ll usually find me in disguise. A food
connoisseur should have no problem seeing through it
though. Call it a test if you will.
And it seems like you’re one of them! Hehe…you’ve got
potential.
For that, I’m going to reward you with a recipe!
INFORMATION Learned the recipe for “Salisbury Steak.”
I’ll give you this so you can practice!
INFORMATION Obtained 3 sets of ingredients for the recipe.
WONDER CHEF For the love of food! Bon appetite!
Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
INFORMATION There are a lot of strange objects scattered
throughout the world. Wonder Chef might be disguised
as some of them. When you find him, he will reward
you with a recipe. Try to seek him out in your
journey.
The path leads to a door, but it is locked.
Aspio, Main Gates:
Estelle approaches the left guard
GUARD #1 May I see your passport, please?
ESTELLE Our…passport?
GUARD #2 This is an Imperial facility. We can’t just let
anyone inside, can we?
KAROL Passport? You don’t have one of those, do you?
YURI (shrugs) An associate of ours is inside. Could you
please let us through?
GUARD #2 If you filled out the official visitation paperwork,
then you ought to have gotten your passport from this
“associate” of yours.
YURI This is the first we’ve heard, though.
If you won’t let us in, perhaps you could call him to
the gate for us?
GUARD #1 What’s your associate’s name?
YURI (unsmiling) Mordio.
GUARDS !
GUARD #2 M-Mordio?
The guards crouch slightly and look at each other, obviously
distressed. Estelle and Yuri look at each other.
ESTELLE ?
YURI ?
GUARD #2 W-we can’t help you. You’ll need to mail in a request
and have a passport officially issued to you.
KAROL Damn, don’t budge an inch, do you?
Right Guard raises his spear threateningly. Karol hides behind Yuri and
peeps around Yuri’s body to look at the guard.
ESTELLE Excuse me, but did a knight by the name of Flynn
happen to stop by here? (left guard relaxes)
GUARD #1 All information about the establishment is
classified. WE cannot share even small details with
outsiders.
ESTELLE So you can’t even tell me why Flynn was here?
GUARD #1 No, of course not.
ESTELLE …So what you’re saying…is that Flynn really did come
here!
GUARD #1 (nervous) I-I don’t know who you’re talking about! A
knight named Flynn? N-never heard of him!
ESTELLE Could we at least leave him a message?
YURI Give it up, Estelle. We’d have more luck asking a
brick wall for help. (walks away and Karol and
Estelle follow)
Yuri stops when they are out of the guards hearing range.
YURI Let’s just go.
ESTELLE But Flynn’s inside…
KAROL What, we’re just going to give up?
ESTELLE I’m not going to give up! I’m going to see Flynn!
YURI And I’m going to take back that blastia from that
thief Mordio, and give him a beating he won’t forget.
KAROL So can’t we look for another way in?
YURI Of course we can. Let’s take a stroll around, why
don’t we?
As a last resort, maybe we could go over the walls.
They return to the locked door.
YURI (tries the door) Doors like this never open when you
 want them to!
Yuri stops when he hears Estelle’s voice. Karol keeps looking at the
door.
ESTELLE I guess we’ll have to climb over the wall and open it
from the inside.
Karol walks up to the door
YURI A little quick to jump to our last resort, aren’t you?
Karol works with the lock
ESTELLE Let’s wait for Flynn to come out, then.
YURI Even if Flynn comes out, it’s not like he’s going to
bring Mordio out with him.
ESTELLE Well, if Flynn comes outside, we can just ask him to
let us in, can’t we?
YURI He’d never go for a plan like this. He’s far too much
of a goody-goody.
The lock makes a loud click
ESTELLE Karol, what are you doing?
KAROL (steps away from the door) There, it’s open!
ESTELLE Huh…? Y-you can’t do that!
YURI …Your guild specializes in hunting monsters, right?
Or are you guys into thieves’ guild-type stuff, too?
KAROL Heh, umm, yeah… Well, I’m pretty much the only one
who can do anything like this.
YURI Well, good job! Shall we?
ESTELLE No, that’s bad! We should just wait here for Flynn.
YURI (turning abruptly to Estelle) I don’t have the
patience to wait for Flynn to just happen to walk out
of this town by chance.
It was unquestioning obedience to laws and authority
in times like this that made me quit the Imperial
Knights in the first place!
ESTELLE But, but…
YURI Well then, Estelle, keep a lookout for us here, won’t
you?
ESTELLE Wait, but, but, umm…!! I-I’m going with you!
They step inside a huge library lit by tall cone lamps.
YURI Man, there are a lot of Mordio look-alikes here,
aren’t there?
Estelle walks over to a man in a green robe reading a book
ESTELLE Excuse me, do you have a minute?
MAN Wh-what do you want?
ESTELLE Would you happen to know if a knight named Flynn
Scifo has come through here?
MAN Flynn? Ohh, that guy, he was saying something about
going to catch someone who’d been vandalizing ruins…
ESTELLE Where is he now?!
MAN I couldn’t say. My research keeps me too busy to pay
attention to things like that. (goes back to reading)
ESTELLE I-I see. …I’m sorry to interrupt you.
MAN I’ll be taking my leave, then.
YURI Hey, wait up. Tell me one more thing.
Is there a famed mage named Mordio around here?
MAN Ack! There are people who want to see that weirdo?!
(drops his book)
YURI So I was right. You know Mordio?
MAN …No, uh, I don’t know anything at all. I don’t
associate with people like that… (starts to walk up
 stairs, Yuri grabs the back of his robe)
YURI Hey, I’m not done yet!
MAN What! What is it!
YURI Tell me where the mage is!
MAN Mordio lives alone in a shack back that way. Go and
see for yourself if you want!
YURI (picks up the book) Thanks.
The man grabs the book and climbs the stairs.
KAROL Are you sure about this?
YURI Hmm?
KAROL Everyone seems to get all out of sorts just from
hearing that guy’s name. It’s weird.
ESTELLE Yeah, doesn’t it bother you?
YURI Well, he’s a blastia thief. It’s no wonder people
don’t like him.

SKIT An Ex-Knight

WORKER #1 At Ruins’ Gate we specialize in excavation of ruins.

It may seem humble, but we take pride in our work.
Through excavation, we seek out our world’s past.
WORKER #2 Our chief is very warm, and even treats underlings
like us with kindness.
He really is the model of a perfect Guild chief.
The only flaw you might mention is the fact that he’s
somewhat cowardly…

SKIT Lots of Books

Up the stairs to 2nd Level:

Lounge “Book Shelf”:

Book Apple Gel 3x

INNKEEPER Would you like a rest for 200 Gald? It’s just a
bookshelf, of course.
(Yes) We’re all used to sleeping on bookcases, but it might
be a little rough for first-timers. Do come again.

Fortune’s Market (Aspio):

MERCHANT Many thanks! Fortune’s Market, always bringing you
what you need…when you need it …at the price that’s
right!
…Or so I’d like to say, but with business ruined we
aren’t really able to stock a very wide variety of
products…
*Sniff*
MAGE The blastia excavated here were all made by the
Kritya long, long ago.
I’d love to be able to discuss blastia architecture
with a Kritya engineer someday…
KOZAKURA Good day! Do you want to know about synthesizing?
Today’s suggested synthesis
(same as Halure’s)

Upstairs to 3rd Level:

WOMAN (READING) Ruins… Must investigate ruins…
 Whoa! I dozed off there…
I hear looters broke into the ruins to the southeast.
They’ve already been thoroughly explored…I doubt
there’s anything left.
They leave the library via a ramp.
MALE MAGE (RAMP) Who are you? I haven’t seen you anywhere.
Well, it doesn’t matter though…
You’re not wearing blastia clothes… You must be an
officer of the empire.
You don’t look like an officer at all…. Well, it
doesn’t matter though….
The ramp leads up to a circular plaza.
FEMALE MAGE #1 Did something happen on Ehmead Hill?
One of my colleagues went there with several other
people…
MALE MAGE Who the hell are you?! You try and swipe any blastia,
I’ll know!
How? Well, we’re the blastia administration
department. Administering all the excavated blastia
is our job.
FEMALE MAGE #2 …
Ooh, leave me be! How am I supposed to conduct my
research with all of you loitering about? Go away!
They go up the west winding stairs off the plaza. A man in a hooded
white robe stands on the stairs with his arms crossed.
MAGE (STAIRS) Hmm…? The stock list and number of blastia doesn’t
match…
Just my mistake? I’ve been so forgetful lately…
At the top of the western stairs is a set of locked double doors.
INFORMATION It’s locked. It must be a top secret facility. The
keyhole has a unique shape.
They try the eastern stairs.
YURI We’ll get caught by that guard if we go this way.

The northern stairs lead down to a door with a sign posted on it.
ESTELLE “Keep out. Seriously.--Mordio”
YURI I guess this is the place… (turns the knob, locked,
then knocks on the door)
ESTELLE I think people usually try knocking first…
KAROL Looks like no one’s home. What should we do?
YURI No point in hesitating when you’re heading into a den
of thieves.
ESTELLE No. I don’t want us to commit any more crimes.
KAROL I guess that means it’s my turn, then. (Yuri returns
to Estelle as Karol strides to the door)
ESTELLE What…? Your “turn”…?
(as Karol picks the lock) We shouldn’t do that either!
KAROL Nothin’ to it. (Yuri opens the door as the camera
pans to the rooftops)
Wait for me!
ESTELLE Please wait! (exasperated) Why does he always do
that…?
Inside, they find a jumble of artifacts and piles of books.
KAROL This is crazy… Who could live in a place like this?
YURI You can pretty much live anywhere you can eat and
sleep, if you set your mind to it.
ESTELLE Yuri, don’t you have something to say first?
YURI Uh…Hello? We’re coming in.
ESTELLE And the door?
YURI Karol here opened your door. Sorry ‘bout that.
ESTELLE Honestly, Yuri… Excuse us, is anyone home?
YURI It’s a good thing no one’s here. That means we get to
look for evidence.
Estelle stands on the threshold while Karol and Yuri look around. Yuri
looks at the blastia bodies heaped against a wall.
KAROL Oh, check this out. It’s a blastia model.
YURI (walking over) Mmmm… Whoever made this was pretty
talented.
ESTELLE It’s a model of a grand blastia. It’s not working,
though.
YURI Grand blastia?
ESTELLE “Grand blastia refers to especially large types of
blastia, including but not limited to barrier
blastia.”
YURI Read that in a book too, huh?
Yuri looks at books on a bookcase
ESTELLE The person who lives here must be quite an ardent
scholar.
YURI Just because someone studies hard, that doesn’t mean
that their actions are right or just.
KAROL Hey, the cover’s about to fall off this one!
ESTELLE Treat books with respect! Priceless information is
written on their pages!
KAROL Y-yes…
Yuri inspects a chalkboard drawing:
ESTELLE That’s a blastia formula.
YURI Feel free to step inside, if you’d like. Aren’t you
cold?
ESTELLE I’ve had enough crimes for today, thank you.
YURI Meh, it’s not such a big deal.
ESTELLE Not a big deal? “Breaking and entering is a crime
punishable by at least a year in prison and a fine of
up to 10,000 Gald!
Karol walks over to the chalkboard.
KAROL Did you notice how messy this writing is? I can write
nicer than this!
YURI But they say people with bad handwriting have good
hearts.
KAROL Well, I have good handwriting and a good heart! How
about that?
YURI (studies formula) Estelle, do you know what this
formula means?
ESTELLE It resembles a magic circle that uses fire, but I’m
not sure…
YURI …But at least you understand it a little bit. It
means nothing to me at all.
Yuri and Karol stand with their backs to the pile of books in the
middle of the room. Karol is holding a small blastia body in his hand.
Estelle is still waiting on the threshold. Repede crouches, battle-
ready, as a hooded figure rises from the midst of the small mountain of
books.
All (except Repede) !
KAROL (falling backwards onto the floor) Gyaaah! Wh-wh-what
is that?!
Karol scrambles up and runs to hide behind Yuri.
HOODED FIGURE (whispers) …Shut up… (she begins to cast an arte. As
a glowing light develops, Yuri runs off a bit leaving
Karol in the open)
KAROL Huh? Hey, hold on! (looking back and forth from Yuri
to the figure)
HOODED FIGURE Thieves… (fiery energy builds up between her hands)
KAROL No, what’re you… Wait! (Karol throws his hands up to
protect his face.)
HOODED FIGURE Be gone.
KAROL Heeelp! (a blast knocks Karol off his feet)
KAROL (on hands and knees) *Hack, cough*. Why me…?
(miserably)
ESTELLE A g-girl?! (the girl’s hood has fallen back)
Yuri standing behind the girl, whips out his weapon and holds the blade
to her side so she can see it.
YURI If you can pull tricks like that, why’d you bother
skipping town back in Zaphias?
GIRL (looking over her shoulder) Huh? Skipping town? Why
would I need to skip town?
YURI For stealing the core of the blastia from the lower
quarter in the capital. What else?
GIRL What? You’re calling me a thief. Have you ever heard
of “common sense”?
YURI Sure.
GIRL So you break into a home, call the owner a thief, and
wave a sword in their face. What the hell kind of
sense is that?!
Karol climbs to his feet and Repede walks over and stands between the
girl and Karol.
GIRL Hey, dog! You stay back, you…you dog!!
And you! Kid! Give him back!!
KAROL What do you mean?
GIRL The blastia, the blastia!! Give him back to me!
(Estelle walks over, bows) W-what’s with you?
ESTELLE My name is Estellise.
We’re terribly sorry for barging in on you like this!
(lowers voice) …Yuri, Karol, you too.
KAROL (hangs head) S-sorry.
GIRL So…? What do you want?
ESTELLE Well, you see…
Yuri has followed a blastia thief here all the way
from the imperial capital.
GIRL And?
YURI And that blastia thief… (points at the girl)
Wore a cape!
Was short!
And their name was Mordio!
So…
Giant Hmm, well Mordio is certainly my name. Rita Mordio,
to be exact.
KAROL And the height matches up, too.
YURI What do you have to say for yourself?
RITA I told you, I have no idea what you’re… …Oh, I hadn’t
thought of that.
Follow me.
YURI What? Maybe you didn’t hear me. We’re not finished
 here…
RITA Just follow me, would you?
There’s talk that some thieves have turned up in the
Shaikos Ruins.
YURI Thieves? Are you sure about that?
RITA It came from an Imperial Knight who asked me for
help. It should be trustworthy.
As Rita walks away to make preparations, they whisper amongst
themselves.
ESTELLE (to Yuri) Do you think that knight might have been
Flynn?
YURI (Karol walks over)…It’s gotta be. Looks like she shot
him down, though.
KAROL Hey, remember what that guy outside said about
someone vandalizing the ruins?
ESTELLE Which means, the thief who stole the blastia core
could be there.
YURI (normal voice) Hmm, maybe…
Rita comes back minus the hooded robe
RITA Finished chatting? Let’s go.
YURI All right, but don’t even think of making a break for
it.
RITA You don’t have to come. If you want, I’ll just call
the guards.
ESTELLE (lowers voice) Why don’t we give it a try? It sound
like Flynn might even be there.
RITA It’s up to you: Go to jail, make a run for it, or
follow me. Pick one.
YURI Okay, okay. We’ll go with you.
RITA The Shaikos Ruins are even further to the east, once
you leave the city.
INFORMATION Rita joins the party.
SKIT Rita

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SUB-EVENT: Collector Book - Part 1
Yuri picks up a book from a pile in Rita’s bedroom
YURI Huh? What’s this? (reading a book)
RITA Oh, the Collector’s Book!
It’s a self-updating book that makes it easy to
record all of the items you find.
YURI A self-updating book…huh? I guess I’ll just have to
look and see what you mean…
RITA Sure, that would work, too.
It’s extremely useful to have. Let’s take it with us.
INFORMATION Obtained Collector’s Book
YURI Huh? Hey, get a load of this! Most of the pages are
blank…
Are you sure you’re a world-renowned researcher?
RITA ……
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SKIT Call Me Estelle

Yuri continues to look about Rita Bedroom
YURI It takes a pretty wicked person to lie so
 convincingly about her crimes.
RITA Hey! Wait!
ESTELLE a girl’s dresser is strictly off-limits!
YURI Even if it’s full of evidence of her own misdeeds?
ESTELLE I’ll be the one to look. (inspects Rita’s dresser)
RITA Wait…what are you…! (runs over)
ESTELLE (is rather shocked at what she sees)
Later-downstairs, Rita is blushing
ESTELLE Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone.
KAROL (to Yuri) What do you think she found?
YURI Feminine secrets!
RITA (to Yuri) Hey! I’ll get you back for that!
YURI Estelle, you’d better watch out.
RITA No, it’s you I’m talking about! You!

They leaving Aspio for Shaikos Ruins.

GUARD #1 This facility is under direct control of the Empire.
If you don’t have business here, please move along.
If you’re lost, you can reach Halure by heading
southwest.
Traveling south will lead you to Deidon Hold.
GUARD #2 This is Aspio, the closed city of learning.
Please produce your passport.
Everyone here is still such a loony, just standing
guard makes me think I might lose it myself. You fold
be careful, too.

FIELD MAP - NORTHEAST ILYCCIA

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3rd visit at King of Adventure Inn:

RICH …Hmpf…
KAREN Welcome to the King of Adventure…
Oh, it’s you!
Wonderful to see you again! [musical note]
YURI Yeah, it’s been a while.
KAREN What pleasant serendipity that we would run into each
other yet again!
RICH …I thought we’d see them again…
KAREN Oh, big brother, you’re ever so blunt!
KAROL Who are these people…?
ESTELLE This is Karen and Rich! They’re traveling around and
operating an inn.
KAREN Nice to meet you! (heart)
RICH ……
KAROL N-nice to meet you too…
KAREN It seems you have more companions since the last time
we met. How nice!
Perhaps you’d like to stop and rest?
(Stay)
YURI Yeah, I could use some rest.
KAROL I agree. I’m kind of tired out, myself…
ESTELLE Well then, we’ll take you up on your offer.
KAREN Please, make yourselves at home.

Later:
KAROL *Yaaaaaaawn*…
KAREN Did you sleep well?
YURI Yeah, I slept like a trick yo-yo.
KAREN If you ever happen to see us around again, please
stop and say hello! (musical note)
ESTELLE Yes, thank you so much. You’re so kind!
RICH …Later…
KAREN Big brother, I keep telling you, try to be more
friendly!

SHAIKOS RUINS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rita leads the way into the ruins.

RITA These are the Shaikos Ruins.
ESTELLE It looks like here aren’t any Imperial Knights around.
Repede walks to a patch of ground covered with footprints and sniffs
around.
REPEDE …
KAROL These footprints are still fresh. There’s a lot of
them, too.
YURI Which means it’s either the Knights, the thieves, or
both.
ESTELLE Some of these footprints must be Flynn’s.
YURI Could be.
RITA Hey, over here. Hurry up.
YURI I see. So first you get us alone in the dark, then
you zap us, huh?
RITA …Hmm, “ZAP.” I like the way that sounds…
KAROL H-hey, what’s that supposed to mean? Why are you
smiling like that?
ESTELLE Let’s try to get along now, okay?
They look about the still and deserted ruins.
Chest Magic Lens x1
Chest Orange Gel x1
Chest 800 Gald.
Chest Life Bottle x1
Chest Half Guard x1

YURI Looks like no one’s here… No Imperial Knights,

thieves, or anyone else!
ESTELLE Maybe they’re further in?
YURI How far in are we talking, here?
KAROL (looking around) It doesn’t look like anyone’s been
here, does it?
RITA The information about the underground couldn’t have
gotten out, could it?
ESTELLE The underground?
RITA Recently, an entrance to an underground area was
uncovered here.
A handful of mages are supposed to be the only people
who know about it…
YURI (crossing arms) But it’s okay for us to know this?
RITA I don’t have much choice if I’m to clear my name, do
I? (she walks away)
YURI Clear your name, huh…
Rita and Karol look at a spot on the ground.
KAROL The ground is scratched here.
RITA It’s not like I would’ve minded letting the thieves
have the ruins above ground after we finished the
excavation, but it’s a good thing we came here when
we did.
KAROL Well then, we’d better hurry up and follow them. All
we have to do is move this?
Giving it all he’s got, Karol tries to push statue on a huge marble
block hiding the entrance.
KAROL *Huff* *huff*
Placing his free hand on the statue, Yuri pushes with Karol.
YURI Come on. You have to put your shoulder into it.
KAROL Um, r-right. (the block with the statue moves)
KAROL Urgh… Huh…
YURI Come on, just a little…more…
Stairs are revealed. Karol has to rest at the foot of the statue.
ESTELLE Karol, are you okay?
KAROL S-sure, that was a cinch… *huff* *huff*
RITA Okay, here we go.

Underground Cavern:
The stairs lead to an underground cavern with paths and platforms built
over a lake.
ESTELLE This is my first time going inside ruins…
Estelle runs to join Karol and Repede looking over the edge of the
balcony into the underground lake.
RITA Be careful over there. It’s slippery. (Karol and
Repede are already at the edge looking over the low
railing)
They all look at Rita.
RITA What are you looking at?
YURI I was just surprised. You’re actually a nice person.
RITA *Sigh* I knew it would be a pain to bring you along.
I should’ve just come by myself…
ESTELLE Do you always come to research these ruins alone?
RITA Yeah.
ESTELLE Aren’t you afraid you’ll get hurt by monsters or
traps?
RITA There are always risks if you’re trying to actually
do something.
If someone gets hurt, it’s an acceptable loss.
ESTELLE Even if you’re the one who gets hurt?
RITA Yeah.
ESTELLE Don’t you ever worry or hesitate?
RITA Worrying about getting what you want without anyone
getting hurt? You’ve had a pretty easy life.
ESTELLE (quietly, to herself) An easy life…
RITA And blastia will never betray me. So they’re easy to
deal with.
ESTELLE Rita’s amazing! She just comes right out and says
what she has to say.
YURI She knows exactly what’s important to her.
ESTELLE I wish I knew what was important to me…
YURI Just travel around for a while. You’ll figure it out.
(Estelle nods at Yuri)
SKIT Nothing to Worry About
SKIT Searching the Ruins
Chest Amber Cloak x1
Chest Leather Boots x1

Rita stoops down to examine a broken structure on the ground

RITA Looks like this little one is no good…
KAROL Wow, so this is what blastia look like before they’re
excavated.
ESTELLE I wonder why ancient people buried blastia in ruins
like this in the first place?
RITA I wish I could tell you. That’s something else being
researched.
YURI With all of these blastia here, I don’t suppose there
are any aque blastia lying around too…
ESTELLE None of them have cores in them.
KAROL Really? Then they don’t work, do they?
RITA Blastia aren’t excavated with the cores and the
bodies together.
ESTELLE “Cores produce magic through formulas. Bodies control
that magic. The two combined are referred to as
blastia.”
“Each blastia possesses different attributes, and is
marked by a crest that indicates those attributes.”
“With current technology, blastia bodies can be
manufactured, but the production of blastia cores is
impossible.”
YURI So basically, cores are very valuable, since they
have to be excavated. It’s only natural that thieves
would want to steal them.
RITA That’s not quite true. It seems Estelle’s information
is a little outdated.
KAROL What’s outdated about it?
RITA There’s some degradation of quality, but there’s been
some success in the synthesis of simple blastia cores.
ESTELLE Really?!
RITA That’s why I wouldn’t do anything stupid like go
stealing people’s cores!
If I had time to waste doing things like that, I’d
rather be spending it researching better ways to
completely restore incomplete or degraded cores.
That’s what being a mage is all about!
YURI A noble creed. But that doesn’t clear your name.
RITA (blushing) …Yes, talk is cheap, I suppose.
ESTELLE P-perhaps there are still some blastia left that can
be used!
They find a blastia structure.
KAROL This one’s still got a core in it.
RITA Here, try shooting this at the core.
YURI This ring’s set with something that looks just like a
blastia core.
ESTELLE Glyph Crystallization of a formula allows this
blastia to emit aer as needed.
RITA That’s not quite the best way to put it.
It’s actually used to charge other blastia with aer.
…But wait, how did you know that?
ESTELLE IN the castle I read that the ring acts as a kind of
key in ancient ruins.
RITA Castle? (Estelle covers her mouth)
YURI So all I do is point?
RITA Just aim the Sorcerer’s Ring at the core of that
blastia.
Face your target, and shoot.
There’s a limit to its range, though. Go on. Try it.
INFORMATION Press X to shoot with the sorcerer’s ring.
RITA …That’s all it takes.
The blastia glows.
ESTELLE That’s a strihm crest. It’s a mark that indicates
movement.
YURI Huh. Interesting.
Steps rise up from the water. A rock monster wakes up and emerges from
a nearby wall.
KAROL !
Hey, wh-what’s that…?
RITA A sentinel for taking care of unwanted guests.
YURI Okay then, keep your eyes open and let’s keep moving.
RITA Are you sure? What if I’m just luring you deeper into
the ruins so I can “zap” you?
YURI I’m starting to think I’d rather try my luck with the
golem. (gives the ring back to Rita)
RITA …Here, you take it.
YURI Isn’t this thing important or something?
RITA We’ll need to use it a few more times.
YURI Okay, I guess I’d better hold it since I’m leading
the way.
INFORMATION Obtained Sorcerer’s Ring.
SKIT The Sorcerer’s Ring
SKIT Did You Say “Castle”?
A merfish sneaks up behind the party for a “Surprise Attack.”
YURI It looks like they’ve messed up our order… Let’s take
‘em down!
RITA Uh, w-what the…I was leading up the rear of the
party, and now I’m in front?!
KAROL That was scary… I didn’t expect to be ambushed from
behind like that.
YURI Well, I guess we just can’t ever let our guard down
where there are monsters about.
ESTELLE If they attack from the rear, any of us could get
pulled into battle.
YURI Right…Let’s be careful and hope that doesn’t happen
again.
RITA Hmm. This only happens with a preemptive attack.
YURI Preemptive attacks, eh…
RITA What?
KAROL (another merfish) You guys! It’s back!
RITA Hit it with what I gave you just now!
YURI Huh? You mean with this…?
RITA Do it, now! (uses the sorcerer’s ring on merfish)
YURI I get it now, so that’s how it works.
ESTELLE I didn’t know it can be used like that, too.
RITA Right. Let’s get a move on.
Chest Apple Gel x1
Chest Ohka x1
Chest Chain x1
Chest Long Sword x1
Chest Great Axe x1
Chest Orange Gel x1
Chest Stiletto x1

In the back of the ruins, they find a inoperative Goliath. Rita runs to
examine it.
YURI H-hey!
KAROL Jeez, what is this thing?! So this is a blastia, too?
YURI But what I want is the aque blastia, not this this…
this puppet.
RITA What are you doing? Don’t just go poking at him like
that!
Rita walks around to the back of the Goliath.
RITA If I can just analyze him, I’ll finally be able to
complete my anima formu--huh?
No! His blastia core is missing!
MAGE !
The mage runs to hide behind a nearby pillar.
YURI Rita, looks like one of your friends is here.
RITA (Walks back around to the front of the Goliath) Hey!
Who’re you?
The mage emerges from behind the pillar.
MAGE M-me? I’m just a blastia researcher from Aspio!
YURI …That sounded convincing.
MAGE And just who are all of you? This place is off-
limits, you know!!
RITA I think you just gave yourself away.
I don’t know who you are, but you’re definitely not
from Aspio if you don’t recognize me.
KAROL …Guess she’s got no problems with modesty.
Mage hesitates then runs behind the Goliath, holding an object in his
hand. Yuri unsheathes his sword.
MAGE Gah! This job is just full of problems. If it’s not
the knights, it’s a bunch of kids!
The mage places the object into the golem.
KAROL Aaah, it’s moving!
The Golem swings his arm. Rita is standing within its range.
ESTELLE Rita
Rita is hit by the Goliath’s arm and slams into a stone pillar,
unconscious.
ESTELLE (Runs to her) Let me see…!
Rita opens her eyes and grabs Estelle’s wrist to examine the blastia
bracelet
RITA Wait a minute…
ESTELLE W-what?!
RITA How did you…?
ESTELLE I was just trying to heal your wounds…
The Goliath slams his fists into the stone floor. Karol, Repede and
Yuri scatter.
KAROL Hey you guys! stop playing around and help us!
RITA Grr… All right, all right!
The mage runs for it.
RITA I’m going after that idiot! You all take care of this!
YURI What do you mean you’ll leave it to us? How’re you
gonna get through?!
RITA Grr… That idiot! (powers up her magic arte)
YURI I guess we’ve got no choice but to play with this
wind-up toy for now.
RITA Let’s get this over with and go after that jerk!
(Battle)
KAROL I can’t believe this thing’s moving!
ESTELLE Can we really defeat something this big?
Please…be still.
YURI I don’t think this thing’s going to listen.
ESTELLE uh… uh… I just thought…
YURI The sword works better on crazy things like this.
ESTELLE Ahh, I don’t know if I can bring myself to…
YURI we gotta teach him a lesson

After the Battle:

Spoken Dialog/No Text:
ESTELLE Yuri, was that the man you were chasing?
YURI Let’s go chase him down.
KAROL Ahh man!? No break?

The goliath falls to the floor a final time.

RITA All that’s left is to cut off its power supply… I’m
sorry…

Yuri and Repede walk away. Estelle stands looking at the Goliath. Karol
yells to Rita.
KAROL Rita, hurry!
RITA (still standing on the fallen Goliath’s shoulder) All
right, all right!
Rita walks away looking at Estelle over her shoulder.
RITA Come on! Let’s go!
ESTELLE (still looking at the Goliath) But Flynn…
YURI There can’t be many knights here if our shady friend
in the cloak is just wandering around.
ESTELLE (turning around) So you think Flynn is…
YURI I don’t think he’s here anymore. Come on!
Estelle stands by the Goliath as they walk away. Rita mutters to
herself as they go.
RITA If I’d just had a little more time I could’ve figured
out the anima formula!
KAROL Is that why we were fighting that thing?
RITA Of course. (Estelle catches up with them)
KAROL You suck!
RITA You were already here looking for the thief. I just
had you guys help out a little.
YURI Let’s go! Let’s go!

They return to the beginning of the ruins.

KAROL Look, there he is!
The mage is surrounded by ribbits and Repede lunges at the mage. The
mage sets the ribbits upon the party.

After the battle

Spoken Dialogue/No Text After the battle:
YURI Think you can beat us with an ambush?
ESTELLE We can’t lose here.

RITA How can he just steal the core and walk off like
that…?
MAGE (scared of Repede) Aaah! Stop! M-make him stop!
 I’ve only been hired to do a job… I was told I’d get
a good price for any blastia cores I could find.
YURI You stole cores from the imperial capital too, didn’t
you?
MAGE The capital? No way, not me!
YURI Then maybe it was one of your friends.
MAGE Y-yeah! It’s that creep, Dedecchi.
Rita listens, not smiling, crosses her arms, eyes closed, nodding
slightly.
YURI Where’d he run off to?
MAGE He’s probably picking up his money from a client
right now.
YURI Client, huh? And who exactly might that be?
MAGE All I know is he’s somewhere in Torim Harbor. I don’t
know any more than that!
He was a huge bruiser of a guy with a scar on his
right cheek and one eye missing.

YURI (chin in hand) So is this the guy collecting all the

cores…?
RITA And where did you steal that Sorcerer’s Ring?
MAGE Wh-who says I stole it? the client gave it to me,
said it would be useful for this job!
RITA Liar. That’s not something the boss of some
pickpockets could get his hands on.
MAGE H-honest! You gotta believe me!
KAROL This thing sounds pretty big. You think somebody
important is behind it all?
YURI I think you’re on the right track, Captain Karol.
This doesn’t sound like some ordinary band of thieves.
The mage clenches his fists and stomps his foot.
MAGE Man! first the Knights, then the monsters, now this…
ESTELLE Knight? then Flynn was here after all.
MAGE Yeah, that’s him. That damn knight!
Rita slugs the mage with her chain whip. He falls to the floor
unconscious.
RITA Shut up!
KAROL Great, Rita. You knocked him out… Now what?
RITA I’ll have the city guards come pick him up later.
(walks away)
YURI All right then, Let’s get back to Aspio.

Back at Aspio entrance:

ESTELLE …So Flynn wasn’t in there, either.
RITA So who is this knight, exactly?
ESTELLE He’s Yuri’s friend.
RITA Hmmm, “your” friend? That must be a pain.
YURI Huh?
RITA Never mind. So what brings him to this town?
Yuri, Karol, Repede head for the entrance while Rita and Estelle stay
where they are and talk.
ESTELLE He was looking for a mage to repair Halure’s barrier
blastia…
RITA (starts walking) Ohh…that rookie… He came to see me,
too.
ESTELLE (runs to intercept Rita) Flynn did? Was he all right?
RITA Yeah, I guess.
KAROL You guess?
RITA Since he’s a knight, I’m sure he got some mage or
another to help. Maybe he’s already back in Halure?
ESTELLE …Oh, no…
RITA Well? Do you trust me yet?
ESTELLE I don’t think Rita’s the sort of person to steal.
YURI (turns around) Vouch for her character all you like,
but that doesn’t prove her innocence.
ESTELLE But…!
RITA Don’t bother trying to make him believe me. But, I
really didn’t do it, y’know.
YURI Hmph. Well, I guess research seems to fit you better
than robbery.
ESTELLE Yuri isn’t very good at expressing his feelings.
RITA …What a weirdo.
I’m going to go let the city guards know about what
happened. go and wait for me in my lab. (starts
walking)
YURI I don’t think those stubborn guards will let us pass
through the entrance.
RITA True. Then take this with you.
Show this to the guard and they should let you
through.
YURI Thanks (as Rita runs past)
RITA (turning around) Got it? Don’t leave town without my
permission or you’ll be sorry!
INFORMATION Obtained Passport

SKIT Clearing Rita’s Name

Rita’s Hut:
Yuri is laying on the floor on his back. Karol sits propped up against
a blastia and Repede lies down nearby. Estelle paces the floor in
front of them.
YURI If you’re that worried about Flynn, would you rather
leave now?
ESTELLE It’s just… I’ve got to say a proper goodbye to Rita…
YURI Then take it easy.
KAROL What are you gonna do after this, Yuri?
YURI I guess I’ll go pay a visit to the guy behind all
this core stealing.
It sounds like Dedecchi ended up going to the same
place, too.
KAROL In that case, we should make a beeline for Nor Harbor.
YURI Didn’t he say Torim Harbor?
KAROL Oh right, you don’t know.
YURI Don’t know what?
KAROL Nor and Torim are both ports of a city that extends
across two different continents.
On the Ilyccian side, where we are now, is the port
of Capua Nor. People call it Nor Harbor.
Capua Torim is the port on the other side, on the
Tolbyccian continent. It’s usually just called Torim
Harbor.
So first we’ll go to Nor Harbor. We’ll have to pass
by Ehmead Hill on the way, but it’s not that far west
from here.
ESTELLE I’ll be going back to Halure. I still need to follow
Flynn.
YURI …Hmm, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll head back to Halure,
too.
KAROL Huh? Why? How can you just say that? The thief’s
gonna get away!
YURI There’s no reason to panic. According to our friend
in the ruins, it sounds like his client’s based there.
Besides, if we’re going west, that will take us close
to Halure.
KAROL Aww man, but I…
YURI You gotta be somewhere? A sick girlfriend with an
incurable disease or something?
KAROL Man, if only she really was a frail girl like that…
The door opens and Rita walks in.
RITA I know I asked you to wait for me, but you sure made
yourselves at home, didn’t you?
YURI [stands up] Sorry for suspecting you.
RITA What a heartfelt apology. I’ll take it though. It
worked out pretty well for me, too.
ESTELLE Rita?
YURI Well, thanks for the hospitality.
RITA What? Going so soon?
YURI We don’t want to overstay our welcome. Plus, we’re in
a bit of a hurry.
ESTELLE I’m so happy to have met you, Rita. I’m afraid we
have to go now. I’ll thank you properly later.
RITA Okay…
They leave.

SKIT The Frail Girlfriend

They get as far as the plaza. Rita follows them.

YURI If you’re seeing us off, we’ll say goodbye here.
RITA I’m going with you.
KAROL Y-you’re doing what?
YURI Oh, so this is why you told us not to leave without
saying goodbye, huh?
RITA Yeah.
KAROL Is that it? Just “yeah?”
YURI Can you just leave like that? You’re an important
mage here right?
RITA …Hmm… (gets an idea)
I want to see Halure’s barrier blastia for myself.
It’s no good to the people there if it’s broken,
right?
KAROL Actually, the three of us fixed it together.
RITA Huh? What do you mean you “fixed” it? You’re just
amateurs.
KAROL You know, we revived it. It was great! Estel--
YURI Let’s just say it was beginner’s luck.
RITA Now I’m really worried. I’ll have to go see if it’s
been done properly or not.
YURI Suit yourself.
Estelle runs over to Rita.
RITA W-what?!
ESTELLE I’ve never had a real friend my own age before!
RITA I-I’m not so sure we’re--
ESTELLE This is going to be so much fun!
RITA Y-yeah…
SKIT Origin of the Academic City

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SUB-EVENT: Brionac - Part 1:
On a return trip to Rita’s Hut, Karol picks up a small blastia to look
at it.
They take another look at the blastia in Rita’s Hut.
YURI You really like blastia, don’t you?
RITA (to Karol) Hey, I told you not to touch Victoria with
your grimy little hands!
KAROL Vic-Victoria? Do you mean this blastia…?
YURI How come you like them so much?
RITA How come… Because they’re fun!
The way they work, the theory behind them…
Argh, I don’t know… I’ve never thought about it!
Can you give reasons why you like the things you like?
YURI Well, there are definitely some things I like for no
particular reason.
I guess the reason I like them is because…I like them.
RITA Exactly.
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SKIT Traveling with This Bunch

Northern Ramp
MALE MAGE You people have Mordio with you? How unusual
Going off blastia-hunting again, eh?
SKIT Rita’s Age

Circular Plaza:
FEMALE MAGE Did something happen on Ehmead Hill?
One of my colleagues went there with several other
people…
SKIT Rita and Repede

MALE MAGE Hey, you people…you just let yourselves into the
ruins, didn’t you? We can’t have that. Laypeople
aren’t allowed in there.
You know, the rights to those ruins used to be ours…
damn it all! Always getting beat out by Mordio…

Ramp leading from circular plaza to top level of library:

MALE MAGE The Tree of Halure withering and blooming again is
simply natural providence.

3rd Level of Library:

FEMALE MAGE If Halure’s blastia evolves by adopting organic
traits…
Would it be possible to force evolution in humans
through the use of blastia…?
Would you mind not bothering me right now? I’m trying
to think about the human bodies and organic traits.
2nd Level of Library:
MALE MAGE Halure? Oh, the town with the barrier that serves as
the best representative example of blastia with
organic properties?
What about it?
I really never leave the town, so I’m not very well-
informed.
Not that I particularly want to be.

On the World Map:

SKIT Big Game in a Small Package

HALURE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The tree is in full bloom and petals float in the breeze.
RITA H-hey! The tree’s already blooming?
KAROL Heh heh, I told you! We brought the tree back to life.
Rita walks over to Karol and smacks him on the head and runs off.
MAYOR Oh, you’ve returned! Just as the knight said.
Walks down the stairs of his house to meet them.
ESTELLE Umm…do you mean Flynn?
MAYOR Unfortunately, you just missed him.
KAROL No way! Not again…
MAYOR He was quite surprised that the barrier had been
fixed.
ESTELLE Umm…would you happen to know which way he went?
MAYOR No…I’m sorry, I don’t know…
However, he did entrust me with a letter.
Hands the letter to Yuri and bows. Yuri opens the envelope and unfolds
a wanted poster of himself.
KAROL Wha? A-a wanted poster? Wh-why?
YURI I guess I made a little too much mischief…
KAROL W-what kind of mischief gets you into this?!
ESTELLE I-it’s my fault…
YURI Oh come on… Only 5,000 Gald?
KAROL That’s way too high for just breaking out of jail!
You must have done something else!
ESTELLE S-so, what does the letter say? (Yuri hands it to
Estelle)
“I’m going to Nor Harbor.”
“Catch up with me.”
YURI “Catch up with me,” huh? Easy for him to say.
ESTELLE He also writes that we should watch out for assassins.
YURI Wow, he even knows we’re being hunted!
KAROL Sounds like this guy knows what he’s doing.
YURI Looks like we have some dangerous people after us
now. What are you gonna do?
ESTELLE Well…umm…
YURI I’m going to go to Nor Harbor. I could pass on a
message for you, if you want.
ESTELLE But…I…
YURI Think about what you want to do. I’m gonna go make
sure Rita isn’t causing too much trouble. (walks off)
INFORMATION Parted with Estelle, Karol and Rita.
Mayor’s House:
MAYOR Ever since you helped us out, I’ve been telling
people about the miracle of that young lady.
I hope you don’t mind…
Miracle sandwiches, miracle candy… I’ve been thinking
up a lot of products too.
MAYOR’S WIFE Now Halure is safe, too.
As the Tree protects us, we shall protect the tree.
People Outside the Mayor’s House:
LITTLE BOY Ho! Listen! The Tree of Halure has come back to life!
Uh… I didn’t mean to say, “Ho.” …Hey!
I guess a doctor came to see the Tree.
YOUNG WOMAN This is the City of Blossoms, Halure.
There are so many tourists lately!
MAN There seems to be a town of mages to the east of this
town.
I’d like to go there and study the blastia.
I’d like to go to Aspio but the blastia would
probably not come out.
It’s just my luck.
Outside the General Store “Regulus”:
KRITYAN WOMAN This world is full of suffering…
But looking at the flowers in this city makes me glad
that I’m alive.
Oh… I’m so glad the Tree came back to life…
Near the Footbridge:
DOG *Woof woof*
*Woooof*
ESTELLE I have to….Flynn…
KRITYAN WOMAN We’ll be able to watch the blossoms again… Having
drinks while watching the blossoms…
Flower viewing, flower viewing! [musical note]

Outside the Inn:

LITTLE GIRL The historic old Denebola inn is right above the
stairs.
Stop by if you’re tired.
We get !00 Gald when we help our dad.
YOUNG WOMAN If you follow the hill up, you’ll come to the tree of
Halure.
Three types of flowers bloom on it…oh, do you already
know about them?
How can three different flowers bloom on one tree…?

Fountain Area:
KAROL (muttering to himself) I don’t understand Yuri
anymore…
And Estelle too…
MAN (STANDING) I traveled all the way here to see the flowers… I’m
glad it wasn’t a waste.
I wonder when the best time for flower viewing is?
MAN (SITTING) Isn’t it great that the Tree of Halure was revived?
But… we’re worried about what we should do to ensure
the tree does not die.
The more the Tree blooms, the more concerned I am.
Hmmm…
Path to the Great Tree:
MAN Now, we’ll be safe even if the monsters attack.
I really, really don’t want to be eaten…
RITA (at Tree’s base) …I can’t believe it. I’ve never seen
anything like this.
The flowers are in full bloom even though it’s not
the season for it… And the barrier’s strong, too.
Did Estellise really do this?
YURI What do you mean?
RITA Karol let it slip when we were leaving Aspio.
You tried to change the subject, but it was too late.
YURI (sits down on the ground) Guess I blew that one.
RITA We mages have nothing even remotely like she has.
YURI So you just decided to come with us to eliminate the
competition?
RITA Don’t be ridiculous! I have a formula that I have to
work out!
YURI A formula? What do you mean?
RITA …It’s nothing. Forget about it.
So what did you want? You came here for something,
right?
YURI Well, that just took care of about half of it.
RITA So what’s the other half?
YURI You said that it’s easy working with blastia because
they never betray you.
RITA Yeah? So?
YURI You and Estelle are both human. You’re not blastia.
RITA …Oh, I get it. You’re worried for her. worried I
might hurt her.
YURI Estelle’s honest. Good. Unlike you or me.
I’m just saying… Don’t do anything reckless. (walks
away then stops a few feet ahead of Rita)
Come on, let’s go back. Karol and Estelle are waiting
for us.
RITA (to herself, looking back at the tree) I’ve finally
found the clue I was looking for. I want to be all
kinds of reckless…
INFORMATION Rita joined the party

SKIT Reviving the Tree

Yuri, Repede and Rita find Estelle and Karol in the company of Leblanc
and his minions.
LEBLANC Now, come back with us while you can!
ADECOR I say, we’ve come to courteously escort you back to
the capital!
BOCCOS And then we can clamp Yuri in chains where he belongs!
Adedor !
BOCCOS !
Yuri and Repede walk toward them.
LEBLANC I’ve been waiting for you, Yuri Looowell! Don’t you
move a muscle!
YURI Jeez, this guy never lets up, does he?
LEBLANC An old acquaintance you may be, but today I can
overlook your transgressions no longer!
ESTELLE Yuri isn’t a bad person. I asked him to go with me!
LEBLANC Argh, Yuri, you ruffian! You’re coercing Lady
Estellise!
ESTELLE No! This is what I really want!
I’ll go back to the castle. Just leave me be for a
little longer!
LEBLANC I cannot allow that! Return to the castle with us!
ESTELLE I can’t go back. Please understand this!
LEBLANC (to minions) We have no choice. We’ll have to
apprehend the criminal as well…
Adecor and Boccos attack.
BOCCOS Kiss your freedom goodbye, for it ends today!
ADECOR I say, prepare to face the Imperial Knights’ ultimate
fighting arte, the Over Limit!
YURI The Over Limit doesn’t belong to the Knights! Anyone
can do it, last time I checked.
ADECOR I say, be quiet!
KAROL Yuri, what’s an Over Limit?
YURI It’s a technique to increase your abilities while
fighting. How do you do it again?
BOCCOS You fool! How could you forget something like that?
ADECOR I say, I shall jog your memory!
But after that, I say, I shall give you a non-stop
ticket on the train of death!
Adecor runs forward and takes a swipe at Yuri with his sword.
ADECOR First…attack! (Yuri takes a step back and does not
return the attack)
Curse you! Yaah! Attack! Attack!
YURI Oh, right. You attack the enemy, and that raises your
battle spirit.
BOCCOS Blast! Your hits are not connecting at all!
Yuri swings his sword and knocks Adecor off his feet
ADECOR Ack…!
(sitting up, shaking his head) Ouch… I say, that
hurt… I cannot, I say, stand this any longer…!
YURI Oh yeah, your battle spirit goes up if you’re
attacked, too.
INFORMATION The gauge fills up as you attack or when you receive
an attack.
YURI All right…and then, if you release the battle spirit
that you’ve stored up…
INFORMATION Press (the directional button) to go into Over Limit
spoken dialogue/no text
YURI (engulfed in a blue glow) I’ll blow you away!
(strikes Adecor, knocking him off his feet)
ADECOR That’s enough for today.
KAROL Wow…Yuri, that’s amazing…
INFORMATION You can use basic attacks and artes consecutively
during an Over Limit.
BOCCOS We mustn’t let his power charge up any more!
YURI I’ve got you just where I want you…

A battle ensues, Adecor and Boccos are knocked down.

spoken dialogue/no text--after battle
YURI Nice work, men.
ESTELLE I’m sorry…I can’t go back.

As Leblanc walks toward them, Adecor and Boccos struggle to their feet.
LEBLANC Urrgh! What a shame! (turns away in disgust)
Rita prepares an arte.
KAROL Uh, Rita…
Rita blasts Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos with a arte knocking them off
their feet again.
RITA She says she’s not going back, so get lost!
ESTELLE Yuri! It’s them again!
Two red-eyes are lurking on top of the General Store.
YURI Damn it, I knew they were still after us.
RITA What is it this time?!
KAROL Wh-what do you mean?
YURI I’ll explain later! Karol, which way is Nor Harbor?
KAROL Uh, ah, it’s west! West! You go over Ehmead Hill and
Cupua Nor is right there.
Yuri, Repede and Karol take off running. Estelle looks confused. Rita
talks to her.
RITA All right, let’s go now, then.
ESTELLE But, I can’t…
RITA …Argh! Make a decision!
Which do you really want to do? Keep traveling with
us, or go home?
ESTELLE (thinking) …I’m going to keep traveling.
RITA A wise choice! And one that those knights surely
wouldn’t be able to agree with.
They run, passing Yuri who’s talking to Leblanc and his minions.
YURI Imperial Knight Point #1: “With this sword I shall
protect the people, “wasn’t it?
Red-eyes approach, ready for battle.
LEBLANC Indeed!! Come on Boys, let’s show them what the
Imperial Knights are made of!
Leblanc gives the signal and Adecor and Boccos run to engage the red-
eyes.
ESTELLE (looking back at Leblanc & minions) …I’m sorry.
INFORMATION Reunite with Estelle and Karol.

If you return to Halure right after the battle, you see this:
Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos face-off three red-eyes.
ADECOR That was nothing!
BOCCOS These troublemakers!
LEBLANC In the honor of the Empire! I shall defeat you!

On the world map they head west.

EHMEAD HILL
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RITA So this is Ehmead Hill?

KAROL Yeah…but…
KAROL (looking around) That’s weird… The barrier’s gone.
YURI You mean there was a barrier here?
KAROL There was when I was here before.
YURI Sort of a waste to have a barrier in a place with no
people, if you ask me.
RITA Are you sure you aren’t mistaken? I’m pretty familiar
with the barrier locations, but here?
KAROL You just haven’t heard about his one. Nan told me it
 was only put here recently.
ESTELLE Who is Nan, Karol?
KAROL Huh…? Uh, she’s um… You know, she’s just a friend
from my guild.
I-I’m gonna go see if I can find anything out! (runs
ahead)
RITA I think I’ll have a look myself. (walks forward)
YURI All right, never mind us, guys. I’m not gonna go look
for them if they get lost.
ESTELLE Shall we, Yuri?
Several robed men and Imperial Guards are gathered around the smoking
remains of a huge blastia lying across the road. Rita walked closer to
examine it.
Mage #1 Hey, hey! No outsiders allowed!
RITA Let me through! I’m Rita Mordio of the Imperial
Blastia Research Laboratory.
Mage #1 (bows) Oh, you’re a mage from Aspio? (Rita goes to
examine the blastia) Excuse me!
Oh, but you can’t just do as you please! Let me go
and ask the—
Rita ignores him, so he runs away to get help.
YURI Huh, I could use some of her attitude.
ESTELLE I think you have plenty already…
KAROL (running to them) Hey! Listen to this!!
(very excited) It was like bam! A spear went thunk!
The blastia went bang! And he flew off into the sky
like whoosh!
YURI Who did what how… huh?
KAROL Someone riding a flying dragon,
threw a giant spear at the blastia!
And then just flew off!
YURI A human riding a dragon? No way.
More Guards and mages run past them to the blastia.
ESTELLE I’ve never heard of anything like that before.
KAROL That’s what I thought too, but a bunch of people here
saw it happen!
They say it was a “dragon rider.’
YURI A dragon rider… Hmmm. Well, the world’s just full of
surprises.

They hear Rita’s raised voice coming from the blastia and turn around.
RITA Hey! What do you think you’re doing?! Let me go!
Rita has been apprehended by two Imperial Guards while being confronted
by one of the mages.
KAROL There she goes again.
RITA Something is definitely strange with this blastia
formula!
MAGE #1 There’s nothing strange at all. Perhaps you are…
RITA Just who do you think I am!?
MAGE #1 I’m well aware of who you are. The famed genius mage,
correct?
But surely there are some formulas that even you
aren’t familiar with!
RITA You can’t use a weird formula like this! Think of the
poor blastia!
MAGE #2 (to the guards) H-Hey! Stop gawking and help us catch
her!
The other guards run toward them and Karol snaps into action.
KAROL Fire! Hey, fiiiiire!
GUARD #1 What’s with that kid?
GUARD #2 A fire? I don’t hear anything or smell anything…

GUARD #3 (raises his sword and shield) Hey! You little liar!
KAROL Crap…they caught on that fast?
Karol runs for it and the three guards chase after him. One of the
guards stops when he get a look at Yuri.
GUARD Hey! You are with that kid…
Wait a minute… You--there’s a warrant for your--
Yuri runs to Rita and knocks the one guard remaining with her onto the
round.
YURI (low voice) It’s now or never…
They both run. Another guard starts to give chase but is knocked over
and held down by Repede.
ESTELLE I’m sorry.
Estelle and Repede run off into the forest. The guard picks himself up
off the ground.
GUARD Hey! Stop goofing off and help catch that kid!
The fallen guard stand up and stares at the bushes they ran off into.
GUARD (FALLEN) Damn…!

Forest of Edmead Hills:

If you try to go back to the road:
YURI Don’t want to get caught by the guards, thanks to
you-know-who.
RITA Be quiet!
or
F..fine! I just won’t go near the blastia, alright?!
Automatically returned to the forest.

Yuri, Rita and Estelle meet up in the forest.

YURI Phew, looks like we lost ‘em.
Repede joins them.
ESTELLE *Huff* *huff* Rita, you should really think more
before you act!
RITA *Huff* …That barrier blastia was just so strange, I
couldn’t help myself…
YURI Strange? something fishy about it?
RITA I have a feeling that may be an understatement.
Yuri and Estelle exchange a look.
YURI Well, our hands are already full as it is, so could
you please keep us out of it?
RITA …It doesn’t concern you, regardless.
Familiar voices ring out.
LEBLANC’S VOICE Yuri Looowell! Where have you run off to now?
Leblanc passes by while searching the bushes.
RITA Hey, Mr. Famous, sounds like you’ve got a fan out
there.
Yuri heaves a weary sigh.
YURI Again? that guy gives a new meaning to the word
“workaholic.”
ADECOR (walks by) Lady Estelliiiise! I say, do come out of
hiding!
RITA You guys have a lot of problems! Just who are you,
anyway?
ESTELLE Umm, well, I’m…
BOCCOS’ VOICE Yuuuri, come out, come out, wherever you are!
YURI You can talk about that later!
Repede jumps onto the trail and crouches, ready to attack.
KAROL Waaaah! Wait, wait! It’s me!
Repede relaxes and Karol runs out of the bushes.
ESTELLE …Ack, Karol…don’t frighten us like that!
YURI Anyway, let’s get our butts to Nor Harbor before
things get any more complicated.
ESTELLE Which way were we supposed to go, again?
KAROL Let’s see, as the crow flies… (points north)
RITA Isn’t this a beast trail? Can we really go through
here?
YURI We’ll go as far as we can go, at least. I don’t want
to get captured again.
ESTELLE We’ll need to be on the lookout for monsters, then.
YURI Meh, what are one or two monsters to the brave
Captain Karol?
KAROL Y-yeah, that’s right!
Though if the barrier were up, we wouldn’t have to
worry about monsters at all…
RITA I can’t stand it! Why does some idiot have to go
around breaking blastia and making our lives
difficult?!

SKIT Can We Finally Meet Flynn?

A fork to the right, leads to a tall plant with orange flowers.

RITA I didn’t know flowers like this grew in the mountains!
ESTELLE Rita! Don’t touch it!
“Inhaling billybally leaf pollen can lead to vertigo
and strong feelings of exhaustion.”
RITA Hmph…
Rita quietly moves to stand behind Karol.
ESTELLE ?
Rita shoves Karol into the billybally plants and the pollen explodes
into his face.
KAROL Hey, what’re you--
!
RITA Whoops, Sorry!
ESTELLE (running to an affected Karol) Karol, are you okay?!
She tries a healing arte, but it has no effect.
YURI (Noticing Rita closely watching Estelle) You’re
interested in healing artes?
RITA Nah… (she walks away)
ESTELLE …It’s no use. Healing artes don’t work on this.
We’ll just have to wait until he recovers naturally.
YURI (kneeling by Karol) How long will that take?
ESTELLE Karol, be strong!

After Karol recovers:

KAROL Ugh, Rita, you’re terrible…
RITA I said I was sorry.
YURI If you’re all right, then let’s go.
ESTELLE Let’s be careful to stay away from the billybally
leaf from now on, okay?
SKIT Who is Nan?
SKIT The Dragon Rider
SKIT A Nice, Fun, Relaxing Trip
SKIT The Value of a Barrier Blastia

KAROL Wh…What’s that?

Gyaaaah!
They look up and see a monster with gaping jaws.
KAROL Th-that’s one of the monsters that attacked Halure
village!
YURI A survivor, huh?
RITA If we leave it here it’ll surely go back and try to
attack Halure again…
ESTELLE But Halure has the barrier protecting it now.
YURI Even so, how are the people of Halure supposed to
sleep at night with beasts like this crawling around
just outside the barrier?
The beast roars and attacks.

After battle/Spoken dialogue/no text

KAROL We… We won!!!
ESTELLE Now Halure is safe as well
YURI I don’t know

KAROL Wh-what the heck! It hardly put up a fight!

ESTELLE But there could be a dozen more just around the
corner…
KAROL N-no worries, seriously!
YURI Well, let’s just hope there aren’t too many more
where it came from.

SKIT Dog Language

They follow the path high up into numerous cliffs.

ESTELLE It’s beautiful! (runs ahead of the others)

RITA This is…
The others climb to the peak as Estelle stands on edge of a cliff
overlooking the ocean.
ESTELLE Look, Yuri. It’s the ocean.
YURI I can see that. …The wind feels great.
ESTELLE I’ve seen pictures in books before, but I’ve never
seen it up close like this.
KAROL Well, people don’t usually travel outside the
barriers.
If we keep going, we can see all sorts of things,
like the jungle or the City of Waterfalls…
ESTELLE There are so many more things we could learn…if only
our journey would continue…
YURI I guess it’s true… I really was living in a small
world.
RITA That’s a rare moment of sincerity, coming from you.
KAROL It’s our first time seeing it too, right?
RITA Well, yes, but…
KAROL Aww… You must’ve had such a lonely life, tied to our
research like that.
RITA Having you pity me makes me want to jump off this
 cliff.
ESTELLE This water has traversed the world’s oceans, and has
seen all there is to see.
The ocean binds the lands of our world together…
RITA Here she goes again. It’s really just one big puddle,
you know.
KAROL Whatever. You were pretty moved back there, too.
Rita raises her hand and Karol ducks covering his head. Rita smiles and
lowers her hand.
KAROL (recovering) H-huh?
Estelle, Yuri and Repede stand side by side looking at the ocean.
YURI So this is the world as he sees it.
ESTELLE (looks at him) Yuri?
YURI Flynn must have stood on this spot earlier, and
looked out at this same scene.
ESTELLE That’s true. His duties do take him to many different
places.
YURI Always telling me to catch up with him. Easy for him
to say.
KAROL Nor Harbor is just around the corner from Ehmead
Hill. We’ll catch up to him in no time.
YURI That’s not what I was talking about.
KAROL Huh? What do you mean?
YURI All right, let’s get moving before Leblanc and
friends show up again.
KAROL Just follow the ocean road to the west after leaving
here to get to Nor Harbor. We can’t miss it.
YURI (to Estelle) We’ll have plenty more chances to see
the ocean. Your journey will continue for as long as
you want.
ESTELLE (sighing, looking at Yuri) …
YURI It’s all up to you. You’ve made it this far, haven’t
you?
ESTELLE …That’s true.
KAROL Last one down’s a rotten egg! (takes off running)
YURI (chuckling) You’re gonna fall if you don’t watch out.
Karol gets too near the edge and struggles to regain his balance.
KAROL Gyaaaah! (regains his balance)
RITA Idiot…

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SUB-EVENT: Elucifer's Grave - Part 1:
On Ehmead Hill, they see a tall stone placed on the cliff’s edge
overlooking the sea.
KAROL What’s this supposed to be?
ESTELLE Is it a…grave, perhaps?
YURI A grave? In a place like this?
RITA Actually, this is just the type of place I’d expect
to see one.
KAROL What do you mean?
RITA You know, like the grave of someone who plotted
against the empire…and failed.
If you wanted to bury somebody and keep it quiet,
you’d want a place like this with no one around.
YURI Huh, wonder if that’s what I’ve got in store for me.
ESTELLE Don’t say such things…! That isn’t funny!
YURI I wasn’t exactly kidding.
It’s just a fact of life that some folks from the
lower quarter never get a funeral or a proper burial.
KAROL What happens to them, them?
YURI They get cremated and have their ashes scattered over
a river or a field, usually.
ESTELLE Are you telling the truth…?
RITA …How did we get started talking about this, anyway?
KAROL Cause we’re trying to figure what a lone grave is
doing in a place like this.
YURI Yeah. So, just who does it belong to…?
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They continue on the path leading down from the cliffs and back into
forest. They return to the road.

RITA (looking at an object on the road) What’s this…?

KAROL Oh, that’s a camping set!
With this, you can set up camp and sleep without
having to go to an inn!
RITA Oh, that’s nice! Now you can go off and play nature
boy whenever we sleep at an inn, and we’ll save
money, too!
KAROL Wh-what are you talking about? Camping sets are
single-use only!
ESTELLE Rita, don’t be so mean!
RITA Hmph!
YURI That sounds really useful, Karol.
KAROL Yeah, they’re essential when you’re on the road.
In addition to camping sets, you could also sleep on
mats.
But camping sets are really the best thing to use.
You can’t get a better night’s sleep without anything
else!
ESTELLE What wonderful timing! All of you look so exhausted
from climbing…
RITA …You look pretty pooped, yourself.
YURI Yeah, we’ve got a ways to go before we get to town,
too. Maybe we should set up camp here?
KAROL Alright, I’ll get everything set up!
Oh, once you’ve camped somewhere, you won’t be able
to camp around there for a while afterwards.
YURI Why’s that?
KAROL After camping at a certain site, the basic barrier
that’s included in the camping set will stop being
effective for a while, so long as you’re near that
site.
RITA Basic barrier? What’s that? There’s no blastia like
that.
KAROL It’s not a blastia, actually.
It’s just something that gives off a smell that
monsters find unpleasant. That’s why they call it a
“barrier.”
It can keep the monsters at bay for a night,
but after enough time passes, the monsters get used
to the smell, and it won’t keep you safe anymore.
RITA Hmmm… That makes sense…
YURI Well then, we’ll leave the setup to you, Karol.
KAROL All right. Let’s set up a camp a little bit further.
INFORMATION Obtained Tent.
INFORMATION Set up a camp by using a Mat, Simple Tent, Tent or
Barrier on the Field Map to recover HP and TP. the
amount of HP or TP recovered depends on the item. You
will not be able to sue an item to set up camp again
until after the next battle.

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SUB-EVENT: Blastia Destroyer:
Rita heads toward the broken blastia in the road.
YURI …You know, I think it’d be better if we turned back.
RITA How come?
KAROL This is where that broken blastia is.
RITA I know that.
YURI Come on, let’s go back. If the knights find us we’ll
get in trouble.
RITA I just want to have a look at that blastia!
…I’m just going to look.
ESTELLE You might get caught!
RITA I’m not that much of a klutz! (runs back)
ESTELLE Rita…!
YURI Hey now… (they follow Rita)
RITA (leaning over, looking at blastia) Ekaterine…
KAROL Ekaterine… …She named that blastia, didn’t she?
RITA (walks back to them) ……
YURI All set?
RITA yes.
There’s…nothing that I can do for her… It’s just too
cruel…
KAROL I mean, I understand that blastia are very valuable
items, but…
RITA It’s not about how valuable they are. Countless
people have given their lives to make human
civilization what it is.
And blastia have been living together with mankind
all of that time. They’re more than just a simple
tool that we use.
YURI …Well, it’s certainly clear that blastia are very
important to Rita.
ESTELLE Yes.
YURI If you’re all finished here, we should be on our way.
RITA Okay.
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They head back to Halure.

HALURE
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SUB-EVENT: Elucifer's Grave - Part 2:
Couple near entrance:
YOUNG MAN If ya head for the sea from here, ya can’t help
running into Ehmead Hill.
They say there’s the remains of some monster in the
ground about halfway up.
The story goes that this monster was as long as the
trunk of the Tree of Halure. Big, right?
YOUNG WOMAN Not long ago, I caught sight of a gallant man on my
way home from the port city.
He was tall and slender, with silver hair. But he was
headed into the mountains, and nobody’s seen him
since.
He was far too handsome to be a hermit… I wonder who
he could have been…
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SKIT A Rose by Any Other Name (obtained 2ND visit to

Halure)

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SUB-EVENT: Under the Tree - Part 1:
The Mayor stands near the base of the tree.
MAYOR Red…so very red… This year’s especially bad…
ESTELLE What’s the matter, Mayor?
MAYOR Oh ho. You’re back?
ESTELLE What about something being red?
MAYOR Oh, it’s just that this year’s flowers are an
especially deep shade of red, so I was thinking that
the curse of the caged emperor’s bride must be
particularly strong this year...
But… I’m just joking, of course.
YURI Who’s this caged emperor’s bride supposed to be?
ESTELLE About 300 years ago, the emperor at the time,
Brimstone the Fourth, planted a tree on the perimeter
of Halure’s barrier.
He lived all of his later years shut up inside his
castle, so people took to calling him the caged
emperor.
YURI It’s always so educational to have you around,
Estelle.
ESTELLE But what does the caged emperor’s bride have to do
with this tree?
MAYOR Legend has it that the caged emperor murdered his
fiancée, and buried her corpse beneath the roots of
this tree.
The tree gets its red color from the murdered bride’s
blood, which its roots absorb.
RITA Wha… What the hell…
MAYOR It’s really nothing more than a legend.
YURI Of course. There’s no way a tree could keep sucking
up someone’s blood for centuries, anyway.
MAYOR Yes. But I’m worried that this macabre tale will
spread and drive potential visitors away from our
town.
ESTELLE U-ummm…then don’t you think it’s a bad idea telling
 it to travelers like us?
MAYOR I…uhh… Oops. Okay, forget all about that story I just
told you, could you?
KAROL How are we supposed to forget something like that?!
MAYOR If you don’t forget it, the caged emperor’s bride
will hold a grudge against you…
RITA C-cut it out…!
YURI There you go again! You’re just reinforcing the
legend.
MAYOR Oops…
ESTELLE …There’s no way that story’s true…
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LITTLE BOY Fall, snow… Come on, snow.

This is what snow is like, right? What do you mean,
you don’t know?! Weak…
If these flower petals fell for 100 years, they would
bury the houses.
KRITYAN WOMAN #1 The flowers blossom beautifully.
However, withered flower petals that bury the city
aren’t necessarily beautiful.
Even beautiful things may not always be beautiful in
their last moments.
KRITYAN WOMAN #2 Good drinks and beautiful blossoms…
They say, “Food over flowers,” but you gotta have
both.
I’m so glad that I came to this city.
My hometown in the middle of the mountains looks
bleak.

Guys at the fountain:

MAN (STANDING) Why don’t I get tired of watching the flowers all day?
Even if I was watching a beautiful woman, I’d get
tired of her in a single night…
MAN (SITTING) The water here is said to spring out from the trunk
of the Tree.
Even if that was true, do you really think this much
water would just keep coming out?’
Do you think that the Tree will run out of water and
wither again?

MAN (ON PATH) I can no longer see the monster that used to wander
close to the city until recently.
It probably gave up due to the blastia in this city.

MAN (ABOVE STORE) If beautiful flowers should give you pleasure, show
your gratitude to the roots that birthed them…
It’s an old saying we have in Halure.

MAYOR’S WIFE The Knights left the city afterwards.

What in the world did they come for? You can’t just
work people us.
They didn’t protect us before, so what do they want
now?

THE PORT TOWN, CAPUA NOR

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YURI Man, the weather sure changed in a hurry.

KAROL Let’s find an inn before we get soaked.
YURI Estelle, what is it?
ESTELLE Oh, I-I just thought a harbor town would be more…
lively than this.
YURI Yeah, this isn’t exactly how I imagined it either.
RITA But it feels like the kind of place that core thief
you’re looking for would hang out.
YURI Dedecchi was headed for Torim Harbor.
RITA I’m sure the two are pretty similar.
KAROL No way. It’s only Nor Harbor that’s scummy like this.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
KAROL Nor Harbor is… It’s all because of the empire.

VOICE (they all turn around and look) I told you what would
happen to that little brat if you didn’t have our
money!
They see two men harassing a couple. The husband is on all floors,
bowing and touching his forehead to the ground. His wife is sitting on
the sidewalk.
MAN Please, sir!! Not that! Please give me back my son!
With this awful weather the last few months, we
haven’t been able to launch the boats.
Surely you realize sir, we can’t hope to pay our
taxes like this.
THUG (ARMED) You’d better hurry up and capture that Rhybgaro beast
then, shouldn’t you?
THUG (SUIT) That’s right. If you sell his horn, you’ll never have
to worry about taxes again. How many times do we have
to tell you?
As the thugs walk away, the couple kneel, bowing with their heads
touching the ground.
RITA Savages…
YURI Is that the sort of scum you were talking about,
Karol?
KAROL Yeah, the empire’s influence is really strong here.
I heard things got even worse with the new
magistrate. He’s some imperial beg shot who does
whatever he wants.
RITA Which means there’s no one to complain to if his
henchmen act like that.
YURI (disgusted sigh) …
ESTELLE But how can that be…?
Yuri approaches the couple.
KELLAS (WIFE) That’s enough! You’re hurt… You might even get
yourself killed this time!
TEAGLE (HUSBAND) But it’s our son! If I don’t go…
He tries to run away but Yuri trips him.
TEAGLE Oow…What are you trying to do?!
YURI Oh, sorry about that. Didn’t see you there.
They all run to assist the fallen man. His wife kneels at this side as
does Estelle.
ESTELLE Yuri!! …My apologies, sir. Let me take care of that.
(she uses healing artes)
KELLAS B-but I... I can’t afford this treatment…
YURI Don’t you have something else to say?
KELLAS Huh…?
YURI Jeez…You guys been robbed of your manners along with
your money?
Kellas stand up and bows to him.
KELLAS …I-I’m sorry. Thank you most kindly.
Yuri sees someone suspicious dart into a dark alley.
YURI … (Yuri follows)
Teagle stands and Karol notices Yuri is gone.
KAROL Huh…? Yuri?
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

1st street running west to east:

MAN Welcome to the Port of Capua. Capua is divided into
Nor to the south and Torim to the north.
This is the south side, Capua Nor.
Nor and Torim are both very spirited towns…
However, due to the magistrate…
A middle-aged woman stands outside the inn.
WOMAN Are you travelers? Watch out. The magistrates in this
city are evil.
Not only do they take taxes from their citizens, they
also make travelers pay.
Our magistrates are evil. They don’t have second
thoughts when murdering people.
You shouldn’t stick around if you think it’s going to
be dangerous.

Pollux Inn:
A noble man and woman sit at a table in the lobby.
MAN Ha ha ah! Let’s just take it easy, eh? Life is short,
it should be spent in comfort.
I’m not scared of the magistrate! I’m a noble!
I’ve got money to burn! Ah, but you people might be
poor. Forgive he. Ha ha ha!
WOMAN It seems it doesn’t matter how much money I have, no
ships are leaving and that’s that. I’ve made my peace
with it.
Without experiences like this, it’s impossible to
find out how the common folk live.
Traveling as I normally do, I’d never have the chance
at such an important experience.
It’s the unexpected that makes travel so rewarding.
If you think about it like that, it’s really quite
wonderful.
Under normal circumstances I’d never be staying in
such accommodations, but now I might even start
feeling attached to it.
Don’t you agree? You must, otherwise you wouldn’t
have set foot inside this inn.
INNKEEPER I tell you… This is one mean world… Heh, I guess
that’s not much of a welcome. Anyway, wanna stay?
It’s 300 Gald a night.
WONDER CHEF Guess you found me! You’re pretty good!
I’ll teach you to cook as a reward.
INFORMATION Learned the recipe for “Sorbet.”
WONDER CHEF I’ll give you this so you can practice!
INFORMATION Obtained 3 sets of ingredients for the recipe.
WONDER CHEF Gotta go! Till me meet again! (vanishes in smoky
flash)

The Trino Liner Service:

WOMAN Welcome…or so I’d like to be able to say. The Trino
Liner service isn’t operating right now.
The magistrate says he’ll sink any ship that sets
out. Can you believe that?
The Trino Liner Service is a sailing Guild. Neither
wind nor rain can stop our ship, the Stratos…
…But it isn’t too much of a match for storms.

Main Street:
KELLAS Is there nothing for us to do, except watch our son
die?
TEAGLE We’re suffering because of the Consul.
ESTELLE I had no idea this was happening in Capua Nor…
RITA The Empire’s standards must be low to appoint someone
line him.
KAROL Hey Yuri, don’t wander too far and get yourself lost.

VENDOR (MALE) We’re not in business right now because the

magistrate gets a percentage by way of taxes.
I’m really sorry.
This is such a good spot, so I’m staying here…
I’ll set up shop here one day…
VENDOR (FEMALE) There was someone dressed all in black wandering
around. He was really suspicious.
And to think, he’s the executioner hired by the
magistrate… I really don’t like the era that we live
in…
A wise man never courts danger! I’d like to start my
business here.
But in this world, you can be murdered without doing
anything wrong… It’s unbelievable…
Yuri inspects the alley. When he turns to leave, several hooded men
called Lett block his retreat and attack.

Spoken Dialogue/No Text after battle:

YURI Damn…It’s not over, yet?

Yuri is down and struggling to get up when a blonde-haired knight comes

to his aid and dispatches the attacking Lett.
KNIGHT Yuri, Are you all right?
YURI Flynn! What are you…? Hey! That’s my line!
FLYNN I’ve been looking all over for you.
YURI That one was mine, too.
A Lett tries to sneak up on them from behind. Yuri uses an arte to get
rid of him. The Lett at the end of the alley revive and resume the
fight. They are easily subdued by Yuri and Flynn. As a finishing move,
Flynn uses an arte to make crates in the alley, topple on the Lett.
YURI …Heh, that was about to get ugly… (turns around
preparing to walk away)
FLYNN All right… (swings his sword and strikes at Yuri)
YURI (blocking Flynn’s strike) Whoa, hold on! What are you
doing?!
FLYNN Yuri, I’m happy to see you’re finally seeing the
world outside the barrier.
Yuri breaks his hold and dodges more strikes from Flynn. Yuri uses his
axe as a shield against Flynn’s rhythmic sword strikes.
YURI So, be a little more happy then. And stop pointing
that thing at me.
FLYNN Well I got a little less happy when I saw this!
(points with his sword)
YURI (seeing a new wanted poster of himself) Hey, it’s up
to !0,000 Gald. Nice.
FLYNN I didn’t think when you quit the Knights that you’d
take up a life of crime.
YURI A lot of things have happened, Flynn. It’s not that
simple.
FLYNN Simple for not, a crime is a crime.
YURI (walking) …Good to see you’re as stubborn as always.
I… uh-oh.
ESTELLE Yuri, I heard something happened. Are you all…
(finally sees Flynn)
YURI Perfect timing.
ESTELLE …Flynn! (she embraces Flynn in bear hug)
FLYNN Huh…? (nervous)
ESTELLE Oh, Flynn. Are you all right? Have you been hurt?
Estelle’s left hand finds its way to Flynn’s waist. Yuri walks out of
the alley to give them privacy.
FLYNN (unsure) …I-I’m fine. Um, Lady Estellise…
Estelle let’s go of Flynn.
ESTELLE Oh! I’m sorry. I was just so happy to see you, I…
Struck with an idea, Flynn lays finger to his chin.
FLYNN …Please, this way.
Darting around Estellise, he quickly leads the way.
ESTELLE What? Ah, but… Flynn, there’s something I need to
tell you…!
They both leave.
YURI …I’d better go find Karol and Rita.

Fortune’s Market (Nor):

VENDOR Welcome, have a look at our wares!
(when leaving the store) Taxes are high and the shop
is not profitable.
Could you please buy more…

A man stands outside the Inn entrance facing the main street.
MAN O-- Oww-- Ouch! My stomach hurts!
Ooohhh…

Repede, Karol and Rita wait near the side street entrance watching the
rain.
REPEDE Whimper…
KAROL Some guy just dragged Estelle right by us…
YURI Re they both inside the inn?
KAROL Yep. So that other guy was Flynn, then?
YURI Yeah, well… (walks to the door)
RITA You might not be able to get a word in edgewise if
you went in now.
KAROL It seemed like they might be in there a while. Wanna
burn time walking around town a bit?
YURI (turns around, looks at rain) …Sure, okay.

Inside the Inn:

SKIT Yuri’s Worry

Flynn’s Room:
Flynn and Estellise are sitting across from each other at the table in
his room. Yuri and the others enter.
YURI All finished? (Flynn looks around, Estelle tilts her
head and smiles at Yuri)
And are we done whispering secrets?
FLYNN I’ve heard our story up until this point, Yuri. And
also the reason for the bounty on your head. (stands
up walks from the table)
First off, I owe you my thanks for protecting her.
(nods his head and blinks)
ESTELLE (bows) Oh, I’ve been meaning to express my gratitude
as well, Yuri.
YURI It’s nothing. I was already out searching for that
blastia thief.
FLYNN And that’s where we have a problem.
YURI Hmm?
FLYNN Regardless of the circumstances, the imperial law
cannot allow the obstruction of officers, jail
breaking, and trespassing.
ESTELLE I’m sorry. I’m afraid I told him everything.
YURI Don’t be sorry. I mean, I did all that stuff.
FLYNN Then I assume you are prepared to receive the
punishment our actions deserve.
ESTELLE (takes a few steps forward) Flynn?!
YURI Do whatever you like, but just listen a minute, will
you?
FLYNN So you can tell me how it was all done in order to
get back the lower quarter’s blastia core? That’s
what you wanted to say, right?
Two children open the door and stand before Flynn.
The girl is tall, carrying a sword, dressed in armor.
The other is a short boy mage wearing blue glasses.

BOY MAGE Sir Flynn, I have news… Wh-what is Rita doing here?!
(They both turn and look at Rita)
I heard you refused an imperial request for
assistance.
Do you think it’s all right for a mage employed by
the empire to simply abandon her obligations?
YURI (to Rita)Who’s that?
RITA Got me…
Boy MAGE …Humph, whatever. It’s not like I care a whit about
you either.
FLYNN I’ll make the introductions. This is my second-in-
command, Sodia.
Sodia nods her head toward them.
FLYNN This is Witcher, a mage who offered his assistance to
us at the laboratory in Aspio.
The boy, Witcher, adjusts his glasses.
FLYNN This is my…
SODIA (shouting) You…! Sir, it’s the criminal from the
 wanted poster!! (she levels her drawn sword at Yuri)
Flynn At ease, Sodia…! He is a friend of mine.
SODIA What?! But Sir, he’s a wanted man!
FLYNN I’ve just heard his story. While he is guilty of
minor crimes, the warrant for his arrest contains
false accusations.
Later, I will return him to the capital and explain
the situation.
And he will receive his due punishment.
SODIA (sheathing her sword) My… my mistake, Sir. Witcher,
let’s have your report.
As Witcher walks toward Flynn, Rita takes the opportunity to speak to
Yuri.
RITA So we’re done here, right?
WITCHER I believe the ongoing rain and wind are being caused
by a blastia.
The weather in this season is unpredictable, but this
does not explain why it worsens whenever boats leave
port.
SODIA We also have testimony that something like a blastia
was carried into Magistrate Ragou’s residence.
RITA I’ve never heard anything about a blastia that
controlled the weather.
Nothing like that has ever been excavated… Wait, the
aque blastia, the ruins… It couldn’t be…
YURI So his lordship, the magistrate, is using a blastia
to control the weather.
SODIA …It appears that way, though we can’t yet say for
certain.
The harbor has been closed due to weather. Any ship
that leaves is fired on for disobeying the ordinance.
YURI (to Rita) So much for crossing over to Torim.
FLYNN Those aren’t the only rumors surrounding the
magistrate.
He’s released a monster known as Rhybgaro into the
wild, and amuses himself by forcing those who can’t
pay their taxes to hunt it.
He claims he’ll pardon their taxes if they can manage
to capture the beast.
ESTELLE How cruel…
RITA That injured couple we met near the entrance must be
two of his victims.
KAROL And their child…
FLYNN What? What happened to their child?
YURI Forget about it.
Well, it’s been a hell of a day for us and we’re
tired. Let’s just stay at this inn for the night.
Yuri leaves. Estelle starts to follow him, but stops when she hears
Sodia speak to Flynn.
SODIA Also… we can’t forget about a certain “missing
person…”
ESTELLE (turning her head) …Missing person?

Inn’s Travel Log:

INFORMATION A traveler’s log. a place where travelers can
exchange information.
INFORMATION (Raining)
 Not been able to go out to sea due to bad weather.
Want to hurry back to my hometown, but held back by
various reasons.
The local magistrate by the name of Ragou, charged a
large sum for passage. Can’t afford to risk it not
knowing what the weather will be like in the next
town. Plus, who has that kind of cash?!
Hope the weather improves tomorrow…

Flynn’s Room (again):

WITCHER Turning down an imperial request to run around with
these people…
Is she trying to ruin Aspio’s reputation?
SODIA Who would have thought someone with a 10,000 gald
bounty on his head would be a friend of Flynn’s?
And Sir Flynn too…
FLYNN A crime must be punished, and justice shall be served.
Even though you know this, you still did what you did…

The man with a stomach ache on the inn’s doorstop is inside the door
now.
MAN Oohhh… I’ve had this stomachache since yesterday.
Ooohhh…

Yuri and friends stay overnight.

In the morning, outside the Inn:

KAROL So, what’s the plan?
ESTELLE I’m going to go see Magistrate Ragou.
KAROL What? We’ll get turned away at the gate if we try to
go there.
Even a noblewoman like you would have no chance of
getting in.
YURI Yeah, but with the harbor barricaded, we can’t cross
over to Torim Harbor.
And that thief Dedecchi, along with that one-eyed
giant, are both on the other side of the water.
RITA Let’s stop blabbing about it and just go, why don’t
we?
YURI If he won’t listen to what we have to say, we can
think of another plan.
ESTELLE All right, let’s head to Ragou’s palace, then!
INFORMATION Estelle joined the party.

SKIT The Sea Breeze

SUB-EVENT: The Dice Master

In part one, you can win a Gel Set.
Part two, you can win a Bottle Set.
Finally in part three, you can win a Super Gel Set.

Dice Master’s House:

DICE MASTER Oh! Excuse me, young lady! Can you spare a minute or
two?
RITA Huh? You mean me?
DICE MASTER Yes, yes indeed! You think you might want to play a
little stone-taking game with me?
 To make it interesting, I’ll give you a nice present
if you can beat me! What do you say?
RITA (walking up to the window) Hmmm… Well, why not?
But…are you sure? I’m pretty good at that kind of
game!
DICE MASTER Ho ho! Excellent! I’ve been looking for an opponent
to give me a challenge.
They call me the Master! I won’t go down without a
fight.
YURI *sigh* Do we really have time to be sitting and
playing games?

(Play a game)
RITA Don’t worry. I’ll make short work of this geezer.
Just wait and see.
DICE MASTER Ho ho! Well then, shall we begin?
Select game High or Low?
Even or Odd?
(Lose a game)
YURI Frankly, after all that big talk, I was expecting a
more impressive showing…
RITA Wha! No, no, you’ve got it all wrong!
I’m just feeling a little under the weather, is all!
DICE MASTER Ho ho! Feel free to come back for a rematch when
you’re feeling better!

(2nd Trip to Dice Master’s House):

DICE MASTER Oh, back so soon? Ready for a game?
Play a game!
DICE MASTER Ho ho! Well then, shall we begin?
(lose 2nd game)
YURI Heh heh heh. What happened, genius mage?
RITA (Turning around) Sh-shut up, you!!
DICE MASTER Ho ho! All that anger isn’t going to help you win!

(3rd Trip to Dice Master’s House):

(loose 3rd game)
YURI I’m telling you, give up now! You’re just going to
keep losing!
RITA I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it, I can’t staaaand
it!!
DICE MASTER Hmmm… Perhaps I was wrong about you…

(4th Trip to Dice Master’s House):

(win a game)
INFORMATION You’ve acquired a “Gel Set”
Apple Gel x! Orange Gel x! Lottery Gel x!
RITA …… …Finally.
DICE MASTER Hmpf, yes… I’ve lost.
YURI I guess even someone with no skill can win eventually.
RITA Sh-shut up, Yuri!
DICE MASTER Now for our prize, a delicious kiss from yours truly…
RITA !
YURI !
DICE MASTER …Haha fooled you! No, I’m going to give you the title
of New Master!
As news of my defeat travels, new challengers will
 appear, hoping to steal your glory!
Stay strong and don’t lose, Rita! That is, the New
Stone-Taking Master Rita!
To be continued next time, in “A New Assassin Lurks!”
YURI To be continued?
RITA …That’s not likely.
DICE MASTER Ho ho! Ho ho!
Well, if you ever feel like it, you’re welcome to
join me in my hobbies.
INFORMATION Rita earned the “New Dice Master” title.

(playing a new game):

DICE MASTER I really have a bad feeling about this… The
bureaucrats keep talking about money…
Can’t we just go ahead and play a game?
It’s a duel!
(after duel): There’s a certain romance to be found in stones. I
shall become the King of Stone-Taking!
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Village Bulletin Board:

INFORMATION wanted! Vicious Fugitive At Large!!
Dressed in black with front buttons opened.
Male, long, black hair!
If seen, contact the Imperial Knights at once!!

Magistrates House:
Yuri and party stand in the rain before two armed thugs serving as
Ragou’s security.
THUG #1 Whaddaya want?
ESTELLE I’d like to meet with Magistrate Ragou, if you’d be
so kind.
KAROL Yuri, these men are mercenaries. I wonder what guild
they’re from…
YURI I guess that explains the thuggish look.
THUG #2 Hmph, go home! Scram! The magistrate is a busy man.
YURI Surely not too busy to rough up the people in this
town?
THUG #1 Hey, you better watch your mouth, punk!
KAROL See, I told you he wouldn’t see us. Let’s get out of
here before things get sticky.
YURI I’d have to agree with Captain Karol on this one.
ESTELLE But, there must be some other way…
RITA Forget it. Let’s go.
Yuri, followed by Rita, Karol and Repede walk away. Estelle bows
before following them.
YURI We’d best leave the frontal assault on the palace to
the Imperial Knights.
RITA But isn’t the fact that that’s going so badly
precisely what’s got Flynn in such a bad mood?
YURI Hmph. Maybe he’d see us if we came bearing gifts, so
to speak?
RITA A gift? What do you mean?
YURI The Rhybgaro. It’s worth a fair amount of money,
right?
ESTELLE Come to think of it, that official mentioned the
 Rhybgaro.
He said that someone with its horn would never have
to worry about taxes again.
YURI If we brought something that valuable, the magistrate
would at least grant us an audience.
RITA You propose to catch the Rhybgaro?
Yuri nods.
KAROL This is our chance! It’s raining, after all!
ESTELLE What does rain have to do with it?
KAROL The Rhybgaro comes out of hiding when it’s raining!
Out of all the monsters I know, it’s the only one
that goes out in the rain.
YURI Capital observation, Captain Karol. What else?
KAROL …What do you mean, “what else?” That’s all there is
to it!
YURI So where’s the Rhybgaro now?
KAROL Er, uh…
RITA (disgusted sigh)[raindrop]
…Just as I thought.
ESTELLE Well then, let’s go talk to the people in town and
get their side of the story.
YURI Are you okay with this, Estelle?
ESTELLE Yes, Yuri.
YURI If we’re unlucky, this could put all of us on the
wrong side of the law.
The one who makes the laws in this town is his
lordship, the empire’s magistrate. You’d be okay with
defying him?
ESTELLE (takes a breath) …I’m going with you.
YURI You’re okay with it, then.
ESTELLE Yes.
YURI Rita, you don’t have any problems with it?
RITA I have to say, I’m incredibly interested in a blastia
that can control the weather.
ESTELLE Then it’s decided!
YURI So then, let’s seek out the Rhybgaro first.

If you talk to the thugs again:

THUG #1 What business do you have at the consular’s mansion?

Comments from townsfolk before hunting Rhybgaro:

An elderly woman looks at the bulletin board.
WOMAN A yellow Rhybgaro! The horns of those with yellow
skina re more expensive!
I think the yellow ones that I saw are more expensive.
I’m scared. They’re yellow monsters. I’m scared of
Rhybgaros.
YOUNG MAN What, Rhybgaro? You’re looking for ways to get out of
paying taxes, too?
I have no idea… That’s your problem.
You’re really relentless. Go to the uplands south of
the city.
It may be fun being killed by the monsters.
LITTLE BOY Rhybgaro horns are a vital source of ki…ki…uh, a
really important medicine.
…That’s what the woman doctor in glasses with the
white wolf puppy was saying, anyway.
 You know the Rhybgaro that old official guy was
talking about? I know where it is.
It’s in the forest to the south. I’m not lying!
MAN (SIDE STREET) Oh, Rhybgaros? They like dark places,
That’s why they only come out on rainy days.
Gathering under trees for shade…? Yeah, you could
probably find Rhybgaros doing that.
MAN Rhybgaros are monsters, aren’t they? The monster may
have been pregnant.
Recently, Rhybgaros come out to breed when it rains.
On rainy days, Rhybgaros are wandering outside the
barriers.
They seem to appear in wooded areas.

There’s a note on the door just to the right just before the dice
master.
INFORMATION “Here’s the back door! I got in! [heart]” It looks
like a man’s handwriting…

Hunting the Rhybgaro:

Flynn is waiting at the exit leading to the forest.
FLYNN You never could sit still, could you?
YURI Stop treating me like a little kid! (starts to walk
past Flynn)
FLYNN Yuri, don’t do anything reckless…
YURI I haven’t done anything reckless since the day I was
born!
I’m just chasing after a blastia thief!
FLYNN Yuri…
YURI You’re the one who should ease up on trying to do the
impossible, Flynn.
Yuri walks on leaving Estelle standing by Flynn.
FLYNN Witcher, go and see if we can get the right to search
blastia laboratories. (Witcher leaves)
*Sigh* I thought leaving the capital would have
changed him a little…
But it seems like he’s even more reckless than before.
ESTELLE Flynn?
FLYNN (turns to Estelle) Yuri’s so single-minded when it
comes to protecting others.
He’s willing to sacrifice himself to do it.
I envy him for that, but I also worry that he’ll take
it too far.
KAROL’S VOICE Come on Estelle. Let’s go. Yuri’s gonna leave us
behind.
ESTELLE Right, (to Flynn) we should be going now. (bows and
starts to run off)
FLYNN Oh, by the way, Lady Estellise.
ESTELLE Yes?
FLYNN …How…how is it, walking around outside, free?
ESTELLE (turns back to Flynn) I can’t say everything’s been
perfect, but…
…I realize there are things I must do. And that makes
me happy. It’s been wonderful.
FLYNN Good. (nods) I’m glad to hear it…
On the Field Map (Northern Muluroccia Peninsula):
YURI The rain’s letting up.
ESTELLE But it’s still so gloomy.
KAROL Yeah… I can’t see the sun at all.
YURI Whether it’s raining or sunny doesn’t much affect our
adventure, anyway.
KAROL That’s not true! Different monsters come out in
different weather.
There are monsters who can’t stand water, and others
that love it.
Monsters have a large effect on what we do, don’t you
think?
ESTELLE Karol, it’s so nice to have a member of the Hunting
Blades with us who knows about these things!
YURI Well, regardless, we’re going to have to walk in the
rain.
RITA Not necessarily. The weather might be different in
the morning.
KAROL Yeah, maybe so.
The best cure for a gloomy day like this is sleeping
it away, nice and cozy.
RITA …But tomorrow could be just as cloudy and dismal as
today.
KAROL Way to rain on my parade…
ESTELLE But rainy days aren’t always so bad!
They say all sorts of special things happen on rainy
days that don’t happen when it’s sunny.
KAROL Is that something else that you read in your books?
Is that true…?
ESTELLE …That’s what they say.
YURI Well, for new we’ll just have to get some sleep and
wait for the sky to clear up.
RITA Tomorrow might be just as rainy as today!
KAROL Rita… You’re pretty mean, you know that? (Rita smiles)

SKIT Search and Seizure Rights

Fighting Rhybgaro in the forest:

The Rhybgaro appears, whinnying and pawing the ground with its front
hoof.
ESTELLE !
KAROL This is Rhybgaro!
Rhybgaro rears and the fight begins.

Yuri and the others gather around the defeated Rhybaro lying
unconscious on the ground.
KAROL Come on, let’s take it back with us!
ESTELLE It’s covered in scars and bruises… I feel kind of
sorry for it.
YURI I reckon it’s been attacked by desperate townspeople
quite a few times.
ESTELLE It’s not the people in town’s fault!
YURI No, I understand.
Yuri kneels down by the Rhybgaro’s head and removes the golden horn. He
walks back, but stands still, holding the horn, not looking back at the
Rhybgaro.
ESTELLE Yuri…?
YURI The horn is what’s so valuable, right? This’ll be
enough to satisfy that money-grubbing magistrate.
RITA Wow, it’s not like you to show pity to a monster.
KAROL While you guys are busy talking, the monster’s
getting up!
Yuri turns around as the Rhybgaro leaps to his feet, looks at them for
a few seconds, then gallops away.
KAROL Wh-what? Why did it run away?
ESTELLE It understood what we were thinking!
KAROL The monster did? Seriously?
YURI Hey, we got the horn. Who cares either way?
INFORMATION Obtained Golden Horn.

Capua Nor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kellas and Teagle are in the street again. Teagle is carrying a sword
and preparing to leave.
KELLAS Wait! You can’t go out again after that girl went
through the trouble of healing your wounds!
Teagle walks toward the exit, but is intercepted by Yuri.
YURI Where are you off to with that dangerous weapon?
TEAGLE That’s no business of yours. I can’t have you
sticking your nose into my affairs just because
you’re curious!
Yuri throws the golden horn at his feet.
INFORMATION Handed over “Golden Horn.”
TEAGLE Th-this is…?!
He gets down on all fours and looks at the horn then at Yuri. Kellas
kneels down at Teagle’s side.
YURI Sorry for stealing your thunder back at the inn.
Maybe this’ll make it up to you.
Karol and Estelle watch Yuri walk away from the couple without waiting
for a thank you.
KELLAS & TEAGLE Th-thank you so much!
Karol, Estelle and Rita run after Yuri.
KAROL H-hold on! You’re just giving it to them?
YURI It’s a small price to pay if it saves their child’s
life.
ESTELLE You were planning on doing this from the beginning,
weren’t you?
YURI Nope, it just came to me.
RITA You do realize that you just gave away our gift for
the magistrate, right? Now what’ll we do?
YURI No worries, we’ll just find some other way to get
into the magistrate’s place.
ESTELLE Shall we see how Flynn’s doing, then?
KAROL Yes, maybe he’s even gotten into Ragou’s palace
already and set things straight!!
YURI Yeah, that sure would be nice…
ESTELLE Let’s go pay a visit to the inn.

Back at the Inn, in Flynn’s room:

YURI You’re looking chipper as always, Flynn.
FLYNN I’ve got a lot on my mind, Yuri. Not that you’d know
what that’s like.
YURI Hmph…
FLYNN Manage to go out and get our bounty raised even
higher?
YURI I thought you went to the magistrate’s place.
FLYNN I went. Along with a search warrant from the blastia
research lab.
YURI Ah, so you were able to go inside and look around.
FLYNN Nope… The magistrate refused us entry.
KAROL Why?!
WITCHER He even tried to provoke us. “If you really think I
have blastia, try to bust your way in,” he said.
SODIA He knows we don’t have the jurisdiction to do that--
he’s just making a mockery of us!
YURI Well, isn’t he right?
SODIA What did you say?!
KAROL Yuri, whose side are you on?
YURI It’s not a matter of whose side I’m on. If you think
you’re right, you should force your way inside.
FLYNN No, it’s a trap.
Ragou wants the Imperial Guard to make a mistake so
he can use it as an excuse to increase the authority
of the council.
If we go in now, he’ll hide the evidence and feign
innocence.
ESTELLE Is Magistrate Ragou on the Council as well?
FLYNN Yes,
The Imperial Knights and the Council are both
essential organizations that support the empire.
But Ragou seems to have forgotten this fact.
YURI So in short, we’re not dealing with your everyday
magistrate here. Well, have you got a plan for what
you’re doing next?
FLYNN …
YURI What, you’re out of ideas?
WITCHER …if there were some sort of disturbance inside the
palace, the Imperial Knights would be able to move in
under the pretense of emergency prerogative.
ESTELLE Ah yes… “The Imperial Knights may employ emergency
prerogative to intervene in emergency situations,
regardless of jurisdiction.”
YURI Of course! So if a thief snuck in and caused a ruckus
that’d be enough?
FLYNN Yuri, I know you want to help, but…
YURI …But I shouldn’t do anything reckless, right? (starts
to leave)
FLYNN I’m going to go patrol the town. I’ve just received a
tip that a fugitive with a warrant out for his arrest
is trying to get into the magistrate’s palace.

FLYNN Yuri… Don’t be foolish!

SODIA I have no choice but to ask you for your help…
…please…
WITCHER Don’t think you can talk that way just because you’re
a council member! Do you know who I am?
……No, pardon me.

Magistrate’s Palace
They hide behind a corner wall in the courtyard.
KAROL This place seems to get bigger every time I look at
it. Are members of the Council really that important?
ESTELLE “The Council is a body of nobles which aids in the
political administration of the empire.”
RITA Which means they basically represent the empire’s
interests.
KAROL Huh, you don’t say.
RITA So what about getting inside? (everyone is turned
toward the entrance, staring)
ESTELLE Shall we see if there’s a back entrance?
VOICE Tough luck. Place is surrounded by a wall, and
there’s no getting’ inside unless ya can clear it.
An older man, digging in his ear with his finger, stands behind them.
It’s the man who gave Yuri the key in Zaphias Prison.
ESTELLE …?! (Estelle is startled and the man uses the same
finger to shush her)
MAN Ya won’t last long if ya go screamin’ in a spot like
this, yer ladyship.
ESTELLE I’m sorry, but who are you?
MAN Whaddya mean? Me and the kid there are old friends,
right pal?
The man walks around the group and raises his hand in greeting to Yuri.
YURI (looking away) What are you looking at? I barely know
this guy.
MAN Now now, don’t be like that. What about the fun times
we had in jail, Mr. Yuri Lowell?
YURI Huh? I don’t remember telling you my name.
The man waves a few copies of the wanted poster at him.
KAROL’S VOICE See? You’re a celebrity, Yuri. So, what’s your name,
mister?
MAN Huh? Ah, right… I suppose Raven will do for now.
RITA For now, huh…? Who the hell does this guy think he is?
YURI (not looking at Raven) Well Raven, it’s been lovely
seeing you again. Now buzz off.
RAVEN Aw, come on. Yer tryin’ ta get into the palace,
right? You just leave it up ta old Raven.
Raven runs from cover toward the Palace.
RITA Shouldn’t we stop him?
YURI Actually, he pulled a trick like this that helped me
get out of the castle.
ESTELLE Really? Well, then maybe we can trust him.
YURI I’d like to hope so…
They look around the corner and see Raven talking to the thugs. The
thugs come running in their direction.
KAROL’S VOICE Uh, they’re coming over here.
Raven looks at Yuri, does a back flip, gives the thumbs-up and runs
around toward the Palace. Karol looks horrified.
ESTELLE B-but why…?
Yuri heaves an weary sigh, while Rita gets angry, powering up her
artes.
RITA Wait’ll I get my hands on him. No one uses me as a
diversion!
Rita hits the thugs with an arte.
KAROL There she goes again with the magic. Now what?
YURI Now we go inside, what else? We just got rid of the
 guards and all.
Rita runs to the front door.
YURI Whoa. Not the front door. Let’s see if we can get in
from the side.
They run to the left of the entrance. Raven is there waiting by the
elevators.
RITA (Waves at them) Hey hey, so we meet again. Glad to
see you’re okay. Catch ya later!
Raven runs into an elevator going up. Yuri and party run into the
other elevator.
RITA Wait!
KAROL Ack! It’s going down?

Basement of the Magistrate’s Palace

Yuri, Estelle, Karol and Repede step out of the elevator into a
spacious room littered with bones of all sizes. Rita inspects the
elevator.
RITA Argh! I don’t believe this! You can’t control it from
down here…
ESTELLE (covers her nose) Ugh!
KAROL Something smells rank…
YURI …Blood, along with something else? It smells rotten.
Repede prepares to attack as monsters approach.
YURI I wonder if he’s into raising monsters, too.
RITA Could be. He had Rhybgaro, after all.
CHILD’S VOICE Pa…pa, Ma… Help me…!
KAROL !
Argh, what was that? What is this place?!
Yuri and Estelle exchange knowing looks.
ESTELLE It sounds like someone’s there! Let’s go!

SKIT Raven

In another room:
KAROL Ack…!
CHILD'S VOICE *Sob* *sob* Papa… Mama…
Estelle sees a boy huddled in a corner and runs to him.
ESTELLE (kneeling) Everything’s going to be okay.
Can you tell me what happened?
BOY (standing up) A scary old man brought me here…
He said it was ‘cuz Papa and Mama couldn’t pay their
taxes…
KAROL (looking at Yuri) Do you think that this is the kid
from before…?
ESTELLE …How horrible.
KAROL All of these bones…could the monsters have done this?
BOY Papa… Mama… I wanna go home…
ESTELLE It’s okay. Everything’s okay now. What’s your name?
BOY Pauly…
Yuri walks over to Pauly and kneels by his side.
YURI Come on Pauly, be a big boy. No more crying. You’ll
see your mom and dad soon.
PAULY (straightens up) Okay…

They come to a room divided by ornate metal bars. A shrewd-looking old

man dressed in fine robes walks toward them from the opposite side of
the bars.
OLD MAN Well, well, what do we have here? More delicious
snacks for my pet, it seems.
YURI So you’re Ragou? You’ve got some pretty disgusting
hobbies.
RAGOU Hobbies? Oh, you must mean my basement.
Only someone with my refined sensibilities could
understand the pleasure I derive from such things.
You’re just like those senile old fools on the
council. They bored me to death and never let me
enjoy myself.
It’s the privilege of my exalted station to dispel
such boredom with the…help of the common people.
ESTELLE You can’t mean that’s your only reason to do those
things.
RAGOU Well, I suppose I should go and fetch Rhybgaro.
So many new toys… He ought to put on quite a show. I
thought you may not live long enough to see it…
(laughs behind his hand)
YURI There’s no point in searching for Rhybgaro. We’ve
already taken care of him.
RAGOU …What did you say? (serious now, pushes glasses up on
nose)
YURI Are you deaf? I said we’ve already taken care of him.
RAGOU (shaking with rage) You… What have you done to my pet?
YURI If you’d put a bell on it or something, maybe you
wouldn’t have lost track of it.
RAGOU Ah well, with a bit more money, I’ll soon be able to
replace him. (strokes his goatee thoughtfully)
ESTELLE (nudging Yuri aside) Ragou! How can you say such
things and still call yourself a servant of the
empire?!
RITA !
What? …You… But that’s impossible!
Yuri unsheathes his sword and blasts away a few feet of metal. The
blast knocks Ragou onto the floor.
RAGOU S—stay back! W-what do you intend to do?!
(looking around) Someone! Arrest these intruders!
He scrambles to his feet and runs away.
YURI We’ll have enemies all over the place if we don’t
hurry up and finish what we came to do!
Rita begins to cast an arte.
YURI Hold it.
RITA …What? Don’t we need to create an emergency for the
Knights to respond to? (she stops)
YURI It’s still too soon. First we need some evidence.
ESTELLE We’ve got to find the blastia that controls the
weather. (Yuri nods)

Further ahead in:

PATTY What a great view~
KAROL Who is that?
YURI What are you doing up there?
PATTY Exactly what it looks like. I'm surveying my
surroundings from above.
YURI Hmm, looks more like you got caught to me.
ESTELLE Umm... You do seem to be captured...
PATTY That's not true.
-pause-
PATTY Oh? I know you!
PATTY Um, your name is... Jack!
ESTELLE Who?
YURI My name is Yuri. And your name is?
PATTY Patty.
YURI Patty, huh? You were out front earlier, right?
PATTY Oh, that's right. I bet you just couldn't forget my
face and followed me, right?
Yuri sighs and Patty is freed.
KAROL So, what are you doing here?
PATTY Looking for treasure.
KAROL Treasure? Here?
RITA [Thinks it's suspicious that both Raven and Patty
snuck into the mansion at the same time. The exact
wording escapes me.]
KAROL What do you do, Patty?
PATTY I'm an adventurer.
ESTELLE A-anyway, it's dangerous for a girl to be wandering
around in a place like this by herself.
KAROL She's right. Come with us.
PATTY But I haven't found any treasure yet.
YURI Despite what you say, you sound less like an
adventurer and more like a thief.
PATTY An adventurer, in other words, is [I can't translate
her explanation. Sorry.] That's why even though I may
look like a thief, I'm not.
YURI Hmm... Whatever. But that doesn't stop you from
looking for treasure, does it?
PATTY (sweat drop)
KAROL What do we do?
PATTY (...)
(light bulb)
There's no treasure left in this mansion, probably.
RITA In other words, "I'll leave with you."
YURI Now then, shall we get moving?

They run through the rooms and up stairs until they find a gigantic
blastia. Stairs lead up to a platform encircling the top portion of the
blastia.
KAROL’S VOICE Is this the blastia we’re looking for?
Rita runs onto the platform and manipulates the blastia’s controls.
RITA Strihm, laitos, rockra, fleck…
They just patch together blastia with different
formulas…
This formula could manipulate the weather, but how
can they use the like this?!
It’s just like at Ehmead Hill. They don’t have the
slightest respect for what they’re working with.
ESTELLE This is just what we need for evidence.
Rita, shouldn’t you finish that later…?
RITA …Just a bit more… I just need to check a few more
things…
YURI You can have Flynn give you a look at it after we’re
done. Let’s get busy with our “emergency.”
ESTELLE Let’s just break something that won’t be missed…
(looks around for a likely target)
Karol bangs on one of the platform supports with his hammer. As the
platform she stands on shakes, Rita fires up an arte.
RITA Aaah!! Damn it!!
Rita shoots a few fireballs, one of which lands close to Karol.
KAROL Jeez! What got into you all of a sudden?!
RITA We’ve gotta give those knights a good reason to show
up, don’t we? (continues to blast the walls)
ESTELLE Yes, but I don’t know if we should…
RAGOU Really, what a way to behave in someone else’s home.
Ragou has brought his mercenaries with him.
RAGOU The time has come for you to earn your keep. I want
all of them captured.
(Yuri runs toward them) Whatever happens though, take
care not to kill the young lady!
KAROL No way! Are these guys from the Blood Alliance?
Yuri runs past Karol to engage the thugs. Rita continues her fireball
assault.
RITA And here’s another one for you!!
The fighting begins. Holding his hammer, Karol shields Pauly. Yuri
defeats one thug and Rita starts another round of artes magic. Yuri
runs to get her attention.
YURI That’s enough, we’re getting out of here!
RITA What’re you talking about? I’m not finished yet!
YURI If we don’t leave now, we’ll run into Flynn and I’d
rather not deal with that.
RITA You don’t seriously think he’ll come that quickly…
Another one of Rita’s fireballs blasts directly above a door as Flynn,
Sodia, and Witcher enter the room.
FLYNN Magistrate, I don’t know what’s happened here, but
allow us to offer our assistance.
ESTELLE Flynn?!
YURI (to Rita) There, see?
RAGOU Humph. He’s certainly enthusiastic…

A high window shatters as a dragon and rider crash through.

KAROL Whoa…!! Is th-that the dragon rider?!
Witcher powers up his magic as the dragon rider circles the blastia.
Flynn and Sodia are up on the platform trying to protect the blastia,
but they are no match for the dragon rider. Circling around to the
blastia’s other side, the dragon and rider sail past the front of the
blastia. As they pass, the dragon rider cuts into the blastia core with
his spear. The broken blastia crackles as undirected energy emanates
from the diagonal wound.
RITA (enraged) You!! What the hell do you think you’re
doing?! How dare you destroy those blastia!
ESTELLE There really is a person riding a monster…
RITA (powering a spell) Wait!
Rita blasts fireballs at the intruder but the rider and dragon weave
through them easily. The dragon rider positions his mount over Flynn
and company and directs the dragon to breathe a fiery blast in their
path. The blastia structure is engulfed in flames. Rita watches
incredulously as they fly back out of the window.
FLYNN Damn. He’ll get away!
RAGOU (on hands and knees) Prepare my ship!
YURI Where do you think you’re going?!
Lead by Yuri, they follow a steep ramp leading to the outside yard near
the elevators.
RITA Argh, what the hell! Who rides a monster like that!
KAROL That was the dragon rider.
RITA Dragon rider? More like dragon freak! Hurting my
blastia like that!
KAROL “Dragon freak” …*sigh* You know, Rita, that blastia
wasn’t even yours.
ESTELLE Anyway, why do you think someone would go around
destroying blastia?
YURI That’s a good question. I’d like to sit down and pick
that dragon rider’s brain sometime.
RITA As if you could have a normal conversation with
someone like that!
YURI (to Pauly) Do you think you can go home by yourself?
PAULY You’re going to get that bad Ragou person, aren’t you?
YURI Yeah, we want to hurry.
PAULY It’s okay. I can go home by myself.
YURI There’s a good boy. (Pauley leaves)
KAROL …Estelle, what’s the matter?
ESTELLE I still can’t believe the magistrate could do such
terrible things…
KAROL Sadly, it’s pretty common.
YURI Haven’t you already seen what the empire’s capable of
several times on this trip already?
KAROL While you guys are having a nice little chat, Ragou’s
escaping in his ship!
SKIT The Dragon Rider Rides Again

Ragou’s Ship:
They run alongside the ship as its leaving port.
RITA (running) What the hell am I doing here…
YURI (Karol running alongside him) Here we go…!
KAROL Whoa, hold it hold it hold it, I’m not ready--!!
Yuri grabs Karol under his arm and leaps onto the ship. Landing with a
thud, only Karol and Estelle are leaning with their hands on their
knees trying to catch their breath.
RITA (looking into a chest) These are all blastia cores!
KAROL Why are there so many? and they’re all just cores.
RITA I have no idea. We don’t even have this many at the
laboratory!
ESTELLE Could this be connected to the core thief?
YURI Could be.
KAROL But I thought the one behind everything was a huge
guy with one eye. that doesn’t fit Ragou at all.
YURI Then he might not be the only one pulling the strings.
I wonder if the core from the lower quarter is here
someplace.
RITA Sorry, none of these are big enough.
Repede, senses danger. They are surrounded by armed men in blue
bandanas and armor.
KAROL I knew it. These guys are with the Blood Alliance.
They’re one of the five master guilds.
They attack.
Spoken Language/No text
YURI Are these guys connected to the blastia thief, too?
ESTELLE Just what is the magistrate up to?!

They stand before steps leading up to a door. Yuri and Karol look at
each other then run up the steps. Karol picks the lock on the door.
Suddenly a deep voice booms out.
VOICE Out of my way!
There’s the sound of a strike and Karol flies over the steps and lands
sprawled at Rita and Estelle’s feet.
KAROL Aaah!
It’s the one-eyed Giant!
Giant Hah. Was that spineless worm Ragou running from a
bunch of kid?
Behind the giant, Yuri’s sword makes a whipping noise as he levels it
at the giant’s shoulders.
YURI One-eyed giant… So you’re the one getting people to
bring you all these cores?
Giant Maybe I am…
The giant quickly swings his huge sword at Yuri. Yuri leaps away to
land at the bottom of the steps.
Giant You’re quick and you’ve got guts, too. My arms’s
gonna feel that… Wish I had you in my guild.
YURI How flattering.
Giant But it’s pushy guys like you I have to watch out for.
Upsets the harmony of the guild, see? Nothing
personal…
Ragou lurks around the corner.
RAGOU Barbos, what are you waiting for? Dispose of these
brats!
Barbos I did all the work you paid me for. Besides, the
Knights’ll be here soon. Rather not have those guys
following me around.
Barbos Next time we meet, you kids won’t be getting off so
easy.
Barbos runs past Ragou.
RAGOU Wait! He’s still inside…! (ignored by Barbos) Damn!
Zagi…! We’ll leave the rest to you!
Ragou runs to the lifeboat, Barbos cuts the rope holding it and the
lifeboat drops into the water. Zagi strolls out from around the cabin’s
outer wall.
ZAGI Who is it? Who do I get to kill this time…?
ESTELLE (making a fist) You’re the one from the castle!!
YURI Looks like we’re stuck with this guy.
Explosions rip the hull of the ship, as Ragou watches from the
lifeboat. Zagi stumbles.
ZAGI My blade, it aches to…kill… I’ve got to kill
something!
He springs at Yuri, blades aimed at his neck. The explosions continue
moving up toward the deck.
YURI (dodging blow) Whoa… Go easy on me this time.

The battle begins:

ZAGI Spoken dialogue/No text) You think you can kill me?
Go ahead…Try it!
YURI Trust me…I will!
What the hell are you trying to do?
ESTELLE Please, we have to catch Ragou.
ZAGI Haha…you can’t hurt me…
YURI So we’ll just keep pounding you until you’re dead.

The battle ends:

Spoken Dialogue/No Text
YURI Don’t let me see you again.
ESTELLE I agree!

As explosions continue to destroy the ship, Zagi struggles to get up

off the deck
ZAGI Graaah!! that hurts…
YURI (lowering sword) You put up a good fight.
ZAGI …I-I retreated…
(getting up, holding his upper left arm) …Heh heh
heh. Mwa hah hah hah hah!!
(looking down at the deck) You’re tough! Yes tough!
You’re definitely tough! I certainly won’t forget
that, Yuri!
(glaring at Yuri) I’m going to kill you, Yuri!! Gonna
carve you into little pieces! Don’t move a muscle…!
(throws his head back) Mwa hah hah hah hah.
An explosion on deck blasts Zagi off the deck and into the air. The
ship begins to sink.
KAROL What? …It’s sinking!
YURI ( A wall of flame separates Yuri from the party)
Everyone into the water!
VOICE (Yuri looks down) …*Cough*… Is anyone there? (Yuri
runs to the cabin door)
ESTELLE Yuri! (She starts to run after Yuri)
RITA Estellise! No!
ESTELLE But…but…
RITA Shut up and jump!

Estelle, Karol and Rita float in the water around the end of the ship
sticking up out of the water.
KAROL (Holding onto his floating bag, using it as a
floatation device.) Everybody okay?
ESTELLE I am… But Yuri… (worried)
RITA … (Spoken/No Text: huh?)
Rita looks down into the water as Yuri surfaces, holding a person with
blonde hair.
ESTELLE Yuri…! Thank goodness!
YURI Man that’s salty. I must’ve drank a bucket full.
RITA Who’s that?
ESTELLE Ioder…!
RITA What, you know him?
KAROL Look, a boat! We’re saved! Heeey! Over heeere!!
They see Flynn aboard the Empire warship.
FLYNN It looks like everyone made it through unharmed.
Flynn sees the boy in Yuri’s arms.
FLYNN …Master Ioder!
Wait, I’ll pull you out. Sodia, give me a hand.

THE PORT TOWN CAPUA TORIM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Back on shore, the party gathers with Flynn and Ioder.

IODER I owe you my thanks. You saved my life.
RITA Hey, who is this guy?
ESTELLE Um, well, you see…
FLYNN I’ve made arrangements at the inn. We can discuss
 things further there.
You’ll come, won’t you?
Yuri nods. Flynn does a nod/bow to Ioder and they leave.

SKIT A Little Freaked Out

Dock and Lower Level of Capua Torim:

SAILOR The Empire’s warships are wonderful! The design,
color, and cool knights! I’m in love!
Huh? You need something? Quit looking at me like
that, you pervert!
SKIT Zagi
NOBLE WOMAN Oh ho ho ho! Aren’t ships a delight? A ship allows
one to travel so very many places.
Thrills! Mystery! Spectacle! All mine.
What…? You don’t own a boat? How dreadful.
MAN You came on an Empire Warship?! Are you some kind of
imperial bigshot?
…You don’t really look it……
I feel a bit bad because the Empire’s warship has
turned up.
Torim Warehouse:
YOUNG MAN This is the Fortune’s Market stock warehouse.
It’s a mess in there. Trust me, you don’t want to see
it.
I get so depressed when I think about having to clean
it up…
Yep.. There goes another day without cleaning it up…
SKIT Torim, the Center of Trade
Lighthouse Keeper’s House Area:
WOMAN (OUTSIDE) There was something exploding on the sea!
What could it be?
Hey, you arrived by ship right?
Do you know anything about those explosions on the
sea?

WONDER CHEF Guess you found me! You’re pretty good!

I’ll teach you to cook as a reward.
INFORMATION Learned the recipe for “Fried Chicken and Fries.”
I’ll give you this so you can practice!
INFORMATION Obtained 3 sets of ingredients for the recipe.
Gotta go! Till we meet again!

OLD WOMAN I’ve seen quite a few men row off to sea in a boat…
None of them has been back since…
Hmph! I bet they all found themselves a nice girl in
a town somewhere!
MAN Out on the sea I heard a terrible noise.
I could see a lot of smoke. Could it have been an
accident?
Maybe they were attacked by the Capua Nor magistrate
again and they sank their ship.

Lighthouse Keeper’s House: I

OLD MAN Aaaargh! My stupid grandchild! She’s crazy about this
Aifread!
He’s just a useless pirate!
 I know it’s just a youthful crush but should I keep
watching over her?
INFORMATION A bag full of dried fish. A strange smell fills the
air every time it’s opened.
GIRL My senile old gramps forgot that he gave me a ship!
But when I use it he lectures me and goes on and on
about the dangers of the sea……
I want to be king of the pirates just like Aifread…
WOMAN My father and my daughter are so quick to argue.
I wish they’d just get along…they’re so alike, those
two
It’s not as if they really dislike each other, you
know.

West side of docks:

MERCHANT Ragou closed down the Capua Norrr porrrt…and now we
can’t even run ourrr Linerrr Serrrvice.
We’rrre the famous and fabulous Torrrrino Linerrr
Serrrvice!

Upper Level of Capua Torim:

OLD MAN The sailors in my day had a bit more zest to them,
y’know?!
Young folk nowadays are good for nothing!
Looks like I might be forced out of retirement!
Man (guild) This port is the bridge that connects our Guild to
the world!
We’re going to travel across the six continents and
rule the entire world!
Not that anything special would happen if we ruled
the world, I guess.
LITTLE GIRL My friend moved to at town called Heliord.
It’s supposed to be a new town the Empire made.
We were writing letters to each other but now they
don’t come anymore…I wonder what’s wrong?
YOUNG MAN Welcome, welcome How’d you like to sell me some of
your memories? One memory, five Gald!
Huh? Too cheap? Hmph…
Come on now, don’t hog all your memories! Surely you
could spare one or two…
VENDOR Welcome, welcome! Plenty o’ healthy catches here!
Thanks for dropping by!

Sign on the Vendor’s cart:

INFORMATION Homemade Popsicles
Comes in yummy flavors like Tuna, Octopus and Squid!
Try our other flavors too!
GUILDSMAN Far off on this continent to the west is the den of
our guilds.
They call it Dahngrest! Visit sometime.
That reminds me, they say there’s a mercenary town
off to the northwest. Or was it abandoned?

Top Level of Capua Torim:

MAN Many different guilds make their headquarters here.
The most powerful among them is supposed to be the
Blood Alliance, but…
 Hmm…mercenaries, I just don’t know…
Fortune’s Market (HQ):
Two guildsmen stand in an office with three other doors and a desk in
the middle of the room.
GUILDSMAN #1 …This town is so nice to live in…
The people are kind, the weather not too hot, not too
cold…and best of all…the President isn’t here…
Just between us……
The President smells so nice…
GUILDSMAN #2 This is Fortune’s Market Headquarters.
The President is not here right now. What do you want?
The President is not here right now. Get to the point.
Door on the right:
INFORMATION This is Kaufman’s room. She might have a fit if we go
inside.

Fortune’s Market (Torim):

MERCHANT Welcome. You’ve come to the only store in Torim.
[heart]
Thank you, please come again! [heart]
Upstairs Door:
INFORMATION There’s a sign on the other side of the glass. “Shop
open on 1st floor. Come check out our goods!”

WOMAN Fortune’s Market uses this town as their base of

operations.
There aren’t any heavy taxes like in Capua Nor, but
there are a lot of restrictions on business.
*Sigh* …doing business in this town is so difficult
unless you’re part of Fortune’s Market.
LITTLE BOY Do you know what these plants are? they’re all
indigenous to the Tolbyccian tropics.
On this continent strong rains fall frequently.
If you travel further to the west, I’m sure you’ll
come to understand what makes this continent so
unique.

Inn “Pollux T”:

OLD MAN I was wandering through the forest and became lost in
some old ruins…
It was there I heard the unnatural howling of some
frightful beast!
There’s no doubt in my mind… it was the legendary
monster, Euma.
GUILDSMAN #1 There are many of us with the same profession in this
world, but we’re not all in the same guild.
What I mean to say is, I have nothing to do with the
Blood Alliance.
It’s not very fun getting confused with a group that
has such a bad reputation.
GUILDSMAN #2 The continent of Tolbyccia got Capua Torim and
Dahngrest on it.
And in Dahngrest, there’s the Union that brings the
Guilds together.
The head of the Union’s called the Don, and
everyone’s a-scared of him.
WOMAN Ooh, hello, you cuties. How’d you like a game with
little old me? [musical note]
If you think I’ll be a pushover just because I’m a
woman… you’re going to get burned! [heart]
I’m plenty tougher than any of the lousy men around
here.

The Traveler’s Log:

INFORMATION (Sunny)
Not been able to get across to Capua Nor for the past
3 days due to bad weather. It is frustrating when the
weather has been so nice here in Capua Torim.
Strange that the weather can be so different when
they are so close to each other.
Flynn’s Room:
Ragou is there, as well as Flynn and Ioder.
RITA You…!
RAGOU Yes? Have we met somewhere?
Rita lunges at him but Yuri throws out his arm and stops her.
YURI Convenient time for amnesia. I know somebody who can
fix that for you.
RAGOU Amnesia? I’m terribly sorry, but this is the first
time we’ve met.
KAROL Are you crazy?!
FLYNN Magistrate, your crimes are undeniable. these people
have seen everything.
RAGOU As I’ve just been explaining, someone had assumed by
identity and was trying to ruin my reputation.
It was most upsetting.
RITA Liar! I saw those people you fed to monsters with my
own two eyes!
RAGOU Well, Sir Flynn? Who are you to believe, these young
ruffians for me, a member of the Council?
YURI Flynn… (Flynn says nothing)
RAGOU It’s settled then. I bid you all a good day.
Prince Ioder politely stands up. Ragou bows to him and leaves.
RITA Who does that guy think he is?
(points at Ioder) And who the hell is he?!
YURI (sternly) Settle down.
FLYNN This is… (hesitates with his finger laid across his
chin and lip)
ESTELLE (moves beside Flynn) This is His Royal Highness
Ioder, candidate for the imperial throne.
KAROL Huh? Hah hah, yeah right, Estelle, good one…
Hah hah hah… (everyone is serious) …What?
IODER I am only one of the candidates.
FLYNN It’s true. With the passing of the previous emperor,
Master Ioder is a rightful heir to the throne.
KAROL (taken aback) R-really?!
IODER Yes.
YURI An alleged imperial heir captured by a so-called
magistrate. That’s interesting.
ESTELLE …I see. Then this incident means that I…
YURI A little too juicy for public consumption, huh?
ESTELLE I…I just…
YURI It’s got something to do with your decision to leave
 the castle, doesn’t it?
ESTELLE … (spoken dialogue/no text: ahhh) (she looks down)
YURI (turns his back to them) Do whatever you want. I’ve
got no interest in an empire that just sits and does
nothing while its people suffer in plain sight.
FLYNN Yuri…
And what have you changed by turning your back on
such an empire?
We need just laws laid down by the government to
ensure that people can live lives of stability and
peace.
YURI Those same laws just let Ragou walk out that door.
FLYNN Which is why you and I became knights, Yuri. To
change things like that.
If we couldn’t make it happen by yelling about it
from below…
…then we said we’d gain honor and trust, and fix the
empire from within.
Remember?
YURI (facing Flynn) …So in order to get ahead in life, I’m
supposed to stand by while somebody feeds little kids
to monsters? Is that it?
You want me to look the other way when our people in
the lower quarter are being bled dry by taxes?
It’s because I can’t do those things that I quit
being a knight.
FLYNN I know. But has anything changed because you quit?
YURI … (spoken dialogue/no text: ugh!) (frustrated, Yuri
turns his head away)
FLYNN How is anything different before you joined the
Knights?
Yuri walks out of the room.
KAROL (looking back at Estelle) W-wait, I’m coming too…
(glances at Yuri opening the door, then back at
Estelle)
FLYNN (putting his hand to his forehead) I’ve done it again…
I only want for him to move on with his life. To quit
sitting around.
ESTELLE Flynn, I…
FLYNN …My apologies for such an embarrassing scene.
IODER What do you intend to do next?
ESTELLE Would it be all right if I go with him?
FLYNN Why?
ESTELLE …I feel like so much as changed during my travels
with Yuri. The empire, the world…
I’ve changed as well…
FLYNN Lady Estellise… Understood.
You there, young man.
KAROL (looking about the room) Who…m-me?!
FLYNN (nods) Tell Yuri to take good care of this young lady.
KAROL O-okay…!
ESTELLE Is it really all right…?
FLYNN I would rather do the job myself, but I’m afraid my
current duties won’t allow it.
And as long as you’re with him, I can be certain
you’ll be safe.
ESTELLE You believe in him, don’t you.
FLYNN I do.
RITA If you guys are finished, can we get going? We’ll
lose him if we don’t hurry.
Outside the Inn, Yuri slams his fist into the rock wall.
YURI Damn, he knows how to get to me…
I know better than anyone that nothing’s changed.
… (sighs heavily and looks at his fist)
(lowers the fist to his side) Guess I should look for
clues about the blastia core…
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

SKIT Raven and Getting Information

Yuri walks by the Fortune’s Market. A man is standing between the two
white benches nearby. As Yuri draws closer, he leaves.
YURI Hey, it’s him!
Yuri runs and catches up with Raven and puts a hand on his shoulder. A
sigh of mild disgust escapes from Raven before he turns to acknowledge
Yuri.
RAVEN Hmm…? H-hey there, long time no see.
YURI Isn’t there something else you should be saying?
RAVEN (rubs his chin thoughtfully) Something else? Hmm,
can’t think of anything.
YURI Well, they say the deceived have better memories than
the deceivers, don’t they?
RAVEN (hangs his head) I’m just terribly misunderstood,
honest!
YURI You need to see a doctor for your tendency to
unconsciously cause trouble to others.
RITA (closes one eye) Ya might see if ya can get that foul
mouth of yours checked out, too.
YURI (rests his hand on his hip) Got a comeback for
everything, huh? If you don’t stop putzing around,
the Knights are gonna throw you back in jail!
RAVEN Heh, the Knights are a bit too busy to bother with me.
I saw a rough-looking guild group moving to the
northwest not too long ago.
Yuri rubs his chin as he listens to Raven’s words.
RAVEN The Knights can’t just turn a blind eye to them, can
they?
YURI …Rough-looking, you say? Was it the Blood Alliance?
RAVEN Beats me.
YURI By the way, what was your business back there?
RAVEN (turns away) Nothing special. I was looking for an
“apatheia.”
YURI What is an “apatheia?”
RAVEN Supposed to be like a really strong core.
Heard that it was there but I guess I had the wrong
information.
YURI I see… an “apatheia…”
KAROL'S VOICE Oh! Yuri! Hey, over here!
Both Yuri and Raven look in Karol’s direction. With him are Rita and
Estelle.
RITA Argh, I’ll get you, old man! (runs toward Yuri and
Raven)
RAVEN Hmm, maybe I’d best be off, now.
YURI Yep. The Amazoness has emerged.
Raven waves then runs for it.
RITA (stops by Yuri) Wait, damn it! I’m gonna beat you
senseless!
Rita takes off after Raven and Karol stops by Yuri, clearly exhausted.
KAROL *Huff* *huff* Why’d you let him get away?
YURI He said he’s terribly misunderstood.
KAROL What? What does that mean…?
Rita comes back.
RITA …He got away. I’ll catch that bugger one of these
days…
YURI You should leave him be. going up against that kind
of guy is just a waste of energy.
Estelle catches up.
YURI You all right?
ESTELLE …Just let me…take a…little break.
YURI Sure, you can have a little one. Then we’ve gotta go.
KAROL Go? Go where?
YURI We need to follow the Blood Alliance to get back the
lower quarter’s blastia.
ESTELLE Did you get a lead on where to go next?
YURI I heard that a shady group from a guild was headed to
the northwest. It might be them.
KAROL To the northwest of here…the only city I can think of
in that direction would be one that was destroyed in
an earthquake.
ESTELLE What could they want to do in a place like that?
YURI Hmm, good question.
RITA And yet you still want to go?
YURI I’m just saying we should go and check it out.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

SKIT Destroyed by an Earthquake

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SUB-EVENT: Dark Enforcer - Part 1:
While applying for a room, Yuri overhears a conversation between two
nobles.
WOMAN Wow, what a strange group of people. A dog and even a
couple of kids…and they don’t look like they’re
related, either.
YOUNG MAN As the gateway to all of Tolbyccia, Capua Torim sees
its fair share of interesting folks.
A motley crew like theirs isn’t too uncommon among
all of the guilds that pass through here.
WOMAN But I could swear that I’ve seen that young man
somewhere before…
YOUNG MAN You too, ma’am? to tell the truth, he looks familiar
to me, too.
I wonder where I’ve seen his face…
Yuri turns around and looks at them.
YURI ?
DESK CLERK Your room is the last one down, on the right. Have a
pleasant stay.
YURI Sure, thanks.
During the night, voices awaken them.
VOICE (KNIGHT) Is the wanted man really hiding in here?
VOICE (NOBLE MAN) I’m sure.
I thought I’d seen him somewhere before. And then I
spotted the wanted poster, I immediately know it was
him.
VOICE (KNIGHT) That room up ahead, hmm… All right. You stand back.
VOICE (NOBLE MAN) Yes, of course.
There are three beds in the room. Rita and Estelle are in the bed next
to the wall. Karol is asleep in the middle bed and Yuri is in the bed
nearest the door. Hearing the voices, Yuri sits up in his bed.
YURI Hey, wake up!
RITA Mmm…what do you want? It’s the middle of the night!
KAROL Not too much milk on my cereal…no, it’ll get soggy…
YURI I said wake up, Karol! We have to get out of here!
VOICE (NOBLE MAN) The wanted man has three friends with him. They’ve
also got a dog, so be careful.
VOICE (KNIGHT) An Imperial Knight won’t be beaten by the likes of a
common criminal! (Yuri stands up on the bed)
RITA Estellise! Kid! Wake up, you two!
An Imperial Knight, with spear at the ready, and the noble young man
enter the room. The beds are empty.
KNIGHT All right, put your hands up and come quietly…huh?
MAN They got away!!
Yuri and his companions gather in front of the already closed,
Fortune’s Market.
ESTELLE Wh-what was that all about?
YURI It looks like somebody snitched on us.
KAROL Snitched?
RITA You’re too well-known for your own good, Yuri.
ALL THREE (look at Yuri) ..
YURI Isn’t guild influence really strong in Torim? Maybe
that knight was overcompensating for how impotent he
must feel.
ESTELLE Yuri, that knight was just trying to do his job! I’d
appreciate it if you kept our insults to yourself.
KAROL Ugh… I’m never gonna be able to get a good night’s
sleep at this rate…
YURI Well, at least we got away without getting caught,
right? We can be happy about that.
RITA Happy? This is annoying as all hell!
The next time we stay at an inn, you can sleep
outside with the dog!
Yuri heaves an exasperated sigh.
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THE FALLEN CITY: CAER BOCRAM

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Yuri and party stand in pouring rain at the entrance to a ruined city.
YURI Man, this place is a total wreck.
RITA Do you seriously think anybody would come to a place
like this?
YURI I wonder if we’ve been fed some false information
again.
KAROL Again…?
FEMALE VOICE That’s far enough! This area is under the
jurisdiction of the Hunting Blades.
KAROL (looking around) That voice…?!
Karol turns to see a girl holding a huge circular blade standing atop a
ruined building.
GIRL These measures have been taken to prevent the injury
of innocent bystanders.
KAROL (overjoyed) Nan!
Karol runs to look up at Nan.
KAROL All right! I finally found you!
NAN …
KAROL Are the chief and Tison with you? Have you guys been
getting along okay without me?
NAN Don’t take that buddy-buddy tone with me.
KAROL Aw, don’t be like that. I only got a little lost.
NAN A little lost? That’s a good one! You know you just
ran away!
KAROL I didn’t run away, I swear!
NAN Still making excuses, huh?
KAROL It’s not an excuse! I beat an eggbear, just like I
said I would!
NAN More lies.
KAROL I-I mean it!
NAN Is this how you repay being taken in by the Hunting
Blades…?
Remind me who it was that said, “I swear I won’t run
away this time.”
You always run and hide at the first sign of trouble.
You’ve been kicked out of every guild in the book.
KAROL Shut up! (waves both hands frantically) You shut your
mouth!
Estelle and Yuri look at Karol.
NAN …Hah! Even we’ve already fired you!
KAROL W-wait!
NAN You have been warned by the Hunting Blades! Leave
this area at once!
If you fail to heed this warning, you do so at the
risk of your own lives. (She leaves.)
KAROL Nan!
Karol stands with his head hung low.
ESTELLE … (ah…)
YURI This still doesn’t explain what the Hunting Blades
are doing here.
RITA Good point. (She starts walking into the ruins)
ESTELLE Rita, wait. Are you forgetting about the warning?
RITA She never said we weren’t allowed to enter.
ESTELLE But what about the “risking our lives” part?
RITA Are you implying that I should listen to that brat?
Don’t make me laugh.
YURI At any rate, the Blood Alliance doesn’t seem to be
here. Let’s have a look around.
They enter the ruins. Karol is still standing with his head down. Yuri
stops and waits for him. Karol runs to join him.

SKIT Karol, Fired

Lower Level of Caer Bocram

House on right:
INFORMATION It’s locked, not with a key, but by some other means.
 Maybe there’s a device that will release the lock
somewhere.

SKIT Doesn’t Seem Like An Earthquake

They find a drum-shaped blastia on the ground between two buildings.

KAROL What sort of blastia is this…?
RITA Hey, get your grubby mitts off it!
Of course… It’s slightly different from the norm, but
it looks like a type of warp blastia.
Its activating mechanism is…
Let’s see…
Huh…?
YURI What’s the matter?
RITA …There’s no activation switch!
It’s properly equipped with a core, and it doesn’t
look like it’s the type where you can activate it by
removing the core.
ESTELLE So maybe there’s an activation switch located
somewhere else?
RITA Perhaps… If there were another blastia like this one
in this town.
It wouldn’t be too unusual for there to be some
device to manage all of them at once.
YURI Oh, so we can’t activate it, then? Too bad…
KAROL Huh? Why’s it too bad?
YURI Nah, I just had a hunch it would led to something
interesting…
RITA Blastia isn’t a toy, you know!
ESTELLE Couldn’t we just look for the device that’s managing
it?
RITA Yes…
YURI Sure, maybe we can find it…

SKIT The Hunting Blades

They come to the end of a path. There is a hatch with a wooden door in
the ground.
ESTELLE It looks like a dead end.
YURI Should we head back? Or…
KAROL Hold on, I’m going to have a look around.
Karol inspects the hatch.
KAROL Weird, there’s not a keyhole or anything…
YURI Really…? (inspects the hatch)
KAROL Yuri, an amateur like you would never be able to open
a door like--
Yuri kicks the door to the hatch and it opens with a cloud of dust
clearing away to reveal a ladder.
KAROL What the…?
YURI I wouldn’t want Captain Karol to dirty his hands on
such a filthy door!
KAROL (embarrassed-scratching back of head) Oh, uh, r-
right, ah hah hah…
RITA *Sigh*
KAROL Well, shall we? (he goes first)
YURI Wouldn’t it be crazy if a monster just gobbled up
your foot right now? Just a giant munch, and oops, no
 more foot.
KAROL (jumping back and falling on his rear) Wah, waaaaahh…!
YURI Heh, looks fine to me. Let’s go inside.
KAROL What am I, your test dummy?!
They climb down.
KAROL What’s this do?
RITA Get your grubby mitts off it! I don’t want to have to
tell you again!
YURI It seems like it might be an activation switch for
the warp blastia upstairs.
Rita flicks the switch.
ESTELLE Nothing’s happening.
RITA It doesn’t have enough aer.
YURI Not enough…aer…
…I wonder if that ring I got in the Shaikos Ruins
might be able to do anything.
RITA Ah, the Sorcerer’s Ring. I’m not sure…
But you might as well give it a try.
Yuri uses the ring.
RITA It worked…!
ESTELLE Maybe that means we’ll be able to use the warp
blastia upstairs!
YURI Let’s go!
Yuri activates the Blastia with the ring and the door to the buildings
unlock and the street lights shine.

SKIT Estelle, the Historian

SKIT Built Like a Maze

With the blastia finally operational, they can now use it to travel to
upper levels of the facility. Yuri steps on the platform and selects
“Move forward.” They are transported to structures built on a higher
plateau. The center structure had a corkscrew ramp that spiraled deep,
at least five stories, down into a basement with a blastia powered
console and a locked vault door.

Vault door:
INFORMATION The heavy door is tightly shut.

Console:
YURI (thinking) There’s a complicated looking device.
Better leave it alone.

They return to the main floor and climb stairs to find a moss covered
door leading to another blastia transport. With it they were able to
reach the next higher plateau of buildings. On this plateau, they see a
group of people gathered around a huge Gattuso.
ESTELLE …So it looks like the Blood Alliance…
YURI …aren’t here after all.
KAROL Those guys are the Hunting Blades.
ESTELLE Th-that man…we saw him in Deidon Hold.
YURI Ah, now that you mention it, we did see him. So he’s
the leader of your guild, them.
KAROL Yeah, he’s Clint, the leader of the Hunting Blades.
Clint draws his sword and faces the Gattuso.
YURI He’s gonna fight that monster all by himself?
With one blow, Clint takes out the Gattuso.
RITA Wha! No way, man!
YURI He took it out in one hit…?
KAROL That was a fatal strike.
YURI A fatal strike?
KAROL It’s a crazy-powerful technique that extremely
skilled swordsmen can use.
YURI Hmmm… So how do you do it?
KAROL How do you do it…? H-How should I know?!
ESTELLE “Fatal strike-- A strong attack which throws your
opponent off balance…”
“…Followed by a single, well-timed strike to finish
the enemy.”
RITA Is that something else you read in a book?
ESTELLE Y-yes, it is…
YURI I see… It sounds like it’s easier said than done.
RITA You really want to get back into the guild, don’t you?
KAROL Wh-what makes you say that?
ESTELLE What…? Karol, are you going to go back into the guild?
KAROL I won’t go back…! I’m sick and tired of monster
hunting.
RITA Won’t go back, or can’t go back? It sounded like you
were fired.
KAROL (pleading) N-no. I had been planning on leaving for a
while.
YURI Oh, really? Well, whatever you say.
KAROL So, uh, let’s get going.
ESTELLE Well, I’m glad you’re staying with us, Karol.
YURI Anyway, what do you think they’re doing with such a
large contingent?
ESTELLE Yeah, if they wanted to take out that monster we saw,
one person would’ve been enough.
KAROL This is actually the first time I’ve ever seen this
many guild members gathered in one place.
ESTELLE Really?
KAROL Yeah, a lot of the members are loners. They tend not
to travel in groups.
And the chief being here is out of the ordinary, too.
RITA Curiouser and curiouser…
KAROL Want to…follow them and see what they’re up to?
YURI Nah, that sounds interesting, but I’m gonna keep
going.
ESTELLE He’s looking for members of the Blood Alliance, after
all. Right, Yuri?
YURI Yeah, I don’t want to worry about two guilds. One is
more than enough!

Fatal Strike Tutorial (opponent is a Spekkit)

YURI I think I’ll try to do that thing.
KAROL That thing?
YURI That fatal strike thing.
KAROL You can’t just imitate what you saw and hope it’ll
work…
YURI Hey, I won’t know if I can until I try. How did it go
again?
KAROL Uh, uhh, first, you go and attack the enemy to throw
it off balance…
YURI Alrighty… (charges the monster)
KAROL “Alrighty”? Ah…!
INFORMATION Add an attack and prepare for the Fatal Strike.
Yuri strikes and a green ring forms.
YURI I see it!
KAROL Huh? S-see what?
YURI I see my opening to attack!
INFORMATION Press RT to trigger a Fatal Strike.
Yuri does so.
KAROL Yuri, that was amazing…
YURI Nah, I was just copying what I saw.
ESTELLE I didn’t think it was the sort of thing you can just
copy like that…
YURI Well, you need a little skill, but it’s not really
that hard.
You think you could do it while watching me?
KAROL N-no way! It takes a skilled swordsman to do
something like that…
YURI I know that.
But Karol, you’re not as bad as you make yourself out
to be.
KAROL I’m, I’m not?
YURI You too, Estelle.
ESTELLE R-really…?
YURI Alright, let’s go.
INFORMATION The amount of EXP, LP, as well as item drop rates
increases when you defeat an enemy with Fatal Strike.

Spoken/No Text (after battle)

YURI That was fun.
KAROL Yuri, you’re awesome!

A thorough search of all the houses on every plateau gained three

password clues. With these in hand, the party returns to house with
the locked vault. At the end of the long spiral ramp, everyone begins
to suffer the same symptoms.
KAROL Wh-what’s up? I feel kind of sick all of a sudden.
RITA Even someone as dense as you can feel it?
KAROL Who are you calling--
Wait does that mean you can feel it, too?
YURI Ugh, what a feeling…
KAROL Yuri…Estelle, too?
ESTELLE I’m f-fine.
YURI Don’t overexert yourself. We can rest here and have a
look around.
RITA Seriously, what’s going on?
Ever since we got here…
KAROL If a monster attacked us right now, I don’t think I’d
be up to it.
YURI Saying stuff like that is the best way to attract
monsters, you know.

ESTELLE … (head drops)

Estelle sinks to the floor and Yuri hurries to kneel by her.
ESTELLE Yuri…!
YURI If you’re going to keel over, couldn’t you do it in
the middle of a crowded city street? I can’t be
expected to be there to catch you every time.
Yuri stands, the Estelle gets to her feet. As if embarrassed, Yuri
takes a few steps and stops with his back to everyone.
ESTELLE Y-yes, thank you. I’m still doing okay.
They take a few seconds to watch soft tiny green lights, like dim
fireflies, floating in the air around them.
RITA …This is aer.
KAROL What? I thought aer couldn’t be seen with the naked
eye.
RITA If it’s dense enough it can be.
YURI Estelle, weren’t you saying something about that
earlier?
That dense aer is bad for the body.
ESTELLE Yes… “High-density aer can occasionally have very
negative effects on the human body.”
YURI It made you pass out in the Quoi Woods, too.
RITA …Really? Wow.
YURI Maybe we should get out of here.
Rita inspects the blastia console next to the vault door.
ESTELLE But we still haven’t made sure if the mercenaries are
here or not.
YURI I guess that’s true, but…
ESTELLE Let’s keep moving.
RITA It looks like this blastia is linked to the door.
KAROL How do we open it?
RITA It seems that we have to carefully put together the
symbols to form the right phrase.
YURI Wouldn’t it be faster to break it?
RITA That’s not a good idea. What if it makes the door
stop working?
YURI Hey…something’s coming out of it.
RITA …So should we just put some letters in here?
KAROL Hey, didn’t we pick up some odd pieces of paper?
ESTELLE Actually, come to think of it…
Could this be a clue to the passcode?
YURI Seems we need to use our mind to get an answer. Let
(me) look at the paper again.

Password Clue 1: Light

Password Clue 2: Sky
Password Clue 3: Sphere

INSTRUCTIONS TO ENTER THE PASSCODE:

The passcode is たいよう (taiyou), which means “sun” in Japanese.

If you are unable to type in Japanese, then follow this guide:

- From the top left corner, go RIGHT 3 spaces. Click on た.
- Go DOWN 1 space, then LEFT 3 spaces. Click on い.
- Go RIGHT 7 spaces, then DOWN 1 space. Click on よ.
- Go LEFT 7 spaces. Click on う.
- Press START.

They enter the passcode and the vault door opens. They walk into a
circular room as high as the spiral ramp. Suspended high up in the
center of the room is a huge blastia structure with many barbs shaped
like arrow points attached to its body. The blastia is slowly spinning
in a suspended pool of water and emits a blue glow. Below is a deep pit
covered by a glowing blue barrier.
KAROL That water is…floating?
YURI It looks like that blastia is causing it.
ESTELLE And probably this strange feeling as well… (they all
appear to be winded, leaning over with hands on knees)
RITA …Huh? He’s similar to the ones at Ehmed Hill and
Capua Nor.
KAROL Is it broken…?
RITA When a blastia breaks, it loses its ability to take
in aer. There’s no way it would get like this.
ESTELLE So… What’s going on…?
RITA I don’t know… What could he be trying to do?
They hear a roar that makes the ground rumble.
ESTELLE W-Was that a monster?
They hear another roar. The ground rumbles a monster walks below in the
deep pit in the center of the floor.
KAROL M-m-monster…!
YURI Take it easy-- you’re not feeling well. And there
aren’t any doctors around here.
KAROL Huh…? But… But I…
The monster roars louder, shaking the ground.
KAROL (frightened) Uaaaah…!
YURI The barrier’s gonna fail…!
RITA Don’t worry, that’s a reverse barrier.
KAROL Reverse…barrier…?
RITA It’s a powerful barrier for holding monsters. He
won’t get out of there any time soon.
But, the aer here. This isn’t normal.
The barrier begins to crackle and spark.
YURI I’ve got a bad feeling about this…
KAROL It’s starting to disappear…!
ESTELLE (seeing Rita start to run) Rita?!
RITA …Calm down… I’ll have it fixed in no time…
As Rita runs to fix the barrier, Repede barks out a warning.
REPEDE Woof!!
TISON’S VOICE So who’re the numbskulls that decided to go and
ignore our friendly warning?
Tison (the hooded sorcerer) and Clint (the Gatsutto slaying, Fatal
Striker) stand with Nan across the monster pit.
YURI Sorry. None of us here are nice enough to take your
“friendly” warning seriously.
TISON Humph. You don’t say… Well now, if it isn’t that runt
Karol who got his sorry butt cut from the team.
The aer must be affecting ‘em. It looks pretty thick
over there.
CLINT That’s just what we want. You all just sit tight and
behave yourselves.
(holding up his sword) We’re only interested in
taking out this big brute.
YURI You sure talk big. taking care of a pet is a big
responsibility, you know.
Don’t go abandoning him for someone else to take care
of.
Repede nods toward the ceiling. Estelle looks up.
ESTELLE (a beast cries out from above) Aaah!
The dragon rider crashes through a window.
RITA Him again!
The dragon rider pierces the water barrier around blastia with a spear.
The water starts to pour out.
ESTELLE Phew… Hey…I feel better…
KAROL Th-the barrier’s down! (the monster in the pit looks
at them)
RITA Of course! That dragon freak broke the blastia!
You’re dead freak! Dead!!
The blastia continues to spin in the air, but broken currents of
electricity now crackle over its surface. As the dragon rider arcs
around the edge of the pit, Clint repeatedly blasts the monster with
his sword.
CLINT Yeah, that’s it. Show me some anger. Show me what a
monster’s like!
Now I’m gonna mop the floor with you!
The dragon rider hovers over the monster as the dragon aims a firey
blast at the Hunting Blades party.

CLINT …Huh?
TISON Looks like he wants the first piece of action, Clint.
Well, come and get some, then!!

Nan hurls her circular saw, but the dragon dodges and rolls avoiding
the blade as it spins around the tower. Tison runs up the wall like a
lizard past the dragon rider and leaps, falling down on top of the
rider.
TISON Graaah!!
The monster below becomes even more agitated. Trying to reach Yuri and
party, it breaks up the portion of the retaining wall that Yuri and
party are standing on to rubble.
YURI Whoa…!
KAROL Uaaah…!
ESTELLE Aah…!
They fall into the pit along with the debris.

YURI (scrambles to his feet rubbing the back of his head)

Damn… If we lose our balance…
ESTELLE (standing up) …I’ve never seen anything like it
before…
KAROL Omigosh, omigosh, omigosh…
They realize they are now in the pit with the monster.
YURI (facing the monster) I guess we gotta take care of
someone else’s pet.
One by one, they join Yuri in the battle. All except Karol.
Spoken Dialogue/No Text – after battle:
YURI That monster was huge!
RITA What’s with the kid?
Estelle looks into the monster’s eyes. They look into each other’s eyes
for many seconds. The monster turns around and heads for an opening in
the pit wall, the ground quaking with every step. Yuri watches it go.
Estelle sinks to the ground in exhaustion.
ESTELLE We made it…
RITA …What about Karol?
The blastia finally falls and lands in the pit behind the party. Water
drips down heavily.
TISON (Arms raised to the sides, hands in fists) There
ain’t a monster alive that wasn’t born to be my
 punching bag.
NAN Master! It’s too dangerous!
TISON This monster is mine, even if it costs me my life!
The dragon rider heads his mount straight up to the hole in the
ceiling. Rita readies a spell but stops when she sees Tison attack the
dragon rider in the same fashion as before.
TISON Graaah!! (He misses this time. He falls with his arms
spread out like bird wings.)
The ceiling begins to break up.
ESTELLE The ceiling…
It’s not gonna hold!
NAN (to Clint) Chief! We have to withdraw! We can’t
afford to stay here now that the mark has escaped!
CLINT Damn. Hadn’t seen a monster like that in a while…
What a letdown. All right, pull out! (leaves)
YURI We should leave, too.
RITA It’s not fair. I wanted to beat the hell out of that
freak, too!
ESTELLE Wait, where did Karol go?
YURI If he isn’t out here, he probably left before us.
we’ll look for him as we go.
INFORMATION Karol left the party.

They find Karol outside.

NAN Something comes up, and it’s just *poof*, you’re
gone! Always, always running away by yourself!
KAROL It-It’s not like that!
NAN Not like what?!
KAROL Like I said, back in Halure…
NAN I’m not talking about Halure!
If you’re not ashamed of anything, then shouldn’t you
hurry back to your friends?
KAROL It’s just that…
NAN No need to explain to me. I think you’ve got other
people who’ll listen to you.
KAROL Huh…?
Karol turns around to see Repede, Yuri, Rita and Estelle walking up
behind him.
KAROL Guys…
ESTELLE Karol, I’m so glad you’re safe.
RITA Where the hell did you go? We were really in a jam
back there.
KAROL (head hanging down) I’m… I’m sorry…
Yuri walks over to Karol and pats him on the head.
YURI Hey, at least you made it out in one piece.
NAN I’m leaving.
KAROL (turning around, looking at her) Wait…
NAN You think long and hard about what you’ve done.
That’s all I have to say to you. (leaves)
Yuri’s tousles Karol’s hair.
KAROL (grabs his hair protectively with both hands) Hey,
cut it out
YURI Let’s get going Karol. We’re all tired.
KAROL Yuri…
RITA Man, we were way off. The Blood Alliance was nowhere
to be seen.
YURI No kidding. We’ll have to take any information that
 guy gives us with a grain of salt.
RITA “Guy”…? You don’t mean…?
YURI Yeah.
RITA Ooh! I am gonna roast that deadbeat the moment I see
him.
ESTELLE Let’s…let’s take it easy on the way back. (they
leave, Karol stays put)
KAROL …It’s not like I…
YURI'S VOICE Hey! You’re gonna get left behind!
KAROL I’m coming!
INFORMATION Karol joined the party.

SKIT Aersick

Leaving Caer Bocram, they are met by Cumore and Imperial Knights
KAROL !
YURI !
ESTELLE ?
REPEDE Grrrr…
CUMORE Ah, the common rabble. so I’ve finally found you.
That’s far enough.
YURI (hand on hip) You lackeys must have had a lot of time
on your hands if you crossed the ocean just to see us.
CUMORE Humph… You’re in no position to talk down to the
likes of me.
Now, Princess, right this way.
As Cumore walks toward Estelle, she takes a few steps back.
KAROL Huh? What does he mean, “princess”?
YURI The princess standing right here in front of us.
ESTELLE (looking at Yuri) Y-Yuri… But how did you…?
KAROL What? …Estelle’s a princess?
RITA I suspected as much myself.
ESTELLE Rita… You, too?
KAROL W-wait, you’ve gotta be kidding…
Estelle sets herself, then approaches Cumore.
ESTELLE …And what will happen to my friends?
CUMORE Why, they’ll be drawn and quartered for abducting a
member of the royal family, of course.
ESTELLE Please wait. I wasn’t abduct --
CUMORE Ah, what a mouthy young lady you are. This way,
please!
The knights run forward and stop slightly ahead of Cumore and draw
their weapons. Cumore draws his own sword, point aimed at the party.
KAROL Estelle…!
Yuri draws his weapon.
CUMORE Now die like the flies you are!
LEBLANC’S VOICE Arrest the culprit Yuri Lowell and his accomplices.
CUMORE !
Cumore, sword back in its sheath, whirls around as Adecor and Boccos
stride up behind him.
CUMORE Gah…you. The Schwann Brigade…! (It begins to rain)
As Leblanc walks over to stand beside Cumore, Adecor and Boccos pull
out their weapons.
CUMORE Just a minute! This prize catch is mine! I won’t let
you take him from me that easily!
LEBLANC “Catch?” Our duties are not to be carried out in the
fashion of a hunt.
CUMORE Humph!
LEBLANC Did I not also hear someone mention “dying” earlier…?
CUMORE You did. What is wrong with condemning criminals to
their deaths?
LEBLANC Should not criminals be captured and judged in
accordance with the laws?
CUMORE …Humph.. I suppose I can let you have these little
worms.
Cumore walks away.
CUMORE'S VOICE If it isn’t Schwann, it’s Flynn. These upstart
commoners are so full of themselves…
(Cumore’s knights hasten to follow him) Even that
Commandant…
Boccos steps forward to escort Lady Estellise.
LEBLANC This way please, Your Highness. Do watch your step…
ESTELLE Um, but I…
BOCCOS Yes, right this way!
LEBLANC (running forward a few steps) Arrest them in the name
of Captain Schwann! (he walks to Estelle)
As Leblanc walks over to stand before Estelle, Adecor runs past her and
draws his sword.
ADECOR Okay, Yuri Lowell gang it’s curtains for you, I say!
RITA What do you mean “gang”?! Hey, get your hands off me!
Do you know who I am?!
KAROL B-but I haven’t done anything!

ESTELLE Don’t hurt them! I beg you…!

YURI Estelle, don’t worry.
ESTELLE Yuri…!
Leblanc looks stern as his men practice authority.
Adecor’s VOICE Just start walking! Walk, I say!
YURI Ow! Hey, watch it with the pulling…!
Leblanc turns abruptly and stands at attention.
LEBLANC Sir Schwann, we shall take these undesirables to
Heliord.
Captain Schwann stands on a rooftop. Seen only from the back, he
acknowledges Leblanc with a single wave.
LEBLANC All members, fall out!
INFORMATION Estelle earned the “Royal Successor” title.
INFORMATION Estelle left the party.

HELIORD THE RISING CITY

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The scene changes to an office in the Chevalier's HQ. Yuri, Karol and
Rita are seated before a table piled with books and papers across from
Adecor and Boccos. Repede sleeps on the floor beside Yuri and Leblanc
stands at the end of the table addressing Yuri.
LEBLANC Continuing on, we will review the particulars of your
18th crime.
YURI Please do.
LEBLANC Is it true that you threw a knight sent to collect
the taxes into the river?
YURI Wow, I’d forgotten about that. was that you, Tweedle
A?
ADECOR That’s right! I was in bed with a cold for three
whole days thanks to you.
YURI …How many more of these are there? this is getting
pretty boring.
KAROL …I wonder what’ll happen to me.
BOCCOS So, I’ll write you have “no signs of remorse” in the
report then…
YURI Where’s that do-nothing captain of yours, anyway?
What was his name? Schwann?
RITA Playing hooky because he’s the big shot.
LEBLANC You dare mock our captain? Sir Schwann is a legendary
hero and a veteran of the Great War ten years ago.
RITA So basically, his eminence would never stoop so low
as to deal with nobodies like us.
ADECOR Quiet, I say! Quiet! Getting on to your next offense…
The door opens and Commandant Alexei accompanied by a Krityan woman
enter.
LEBLANC Y-your Excellency Commandant Alexei! To what do we
owe this pleasure?!
Adecor and Boccos stand up and salute by holding their right forearms
across their chest.
YURI Alexei… What…?
Leblanc steps back and salutes as Alexei approaches.
ALEXEI All your crimes are hereby pardoned by the good
graces of their Highnesses Estellise and Ioder.
LEBLANC What?! But these foul criminals have disturbed the
peace of the empire…!
ALEXEI The Imperial Knights thank you for rescuing Prince
Ioder and protecting Princess Estellise.
WOMAN Please take this. (she hold out a bag of money)
YURI We’ve got no need for this. It’s not like we did
those things for the sake of the Knights.
ALEXEI I see. (He and the woman turn around to leave)
YURI What about Estelle…?
ALEXEI She has just given her consent to be returned to the
imperial capital.
KAROL (standing up) What? …Well, I guess she is a princess,
after all.
ALEXEI The Princess is waiting at the inn. We would be
pleased if you made an appearance.
Alexei and the Krityan woman leave.

SKIT Estelle, the Princess

WONDER CHEF
INFORMATION Learned the recipe for “Fish with Miso Sauce.”
Obtained 3 sets of ingredients for the recipe.

LEBLANC Grr…I’ll remember you, Yuri Lowell.

ADECOR I…I’ll let you go this time!
BOCCOS You better watch it next time!

Main room of Chevalier's HQ:

Guard (W door) Throughout history, there have always been two types
of people.
That’s right. The rulers, and the ruled.
Everyone working in this town, without exception, are
among the latter.
Knight Effort always bears fruit. Persevering until you
 harvest that fruit is the definition of effort!
People put faith in notions like that, and then die
in obscurity…
Nobles are winners, commoners are losers. Everything
is decided by birth!

Outside the Chevalier's HQ:

KAROL So Estelle’s going back home, huh.
RITA You don’t have a problem with this, Yuri?
YURI It’s not my decision to make.
RITA Well…I guess that’s true, but…
YURI More importantly, where are we?
KAROL This is the city of Heliord. Geographically speaking,
it’s located between Torim Harbor and the city of
Dahngrest.
It was only just recently built. It’s still a very
new town.
If you follow this road to the east you’ll hit Caer
Bocram, where we were earlier. Cut through the west
and go to the northwest to reach Dahngrest.
YURI I see…well, maybe I’ll have a look around the town a
bit.
RITA …I’ve got my own business to attend to.
KAROL Hmmm, what to do…
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.
KAROL I can’t go back to the Hunting Blades…
What am I going to do…?
KNIGHT Stop complaining and work.
You want to be a noble, don’t you?
Depending on how well you perform, I might consider
putting in a good word with Sir Cumore for you.
Eastern City Exit:
MAN Welcome to Heliord, the newest addition to the
empire’s cities.
Journey east to reach the port of Torim and west to
make for Dahngrest.
Knight GUARD This town is populated by miserable laborers, the
knights that watch over them…
…And the nobles that rule over all.
I wouldn’t even think about opposing the nobles, if I
were you.
If you catch their glare, you’re liable to spend the
rest of your life working in forced labor.

Plaza with Blastia:

Knights and workers are in this area.
Man (hammering) Build a house, get ! point. Put in a beam, 0.5 points.
Get enough points and you too can become nobility!
Earning points to become nobility. The Council is
pretty snazzy.
OLD MAN How long has it been since I came to this town to
become a noble…?
I’ll be a noble soon…soon…
REPEDE Woof!
RITA Is this the town’s blastia? Hmm…
KNIGHT Hey! You thee! No loitering allowed! Now, move along!
Man (blastia) Almost all of your most important work turns out to
 be odd jobs.
Of course, knowing they’re odd doesn’t mean you can
perform them oddly.
Old Man (blastia) Are you worried about something?
The best remedy for a worried mind is hard work.
I’ve labored hard, always being told that.
CUMORE KNIGHT Monitoring the laborers is a terrible job.
I want to do something worth doing, you know?
Man (scaffolding) I’m so bored of all this menial labor.
How much longer until my shift ends…?
Won’t you all just shut up?!

Talking to Flynn:
Flynn and Prince Ioder are standing between the entrance to the Inn and
the plaza.
YURI Oh, so both of you were here the whole time!
Prince Ioder bows.
FLYNN Yuri, please watch your speech in front of His Royal
Highness.
You could at least show due courtesy to the gracious
pardoner of your crimes.
IODER It’s okay, Flynn. Miss Estellise and I acted of our
own volition.
FLYNN You’ve already heard about Princess Estellise then, I
see.
YURI Yeah, I heard.
FLYNN Yuri, I thought that traveling with you would be to
Her Highness’ own benefit, but…
IODER The royal family can’t be allowed to romp all over
the countryside without restraint.
YURI That’s not very convincing coming from you.
IODER Haha, I apologize. But now especially, it’s
undesirable for the royal family’s concerns to be
brought into the public eye.
YURI Concerns? You mean whether you or the Princess is
next in line for the imperial throne?
IODER Correct. There are currently two opinions, that of
the Imperial Knights, and that of the Council.
FLYNN Your Highness!
IODER There’s no use hiding any details from him when he
already knows so much.
IODER The Imperial Knights are backing my own ascension to
the throne.
Meanwhile, Miss Estellise has the support of the
Council.
YURI She’s a princess, after all.
IODER Yes, her relation may be a distant one, but she’s
unmistakably of royal blood.
YURI That’s gotta be tough for the Knights, too.
Even if she’s the rival of their candidate for the
throne, it’s not like they can just stop protecting
the Princess, is it?
FLYNN Yuri, this matter is…
YURI I don’t know anyone odd enough to be interested in
information like this.
Well, I’m going to go drop by Estelle’s place, and
then I’m gonna take a load off at the inn. Thanks for
 the chat.

KNIGHT The strong do not win. It is the winners who are

strong.
Victory is meaningless unless you are victorious at
all things!

Western City Exit:

OLD MAN Torim Port is east from the exit on the other side.
If you need a boat, you should go there.
Head west out of that exit to get to Dahngrest.
The Guild Union is there.
GUARD Don’t speak of ideals, become them.
Words of a famous man. I forgot who, though…
No matter what the weather may bring, you must always
exert every last drop of your might.

On his way to the Inn, Yuri is stopped by Adecor and Boccos.

ADECOR Wait, I saaay!
BOCCOS Wait, you!
YURI (turning around) Hey, it’s Tweedle-a and Tweedle-B!
BOCCOS Don’t call us that!
YURI Something I can help you two with?
ADECOR Even if you have a direct pardon from His Highness
Ioder, I say, that does not change the fact that you
committed crimes against the empire!
BOCCOS As members of the Imperial Knights, our honor will
not allow us to simply let that slide!

ADECOR Yuri Lowell! You will battle with us here, I say,

fair and square!
BOCCOS If you beat us, we’ll recognize you as innocent of
your crimes!
YURI Don’t make claims you can’t back up.
Since when did you two have the authority to forgive
people their crimes?

ADECOR Regardless, we must battle!

BOCCOS Battle!
YURI …If that’s what it takes to make you happy, I guess I
can humor you.
BOCCOS Excellent! Come with us!
They exit left and Yuri follows.
BOCCOS Kiss your freedom goodbye, for it ends today!
ADECOR I say, prepare to face the Imperial Knights’ ultimate
fighting technique: the burst arte!
YURI Again, you’re claiming regular techniques as your
own… that doesn’t belong to the Knights!
ADECOR I say, be quiet!
YURI The Burst Arte, huh… I’ve heard of it before, but…
BOCCOS You don’t know how it’s done? You fool!
ADECOR I say, we shall show you!
But before that happens, you’ll be reduced to no more
than a worthless caterpillar crawling on the ground!
ADECOR Rargh!
Adecor goes into Overlimit. The effort causes his visor to slam down
over his face. He raises it back up over his head.
YURI Maybe it has something to do with Over Limit…
BOCCOS Go! Show him how it’s done, Adecor!
Adecor runs forward.
ADECOR I say, watch me now…!
The arcane arte of the Imperial Knights!
He strikes, Yuri jumps back.
BOCCOS It didn’t hit him! What are you doing?!
YURI Huh. Burst artes can be linked from an arcane arte.
I wonder if I could imitate that…
ADECOR Ha, there’s no way an amateur could do something like
that, I say!
YURI …And now, Over Limit…!
INFORMATION Press directional button to go into Over Limit.

Spoken Dialogue/No Text

YURI I’ll blow you away.
ADECOR (stunned, stars) No thank you, I’m full already.

BOCCOS Wah, be careful! Yuri Lowell’s going to attack!

YURI Arcane arte…! (performs a crushing eagle)
INFORMATION Trigger a burst arte by holding X after an arcane
arte.
YURI You’re dead! (he dragon hits Aldecor)
ADECOR (getting up) That’s enough for today.
BOCCOS Ngaaah! Burst Arte!
ADECOR I say, what a terrible turn of events!!
(after battle)
YURI Man… Nothing like some good exercise before turning
in for the night.
I guess I’ll hurry back to the inn…
Inn & Shop
Lobby

CUMORE KNIGHT …You know, the Cumore Brigade is made up of arrogant

Knights of noble class.
But these nobles are a far cry from the royal class.
Knights are Knights, right? What do they have to brag
about?
Knight GUARD We knights usually have severe training form morning
to night…
What’s worse, we always have to be on the scene first
if there’s a situation.
Frankly, I regret joining the Knights. this simply
isn’t a decent job.
Upstairs:
Knight GUARD Lady Estellise is resting.
YURI (to himself) Oh well, guess I’ll call it a day.

Front Desk of Inn “Betelgeuse”:

Clerk Welcome.. Would you like to stay for 350 Gald?
(Yes) Cutscene with Rita, Karol and Repede at the front
desk.
RITA Hey, I thought you went to see Estellise?
YURI She seems to be asleep already.
We can still talk tomorrow.
KAROL Right. Why don’t we all return to our rooms then.
Next Morning in the Lobby:
REPEDE …
YURI What’s the matter, Repede?
KAROL Do you guys hear a strange sound?
RITA Now that you mention it, yeah…
Clerk Oh, I’ve been hearing that the barrier blastia’s been
acting up lately…
RITA ! (starts to run outside)
YURI Hey, hold your horses!
RITA I can’t!
YURI Commandant Alexei is there, isn’t he? He should be
able to take care of it.
KAROL Rita, if we let you go out on your own, it’ll just be
another repeat of Ehmead Hill.
YURI Well, if you want, we could at least let Flynn know
about it.
INFORMATION Reunite with Karol, Rita and Repede.
CUMORE KNIGHT *Sigh* I didn’t join the Imperial Knights to slave
under a grump who’s all talk and no walk.
Even if I can’t make the guards, I wonder if I can
make the Schwann Brigade…
GUARD Situations are rare where we would be able to use the
training we do every day.
I’m starting t feel like the training is useless.
Uhh…what are we supposed to do at a time like this?

SKIT The Interrogation

Outside the Inn & Shop:

CUMORE KNIGHT Victory is unattainable without striding towards it,
fully aware of the dangers.
That first stride will soon become the road you
travel.

Western City Exit:

GUARD This may very well be a crisis situation, but it’s
too early to give up hope.
Why? Because we are struggling against this adversity
together, with all of our might.
Won’t you lend us your might, as well?

Plaza with Blastia Statue:

Rita inspects the blastia and Estelle comes running from the right side
of the screen.
ESTELLE Rita, please wait!
KAROL Estelle!
ESTELLE After all, I’ve heard that the Imperial Knights have
made some repairs on the blastia here.
YURI Give the knights some credit for once, will you?
ESTELLE Please, Rita.
RITA …All right then.
YURI It’s okay for you to be wandering around like this?
ESTELLE Yes… But can I stay with you until it’s time to
return to Zaphias?
YURI I don’t mind at all.
INFORMATION Estelle joined the party.
SKIT The Hunting Blades and the Monster

Man (blastia) You just have to do everything you can, no matter

what the situation.
Results follow naturally.
What happens if the results you get are bad?
You can cross that bridge when you come to tit.
Eastern City Exit:
GUARD Times of emergency require action!
With any action always comes danger.
However, the lack of action now always means a higher
price to pay tomorrow.

Outside the Chevaliers’ HQ:

CUMORE KNIGHT The sound of blastia? It’s nothing.
Don’t waste a Knight’s time with trivial matters.
You waste my time again and I’ll cut you into little
pieces.

Chevaliers’ HQ
Flynn is in the back office where Yuri and party were interrogated.
YURI The barrier blastia’s been making some odd noises. Do
you think it’s okay?
FLYNN You came all the way there because you were worried
about that?
As always, Yuri, you can’t leave well enough alone if
you see anything amiss.
Rita starts to walk toward the door.
YURI Hey, it’s not me! She was the one that--(Rita stops)
RITA It’s obvious that something’s not right with that
blastia. Let me have a look at it!
FLYNN This blastia is currently n a state of repair.
I’m sorry, but I cannot allow you to examine it.
RITA Why!
The ground shakes. Repede assumes his battle ready stance.
YURI What was that vibration?
Rita runs out of the room.
FLYNN Don’t tell me that was the blastia…
ESTELLE Maybe something’s happened to the blastia!
YURI Let’s get outta here!

FLYNN Your Highness, you must stay here!

Repede leaves first, followed by Flynn and Yuri, with Karol bringing up
the rear.
Guard (left door) What was that sound…? I’m curious…
I’m curious, but until the end of my shift, I can’t
leave here…
To protect what needs to be protected. That is the
job of a Knight…
But I’m anxious about that explosion I heard…
CUMORE KNIGHT What was that?! That shake just now !
It sounded like some sort of explosion. What was that?
In the plaza, the entire blastia body is glowing with yellow and orange
light. Bits of aer are floating down and several workers in the plaza
are down. Rita and Yuri run toward the plaza. Rita sees the
malfunctioning blastia and charges forward ahead of Yuri.
YURI Rita…! (grabs her arm, she struggles to break his
 grasp, but he’s stronger.)
RITA Let me go! I can’t just leave him like this!
The aer is just pouring out of this thing! At this
density it might kill someone!
Overcome by the affects of the aer, workers in the plaza are dropping
to the ground.
YURI And what about you?!
Another rumble and both Yuri and Rita fall. Rita scrambles up before
Yuri and runs to the blastia.
YURI (shielding his eyes, watching Rita) Dammit! That
girl’s blastia crazy!
Rita opens a control panel on the blastia. With reassuring words to the
blastia, Rita begins to press buttons on the panel.
RITA It’s okay. I’ll just readjust the volume of aer.
You’ll be just like new!
Flynn appears on the ramp behind Yuri and sees Rita working frantically
on the controls.
FLYNN It’s too dangerous! You’ve got to get out of here!!
Commandant Alexei arrives with instructions to Flynn
ALEXEI …Lead the civilians out of the city, as well as the
Princess and the others.
FLYNN Yes, sir.
Alexei’s Krityan assistant takes up the rear.
ALEXEI The aer is completely out of control. There’s no
telling what it will do.
RITA (talking to herself) …No! The flow of aer has
outstripped his capacity.
At this rate, it’ll either swallow the city or even
explode.
A young man on the ground hears Rita.
YOUNG MAN E-explode? did you hear that?!
Everybody, get out of here! Hurry!
Estelle runs out of the HQ.
ESTELLE Rita!!
Estelle runs past everyone to get to Rita.
ALEXEI Princess?!
FLYNN (seeing Estelle run past) Your Highness!
YURI Gah! (still shielding his eyes.)
Estelle makes her way to Rita still working on the blastia.
YURI What is she--?! (still shielding, with one eye closed)
ESTELLE Rita! I’m here!
Rita stares as Estelle glows so bright her features are barely
discernable.
RITA …Estellise…
As Alexei watches the scene before him, his assistant draws closer.
Krityan …Commandant?!
Alexei gives a single nod to his assistant. Meanwhile, Rita is still
working on the control panel.
RITA There, got it… Aaaah!
There is a bright blinding flash of light. Estelle and Rita lay on the
ground. It’s raining.
ESTELLE (getting up) …!! (looks around and sees Rita lying
beside her)
Estelle (performing a healing spell) Rita! Hang on!!
ESTELLE …*Huff* …Please… Get a room ready…for Rita…
Yuri runs to Estelle who’s kneeling over Rita.
YURI Do you even hear what you’re saying? You’re just as
 worn out as she is.
FLYNN (running to join) Prepare rooms at once!
I’ll take here there myself.
Yuri walks over to Karol who’s on the ground near the workman’s table.
YURI Karol, can you stand?
KAROL Y-yeah… (gets up)
YURI Come on, we’re going too.
A figure darts from the supports post in front of the HQ. (could it
have been Captain Schwann?)

Betelgeuse Inn, Estelle’s Room:

ESTELLE …C-come in.
The door opens and Yuri walks over to the bed where Estelle is keeping
vigil over Rita, who’s lying in a bed with a compress on her forehead.
Estelle is in the process of performing a healing arte spell over Rita.
YURI You can’t keep using your healing artes on her
forever, Estelle.
Come on, let’s let her rest for now.
ESTELLE Yes…
YURI I can’t believe she had to go and do something like
that.
ESTELLE Yes. Once Rita chooses to do something, she won’t
listen to anyone else..
YURI You’re one to talk! You were just as bad as she was.
ESTELLE …I’m sorry.
YURI I’m going to stay here. You should go rest. Aren’t
you tired from using your healing artes so much?
Estelle shakes her head.
ESTELLE I’m jealous of Rita. She has something she cares
about so much…
YURI (spinning around to look at Estelle) And so can you,
if you spend enough time looking for it. But you need
to go and get some sleep now.
ESTELLE No, I’m fine. Yuri, you should get some sleep,
yourself.
YURI Flynn will get mad at me if you pass out.
ESTELLE So let him get mad at you.
Yuri’s shoulder droop with a weary sigh and he takes a few steps for
the door.
YURI (over his should) Look, don’t come asking me to take
your place when you collapse from exhaustion!
ESTELLE I can’t ask you to take my place if I’ve already
collapsed, can I?
With another weary sigh, Yuri leaves.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.
(If you direct Yuri to go back into Estelle’s room:)
YURI Actually, I should go see how Karol is doing.
Karol is sitting in the hall, near the wall.
KAROL You must think I’m totally useless.
After what happened when you first met me, and at
Caer Bocram, and today…
YURI I think everyone freaked out today.
Even the great Commandant was pretty in over his head.
There are lots of things even grown-ups can’t do.
KAROL Even you, Yuri? (Gets up)
Yeah. I guess so. It’s a tough world.
YURI Now you got the idea.
KAROL …Hey, Yuri?
YURI Hmm?
KAROL Do you think you’d wanna maybe …start a guild with me?
YURI A guild, huh… Yeah, that’s an idea.
I’ll think about it.
KAROL R-really?!
YURI What, you’re surprised?
KAROL I thought you’d say “No way! I’ve been in enough
messes already!” or something.
YURI Not all adult think like that, you know.
Anyway, it’s late. Let’s get some rest and see how
she’s doing in the morning.
KAROL Think about the talk about the guild, ok?
You will, won’t you?
Lobby:
CUMORE KNIGHT First I was placed in a Brigade not of my choosing,
then the blastia failure…
Just my luck.
I’ll have t get a spiritual cleansing…
GUARD All that ridiculously difficult training was just our
captain tormenting his underlings…
I can tell you firsthand that our regular training
wasn’t going to be good for anything.
REPEDE (asleep near the door) ……

If you direct Yuri to leave the inn:

YURI We still got him to worry about, let’s just stop and
rest here for the day.

Desk Clerk You room was paid for by the Knights. Enjoy your stay!

Later:
Yuri knocks on Estelle’s door. Rita is sitting up in the bed and
Estelle is draped over the side of the bed asleep.
RITA …Come in.
The door makes a creaking noise and Yuri walks into the middle of the
room.
YURI Glad to see you’re awake.
He walks closer to the bed, looking at Estelle with her bum still on
the stool, leaning over with her upper body resting on the bed.
YURI …And after I told her over and over to call me before
she collapses.
RITA You didn’t think she’d really listen to you, did you?
ESTELLE Uuh… (sighs)
RITA …Heh, she looks happy.
(glancing at Yuri) Hey so…what do you think Estellise
thinks of me?
Why are you making that face?
Yuri leans down, looking at Rita closely.
YURI (straightens up) I just didn’t think you were the
kind of person who cared what other people thought.
RITA F-forget it. You can go now.
YURI Compared to those formulas of yours, she should be
easy to figure out.
ESTELLE (waking up) Uuh… Huh? Rita! You’re awake!
But be careful! It’s just when you think you’ve
recovered that you’re in the most danger.
Estelle activates a healing arte on Rita.
RITA It’s all right, I’m fine.
Also, you don’t need t pretend to be using that
blastia anymore.
ESTELLE I… What do you mean?
YURI It’s pretty cool that you can use healing artes
without a blastia.
ESTELLE B-but how did you…?

With a cry the dragon and rider suddenly drop straight down in front of
the open wall that leads to the balcony of Estelle’s room. The dragon
is facing the party, hovering by rhythmically flapping it’s wings,
while the rider stares at the occupants to make sure he’s seen.
YURI What the?
RITA Hey, it’s that dragon freak!

The dragon rider jabs with his spear directing the dragon where to send
it’s fiery breath. Sword drawn, Yuri races to battle the dragon rider
as Estelle throws herself protectively over Rita. The blast halts Yuri,
who raises his sword to deflect the attack. The dragon rider turns his
mount and flies away while Yuri watches from the balcony. Meanwhile,
Rita and Estelle are collecting themselves off the floor where they
rolled off the bed.
ESTELLE Rita, are you all right?
RITA Don’t you ever learn…?
KAROL It sounds like the sky’s falling in here. What’s
going on? …Huh? Aaaah!

The dragon rider flies up past the opening one last time. The sound of
the dragon’s wings can be heard long after it is out of sight.
KAROL W-What was that thing?
Estelle and Rita stand. Rita walks over to Karol.
RITA Just when the conversation was getting interesting.
YURI (joining Estelle and Rita) That’s enough talk about
Estelle’s healing artes for now.
RITA Fine by me. I’ve pretty much figured it out, anyway.
YURI Don’t look at me like that. Do I really look like
that much of a bad guy to you?
RITA Yes. (crosses her arms across her chest)
ESTELLE …Heh heh heh.
KAROL …Hey wait. What’s going on you guys? Come on, tell me!

Outside the Inn & Shop:

Yuri and Karol stand facing Estelle and Rita.
YURI Well, take care on the way back to the capital.
ESTELLE Okay.
YURI do you have everything? Wouldn’t want to have to come
back later.
ESTELLE If I forget anything, you’ll bring it to me, won’t
you, Yuri?
YURI Hah, yeah right. Okay, let’s go find Flynn. I’ll take
you that far.
ESTELLE U-um, what are you all going to do after this?
YURI Hmm. Well we did lose track of the Blood Alliance…
KAROL That’s easy, we can just go to Dahn…grest. Or not.
Man, if I go back there now, they’ll all just laugh
at me…
 Dahngrest? That’s the guild city, right?
KAROL Y-yeah. I thought we could find out about the blood
Alliance there…
YURI What direction is it from here?
KAROL Well, it’s to the west I guess, but…
YURI Let’s check it out, then. Might be helpful for
anybody thinking of starting a guild, too.
KAROL (brightening) Huh? For starting a guild? Well let’s
go, then! (grins broadly)
RITA … (ahem)
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

Inn & Shop:

CUMORE KNIGHT It was so unexpected… To have a dragon charmer in our
midst?
I was in the middle of eating, so I didn’t get to go.
No more. I don’t want to work security anymore…
GUARD The reason we Knights train so diligently day in and
day out is because there are people we must protect.
What is your training for?
You can’t consider training meaningful unless you
think about such things yourself.

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SUB-EVENT: Wonder Reporter - Part 2:
Yuri closely examines the patio to the right of the Inn & Shop's
entrance.
WONDER REPORTER Oho, you found me!
Blastia goes out of control, and more! Yes, some
serious events have taken place in the world recently!
I’d better write an article about it, post haste!
Day and night, I run around chasing after the newest
scoops… I’m the Wondfer Reporter!
I’m not stalking you or anything, I promise!
Well then, adieu!
The Wonder Reporter disappears in a ball of flame.
YURI …Is he following me…?
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CUMORE KNIGHT It is said people learn more from failure than

victory…
Perhaps. But only if you manage to survive your
failure!
In the battles of knights, failure often means death.
There’s simply no time for leisurely conversation.

Western City Exit:

GUARD Do you know why I’m so particular about struggling
with all my might?
Life is simply too short to accomplish anything.
Please make sure you never find yourself idly whiling
your days away on trivial matters.

Blastia Plaza:
MAN (SCAFFOLDING) This town is finished. Putting in serious work here
is a joke.
 Oh, man. How stupid it was of me working seriously.
CUMORE KNIGHT You stay here too long, you’re going to regret it!
You should get out as soon as you can…
OLD MAN (BLASTIA) Working in this town means great rewards!
That’s what I’d always been told…so I worked so hard…
After the blastia incident, I’ve been so scared that
I can’t work…
MAN (BLASTIA) First problems with the blastia…and now dragons?
Fair enough…I’ll just keep on doing what I must.
They say today is the first day of the rest of your
life, right?
Every single day is precious.

RITA It doesn’t seem like that Flynn character is around

here.
KAROL Does that mean you’re staying with us for now?
ESTELLE Well, I… Would that be all right?
YURI Karol, don’t fill the princess’s head with ideas.
Alexei and his Krityan assistant arrive.
ALEXEI You cannot simply do as you wish. Your Highness must
return to the capital.
(looking at Yuri) Flynn has already set out to attend
to other business.
(walks over to Rita) Now then. Rita Mordio, we would
like you to investigate yesterday’s blastia
malfunction.
RITA …That’s pointless. I looked at him this morning, but
I couldn’t figure anything out.
ALEXEI No, we would ask that you go the forest of Keiv Moc.
KAROL …Keiv Moc, huh? Oh yeah, the plants affected by the
disaster here look just like the ones in that forest.
ALEXEI (looking at Rita) We have reports of tree mutations
and of monsters increasing in both number and
aggressiveness.
Messengers have gone to the capital, but much time
will be wasted finding a gifted mage.
RITA I specialize in blastia. Plants are out of my league.
ALEXEI Consider their connection to the aer. I imagine that
is within your league.
RITA Besides…I… If Estelle is going back to the capital, I
want to go with her.
ESTELLE (head shooting up) What do you mean? (looks from
Alexei to Rita)
ALEXEI (to Rita) You are a researcher in an imperial blastia
laboratory. You must undertake the tasks assigned to
you.
This does not sit well with Rita. She glares at him.
ESTELLE (runs to Rita) Um… Then there should be no problem if
I accompany her to the forest, right?
ALEXEI Princess, please, do not make suggestions that are
simply out of the question.
ESTELLE If this does have something to do with aer, then my
healing artes would prove useful.
ALEXEI Yes, they would…
ESTELLE Please, Alexei! Let me do my part to help.
ALEXEI Your Highness, I simply cannot allow you to go to
such a dangerous forest.
ESTELLE Well, what if…
(turns quickly to Yuri) Yuri, would you come with us?
YURI (laughing incredulously) Me?
ESTELLE If Yuri were to come, you wouldn’t be worried right?
Alexei looks down as he considers her request.
ALEXEI Young man, please escort the Princess.
I ask this of you only because you once sought to
join the Imperial Knights.
YURI (turning away) …Of all the underhanded… I didn’t ask
anybody to count on me. You’re pushing me into this.
ALEXEI It seems I can take that reply as indication of your
agreement.
YURI (turning to Alexei) But there’s something I have to
do as well. We go to the forest after Dahngrest.
ALEXEI Very well.

Alexei turns to leave and his assistant falls into step behind him.
Alexei stops when she suddenly addresses him.
KHROMA Your Excellency…
ALEXEI It seems Flynn foresaw this outcome.
Yuri overhears their conversation as they stand side by side, near the
blastia, with their backs to him.
YURI Huh? He did what?
ALEXEI (turning around) He left this message for you: “Take
care of Her Highness.”
Estelle bows to Alexei.
KAROL All right then, it’s the forest of Keiv Moc by way of
Dahngrest!
The party heads toward the western city exit. Khroma continues walking
in the direction she and Alexei were headed. As soon as she is out of
earshot, Alexei speaks to an offscreen person.
ALEXEI I have a job for you.
Captain Schwann comes out from behind the blastia body sculpture.

INFORMATION Estelle joined the party.

SKIT Alexei

Blastia Plaza:
MAN (SCAFFOLDING) When the time comes, everyone dies…that’s all there
is to it.
MAN (TABLE) Just take baby steps and avoid all the dangerous
stuff.
There’s no point if you’re dead.
Sweeping get you 0.05 points. Hammering a nail, 0.00!
points.
These small tasks will earn me points to nobility!

SKIT Becoming Estelle

SKIT Rita’s Change

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SUB-EVENT: Estelle's Teacher - Part 1:
An older officer stands near the blastia.
ESTELLE Master!
MASTER (turning around, seeing Estelle) Princess…what are
 you doing in a place like this/
ESTELLE …There’s something I have to talk to Flynn about, so…
MASTER I heard about you slipping out of the castle.
ESTELLE Um, um, ummm…
KAROL Who’s this…?
MASTER I apologize for not having introduced myself sooner.
My name is Drake Dropwart.
ESTELLE He was the previous emperor’s swordmaster, and is
also my teacher.
YURI Ah…the knightly patriot, Drake…
KAROL The knightly patriot?
ESTELLE Master Drake has served the empire with his sweat and
tears for decades.
YURI In the Imperial Knights, Drake Dropwart is thought of
as a model for all knights to follow.
ESTELLE He’s now an advisor to the Imperial Knights, you know.
KAROL Wow, really?
DRAKE I’m really an advisor in name only. These days I’m
pretty much retired.
My only real duty of late is teaching the Princess
swordsmanship.
ESTELLE But didn’t you come here with the Commandant as an
advisor?
DRAKE Yes…I’ve heard everything that’s happened so far.
How was it, setting foot into the outside world for
the first time?
ESTELLE Well, we’ve had a lot of bad things happen to us, but
all of it’s been a fantastic experience.
DRAKE A fantastic experience, you say? I see…
ESTELLE …Ummm… Is something wrong…?
Leblanc comes running and stands at attention before Drake.
LEBLANC Mr. Drake, sir…!
(seeing Yuri) Wh-wh-wha…it’s you…
DRAKE What do you want, Leblanc?
LEBLANC (saluting) Sir. His Excellency the Commandant is
calling for you, sir.
DRAKE All right.
Well then, Princess. I must take my leave. Try to
avoid doing anything too rash, won’t you?
ESTELLE Yes, of course. Take care of yourself, Master…
Drake nods to Estelle and he and Leblanc depart.
YURI I can’t believe Drake Dropwart taught Estelle how to
fight with a sword.
RITA I’m surprised that a princess would know how to use a
sword at all, really.
KAROL Estelle, what made you learn how to use a sword?
ESTELLE That’s a good question… It might take a while to tell
the whole story. The next time I get a chance…
YURI Yeah, I’d like to hear about it too, once things have
calmed down a little.
ESTELLE Sure!

Outside Chevalier’s HQ:

CUMORE KNIGHT Oh, it’s been so quiet without Lieutenant Flynn and
the Schwann Brigade.
The ruler of this city is our own Cumore Brigade!
You have something to say? If you do, I’m willing to
 listen.
After that, I’ll interrogate you in the dungeons.

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SUB-EVENT: Yuri and the Chevaliers:
They go inside the Chevalier’s HQ:
GUARD Yuri! Is that you, Yuri?
YURI Huh? Who’re you?
GUARD You don’t remember me? I sure as heck-fire remember
you! It’s Hachette!
KAROL Not that it’s easy to recognize someone when they’re
got a mask on.
YURI Oh wow! You look different from how I remember. I
didn’t realize it was you.
Haven’t you gained weight?
HATCHETTE Ouch! It’s nice to see you too, Yuri…
RITA Looks like the mask had nothing to do with it!
KAROL (chaotic scribble symbol)
ESTELLE Is this a friend of yours, Yuri?
YURI Hachette joined the Imperial Knights at the same time
I did.
That armor color is the same as Leblanc’s knights,
isn’t it?
HATCHETTE Yep! I’m in the Schwann Brigade!
To tell you the truth, I’m pretty glad they didn’t
assign me to the Flynn Brigade.
ESTELLE You didn’t want to work with Flynn?
HATCHETTE Well, it would be tough working under him, since we
started off training to be soldiers together.
RITA That doesn’t seem like the sort of thing Flynn would
care about.
YURI You’ve got that right, Rita.
KAROL Flynn’s all about advancing in his career, isn’t he?
HATCHETTE It’s pretty crazy for a non-noble to make captain at
such a young age.
Me on the other hand…thanks to all the goofing off I
did with you, Yuri, I’m still nothing but a lowly
peon.
ESTELLE what sort of things did you two do?
HATCHETTE We used to skip training and sneak into the dining
hall to grab snacks.
YURI Yeah, and then we’d sneak into the warehouse to
switch bodhi blastia for nicer ones…
KAROL Sounds like a whole lot of sneaking!
HATCHETTE It’s true. We had our fair share of youthful
indiscretions.
RITA Yuri’s still up to his old tricks, though.
HATCHETTE Ha ha, I’ve heard as much. Go easy on Flynn, would ya?
YURI Yeah, yeah. Don’t goof off too much on the job!
HATCHETTE Oh yeah, Yuri, you’ve been traveling around, right?
You think you might be able to t stop by Capua Nor
and tell my folks that I’m doing well?
They live in the inn, so you can’t miss ‘em.
YURI Sure, I’d be happy to. See ya later, Hachette.

Outside Chevalier’s HQ:

ESTELLE I didn’t expect to hear you talking so happily about
your time in the Imperial Knights, Yuri,
YURI Oh yeah?
ESTELLE I mean, it seemed to me like you didn’t enjoy your
time as a knight very much.
YURI Joining them was a decision I made myself.
It’s not all bad memories. Practice wasn’t so bad,
and I had all sorts of fun with my fellow knights-in-
training.
RITA From the way that knight was talking, it sounds like
you acted like a crazy and rambunctious kid.
YURI Rita, if there’s one person who doesn’t need to be
scolding me for a little youthful indiscretion, it’s
you.
RITA [angry, steamed]
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Back into Chevalier’s HQ:

GUARD Where was Heliord’s fancy ruler when his town was in
crisis?
Authorities are never there when it matters, and
don’t make a difference even if they are.
Even worse, they always butt their head in when
they’re least wanted.
CUMORE KNIGHT Those commoners… they claim that there are no class
divisions among Knights.
Grrrr… they make me so angry!
Only 5 years since the regime change, and already the
nobility are being ignored.

Eastern City Exit:

GUARD A knight makes loyal valor his guiding principle! To
see a just cause and to not act is to lack bravery!
I have nothing to fear from any conceivable enemy!
Be it dragons, be it monsters, come and get me!
They stay the night before departing Heliord.

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SUB-EVENT: Laborer (With Raven):
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SUB-EVENT: Laborer (Without Raven):
It’s nighttime and Yuri and Estelle meet in the blastia plaza.
YURI The city streets may look nice, but people’s lives
are the same everywhere.
ESTELLE Yuri?
YURI (turning) What’re you doing awake this late at night?
ESTELLE I couldn’t sleep. I kept hearing noise from outside…
Even at this late hour, everyone’s still hard at work.
YURI Well, I don’t think they’re doing it because they
enjoy it.
But if they don’t keep working, they won’t be able to
make a living.
And even with this work, they’re hardly able to get
by.
ESTELLE …That’s terrible…
As she speaks, a worker enters the plaza and collapses face down from
exhaustion. Estelle runs to his aid.
ESTELLE (kneeling) Are you all right?
The man gets up.
MAN You’re a noble, aren’t you? Stay away from me!
He walks away.
ESTELLE Oh! (she gets up)
YURI They’ve just learned to distrust nobles and the
empire.
It’s nothing personal against you, Estelle.
Try not to let it bother you too much.
ESTELLE I wonder if it’s something that can be changed…
YURI I dunno… It’s not easy. For his part, Flynn’s trying
his hardest to change things.
ESTELLE ……
YURI Let’s go back and get some rest.
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(Next morning)
Blastia Plaza:
MAN (SCAFFOLDING) What people need in life is luck!
Hard work doesn’t even enter into it.
When the time comes, everyone dies…that’s all there
is to it.
CUMORE KNIGHT I don’t want to be in this dangerous place anymore…
That’s right, I’ll change jobs! In the safest
possible place…
…Where in this world would that place be?
OLD MAN (BLASTIA) It feels like there are less residents now.
Is it because of the blastia incident?
Nothing has changed.
All it means is a bigger workload to make up for the
people lost…

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SUB-EVENT: Duke - Part 2:
The man with long white hair is standing at the edge of the lake
watching the water fall. His weapon glows with energy.
YURI …Someone’s here…
MAN Traces left behind by the flow of aer…
But where is it flowing…?
YURI That monster sucked all of it up.
MAN (turning to look at Yuri) …Monster…?
KAROL Yeah, that big, rough, spiky, huuuuge monster…
MAN So… He was here after all…
ESTELLE He? You mean the monster?
MAN “Monster”…
…It matters not what humans call them, but…
Such a name does them a disservice.
He turns and marches off.
ESTELLE So…that wasn’t a monster?
RITA Just what makes something a monster, anyway?
KAROL We call any creature that viciously attacks humans a
monster…
YURI So that would mean that thing’s a monster, right?
RITA …Huh… But the kid just gave us the human point of
 view.
ESTELLE You mean we just lump them all together as monsters,
but there might be more to it?
KAROL …What do you think that guy was up to…?
ESTELLE We met him earlier at Deidon Hold, didn’t we Yuri?
I can’t figure him out.
RITA Well, whatever, he’s got nothing to do with us,
anyway.
KAROL Y-yeah, I guess…
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FIELD MAP: EASTERN TOLBYCCIA

SKIT Wishy-Washy & Gloomy

THE DEN OF GUILDS: DAHNGREST

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KAROL This is Dahngrest, my hometown.

YURI Looks like a pretty lively place.
KAROL Well, it’s the second largest city after the imperial
capital. It’s run entirely by the guilds.
YURI I’d thought it would be more dark and dank, you know?
Like a den of villains.
KAROL That’s just a prejudice people have about the guilds.
ESTELLE I’m sure the bad reputation of the Blood Alliance is
to blame for that.
KAROL (hangs head) Yeah. Jeez, Yuri. You make it sound like
I’m a villain.
RITA If you’re a villain, what does that make him? (points
at Yuri)
YURI Point taken.
So, how should we go about tracking down Barbos?
KAROL The best way is probably to stop by the Union and
check there.
ESTELLE The Union. A guild collective run by the five so-
called “master guilds.” …Right?
KAROL Yeah. the Union also serves as the city’s government.
RITA But, how is this gonna work? Isn’t Barbos’ Blood
Alliance one of the five master guilds?
YURI Which means if we lay a hand on him, we’ll be picking
a fight with the Union as well.
KAROL …We won’t know the answer to that until we ask the
Don.
YURI The Don is the boss of the Union, isn’t he?
KAROL Yep. Don Whitehorse, leaser of Altosk, the most
powerful of the five master guilds.
YURI All right, let’s go see what the Don has to say then.
You know the way, right Karol?
KAROL Hey wait, he’s not the kind of person you can just
meet… I don’t really know if…
ESTELLE Please?
KAROL …Union headquarters is in the north part of town.

The bridge leading into Dahngrest:

WOMAN (ON BRIDGE) Things sure are lively. All thanks to the Don and the
 Union… No no, I’m just talking to myself!
Boss Barbos would have my head if he heard me saying
anything nice about the Don.
MAN (ON BRIDGE) The air around this town is unstable, refracting the
sunlight and turning the sky red.
But on one knows why the air has been so unstable.
So now this town is in a perpetual sunset.
It’s kind of sad and depressing…
MAN (NEAR BRIDGE) I’m glad the don can keep this place lively, but I
wish we’d just go take out the Empire already.
Surely Barbos will stand against them…

Fortune’s Market (Dahngrest 1):

WOMAN (OUTSIDE) You there, sir! Our merchandise is top-quality! Take
a look! See for yourself!
Hey now, everyone is welcome to browse! Come on and
drop some Gald!
LITTLE BOY I’m gonna join Fortune’s Market when I grow up!
A merchant needs to know his math. I’m gonna start
studying right now!
CLERK Welcome. This is Store #1 of Fortune’s Market
headquarters. [heart]

Street Merchants:
YOUNG MAN Step right up! Feast your eyes on these wares! You
can’t buy stuff like this in the Empire!
Step right up! come one, come all! Feast your eyes on
these wares!
WOMAN (IN STREET) Hey! Whaddaya think you’re doin’ just wanderin’
around?
Well?! You got a problem, buddy?!
FEMALE MERCHANT Dahngrest is a city of guilds. It’s probably the
freest place on earth![musical note]
All those stuffy, old Empire types should go back and
cuddle together on their own turf. [musical note]
OLDER MAN Sir… You might want to stop goggling at everything.
It’s obvious you’re not from around here.
I don’t know where you’re from, but not everyone in
Dahngrest is nice.

Outside Inn “Arcturus”:

LITTLE GIRL My mommy’s a guild bigshot! Really! I even met the
Don!
The Don’s an even bigger bigshot! Not just anybody
can meet him.
OLDER WOMAN Say, you folks there! How’d you like a rest? We’re
fully sanctioned by the inn guild.
You’ll feel like you slept three days in one night!
Dinner’s on us! …Don’t miss your chance!
MAN Be careful. The brighter the light, the darker the
shadows.
Don’t go walking into any alleys. Don’t whine if you
get yourself killed… That’s Dahngrest.
OLD WOMAN I came here with my husband, but I had no idea this
was such a large town.
This place really has a different energy than Zaphias.
Inside Inn “Arcturus”:
MALE DESK CLERK Welcome. Will you be staying? That will be 400 Gald.
(yes) Stop by again sometime

Fortunes’ Market (Dahngrest 2):

Located inside the Arcturus Inn.
FEMALE MERCHANT Welcome to Store #2. We’re renting out this space.
Thanks. Everything we sell here is just the same as
at Store #1! Heh heh heh.

With Karol leading the way, they pass residents and merchants alike
without incident until they reach four streets radiating from a
circular intersection. At this point, Rita loses patience.
RITA Hey, what are you doing?
KAROL What? uh, n-nothing.
They catch the attention of a two men. One wears a helmet with horns.
The other is wearing a blue bandana.
MAN (BANDANA) Hmm? Well, well, if it ain’t little Karol! (they walk
over)
MAN (HELMET) What the hell are you thinking, coming back here?
KAROL H-hey! Wh-what’s with you?!
MAN (BANDANA) Yeah, I don’t see Nan. She already ditch you? Ah hah
hah hah!
KAROL N-no way! She wouldn’t stop nagging so I took off!
YURI (quietly) This would explain why Karol wasn’t too
eager to go to Dahngrest.
MAN (HELMET) So are you the latest guild to take him in? You could
do a lot better than that loser!
MAN (BANDANA) All this kid can brag about is the number of guilds
he’s joined! Oh, right, that’s a bad thing.
Karol looks down at his feet.
YURI Are these your friends, Karol? You could do a lot
better than these losers.
Men Wh-what did you say?!
ESTELLE (Pointing at them) Such undignified men!
MAN (HELMET) Shut up!
RITA You sure have a way of saying things. I mean, your
right, but…
MAN (BANDANA) Yeah, you just keep talking…
Karol continues to look down. An alarm bell rings and all stop arguing
to look for the source.
RITA What’s that sound?
MAN (BANDANA) Damn it… They’re back again…
MAN (HELMET) Come on! (They run off)
KAROL The alarm… Monsters are here.
ESTELLE Monsters? …Wait, is this shaking the monsters’
footsteps…?
YURI If so, they’ve brought quite an army.
KAROL Yeah, but don’t worry. Even if there have been a lot
of monsters around here lately…
Our barrier here is strong, and it’s never been
broken before.
And the guilds take care of the monsters outside the
barrier…
The Barrier disappears.
KAROL …huh? Oh crap!!
ESTELLE The barrier…disappeared…?
RITA What the hell is going on?! The monsters are going to
get inside!
YURI Damn it, why do things like this always happen to me,
no matter where I go?
RITA You gotta be cursed.
YURI …Maybe.
ESTELLE Yuri, we have to go stop the monsters!

Circle Intersection:
MAN (SIDEWALK) What?! What’s going on?! Why would the barrier fail?
Whoa, whoa, what the hell is this? What the hell’s
going on?
MAN (STREET) Hunting the monsters is our job. It ain’t funny if
other guilds try to muscle in on our territory!
We Hunting Blades will lose face if the monsters
defeat us!

Street leading west from circle intersection:

YURI The monsters are coming from the exit.

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) What are monsters doing in the town?! Did the
Empire’s do this?!
Citizen evacuation has top priority! Those who can
fight, take up your swords!

Outside “Crimson Stars” Tavern:

WOMAN W-we’ll be fine. The Don will do something about this.

The party reaches the Inn before they encounter a mixed horde of
monsters. Yuri whips his sword out of its sheath.
YURI This is crazy. Where are all these monsters coming
from?
KAROL Something isn’t right…!
ESTELLE Doesn’t something seem different about the monsters
as well?
RITA Here they come!
The battle begins. One of Rita’s fireballs misses a Rhinosarus.
RITA Dammit! It’s just one after the other!
They are attacked again.
Spoken Dialogue/No Text at the end of the battle:
RITA Damn, there’s no end to these things.

A woman is run down by a Rhinosarus.

woman Aah…!
YURI (blasts the monster with his sword) Damn…!
Yuri stands in front of the woman protectively as she gets up.
WOMAN Th-thank you so much.
YURI Forget it! Run!
The woman runs away. Yuri spots other villagers being chased by a
couple of Rhinosarus.
YURI (firing swordblasts at them) Damn! I’m not gonna make
it!
A man is down and cowering before one of the beast. Someone appears,
blade flashing and clearing out the monsters. It’s a stout old man with
red tattoos visible on his face and chest. He stands in the street
wielding a sword.
STOUT OLD MAN Come on ya filthy maggots, I’ll take the lot of ya!
Come see how it feels ta get beat down by an old man!

The old man charges and a few of his guild members follow.
YURI That old guy is really going after them. Who the hell
is he?
KAROL (running up behind Yuri) It’s the Don! That’s Don
Whitehorse!
YURI So that’s him, huh?
Townspeople run by as Estelle kneels on the ground in front of
Fortune’s Market, working healing artes on the
wounded.
VOICE #1 It’s the Don! The Don’s here!
VOICE #2 Let’s kick this monster scum outta here! Defend the
city!
VOICE #3 Nobody messes with the Clouds of Dawn!!
Flynn runs past followed by Sodia, Witcher and the Imperial Knights.
Estelle spots him and gets up.
ESTELLE Flynn!
Flynn has reached the Don.
FLYNN’S VOICE We’ve come to help subdue the monsters!
DON WHITEHORSE Hold yer horses, knight-boy!
Flynn and company halt.
Don Whitehorse We couldn’t live with ourselves if we let the Knights
do our dirty work. Now get the hell outta here!
FLYNN Is this really the time for that?!
DON WHITEHORSE Each and every one of these people left the empire of
their own free will and joined a guild!
There ain’t a soul in this town so spineless they’d
go runnin’ ta you guys fer help.
FLYNN But!
DON WHITEHORSE These’re the rules of the life we’ve chosen. It’s up
to us to make sure those rules don’t get broken.
YURI Holding to your beliefs no matter what’s at stake…
So that’s what a real guild is like.
Hearing Rita’s voice, Karol turns his head slightly to the right.
RITA’S VOICE Hey, you there! Lead the way.
KAROL (faces Rita) I have a name you know!! Wh-where are we
going, anyway?
ESTELLE (stepping up to Karol) We’re going to repair the
barrier blastia. If we don’t, the city will be
overrun with monsters!
Karol follows Estelle. Rita starts then spying Yuri, walks over to
him.
RITA You’re coming, too.
YURI Guess that’s my only option.
Yuri runs to catch up with Estelle and Karol. Rita follows.

SKIT What’s Going on Here?

WITCH Th-the barrier broke?! That’s impossible!! Is the

Empire behind this?!
Well?! You got a problem, buddy?!
MERCHANT R-running away now would be an insult to merchants
everywhere! Business is life! You got a problem with
 that?!
You got a problem with that?!! Huh?!! Huh?!!
FEMALE MERCHANT Wh-what?! What’s going on?!
Hey, we’ve got to get out of here! Just don’t break
any of my merchandise on the way out!
OLDER MERCHANT …H-help! M-my legs won’t move…!
S-sir… Please help me…

Street East of Circle:

MAN Hunting the monsters is our job. It ain’t funny if
other guilds try to muscle in on our territory!
We Hunting Blades will lose face if the monsters
defeat us!

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) I’m going to protect the Union headquarters from
these monsters!

Inside the Union HQ, Yuri inspects a gold suit of armor near the
entrance:
INFORMATION A suit of heavy armor for the front lines. Judging
from the wear on it, maybe it’s the Don’s…
GUARD (ENTRANCE) What? Monsters? What a great opportunity! Our guild’s
first job!
Let’s go!! We’re going to defend this town!!
GUARD (INSIDE) Beyond this point are the private rooms of Union
officials.
You can exit from the left.
You’re not allowed past this point.
YOUNG WOMAN A pack of monsters is headed this way? Well, we have
the barrier, don’t we?
What? The barrier’s gone? What are we going to do?!
A pack of monsters is a common occurrence. But now
that there’s no barrier…
OLD MAN …Hmph… I don’t need a weakling like you.

Guild’s Union HQ, Don’s Chamber:

Partially rolled up carpets are lined up along both narrow walls
leading to the Don’s throne at the end of the long narrow room. The
room is presently unoccupied. Yuri investigates flags hanging on the
wall.
INFORMATION The flag of Ruins’ Gate. A blastia excavation guild.
One of the five master guilds of the Union.
INFORMATION The flag of Soul Smiths. A smithery guild producing
armors and weapons. One of the five master guilds of
the Union.
INFORMATION The flag of Fortune’s Market. A merchant guild led by
Kaufman. One of the five master guilds of the Union.
INFORMATION The flag of the Blood Alliance. A mercenary guild led
by Barbos. One of the five master guilds of the Union.
INFORMATION The flag of Altosk, also known as Heaven’s Arrow. A
guild led by Don Whitehorse. The most powerful of the
five master guilds of the Union.
INFORMATION The flag of the Union. The Union is made up of and
controlled by the five master guilds.
Yuri investigates a round container filled with fire.
INFORMATION You looked in the pot. ………. …Your face is turning red.
Guild’s Union HQ: Prison:
The door the guard indicated leads to a Prison. Two flights of stairs
lead down to the cells.
GUARD You ain’t going any further.
You want in there that bad? Go start some trouble
outside. You’ll wind up in there for sure.
1st Cell
INFORMATION Found an Apple Gel inside the toilet. No way am I
picking that up!

Street East of the Circle:

WOMAN W-we’ll be fine. The Don will do something about this.
Th-this town has always been that way. There’s
nothing to worry about.

Street West of the Circle:

MAN Ain’t no Knights here. We--the guilds--protect this
town!
You all gotta be ready for the worst!

Tavern “Sagittarius”:
Several people sit at tables drinking heavily. Two guildsmen wander
about the floor.
OLD MAN WITH MUG Young people nowadays! Striding into bars in the
middle of the day.
Me? I can come in whenever I like. I’m an old man.
BANDIDO To fight or not to fight. That is the question.
…But thinking about it doesn’t bring any answers…
What would be best is if the monsters went away while
I’m thinking about it.
HELMETED MAN #1 Who made this world into a place where one can’t even
eat in peace?!
Damn it! I blame the Union!
Would you let me eat in peace?!
WOMAN #1 The barrier disappeared. How should I respond to this
situation?
There’s no way the monsters could bring it down,
right?
HELMETED MAN #2 I’m just here for a visit, and the barrier
disappears! Talk about bad luck…
I’m just really unlucky. Yeah, really unlucky.
WOMAN #2 I’ve conquered countless obstacles to get where I am.
That’s why I’m not afraid of any monsters.
In my opinion, there is nothing rougher than being
alive.
MAN (BIRD HELMET) *Hic!* Whuuuh…? Hey, I’m havin’ a good time over here…
A stiff drink in the afternoon is the best!
Two women and a man tend the bar in the rear of the tavern. A male
customer stands before the counter.
Sign on the wall near the counter:
INFORMATION Daily Specials!
Mandragosso
Ice Cream
Amago Tea
Seafood Pasta
Chocolate Cake
 Order at the counter! (heart)

MAN I’m so totally in love with this waitress right now.

I’m not going to run away just because of some
monsters.
WAITRESS #1 The barrier disappeared?
No good, no good.
Now that the barrier has failed, I guess I’ll prepare
my escape.
WAITRESS #2 Is it true?! But monsters can’t cross the barrier…
What?! The barrier’s gone?!
The monsters are coming into the town! This is a
disaster!
BARTENDER What? What’s the commotion about?

There is a door on the right leading to an adjoining office belonging

to The Don.
INFORMATION The Don’s desk. Various types of books are piled up
here.

Outside the Sagitarrius Tavern:

KRITYAN WOMAN I-I have lived in this town for many a year, but I
have never seen the barrier fail!!
B-but this town is my town! I-I shall strive to
protect it with my life!
They find a man dead in the end of the street in front of the stairs
leading to the blastia.
ESTELLE …We’re too late. This is so horrible.
RITA Outta the way!
Rita runs up the stairs and examines the blastia.
RITA Hmm, I might be able to do something with this.
ESTELLE'S VOICE Rita, watch out! Behind you!
She and the others run up the stairs and join Rita. They are surrounded
by Red-Eyes.
RED-EYE We won’t let you fix the barrier.
RITA What the hell! It’s just one thing after another! I’m
sick of this!
Battle
Spoken dialogue/no text after battle:
YURI Destroying a barrier…but that’s…
ESTELLE We have to repair the blastia, quickly.
Rita manipulates the blastia’s control panel while down below the
others inspect the fallen red-eyes.
YURI Looks like we have those guys to thank for the
barrier blastia failing on us.
ESTELLE But why?
Yuri shrugs. They all turn around abruptly as Flynn and company arrive.
FLYNN Looks like you’ve got your hand full over here.
YURI So, the Don’s little lecture didn’t stick?
FLYNN I’m just doing what I can to help. How’s the repair
of the barrier blastia going?
YURI That’ll depend on our genius mage, here.
RITA’S VOICE (from above) …The core is still there. They just
fiddled with your formula a bit and stopped it,
 didn’t they? What the…? This is…an amplifier?!
And this formula again… The same as they were using
back on Ehmead Hill…
YURI The barrier disappeared when the monsters attacked.
It can’t be a coincidence that they happened at the
same time, can it?
FLYNN …Probably not.
YURI So does your appearance here mean this is tied up
with all of the empire’s problems?
FLYNN I don’t know. That’s why I came here to check things
out.
RITA’S VOICE …That goes there, and this goes…here!
The barrier is restored.
ESTELLE That’s our Rita!
FLYNN (to knights) All right, time to clean up the monsters
outside the barrier! The guilds won’t be able to
complain if we fight monsters outside the city. (They
leave)
YURI We’ll leave the monsters to Flynn. Let’s go to the
Union and ask about Barbos.
Rita runs and Karol follows her. Repede stands beside Yuri and Estelle.
ESTELLE You really trust Flynn, don’t you?
YURI Only because there’s no one else I can trust. That’s
how I look at it.
Placing her index finger on her lower lip, Estelle studies Yuri
thoughtfully.
ESTELLE Yuri, I don’t get you sometimes.
SKIT Leader of a Hundred Guilds

Tavern “Sagittarius”:
(after the blastia is repaired)
OLD MAN WITH MUG Such a fuss over one or two barriers goning bad.
I just don’t understand kids these days.
SKIT The City of Guilds, Dahngrest
SKIT What’s the Don Like?
BANDIDO The monsters went away while I was still wondering
whether to fight or not.
I guess that’s what I was asking for, but…I’m a
little disappointed.
I’m a little disappointed I didn’t get to show what I
can do.
HELMETED MAN #1 What?! The barrier got fixed?
Then I didn’t have to eat so fast…
I was in such a hurry to eat, I didn’t get to enjoy
my food…
WOMAN #1 The barrier disappeared. How should I respond to this
situation?
There’s no way the monsters could bring it down,
right?
HELMETED MAN #2 The barrier was fixed… Now I can breathe a sigh of
relief.
I can have a good drink here. Maybe my luck has
turned a little.
WOMAN #2 Even without a barrier, when you get to be as old as
me, you can still live on.
I’m not afraid of any monsters.
What scares me most is my cowardly soul that’s scared
 of monsters.
MAN (BIRD HELMET) Have you heard? The barrier failed and monsters
attacked.
Oh… You already knew that…?

Sign on the wall near the counter:

INFORMATION Daily Specials!
Mandragosso
Ice Cream
Amago Tea
Seafood Pasta
Chocolate Cake
Order at the counter! (heart)

MAN I’m not going anywhere, even if the barrier fails.

I’m not taking my eyes off the waitress.
If I can die looking at her beautiful face, I can die
happy.
WAITRESS #1 The barrier is fixed?
Well, isn’t that nice.
I’m glad I didn’t start packing to escape.
WAITRESS #2 It seems we drove all the monsters away. I’m so
relieved.
But we can’t let our guard down. The barrier may fail
again.
BARTENDER I’m the owner here. Can I get you anything?
Hey, don’t try anything on the part-timer.
The door on the right leads to an office belonging to The Don.
INFORMATION The Don’s desk. Various types of books are piled up
here.

Outside the Sagitarrius Tavern:

KRITYAN WOMAN I am so pleased the barrier is back in operation! Now
we can rest easy.

Street West of the Circle:

MAN You want to see the Don?
There’s no way the Don would meet with kids like you.
Even if he did, he’d kill you in an instant.
Circle Intersection:
MAN (SIDEWALK) You can’t rely on anybody from the Empire.
They don’t give a damn about the common people. Stuck
up, little…
MAN (STREET) Union headquarters are up ahead. Did you want to see
the Don?
The guy’s scary. Don’t say I didn’t warn you if you
pee in your pants.
There are some people who get so nervous they can’t
speak in front of the Don.

Street leading west from circle intersection:

YURI The monsters are coming from the exit.

Street leading NE from circle intersection:

GUARD What are monsters doing in the town?! Did the
Empire’s (knights, men?) do this?!
 Citizen evacuation has top priority! Those who can
fight, take up your swords!
Street east of the Circle:
WOMAN See? I was right. The Don took care of things.
Th-this town has always been that way. See? Nothing
to worry about.

Street leading south from circle intersection:

OLDER MERCHANT Say, you heard the news? It’s just a rumor, but they
say the Empire’s behind the monster attacks.
It’s still just a rumor.
FEMALE MERCHANT Dahngrest is the best! With all the guilds banded
together, monsters are no match for us. [musical note]
MALE MERCHANT The Don’s amazing. I mean, to get all those guilds
together and take out that many monsters…
This town’s safe as long as the Don is around.
Anyway, back to work!

Outside Inn “Arcturus”:

LITTLE GIRL My mommy fought, too! I’m gonna be a guild when I
grow up, just like her!
When I grow up, I’m gonna be a guild! …Be a…guild?
WOMAN I just don’t know about those Knights. They sure were
late.
We really need the Don in this town.
MAN We take the barriers for granted, but when you think
about it they’re pretty incredible
They’re so much a part of our lives that nobody
thinks too hard about them, but…
OLD WOMAN That really was something! What a city! The citizens
defend it all by themselves.
And that man, the one they call “the Don” … Wow…

The bridge leading into Dahngrest:

WOMAN (ON BRIDGE) Well that was a surprise! Guess things like this
really do happen…
No, no…I didn’t run! We fought all proper-like. Me
too!
MAN (NEAR BRIDGE) Those monsters… They looked like the ones I fought in
Keiv Moc… I wonder why…
……The forest of Keiv Moc? It’s southwest from this
town.
MAN (ON ROAD) Damn the Don and his antics!
At this rate we could even take on the Empire…

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD Hmm? Who are you all?
YURI We need to talk to the Don about something. Help us
out, could you?
KAROL It’s a matter that concerns the five master guilds.
The guard leans forward looking at Yuri closely.
GUARD I haven’t seen you around here recently. What guild
do you belong to?
YURI Er, we don’t belong to a guild, exactly.
GUARD …Unfortunately, the Don has left town in pursuit of
the monsters.
KAROL He went after the monsters?
GUARD Yes, he plans on taking out the monster nests in one
fell swoop.
YURI I see… Thanks for the information.
GUARD No worries.
Karol, lost in thought, stays behinds as the others leave.
KAROL …If I went and helped them, I could prove myself to
the Don…
He scratches the back of his head, then runs to join the rest of the
gang.
YURI Oh, well. Shall we go look for information in town?
KAROL …What? We’re not going to help the Don?
YURI So you know where the monster nests are, then?
KAROL Oh, good point…
RITA Since it seems like you won’t be making progress
anytime soon, I’m going to go check out Keiv Moc.
KAROL How selfish!
RITA I just want to get it out of the way as soon as
possible.
KAROL Then does that mean Estelle’s going along with you?
ESTELLE Yes. I told Alexei I was going to go, after all…
Yuri fidgets.
ESTELLE Don’t worry. We’ll be fine between the two of us.
YURI Sorry, ‘fraid not. If you got hurt or anything, Flynn
would hunt me down and kill me.
KAROL You’re going to go, Yuri?
YURI Well, we don’t really have any good leads around town
that we’re following, anyway...
ESTELLE Then it’s decided! Let’s go to the forest of Keiv Moc.
As they depart town, Raven sits high in the rooftops watching them.
RAVEN Going to Keiv Moc, are they? What a coincidence…

SKIT Why Was Flynn Here?

If you go inside the Guild’s Union HQ before Keiv Moc:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) The Don left to chase the monsters.
MAN (ENTRANCE) I-I never actually fought monsters before… They’re
terrible! M-my hands are still shaking…
GUARD (SIDE DOOR) Beyond this point are the private rooms of Union
officials.
If you are here to see the Don, you can exit from the
left.
You’re not allowed past this point.
WOMAN We have to check out what’s happening in Keiv Moc… I
think it’s southwest of the town.
The forest of Keiv Moc is to the southwest of town.
But I wouldn’t go if I were you. It’s dangerous.
OLD MAN …Hmph… I don’t need a weakling like you.

As the party heads for Keiv Moc via the west exit, an old man stands on
red carpeted stairs to the mansion at the end of the street..
OLD MAN Getting attacked by a huge pack of monsters right
after arriving, huh… Having fun yet?

FOREST OF KEIV MOC

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~
Large tree roots twist and turn through the lush greenery turning the
forest floor into a giant maze. Estelle looks around the forest in awe.
ESTELLE I had no idea trees this big existed…
YURI Yeah, but it doesn’t exactly look healthy for them to
be this overgrown.
RITA It’s just like you said, Karol.
It’s like what happened at Heliord when the blastia
went berserk.
Karol puts his hand on the hilt of his hammer.
KAROL Be careful… there’s somebody here.
They spot Raven standing behind a bush and a giant tree root. Raven
waves and steps out into the open.
RAVEN Hey, what a coincidence!
YURI What the hell are you doing in a place like this?
RAVEN Ya know, out for a forest stroll, takin’ in the
nature…
KAROL Something smells fishy…
RAVEN What? Where’s my welcome?
RITA You didn’t think we’d honestly be glad to see you,
right?
RAVEN Aw, ya don’t mean that. I can come in handy ya know.
KAROL …You’re not thinking of coming with us, right?
RAVEN Of course! It’s lonely bein’ out here all by my
lonesome. What, no dice?
RITA You’d better watch your back. If you try anything
funny, you’re dead.
Rita walks away. Raven casually leans his head back against his palms.
RAVEN Hey, ya don’t really think my story stinks that bad,
do ya?
YURI Yeah, the stench is sort of coming off you in waves.
RAVEN Really… !? *sniff*
Raven raises his arm and sniffs.
YURI I can’t take responsibility for what I’ll do if you
make any sudden moves. Don’t forget that.
Yuri walks away and Raven shrugs.
INFORMATION Raven joined the party.
SKIT Really Really Fishy

Raven trails along behind them as they travel along the length of a
fallen tree. They all stop and look at Raven suspiciously.
RAVEN Aww, don’t mind me. Do whatever you came to do.
Estelle turns to Yuri.
ESTELLE What should we do about him?
YURI (to Raven) Do you know any tricks that’ll convince us
you’re worth keeping around?
RAVEN (picking at his ear) Do I look like some kinda street
magician ta you?
Raven strokes his chin while hatching a plan.
RAVEN (jumps off the log) Hey, you. C’mere a second.
They all look at each other, then finally to Karol.
KAROL What? M-me…?
When Karol jumps down off the log, Raven runs into the forest and Karol
follows him. Raven returns to the waiting party without Karol.
YURI Huh? What do you want with Karol?
KAROL Aaah! Don’t just leave me here!
Karol runs back to the tree. He’s being followed by a large flying
beetle.
RAVEN Show ‘im what for, kid!
KAROL W-why me?
Raven fires an arrow at the monster, as Karol runs.
KAROL Okay! This isn’t funny anymore.
Looking at Yuri, Raven casually places his hands behind the back of his
head.
RAVEN Should be any minute now…
YURI ?
The beetle disappears with a bang.
KAROL Aaah!
RITA It exploded from the inside!
ESTELLE What did you do?!
RAVEN Ya just wait for ‘em to let their guard down, give
‘em a little poke and then…bam!
RITA Jeez… I bet you’re great at parties.
ESTELLE I suppose that was good enough.
YURI Really?
ESTELLE (turning to Yuri) Yes.
YURI (shrugs) All right…
RAVEN Hey, ya mean I passed? I can stay?
KAROL A-are you kidding…?
YURI It’ll be much easier to do things to him if we keep
him nearby.
RAVEN Whaddya mean “things…?”
RITA …Hadn’t thought about that.
RAVEN Okay, I just got a little chill up my spine.
ESTELLE (bowing) Well then, Mr. Raven, after you.
RAVEN Heh…right.

The group walks further into the forest.

KAROL ...Did anyone just hear a voice?

Patty, captured by a giant flying bug, flies by behind everyone.
PATTY Where are you taking meeeeee?
The group turns around.
ESTELLE It sounds kind of familiar...
The bug flies in front of them.
KAROL P-Patty!?
RAVEN Someone ya know?
KAROL We've gotta save her!
Raven pulls out his bow.
RAVEN Kay kay, leave it ta me!
He shoots and hits.
ESTELLE Nice shot!
Yuri runs over and catches Patty just in time.
PATTY Nice catch!
Yuri smiles, drops her and walks away.

YURI So, you still searching for Aifread's treasure?

RAVEN Aifread?
PATTY Yup.
RITA Liar. What would treasure be doing in a place like
this? Who told you that?
PATTY The surveyor guild "The Cellar of Heaven and Earth"
told me all kinds of things!
They travel all over the world.
RITA So that's what you were doing in Ragou's mansion?
Where you find absolutely nothing.
PATTY Information that is 100% reliable is also the most
suspicious!
RAVEN Well, ya might be right about that.
RITA ...You're definitely 100% suspicious...
RAVEN Ow.
PATTY Anyway, I'm going to get on with my treasure hunt.
ESTELLE If you wander around alone all the time, you might
get attacked by a monster again...
PATTY I wasn't attacked, we were just playing!
KAROL ..Um...I don't think that's what the monster
thought...
Out of nowhere, a giant grasshopper monster readies to attack.
ESTELLE Patty! Behind you!
Patty pulls out her gun, shoots the monster several times, then flips
up her hat.
YURI ...Looks like you'll be just fine on your own.
PATTY Wanna come with me?
YURI Eh, I'm sure there'll be another chance for treasure
hunting later.
PATTY Aww, that's just too bad. Oh well, I'll be going then.
PATTY Farewell!
Patty walks off.
KAROL There she goes...
ESTELLE Is she really going to be okay?
RITA Well, she says she will.
YURI ...I hope so. Oh well, no point in worrying about
her. Let's get moving.

SKIT THE FOREST OF BUGS

SKIT LEAD ON, OLD MAN

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SUB-EVENT: Bug Hater:

With Karol in the front and Raven in the rear, they are walking in
single file on a moss covered tree root. Karol stops.
YURI Karol, what are you doing? Let’s hurry up and go.
KAROL Y-yeah…
RITA ……
A beetle monster suddenly swoops down at Karol.
KAROL Waaaaaaaahhhhhh…!
Closing his eyes, Karol waves his hammer back and forth in the air long
after the bug has gone.
KAROL Get away! Don’t touch me! Stay back!
Karol continues to frantically wave his hammer.
ESTELLE Karol, Karol, it’s okay! It already flew away.
Karol calms down.
KAROL …Huh? Ha, ha ha ha, it did… Alright, let’s keep
moving.
Karol turns back around and continues on down the root.
YURI …Captain Karol seems a little different than usual,
doesn’t he?
RITA You think? He seems like his usual spaced-out kid
self to me.
YURI No, something’s different about him. The Karol I knew
 before would’ve been peeing his pants or running for
his life if something like that happened.
ESTELLE Oh…now that you mention it, I think you’re right.
As they continue on down the root, Raven gets an idea
RAVEN [lightbulb] Wah! Bugs, a giant swarm of them! Watch
out!
Again Karol waves his hammer and yells.
KAROL Waah, stay away, stay away…!!
While Karol panics, Rita turns to Raven and takes out a brightly
colored spray bottle. Raven covers his face with his hands.
RAVEN Blech! Hey! Wh-wh-what did you do that for… Agh, my
eyes…
RITA I was just giving you a little something to keep away
the giant swarms of bugs!
KAROL Ah, I don’t believe it.
RITA *Hack* *cough* …I thought I was gonna die!
ESTELLE Karol… You’re really afraid of bugs, aren’t you?
KAROL Wh-who, me? N-not at all…!
RITA It’s okay, Karol. You don’t have to pretend.
Here, take this. Aspio-brand insect spray, the best
to keep the bugs away!
KAROL Oh, uh…y-you don’t mind…?
RITA Not at all. Just make sure not to spray it near any
people. It can sting!
Karol nods appreciatively and Raven sags in despair.
RAVEN So I’m not a person anymore, am I… Yeesh…
RITA (to Karol) Come on, let’s go.
INFORMATION Karol learned the “Bug Breath” Base Arte.
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SKIT SCARY THINGS

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SUB-EVENT: OLD MAN’S WISDOM:

Another giant beetle hovers above the root trail.

RITA Try to be careful. These botanical abnormalities are
being caused by the aer here.
There’s a good chance that there are pockets of
excess aer all over the place.
RAVEN Yeah, too much aer can have negative effects on
people and blastia.
Takin’ in a lotta aer causes yer metabolism ta speed
up, and that’ll make ya more tired than usual.
RITA Wow, you know more than I thought.
RAVEN Eh? That’s just common sense!
RITA I’d expect people to know about aer’s effect on the
human body…
But I didn’t think it was common knowledge that
blastia can become supersaturated with aer if used
improperly.
RAVEN Nah, anyone who deals with bodhi blastia should know
all about it!
KAROL Actually, I’d never heard about it until Rita
mentioned it.
RAVEN Ya gotta quit slackin’ and hit the books, kid!
YURI ……
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SKIT The Tougher, The Better (obtained on field map in

Northern Tolbyccia)

Deep in the forest, there’s a fiery glow between two giant trees as
golden-lit aer flows thickly into the area.

RITA This is the same phenomenon we saw at Heliord.

The aer is weaker than it was there, but there is no
mistaking it…
A monster drops from the trees onto the ground behind them with a thud.
ESTELLE That monster looks just like the ones that attacked
Dahngrest!
YURI Here it comes!

The battle begins. (using Yuri,Estelle,Rita,Raven)

(spoken dialogue with no text at beginning of battle)
RAVEN What’s up with this forest!
RAVEN I can’t believe there’s a place like this in the
forest
ESTELLE I-Is there any way to quiet the monsters?
YURI We have to get them before they get us.
RAVEN So it’s a little tough. Let’s just get it over with.
ESTELLE I hope we only have to kill this one.
YURI Stay sharp.
RITA We’ll lose our lives if we aren’t careful.

(spoken dialogue with no text)

ESTELLE I was so surprised!
YURI You can’t relax yet.
RITA The aer…is still out of control

RITA The trees, the monsters, it’s got to be the aer

that’s causing this.
KAROL There’s more of ‘em!
The monsters drop from the trees surrounding them. Yuri and Raven back
away from the monsters and find themselves back to back.
RAVEN Ah, so this is the end, huh? Farewell, all my dear
fans the world over.
YURI I’ll make sure your gravestone reads “Here lies the
world’s biggest sap.”
RAVEN You’re supposed ta say stuff like, “We can make it
through this together.”
The monsters close in around them. Suddenly a man with long white hair
jumps down between them and the monsters. It’s the same man they met in
Deidon Hold and at Caer Bocram. With one flash of energy from his
sword, he destroys all of the monsters.
ESTELLE Who is he…?
RAVEN (in a low voice) Duke…
Duke looks at them, then walks away without a word.
RITA Wait!
DUKE (Hmm?) …
Duke turns around.
RITA What is that sword?! Let me see!
Running to Duke, Rita bends over to examine his sword still crackling
with energy.
RITA How did you do that back there? You like, sliced
through the aer but…but that’s impossible…
DUKE What good would that knowledge do you?
RITA Well…I mean… With something like that, we might be
able to stop the blastia from going berserk…
We saw that happen to a blastia. The aer was out of
control. We couldn’t do anything…
DUKE This was only a distortion. It is a natural
occurrence.
RITA …Distortion?
Estelle walks forward to stand beside Rita.
ESTELLE (bowing) Um, thank you so much for helping us.
DUKE Do not go near the aer krene.
ESTELLE Huh…?
RITA What do you mean, aer krene? This place?
DUKE Aer krene are the springs from which all aer in the
world comes.
RITA Springs of aer…
Rita crosses her arms and raises on hand to rub her chin as she ponders
Duke’s revelation.
YURI Who are you…?
This isn’t the kind of place you just go for a walk.
DUKE (Hmph) …
YURI We would’ve been dead without your help, though.
Thanks.
Again without a word, Duke turns and walks away.
RITA …That power… Could it be the Rizomata Formula?
(shakes her head)
I can’t tell anything from checking things out here.
I have to see some others.
KAROL Hey, didn’t that guy earlier say these were all over
the world?
RAVEN Yeah, he did.
RITA We won’t know anything solid until we find them and
study them.
ESTELLE So I guess we’re finished looking into things here?
YURI Yeah, let’s get back to Dahngrest and meet with the
Don.

After they leave the area, Rita still processes the information.
RITA Anomalous aer conditions result in blastia going out
of control, which in turn leads to monsters turning
vicious…
If this is related to the “distortion” he was talking
about, then it might not be only this forest that’s
affected.
RAVEN You sure mumble to yourself a lot, don’t you?
Karol becomes frightened as the ground rumbles and shakes.
KAROL Ack, what?! Another monster attack?
They hide behind bushes as various types of monsters run and fly past.
YURI Karol, keep your head down!
The monsters pass right by them, and they stand up. The Don and several
guild members are resting in the clearing.
ESTELLE It’s…it’s them…
KAROL Don…!
The Don kneels on the ground, leaning on his sword.
DON WHITEHORSE …You all do something?
YURI Do something? What do you mean?
DON WHITEHORSE Those savage monsters turned docile as pups and ran
off! What did you do?
ESTELLE …Yuri, it must be because we stopped the flow of the
aer…
KAROL The monsters turned tame because we stopped the
runaway aer!
DON WHITEHORSE Runaway aer? Hmmm…
RITA Hey, old man. Do you know something!?
DON WHITEHORSE Well, my old friend, Belius, used to say something
about it.
KAROL …So it’s true that Don and Belius are friends…
RITA Who is Belius?
KAROL The Duce who rules the coliseum of Nordopolica.
RITA Nordopolica…
DON WHITEHORSE And what’s with that runaway aer?
Karol runs up to the Don.
KAROL It was really amazing! More and more really strong
monsters kept on coming, but we --

DON WHITEHORSE Boy, those are the sort of things you keep to
yourself.
KAROL What…?
DON WHITEHORSE You don’t do deeds like that so other people will
notice. You do them so that you can protect your town
and your friends.
KAROL I-I’m sorry…
Estelle runs past the Don.
Estelle’s VOICE Excuse me, could I see him for a moment?
DON WHITEHORSE What?
Estelle heals one of Don’s guildsmen.
MAN Ohh…you can use healing artes… Thank you…
The Don sees Raven still standing in the bushes where they took cover.
DON WHITEHORSE …Hmm? Ain’t that Raven over there?
Quit hidin’, you!
Raven rolls his eyes upward and slumps.
RAVEN Humph.
He walks over to The Don.
DON WHITEHORSE Our man ain’t givin’ you trouble, is he?
RAVEN Whaddaya mean, “trouble?” The reason the monsters got
tame was our doing, mine especially!
KAROL Huh?! Raven’s a member of Altosk?!
YURI Somehow that seems to be the case.
Don whacks Raven with his sword.
RAVEN Ouch, gramps, cut that out!
DON WHITEHORSE Shut up, you!
YURI Don Whitehorse.
DON WHITEHORSE What is it?
YURI I know we’ve only just met, but I have something I
need to talk to you about.
One of Don’s men runs up.
MAN (whispering) Don, sorry to interrupt.
DON WHITEHORSE Ah, I see. All right you dogs! Time to head out!
(turns to the group) Sorry ‘bout this, but
something’s come up. We’ve gotta return to Dahngrest.
If ya come by the Union you’ll have my ear first
 chance I get. Hope that’s okay.
YURI If I have your word, that’s fine by me.
DON WHITEHORSE Humph, you’re not nervous at all to talk to me. You
all would make a good addition to our guild.
Don Whitehorse leaves.
YURI Guild, huh.
KAROL We’re going to make one, right?
YURI We’ll see.
RAVEN So, what do you think? Y’all finally get a taste of
how awesome I am?
KAROL I sure didn’t notice you being too awesome out there!
RAVEN Always so quick to criticize!
YURI All right, I’d like to go back to Dahngrest to meet
with the Don and keep looking for Barbos.
ESTELLE Rita, once Yuri’s done with his business, we should
go back to report…
Deep in thought, Rita doesn’t answer her.
ESTELLE Rita?
RITA …Oh, what was that?
ESTELLE Once Yuri’s done, we should go back to report to
Alexei…
(peering at Rita) Is something the matter?
RITA N-no, it’s nothing. Come on, let’s go back.
SKIT The Mysterious Man in the Forest

FIELD MAP: EASTERN TOLBYCCIA

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SKIT The Don

THE DEN OF GUILDS: DAHNGREST

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SKIT Fishier and Fishier

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) The only reason we managed to get out of that mess
with minimum losses is our Union’s leadership.
The Don is a great man.
GUARD (INSIDE) Beyond this point are the private rooms of Union
officials.
If you are here to see the Don, it’s the last room.
You’re not allowed past this point.
They enter “Don’s Chamber” in the back of the entrance hall.

Don’s Chamber:
The Don, surrounded by guild members, sits in his chair at the rear of
the chamber. Flynn stands before him.
DON WHITEHORSE So you’ve come back, have ya?
FLYNN …Yuri.
DON WHITEHORSE What, you two know each other?
Raven leaves the others and stands besides Don’s chair.
FLYNN Yes, we’re old friends…
DON WHITEHORSE Ya don’t say.
FLYNN I see you know Yuri as well.
DON WHITEHORSE We crossed paths during the assault on the city. Now
then, what business did ya have?
FLYNN Uh… (looks down)
YURI We came to ask you about a man named Barbos of the
Blood Alliance.
It looks like he’s the one behind the recent string
of stolen blastia cores.
FLYNN I see, so Barbos is tied up in your problems as well.
YURI …You have a problem with him, too?
Flynn nods.
FLYNN (addressing Don) We have come to ask that the Union
relinquish all ties with the Blood Alliance.
Other guilds have begun to follow Barbos’ example,
abusing blastia in other areas and disrupting the
order of society.
If we can count on your assistance, I feel that
together we should move to put an end to the Blood
Alliance.
DON WHITEHORSE …Barbos. He’s been testing the limits of my patience
lately.
Looks like it’s time to remind that brute how a
proper guild behaves.
FLYNN A clash between the guilds and the empire was avoided
the other day, largely due to your intervention.
However, if Barbos is left unattended, the relations
between our two states may yet again be torn apart.
DON WHITEHORSE That’s not gonna be fun for anybody.
FLYNN The time for stopping Barbos is now.
Yuri and Estelle listen with interest.
(the following conversation shows Yuri and Estelle listening(
DON WHITEHORSE Since we’d be cooperatin’ with ya, I assume we’d be
on equal standing with the empire on this.
FLYNN Yes, sir.
DON WHITEHORSE Humph. If that’s the case, a united front with the
empire might not be such a bad idea.
FLYNN Then…
(Scene switches to Don and Flynn)
DON WHITEHORSE Yeah, we’ll deal with this together.
(turns to a young guildmember) Hey. Send a message to
Belius.
Tell Belius that Nordopolica’s gonna help us.
As the young guildsman runs off to deliver the message, Karol looks at
Rita.
KAROL Man, this is serious…
Rita blinks slowly and nod her head at the Don to direct Karol’s
attention there. Flynn is kneeling down before the Don.
FLYNN I’ve brought a letter from his Highness Ioder.
Don takes the letter and Flynn stands and walks back to join the group.
Don immediately inspects the letter.
DON WHITEHORSE A secret note from the imperial candidate, huh?
Read it aloud. (hands the letter to Raven)
As Raven reads the letter aloud, Flynn kneels on one knee…one hand on
his knee, the other across his chest in fealty.
RAVEN “If Don Whitehorse is taken out of the picture, we
are willing to overlook the Union’s responsibility in
the Barbos affair.”
FLYNN What…?!
DON WHITEHORSE (laughing and smiling) Hah hah hah! Don’t make me
laugh!
As Raven marches over to Flynn and puts the letter into his shaking
hands, Estelle and Yuri exchange a puzzled glance.
FLYNN (hands trembling) …What…what is this?
DON WHITEHORSE Looks like you and the young master see things a bit
differently.
FLYNN (still trembling) There must be some mistake! Master
Ioder would never say such a thing.
Yuri stands behind Flynn. His expression is tense and stormy.
DON WHITEHORSE Show our guest here to his own private suite!
Two burly guildsmen flank Flynn, ready to escort him.
FLYNN Don Whitehorse, please listen to me! This is some
sort of trap!
The rear guildsman looks to Don for affirmation. Don nods and Flynn is
taken away.
ESTELLE Flynn…!
(addressing Don) Why would you…?
YURI (to Estelle) Hang on.
If we screw up, it’ll only make things worse for
Flynn.
ESTELLE … (stifles a sob)
The Don’s expression has changed from relaxed to angry. He stands up
and makes a proclamation. Raven stands rooted beside the Don’s chair.
DON WHITEHORSE All-out war with the empire! We’ll take everything
we’ve got and march on the imperial capital!
Try and make a fool out of me?! I’ll tear these
little messengers limb from limb!
Without a word or even a glance at Yuri and party, The Don, followed by
Raven, march from the chamber.
KAROL Th-this is bad!
RITA And it looks like he’s forgotten all about talking
with us.
YURI I don’t think the Don’s in much of a talking mood
right now.
ESTELLE (clinching her hands into fists) I have to return to
the empire and find out what’s really going on!
YURI I said hang on. We should sit still for now and see
what happens.
ESTELLE I…I suppose you’re right.
INFORMATION Raven left the party.

Guild’s Union HQ: Main Hall:

WOMAN I wonder if war will break out against the Empire.
My mother lives in Zaphias…
I’m reluctant to fight in a war against the country
where my mother lives.
GUARD (PRISON) The dungeon is up ahead. There’s a knight held
captive there now.
No one is allowed to enter beyond this point.
MAN (ENTRANCE) We’ve got the Don on our side! The Empire’s finished!
If the Don holds the reins with a strong grip, we too
can become dauntless warriors!
GUARD (OUTSIDE) The Empire is supposedly going to attack. We need to
tighten up security.
Karol leads the party from the HQ. They stop in the circle
intersection.
YURI Huh…? That’s strange.
KAROL What’s the matter, Yuri?
YURI …It looks like I dropped my wallet somewhere.
KAROL At a time like this?!
YURI Maybe it fell out of my pocket at the Don’s place?
I’m going to go look. You wait here.
KAROL O-okay. Don’t take too long!
The others walk on down the street.
YURI All righty. Now to go and see how Flynn’s holding up…
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

Circle Intersection:
MAN #1 We’ll stick with the Don to the end! And we’ll “don”
our finest armor to do it! Hah hah hah!!
You guys wanna join us?
MAN #2 I don’t kill people willingly.
It’s not about morals or taking lives. It’s just my
policy.
Whatever. I gotta pay the Empire back. I’m gonna have
some fun.
Outside Crimson Stars tavern:
WOMAN The Empire, the Knights… Nobody in this town trusts
them at all.
The Imperial Council and the Knights wouldn’t stand a
chance if the guilds banded together to take them on.

Outside Sagittarius tavern:

MAN I was thinking of going to the Union jail for a
little bit.
I want to laugh at the Knight they caught.
That Knight dragged people into jail, and now he’s in
jail himself… Bet he’s not laughing now.
KRITYAN WOMAN Of course they’re angry here. This town was built by
people wronged by the Empire.

Inside the Sagittarius tavern:

BANDIDO To join the fight with the Imperial Knights or not.
That is the question.
…I really don’t want to go.
What would be best is if it all ended while I’m
thinking about it.
OLD MAN No matter how much the Empire may struggle, they’re
no match for the Don.
He’s the strongest man I know. Next to me, of course.
MAN #1 What?! the situation with the Knights is about to
blow up? Just let me eat in peace!
I’ll help out when I’m done eating. Just wait a sec.
WOMAN #1 Even our mighty barrier won’t protect us against the
Imperial Knights.
If only we had a barrier that worked against people.
MAN #2 Sometimes the solidarity of the guilds can be a
painful thing.
People with conviction who get bound up by rules can
often do crazy things.
WOMAN #2 There’s a long history of hostility between the
Empire and the guilds.
It might not be too bad to finally settle things.
On the surface, they make it seem like a cold war,
but they really just slipped into a stalemate.
Sagittarius tavern’s bar:
MAN I don’t care about a fight between the Empire and the
guilds.
I’m head over heels for this waitress.
WAITRESS #1 The Empire and the Union are going head-to-head?
No good, no good.
Is there anything I can do? …I guess not…
WAITRESS #2 A little to-do with the Empire isn’t enough to shake
me. That’s the way it’s always been.
Just living in this town makes your heart strong.

Barrier Blastia:
GUARD So we held off the monster attack. That doesn’t
change the fact that monsters still exist.
The peace of Dahngrest depends on this barrier
blastia!
My job protecting the barrier blastia is a very
important one.
Therefore, my job is very rewarding!

Market Place:
YOUNG MAN The knight who came here acting all tough is in
prison? Serves him right.
Gotta stock up on all sorts of stuff before the
Empire attacks…
FEMALE MERCHANT Those Empire types better not underestimate us.
We’ll never lose to the Empire!
WOMAN (IN STREET) Yo, buddy! You sure you ain’t an Empire spy? Huh?!
Well?! You got a problem, buddy?!
REPEDE ….whimper…
KAROL Hey, Yuri. Did you find your wallet?
ESTELLE What can I do to save Flynn…?
RITA What the… Guilds are worthless.

Outside of the INN “ARCTURUS”:

LITTLE GIRL Even if the Empire attacks, the Don’ll beat them up
good!
OLDER WOMAN Say, did you hear? That cool knight got arrested!
Kind of a shame. He looked so cool…

??? House:
OLD WOMAN Wh-what do we do? We’ll be in danger if they find out
we’re nobles!
A-are we going to be okay? They’ll beat us up if they
find out we’re nobles!

Fortune’s Market:
MERCHANT Hey! The Empire’s gonna attack! Better stock up on
equipment while you can! We’ll make it cheap!
You there, sir! Won’t you take a look at what we have
to offer?
LITTLE BOY Hey, is it true the Empire’s coming to attack us? W-
we’ll be okay, right?
You can’t be a merchant and be scared of the Empire
and the Imperial Knights!
Bridge:
MAN (ROAD) Now we can finally take on those idiots from the
Empire. We’ll show them a thing or two.
MAN (BRIDGE) First monsters… Now the Empire… How pathetic…
WOMAN (BRIDGE) They should just hurry up and kill all the knights
they captured!
…Wh-what, you got a problem with that…?

Guild’s Union HQ:

The guard is not present at the prison door in the main hall. Yuri
opens the door and runs down the stairs. The guard is not at his desk.
Yuri looks for Flynn.
FLYNN’S VOICE Yuri…
YURI Thought I was being quiet, but I guess you hard me.
FLYNN’S VOICE So, you’ve come to have a laugh at me in this sorry
state?
YURI Yeah, I wanted to see what kind of expression being
locked up put on your face.
FLYNN It doesn’t hurt to be forced to view things from
behind bars every now and then.
Flynn is sitting on the cell floor with his back toward the cell door.
Yuri, stands with his back to the bars, not looking at Flynn, but
smiling pleasantly.
YURI What the hell you think you were doing, coming here
with a letter like that?
FLYNN That was the red eyes doing. They attacked after you
left.
YURI You don’t screw up like that. Was it one of your
people?
FLYNN Even if it was, the responsibility is mine.
YURI’S VOICE I see.
If the red eyes are involved, then Ragou’s gotta be
behind it all.
FLYNN But how do you know…?
YURI At the harbor, we saw Ragou giving orders to one of
their assassins.
FLYNN’S VOICE I hadn’t heard about that.
YURI Do you know what they’re trying to do?
FLYNN …Most likely they want to force a clash between the
guilds and the Knights.
YURI That’d be bad. You think another one of those false
letters went to the Knights?
FLYNN Yes, to put them in a fighting mood.
YURI’S VOICE If you know that much, then get out there and get the
real letters back.
A loud whack and the cell door is opened. Yuri stands before it, sword
in his hand. Flynn gets up and walks out of the cell.
FLYNN I was wondering how long it’d take you to get rid of
that damn lock.
YURI … (amused Hah)
FLYNN You’ve got to stay here.
YURI What, and be your scapegoat?
You’re just itching to get rid of me, aren’t you?
FLYNN Yuri, if I don’t make it back…
You’ll have to die in my place.
YURI Yeah…
Flynn escapes. The Don pays a visit and finds Yuri sitting on the floor
of the cell in Flynn’s exact spot with his back facing the door.
DON WHITEHORSE (amused Hah) Taking your friend’s place in a jail
cell? You lost your mind, son?
YURI This coming from an old man who gets rid of his own
guards on purpose.
DON WHITEHORSE Humph. I had a special favor ta ask that rookie
knight.
YURI You mean Flynn?
DON WHITEHORSE The rats that plan these sorta stunts usually like ta
enjoy their handiwork from somewhere nearby.
YURI If you knew the letter was fake, why’d you fire
everyone up like that?
DON WHITEHORSE If I didn’t make a good show of things, whoever’s
behind all this wouldn’t bother ta come watch.
Besides, we’ve got a lot of hotheads around here
who’d never let me hear the end of it if I didn’t
raise hell.
So that’s where it stands. Of course if our friend
the knight doesn’t show up again, your life is mine.
YURI I know.
The Don starts to walk away but stops when he hears Yuri’s voice.
YURI Tell me on thing, though. What made you want to start
a guild in the first place?
DON WHITEHORSE I realized I couldn’t protect the things that were
important ta me, playin’ by the empire’s rules.
YURI There have to be some things that were easier to
protect when you were on the other side, though.
Even in the lower quarter where I’m from, we still
had the barrier to protect us.
DON’S VOICE Sure, but were ya happy with just puttin’ up with all
the things ya didn’t like?
YURI Well, I…

DON’S VOICE So if the rules the empire sets don’t suit ya, you’ve
got two choices.
You can do like your friend is, and put everything
you’ve got into changin’ the system.
Or ya can turn yer back on the empire, and live by
the rules ya set fer yerself.
YURI That’s pretty clear cut…
DON WHITEHORSE …Yep. I think yer going to have ta take
responsibility for lettin’ my prisoner go.
YURI’S VOICE You want me to do something besides rotting in this
cell?
DON WHITEHORSE The sap who’s been putting’ together this little
show’s must be somewhere in this city.
I’d been planning’ on akin’ year armor-wearing friend
at hunt ‘me down for me, but…
YURI So what, you want me to find them?
DON’S VOICE Your job is at pay this debt back at me. How yaw go
about it is up at you.
That young woman yaw brought with yaw is running’ all
over the place helping’ with the injured folks.
Year not the type at be the only one sitting around
twiddling’ his thumbs, right?
YURI …Estelle. Huh, that sounds like her.
Yuri leaves HQ and finds the city’s residents in loud celebration.
VOICE Out of the way! The Don is passing through!
YURI Is her really planning on going to war just to lure
those rats out of hiding?
Don Whitehorse addresses his troops. Raven stands at his side.
DON WHITEHORSE We’ll teach those imperial bastards to look down on
us!
Nearby stand Estelle and Karol.
KAROL (waving) Oh, Yuri!
YURI (walking over) Have you finished healing the injured
yet?
ESTELLE How did you know that?
YURI The Don told me. This is from him -- his way of
saying thanks.
KAROL But Yuri, things have gotten really bad!
YURI Yeah, I noticed.
KAROL No, that’s not what I mean.
YURI What else?
KAROL I saw them!
YURI You saw…who?
ESTELLE The Blood Alliance! Barbos wasn’t with them, but…
KAROL Rita and Repede are shadowing them right now.
YURI Just what the Don wanted…
KAROL Let’s catch up with Rita.
YURI Yeah.
They all three run to find Rita.
INFORMATION Reunite with Estelle and Karol.
SKIT What the Don and Flynn are Thinking

They find Repede sitting near the Crimson Stars tavern. Rita stands at
the end of the street.
YURI In here?
RITA Yes.
Set back off the street, the tavern is dark and tucked in the shadows.
ESTELLE Let’s go inside.
INFORMATION Reunite with Rita and Repede.
Ragou strokes his goatee and angrily addresses Barbos who’s sitting
before an open book on a table with his back is to Ragou. A few of
Barbos’ henchmen are also present.
RAGOU Barbos! What is the meaning of this!
BARBOS I haven’t the slightest idea what you’re talking
about.
RAGOU The tower and the blastia, of course! I have yet to
receive any reports about them!
BARBOS Why should I have to report to you about something
like that?
Ragou shaking with anger, clenches and unclenches his hands into fist.
RAGOU Wh-what?! Building that lousy tower fortress of yours
without speaking a word of it to your own employer…
You even went so far as to use Leviathan’s Claw for
help!
BARBOS I’m not your lapdog, Ragou. I just gathered the
cores together, like you requested.
It’s thanks to my efforts that you were able to make
that weather-controlling blastia.
RAGOU And just what made you think it was okay to carry off
the extra cores?!
BARBOS Our mutual non-interference was a condition of our
agreement, was it not?
RAGOU Wh-what…!
BARBOS And did I ever interfere with what you were doing?
RAGOU …Barbos, how dare you!
BARBOS You will leave now, magistrate.
RAGOU (stabs his finger at Barbos) Remember this, Barbos!
Black-hearted filth like you always get what they
deserve in the end!

BARBOS You’re one to talk, Ragou.

Footsteps echo on the plank flooring as Yuri and party arrive.
RITA Y-you guys!
YURI It’s the world series of villains and you had to take
the best seat in the house?
BARBOS What fool would dare to heckle my exquisite
performance?
BARBOS Oh ho, if it isn’t the little runts I met on the ship.
ESTELLE You’re the one who’s been causing all of the recent
chaos!
BARBOS And what of it? You fools will never manage to
capture me.
RITA Oh yeah? What’s your reasoning there?
YURI A villain is someone who never considers losing a
possibility. That’s why he thinks the way he does.
KAROL If so, then that makes you quite a villain, Yuri.
YURI Yep. I’m nefarious.
BARBOS (turns his head to look out a window) You’ve got a
big mouth, brat.
Barbos’ minions run to surround Yuri and party. Yuri whips out his
sword.
BARBOS You would dare to oppose me? I thought I told you
before that next time you wouldn’t get off so easy.
YURI All the better for us to tear things up!
BARBOS Take them down!
They ready their weapons. All pause as a drum thunders loudly outside.
BARBOS Haha, the fools have started to march!
(jumping up from his chair) Now that meddlesome Don
and the Knights will destroy each other!
KAROL He did this to destroy the Union and to eliminate the
Don…!
ESTELLE If the knights are destroyed, who will protect the
empire?
Ragou, why would you…oh!
RITA Of course…he’s going to weaken the Imperial Knights
so that the Council can step in and control the
empire.
ESTELLE Oh my…

YURI The Knights and the Union going down together…it’s

just as Flynn said.
BARBOS Hmph, so what if you know now? No matter what you do,
you won’t be able to stop the battle!
YURI Hmm, we’ll see.
BARBOS And your existence comes to an end here!
Hearing the sound of hoof beats, Estelle runs to look out the window.
YURI Damn it, he’s too late!
Flynn leans forward in the saddle to urge his mount to gallop faster.
ESTELLE Flynn?!
FLYNN (riding hard) Stop! All of you, sheathe your blades!
Sheathe them!
Flynn rides his galloping steed between the opposing lines of troops.
The stallion rears to a halt and Flynn holds a envelope up for all to
see.
FLYNN I am Flynn Scifo of the Imperial Knights. I have come
bearing a letter from Master Ioder!
The letter you received from the empire was false! It
was the work of a rebel! Draw back your armies at
once!
The Don approaches on foot to Flynn and addresses him in a quiet voice
only for him to hear.
DON WHITEHORSE (quietly) I thought you weren’t coming back.
FLYNN (quietly) And leave Yuri behind to take the fall for
me? I wouldn’t dream of it.

Back at the tavern:

BARBOS Ragou, you fool. You didn’t keep up your end of the
bargain.
Ragou cowers, the high collar of his coat hiding his face as he shields
his head with his arms.
RAGOU Don’t hurt me…!
BARBOS Damn…!
One of Barbos’ men pulls out a big barreled aer rifle and aims it out
the window.
ESTELLE Yuri! They’re aiming at Flynn!
Karol spoils his shot by throwing an object that knocks the rifle from
his grip. Ragou takes the opportunity to drop to all fours and crawl
out of sight.
KAROL Got ‘im! (punches the air with his fist)
YURI Nice shot, Karol!
Barbos takes up the gun.
BARBOS You brats think you can stop me?!
Barbos fires of a single blinding shot. Yuri raises his free hand to
shield his eyes as the others bolt for cover.
ESTELLE Aaah!
KAROL Gyaaah!
Yuri recovers and takes command of the situation.
YURI Get out of here. Head for the exit.
Estelle and Karol run past Yuri. Yuri takes off. Estelle stops to look
back at him.
ESTELLE Yuri, no, it’s too dangerous!
RITA It should take time for the aer to recharge. I’ll try
and stop him before then…
A loud boom indicates that Barbos’ aer rifle is recharged. Karol runs
forward, hand on the hilt of his weapon.
KAROL Now!
Barbos hauls the aer rifle into position on his shoulder.
BARBOS You’re too late!
RITA No! It charged up too quickly!
Suddenly the dragon rider speeds through the tavern. The dragon’s fiery
breath knocks Barbos flat on his back.
BARBOS Wh-what the hell…?! (watching the departing dragon)
The dragon hovers outside while it’s rider looks into the tavern.
RITA Oh, so you’re back for more, dragon freak! (fires up
 an arte)
YURI Rita, knock it off! Our enemy’s over there…!
RITA (stops the spell) My enemy is this dragon freak!
YURI Leave it alone for now!
BARBOS (leveling a chainsaw sword at them) Humph.
I’m gonna make you wish you hadn’t done that!
Barbos holds the sword straight up in the air and starts to rise off
the floor.
KAROL What? He can fly?!
Barbos flashes them with a grin while, hanging from the hilt of the
sword, he sails away into the sky. The dragon rider starts to go after
Barbos.
RITA Ah! Get back here you freak! Think I’m just gonna let
you get away?!
Rita heads for the dragon rider but Yuri reaches him first.
YURI If you’re going after him, let me come with you!
We’re a little short on wings around here.
RITA Are you crazy? This jerk’s our enemy!
YURI No matter what happens, I’ve gotta catch that guy.
YURI (addressing the dragon rider) …Come on!
The dragon rider brings his mount down close enough for Yuri to hop on.
YURI Yes! Thanks!
KAROL (running forward) Wait! What about us…?!
YURI (sitting behind the dragon rider) This guy’s
overloaded enough as it is!
KAROL But, what should we…?
YURI You guys hold down the fort here!
ESTELLE What…?!
The dragon flaps it’s wings and soars higher into the sunset sky.
YURI Stay out of trouble!
KAROL Dammit, Yuri!
YURI And let Flynn know I’m stepping out for awhile!

The dragon rider takes Yuri to a tower of whirling gears surrounded by

a spiral of smoke and fine debris. The riders hang on as the dragon
drops straight down and head first toward the blastia. A blast from the
dragon gaping jaws destroys the blastia sphere on the top of the tower.
The blastia explodes and the swirling smoke dissipates from around the
tower of now lifeless gears. The dragon flies low enough that Yuri can
jump down onto the clear, glass-like surface of Ghasfarost, The Tower
of Gears.

THE TOWER OF GEARS, GHASFAROST

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yuri looks up at the ruined remains of the crackling blastia on it

pedestal.
YURI So that cyclone was his doing.
Barbos still clutching the chainsaw sword, lurches across the top of
the tower to greet Yuri as the dragon rider circles overhead.
YURI Here comes trouble.
BARBOS You… You’ve destroyed the blastia!
Yuri whips out his sword and charges Barbos. Fireblasts erupt from
below knocking the dragon rider off the dragon and onto the glassy
surface.
YURI Hey, are you okay?!
Yuri looks for the source of the blasts and spots three of Barbos’
 minions on a lower level.
YURI Bastards…!
Yuri sees the dragon rider get up. Seeing the dragon rider survived,
Yuri goes after the culprits responsible. With a single slash of his
sword, he cuts them down. Behind him Barbos lands on the platform,
chainsaw sword revved and ready.
BARBOS You’re next, punk!
With a cry, the dragon soars overhead. Yuri smiles at Barbos.
YURI Com on, we’re just getting started.
Several Bandidos run onto the platform and surround Yuri.
BARBOS Heh. My men won’t have any trouble taking care of a
brat like you.
(raising his sword) Now rip him to pieces!
Yuri faces off against 8 Bandidos. At the end of the fight, Barbos
stands near the edge of the platform with his chainsaw sword running
and his spiked ball hand spinning.
YURI Is that all you got?
BARBOS (leveling the chainsaw) Looks like I’m gonna have to
teach you your place.
Barbos’ chainsaw sword rips Yuri’s sword out of his grasp.
YURI Huh… That’s a handy sword you’ve got.
BARBOS Think you lost because of this sword, huh?
YURI I don’t know, what do you think?
BARBOS Yeah, talk it up while you’ve got the chance. We’ve
got a nice painful death all set up for you.

Yuri is escorted to a holding cell.

GUARD Now shut up for a while!
YURI What’s the deal…?
As Yuri walks into the cell, an old man pleads with the guard.
OLD MAN Please, I’ve got to get out of here!
The guard shoves the blade of his sword into the old man’s face.
GUARD It’s always somethin’ with you, isn’t it old man?
YURI It’s not polite to point sharp objects at your elders.
Laying his hand on the old man’s back, Yuri directs him to quickly run
aside.
GUARD (snaps his sword back) Yah!
The Guard swings his sword at Yuri with the might of a killing blow.
Yuri ducks and the dragon rider quickly runs forward, leaning between
Yuri and the blade. The blade shears off the tip of the dragon riders
pointed hood-like helmet.
YURI (standing up) Hey…!
The dragon rider looks at Yuri. A crack in the dragon riders hood
renders a bit of blue hair and one eye visible…with a purple iris. The
guard tries to retaliate, but is stopped by a voice outside the door.
VOICE That’s enough.
GUARD Damn it… (lowers his sword and leaves, closing the
door behind him)
The dragon rider turns away from Yuri and removes his hood.
YURI …A woman… And she’s Krityan…?
(addresses the woman) Are you all right?
The woman nods.
YURI Heh, sorry.
WOMAN Well…after all, you did help Ba’ul back there.
YURI Ba’ul?
WOMAN Yes, my friend.
YURI Oh, you mean that monster.
The camera shows two guards outside the door. The room is occupied by
several prisoners, men and woman, sprawled or sitting around the walls
of the stone cell.
YURI So tell me. What are you going around destroying
blastia for?
WOMAN … (heaves an exasperated sigh and discards her armor)
YURI Not a big deal if you don’t feel like talking about
it.
WOMAN I’m afraid it’s not as impressive as you might think.
I’m destroying them because I want to.
YURI You’re right, I’m not all that impressed.
So that’s why you mashed up Barbos’ blastia too.
WOMAN Yes, but I didn’t finish the job.
YURI (showing her his bodhi blastia) And can you just let
this on go?
JUDITH …There wouldn’t be any fun in destroying something
like that.
YURI …Huh.
Yuri walks to the double doors. Looking through the small windows he
checks out the guards.
YURI Hey, why don’t we work together a little longer?
Judith walks over to him.
JUDITH Hmm… It’s true I wasn’t able to finish off the
blastia on the roof.
YURI Okay then.
JUDITH So what do we do?
YURI Hmm… There’s one way I was thinking we could get out
of here.
JUDITH Well, if you think it might work, what’s the harm in
trying it out?
I always say, “Those who can, should.”
YURI Okay, just go along with me on this.
JUDITH (warming up her hands to make fists) I’ll just follow
your lead.
YURI Don’t worry. It’s a little nerve-wracking working
with a pretty lady, though.
Yuri suddenly punches Judith in the face.
JUDITH …… (Aaah!)
Judith is shocked and so is the old man Yuri rescued from the guard. He
sits against the wall, mouth agape in astonishment. Judith punches Yuri
and knocks him flat, several feet away.
YURI Oh, that is it!
Charging Judith, he punches her again.
JUDITH …! (Ooh!)
They continue to exchange blows until they get the attention of the
guards. Their cellmates even get in on the act by shouting.
GUARD Pipe down!
YURI Cut it out!
JUDITH You cut it out!
GUARD I said that’s enough!
JUDITH I’ve had it up to here with you!
YURI Somebody get me away from this psycho!
The doors open and the guard walks in. Yuri and Judith stand side by
side with their back to the guard, no longer throwing punches.
GUARD So I’m gonna have ta teach ya a lesson, huh…?
Judith and Yuri both turn around, looking at the guard. Along with
their cellmates, they make a run for it, knocking the guard down.
GUARD Oof!
The prisoners scatter. Judith addresses Yuri.
JUDITH Ta-dah, you’re free.
YURI Thanks for your help.
JUDITH I think I still owe you one more.
YURI …Huh…? (Judith quickly slaps him…hard)
Yuri holds his face, chuckling.
YURI Guess I over did it back there…
JUDITH There, that makes us even. (extends her hand to Yuri)
YURI I’m Yuri. Yuri Lowell. (they slap hands)
JUDITH Judith.
YURI Judith…? (Ehhh…) “Judy” is easier to say.
JUDITH Fine by me. All right, on to the next objective.
YURI Next…? Well, we could check out the blastia on the
roof. All we have to do is go up.
JUDITH Won’t your friends be waiting for you?
YURI I don’t mind taking care of the blastia first.
JUDITH Up we go then. (she looks at the ceiling)
YURI (looking up) And how exactly do we go up?
JUDITH …this is heavy.
Judith is looking at a pulley assembly.
YURI Yeah, just wander off… Reminds me of a certain
princess.
JUDITH A princess?
YURI Never mind. There’s gotta be a way up around here
somewhere. Let’s see what we can find.
INFORMATION Judith joined the party.
SKIT Judith’s Armor
If you check on the guard in the cell:
INFORMATION The guard is knocked out. He won’t wake up anytime
soon.
They search the guards station room.
YURI OK, this is my weapon.
YURI Can’t find yours?
JUDITH Someone might have just took it.
YURI Maybe. Why don’t you just pick one here.
JUDITH Un… right. (game script mistake…Un should have been
Uh)
YURI …Was that something special for you?
JUDITH Yes it was.
Well, this should do for a while. I’ll take this.
YURI Are you fine with that?
JUDITH I don’t think I will find my weapon here, I’ll look
for it as I go on.
YURI I’ll try looking for it too.
JUDITH Thank you.
INFORMATION Yuri got his weapons back.
INFORMATION Judith obtained a spear.

They pause beside a stack of barrels and crates. A glowing ball of

green aer sits between a wall and a crate..
YURI It looks like we can’t go any higher, and we can’t go
outside, either.
What’s the matter?
JUDITH My spear is gone.
YURI Things might be difficult without a weapon.
JUDITH …
YURI What the? Is the Sorcerer’s Ring broken? (looks at
the ring…its glowing)
Did the aer here do this?
JUDITH Hey, you’re more fashion-conscious than I thought!
YURI This isn’t fashion…
(holds up the ring) You go like this, and…
He shoots a blast from the ring at a pulley handle.
JUDITH It moved.
YURI It’s powered up…
JUDITH I’ll bet you could move other levers with that, too.
YURI You think it’s okay? I’m afraid it might blow up or
something.
JUDITH If it happens, it happens. For now let’s pull that
lever over there.
YURI If something this tiny exploded I guess it wouldn’t
be too dangerous.
INFORMATION Obtained Sorcerer’s Ring Lv. 2.
SKIT Strong Bonds

Vendor’s Stall “Mallow”:

VENDOR Thanks a lot! You even got my stuff back. Want to buy
something?
(Leaving) You always have to be in the spirit to sell! Come
back again!
(2nd Visit to Vendor’s Stall “Mallow”)
VENDOR Whaddaya say? Want to buy something?

There is another pulley mechanism in the same room as the vendor. Yuri
fires the Sorcerer’s Ring at the levers and metal stairs lower from the
level above.

2nd Level of Tower

JUDITH …You’re pretty strong. Can you use an Over Limit, by
any chance?
YURI Sure, yeah.
JUDITH Okay. Then try this…
Judith hands something to Yuri.
YURI Huh? What’s this?
JUDITH The Limit Duo.
Your battle spirit can allow you to se even more
powerful Over Limits.
YURI Oh yeah?
JUDITH If your battle spirit is the real thing, that is.
YURI So what else can you tell me about these strong Over
Limits?
JUDITH You can produce more power when attacking alone, or
they say you can share battle spirit with something
else…
YURI Is that so… I still don’t quite get it…
JUDITH Really?
Maybe you’ll pick it up as you use them in battle?
YURI Sounds good to me…
JUDITH All right, let’s get moving, then.
INFORMATION Obtained Limit Duo.
Yuri and Judith take a south exit.
Cutscene: Behind a heavy reinforced gate, battle blows resound. Beyond
the gate Raven battles foes in the tower. Estelle and Rita are battling
foes also.
RITA There, that’s the last of ‘em!
YURI Huh… Looks like you guys have things under control.
ESTELLE Yuri!
Estelle runs to Yuri and pats his arm and chest to make sure he’s not
injured.
YURI (chuckling) Hey, what gives…? Come on, lay off, will
ya?
ESTELLE Are you okay?! Were you hurt?
YURI Never been better. You worry too much.
Estelle clasps her hands behind her back and smiles at Yuri.
Raven, Rita and Karol arrive.
YURI I thought I told you all to stay put for a while…
KAROL (making fist and stomping) What do you expect? We
were worried about you!
Karol pulls on the hair above his forehead in frustration.
RITA (shrugs) Hey, just for the record, I wasn’t worrying
about him. (crosses arms)
RAVEN (drooping) Well, I for one was worried sick.
YURI Yeah right. And when did you just start showing up
wherever we go, anyway?
RAVEN It’s like this , see?
The Don’s having a fit sayin’ there’s no way he’ll
let Barbos make a fool outta him, but I’m the one he
sends to do his dirty work.
YURI What do you guys think you’re doing, coming in this
way?
They are stand on a walkway. There are a ladders to the right
connecting the walkway to levels above and below.
KAROL Well, the front door was locked.
YURI That’s not the point…
Raven turns away with his hands behind his head trying to appear
nonchalant while Estelle leans down to get a better look at Yuri’s
upper body. Estelle straightens up as Judith joins them to stand beside
Yuri.
Raven [heart]
…A-and who might this lovely Krityan be? Is she a
princess?
RITA Layin’ it on a little thick there, old man.
YURI This is Judith. We were locked up together.
JUDITH Hello.
KAROL Hi, I’m Karol!
ESTELLE (bowing slightly) I’m Estellise.
RITA Rita Mordio.
RAVEN (stroking his chin) And I am the great…
RITA Old man.
Raven turns to Rita, frustrated and clenching his hand into a fist.
Rita, arms still crossed, ignores him.
RAVEN It’s Raven! R-A-V-E-N! Raven!!
KAROL You have to wonder about people who introduce
themselves like that.
RAVEN Hmm… That didn’t quite have the “zing” I was lookin’
for.
Raven searches the sky for answers while Karol laughs.
YURI I think that’ll do for now.
JUDITH Hehe… What an interesting bunch of people.
Raven turns to look at Judith and does a back flip and finishes with a
thumbs up.
RAVEN Ooh! I think she likes me!
RITA Idiot… (disgusted, putting her hands on her hips)
ESTELLE Judith, what were you doing in a place like this/
JUDITH I came to have a look at the blastia.
RITA All the way out here? Why?
JUDITH I --
YURI She was captured while she was on a sort of…research
trip.
RITA Yeah, the Kritya do like their research…
JUDITH …
ESTELLE (addressing Yuri) Were you able to locate your aque
blastia?
Raven turns to look at Yuri.
YURI Nope, not this time either.
KAROL (looking up) I wonder if it’s somewhere here in this
tower…
YURI We’ll just have to ask Barbos about it once we’ve
caught him.
RITA Okay, let’s go. (walks off)
One by one, they follow Rita. Raven takes a few steps then stops. Yuri
and Repede notice.
YURI What is it, old man?
RAVEN (loitering posture) Ah, nothing… Just thinking how
you could really brag ta your friends if ya lived in
a place like this.
YURI Hmph… (looks up)
Repede, come on. I guess, you too, old man…
Yuri walks away to join the others, but Raven stays where he is.
RAVEN You guess? What’s that supposed to mean?
Raven straightens up. Duke is standing against the wall near the door.
RAVEN Aren’t you a little old for hide and seek? What’s
wrong with pokin’ your head out every once in a while?
These kids are really givin’ it a go. They could use
your help every now and again.
DUKE If such a necessity arises, I shall interfere. No
such necessity exists now.
RAVEN (shrugging) All right, all right. I know you’ve got
your own business to take care of.
DUKE …I do not have the time for these clowning antics of
yours.
RAVEN (adverts his eyes to the side, offended) Jeez, watch
where yer pointin’ words like that.
DUKE (walking away) The affairs of this world hold no
interest for me.
Raven, turns away from Duke and follows after Yuri
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

SKIT Days Just Fly By…

SKIT The Meaning of Monsters (obtained outside the tower
steps leading up to Main entrance on 1st floor)
SKIT Just Use Both
SKIT Touchy Subject
SKIT Together Again
SKIT Repede and Judith
SKIT The Tower of Ghasfarost
-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-
IF YOU RETURN TO DAHNQUEST BEFORE THE BOSS FIGHT IN GHASTFROST
Bridge:
WOMAN (BRIDGE) Look, it’s not like I’m a Barbos fan or anything…
S-seriously, I’m not!
MAN (NEAR BRIDGE) I have no interest in peoples’ squabbles.
The chief would say the same thing. No interest at
all.
MAN (ON ROAD) Damn it! What do guildsmen think they’re doing
fighting against each other?!
The Empire is the enemy!

Fortune’s Market (Dahngrest):

MERCHANT (outside) First the Empire, now Barbos! Get your
equipment here!
How about this? Not too shabby, huh?
LITTLE BOY (inside) That guy from the Imperial Knights! What’s
his name? Flynn?! He was so cool!!
B-but I’m still gonna be a merchant!
It’s not like I wanna be a knight, or anything!

Outside the Inn “Arcturus”:

LITTLE GIRL Mommy says someone called Barbos is the bad guy.
Don’t you wish bad guys would all just go away?
OLDER WOMAN Barbos made plenty of trouble for this inn, too.
He finally showed his true colors.
MAN The Don, or Barbos. Wonder who I should work for…?
It doesn’t really matter, as long as I get paid.

Outside the Cooking Stadium “Bistro Black Hole” (formerly labeled as

“???”):
The Bistro is still closed although the man blocking the door is not
there.
OLD WOMAN I’m so glad the misunderstanding has been cleared up…
Now they won’t beat us up.
I thought I would be worth more dead than alive.

Market:
WOMAN The Blood Alliance should just take over the Union
already.
And then beat the living crap out of the Empire!
MERCHANT Step right up! Feast your eyes on these wares! See a
real salesman in action!
Anything is possible, as long as you have spirit!
FEMALE MERCHANT Hey, that knight… He’s pretty cute, isn’t he…? …What?
I say something wrong?
L-look, it’s not like I have a crush on him or
anything, all right?!
OLDER MERCHANT I always thought Barbos was suspicious. Really!
Really, really!

Circle Intersection:
OLDER MAN A guild feud, huh? That’s not so bad every now and
then.
A guild struggle, huh? That has nothing to do with us
Hunting Blades.
MAN So that piece of crap Barbos finally showed his true
colors…
Well, everyone already knew about that Barbos.

Outside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

The tavern’s doors are still locked. The only person on the street is
the woman.
WOMAN Curse that Barbos! He’s disgraced the guilds!
This isn’t any time for the guilds to be fighting!

Outside the Tavern “Sagittarius”:

An armored guildsman is near the intersection. A Krityan woman walks in
the street in front of the tavern.
MAN They went and let that knight out of jail.
What are they doing, slacking at the jail at a time
like this?
WOMAN Fights even happen between the guilds themselves.
Why do people fight…?

Inside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

A bandito walks the floor near the entrance while an armored guildsman
with an axe slung over his back walk the rear next to the bar.
On the left an old man holding a mug sits at the front table. A drunken
man in a bird’s head helmet sits at a table in the back. At the center
table, a woman slaps her thigh and laughs while her armored companion
listens and drinks heavily from his mug. On the right, a drunken woman
struggles to sit upright in her chair. Two waitresses and the
owner/bartender stand behind the bar. A love struck young man at the
bar stares constantly at one of the waitresses. The Don has an
adjoining office through a door on the right wall of the tavern. It is
currently unoccupied.

OLD MAN Barbos doesn’t know his place.

What he needs is a lesson. And I’ll smack some
learning into his head!
BANDIDO Barbos should be left to the Imperial Knights.
There’s no reason to fight pointless battles.
I’ll just drink and sleep well tonight.
WOMAN (LAUGHING) Was the barrier failure Barbos’s work, too?
Seems like there’s a good chance for that.
MAN (DRINKING) What?! they took care of the problem with the Knight?
Then I didn’t have to eat so fast…
I was in such a hurry to eat, I didn’t get to enjoy
my food…
MAN (DRUNK) Have you heard? We were about to clash with the
Knights.
Oh… You already knew that…?
GUILDSMAN Barbos is only doing what he thinks is right.
Don’t like it? Your only choice is to resist with a
show of force.
WOMAN (DRUNK) The Union doesn’t tolerate treason. This is the end
for Barbos.
One of the five master guilds is gone. Now the
balance of power has changed. Something’s bound to
happen.
YOUNG MAN O, that my passionate gaze would reach her! That my
song of pure love would resound in her heart!
 Uhh… It’s not working, is it?
WAITRESS #1 Are you Mr. Barbos?
Oh, I guess you aren’t.
Mr. Barbos is the owner of a rival bar.
WAITRESS #2 The Don’s Altosk is the strongest guild.
But Barbos’ Blood Alliance is no joke either.
This city’s gonna change in a big way if Barbos
starts exercising his influence.
BARTENDER I’m the owner here. can I get you anything?
Hey, don’t try anything on the part-timer.

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) That damn Barbos… I’ll never forgive him.
I’d never forgive anyone who violated this town.
Guild flags hang from the walls and two gold statues of armor guard the
main entrance inside the two-story main hall. A door to the right leads
to private rooms, a door to the left to the guild’s prison and the
grand door in the rear leads to the Don’s chamber.
MAN So there are even struggles within the Union…
Barbos has guts. I mean, he’s going up against the
Don.
WOMAN Barbos always did have ambition… but I never thought
he’d really make his move.
He might not have used it well, but it’s rare to see
a man with that much ambition.
-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-

(Back at Ghasafrost):
(First Gear Level)
They climb up a ladder and cross a metal ramp between two rotating
columns of gears to enter a center column with gears rotating beneath
it. Beyond the columns they find a motionless gold colored gear topped
with a gray gear.
KAROL …The gear’s stopped.
…It looks like it’s not moving because the gear’s
teeth are out of alignment.
I think it might move if we put some energy into it.
YURI Well, we needn’t waste energy on moving strange gears.
As they explore the level, Rita strikes up a conversation with Judith.
RITA So you use a spear too…
JUDITH Oh, do you know someone who also uses a spear?
RITA Eh, well not quite. It reminds me of some jerk.
KAROL Are you talking about that dragon rider?
RITA Yeah…
Hey, don’t you have something you need to tell me.
YURI What? Me?
RITA Yes. So where is that dragon freak now.
YURI We got separated up on the roof. I’m pretty sure he
wasn’t too badly hurt…
RITA Good, because I can’t very well beat him up if he’s
already injured!
RAVEN Whoa whoa, that’s the whole reason you came here?
RITA No! I also can’t forgive this Barbos guy for what he
did!
Abusing blastia like that! Has he no shame?
YURI That’s no reason to bring the Princess along with you
to a dangerous place like this.
ESTELLE It’s not Rita’s fault. I decided to come here, myself.
I can’t see bad people doing harm to others and
simply let it happen.
JUDITH I agree. Very well said.
YURI Captain Karol, don’t let me down! I’m counting on
your skills!
KAROL Yes, of course! Come on, let’s go take that jerk to
school!
Karol takes off at a dead run. The others follow. Yuri and Rita stare
each other down a few moments before she goes too. After the others go
on ahead, Yuri talks to Judith.
YURI I’m sorry, but would you mind keeping your background
to yourself? We’ve got someone who might kind of
explode if she knew.
JUDITH Sure, I understand. That’ll be best for both of our
interest.
A clear multi-story square shaped tube juts from the floor.
KAROL What’s this?
RITA It’s a conduction tube for aer. …There’s no aer
passing through it, though…
[Lightbulb]
Oh, right! The gear we saw powers the aer supply!
YURI All right, then we can leave this for now, right?
RITA Sure
They climb up more ladders to higher levels of ramps around sets of
gears.
ESTELLE Huh? It looks like a dead end…
JUDITH No, it’s not. Look! There’s a ladder. (the ladder has
not been lowered)
KAROL But we can’t use that to get upstairs.
RAVEN Maybe there’s somethin’ we could do to bring it down,
eh?
Rita walks over to the aer tube. Bending over she peers into it.
RITA We need aer.
ESTELLE Aer?
RITA Yes. If this conduction tube were supplying aer, the
ladder might be able to move down.
KAROL Howe do we make that happen?
RITA How about you try to figure out things yourself for
once?
KAROL [Lightbulb]
Maybe if we used that gear?
RITA Correct. That was pretty quick, coming from you.
KAROL Cha-ching! Oh yeah!! (scratching the back of his head)
RITA Don’t get so full of yourself! (Karol droops)
YURI All right, wanna go move that gear, then?

SKIT Weirdo Among Weirdoes

Yuri gives any unmoving gear a blast with the Sorcerer’s Ring. As each
gear activates, more aer flows freely up the tube. When the last gear
is operational, the ladder lowers. They continue climbing ladders to
new areas until they reach the top of the next level.

(Second Gear Level)

JUDITH It looks like this floor’s set up the same way as the
one below.
YURI So that means we’ve got some gears to move.
RITA Whaddya think they’re protectin’ with all these
different layers of devices?
YURI Maybe it’s just their pride as a guild…
On the last gear level, they find an elevator that brings them onto the
roof of the tower. Barbos stands near the blastia.
BARBOS Back again huh, you stubborn punk?
YURI Sorry to keep you waiting.
RITA Hey, the core in that sword! Is that the core to the
aque blastia.
YURI Yeah, it’s gotta be. (the shining blue sphere at the
base of the chainsaw sword is visible)
BARBOS These fools don’t know when to give up. Capua Nor,
Dahngrest, and now all the way to Ghasfarost!
(with feeling) I’ve always hated kids.
Estelle levels an accusing finger at Barbos.
ESTELLE Barbos, this has gone on long enough. Save what’s
left of your honor and give up!
RITA That’s right, you’re finished.
BARBOS Oh, this is far from finished. (grinning)
(points sword to sky) I put !0 years into building
Ghasfarost Spire, and while it stands, nothing can
stop me!
(points sword at the heroes) And with that man and
the empire wrapped around my finger, I was able to
build my magnificent blastia.
He shoots a blast at the group, but they jump out of the way onto the
lower platform.
YURI You think I’m just gonna let you waste the lower
quarter’s core like this?
Barbos flied down to join them on the platform.
BARBOS Oh, it won’t go to waste. I’ll use this to eliminate
Whitehorse, and then I will be leader of the guilds.
Then the empire is next! With this power at my
disposal, the very world will be mine!
(raises sword upright) And I’ll start with you. Be
gone, worms!
Barbos lowers the sword and shoots several blasts at the heroes.
YURI That sword is gonna be a problem.
RAVEN Problem? Is that thing even legal?
JUDITH It is very powerful.
Barbos rejoices. Holding his sword up in the air and admiring it.
BARBOS Gah ha ha!! The blastia seems to be working just fine!
He fires another blast that’s hits the walls of the tower and an
explosion erupts as power crackles along the sword and the tower shakes
and vibrates.
ESTELLE What…?!
BARBOS What’s wrong?
YURI Heh, you haven’t won yet.
BARBOS (raising his sword) All right, playtime’s over! Time
to wipe Dahngrest off the map and you along with it!
Someone is watching from the top of the tower. It’s Duke.
DUKE Get down.
With his sword Duke sends a series of pulsating blasts down upon
Barbos’ sword. Barbos’ sword glows with white light.
BARBOS What?!
The light is blinding, blocking out everything. When the light fades
away, Barbos can see that his sword is ruined. Half of the blade is
gone.
Duke turns and walks away toward the blastia until he is out of sight.
RAVEN (watching Duke disappear) What happened to not having
any time or interest?
RITA (getting up) Hey, that’s…!
YURI (yelling) Rita, never mind that!
Barbos tries to fire another blast but it fails.
BARBOS …Piece of crap!
YURI Looks like the tables have turned, Barbos.
BARBOS …So all that fancy wisdom and the power of the
blastia were nothing but a sham…
Yuri, smiling, crouches for a fight. Barbos produces another sword, a
fat scimitar with spikes embedded along the top of the blade.
BARBOS Should have known from the start that I’d have to
depend on my own strength.
Take up your swords!
RAVEN (putting his hand to his forehead) You know, he was
so much easier to deal with when he was all drunk on
power.
RITA Yeah, there’s nothing worse than an enlightened idiot.
BARBOS I am the only man to stand as Whitehorse’s equal in
battle. Now you will know the power of Barbos the
Stormblast…
…and his Blood Alliance!

The battle begins.

Spoken Dialogue/No Text:

BARBOS Little punks!
You’ll rue the day…
Barbos directs his minions, a team of witches, soldiers and bandidos,
to attack.
BARBOS Go on get out there…kill’em!
YURI I’m gonna take you thugs down.
BARBOS You little punks are Nothing to me! I’ll squash you
like bugs.
Then I’ll squash the Union and rule the world.
YURI That’s a nice dream. I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen.
KAROL We will stop you, no matter what.

Yuri cuts down all of the bridge supports so Barbos cannot summon
anymore reinforcements.
BARBOS Agh… Y-you’ll never beat me!

Spoken Dialogue/No Text:

BARBOS Impossible.
YURI Stay down
ESTELLE It’s over. Accept your fate.

BARBOS Aguh!
YURI Your henchmen have run out on you…
That’s it, Barbos. It looks like you were the fool
who didn’t know when to give up.
BARBOS Urk…Ha ha ha. Perhaps you are right.
ESTELLE Then you’ll surrender…
BARBOS (breathing hard) I…I won’t be humiliated any more
 than this.
…Yuri, was it?
You remind me of Whitehorse in his youth… You’re his
spitting image.
YURI Hope you’re not saying I’m gonna end up like that old
man. Not exactly something to look forward to.
BARBOS Like the Don, sooner or later you will make great
enemies in this world.
…And then that world will consume you whole.
Regret, sorrow, and despair will hound you all the
way to hell, and I will be waiting there for you.
Barbos starts to sway. Yuri begins to suspect what will happen next.
Barbos falls away off the side of the tower as Yuri and Estelle run
forward to try to stop him. They watch him fall until he’s out of
sight. Estelle sinks to her knees on the platform’s edge.

Outside the tower at the head of the steps that will lead them away
from Ghastafrost Tower, Yuri looks at the blue sphere in his hand. Only
Raven is absent. The wind is blowing hard.
YURI I’m so glad the core is safe.
ESTELLE Wow, the aque blastia core is so small.
KAROL So we’ve got your blastia core back. That takes care
of one problem.
ESTELLE Yes, but we weren’t able to take Barbos into custody…
RITA What are you talking about? A creep like that is
better off -- OW!
Yuri pinches Rita’s upper arm.
RITA Oww, what are you…
YURI I think it’s too early to say anything’s taken care
of. I have to find out if this thing even works
anymore.
RITA Blastia cores don’t break all that easily.
KAROL Huh. Bet you didn’t know that, did ya Ra -- …Raven?
(looking around)
RITA Jeez, what is up with that guy… Just showing up
whenever he wants.
KAROL You’re one to talk, Rita. (holds his head)
JUDITH It takes all kinds, I suppose.
YURI He probably headed back to Dahngrest. I’m sure we can
find him if we need to.
ESTELLE Why do you look so sad? Are you okay?
Yuri turns away from Estelle and clinches his hand into a fist.
YURI I was just thinking, I still owe that creep Dedecchi
a good beating.
KAROL You got the blastia back, isn’t that enough? Why
chase after some stupid thief?
YURI Yeah, I guess you’re right. If I ever cross paths
with him though, he’s in for a surprise.
YURI …Waiting for me in hell, huh? Why’d he have to go and
say that?
This revelation of Yuri’s sensitive side seems to astonish Estelle,
then she smiles in recognition.
KAROL Hey, come on already. let’s get back to Dahngrest.
ESTELLE Yes. We should tell Flynn what happened with Barbos.
YURI Speaking of Flynn, was he able to calm things down in
Dahngrest?
ESTELLE Yes. Thanks to his efforts, the empire and the guilds
 both laid down their swords.
After that, he left to pursue Ragou. He’s most likely
captured him by now.
YURI Oh…
Judith steps forward.
JUDITH Well, I will take my leave from you here.
YURI Off to meet up with your partner?
ESTELLE Partner? Who do you mean?
JUDITH We’ll be operating individually from now on. That way
we won’t interfere with each other’s work.
YURI I see. Well, see you later.
JUDITH Yeah…
INFORMATION Parted with Raven and Judith.
INFORMATION Obtained Aque Blastia Core.
SKIT Karol’s Bag: Part 2

As the party leaves Ghasafrost to return to Dahngrest, Judith remains

near the entrance.
JUDITH See ya around.
…I wonder if we’ll meet again…

THE DEN OF GUILDS: DAHNGREST

They stand on the bridge leading into the city.

KAROL Look, the Knights have come back.
Ragou stands in the street, surrounded by Knights.
RAGOU I’m innocent, I tell you! This is a plot by the
Knights to destroy the Council!
RITA He doesn’t know when to quit, does he?
ESTELLE (looking around) …Where’s Flynn…?
YURI I can’t make him out from here.

Bridge:
WOMAN (ON BRIDGE) With Barbos dead, the Blood Alliance is finished…
Jobs are gonna get scarce without the Blood Alliance
around anymore…
MAN (NEAR BRIDGE) Ragou? Hmph, I could care less about him.
So what if a guy like that falls from power? I don’t
feel a thing.
Isn’t there a monster out there that can move the
heart more than a human?

MAN (ON ROAD) Heh, so the mighty Don passes away… I won’t get my
share of excitement.
The Don’s weak. Now Dahngrest’s gonna get boring.

Fortune’s Market (Dahngrest):

MERCHANT (outside) Our wares aren’t just the average stuff!
We got everything you need! Come and see for yourself!
LITTLE BOY (inside)I don’t like the Knights, but that guy Flynn
is so cool!
I haven’t given up on being part of a guild… It’s
just… Oh, never mind…

In the street, Ragou still pleads his innocence.

RAGOU You must not be taken in by the Knights!
They only plan to crush this town once you’ve all
 been lured into a false sense of safety!
FLYNN’S VOICE On the honor of the Imperial Knights, I swear that we
would never perpetrate such disloyalty.
Flynn moves to stand in front of Ragou.
RAGOU You’re… Flynn Scifo!
FLYNN The empire and the Union have joined in a treaty of
friendship.
RAGOU What? Impossible…
FLYNN At this moment, Don Whitehorse and His Highness Ioder
are in council together.
It’s only a matter of time until it’s made official.
RAGOU But how…? I thought that cursed Alexei was tied up in
other matters.
FLYNN Yes. It is true that our Commandant could only make a
brief appearance before returning to the capital.
RAGOU Then…on whose authority…?
…No! This can’t mean my plans have been ruined by
this…this boy!
ESTELLE This will put an end to the suffering of the people
of Capua Nor as well.
Rita and Karol both turn to look at Estelle.
YURI Here’s hoping the next magistrate they get is more of
a stand up guy.
ESTELLE I will do what I can to make sure a worthy person is
chosen when I get back to the castle.
KAROL To the castle… You mean, you’re going back to the
capital, Estelle?
ESTELLE …Yes. With Ragou gone, the rest of the castle should
have returned to normal.
Clasping her hands together, Estelle watches the knights in formation
with their prisoner.
YURI But you don’t really want to go back.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
YURI I can see it in your face.
ESTELLE (turning to Yuri) No…I-I…
YURI Well, you should do what suits you best. You’ve made
up your own mind, right?
ESTELLE …I will go back.
I don’t want Flynn or anyone else to have to worry
about me anymore…
YURI It’s going to be lonely without her, won’t it, Repede?

(after Ragou’s arrest)

Bridge:
WOMAN (ON BRIDGE) We’re supposed to be friendly with the Empire now? No
way!
What, are we supposed to all hold hands with the
Knights and play pattycake? What a joke!
MAN (NEAR BRIDGE) So… What monsters should I go hunting next?
Hmm… Maybe I should rejoin the chief and his men.
MAN (ON ROAD) Who the hell would support a treaty with the Empire?
The Don is weak.

Fortune’s Market (Dahngrest):

LITTLE BOY (inside) Hey, are the Empire and the guilds really
gonna be friendly now?
 I dunno… It’s hard for me to believe.

Outside the Inn “Arcturus”:

LITTLE GIRL Now we’re gonna be friends with the Empire?
I guess being friends is nice.
OLDER WOMAN The Don himself has stayed at this inn. Surely you’d
like to stay too?
We still have vacancies! Hurry up! First come, first
served!
MAN If only I could kill Ragou with my own hands.
You’d be surprised how many folks there are, that
some people wouldn’t mind seeing disappear…

Outside the Cooking Stadium “Bistro Black Hole” (formerly labeled as

“???”):
OLD WOMAN Things have finally quieted down here… Unlike
Zaphias, this is quite a down-and-dirty town.
It can be tiring staying in an unfamiliar place.

Market Place:
WOMAN A treaty of friendship? Are you crazy?
Ain’t nobody getting friendly with the Empire.
MALE VENDOR Step right up! Feast your eyes on these wares! We got
a sale in honor of the treaty with the Empire!
FEMALE VENDOR Now the Empire finally realizes who they’re dealing
with.
VENDOR (GLASSES) Hey, hey… Have you heard? The Empire’s coming! Are we
gonna be all right?

Circle Intersection:
MAN #1 Looks like the summons from the chief isn’t happening
yet.
I wonder what kind of monster the chief is going to
hunt next.
MAN #2 I support the treaty of friendship.
We’re better off without war, you know?

Outside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

The tavern’s doors are still locked. The only person on the street is
the woman.
WOMAN I respect the Don, but I’m not big on the idea of a
friendship treaty.
I can’t believe the Don would sign a treaty with the
Empire…
Wait, this is the Don. Could it be a to throw the
Empire off guard?

Inside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

A man talks to a bartender busy polishing glasses in the left rear. On
the right sits a piano. A woman and guildsman in a Axebeak helmet
stroll around the floor. There are only three tables. A older man, a
guildsman in armor with a gray beard, drinks at the first table.
Another gray haired guildsman sits at the second table. At the last
table, a man wearing a leafy filifolia helmet sits quietly while his
partner, a man in a horned helmet drinks heavily.
MAN (1ST TABLE) I ain’t drunk!
I’m tellin’ ya, I ain’t drunk!
MAN (2ND TABLE) I haven’t done any real work lately.
Guess it doesn’t matter.
MAN (LEAF HELMET) Don’t talk to me or I’ll poke your eyes out.
Don’t talk to me or it’ll rain.
MAN (HORN HELMET) I’m scrambling every day to regain the trust of the
tarnished mercenaries.
Damn it, it’s all Barbos’s fault.
How hard do I have to work to regain that trust…?
MAN (AXEBEAK HAT) So Barbos died after all.
That’s what I call divine justice.
A man with a loud mouth is not fit to be a mercenary.
WOMAN I don’t think it’s going to be too easy getting the
treaty signed.
There’s not (a) chance the guilds and the Empire can
get along.
Yuri looks at the piano in the back of the tavern:
INFORMATION There’s a name on this.
INFORMATION Sa… Sa…Sakuraba?
MAN (AT BAR) Someone long ago once told me that work is what you
make of it.
If I have to make it, then I’d rather not bother.
…Isn’t there any work?
BARTENDER We’ll hold a banquet here when the friendship treaty
is signed.
I’ll bring out the really good booze when that
happens!

Outside the Tavern “Sagittarius”:

An armored guildsman is near the intersection. A Krityan woman walks in
the street in front of the tavern.
MAN There’s no point in signing a treaty! We should go
crush the Empire.
To hell with the Empire. We should go wipe them off
the map.
WOMAN I love it when this city’s filled with people’s
laughter and voices.
The fighting has stopped and things have calmed down.
I’m so glad that peace has returned…

Inside the Tavern “Sagittarius”:

A bandido walks the floor near the entrance while an armored guildsman
with an axe slung over his back walk the rear next to the bar.
On the left an old man holding a mug sits at the front table. A drunken
man in a bird’s head helmet sits at a table in the back. At the center
table, a woman slaps her thigh and laughs while her armored companion
listens and drinks heavily from his mug. On the right, a drunken woman
struggles to sit upright in her chair. Two waitresses and the
owner/bartender stand behind the bar. A lovestruck young man at the bar
stares constantly at one of the waitresses. The Don has an adjoining
office through a door on the right wall of the tavern. It is currently
unoccupied.

OLD MAN People from the Empire have begun to show their faces
around here.
I despise the Empire.
BANDIDO To support the friendship treaty or not…
I see the pros in supporting it, but I see the cons
 too. Hmm…
It’s just easier to go with whichever side wins out…
WOMAN (LAUGHING) The barrier is stable for another day. As long as we
have the barrier, the town is at peace.
The barrier is a symbol of this town’s peace.
MAN (DRINKING) It looks like I can eat in peace today.
Bartender! Food! Bring me food!
MAN (DRUNK) That Ragou guy’s a piece of crap.
Oh… You already knew that…?
GUILDSMAN It’s so nice to enjoy a good meal while listening to
this beautiful music.
Hey, why don’t you take it easy and enjoy a nice meal
once in a while?
WOMAN (DRUNK) I wonder where our world’s headed next?
We won’t know until we get there.
In the end, predictions are just like unsurveyed maps.
YOUNG MAN I will pour my heart and soul into this song.
I looove you, I looove you! My mouth and your mouth!
It’s mouth-to-mouth[musical note]
I looove you…[musical note] Oops… Went a little off-
key there…
WAITRESS #1 Are you ready to order? No (Not) yet? Take your time.
Please take your time.
WAITRESS #2 I hear that Ragou will be deported back to Zaphias
come tomorrow.
I’d rather see them cut off his head…
The Empire’s laws won’t touch you if you’re powerful
enough.
I wouldn’t be surprised with a complete acquittal.
BARTENDER I’m the owner here. can I get you anything?
Hey, don’t try anything on the part-timer.

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) If only we could sign a treaty of friendship with the
Empire, work would be so much simpler.
The day my job gets easy is the day we’re at peace.

MAN I started a guild, but I don’t know what to do with

it…
What should I do?
What? A mercenary guild?
WOMAN The town’s kind of quiet now. It’s been way too crazy
lately.
It’s not really quiet, though. It’s just me. Just
compared to what it has been.

They take a room at the Inn. Yuri relaxes on the bed, his hands behind
his head, when Karol rushes in.
KAROL Yuri! It’s terrible!
Yuri sits up with his feet on the floor.
YURI Aw, man… Just let me sleep…
KAROL Ragou, he, he…!
YURI (stands up) What did Ragou do?
KAROL They say he used his standing in the Council to
reduce his charges! (Yuri’s expression turns stormy)
It looks like he’s going to get off with only a minor
 drop in rank! After everything he did!
Yuri walks over to Karol, his sheathed sword in his hand.
YURI This has gotta be a joke.
KAROL It’s not a joke! It’s the truth!
Yuri turns away, closing his eyes.
YURI So this is how the empire works now, huh? Damn it,
this is not funny.
KAROL What do we do, Yuri?
YURI Hmmm… I don’t know.
KAROL How can he not get punished?!
Wait! If we tell Estelle, maybe she can do something
about it!
Yuri hears Karol’s clomping footsteps and turns around as the young boy
runs to get Estelle.
YURI Hey, don’t go giving the Princess too much trouble!
(exasperated shrug) Damn it. What’s Flynn doing,
anyway?
I wonder if he’s at his post right now…
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

At night, Yuri visit’s Flynn’s tent in the Knights camp.

FLYNN Doesn’t anyone knock anymore?
Yuri knocks on an imaginary door, his tongue clicking to mimic the
sound.
YURI You knew I’d be coming.
Flynn emerges from the tent.
YURI That outfit…
FLYNN As of today, I’ve been assigned the post of captain.
YURI So, the birth of the Flynn Brigade, huh? Looks like
I’ve been one-upped again.
FLYNN If that’s how you feel, you should come back to the
Knights.
You’d be able to --
YURI Don’t waste your breath.
(looks away) Congratulations on making captain.
FLYNN Thank you.
You didn’t come down here to celebrate my promotion.
YURI No, I didn’t.
FLYNN It’s Ragou, isn’t it.
Yuri nods.
FLYNN Appropriating Nor Harbor for his own purposes.
Committing treason by his collusion with Barbos.
Add to this stealing from the populace and the
extermination of even his own people simply because
he didn’t like them.
The people he killed were either fed to monsters or
sold to those who will pay money for corpses.
YURI (Yuri looks down, frowning) Sick bastard…
FLYNN (looking at the ground) That he should be able to do
those things and not have to answer for them…!
The authority of the Council…is far more powerful
than I’d imagined…
I thought with this promotion to captain that I’d
gotten a bit closer to my goal.
But I have to face the fact that the law can’t even
punish a single person like Ragou.
YURI …You know it doesn’t end here.
 You’ll climb even higher until you can make the right
changes.
FLYNN True, but many people will continue to suffer in the
meantime -- needlessly. When I consider that, I…
(head drooping)
YURI Don’t go flying off the handle and smacking him
around.
The progress you’ve made would all be for nothing.
FLYNN … (agonized Ugh)
YURI If he’s above you, you go even higher, and then…
FLYNN Yes. Someday I’ll create a legal order that treats
everyone with equality. I have to.
YURI Good. (walks away) And I’ll do things my own way.
FLYNN Yuri?
YURI (stops) How would you go about punishing the villains
that the law can’t touch?
Flynn hesitates, then turning his head away, looks away from Yuri.
FLYNN I’m still trying to figure that out…
Yuri looks up, determined, and walks away.
-----
Ragou stands on the bridge with two thugs. Coins jingle as he hands a
coin purse to one of the thugs. The thug takes the coin purse and
leaves.
RAGOU It seems I may have gotten a little careless when I
thought Alexei wouldn’t be around…
Flynn Scifo… That impertinent upstart. This is a
grudge I won’t soon forget.
I will bring down the full authority of the Council
on you.
Unseen, Yuri runs by Ragou. His form is almost a blur, he runs so
quickly and silently. He strikes as he passes the remaining thug,
dumping him into the water below.
RAGOU What the…?!
Ragou looks around for the source of the disturbance and finds Yuri
fixing him with a cold, soulless stare.
RAGOU It’s you…!
Yuri walks straight toward Ragou with a steady gait. His cold eyes
never leaving Ragou’s. Ragou cowers as Yuri advances ever closer.
RAGOU Do you intend to harm me?! I’m a member of the
Council, you know!
Yuri still advances…his expression so cold.
RAGOU I c-could crush you w-with a single command.
You won’t get away with this!
The clinking sound of Yuri’s weapon is heard.
YURI The laws and the Council may have let you go, but I’m
afraid I can’t do that.
Yuri’s axe is out of its sheath.
RAGOU (stands up, his arm shielding his body) Aah, s-stay
back!
Ragou tries to run, but Yuri brings the axe down across the back of
Ragou’s neck.
RAGOU Ugh…I was so close… Dein Nomos…
Yuri watches without pity or remorse as Ragou’s body falls into the
water below. Yuri walks back to the Inn and finds Repede curled up
asleep by the Inn’s sign.
YURI …Repede.
Yuri looks at him for a few long moments before he goes inside for the
night. Repede’s eyes are open, looking straight ahead, as he listens to
the sound of Yuri’s footsteps followed by the opening and closing of
the Inn door.
INFORMATION Yuri earned the “Vigilante” title.
INFORMATION Repede earned the “Sinful Sidekick” title.
The next morning, Karol and Rita say goodbye to Estelle outside the
Inn. Estelle is accompanied by two Knights and a member of the Council.
KAROL It’s too bad we’ve gotta split up.
ESTELLE Please come visit the castle anytime.
RITA He’ll really come if you say that.
KAROL (turning to Rita) What, didn’t she just invite me?
RITA (looks away) Huh… Idiot…
KAROL With the treaty it’ll become easier for guild members
to enter the capital.
ESTELLE That’s right.
COUNCIL MEMBER Princess, we should be going.
ESTELLE (looks at the council member) Oh, yes.
(turns quickly back to Karol) I promise to do what I
can about Ragou. To see that he gets the punishment
he deserves.
COUNCIL MEMBER Princess, you should know…
ESTELLE (turns to council) What?
COUNCIL MEMBER …You see…
Lord Ragou has not been seen since last night.
We do not yet know the details… His whereabouts are
being investigated as we speak…
ESTELLE What could this mean…?
RITA Maybe he got scared and ran away.
She takes a few steps away and stops to stretch the tension from her
arms and shoulders.
RITA Well, I guess I’ll be going, too. I want to check out
stuff like those aer krene.
Karol and Estelle turn to look at Rita.
RITA When I finish my analysis, I’ll…um…pay a visit to the
capital, too.
Estelle runs to Rita and grabs her hand, shaking it.
ESTELLE I’m looking forward to it.
RITA O-okay then, see ya! (runs away)
ESTELLE …And Karol, where will you go from here?
KAROL (looking at the ground) I want to start up a guild
with Yuri…
ESTELLE That sounds like a good idea.
Karol straightens up when he hears the approval in Estelle’s voice.
COUNCIL MEMBER Your Highness…
ESTELLE (nods) Sorry, I’m ready now.
KAROL Shouldn’t I…go get Yuri?
ESTELLE No… I wouldn’t want to wake him.
KAROL All right…
ESTELLE Well, this is it… (walks to the Council Member)
KAROL Yeah, I hope we see each other again. (runs away to
find Yuri)
Yuri is relaxing on the bed.
KAROL Yuri? Are you awake?
Upon hearing Karol’s voice, Yuri turns over on his side.
KAROL Estelle and Rita already took off.
Karol enters the room and stops near the doorway. Repede is lying in
front of the middle bed while Yuri lies in another.
YURI Oh…
KAROL If you hurry, you might still be able to catch her.
YURI I can meet them anytime I want.
KAROL Jeez, Yuri. Fine, if that’s how you’re gonna be.
(runs off)
YURI Even if I did go, it would just make it harder for
them to leave.
There is a large explosion outside followed by screams and shouting.
Repede jumps to his feet.
YURI What the?
Repede and Yuri run outside. Yuri stands with Karol outside the Inn.
YURI Monsters?
KAROL Yuri!
A large birdlike monster with double wings flies across the sky.
YURI Karol! Any idea what that thing is?
KAROL No, I’ve never seen anything like that before…
It’s coming down!
YURI !
Come on, Karol. (takes off, running)
KAROL What? Hey, wait! (runs after Yuri)
INFORMATION Reunite with Karol and Repede

SKIT One Mess After Another

Inside the Inn “Arcturus”:

DESK CLERK What was that sound? Another monster attack…?
You can’t just run away without paying…
Oh, you paid up front…

Outside the Inn “Arcturus”:

LITTLE GIRL Waaah, waaah…
Mommy! Mommy! Where are you?!
OLDER WOMAN Wh-why is something like this happening?!
MAN Those monsters are divine punishment to humans for
the reckless behavior.
It’s too late to regret it now.

Outside the Cooking Stadium “Bistro Black Hole” (formerly labeled as

“???”):
OLD WOMAN What is that?! What’s going on in this city?!

Market Place:
WOMAN I’m tough, but that thing scares even me.
Not that it would beat me in a fight, mind you.
YOUNG MERCHANT R-running away now would be an insult to merchants
everywhere! Business is life! You got a problem with
that?!
You got a problem with that?!! Huh?!! Huh?!!
FEMALE MERCHANT What the hell?! Why is Dahngrest getting so much heat
right now?!
We didn’t do anything!
VENDOR (GLASSES) What the hell is that thing? that giant…thing! Hey,
this isn’t funny! People are gonna die!

Circle Intersection:
OLDER MAN Damn, that damn monster… We can’t do anything when
we’re here on the ground!
 Flying through the sky… Stupid monsters… Cowards, get
down here and fight!
Of course they’re cowards. They’re monsters.
MAN Whoa, whoa, trouble again? What the hell’s going on?
There’s just no end to problems in this world.

Outside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

WOMAN What the hell is that?!
I never seen anything like that, much less eaten
anything like it!

Inside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

MAN (1ST TABLE) I ain’t drunk!
I’m tellin’ ya, I ain’t drunk!
MAN (2ND TABLE) Monsters, you say? Where are your manners? can’t you
see I’m drinking?
Ask someone else who has the time.
These guys drink all day. If you need a favor, ask
around for someone with nothing to do.
MAN (LEAF HELMET) Don’t talk to me or I’ll crush your spine.
Don’t talk to me or I’m going to sleep.
MAN (HORN HELMET) Hey, I saw it, that bird monster! Man, we’re in
trouble!
I know we mercenaries are supposed to regain the
trust of the people, but fighting that thing…?
If you want the thing dead, try barking up another
guild.
MAN (AXEBEAK HAT) I can’t fight on an empty stomach. Hey, bartender!
Bring the grub!
An empty stomach is your worst enemy. That’s the most
important rule of war.
WOMAN This is my chance to make a profit, and I’m not
feeling too good.
I think I drank too much.
*Hic!*
MAN (AT BAR) What? A monster covered in flames? You drunk?
Yeah, I’m drunk, but I ain’t about to say anything
stupid like you.
BARTENDER What was that noise? Another monster? If you need
another hand, I have one to lend.
Even if it means I have to use an empty bottle as a
weapon, I’ll do it to protect this town.

Outside the Tavern “Sagittarius”:

MAN What the…?! What is that thing?!
Whoa…! One screw up and we’re dead.
KRITYAN WOMAN A lot of things have happened in this city.
It just goes to show that life’s not all fun and
games.
Life’s not always fun. That is the biggest dilemma
with living.

Inside the Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

OLD MAN What in the world is that creature in the sky? I got
a bad feeling…
My bad feelings always turn out to be right.
BANDIDO There’s a huge monster near the bridge?
 No way. There’s nothing that I can do.
Is that huge monster still out there?
WOMAN (LAUGHING) The monsters penetrated the barrier so easily. Are we
even safe?
Is the barrier that vulnerable, or are these not
normal monsters…?
MAN (DRINKING) What? Monsters again?! Just let me eat in peace!
Would you let me eat in peace?!
MAN (DRUNK) I heard there’s going to be a treaty of friendship
signed with the guilds.
Oh… You already knew that…?
GUILDSMAN That monster in flames seems like it’s looking for
something.
Do you think it has some kind of intelligence? No,
that’s impossible.
WOMAN (DRUNK) First monsters, then the Knights, then Barbos… Now
another monster. this town is cursed.
I wonder if there really is something to the town…
LOVESTRUCK MAN That Krityan waitress… Her smile is so cute… I just
can’t go back to work.
I know my boss will be furious with me if I don’t get
back.
But I just can’t leave.
KRITYAN WAITRESS You saw a bird monster? That’s not a monster.
Not that I know what it was… Maybe it was a monster…
It probably doesn’t really matter either way.
HUMAN WAITRESS There’s talk of a monster that’s unbelievably huge.
That’s probably not just any old monster…
BARTENDER

Towns Blastia:
GUARD N-no matter what the monster, th-this barrier blastia
wi-will keep this town safe.
B-but, I’ve never seen a monster as big as that one…!
The monsters broke through the barrier… Human wisdom
has been defeated… Oh, the shame!

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) The Empire isn’t our only enemy! We can’t forget
about the monsters.
But can anyone really hope to defeat that thing…?
MAN What? Monsters? Now’s our chance! Our guild’s first
job!
…Now this is starting to look like a mercenary guild…
WOMAN I will serve the Don for the rest of my life.
No matter what comes, the Don can defeat it.
Of course, I will become the Don’s right hand and
prove my worth.

The flaming bird monster hovers in the sky over the bridge. Sodia and
Witcher face the creature as Flynn driven to his knees, breathing hard
and leaning on his sword for support, keeps watch.
YURI What is going on here?
FLYNN Yuri… Protect Her Highness…
Flynn raises his head and Karol and Yuri follow his gaze. Karol runs
forward and points.
KAROL Yuri! Look!
Estelle is kneeling, healing an injured knight. She stands and looks at
the gigantic bird monster in the sky above her. Sodia and Witcher taunt
the monster with their weapons, trying to draw the beast’s attention
away from the Princess.
WITCHER This way, foul fiend!
The monster shoots a fiery blast at them from somewhere on his
backside.
SODIA Why is it just ignoring us?
The bird monster looks down upon Estelle.
ESTELLE Is it coming for…me?
With much clinking of armor, Commandant Alexei and his knights arrive.
Alexei stops near Karol, observing the fallen soldiers lying nearby and
young Sodia and Witcher’s attempts to protect the Princess.
FLYNN The Commandant… But why is he here…?
ALEXEI Our finest Knights…!
I am left with no choice…
Alexei turns to his soldiers and gestures toward the monster.
ALEXEI We will stop this beast with the help of Heracles!
The soldiers trod off to do his bidding. Yuri and Karol take their own
action and run behind Alexei to engage the monster. Alexei tries to
stop them.
ALEXEI Yuri, wait! There’s nothing more you can do!
YURI (looking back at Alexei) Hah! You expect me to stand
by while that thing makes a snack out of Estelle?!

The monster flaps its wings and draws ever closer to Estelle.
MONSTER The insipid poison of this world must be purged.
ESTELLE It can speak…! Wh-who are you…?!
A blast strikes the monster and it flies away. Estelle turns to see
Yuri.
ESTELLE Yuri!
YURI You’re safe.
They watch as gigantic machine with cannons fires upon the monster. The
monster retaliates with blasts of its own that hit the buildings.
YURI What is that…?
ESTELLE Heracles…
KAROL Whoa, we’ve gotta get out of here!
YURI (to Estelle) I’m going to leave the city and continue
my journey.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
YURI If you’re going back to the capital, you shouldn’t
keep Flynn waiting.
Estelle looks back at Flynn.
YURI It’s for you to decide.
ESTELLE (looking at Yuri) Then, I…

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(anime cutscene)
ESTELLE I want to continue the journey as well!
YURI Hm.
He smiles and extends his hand, palm up, to Estelle. Unsure, she looks
into his face, then smiling, puts her hand in his.
YURI (winks at Estelle) Now that’s what I wanted to hear.
A blast destroys a section of the bridge and sends Yuri, Estelle and
Karol running for cover.
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The monster flaps it wings and hovers in the sky above the bridge. A
Krityan woman stands on the bridge facing the monster.
ESTELLE Judith?
(running to Judith) Don’t! It’s too dangerous!
Yuri stands beside Estelle and Judith turns around to look at him.
YURI Look who’s talking.
JUDITH I’ll be fine, you go on ahead.
ESTELLE Come on, quickly!
JUDITH (going with Estelle) My, you’re a stubborn one.
With a shrill cry, the monster abandons the battle and flies over the
bridge and away.
KAROL Huh? Why’s it taking off?
Estelle, leaving Judith’s side, stands behind Yuri as they watch the
monster fly out of sight. They hear Flynn’s voice and all turn toward
him.
FLYNN Yuri, Lady Estellise, wait!
Flynn is on his feet, standing on the opposite side of the broken
bridge, clenching his hand with the effort to remain standing.
YURI Here comes the calvary.
Estelle walks to the edge of the gap and calls across it Flynn.
ESTELLE I’m sorry, Flynn. I realize now I can’t just go back
to the capital.
There are too many things I still need to know.
FLYNN Surely, after returning to the capital you can…
Estelle closes her eyes and shakes her head.
ESTELLE The voices of the people suffering in Nor Harbor
never reached the capital.
I won’t achieve anything if I’m not willing to
approach these problems head on…
I’ve come to realize that during my travels. That’s
why! That’s why I have to keep going!
FLYNN Your Highness…
Yuri throws the aque blastia across the gap to Flynn.
YURI Flynn, get this core back to the lower quarter!
FLYNN (holding the core) Yuri!
YURI I won’t be going back to the capital anytime soon.
I’m going to start up a guild.
At this startling revelation, Karol looks at Yuri with his mouth agape.
YURI Give my regards to Hanks and everyone else.
KAROL (elated) Yuri…!
FLYNN …A guild. So that’s what you meant by doing things
your own way.
YURI Yeah, I’ve finally made up my mind.
FLYNN …That’s fine, but what about Princess --
YURI (waves) Take care, Flynn. (walks over to Karol)
FLYNN Yuri…!
YURI I suppose I should’ve talked to you first, but here’s
to our new guild, Karol.
KAROL Right! (They slap hands as Judith looks on)
YURI All right. Let’s go. If we hang around here much
longer, some of those Knights are bound to come after
us.
They leave. Estelle pauses to bow in farewell to Flynn then she hastens
to go with Yuri, Karol, Repede and Judith.
INFORMATION Estelle earned the “Seeker of the Truth” title.
INFORMATION Reunite with Estelle and Judith.
INFORMATION Handed over “Aque Blastia Core.”

SKIT The Monster that Attacked Dahngrest

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SUB-EVENT: Duke – Part 3:

After Flynn has gone, they take one last look at Karol’s hometown,
Dahngrest. A man stands at the edge of the gap blasted in the bridge.
KAROL That’s the guy we met at Keiv Moc…
ESTELLE Hello!
DUKE ………… (Hmm…)
Duke ignores Estelle’s greeting and turns his head away from them.
YURI And here Estelle’s being so nice… Somebody needs to
work on their manners.
KAROL You’re one to talk, Yuri.
Hey, that monster’s gonna attack us again if we keep
wandering around here.
ESTELLE Y-yes, you’re right.
DUKE (looking at them) You were the target of his attack?
ESTELLE …What? Oh, yes. Um…do you know what he meant by
insipid po --?
YURI What, is that your pet or something?
DUKE We follow the same course of action.
YURI What? You’re doing the same thing as a monster?
ESTELLE Then, does that mean you’ve come here to attack me
too…?
DUKE My blade does not exist to pass sentence on humans…
…How odd… He has taken his leave… But why…?
JUDITH …………
DUKE Perhaps I am mistaken… No…
Duke turns on his heel and walks back toward the town.
YURI That guy still doesn’t make any sense.
KAROL What do you think he’s up to?
YURI Who knows…
Hey, we don’t have time to just hang out here and
enjoy the scenery.
KAROL Oh yeah…! We gotta go!
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They leave Dahngrest. While running, Karol suddenly collapses to the

ground. Estelle leans over him.
KAROL I know we’ve got to get out of town, but I’m dying’
here.
YURI You’re just not used to a little morning exercise.
It’s not much further. Come on, Karol.
JUDITH Just how far are we going?
YURI I guess Heliord’s our closest destination. So at
least until there.
KAROL What?!
ESTELLE Should we rest a little once we get out of the city?
KAROL (holds his fist above his head) A-agreed!
YURI Okay, okay, Now let’s get moving.

SKIT The Monster Spoke

SKIT Is Dahngrest Okay?

They return to Gastafrost Tower to the cell where Yuri and Judith were
held.
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SUB-EVENT: Brionac - Part 2

They return to Gastafrost Tower to the cell where Yuri and Judith were
held.
JUDITH …It’s definitely gone…
YURI The spear?
It looked like it was very valuable. I’ll bet the
mercenaries carried it off as loot.
JUDITH ……
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SKIT Hercales is Amazing

It’s raining and they are walking on a road. Karol stops, his head
hanging.
KAROL What happened to taking a break?!
Yuri stops, turning to look at Karol, he puts his hand on his hip.
JUDITH (looking back into the horizon) It’s probably a good
time. Looks like no one is following us anymore.
They all turn to look in direction of Judith’s gaze.
ESTELLE …How can you tell?
JUDITH Hmm, intuition I suppose.
KAROL Intuition…?
YURI (to Estelle) Anyway, we should be fine here. Let’s
rest for now.
(That night)
KAROL When we have time to take a longer rest, we’ve got to
decide a few things about our guild.
YURI What is it with you and taking breaks?
JUDITH What do you hope to accomplish by starting a guild?
YURI Accomplish…? Hmm…
KAROL I want our guild to become really big.
And then someday we’ll follow in the Don’s footsteps
and protect Dahngrest ourselves.
That way, I can show him my gratitude for all the
years he’s defended the city.
ESTELLE That’s a wonderful dream, Karol.
YURI I’ll just stick with the boss, here.
KAROL Huh? B-boss? Me?
YURI You were the first one to bring up this crazy idea.
KAROL H-heh, I guess you’re right.
So, what’s the first order of business?
YURI To calm down.
KAROL Yeah.
JUDITH Hehe… You make guilds sound like fun.
ESTELLE Why don’t you join the guild as well, Judith?
JUDITH Hmm, I wonder. Do you think they’d let me?
Estelle turns to Karol.
KAROL The most important thing is obeying the guild’s laws.
Those who break the laws will be severely punished.
Even friends or family.
 The laws are the source of a guild’s pride.
No one can be admitted without making a solemn pledge
to uphold them.
ESTELLE And what are the laws of your guild, Karol?
KAROL Umm…
YURI Everybody supporting each other, and always acting
with the interests of the guild in mind.
Striving to always do the right thing, while
punishing those who don’t.
KAROL What do you mean?
ESTELLE All for the guild and the guild for all.
Do justice and punish the unjust.
YURI Everyone’s opinion will be valued, so long as it
doesn’t go against these laws.
KAROL Yuri… That’s just what I…
YURI Right, boss?
KAROL All for the guild and the guild for all…
…Y-yeah! That’s it! Those are our laws!
JUDITH It looks like these will be my laws from now on as
well.
YURI Sure it’s okay to make up your mind like that?
JUDITH Yes. You’ve got me curious. All for the guild… I like
the way that sounds.
KAROL Well then…
JUDITH I pledge to uphold the laws. For the guild’s sake…and
my own.
YURI How about your partner?
JUDITH Thanks for your concern, but it’s all right. He won’t
mind.
KAROL Your partner…?
JUDITH A friend I was traveling with earlier.
KAROL Huh, I didn’t know you had someone like that.
Okay, so from today on we’ll be your new partners,
Judith.
JUDITH I look forward to it.
KAROL Me too!
REPEDE Woof!
ESTELLE Then, I…
YURI Okay, let’s call it a day for now.
KAROL Yeah. I almost forgot how sore I am.
They build a large campfire. Before he turns in, Yuri speaks to
everyone.
YURI Repede. (Repede sits up)
You’re keeping watch too, huh?
So…we started a guild.
We’re a motley crew, but it should be interesting.
REPEDE Woof.
YURI Ha ha. You’re our number two.
Try not to give the boss too much of a hard time.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI You should get some rest, too.

(2nd time talking to Repede)

YURI What’s that? Are you saying I should just trust you
to keep watch for us?
REPEDE Woof!
Menu Rest
 Stay Awake
Stay Awake Nah, I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.

Estelle sits on a rock a few feet from the fire.

ESTELLE …Oh, Yuri.
YURI Hey. You’re not asleep?
ESTELLE No… Is something the matter?
YURI Nah, I was just trying to think of what our next move
should be.
ESTELLE Yes… I didn’t even think I’d be able to continue
traveling with you…
…I’m still trying to decide if I should.
You’re really going to put your all into this guild,
aren’t you?
YURI I’d like to say I’m just gonna go with the flow, but
I went and bragged to Flynn about it…I guess I can’t
slack off, now!
ESTELLE Karol certainly seems happy. I’m a bit jealous.
YURI Oh ho. Does Her Majesty the Princess wish to join our
humble guild?
ESTELLE If I asked you to let me in…would you let me in?
YURI If you’ve thought about this and it’s your decision,
I won’t try to stop you.
ESTELLE Yeah, you’re right…I should really give this some
thought.
YURI Well, don’t think TOO hard about it.
ESTELLE Hehehe. (Yuri walks away)
(to herself) How can I decide…?
2nd Conversation:
ESTELLE Anyway… I have to give my answer, don’t I?

Karol sits in front of the roaring campfire.

YURI (to Karol) What, you’re not asleep? (sits beside
Karol in front of the fire)
KAROL Nah. I’ve been trying to think of a name for our
guild.
I’m going to think of something really cool.
YURI Sure, I can’t wait.
KAROL Yuri?
YURI Hmm?
KAROL I was thinking about this…we made our guild without
first swearing allegiance to its laws, didn’t we?
YURI Yeah, but did that earlier today, right? So no
worries.
KAROL Yeah.
Yuri?
YURI What is it?
KAROL Did you just make those laws up, or did you hear them
somewhere?
YURI They just came to me. Why, were they no good?
KAROL No, not at all. It’s just…those were the exact same
laws I’d been thinking of.
…I’m really happy that I was able to make a guild
with you, Yuri.
YURI Hah hah. what a thing to say…don’t get all mushy on
me.
KAROL Ha ha, I…oh!
Karol stands up and so does Yuri.
YURI Wh-what now?
KAROL I thought of a name!
The Super Ultra Courageous Braves!
YURI Ha ha ha. That sounds like a name Captain Karol would
come up with, definitely. Let go with that, then.
KAROL Right! (smiles happily)
2nd Conversation:
KAROL Let’s give it all we got!

Judith stands looking up the road.

JUDITH Thanks.
YURI For what?
JUDITH You’re staying up to keep watch, aren’t you?
YURI (crosses arms) Nah, not at all.
JUDITH You’re so evasive.
YURI You’re one to talk.
JUDITH Huh, weird. I’ve always thought I was pretty
straightforward.
YURI Seriously? You haven’t even given your real reason
for joining our guild.
JUDITH I joined because I wanted to.
YURI That’s it?
JUDITH No.
So long as they don’t go against the laws of the
guild, everyone’s wishes are respected, right?
Don’t worry. I said I’d uphold the laws, and I will.
But in my own way.
YURI …All right.
Well, I’ll get you to tell me the real reason
eventually. (looks long at Judith then turns away)
JUDITH Thanks.
YURI For keeping watch?
JUDITH For talking.
2nd Conversation:
JUDITH Oh? So you want to play some more? …What a bore…
(2nd time talking to Repede)
YURI What’s that? Are you saying I should just trust you
to keep watch for us?
REPEDE Woof!
MENU Rest
Stay Awake
REST All right, I’ll get some rest then. Thanks, Repede.
STAY AWAKE Nah, I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.

In the morning:
KAROL I hope we can find some work to do now that we’ve
made our guild.
YURI Easy, tiger.
…So, Estelle? What are you gonna do?
ESTELLE I want to go look for that talking monster.
If it was me he was after, I want to find out why.
YURI Don’t feel like you’ll be able to rest easy till you
find out, huh?
Judith stands with her back to the others, but she’s listening.
KAROL But…how will you do that? How can you look for a
monster if you have no idea where it is?
YURI I thought you were in charge of all the monster-
related information.
KAROL Don’t ask me! Even I’d never seen anything like that
before.
Judith turns around.
JUDITH That was no monster. His name is Phaeroh.
ESTELLE Do you know about him?
JUDITH I saw him earlier when I was traveling with my
friend, and it was my friend who knew his name.
KAROL Why would your friend know the name of something like
that?
Judith says nothing and places a hand on her chest.
ESTELLE Where did you see it?
JUDITH It was on the Desier continent in the Sands of Kogorh.
ESTELLE That’s the continent to the southwest of Tolbyccia.
The continent of Desier…the desert…
YURI You don’t just go marching off to a desert because
someone saw a monster.
KAROL (looking at Yuri) He’s right, you know.
ESTELLE I wonder if that fairy tale could be…
KAROL Fairy tale?
ESTELLE Something I read at the castle. A tale about a
monster that speaks who lives in the Sands of Kogorh.
KAROL There are always stories like that. Like the one
about the monster in the sea who talks to people.
JUDITH I think you’ve got it backwards.
KAROL Backwards?
JUDITH Such creatures do exist, but they have simply become
the stuff of legend.
ESTELLE It’s like the saying, “where there’s smoke , there’s
fire.”
KAROL Yeah but…are you thinking of going all the way to a
place like that alone, Estelle?
ESTELLE (shakes her head) Huh? Well, I…
YURI If we don’t keep up this little bodyguard operation,
she’ll really march off on her own.
What do you think? Let’s take this as our first guild
assignment.
KAROL Hey, you’re right! We’d be breaking our own laws if
we let her go alone.
JUDITH That’s right.
KAROL …But, if this is a real job, we’ll have to charge
Estelle our fee.
YURI We don’t need to worry about something like money,
right?
KAROL Nope, no exceptions. Money is a necessity for running
a guild.
ESTELLE Um…I’m afraid I’m a bit short on funds at the moment…
JUDITH In that case, why don’t we just figure something out
later?
ESTELLE I’ll pay the fee, I promise. So let’s all go together!
YURI Okay, looks like that settles it.
ESTELLE (looking at the clouds) this way we can all continue
the journey…
KAROL (raises his fist in the air) All right, Super Ultra
Courageous Braves, fall out!
Estelle mimics his gesture.
ESTELLE Wh-what is that?
KAROL Huh? That’s our guild’s name!
ESTELLE We can’t go with that! We need something easy to say
that has a real snap to it!
KAROL Oh, really? Well…
Karol thinks hard.
ESTELLE [Light bulb]
ESTELLE How about something like…Brave Vesperia?
It’s the star that gives off the brightest light in
the night sky…
KAROL The brightest star. Cool!
YURI Brave Vesperia… Hmm. I like it. Let’s stick with that.
KAROL Okay! That settles it!
Let’s get to Torim Harbor and charter a boat! We’re
off on an ocean voyage to the continent of Desier!
YURI Didn’t you want to take a break at Heliord?
KAROL Aw, who needs it?
YURI Either way, we can’t get to Torim without passing
through Heliord.
ESTELLE I’d also like to see how they’ve been doing since the
blastia went out of control.
YURI Yeah, that was pretty crazy.
JUDITH …
KAROL All right, we’ll just stop in for a quick look around
the city.
ESTELLE Okay.
YURI So first to Heliord, then from Torim to Desier by
boat.
KAROL Okay, I’ll try again… Brave Vesperia, fall out!
REPEDE Woof!
INFORMATION Karol earned the “Brave Vesperia Leader” title.
SKIT Starting a Guild
SKIT The Guild’s Purpose
SKIT A New Journey

HELIORD THE RISING CITY

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They arrive through the western entrance at nightfall.

ESTELLE Oh my... Doesn’t the city seem less busy than before?
YURI Yeah. This place has gotten a lot more…ghost-towny.
KAROL (turning to Yuri) You don’t think that rumor’s true,
do you?
YURI You mean that people have been suddenly disappearing?
JUDITH Maybe it’s not just a rumor after all.
YURI She has to do something about it.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
JUDITH You can see it on her face.
KAROL If that’s the case, we should go to the inn and have
a strategy meeting first.
After all, we need to go check on the blastia too.
YURI Yeah. And it’s not like Estelle can just let things
go…
ESTELLE You just can’t ignore people’s problems, can you?
YURI I know, I know.
KAROL So then, let’s go. To the inn1
Karol takes off running toward the Inn.
JUDITH He sure is getting into it.
ESTELLE He’s so happy that he was able to start a guild with
Yuri.
YURI Hey, it’s not like I did this just for Karol’s sake.
JUDITH But you care about his feeling, don’t you?
YURI Yeah, well…
Come on, we should hurry to the inn.

SKIT A New Journey

Western Gate:
GUARD Are ideals nothing more than dreams?
All the tired people have left this town.
Everyday the same hard labor slowly eat away at the
people making them leave this town.
Look at the town now.

SKIT Is Repede a Member Too?

Blastia Plaza:
MAN (HAMMERING) Seems like the Imperial Knights are busy.
You hear young girl’s scream coming from their
facility day and night.
Whenever I ask the Knights, they tell me I’m hearing
things.
Am I going crazy?
OLD MAN Happiness is like a butterfly.
The more you chase after it, the more it teases you,
dancing just out of reach.
Just listen to me. You’d think there was no point in
seeking happiness at all from the way I talk.
CUMORE KNIGHT I want to quit being a Knight, but I don’t want to
work on the town restoration either.
There’s nothing else though.
Town restoration sounds tough.
Maybe I should go back to Zaphias.
GUARD Hey1 You there1 No loitering allowed1 Now, move along1

Outside the Chevalier's HQ:

KNIGHT We humans are all the same. Though we may delight in
the misfortune of others, we cannot bear to be
unhappy ourselves.
There are those who would use their power to rob
others of their happiness, and replace it with sorrow.
And those creatures are called the nobility1

Chevalier’s HQ:
Guard (west door) Each person walks to the beat of a different
drummer.
All you can do is walk your own walk, but it’s bound
to give you your own unique scenery as you go.
Take the nobles, for example, sitting so proudly in
their palanquins, as they’re ferried about by the
commoners…
Because of their position they sit above everyone
else, and have a better view than all of us.
CUMORE KNIGHT It’s because of the Cumore Brigade and our resource
 management that this town is developing1
The commoners should accept their place under our
control1
If you’re not too keen on dying, I’d recommend going
with giving up.

Eastern City Gate:

Man (greeter) Welcome to Heliord, newest addition to the empire’s
cities. Um…
Lots of our citizens have gone missing recently.
Fled at night? No… It has to be some big conspiracy.
Knight GUARD Do you know what it means to be a sucker?
A real sucker is someone who faces life’s challenges
with no hope of winning from the outset.
There are piles of born losers just like that in this
town.

Outside the Inn & Shop:

CUMORE KNIGHT No matter how far you may have climbed, there will
always be someone above you.
We all have walls that we will never be able to
conquer.
The common folk can draw some comfort from realizing
that there are those with even less fortunate lots in
life than they.
Inn & Shop:
KNIGHT (LOBBY) *Sigh* … Another night shift…
I got past the anger and just completely gave up…
The only thing I can say for certain is…
He who breaks bread with me is my friend, and he who
would steal that which is mine, he is my enemy.
GUARD This town is rotten. What do you mean, what?
Knights are bound by confidentiality. I cannot say…
Do people leave because the work becomes rush?
Or do people leave because it’s rushed work…? Oh,
don’t mind me.

Upstairs:
Karol is asleep on one bed and Estelle is on one next to him. Yuri lies
on the couch and Repede sleeps nearby in the archway leading to the
balcony. Clouds float in slow motion in the night sky while the
symphonic chirping of night and the fountain lull the occupants to
sleep. Yet one occupant cannot sleep. Yuri hears footsteps across the
room and the door creak softly. He sits up.
YURI I guess I can’t let things go either.
Yuri gets up and walks into the hallway.
(If you make Yuri check on Karol and Estelle):
Estelle (asleep) …Can’t eat that…
Karol (asleep) Zzz…Munch…Munch…Zzz…
REPEDE ……
Yuri leave the Inn and finds Judith near the city’s western exit.
YURI Late night stroll?
Judith looks at Yuri and he leans against the wall a few feet from her.
JUDITH The scenery here reminds me of home.
YURI Huh…Your home must be a pretty place then.
JUDITH I just mean that it’s up high like this and has a
good view. Not that I have a problem with heights.
YURI Heh… Yeah, I guess you wouldn’t, riding around on
that monster.
JUDITH His name is Ba’ul, and he’s not a monster.
And it’s not only because he can fly.
We’ve been together ever since he saved me during the
war.
YURI War? You mean between the empire and the guilds?
JUDITH This world always seems to ravaged by some war or
another.
YURI …Yeah, I guess so.
It was you who attacked Estelle here earlier, wasn’t
it?
JUDITH You’re pretty sharp if you were able to tell who it
was I was after.
YURI I’m just that kind of guy.
Judith …
Yuri leaves the wall and stands next to Judith.
YURI Phaeroh also appeared because of Estelle.
Is there some connection between them? Between him
and your partner?
Judith presses the fingertips of her right hand to her temple, then
lowers the hand back to her side. She looks at Yuri.
JUDITH It’s hard to explain.
YURI But you won’t deny it. That you had come for her.
JUDITH (clasping her hands behind her back) I’m afraid I’m
not very good at lying.
YURI (looking away) …All right, I won’t ask anymore
questions.
But if it looks like you’re going after her again…
JUDITH You needn’t worry. I won’t be doing that sort of
thing anymore. You have my word.
YURI You mean it?
JUDITH (placing her hand on her chest) What can I say that
will make you believe me?
YURI (hand on hip) Well you said you were no good a
telling lies.
(walking away) …It’s not like we’re all that
different. I’ve got a few skeletons in my closet too.
After Yuri leaves, Judith stares into the night sky.
JUDITH He’s a strange one.

Inn & Shop:

In the morning, Karol and Estelle stand in front of the Inn’s front
desk. Judith is seated on a couch in the lobby, with Yuri and Repede
nearby.
ESTELLE Well, shall we have a look around the town?
KAROL We also need to have a look at the blastia that went
berserk last time.
KNIGHT (LOBBY) It’s been strange lately. the people of the town are
disappearing.
Nothing like this has happened since I started
working as a Knight…
Is this what daily life is like on the Tolbyccia
continent?
I can’t take it… I want to go back to Zaphias… or at
least Torim Harbor…
GUARD Something is rotten in the town of Heliord1
 The people exploiting the laborers live in luxury and
the laborers struggle in poverty1
Do people leave because the work becomes a rush?
Or do people leave because it’s rushed work…? Oh,
don’t mind me.

Outside the Inn & Shop:

It’s raining outside.
CUMORE KNIGHT The Cumore Brigade has joined us as reserve troops,
but…
…I can’t abide by their domineering ways1
They’re no different than common barbarians1
Knights should be taking pride in their military
discipline…

Western City Gate:

GUARD Are ideals just that, simply ideals?
The people got tired and left the city...
The people’s hearts were worn after laboring day
after day so they left.
And now look at this city.

Blastia Plaza:
They stand in the rain looking at the blastia.
ESTELLE It seems like the area has returned to normal.
KAROL Yeah. Doesn’t look like it’s gone berserk since then.
Repede turns and looks intently toward the right entrance to the plaza.
YURI Hey, it’s those guy we met at Nor Harbor…
Pauly and his mother stand at the right entrance to the plaza.
PAULY Miss Estelle! (runs to Estelle whose kneeling to
greet him)
ESTELLE How have you been?
Pauly nods.
JUDITH (walking over to stand by Kellas and look at Pauly)
Who is this?
KAROL We helped these people out at Nor Harbor.
KELLAS We can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done for us.
ESTELLE Where is your father?
Pauly droops and looks at the ground. Kellas looks sad.
KELLAS I haven’t seen Teagle -- my husband -- for the past
three days…
KAROL It sounds like that rumor might be true… (Yuri nods)
YURI Don’t you have any hunches?
KELLAS Yes… The night before he disappeared, he talked again
about working to become a noble…
ESTELLE Become a noble? What do you mean?
KELLAS When this city is finally completed, we will be able
to live here as members of the nobility.
ESTELLE Huh? That doesn’t sound quite right.
KELLAS What do you mean?
ESTELLE The rank of nobility is reserved for those whose
service has earned the emperor’s confidence.
KELLAS B-but, Sir Cumore gave his word to us1 He said we
would be welcomed as nobles1
ESTELLE Cumore… From the Imperial Knights?
KELLAS Yes. He is acting as the current magistrate of the
 city.
YURI (hand on hip) I’ll bet he is…
KAROL That is strange, though. I mean, the imperial throne
is empty and all.
KELLAS But then… Then why on earth have we been working this
hard? And what about Teagle…?
PAULY (to Estelle) Is Father not coming back…?
ESTELLE Hey, Yuri…
YURI You’re going to ask me why we don’t take this on as a
guild, right?
Yuri turn and looks at Karol, waiting. Estelle also looks at Karol.
ESTELLE I promise to take care of her fee when I pay my own.
KAROL (looking to and fro) Well…okay, that’s fine.
KELLAS What? But I…
JUDITH So this means our next job is finding a missing
person.
YURI And if Cumore’s up to his usual stunts, we’ll just
have to slap him around till he stops.
Looking at Yuri, Karol recoils in astonishment.
ESTELLE Right. the Knights do exist for the protection of the
people, after all.
KAROL L-let’s just make sure we’re careful.
The Knights could squash a little guild like us if we
get on their bad side.
YURI As you wish.
ESTELLE We’ll find your father, I promise. Just wait right
here.
YURI Well, that’s that. We’ll take the job.
KELLAS Thank you. (bows) Thank you so much1
YURI All right, let’s go find him.
JUDITH There’s something very suspicious about that area
over there.
Judith indicates the “ no loitering” elevator platform the guard is
blocking.
YURI Yeah. Even more so because it’s marked off-limits.
ESTELLE I wonder if there’s some way we could get in…
KAROL Careful, guys. Remember? Careful…

(INTERACTIVE CUTSCENE OVER)

MAN (HAMMERING) Something’s fishy… Where did everyone go…?
Will they really make us nobles…?
Maybe it’s all just a sham…
Is that why everyone went away…?
OLD MAN *Huff* …*huff* …*huff* …
Labor is becoming more and more difficult lately…
At this rate, I’m going to die before I’m made noble…

Outside the Chevalier's HQ:

KNIGHT The deceiver always stays ten, a hundred steps ahead…
But the honest man, taking one step at a time, is
never rewarded…

Chevalier’s HQ:
GUARD (W DOOR) Putting up with my superior’s unreasonable demands,
cleaning up incompetent underlings’ messes…
I’m tired of it…
I’m completely exhausted from staying up working
 night after night1
Is this really what a knight is supposed to be doing?1
CUMORE KNIGHT This city is growing thanks to us, the Cumore Brigade
and our management of the people1
In all cases, the commoners should be under the
control of the nobility1
Glory to Heliord, the city built by nobles1
Eastern City Gate:
Man (greeter) This is the rising city of Heliord… But…
Lately, the residents have been disappearing.
Lots of our citizens have gone missing recently.
Skipping town? No… It feels like something more
sinister…
GUARD Construction starts from this point on.
If all goes according to plan, this will be an
admirable civic center in 4 months.
How tepid… 4 months… Just crack the whip and…
…Um… Never mind…

Yuri speaks to the guard while the others wait behind the blastia.
YURI I’d like to pass, if I could.
GUARD Sorry, no can do, buddy. The laborers camp ahead is
too dangerous.
YURI Hmph…
Yuri walks back to the others.
KAROL Thank goodness… Knowing you, Yuri, I thought for sure
you’d try to force your way through…
YURI Well, “proceed with caution,” and all that. Boss’s
orders, y’know.
ESTELLE But how should we get by the guard?
JUDITH I really think forcing our way through would be the
simplest and most effective way in.
KAROL No, I won’t allow it1
All we need to do is draw the guard away from his
post.
ESTELLE But how will we do that?
KAROL …Maybe by, y’know, seducing him with feminine wiles?
YURI Well then…

Menu:
Have someone distract the guards?
Estelle
Judith
Karol

-=- CHOICE: ESTELLE -=-

YURI Estelle, you up for it?
ESTELLE Huh? M-me? N-not a chance!
YURI Not a chance, huh? Yeah, I guess you’re not too sexy
anyway.
ESTELLE (clenching fist at her sides) Erk…I’m sexy enough,
thank you very much!
…Want me to prove it?
YURI Sure.
JUDITH Now, let’s go look for something to get that guard
drooling.
ESTELLE Thanks!
Estelle leaves and Karol runs after her.
JUDITH You’re certainly persuasive.
YURI Nah, she’s just easily persuaded.
JUDITH That’s for sure.
SKIT The Toughest Thing She’s Ever Done

They go to the Fortune’s Market (Heliord).

JUDITH Do you have an outfit that can attract any kind of
male?
MERCHANT Attract any… Are you gonna wear it?
How about this?
ESTELLE Oo, it’s lovely!

YURI That’s no good.

JUDITH Nope, no good.
KAROL No good?
ESTELLE Why? It’s so cute…
JUDITH If cute was what we were going for, you could’ve just
stuck with what you have on.
YURI Right. In other words, it’s not sexy enough.
ESTELLE (downcast) Again with the sexiness…
(looking at the merchant) Clothes that would look
sexy on this young lady…
MERCHANT Mmm… Let’s see…
If you brought me a soft tail, basilisk scale and a
small bird feather, I could make you something nice.
You should be able to get all of the items from
monsters on the outskirts of the city.
ESTELLE I guess we have no choice. Let’s go. (she starts
walking)
YURI (hand on hip) Urgh, looks like this is going to be
more trouble than we thought…
ESTELLE Come on, hurry up1 (walks away)
JUDITH Stubborn, isn’t she?
YURI …You can say that again.

Back at Fortune’s Market

MERCHANT Oh ho, you’ve brought the items.
Wait here while I make you something nice!
Later in the lobby, Estelle twirls around in a skimpy vest over a
corset over a tunic with a bikini bottom and thigh-high boots topped
with lace. Judith on the other hand is wearing a red top with pink
bunny accessories (i.e. headband with bunny ears over her antennae, a
bikini bottom with bunny tail, pink gloves and pink thigh-high boots.
ESTELLE What do you say? does it look OK on me? (Estelle is
thrilled, clasping her hands under her chin)
YURI ….Yeah, it actually does…
KAROL …And why is Judith changed in that outfit?
JUDITH Well, I had mine made too while waiting.
YURI … I think your dress is kind of … too unique…
JUDITH Really? I think it is very lovely…
YURI Anyway, let’s have Estelle distract the guard as
planned.
ESTELLE OK.

YURI Judith, can you do something about that outfit first.

Estelle approaches the guard.

ESTELLE U-um… Excuse me Mr. Knight?
GUARD Huh… W-Wha… You’re wearing such a… Uh…
Hmm? Hey… You… No it can’t be… Not in that kind of…
ESTELLE Mm? D-do you know me?
GUARD It’s just that you look…a little like the Princess…
ESTELLE …Oh, y-yes, I get that a lot.
KAROL (turning to Yuri )Hehe, did you hear that?
YURI Sss, pipe down!
GUARD Come a little closer, could you?
ESTELLE No, I’d like you to come to me…
As the guard approaches, Estelle back up a few steps.
GUARD Why would you run away like that?
ESTELLE U-umm… I’m just… …a little bit shy…
The guard approaches again and Estelle backs up.
GUARD Ha ha ha…
ESTELLE Tee hee hee…
The guard runs after Estelle and she heads for the shadows of
scaffolding tower, where Yuri and the others are waiting. Yuri punches
the guard, knocking him out.
KAROL …And as I predicted, it came to blows in the end
anyway.
YURI If we hadn’t done that, Estelle would’ve been in a
tight spot, don’t you think?
ESTELLE Yes, he might have gotten mad if he’d found out I was
lying about my identity.
YURI That’s not quite what I meant..
Estelle changes into her usual outfit.

-=- CHOICE: JUDITH -=-

YURI Well, Judith, you’re probably the best choice.
JUDITH Yes, I think so.
KAROL Aren’t you sure of yourself!
JUDITH Well then, shall we?
ESTELLE Where are we going?
JUDITH To buy a dress of course.
I can’t seduce anyone in these rags!
YURI Isn’t what you’re wearing good enough?
JUDITH No, no, my pride would never allow it.
YURI I don’t really understand, but she appears to be
going to buy a dress.
KAROL So she’s going to see the peddler, then.

SKIT Oh, to Be like Judith…

Fortune’s Market {Heliord}

JUDITH Excuse me, I am looking for some fascinating outfits.
MERCHANT Fascinating…!? Are you out for a date? How about this?
JUDITH Ugh, how plain.
MERCHANT Hmm…well, how about this one?
JUDITH Nope
MERCHANT All right, then what about this! (Judith shakes her
head, no)
ESTELLE (bored) zZZz
MERCHANT What exactly are you looking for?
JUDITH For example… (merchant leans toward Judith)
MERCHANT N-no way, I have nothing like that.
JUDITH Then could you possibly make one for me?
MERCHANT Let’s see…
If you brought me a soft tail, basilisk scale and a
small bird feather, I could make you something very
special.
You should be able to get all of the items from
monsters on the outskirts of the city.
JUDITH All right, let’s go (walking away)
KAROL Judith’s really into this, isn’t she?
YURI Seems like she likes this sort of thing…

Back at Fortune’s Market

MERCHANT Oh ho, you’ve brought the items.
Wait here while I make you something nice!
Judith stands in the lobby wearing a skimpy pink bunny costume complete
with a carrot decorating the belt. Estelle is also dressed in a skimpy
costume in the fashion of a buccaneer.
ESTELLE What do you say? Does it look OK on me?
YURI You didn’t have to change your costume like that…
KAROL So grown-ups are interested in these kinds of outfits…
JUDITH All is ready. Let’s go.
YURI Hey… Are you seriously going in that outfit?
JUDITH Huh? Something wrong with this?
YURI … well I could say everything… Uh, never mind that.
ESTELLE It’s very cute, and I have a feeling that this is
going to work.
YURI (to Estelle) Before that, could you do something
about your outfit?

Yuri, Estelle, Karol and Repede crouch behind the blastia and watch as
Judith walks by the guard.
GUARD Ohhh, it’s soooo hot out here…
JUDITH Hello there.
Oh? Oops! Did you get an eyeful just now?
GUARD (sweatdrops)
N-no, I d-didn’t see anything! I didn’t even see if
there was anything to see!
JUDITH OH, is that so…that’s a shame.
GUARD A sh-shame…?
JUDITH Are you going to make me say it out loud?
GUARD Err… …?
JUDITH I’ve fallen madly in love with your big, strong…work
ethic.
GUARD M-madly in love…?!
JUDITH Mmmhmmm… So…you get what I’m saying, right?
GUARD Err… Maybe…?
JUDITH Maybe I’ll just have to come out and make it clear.
Would you like for you and me to…have a little fun?
*wink*
GUARD Yeah! B-but…there’s someone back in the capital I
promised to marry…
Judith walks to stand close to the guard.
JUDITH Oh don’t be such a stick in the mud.
Judith leads the guard away from his post.
GUARD But, I…hmm…
Judith leads the guard to the shadows of the scaffolding until she
reaches the wall. With her back to the wall she faces the guard. Yuri
comes up from behind and knocks the guard out.
YURI Good work.
KAROL (looking at the guard) Can’t believe adults can be
easily fooled like this.
YURI And, how long are you going to stay in that costume?
JUDITH I guess this calls too much attention. I’ll leave it
at the shop.
ESTELLE But what was the “fun” thing you were talking about?
YURI !
JUDITH Going for a swim.
YURI …

-=- CHOICE: KAROL -=-

YURI Karol should be good for the job.
Karol recoils and Estelle giggles behind her hands.
KAROL Wh-what are you talking about?! Why me?!
JUDITH That sounds good to me.
KAROL Ah ha ha, so you’re in on the joke too, Judith?
JUDITH Nah, I’m not really one for jokes.
KAROL Huh…?
YURI Okay, let’s go.
JUDITH You’ve gotta believe in yourself, Karol!
When a lady struts her stuff, she does it with
pizzazz!
KAROL I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about!

SKIT I’m…Cute?

Fortune’s Market (Heliord):

JUDITH Do you have a dress for a girl that will make her
look extremely cute?
MERCHANT Extremely cute!? Like something for a date?
JUDITH Yeah, that’s right. So…?
MERCHANT Let’s see… Ummm…you’re a boy, am I right?
KAROL Well, I don’t look like a girl, do I?
MERCHANT Ah, well… Wait, why are you getting mad at me?
Anyway, I don’t carry any clothing for young girls.
KAROL He says he doesn’t have anything. Too bad!
MERCHANT Ah, hold on…
KAROL Huh…?
MERCHANT If you brought me a soft tail, basilisk scale and a
small bird feather, I could make you something nice.
You should be able to get all of the items from
monsters on the outskirts of the city.
JUDITH All right, let’s go.
KAROL Do we really have to do all of this? It seems like so
much trouble…
YURI Captain Karol, you wouldn’t have us abandon your
plan, would you?
KAROL No… I mean, of course not, but… (the others walk away)
Argh, if only Rita were here right now…
Back at Fortune’s Market:
MERCHANT Oh ho, you’ve brought the items.
Wait here while I make you something nice!
A male traveler stands at the desk looking at Karol. You cannot see
Karol, yet. Yuri is blocking your view.
JUDITH All is ready. Let’s go.
YURI Hey… Are you seriously going in that outfit?
JUDITH Huh? Something wrong with this?
Karol is wearing a pink dress accessorized with short pantaloons and a
big pink ribbon on his head.
YURI … Well I could say everything… Uh, never mind that.
ESTELLE It’s very cute, and I have a feeling that this is
going to work.
Outside, Karol bends over to check with the gang as they hide behind
the blastia. Yuri gives him the nod to go on.
KAROL E-excuse me…
YURI (calling out from behind the blastia) Get closer to
him!
KAROL B-but, this is so…
JUDITH Be brave, Karol!
KAROL (turning to face the guard) Argh…
Karol walks over to the knight.
KAROL E-excuse me! Mr. Knight!
GUARD Hmm? Are you talking to me?
KAROL Y-yes… Could you come over here, I can’t find my
doggy. (smiles)
GUARD …N-no, I can’t leave my post unattended!
KAROL (head drooping, sobbing) B-but…
GUARD I’m s-sorry! Please don’t cry like that…
Karol looks up hopefully.
GUARD Oh, all right. I can make some time, for your sake.
Karol grins. Turning away, he looks at the guard over his shoulder.
KAROL Oh…I’m so happy…! Now, please come closer!
The guard follows Karol and in the shadow of the scaffolding near the
blastia, Yuri knocks the guard unconscious.
KAROL …And as I predicted, it came to blows in the end
anyway.
YURI We couldn’t really ask you to go all the way with it.
KAROL Wh-what are you talking about…?
YURI Never mind.
Change your clothes and go leave that costume at the
shop.
KAROL Uh, OK.
-----------
JUDITH All right, on to the next step.
KAROL Huh…what?
JUDITH It should be easier to go in if you dress like a
knight.
YURI Who, me?
JUDITH Karol would work just as well.
KAROL Wah, m-me?
YURI Yeah, maybe you’re right…

MENU:
Who will disguise as a knight?
Yuri
Karol

-=- CHOICE: YURI -=-

YURI I guess I’ll have to do it.
But really, a knight, of all things…
Yuri dons the unconscious guard’s costume.
YURI Oh well, if this helps us fool them, all the better.
Another knight runs to them.
KNIGHT Hey! Quit goofing off over there!
YURI Huh? What’s the matter?
KNIGHT You should get back to your post before things get
even more out of hand!
YURI What do you mean, “out of hand?”
KNIGHT The mage we captured is running wild! Hurry up!
YURI Roger! Okay, be right back.
Yuri runs off with the Knight.
KAROL Huh? Yuri?
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.
When you have control of Yuri:
KAROL Let’s be careful now. We don’t want trouble…
ESTELLE We have to hurry!
JUDITH That looks pretty good on you.
REPEDE Woof!
Yuri enters the Chevalier’s HQ. Rita stands before the a door on the
wall to the left. Some guards are standing while those closest to Rita
are flat on the floor.
RITA You’ve got a lot of nerve locking me up in a dump
like this!
Do you have any idea who you’re dealing with?! Get
your superior out here, now!
Rita casts an arte and three more knights fall to the ground.
YURI …Rita? What is she doing here…?
A lone knight cowers behind storage boxes.
KNIGHT Calm down already! I’ll…I’ll go call him right now!
Rita casts a blast that arcs over the top of the boxes, flattening the
knight.
RITA Shut up!
YURI (shielding his eyes) Wow, she hasn’t changed much.
As Rita marches through the fallen knights, Yuri runs up behind her and
restrains her by grabbing her upper arms.
RITA (struggling) L-let me go!
YURI Settle down, it’s just me.
RITA …Yuri…?
Estelle, Karol and Judith run in.
ESTELLE A-are you okay? (Rita turns around)
Rita…?
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

-=- CHOICE: KAROL -=-

YURI Karol, you do it.
KAROL Y-you want me to dress up as a knight? But…will the
suit fit me?
Karol dons the helmet and armor of the knight guard.
KAROL Urgh, it’s hard to move around.
YURI Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it quickly.
KAROL I wonder…
Another knight runs to them.
KNIGHT Hey! Quit goofing off over there!
KAROL Uh, uhh…?
KNIGHT You should get back to your post before things get
even more out of hand!
KAROL (walking away with the knight) No, you’ve got it all
wrong! Wait, let go, heeeelp!
ESTELLE …Yuri, why didn’t you help him out?
YURI I, uhh…I was taken by surprise, it all happened so
fast…
We should go and see what’s happened…
INFORMATION Karol left the party.

Outside Chevalier’s HQ:

ESTELLE What could be going on in there?
YURI (shrugging) Hmm, good question.
A blast and some smoke escapes from the closed door to the HQ.
JUDITH Karol is in there, right?
YURI Yeah. Suppose we should go take a look.
Inside the HQ, Rita crouches with her hands ready to fire off another
blast. The floor around her is littered with fallen knights, including
Karol.
ESTELLE Rita…!
RITA Estelle, what are you doing here…?
YURI Was it you causing all that racket in here?
RITA You guys…
JUDITH Do you think Karol’s all right?
YURI Yeah…Karol…
ESTELLE Karol.
RITA What is that runt here, too?
Karol sits up, the huge helmet still on his head rattles with the
effort.
RITA (not recognizing Karol) What, you still want some?!
Rita draws her arm back to fire up another spell, but Yuri grabs her
arm, stopping her.
YURI Hold up… Karol?
Rita looks at Yuri and gestures questioningly at Karol. Yuri looks at
Rita with confirmation.
KAROL (standing) Y-yeah… Rita, you suck!
INFORMATION Karol joined the party.

Outside the HQ:

ESTELLE Have you calmed down?
RITA Yeah…
ESTELLE So, what are you doing in a place like this?
RITA I thought I’d check out the blastia here, before
investigating the aer kerene.
YURI And you wound up biting off a little more than you
could chew. Just like always.
ESTELLE But what was it you got involved in? (hands over her
mouth)
RITA They sneaked the blastia into the labor camp at
night. I mean, that’s already pretty shady.
YURI Don’t tell me you were sneaking around investigating
it when you got caught.
RITA (shakes her head) Of course not. I was very stealthy
about it.
KAROL …And then you got caught.
RITA Well, I couldn’t just sit around while they were
trying to do something weird with the blastia.
The people here have been threatened by the Knights
and are being made to work.
All !
KAROL I bet Teagle’s in there, too.
ESTELLE We cannot allow this to go on.
YURI And what about this blastia you saw?
RITA It was a hoplon blastia. It looks like they’re
gathering them up for a war.
KAROL They wouldn’t… You don’t think they’re planning on
attacking Dahngrest again?!

ESTELLE But why? After they just set up the friendship

agreement…
JUDITH …
YURI It’s gotta be Cumore. There’s no way he intends to
keep any promises he made to the guilds.
KAROL Do you know him, Yuri?
YURI You met him once, at Caer Bocram.
KAROL Ah, you mean the guy with the creepy voice.
JUDITH I don’t mind discussing things here, but aren’t we
forgetting something?
KAROL That’s right! We’ve got to rescue Teagle and the
others!
ESTELLE Then we’ll put an end to that forced labor, get rid
of all the blastia they’re gathering…and, um…
RITA You can’t just get rid of blastia. They need to be
recovered and taken care of.
ESTELLE Then we’ll have the mages in Aspio come pick them up.
KAROL Wait. We’re being careful, right…?
ESTELLE But…
YURI One thing at a time.
ESTELLE R-right.
KAROL Okay, then let’s get back to our original plan and
head down.
ESTELLE Okay.
INFORMATION Rita joined the party.

SKIT It’s So Not You (Yuri)

SKIT It Kinda Works on You (Karol)

Outside the Chevalier’s HQ:

CUMORE GUARD You guys got into the compound?
Are you stupid? You’re asking to get hurt.
Who was acting up in there?
He must have cracked under all that stress.
SKIT Rita Appears
They make it as far as the blastia.
RITA Hide…!
They run behind the blastia and watch as Cumore accompanied by another
man approach the “restricted area” and stand on the wooden platform.
MAN Ah, milord. Are you sure you shouldn’t be going to
the Sands of Kogorh, now, Sir?
CUMORE Humph. I don’t have to pay attention to Alexei’s
 orders.
Using the money and weapons I have, everything will
soon be within my reach.
MAN And I hope you’ll remember to appreciate the work
Leviathan’s Claw has done for you.
CUMORE Yes, you will be taken care of, Yeager.
YEAGER You’ll take those weapons I sold you, and attack the
Union -- BOOM!
CUMORE Heh. I’m afraid I have my sights set on loftier
things than the Union.
YEAGER Ignoring the Don is a big no-no. He is a wonderful
guy, ja? Don’t go forgetting that.
CUMORE My my. It almost sounds as if you respect the man.
YEAGER Respect him I do, but Leviathan’s Claw always gets
the job done.
CUMORE Oh ho ho… Such dedication. That’s just what I like
about you.
Don’t worry though. You are looking at the future
Commandant of the Imperial Knights.
That fool Alexei, telling me to watch the Union while
he signs friendship treaties with them.
YEAGER Yeah! You tell ‘im! (looks over his shoulder)
The platform is an elevator. As Cumore speaks, the elevator descends.
CUMORE If it were me, I’d crush them in the blink of an eye
with your lovely weapons!
The party comes out of hiding and walks toward the elevator.
Cumore’s VOICE (from down below) The Union can’t possibly hope to
stop me.
YURI Heh heh heh. Ja, ja…
RITA Hey, that guy with the weird hair looked over her and
laughed.
YURI He definitely spotted us all right.
RITA So he thinks we’re funny does he…?
YURI Man, it’s always the same thing with these idiots.
So now we know there’s a bunch of people being kept
down there.
YURI Yeah.
YURI All right. Let’s go free them from the idiots.

Workers Camp:
WOMAN I used to work upstairs, but I was forced to come
down here…
Cooking for the laborers, morning and night… There’s
no time to rest.
I came from a nearby village because I heard there
were good jobs here.
Now I regret having been so naïve…
OLD WOMAN My grandson died on the job the other day…
He always said working here would make him a noble
some day…
My grandson’s death left an unoccupied position, so
I’ve had to take over his job…
At this age, heavy work from sunup to sundown isn’t
easy…
LITTLE GIRL Oh, you were brought here from upstairs too.
At this hour, all the adult workers are at the
construction site.
 A lot of people died from working way too hard.
I don’t want to grow up to be expendable!
In the back of the camp, they see Cumore and Yeager in a tent. Yeager
is talking to three red eyes.
JUDITH Hmm? Look who’s here.
ESTELLE And a group of those red eyes…!
YURI Looks like Cumore’s become their new client.
Yeager brushes aside the long forelock hanging over his forehead with
his hand and the red eyes leave.
KAROL Hey, do you think that guy who talks all funny could
be the red eyes’ boss?
YURI It sure looks that way from here.
They walk toward the tent. Inside Cumore talks to Yeager with one of
his knights looking on. None of them notice the laborer behind them
breathing heavily and holding his chest until the man collapses onto
the ground. The laborer is Teagle.
CUMORE Get to work! No slacking off, you worms!
TEAGLE Urgh, ugh…
Yuri, Estelle and Karol peer through a slit into the tent.
KAROL Look, that’s… It’s Teagle.
Yuri straightens up, fingering his chin and concocting a plan.
CUMORE If it’s money you want, you’ll have more than you can
use. Now work! Work!
Yuri starts walking…
KAROL Wait…
Teagle in up on his hands and knees struggling to find the strength to
get up. An object hits Cumore right between the eyes.
CUMORE Wh-who?!
Yuri and Karol stand in the opening looking at Cumore. Yuri is casually
tossing another rock in his hand.
CUMORE Yuri Lowell! What are you doing here?!
Estelle walks to the opening and stands beside Yuri. Cumore is
momentarily horrified.
CUMORE P-Princess…?! (He glares at Estelle)
ESTELLE You have no right to call yourself a knight!
Brute force is not the way to honor the prestige of
the empire. Put down your weapons now.
You will also release the people you have tricked
into coming down here!
CUMORE (smiling) This all might be easier if such a naive
little Princess wee to simply disappear.
(leaning forward, hateful) All of your utopian
ramblings make me sick!
YURI That‘s not the kind of thing someone with delusions
of becoming Commandant of the Knights would say.
At Yuri’s voice, Teagle raises his head.
TEAGLE It’s you…!
ESTELLE You’ll be all right now.
CUMORE Yeager! Get rid of them!
Yeager readies his sword with a click.
YEAGER Ja, milord.
Three red eyes line up beside Yeager. Yeager looks coolly at Yuri.
YEAGER Nothing personal, you see. Just business!
Battle: Yeager, 3 Red Eyes
Spoken Dialogue/No Text (at end of battle):
YEAGER You have won
ESTELLE How could the empire cover for such evil.
YURI we can’t just let it go
KAROL we gotta catch him.

Yeager stands in front of Cumore.

YEAGER I must admit, you’re very strong.
A knight reports to Cumore.
KNIGHT Sir Cumore! It’s the Flynn Brigade!
ESTELLE Flynn…?!
CUMORE Well, send him away!
KNIGHT We tried, but he insists on coming down to perform an
inspection.
CUMORE That lower quarter lout. He simply has no tact!
YEAGER Gauche, Droite.
GAUCHE’S VOICE Yes, Yeager.
Two young ladies drop down from above and land in front of Yeager.
Droite has green hair, Gauche has red.
DROITE This is our time to shine!
YEAGER (wags his finger) I think we better be making with
the escape, ja?
With a bang, a thick blinding cloud of smoke appears around them. Yuri
runs forward but cannot get through the smoke.
KAROL Aah…what is this?!
GAUCHE’S VOICE Please step this way.
DROITE’S VOICE Move! Move! Time to get a move on!
CUMORE’S VOICE We’ll get you next time!
JUDITH’S VOICE What an original line.
ESTELLE If we don’t follow them they’ll…!
The smoke has cleared
KAROL Wait! Our job is to rescue Teagle!
ESTELLE But…
RITA I don’t know who’s job is what, but are we following
them or not?
Cumore’s Knights run forward to block the entrance of the Flynn
Brigade.
FLYNN Everyone freeze! That’s enough!
YURI (snaps fingers) Hey, just in time.
FLYNN (dismayed) Yuri…?!
YURI (to Teagle) Can you get up?
TEAGLE’S VOICE Y-yes… (he slowly stands)
YURI Sorry, but it looks like something’s come up. You’ll
have to head back by yourself.
Say hi to the wife and kid for us.
TEAGLE I will. And thank you.
JUDITH So we are going after them.
YURI Yeah. I’m sure Flynn has things under control here.
Sound good, Karol?
KAROL Yeah. Plus, I think Estelle’s going to take off after
them any minute.
ESTELLE Sorry.
RITA Jeez! We’re going after them, right? So let’s get
going!
ESTELLE All right.
Estelle and Rita take off. Yuri watches them fly past.
FLYNN’S VOICE Yuri, wait!
YURI (turns head slightly) Gotta run, Flynn!
FLYNN (leaning forward, pleadingly) Lady Estellise! this
journey is far too dangerous for…
 …… (Ugh..)
Realizing his efforts are futile, Flynn places an armored hand on his
chest and closes his eyes.

FIELD MAP: CENTRAL EASTERN TOLBYCCIA

SKIT Yeager’s Speech

SKIT What Flynn Thinks
SKIT The Scheming Partners

ESTELLE …There’s no sign of them…

RITA Looks like they ended up getting away.
KAROL Where are we, anyway?
JUDITH …A forest in central Tolbyccia. If I’m right, Torim
Harbor is east of here.
YURI We should probably just get to the harbor rather than
going back to Heliord.
ESTELLE What? But what about Cumore?! Do we just let him go?
JUDITH I thought the purpose of your journey was to find
Phaeroh.
ESTELLE Well I…
JUDITH I wasn’t aware Brave Vesperia was formed to follow
your random whims.
ESTELLE …I-I’m sorry. That was never my intention…
YURI Aww, she’s just telling you to relax.
Besides, Flynn’s on the scene, right? You can be sure
he’ll take care of things.
RITA Hey. “Phaeroh”? “Brave Vesperia”? Start explaining.
RAVEN’S VOICE Just about ta ask the same questions myself.
They turn around to see Raven, hand resting on sword hilt as usual,
standing behind Yuri.
RITA Huh? Wh-what the ?!
RAVEN (rubbing his chin) What’s wrong, miss genius mage?
Forget me already? It’s me, Raven the Great.
RITA Who the hell do you… (hands on hips, glaring)
RAVEN (wearily holding forehead) I told ya, Raven the Great…
(finger in ear) …Man. Yer a scary little kid, ya know
that?
YURI So? What are you up to?
RAVEN (wearily holding forehead) With all the stuff you’ve
been doin’, poor Raven got sent all the way out here
to keep an eye on ya.
KAROL Why would they do that?
RAVEN (rubbing chin) First things first, let’s go find an
inn at Torim Harbor. I’ll tell ya everything there.
Raven’s pretty hungry, ya see…
YURI I suppose there’s no point in hanging around here.
Torim Harbor’s a good first step.
JUDITH Torim Harbor, then. Would that be all right?
ESTELLE Yes, of course.
(bowing) I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be selfish.
YURI Okay, let’s go.
INFORMATION Raven joined the party.
SKIT The Guild’s Founding Members

They cross into The EASTERN PLAINS OF TOLBYCCIA

SKIT Done Growin’
SKIT Cook to Live

THE PORT TOWN CAPUA TORIM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KAROL I know we haven’t been gone for long…but I have to
say, it still feels good to be back.
RAVEN should I get you pansies some tissues? Or can we go
to the inn now? I’m sooo hungry!
YURI All right, all right.

Dock and Lower Level of Capua Torim:

First Level:
GUILDSMAN Nordopolica in Desier is governed by a Guild called
Palestralle.
Their main business is operating the coliseum there.
There aren’t any other Guilds that run an entire town.
People think Altosk governs Dahngrest, but it belongs
to the Guild Union.
VENDOR Welcome, welcome! Plenty o’ fresh catches here!
Thanks for dropping by!
MEMORY MERCHANT Welcome, welcome! How’d you like to sell me some of
your memories? One memory, five Gald!
Huh? Too cheap? Hmph…
Come on now, don’t hog all your memories! Surely you
could spare one or two…
LITTLE GIRL I wonder what kind of place the new town the Empire
made is?
My friend in Heliord finally sent me a letter. She
says it’s real bad there.
SKIT Three in One

ARMORED MAN Across the sea in Halure, I heard tell from a

traveling merchant of a miraculous young lay who made
flowers grow from a dead tree.
This sounds a bit fishy to me, but the barrier
blastia was repaired!
In truth, they probably hired a mage who fixed it
easily.
And the simple folk of Halure just made up this story
of a miraculous young lady.
OLD MAN Men are born to live! And die! On the sea!
The seas are a wonderful thing, y’know.

Docks:
LINER MERCHANT Ourrr regularrr linerrr, the Strrratos, is currently
being dismantled and inspected.
Sorrry, but it’s not going anywherrre.
We’rrre the famous and fabulous Torrrino Linerrr
Serrrvice!
SAILOR The battered ship be frightsome, but so be the mermen.
They be maraudin’ ships in packs, draggin’ seamen to
their deaths at the bottom o’ the sea.
If yer plan to set sail, ye best be wary o’ both.
OLD WOMAN I have the smiles of many men tucked away in my
memories…
They all said I was such a lovely woman.
 …You can’t see that? Ugh. How rude!
YOUNG WOMAN The coliseum in Nordopolica is administrated by a
Guild called Palestralle.
Don’t you think a Guild administrating a coliseum is
sort of incredible?
NOBLE WOMAN Oh ho ho ho! Aren’t ships a delight? A ship allows
one to travel so very many places.
Miracles! Wonders! All mine.
What…? You don’t own a boat? How dreadful.
MAN The atmosphere in Capua Nor has improved immensely
because Magistrate Ragou has been expelled.
Now I can visit my uncle who lives across the sea.
Didn’t I hear about an active Knight in Capua Nor
known as Flynn?
Those Knights are more than all right. We should be
grateful to them.
Torim Warehouse:
YOUNG MAN This is the Fortune’s Market stock warehouse.
It’s a mess in there. Trust me, you don’t want to see
it.
I get so depressed when I think about having to clean
it up…
Yep… There goes another day without cleaning it up…

Inside the Lighthouse Keeper’s House:

OLD MAN Aaaargh! My stupid grandchild! She wants to be a man
of the sea?! That’s no job for a woman!
Bah! She’s just a carefree little troublemaker!
Perhaps it’s my fault… I spoiled her and bought her a
ship…
GIRL Aifread died protecting his friends and crew…
Ahhh, he’s truly a man amongst men…
I want to be like Aifread…! There’s no reason why a
woman can’t be a man of the sea!
WOMAN (UPSTAIRS) My father and my daughter are so quick to argue.
I wish they’d just get along… they’re so alike, those
two.
It’s not as if they really dislike each other, you
know.
INFORMATION There’s a woman’s pirate’s hat inside the drawer.
There’s a name on it, but it can barely be read.
“Pa…?”

Second Level of Capua Torim:

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SUB-EVENT: The Dragoon - Part 1

They see a young woman staring at a palm tree outside the Fortune’s
Market .
YOUNG WOMAN How strange…
ESTELLE [approaching the woman] What’s the matter?
YOUNG WOMAN The shaggothim flowers are only supposed to open
during the rainy season, and yet, look! They’re
already in full bloom!
YURI That sound pretty weird…
YOUNG WOMAN I know, right? I wonder if someone’s been coming here
and watering the ground, or something…
While the others are talking to the woman, Judith quietly sneaks down
the stairs to the right.
ESTELLE Would just that be enough to make these flowers bloom?
RITA Another cause for flowers blooming early could be an
imbalance in the aer.
RAVEN So you’re sayin’ that this place…?
RITA It’s okay. Even if my guess is right, this level of
aer imbalance can occasionally be found in nature.
Plants are simply more sensitive to changes in the
surrounding aer than humans, and they’re reacting to
that.
RAVEN We wouldn’t wanna have what happened in Heliord
happenin’ here…
YURI ……
[looks around] What the… Judy…?
There’s an explosion on the first level.
VOICE Waaah! The warehouse’s aero blastia is…!
RITA I can’t believe that dragon freak would do this
again…! I’m going to go see…!
Rita runs down the stairs.
ESTELLE Oh, Rita…!
Judith approaches from the left and stands behind Yuri.
YURI [Judith walk up behind Yuri] Dragon freak, huh…
JUDITH What’s all this commotion about?
YURI Huh? It wasn’t you?
JUDITH I plead the fifth.
YURI ……
Rita comes back.
RITA It was terrible… There was nothing left for me to fix.
YURI I’m sorry for your…loss.
RITA Ugh… The next time I see that freak, I’m going to
punch him into the stratosphere!! Stupid dragon freak!
RAVEN Whoa, scary.
The others walk away. Only Judith and Yuri remain behind.
YURI I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but…
JUDITH It’s not causing any of you any trouble, is it?
I already told you.
I’m not going to do anything that would cause any of
you harm.
Judith turns on her heel and follows the others.
[end of cutscene]
YOUNG WOMAN They just bloom at an odd time, but there aren’t
anything wrong with the flowers themselves.
They are so delicate and cute, aren’t they? These are
shaggothim flowers.
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YOUNG WOMAN They just bloom at an odd time, but there aren’t
anything wrong with the flowers themselves.
They are so delicate and cute, aren’t they? These are
shaggothim flowers.
SKIT Hunger is the Best Spice

Outside Fortune’s Market (HQ):

OLDER MAN Barbos, the head of the Blood Alliance is a man that
 clawed his way to the top through sheer skill.
The rumors say he was murdered. Could that be true?
Barbos was domineering, arrogant, and selfish, but he
was certainly an able man.
I want to know who is capable of defeating such a man.

Inside Fortune’s Market (HQ):

MAN (WALKING) …This town is so nice to live in…
The people are kind, the weather not too hot, not too
cold…and best of all…the President isn’t here…
Just between us……
The President smells so nice…
MAN (STANDING) This is Fortune’s Market headquarters.
The President is not here right now. What do you want?
The President is not here right now. Get to the point.
Door on the right:
INFORMATION This is Kaufman’s room. She might have a fit if we go
inside.

Outside Fortune’s Market (Torim):

YOUNG LADY The port in Capua Nor was reopened, and they say
there will be a new magistrate.
Maybe I should take my sales there…
The people of Caupa Nor revere those who expelled the
magistrate.

Outside Inn “Pollux T”:

LITTLE BOY This continent encloses the sea, and at the heart of
the sea is a point known as the Waters of the Waning
Moon.
Nobody knows who gave it this name.
There are creatures who live deep below the Waters of
the Waning Moon, at the bottom of the sea.
As is written in Chapter 18 of the Pirate’s Memoires.

Inside Inn “Pollux T”:

OLD MAN I heard a voice in the old ruins in the forest, but
when I returned a little while ago, the voice was
gone…
I wonder if the monster has gone…
But it was definitely the Euma, I know I’m right!
BANDIDO You ever met the Don? He’s one seriously tough
customer.
Thanks to the Don in Dahngrest, all the scattered
Guilds are brought together.
GUILDSMAN The Blood Alliance’s power is weakening. Now’s our
chance to rise to the top.
It’s one thing to be enthusiastic, I guess, but we’re
kind of short on people…
WOMAN You cuties look strong.
Just my type. (heart)
Recently, I’ve been growing tired of the men in this
port.
Traveler’s Log:
INFORMATION (Cloudy)
Those popsicles are horrible!!
That tuna soda flavor is disgusting!
 It’s soda flavored ice cream with tuna filling…
Why would anyone sell anything like that?
SKIT About to Go Wild

They book a room at the Inn.

YURI (leaning against the wall) Huh. So even the Union
can’t sit still when it knows a princess of the
empire is out on the loose.
ESTELLE (standing) Then the Don knows that I’m a candidate
for the imperial throne too.
RAVEN (sitting in the middle of the bed) Yup. That’s why he
told me ta come keep an eye on ya.
KAROL (sitting on floor by Yuri) So you’re here to observe
her? That’s kind of creepy.
ESTELLE Really?
KAROL What…? Is it just me?
RAVEN (yawns) Anyway, here I finally catch up with ya and I
wind up stickin’ my foot in that mess back there.
It hasn’t been easy for old Raven.
KAROL …But why worry so much about Estelle?
RITA (sitting on edge of bed) It’s only natural
considering the state of things between the empire
and the Union.
YURI Each side is trying to feel the other out. The Don
just wants to keep track of their movements.
RITA So, you’re all planning on looking for this Phaeroh
by going to the Sands of Kogorh.
ESTELLE Yes.
RITA Do you know what sort of place a desert is?
KAROL Well it’s hot, and dry, and they’ve got a lot of sand
there.
RITA That’s putting it lightly. It’s not as easy as all
that though.
ESTELLE Our plan is to get to the area together first.
ESTELLE And then?
ESTELLE Then I guess we’ll go around and ask where Phaeroh is.
RITA …I don’t even know where to begin commenting on that
plan…
So it’s not just that you don’t want to go back to
the castle anymore, right?
ESTELLE Um…well.
RAVEN (closing one eye) It’d be easier on old Raven if you
did, though. I’m just sayin’.
ESTELLE No. I’m sorry, but I have to know the truth behind
Phaeroh’s words…
RAVEN Huh. Well the Desier continent actually suits me just
fine.
JUDITH Why is that?
RAVEN (waves and envelope) I’ve got ta go to Nordopolica
for another errand I’m runnin’ for the Don.
Have to deliver a letter to Belius.
KAROL Whoa, that’s pretty important.

ESTELLE That’s the boss of the coliseum and ruler of

Nordopolica, isn’t it?
KAROL Technically speaking, he’s called the Duce.
With his bodhi blastia, Yuri pulls the letter across the room into his
own hand and looks at it closely.
JUDITH Do you know what’s written in the letter?
RAVEN Hm. It’s got somethin’ ta do with those monsters that
attacked Dahngrest.
In particular about that Phaeroh chap you all are
followin’.
The Don thinks Belius will know somethin’ about that
monster.
YURI Looks like it just became worth our while to pay this
Belius a visit too.
ESTELLE Right.
RAVEN So if ya don’t mind, Raven here’ll just tag along
with ya.
KAROL That’s fine. But you’ll have to follow the laws of
Brave Vesperia.
RAVEN Got it. (fans himself with his hand)
It’s not like I can go joinin’ your guild, ya know.
Ya understand.
ESTELLE Why can’t you join Brave Vesperia.
KAROL It’s against the rules for anybody to be in two
guilds at the same time.
And I guess technically speaking, you are a member of
Altosk.
RAVEN Whaddya mean “technically?”
RITA (gets up) So are we done? I’m going to go get some
rest then.
ESTELLE Okay.
Rita leaves the room.
ESTELLE What…what do you think Rita’s going to do?
YURI Hmm, what indeed.
JUDITH Does this mean we’re on our own until we leave
tomorrow?
KAROL Yeah. We’ll all meet down at the harbor then.
INFORMATION Raven earned the “Old Spy” title.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.
After everyone else has left, Yuri talks to Karol who sits on the
middle bed, clutching his bag.
YURI What’s the matter, boss?
KAROL Mmm… I don’t know if I like you calling me that.
YURI The boss is the boss! What would you have me call you
instead?
KAROL Just call me…whatever you called me before. This
“boss” thing seems a little over the top.
It makes me feel silly to have you calling me that…
YURI Don’t you think you’ll get used to it?
KAROL Well, maybe…
YURI Well, you know way more about guilds than I do, right?
KAROL I guess…
The boss of a guild has to stand as a role model for
everyone else.
I wonder if I could be that great of a person…?
YURI Come on, it’s not like you’re expected to be the best
boss ever from the very beginning. You can take it a
little at a time.
For now, our guild has a job to complete.
KAROL You’re right. First we need to take Estelle to meet
Phaeroh…
 …But do you think we’ll be able to meet him?
YURI Our guild’s job is to figure out a way to meet him.
If we can’t meet him, we won’t get our reward, and
people will lose confidence in our abilities.
That’s all there is to it.
KAROL I think we may have picked something a little too
tough for our first job…
YURI It’s more of a challenge that way. And our reward
will be that much bigger, too.
…Let’s make the best of it.
KAROL Y-yeah…
2nd Conversation with Karol:
KAROL Hehe…the boss… Me…
… Hehehehe…

OLD MAN I got myself good and lost in some ruins while I was
wandering around in the woods.
And that’s where I heard this monster howling. Most
bone-chilling thing you ever heard.
Nobody much wants to believe that this Uma creature
exists, though.

Repede is sitting outside the Inn.

REPEDE Woof!
YURI I said that I will deal with things in my way of
doing…
But I let Cumore escape that easily. What a shame.
I don’t know how I could explain this to Flynn…
REPEDE *Whine*
YURI (kneeling, looking Repede in the eye) I know I know.
We have guild’s job to deal with rather than Cumore.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI Yeah… I can’t just let him loose.
Men of his kind will never learn and will always
repeat the same thing forever.
I’ll have to do something. I left the Empire and
formed a guild for this kind of purpose.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI (stands) He will get what he deserves.
2nd Conversation with Repede:
REPEDE Woof!

Yuri runs into Judith returning from the city’s western entrance.
JUDITH Oh? Are you going to look for that Cumore guy, by any
chance?
YURI Nah, just going on a walk. Where were you?
JUDITH Just out for a walk, like you.
YURI What you said to Estelle earlier hasn’t been gnawing
at you, has it?
JUDITH What I said earlier?
YURI Didn’t you say some pretty harsh things to Estelle…?
JUDITH Oh, right. Sorry to beat you to the punch like that…
YURI What? You didn’t beat me to the punch on anything…
JUDITH You were going to tell her the same thing that I did,
weren’t you?
YURI What, you figured it out?
You don’t have to apologize for something like that.
JUDITH All right…
YURI So you weren’t going off to look for Cumore after
feeling bad about hurting Estelle with what you said?
JUDITH No, I wasn’t.
YURI Hmph…
JUDITH You don’t believe me?
YURI You care for other people’s feelings a lot more than
you let on, I think.
JUDITH No, not at all!
JUDITH Well, whatever.
JUDITH What about you? Aren’t you going out to look for him?
YURI I told you already. I’m just going for a walk.
2nd Conversation with Judith:
JUDITH Me…? Do you think I’m actually concerned about you…?
I wonder where Cumore could have went?
Oh well…
The smell of the ocean… So refreshing.
I wonder what this is…

YOUNG MAN I’m not sleepy. Not sleepy at all. I’m an adult now.
*Yawn* …Getting sleepy…

Estelle stands at the railing looking out over the ocean.

ESTELLE …I’m just incorrigible…
Whenever something or someone catches my eye, I
forget all about everything else…
I really lose sight of everything I was planning on
doing beforehand.
YURI Yep, that’s about right.
ESTELLE I came to my senses after Judith told me.
Until now, I’ve been dragging the rest of you around
with me like there’s no tomorrow…
YURI Hey, it could be worse.
If you were empress, one word from you and the entire
empire would run off to do your bidding!
ESTELLE Yeah, hmmm…
I kind of feel like coming with you was the right
choice.
YURI Oh yeah?
ESTELLE I’ve been able to see all sorts of new things.
I still don’t know whether I’m going to take the
imperial throne, but…
There are still so many things left to learn about in
this world.
YURI And Phaeroh’s one of those things?
ESTELLE …It scares me to think about it, but… I have to know
who I am.
I have to know what he meant by saying I was the
“insipid poison of the world.”

YURI It sounds like you’ve made up your mind.

ESTELLE (turns around to face Yuri) Yuri?
YURI Hmm?
ESTELLE I might end up trying to order you guys around again.
Next time I do that, yell at me, would you?
YURI Heh, sure. It’s not the sort of personality trait
that’s easy to fix by yourself.
 Though there’s another guy who’s also a tough nut to
crack, so I think we’ll let him be the one we vent
our frustration on.
ESTELLE Well, I’m going back to the inn. I’ll see you. (Yuri
nods, then Estelle nods)
ARMORED MAN There’s nothing quite like being lulled to sleep by
the whispering of the waves.
It’s one of the true joys of travel.
SAILOR That beat up old ship’ll give ya a scare, and then
you’ve got the mer-men ta worry about.
They’ll come at ya in great numbers, and pull anybody
they can down to a watery grave.
If you’re plannin’ ta ride the rollin’ waves, I’d
warn ya ta keep a good lookout for funny-lookin’
boats and the mer-men, both.
Raven stands at the end of pier watching the waves.
YURI Awww, I can’t believe we have to travel with you.
RAVEN (winking) What, you ain’t happy?
YURI Well, I’m not exactly jumping for joy.
RAVEN You’re too glum. Lighten up!
Didn’t I stand together with you in the face of evil?
YURI That was only because you had to. I still haven’t
forgotten what you did at Nor Harbor.
RAVEN You still remember that? Some people just don’t know
when to give up…
YURI I’m not about to make a list of all your offenses.
Saying that I’d rather not have your company on our
trip is already more than enough.
RAVEN (hands behind head) Don’t worry, don’t worry. I’ll be
on my best behavior!
I behaved myself at Keiv Moc, and at Ghasfarost,
didn’t I?
YURI Yeah, that sure would be nice.
RAVEN What should worry you more is whether or not these
ol’ bones will be able to keep up with you young’uns
for much longer.
YURI You plan on sticking with us until Estelle goes back
to the castle?
RAVEN (stroking his chin) The Don ordered me to keep an eye
on the girl. I ain’t got much choice in the matter.
YURI Sounds like a tough job.
RAVEN I wonder if I could hand her over to the Imperial
Knights somewhere…
YURI I can see it in your eyes, old man…you’re thinking
bad thoughts again.
RAVEN (taken aback) Nah, not at all!
YURI Well, it’s really too bad that you’re going to be
traveling with us, but might as well make the best of
it.
RAVEN Whaddaya mean “really too bad?” Hmm, well, whatever.
Anyway, Raven the Great is going back to the inn.
Later, boy.
LINER MERCHANT Man, Our ferry, the Stratos is in the shop right now
getting’ a tune up, ya know?
Hate to tell you this, man, but we’re not launching
any boats right now.
Welcome to the world class Trino Ferry, man. Let us
 know if you need a ride, okay?

Torim Warehouse:
YOUNG MAN This is the Fortune’s Market warehouse.
The President took some items out recently, so I’m
looking for someone to help reorganize. What do you
say?
The President just took out a big shipment of items
she said were headed for Nordopolica.
I’ve got to get this place cleaned up, but I don’t
want to do it alone. Think you might want to lend a
hand?

Inside the Lighthouse Keeper’s House:

OLD MAN Years ago Aifread was the chief of the Pirate’s
Guild, the “Siren’s Fangs”.
And now my fool of a grandchild wants to reform the
Guild!?
It’s good to have grand dreams, but why, oh why the
Pirate’s Guild?
YOUNG GIRL Aifread died protecting his friends and crew…
Ahhh, he’s truly a man amongst men…

Outside Fortune’s Market (Torim):

YOUNG LADY This is the head office of Fortune’s Market.
President Kaufman is not in at the moment.
I mentioned to the President that I thought her first
name, Mary, was cute.
She cut my pay in half.

Fortune’s Market (Torim):

MERCHANT Hello and welcome. We’re here to meet your needs even
at night.
We appreciate your business.
Rita is in the room on the left, sitting on the edge of the bed.
RITA Do you really plan on helping Estelle find that
Phaeroh…whatever?
YURI Yeah, I guess so.
RITA Didn’t that thing say that Estelle was an insipid
poison or something?
YURI Yeah, I heard.
RITA After something like that, I guess you can’t just
tell her to forget about the whole thing.
But it won’t help her if she uses that as an excuse
not to deal with the issue of the succession to the
throne.
YURI Yeah, I’m worried that might happen.
RITA (gets up) Wh-what are you talking about? That’s what
IS happening!
YURI Yeah, maybe.
RITA But…! (quivering with rage)
YURI You’re saying I should take her back to the castle?
RITA Yes. That’s exactly what I’m saying.
YURI It was her decision. We have to let her figure out
what she should really do.
RITA You realize it might come to blows with this Phaeroh
guy, right?
 She won’t get to figure out anything at all if she
dies!
YURI She’s not going to die. That’s why I’m going with her.
RITA (sits back on the bed) Argh, have it your way, then!
2nd Conversation with Rita
RITA Argh, have it your way then!

In the morning, they gather in the lobby.

YURI Ready to go?
ESTELLE What should we do about Rita?
JUDITH That one has her own matters to attend to.
YURI That sounds about right.
A door behind them opens.
RITA’S VOICE So, first to the harbor and then find a boat?
KAROL (sitting in a chair) Huh? You mean…
YURI Are you coming too?
RITA Yeah.
RAVEN Wasn’t there something you had to go do?
ESTELLE You were going to investigate the aer krene, weren’t
you?
RITA It turns out the one at Keiv Moc the Commandant asked
me to look into has already been researched.
I hadn’t really made up my mind about which route to
take to research the others.
JUDITH So you’ll be using us to help with your
investigations?
RITA Well, there’s no guarantee I won’t run into trouble
like back at Heliord.
Anyway it’ll be safer for me this way than going
along.

YURI Nice to see your glowing personality hasn’t changed.

ESTELLE This means we’ll be able to travel together again.
I’m so happy.
RITA (blushing) Yeah, I…um. You know, it’s no big deal.
A-anyway, we were going to the harbor, right?
RAVEN Ah, ta be young again, I tell ya.
RITA You got something you want to say?!
RAVEN Whoa! Down girl!
YURI To the harbor then.
INFORMATION Reunited itch everyone.

Outside Inn “Pollux T”:

LITTLE BOY Rain is frequent here, but conversely it falls hardly
at all in Desier.
It’s so hot in Desier and yet it doesn’t rain. It
must be very difficult.
On their way to the docks, they run into a familiar face near the steps
east of the Fortune’s Market HQ.
ESTELLE Oh, Ioder…
IODER Oh… It’s you all. We meet again.
YURI So what’s a successor to the imperial throne doing in
a place like this?
Ioder is accompanied by a stressed member of the council.
IODER I’ve been working with the Don to officially seal our
treaty of friendship.
ESTELLE Is it going well?
IODER Well…I wish I could say it were going better.
RAVEN I can imagine.
That Heracles monstrosity kinda made the Union really
not like the empire.
IODER Yes, and now, prominent members of the empire are
voicing their doubts regarding the friendship treaty.
RAVEN The conditions the Don gave the empire were for a
treaty of equality, after all.
JUDITH And they are certainly not on equal footing with
something like that.
IODER Yes… Had I known about Heracles beforehand I could
have stopped them, but…
YURI (hand on hip, indignant) You didn’t know about that
thing? You’re in line to be emperor!
IODER I know. But I have no authority over the Imperial
Knights.
ESTELLE The Imperial Knights act on orders from the emperor
alone. they do not report to anyone else.
YURI Well then, it’s easy. Just become emperor.
ESTELLE (pressing her clasped hands closer to her body and
tucking her chin a little) …You mean…
IODER Becoming emperor isn’t as simple as that.
RITA Why not?
IODER To ascend to the throne, one must possess the
imperial treasure, Dein Nomos.
But Dein Nomos went missing around the time of the
Great War, ten years ago…
RAVEN Hmm, so that’s the real story why we still don’t have
an emperor…
YURI (rubbing his chin, thinking) …And that’s why Ragou
wanted to get his hands on Dein Nomos…
KAROL What was that, Yuri?
YURI Forget it. It’s nothing.
RITA Anyway, is it really okay for an imperial candidate
to be wandering the streets like this?
IODER I was just on my way to Heliord.
RAVEN Ah, that is closer to Dahngrest than this place is.
Negotiations would probably go smoother there.
IODER I believe so, too.
COUNCIL MEMBER Master Ioder, we should be off.
IODER If you’ll please excuse me… (Ioder and the Council
Member leave)
ESTELLE … (sigh)

On the harbor, a commotion catches their eye. A couple of guildsmen run

by and up the stairs. They are followed by Kaufman and her assistant
who give up the chase and stand within eyesight of the party.
RUNNING MAN #1 I wouldn’t do that even if I had nine lives!
RUNNING MAN #2 Against that many?! You’ve got to be crazy!
YURI What’s going on?
KAUFMAN Halt! If you won’t do the work I’ve paid you for,
then I want my money back!
(turns to assistant) Add the Indigo Beasts to the
blacklisted guilds!
ASSISTANT Yes, Madam President.
Kaufman leaves.
ESTELLE Isn’t that the woman we met at Deidon Hold?
YURI Yeah, that’s her all right…
KAROL Wh-why do you guys know her?
YURI We just met her once a while back. She a friend of
yours?
KAROL I wouldn’t say I know her. She’s the president of
Fortune’s Market, one of the five master guilds.
RAVEN (winking, chuckling) In other words, she’s one of the
top dogs of the Union.
YURI Humph…
KAROL Hey, I just got an idea…!
What’s up, Karol?
KAROL Maybe she could get a boat for us to take across to
Desier.

SAILOR Who’s that running off yonder? Did he just see a

merman?
The sea be full’o terrifying creatures… But this is
the attraction o’ the mighty sea.
OLD WOMAN No real man is a coward!
Who were those losers just now? They were running off
crying!
A guy that can laugh in the face of danger! Now
that’s the kind of man I like!
What? Well, I’m still on the market!
SAILOR Now, everyone can sleep in peace because the Gattuso
who haunted Halure and Capua Nor has been destroyed!
(heart)
I hope someone will destroy those mermen that rose up
from the sea!
I can’t take it! The sound of those mermen make me so
anxious! Won’t somebody destroy them!
…Huh? You need something? Quit looking at me like
that, you pervert!
They find Kaufman standing on a pier.
KAUFMAN Well, if it isn’t Mr. Yuri Lowell. You’ve come at
just the right time.
YURI Huh, I guess those wanted posters really do work.
KAUFMAN Listen, I’ve got a job that would be just perfect for
you.
YURI Hard labor, huh?
KAUFMAN I like a man who can cut to the chase.
As you may have heard, schools of mermen often attack
cargo ships at this time of year.
KAROL Huh? But I thought there was another guild that
always served as your escort…
KAUFMAN It seems the leader of the mercenary guild I hire
passed away suddenly, so they aren’t available.
The other guardian guild simply has no backbone. I
don’t know what to do.
KAROL What was the name of that guardian guild you
mentioned?
KAUFMAN The Blood Alliance.
RITA Gee, I wonder what could have happened to them.
(looks at Yuri)
YURI You’re all as guilty as I am…
Yuri turns his back on Kaufman
YURI Hate to disappoint you, but we’re in the middle of
 something right now, so…see you around.
KAROL Wait, Yuri! What about the boat?
KAUFMAN Hm? Did you say “boat”?
YURI We’ve made a guild of our own.
KAROL We’re called Brave Vesperia!
KAUFMAN That’s a wonderful name. Well then, shall we talk
business?
Mutual gain is one of the basics of all business, you
know. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.
YURI Sorry, but like I said, we’re in the middle of a job.
We can’t take on anything else right now.
KAUFMAN We won’t call it business, then. Let’s just say we’ll
cooperate as tow guilds helping each other out.
That way we won’t be going against any guild
principles.
There are various…incentives for getting along with
me, you know.
KAROL Um, well…
YURI All right, we can talk, but we need to go to
Nordopolica. We can’t afford any detours.
KAUFMAN Fine with me. The mermen are only a problem in the
waters near here.
As long as I get to another port, I’m good.
Once we arrive, I won’t have any trouble making
arrangements with another ship.
KAROL Wow, she means business…literally.
KAUFMAN So, do we have a deal?
RITA I have a sinking feeling we just got tricked into
something.
RAVEN (rubbing his chin) Fortune’s Market isn’t known as
the best group of salesmen under the sun for nothin’.
JUDITH This isn’t so bad. Now we have a way to cross over to
Desier.
KAUFMAN I’ll even throw in a bonus for all of you.
KAROL Bonus? What do you mean?
KAUFMAN If we arrive safely in Nordopolica, I’ll give you the
boat we use to get there.
KAROL R-really?!
JUDITH The boat looks pretty beat up, but it’s still a good
deal.
KAUFMAN Right?
YURI So these mermen must be pretty tough customers if
you’re willing to part with a boat.
KAUFMAN I’ll leave that to your imagination.
Yuri and Karol exchange looks.
YURI I figured as much.
KAUFMAN Marvelous! We have a contract then.
Now that we’ve settled the details, I’d like you to
get to work right away.
Just let me know when you’ve made your preparations.
SKIT Let’s Eat Already!
SKIT Again…?
SKIT Today, Yesterday, The Day Before That

They set sail with Kaufman on the boat she promised them. Accompanied
by a sailor, she gives them an introductory speech.
KAUFMAN This is the Fiertia. She’ll be your ship as soon as
you’ve escorted her to Nordopolica.
And this man is Tokunaga of Gull’s Song, a maritime
guild affiliated with Fortune’s Market.
Tokunaga is an expert in piloting the Fiertia.
TOKUNAGA I’m Tokunaga. Very nice to meet you.
KAUFMAN We’re not in a hurry, but these are important
negotiations, so we really appreciate your help.
ESTELLE What is the ship’s cargo?
KAUFMAN that is confidential information.
YURI It’s nothing we should be worried about, is it?
KAUFMAN Relax. We’ve got it covered.
All right, head towards Nordopolica.
Go directly southwest from Torim Harbor and you’ll
see the Desier continent.
Nordopolica is at the eastern edge.
TOKUNAGA I hope you won’t mind if I go over the Fiertia’s
controls for you.
You can only disembark from the ship where you see a
dock, a port, or a beach.
You won’t be able to get onto land where there are
cliffs.
Of course, the ship can’t pass over rocks, but you’ll
also have to keep her out of the shallows around
islands.
You might be able to take her into some rivers, if
they’re deep enough.
However, if there’s a bridge spanning the river, you
won’t be able to take her under. We wouldn’t want to
clip off our mast!
There are other places you can disembark from.
Beware that there are monsters on other continents
much stronger than you can handle right now.

INFORMATION Controlling the Fiertia

LS Move
RS Control camera
Push RS Rotate camera towards north
O (JPN) / X (USA) Perform action (Enter, board, land, etc.)
SQUARE Toggle navigation map
TRIANGLE Bring up Main Menu
R1 Turn camera clockwise
L1 Turn camera counter clockwise
R2 Forward
L2 Backward
Start Pause
Select Start Skit
And that’s about it.

SKIT This Is Soooooo Bad

They set sail for the Desier continent.

ESTELLE It’ll be nice if we don’t run into the mermen, won’t

it?
RITA Hmph, that’s pretty wishful thinking.
RAVEN You’re quite the pessimist for your age, girlie.
RITA I’m just a realist.
KAUFMAN Anyway, thanks for your help. It looks like we’re
going to make it there on time.
ASSISTANT Yeah, Leviathan’s Claw was going to beat us there if
we hadn’t found an escort for the ship.
YURI Leviathan’s Claw, huh? That’s a name I seem to be
hearing a lot lately.
KAUFMAN Oh? They’re the guild that specializing in sales of
hoplon blastia.
RITA Oh, that explains the situation in Heliord…
KAUFMAN Lately they’ve been trying to steal our clients from
us.
KAUFMAN If we weren’t able to cross the sea, they would’ve
swiped up another one of our major customers.
ASSISTANT Still, I can’t help but wonder where those slimeballs
are getting their product from.
KAUFMAN Indeed. Hoplon blastia isn’t exactly the easiest
thing in the world to get one’s hands on.
RITA (eyes closed, thinking)…You don’t think…the empire is
behind this…?
(opens eyes) No, that couldn’t be…it’s mages that are
supervising the blastia distribution…
There’s a loud boom. Kaufman and her assistant don’t seem to be
startled by the noise.
KAUFMAN Ah, right on time.
TOKUNAGA Everyone, be careful!
Monsters called Predafish jump on the boat.
(battle)
KAUFMAN You’re true to your reputation. I was right to bring
you along.
RAVEN (wearily holding forehead) I tell ya, Brave Vesperia
doesn’t have any shame in working an old man down to
the bone!
Even while I’m looking for apatheia and doing all
sorts of other things…
YURI Apatheia? Isn’t that what you were looking for back
in Nor Harbor?
RAVEN That’s right.
RITA That’s nothing but a fairy tale.
I researched it a while back, but eventually I
realized that there’s simply no way it can
theoretically exist.
RAVEN I’m well aware people think it’s a fairy tale.
ESTELLE Why are you looking for it?
RAVEN Well… Because the Don told me to.
KAUFMAN Well then, we’ve got some business to talk about.
I’ll leave the navigation to you, Tokunaga.
TOKUNAGA Actually, Madam President, would you mind if I handed
over the navigation to them for a while?
KAUFMAN Ah, of course. We’ve made much better time than I
thought. We could even afford to make a side trip or
two.
Kaufman and her assistant leave.
JUDITH With a ship, we can go practically anywhere we want.
KAROL Estelle, I know you want to look for Phaeroh…
But don’t you think we have more important things to
do for the moment?
ESTELLE Do you think…?
RITA I’ll do what I want. Don’t worry about me.
YURI We just started our guild…we should err on the safe
side. Don’t you think, Karol?
KAROL Y-yeah.
TOKUNAGA All right then, I’ll leave the navigation to you.
They are enveloped by fog out on the open sea.
JUDITH The fog’s gotten awfully thick.
KAROL Yeah, it’s creeping me out…
RAVEN Fog like this’s usually a sign somethin’ bad’s about
to happen.
KAROL Kn-knock it off!
YURI Talk like that long enough and something bad will
happen.
RITA Hey! Front! I mean bow!
JUDITH Hmm… We’re going to hit them.
Their faces reflect their apprehension. They hit something.
KAROL Gyaah!
ESTELLE Aaah!
REPEDE Woof!
RITA Noo!
YURI Whoa!
RAVEN Uaaagh!
There’s a loud boom, crack, and creaking of rope and wood. They
discover they’ve hit a derelict boat.
KAUFMAN What is that…?!
That’s an old ship. I’ve never seen that type before…
JUDITH I think it says… The Atherum.

THE GHOST SHIP ATHERUM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The ship is huge and looks deserted. They are startled as boarding
planks from the Atherum suddenly drop and hit the deck rail of the
Fierta.
RITA (turning around) Aaah!
KAROL That’s weird. There’s no sign of people…
ESTELLE It-it’s like…it’s calling to us.
RITA (to Tokunaga sitting on the deck) N-no way! Come on!
Get the Fiertia going!
TOKUNAGA The ceres blastia’s not responding!
The others turn abruptly and look at Tokunaga.
RITA What do you mean?
Rita runs over and peer at the blastia.
RITA What the hell is wrong with it?
YURI You think…this thing’s the problem?
RAVEN Oooh, maybe it’s a cursed ghost ship.
ESTELLE Y-you don’t really think so, do you?
JUDITH Why don’t we go take a look? It’ll be fun.
I love this sort of thing.
RITA (turning to stare at Judith) What?!
YURI Well, we don’t know what’s wrong with the blastia.
We’ve gotta go take a look.
KAUFMAN Are you planning on just leaving the Fiertia like
this?
YURI All right, why don’t four of us go investigate while
the rest stay here and keep watch?
JUDITH That should be fine.
YURI Okay. So Repede and I’ll go.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI …And who’s the third person?
RITA I’m not going. No way! (crosses her arms and turns
away)
RAVEN Yuri, why don’t you decide?
YURI Gotcha.
JUDITH I’d like to go. Do you mind?
2nd time Oh. Would you like me to switch in?
(Yes) Oo, so exciting!
(No) I see…too bad.

RAVEN Y-you want Raven the Great to come along?

2nd time What? You’re telling me to go with ya?
(Yes) Phew…I can hardly keep up with you kids.
(No) Good, great, that’s hunky-dory with me!

RITA I have to fix the ceres blastia!

2nd time Can’t you see that I’m fixing the ceres blastia?!
(Yes) I-I’m not scared or anything! …All right, I’ll go
with you!
(No) If, if anything happens, yell loud so that we can
hear!

ESTELLE M-me…?
2nd time I-if you’re tired, I’ll take your place.
(Yes) I’ll do my best…
(No) Be careful, okay?

KAROL I-I’m not so good with th-this sort of thing…

2nd time Oh, what… Y-you want to switch…?
(Yes) This isn’t something guilds are supposed to be doing…
(No) R-really? You don’t mind?
(I chose Estelle and Judith)

ASSISTANT Don’t keep the President waiting here for too long!
KAUFMAN What? You want me to give you supplies for free?
You’re kidding! You’re going to have to pay up.
(leave) Hey there, hot stuff. Let me know if you find
anything that would be good to sell.
TOKUNAGA All of you, be careful. We’ll set off a smoke signal
as soon as the ceres blastia is fixed.
YURI Thanks!

SKIT Fun on the Ghost Ship (Estelle, Judith)

SKIT Step Back! (Karol, Raven)
They explore the surface of the ship, then go down steps into the hull.
The north wall in every room in the hull is mirrored.
SKIT The Other Side of the Mirror (Automatic)

Meanwhile, on the Fiertia:

KAROL (recoiling) Look at that…! (something makes a loud
boom on the Ghost Ship.)
RITA Watch out…! (“)
(Back on the Ghost Ship)
The falling mast triggers a metal gate that crashes down from the
hull’s ceiling with a loud bang., blocking a passage. A cloud of dust
fills the room.
ESTELLE Aaah!
YURI It’s no good. It won’t open.
ESTELLE It looks like… We have no choice but to keep moving…
JUDITH All right, let’s keep moving, then.
There’s no use sticking around here.
YURI Yep. Let’s go.
I wonder if everyone we left behind is okay…?

RAVEN Whoooaaa…!!
KAROL Waaahh!!
YURI It’s no good. It won’t open.
RAVEN *Huff* This is why I didn’t wanna come!
…I guess we just gotta keep movin’.
YURI Yep. Let’s go.
I wonder if everyone we left behind is okay…?

On the Fiertia:
KAUFMAN Oh my…What happened?
I can’t believe the mast would suddenly collapse like
that… (the huge mast is broken, the top portion
tipped onto the deck.)
TOKUNAGA Are you all okay?
KAROL We’re fine, but…
I hope Yuri and the others are okay…
JUDITH Yeah, it seems like I’m unharmed.
I wonder how the kids that went off to investigate
are doing?
KAUFMAN I’d be surprised if they came out of an impact like
that without a few scratches.
RAVEN …Those troublesome kids. You mind if I go and make
sure they’re still alive?
ESTELLE I-I’m worried about everyone. Umm, would it be all
right if we went and checked on them?
KAUFMAN Now, hold on just a second. Who’ll protect the ship
while you’re gone?
KAROL I’m sorry, but by ourselves we wouldn’t be much help
in protecting the ship, anyway.
JUDITH I have to look after Estelle. Don’t worry. The mermen
were wiped out, after all.
RAVEN Hey, I ain’t in the guild, anyway! I don’t have to
look after your ship if I don’t wanna!
ESTELLE I’m sorry! But I can’t stand not knowing what
happened to my friends…
KAUFMAN Yes… I suppose we don’t have a choice…
TOKUNAGA Everyone, be careful.
After the others leave the Fiertia to board the ghost ship, Kaufman’s
crew feel uneasy.
TOKUNAGA It sure is creepy with just us here…
KAUFMAN Eek, don’t say things like that! Talk about something
more fun!
TOKUNAGA …
Back on the Ghost Ship:
SKIT I’ll Save Them
SKIT Estelle Talks to Herself
Estelle tries to open the door to the hull.
ESTELLE Huh? …… …It won’t open…
I wonder if it was destroyed by the impact just now.
There must be another way somewhere…
INFORMATION The door is tightly shut. It doesn’t look like it
will open.
Estelle, Judith and Rita climb the ladder to the crow’s nest and then
climb down the broken portion of the mast to finally hop onto a giant
spear protruding from the side of the hull to try to get to their
friends.
RITA Oh, wow… You’re okay!
YURI Hey hey, you decided to come along for the ride, too?
KAROL Let’s get out of her quickly’
The door behind them, closes and locks.
RITA Y-you gotta be kidding me!
ESTELLE This ship’s evil spirits are surely at the bottom of
the ship, plotting to make us one of them…
RITA D-don’t make up stories like that!
RAVEN N-no way that’s p-possible.
YURI We’ll just have to look for another way out.
JUDITH Right on. Let’s go!

INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

SKIT A Terrified Little Girl
SKIT Better Together

They enter a room with a giant wall mirror in an ornate frame. The
lantern are lit with eerie blue flames.
KAROL (recoiling) L-look…!

A skeleton of a pirate captain bent over a small chest sits at a desk.

His arms lay on the desk top protectively around the chest with his
cheekbone resting on the chest’s lid. Behind him is a book on a
pedestal. Yuri walk over to the book and reads aloud for the others to
hear
YURI Year 232 of Asule, 13th day of Bluerre?
ESTELLE The Asule period and the month of Bluerre are from a
time before the empire.
RITA So over 1,000 years ago…
KAROL That long?
ESTELLE Adrift five and forty days. Food and water used up.
Men succumbing to thirst and starvation.
I cannot give in, though. I must see the clear ciel
crystal safely to Yormgen…
This crystal holds the power to banish the monsters,
and with it the town may yet be saved.
I have stored the clear ciel crystal in my red chest,
a gift from my dear Yuefan
It won’t be much longer until I am in her arms again.
And then we will all be saved.
…But he wasn’t able to return to his town. He passed
away here…
RITA Come on Estelle, it was more than a thousand years
ago.
KAROL I’ve never heard of a town called Yormgen…
RITA If this record is really that old, there’s no
guarantee the town even exists anymore.
YURI Yeah, I guess that’s true. …What about that clear
ciel crystal?
RITA I’ve never heard of it.
RAVEN The power to banish monsters. Huh.
JUDITH I wonder if it’s something similar to a barrier.
YURI Do you think it might be here somewhere?

They notice the small chest under the skeleton’s head.

YURI Hm? Could this be it?
JUDITH He is clutching something. It must have been very
important to him.
KAROL You think it’s the clear ciel crystal?
YURI Well it matches up with what was written in that
diary.
RITA Hey old man, you go get it…!
RAVEN Um, no thank you. What is it with kids today, always
blurting things out like that?
Raven and Rita hear a crunch. Rita offers Raven the chest with the
captains gloved hand and forearm still clutching the chest.
JUDITH Here you go.
RAVEN Waaah! (He gets over his fright and reaches for the
chest in Judith’s hands)
Raven holds the chest and Judith removes the skeletal hand.
RAVEN Judith darlin’, you’ve got nerves of steel.
JUDITH (inspecting the hand) Do you think it might be cursed?
RAVEN Hey, this thing’s stuck… (trying to open the lid”
Meanwhile, Karol see’s a monster in the mirror. He turns from the
mirror and sees nothing in the room. When he turns back to the mirror
he sees more monsters.
KAROL (pointing at the mirror) M-m-m-monst…
The monsters surround Karol.
RAVEN Huh? …Aaaaah! (throws his arm up protectively)
JUDITH It appears to have the opposite effect.
KAROL What are you talking about?!
JUDITH It’s drawing the monsters to us.
ESTELLE Here they come!
The monsters vanquished, they look at only their reflections in the
mirror.
RAVEN Jeez, poor Raven’s getting’ too old for this.
JUDITH Should we give it back to him?
KAROL I think that’s what he wants!
ESTELLE I…I want to deliver the clear ciel crystal to Yormgen
for him.
RITA You what?!
ESTELLE Would it be possible to add that to the jobs being
done by the guild?
KAROL We can’t, Estelle.
As a rule, tiny guilds like ours don’t take on a new
job…
…until they complete the one they’re working on.
RAVEN Completin’ each job to the letter is the way new
guilds have ta build their reputation.
JUDITH Hm? Is the guild going to be sent running here and
there by another one of this girl’s whims?
RITA Hey! You don’t have to talk to her like that, you
know!
RITA Rita, wait…
 Judith, I am sorry.
But I want to help him deliver this…to the one who
was waiting for him.
YURI I don’t think anyone waits for a thousand years.
ESTELLE …
RITA I’ll find them.
ESTELLE Rita…
RITA You all have your hands full looking for Phaeroh and
escorting Estelle, right?
I’m free to do what I like.
KAROL Well, I’ll come along too, then!
YURI I don’t mind going either.
RITA H-hold it, you guys have your jobs to take care of!
YURI You know you’re going to end up sticking with us
anyway.
So I don’t see any problem with us helping you out a
little on the side.
ESTELLE (bowing) Thank you!
RAVEN Ah, how I envy the vigor of youth.
…Huh?
JUDITH Notice something?
RAVEN It looks like there’s smoke outside.
A fireball arcs over the ship’s hull.
YURI That might be Tokunaga’s smoke signal. I wonder if
the ceres blastia’s working again.
KAROL Let’s get back and check it out.
RITA Come to mention it, we won’t be able to get back the
way we came.
JUDITH We’ll just have to see if we can find a better way
out.
INFORMATION Obtained Red Box.
SKIT The Box
They try the door to the left.
KAROL Huh? Wasn’t this locked earlier?
YURI I guess we can go back though here.
RAVEN …Hmm, the curse was broken, huh?
RITA Don’t be ridiculous! Now, let’s go!
RAVEN Yes, ma’am.
They emerge on the upper deck on the right side of the ship. Karol
looks over the edge onto the deck below.
KAROL If we could just jump down from there we’d reach the
ship in no time…
JUDITH Yes. (holding a rope ladder)
RITA Wh-where did you get that?
JUDITH I thought something like this might happen, so I
brought this form inside the ship!
RITA …I think I’m gonna gag.
KAROL All right, let’s go back to the ship… …Wahhhh!
(teeters on the edge, almost falling off)
RITA Good Grief…
RITA If the ceres blastia’s been fixed, that means we can
say sayonara to this hellhole!
They return to the door that previously had shut on them.
INFORMATION It doesn’t seem to open…There is something that
doesn’t feel right about this door.

Back on board the Fiertia:

TOKUNAGA Everyone! The ceres blastia is running again!
YURI So it seems.
KAUFMAN Of all the… Why do I always get sucked into these
messes?
If it was anybody other than me, you guys would’ve
been left behind.
YURI Sorry about that. We’ll never do it again, promise.
KAUFMAN *Sigh*
JUDITH I wonder what caused the ceres blastia to break down?
TOKUNAGA Who knows? It just came back to life suddenly…
RAVEN Ya really think there’s a curse then?
ESTELLE Perhaps the Captain wanted to pass the clear ciel
crystal on to someone, and reached out to us.
RITA No way! Dead people can’t want to do anything…
YURI Doors get stuck, the ceres blastia stops working…
Sounds like a curse to me.
RITA I said it can’t happen, so it just can’t!
In frustration, Rita smacks Karol’s head and he crouches on the deck
holding his head.
KAROL What’re you hitting me for…?
TOKUNAGA I’m just glad that no one was hurt.
YURI Well, the boss here’s seen better days.
RITA Hey, are we going to Nordopolica or not? Let’s get
this thing out of here.
KAUFMAN Right. I’m looking forward to finally getting there
as well.
INFORMATION Rita earned the “Anti-Nonsense” title.

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SUB-EVENT: Dog Map – Part 1:

They return to Capua Torim for supplies

YURI What’s the matter, Repede?
REPEDE Woof!
There is another dog on the peir.
STRANGE DOG Wooo!
YURI …That’s your …former nemesis!
KAROL Say again?
ESTELLE That’s the dog Yuri was talking about, who used to
rule over all of the dogs and cats in the capital…
YURI Yeah, it’s the Little Wolf.
Repede approached Little Wolf.
REPEDE (It’s been a while, Old Man.)
LITTLE WOLF (Don’t think I’ve forgotten how you drove me out of
the capital like a common stray.)
REPEDE (We settled everything fair and square in battle. You
have no right to hold a grudge.)
LITTLE WOLF (You had to go and take pity on me…)
(Why didn’t you just kill me when you had the chance?)
REPEDE (I haven’t sunk so low as to raise a paw against a
defeated loser.)
LITTLE WOLF (Me, a loser? You filthy mutt. I’ve still never lost
to you in person.)
REPEDE (So you want a fight mano a mano?)
LITTLE WOLF (You catch on quick.) [Repede somersaults in the air
and lands ready to fight.]
(No, a physical confrontation wouldn’t be a fair
 fight.)
(It has to be a marking battle.)
REPEDE (What do you mean?)
LITTLE WOLF (It’s a battle to see which of us can mark more
places that we go as our own territory.)
(A battle spanning the whole globe!)
Estelle gets an idea.
REPEDE (Hmmm, sound pretty interesting…)
(You sure you’ll be able to keep up?)
LITTLE WOLF (That’s my line. Sit around on your haunches and I’m
gonna leave you in the dust.)
Little Wolf stalks off.
YURI Hmph, Repede’ll catch up with him in no time.
Raven Yeah, I hope so.
KAROL …How long are they going to be doing it?
YURI Huh? Oh, Repede, you’re finished.
REPEDE Woof!
Estelle rejoins them.
YURI Where’d you go off to, Estelle?
ESTELLE Here you go, Karol.
KAROL Wh-what’s this…?
ESTELLE You can use this to make notes of all of the places
where Repede’s marked his territory.
KAROL Huh? Y-you want me to do it…?
YURI This sort of thing is what Captain Karol does best!
REPEDE Woof!
YURI We’re counting on you!
INFORMATION Obtained Marking Map.
INFORMATION Repede earned the “Fated One” title.
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They sail southwest, It’s nighttime when they reach their destination.
JUDITH So there’s Nordopolica.
KAROL Yep, otherwise known as the Coliseum City.
ESTELLE Once popular among the nobility as place for pitting
criminals against each other in brutal contest…
…Nordopolica is current run by the guild Palestralle,
and has become a city of entertainment.
KAROL Yeah, Palestralle’s just as big a guild as the Don’s
Altosk, and…
They watch as Fireworks boom and light the night sky and the Fiertia
and her crew as well.
JUDITH My, how pretty.
RAVEN So, a party in the streets everyday, huh? This is
gonna be great!
Raves closes one eye and strokes his chin.
YURI Since when are you on vacation?
RAVEN Oh yeah, right… A minion’s work is never done. (head
droops into his hand}
KAROL You’re the Don’s messenger, so don’t be rude to
Belius!
RAVEN Young man, you are looking at a veritable paragon of
manners and good breeding. Nya hah hah hah.
KAUFMAN We’ve arrived safely, thanks to you all.
Once I’ve unloaded my cargo, the Fiertia belongs to
you, as promised.
KAROL Thanks! We’ll take good care of her.
YURI So are the Sands of Kogorh still a long way from here?
JUDITH They lie far to the west of Nordopolica.
KAROL Aren’t there some big mountains on the way there?
YURI That’d make going by foot a problem. Wonder if we
could get there by boat.
JUDITH I don’t think that’s possible.
Not many people go to the desert. I doubt there would
be a place to moor a boat.
RITA Are you seriously going through with this? I told
you, the desert is really dangerous.
I can’t just let you go to a place like that all by
your… I-I mean…!
Rita props her arm on the railing of the boat and rest her forehead on
her hand.
TOKUNAGA Dropping anchor.

THE COLISEUM CITY NORDOPOLICA

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They are stand on a pier.

KAUFMAN Good work. Thanks.
KAROL No, no. Thank you! You’re a huge help.
YURI Right, mutual back-scratching and all that.
A man wearing a khaki uniform stands a few feet behind Kaufman.
MAN Oh, M-Madam P-President. It’s an honor t-to have you
here.
KAUFMAN Excavating more ruins?
I’m always impressed that the guild boss himself
supervises the excavations.
MAN Th-the excavation of r-ruins is wh-what I I-live for.
RITA Who’s that…?
RAVEN That’s Regaey, the heads of Ruins’ Gate.
RITA Ruins’ Gate? That sounds familiar…
RAVEN They’re the guild that’s helping the imperial mages
excavate ruins.
RITA Oh, that’s why I’ve hear of them.
REGAEY W-well, I have f-friends who are expecting me, so if
you’ll excuse m-me…
Regaey leaves.
ESTELLE He seems like a nice person.
RITA Hey, you were talking earlier about a guild that’s
selling hoplon blastia.
YURI You mean Leviathan’s Claw?
RITA Do you think they might be getting their blastia
under the table from those ruin guys?
KAUFMAN Ruin’s Gate is completely innocent.
YURI How can you be so sure?
RAVEN They’re upstanding, serious, diligent… That’s what
they’re known for.
RITA …
KAUFMAN Well, I’m off. Take good care of the Fiertia.
Say hi to Tokunaga for me, too.
YURI Sure.
KAUFMAN Good luck, Brave Vesperia!
KAROL Thanks!
RITA Mages selling blastia on the black market? That is so
not good.
ESTELLE Rita.
RITA Huh? Oh, yeah.
RAVEN Well, I got some work to do, myself.
JUDITH Oh yeah, your letter. It’s for Belius, right?
RAVEN Yep.
KAROL Hey, why don’t we all go?
YURI Good idea. She probably knows something about Phaeroh.
We’ll just tag along with you and say hi to Belius.
RAVEN I don’t know if that’s such a good idea… ‘Course,
I’ve only heard rumors, but…hmmm…
KAROL What? Is something wrong?
RAVEN Huh? Nah, it’s nothing…
ESTELLE Where can we find Belius?
KAROL The Coliseum, probably, since Belius is the duce of
Palestralle.
SKIT Belius

Harbor:
WOMAN This is my first time visiting the coliseum. I think
the excitement of it all overwhelmed me a bit…
The night breeze from the ocean feels marvelous. It
calmed me right down. [heart]
Phew. I can still feel my heart pounding… Here, give
me your hand and I’ll show you.
Oh stop. There’s no reason to get all nervous just
because it’s nighttime. [heart]
MAN (LYING DOWN) *Sigh…* Nothing like a quiet night to soothe the
wearied soul… Want some tips?
Excuse me if I’m not overly excited. You’re my only
customers so far.
My predictions just don’t seem to hit the mark,
lately…
Merchants:
MAN Yo! Are you guys here to get a glimpse of some
spectacular battling action?
Tournament tickets are made of platinum, so they’re
pretty hard to get a hold of.
Huh? You don’t mean you’re entering the tournament,
do you?
You won’t even make it through the first round with
an itsy-bitsy body like that.
MAN (GLASSES) Crivvens, d’ye come ta eat batangi too?
KAROL Batangi? That’s a type of fish, right? Is it any
good…?
MAN (GLASSES) It useta be as bad as a brine-soaked boot! Ye couldna
ate it if ye tried. But no, it’s rather tasty!
JUDITH …… (walks away while the others talk to the
bespectacled man)
RAVEN Ya say the fish useta taste bad, and now it’s good?
MAN (GLASSES) Aye, it was a wee, gamey fishie, wit’ nae meat
oughtlins. But it got all nice an’ fat all o’ the
sudden. It makes a right braw meal now!
RITA This could be caused by a local aer imbalance, as
well.
I wonder if there’s an aer krene at the bottom of the
ocean…
YURI …Judy… Not again…
VOICE It’s terrible! Hurry!
Two men run through. One stops to speak with the man wearing glasses.
MAN (GLASSES) Eh? What’s all this hubbub aboot?
MAN (RUNNING) I don’t know any details… Simply that a blastia has
been destroyed.
MAN (GLASSES) Who’d do a thing like that?
MAN No one saw their face, but apparently it was someone
wielding a spear.
They both run in the same direction as the other man.
RITA A spear…! It’s that dragon freak!
Rita runs after them.
ESTELLE Oh, Rita…!
KAROL Rita’s always running off to one place or another!
Isn’t that right, Judy… Judy?
YURI I think Judy’s very much the same way, to be honest.
JUDITH Eh? I don’t think that’s true. (Judith arrives from
the same direction as the running men)
KAROL Where were you?
JUDITH A very nice gentleman invited me out to tea.
RAVEN What? Inconceivable!
Rita returns.
YURI We don’t need your commentary, old man.
JUDITH It seems like there’s some commotion going on. Did
something happen?
KAROL A blastia was destroyed! By the same dragon rider as
last time, too.
JUDITH Oh. How frightening!
YURI Yeah… I’ll bet you’re scared stiff…
RITA It was torn to pieces…
Damn it! I swear, I’m going to make a permanent
imprint of my fist into that dragon freak’s face…!
YOUNG MAN The coliseum just looks huge from here, huh?
I mean, there are some folks that live there, so I
guess that’s to be expected.
You’ve gotta wonder if anyone who’d choose to live in
a coliseum is playing with a full deck of cards,
though.
How could you ever get any peace and quiet with
people yelling and screaming day in and day out?
WOMAN Hello and good evening. Is this your first visit to
Nordopolica’s coliseum?
To reach the coliseum please continue to the north
and go up the stairway, okay? [heart]
If you wish to leave town, just follow the path to
the left and you’ll reach the exit.
No one would really ever choose to go outside though,
would they?
SKIT What Are We Here For?

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SUB-EVENT: Estelle’s Teacher – Part 2:
(incomplete )

Drake stands on the stairway to the coliseum.

ESTELLE Master!
DRAKE Ah, Princess, it’s been a while. Are you in good
health?
ESTELLE Yes. Master, you look quite well, yourself.
DRAKE It seems you’ve traveled to a great many places since
last we met.
ESTELLE Yes! I’ve seen and heard so many things…it’s been an
amazing experience.

{missed dialogue-pick up on next playthrough}

RITA What a self-righteous old geezer.

KAROL I didn’t notice that attitude the last time we met
him. Is he always like that?
ESTELLE Yes, Master Drake has always been very…strict. I’m
pretty used to it, though…
…But really, he might just be the reason that I’m
traveling with you.
I mean, I want to prove myself to him…
JUDITH That’s just a guess, right?
ESTELLE I’m sorry, actually…
YURI No, it’s fine if you’re just guessing. It’s true that
you want to prove yourself to him, right?
ESTELLE Yes.
RITA All right, then you should set him aside and give him
a piece of your mind someday!
ESTELLE Okay.
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Further on up the stairs, an Old woman kneels on th ground. She is

frantic.
OLD WOMAN No one will believe me, but I saw it, I did. I saw
that monster with my own eyes, plain as day.
Yes, it was on a night like tonight with a foul wind
blowing.
I took a wrong turn, quite by accident. And in that
instant I saw it; a human being turning into some
kind of beast… *Shiver…*
At the top of the stairs, they pass between a row of crackling torches.
A Krityan Woman waits in front of the metal arch marking the beginning
of the grand entrance to the Coliseum.
KRITYAN WOMAN I came to Desier to explore the lands to the west of
here and search for my heritage as a Krityan.
But the road through the mountains is out, and I was
denied passage.
If only I could conquer that mountain road somehow,
the way forward after that should be flat and fairly
easygoing.
At least according to my map.
Beyond the arch, there are more fiery torches flanking a headless
statue.
INFORMATION It’s the statue of Neeke of Samontrake. It was built
as the “Goddess of Victory” for the arena.

Coliseum:
KRITYAN WOMAN This town is a treasure trove of information. We have
its long and storied history to thank for that.
The more I study, the more the machinations of this
 world grow clear to me.
The empire claims a history of roughly eight
centuries, but this town far exceeds that, having
been founded some !200 years ago.
And to think that it all began with the stone slabs
of the original coliseum.

Inn “Fomalhaut”:
INNKEEPER Late night visitors, I see. Welcome to Nordopolica’s
hotel facility.
The cost is 500 Gald per night. Will you be staying
with us?

Fortune’s Market (Nordopolica):

FEMALE MERCHANT Welcome to you. This shop is directly affiliated with
Fortune’s Market.
Whether you’re on a long journey, or just a trip to
the coliseum, we have the items to satisfy all your
shopping needs!

Outside Fortune’s Market (Nordopolica):

OLD WOMAN This is the world’s one and only coliseum. There’s
plenty of folks who come from far and wide just to
catch a glimpse of it.
You look like you’ve come pretty long way
yourselves. ‘Course anybody could tell that, seein’
as you’re lookin’ a bit on the scruffy side.
The coliseum is massive enough to not only hold a
crowd of spectators, but an entire residential
district as well.
As you can see, we have a market, and inn…the
coliseum is really one giant city.

Tournament Entrance:
MAN (OUTSIDE) I’m a member of Palestralle, the guild that governs
this city.
I’m on patrol tonight, as usual.
If I spot anyone actin’ fishy, I sentence them to a
swift butt kicking.
There are three women behind desk lined up in front of a flight of
stairs.
WOMAN #1 This is the registration desk for a new style of
tournament.
We ask for your patience as we finish the necessary
preparations.
I’m terribly sorry, but you’ll have to wait a while
longer, yet.
We will make an announcement once all preparations
have been completed.
WOMAN #2 You want to fight in the tournament? Did you think
you can fight in the middle of the night?
I work at the application counter. At night, I’m a
singer!
WOMAN #3 This is the counter for single applicants.
Applications are not being accepted at this time.
Applications will be accepted tomorrow at 9 a.m.
Please rest for tonight and come again tomorrow.
Up the stairs:
There are two guarded doors at the top of the stairs.
Guard (side door) Lord Belius’ private room is ahead. I cannot allow
you to go any further.
KAROL But we’ve come to see Belius.
GUARD What? Who are you?
KAROL We’re a guild -- Brave Vesperia!
GUARD …I haven’t heard of you. Do you have an appointment
with the Duce?
KAROL Huh? An appointment?
GUARD Unfortunately, my lord only meets with individuals
who have appointments.
RAVEN How about a messenger from Don Whitehorse?
GUARD The Don… Oh, my apologies.
My name is Natz. I am the acting representative for
the Duce.
I will gladly deliver any message you have for the
Duce.
RAVEN Sorry, but the Don’s orders were to give this letter
directly to Belius.
NATZ Is that so… Unfortunately, Belius only receives
guests on the night of a new moon.
If you could perhaps come on the next new moon…
RITA The next new moon…?
KAROL (turning to Rita) Why only on the night of a new moon?
RITA I guess that’s just how she does things. People can
be weird sometimes.
JUDITH The moon just turned full, so the new moon is still a
while away.
RAVEN So should we come back?
KAROL We don’t really have a choice is she’s not here.
NATZ Sorry for the trouble. I’ll let her know that a
messenger from the Don stopped by.
RAVEN Great. Thanks.
JUDITH So, why don’t we see what we can find out about the
desert?
KAROL And about Phaeroh, too.
RITA I’d like to get some information about the aer krene,
myself.
ESTELLE We shouldn’t have trouble getting information about
all of that in a city this big.
RAVEN You mind if old Raven goes ahead to the inn? I should
send off a progress report to the Don.
YURI Sure.
Raven leaves.
RITA All right, let’s get going, too.
INFORMATION Raven left the party.
NATZ Belius only receives guests on the night of a new
moon.
Come back at that time if you have business with her.
GUARD (N DOOR) Only those entered in the contest are allowed to
enter.

They leave the coliseum and head back to the inn.

Tournament Entrance:
MAN (OUTSIDE) What’s that? Some Knights are heading to the
 coliseum?
Lurking like thieves in the night! Hiding here all
along!
Huh? It’s… It’s not a guy? It’s a place? Like a city?
So bring ‘em all on! All of us in Palestralle will
rip every last one of ‘em apart.

Fortune’s Market Area:

OLD WOMAN Why are there Knights in this town?
If we leave it as it is, the discipline we worked
hard to build in the coliseum will collapse!
We protect this town ourselves, no matter what!
We’ve managed alright so far without the Empire’s
help.

Inn Area:
KRITYAN WOMAN The Knights went rushing into the coliseum for some
reason…
It would seem that something quite serious is
happening.
Korgoh lies just beyond the Weasand of Cados. But
getting past that mountain is not as easy as it
sounds.
INNKEEPER Welcome. Staying the night?
YURI I think a companion of ours should’ve already
arrived. Did a cynical older man come in?
INNKEEPER Oh, he’s a friend of yours?
Your rooms have already been paid for, so please,
make yourselves at home.

(If you go down to the merchant’s area and try to use that exit, you’ll
get the following dialogue:
YURI I think Pops is waiting back at the inn.)
(Choose Rest)
Yuri find Estelle standing on the Warf. The rose light of the barrier
matches the rhythm of the waves lapping against the sides of the boat.
YURI Are you missing the castle?
ESTELLE (shaking her head) No, I just…I thought I’d come out
for some fresh air.
I just can’t shake those words Phaeroh said to me.
YURI Oh yeah, what was it again?
ESTELLE The insipid poison of this world must be purged…
YURI The world’s poison. Hm…
Yeah, well the world is full of pessimists, that’s
for sure.
For what it’s worth, you don’t look like poison to me.
ESTELLE Was that your attempt to cheer me up?
YURI Hey, I’m just trying to be straight with you.
ESTELLE Heh heh. I guess I do feel a little better.
Hey… (looking around)
Yuri, look at that.
YURI Hmm?
Above the wharf, high in the sky shines a star.
ESTELLE That’s Brave Vesperia.
YURI The brightest star in the night sky…
ESTELLE There’s an old story about that star:
In the days of old, a great cataclysm occurred that
 plunged the world into ruin.
Countless lives were lost as the people struggled to
stand against the oncoming disaster
Its energies all but spent, humanity’s hope seemed
lost when a pair of siblings appeared.
This bro and sis together fought the calamity, and
saved the world from annihilation.
The sister they called Child of the Full Moon. After
the struggle, she remained with the earth.
Her brother they called Brave Vesperia, and he
ascended to the skies to watch over the world.
The end.
YURI Wow, so you went and gave our guild a name with a lot
of baggage.
ESTELLE Now that you know the story, you should strive to
make your guild shine as bright as the star.
YURI Yeah…(chuckling) We’ll have to tell Karol about this.
We’ll definitely have to live up to the name.
He looks at Estelle for a long moment, then turns around facing away
from her.
YURI I’m gonna head back. You should, too, or Rita’s gonna
start worrying about you.
ESTELLE Okay.
Yuri walks away.

Next morning:
INFORMATION Raven joined the party.
KRITYAN WOMAN This city is a treasure chest full of knowledge, as
befitting a place of such history.
The more I learn about this city’s history, the more
I feel I understand how the world really works.
The Empire’s history goes back some eight hundred
years. This city is even older…some twelve hundred
years old, in fact.
It begins at a time when this was just a primitive
stone dueling grounds.
YOUNG MAN I came here to visit my friend, after he moved into
the residential district.
But they won’t let me inside…
After coming all this way I was dead set on seeing
the tournament, but it’s sold out…
Sheesh, way to kick a guy when he’s down. What the
heck am I gonna do if my luck gets any worse than
this?
OLD WOMAN This is the one and only coliseum in the entire
world. People come from far and wide just to see it.
You folk aren’t from around here either, are you?
Anyone could tell looking at your mismatched outfits.
The coliseum is massive enough to not only hold a
crowd of spectators, but an entire residential
district as well.
As you can see, we have a market, an inn…the coliseum
is really one giant city.
LITTLE BOY I get to live in this town, you know.
Not bad, huh? Pretty nice, huh? You jealous?
I’m gonna get big and strong like Kratos and be a
coliseum hero myself some day.
 You guys wouldn’t even have a chance against him.
He’s the strongest man in the world.
A man is set up in the space beside Fortune’s market.
MAN I’m an informer who can always deliver the latest
information! Right now the hottest topic is the
undefeated champion!
Clad in some real high-class armor, and with awesome
swordsmanship!
I can’t see this champion being knocked off his
pedestal!
And I tell you what, this is gonna put the tipster
out of business for a while too!
TOOL MERCHANT Finally, I have the full set of tools available.
Next thing’s to open my shop early if the goods have
arrived.
Don’t rush! Don’t rush! Take a break until opening
time…
They enter the double doors leading to the registration tables. At the
top of the stairs behind the row of desks, a noble man runs his hands
through his hair over and over again while another punches the air with
his fists. Duke is there, too, talking to Belius’ guard, Natz.

NATZ I’m sorry, but the Duce is not currently receiving

visitors.
Please come back later.
Duke turns to leave, but Yuri stands on the stairs a few feet below
him.
YURI Hey, we keep bumping into each other. Must be fate.
DUKE …There is no such thing.
YURI Maybe not. What brings you to a place like this?
DUKE I have come with tidings for the age-old master of
this city.
YURI Belius?
Are you here on business with a guild or something…?
…Probably not, right?
DUKE It is nothing so vulgar as that…
YURI Vulgar…? (chuckling) All right, so what kind of noble
errand are you on?
DUKE I need not answer that.
Duke descends the stairs, passing Yuri.
YURI Don’t tell me you’re out to save the world or
something.
DUKE ………..
YURI Man, what’s with that guy?
NOBLE MAN I’m not scared… I’m not scared.
I can do it… I can do it.
I-I gave up my life in Zaphias to be here.
A few monsters a-aren’t going to s-scare me…
OLDER GENTLEMAN Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher must remain
cool and gallant, even when doing battle with
monsters!
Of course, sometimes we need to make a daring
flourish, steal the hearts of the crowd, be a star!
Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher dodge the
monster’s attacks with grace and style!
We cement the lovely lasses’ lingering gazes upon us,
and might even get to take one home with us!
Registration is still not open. They leave the coliseum go down the
long stairs. Several people mill about near the headless statue.
LITTLE GIRL Hey, mister. Why doesn’t that statue have a head?
Did someone play a prank and steal it?
Is it supposed to be a lady? She must have been
really pretty, if people wanted to make a statue out
of her.
How nice…I hope they make a statue of me some day,
too.
A mercenary stands near one of the bridge supports, swinging his sword
for practice.
MERCENARY *Huff* … *huff* … *huff* …
What… *pant* …am I… *pant* …doing?
Whew…I’m thinking about taking part in a tournament,
that’s what.
I’m in training, you see. Got to build stamina.
NOBLE MAN This city is governed by the Guild know as
Palestralle, and their chief is a woman named Belius.
Here in the city, they call her the “Duce” out of
respect.
This world may be a wide one, but the only Guild
governing an entire city is Palestralle.
Dahngrest is different…in actuality, it’s ruled by
the Don and his Union.
A Kritya female stands on the wooden bridge. A male mercenary loiters
nearby.
KRITYAN WOMAN I came to Desier to search for the origin of we
Kritya in the west.
But the mountain path has collapsed, and I’ve had to
forsake that goal…
If only I could get beyond the mountain path…the land
beyond is flat and would be comparatively easy going.
At least, that’s how it looks on the maps.
MERCENARY You lot came to fight, didn’t you? I can tell by your
eyes! What a bunch of eager beavers!
How I love to see people like you get the stuffing
kicked out of them.
Hey, no offense. This may be a spectator arena, but
the monsters are monsters.
It’s not unusual for some pretty tough customers to
leave the coliseum bruised and broken.
Further on down, the Old woman is still upset.
OLD WOMAN … Ho, boy. Would you listen to the ramblings of an
old woman?
Nobody believes me, but I saw it…I saw it clearly
with my own two eyes.
What did I see, you ask? A monster. A monster!
I mistakenly stepped into a pathway, and saw the very
moment it changed shape from human to beast… *shiver*
…

On the wharf:
VOICE You started all of this!
Two armed men, one with a knife, the other with a scimitar, squabble on
the wharf. Regeay looks on as does a fearful older woman near the
crates.
MAN (SCIMITAR) Huh? What are you talking about!
REGAEY B-both of you, s-stop this nonsense!
M-making a scene like this out in f-front of everyone…
MAN (KNIFE) Mind you own business!
Yuri diverts the man’s attention by slicing his sword between the man
and Regaey.
YURI You’d better put that away before you hurt yourself.
MAN (SCIMITAR) (pointing the blade at Yuri) Who the hell are you!
Judith runs forward with her trident and with several jabs persuades
the man to turn his blade away from Yuri.
MAN (SCIMITAR) Hey!
JUDITH If I’m wrong for doing this, you’ll have my apology
later. But I think it’s you two who are in the wrong,
here.
MAN (KNIFE) Damn it…
The two men part ways and leave.
ESTELLE (to Regaey) Are you okay?
REGAEY Oh, th-thank you so m-much!
You were w-with M-madam President K-Kaufman…
KAROL We’re the guild, Brave Vesperia!
RITA Come on, you’re like a walking billboard!
JUDITH Heh heh, let him have his fun.
YURI You’re Regaey of Ruins’ Gate, right?
You might want to work out a little before you go
trying to stop any more fights.
REGAEY Oh, yes. I’m sorry. Th-thanks…
(get an idea)
Oh, umm, th-there’s a Flynn-favor I wanted to ask of
you…
KAROL Far be it for us to ignore a request from Ruins’ Gate!
YURI Well, it depends on what it is. What did you want to
ask us?
REGAEY P-perhaps we could discuss this s-somewhere else…
Could you come to the coliseum? W-we could talk about
it there. (runs in the direction of the stairs)
RAVEN Whatever he has to say, he doesn’t want anyone else
to overhear… Sounds pretty suspicious to me.
KAROL If Ruins’ Gate recognizes us, it’ll help improve our
reputation as a guild…
JUDITH Get too greedy with jobs and you’ll end up neglecting
all of them. Our job for the moment…
YURI …Is to look for Phaeroh and to escort Estelle.
KAROL Yeah, you’re right… I’ll try to be more careful.
ESTELLE But couldn’t we at least hear what he has to say
first, and then decide whether or not to accept?
YURI Yeah, maybe you’re right…
RITA If he asks too much, we’ll just say no. We don’t have
the time to be getting wrapped up in more craziness.
YURI Let’s go and stop by the coliseum, then. We can at
least hear him out.

A frightened woman kneels on a rug in front of the crates.

WOMAN My. oh my… Why do they fight here of all places?
If you want to fight, get to the coliseum!
If they want to fight, they should try beating
someone in the coliseum.
Honestly, these bloody-minded men are really a pain!
A young woman looks out over the railing.
YOUNG WOMAN That’s the Coliseum City for you! I can see fights
every day!
It’s wonderful! Just wonderful!
Can I see a bit more blood…?
I lied, I’m just kidding!
A man and a woman listen to the tipster, standing on boxes while he
gives his sales pitch.
ITOKEN Come, come! Don’t you want to hear the unerring
predictions of Itoken, master tipster?
You pay attention to my tips, you win big! No doubt
about it!
Coliseum mascot Itoken won’t let you down! Just pay
attention, you hear?
In the next bout, Thea’s the one to watch.
OLD MAN This tipster here, Itoken…he once picked a dark horse
that won against hundred thousand–to-one odds.
I reckoned I didn’t have anything to lose, so I
followed his tip. I never imagined it would pay out
so well.
That bet netted me an almost unthinkable amount of
Gald. It was like paradise…
Yet ever since then, neither Itoken nor I have picked
any winners. Now all I have left to my name is debt…
NOBLE WOMAN Suddenly a fight broke out! I was so surprised.
I’m sure it was over something stupid… “I like
grilled meat!” “Well I like fried meat! Take that!”
bah…
They fight for any little reason… They shouldn’t
fight over such stupid things.
VENDOR Fighting again? Don’t they ever get tired of it?
Fighting is just a part of daily life.
In this town, fighting is just like saying “Hi”.
Tourists just can’t understand it!
Yuri and party overhear gossip between a man and a woman. A little boy
waits nearby.
WOMAN They say two more people went missing last night.
MAN You’d think people would know better, with that
guild’s reputation for loan-sharking. But I guess the
tourists don’t have any idea what they’re getting
into.
WOMAN Isn’t the guild in cahoots with the tipsters?
Nordopolica regulars wouldn’t fall for a scam like
that…
MAN Where do they take the people who go missing?
WOMAN Who can say? But on one ever comes back, that’s for
sure.
I hope no one disappears tonight…
LITTLE BOY Let’s go, let’s go!
Hey, mister. Wanna catch a fever with me?
They head back to the Coliseum.
Next Morning:

Regaey waits in the registration hall.

REGAEY Ahh, you have co-come. M-my thanks to you all. Now,
please come with me.
Regaey leads them to a dark area underneath the coliseum.
YURI Relax. Nobody’s said we’ve decided to take the job
 yet.
That can wait till you tell us what this is all about.
REGAEY A-all right. I would like you to s-stop the man who
is trying to t-take over Palestralle.
KAROL Take over…?! This city?!
JUDITH Hm, the plot thickens.
RITA Why are you so interested in stopping them, though?
It’s not your guild, so why not just let it be?
REGAEY Y-you see, we have been commissioned by Palestralle
to investigate th Rita-ruins at the coliseum.
KAROL Huh. Yeah, come to think of it, this city’s supposed
to be super old.
REGAEY If s-someone else took c-control, it would be
discourteous to the Entelexeia.
KAROL Entele…what?
REGAEY Ah, oh yes. M-my apologies. …D-do you not know of
them?
I have heard that th-they are the ancient race who
built this town, and a-allow the guilds to b-be here.
YURI An ancient race, huh?
KAROL Like the Kritya?
Judith self-consciously scratches her ear.
RAVEN Okay, so then who’s this guy who’s tryin’ ta rock the
boat here?
REGAEY H-he’s the champion of the coliseum.
RITA Huh? What are you talking about?
REGAEY H-he is a man who has entered the tournaments to t-
take on Palestralle directly.
His c-consecutive victories have brought him closer
to B-Belius.
This m-man is terribly dangerous. If he is not s-soon
eliminated, I fear that B-Belius may be…
RAVEN So as long as he’s winnin’, Palestralle couldn’t get
rid of ‘im even if they wanted to.
YURI So, long story short, you want us to enter the
tournament and beat him, right?
REGAEY Y-yes. P-please Flynn-forgive my asking.
RITA Jeez, why didn’t you just say so?
Are you sure this guy is really trying to take over
the coliseum?
REGAEY Of c-c-c-course, and he is being b-b-b-backed by L-
Leviathan’s Claw!
L-L-L-Leviathan’s Claw plans to use the c-coliseum
for income to d-dominate the other guilds…!
YURI That sounds like a plan someone like Cumore might
come up with…
KAROL No way…
YURI We already know Cumore and Leviathan’s Claw are
working together.
Hmm, wonder what’ll fall out of this tree if we shake
it a little…
ESTELLE Whatever happens, we have to stop Leviathan’s Claw!
Relations between the empire and the guilds will only
worsen if we don’t.
JUDITH What about Phaeroh? there’s no telling when you’ll be
able to meet him if we get into this.
ESTELLE U-um, but…
JUDITH Estelle, what is it that you really want to do?
ESTELLE What I really want to do…
REGAEY I-I beg your pardon, is this a d-difficult decision
for you all?
JUDITH There isn’t anything difficult about it.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
JUDITH We’re going to do it, aren’t we? We’ve listened to
the story now, at any rate.
KAROL R-right. As a guild, this might not be something we
can just ignore…
RAVEN So then, who’ll be entering the tournament?
KAROL Well, we can’t ask Estelle, Rita, or Raven to
participate.
After all, this is a job Brave Vesperia will be doing
for Ruins’ Gate.
RITA Okay, so…
YURI No hard feelings, but I’d rather not have to go up
against Judy.
JUDITH Hm? And I was just getting ready to enter. Oh well, I
suppose I can sit this one out.
YURI The boss here shouldn’t have to trouble himself with
this. So it’s up to me then, right?
KAROL Um, Rita-right.
REGAEY So…d-do you mean you’ll take the Judith-job?
YURI Sure. Beating the champion will be good for our
guild’s reputation.
It’s not a bad deal for us at all.
KAROL Yeah, you’re right…
REGAEY I see, w-well please proceed to the Rita-registration
area wh-when you’re ready.

Registration:
MIDDLE DESK Welcome to the Pallestralle of Nordicopodia. Will you
be participating in the tournament?
(No) Have a nice day.
(Yes) Please step inside.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

Nordopolica Coliseum Arena:

Yuri listens to the cheers and shouts of the crowd as he climbs narrow
stairs to walk out onto the floor of the arena. An announcer standing
on a platform near the top of the arena shouts into a microphone. Even
so, his voice is muffled by the noise of the excited crowd.
ANNOUNCER Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the brutal battles
of the Nordopolica Coliseum!
First off, let’s go over the rules of the tournament.
This is a single-elimination tournament! No second
chances here!
If a fighter makes it through three thrilling rounds,
he or she will then challenge the champion!
Fighters, if you best our champion in the ring, not
only will you receive a fantastic prize…
…But you’ll also take the position of champion!
And now, on to the first fight!
ESTELLE Yuri! Good luuuck!
KAROL You’ll do great, Yuri!
RAVEN Try not to hurt yourself!
JUDITH *Sigh* I wanted to fight…
RITA You’re still going on about that?
Yuri walks toward the center of the arena.
YURI Look at all these people. This should help advertise
our guild nicely.
ANNOUNCER In today’s first fight, a new face in the coliseum!
Hailing from the new guild, Brave Vesperia, please
welcome Yuuuuri Loooweeeellll!
The crowd cheers.
ANNOUNCER His opponent, a former knight turned political
activist -- with a prison record, to boot -- Gigantus
Erungar!
The crowd cheers louder and Erungar twirls his halberd like a baton.
ERUNGAR Erungar!!
Yuri flicks his sword from it’s sheath, twirling it with his customary
flair as he brings the blade to rest above his left shoulder.
ANNOUNCER One, a battle-hardened fighter. One, a fledgling
youth. The outcome looks set! But is it?!
Welcome to the crossroad between Heaven and Hell! Our
first fight is ON!
Fight!
YURI Hold Still. I’ll make this quick.
Ehh…I guess that was an okay warmup.
ANNOUNCER For our second round, we welcome the hellacious
bandanna-clad thief, Jugem Jerome!
JUGEM (knife ready, bouncing eagerly on his heels) Keh heh
heh, where are the starfish… Give me the starfish…
ANNOUNCER Versus Brave Vesperia’s Yuri Loooowell!!
Don’t let your guard down, young warrior, the battle
has only just begun!
Knock your opponent down to the gates of Hades!
Second round…
Fight!

YURI Get ready! I’m taking you down!

Heh heh, No way! That was too easy.
ANNOUNCER On to the third round! A masked warrior, undefeated
with the sword, Johann de Marc!
JOHANN Soon you will know the exquisite pain of my sword!
ANNOUNCER Versus Brave Vesperia’s Yuri Loooowell!!
Is it blind luck? Is it pure skill? Everything will
be decided in this one battle!
Which of these warriors will extinguish the flames of
their opponent’s burning soul…
Fight!
YURI Get ready! I’m taking you down!
Come on…You can do better than that!
KAROL Wow, look at Yuri go.
RAVEN (rubbing his chin) Looks like he’s got the goods all
right.
ANNOUNCER Well it just keeps getting better! Now it’s time for
the main event!
Allow me to introduce… The current and undefeated
champion of the coliseum!
Repede barks and Karol throws his arm up in disbelief.
REPEDE Arooo!
ESTELLE What…?!
KAROL Wh-what do you mean?
Yuri is turned looking toward his friends. An old acquaintance walks
through a doorway to join him in the arena.
ANNOUNCER It’s the heartthrob with the steely gaze! Flynn Scifo!
FLYNN …Yuri? What are you doing here…?!
YURI (turning around) Huh, so you’re the evil villain
who’s trying to take over the coliseum.
FLYNN Very funny. Want to tell me what you’re talking about?
YURI Heh, so we’re being used.
FLYNN It seems that way.
ANNOUNCER Men of the coliseum! Let the flames of your valor
burn bright! It’s time for the final showdown!
Flynn blocks a strike from Yuri
FLYNN Aren’t you cutting it a bit close?
YURI Hey, these people didn’t pay good money to see a
rigged fight.
Yuri breaks his hold and he and Flynn whirl around ending up back to
back.
FLYNN You could at least ease up a little.
YURI Like you’re having any trouble blocking me.
Flynn charges and attacks.
YURI So, care to explain what you’re doing here?
FLYNN You know, knightly duties and such. Afraid that’s all
I can say.
YURI (smiling, raising his head slightly to look Flynn
right in the eye) Since when is becoming the champion
of the Coliseum a duty? Especially for a captain of
the Knights…
FLYNN (shakes his head) I’m not at liberty to say.
They cross swords.
YURI I think it’s great you’re taking your promotion so
seriously, but be careful you don’t bite off more
than you can chew.
FLYNN You’re the one taking this seriously. It’s been a
while since I’ve seen you enjoy anything this much.
And don’t you think it’s about time you returned Her
Highness?
Their crossed swords rattle as they both lean forward with the effort
and stare into each other’s eyes.
YURI You’ll have to take that up with the lady herself.
FLYNN Her Highness tends not to listen to the things I tell
her.
YURI Yeah, well, Her Highness isn’t particularly fond of
taking my advice either.
They each suddenly spring away and advance again.
FLYNN Well, shall we put an end to this little show?
YURI How? If we quit now, they’ll boo us out of the
building.
A voice booms out above and Yuri quickly casts his eyes up to identify
the speaker.
VOICE Yuriiiiiiii…Lowell!
Yuri automatically gets into fighting position as Zagi drops down
between him and Flynn. Seeing who it is, Yuri straightens up right
away, relaxing his sword arm.
YURI Oh you gotta be kidding…
Zagi crouches on the ground. As the announcer tries to control the
situation, Zagi stands. He now has a mechanical arm!
ANNOUNCER What do we have here! Has someone arrived to steal
the spotlight from the stars of the show?
ZAGI Yuri! You’ve managed to stay alive long enough for me
to kill you! Now let me show you my thanks!
YURI Heh heh. Hate to disappoint you, but I’ve got other
reasons for sticking around.
ZAGI You are the only man ever to make me bleed, and I
swear that you will die by my hand!
YURI Man, why not do something a little more productive
with all that energy?
ZAGI Watch this!
Zagi raises his mechanical arm embedded with glowing green blastia.
KAROL Whoa! What is that?!
RITA It’s a blastia! I can’t believe he’d try to use it
like that…!
RAVEN I’ve got a bad feelin’ about this.
JUDITH That blastia…! (runs toward Yuri)
ESTELLE Judith!
They all leap over the railing and run to join Yuri.
RITA Hey…what are you doing?
ANNOUNCER What could this mean for the tournament?! …Oh screw
this. I’m outta here!

After Battle with Zagi:

Spoken Dialogue/No Text:
YURI You and that weird arm…!
RAVEN Hah…poor excuse for a person!

Zagi kneels in the middle of the arena holding his blastia arm. The
blastia arm is damaged and flashes dangerously with pulsating light.
ZAGI Uuh…gaah!!
RITA It’s out of his control! That’s what he gets for
using it like that!
ZAGI This damn blastia’s not doing what I want it to!
Zagi fires a blast straight up into the air. As it comes down, it takes
out a door barring monsters from the arena.
KAROL M-monsters!
YURI What are they doing here?!
FLYNN They’re kept here to be used in the tournaments!
that shock just now must have destroyed the barrier
blastia that was holding them in!
ZAGI (getting to his feet) Graaah…!
Zagi, holding his arm, takes off running.
JUDITH He’s getting away…!
ESTELLE Aaah… (a monster knocks Estelle to the ground)
Yuri runs forward, slashing the monster with his sword.
YURI Damn it, guess we’ll have to take care of the
monsters first.
JUDITH … (huhhh)
They fight but there are too many monsters. They are surrounded.
RAVEN This is becomin’ a real pain in the neck.
RITA Less talking, more fighting.
Raven fires arrows as Rita prepares to cast more artes.
KAROL Wh-what?
Rita casts a spell that goes awry. Estelle is nearby, holding the box
from the ghost ship.
RITA Hey…what’s going on?!
ESTELLE Could this box be causing everything…?
Regaey runs past grabbing the box out of Estelle’s grasp. As he flees
the stadium, Judith and Repede run after him.
RITA Him!
Flynn, standing beside the frightened and confused announcer on his
platform, issues orders to his unit.
FLYNN Hear me Knights! Sodia will command this division and
eliminate the remaining monsters!
YURI Shouldn’t evacuating these people come first?
FLYNN The rest of you will defend the spectators with me!
Don’t let even one of the beasts escape!
YURI Heh, looks like Flynn was thinking ahead. He even
sounds like a real captain already.
YURI We’re getting out of here.
RITA Judith and your puppy dog already took off.
YURI Yeah, I heard.
As the others run off, Raven stands contemplating his role in life.
RAVEN A hero’s work is never done…
Hello… Hey, wait up… (runs after them)
INFORMATION Parted with Judith and Repede.

Outside the stadium entrance:

NATZ The Palestralle is reassigning their elites to keep
the riot at the arena under control!
Evacuate calmly!
Belius is taking care of the situation!
You’ll get in the way! Don’t go in!
GUARD Leave things here to us!
OLDER GENTLEMAN Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher should be
calm in these situations,
and be rid of the monster with one telling blow!
Take that! Bring it on monsters!
The older gentleman puts an end to you right here!
NOBLE MAN T-the monsters are lose?!
Eek! I-I’m scared…!
What’s going on upstairs?! Let’s make a run for it…
Oh! My legs can’t move…

Outside the coliseum:

DRUNKEN MAN What happened there!? A bearded old man with a pale
face left from the coliseum!
Twice the usual noise coming from that place! *Hic*
The guy who just jumped out, is he one of Ruins’ Gate
folks that have been wandering around town? *Hic!*
MAN #2 Some bastard destroyed the blastia that locked up the
monsters. Who would do something like that?!
Our reverse barrier blastia are a total loss.
Whoever did this, he’s packing some serious firepower…
TOOL MERCHANT Hmmm… What could that be… …uproar in the coliseum…
Has the champion won? Has the challenger won? I knew
I should have gone…
I can’t get into the coliseum because they say it’s
sold out!
If only I’d decided earlier I could have got in…

LITTLE BOY What? What? The champion won again!?

That was the huge roar I heard from the coliseum!?
 I heard the roar too…
Everyone so excited they have to scream! It’s great!
MAN #1 What’s that? Some Knights are heading to the coliseum?
They must have been in hiding here all along!
What’s going on? What are the Knights doing there…!?
OLD WOMAN Why are there Knights in this town?
If we leave it as it is, the discipline we worked
hard to build in the coliseum will collapse!
We protect this town ourselves, no matter what!
We’ve managed alright so far without the Empire’s
help.
MERCENARY Always the latest information! The coliseum is always
hot, but you should steer clear for the time being.
…Unless of course you want to be eaten by a monster!
I can’t rely on help from the Imperial Knights, but
if we have Palestralle’s support, we could easily
take out the monster!
As they near the inn, Judith fills them in.
JUDITH He got out of the city.
YURI …He’s pretty good at running away.
JUDITH Repede is still after him.
YURI Hopefully he won’t lose the trail.
KAROL But what’s the deal, anyway? Why would Regaey…?
RAVEN Think he set us up somehow?
YURI Looks that way. He used us to keep Flynn from
carrying out his orders.
ESTELLE Orders…?
YURI Relax, it doesn’t look like he’s here to recapture
any princesses.
He wouldn’t go through the trouble of entering the
tournament for that.
ESTELLE Well, then what could it be?
YURI Good question. Whatever it was, I’m sure it was
hurting Regaey’s plans.
KAROL But Regaey seemed so polite…
RITA He didn’t seem too polite when he was making off with
that case.
RAVEN This might mean Ruins’ Gate is nothin’ more than a
false front…
JUDITH Still, what could he want with that case?
ESTELLE Just what was the clear ciel crystal?
RITA About all we know now is that something in that box
made my magic go all haywire.
I’d never lost control of my bodhi blastia like that
before…
RAVEN Hey, if we’ve got the time ta be standin’ around
chattin’, shouldn’t we be chasin’ after your doggy
friend?
JUDITH You’re right, we should be going.
INFORMATION Judith joined the party.

SKIT Regaey

YOUNG MAN Is it always so noisy here?

I was sleeping at the inn, but I was woken by the
noise.
Has something happened? Or is it always like this
 here?
KRITYAN WOMAN It seems the Knights went deep inside the coliseum…
Something terrible must be happening.
This city is truly fascinating…as much for its
historical value as it is for being the gathering
place of so many rough-and-tumble types.
It seems like such a dichotomy, but the two unite
here in Nordopolica.
They leave the coliseum in search of Regaey. The lit torches gleam
brightly in the morning sun.

Statue Of Neeke Of Samontrake:

LITTLE GIRL There’s a cave called Cados to the west of town, you
now.
I’ve been told I mustn’t go near it because it’s so
dangerous.
They say it makes a squeaking noise like a flute or
something when the wind blows.
That’s why it has another name, you know: “The
Weasand of Cados”.
MAN (SWORDPLAY) *Huff* … *huff* … *huff* … *huff* … *Pant* … *pant* …
*pant* … I’m starting to get bored with…
*Pant* … *pant* … *pant* … …Swinging this sword…
Whew…Maybe go for a jog outside town? No…the monsters
are too dangerous…
NOBLE MAN Nordopolica exists completely independent from the
Empire.
So even if a riot breaks out, the Knight’s are not
allowed to intervene.
If the knights did intervene, this would be a big
deal!

Wooden Drawbridge:
KRITYAN WOMAN It seems I have much more hard travel to endure if
I’m to discover the origin of the Kritya.
Even if I somehow get through the mountains, they say
the lands beyond are vast and brutal desert.
The only people I can imagine going out into that
desert would be pioneers, thrillseekers, or madmen.
MAN A bearded old man ran out of the coliseum and out of
town.
There are many like him that just run away after
losing a tournament.
The old man that ran away was different to the normal
sorts you get at the coliseum…
Well, I guess there are some like him there…sometimes.

OLD WOMAN Did the coliseum monster escape…?

It’s gone?! The monster that looks like a big fox…
I’ve seen that monster before… Man, if that thing
goes off on one, it’s gonna get real serious real
quick.
WHARF:
WOMAN (CRATES) A bearded man with a pale face ran away from here.
There was a dog chasing after him… No, it was more
like a monster… Is there a monster inside the
barrier…?
 The guy running away, and even the dog, both looked
terrible!
ITOKEN Hey, you! Sonny! You’ve got nothing to lose lending
an ear to Itoken the tipster!
If Itoken’s supernatural prognostication skills fail,
you get back your every last Gald!
You bend your knee to the brilliant Itoken, you’re
going to win. I guarantee it!
Come on now, place your bets! Place your bets!
OLD MAN Itolken has quite the silver tongue. He manages to
convince himself his predictions are sound even when
they fail.
I must be a generous man…I fall for his smart talk
again and again.
This noble lady beside me is placing quite a large
bet…perhaps I will as well.
How lucky I’d be if this paid off and I was able to
get out of debt.
NOBLE WOMAN Hmmm…hmm. I see. I thought this tipster might have
just been spouting his moth off, but he’s definitely
talking sense.
This could work…maybe I’ll buy a tip after all.
My first impression of this fellow was that he was a
muscle-bound dolt, but he’s actually quite the
intellectual.
You really cannot judge people by their looks.
YOUNG WOMAN What’s happened!? An old man wearing explorer’s
clothes ran out of the town.
what’s that!? Trouble you say? Ah, I’m so excited!
Great, that’s what I love about this town!
There’s cheating everyday…
Ahhh, I mean…Picking?...not learning… hiking…?
SOUP VENDOR They say the crowd went wild when the reigning
champion went head-to-head with some upstart
challenger!
Man alive, how I regret not going to see that!
What? YOU were the challenger? That’s a pretty poor
attempt at a joke.
Repede approaches with a bit of cloth in his mouth.
ESTELLE Repede…!
Estelle runs to Repede and kneels close to his face. Judith walk over
and take the piece of cloth from Repede’s mouth.
JUDITH Look, is this…?
YURI Repede’ll be able to follow his scent with this.
REPEDE Woof!
RITA We’ve gotta get that case back!
YURI Yeah, there’s that too.
RAVEN Guilds don’t take kindly ta backstabbin’ cheats.
KAROL That’s right.
JUDITH He couldn’t just cross the mountains to the west
without preparing first. We should be able to catch
up with him.
YURI All right. Let’s get him.
ESTELLE Do you think the coliseum will be okay?
JUDITH Are you worried about it?
KAROL Do you want to wait here with Rita, then?
ESTELLE What do you mean?
RAVEN This is a guild matter, after all. Nothin’ for you
little ladies ta worry yourselves over.
RITA Sorry, Estelle, but I’m going too. I’m curious about
that red case.
Besides, I won’t feel right until I give that idiot a
piece of my mind.
ESTELLE Then, I…
YURI Decide for yourself.
ESTELLE I… I’ll come too.
If he was trying to obstruct the Knights, then this
could be connected to the empire.
YURI Hmm, maybe. Anyway, the coliseum will be fine.
Flynn’s got a handle on things.
RITA Well then, let’s get our things in order and go after
that jerk.
INFORMATION Repede joined the party.

SKIT The Fifth Master Guild

SKIT Things Get Complicated

LITTLE BOY Thumpa-thump, thumpa-thump…

People goin’ crazy in the coliseum, I’m goin’ crazy
too!
DRUNKEN MAN They say this coliseum city is incredibly old.
Originally, it was just a grounds for dueling built
in the wilderness.
They say the stones of the dueling grounds have been
wet with blood since the day they were set down.
Isn’t that a lurid way of putting it?
Good day, welcome to Nordipolica!
YOUNG WOMAN Are you here to participate in a tournament? Just
spectators? The shopping here is really quite
wonderful, you know. [musical note]
If you follow the road to the west, you’ll arrive at
a giant mountain. There’s no way across it.
Really, there’s no point in leaving town at all.

SKIT The Map Lover

SKIT Still a Lot to Learn (gotten back in Nordipolica for
supplies)

They follow the path into the mouth of a mountain cave.

RITA No sign of him so far.
ESTELLE Do you think he went this way?
RAVEN Maybe he used this ta get through ta the other side
of the mountain.
KAROL But this cave is the Weasand of Cados.
A powerful monster called Pteropus lives here. It’s
supposed to be really dangerous.
Or at least that’s what Nan told me.
Still following Regaey’s scent, Repede ventures a little farther up the
trail inside the cave.
JUDITH Perhaps he went inside without knowing that.

THE WEASAND OF CADOS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ~~~

REPEDE Woof!
Repede runs on ahead and finds Regaey hiding behind a chest in an
alcove. Repede clamps his jaws on the back of Regaey’s shirt and hauls
him out into path.
REGAEY W-w-w-wait… P-please l-let me go.
YURI Looks like he was hiding out here hoping we’d just
pass him by.
RAVEN (clapping his hands together twice) Well now. Let’s
have a nice long chat.
YURI What were you trying to gain, setting us up like that
back at the coliseum?
RITA And give back that case!
REGAEY (still cornered by Repede) You leave m-me no choice.
Several red eyes drop down from the ceiling between them and Regeay.
ESTELLE Leviathan’s Claw?!
Pre Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue:
KAROL Piece of cake!
YURI Don’t get careless!

After Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue:

YURI These guys are all over the place.

YURI Guess this means Ruins’ gate and Leviathan’s Claw are
connected.
RITA (shaking with fury) So they pretend to help with the
excavations, then swipe materials and sell them
later, huh?
I’ll make them pay…I swear…
KAROL How could a guild as famous and renowned as Ruin’s
Gate do something like that?
Judith leaves the group and walks up the trail deeper into the cave.
KAROL Judith, wait!
Judith stops and turns facing them.
JUDITH He’ll get away if we don’t hurry.
KAROL Remember what I said? There’s a really nasty monster
living in there.
RAVEN Hey. Whaddya say we call it a day?
Old Raven can’t afford ta get too far from
Nordopolica without getting this letter to Belius.
The Don’ll hit me with another one of his thankless
jobs otherwise.
RITA Well I’m going after him.
I can’t let somebody like that just do whatever with
the blastia he takes form the ruins!
And I’m gonna get that case back, too!
ESTELLE I…I’m going too!
Highly amused, Yuri grins broadly and looks back at Estelle over his
shoulder.
RITA What are you talking about?! You’re staying put here.
ESTELLE I’m not. (balling her fist and bouncing on her heels)
YURI (looking at Karol) Hah. This doesn’t sound like
something brave Vesperia can very well pass up.
KAROL (momentarily glancing at Estelle) …Yeah, it’s our job
to protect Estelle.
JUDITH If we all go together we’re bound to come up with
 something.
Yuri watches Karol and the ladies walk on ahead while Raven stands
behind him.
RAVEN Sure you’ll be all right without the Great Raven?
YURI (waves his hand at Raven without looking at him as he
walks away) I think so. Good luck delivering the
letter.
Without so much as a backward glance, Yuri leaves him and follows his
comrades into the cave.
RAVEN … (ugh!!!) (indignant exclamation of surprise)
…Jeez, aren’t ya even gonna try ta stop me from
leavin’?

They find a gigantic crablike monster called a Hermit Drill.

YURI This is definitely no regular monster…
Sometimes it’s better to run when it gets too much.

SKIT Bring ‘Em On

SKIT Going and Coming

Deeper into the cave, they find Regaey.

REPEDE Woof!
Regaey runs across a bridge over an underground lake. The water glows
red from the aer krene underneath and the glowing bits of red aer
rising upward from it. On the other side of the bridge, Regaey trips
and falls down.
REGAEY Aaah…! H-heeelp!
ESTELLE Aer…?
RITA This is just like at Keiv Moc! Is there an aer krene
here, too?
RAVEN What do we do?
YURI Charge right in!
JUDITH …I don’t think so.
ESTELLE Judith is right! Touching aer that thick is dangerous!
REGAEY I-I, c-can’t believe that s-something like that would
s-save me…
Regaey runs away further up the path.
RITA Wait!
Aer flows upward blocking Regaey’s path.
KAROL Uagh!!
JUDITH It looks like we’ll have to keep our distance…
The cave trembles.
RITA W-what’s this sh-shaking…
Yuri glances downward at the thick blanket of aer covering the bridge
then looks up quickly as a winged monster drops down onto the bridge
over the aer krene.
YURI Is that the monster you were talking about, Karol?
KAROL N-no… I’ve never seen a monster like that before…
JUDITH . . .
The monster opens it’s beak and sucks in the glowing bits of aer.
RITA It ate the aer…?
The aer disappears, as does the thick red glow, and the monster lets
out a mighty roar.
KAROL Aaah…!
ESTELLE I-I can’t move…
RITA Oh no…
On the other side, Regaey is swaying on his feet.
YURI (struggling to speak) This is not…good…
The monster flaps its wings and lifts off the bridge and flies away.
All the aer and the glowing light from it is gone.
RAVEN Hey, I can move…
Regaey also recovers and quickly runs away.
JUDITH You’re not getting away again!
Judith has second thoughts about crossing the water covered path. She
glances at Rita. Rita charges onto the watery bridge.
ESTELLE Rita, be careful!
RITA Don’t worry. It’s not harmful at its current density.
RAVEN What the hell just happened?
Rita looks at the inactive underwater aer krene.
RITA The monster we just saw somehow normalized the aer
krene that was out of control…
But that would mean that it can control the aer…
Could it be the same thing that guy did with his
sword back in Keiv Moc?!
YURI Can we pass through it…? Rita!
RITA Oh, uh, r-right. It should be okay…
JUDITH What’s the matter?
RITA I have to figure this out… I mean, this is what I’m
traveling for…
YURI Come on, Rita.
RITA I know, I know. We have to follow him…but…I just…
RAVEN That aer krene isn’t exactly goin’ anywhere, is it?
RITA Of course not, you idiot!
…Oh…I see what you mean…
(the others wait) …Okay, let’s go.
YURI All right!
Karol, are you okay?
Karol, breathing heavily, is propping himself up by leaning the weight
of his upper body on his right arm while he grips his leg above the
knee.
KAROL Y-yeah…peachy… (standing up) No, really, I’m fine.
They cross the bridge past Rita who’s still deep in thought.
RITA That monster’s power… Was that the Rizomata Formula
too?

SKIT It Ate the Aer!

SKIT Aer Krene

They eventually find Regaey in a chamber full of agitated bats.

KAROL There he is…!
Repede charges Regaey, bumping into him.
REGAEY B-b-but how did you…?
Repede bumps Regaey again and the chest falls to the floor. Repede
knocks the chest across the stone floor to Yuri.
YURI Good work, Repede. (pointing a slim pinky finger at
Regaey) Looks like our little game of tag is over,
Regaey.
REGAEY Heh, n-n-now… I’ll have to show you my really real
power…!
There’s a brief flash and a pop and Regaey changes into Yeager.
KAROL No way…!
YURI Huh. So that’s what’s been going on.
ESTELLE What does this mean? Was he disguising himself as
Regaey…?
JUDITH I don’t think we have time to worry about the
particulars right now.
YEAGER Oh me oh my, how terribly frightening. I don’t know
what I’d do if I were to end up like poor Ragou.
ESTELLE What do you mean…? what happened to him?
YEAGER They found his body face-down in a riverbed back in
Dahngrest.
I just couldn’t bear it if I ended up like that, you
know.
ESTELLE Ragou is…dead? But why?
YEAGER Afraid that’s not for me to say, nein, my lips are
zipped up tight for sure.
YURI …
Yeager turns to leave. The bats flap over the exit.
ESTELLE Oh… Not that way!
Two girls drop down from above, swords drawn, landing protectively
between Yeager and the party.
GAUCHE Yeager!
DROITE Ta-daah, the reinforcements have arrived!
YEAGER Gauche, Droite -- the rest I leave up to you.
GAUCHE As you wish.
DROITE Aye aye, sir. [musical note] (girlish giggle)
Yeager runs out of the chamber as Gauche and Droite distract the bats
with their swords.
KAROL He’s getting away!
YURI Not on my watch!
YEAGER See you in the funny papers, leibchen! (winks)
The bats come together and form a transparent smoky blue shape that
knocks Gauche and Droite onto their backs. The blue form appears to
sprout feathers at the tip of its flapping wings.
KAROL That’s him! It’s Pteropus!

After Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue:

RAVEN I was not expecting that!!!
KAROL uh…where did Regaey go?

Estelle tries to heal Gauche and Droite.

GAUCHE We need no succor from our enemies…

DROITE You’re not gonna make fools of us…
ESTELLE But, with those injuries…!
The girls rise, backing up from Estelle, they assume martial arts
poses.
GAUCHE Let us withdraw…
DROITE Bye bye for now…
Both girls disappear in smoke and a pop.
YURI Man this stinks… Where’d this smoke come from…?
Repede sniffs the ground where the girls stood.
REPEDE (whining) *Sniff, sniff.*
RAVEN They’re throwin’ our canine friend here off the scent…
RITA Aah… Wh-what is with this heat…?
They see the light of day shining through an exit in the cavern.
JUDITH Those are the Sands of Kogorh…
RAVEN Whoa… We made it all the way there?
YURI The Sands of Kogorh. Phaeroh’s here.
ESTELLE I… I’m going on… to meet Phaeroh.
KAROL Wait! We can’t just let you go alone.
I mean, our job right now is to protect you.
RAVEN Well… We did get the stolen box back, right?
YURI Yeah I guess we can’t just keep chasing him around.
Hmm, all right, we’ll take care of ‘em next time.
RITA Hold on. Are you seriously going?
Do you know what you’re saying? This is a desert.
It’s hot. People die here. Get it?
ESTELLE I’m ready for it…I think…
JUDITH ...The desert is divided into three regions.
RITA Huh?
JUDITH The foothills to the west, the center where it’s
hottest, and the massive peaks to the east.
RITA H-hey, hold on…
JUDITH …There’s a town between the end of the western
foothills and the central area.
RITA Where did you hear that?
JUDITH I went there with a friend once. It’s a nice town
built up around an oasis.
YURI We’ll hold off on any major decisions until we get
there, then.
RAVEN Sounds good to me. Old Raven won’t be able ta think
straight till he cools off.
ESTELLE …Rita…
RITA …I know. We’ll make that our first destination.

SKIT All for You…

SKIT Yeager

IF YOU GO BACK THROUGH THE CAVE: Duke - Part 5

ESTELLE …It’s him…
They see Dukes standing on the other side of the path over the aer
krene water pit.
Rita runs toward Duke.
RITA If you’re here for the aer krene, the monster already
got it under control.
DUKE I heard…
KAROL Heard? From who…?
ESTELLE But Regaey -- err, I mean Yeager -- was the only
other person here then…
Yuri walks onto the bridge and stops slightly behind Rita.
KAROL Wait, then you and Yeager are…?!
DUKE I thought I told you… Stay away from the aer krene.
YURI Sorry about that. We just totally stumbled on this
one by accident. Honest.
DUKE Then you will leave immediately. Do not return again.
Duke turns to leave.
RITA Hold on a second…
Duke ignores her and keeps walking.
RITA …Okay, what is with his attitude…?
YURI We’re already here so…we can just leave after you’ve
examined it.
RITA …You’re kidding, right?
Aren’t there plenty of other things we should be
doing instead?
YURI Well, WE do, but…
RITA ………… (uhhh…) (exasperated}
ESTELLE We all do.
RITA …Estelle.
YURI All right, then. Let’s go.
Rita, you too. (Rita nods)

They cross the desert and find a quite little town guarded surprisingly
by Imperial Knights. Only merchants, knights and a handful of visitors
occupy the streets. The buildings, palms and knights shimmer in the
heat waves coming off the sand. Songbirds sing and parrots squawk in
the shade of the trees.
YURI Seems like a pretty sleepy town.
RITA Well, in this heat…
KAROL There are knights even here, though.
JUDITH I don’t recall seeing such intimidating people here
the last time I came.
Yuri stops, pondering, then looks at Estelle.
YURI All right, shall we each go our own way for now?
RITA I’m for that…Before I do anything, I want to give
these feet a rest…
YURI Okay then, let’s meet up in front of the inn after
sunset.
JUDITH Okay. See you then.
As the others drift off, Yuri kneels beside Repede.
RAVEN No easy thing lookin’ out for everybody else.
YURI (not looking around) Well, I think we all could use a
little time to think things over.
Raven walks on by.
RAVEN Hah hah hah. The kids are all right.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

THE DESERT OASIS MANTAIC

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SKIT The Imperial Knights

Surprisingly, there are no locals about in Mantaic, just guards,

visitors and the Fortune’s Market Merchant. Yuri explores the town
starting with the Street that extends between the towns east and south
gates, both of which are guarded by an Imperial Knight. On this street,
guards lurk around the Inn and their own guard station. Another street
runs between the station and the inn. This street begins with a
fountain and ends at the desert lake lying to the city’s north.

WEST EXIT:
GUARD This is the Desert Oasis, Mantaic. We’re currently on
high alert.
We will immediately arrest you if you do anything
suspicious. Don’t forget that.
Don’t just wander around. It’s annoying.
An Imperial guard station is across the street from the inn. At the end
of the street is a large pool of blue water.

OUTSIDE INN “ARCTURUS”:

KNIGHT (ARCH) Huh? What? If you’re traveling, stop hanging around
here! Get to the inn and sleep!
I’m going to arrest you if you keep ignoring my
warnings! Get outta here already!
Karol stands on the other side of the path.
KAROL I feel like my world is crashing down around me.
I can’t believe Ruins’ Gate was secretly selling
weapons.
And that they were smuggling them illegally out of
ruins…
YURI …Sometimes you have to have shadow where there’s
light, I guess.
KAROL (hanging his head, disappointed) …That’s so sad,
though.
Karol is obviously crushed. Yuri nonchalantly studies his fingernails
until he knows what to say.
YURI Well, you don’t need to worry about those guys. Just
keep living your life the way you know is right…
And lead Brave Vesperia to victory with pride.
KAROL Yeah, you’re right!
Anyway, we need to worry about Phaeroh for now.
YURI Yeah, we’ve finally made it into the desert…it feels
like we’re almost there.
KAROL Hey, once we’re done with this commission you think
we could go back to Dahngrest for at bit?
YURI Hmm…let’s wait until we’ve wrapped up our current job
to talk about that.
KAROL Oh, y-yeah, sure.

KAROL I want Brave Vesperia to be a guild where we work for

something with a cause.

West Exit:
GUARD This is the Desert Oasis, Mantaic. We’re currently on
high alert.
We will immediately arrest you if you do anything
suspicious. Don’t forget that.
Don’t just wander around. It’s annoying.

Fortune’s Market (Mantaic):

Raven stands in front of the Fortune’s Market which is set up outside
the inn under an awning.
YURI Hey old man, sorry to have dragged you all the way
out here.
RAVEN … (looks at Yuri with a wary expression)
YURI Whoa, what’s with that face?
RAVEN Hearin’ you apologize like that puts me a little bit
on edge, is all.
YURI I mean, you still have to deliver that letter to
Belius, right?
RAVEN Yeah, but if I can’t see her until the new moon, then
that’s that, ain’t it?
Till then, I’m at the mercy of the princess’s whims.
YURI Well well, aren’t you easygoing.
You sure about that? If we spend too long out here
and you miss the new moon, the Don’ll yell at you for
sure.
RAVEN Meh, I’m used to bein’ yelled at. If I gotta wait, I
can wait until the next new moon.
It ain’t like we’re gonna run out of new moons
anytime soon.
YURI You certainly sound patient. You sure about this?
RAVEN Of course. Patience is something you’ll learn with
age.
YURI Ugh, I swear…
RAVEN Well, making the right decisions is part of being an
adult, too.
I’ll leave as soon as I feel like I have to.
Anyway, let me travel with you kids for a while
longer. (looks at Yuri with one eye)
YURI Sure. Whatever you want.

RAVEN An old man like me can’t just sit still and wait. I
need to keep myself busy.
It helps to calm my nerves…
MERCHANT W-welcome! If you plan on crossing the desert, make
sure you get your supplies here first.
You’re always welcome here, even if you just want to
window-shop. Thanks for coming!
KNIGHT The soldier’s just standing there watching the
shopkeeper…
He’s not moving at all… Maybe he’s asleep?
…Just talking to myself!

Inside Inn “Arcturus”:

Yuri finds Rita in the lobby, sitting cross-legged on the floor and
staring at the chest.
YURI You can’t open that without a key.
RITA I know.
YURI Are you really going to return it?
RITA Yes, I am. You got a problem with that?
YURI Nope…
He walks over and sits in a chair near Rita.
RITA You saw what happened in Nordopolica. This thing made
it so I couldn’t control my magic.
The clear ciel crystal inside this box interferes
with aer somehow.
YURI Interferes with aer? How could a tiny box like this
do something like that?
RITA I don’t know. That’s why I wish I could open this box
somehow…
YURI There’s a good chance that we’d be able to find a key
for the box in Yormgen.
RITA For me, this doesn’t have anything to do with Estelle
wanting to return it anymore.
YURI So then you’re going to look for the town of Yormgen
that was mentioned in that diary?
RITA Yes, if I can…
YURI If you can?
RITA I can’t leave Estelle behind.
YURI Sure you can, if you want to.
RITA I’d like to leave her behind. But…I can’t.
YURI … (stands up)
RITA Until now, she was so careful…how could she…
She couldn’t be serious about going alone into the
desert…could she?

RITA Find Yormgen? Or go with Estelle?

 I know it’s not something I should even think about,
but…
INNKEEPER W-we’re still getting ready… So please come back
again later.
W-we’re not open yet… Huh?! Suspicious? I’m not being
suspicious at all!
KNIGHT (standing near innkeeper’s desk) ……
Get out of here… You’re annoying…

Traveler’s Log:
INFORMATION (Heat wave) Extremely…hot…
Yuri exits the inn and walks across the street passing a fountain and
the guards station.

Imperial Guard Station:

GUARD (S DOOR) Wha? This station is for us Imperial Knights.
You don’t have any business here. Go on! Get lost!
Keep trying my patience and I’ll throw you in jail.
Out, out!

Street sign:
INFORMATION Guide to Mantaic
^ to the oasis
to the Weasand of Cados >
< to the Sands of Kogorh
Guard (west door) ……
…… Get out of here.

East Exit:
As Yuri explores the east exit, Judith enters from the desert.
JUDITH Oh, where are you off to?
YURI Nowhere in particular. Just going on a walk.
What about you? Where were you going?
JUDITH I just wanted to get a look at the desert terrain we
were going to be headed into next.
YURI It’s good to be prepared. So, how was it?
JUDITH It was hot.
YURI Well, I assumed as much.
JUDITH But… It wasn’t as hot as I thought it’d be.
YURI Hmmm…well, okay. But what I wanted to know was if
Phaeroh is out there.
JUDITH Right…that’d be nice. (pondering with her hand
cupping her elbow while her other hand cradles her
chin)
YURI Oh well, I guess we couldn’t expect him to be that
easy to find.
JUDITH …
YURI What?
JUDITH You want to go out and check for yourself?
YURI No, that’s okay…
If we head out to look for him, we should do it
together.
JUDITH Oh, I see.

JUDITH I wonder if everything is alright…

 …I hope nothing has gone wrong…
…What should I do?

(if you move Yuri closer to the exit….)

JUDITH Oh, there’s more desert outside town.
Yuri turns back and explores the street leading down to the lake.

Intersection:
A shirtless man and a Knight loiter in the street between the guard
station and the inn.
MAN Hey… There’s something strange about this town, right?
Everyone’s locked up inside their homes… And there’s
all these soldiers. Is something going on?
Whoa, wait. The soldiers will notice us if we keep
talking like this.
KNIGHT Sir! I was sent to this desert right after joining
the brigade, sir!
I don’t get the mission, but I’m going to do my best
to watch the townspeople! Sir!
Sir! It’s my first assignment! I’m a little nervous!
Sir!
Another knight guards the side door of the station.
GUARD ……
…… Get out of here.
Another guard stands at attention under shading palm trees near a small
alley that runs behind the inn.
GUARD It’s so hot…
Here, touch my armor and helmet. You could fry an egg…
*Sigh* I just want to go home.
Yuri walks down the alley and sees an Imperial guard leaning against a
wagon blocking the street.
GUARD Ugh! Why’d I have to come all the way out to this
godforsaken place?
Of course, it was on our boss’ orders. Something’s
up… I’ll have to grab some of his leftovers.
Hee hee hee…
Yuri leaves the alley and continues on to the lake stopping to inspect
the environs of a building behind the guard.

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SUB-EVENT: Wonder Reporter - Part 3 (Final):
Wonder Reporter Oho, you found me!
While you sleep, I’ve been sneaking in and updating
your Wonder Log!
Oh no, you know my know my precious secret! And yet,
you’re the first person I’ve ever told.
It’s all right! Just let this stay our little secret,
and I’ll keep sneaking up to your bedside and working
my magic. [heart]
Oh no, I think I just violated the reporter’s code of
confidentiality…!
Goodbye!
YURI [Sweat drop] (The wonder reporter disappears in
smoke) …I’m scared…
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WOMAN If you plan on crossing the desert, you have to make
sure you have enough water.
If you don’t keep hydrated, you’ll shrivel up like a
mummy!
Not that anyone would have any reason to go into the
desert.
I mean, there’s nothing out there.
KNIGHT …… I can’t put up with this anymore.
Why the hell do we have to keep watch on the citizens
in a place like this?
There’s a fountain right in front of my eyes. A
FOUNTAIN!
I wish I could just throw off this burning armor and
go for a swim in it…
Estelle stands on the shore looking out over the lake. The burning sun
glitters on the ripples and the leaning blastia embedded in the sandy
bottom of the lake.
ESTELLE Yuri…
YURI Hey, why the long face?
ESTELLE Is the desert really as dangerous as they say…?
YURI I don’t think Rita’d joke around with such a serious
look on her face.
ESTELLE Yeah, I guess not…
I’ve dragged all of you all the way out here…
YURI You should stop worrying about all of us.
ESTELLE Huh…?
YURI I mean, we’re just doing what we fell like doing.
But…what about you? What do YOU want to do?
ESTELLE Me…? I…
YURI You were saying that you need to figure out who you
are, weren’t you?
ESTELLE Yes…that’s true, but…
YURI Estelle, you’re Brave Vesperia’s client.
If you tell us to go somewhere, we’ll go there.
And if you tell us to go for you, we’ll find Phaeroh
and drag him back here.
ESTELLE Yuri… (Yuri nods)
Then, I…
YURI …There’s no need to rush to give me an answer. Take
your time.
ESTELLE …

ESTELLE I’m sorry… Please give me some time to think…

Later Estelle catches up to them near the fountain and holds something
in her hand out to Karol.
ESTELLE Karol, this is for you.
KAROL Huh? What’s going on, Estelle…? What’s this?
ESTELLE This is payment for your services. I’m sure you’ll be
able to sell it for quite a sum.
I want to thank you all for everything you’ve done.
KAROL Huh? What do you mean? You haven’t found what you’re
looking for yet…
ESTELLE …I’m afraid I must take my leave from you here.
RITA “Take your leave” …? What are you gonna do?
YURI You’re not thinking of going alone, are you…?
ESTELLE My desire to meet Phaeroh is a personal one.
KAROL Are you crazy? That’s way too dangerous1
ESTELLE Which is why I must go alone.
I won’t have the rest of you caught up any further in
my own selfish quest.
YURI Do Justice, and punish the unjust.
KAROL Huh…? Oh, right. That’s one of the laws of our guild.
JUDITH (nods) There’s no justice in letting Estelle march
into the heart of the desert all by herself.
YURI I don’t think I have it in me to break our laws. How
‘bout you, Karol?
KAROL Right!
JUDITH It seems those are the rules.
ESTELLE …I’m terribly flattered, really, but I’m afraid I
can’t let you…
RITA Estelle, wait!
Have you all lost your marbles? We’re talking abut a
force of nature here1
YURI Which is why we’re all going together.
KAROL I’ll admit I’m a little scared, but I can’t just let
Estelle go off like that.
RITA You! You talk some sense into them. (points at Raven)
RAVEN If is start whining now, I’ll have ta go all the way
back ta Nordopolica by myself, right? That’s no fun.
RITA Ooh! There’s no reasoning with any of you.
(turning to Estelle) Are you sure you’re dead set on
this?
ESTELLE Yes. I’ve thought a lot about this.
You all have something that’s important to you, a
goal you give everything to achieve.
I realized that I didn’t have anything like that for
myself…
And I knew I had to find a purpose of my own,
something I can dedicate myself to.
I made the decision to begin this journey, and I have
to finish what I’ve started.
This…this is something I have to do for myself.
RITA …Okay okay, you win. So we’ll be aiming for the
desert’s center.
ESTELLE Huh…?
RITA Hey, I tried talking sense into you idiots.
ESTELLE Rita…
YURI There’s actually no real need for you to come, Rita.
You’ve got your aer krene research to worry about,
don’t you?
RITA There’s no telling what you idiots will get into if I
don’t keep an eye on you.
The aer krene isn’t going anywhere. I’ll go check up
on it later.
But1
We’re not leaving until we’ve taken care of all our
preparations.
ESTELLE I’m sorry to be such an inconvenience to you all…
YURI I think we had a pretty good idea things would turn
out like this from the start.
KAROL Yeah.
ESTELLE (bows) Thank you1
KAROL Huh…? Where’s Judith?
Judith appears behind them,
JUDITH Everything settled?
RITA Yeah.
JUDITH Well, what did you decide?
ESTELLE We’re going to the center of the desert.
JUDITH I had a feeling, so I’ve made some arrangements. The
innkeeper has agreed to help us.
RAVEN We’ll wanna be good and rested before we leave this
town behind, that’s for sure.
RITA You’re always thinking about your next nap, aren’t
you?
RAVEN Yeah, but I sleep so much better if I have a little
company.
Rita grinds her foot into Raven’s and walks away toward the inn. The
others follow, including Raven…after he recovers.
Judith remains looking toward the desert.
JUDITH I wonder what Phaeroh will do…
INFORMATION Judith earned the “Trophy Wife” title.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

SKIT A Barrier in an Oasis

They go to the inn.

YURI Can we stay the night here?
INNKEEPER Hello. Welcome to the desert oasis, Mantaic.
RITA What’s with this knight?
INNKEEPER Well, ummm…
KNIGHT …
INNKEEPER …Will, will you be staying the night?
YURI Yeah. We’re going into the desert, so we came into
town to gather provisions and get some rest first.
INNKEEPER Oh, so it’s you who wanted provisions for going into
the desert.
You know, it’s…
YURI We know it’s dangerous.
INNKEEPER Oh, I see…
In that case, I’ll get your provisions together
before you set out.
Your stay will cost 400 Gald. Is that okay?
Menu choice Yes.
INNKEEPER Have a nice stay.
That evening, Yuri stretches out on the bed closest to the door.
Estelle examines the bookcase while Raven sits on the floor leaning
back against the wall. Rita and Karol sit on the first two beds
opposite Yuri.
RITA This town kind of gives me the creeps.
KAROL All these knights stick out like sore thumbs.
RAVEN (getting up) Anyway, time ta get some sleep1 Sleepy
times1 (walks toward the beds)
KAROL But man, I just can’t relax with a knight standing
out at the entrance.
ESTELLE It bothers you?
KAROL It does, it does.
RAVEN If they’re here ta protect us, there ain’t nothin’
wrong with that, is there?
Raven sits on the bed next to Yuri’s. Judith lies on the bed in the
corner.
YURI (rolling over in bed) All right everyone, let’s get
some sleep.
KAROL Mmm…
In the morning, they talk to the innkeeper. The knight is absent.
YURI Yeah, thanks for the help.
INNKEEPER Umm…I don’t know your reasons for going out into the
desert, but…
It would really be a good idea for you to stay in
town…
YURI Thanks, but we’ve already put a lot of thought into
it.
INNKEEPER I see. Well, as I promised…
The innkeeper reaches under the counter and sets a colorful canteen on
the countertop.
KAROL Our canteens are this small?1
RITA Looks like enough to me.
JUDITH Yeah, we should be able to get more water from
certain types of cacti growing in the desert.
RITA Right, if we use them to fill up our canteens
whenever we need more water, we should be fine. You
sure know a lot
Judith nods and Estelle bows to the innkeeper.
ESTELLE Thank you very much. You’ve been a great help.
INNKEEPER It’s the least I could do. I’m giving that to you, so
don’t hesitate to use it as much as you like.
Go out and turn right where the road forks. You’ll
find a lake at the end of the road.
You’ll be able to fill up your canteens there.
YURI Gotcha.
RITA By the way, what was with the knight who was here?
RAVEN He was guarding me all night. I was so nervous1
KAROL (frowning at Raven) One lie after another…
INNKEEPER …That was a supervisor. The knights are here to make
sure that townspeople don’t talk freely to visitors
from outside of town.
ESTELLE Why would they do something like that?
INNKEEPER I don’t understand the reasons, but it’s on the
magistrate’s orders. People other than merchants like
myself aren’t allowed out of their houses.
YURI I see… That’s why we didn’t see any townspeople
outside.
KAROL I wonder if there’s a crooked magistrate here, too.
Yuri nods.
INNKEEPER There was no magistrate in this town until recently,
and then finally he arrived…
ESTELLE Really?
INNKEEPER Yes.
The Imperial Knights have started to move into
Nordopolica of late.
It seems they may’ve already gone in to arrest Belius.
The appointment of a new imperial magistrate to our
town seems to be related to that, as well.
KAROL The Imperial Knights are going to arrest Belius?1
INNKEEPER They say that Belius had something to do with
engineering the Great War behind the scenes.
All !
JUDITH Belius did that…?!
INNKEEPER That’s what they’re saying in town.
Well, I don’t think the empire will be able to do
much so long as Palestralle’s there, but…
The door opens and the Knight walks in, taking his place in front of
the counter beside the wall.
INNKEEPER (bowing) Thank you very much for your business1
KAROL Wait…but…
YURI Yeah, thanks for the help.
Let’s go fill up at the lake.

SKIT The Desert

At The Mantaic Desert Lake:

KAROL We’ve filled up our water… I think we’re ready to go.
ESTELLE Right.
VOICE Stop it! Let go!
Yuri, then Estelle run to offer assistance. Two guards are trying to
capture two children. One guard leans over gripping the little girl by
her shoulders.
GUARD Bad boys and girls that break curfew must be punished
by the magistrate1
LITTLE BOY No way, we’re going to look for Mommy and Daddy…1
YURI Leave these children to me. I’ll see that they’re
properly disciplined.
The guard loosens his grip and the little girl breaks free.
ESTELLE Please forgive these children.
I will go and apologize in person to the magistrate
on their behalf.
GUARD Hey…wait, aren’t you…
The other guard whispers to him.
GUARD My deepest apologies…1
Both guards leave.
ESTELLE Do you think that maybe…I could’ve handled that
better?
YURI Hey, it worked, didn’t it?
LITTLE BOY Thanks for saving us from those bad guys1
ESTELLE What are your names?
LITTLE BOY My name is Alph1 My sister’s Layla.
JUDITH What happened to your mom and dad?
ALPH They got taken into the desert in the magistrate’s
big wagon1
Someone told me they’re going to look for Phaeroh1
ESTELLE !
Phaeroh…1
YURI Yeah…
RAVEN But what d’ya think they’re plannin’ on doin’ once
they find ‘im?
KAROL And using the townspeople to do their dirty work?
It’s despicable1
Layla Hey…big bro, are we going to go look for Mommy and
Daddy?
JUDITH No, you’re not. If you kids go into the desert,
you’ll die for sure.
ALPH Ack1
ESTELLE Judith1
JUDITH We’ll look for your parents. You kids can’t go out
 into the desert.
ALPH Really?
JUDITH I don’t lie. …You don’t mind, do you, Karol?
KAROL Nope. Fine by me.
RITA You’re surprisingly agreeable.
ESTELLE His guild is guided by justice, after all.
Rita scratches her head.
Layla Thanks, everyone1
ALPH Here, take this, ‘cause you’re so nice1
Alph puts something into Judy’s hand, then he and Layla run away.
KAROL …A glass bead?
JUDITH It’s a precious gem.
ESTELLE It’s our reward for taking the job.
YURI Now that we’ve gotten paid in advance, we’ve got our
work cut out for us, don’t we, Karol?
KAROL Yeah, you’re right.
INFORMATION Obtained Glass Marble.
YURI …But what concerns me…
…is that the empire is investigating Phaeroh…

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SUB-EVENT: Moonlight Talon:
(2nd night at the Inn)

INNKEEPER W-Welcome. Party of six…and, uh, one dog? That’ll be

400 Gald.

While the others are asleep, Judith walks toward the door preparing to
leave the room.
YURI Mrngh… Where are you going…?
JUDITH The moon’s so pretty, so I thought I’d go out and
take a walk.
There is the sound of wagon wheels and hooves.
KAROL …What? What was that sound?
RAVEN …What strange sounds…
The sound of a wagon wheels and hooves stops.
RITA So noisy… What’s going on…?
JUDITH It’s nothing, everyone. Go back to sleep.
Repede shakes himself and gets up.
YURI Ugh, now we’re all awake. Stupid noisy son of a…
The scene changes and Yuri, Judith, Rita and Karol stand near the first
two now empty beds. While Repede lies on the floor next to Yuri’s bed,
Estelle lies on her back in the bed opposite Raven, who is also
stretched out on his back.
RITA Nope, one of us is still sound asleep.
ESTELLE …Mrngh mrngh… No, no more tapioca…
RAVEN …What happened?
KAROL There was some weird sound outside the door. Like
someone carrying something heavy.
RITA …This late at night? That’s strange.
KAROL Anyway, you want to go and see what it was?
YURI Yeah, good idea.
RITA Hey, Estelle, get up. We’re going out for a bit.
ESTELLE Huh…? A party, for me…?
KAROL She’s still dreaming…
RAVEN I’m sleeping too…
RITA Argh, I swear…
YURI Repede’s also asleep. We should just let them rest.
Karol and Rita leave the room.
JUDITH ……
YURI …You’re coming, right?
JUDITH Yes.
Outside, two knights work in the moonlight around a beast drawn
carriage.
KNIGHT #1 …Hurry up… …He’s waiting for us…
KNIGHT #2 Yes sir… But…how could such an object like this
possibly be used…?
KNIGHT #1 You ask too many questions. This is a special
assignment…
YURI That looks heavy. Want some help?
The knight turns around to see Yuri, Karol, Rita and Judith standing
behind him in the street in front of the inn.
KNIGHT #1 Ah, nice of you to offer… Huh…? It’s you…
RITA That’s a hoplon blastia, isn’t it? what are you going
to use it for?
KNIGHT #1 (to other knight) Run…!
KNIGHT #2 Y-you want me to run…?
KNIGHT #1 You fool, hurry up and run away!
The knight gets into the carriage and it draws away.
YURI Let’s go after them!
They catch up with the carriage in the desert.
YURI End of the line, boys.
KNIGHT #1 They’ve caught us…! (he assumes a fighting stance)
…Our orders were to eliminate all witnesses, no
matter what…!
KNIGHT #2 B-but…
KNIGHT #1 Enough grumbling, do it!
KNIGHT #2 Yes sir…!
KNIGHT #1 I’ll just use this… (activates the blastia)
Agh! (stares at the control panel, clueless)
JUDITH (weapon drawn, ready to fight) Say goodbye! (strikes
the blastia with her weapon)
KNIGHT #1 Gah!
The blastia burns and both knights lie upon the sand.
RITA Argh, this wouldn’t happen if amateurs would keep
their clumsy hands away from blastia!
KNIGHT #2 Eeeek! (jumps to his feet and runs away)
The blastia continues to burn inside the wagon.
KNIGHT #1 Damn it, you just wait… (gets up and runs away)
Rita runs toward the ruined blastia.
KAROL Rita, it’s not safe!
RITA B-but… Oh no, the core is burnt to a crisp…
YURI It’s too late…
JUDITH ……
YURI Did your walk have to do with going after this
blastia, by any chance?
JUDITH What could you possibly be talking about…?
YURI Well, it ended up destroyed in the end, anyway.
JUDITH ……
YURI It’s gotta be hard doing it all by yourself, trying
to keep it all a secret from everyone.
JUDITH I know… You can’t even go for a nice walk without
someone butting in.
YURI …You still won’t tell us your reasons for going
 around and destroying blastia?
JUDITH (walking away) …Yeah. I still…think that it’s
something that you’re just as well off not knowing.
YURI ……
KAROL ? (watches Judith walk back to town)
INFORMATION Judith learned the “Moonlight Talon” Base Arte.
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They leave town via the western exit:

Guard (west exit) …… Hurry up and leave if you don’t have any business
in this town.
Hurry up and leave even if you do!
Please. I’m begging you. You’re just more people to
watch.
ESTELLE Yuri? What’s the matter?
YURI I was just thinking about what the magistrate here
could be planning.
It’s so strange that he’d be looking for Phaeroh.
ESTELLE . . .
YURI Though I guess it’d make sense if the empire wanted
to eliminate a monster that was trying to kill the
princess.
RITA But they don’t know that he’s after Estelle yet, do
they?
RAVEN So why are they going after him, then?
RITA How should I know?
JUDITH And we still don’t know why there’s a curfew in the
town.
KAROL Anyway, first, we should go to the Sands of Kogorh.
YURI Right. We can look into the mysteries of this town
once we come back.
RAVEN If we don’t rescue those kids’ parents soon, they’ll
keel over in this heat!
ESTELLE …That’s true.
RAVEN So then, to get to the middle of the desert, we
should go through here, right?
JUDITH Yes. I think the parents of those children were
probably taken this way, too.
YURI All right. Let’s go.

THE SANDS OF KOGORH

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~
Sand blows across the desolate-looking desert.
ESTELLE …There’s no shade anywhere.
KAROL I never imagined it would be this hot…
YURI Nobody’d last long out here without the proper
supplies.
RITA What’s with him? He looks like he’s out for a walk in
the park.
Raven does a backflip, scampers back to them and backflips again.
YURI Hey old man… Aren’t you hot?
RAVEN (backflips) Hot? Heck yeah! I’m sizzling over here!
Burnin’ right up!
RITA That lousy…
ESTELLE I feel like the temperature goes up every time
somebody says the word “hot.”
RAVEN (backflips) We’ll be fine so long as we remember ta
keep our water well stocked.
ESTELLE Right, the cacti…
JUDITH The parents of those children are out there with no
supplies whatsoever.
ESTELLE We do have Phaeroh to look for, but…
JUDITH Yes… Would it be all right if we took care of Alph
and Layla’s request first?
KAROL U-um, but…
They all look at Estelle.
ESTELLE You’ve more than fulfilled your obligation to me.
KAROL Estelle…
YURI …Okay then, let’s find their parents.
They hear a bird call in the sky.
ESTELLE Was that Phaeroh?
KAROL Then he really is somewhere in the desert!
YURI (looking at the sky) Settle down. You’ll get plenty
of attention once we’re done helping those kids.

SKIT A Day in the Sun

(Back into the desert)

They gather around a cactus.
RITA Let’s fill up our water here.
KAROL (touching the spikes) But, this is… Ow, ouuuch…!
RITA What an idiot… Use your head a little!
YURI Looks like this situation calls for a little extra
help…
Yuri fires the sorcerer’s ring at the cactus and it collapses. Yuri
fills his canteen.
YURI Canteen-fillin’ time!
KAROL Me next! [musical note]
ESTELLE We need to make sure to keep hydrated.
YURI Right…we wouldn’t want to get sunstroke.
If everyone’s finished, let’s go!
INFORMATION You will lose HP gradually as you walk when the water
level of the canteen reaches zero. Watch your canteen
as you advance.

Nighttime comes and Raven is still energetic.

RAVEN (backflipping) Better stop plodding along like a
zombie, or you’ll only make yourself more tired!
KAROL How are you in such good spirits?
YURI Some people take pleasure in the suffering of others…
RITA Why I oughta…
YURI Don’t waste your energy.
RITA That sort of peppiness simply isn’t healthy… Hey, did
you hear a voice?
ESTELLE No…not at all…
RITA By the way, why were you in this desert before?
JUDITH I used to live in town up in the mountains to the
north of here. together with my friend Ba’ul.
So I sometimes came down near the desert.
RITA All the way to the desert…?
JUDITH Anyway, we hardly have time to look for anything out
here, what with this heat…
YURI Seriously…if we run out of water, we’ll be goners…
KAROL We need to find something like a clue soon…
ESTELLE Yes…

KAROL Ugh, I’m out of water…

YURI (handing his water) Don’t go drinking all of it.
KAROL Thanks, Yuri.
RITA Hey…do you think…we could take five…?
RAVEN And you say I’m the one always wantin’ ta rest.
KAROL Yeaaaaaaah! (takes off running, Yuri looks on in
shock)
RAVEN Huh? The heat’s gone and baked his brains!
They hear the splash of water.
RITA (running) Water!
ESTELLE (running) Oh, Karol, be careful. You’ll hurt yourself
if you fall!
YURI Heh… Looks like he still had plenty of energy.
RAVEN Wait up for old Raven! (runs to join them)
YURI (to Judith) And here I thought they couldn’t bear to
go another step.
They all relax in the water at the shady oasis and fill their canteens.
RITA I think I’m in heaven.
KAROL I thought we were really done for.
RAVEN Hey now. Gotta be tougher than that if you’re gonna
save the world, kids.
RITA Shut up.
KAROL It’ll be dangerous if we just keep going like this.
JUDITH If we turn back now, though, we’ll only disappoint
those poor children.
RITA We’ve got to keep looking as long as we can.
ESTELLE If we’re lucky, we may even find Phaeroh along the
way.
YURI That’s right. And with this spring, we shouldn’t have
any trouble keeping up the search.
RAVEN If you’ve already eaten the poison, you may as well
lick the plate.
KAROL Yeah, you’re right. We’ve come this far.
YURI How about your water bottle, Karol? Did you fill it
up?
Karol gets up.
JUDITH Here, I filled them for you. Here’s yours, Rita.
KAROL (running to Judith) Thanks, Judith!
RITA (walking) Th-thanks…
YURI Everybody else all set?
ESTELLE Yes.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI All right, let’s keep moving.

SKIT The Parents

(returning to the town at night)

GUARD Keep off the streets at night. You’ll only be in the
way.
Huh? I seem different than the daytime soldiers?
What, are you stupid? We work in shifts!
If we’re clear on that, get back to the inn and get
some sleep.
 Then in the morning, take a hike out of town.

(Back in Desert)
1st portion of the desert:
SKIT Going… Going…
SKIT Gone…

2nd portion of the desert:

KAROL Look up ahead…!
YURI Let’s get outta here!
They run to the left and find two people lying on the scorching sand.
KAROL A-are you okay?
Estelle kneels down and heals the nearest person.
MAN Oooo…. It’s, it’s you…
The man sits up.
ESTELLE Do you feel better now?
MAN Ohh…my wife, where’s my wife…
KAROL Do you mean this woman…? She’s right here.
Estelle kneels down by the woman and heals her. She, too, sits up.
ESTELLE Please, hold still.
WOMAN W-water…
The couple drink water from the canteens.
MAN *Gulp* I can feel the life coming back into me…
Oh, that really hit the spot!
Standing up, the man and woman bow to Estelle.
MAN Thank you so much!
WOMAN We’re alive, thanks to you… You’re our saviors!

ESTELLE Please, it’s nothing…

YURI We’ll have time to relax once we get you back alive.
MAN I’d like to thank you for saving us…but I’m afraid I
don’t have anything with me that I could give you…
YURI Oh, please, we don’t need anything like that.
MAN No, that simply won’t do.
Please, come to Mantaic so that I can pay you back
for what you’ve done.
RITA Mantaic…?
JUDITH Wait, are you the parents of Alph and Layla?
WOMAN Y-yes, yes, we are!
Did you see our children back in Mantaic…?
ESTELLE Yes, we met them there.
KAROL They were worried about their mom and dad.
JUDITH They were even going to come out into the desert to
look for you.
MAN Oh… This is terrible. We have to go back to them…
JUDITH Don’t be so hasty. Do you think you two can go back
by yourselves?
MAN Well, we…that is… No, I guess…we can’t.
RAVEN Then just calm down for now.
A bird shrieks.
MAN A bird…in this desert?
KAROL It sounds close…
RAVEN Sounds like it came from just up ahead.
YURI So we’ll get to meet him…it’s about time. I was about
to shrivel up in this heat.
Judith and Rita walk away.
ESTELLE You two come, too.
MAN Y-yes…
YURI Make sure to keep a safe distance. You’ll want to be
out of the way in case a fight breaks out.
WOMAN Y-yes, okay.

(SKIT The Flames of ???) If you run from the Medusa

Butterfly.

They climb higher . There are flowering cacti there and a patch of
greenery up ahead. The bird calls again, louder and longer.
JUDITH Something isn’t right… Be on your guard.
Repede crouches. The bird call is silenced by a shrieking roar.
ESTELLE That’s not Phaeroh…
YURI Yeah… There’s something different about that voice.
KAROL H-hey…!
A supernatural creature appears out of thin air. A gaping hole of a
mouth surrounded by triangular flaps of skin sits where the head should
be. The wings, more like flippers, flap to keep it aloft. No feathers
are visible on the thick, bluish skin of the creature. Dark fumes emit
from its fleshy body.
RITA What the?! It’s disgusting!
KAROL (frightened) I’ve never seen a monster like that…
JUDITH That’s not a monster.
RAVEN If it’s not a monster, what the hell is it?!
REPEDE (crouching) Woof! WOOF!, WOOF!
YURI Even Repede’s frightened… This can’t be good…
KAROL Let’s get out of here!

ESTELLE It’s coming this way!

Rita readies an attack arte while Yuri unsheathes his weapon. The man
and woman tremble with fear.
YURI Damn, looks like we have no coice.
Out of the way, you two.

Starting Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue:

RAVEN Ive never seen anything like it
ESTELLE I don’t want to deal with it if we don’t have too.
JUDITH I guess we have no choice.

After Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue:

YURI I guess we got it, but...
ESTELLE Ohhh, I’m so tired…
RITA Come on! Snap out of it!

After the battle the monster disappears into thin air with a final
fading shriek.
YURI It vanished…?
A red and yellow feather floats down from the air and lands beside
Estelle. Estelle kneels down to inspect it.
ESTELLE What’s this…?
KAROL Ahhh… I can’t go on…
Karol’s feet fly up and he flops down onto the sand, landing on his
back. Shortly after, Rita flops face down on the sand near Karol while
the others droop from the heat and exhaustion.
ESTELLE Rita…Karol…
Kneeling on the sand, Estelle reaches out toward Karol, then she too
collapses, then Repede, and then Judith.
RAVEN I’m afraid even I can’t take anymore… (passes out,
face down)
Only Yuri is left standing.
YURI …This isn’t good… (sinks to one knee before passing
out and falling over on his side in the sand)
…What?
While lying in the sand, Yuri makes out an oasis through his blurred
vision. A longer more focused look reveals structures around a deep
blue lake.
YURI A…town…?
That dragon from the Weasand of Cados… (sees a dragon
hovering in the sky)
..Heh. …Go ahead… Hope you choke…on my bones… (closes
his eyes)
Scene changes. Yuri is lying on a bed with a soft peach blanket
covering the mattress. There is the sound of running water nearby and
birds are singing.
YURI …Ohh.
Sitting up, Yuri sees Rita lying on her side in the bed next to the
wall. Karol lies spread eagle on the bed between Rita’s and Yuri’s.
YURI We…collapsed in the desert…
And this can’t be heaven…
Where are we?
KAROL (asleep) Hmm…
RITA (asleep) ……
Chest Hourglass x1
All-Divide x1

A maid stands outside the room.

MAID Hmm? Are you all right already?
You can rest as long as you need to.
Don’t you go getting yourselves knocked out again,
you hear?
Next time, I’ll be charging boarding fee! Tee-hee.
Yuri learns they are in the Inn “Septentriones”
FEMALE INNKEEPER You’re awake. Are you alright?
You passed out by the town entrance.
You don’t have to pay me.
I brought you here in the first place.
If you’re looking for your friends, they’re outside
already.

Yuri steps outside. Judith and Estelle stand on a wooden bridge arched
over running water.
JUDITH Good morning.
ESTELLE Oh, Yuri. Are you feeling better now?
YURI Yeah. How about you guys? Are you all right?
ESTELLE Yes, it would seem that way.
YURI We all collapsed in the desert, right? So what are we
doing in this town?
JUDITH Seems like someone came to our aid.
ESTELLE Though we’re not sure who.
YURI What about the couple who was with us?
ESTELLE They appear to have been brought here as well.
YURI So they didn’t get a look at our rescuers either?
JUDITH Apparently they lost consciousness like the rest of
us.
 I believe the two of them are having a look around
town.
YURI …I wonder. Was it just a mirage?
ESTELLE What do you mean?
YURI Oh…just before I blacked out, I saw that dragon that
got the aer under control back at Cados.
ESTELLE Really?
YURI Yeah. Didn’t you see it, Estelle?
ESTELLE No, I didn’t see anything.
YURI (thinking, cupping chin in hand) Was it just a
mirage, then…?
(turning to look up the road) So…what’s the story?
Where exactly are we?
JUDITH A kindly gentleman is looking into that very matter
for us.
YURI Kindly gent --? Oh, you mean the old man.
Rita and Karol finally waken and come out to look around.
RITA There’s no barrier here. This town is weird…
KAROL I thought the mountains in the east were supposed to
be uninhabited.
ESTELLE Rita, Karol, over here. (waves at them with the
feather in her hand)
YURI (seeing the feather) What’s that?
ESTELLE The monster that attacked us in the desert dropped it.
RITA I didn’t see any feathers on that thing…
JUDITH That’s one of Phaeroh’s feathers.
All !
ESTELLE But why would that monster have one of Phaeroh’s
feathers…?
JUDITH Hmm…
KAROL Man, there’s so much we don’t know…
Raven with Repede at his side walks down the path to them. Repede
stops beside Yuri.
JUDITH Welcome back.
Judith walks toward Raven as Estelle drops down beside Repede.
RAVEN And just why was it up ta me ta go trompin’ off on a
recon mission?
JUDITH If I’d gone, this sweet young lady would’ve been all
alone with you. That’s far too unsafe.
Repede paws playfully at Yuri’s hand.
RAVEN Unsafe? You can’t possibly mean me?
JUDITH Oh… I don’t know… Maybe…
RITA …I think I’m gonna gag.
RAVEN (closing one eye, using a sexy voice) S’pose I don’t
mind people thinkin’ I’m “dangerous.” Adds ta my
mysterious charm…
It seems we’re in Yormgen. You know, that town from
the diary on the ghost ship.
ESTELLE (standing) Wait, this is Yormgen?
KAROL The town that needed the clear ciel crystal to
protect itself from monsters?
RITA It makes sense. They don’t have a barrier here.
That’s reason enough to be looking for a way to keep
out monsters.
RAVEN But that was 1,000 years ago.
YURI Yeah. And I find it strange that they were getting by
at all without a barrier.
KAROL You’re right.
JUDITH What if we show this case to one of the locals, and
ask them?
ESTELLE Yes. We might learn something about Phaeroh that way
as well.
YURI I agree.
INFORMATION Obtained Phaeroh’s Feather.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

THE HEARTLAND TOWN YORMGEN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SKIT Not a Normal Monster

SKIT Missing Phaeroh
SKIT Likes and Dislikes

Inn “Septentriones”:
Chest (outside) Limit Bottle x1

General Store “Polaris”:

MERCHANT Welcome, Travelers. Please Take A Look At Our Wares.
LITTLE BOY That box…I think I’ve seen it before.
Hmm…I can’t really remember where, though.
Look, I told you I don’t remember where I saw it! You
sure are pesky.
You don’t remember what kind of shoes people you
passed in the street yesterday were wearing, do you?

Wooden Bridge:
OLD WOMAN Our village chief is a great man, but the sage is
even greater.
The sage will drive out any monster that may attack
us.
The sage is considering new techniques for expelling
the monsters.

SKIT A Town Without a Barrier

SKIT Yormgen Is Weird

Two roadways run almost parallel from the bridge up a hill behind the
inn. The left road is curved and the right road is straight and leads
past a large deck with umbrella topped tables and chairs has been built
on the hillside overlooking the water. Both roads end at a large
mansion on the hill.

Curved Road:
YOUNG WOMAN The coliseum, scene of countless bloody battles…it’s
so thrilling. I want to die in that stone circle
some day…
That’s my dream. Wild, isn’t it? It’s a shame the
coliseum is so far from here…
The leisurely pace of Yormgen just doesn’t suit me.
I swear that one day I’ll stand in the coliseum…and
make crimson flowers bloom upon its stones…!
YOUNG MAN My father died very suddenly and I found myself
 governing this village, but it isn’t going well at
all…
I don’t know what I would do without the sage’s help.
The sage? He lives in the largest mansion.
Straight Road:
YOUNG MAN Welcome, travelers, from so far away.
I’m afraid our village doesn’t have anything
particularly special to offer…
You’re the ones who were found unconscious, yes?
Please make yourselves at home here.
LITTLE GIRL Are you people from somewhere else?
Isn’t it pretty here with all the flowers blooming?
Everyone from away says it’s a pretty village.
WOMAN You came from across the sea? You must be so tired.
You’ve been on a ship for a long time, yes? What? No?
“Blastia”? What’s that?
Huh? Apatheia? Is that something you eat?
MAN This town is currently facing a terrible crisis…the
threat of giant monster attack…
Everyone says we can accomplish anything with the
sage on our side, but is it all right to believe
that…?
This place is so peaceful, nobody here really knows
the value of doubt.
I don’t want to speak ill of the sage, either, but
anything can happen, right?
Wooden deck(1st level):
FATHER Thank you so much for saving us.
I want to hurry back to Mantaic to see the kids.
MOTHER The kids must be worried.
If only they didn’t come looking for us…
YOUNG WOMAN That box…
ESTELLE Do you know something about this box?!
YOUNG WOMAN Longchi had it… Where did you get it?
RAVEN On a ship called the Atherum, my lovely lady. Have
you heard of it?
YOUNG WOMAN Of course…! You know about the Atherum too?!
RAVEN Y-yes. We happened to come across it on the ocean…
YOUNG WOMAN Did you see Longchi?
RAVEN And Longchi would be…?
YOUNG WOMAN Oh, Longchi is my love. …I’m sorry to suddenly get so
personal.
RAVEN (defeated sigh) Your love…damn it… Hey, Karol. Your
turn.
KAROL You’re hopeless… (as Raven walks away) Ummm, all that
we saw was, uh, the ship itself.
YOUNG WOMAN Oh, I see…
JUDITH Could I ask your name?
YOUNG WOMAN Oh, my name is Yuefan.
ESTELLE That’s the name that was in the diary we found on the
Atherum.
YURI Do you know about the clear ciel crystal?
RITA They say it has the power to drive back monsters.
YUEFAN The sage said it was necessary to make a barrier
around the town.
I-is that what’s in the box?
Estelle offers the box to Yuefan.
ESTELLE Yes. We came to deliver this box to you.
YUEFAN I-I see... (hold up a key)
RITA Hey… Is that the key…?
YUEFAN Could I have the box?
Estelle gives it to her. The box is opened and Estelle holds the
crystal in her hands.
KAROL Wow… Is this the clear ciel crystal?
RITA Looks like it…
RAVEN So who’s that sage you were talking about earlier?
YUEFAN The sage is a great Krityan who came to our town from
across the desert.
KAROL (looking at Judith) A Krityan…? (Judith considers
this while propping one hand up to the side of her
face)
RITA Well, creating a barrier is basically creating a
blastia.
YUEFAN Blass…teee…uh? Uhh…
KAROL But we can’t make blastia with current technology,
right?
RITA There are people who do. You saw the blastia at
Ehmead Hill and Caer Bochram.
But I don’t think that sage guy is the one who made
those blastia with messed up formulas…
YUEFAN I’m…I’m sorry. I don’t really understand…
But the sage said that the clear ciel crystal was
needed to create the barrier.
So Longchi set out to look for it… It’s been three
years since he left.
YURI …Three years, huh. You must be worried.
KAROL Wait, this sounds weird.
ESTELLE Yeah, the stories don’t match up.
RAVEN You think she could’ve miscounted by a thousand years?
RITA How old is she, anyway?
JUDITH Is that sage in this town? Where does he live?
YUEFAN Oh, yes, he lives in the house farthest into the town.
JUDITH I think it might be faster if we went to talk to the
sage.
ESTELLE Y-yes, maybe so.
YUEFAN Ummm… If you’re going there, could you take the clear
ciel crystal to the sage for me?
ESTELLE Yes, of course.
YUEFAN Thank you very much.
KAROL Okay, let’s go.
INFORMATION Obtained Clear Ciel Crystal.
(end of cutscene)
YUEFAN …By the way, how was Longchi doing?
I always… always think of him.
I want to see him…

Chest [1st level] Simple Tent x1

Wooden deck(2nd level):

DOG *Woo --f**
*Woof Woof*
OLD WOMAN If you have a question, you should ask the Sage.
You can really depend on him. Our current mayor is
too young and unreliable.
 For a village chief, it’s experience that does the
talking.
The sage’s wisdom truly speaks volumes about how rich
his experience is.

In front of the Sage’s Manor:

LITTLE BOY …
I don’t know you…
I can’t talk… to strangers…

Sage’s Residence:
CAT *Meow?*
*Meow* *Meow* *Meow?*
Yuri opens the door and they go inside. A man with long white hair
stands at the other side of the room with his back to them.
YURI Excuse me.
All !
The man turns around to face them.
KAROL Huh…? Hey, that’s…!
RITA You’re…
DUKE You…(?!) How have you come to this place?
YURI What do you mean, how? We walked. As in, across the
desert.
DUKE …I see… And yet, how did you…?
ESTELLE …? (Hmm?)
DUKE No matter… For what reason have you come?
YURI We’re a little curious about this. (shows the crystal
to Duke)
DUKE This must have cost you dearly to obtain.
YURI Actually…it just sort of landed in our lap.
DUKE Hm… That was quite a miracle.
RITA You’re planning on making a barrier blastia, aren’t
you?
You’re free to go pretending you’re a sage, but
forget about making any blastia.
Who’d even consider building a barrier blastia with
something that’s so obviously not a core?
DUKE But it is a solid mass of aer. It simply lacks an
inscribed formula.
RITA Lacks an inscribed formula…?! What do you mean?!
DUKE They are most commonly known as apatheia, of which
the clear ciel crystal is one example.
RAVEN So this is an apatheia…?!
DUKE Also, I am not the sage.
RITA Huh…?
Kneeling down on one knee, Duke gently places the crystal on the floor.
DUKE No such being exists any longer.
YURI Well, that’s a problem. Uh, we’ll need to get that
back from you, in that case.
DUKE (looking directly into Yuri’s eyes) Neither I nor
humanity have a need for such a thing.
Duke turns away from Yuri and with both hands, raises his sword, point
down, over the crystal.
RAVEN (starting forward) Whoa, what’re you doin’?! Hold on
a sec!
Red light plays along the blade and hilt of Dukes sword building
quickly to a momentum directed downward that destroys the Clear Ciel
Crystal. The red light continues to play along the sword long after the
crystal disappears.
RITA It’s the same phenomenon we saw at Keiv Moc!
RAVEN Aww, man. Just when I’d found one.
DUKE The apatheia bring only chaos to humanity. They are
better off returned to aer.
RITA Returned to aer…? Is that really all you did just
now…?
YURI That’s still no reason to go smashing other people’s
things.
ESTELLE Wasn’t the clear ciel crystal -- the apatheia --
needed to save this town from the monsters?
DUKE This town has no use for a barrier and no need to be
saved.
This place has been granted everlasting calm.
YURI Come to mention it, it is pretty quiet here.
ESTELLE But still, there are monsters like Phaeroh nearby.
DUKE How do you know of Phaeroh?
YURI I’d ask you the same thing. You seem to know about
him yourself.
DUKE . . .
ESTELLE Please. Tell us what you know.
Phaeroh referred to me as a “poison.”
DUKE !
…I see.
ESTELLE You know something, don’t you?
DUKE There is a being in this world who possesses a power
the Entelexeia despise.
ESTELLE You mean…me?
JUDITH . . .
DUKE This being is known as the Child of the Full Moon.
ESTELLE …Child of the Full Moon, like in the legend…
By Entelexeia, you mean Phaeroh…?
DUKE That is correct.
ESTELLE But what would these Entelexeia have against me…
against the Child of the Full Moon?
What is this power the Child of the Full Moon
possesses that they despise?
DUKE That answer lies only within the hearts of the
Entelexeia themselves.
ESTELLE Which mean I’ve got no choice but to find Phaeroh and
ask him myself.
DUKE Do not be foolish. Meeting Phaeroh would end only in
the death of the Child of the Full Moon.
ESTELLE But…!
RITA Estelle, give it a rest.
KAROL Hey, Regaey…er, Yeager form Ruins’ Gate talked about
the Entelexeia earlier, didn’t he?
RAVEN Somethin’ about them bein’ the ancient race that
built Nordopolica.
RITA So Phaeroh built Nordopolica? That doesn’t seem
possible.
DUKE Take your leave. There is nothing more for you here.
RITA Wait! There’s something I want to ask you, too!
What were you doing at that aer krene?
Just who are you?! What is that sword of yours?!
DUKE Those matters exceed your comprehension.
 Do not ask of them again. Go. I have nothing more to
say.
Trembling with anger, Rita balls her hands into fists and runs toward
Duke.
RITA Where do you get off?!
YURI Rita.
Rita backs off and they all walk past Judith as she ponders. With a
slight twist of his head, Duke glances at Judith who meets his gaze.
The scene fades. Outside the door, Estelle turns to Judith.
ESTELLE Duke may have been the one that saved us in the
desert.
YURI Hmmm, maybe.
ESTELLE …I’m going to go and thank him.
YURI Hold up.
He doesn’t seem the type to do something like that.
ESTELLE You don’t think so?
YURI Just a hunch. (Estelle looks at Judith who merely
clasps her hands behind her back.)
You said that Child of the Full Moon he mentioned was
the sister of Brave Vesperia, right?
ESTELLE Yeah…
Goddess who bathes this world in her golden light,
you are named, you are named Child of the Full Moon.
Your brother, Brave Vesperia, watches over us from
the skies.
You remain bound to your mother, the earth, and will
shelter her with your unceasing protection.
RAVEN Is there, like, a hidden meaning in there?
Estelle walks down the steps to join them.
ESTELLE I’m not sure. But maybe it’s more that just an old
legend.
YURI Remaining to protect the earth, huh?
RITA Could “protecting the earth” have anything to do with
ruling over this world?
KAROL You mean, like becoming the emperor? If Estelle is
the Child of the Full Moon, that would add up.
RAVEN Which means all the previous emperors would’ve been
on Phaeroh’s hit list.
ESTELLE I’ve never heard of anything like that.
KAROL Hmm…
JUDITH Shouldn’t we be thinking more about what to do next?
RITA I’m gonna stay here. There are things I’ve got to
investigate.
ESTELLE Investigate?
RITA Clear ciel crystals, apatheia… All kinds of things.
Honestly, I have a few bones to pick with Mr. Warm-
and-Fuzzy over there.
(Raven closes one eye and digs in his ear)
If you’re all going back, we’ll have to say our
goodbyes here.
ESTELLE But!
JUDITH Oh…that’s too bad. I don’t imagine the desert will be
much fun on your own, but good luck.
RITA Ugh…that’s right… I can’t go anywhere without
crossing that desert.
RAVEN We can afford ta take a load off while she’s checkin’
things out, can’t we?
 I’m pretty interested in apatheia myself.
YURI Yeah. Besides, we should make sure we’re ready before
heading back into the desert.
Why don’t we head back tomorrow? Rita, think you can
tie up your lose ends in a day?
RITA Shouldn’t be a problem. Th-thanks… I appreciate it.
Karol stares at Rita with his mouth open, amazed that she’s so nice and
polite.
YURI Hah. You’re welcome. Okay then, we’ll meet up near
the exit tomorrow morning.
KAROL Right. See you then.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

Yuri checks on Rita who’s gone back to talk to Duke.

DUKE I have nothing left to say to you.
RITA …
DUKE …
Duke walks past Rita and Yuri. The door creaks as he opens it and
leaves the Sage’s house.
YURI You’re not going to follow him?
RITA What’s the point? He’s not gonna talk to me.
YURI So this was a complete waste of time?
RITA Well, I wouldn’t go that far. (kneels down by broken
crystal)
YURI Apatheia…?
RITA When the aer krene went berserk, Regaey -- I mean,
Yeager -- was carrying this box.
This box was what messed up my magic…
YURI You think the apatheia is what’s causing the aer
kerene to go out of control?
RITA Judging from the evidence, it could be a valid
hypothesis.
YURI So when the blastia in Heliord was going out of
control…you think there was apatheia nearby?
And the aer krene in Keiv Moc, too…
RITA There may have been.
Otherwise, maybe the apatheia’s been damaging the
whole world’s aer krene little by little,
and a large distortion just happened to appear then.
YURI …I see.
RITA It’s really nothing more than a guess, but it could
be right.
YURI You don’t sound very sure of yourself.
RITA In science, you continually make hypotheses, then
test them, and you get closer and closer to the
truth. That’s how it is.
YURI Hmph… (amused)
RITA …Well, okay. Maybe I can do something with this after
all.
YURI What are you going to do now?
RITA The next step after a hypothesis is testing it!
YURI ?

RITA No! Not now! I’ll lose my concentration.

Left Wall Strange Mark x1

After finding a strange mark on the left wall of the room, Yuri tries
to open a set of double doors.
INFORMATION There’s a really old key. It doesn’t look like it
would open.
Yuri leaves Rita inside the Sage’s house and walks back down the
straighter road.
LITTLE BOY …*Burp*…
Oh…just go away…
MAN Will the monsters really stay away from us because of
a little pebble like the clear ciel crystal?
What if they just decide to take everything they can
and kill us all…?
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to doubt what the
sage says, but…
Those monsters can speak the human tongue…what if
they’re secretly influencing the sage…?

Wooden deck(1st level):

YUEFAN Even now, I can see Longchi smile…
I wonder when he will come home…
So, have you spoken to the Sage?
He is a very nice person, so he may be willing to
listen.

Wooden deck(2nd level):

Karol is here, standing near the railing a few feet from the old woman
looking out over the lake.
OLD WOMAN Even if our town was perfectly safe from monsters,
for the chief it would still be a temporary fix.
Perhaps we should just make the sage village chief…
Yes, wouldn’t making the sage our chief be a fine
idea?
I’ll have to suggest it to the entire village.

KAROL (downcast) We weren’t able to find Phaeroh after all…

YURI Yeah, our first job as a guild was an egregious
failure.
What do you think, should we go back to Dahngrest?
KAROL (looking up) That might be best…but would you be
okay with that, Yuri?
And what about Estelle?
YURI I’d be fine with it. As for Estelle…
I’ll leave that answer up to her.
KAROL All right…
YURI (turning away from the lake) This sure is a serene
little town.
KAROL Huh? Oh, yeah…it is, isn’t it?
No guilds, no empire…it’s a little strange.
YURI Yeah, but I think it’s relaxing.
KAROL Yeah… But even so, I prefer Dahngrest.
YURI That’s how everyone is. Everybody prefers the place
where they grew up.
KAROL You too, Yuri?
YURI Well, yeah, sure.
KAROL But if we’re going to work together in Brave
Vesperia, we’ll have to decide on a single place for
our home base.
YURI We could always make someplace new, you know.
KAROL Someplace new…?
YURI Yeah, you know. Everyone thinks of Dahngrest as the
Union’s city, but it’s really Altosk’s city.
It could be like that. Brave Vesperia could make it’s
own city.
KAROL Brave Vesperia’s own city… Yeah, I like that idea…
YURI Well, either way.
We’ve got a lot of jobs as a guild ahead of us before
we can be thinking about things like that.
KAROL Yeah…!
…Now that you mention it, Nordopolica is
Palestralle’s city, isn’t it?
YURI Yeah, if you think of it that way, Nordopolica’s more
of a guild city than Dahngrest, even.
KAROL Yeah. And Belius rules the city, too…
Nordopolica, hmmm…. Leader of a city, Duce of a guild…
I wonder what sort of person Belius is…?

KAROL The guild town, huh? I wish I can start one.

Yuri continues on down the road.
WOMAN Apparently, if we construct one of these “barriers”
the monsters will stop coming…but is it really safe?
I suppose it must be, if the sage says it is.
If the sage says it’s safe, it’s definitely safe.
It would be simply outrageous to doubt the sage!
LITTLE GIRL The desert? “Desert” like the places that are all
sand? You came from a desert?
Where is there a desert?
I’m never even seen a desert. You must have come so
far.
YOUNG MAN You’re friends of the sage?
I didn’t know. I was wondering what you had come to
do in this tiny rural town.
I’m so sorry we can’t prepare anything special for
you.
Oh, yes. Have you seen the mountains to the north
yet? The scenery is very beautiful.
Wooden Bridge:
OLD WOMAN I hear you people have brought us the clear ciel
crystal?
With the power of the crystal, our village will be
safe from any monster…
Now our village will be eternally safe from the
monsters’ menace.
We owe everything to the sage. I am so thankful…
OUTSIDE INN “SEPTENTRIONES”
LITTLE BOY The sage says he’s making a doohickey from some kind
of crystal thing! Isn’t that amazing?
I forgot exactly what he’s making. I don’t really
remember, but it was definitely amazing.
What’s so amazing about it? I already told you I
don’t remember! You sure are pesky.
Fine. Tell me what’s so amazing about the ocean,
right now. You can’t, can you?
OUTSIDE GENERAL STORE “POLARIS”
Yuri find Repede and Estelle outside the store.
REPEDE Gruff…

YURI So you weren’t able to meet Phaeroh, after all.

ESTELLE But I learned about some very important things.
The Child of the Full Moon, and the Entelexeia…
YURI But the only new thing we learned was what those
words mean.
As for the reason Phaeroh’s trying to kill you…it
seems we won’t know unless we go and ask him directly.
ESTELLE But you heard what he was saying. If I go to meet
Phaeroh, he’ll just wipe me out.
YURI It looks like we’ll never know the truth, then…
ESTELLE After all this…
It’s like I’m being told that I should just give up…
YURI No, no way.
ESTELLE …Maybe…
YURI Huh…?
ESTELLE Maybe what I’m trying so hard to figure out…isn’t
really that important to know at all.
YURI What do you mean?
ESTELLE If I’d never met you, Yuri, and I’d just kept living
my life in that castle,
I would have lived without ever knowing about the
Child of the Full Moon, or the Entelexeia, or any of
that.
So maybe I could just go on living without knowing
why Phaeroh wants me dead.
YURI So you’re saying you should just go back to the
capital?
ESTELLE I think that’s definitely an option.
YURI …If that’s what you want to do, I won’t stop you.
ESTELLE Yuri…
YURI Our contract with you is null and void at this point,
after all.
ESTELLE …That’s true.
YURI It’s just…I don’t really like hypothetical
situations. They’re not real life.
And I’m too good at pretending to forget things that
I already know.
ESTELLE …
YURI If you can do that, then I don’t have any problem
with it. But can you really?
ESTELLE Then, I…
ESTELLE I can’t do that, either.
But I have no idea what I should do in this sort of
situation…
YURI You want to know the truth, but you don’t know what
to do…
…That’d be a good summary of your situation…right?
ESTELLE Yes…
YURI Gotcha.

ESTELLE I’ll…think about it.

Yuri walks up the curved path and encounters Raven halfway up.
YOUNG WOMAN Say, have you ever been to the coliseum?
They say the atmosphere there is like a banquet of
madness! Is it true?
 What? You actually fought in the coliseum? I can’t
believe you stepped out in one piece!
Looks certainly can be deceiving. What kind of crime
did you commit?

YURI Hey old man, you can feel free to go on ahead to

Nordopolica.
RAVEN Hey there, young’un. What, you wanna get rid of me so
soon?
YURI Wrong. I just wouldn’t want you to miss the new moon
and your chance to deliver the letter all on our
account.
RAVEN Honestly, I could do fine without your concern.
YURI Wrong again.
If Brave Vesperia gets in the way of Altosk’s work,
we’ll be apologizing to the Don for an eternity.
RAVEN What? You’re too young to bother yourself with such
fluff.
YURI It’s a matter of Brave Vesperia being trustworthy.
You see what I mean?
RAVEN We’ve still got time left until the new moon. We’ll
be fine.
YURI You sure…?
RAVEN Anyway, I ain’t about to go back through the desert
and that cave myself!
If I got killed by some monster on the way there, not
only would the letter not get delivered,
but Brave Vesperia certainly wouldn’t look very
trustworthy to potential clients then, would they?
YURI In that case, we’d collect your bones and the letter,
and deliver them as promised.
RAVEN Oh, how kind of…
…Wait, hey!
YURI Anyway, just so long as you won’t go blaming me if
you don’t manage to deliver it on time.
RAVEN No problem! [musical note]

RAVEN Don’t be so cold…I may be old, but I’m a very

sensitive guy…
YOUNG MAN The truth is, the villagers’ faith in me has been
wavering because of the sage’s help…
I’m not sure whether to be grateful or perturbed.
It’s a strange feeling…
Yuri returns to the Inn.

INN “SEPTENTRIONES”:
MAID You’re all wearing such unusual clothes.
We don’t really see anything like them around here.
Did you come from very far away?
Is your food very different as well?
I’d love to hear some recipes from your hometowns.
FEMALE INNKEEPER How about resting after a hard day’s work? Would you
like to stay for 50 Gald a night?
(choose Yes) Please come again. We look forward to serving you
next time.
It’s morning. Yuri leaves the inn and walks to the wooden bridge. As he
comes over the arch of the bridge he sees everyone is waiting just past
the bridge for him.
RAVEN Glad ya could make it.
YURI Sorry to keep you waiting.
(to the mother and father) …You’ll be heading back
too, right?
FATHER Yes. Thanks to your help, we’ve recovered our
strength.
We were thinking we’d cross the desert with you all…
That is, if you don’t mind.
RAVEN Just make sure ya don’t go wanderin’ off.
KAROL How about us? What’s our plan after this?
RITA I’m headed for the aer krene in the Weasand of Cados.
But I am curious about the Entelexeia, too.
RAVEN I have the honored task of delivering this letter
here ta Belius.
KAROL I’d like to meet Belius once myself. I mean,
seriously! The Duce!
I want to see just what kind of leader of the only
guild to rival Altosk really is.
YURI It’s Nordopolica for me too. I’m gonna see what Flynn
has to say about those knights in Mantaic.
That’s assuming he’s still in Nordopolica, of course.
ESTELLE I…I want to know why the Entelexeia hate the Child of
the Full Moon.
Which means I have to meet Phaeroh…
RITA But there’s got to be another way that doesn’t
involve Phaeroh.
YURI Right… Besides, walking around in the desert just
looking for him wouldn’t be easy.
JUDITH Why don’t we all head for Nordopolica, then?
You’re only looking to find out the reason you were…
attacked by the Entelexeia, correct?
ESTELLE Y-yes…
JUDITH I imagine Belius could tell you if you met with her.
RITA Why, because of the connection between the Entelexeia
and the coliseum?
RAVEN I do remember Yeager mumblin’ somethin’ about the
Entelexeia of Nordopolica.
YURI If we can believe anything he told us.
RAVEN Well, we’ll pass through the Weasand of Cados on the
way to see Belius. Good enough?
YURI True enough. All right, then, Nordopolica it is.
KAROL Right. First let’s get back to Mantaic.
One by one they head for the exit that leading back into the desert.
Estelle waits for Yuri.
ESTELLE (looking at the sky) Didn’t Belius only meet with
people on the night of the new moon?
YURI Yeah. We’ll have to get a move on if we’re going to
see her.
I’ll kick myself if we miss the new moon and have to
wait another month.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

SKIT The Clear Ciel Crystal

SKIT Let’s Eat Already!
The Sands of Kogorh (North)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SKIT I Want a Shower

SKIT Duke

MANTAIC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RITA Pheew… We’re finally here. I’ve seen enough sand to

last me a lifetime.
KAROL You’re telling me.
ESTELLE Look…there are people outside the town…
RITA Wonder if that means the curfew’s been lifted.
They spot Cumore standing outside a throng of knights with beaten-down
citizens around a beast drawn carriage.
RITA Cumore…!
RAVEN Easy now, haste makes waste.
CUMORE Hurry, hurry, all aboard. Let’s all enjoy a nice
little tour of the desert, shall we?
MAN But while we’re gone, the children…!
CUMORE I promise riches to anyone who can bring me the
remains of that giant, winged monster.
Then your children will be able to live in the lap of
luxury.
Yuri and the others stand near a small group of palm trees, watching
the events unfold.
MAN’S VOICE Please, don’t make us go!
Cumore loses patience. Taking a half step forward he balls his hands
into fists.
CUMORE Stop your whining! I told you vermin to get aboard!
Now get moving this instant!
FATHER That’s just how we were sent into the desert.
YURI The giant, winged monster must be Phaeroh.
RAVEN Yeah, but what’s he want ta capture Phaeroh so bad
for?
JUDITH Well, what are we going to do? We can’t just stand by
and watch, can we?
ESTELLE I’ll…
YURI I’m afraid that idiot isn’t going to listen to
anything a princess would say.
ESTELLE …Then what should we do?
YURI Karol, c’mere a sec. (whispers in Karol’s ear)
KAROL What? Yeah, I could do that…but I’d need tools… Wait,
you mean…?
JUDITH Yes, perhaps this will help. (Judith holds a tool)
KAROL How convenient…

Later, Karol holds a wrench.

KAROL You guys better bail me out if this goes bad.
Yuri gives him the thumbs-up while Raven digs in his ear.
YURI So you did pick that up.
JUDITH (nodding) Well, it was just lying there. I thought it
might be useful.
RITA ..Whatever.
RAVEN Now about all we can do is leave it up to the kid.
CUMORE What is it with these commoners? They’re slower than
slugs. Get aboard, damn you!

KNIGHT Sir Cumore, everyone is aboard!

CUMORE Everyone except yourself.
KNIGHT What? M-me…?
CUMORE Those who do their jobs slowly will never learn
without punishment.
KNIGHT Sir Cumore, please, I beg of you! I have a wife and
daughter…
CUMORE If you’d like to stay here… I’m sure I could arrange
for them to go in your place.
Now, be gone with you!
ESTELLE Karol.
JUDITH Don’t worry. That young man is very capable.
As Judith smiles at Estelle and Rita, a wheel falls off the carriage.
CUMORE What’s going on?! Who was it that readied this coach?!
(looking around) Gaaah!! Fix the blasted coach! I
will find out who’s responsible for this!
RITA I’ve gotta hand it to the little runt.
Karol runs back to them.
YURI You did it.
KAROL Whew… My heart was pounding like a drum.
RITA This won’t do anything more than buy us some time,
though.
JUDITH I think it’s about all we can do at the moment.
YURI Yeah, Captain Karol’d start crying if we tried to
tackle the Knights head on.
RAVEN How ‘bout we make ourselves scarce before people
start getting’ too curious?
FATHER I suppose we’ll be on our way, then…
YURI Yeah. I’m sure your kids will be so happy to see you.
But there won’t always be someone around to save you.
Mother Thank you again for all your help.
They bow, then leave.
YURI Guess we should lay low at the inn for a while.

SKIT The Knights in this Town

Main Street:
KNIGHT (W EXIT) …… There’s no way I’m following the captain after
seeing that…
But if I don’t, I won’t even be able to eat. What am
I supposed to do…?
When my mom, back in my hometown, heard I became a
knight, she was so happy…
*Sigh* I wish I had been assigned to a respectable
captain…
KNIGHT (STATION) You all have been loitering around here for a while…
Keep it up, and I’ll toss you all in the slammer.
Listen to me and get out of this town.
MAN Who does the Knight commander think he is?
It’s terrible! It’s like they came here just to
torture the townspeople.
Even the way he talks makes me sick. One of these
days, he’s gonna make the wrong person mad.
The Knights are supposed to protect the citizens, but
 just look at them…
Isn’t there *somebody* on the side of justice around
here?

KNIGHT Sir! Standing in one place so long is difficult, sir!

B-but I won’t let up! I’ll keep on observing with
everything I’ve got! Sir!
I won’t let even a single ant escape my sight! Sir!

KNIGHT (ARCH) Why did our wagon break down? It’s obvious. Someone
tampered with it.
Maybe we should round up the citizens and smoke the
perpetrator out…
Bring ‘em on! We’ll show them just how stupid it is
to pick a fight with the Knights.
KNIGHT (E EXIT) You again…? Look, you’re being a pain. You want to
get thrown in jail?
Didn’t you hear me? Stop being such a nuisance.

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SUB-EVENT: Reward For Helping Others:
Alph and Layla stand in the alley behind the inn.
YURI Hey kid, how’s it going?
ALPH Oh, it’s you! Yay!
LAYLA Thank you for saving our Mommy and Daddy!
RAVEN Aw, shucks, kids, ‘tweren’t nothin!
RITA What are you getting all bashful for, old man?
JUDITH After all, we even got a reward for helping them.
JUDITH Oh, what’s the matter?
The children’s parents join them.
FATHER Hey, it’s you! Thanks so much for your help back
there!
MOTHER Thanks to you, our children have someone to take care
of them again.
ESTELLE No, really, we hardly did anything.
FATHER No, no, it’s thanks to all of the precious water you
shared with us that we’re here today!
MOTHER I doubt this is really enough to thank you for all
you’ve done, but…
INFORMATION Obtained Hourglass.
KAROL Thank you!
FATHER It’s the least we could do. Thank you.
As the others leave, Judith approaches Alph and hands something to him.
JUDITH Here you go.
ALPH Huh…?
JUDITH This is important to you, right? You can have it back.
ALPH But…
JUDITH Don’t worry, your Mom and Dad already gave us
something to thank us for helping them.
We couldn’t take your reward too! That would be
greedy!
ALPH O-okay…!
JUDITH See ya later, okay?
INFORMATION Handed over “Glass Marble.”
Judith walks back to the group.
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Street behind Inn:
KNIGHT (WAGON) Dammit! Now I gotta do wagon repair?
Shut up! Don’t talk to me! Arrrgh, this is so
frustrating…

Street leading to Oasis:

KNIGHT #1 ……
…… Get out of my sight.

KNIGHT #2 I’ve lost ten pounds in just a few day. It’s like a
sauna in this armor.
What do you say? How about joining our Armor Boot
Camp yourself?
Heh heh… Heh heh heh heh… Heh heh heh heh heh heh…
WOMAN Hmm… It seemed like the Knights wanted to take the
townspeople somewhere.
It makes you wonder if they’re even here on official
business…
I’m thinking about getting out of this town as soon
as I can…
But now I hear there’s some giant winged monster out
there… Oh, it’s so scary!
KNIGHT #3 This assignment is such a nightmare, I muddied the
fountain the other day.
Nah, I’m just kidding. Just a fun little lie to pass
the time…
Hey, people drink that water. I wouldn’t really do
that. Maybe our captain would, but…

INN:
KNIGHT ……
………… …… ……Shut up.
INNKEEPER Ohh…! You’ve returned safe from -- ! (glances at
guard near the wall)
…W-welcome back.
KAROL …Looks like they’ve still got guards watching him.
INNKEEPER You must be tired. Please enjoy your stay.
Crickets chirp outside as they talk in the room.
RITA That Cumore punk is a really lousy guy.
RAVEN I wonder why they’re trying to capture Phaeroh.
ESTELLE I don’t know, but…
At this rate, they’re going to send all of the adults
in the town out into the desert.
JUDITH And once the adults are gone, it might be the
children’s turn, next.
ESTELLE No, that can’t happen!
If I just spoke to him as a representative of the
imperial family…!
JUDITH Are you forgetting what happened in Heliord?
KAROL Yeah, Estelle. He didn’t care that you were the
princess at all.
ESTELLE …
RITA So should we help the townspeople, or should we help
ourselves?
ESTELLE Rita…
JUDITH Don’t you want to know that the Entelexeia is
 thinking?
JUDITH If so, you should put this whole business with Cumore
out of your mind for the time being.
RITA It’s a strange feeling to be agreeing with you, but…
I think we should focus on meeting Belius for now.
Yuri says nothing. He just stands by the door and listens.
RITA Even if we captured Cumore, we wouldn’t have the
authority to try him for his crimes.
If we can’t do anything about him, we should focus on
what we actually can do.
ESTELLE If only Flynn were here…!
KAROL Flynn… But where is he…?
ESTELLE I wish I knew…
RITA I’m sorry, Estelle… We don’t mean to be ganging up on
you.
It disgusts me, too, to imagine that jerk snoring all
nice and cozy in his bed right now.
But…
ESTELLE Rita…I understand.
JUDITH Lock up a guy like that, and as soon as he’s released
he’ll just end up doing the same thing again.
RAVEN Yep. You know what they say…the only cure for
stupidity is death.
Yuri turns from them and faces the bookcase near the bed.
YURI (to himself) “The only cure for stupidity is death…”

Later than evening, everyone but Yuri is asleep in their beds. Yuri
sits against the wall, guarding the door. He opens his eyes and leaps
to his feet. Turning his sword hand palm up, Yuri stares at his own
hand.
YURI I guess I’ll have to play by my own rules…
As the others sleep, Yuri slips out the door.

A little while later Yuri stands at the foot of Cumore’s bed. Cumore is
lying on his back, his posture relaxed yet perfectly aligned with hands
clasped over his midriff. His expression is serene and peaceful. No
dreams of guilt or remorse disturb his slumber.
YURI Cumore.
Cumore does not awaken. Yuri strikes the bed sharply with his sword,
waking Cumore who violently springs upright in his bed.
CUMORE Y-y-you’re…! No! Yuri, it’s you!
Wh-what are you doing here?!
Seeing the sword in Yuri’s hand, Cumore rolls off the bed onto the
floor with quick reflexes of a cat. Eyes wide with terror, he scoots
backwards to the doorway.
CUMORE (trembling, getting to his feet) Someone! Someone
come quick!
His cries go unheard. There is no innkeeper at the desk and the guard
is now off duty and asleep as well.

On his feet now, Cumore leans on the opened door with buckled knees and
one hand braced against the side of the door, the other grasping the
hilt of his sword. He is trembling so violently he can barely manage to
speak much less draw his sword. With his trembling hand unable to draw
the sword, he stares at Yuri in horror.
CUMORE Y-you would cross swords with a noble?
Cumore pushes against the door with his free hand and manages to stand
upright and draw his sword. With a bit more confidence, he points the
sword at Yuri with a shaky arm.
CUMORE V-very well, I accept your challenge.
Yuri takes a couple of steps and with a single swipe of his blade,
knocks Cumore’s sword out of his grip. As the sword clangs on the
floor, Cumore falls back to his former position of cringing on the
floor in the doorway.
CUMORE N-no! How could this…!
YURI You talk too much, Cumore.
The time’s come for you to make your exit.
CUMORE D-do you have any idea the trouble you’re in for even
pointing that thing at me?!
Cumore stares at Yuri in open-mouthed horror. Silently, effortlessly,
Yuri strolls toward Cumore.
CUMORE Ahhhh….

Cumore leaps to his feet and flees. Yuri silently and calmly follows
him out the door. He catches up with Cumore in the desert just outside
of town where the villain’s path is cut off by a long stream of
collapsing sand, Cumore stands at the edge of moving sand falling into
a pit below.
CUMORE W-wait! (warding Yuri off with his hand, his voice
shrill)
I’m not the one to blame! I’ve just been following
orders! I had no choice!
YURI Then don’t hate me. Hate whoever gave you your orders.
CUMORE (hand out, pleading) W-wait! How about this?!
(lowers his arm, his eyes shrewd) I could use my
authority to pardon all of your crimes! A fresh start!
(edges backward near the edge) I may even be able to
have you reinstated as a Knight!
Cumore scoots a bit further from Yuri. Now he is very close to the edge
of the pit.
CUMORE I have no shortage of money. With enough money, I’m
sure I could satisfy your every wish.
Go ahead! Tell me what it is you want!
YURI There’s only one thing I want from you.
CUMORE A-and what might that…?
His cold eyes fixed on Cumore, Yuri strides steadily toward Cumore
making him edge closer to the pit’s edge.
CUMORE (throwing his hand up again) N-no, stop… Stay back!
Don’t come any closer, you beast!
(lowers his hand) I am Cumore, a captain of the
Imperial Knights! The man destined to become
Commandant!
Yuri walks closer and Cumore steps back and stumbles backward off the
edge.
CUMORE Aaaaaaghhhh!!!!!
Cumore lands on his backside in the pit.
CUMORE I-I beg you! Spare my life!
There is a coiled rope lying on the sand close by, but Yuri ignores it
and looks back at Cumore. Yuri observes the sand falling from the edge
where Cumore fell and how the sand flowing into the pit quickly fills
up any space around Cumore’s sitting form. He doesn’t need to do
anything. The sand will do it for him. It becomes all too clear for
Cumore.
CUMORE P-please, no! Not like this! I-I don’t want to go
 like this!
From Cumore’s position in the pit, he can see only see Yuri’s face
before it, heartless and loathing, against the barrier rings in the
sky.
YURI Tell me, how many times have you heard those very
words?
Cumore realizes he has no more trumps to play. His eyes widen in terror
as he realizes his fate.
CUMORE Aaaaaah!
The sand beneath Cumore shifts and he sinks deeper and deeper. The sand
flows down and around him, swallowing him until only his hand sticks
out of the sand. Yuri watches unmoved. As the sand takes every last bit
of Cumore, Yuri’s expression becomes calm, almost smiling. There are
footsteps behind him. Someone is coming. Yuri looks over his shoulder.
Yuri !
Yuri looks straight ahead, then closes his eyes.
FLYNN My people have taken control of things here. The
residents of this town won’t suffer any longer.
YURI (opening his eyes, looking at the sky) That ought to
put you one step closer to your next promotion.
Flynn says nothing.
YURI I’m heading back to the others.
Yuri walks past Flynn.
FLYNN Yuri, we need to talk later.
Yuri keeps on walking.
YURI …I know.
Flynn turns and watches Yuri walk back into the town.
FLYNN I’ll be waiting…down at the lake.

Flynn’s Knights stand guard over the few surviving Cumore Knights
sitting on the ground. More Cumore Knights lie on the ground. They will
never sit up again. The townspeople celebrate with fireworks exploding
in the night sky. Meanwhile, Yuri slumps against a wall inside the inn
with Repede lying by his side. Raven, Judith and Estelle hang out in
the lobby. Karol comes in from outside.
KAROL Who’d have guessed this town could ever be this
lively?
JUDITH Yes. It’s a great relief to know the people here can
live freely again.
ESTELLE I’m still in shock that Flynn actually came.
KAROL That was amazing timing.
ESTELLE But Cumore might must cause more pain somewhere else.
KAROL You watch. Flynn’ll have that guy behind bars in no
time. Right, Yuri?
YURI …Oh, uh, yeah.
KAROL …Yuri…?
Karol walks around the counter to look at Yuri. Raven sits against the
front of the counter fast asleep. Gravity pulls Raven over and he falls
over onto the floor like a sack of grain and continues to sleep there.
Karol walks back to the front of the counter to check on Raven.
KAROL Raven, you’re gonna catch a cold.
JUDITH (getting up from a chair) He wore himself out playing
with all the children. You’d think he was 12 years
old.
The door opens and Rita comes in.
ESTELLE Welcome back.
RITA They’re still going out there. I can’t keep up with
 them.
KAROL I saw you having a good time, though. (big grin,
teasing) You’re an awesome dancer, Rita.
RITA [blushing]
Shut up. (slaps Karol on the head, Karol sinks to the
floor holding his head)
As Karol gets to his feet, Rita leans over to inspect Raven lying
crumpled on the rug in front of the counter.
RITA Huh…? The old man’s asleep already?
??? Heh. That was quick. [NOT SURE WHO SAID THIS LINE-
NEEDS VERIFICATION]
Yuri suddenly jumps to his feet, startling Estelle and waking Repede.
ESTELLE Yuri?
YURI Just gonna go have a word with Flynn. I’ll be back.
(walks out the door)
ESTELLE ?

Market:
YOUNG LADY It seems that Captain Cumore wasn’t a real magistrate.
He didn’t want us to find out, so he prohibited the
residents from going out.
But I’m glad he wasn’t a real magistrate. If he was,
we wouldn’t be able to run him out of town.
MAN (doubled over) Ouch…I think I drank too much milk…My
stomach hurts…
O-oooww….
I’ve had too much fun for one night…

Fountain:
FLYNN KNIGHT It’s so nice and cool at night! And I’m gonna make
sure it stays peaceful at night too!
Please let us know if you have any trouble. Captain
Flynn has told us to listen well.
FATHER Thank you for everything.
Thanks to you, we are free from the consular and we
can return to our normal lives.
MOTHER It seems that you’ve saved Alph and Layla.
We are in debt to you. I don’t know how I can repay
you…

Knights Station:
FLYNN KNIGHT I saw something that looked like a massive bird in
the sky before we came here.
I asked around, but I was the only person in the
brigade who saw it. Nobody believed me.
Sure there aren’t any flying monsters that size, but
I know what I saw!
Hmm… What do you think it was?

Street to Oasis:
WOMAN I’m just thankful to be free, I guess. You only miss
something once you lose it…
We’ve all got the knights of the Flynn Brigade to
thank for that.
Now we’ll be able to live without worrying.
MAN (SITTING) Aaaahhh…What a great feeling to be free!
Ugh…I’ve had too much to eat and drink…
WOMAN Who’s going to be the next consular? We don’t need a
consular in this town!
This is Mantaic, and we’re not under the jurisdiction
of the Empire. We’re free!
YOUNG MAN The night is still young! Let’s celebrate!
You’re tired already?

Alley:
LAYLA Mom and Dad came back, so I’m not scared at night
anymore!
But it’s still not fair how they’re always telling me
it’s past my bedtime…
ALPH I was worried when it was just my sister and me.
Like, what if Cumore showed up?
But everything’s fine now that Dad’s back.
He still tells us to go to bed early, though. I guess
nothing’s perfect.

Yuri find Flynn sitting on the shore of the oasis. The barrier in the
sky is reflected in its waters.
FLYNN Why don’t you have a seat?
Yuri sits a couple of feet behind Flynn, his back to him so he can’t
see his eyes.
YURI You said we needed to talk?
FLYNN Tell me… Why did you kill Cumore? You know it’s not
our place to pass sentence on the crimes of others.
He was to be punished in accordance with the laws!
YURI And just what laws do you think would have punished
him?!
The same laws that failed to punish Ragou? (soft
snort) Give me a break.
FLYNN Yuri, (Yuri leaps violently to his feet, walking past
Flynn) you…
YURI The laws have always been the tools of whoever
happens to hold all the chips.
Flynn jumps up and stand in front of Yuri.
FLYNN Just saying that doesn’t make it right for
individuals to judge right from wrong, or for you to
operate your own private court of law!
If the laws are at fault, then fixing those laws
comes first.
It’s for that very reason that I’m still with the
Imperial Knights!
YURI But you can’t deny that lives were saved because
those bastards were put down.
You’d rather tell those people, “Sorry you have to
die today, I promise we’ll change things soon”?
FLYNN That’s not what I’m saying at all!
YURI They’re out there, you know. People so bad they’ll
just go on hurting others.
What can the average person do but be victimized by
people like that?
You know it was the same way with our people in the
lower quarter.
FLYNN Even so, Yuri, what you’re doing isn’t right.
Do you intend to rain your justice down on all the
villains of the world?
 That’s the behavior of a common criminal.
YURI I recognize it for what it is, and I’ve made my
choices.
Murder is a crime.
FLYNN And even knowing that, you intend to dirty your hands.
YURI Intend to? I already have.
Flynn hangs his head then looks at Yuri, his expression grave.
FLYNN So this is the path you’ve chosen.
YURI Don’t make me repeat myself.
FLYNN I won’t. But it seems you don’t yet understand the
full weight of your choices…
Yuri waits.
FLYNN (hand on his heart) As a knight, I cannot overlook
your crimes.
Yuri looks a little astonished at Flynn’s words. He flexes slightly
into battle position as he sees Flynn’s hand lowers to grasp the hilt
of his sword. Flynn’s actions are halted by the arrival of Sodia.
SODIA Captain, I’ve finally found you.
Flynn walks to meet Sodia.
FLYNN What is it?
SODIA Our barricade of Nordopolica has been completed.
Also, it appears that the Hunting Blades are on the
move.
Sir, we must go to Nordopolica quickly.
FLYNN … (ahhh)
SODIA Captain?
FLYNN Understood.
SODIA Sir.
As Sodia leaves, Flynn turns back to Yuri.
FLYNN Yuri…? (there is no answer)
(long pause)I know you better than anyone alive, Yuri.
If you insist on walking down the path of a criminal…
(looks out over the lake)
Estelle and Repede find Yuri alone at the Oasis. Repede runs to Yuri.
ESTELLE Ah, wait, Repede!
Yuri… (she walks down the path to Yuri)
YURI So, you heard it all?
ESTELLE I’m sorry.
YURI (drawing closer to Estelle) Are you afraid of me,
Estelle?
Estelle is silent. Unable to bear her unspoken judgment, Yuri walks
ahead of her a few feet.
YURI If you are, you can quit right here. Join Flynn and
go back to the castle.
ESTELLE …I’m not going back.
Yuri’s eyes fly open hopefully and he turns to face Estelle.
YURI Hey…
ESTELLE …It’s true the things you’ve done are against the law.
But I…I’m confused.
It’s also true that your actions saved the lives of
others…
Yuri looks at the townspeople.
YURI You never know, someday I might turn my blade on you.
ESTELLE You’d never do something like that without a reason.
If you ever end up pointing your sword at me, I’m
sure I will have done something to deserve it.
YURI … (sighs heavily)
 If you’re going to go with Flynn, now’s your chance.
He seemed like he was in a hurry.
ESTELLE No. I’m going to continue on this journey with you.
It’s what I want.
Traveling with you, I know I’ll find the right path
for myself, too.
So what I’m thinking is… (extends her hand to Yuri)
Here’s to the road ahead.
Yuri looks at his hand, then into Estelle’s eyes.
YURI …Thanks.
Yuri lowers his hand to his side then quickly puts it into Estelle’s
hand.

Next Morning:
They gather in the street in front of the Inn. Raven stands on the
stoop.
RAVEN Haven’t sawed logs like that for a good long while.
*Yawn.*
RITA Yeah, it’s called oversleeping.
YURI We’re ready to hit the road, so get that sleep out of
our eyes.
KAROL (looking left and right) …Huh? There are fewer
knights than before…
YURI Yeah. Flynn and his crew went back to Nordopolica.
JUDITH That must mean they were traveling by night.
KAROL Was there some emergency they had to deal with?
RITA Maybe they had to take care of the monsters from the
coliseum.
KAROL I’ll bet Palestralle requested the help of the
knights.
YURI Hmm, we’ll have to wait and see.
ESTELLE …? (Hmm?)
YURI Well, it’s just that Flynn said something about a
barricade.
JUDITH Barricade? What could that mean?
RAVEN . . .
ESTELLE Are they out to arrest Belius for what happened in
the Great War?
KAROL I can’t imagine that Palestralle would be
outmaneuvered that easily by the Knights.
YURI I get the feeling this is going to get messy.
RAVEN Maybe we should think twice about headin’ back ta
Nordopolica for now.
KAROL But the new moon’s almost here. If we miss this
chance who knows when we might meet Belius again.
RAVEN That’s all well and good. I’m just not in a hurry ta
get tangled up with that armor wearin’ bunch.
YURI Me neither.
KAROL We’ll just have to be careful, like always. No use
panicking about it.
RITA Don’t forget, I want to take a look at the aer krene
in Cados.
YURI Don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten. All right, let’s
head out.

SKIT Cumore’s Missing

SKIT Flynn – Part 2
Inn “Antares”:
INNKEEPER’S WIFE Hey! It’s you! Did my canteen help in coming back
from the desert alive?
Go ahead. Keep it. Use it as long as you like. It’s
my way of celebrating our new freedom!
The Flynn Brigade’s great and all, but you people are
pretty incredible, too. I can tell!
INNKEEPER Take your time and enjoy what night should really be
like her in Mantaic. It’s 400 Gald for a room.

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SUB-EVENT: Estelle's Precious Thing:
(3rd night at the Inn)
It’s nighttime. The palms sway gently in the breeze and cast shadows
upon the sand. Estelle stands at the edge of the
oasis.
YURI Hey, Estelle.
ESTELLE …Oh… Yuri.
YURI Is that…what you were going to give us as payment…?
ESTELLE Yes, it’s a memento of my mother.
YURI Your mom… She passed away?
ESTELLE Yes, when I was still a child.
…What about your mother, Yuri…?
YURI It happened when I was a baby. I don’t even remember
what she looked like.
ESTELLE I see…
ESTELLE I thought that I was special, to never have a father
or mother while I was growing up.
But you, and Karol, and even Rita…you all grew up by
yourselves, too.
YURI Well, in my case, everyone in the lower quarter
helped raise me.
ESTELLE Everyone in the castle helped to raise me, too.
But I still felt lonely sometimes. Whenever that
happened, I would look at this memento and think of
my mother. It helped bring my spirits up a little.
YURI What’re you doing trying to give away something so
important to you? You should keep it safe!
ESTELLE After I started this journey, I completely forgot
about the memento of my mother.
I think, because I was with you, Yuri…
I didn’t need it anymore… I had stopped getting
lonely…
YURI …Are you going to get rid of it…?
ESTELLE We all have to leave our old memories behind.
Everyone else is living fiercely and not worrying
about the past.
I need to learn how to grow up and move on, too.
YURI If you don’t want it, let me hold onto it for you.
ESTELLE Yuri…
YURI The time will come when you’re going to need it.
You’re going to want to reevaluate who you are.
You’ll need to remind yourself who you were, and how
far you’ve come.
You don’t want to make any rash decisions now that
you’ll regret later.
ESTELLE Maybe…you’re right…
But until then, please take care of it for me, Yuri.
If I lose sight of where I’m going, I may have to
fall back on it.
Estelle walks away.
YURI There’d be nothing wrong with that, either…
INFORMATION Obtained Mother’s Memento.
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Outside Inn:
YURI Hey, Karol.
KAROL What’s up, Yuri?
YURI We finished Estelle’s request. Shouldn’t Brave
Vesperia start looking for other jobs?
KAROL Yeah, you’re right. Hmm, I wonder what we should do.
We could get a job in Dahngrest if we were members of
the Union…
RAVEN Hey kid, didn’t ya know?
The Union’ll throw you work even if ya don’t join
‘em. They take a cut, but…
KAROL Really?!
RAVEN Really!
YURI But it’ll take us some time to return to Dahngrest
from here…
RAVEN If we can find a Union’s outpost staff around, we
might be able to get a job.
JUDITH Then why not look for them?
RAVEN Judy, ya coming?
REPEDE Woof!
KAROL Uh… but, what should we do about Phaeroh?
ESTELLE If this is something we need to do as a guild, I
don’t mind.
KAROL Thank you, Estelle!
YURI OK, let’s go.

MAN (NEAR ARCH) So there are good Knights after all… What’s that
guy’s name? Flynn? He’s amazing.
If only all the Knights were guys like Flynn…

They make one last trip to the lake before leaving to fulfill yet
another sub-event.

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SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest – Part 1(a):
A man wearing a white shirt with black vest and pants stands to the
side of the path to the lake.
RAVEN Hey!
MAN Hey there, Raven!
Your friend, there…that’s uh, that’s the little
guild-hopper, right?
KAROL The name’s Karol! I’m a member of a guild called
Brave Vesperia now.
MAN Ohh, Brave Vesperia, huh? So what business does your
guild have with us?
JUDITH Is this the Union outpost?
MAN Yeah. Looking for a job? [Karol glances back at Yuri.]
Well, let’s see…this is about all I’ve got at the
 moment…
Yuri reads the note the man hands to him.
YURI …I request transportation for my goods. –Yu Seron.
What’s this supposed to mean/ There’s no detailed
information here.
KAROL Well, it is the Union. They’re probably all going to
be pretty standard jobs.
MAN Should be just about right for one of your first jobs.
It pays 4200 Gald.
RAVEN Hold on a sec. Brave Vesperia isn’t a member of the
Union, ya know.
MAN Huh? You’re unaffiliated?
Okay, so with the 30% finder’s fee, that brings your
take down to 3000 Gald.
What do you think? You want it?

[Decline Offer]
MAN Okay. Feel free to stop by whenever you need work. I
should be able to hook you up.

2nd converstation with man from Union:

MAN What do you say to that job I told you about last
time?

[Accept Job]
MAN All right. Now go talk to the client. They’ll fill
you in on all the details of the job.
Yu’s a guy who usually hangs out around the bridge
near the entrance of town.
KAROL All right, let’s go and talk to him!

MAN Well, good luck, Brave… Uh, what was it again?

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They travel to the east side of town to meet their client, Yu Seron.

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SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest – Part 1(b):

A red-haired man stands under a palm tree near the archway of the
bridge.
KAROL Are you…Mr. Seron?
MAN Yes, I’m Yu Seron.
Are you from the Union…?
KAROL Yeah, we’re a guild, Brave Vesperia.
YU Brave Ves…Hmm, I haven’t heard of you…
KAROL Don’t worry. We can handle it! You need people to
deliver some stuff, right?
YU Yes…I’d like someone to take a book to an old friend
of mine.
JUDITH A book?
YU Yes, quite an important one. It’s a book that holds
many memories for us.
KAROL We’ll make sure to take good care of it.
YU Please don’t lose it. If that should happen…
I’ll have you pay compenstation for the lost item
through the Union.
YURI Karol said don’t worry, right? Do don’t worry.
JUDITH And who might this friend of yours be?
YU His name is Nobis Celestial. He’s currently
traveling, so I don’t exactly know where he is…
I think he’s probably in one of the cities on
Tolbyccia or Desier.
Please take this crest.
If you carry this with you, he should recognize it
and call out to you himself.
“A fiery soul into a sea of flames.” You’ll know it’s
Nobis if he says this to you.
Karol Okay, got it…
We accept this task in the name of the brightest star
in the night sky - - Brave Vesperia.
YU Thank you for your help.
Yu walks away.
JUDITH What was that thing you said at the end there that
sounded like a magic spell?
KAROL It’s an oath for taking a new job. It’s proof that
you accept the client’s request.
JUDITH Interesting.
YURI All right, let’s go look for Nobis!
REPEDE *Aggressive bark*
INFORMATION Obtained Book of Friendship.
INFORMATION Obtained Comrade Crest.
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They travel to Capua Torim to look for Nobis.

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SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest – Part 1(c):
As they walk into the Inn, a man standing near the front desk looks at
them.
MAN [lightbulb]
A fiery soul into a sea of flames…
KAROL !
That’s … That’s what Mr. Seron said…
JUDITH Would you be Yu’s friend, Nobis?
NOBIS Indeed. You were sent to find me?
Karol hands something to Nobis.
KAROL Yes, we brought you something from Yu Seron.
INFORMATION Handed over “Book of Friendship.”
NOBIS You haven’t looked at what’s inside, have you?
KAROL Huh? No, of course not…
NOBIS Very well. If that is all… (turning away to leave)
KAROL Oh, wait. I need to take some proof of delivery back
to the client…
NOBIS (turning back to Karol) Ah, okay. Let’s see…you can
take this to him as proof of delivery. (hands
something to Karol}
INFORMATION Obtained Rainbow Bookmark.
NOBIS Well then, say hello to Yu for me.
KAROL Of course. Thanks1 (Nobis deparats)
YURI Pretty good for our first job.
KAROL We’re not done yet. We still gotta take this proof of
delivery back to Yu.
JUDITH And then we’ll finally6 be finished with the job.
Karol nods.
YURI I’m glad we didn’t lose the book before we got it to
him!
KAROL That would’ve been bad. I don’t think you could just
go out and buy a replacement for that book.
RITA How would you even lose something like that?
RAVEN Maybe if ya went ta the bathroom and accidentally
left it by the sink when ya washed your hands?
RITA Eww, that’s dirty.
RAVEN What’s dirty? You’re washin’ yer hands!
KAROL We need to make sure not to lose the proof of
delivery, too.
YURI Okay, enough talking. Let’s get moving!
KAROL Yeah, let’s go to Mantaic and see the client.
RAVEN Yikes, are we going back all the way?
KAROL The sooner, the better. Don’t you want to tell the
client?
YURI There’s no need for a rush. Talking of things like
this, the more you wait, the more you joy.
KAROL Is that true…?
YURI Let’s see the client when we stop by at Mantaic later
sometime.
REPEDE Woof!
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SUB-EVENT: Kowz Boy – Part 1:
The small courtyard behind the inn is accessible now that a knight is
no longer standing under the arch blocking the way. Beyond they find
what appears to be a small child dressed in a cow costume standing
beside a small sand pit.
KAROL W-who are you?
KOWZ Ding-dong! I’m Kowz! You can call me K-Z for short.
Nice to meetcha!
RITA K-Z? Don’t you think Kowz is plenty short enough?
KOWZ No need to be so sassy, Flatty McChesterson!
RAVEN (glancing at Rita)
F-flatty McChesterson!! Hah hah! I like the cut of
yer jib, K-Z!
Rita retailiates by turning to Raven and readying an explosive arte.
RITA I’m surrounded by idiots… What’s the point of having
big boobs, anyway? They just get in the way!
RAVEN I g-guess…
YURI So, what are you doing in a place like this, anyway?
KOWZ Good question! I guess you could say I’m helping out
with some chores.
ESTELLE Oh, that’s so nice of you to help your mother with
the chores!
KOWZ My mother? You crazy? Who said anything about that?
I’m helping out the Ant Lion Man!
JUDITH Is Ant Lion Man the name of a friend of yours, or
something?
KOWZ Yepperoo! Somethinglike that, Ms. Bouncy-bouncy.
KAROL B-bouncy-bouncy…
[blushing]
KOWZ Anyway, could ya let me borrow an Apple Gel? If you
do, I’ll show you what I mean.

(you are given a choice.)

INFORMATION Handed over “Apple Gel.”
KOWZ Oh, thanks!
The kowz turns to the flowing sand trap.
KOWZ Round and round we go! Where we stop…only I know!
The sand pit roars and spews sand into the air. Out comes the Ant Lion
Man, landing beside the Kowz.
All !
KOWZ Catch!
There is the sound of a cash register ringing up a sale.
ANT LION MAN Oo hoo! Thankee, thankee!
The ant lion man jumps back into the sand pit and the roaring and
spewing sand quit.
YURI What the heck was that…
KOWZ That is my friend, the Ant Lion Man. You can call him
A-to-the-L for short.
RAVEN I’m…at a loss…
JUDITH So… He took that apple gel, huh?
KAROL I think so… I was too flabbergasted by all this
weirdness to really notice.
RITA Yo, give that apple gel back, you!
KOWZ Give it back? Don’t be so heartless, Flatty!
RAVEN [Amused ?] (Not sure how to interpret symbol)
KOWZ You’ll just have to take this instead. Here.
INFORMATION Obtained Milk.
KOWZ Fresh-squeezed from the udders of your truly! Moo hoo
hoo. [heart]
All . . .
KOWZ I’m gonna kill you dead, baby yeah! So dead! [musical
note]
Hey, I’m just kiddin’. Just immitatin’ Mr. Fu, see?
[heart]
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They leave Mantaic via the eastern exit. Along the way to the Weasand
of Cados, they run into a merchant heading for Mantaic.

FIELD MAP – The Mother Cados Mountains – Western desert

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ESTELLE Good day!

MERCHANT Ah, are you going to the Weasand of Cados?
YURI Yes, we are. Why do you ask?
MERCHANT The Imperial Knights have sealed off passage through
Cados.
It’s not just here -- they’ve set up blockades at all
of the routes through the mountains.
RITA Blockades…? Why would they…
MERCHANT I don’t know all the details, but I heard that it has
something to do with some danger in Nordopolica.
ESTELLE What should we do… We need to get to Nordopolica
before the new moon!
MERCHANT I wish I could help, but they wouldn’t even let me
through, and I have a travel permit.
KAROL Are you a member of the Fortune’s Market?
MERCHANT Yes.
YURI How’d you get your permit?
KAROL The empire issues travel permits to Fortunes Market
so that its members can travel wherever they want…at
least, that’s how it’s supposed to be…
MERCHANT Right, but the Imperial Knights wouldn’t let me go
any further.
I’m going back to Mantaic, since there’s no way to
get around them. (he walks on)
ESTELLE Do you think Flynn ordered the blockades?
YURI Hmmm, I couldn’t say.
Either way, we can’t afford to be stuck here for much
longer.
JUDITH Yes, it’ll be a lot of trouble if we miss the new
moon.
KAROL But I don’t think they’d let us through, even if we
asked nicely.
RAVEN Well, to be honest, we can go take a look and think
about how to get in… the hard part will only come
once we’ve gotten inside.
ESTELLE What do you mean, “once we’ve gotten inside?”
RAVEN They set up blockades to make it hard to get outta
the mountains…getting’ inside shouldn’t be nearly as
tough.
I think that much is safe to assume.
RITA Well then, should we go back to Mantaic to do some
final preparations?
YURI No, we’re fine. Let’s go like we are.

THE WEASAND OF CADOS

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~~~

They enter the cave, pressing themselves flat against the walls, and
observe Sodia and a few Flynn Knights surrounding a somewhat tamed
equine type of monster, a Quietta.
ESTELLE The Flynn Brigade…
JUDITH So that’s the blockade?
KAROL Yeah, looks like it was Flynn Brigade’s doing, after
all…
But…what are those monsters doing here?
RAVEN P’raps they’ve been tamed by the knights?
YURI This brigade is reminding me of Flynn less and less…
…What the hell is Flynn doing with his knights,
anyway…
RAVEN With hardcore tactics like this, there ain’t any
doubt in my mind this has something to do with the
talk of Belius engineering the Great War.
KAROL So how do we get past this checkpoint…
RAVEN How about this?
The old man fires a flaming arrow at the ground near the Quietta’s
feet. The frightened Quietta goes out of control.
KNIGHT Wh-what the hell!
KNIGHT Stop it! Settle down!
JUDITH Let’s go now!
They run leaving Raven behind who’s still admiring his handiwork.
RAVEN Heh hey, don’t leave this old man behind!
With Raven several feet behind, they run past the group of knights and
Quietta, whose antics have already taken out two of the knights. A
shaken traveler watches.
KNIGHT What the -- Come back, you!
Sodia runs forward, yanking on the sword strapped to her side.
SODIA Yuri Lowell!
RAVEN (backflip, thumbs-up, winking) See ya! Have fuuun!
(runs off)
Later:
YURI That was pretty slick, old man!
RAVEN (backflip) I thought I’d liven things up a bit!
RITA Geez…

SKIT Closing Everything Off

KAROL Hmm…it looks like they aren’t following us.

RAVEN Yeah, but they went and sealed off a dangerous place
like this just to isolate Nordopolica.
These guys mean business.
RITA Seriously, even bringing monsters to help?
JUDITH Whatever they’re doing, it cant’ be good.
ESTELLE I can’t believe that Flynn would order something like
this…
RAVEN Sometimes orders comin’ down from the top don’t make
sense. The meaning can get lost going down the chain
of command.
When a brigade gets big and famous enough, things can
start to get outta hand.
YURI You certainly know a lot about these things. Makes
sense for someone in Altosk.
RAVEN Things can end up like that no matter what the
organization.
YURI What worries me…is how much of a hand Flynn had in
all this.
RAVEN I’m sure we’ll get a good understandin’ of that as
soon as we can get to Nordopolica.
ESTELLE That’s right.
JUDITH But we should be on our guard.
Even though I find it hard to believe that they’ve
conquered Nordopolica by force…
KAROL Yeah, I think the Palestralle would have a problem
with that.
YURI Sorry, Rita. You won’t get much time to investigate
the aer krene.
RITA Grr… Oh well… I don’t have much choice. It’d be bad
if they caught up to us.
YURI Exactly. Come on. Let’s get going. (leaves)
KAROL Yuri sure is enthusiastic.
RAVEN He won’t say it, but I reckon he’s just worried about
his friend.
They reach the aer krene.
YURI Try not to take too long, okay?
RITA Sure.
(looking in water) It’s completely inactive now… And
 it was overflowing so much before…
Is that how the aer was controlled? How could a
monster do something like that…
ESTELLE Is that aer krene safe now?
KAROL We’ll be in trouble if aer shoots out of it like
before!
RITA it doesn’t look like you have to worry about that…
YURI So why’d the aer suddenly shoot out before?
RITA That’s what’s puzzling me.
ESTELLE Maybe it was just a natural phenomenon?
RITA The probability of that is low, at best.
If that was the case, it should be emitting aer at
regular intervals.
JUDITH If aer were emitted that frequently, it’d have an
effect on the environment.
RITA Like how the plants grew so unnaturally in Keiv Moc.
RAVEN Looks pretty normal ‘round here to me.
RITA So perhaps something else interfered with the aer
krene and caused it to discharge aer?
But what could do that…
Only a formula or blastia could affect aer like that…
REPEDE (crouching) Grrr.
They hear the clinking of armored knights.
YURI Damn, that would be our fan club. Seems like these
knights are just as dedicated as the Captain himself.
Rita, let’s go. Are you done looking at the aer krene?
RITA Just let me think a little more…
JUDITH If you just need time to think, you’ll have plenty of
time once we’ve gotten out of here!
RITA Mmm…all right, all right!

SKIT Investigating the Aer Krene

JUDITH Take cover.

Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos wait around a corner near the exit.
RITA Huh. Guess it’s only natural they’re guarding this
end, too.
KAROL Raven, can you do something like you did before?
RAVEN Best not ta press your luck when the Knights’re
takin’ their work so seriously.
RITA They don’t look that serious from here.
ADECOR I say, woe is me!
BOCCOS How has our illustrious Schwann Brigade ever been
reduced to playing back up for Flynn?!
LEBLANC Enough complaining! If you don’t like it, we’d better
produce some results!
Repede crouches as a knight runs down a higher trail across the cavern.
He spots them.
KNIGHT There they are! Capture them! (runs down the trail to
intercept them)
KAROL They found us…
ADECOR What is this?
KNIGHT (shouting down to them) You three! Don’t let them
escape!
Leblanc and company stand between them and escape. Yuri and friends
come out into the open, standing in a tight circle, prepared to fight.
LEBLANC Ah, if it isn’t Mr. Yuri Lowell!
YURI Hey, Leblanc. It’s been a while.
LEBLANC A-and Your Highness!
Leblanc and company charge.
KAROL Wh-what’re we gonna do?!
A Quietta is herded toward them.
RAVEN Oh, well. Here goes nothing! (he runs)
YURI Wait!
RAVEN A-ten-SHUN!
Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos immediately stand at attention, right arm
over chest in the imperial salute.
LEBLANC Y-yes, sir!
Raven runs between them.
YURI Not sure what’s going on, but now’s our chance!
They all follow Raven’s example. The Schwann Brigade stands still as
they run between them. Two knights herding a Quietta give chase and
halt right before Leblanc, bringing the Schwann Brigade to reality.
LEBLANC Huh…? Whoa…!
KAROL Raven, what did you do…?
RAVEN Ahh, it’s nothing.
Enough standin’ around. They’ll catch up in no time
if we don’t get movin’.
YURI Yeah. Let’s head for Nordopolica, quick.
FIELD MAP – Zadrack Peninsula
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SKIT The Saver, The Spender, and The Gambler

NORDOPOLICA
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WOMAN Good day. This is Nordopolica.

Things seem to be unpleasant lately, but you can
relax and make yourself feel at home here.
Don’t worry, we recaptured all the monsters that
escaped.
Please go ahead and relax.
DRUNKEN MAN Apparently, this city is governed by the descendants
of an ancient clan.
Only the top-ranking members of Palestralle, who rule
the city, can ever meet them.
I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t like to meet them…
but they’re just people like you and me, right?
LITTLE BOY Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling…
Come on and follow the winding road with me…
KNIGHT An accident has occurred within the coliseum, and we
have been dispatched to deal with the situation.
Our duty as Imperial Knights is to protect each and
every settlement within the Empire’s territory.
We will ensure this city’s safety.
SOUP VENDOR *Grumble-grumble* …don’t talk to me…
The coliseum is closed and I’m dealing with a lot of
stress right now… * grumble-grumble* …
Blast it all. Monsters escaped and it was a big to-
do… * grumble-grumble* …
At the wharf, they stop to talk.
RAVEN Hmm, not as many knights as I’d have guessed…
RITA Yeah, security looks normal even with all the
commotion after the tournament.
ESTELLE It did sound like they had their hands full with the
monsters that managed to escape.
YURI Yeah, but it’s to quiet. Especially compared to the
checkpoints back at Cados.
I think Raven’s got it right. The Knights are up to
something, and I don’t like it.
KAROL But it looks like we can stay in town, as long as we
don’t stand out.
JUDITH So we’ll meet with Belius on the evening of the new
moon…which happens to be tonight.
RAVEN Let’s stop by the inn ta freshen up, and then go see
about meetin’ her.
I’m finally gonna be able ta get rid of the Don’s
letter.
YURI Hmm, I wonder if Flynn’s already here somewhere.
ESTELLE Do you think?
YURI When we finish up all our business here, I’ve got a
few things I want to ask that guy…
ESTELLE When you do…take me with you.

YOUNG WOMAN All the matches are so boring lately. It’s always the
same old fighters.
You’re already here in Nordopolica. How about you
step in the ring?
Of course, you’ll jut lose and die a dog’s death.
Tee-hee, I’m just kidding! What a big mouth I have.
[musical note]
ITOKEN It’s the fabulous Itoken, he of the endless stream of
victories!
I haven’t lost a bet since the day I was born! Come
on and listen to what Itoken has to say!
Inspiration’s there for Itoken in a flash! He always
has the answer! Come on, What have you got to lose?
NOBLE WOMAN Listen! I followed this tipster’s information and won
two hundred thousand Gald!
Itoken, I’m so glad I trusted you!
Next I’m going to bet five hundred thousand on a real
dark horse!
Go, go!!
OLD MAN Itoken fingered a dark horse worth five hundred
thousand…!
What an old fool I am! Why now, of all times, did I
decide to get cold feet…
The noble lady beside me won big…
Surely she could spare a few Gald now…
WOMAN (CRATES) I left my husband in Zaphias to be near the coliseum,
but sometimes I get a little worried…
Is he eating right? Is he cleaning up after himself?
Of course, I forget all about my husband when the
matches begin.
KNIGHT The citizens give us these cold stares. Maybe we’re
not welcome here…
I guess I can understand how they feel though…
Even though we’re here to help.
CAT (WHARF) Meow! Meow! Meow! [heart]
Meow! Meow! [musical note]

Stairs to Coliseum:
OLD WOMAN There’s something disquieting in the air recently…
I suppose you’d call it sixth sense. I just have a
feeling something awful is going to happen…
O guardian deity, please protect your city and its
citizens…
KNIGHT The Schwann Brigade received orders from Lieutenant
Leblanc to be dispatched here to support the Flynn
Brigade!
Captain Schwann is very busy on an assignment away
from here, but I shall not do anything to disgrace
his name!
MAN Oh, man…what do they think they’re doing, just
letting the Knights in like that?
A lot of people here hate the Empire. There might be
trouble.
Not that I’d mind. Maybe we’ll have us a little bit
 of sightseeing.
KRITYAN WOMAN I’m considering postponing my quest for the origins
of the Kritya and staying here for a while.
Belius, the Duce of Nordopolica, has expressed a
desire in meeting me.
If things go well, she may offer me employment…
SWORDSMAN (swing sword) *Huff* … *huff* … *huff* … *huff* …
*Pant* … *pant* …*pant… The Knights are such a pain…
*Pant* …*pant* …*pant… …I wish they wouldn’t…look at
me… …It’s so…embarrassing…
…What do we even need with the Knights when we’re
around…?
NOBLE MAN The monsters in the coliseum are supposed to get much
fiercer when the new moon approaches.
That’s why they post especially tough members of the
Palestralle to keep watch on the night of the new
moon.
I just happened to be inside the coliseum when the
reverse barrier holding in the monsters failed.
It was very frightening, but I’m glad it happened
during the full moon, when the monsters are
relatively docile.
LITTLE GIRL Some monsters got out of the coliseum. The reverse
barrier must not be very strong!
I wonder if they’ll come and eat me when I’m sleeping
at night…?
By the way, it’s called the reverse barrier because
it’s supposed to keep monsters in…the opposite of the
barriers that keep monsters out.
KNIGHT We have the rights to arrest anyone who even looked
suspicious.
That’s the reason why the town is safe.
We don’t want to get forceful. We hope on one tries
anything funny.

Outside the Inn:

KRITYAN WOMAN Duce Belius? I haven’t yet had the honor of meeting
her, but it seems as if she has some interest in
Kritya.
I don’t know why, however.
This descendant of an ancient clan, the woman who
governs a city of such contrast…
Yes, the woman called Belius interest me greatly.
YOUNG MAN The Knights are surprisingly cheap. All I did was ask
them to lend me a little money, but hey aren’t giving
me a single Gald.
Aren’t the Knights supposed to help good, decent
citizens in need?
Surely it wouldn’t hurt to lend me enough to buy
supper…
MERCHANT I’m an informer who delivers the town’s latest
information! Every month, something happens on the
new moon
No one knows what’s going to happen until it happens!
There could be a storm coming, or it might be a
rainbow…
Good or bad does it all depend on how we behaved!?
OLD WOMAN I’m astounded they let Imperial Knights in. Not to
worry, though…Palestralle and the warriors from the
coliseum are all tough cookies.
They’ll have the Knights thrown out in no time.
Duce Belius would never permit Imperial Knights entry
in the first place…
LITTLE BOY Wow, the knights are so amazing! They even beat all
the coliseum monsters.
Those horns are so grand![musical note]
Only the really grand ones get horns, it looks like.
MAN #2 I got a report that the Knights have closed down
Cados.
Sounds like there’s some big stink happening up top.
Who the hell do the Knights think they are?
We may have had a bit of trouble here lately, but now
they’re way out of bounds.
I want to raise some serious protest, but it’s out of
my league…
TOOL MERCHANT Just two more weeks until my shop opens…
Ah…I’m nervous already…
…Whoops!… I still haven’t chosen a name for the shop…
What’s a good name…?
MAN #! Palestralle has always governed this town, and
they’ve always handled security…
I hope a bunch of knights hanging around doesn’t stir
up trouble.
We were doing just fine with Palastralle governing.
If the Empire tries to push all their unfamiliar
structure on us, they’re going to get burned.
DRUNKEN MAN They say Mantaic used to be totally free, not under
Empire or Guild control.
But thanks to that ghastly temporary magistrate, the
Imperial Knights have finally extended their
jurisdiction there. *Hic!*
With knights here in Nordopolica too, it’s not easy
to look at Mantaic’s situation as someone else’s
problem.
I can’t help but sympathize.
Registration Area:
KNIGHT Well, if it isn’t Yuri! It’s me! I’m working under
Flynn command. We enlisted together.
We joined the knights together. You don’t remember me?
RECEPTIONIST #! This counter is reserved for future tournaments.
We’re still in preparations, so please sit tight.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but please have
patience.
We will inform you as soon as preparations are
complete.
RECEPTIONIST #2 Welcome! I’m the receptionist for coliseum
participants!
Are you looking to take part? I’m sorry, but all
participants have been selected for today.
Please try again another time.
A fierce battle will be waiting for you!
KNIGHT (STAIRS) I was supposed to be placed on security detail in
Zaphias… What am I even doing here?
 It was Lieutenant Leblanc that brought me here,
wasn’t it…? That capricious old weasel…!
He’s not a bad person, but it’s so easy to speak
badly of him…
NOBLE MAN Surging power…muscles of steel…one million horsepower…
Grab those monsters, tear ‘em up and scatter ‘em…
tear ‘em up and scatter ‘em… Whew! All right!
All right! I’ve got the battle all worked out in my
mind…
Ahh…but it’s still scary…
OLDER MAN Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher refrain
from revealing their melodious voices too early!
Instead, they roar like beasts while fighting, then
finally raise a mighty, yet beautiful, cheer upon
victory! The girls go wild!
Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher keep a low
profile and live in the shadows!
We only show our faces if our true love is in a jam,
bail her out in the blink of an eye, and are gone
like the wind!

SKIT Money Goes ‘Round

They spend the night at the Inn. Later that evening, they meet outside
the inn. The only sound to be heard is that of the sea.
YURI Is everyone ready to go?
KAROL …S-sure…
RITA You’re shaking, Karol.
RAVEN Confrontin’ the big cheese of a major guild about her
involvement with the Great War is pretty intimidatin’.
YURI Come on, she’s a normal person, just like us. There’s
nothing to be afraid of!
KAROL B-but…
RAVEN (glancing at Estelle) You’re sure the brave one,
missy. I’m impressed.
ESTELLE …I’m just doing my best to be strong…
RITA You don’t have to come if you don’t want to, Estelle.
ESTELLE (shaking her head) I can’t back down anymore. I don’t
want to.
I want to know about myself. About who I really am.
JUDITH Sounds like you’re ready to go.
YURI So then, let’s go see Belius.
As they walk away, Karol lingers, looking about.
KAROL ?
…Just my imagination…?
Karol runs after the others. After he is gone, the Hunting Blades
assemble in front of the fighter statue outside the inn.
INNKEEPER Late night visitors, I see. Welcome to Nordopolica’s
hotel facility.
The cost is 500 Gald per night. Will you be staying
with us?
KRITYAN WOMAN It is for the best that the Knights are here to
maintain order in the town.
I’m not certain I feel the same way about that
battleship, though.
This descendant of an ancient clan, the woman who
governs a city of such contrasts…
 Yes, the woman called Belius interests me greatly.
If you make Yuri head outside the coliseum:
RAVEN Hey, hey! Thought we were going to go see Belius!

OLD WOMAN On a night with no moon, it’s darker than usual,

makes me feel uneasy.
The monsters are getting restless, and I’m getting
more and more uneasy…
This may be an uneasy night, but this town should be
defended by the Guildsmen of Palestralle.
We don’t need the Knight’s help.

Registration Hall:
RECEPTIONIST #2 You want to fight in the tournament? Did you think
you can fight in the middle of the night?
I work at the application counter. At night, I’m a
singer!
They climb the stairs and approach Natz.
YURI We’ve come to meet with Belius.
NATZ You’re… Oh, weren’t you the emissary sent by Don
Whitehorse?
Yuri nods at Natz, but Raven speaks up.
RAVEN Yup. It’s a bit urgent, so if ya wouldn’t mind
lettin’ me through.
NATZ . . .
You may enter…
However I must ask the rest of you to withdraw.
KAROL What?! But why?
RITA Are you trying to say we can’t be trusted or
something?
NATZ I am afraid that is what it amounts to.
ESTELLE But…
FEMALE VOICE (from behind the closed door behind Natz) Let them
pass.
NATZ Duce! But I…
FEMALE VOICE I have spoken.
YURI Now that’s more like it.
NATZ …Yes, Duce.
(moves away from the door) I ask only that you not
speak of anything you see here to anyone.
KAROL Not speak of what we see…? Why not?
NATZ This is one of Palestralle’s guild laws.
YURI Okay, then. We promise.
NATZ Our leaser, Belius, is waiting just ahead.
Beyond the door, they encounter three flights of stairs. The first
flight leads past the Nordopolica Warehouse. At the top of the third
flight, they find Belius’ Room. They enter into complete darkness.
KAROL H-hey! What’s going on?!
YURI Everybody still here?
REPEDE Woof.
RAVEN Yo.
ESTELLE Yes.
Judith Yes.
RITA Yeah.
The room suddenly becomes lit with purple flares that soon disappear
leaving lighted torches. Before them stands a golden centaur-like
creature with a head resembling a fox.
KAROL A-a monster…!
YURI And here I had secret hopes we’d get a gourmet meal
out of this. Wasn’t expecting a trap.
JUDITH This isn’t a trap. She is…
ESTELLE Belius?
BELIUS The very same. I am Belius, Duce of Nordopolica and
founder of Palestralle.
RAVEN Didn’t see this comin’.
ESTELLE So you can speak our language, as well.
BELIUS You encountered Phaeroh some time ago, did you not?
I would not think, then, that our ability to use your
tongue should come as a surprise.
YURI So you’re an Entelexeia, too?
BELIUS That is so.
KAROL Th-then the ancient race that built this city was…
BELIUS My brethren and I.
RAVEN …Good old Don. How nice of him ta keep me in the dark
on this.
BELIUS And who might you be?
RAVEN A humble servant of Don Whitehorse. I’ve got a letter
for you from him.
Raven hands the letter to Belius.
RAVEN I’ve known that old badger too long ta be surprised
by who he knows, but just how’re you connected?
BELIUS I am indebted to him for his assistance during the
Great War.
KAROL The Great War…! So the rumors that you were one of
the masterminds behind it are true?
BELIUS Heh, well, I did participate in the war.
However, I never exceeded that which my duty as an
Entelexeia required. I was not a mastermind of
anything.
KAROL The Great War was fought against the Entelexeia…
BELIUS At any rate, my acquaintance with the Don dates from
those times.
I have long lamented that a man of his talent was not
born instead as one of my race.
RAVEN That’s the first I’d heard the old man had anything
ta do with the Great War.
BELIUS It is a subject he takes little pleasure in
discussing.
The Don has requested my mediation in the current
trouble with Phaeroh.
It would seem that even a man of his strength cannot
stand against my brother’s assault upon his city.
Such a request can not lightly be brushed aside. I
shall offer my assistance for the time being.
RAVEN (relieved sigh) Glad ta see you’re so reasonable.
YURI So some of you tear down cities, and some of you run
guilds.
You Entelexeia are definitely…interesting.
BELIUS The same might be said of you humans, I would imagine.
Now then, this letter is not the sole reason for your
visit…
Is it, Child of the Full Moon?
Estelle’s mouth drops open.
RITA You know about Estelle…?
BELIUS We Entelexeia can sense the Child of the Full Moon.
ESTELLE My name is Estellise.
I have to know. What exactly is the Child of the Full
Moon?
Phaeroh called me an “insipid poison.”
But what does that mean?
BELIUS Hmm. I know no whether your fate may be swayed by
such knowledge, but…
JUDITH Belius. Listen…
ESTELLE Judith…?
BELIUS Hmm. Is there something of which I should be aware?
JUDITH Phaeroh is…
There is the sound of several thuds outside the door.
RAVEN What the hell’s all that racket?
Tison and Clint of the Hunting Blades burst in.
TISON At last we’ve found you, Entelexeia! Leader of
monsters! Origin of evil!
KAROL Tison! Boss!
TISON Well, if it isn’t Karol and friends. You’ve got some
twisted tastes, hanging out with freaks like this.
CLINT Keeping monsters to use in your coliseum? You’re an
enemy of humanity, and now you die!
KAROL Wh-where’s Nan…?
TISON Curious, huh? She should be leading the raid on the
remaining monsters in the coliseum about now.
We Hunting Blades give no quarter to any who would
obstruct the justice we mete out, humans or no.
CLINT If you won’t attack, then I’ll make the first move,
beast!
They run forward to attack Belius. Yuri stops Tison, but Clint gets by
and swings his sword at Belius. She stops his blade with her claws.
BELIUS It seems these men will be not stayed lest I take
arms against them.
It is asking much of you, but please, help Natz.
YURI What about you?!
BELIUS I am not to be outdone by mere humans.
YURI Gotcha.
Let’s get outta here!
BELIUS Good luck.
Yuri and the others leave and descend the stairs to help Natz. They
battle various members of the Hunting Blades along the stairs.
SKIT What They’re After

They find a man, injured, lying on the floor.

KAROL This is awful… Could Nan have done this…?
YURI (Kneeling by the man) You all right?
MAN …Natz has…gone to defend the coliseum…from the
Hunting Blades…
Please… You gotta help him…
ESTELLE W-wait, I’ll…
Yuri stands up. Frowning, he shakes his head.
ESTELLE If only we’d come sooner…
JUDITH This is not the time for regrets.
RITA We’ve got to go help that Natz guy…!
YURI Yeah. …Which means going up.
Nan is in the arena.
NAN The coliseum is now under the authority of the
 Hunting Blades! Withdraw immediately!
Karol stands behind Nan.
KAROL Nan! You’ve got to stop!
NAN (turning around) Karol? What are you doing here…?
KAROL You know that fights between guilds are strictly
forbidden by the Union!
NATZ What are you talking about?! This job was
commissioned to us directly by the Union itself!
RAVEN What?!
A boy with a red tattoo across the bridge of his nose approaches.
RAVEN Harry! What’re you doin’ here?!
RITA Hey…isn’t that someone from the Union we met in
Dahngrest…?
RAVEN That’s the Don’s grandson, Harry.
KAROL The Don’s grandson…?
RAVEN Just what in blazes is goin’ on here, son?
HARRY You’re under the same orders from the Don yourself,
right? To locate apatheia?
RAVEN Sure, but what does that have ta do with all the
commotion here?
Something catches Judith’s attention and she runs into the arena.
KAROL Judith! What’s she…? H-hey, look, it’s…!
ESTELLE Natz…!
Natz is surrounded.
YURI Come on!
RAVEN Damn it! I wasn’t done with him…!
NATZ Wait! I thought I ordered you to withdraw!
HARRY (turning to Nan) Raven is with them, and he’s an
ally. Let them be.
Karol stops and looks back at Nan.
KAROL Nan…
NATZ … (eh…) (Looks at Karol, then quickly looks away)
Yuri and friends stop behind the ring of Hunting Blade guildsmen
surrounding Natz.
YURI Aw, down to your last friend? Why not play with us
for a while?
MAN More of Belius’ minions, huh?! (levels his axe at
Yuri)
They leave Natz and face Yuri.
KAROL W-we’re Brave Vesperia!
MAN I don’t care how brave you are. Death to those who
side with the monsters!
As he speaks, Yuri snaps his sword out of its sheath.

After Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue

YURI Man, these guys are just going crazy.

Estelle runs to Natz and heals him.

NATZ …Oooh.
RAVEN Looks like we got here in time.
NATZ You must be a healer. You’ve saved me.
Belius’ body drops from above onto the floor of the arena.
KAROL (recoiling) Aaah!
NATZ Duce!!
BELIUS (getting quickly to her feet) Natz. You are unhurt.
Belius raises her head slightly, indicating the Hunting Blades.
BELIUS You would yet challenge me, humans?!
CLINT (getting up) …Your kind…is the root…of all evil…
YURI The root of evil? Belius? You’ve got it all wrong.
Just…look!
CLINT All monsters serve evil…! They must be hunted down…
It…it is up to us…to the Hunting Blades…!
As Clint speaks, Tison rises from the floor, his form swaying from
exhaustion. Clint falls face down on the floor.
RAVEN These idiots’ve got rocks for brains!
TISON You…you monsters are all alike…!
Tison charges but he is struck by Judith. Weakened by injuries, Belius
collapses to the floor.
NATZ (reaching toward Belius) Duce!!
Estelle runs to Belius.
ESTELLE I’ll heal you!
BELIUS You mustn’t. Your power is…
Not comprehending, Estelle performs a healing spell. Judith, still
battling Tison, sees her.
JUDITH No!
Belius begins to glow.
ESTELLE Wh-what…what can this mean…?
RITA She reacted to Estelle’s formula…? But this is…?
BELIUS Grraaah! (writhing and roaring in pain)
JUDITH I was too late…
ESTELLE What have I done…?
RAVEN If this keeps up, it’ll bring down the coliseum!
YURI Is fighting our only option?!
Yuri runs forward.
KAROL B-but there’s got to be…!
ESTELLE (guilt-ridden, confused) I…
RITA Estelle!
ESTELLE Y…yes…
Belius sinks to her knees, trying to regain control of herself as the
arena shakes and trembles around her.
NATZ Duce Belius! Please control yourself! Duce!!
YURI We’ve got no choice but to try and stop here with
force!
RITA But we’re dead if we hold anything back against
someone like this!
KAROL I can’t believe this…!
JUDITH Belius… (saddened)
RITA Estelle, wake up!
ESTELLE (in shock) Right…
Belius lets out a roaring shriek.
RAVEN Here she comes!

Battle Starts. Belius approaches.

Spoken Dialogue/No text:

YURI Kill or be killed, huh?!
Sorry, but I’m not getting killed, here.
BELIUS Kill… me…
Live… LIVVVVE!
Release me! You cannot stop my power.
ESTELLE What is my power…the poison that Phaeroh talked about?
RAVEN You gotta be kiddin’. I can’t believe we gotta put
her down.
ESTELLE I won’t hold back.
 That’s the only way, right?

The torches around the arena go out and Belius uses her power to
generate a double. While the others fight Belius, Yuri uses Destruction
Field to light the torches. When all are lit at the same time, the
double disappears and Belius begs them to end her life.
BELIUS My power is gone… Strike! Now!

Ending Battle Dialog: Spoken/No text:

BELIUS You did well.
YURI Is it over?
KAROL But…why?
ESTELLE It’s… my fault.

Belius lies dying in the middle of the arena. Estelle stands near her.
KAROL I-it’s over…
NATZ Duce, no!!
Rays of light emit from Belius’ body.
RITA What now?
JUDITH I never thought this would happen…
Estelle’s right hand closes into a loose fist. As she drops to her
knees, Estelle presses the fist to her chest.
ESTELLE I’m sorry… I…I…
BELIUS Worry…not…
You were…thinking only of saving me…
ESTELLE …Oh, I’m so sorry. I just…
BELIUS Power corrupts… But you, you are different.
Never lose that kindness…the compassion you so
readily show to others…
Now, go to Phaeroh… If you would learn of your
destiny…
ESTELLE To Phaeroh?
BELIUS Natz, there is much I owe you. Do not harbor a grudge
toward these people.
NATZ Duce, no!!
ESTELLE W-wait! No, I beg you! Don’t go!
JUDITH Belius… (Farewell…)
Belius’ body disappears in blinding light. A blue crystal is left
behind.
RITA This is… Is this the
KAROL An Apathea…
BELIUS Convey my soul--this cyano ciel--to my ally, Don
Whitehorse.
Estelle collapses to her knees.
INFORMATION Obtained Apatheia, Cyano Ciel Crystal.
RAVEN So this must’ve been what Harry meant.
CLINT Humans… We’ll be taking that stone.
YURI Is this what you guys were after? Hope you don’t
think we’ll just let it go.
CLINT Then…we’ll just have to pound on you until you do.
Sodia armor clinks as she runs into the arena.
SODIA That’s enough! Everyone throw down your weapons!
YURI Damn, look who’s here.
SODIA You… Take anyone still standing in the coliseum into
custody!
Flynn’s Brigade run past Sodia and surround the Hunting Blades.
RAVEN We’re gonna wind up in chains if we don’t blow this
 scene.
RITA But we haven’t done anything to warrant being
arrested!
KAROL I don’t think they’d have any trouble cooking up a
reason to put us behind bars!
JUDITH You’re right. Escape is our best option.
Estelle is still kneeling, bent over clutching the crystal to her
chest. Yuri runs to her.
YURI Okay, we’re getting out of here for now.
ESTELLE No…I…I don’t want to go anywhere.
My power… It really is a poison…
I thought I could help her, but I only brought about
her death. I couldn’t save her…!
Yuri unsheathes his sword and cuts his arm with the blade. Estelle
bounds to her feet.
ESTELLE Wh-what are you doing?! [NEEDS VERIFICATION]
Estelle heals Yuri’s arm.
YURI There. You saved me, didn’t you?
ESTELLE What…? Ah, but I…
YURI Let’s move.
ESTELLE …Okay.
They run past Sodia.
SODIA Wait!
Sodia runs after them. Raven stays behind running to help Harry whose
being held by knights.
INFORMATION Raven left the party.

SKIT Belius’ Death

They flee the coliseum.

MAN #2 The Union’s really done it now…
I always knew the Don was after the Duce’s good stuff!
The only faction that can stand toe-to-toe with the
Union and the Empire is Palestralle.
The Don in the north and Belius to the south…they
weren’t playing around.
OLD WOMAN What in the world is going on? Duce Belius is dead?
It can’t be true!
What’s going to happen to this city if Duce Belius
dies?
This city will be finished without Duce Belius…!
As they near the inn, they see Knights.
YURI This place is swarming with knights.
JUDITH We’ve no choice but to go out through the harbor,
then.
KAROL But what if the harbor’s blockaded, too?
RITA Well, the Weasand of Cados is blocked off.
If we have to get out of here, I’d say breaking out
through the harbor is our best bet!
KAROL (lightbulb)
Ah, escaping by sea might be better, yes.
YURI Exactly.
Rita looks behind them. Estelle looks, too.
RITA Hey, where’s the old man…?
YURI You don’t need to worry about him. He’ll turn up soon
enough.
JUDITH Right. He’s the sort of guy who shows up as soon as
 you start to feel relieved he’s gone.
They all turn around as a voice shouts out to Yuri.
SODIA Yuri Lowell, this is the end of the line!
Witcher is with her. They stop a few yards from the party.
WITCHER Lady Estelle, you must return with us. Captain Flynn
is worried about you.
ESTELLE …But I, I…
Rita, running forward, begins an arte.
RITA Estelle’s not going back with you!
Rita hurls a fiery blast. A split second after Rita sends her blast on
it way, Witcher expels one from his staff to meet it. The blast cancel
each other out.
YURI All right, let’s hurry to the harbor!

Outside the Coliseum:

FLYNN KNIGHT You lot there… You’re not Hunting Blades, are you?
You’d better not be, or you’d face immediate arrest
and judgment.
If you’re not, all is well.
We’re not interested in harassing the citizenry with
baseless arrests.
KRITYAN WOMAN I can’t believe Duce Belius is dead… We were supposed
to meet and have all manner of discussions.
What an unfortunate twist of fate. It was such a
promising chance…
This must be a message from the heavens: “Go and
discover the origin of the Kritya”…
SCHWANN KNIGHT Captain Schwann is far too busy… *Mumble, mumble…* So
the Lieutenant does his job… Oh…
Zzz… Sir Leblanc…
Any suspicious behavior from you… *Mumble, mumble…*
And I’ll take you into custody…
OLD WOMAN The monster that guarded over this town has been
vanquished.
If those who did this truly belong to one of the
Union’s guilds, they are a barbaric lot indeed.
If that truly was the guardian spirit then this town
is doomed.
Flynn awaits them at the end of the stairs.
ESTELLE Flynn…
RITA Looks like we can’t put one over on this guy.
FLYNN Return Lady Estellise and the stone.
ESTELLE …Flynn, what do you want with the apatheia…?
YURI So the Knights are trying to get a hold of this
thing, too.
KAROL That’s why the Hunting Blades were here…
FLYNN Hand it over.
Flynn puts his hand on the hilt of his sword.
KAROL Whoa, is he serious?
Yuri frowns and walks up to Flynn.
YURI Just what the hell are you doing? (Sodia and Witcher
join them)
Using the military to get control of the city? That’s
taking things a bit far.
Maybe you’re carrying out your “duty,” but you can’t
just go around doing everything by force.
SODIA Captain, awaiting orders!
YURI I thought you were with the Knights to change things
like that.
I don’t know why I’m the one who has to be saying
this stuff. You know it full well yourself.
FLYNN … (I…)
YURI Cat got your tongue?
I mean, how’s this any different from what I’ve come
to expect from the empire?
Are you gonna follow Ragou and Cumore’s examples?!
FLYNN If I did, would you just kill me as well?
Would you do away with me like you did Ragou and
Cumore?
KAROL Huh? …What does he…
YURI If you go and become a villain, you won’t be giving
me much choice.
RITA You mind saving this charming little squabble for
another time?
We’re sort of in a hurry, right?!
YURI …Humph. (Yuri takes off)
RITA Come on!
They all run. Sodia runs to Flynn.
SODIA Captain!
As they reach the harbor, the others run past Yuri as he stops to look
back at Flynn. Flynn is standing with his back to them. Sodia looks at
him anxiously awaiting orders that Flynn will not give.
Aboard the Fiertia:
KAROL What was Flynn saying about Yuri and Ragou…?
RITA Save it!
You men, raise the anchor!
Yuri watches Karol’s who stares at him openmouthed.
RAVEN Yeah, men raise the anchor.
KAROL !
Yuri leaves Karol and runs to Raven.
KAROL Raven! Where did you come from…?
Raven is on the boat. Harry is with him.
RAVEN Don’t s’pose it’d be too much trouble ta take one
more with us.
KAROL Hey, that’s the guy…!
INFORMATION Raven joined the party.

Imperial Battleships form a line blocking the Fiertia. Shaking

violently, the Fiertia lurches forward, knocking Karol rolling back
against the outer wall of the cabin.
JUDITH What’s happening?
Judith runs. Yuri turns to her.
YURI Judy…?
RITA (examining the blastia) Where is this power coming
from?! Is it the ceres blastia?
The blastia is glowing with rays of reddish light.
KAROL Yeah! We broke through!
RITA What’s the deal with this formula…? I’ve never seen
anything like it.
While Rita examines the control panel, behind her, Estelle holds the
apatheia, which is giving off the same rays of light as the blastia.
does not
ESTELLE …What…? (Judith approaches)
ESTELLE What are you doing?!
While talking to Karol and Tokunaga, Yuri hears their raised voices.
RITA No, stop!!
There is a boom and the ship stops shaking. Judith holds the weapon she
used to destroy the ceres blastia Rita was inspecting. Estelle kneels
on the deck holding the now normal apatheia.
RITA Why would you…?
Yuri and Karol come running.
JUDITH …This is the path I have chosen.
Ba’ul calls from above.
RITA You’re that dragon freak!
Ba’ul flies above the water toward Judith.
YURI Judy! Wait!
JUDITH …Goodbye.
As Rita watches, Judy hops aboard Ba’ul and they fly away.
ESTELLE (running to the side of the deck) Judith…?!
RITA Why…? Why?! (distraught)
INFORMATION Judith left the party.
Raven enters the cabin and joins Yuri and Tokunaga who are looking at a
map rolled out onto a narrow table.
RAVEN Our genius mage is givin’ the ceres blastia her
undivided attention.
Sounds like the core on the new blastia’s pretty much
totaled.
TOKUNAGA I just finished replacing the ceres blastia with a
new model.
I’d planned to do it ever since we ran into the ghost
ship, just to make sure…
YURI So luckily, we still have the old blastia around?
Either way, looks like we’ll be drifting out here for
now.
RAVEN Looks that way.
YURI What are Karol and Estelle up to?
RAVEN They’re a bit down in the dumps. Why don’t ya go
check in on ‘em?
YURI You’d probably be better at cheering them up, old man.
RAVEN You know I’m not cut out for that stuff. (leaves the
cabin)
YURI Guess I’ve had a hand in dampening the mood around
here, too.
Might as well see how they’re doing.

SKIT The Truth about Judith

SKIT The End of the Guild?

Yuri steps out onto the deck.

Cutscene with Raven:
Raven leans up against the wall, near the corner of the cabin. Harry
sits beside him on the deck.
RAVEN Ah, there you are, boy.
YURI You sure have your own way of doing things, old man.
Then again, I guess that’s your only redeeming
quality.
RAVEN Hey, way to hurt a man’s feelings! I’ve got a ton of
redeemin’ qualities!
YURI That’s one list you can just keep to yourself.
RAVEN I hafta tell ya, I was so surprised to find out that
Belius was that beast--sorry, I mean, Entelexeia, was
 it?
YURI Yeah. But it seems like the story about her
engineering the Great War was a lie.
Prolly just an excuse the empire made up for them to
invade Nordopolica.
YURI Maybe, yeah.
So, is that the Don’s grandson? How’d he end up here,
anyway?
RAVEN This idiot got fed false information by Leviathan’s
Claw and acted without thinking.
HARRY I heard that an ally of the Don’s had been captured
by a monster, and I thought I’d come to save him.
And then I heard that the monster possessed apatheia,
so…
YURI They said that Belius had been captured?
RAVEN Apparently that’s what Leviathan’s Claw said. So they
went down there with the Hunting Blades to kill the
monster.
YURI And that monster was actually Belius, so even though
you got the apatheia, the ally you were supposed to
save ended up dying.
HARRY Yeah…
RAVEN Ya need ta learn ta take things slower. Check your
information before you rush out all ready for battle…
HARRY Damn it, what the hell do you know!
RAVEN …Things like this happen, I guess…
Having the Don for a grandfather puts a lot of
pressure on the boy.
YURI Anyone with a grandfather like that would be expected
to work their butt off, yeah.
RAVEN Everyone expects too much of him. So he works hard
not to let anyone down, and then things like this
happen…
YURI …Palestralle’s not going to be too happy about this.
Even if he didn’t have any choice but to fight, I
doubt they’ll take that for an excuse.
RAVEN That Natz guy should forgive us, I think.
YURI That would be nice. But Natz isn’t the Duce. It’s the
others in the guild we have to worry about.
RAVEN Well, I don’t know how to get out (of) this mess!
For now I’m going to take him to see the Don.
Take the ship to Dahngrest as soon as it’s workin’
again, would ya?
YURI Gotcha. (walks away)
RAVEN I actually do know how to get out of this, but…
An eye for an eye… It’s a matter between guilds,
after all…

RAVEN This is going to get ugly…

HARRY It wasn’t supposed to be this way…

Cutscene with Rita:

Rita is working with the blastia control panel.
RITA …
YURI Does it look like it’ll be okay?
RITA Oh…well, it’s pretty bad…
YURI Geez, this isn’t usable at all…
RITA …Damn it! I can’t believe that Judith was…
YURI And all the time she was with us she didn’t destroy
any blastia at all.
RITA Why was she with us in the first place?
That dragon…Ba’ul, right?
It attacked us back in Heliord, didn’t it?
YURI You’ve got a good memory.
RITA That’s not the sort of thing I easily forget.
Do you think they were going after Estelle back then?
Yes…she knew. She knew about Estelle…
RITA You didn’t already know that she was that dragon-
freak, did you? (turns around, looks at Yuri)
YURI …Yeah.
RITA (turns back to blastia) Damn it, I can’t believe you…!
YURI We all have our reasons for what we’ve done.
You and Judith both…
RITA …You mean…
YURI And me too, of course.
RITA You mean Ragou and Cumore? Hmph, I don’t care much
about what happened to them.
YURI (self-consciously turns away) Judy was a loyal member
of our party.
That’s how it looked to me, at least…
RITA Yeah, that’s true, but…
If she had just shared what she knew about the Child
of the Full Moon, and about the Entelexeia…
Estelle’s problems might already have been solved by
now.
YURI It depends, doesn’t it? Phaeroh told her she was
poison after all.
RITA …You know, it’s possible she knew where Phaeroh was
from the very beginning.
YURI …Yeah, maybe so.
RITA Either way, I’ll never forgive her for breaking that
blastia!
YURI Well then, if Judy comes back, you can feel free to
beat her up.
RITA …She’s not coming back…
YURI Hmmm, I couldn’t say.
(end of cutscene with Rita)
RITA …Still not back yet…

Cutscene with Repede:

Repede stands near some crates, looking toward Raven and Harry.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI So many things to deal with… I’m a little mixed up.
REPEDE *Whine*
YURI Sorry for dragging you around Repede.
REPEDE Woof… !
YURI Right… There’s nothing else to be sorry about after
all these years.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI Hahaha…
OK, so what should we start with…
…Before anything else, we’ll need to have the ship
moving…
REPEDE *Whine*
(end of cutscene with Repede)
REPEDE Whimper…

Cutscene with Estelle:

Estelle looks over the edge of the ship, staring intently at the
horizon.
YURI Can you see anything?
ESTELLE I don’t see anything at all…
…After what happened to Belius…
And with Judith breaking our blastia and running away…
I just don’t know what to think anymore.
YURI Oh yeah?
ESTELLE And then you went and cut your arm like that…
YURI Heh, that was painful.
ESTELLE It’s not funny!
YURI But you healed me.
ESTELLE I couldn’t just ignore you, could I?
I can’t just ignore someone who’s injured in front of
me…
YURI So what are you all rattled about?
Don’t you remember? Belius said to take good care of
your king nature.
ESTELLE My power is the reason that the Entelexeia hate me,
isn’t it?
YURI What with you being able to use magic without blastia…
ESTELLE Even if I make an effort not to use my power on the
Entelexeia,
… to them, I’ll still be evil…
That’s why Phaeroh was trying to kill me.
YURI (looking up at the sky) But Belius said you should
try to meet Phaeroh, didn’t she?
ESTELLE Yeah, in order to discover my destiny…
But I wonder…is that really right?
…No, that can’t be. I’m the one who’ll decide my
destiny.
YURI Now you’ve got the idea.
(end of cutscene with Estelle)
ESTELLE Let me think about it.

Cutscene with Karol:

Karol sits on the deck near the head of the boat (the end with the
dragon figurehead)
KAROL …Oh, Yuri…
YURI What’s the matter? You look more serious than usual.
KAROL Yeah… I was just thinking about how hard it is to put
a guild together…
I thought things might go okay since I was with you
guys, but…
YURI …Have you lost faith in your ability to lead the
guild?
KAROL No, not at all! I’m working as hard as I can…!
YURI All right, then I’ll borrow from your attitude and do
the best I can, too!
KAROL …Hey, Yuri. Can I ask you something?
YURI Yeah?
KAROL Is it true that you…that you killed Ragou and Cumore?
YURI It’s true.
KAROL How could you keep that from me…?
YURI I kept meaning to tell you.
I’m sorry.
KAROL Even though I think it’s bad…you don’t regret killing
them, do you?
YURI Yeah, I don’t.
KAROL …I just don’t know…
Flynn and Estelle were trying to bring them to
justice, too…
Did you really have to kill them?
YURI I think there are some things that you have to do,
even if they’re a crime.
Someone has to do them, even if it means taking the
blame.
KAROL Maybe so, but even still…
YURI I just did what had to be done.
You shouldn’t force yourself to try to accept what I
did.
KAROL Yeah.
(end of cutscene with Karol)
KAROL Someone has to do it…

Yuri goes to the cabin door.

YURI Let’s rest while we can…

In the morning, they all gather on deck.

RITA Well, I’ve finished making adjustments t the blastia.
KAROL That’s great… We’ll be able to use the boat again.
RAVEN If ya don’t mind, I’d like ta bring Harry back to
Dahngrest first.
YURI We need to head to Dahngrest, too.
KAROL Right. We’ve got to deliver Belius’ apatheia.
RAVEN Why don’t ya let old Raven take care of that for ya?
Whaddya say?
KAROL We couldn’t ask that of you.
RAVEN Oh, that hurts. Still can’t trust me after all we’ve
been through, huh?
KAROL It wasn’t a formal request, but I feel we should
honor Belius’ dying wish…
It would be unjust if we didn’t deliver it.
YURI Yeah. Besides, we’re also at fault for Belius ending
up like she did.
We’ve gotta own up to what we’ve done.
The Don also might know why everyone wants these
apatheia so badly.
RAVEN He was tryin’ ta get his hands on one too, don’t
forget.
YURI (frowning) If we can learn more about the apatheia,
we might find out why Flynn’s been using such extreme
measures.
RAVEN Well then, I’ll make sure ta set things up with the
Don for ya.
KAROL Really?
RAVEN A wiser man than I once said, “Even chance
acquaintances are decreed by destiny.”
If it’s meant ta be I don’t mind puttin’ in the
effort for Brave Vesperia.
RITA I’m going to meet with the Don too.
KAROL You too, Rita…?
RITA A lot has happened.
And I get the feeling it’s all connected to this
apatheia somehow. So…
RAVEN It was the Don who told us ta go find the apatheia in
the first place. He just might have somethin’ up his
sleeve.
YURI So Rita, you’re with us as far as Dahngrest?
KAROL That only leaves Estelle…
They all look at the closed cabin door.
RITA I think she needs some time alone.
YURI I agree.
KAROL (sadly) I wonder when we’ll see Judith again…
(brightening up, looking at Yuri) Hey, once we’ve
delivered the apatheia, let’s go see if we can find
her?
YURI That’s not a bad idea. Besides she broke the guild
laws, and you know we can’t just let that slide.
KAROL R-right. At least not without hearing her reason.
YURI But first up is Dahngrest.
RAVEN There’ll be a stretch of beach along the southern
edge of Tolbyccia where we can lay anchor.
I’d wager that’d put us as close to Dahngrest as we
could hope.
YURI Okay, sounds like we’ve got our destination.

If you now head east to Zahpias and enter the lower quarter entrance:
OLD MAN (EXIT) I found the dentures!
Now we can finally eat right.
You make sure you don’t lose anything important too,
sonny.

Lower Quarter Fountain Area:

LITTLE GIRL I heard Flynn’s a captain now!
Do captains live in the castle?
Is Flynn never coming back to the lower quarter?
I don’t want him to be a captain if it means I never
get to see Flynn again…
YOUNG MAN Wow, Flynn’s amazing! You hear he made captain?
It’s thanks to him our fountain’s back in shape, too.
He’s the pride of the lower quarter.
Flynn’s promotion to captain makes me as happy as if
it were myself.
YOUNG WOMAN The fountain blastia’s been fixed! [musical note]
It’s all thanks to Flynn getting the core back.
[heart]
Flynn’s so popular. I hear there’s even a Flynn
Defense Force.
The Flynn Defense Force is really just a fan club.
It sounded like fun, so I joined too! [musical note]
OLD WOMAN These are the people you’re traveling with…?
Isn’t it a little dangerous tromping around with
girls and children?
You be careful now.
Leave the dangerous things to the Knights. Don’t do
 anything crazy.
OLDER WOMAN They say Flynn’s doing a great job with the Knights.
It’s all the lower quarter can talk about.
He brought back the fountain’s core, too. They can’t
praise Flynn enough, as far as I’m concerned.
You never change, do you Yuri? Always letting Flynn
take the lead.
I hope you’ll show us what you’re really made of one
of these days, Yuri.
VENDOR They say Flynn is amazing! I almost want to hold a
sale in his honor! …Almost.
It was Flynn that brought back the fountain blastia
core, after all!
Come on, Yuri! You can’t let him beat you!
TED Flynn’s a captain now! He got the core back for the
lower quarter and everything! He’s amazing!
And I know Flynn will keep working for the lower
quarter, even as a captain.
Did you hear bout the Flynn Defense Force?
They made me tell them everything I know about Flynn.

Inn & Tavern “Comet”:

MAN (OUTSIDE) After the to-do with Magistrate Ragou, the Council’s
reputation has taken a huge hit.
Now the balance between the Council and the Imperial
Knights is wavering… What will become of our Empire?
There’s no question the Empire is in a state of
disarray.
The imperial family no longer has the power to quell
this chaos.
INNKEEPER’S WIFE Welcome back. I’m glad to see you’re okay.
When Flynn comes back to the lower quarter, we’ll
have to throw him a big party for his promotion!
The core’s back! But you knew that, didn’t you.
Yuri, you’re really the one who got the core back,
right?
Flynn kind of filled me in.
INNKEEPER Flynn’s so famous now, even we hear about it. Try and
keep up with him, Yuri.
Maybe I’ll ask for Flynn’s autograph when he comes
back.
YOUNG MAN #! Talking to this guy here, I’ve made up my mind to
travel.
We’re going to set out together.
It’ll be reassuring to be with someone so used to the
road.
YOUNG MAN #2 This man and I really hit it off while talking with
each other.
We decided to travel together.
The freedom that comes with traveling alone is fine,
but having companions is nice too.
The same old scenery can look very different when you
have someone to share our feelings with.
LITTLE GIRL …MORE girls…?
I’m busy with my chores!
I don’t have any time to play with you, Yuri! Hmph!
OLD MAN Damn, look at all of you. If the young lady wants to
 sit with me, that’s fine.
We’ll go fifty-fifty on the drinks and snacks.
MAN (CRATES) The Schwann Brigade, the Cumore Brigade… And now the
Flynn Brigade?
Impressive, that boy.
I hope the Imperial Knights improve, even a little.

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SUB-EVENT: Yuri’s Downtown Life:

They go up to Yuri’s room. The men go inside, but Estelle stands

outside the open door.
ESTELLE Do you mind if we take the room next door?
YURI It might be a bit small, but go right ahead.
Rita walks by.
ESTELLE Oh, wait for me!
Raven looks out of Yuri’s window while Karol checks out the
winebottles, crackers and bag of fruit on the small table. Ted runs
into the room.
TED Welcome back, Yuri!
Raven and Karol turn around to look at Ted.
YURI You’re full of energy as usual, Ted.
TED (looking at Raven and Karol) Eh? Flynn’s not with you?
YURI He’s been busy with the Knights. I couldn’t drag
around some rising star captain on my little errands.
TED …Did you two get in a fight again?
KAROL Again? Do Flynn and Yuri fight a lot?
TED Yup, day in and day out. Yuri, I want you to go and
make up with Flynn.
YURI Look, it’s not that simple.
TED Simple? You and Flynn are as simple as they come!
Like when we couldn’t pay our taxes. You thought
you’d just get rid of the tax collector.
What’s simple is your way of thinking. Even I
would’ve thought that one through a little more.
RAVEN That’s simple, all right.
TED They’re both too stubborn. If they’d just give each
other an inch…
Like when Yuri quit the Imperial Knights…things keep
getting rock like that.
You two are incorrigible. Here, take this and go
patch things up with Flynn.
Ted hands something to Yuri.
INFORMATION Obtained Bread.
KAROL Bread? Why?
TED You can split it. Yuri and Flynn have split
everything with each other, ever since they were kids.
Like their first sword. They could only afford one,
so they switched off using it all day long.
KAROL Ah, I think I’m starting to see how similar Yuri and
Flynn really are.
YURI (irritated)
We’ve been together forever. When you grow up in the
same environment, you’re bound to be a little alike.
TED You’d better make up with him before the next time
you come back here.
 Then I’ll have the missus cook up everyone a nice,
big dinner!
YURI Make up with Flynn, huh…
It was so easy when we were kids…
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DAHNGREST
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Its night and the streets are dark save for the light shining from the
windows. Everyone gathers outside the Tavern “Crimson Stars.”
RAVEN I’m gonna take this one with me and pay the Don a
visit.
These things usually take a while, so why not hang
tight at the inn. I’ll come over when I can.
Raven and Harry turn and start walking toward the Union HQ.
KAROL . . .
Wait! Can…can I come with you?
RAVEN (turning around) Huh? (Hmm?) This is Union business.
Not sure you’ll have much ta talk about.
KAROL I… Actually, there was something else I wanted to ask…
RAVEN Can’t it wait till ya bring the apatheia with
everybody else?
KAROL It’s… I’d rather ask it on my own. (head drooping)
YURI If it’s not too complicated, go and give it a try.
RAVEN I can’t make any promises, just so ya know.
KAROL Thanks! I’ll be right back guys!
Karol follows Raven and Harry. Yuri watches them as they walk away.
ESTELLE Do you think we could ask about the apatheia as well?
YURI That qualified as complicated.
RITA You’ve got that right…
YURI Let’s be good kids and wait for Uncle Raven at the
inn.
INFORMATION Parted with Karol and Raven.

SKIT Guild versus Guild

MAN (BRIDGE) I hear the chief and his men did quite a job in
Nordopolica.
Apparently they took out all the monsters there.
MAN (STREET) I hear Palestralle has made their move.
Heh…things are going to get interesting.
They head for the inn to wait for Raven and Karol to return.
RITA Estelle and I will be resting in the inn.
ESTELLE Ahh…b-but…I have to…
RITA We’re going to get some rest. What about you, Yuri?
Menu Choices What will you do?>
<I’ll do the same.>
YURI Hmmm, yeah. I could use some time off my feet, too.
<I’ll hang around for awhile longer.>
YURI I think I’ll wander around a bit more.
RITA All right, sure.
Information Parted with Estelle and Rita.
Yuri explores Dahngrest at night accompanied only by Repede.
{Note: conversations remain the same if Estelle and Rita go along}

Market Place:
KRITYAN WOMAN Everyone’s worried that people will start fighting
each other again.
Whose blood will flow…? How much this time…?
MAN …Now things are starting to get interesting…
This is the way the world should be… Hah hah hah hah…
Palestralle is furious about the Duce getting killed.
I wonder what’ll happen now…

Circle Intersection:
MAN I hear the chief went a little wild in Nordopolica.
I hope Nan and Tison are doing all right.

Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

WOMAN (street) The fun never ends in this town.
Of course, that’s exactly why I like Dahngrest.
MAN (LEFT TABLE) I ain’t drunk!
I’m tellin’ ya, I ain’t drunk!
MAN (CENTER TABLE)Someone let slip that Leviathan’s Claw is making a
move.
Nothing good ever comes when Leviathan’s Claw makes a
move.
‘Course, that’s exactly what they’re going for.
MAN (RIGHT TABLE) More resistance among the guilds? It better not be
another mercenary guild.
Any more bad reflections on the mercenaries, and
we’ll seriously be out of work.
MAN (RIGHT TABLE) Don’t talk to me or you’ll be crying.
Don’t talk to me or I’ll adopt you.
WOMAN (STANDING) I drank to much after some bad things happened.
I’m a mess.
*Hic!*
MAN (STANDING) No matter how much I eat, my stomach isn’t full.
I think I may be overworking myself…
My food bills are getting out of hand… I just keep on
eating and eating…
Bar:
MAN I’m just a mercenary. Why’d I even help repair that
bridge?
Well, I guess it would be pretty inconvenient without
a bridge.
BARTENDER The customers just won’t stop complaining lately.
They complain so much I want to start complaining
myself.

GUILD”S UNION HQ:

GUARD (OUTSIDE) Something is giving me a very bad feeling… What’s
going to happen?
For some reason, bad feelings always seem to come
true.
GUARD (INSIDE) There’s an important meeting going on right now.
No one is allowed to enter.

Tavern “Sagittarius”
OLD MAN The Knights helped us repair our bridge.
I guess there are some decent Knights, after all.
BANDIDO So the Imperial Knights used their hoplon blastia to
chase that huge monster away.
 I’m disappointed that I couldn’t use my strength to
chase it away myself.
Yet again, I failed to seize the opportunity to show
my true strength.
MAN (CNTR TABLE) It looks like I can eat in peace today.
Bartender! Food! Bring me food!
WOMAN (CNTR TABLE)The barrier failure, the monsters attacking… So much
for the fairytale about barrier safety.
Sure, we’re safer with it, but it’s no guarantee.
Even the peace we have right now is only a temporary
thing.
MAN (TABLE) Now some hideous monster attacked from out of the sky.
Oh… You already knew that…?
WOMAN (TABLE) Sounds like things are getting stirred up in Desier.
I wonder if my friend in Nordopolica is all right.
They say no news is good news… But I’m still worried.
MAN (STANDING) There’s going to be a lot of casualties if it comes
to facing Palestralle head-on.
Belius, from Palestralle, is just as important to the
guilds as the Don is.
Bar:
YOUNG MAN Can a Krityan and a human get married?
I hope so. I really hope so. [musical note]
So? Do you know if they can?
KRITYAN BARMAID Everyone’s on edge.
It’s times like these that I hope the patrons will
come have a drink and go home relaxed.
*Sigh* I get the feeling that the store won’t be very
cheerful today either.
HUMAN BARMAID I heard about how Harry’s blunder caused Belius’
death.
That’s not good for the Don.
That could be really bad for the Don.
BARTENDER Good luck to you… Um, Brave Vesperion, was it?

GUARD (BLASTIA) What exactly was that monster that got inside the
barrier?
We strengthened the town’s security after that
incident. All is clear for now!
There must have been something different about that
monster!
I will not tolerate another breach of the barrier!

Outside the Inn “Arcturus”:

WOMAN The Don instigated the attack on Nordopolica?
I’m starting t smell conflict coming…
Oh, it wasn’t the Don? It was his grandson, Harry?
What is he thinking? What a stupid kid.
MAN I heard Ragou turned up dead.
The Union put a bounty on him, but I guess someone
got to him first.
Karma makes the world go ‘round, I guess.

Yuri and Repede return to the inn.

YURI You wanna get some rest, Repede?
REPEDE Woof.
INNKEEPER Your friends are already resting.
Yuri and Repede retire for the night. The next day:
ESTELLE (bending over Yuri) Yuri, please wake up! Yuri…!
YURI (opens eyes) Huh? Oh… I was really zonked out, huh…
(he immediately sits up in bed)
RAVEN Good mornin’, sleepyhead… Though it’s more “good
afternoon” now, ain’t it?
YURI Oh… Hey, old man. You’re back…
…What about Karol?
RAVEN Haven’t seen ‘im since I left the Union. I reckon
he’s still there.
ESTELLE I hope he’s okay…
RITA Well, old man, since you’re back, does that mean
everything’s settled with the Union?
Did you see the Don?
RAVEN Well, about that…
As soon as the Don heard what happened with Harry and
Nordopolica, he left the Union.
YURI By himself? That’s not like him. Where did he go?
RAVEN Well--and this is just my intuition, mind ya--
I think he’s headed for Leviathan’s Claw’s compound,
the Manor of the Wicked.
YURI What?!
ESTELLE But Yeager is the head of Leviathan’s Claw! That’s so
dangerous!
RAVEN Well, I don’t think Yeager’d try anything against the
don.
If they went up against the Union, they could lose
all of their business, for one.
RITA So why did the Don go out there…
RAVEN . . .
So anyway, I’m sorry, but the Don’s left the city.
YURI Well then, should we go to Leviathan’s Claw’s
compound?
RITA You believe the old man’s intuition?
RAVEN [irritated]
YURI If the Don’s going up against Leviathan’s Claw, we
can’t very well sit around and twiddle our thumbs.
There’s no guarantee the scum won’t try to attack him.
RITA …Well, all right, then. I’m not really one for
waiting, anyway.
YURI …Estelle, will you wait there?
ESTELLE (shakes her head) I…I’m going with you.
RITA Estelle, don’t overdo it. Are you sure you’re up to
this…?
ESTELLE Yes… I’m absolutely fine.
RITA Estelle…
RAVEN …So, you all know where the Manor of the Wicked is?
YURI I figured you knew, old man. Aren’t you coming with
us?
RAVEN Well yeah, I guess I am.
YURI Well then, it’s decided. We’ll just go pick up Karol,
and…
Yelling from a crowd is heard somewhere outside.
YURI What the…?!
RITA It sounded from the direction of the bridge…
RAVEN Uh oh…
ESTELLE Let’s go and see!
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.
BRIDGE:
RITA What’s with all these people here?
ESTELLE !
Karol’s over there!
MAN #! The Don protected this city from the empire…he
protected our honor!
MAN #2 Even if we’re the only ones helping, we owe it to the
Don to protect the city!
Raven approaches the mob.
RAVEN Hold your horses! Settle down, all of you. What’s all
this commotion?
Man #3 We’ve heard that a group from Palestralle has been
spotted near Heliord!
RAVEN Their leader got killed thanks to a mistake of one of
our own. It’s only natural they’d wanna talk about
the incident.
Man #3 Once they learn the Don’s left town, things could get
ugly!
We must defend the city from them until Don returns!
YURI . . .
RAVEN You fools. If y’all weren’t so eager to fight, the
Don wouldn’t’ve had to leave in the first place…
Soon as they learn that there’s fighting between
guilds…
Dontcha think the Knights are bound to stick their
noses in our business again?
Man #4 Dahngrest is independent from the Empire!
The Imperial Knights are in no place to tell us what
to do!
RAVEN The friendship treaty still ain’t finalized yet, you
know…
Karol runs to Yuri.
KAROL Yuri! Everyone! What do we do? This is going to
become a war between guilds if we don’t do something!
If only the Don were here…
YURI They say that the Don may have gone to the
Leviathan’s Claw compound, the Manor of the Wicked.
KAROL What! Really?!
ESTELLE Well…probably so…
YURI We were about to see if we could go there. Wanna come
with us?
KAROL . . .
(hangs head) But…there’s a chance that the Don’s not
there, right?
RITA Yeah, it was just the old man’s intuition, after all.
KAROL If he’s not there…
(looks up at Yuri) War could break out while we’re
out looking for him…
Yuri…what should we do…? What would be best…?
YURI Well, we should be able to handle the Manor of the
Wicked ourselves.
You go ahead and do what you think you should do.
KAROL Y-yeah…then I’m going to go and talk to everyone!
(runs back to the mob)
ESTELLE Do you think this is the right choice?
RITA We don’t have much choice. We can’t follow the Don
 and guard the city at the same time.
ESTELLE I hope that we find the Don at the Manor of the
Wicked…
YURI We’re his backup.
If Yeager’s the one the Don’s up against, he’ll need
all the help he can get.
They walk up the bridge, leaving Dahngrest. Raven, still involved with
the crowd, sees them walking away.
RAVEN Hey, do ya even know where yer going?! It’s straight
ta the west of here!
Hey, wait for meee! (runs after them)

SKIT Don, Don’t Get Hasty

{if you leave via western exit}

RAVEN Hey, hold on.
YURI What is it, old man?
RAVEN Ya do realize what going to the enemy’s compound
means, right?
YURI What it…means…?
RAVEN (exasperated, holds his forehead) We’re gonna be on
their turf, playin’ by their rules.
If we get there and we’re not ready to roll, they
could give us a mighty beatdown and it’d be lights
out for us…
RITA So, you’re asking is we’re totally prepared to go?
Menu Choices Are you ready?
As ready as I’ll ever be
<Not yet>
YURI Hmm, now that you mention it, I guess we could
prepare a bit more.
RAVEN All right then, let’s go gear up!

THE MANOR OF THE WICKED

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After making their way through woods, they reach a dark, haunted
looking manor tucked away in a thick forest. They hide behind a stone
and metal bar fence outside the manor. Rita and Raven look around for
Red Eyes while Yuri and Estelle peer intently through the iron bars of
the fence.
RAVEN I’m guessin’ this is the Manor of the Wicked.
ESTELLE It’s so heavily guarded.
YURI Shh. They’re arguing about something.
Droite and Gauche argue with the red eye guarding the door.
DROITE What part of “let us in” are you having trouble with?
RED EYE Like I said, your timing just seems a little too
perfect.
Don’t you have anything to prove who you say you are?
GAUCHE You know what? Actually, we don’t. Let us through.
The Don is here. We don’t have time to sit and chat.
RAVEN So the old man did come here…
RED EYE Didn’t you go looking for proof that the Hunting
Blades were after that dragon rider?
GAUCHE I told you, we received word that the Don was headed
 here before we could arrive at Mt. Temza.
DROITE We couldn’t very well ignore news like that, could we?
YURI The Hunting Blades are out to get Judy?
Estelle covers her mouth with her fingers in worry.
DROITE What are you waiting for?!
You won’t be any use to Yeager if we have to give you
a beating.
RED EYE Humph…
We’ll let you through, but not without an escort. You
don’t mind, I hope?
GAUCHE Whatever, just let us in.
RAVEN What luck. [musical note] Now there’s less guards ta
worry about.
YURI Guess we’d better strike while the iron’s hot.
VOICE Wh-who the hell are you?!
A Red Eye in a gold colored coat spots them and runs toward the
mansion. Repede blocks his path.
RED EYE Hey!
YURI Nice, Repede!
They defeat the Red Eye and look around to see if their cover was
blown.
YURI I think we’re still in the clear.
RAVEN So let’s make with the getting’ inside.
ESTELLE Why do you think the HUNTING BLADES would be after
Judith?
RITA If they’re looking for apatheia, maybe they want the
dragon she was riding.
If he’s and Entelexeia, he might become an apatheia
like Belius.
…I mean…when he dies.
RAVEN Which means Harry’s request wasn’t the only reason
they wanted ta take Belius down.
They want those apatheia somethin’ bad.
YURI Judy might be in trouble but we should help the Don
out first.
Especially with those two charming young ladies in
there.
RAVEN Sure. We should be on our way.
ESTELLE …I’m just worried about Judith.
YURI So you’ll be going to Mt. Temza?
ESTELLE But the Don…
YURI We’re practicing deciding for ourselves. Remember?
Let’s move.
ESTELLE (hesitates for a second) I’m coming too!
She’d be upset if I left the Don like this to go
looking for her.
I can just hear her saying, “My, what did you think
you were doing?”
RITA Don’t worry about that lady. She’s tough.
YURI All right, let’s get the old Don out of this place.
Yuri walks toward the manor, then stops, looking around at them.
YURI Looks like we’ve found one more thing we can’t ignore.
ESTELLE Okay!

SKIT Judith in Trouble

They step through the front door of the manor and see the Don fighting
Yeager on the second floor balcony.
ESTELLE L-look…
RAVEN Whitehorse!
They run for the stairs to assist Don but Red Eyes followed by Gauche
and Droite drop into their path.
GAUCHE Stand back.
YURI Didn’t you say Leviathan’s Claw would never try
something like this, old man?
DROITE The Don’s the one who started all this.
RAVEN What? Then, that means the old man’s…
DON WHITEHORSE Just Whaddya think yer doin’ here, ya damn fools?!
Bringin’ young ones to a place like this!
YEAGER Bravo! I really should thank you for such a heart-
rending performance!
The Don takes a swipe at Yeager who dodges the blow.
RITA What the hell’s he talking about?!
YURI Gah! Get out of the way! (unsheathes his sword)
The Red Eyes attack and are easily dispatched.
RAVEN Where’s the Don…?
ESTELLE He’s gone after Yeager!
YURI Let’s go!

SKIT Leviathan’s Claw HQ

Fighting Red Eyes all along the way, they search every room on the
first and second floors of the mansion until they find The Don, Yeager,
Gauche and Droite in what appeared to be Yeager’s own bedroom, of which
the walls were decorated with various swords and knives.
YEAGER I never dreamed you’d try anything this risky…
DON WHITEHORSE Finally made up my mind that this mudball’d be a much
prettier place without you on it.
YEAGER The other master guilds surely won’t like you
ignoring the Union’s laws for your personal vendetta.
DON WHITEHORSE And I’ll face the consequences.
But it’s daybreak now. (Clouds drift in a blue sky
behind the pine tree outside the bedroom window.)
The Don straightens up and lowers his sword down to his side.
DON WHITEHORSE Looks like I’ve underestimated ya a touch. I’m outta
time.
If I don’t get myself back ta Dahngrest, those
fools’re gonna start a war with each other.
YEAGER H-heh. I think it’s a bit late to prevent that little
accident from happening.
DON WHITEHORSE A couple of eggs might have ta be broken. But I’m
prepared to pay a price.
RAVEN A price…
YURI You’ve still got us to deal with, Yeager.
YEAGER Well, it looks like the tide’s taken a turn, ja
indeed. Bye bye!
Yeager makes a run for the window.
RITA Hey, wait!
Yeager jumps through the window, shattering the glass. Gauche and
Droite leap after him.
YURI Damn, that guy’s a regular vanishing act.
DON WHITEHORSE Now what’s with all of you? Just how’d ya figure
comin’ down here’d be the smart thing ta do?
Yuri offers the apatheia to Don.
YURI This is a keepsake left by an ally of yours. We were
asked to bring it to you.
DON WHITEHORSE …Looks like I caused you all some trouble.
Of all the… Why’d she have ta wind up like this…?
INFORMATION Handed over “Apatheia, Cyano Ciel Crystal.”
RITA Just what is an Apatheia, anyway?
DON WHITEHORSE Well, ya see…
Estelle runs to join them.
DON WHITEHORSE Hm… ‘Fraid I don’t have time ta explain it now.
Hate ta cut and run, but I’ll leave the rest of these
guys ta you.
Don leaps out the window.
RITA Wait.
Red Eyes storm into the room.
YURI We should think about getting out of here, too.
RAVEN (his bow in one hand, knife in the other) Hey, let me
try and buy the old man some time.
ESTELLE Raven?
RAVEN Come on.
YURI Guess we’d better. (snaps out his sword and rests it
on his shoulder)

After Battle Spoken/No Text Dialogue:

RAVEN The Don’d be crazy ta do this alone.

YURI I think it’s about time.

RAVEN I agree.
Rita and Raven head for the window. Yuri looks at Estelle.
ESTELLE …You don’t mean…from up here?
A Red Eye charges. Yuri knocks him out cold.
ESTELLE Aah.
YURI I got a bad feeling about this. We should get back to
Dahngrest.
More Red Eyes storm in, their eyes searching the room, but it’s empty.

DAHNGREST
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They return to Dahngrest at night. Karol runs to greet them, his
expression grave.
KAROL Yuri! It’s terrible!
The Union and Palestralle are squaring off against
each other with hoplon blastia!
The Don is back, but something’s not right.
RAVEN So, he made it back in time. Looks like my hunch was
right, though…
ESTELLE What do you mean, “your hunch?”
RAVEN He’s been planning for this ta end in his death all
along.
RITA What?! Why would he want to do something like that?
RAVEN Belius died because of Harry’s rash behavior.
She’s the Duce of Nordopolica. Ya can’t just say,
“Sorry, I got some bad information.”
Which means there’s gotta be compensation ta make up
for losin’ Belius.
ESTELLE So the price Don mentioned back at the Manor of the
Wicked was…
YURI His own life…
Once he’d made up his mind to sacrifice himself,
taking down Yeager wasn’t a problem, even if it meant
going against the laws.
KAROL No! He can’t do that! (runs off)
ESTELLE There has to be some other way!
RAVEN Both sides are at the breakin’ point, though. This
thing could go off at the drop of a hat.
And if it starts, it’ll mean all-out war between the
Union and Palestralle.
There might be another way, but there isn’t time ta
look for it.
ESTELLE … (oh…)
YURI …I’m going with Karol.

West Exit:
OLD WOMAN A lot of people are gathered in the town’s main
street…
Isn’t that the Don sitting in the middle?
Why is the Don sitting in the middle of the street…?
Something’s about to go down…

Outside The Inn:

MAN Hey, what’s going on? What’s everyone doing here?
A battle with Palestralle could start any minute, you
know.
If you keep just hanging around, their people are
gonna take the town!
WOMAN The Don… Those eyes… They’re the eyes of resolution…
The Don… I thought this day would come sooner or
later…
LITTLE GIRL …What’s going on?
It’s not a festival. I know that much…
It’s kind of scary… What’s with everyone…?

Outside Fortunes Market:

MERCHANT H-hi there… I can’t stop thinking about the plaza…
But the boss told me not to go…
What’s going on? Go check it out and let me know!
Bridge:

MAN #! All right, now things get interesting.

How’s the Don gonna finish this?
I haven’t been this excited in a while! I’m gonna
enjoy this!
MAN #2 Whoa, whoa, whoa! The Don dies because of some work
the bosses did?
Isn’t that a little over-the-top?
You could roast him, burn him, fry him up for
breakfast… The Don won’t die!
WOMAN This is bad… I was just hanging out, and I got caught
up in this mess.
What’s up with guilds fighting each other?!
This is no time to just wander around…
Ugh…I hate how lazy I am…

Market Place:
As they come up the market street, they see a people gathered around
the circle intersection of the plaza. Don Whitehorse sits on his heels
with is hands resting on his thighs, off to one side of the circle.
Members of the Union hold banners with the guild symbol on them.
WOMAN (IN STREET) All this commotion… What a pain…
What, can we go and do anything we want, just ‘cause
we got the Don?
Prepared to die? Hah! That’s ridiculous. Like anyone
could do that…
MALE VENDOR Wait… The Don did what?!
No way… That’s impossible…
Shut up! Don’t talk to me right now! You think I can
sell at a time like this?!
FEMALE VENDOR Things were really, really bad!
The bridge broke, the town was in shambles… But
everyone pitched in to put it all back together!
VENDOR (GLASSES) What’s the Don sitting down there for?
He’s not giving in to the enemy, is he? He wouldn’t
just give up…
I can’t believe it… The Don would never give in…

As they watch, Karol runs to stand beside the kneeling Don.

DON WHITEHORSE Hang in there, kid. Yer a boss now, right?
KAROL But it’s like there’s nothing I can do on my own…
DON WHITEHORSE So then ask fer help. That’s what friends’re for,
right?
KAROL Don…!
DON WHITEHORSE Take good care of them, and they’ll be there whenever
ya need ‘em.
KAROL … (ahhh)
Harry approaches them.
HARRY I’m coming with you…
Raven appears and slugs Harry hard knocking him out.
RAVEN Like hell you are! (looks at the Don)
Well, old man, it’s been fun.
DON WHITEHORSE Raven, you better nail Yeager for me.
RAVEN Hah hah. that’s a heavy load for somebody like me.
DON WHITEHORSE Yer the only one I can ask.
RAVEN …Whitehorse.
Two guildsmen approach Don.
MAN (BURLY) We’re so grateful for everything your darling
grandson’s done to us. Really.
DON WHITEHORSE The boy has made a mess of things. He may be my idiot
grandson, but he’s also a full member of the Union.
And it falls on any leader ta take responsibility for
the mistakes of their people. So say the laws.
Take me then. Let my head atone for Belius.
ESTELLE Don…
RITA Idiot. These guilds… they’re all filled with nutcases…
The Don pulls out a long bladed knife.
DON WHITEHORSE So… Who’s gonna be my second?
The Don’s guildsmen all look away.
YURI …It would be my honor.
Yuri walks across the plaza to stand behind Don.
DON WHITEHORSE Guess yer stuck doin’ a job nobody much wants.
YURI You too.
DON WHITEHORSE Heh. No kidding. (chuckles)
 Yuri. I was lookin’ forward to watchin’ ya go places.
I’ll make sure to save you a spot in hell.
YURI I don’t think they’d let me in to the hell you’re
going to.
DON WHITEHORSE Hah. I won’t forget that attitude, boy.
YURI And I won’t forget your resolve, Don Whitehorse.
The closes his eyes and smiles. A man behind him shouts his name.
MAN Don!
DON WHITEHORSE (looking around at faces) Listen up! You all gotta
stand on yer own two feet from here on!
There’s a new age coming, so get out there and make
it for yourselves!
Gripping the knife with both hands, Don turns the blade toward his
body, putting the blade against his muscled stomach. Karol looks down
as he hears the sound of the blade cutting flesh then the snick of a
sword.

After, Yuri, Estelle, Rita and Repede wait in the Don’s chambers.
Repede sleeps in front of the Don’s empty throne.
ESTELLE Everyone here seems to have calmed down.
RITA It feels more like they’re expecting the end of the
world.
ESTELLE Karol’s been…taking the Don’s passing pretty hard,
too.
RITA And it looks like things are keeping the old man
busy. I guess it comes with being a member of Altosk.
YURI Huh…
RITA He gave up his own life to make amends for what
happened…
RITA Guilds take their laws pretty seriously.
YURI …The pride of living by the laws of the guild…taking
responsibility…and accepting the choices he’d made…
The Don practiced what he preached.
RITA And he was willing to stake his life on those beliefs…
RITA Responsibility…choices…
YURI I’ve got to get these things figured out myself.
Best to start with our guild, with Brave Vesperia.
(walks toward the door)
ESTELLE Yuri? Where are you…?
YURI Just going for a walk.
After Yuri leaves, Rita turns to Estelle.
RITA He probably went looking for Karol.
ESTELLE Karol.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

SKIT The Don’s Passing

Guild Union Headquarters: Outside Don’s Chamber:

WOMAN Just when I decided to serve the Don for the rest of
my life, this has to go and happen…
What did the Don leave us?
GUARD Beyond this point are the private rooms of Union
officials.
Things are a little shaky because of the difficulty
in choosing a new Don.
You’re not allowed past this point.
MAN (ENTRANCE) If only we were a little stronger…the Don wouldn’t
 have had to die.
What’s going to happen to the Union with the Don gone?
What’s gonna happen to this town…
GUARD (OUTSIDE) I never even thought about what might happen if the
Don died.
If we had just done our job a little better…

Circle Intersection:
MAN (N OF CIRCLE) You can’t move forward if you’re bound by sadness.
We have to keep everything the Don taught us in our
hearts, and press on.
MAN (W OF CIRCLE) Everyone dies. But the Don did it with style.
I never thought I’d see the Don’s final moments with
my own eyes.
MAN (E OF CIRCLE) The Don’s time is done. Whose time is it now?
Now the Union’s gonna fall apart.

Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

WOMAN (STREET) I get the feeling the old era is ending, and a new
one is about to begin.
It’s so exciting to live in times of change.
MAN (LEFT TABLE) I ain’t drunk!
I’m tellin’ ya, I ain’t drunk!
MAN (CNTR TABLE) There are times when you just want to drink and
forget about everything.
Sometimes you just can’t get anything done. I’m just
biding my time until I can do something.
MAN #! (R TABLE) THE MORE CHAOS BEFALLS THE WORLD, THE MORE THE
mercenary business flourishes.
Even so, it is forbidden for us to create conflicts
ourselves.
Trust is number one in the guild business. If you’re
caught cheating the system, you’ll be banished from
the industry.
MAN #2 (R TABLE) Don’t talk to me or you’ll live for a hundred
more years.
Don’t talk to me or it’s your funeral.
WOMAN (STANDING) Who will lead the Union now?
If the HUNTING BLADES becomes one of the five master
guilds and Clint takes over, I’ll support them.
Clint, the boss of the HUNTING BLADES… His beard is
hot!
MAN (STANDING) The Don’s dead. Now it’s finally my turn to take
control.
Everyone has a chance. That is the guild world.
Bar:
MAN The Don was the Don, right to the end.
I’ve never met any other man like the Don in my whole
life.
BARTENDER The Don was quite a drinker, you know. He came by
often.

Market Place:
WOMAN (IN STREET) The Don is dead. Hah hah… I get it. I’m dreaming…
I just don’t know…
YOUNG MAN *Sigh* … Step right up… Feast your eyes on these
wares…
 I think I lost my motivation somewhere.
FEMALE MERCHANT The Don’s dead…? Can you believe it? What’s going to
happen now…?
VENDOR (GLASSES) This city’s finished… The guilds won’t cooperate
without the Don…

Outside The Inn:

MAN In the end, the Don was just another person.
He was not superhuman. He was not immortal.
There was no one who could kill that old man after
all.
The only one who could kill the Don was the Don
himself.
WOMAN The poor Don… It’s gonna be lonely around here.
Our young people will really have to get their acts
together now.
LITTLE GIRL The Don died…
Why did the Don have to die? He wasn’t a bad guy…
WEST EXIT:
OLD WOMAN Now everyone’s strangely quiet… I wonder what
happened…
It’s just one thing after another in this town.
Yuri finds Karol sitting against the outside wall of the Sagittarius
Tavern.
KAROL Yuri…
I… There wasn’t anything I could do…
The Don…and all the rest of you, you’d all made up
your minds and did what you could.
YURI . . .
KAROL Nobody in this town’s gonna listen to anything I’ve
got to say…
So I was thinking I should try talking with
Palestralle instead.
But they might be done talking and just attack
anyway… When I thought that, I…
I was too scared to go alone… So I ended up not going
at all.
I’m not good for anything…
YURI What about Judy? Weren’t you going to look for her?
KAROL …I can’t. (hides his face in his knees) I can’t go
with you anymore, Yuri…
I’m just not cut out to be the boss of a guild…
Yuri takes Karol by the shoulders and lifts him to his feet, shaking
him.
YURI Is that it, then? Is that all guilds and Brave
Vesperia mean to you?
Just walking away from the dream like that?
KAROL But I wanted to be the best guild! To be useful to
the Don! For him to notice me!
He’s been a role model for me…
And now he’s not around… (weeping)
YURI So you’re just gonna pack it up and quit?
(shakes him again, bending down to look at his face)
Just what was it the Don died for?
You of all people should know the answer to that.
KAROL You can always do everything you want, Yuri! You’d
never understand how I feel!
 (shakes his head violently) I’m not tough like you!
There’s no way I can be like you or the Don!
(hides his face, turning it from Yuri) It’s over. Our
guild is--
YURI Karol!
Don’t you remember all the Don told you?!
Did you forget his resolve?
KAROL . . .
YURI As a member of our guild, I’m going to Mt. Temza to
find Judy.
KAROL Huh…?
YURI Brave Vesperia will go on, even if you don’t.
This guild is more than just you now. (walks away)
KAROL *Sob* *sob* …
I don’t want to run away… I don’t want to, but…
INFORMATION Karol earned the “Troubled One” title.

Outside the Tavern “Sagittarius”:

KRITYAN WOMAN I knew of no other man like the don. It’s such a
great loss.
It’s such a great loss. Don… Rest in peace…

Outside the Tavern “Sagittarius”:

OLD MAN (TABLE) All of Dahngrest is in mourning.
But it won’t last long. That’s not what the Don would
have wanted.
BANDIDO The Don died while I was just sitting around worrying.
I’m such a failure…
MAN (CNTR TABLE) The Don will never eat a meal again, will he…?
No matter how much I eat, I just don’t feel satisfied.
WOMAN (CNTR TABLE)Barriers protect us from monsters, but they can’t
protect us from the evil of other humans.
The Don protected us from that.
What you can protect, and how you protect it… It
changes with the situation.
MAN (REAR TABLE) I hear Belius died.
Oh… You already knew that…?
WOMAN (REAR TABLE)I knew this day would come eventually.
Everyone had to be prepared for it. Even the Don is
human.
The death of a great man will drain the energy of
this town.
But, in time, it will be the source of great strength
in propelling ourselves forward.
MAN (STANDING) Belius and the Don… Everyone knew and respected them,
and now, one after the other…
They say LEVIATHAN’S CLAW is pulling the strings.
There’s going to be a lot of casualties if it comes
to facing Palestralle head-on.
 Belius, from Palestralle, is just as important to the
guilds as the Don is.
Bar:
YOUNG MAN It’s so sad that the Don is gone, but I’m sad that
I’m so in love with her.
It’s a complicated feeling, and I can’t hold it in
any more.
I’m feeling like I’m about to burst. About to explode!
What should I do?
KRITYAN BARMAID This town’s really lost its spirit. It seems so
gloomy now.
The Don was the sun in everyone’s life.
What this town needs is someone to light the way in
place of the Don.
You seem like that kind of person to me...
HUMAN BARMAID The Don’s death is unfortunate, but there was nothing
anyone could do.
He made a good decision and the town was protected.
The town lost it’s foundation, but we must live on.
For the Don.
BARTENDER Good luck to you… Um, Brave Vesperion, was it?

GUARD (BLASTIA) What exactly was that monster that got inside the
barrier?
We strengthened the town’s security after that
incident. All is clear for now!
There must have been something different about that
monster!
I will not tolerate another breach of the barrier!

Yuri finds Estelle in the street outside the inn.

ESTELLE …Karol… Do you think he’ll be all right…?
YURI He’ll be fine.
ESTELLE But…
Yeager’s VOICE Well now, if it isn’t the darling boy and girl. How
very nice to see you both.
Yeager approaches flanked by Gauche and Droite.
ESTELLE Yeager…!
YURI You’ve got some nerve showing your face after
planting the seeds of war.
YEAGER Seeds of war? I’m quite sure I don’t know what you’re
talking about.
GAUCHE Attacking Palestralle is a matter for the Union to
decide.
DROITE Yup, that’s right. We just helped inform their
decision.[star](hee hee)
YEAGER Exactly. Understand, my little friends?
YURI (angry) I’ll give you something to smile about.
YEAGER …That’s enough for today, I think.
It is the day of the Don’s passing, after all. We’re
still in mourning, you see.
The world lost a great man today, it most certainly
did. (Droite wipes tears)
YURI What is it you guys are after?
Get the Don out of the way to take control of the
 Union?
YEAGER Oh no no no. (snaps out a bouquet of flowers)
Our little business will most surely be easier
without the poor Don around, but…
…Ah, let’s not go there. …I’ve come today for my own
personal reasons.
YURI (takes a deep breath, turns his back) …I don’t want
to disgrace the Don by doing something I’ll regret
later.
You should leave before I change my mind.
YEAGER It is not only you who are mourning this death, you
know.
Be seeing you, then. (they leave)
ESTELLE Even Yeager is mourning the Don…
…I don’t understand. Hadn’t he been trying to get rid
of Don Whitehorse himself…?
YURI The old man was a nuisance to Leviathan’s Claw, but…
Maybe things were a little different for Yeager on a
personal level.
ESTELLE You mean like the difference between guilds and
individuals?
YURI Yeah.
To the Don, there was Yeager the boss, and Yeager the
person.
ESTELLE The Don did break his own laws and take the fight
into his own hands.
YURI Well, we should be on our way.
ESTELLE Ah, all right. I told Rita we would be meeting her at
the town exit.
But what about Karol…?
YURI I said he’ll be fine. Let’s go.
Yuri heads toward the bridge. Estelle takes a few moments to process
the conversation, then follows.

Outside Fortunes Market:

Merchant (outside) It’s times like these Fortune’s Market has
to get all the other guilds motivated!
We’ve got some good stuff!
BRIDGE:
Man #! I hate the way the Don does things. This ain’t right.
Damn it! Why are all the strong men dying?
Man #2 I may have no interest in peoples’ squabbles, but the
death of the Don is heavy…
Maybe I’ll go out hunting to take my mind off things.
WOMAN (Bridge) First Barbos, now the Don?
Just think about it… The heads of two of the five
master guilds are dead.

Yuri finds Rita waiting on the bridge.

RITA Where’s Karol?
YURI What is the deal with everyone worrying so much?
(chuckles uncomfortably)
What are both of your plans after this?
RITA I’m going with you, of course.
Like I said, I’ve decided to stick with you guys
while I research the aer krene.
YURI Right, right.
ESTELLE I want to go with you as well, Yuri.
Now that we know the Hunting Blades are out to get
Judith, we’ve got to try and help her…
RITA We’re not obligated to do anything for her.
ESTELLE …Judith shared in our travels. She’s one of us….
RITA …She also destroyed the ceres blastia on the ship.
ESTELLE But…
YURI I’m not going out on any mercy mission.
I told you I need to set things straight, right?
ESTELLE Yuri… (surprised)
YURI What does Judy know? What doesn’t she know…?
I’m going to see that she comes clean about all of
it. I have to, to find out where this guild stands.
RITA Well, we might just end up saving her along the way.
ESTELLE You two are worried about her, I knew it.
RITA Wh-what are you talking about?! We “might” is all I
said!
Anyway, with all this talk about setting the guild
straight, is the fearless leader himself gonna come?
YURI It’ll take more than this to keep him down. He’ll
come.
Now, let’s go. (leaves)
ESTELLE What should we do about Raven?
RITA He couldn’t come now. He can’t turn his back on this
town. They lost the Don.
YURI You’re probably right. The old man has his own agenda
to take care of.
ESTELLE …I’m going to miss him…
YURI Think who you’re talking about. That guy might just
pop up when you least expect it.
RITA So, where is this Mt. Temza, anyway?
YURI My guess is that it’s somewhere north of the Sands of
Kogorh.
She mentioned something about living with Ba’ul on a
mountain to the north of a desert.
ESTELLE There certainly are plenty of mountains in the
northern regions of Desier.
YURI Well, let’s start there, and see where it takes us.
First off we need to make our way to Desier.
Let’s get to the ship.
INFORMATION Reunite with Estelle, Rita and Repede.

Aboard the Fiertia:

KAROL Waaait!!
Rapid footsteps, running hard, come closer and closer until Karol
climbs over the railing and jumps onto the deck, landing in front of
Estelle.
ESTELLE Karol!
KAROL …Wait! *Huff* *Wheeze*
I’m… *Huff* … Coming with you…
(to Yuri) I might not fully understand the things
the Don wanted to tell me yet.
But Brave Vesperia is my--no, our guild, so…so I’ve
gotta come with you guys!
ESTELLE Karol.
KAROL I think if I ran away… If I abandoned my friends,
 that’d be the end! I couldn’t come back…
That’s why…that’s why I’ve gotta go! Please let me
come, too!
YURI Of course. You’re the boss of this outfit, Captain.
KAROL Yuri! Thanks!
But… Don’t call me “boss” anymore.
YURI Hmm?
KAROL I…I haven’t done anything to earn that title yet…
Until you really think I’m a boss…
Until I don’t feel embarrassed when someone called me
“boss”…
I’ll just do my part as a fellow member of Brave
Vesperia.
YURI …Understood, Karol. Not a bad plan.
KAROL Alright! (smiling)
RITA (leaning against wall) It never ends with these
guilds. Bunch of hot-headed idiots.
RAVEN (leaning on ships rail near her) Hmm, yeah. Quite
juvenile isn’t it?
RITA Aaah! (startled) H-hey old man…?!
Raven walks to the middle of the deck.
RAVEN Ahh, how glorious is youth?
YURI What are you up to?
RAVEN Huh? Somethin’ wrong with my bein’ here?
ESTELLE Well, don’t you have your hands full, with the Don’s
passing and everything…?
Raven smiles and turns away, crossing his arms behind his head.
RAVEN Ya know, it all just seemed a little too bothersome,
so I ducked out.
KAROL But you owe a lot to the Don. Aren’t you sad?
RAVEN Sad? (digging in his ear) I cried and cried till my
throat was horse and there wasn’t a tear left in me.
RITA Funny, it doesn’t show on you at all.
YURI Heh, so not even Raven the Great can bear to ignore
the Don’s parting words.
RAVEN Wh-what’re you talkin’ about? Ya heard me, didn’t ya?
That burden’s too heavy for this beast.
(faces them) I’m sure they’ll be able ta take care of
that piece of business just fine without me.
YURI All right, we’ll leave it at that.
RAVEN Oh man… These kids today, I tell ya.
ESTELLE So now we can depart for Desier, right?
KAROL Huh? Why are we going back there?
RAVEN That’s a pretty good hunch ya had there. Mt. Temza’s
north of the Sands of Kogorh.
There’s a Krityan city there, if memory serves.
RITA And why would you know something like that?
RAVEN Well I’m over twice your age, so of course I know
twice as many things.
RITA Right… (arms crossed, unconvinced)
RAVEN So are we goin’ or aren’t we?
KAROL Can we get to the north of Kogorh by boat?
YURI Guess we’ll have to see when we get there.
INFORMATION Reunite with Karol and Raven.

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SUB-EVENT: Estelle's Teacher - Part 3
“Sagittarius” tavern:
A man sits on the floor leaning against the wall.
ESTELLE Is that man injured?
WOMAN Back when we had that stand-off with Palestralle, he
got crushed in the stampede of onlookers, and he
ended up like that.
Estelle runs to the man to heal him.
YURI Hmmm…
…Hey, Estelle… [Estelle ignore him and kneels down to
heal the man]
Damn it… She always has to be like this…
INJURED MAN …Leave me alone!
YURI …?! [walks over to stand behind Estelle]
INJURED MAN You’re going to heal me, and then I’ll owe you tons
of money, huh? That’s quite a scam! Hmph!
ESTELLE No, that’s not true at all!!
YURI The man wants to die, Estelle. You should leave him
alone.
INJURED MAN You think I’m gonna die from a puny little wound like
this?!
YURI Even a little scratch can get infected. And then the
infection can spread through your whole body…and
then…you die. It happens a lot.
INJURED MAN Y-you can’t be serious…!
YURI Let’s go, Estelle.
ESTELLE Please hold still! [arms outstretched, she performs a
healing spell]
It shouldn’t hurt anymore.
Estelle stands and joins Yuri standing a few feet away.
ESTELLE Sorry to keep you waiting…
YURI All right, let’s go.
Outside the tavern, they meet Drake.
DRAKE Why would you use your healing artes on someone who
tells you not to?
ESTELLE Master…
I just wanted to make that person happy…
DRAKE Every single one of a princess’s actions is
exceedingly meaningful.
Countless people are affected by what you do, and if
you’re not careful, they can result in confusion.
YURI Isn’t it better than sitting around doing nothing at
all?
ESTELLE Yuri…
DRAKE Sometimes the best course of action is taking no
action at all.
YURI What about all the people back in Halure that Estelle
helped? They’re grateful for what she did.
DRAKE Are you aware that due to that action, a strange
rumor of the appearance of a “princess of redemption”
has taken shape?
YURI What’s so bad about that?
DRAKE Once you get people’s hopes up, they expect things
from you. And these expectations grow and grow, until
their hopes are finally dashed against reality.
Once you fail to live up to their expectations,
people become discontented, and this results in chaos.
ESTELLE B-but…
DRAKE Luckily, none of the townspeople are aware that their
princess of redemption is in fact the Princess
herself.
ESTELLE I…
DRAKE To rule an empire, you must think rationally, and not
be swayed by fleeting emotion.
You are not cut out to sit on the imperial throne. It
would be best if you stepped down from the candidacy
as soon as possible.
ESTELLE What should I do?!
DRAKE Here, take this.
Drake puts something in Estelle’s hands.
ESTELLE This is…the imperial crest…
DRAKE Look at that and put some thought into your actions.
ESTELLE ……
YURI Hey, keep your chin up.
ESTELLE I’m okay… Master Drake told me to put some thought
into what I’m doing.
So that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to think
about whether my actions are rally the right ones for
a future empress.
YURI I see. Good luck with that, Estelle.
ESTELLE Yes. Thank you.
INFORMATION Obtained Imperial Crest.
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SUB-EVENT: Ladies’ Man – Part !:

They go back to the “Sagittarius”.

WOMAN Ah! It’s been a while since we’ve seen you in here,
baby. What happened to you?
RAVEN Oho, what a nice surprise. I’ve been out runnin’ all
over the place on the Don’s orders.
WOMAN No way, baby! Are you kidding? You and hard work
don’t mix!
RAVEN Goin’ on a world tour is pretty nice. You should try
it sometime.
WOMAN Tee hee hee! I’ll bet you’ve been partying it up
everywhere you’ve gone. You rascal!
By the way…
You friends don’t seem like your usual crowd. You
haven’t been trolling the local high schools for
jailbait, have you?
RAVEN Nah, not at all.
WOMAN Ah. Good. Well, let’s have a drink next time you’re
free. See ya.
The woman walks away.
KAROL A friend of yours?
RAVEN Just someone I know.
KAROL I dunno, you two seemed pretty buddy-buddy, Old Man…
YURI Karol, let’s keep our nosy little questions to
ourselves, eh?
RITA What the hell’s her problem?
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SUB-EVENT: Hard Working Boy

Hard-Working Boy: First Scene:

They return to Dahngrest at night and stay at the Inn after visiting
the Sagittarius Tavern and meeting Drake outside. Later that evening,
Karol lingers outside the Sagittarius Tavern. Unbeknownst to him, Harry
is standing a few yards behind him.

KAROL …Don.
I have to… I have to get stronger!
[swinging his sword repeatedly] Hyah! Haaaa!
HARRY . . .

Hard-Working Boy: Second Scene:

Karol can’t sleep so he practices using his latest weapon outside the
Sagittarius Tavern. Harry arrives and watches Karol swing his axe
repeatedly in a wide sweeping arc.
KAROL Hyeaaah! Ryaaah!
HARRY …
Harry walks closer into Karol’s line of vision.
HARRY Hey!
KAROL Wah! …Y-you startled me…
Huh? Aren’t you…
H-harry…right?
HARRY Weren’t you practicing here last time, too?
KAROL Oh…yeah… I always have trouble sleeping whenever I
come back to this city…
HARRY …Because of the Don?
KAROL …Yeah. I want to be strong, like he was.
Every time I think of what he did, I feel like I have
to work harder…
HARRY ……
Harry walks up to Karol.
HARRY …You can borrow this.
He hands Karol a slim, finely crafted, long-handled sword.
KAROL What’s this…?
HARRY It’s the sword that the Don used.
Karol sinks with the weight of the sword.
KAROL It’s heavy… It feels heavier than it looks…
HARRY Yes, all of the responsibility of holding the guild
together is contained in that sword…
KAROL …Yeah.
HARRY I’ll let you use it whenever you’re practicing here.
It should make for better training than what you’ve
had in the past.
KAROL I can use this sword…?
HARRY I’m just lending it to you, though! You have to give
it back in the morning.
I still need to work on mastering it, myself…
KAROL I see… Thank you.
Harry walks away.
KAROL The Don’s sword… All right then…
Karol swings the Don’s sword with renewed vigor.
KAROL Dyeeaah! Hyaaah!

Hard-Working Boy: Third Scene:

They spend the night at the inn. That evening Harry watches Karol
practice with the Don’s sword in front of the Sagittarius tavern.
KAROL Hyaaah! Yaaaaah!
HARRY Your stance is still too weak!
You’ll never be as good a fighter as the Don was like
that!
KAROL …Urgh!
Ryaaah! Yaaah!
HARRY That’s it! Imagine your opponent in front of you and
swing the sword just so!
KAROL R-right!

Hard-Working Boy: Fourth Scene:

They spend the night at the inn. That evening Karol once again
practices with the Don’s sword while Harry watches.
KAROL Uryaaah! Ryeeeah!
HARRY Okay! One more attack, and then take a break!
KAROL Right! Dragon…Uppercuuuut!!
The sword flashes.
KAROL *Pant* *pant* *pant*
HARRY It looks like you’ve gotten pretty good at using his
sword…
KAROL M-maybe… But…I still have a long way to go.
The blastia on Karol’s bag glows.
KAROL Huh…?
HARRY Hmmm…looks like you’ve surpassed me.
KAROL What do you mean?
HARRY You’ve learned the weapon arte that’s stored in that
weapon.
KAROL Oh, I see…but what’s this arte…?
HARRY The Don used this weapon. It’s gotta be a good one,
right?
KAROL Yeah…seems like it.
HARRY You’ve surpassed me… You won’t need to borrow this
weapon anymore, I think.
KAROL Yeah…right. Thank you, Harry.
INFORMATION Karol Learned the “Special” Skill.
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SUB-EVENT: Sleepless Night

They stay at the Inn a second time. Yuri and Karol share a bed. Yuri’s
eyes are closed as he lies on his back with one leg bent and both hands
behind his head on the pillow. Karol lies spread eagle with his head
resting directly on the mattress and not the pillow. Karol’s eyes are
open wide.

KAROL ……!
Phew…
…… I can’t sleep …
Later that evening, Yuri finds Karol standing on the bridge looking
over the side into the water.
YURI Hey Karol. Can’t sleep?
KAROL … Yeah… I had this…bad dream…
YURI Bad dream…?
KAROL I was dreaming that everyone was about to die and I
was trying to run to save them…but no matter how hard
I ran, I never got any closer.
YURI That sounds like a pretty bad dream, yeah.
KAROL I got so scared that I woke up…
YURI Well, if you can’t sleep, at least you won’t be
keeping us up with all your noise.
KAROL ?
YURI You don’t know…? Well, maybe that makes sense. Karol,
you talk in your sleep. A lot.
KAROL How would I know that? I’m asleep when it happens!
YURI Ha ha…yeh, I guess you’re right.
YURI Karol… If you’re still shaken up about the Don’s
death…
KAROL ……
It’s not just what happened to the Don.
I don’t know what I should do for Brave Vesperia. I
don’t even know what I can do.
I still have to figure that out.
YURI I see.
KAROL And that’s why I’ve been having some trouble sleeping.
Do you have worries that are keeping you up, Yuri?
YURI Nah, not me. I’m a man of action, heh.
Thinking about things too much just makes my head
hurt. I prefer moving my body, rather than those
rusty gears in my head. It suits my personality
better.
KAROL Your personality, huh…I wonder what suits my
personality better…
YURI Maybe if you went to sleep and had a good dream, it
would help you figure things out a bit?
KAROL I can’t keep running away to my dreams.
YURI You wouldn’t be running away. You’d be dreaming so
that you can come back to us.
KAROL Yeah…
I’m sure once I go back to the inn and lie down I’ll
be able to sleep.
Don’t worry about me. You go on ahead.
YURI Gotcha.
Karol watches Yuri walk away for a few moments, then he resumes
watching the water. Yuri stops just at the end of the bridge to look
back at Karol who continues to gaze into the water.
YURI Even if he reasons things out in his head, his heart
is slow to follow suit.
I guess that’s just how he is…
INFORMATION Karol earned the “Insomniac” title.

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SUB-EVENT: The Truth of Ruin’s Gate – Part !
They return to Shaikos Ruins and see a researcher wearing a red coat
standing with his back to them.
YURI …There’s someone here…
RITA Those guys are from Ruins’ Gate.
ESTELLE Hearing about Ruin’s Gate again makes me think of
Regaey…
RITA Don’t forget that the Regaey we saw was an imposter.
YURI Regaey was Yeager.
KAROL Wait, I thought that Yeager was just disguising
himself as the real Regaey.
YURI Really?
While they talk, another man runs to the man in the red coat and shows
him something he found. Yuri and the others watch and listen.
WORKER Hey, look at this funny-looking thingamabob I found.
The researcher looks at the object with great interest.
RESEARCHER Archie, You’ve found a part of a blastia housing.
ARCHIE This is so awesome, Mark. I’ll bet it’s a priceless
historical artifact.
MARK Let’s get this back to Aspio in a hurry and show it
to the researchers.
ARCHIE Don’t forget to write your name on it to prove you’re
the one who found it.
Unable to bear it any longer, Rita runs to them and interrupts their
conversation.
RITA Just what do you guys think you’re doing…?!
ARCHIE Wh-what’s going on?!
RITA Who do you think you are, vandalizing a valuable
specimen like that?
ARCHIE It’s my natural right as the one who found it.
RITA You idiot! What are you trying to do?! Ack! …It’s not
coming off!
Okay, you two, sit your butts down, NOW!
The two men do as Rita instructs without hesitation.
YURI Uh, Rita? What’re you doing?
RITA I’m going to explain to these half-wits the
importance of treating blastia with a little respect!
MARK Loo, Archie, I think the little mage is going to give
us a presentation.
ARCHIE Hmph… Why’s she so high and mighty…?
RITA Shut up and listen!
After the presentation, the men are still seated with Rita looming over
them.
RITA …Got it?!
MARK Yes, ma’am.
ARCHIE I’ve never heard so many words come out of such a
little person…
MARK …I think we’d be better off doing as she says.
RITA Sheesh… I’m gonna give Ruins’ Gate a piece of my mind
when I get back to Aspio…
The two men get on their feet.
YURI Still, they seem really harmless.
RITA I guess you’re right… But it’s the well-meaning
idiots that sometimes do the most damage.
YURI Aw, come on. Lighten up.

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Finally, they head out for Mt. Temza to find Judith.

MT. TEMZA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They stand at the bottom a steep stoney hill.

RAVEN And here we are. Welcome to Mt. Temza.
REPEDE Woof!
KAROL (stooping to look at the ground) These are human
footprints, right? There sure are a lot of them.
ESTELLE Could it be the Hunting Blades?
YURI That, or it might be the Knights.
ESTELLE But why would the Knights be here?
YURI Flynn was looking for apatheia too. If that’s what
the Hunting Blades are doing here…
Then the Knights could be here for the same reason.
ESTELLE Why is everyone scrambling to get their hands on
apatheia all of a sudden?
RITA We never had a chance to get an explanation from the
Don…
YURI If Judy’ll clue us in on what she knows, things might
clear up.
Karol calls to them from the top of the hill.
KAROL Hey! You guys, come look at this! Th-this is crazy!
They join Karol at the top of the hill and look down upon a sad sight.
Mt Temza is flat and stark with many bomb holes in it’s surface.
Chest Tent (at top of hill to left)
RITA What the heck is this? The mountain’s been…flattened.
ESTELLE What could have happened…?
KAROL Is there really supposed to be a town here…?
RITA (trudging up the top of the hill) Well, it was here
ten years ago, that I’m sure of.
But I can’t vouch for what’s happened since then.
YURI Ten years? That’s quite a ways back. What were you
doing way out there?
RITA Uh, well…
They are all startled and look to the sky when they hear the cry of a
dragon.
RITA That voice… Is that you, Freak?!
RITA Here’s hopin’ everything’s all right.
ESTELLE Let’s hurry!
They follow the path down and stop just before the bottom looking
around.
YURI It’s even worse from up close.
RITA There’s no way this could have happened naturally.
ESTELLE It looks like something exploded here…
KAROL An explosion… Are there monsters that can do
something like this?
RAVEN There were. But those monsters were all wiped out.
ESTELLE What do you mean, wiped out?
RAVEN What ya see here…this was a battleground in the Great
War.
KAROL What! Really?
ESTELLE So that means…humans and Entelexeia fought here…
The humans were victorious, but there were scarcely
any survivors…
The facts behind the war are shrouded in darkness…
Not even the official government histories give many
details about what happened.
RITA So the Entelexeia did this to the mountains…
What terrible power.
YURI But this is the first time I’ve heard that a battle
took place here.
RAVEN The empire’s kept a pretty tight hold on information
about it.
They’ve got a lotta secrets. You should know that by
now.
RITA I thought it was strange that monsters would wage war
against humans. But…
ESTELLE What they didn’t want us to know was that those
monsters were actually Entelexeia…
KAROL You sure know a lot about this stuff, Raven.
RAVEN You come across a lot if you live long enough,
kiddies.
YURI Okay, enough history lessons. We came here so we
could look for Judy.
ESTELLE The monster’s voice we heard just now… What if
they’ve already got Judith cornered?
RITA Beating up that dragon-freak is MY job!
I won’t let them beat me to it!
YURI Yeah.
ESTELLE Let’s hurry!

SKIT The Great war

CHEST Red Sage (North branch of path)
CHEST Saffron (North branch of path)
CHEST Deadly Horn (right of path)
Raven leads the way up and around a steep path up the side of a
mountain. They stop to rest.
YURI …
ESTELLE Yuri? What’s the matter?
YURI I was just thinking about what Judith said. “Ba’ul
saved me during the war…”
I just realized that maybe she was talking about the
Great War when she said that.
RITA So maybe she fought against the empire with that
dragon freak during the Great War?
YURI Maybe Raven can tell us. You fought in the Great War,
didn’t ya, old man?
RAVEN Huh? Why?
YURI I’d think only someone who was on the scene would
know so much about the war.
KAROL Really? But, there weren’t supposed to be very many
survivors, right?
RAVEN Very true…I thought I was gonna die back then, too.
Ah, if only I’d died then, things would’ve been so
much easier, too…
RITA If only you’d died? What a weird thing to say…
ESTELLE So, did you ever see Judith during the war?
RAVEN No, not a chance. I may be a player, but !0-year-old
 girls are definitely off-limits for me.
RITA Oh geez…
RAVEN Hmm, I feel like I never saw Ba’ul, either. Maybe
they ran away from the battle?
YURI So it was really the Entelexeia who fought in the
battle?
RAVEN Yes, I guess so. Though at the time we thought they
were only a really terrible breed of monsters.
KAROL But wow, you were really in the way, huh Raven?
That’s so cool. I thought only Imperial Knights
fought in the war.
RAVEN Maybe I’ll tell you more about it when you’re older.
SKIT A Sentimental Landscape
At the top of the mountain they find a building in ruins. Estelle looks
beyond to a group of destroyed buildings rest on a mountain top
overlooking a crescent inlet ringed by stone hills.
ESTELLE This is a Krityan city…? (she walks a few steps to
join Rita inspecting the building)
RITA More like the remains of one.
KAROL What do you think Judith would come here for…?
YURI Suppose it wouldn’t make much sense to say she was
feeling homesick.
Repede crouches and growls.
REPEDE Grrr.
Two bodies bounce down the hill and land at their feet.
KAROL The Hunting Blades!
ESTELLE (looking up) Judith!
Judith strolls up nonchalantly.
JUDITH You…
MAN (WOLF HELMET) Damn you!
MAN (BIRD HELMET) Go inform Tison and Nan!
YURI Hey! Nobody lays a hand on one of our own.
Yuri is angry and speaks through bared teeth. Judith looks
appreciatively at Yuri.
YURI If she’s broken our laws, we’ll settle this amongst
ourselves.
Now get out of here!
MAN (BIRD HELMET) We’re only trying to follow a monster we’re hunting!
MAN (WOLF HELMET) This doesn’t involve you!
RITA Okay, this is getting us nowhere. Let me at ‘em.
(prepares a spell)
RAVEN You’re right. It’s just a waste of time tryin’ ta
talk sense ta people like this.
YURI Leave. Now. Or do you really want to do this?
The hunting blades run.
ESTELLE Judith…
JUDITH …You followed me here.
YURI Yeah. We’re here to settle thing for the sake of the
guild.
KAROL Judith. Tell us everything you know.
RITA Why you destroyed the blastia. About the apatheia and
the Entelexeia. Their relationship to Phaeroh.
All of it.
YURI And even though you’re one of us, your answers will
decide your fate.
Karol looks on, mouth agape in dread. They all look to Judith.
JUDITH Punish the unjust…was it? (she look at each of them)
 …Honestly, I don’t know if that’s really a good thing
or not.
You’ve already come this far, I suppose there’s no
going back now.
Come.
Judith walks around and past the building and the others follow. Karol
hangs back to talk privately with Yuri.
KAROL Yuri… What did you mean about Judy’s fate…?
YURI …If there’s one thing that Don’s last moments taught
me, it’s that I’ve been too soft.
If a part is infected, you cut it off before it
infects the whole. Even if it’s a comrade, an
Entelexeia, or a friend.
KAROL You mean even if it’s Flynn or Phaeroh?
YURI …Yeah. It’s the path I’ve chosen for myself.
Karol hangs his head as Yuri walks by, Repede at his heels.
KAROL I… (runs to catch up to Yuri)
SKIT The Hunting Blades Again?

Judith stops along a steep path up the windy and barren mountain.
JUDITH So…you are aware that this place was the ground on
which the Great War was fought.
YURI Yeah. We heard from the old man here.
JUDITH The Great War was sparked by a type of blastia.
RITA What?!
Judith walks up the path to slightly higher ground and turns to face
them.
JUDITH This was not a blastia that had been excavated.
It had been constructed in the city of Temza using a
new type of technology.
The Hermes blastia.
ESTELLE Hermes blastia…?
RITA I’ve never heard of it…
And if you say it was newly built…
JUDITH The Hermes models were even more effective at
converting aer into energy.
They were intended to…revolutionize the technology of
blastia.
YURI (drawing closer) But something went wrong.
JUDITH The blastia using these Hermes-type formulas required
massive quantities of aer.
The aer krene began producing abnormal amounts of aer
in order to compensate.
RITA That would mean the end not just of humanity, but all
life on this planet!
RAVEN Just like we saw at Keiv Moc and the Weasand of
Cados. Wouldn’t like ta see that happen everywhere.
JUDITH The Entelexeia realized the dangers of the Hermes
blastia before the humans.
And they moved to destroy them.
YURI Which created a conflict that grew until it
eventually became the Great War…
KAROL So then the Entelexeia fought against the humans to
help the planet?!
ESTELLE But why didn’t they tell the humans how dangerous
those blastia were?!
Rita clenches her fists in rage, shaking head to toe with anger.
RAVEN Neither side probably cared much if the other brought
itself to ruin.
There’s never been any love lost between humans and
Entelexeia. Probably didn’t talk much.
(strokes his chin thoughtfully) There may have been
other reasons, though.
Still, we don’t know what this story has ta do with
our Judith, here.
JUDITH Temza fell to the flames of war, and the technology
of the Hermes blastia was believed lost…
KAROL Wait, you mean there are still Hermes models in
operation?!
JUDITH Yes. At Ragou’s mansion, Ehmead Hill, Ghasfarost, not
to mention…
YURI The ceres blastia on the Fiertia…
ESTELLE So then, you’ve been destroying the blastia in place
of the Entelexeia…
RITA (still shaking with rage) You could have mentioned
that!
Why didn’t you say something?! Were you gonna save
the world all on your own? Are you stupid?!
JUDITH . . .
There are a few moments of awkward silence as Yuri, Karol, Raven and
Estelle look at Judy waiting for an explanation. A bright light
pulsates from a tunnel carved into the stone wall of the mountain.
KAROL Wh-what was that?
JUDITH Ba’ul!
Tison leaps down in front of them and exhibits a few martial arts
moves. Nan leaps down and lands beside him.
ESTELLE Nan!
TISON It looks like we’ve found our mark.
JUDITH You will not pass.
NAN You’re a person, aren’t you?! How can you defend a
monster?!
YURI Didn’t you get the news? I said nobody lays a hand on
one of our own.
KAROL W-we won’t allow that! Not even from you, Nan!
RITA We were having a conversation over here! Butt out!
RAVEN I don’t usually like ta get my clothes dirty, but…
JUDITH Everyone…
ESTELLE Have the Hunting Blades added people to their list of
targets?
TISON Nobody who associates with monsters can rightly call
themselves a person.
NAN Karol. Have you forgotten the credo of the Hunting
Blades? Step aside.
KAROL Monsters are evil… And the Hunting Blades pursue that
evil.
But the Entelexeia aren’t evil! They were fighting to
save the world…
YURI Don’t let them fool you with that credo nonsense.
They’re on a job. They’re here for the apatheia.
TISON Humph. It seems you won’t listen to reason.
If you have no intention of moving… (cracks his
knuckles and crouches to spring)
NAN You leave us no choice.
INFORMATION Judith joined the party.
INFORMATION Judith is not in your party.
Please form a party with Judith as a member.

Battle Conversation
TISON All monsters should be killed!
NAN That’s the rule of the Hunting Blades.
KAROL He’s not a monster! He’s Judith’s…
TISON Any monster is punishable by death.
KAROL But Ba’ul’s different! He wouldn’t just go around
hurting people for no reason.
NAN What are you talking about! Of course he would.
YURI You’re worse than monsters. They’ve got instincts.
They’ve got brains. So what’s your excuse.
TISON SHUT UP! We hunting Blades will not back down!
YURI So I guess we just gotta fight this out.
NAN Don’t blame me for what happens.

later:
NAN We’re still alive.
(jumps to feet) I can’t just lie around.
NAN Ough…! (after secret mission is achieved)
I don’t want to lose.
After Battle conversation:
KAROL I guess I overdid it a little.
YURI You don’t show mercy to your enemies.
JUDITH I will protect Ba’ul.

The battle is over. Tison and Nan lie upon the ground, defeated. Karol
stands looking down at Nan’s body sprawled on top of her giant circle
blade.
KAROL Nan…I’m sorry.
Karol runs down the path toward a small cave. Ba’ul is inside the cave
with glowing light emitting from his body.
YURI What’s happening?
JUDITH Ba’ul is trying to evolve…as an Entelexeia.
KAROL It looks like he’s suffering.
JUDITH Ba’ul…come on…
Estelle runs to give Ba’ul relief but Judith stops her.
JUDITH No!
ESTELLE I want to heal your wounds, but there’s nothing I can
do…
My power is poison to you, isn’t it…?
YURI Healing wounds isn’t your power, Estelle.
ESTELLE What do you mean?
RITA Don’t you remember Belius’ words?
Estelle recalls Belius’ words:
BELIUS Power corrupts… But you, you are different.
Never lose that kindness…the compassion you so
readily show to others…
ESTELLE My compassion for others…
JUDITH Your thoughts are reaching Ba’ul. I’m sure of it…
RAVEN All we can do now is hope for the best.
ESTELLE …
Ba’ul cries out and evolves.
RAVEN Well, now…
KAROL Amazing…
JUDITH (steps closer to Ba’ul) I knew you could do it.
YURI Your partner seems like he’s going to be just fine.
JUDITH Yes.
Thank you all, for helping to protect him…
This is something I couldn’t have done alone.
KAROL You’re one of us. Of course we’d help!
Estelle approaches Ba’ul, who has evolved into a gigantic dragon, and
strokes on of his feathers.
JUDITH Didn’t I tell you? You got through to him.
ESTELLE Heh heh.
JUDITH You may bet through to Phaeroh as well.
JUDITH Will you be going to meet him?
YURI That’s up to Estelle to decide.
ESTELLE …I’ll go. It’s been the purpose of my journey, after
all.
RITA Are you sure? What if you end up getting killed?
ESTELLE Even still. I’ve got to stand firm on this…
RAVEN It won’t be too long before the Hunting Blades send
reinforcements.
How about a change in scenery before they show up and
spoil the party?
KAROL There is only one path down from here, though. We’re
bound to run into them.
JUDITH Get on. We’ll fly as far as the Fiertia.
We can finish talking once we arrive.
They climb on Ba’ul and he soars up from the small canyon.

Later they sail through the air on the Fiertia, suspended below Ba’ul
with ropes over his body. Judy collapses on deck.
YURI Judy?!
The scene changes and Estelle stands outside the cabin door while the
others gather around.
ESTELLE She’s sleeping. She must be exhausted.
KAROL Yeah, I mean, she just keeled over.
Wasn’t expecting that.
YURI I bet she watched over Ba’ul the entire time he was
evolving. She probably didn’t get much sleep.
She probably had no idea when the Hunting Blades
would attack, either.
RAVEN She was puttin’ up a brave front, but she must’ve
been near the end of her rope.
RITA She’s just dumb. She doesn’t know how to express what
she’s feeling.
YURI We can finish talking with her tomorrow. We should
let her sleep now.
In fact, I wouldn’t mind a little shut-eye myself.

SKIT What to Do with Judith

Yuri talks to Karol, who’s sitting by the rear hatch.

Cutscene:
YURI Are you thinking about Judy?
KAROL Yeah. I’m wondering what we should do about her.
YURI (sitting beside him) Its’ true that she broke the
guild’s laws and betrayed us.
KAROL I always thought that a guild’s strict adherence to
its own laws was what kept it together.
That there could be no exceptions… no lenience for
 those who would break the laws.
But…
YURI She did what she did to save the world.
Judith is destroying blastia because she knows it’s
the right thing to do, even if it makes people hate
her.
KAROL Yup…
Judith didn’t break our laws in order to do something
bad.
I know this, now.
I’m going to talk with her about it and give it some
more thought. I’ll figure this out eventually.
YURI Oh yeah?
KAROL Maybe if I become a little bit more decisive, Nan
will listen to me, too…

KAROL I have to be able to decide… I know that…

Are you going to leave it up to me to decide what’s
right and what’s wrong?

Estelle stands at the ships railing near the cabin looking at the
water.
ESTELLE Oh, Yuri.
YURI Sorry to interrupt while you’re thinking.
ESTELLE (looking back at the water) Ever since I took Belius’
life without meaning to…
I’ve wanted to know what it means to be the Child of
the Full Moon so the same thing doesn’t happen again…
I always thought that it was my duty to know.
But after what happened to Belius…
YURI That’s how everyone is. They do something, they
learn, they do something else, they learn more.
ESTELLE You too, Yuri?
YURI Yeah.
ESTELLE …Maybe if I had known everything ahead of time, I
wouldn’t have made any mistakes.
YURI Hmmm… There’s only one thing I can say for sure.
ESTELLE What’s that?
YURI Maybe you wouldn’t have made any mistakes, but it
sure would’ve been boring.
ESTELLE …I really wonder…

ESTELLE I want to know what the “Child of the Full Moon” is…
I need to find out…for myself.

Raven stands a few paces behind Tokunaga standing uselessly at the

wheel.

RAVEN So does an ol’ man past his prime fit into the
picture at all?
YURI What’re you whining about, old man? Why are you past
your prime?
RAVEN Mmmm. What Judith was talkin’ about before--Hermes
blastia, was it?
Blastia created with techniques that should’ve been
lost in the war are still active…
Do you know what this means?
YURI …I guess someone who survived the war brought either
blastia or those techniques back with him.
RAVEN If that person was still usin’ the blastia even
though he knew it was harmful ta the earth…
Someone like that…would have to be quite the villain
indeed.
YURI Old man, don’t tell me you…
RAVEN Hey now. Yours truly was nothing but an innocent
youth on the straight and narrow back then.
I wouldn’t do something like that even on my worst
day.
YURI Heh, I was just trying to trick you into giving
yourself away. You’re a slippery one!
RAVEN Son of a…when’re ya gonna learn some respect for yer
elders!

RAVEN Brings back memories from the past…

TOKUNAGA I’m so glad this thing can fly. Plus, it’s auto-pilot.
…It’s a piece of cake…

Yuri enters the cabin to check on Judith. Rita and Repede are sitting
with her as she lays asleep on the bed.

YURI Is that the core from the ceres blastia that Judy
destroyed?
RITA Yes. It’s definitely cut with a different formula
than a usual core.
It looks like what she said was true.
YURI She said she wasn’t too good at lying, after all.
RITA To discover that the new technique you created was
bad for the world, after what must’ve been years of
research…
I can’t imagine how the person who created the Hermes
technique must’ve felt.
YURI Well, what if it had been you?
RITA If I found out that it hurt the earth, I would have
to do something about it.
But I wouldn’t destroy the blastia like that…
…
YURI What the?
RITA N-nothing!
Arr…
If only things weren’t so complicated…
I could’ve just blasted her into oblivion and been
done with it!
YURI …

RITA I understand her motives, but I still don’t agree

with it…
It’s so frustrating.
Yuri walks over to Repede who’s standing watch over Judith.
YURI Thank you.
REPEDE Woof!
*Whine…*
YURI She’s sound asleep. Let’s let her sleep a bit longer.
The next morning, Yuri, Rita and Estelle are joined by Karol on the
deck.
KAROL Morning, Yuri.
YURI Morning.
ESTELLE It’s a beautiful morning, but…
Even as we stand here, the aer is out of balance…
And our world may already be dying.
RITA …
Judith joins them.
JUDITH That’s right.
RAVEN Well, look who’s feeling better.
JUDITH In the past, these slight fluctuations of the aer
have not negatively affected our world.
There have always been beings who maintained the
balance by sensing changes in the aer flow.
Beings like Phaeroh and Ba’ul--the Entelexeia.
ESTELLE So the Entelexeia were responsible for keeping the
aer balanced…
JUDITH For ages, the Entelexeia have regulated the aer.
But the recent increase has been greater than they
could control.
RAVEN Which is bein’ caused by the Hermes blastia.
YURI And which is also why you were going around, taking
down as many of them as you could.
RITA …
JUDITH Yes. That was my mission.
The path I walk with Ba’ul, to whom I owe my life.
KAROL The path you walk…
JUDITH Now some would even hunt the Entelexeia for apatheia.
This has made the mission of the Entelexeia even more
difficult.
YURI Why is everybody so crazy about these apatheia,
anyway?
JUDITH I’m afraid I don’t have an answer.
The aer an Entelexeia absorbs becomes condensed
within its body over time.
When it’s life is at an end, that condensed aer forms
a crystal--an apatheia.
That’s all I know. I imagine Phaeroh could shed more
light on the subject, though.
RITA …So apatheia are crystals of concentrated aer…
if that’s true, and the energy could be extracted
from the apatheia…
It would be a source of overwhelming power, I’m sure.
ESTELLE Could we really do that?
RITA I…I don’t know.
RAVEN I’d bet somebody wants ta use these things for the
wrong reasons.
KAROL Why didn’t you just tell us all this from the
beginning?
YURI Seriously. We could have avoided all this trouble if
you’d just talked to us.
Am I wrong?
JUDITH …Even if you had known…
There are things not even you could have prevented.
KAROL What do you mean?
JUDITH …I showed up at Heliord because Ba’ul had sensed a
 disturbance in the aer.
Where there was a disturbance, there was sure to be a
Hermes blastia…
But what I found there was not a blastia… It was a
person. That had never happened before.
YURI So it wasn’t like you were looking for Estelle in
particular back at Heliord.
JUDITH Yet for some reason, Ba’ul perceived Estelle as a
disturbance in the aer.
I had to find out why. For the sake for the sake of
the path I’ve chosen.
It was at that time that Phaeroh first appeared.
He seemed to have some idea who Estelle was.
ESTELLE . . .
JUDITH My mission was to destroy all the Hermes blastia.
However, Estelle was obviously not a blastia. I
needed to make absolutely certain…
I made a deal with Phaeroh, and he agreed to grant me
some time.
KAROL You mean…
JUDITH If it became apparent that her existence posed too
great a threat, then I…
…I would kill her.
RITA You what?!
RAVEN Settle down. Obviously Judith reached a different
conclusion.
ESTELLE …
YURI All right. I get it.
JUDITH Belius said you possess a heart of compassion.
If you can communicate that to Phaeroh somehow…
You may learn what you should do.
RITA H-hey, there’s no real reason for you to find Phaeroh
anymore, right?
I mean, we know the Hermes blastia are what’s causing
the problem and everything.
If we just make sure the apatheia don’t fall into the
wrong hands…
ESTELLE …I still want to meet Phaeroh. I want to hear what he
has to tell me.
RITA But…
ESTELLE Please try to understand.
I have to know more about myself, and take
responsibility for who I am.
RITA All right…
KAROL Sorry, Yuri… I don’t think we can decide what to do
about Judith right away…
JUDITH I promise not to leave again until things have been
“settled” as you said.
I need to accept that responsibility myself.
YURI Let’s go and find Phaeroh.
We’ll finally be getting around to one of the first
things we set out to do.
We can work out the rest once this is finished.
JUDITH There is a rocky crag in the center of the Sands of
Kogorh. That is where Phaeroh lives.
Ba’ul can take us there.
YURI Okay. Let’s go. This meeting’s been a long time
 coming.

JUDITH I can communicate with Ba’ul, but there are still a

few things you should know.
YURI Like what?
JUDITH Ba’ul can only land on the ground in wide, open
spaces.
So you won’t be able to dismount on steep mountain
ranges or in narrow canyons.
KAROL Can’t he land on water?
JUDITH Water’s no good, either.
KAROL Really? He looks like he’d be a good swimmer…
JUDITH Ha ha, yeah. He’d sink like a rock.
KAROL Huh, who knew…?
YURI but that’s why we have a ship, right?
JUDITH Right. If you’d like to get down onto the ocean, let
me know.
Ba’ul will set our ship down there for us.
KAROL Okay, but what should we do when we want to fly again?
JUDITH Use “Ba’ul’s Horn” to call him to you.
YURI Ba’ul’s… That’s all there is to it?
JUDITH Every Entelexeia has a special region in its brain….
that can be used for communication with a special
power Krityans possess.
YURI Huh. So ,we can get a hold of him by using that.
JUDITH Right.
INFORMATION Obtained Ba’ul’s Horn.
INFORMATION Controlling Ba’ul
LS Move Ba’ul
Push LS Call Ba’ul (on land or ship)
RS Control camera
Push RS Rotate camera towards north
A Land
X Toggle navigation map
YURI Bring up Main Menu
RB Turn camera clockwise
LB Turn camera counter clockwise
RT Forward
LT Backward
Start Pause
Back Start Skit

SKIT Phaeroh
SKIT Judith’s Communication

Completed sub-events available after ability to control Ba’ul:

SUB-EVENTS IN MANTAIC:
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SUB-EVENT: Kowz Boy – Part 2

KOWZ Ding-dong-ding! I’m Kowz! You can call me K-Dubbs for

short. Howdy-doody!
You’ve come again, I see. You missed me, eh?
RAVEN Nah, we just wanted ta see whatcha were up ta, really.
KOWZ Oh, so you like me! You really like me!
KAROL Hey, don’t you ever get hot, dressed up like that?
KOWZ Hot? Why would I be hot?
RITA Isn’t that some sort of weirdo fursuit, or something?
It makes me feel itchy just looking at you.
KOWZ …
What doooo you mean? I am naked! Can’t you tell? I am
going au naturel!
KAROL I, uhh, err…
KOWZ Try not to give it too much thought. Now, what’s
today’s item du jour, you might ask? Dadum dadum
dadummm… DUM!
It’s the “Trident!” Tadaaa!

All …
YURI What do you mean “tada?! Are you trying to tell us
something?
KOWZ Now now, no need to play dumb, Pheromone-Boy.
RAVEN Heh heh! Pheromone-Boy…
The Kowz turns to Judith.
KOWZ Pleeeease? [heart]
JUDITH Another item exchange, then?
KOWZ Exactly, Miss Bouncy! So hand it over!
Select Give Trident?
(No What a scrooge. [heart] Let me know if you change
your mind, hey?
(2nd visit)
KOWZ Ah, you’re back. Did you have a change of heart about
the Trident?)
Yes Information: Handed over “Trident.”

KOWZ Thank ya, thank ya.

The Kowz runs back over to the hole, chanting:
KOWZ Round and round we go! Where we stop…only I know!
The hole blows dust and an ant lion man jumps out and stands before the
Kowz.
KOWZ Caatch!
Ant lion Man As always, thankee! Heh heh!
The ant lion man jumps back into the hole and the dust is sucked back
into the hole and once again the sands flow endlessly into the hole.
ESTELLE Even though I know when he’s going to come out, he’s
still quite startling!
RAVEN So, what’ll ya give us this time?
The Kowz turns his back to them, thinking…
KOWZ Hmmm, what indeed…
Here, you can have this.
INFORMATION Obtained Rice.
Obtained Potato.
Obtained onion.
Obtained Carrot.
KOWZ There’s nothing like a yummy curry in a hot place!
[heart]
All …
KOWZ I’m gonna kill you dead, baby yeah! So dead! [musical
note]
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SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest – Part 1-d:
They find Mr. Seron under the palm tree near the archway of the bridge.
KAROL We delivered the book, just like you asked.
Here, look… This is proof we finished the job.
INFORMATION Handed over “Rainbow Bookmark.”
YU
Wow, thanks so much for your help!
And here is the pay I promised you…
INFORMATION Acquired 3000 Gald.
KAROL If you ever need anything else, don’t hesitate to
call on Brave Vesperia! [musical note]
YU
Yes, Of course…see you later.
Yu Seron walks away.
ESTELLE A symbol of their friendship… How touching. I wonder
what kind of book it was.
RAVEN It was just a normal book. Looked like it had
something ta do with economics.
KAROL Did you look inside, Raven?
RAVEN So what if I did?
KAROL I mean, it’s fine, but…what if the client had hidden
something private in the book?
RAVEN Oh, it’s no big deal. No harm done if it didn’t get
in the way of the job.
YURI An economics book, eh… Doesn’t sound too racy.
JUDITH It would’ve been funny if some romance novel was the
proof of two guys’ friendship!
YURI Really…?
KAROL Anyway, I guess we’re done with our first job with
the Union.
YURI So this is what it’s like to work in a guild.
KAROL Yeah. If we were the Hunting Blades, we’d probably
get jobs to exterminate monsters.
Fortune’s Market usually does stuff like transport
products over long distances.
JUDITH So, Brave Vesperia’s in the delivery business, then?
KAROL Well, we… Uhhh…
REPEDE *Howl*, woof woof!
YURI We can think it over while we try out a few different
kinds of work.
KAROL Yeah, sure!
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Around Mantaic:
KNIGHT (ENTRANCE) This is Mantaic, an oasis in the middle of the
desert. You can rest easy here.
YOUNG WOMAN The Knights in town are quite different from the ones
that were here before!
I guess this is the way genuine knights behave.
They’re so dependable.
Their captain, too… I only saw him for a second, but
he was so handsome! He seems like a wonderful guy.
[heart]
KNIGHT (FOUNTAIN) The desert’s scorching, but the town’s nice and cool.
 We’re doing all we can to preserve the peace here.
Please let us know if you have any trouble. Captain
Flynn has told us to listen well.
OLD MAN Whew… I can finally get out of the house and walk
around. I thought I’d never see the sun again…
This is all thanks to that young Knight, Flynn.
The Knight who was here before… Cu-something? He was
terrible.
Where did he run off to? I’d wager he got caught and
thrown in jail.
WOMAN (WEST EXIT) Wow, this actually is a really nice town, isn’t it?
Maybe I’ll stay here a little longer.
Say, why do you think that awful captain didn’t put
up a fuss?
I guess it doesn’t matter. They do say evil never
prospers.
PLUMP WOMAN I’m just thankful to be free, I guess. You only miss
something once you lose it…
We’ve all got the knights of the Flynn Brigade to
thank for that.
Now we’ll be able to live without worrying.
MAN Did you hear about the wanted kidnapper hiding
somewhere in town? I can’t believe it…
WOMAN Oh my…we finally get free of that terrible magistrate
and now this has to happen!
MAN I hear that he goes after children, too. We need to
be careful.
WOMAN He’s got enough of a criminal record for them to put
a bounty on him. That’s scary!
OLDER MAN What?! That bastard Cumore ran away?
I was hoping I’d get to pound him good.
He must’ve been scared of me. Hah hah hah!
WOMAN (HAT) I just stopped in here at Mantaic on my vacation, but
it really is a lovely town, isn’t it?
I heard some horror stories about the Knights here,
but they don’t seem to be a problem now.

MAN ……
LITTLE GIRL He tells a lot of funny stories.
LITTLE BOY the sea, sea, sea [musical note]
With lots of fish, fish, fish[musical note]
I want to see, see, see--[musical note]
Two children splash each other in the lake:
LITTLE GIRL Thank you, mister! And misses!
Everyone’s so happy now!
You’re a Knight, right?
…Huh? You’re not?
LITTLE BOY You’re the ones that really saved this town, right?
Then why is everyone thanking the Knights?
Grown-ups are weird.

MERCHANT Whew. Now I can finally relax and do some real

business. Take a look at our wares!
Hi! Our “Welcome Flynn Brigade Sale” is on right now!
The prices haven’t changed, but…
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SUB-EVENT: Dark Enforcer – Part 6)

Yuri, Karol and Rita overhear a conversation between a man and two
children sitting by the lake.
LITTLE GIRL Is the ocean bigger than the lake?
MAN It’s much bigger, and much deeper. The ocean is bluer
than any lake, and prettier, too!
LITTLE BOY Fish live in the ocean, right? Where is it?
LITTLE GIRL Is it far from here?
MAN Yeah, it’s a little far from here.
Rita walks away.
LITTLE BOY Aw man! I wanted to go see it!
Karol turns and looks up at Yuri.
MAN You can go when you get older. You can get on a big
ship and go to other cities, and see all sorts of new
stuff!
LITTLE GIRL Yeah!
Karol, too, walks away.
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SUB-EVENT: Portrait of Nan

They decide to spend one more night in Mantaic. They enter the inn and
find a member of the Hunting Blades talking to the Innkeeper.
MAN I see…so the Chief and the others left town this
morning.
INNKEEPER I’m not sure if they left the town, but they did
spend the night here last night,
and I’m fairly sure that their leader was your Chief.
MAN I see.
As soon as the man leaves, Karol runs to the counter.
KAROL M-mister, who was that man just now?
INNKEEPER Oh, he said something about being a member of a guild
called the Hunting Blades, I believe.
It seems he got separated from the rest of his guild.
though.
KAROL D-did Nan stay here last night?!
INNKEEPER Nan?
YURI Chill out, Karol. You can’t expect him to know that.
JUDITH Sir, members of that guild were staying in this inn,
correct?
INNKEEPER Yeah, they were here until early this morning.
KAROL W-was there a girl with brown hair traveling with
them?
INNKEEPER Actually, I seem to remember someone like that, yes…
She looked like she’d be injured, somehow.
KAROL That must be her wounds from fighting with us… Oh no…
YURI You don’t know that for sure. Those guys get into
fights all the time.
RAVEN Hey Yuri, ya think we might be here fer the night?
Looks like the kid’s a mess. Some relaxation’d be
good fer his nerves.
RITA You’re sure it’s not just that you’re tired and want
to rest?
RAVEN Well, there is that, too…
YURI Hmmm…
Stay at the inn? [Yes]
YURI Good idea. Let’s get some rest.
RAVEN Well, you said it!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Stay at the inn? [No]
YURI We don’t really have time to be lounging around in a
place like this. Right, Karol?
KAROL Y-yeah…
YURI You head him, old man.
RAVEN Oh, too bad…
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Later that evening, Karol stands under the palm tree near the Kowz
boy’s sand pit and looks at a picture he’s holding in his hands.
KAROL Nan…
Judith appears.
JUDITH Can’t sleep, huh…
Karol hastily hides the picture behind his back.
KAROL Judith… Why are you up? It’s so late.
JUDITH I was just watching the moon…
KAROL The moon…
JUDITH You’re worried for that girl?
Karol is surprised.
KAROL …Yeah.
JUDITH You’re a nice kid, Karol.
KAROL I’ve…been in so many different guilds…
But I ended up doing a cruddy job in all of them and
quitting…
So all the guilds just gave up on me.
But then…Nan…
JUDITH She invited you into her guild?
KAROL Ah…yeah… But we still haven’t made up since we got in
that fight.
I’m sorry… I’m a member of Brave Vesperia now. I
shouldn’t be thinking about all this.
JUDITH I don’t blame you for it. She’s important to you,
right?
KAROL Er…h-how did you…?
JUDITH You wouldn’t carry around a picture of her if she
wasn’t important.
KAROL You…you knew?
JUDITH I’ve seen you looking at her picture with that silly
look on your face several times now.
KAROL Oh…I got a friend of mine from the photography guild
I used to belong to to take that picture for me.
JUDITH A little photography on the sly?
KAROL N-no…I mean, he just happened to take it as she was
passing by…
I mean… I guess…it works out to the same thing.
[hangs his head]
JUDITH What a naughty boy. But…I don’t think it’s all that
bad, really.
KAROL Really…? I, I wonder…
 Do you think we’ll run into her again?
JUDITH I’m not sure…
KAROL No, I know we will… I still have to make up with her!
JUDITH Heh heh…good luck with that.
Well, I’m gong to go to bed. Good night.
KAROL Oh…yeah… Thanks, Judith.

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On to Nordipolica for dialogue and sub-events:

KNIGHT #! They threw rocks at us… They told us to arrest them…
If we do, they’ll just hate us even more…
I’m not cut out to be a knight…
Maybe I should find a new job.
WOMAN (RUG) I was just another immigrant when I first moved here,
but now I’ve really gotten used to the place and made
a lot of friends.
…Just a little joke. No, all I care about are the
matches in the coliseum.
All my cares are washed away when the matches begin…
YOUNG WOMAN Ooh, I just had a great idea. Why not pit knights
against guildsmen in the coliseum?
Now, wouldn’t that be exciting? [heart]
Howls of anguish! Brother against brother! Showers of
blood! The mad roar of the crowd… Oh, how wonderful!
I’m kidding! I’m kidding![musical note]
ITOKEN Itoken may not be a great fighter, but his luck is
second to none!
Master tipster Itoken, in perfect form today,
tomorrow, forever!
Knights! Guildsmen! Listen to Itoken, he won’t let
you down!
OLD MAN What a dupe…this noble lady just bet her entire
fortune on one of Itoken’s tips.
I suppose that’s just the pot calling the kettle
black…
Poor Belius has died…this is no time to be gambling…
But I can’t stop. It’s an addiction.
NOBLE WOMAN Ohh…woe is me…what? You’re asking if I’m sad because
of the Duce’s death?
No! I’m sad because I’m out fifty thousand Gald!
Ohh…woe is me…
SOUP VENDOR Hmph. The Knights are so stern and gloomy.
They’d do well to take a load off and watch some
fights, you know?
Aaargh, the Knights are so annoying! Can you tell me
why they’re so damned annoying?
KNIGHT #2 After the previous riots, we assumed the duty of
maintaining security in this town.
And we will continue to keep a watch over this town
until our orders are receded, no matter how the
people of this town may feel.
The people here have something against the knights.
But, we’re here under orders.
There’s nothing we can do if they won’t open up to us.
LITTLE BOY Tweet-tweet, tweet-tweet…
I’m always happy as can be! [musical note]
MAN The Empire couldn’t destroy this town even if they
wanted to.
Why not? It’s simple. The big names from the Empire
come here to have fun like everyone else.
In fact, I bet they’d like to snatch this city away
from Palestralle and run it under their auspices.

Stairs to the Coliseum:

OLD WOMAN They say it was the guardian deity that killed Duce
Belius.
I suppose it wasn’t our guardian at all…just a common
monster.
How pitiful to be without a guardian deity, without
Duce Belius…and protected by the Knights.
KNIGHT We’re under orders from Lieutenant Leblanc to support
the Flynn Brigade!
If we complete our assignment well, Captain Schwann
will give us a high rating.
When that happens, we will be happy and the captain
will be happy.
As they near the wooden bridge, a fight breaks out between two men.
MAN (ARMOR) You idiot! You’ve got no idea what the hell you’re
talking about!
MERCHANT What did you just say, you pea-brained peon?!
Man (armor) Damn it! You’d better watch your mouth…!
YURI This city hasn’t changed a bit…
VOICE That’s quite enough!
Natz approaches followed by his fellow guardsmen.
NATZ You two will stop fighting right now!
The man in gray armor rest his sword blade upon his shoulder and turns
to Natz.
MAN (ARMORED) Who the hell are you…!
NATZ I am Natz, of Palestralle. I’m the provisional Duke.
I do not know the cause of your argument, but I shall
help you resolve it.
MAN (ARMORED) Resolve it?
NATZ What’s the point of crossing swords out in public
like this?
If you have a problem, you should settle it like men,
in the Coliseum.
If you beat him in battle, not only will you resolve
your dispute, but your reputation will grow, as well.
What do you say?

MAN (ARMORED) Son of a… I don’t have time for something like that…
NATZ Oh? Then I’ll use my guild authority to have you
locked up for disturbance of the peace. How does that
sound?
MAN (ARMORED) Damn it… This isn’t worth the trouble! Hmpf…
The man in gray armor runs away and the other man approaches Natz.
MERCHANT Thank you very much, Natz.
NATZ I don’t know what happened here, but if you’d fought,
you would’ve been given the same punishment.
Please, be more careful in the future.
MERCHANT Yes… I-I’m sorry…
NATZ Good luck with your business.
The merchant leaves and Natz greets Yuri.
NATZ Oh… It’s you. Hello. I’m still indebted to you for
everything you’ve done.
YURI It looks like things’ve gotten tough in town since
Belius passed away.
NATZ What happened with the Duce was unfortunate… But
nonetheless.
We couldn’t go on forever depending on her to solve
our problems.
This is a town of humans. It’s up to us to come
together and figure out how to live together in peace.
YURI So you’ve been going around as the Duce’s temporary
replacement?
NATZ Indeed. There will be a vote soon, to determine who
will officially end up taking her responsibilities…
Who knows how that will turn out.
YURI I feel like Nordopolica’s people have already chosen
you to lead them. That’s how it seems to me, at least.
VOICE Rarr, get outta the way! Move, move, move!!
NATZ …It never ends…
Natz looks at his guardsmen and they take off down the steps. Natz
follows then turns to say goodbye.
NATZ Stop by again sometime, if you’d like.
Maybe we can sit down over some tea and share stories.
YURI Definitely…
Natz leaves.
KAROL Wow, he’s got it tough…[musical note]
YURI Yeah, it can’t be easy dealing with all these crazies
day in and day out.
JUDITH I hope he hangs in there…
They continue on toward the Coliseum.
MAN How boring…the Knights are actually pretty well-
behaved.
You might even say it’s thanks to them things have
quieted down around here.
Hmph. I’m surprised at how spineless the people here
really are.
Not to mention, Belius turned out to be a lot less
popular than I thought.
KRITYAN WOMAN I’ve had Lord Natz arrange for me to work at the
coliseum’s library.
It’s quite befitting a city of such history. There
are enough books there to satisfy any Kritya’s thirst
for knowledge.
I may even be able to discover our origins without
ever having to go beyond those mountains.
NOBLE MAN They say the person who was actually in charge of
managing Palestralle was the interim Duce, Natz.
Belius’ death doesn’t seem to have been attributed to
any failing of his management, either.
With that said, the loss of a spiritual leader like
Belius is a great one for this city.
SWORDSMAN Don! Don! Doooooon!! aaaaaah…!! The Don…how could the
Don have died…?!
 This shock…how am I supposed…to express it?!
If only I had been in Dahngrest! Don! Doooon! I
wouldn’t have let you die!
Don! Don! Doooooon!!
LITTLE GIRL The grownups say Belius died, but I don’t really
understand. I never even saw her.
Now the Knights are here, and it’s peaceful…right?
That reminds me, someone called Don died, too.
I’ve never seen him either. Where was he from?
KNIGHT We’re here to maintain security as new control is
established following Belius’ death.
We have not intention of staying and attempting to
seize control of the city.
You may set your minds at ease.

Inn “Formalhaut” area:

INNKEEPER Welcome to Nordopolica’s lodging facilities.
It’s 500 Gald per night… Will that be all right?
KRITYAN WOMAN Duce Belius has passed away…I must offer my heartfelt
condolences.
Death means a great loss, but at the same time a rite
of passage for those who still live.
One cannot feign ignorance and pretend to be
dispassionate on the occasion of someone’s death.
This city will surely be facing a time of trial.
YOUNG MAN Belius died here, and the Don died in Dahngrest.
Who’s next, the captain in Zaphias?
But…if all three of them died, there’d be nobody left
to pull the world back together.
What a crisis we’d have then…

Market Street:
OLD WOMAN The Knights, those sneaky bastards. They think they
can take over this town by smartly pretending to
defend it?
If only Duce Belius were still alive…she never would
have permitted such tyranny…
But she’s gone…Duce Belius is gone…
ITEM MERCHANT Belius is dead, but at least we have a brand new,
revamped tournament!
Belius wouldn’t want us moping around forever!
They are currently accepting entries.
For now, I would recommend entering a guy who can
take out at least thirty people.
MAN The interim Duce’s doing a pretty good job of keeping
Palestralle together.
Our only problem now is the Knights making such a
nuisance of themselves in town…
The whole deal with the Union was just a
misunderstanding. Why do we still have to have the
Knights watch us?
LITTLE BOY The town’s pretty much back to normal thanks to the
Knights!
Ooh, they’re so grand. Whoops…better not say that too
loud…my mom will give me a licking if she hears…
Nobody likes the Knights. I guess they are bad guys
after all.
SWORD MERCHANT I’m opening soon so I’m really busy right now.
I’ll take a wee break for now…
The ship still hasn’t arrived with my stock…
Kaufman… What are you doing…
MAN There was an argument between Palestralle and the
Knights about who would stand guard around the
coliseum.
You know how we decided it? With rock, paper,
scissors!
We lost guard to the Imperial Knights.
At least that game of rocks, paper, scissors was fun…
DRUNKEN MAN I swear I saw a giant bug striding atop the ocean,
just as casual as could be.
I guess it must have been a dream, but it seemed so
realistic… *Hic!*
A bug…it was definitely a bug. Like a giant beetle.
A beetle on the sea… Heh! How zany. *Hic!*

Stair Room to Coliseum Arena:

KNIGHT Quiz time! Who am I! Hint: Moustache.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock… Buzzzzz!!
You don’t know who I am?
RECEPTIONIST #! This is the new registration booth.
We’re not ready right now and we’re probably never
going to be ready!
RECEPTIONIST #2 (Everyone gathers around for a cutscene)
See the show! [musical note] Have a go! [musical
note] Beat your foes! [musical note]
We’re currently seeking challengers for Palestralle’s
famous Hundred Man Melee! Only true warriors need
apply! [musical note]
RAVEN Oh ho, so they finally brought back the Hundred Man
Melee, did they?
YURI What is that, old man?
RAVEN It’s a regular event here in the coliseum. Basically,
ya got a single fighter goin’ up against a whole
buncha people.
They say ya gotta have a whole lotta guts ta make it
through.
YURI Wow… I was wondering what would happen to the
coliseum after Belius died…
But it looks like they’re going strong.
JUDITH You want to give it a go?
ESTELLE Yes, that’s a good idea.
Revenue from the event might help with the
reconstruction of Nordopolica.
KAROL Ummm… Wh-which of us should do it, you think?
Not me, right?
YURI Hold your horses. We still haven’t decided if any of
us will sign up.
For now, let’s just find out some more details.
RECEPTIONIST #3 Do you want to take part in the coliseum tournaments?
Please speak to the person next to me! [musical note]

Your registration has been processed. Please ascend

 the stairs to the rear.
When your preparations are complete, let the guard on
duty know. Good luck, and be safe!

They ascend the stairs, where they talk to Natz triggering a sub-event
scene.

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SUB-EVENT: After the Death of Belius

YURI Hey, it looks like things have calmed down a bit for
Palestralle.
NATZ Whenever I see your faces, I can’t help but remember
Belius.
YURI Yeah, I still feel bad about that…
NATZ No, don’t. I’ve got more good memories than bad ones.
Like when I first met her, or when I joined
Palestralle.
I remember it like it was yesterday…
Natz grows silent while he thinks and paces a few steps then stops.
NATZ I’d been traveling on a solo journey around the
world. The night that I first saw her, a full moon
hung in the sky.
I shivered with anticipation. It was a monster I’ve
never seen before! If I beat it, I’d be famous!
YURI Y-you’re saying that you challenged Belius?
NATZ Well, I was pretty foolhardy back then, And much to
my surprise, I got my butt handed to me.
When I came to, I was in the Coliseum, lying on a bed.
YURI You fought Belius and lived…that’s pretty impressive
in and of itself.
NATZ No…I wasn’t even in the same league as Belius.
YURI Ahh, so she let you live?
NATZ When I asked her why she spared my life, she told me
this:
“There’s nothing to be gained by making a short life
even shorter.”
YURI …That sounds like something only an age-old
Entelexeia could say.
NATZ I’m sure she’s seen thousands of humans come and go
in her lifetime.
Even if they became her friends, or her subordinates,
she’d eventually outlive all of them. I can’t even
imagine how lonely that must be.
But when she passed away, she was finally freed from
that terrible loneliness.
That’s why I think…that what happened wasn’t such a
bad thing at all.
YURI Hmmm…maybe you’re right.
Natz turns around to face Yuri.
NATZ Oops, sorry if I got off on a tangent there. I never
know when to stop talking.
YURI No, I don’t mind at all. I feel like I understand
Belius a little better now.
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NATZ Come back anytime. You’re always welcomed here.
You should try out your moves at the arena.
GUARD Lord Natz is using these chambers in his capacity as
interim Duce.
If you have business, you may enter.
Unlike Duce Belius, Lord Natz has specified that
these rooms remain open to visitors.
You may enter if you wish.
OLDER MAN Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher don’t
overestimate their ability!
Rather, we do the best with what we have,
simultaneously strive to outdo ourselves, and never
fail to conquer our foes!
Older gentlemen who shoot a little higher keep talk
of themselves to a minimum and make excellent
listeners!
This allows us to capture hearts everywhere and win
people over to our side!
NOBLE MAN ? – Catch on 2nd play through.
It feels like just changing my vocabulary has made me
stronger…
But…it just feels that way…

If you want to participate in a melee:

RECEPTIONIST #2 See the show! [musical note] Have a go! [musical
note] Beat your foes! [musical note]
A fierce battle of many against one! A burly brawl of
epic proportions! The Hundred Man Melee!
We’re currently accepting applications[musical note]
You wanna give it a go?
Confirm Rules Choose a level to challenge! Choose one challenger!
Then all that’s left is to pay the entry fee and
you’re in!
It’s as easy as pumpkin pie! [musical note]
Challengers must cut down all their fierce opponents!
Slice, dice, clang, kerpow!
Fierce opponents will pop up like popcorn!
The number and type of opponents you’ll face will
vary depending on the level you choose!
And since it’s boring for the audience if you just
mosey along lazily, we’ve put in a fun little time
limit to prod you on a bit!
If you manage to beat all of your opponents in the
time limit without getting beaten yourself, you’ll be
a wiiiinner!
We have some fabulous prizes for winners! But if you
get defeated before you beat all of the opponents,
you get nooothing! And of course, we get to keep the
entry fee!
But we’ll be glad to heal you, so no worries.
Ferocious opponents will keep coming at you, and you
can change your equipment during battle.
But, you need to hand over the items you have and
 we’ll hang on to them.
Please use the items we provide when you’re inside
the arena.
Oh, you can steal items from your opponents and use
those too, but we will exchange all items left at the
end of the battle with the items we hang on to.

If you choose not to participate:

RECEPTIONIST #2 Oh, I see… I didn’t know you were such a sissy…Oh
well, come back and see us again once you’re brave
enough![musical note]

30 Man Melee Oh, you’ll participate? The Thirty Man Melee, right?
That level should be a walk in the park! All of the
opponents are small fries! [heart]

Who will be participating?

Inside the Arena:
ANNOUNCER Welcome to Palestralle’s famous Thirty Man Melee!!
This is Palestralle’s easiest level of melee… However!
All of the opponents you see will be fierce,
formidable foes!
How many can today’s challenger manage to beat?!
(Yuri runs to the center of the arena)
And we have a challenger!!
Our challenger today comes from the guild, Brave
Vesperia!
Let’s hear it folks, for Downtown Boy Yuri!!
YURI All right… Time to raise some hell.
ANNOUNCER Here we go!! Keep your eyes peeled, ladies and
gentlemen. You won’t want to miss a second of this
battle!
Ready… Fight!

After checking out the Coliseum and learning about the Melee’s they
spend the night on the Fierta. In the morning, they return to the
coliseum marketplace for supplies.

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SUB EVENT: The Truth of Ruins’ Gate – Part 2 {Final}:

As they near the statue at the top of the stairs to the Coliseum, a
merchant dressed in white clothes stops them.
MERCHANT Hello there. Mind is I ask who your connection is?
YURI What, we can’t buy things from you without an
introduction?
MERCHANT I’m afraid not. I’m not quite like the other
merchants, you see.
KAROL You mean you’re different from the people in
Fortune’s Market?
MERCHANT Yes, yes, most correct. I am Mercedes Dunkel, black
marketer extraordinaire.
RITA Black marketer?
MERCHANT A salesman for Levianthan’s Claw. I travel the wide
world, selling my weapons wherever I set up shop.
YURI Leviathan’s Claw… So you’re one of Yeager’s
henchmen…?!
MERCHANT Ah hah hah. Henchman has such a villainous ring to it.
JUDITH What sort of things do you have in stock?
RITA Jeez, Judith. Go ahead and make friends why don’t ya.
JUDITH I beg your pardon, but when did knowing one’s enemy
become a bad thing?
MERCHANT Hah hah, I suppose I could show such an honest young
lady my wares. I can’t sell you anything, though.
The merchant stoops and opens a chest at his feet.
MERCHANT Here. This is a hoplon blastia that can spray a
target with flames up to 100 meters away.
It’s actually an antique from quite a ways back, but
I’ve kept it in top shape so it still works fine.
RITA !
Hey…this. There’s a name written on it…
MERCHANT Yeah, must belong to whoever dug it out of the ground.
KAROL Hey, those guys from Ruins’ Gate in the Shaikos Ruins
were writing their names on the stuff they’d found.
RITA What’s worse, this thing’s got that idiot’s name on
it, too.
RAVEN Oopsie… Looks like that solid proof of a connection
between the two…
RITA You know something don’t you, old man?!
RAVEN Well, the Don’s got this little hunch ya see, that
Yeager and Regaey are one and the same person.
KAROL No way. You don’t really think they’re both one guy…?
RAVEN That doesn’t change the fact that Leviathan’s Claw
and Ruins’ Gate’re two different guilds, though.
ESTELLE But imperial law forbids the trafficking of blastia.
RAVEN That’s got nothin’ ta do with the Union.
Fortune’s Market’s about the only guild that follows
the Empire’s laws. Business and all, ya’ see…
MERCHANT …Oh, well now. You’re Brave Vesperia, aren’t you?
YURI We have been making a bit of a name for ourselves, I
guess.
MERCHANT A man in black, a princess-like young lady, a mage, a
man from the Union, a young boy, a femme fatale, and
a dog.
I received word from Yeager to treat you with extreme
caution should we meet.
And with that I’ll be bringing our little business
engagement to a close.
JUDITH What do you think, should we get rid of him?
MERCHANT H-hold on, now, do you enjoy threatening poor,
defenseless merchants?
JUDITH Oh stop, you have all these weapons don’t you?
MERCHANT These blastia are my inventory. I can’t just use them
whenever I like.
RITA He’s not worth the trouble. Taking care of this guy
won’t put a stop to their blastia smuggling.
RAVEN Well, if it gets ta be a problem for the Union,
they’ll be sure ta lay down the law. Ya know, like
with Barbos.
MERCHANT Just like the man says. So if it’s all right with
 you, I’m going to get back to earning a living, here.
They walk away out of the merchants earshot before they form a huddle.
RITA I am seriously looking into this whole Ruins’ Gate
thing when I get back to Aspio.
YURI Depending on Yeager’s next move, we might be forced
into action ourselves, before too long.
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SUB-EVENTS IN EHMEAD HILL:

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SUB-EVENT: Avenging Soldiers – Part !

They enter the clearing off to the right of the monster trail at the
western entrance to Ehmead Hill.
ESTELLE Ah…!
Estelle runs to look at some bushes.
RITA What’s with you…?
ESTELLE These flowers are so pretty…
RAVEN Hmm…? Hey, that’s a cyrthanthus bloom.
YURI You actually know a lot about plants, don’t you, old
man?
RAVEN Oh, I dabble here and there. [musical note]
RITA Hmph… So what’s that one called?
RAVEN Hah? One second, it’s a…teardrop tulip.
RITA How about that?
RAVEN Why, um… That’s a, uh rainbow flower?
RITA Wrong. Crimson nadesico and beautyberry. Some
botanist you are.
Raven I just happened to not know those.
ESTELLE It looks more like you just happened to know
cyrthanthus bloom.
RAVEN No, no, really - -
YURI So, how did you just happen to know about these
nightshade flowers?
RAVEN Argh, listen to me!
KAROL Sounds like you’ve got a special reason.
RAVEN …Kind of… Nightshade’s just a flower an old friend of
mine from the Knights used ta like.
My friend’s room was always full of ‘em.
YURI So you have had a couple of friends, then.
RAVEN You’re sayin’ that like it surprises ya. Poor old
Raven’d just curl up and die if ya left him all alone.
JUDITH Just what is the correct response when a man starts
whining like a mouse, I wonder.
RAVEN You say, “Oh Raven, you big silly, you’re so cute.”
JUDITH Hah…That’s not the word I’d use.
RAVEN Argh…! Judith, darlin’ you’re cold as ice.
RITA …Good grief.
ESTELLE It’s a little like Flynn and Yuri, what with you
having a friend in the Knights, and all.
RAVEN Well now, it can’t compare ta the shinin’ example of
friendship those two young lads’ve got goin’, but
yeah. We were pals.
YURI I don’t think of my friendship with Flynn as “shiny.”
RAVEN Really? But youth’s a fleetin’ thing for all of us.
That friendship’s long past, now.
ESTELLE Oh, did you fight about something?
RAVEN Hm, I s’pose ya could call it that.
Would ya mind pickin’ a few of those for me, young
miss?
ESTELLE Hmm? Oh, certainly.
Estelle stoops to pick flowers for Raven.
INFORMATION Obtained Fire Lily.
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SUB-EVENT: Elucifer's Grave – Part 3 {Final}:

They find Duke kneeling before the small monument near the trail. Duke
is startled.
DUKE What are you…?
YURI Who are you paying your respects to?
DUKE …An old friend.
A dear comrade who shared my cause, and gave his life
in battle…
RAVEN Battle…? Was he in a guild?
DUKE Why would you think so?
RAVEN Well, Imperial Knights who fall in the line of duty
are given a state funeral.
DUKE This has nothing to do with the empire or the guilds.
YURI What’s that supposed to mean?
Duke rises to his feet.
DUKE Those institutions are nothing more than man-made
trivialities.
RAVEN Is he the reason you’ve been driftin’ around so long?
DUKE That is none of your concern.
RAVEN Hey, no need ta get testy.
Duke walks away and Yuri, Estelle and Raven look closely at the grave.
YURI …Just whose grave is this, anyway?
RAVEN It’s not a knight or somebody from a guild. That’s
gotta mean…
Estelle walks away.
YURI I know some people can’t afford a burial, but why put
them in a place like this?
KAROL Estelle, what are you doing?
Estelle stands near the gravestone, her head bowed and hands together
in prayer.
ESTELLE We may not know whose grave this is, but this feels
like the right thing to do…
YURI Might as well…
Yuri, Karol, Judith, and Rita draw closer and offer their silent
prayer. Raven, however, stays where he is and does not pray.
YURI Okay, let’s head back down. I think we’re done here.
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SUB-EVENT: Study Of Hermes - Part !:

Rita inspects the broken Hermes blastia closely.

YURI You did this one too, didn’t you, Judy?
JUDITH Yep, that’s right.
RITA [turns around] Hey Judith…the reason you were
destroying the hermes blastia was because they
were a danger to the planet, right?
JUDITH That’s right.
RITA So in other words, you did it to save the world
from harm?
JUDITH I don’t mind if you think of it that way.
RITA …Something about that just doesn’t make sense
to me.
Why not just take down that Hermes guy who was
making the blastia?
Either that, or tell a mage about it, or
something…
JUDITH …I was putting my life on the line to put a
stop to rogue blastia that were causing strange
effects on the world’s aer…
No one would believe a crazy story like that.
RITA ! If you had only told me…!
JUDITH You think you could have done something about
all of the hermes blastia in the world, when
you don’t even know how many there are?
I’m sure that you may have been able to stop
one or two of them, with enough trying.
But you would surely die before you had managed
to take care of all of them.
RITA ……
YURI Since you were with Ba’ul, there was something
you could do about the blastia going out of
control.
Is that what you mean, Judy?
JUDITH [nods] I don’t have any way of making
adjustments to the blastia, so destroying it
was the only way I could make sure it wouldn’t
be a problem.
RITA But…
JUDITH You think we might be able to go by Aspio the
next time we get some free time?
RITA Why bring that up all of the sudden?
JUDITH It’s about the hermes blastia. There’s
something I’d like to investigate a bit.
RITA …But you see…
YURI Yeah, you’d like to go back home, wouldn’t you,
Rita?
RITA Not particularly…
YURI All right, let’s stop by there when we have
some time.
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Later, they all enter the Sagittarius and start a conversation with the
bartender there.
KAROL Hi there!
BARTENDER Well, look who it is. Here for more work?
Menu Look for job?
Response Yes
YURI Yeah.
BARTENDER Let’s see, a job I could give to you guys…
How’s this?
KAROL …I’m looking for a lost pendant.
-Rhianna…Kale…?!
YURI What’s up, Karol? Recognize the name?
KAROL Uhh…yeah, it’s, umm, someone in a guild I used to
belong to.
BARTENDER So, you already know the client?
RAVEN The usual “lookin’ for a lost item,” huh? Ehh, work’s
work, I guess.
JUDITH “The usual”?
YURI I guess people lose things.
BARTENDER It pays 4500 Gald. So? You gonna take it?
Response Accept job
BARTENDER It should go pretty quick since you already know the
client. You’ll find her in the inn.
YURI All right. Let’s go.
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SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest – Part 2-b

They leave the Sagittarius and set out for the Inn to find Rhianna
Kale. They find Rhianna in the sleeping room. Strangely enough, Karol
is nowhere to be seen.
JUDITH Would you be Rhianna?
RHIANNA Yes, I’m Rhianna Kale. Who are all of you?
YURI We’ve been sent by the Union.
RHIANNA So you’re the guild members who’ll look for my
mother’s necklace for me?
Raven quickly approaches the woman to offer her support.
RAVEN Ah, you poor, beautiful lady. You’re searching
desperately for a memento of your mother?
RHIANNA That’s right. It’s the necklace that my father gave
my mother when they got married.
RAVEN Oh! The necklace she received on her wedding day…!
What a wonderful story, my sweet.
RITA It’s getting kinda creepy, old man…
RHIANNA This necklace is made of a rather valuable metal
called Everlight.
My father mined the ore himself and hand-crafted it
into a necklace.
 It was truly the only one of its kind…
RAVEN So, what sort of identifying features does your
necklace have?
RHIANNA Everlight is a bright red metal.
My father made that metal into hexagonal links to
form a necklace and gave it to my mother.
RAVEN A necklace of bright red hexagons… Quite distinctive.
YURI Yeah, that should make it easier to find.
So, do you have any idea where you might have lost it?
RHIANNA Well, actually… I dropped it into the river from the
bridge at the entrance to town…
RAVEN What…?!
YURI How are we supposed to find that…?
RHIANNA Please! It’s extremely important to me!
JUDITH We can see that, with all you’ve told us, but…
What you’re asking is impossible.
YURI But we did tell the Union we’d accept the task, after
all.
JUDITH Any other guild would turn a request like this down,
once they realized they couldn’t do it.
RHIANNA No…
Rhianna slumps in distress. Raven turns to his guild mates.
RAVEN No! No, no, NO! Once a guild has taken a job, it
cannot refuse to do it!
YURI What got into you?!
RAVEN Can’t you see that this young lady is deeply troubled?
What kind of guild would refuse to help such a poor,
sweet, beautiful girl?
We accept this task in the name of the brightest star
in the night sky - - Brave Vesperia!
RHIANNA Thank you!
JUDITH And who put you in charge?
YURI …Oh well. I guess we’ll go ahead and take care of it,
right, Karol…?
They look around for Karol.
RITA He’s gone.
JUDITH Huh? He was waiting at the entrance just a minute ago…
YURI That would explain why it’s so quiet.
REPEDE *Two barks*
YURI Let’s go and find him.
They find Karol outside standing in the middle of the street.
KAROL Hey, are you done talking to her?
JUDITH Where were you?
KAROL Oh, I remembered something that I had to do.
YURI That’s all well and good, but let us know before you
run off, would ya?
KAROL Y-yeah, sure. Sorry about that.
YURI Anyway, let’s go over to where she said she dropped
the necklace.
REPEDE *Aggressive bark*
Repede walks toward the bridge.
YURI I’m pretty sure she said she dropped it from the
bridge.
They stand on the bridge looking over into the water.
KAROL I never really noticed how deep the water is here…
YURI So the client dropped her necklace right down here…
JUDITH Then, we dive into get it, I suppose?
RITA Even if you jumped in, I doubt the necklace is there
anymore.
Everlight isn’t all that heavy as far as metals go,
so yeah. I’m sure it’s drifted downstream.
YURI …Well, that would mean it’s lying somewhere on the
bottom of the ocean about now.
REPEDE *Whine*
An older man approaches them.
MAN I’d be careful if I were you.
The current’s pretty crazy around here, thanks to the
ocean tides. If you fell in, you’d be swept off in a
jiffy!
YURI The tides? This isn’t the sea, though.
MAN The water in this river is a mixture of ocean water
and fresh water that runs down from the mountains.
All of the rivers around here are like that.
KAROL Wow, really… I had no idea…
MAN Come to think of it, the body of the magistrate that
they say was dumped into this river washed up over in
Heliord.
That just goes to show you how far the current can
carry things that fall in.
JUDITH …Sounds like starting this search in Heliord might
not be a bad idea.
KAROL Thanks for your help, sir.
MAN Huh? For what…?
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SUB-EVENT: Waiter/Waitress Game

They are greeted by a woman standing behind the bar.

WOMAN Welcome! Oh, it’s you… You’re the Don’s friends,

right?
RAVEN Yeah, I guess ya could say that.
KAROL Hey, the Don worked with this tavern, didn’t he?
WOMAN Hmmm? No, not exactly. He just came here often to
drink.
JUDITH Maybe this was his safe haven… Where he could relax…
WOMAN Exactly. We always worked hard, so the Don would have
a place to take his mind off of things!
ESTELLE Keep up the good work. If there’s anything we can do
to help, let us know!
WOMAN Oh, really? in that case, I have a favor to ask of
you.
YURI You don’t waste any time.
WOMAN To tell the truth, the girl who used to help us
around the tavern set off on an excavation trip or
some such.
That leaves us in a tight spot--we’re short on help.
I don’t know when that girl’s coming back, either.
RAVEN So ya want us to take her place an’ help ya with yer
customers?
WOMAN Right. It would only be a temp job, so I wouldn’t be
 able to hire you officially.
KAROL No, that’s fine. We don’t want to become official
employees.
WOMAN Oh, I see. Too bad. Anyway, it’s hard work, so I’d be
paying you, as well.
RAVEN Hey, Gald is Gald. Might as well, eh?
RITA Looks like the Old Man is his usual money-grubbing
self…
WOMAN I only need one person to help. Feel free to choose
whoever you like.
YURI Knock yourselves out, guys.
Estelle and Karol turn to look at Yuri.
ESTELLE Yuri, you’re not going to help?
Raven turns around and looks at Estelle.
RAVEN A rude waiter like Yuri’d be bad fer business. The
customers would take off in no time.
RITA You’ve got a point, old man.
WOMAN Thanks, I appreciate the help.

KAROL’S SHIFT
WOMAN Oh! Looks like some customers are arriving!
Karol yawns and stretches.
INFORMATION Playing the Game
1. Go over to the customers to take their orders when
called.
2. Input the orders at the counter.
3. Once the order is ready, take it to the respective
customer.
4. The game is finished when all the orders have been
delivered to the customers.
5. Pay will depend on how well you fulfill the orders.
Good luck!
INFORMATION Hints:
-Approach the customer to take their order once
called.
-The customer will only say the order once, so listen
carefully!
-You can only input one order at the counter each
time.
-Bring the dish to the customer as soon as it is
ready.
-The customer will not be happy if you incorrectly
bring them the number of dishes in their order.
-Your payment will change depending on how well you
delivered the order and how quickly you serve the
customers.
-Conditions will change depending on the server.
WOMAN I’m counting on you.
Karol stretches and yawns.
Afterwards:
KAROL Ah, I see. I think I’ve gotten a handle on the basics.
WOMAN All right, then feel free to come by and help
whenever you can!

ESTELLE’S SHIFT:
WOMAN You’re very graceful as you move. Fantastic!
ESTELLE Really? Maybe it’s because I like working with other
 people so much
YURI it sound like your good breeding is showing through.
WOMAN Oh, really? That ought to attract customers, too. We
don’t have many people of proper upbringing around
these parts.
ESTELLE I don’t think I did anything special…
YURI Your “nothing special” is different from ours,
Estelle.
WOMAN Do you think you’ll come and help again?
ESTELLE Y-yes, if I could help…
WOMAN Thank you. Here, take this. It’s my best attempt at a
uniform for you.
YURI Hey, not bad. Why not try it on right now?
ESTELLE Sure!
Estelle comes back in gold and pale yellow short sleep top with orange
obi sash tied in the back in a very large bow.. Her skirt is oyster
with an orange hem. Her pumps are orange and her hair is tied in a high
bun that is encased in an oyster cloth tied on with a red ribbon. The
look is oriental and sophisticated.
ESTELLE What do you think?
WOMAN It looks great on you. Please come back and help
again soon.
INFORMATION Estelle earned the “Gracious Waitress” title.
KAROL’S SHIFT:
KAROL Phew! I worked my butt off!
YURI Good job, Karol.
WOMAN You sure do work hard for a kid!
KAROL For a kid? What’s that supposed to mean?
YURI Karol, it was a compliment.
WOMAN Please come back and help out again sometime. I’ve
even made a special uniform for you.
Karol jumps up and down excitedly.
KAROL Really? Sweet! Thank you! I’ll try it on right now.
Karol appears in the costume.
KAROL . . .
Karol sports a white over shirt with sleeves gathered just below the
elbow. A crisp white apron is tied around his waist. The green pants
perfectly match his shoulder bag and are gathered below his knees. A
white scarf covers his head and is tied in a neat little bow just below
the back of his head. Pert little brown sandals shod his rather petite
feet.
KAROL …… I look like a lunchlady.
WOMAN There’s nothing cuter than a kid wearing an apron!
INFORMATION Karol earned the “Lunch Lady” title.

RITA’S SHIFT
RITA Phew! Well, that about does it.
WOMAN Amazing! You handled so many customers with such
finesse…
YURI Well, she is a genius mage, after all.
WOMAN I could really use some employees who know how to go
with the flow… How about you work for me full-time?
RITA You’ve gotta be joking. I’ll pass.
WOMAN Oh, really? Well, please let me know if you change
your mind.
YURI Rita, that’s great! Now you have a place to go if
that whole blastia research thing doesn’t work out.
RITA [sweatdrop]
WOMAN I’d like you to come and help out again sometime, so
I’ve made you a uniform. Please wear it, won’t you?
RITA Right now?
YURI Sure, throw it on and see how it fits.
Rita is dressed in a black mini skirt with white ruffled edging on the
hem and a perky black tail. Her apron is gold and fashioned after a
cat’s paw complete with pink pads. Her brown blouse sports ¾ length
sleeves. Black thigh-high leggings with a white motif on the ankle.
cover her legs. Her “Buster Brown” shoes with gold toned toecaps are
brown and bulky. On her head she wears black cat ears that perfectly
match the black cat’s tail on her bottom.
WOMAN Mmm, very nice! With a personality like yours and
cute cat ears like that, you’ll be a hit!
RITA What do you mean I’ll be a hit?!
WOMAN A hit with the customers, of course. You look
Purrrrfect. I can’t wait to see you working in that
outfit!
RITA [blushing]
A cat, eh… Heh heh. Meow.
YURI Eh? Did you say something?
RITA Who, meeee…ow?
YURI Huh?
RITA I, uh, didn’t say anything…
INFORMATION Rita earned the “Kitty Cat Waitress” title.

JUDITH’S SHIFT:
WOMAN You give off such a professional air when you work.
JUDITH Oh really? I was just acting the way I normally do.
YURI It must be because Judith is always so relaxed.
WOMAN You’re great. Really, just great. How’d you like to
work here?
JUDITH Sorry, I’ll pass. I’ve got things I need to do.
I don’t mind helping every now and then, though.
WOMAN Aw, rejected… Oh well, I thought you might say that.
But since you said you don’t mind helping on
occasion, I’d like to give you this uniform.
JUDITH Oh, thank you! I’ll try it on right now.
Judith’s glamorous outfit consist of a black short sleeve blouse,
purple micro mini skirt, and thigh high black leggings accessorized
with a white outer bra, purple neck scarf, black diamond shaped wrist
bands, blue and black high heeled shoes, and a pert blue head band with
a white ruffle.
YURI You look good no matter what you wear, Judy.
WOMAN Wow, it looks great. Your body compliments the outfit
quite nicely.
JUDITH It’s a little tight in the chest area…
WOMAN It looks like your curves were even beyond what I
imagined. I’m a little jealous.
INFORMATION Judith earned the “Glamorous Maid” title.

RAVEN’S SHIFT:
RAVEN Phew! That was some tough work!
WOMAN Good Job. You’ve helped me out quite a bit.
RAVEN What else wouldja expect? I am the Great Raven, after
all.
YURI That was the first time I’ve seen you do any serious
 work in a long time.
RAVEN Whaddaya mean? I’m always serious about working!
WOMAN Well, with as many customers as we get, there’s not
really any time to slack off, anyway.
YURI Yeah, he didn’t have any time to goof off or flirt
with any cute girls.
RAVEN Phew, I’m beat!
WOMAN Yes, thank you again. Please take this new uniform as
a token of my appreciation for your hard work.
RAVEN Eh? For me?
WOMAN Yes. This is my best attempt at making a uniform for
a male employee. It’s sort of a trial model.
RAVEN No, no, it looks great! And a present from a pretty
lass, no less! I’ll take it with pride!
Raven’s outfit is a yellow jacket with blue trim along the shoulder
joins, and all edge hems worn over a white scoop neck tank. The pants
sport a peach sash and hang below the knee. The short sleeve shirt is
long, covering his front and bum and is notched on the sides and the
seams of the sleeves. A yellow scarf is tied around his head and
knotted in the back. He wears white tabi socks and blue sandals on his
feet. A sky blue wristband completes the ensemble.
RAVEN Hey, hey! Not bad at all!
WOMAN It looks great on you. It matches your hairstyle,
too. A perfect fit!
RAVEN What’s this strange warmth? Love, perhaps? Wearing
this, I can feel yer warm feelin’s of affection…
WOMAN You can feel the love?
RAVEN Yeah, it’s filled with it! This handiwork is second
ta none!
WOMAN Thank you. I’ll tell my father that you like it.
Raven is appalled.
RAVEN …… Ah, er, yer father…made this…?
YURI Tell him that we could feel the love.
INFORMATION Raven earned the “Gentleman” title.

WOMAN I really can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve

done for me.
RAVEN Come on, ya don’t need ta thank us. We got paid for
it, and we even got nice new uniforms. 
RITA You sure are a sucker for pretty girls, old man.
KAROL I wonder if all this work we’ve done would have made
the Don happy…
ESTELLE Of course it would have. I’m sure that he would be
glad that we’re all helping out.
WOMAN I’ll bet he’s looking down on us all from somewhere
with a big, fat grin on his face.
KAROL So you never ended up working at all, huh Yuri?
YURI Yeah, I guess not. This type of work just doesn’t
suit me.
JUDITH Hey, you never know. You might turn out to be a
pretty good waiter.
ESTELLE Just once, I’d like to see what Yuri looks like
waiting tables…
YURI [turns away, and waves] Stare me down as hard as you
want… I’m not doing it.
WOMAN Too bad. I’ll bet you’d be pretty popular. Not every
 tavern can claim to have such a stubborn waiter on
their staff.
RITA “What the hell can I get you?”
RAVEN “Don’t order that! It’s horrible!”
RITA “Eat this, you idiot!”
JUDITH “I don’t need your money! Go home!”
YURI . . .
others [musical note]
KAROL Yeah, I think he’d be a hit.
YURI Am I really like that?
ESTELLE You’d be surprised.
YURI …… I think I’ll leave the waiter stuff to you guys.

[NOT DONE] - Play the game a second time to compete against the
waitress you subbed for.
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SUB-EVENT: Ladies Man – Part 2
As they approach the circle, a woman with the Surveyor’s Guild greets
Raven.
WOMAN …Hey there…baby? Haven’t we seen each other a few
times?
RAVEN Ya. We used ta meet every now and then.
WOMAN I thought so. It’s been a while. I’m still in the
same place as always, if you want to come and visit…
RAVEN Ah, maybe one of these days.
WOMAN Sure. Well then, until then.
The woman walks away.
KAROL Wherever we go, we run into girls who know Raven…
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On their way to the Crimson Stars tavern another woman recognized

Raven.
WOMAN Hoo hoo! [musical note] Looks like you’ve got some
new lady friends!
JUDITH …
RAVEN Uh oh, looks like a feisty one found me.
WOMAN I’m still waiting for you to apologize for hurting my
feelings. I’ve been waiting in the Red Meteor Swarm.
RAVEN Sorry ‘bout that. I’ve been pretty busy.
WOMAN You’re so cold, baby. Drop me a line the next time
you think of me.
RAVEN Sure thing. See ya.
Another woman greets Raven with a wave on their way to the Union HQ.
WOMAN Oh, if it isn’t Raven! So you’re back.
RAVEN Hey. [Raven throws up his hand in greeting.]
WOMAN Looks like you’re drifting around aimlessly as usual.
RAVEN Hey, don’t talk ta people like they’re jellyfish!
WOMAN When are you ever going to just settle down?
RAVEN Not until these ol’ legs of mine rust and fall apart!
 Don’t worry, I’m sure the arthritis’ll set in soon
enough.
WOMAN It’s just like you to say that. Come by and see me
sometime, won’t you?
RAVEN Sure will. See ya!
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On their way to the Union HQ, a young girl with pig tails down her back
runs up behind them and shouts.
YOUNG LADY Raven!
They all stop and turn around.
YOUNG LADY Welcome back!
RAVEN Hey.
KAROL That’s a bit different from the usual reaction he
gets, don’t you think?
YOUNG LADY Where were you traveling, this time? Tell me all
about your journey!
How would you like some tea? I baked a cake
yesterday, too. You’re all invited, of course.
RAVEN Ya know I don’t like sweet things, right?
YOUNG LADY Oh, maybe I should have made dinner instead of tea
and cake.
JUDITH Everyone’s got their own tastes, I guess.
YURI Seems that way.
RAVEN I’m tired, so I think I’ll be on my way. You have
someone else ta eat your cake for you, right?
YOUNG LADY I want to feed you, Raven!
RAVEN Come on, there’s no use wasting your precious time on
a bitter old fogey like me.
Don’tcha have an up-and-comin’ young lad ta keep ya
company? Go and be with him.
YOUNG LADY …You mean Harry?
No thank you! He’s so wimpy and negative all the
time…I hate it!
RAVEN Men change for women every day! I’m sure you’d be
able ta change him inta yer dream guy in no time.
Stop just makin’ excuses and get a move on.
YOUNG LADY I’m not making excuses! Raven, you’re so mean!
YURI Wow.
KAROL Hmmm…I don’t know what to think about Raven anymore.
ESTELLE I feel sorry for that girl after he treated her so
harshly…
JUDITH Really? I think I see Raven in a whole new light.
RAVEN Oh yeah? Ol’ Raven’ll welcome ya with open arms, ya
sweet thing. Just say the word.
KAROL I think I’ve finally realized just how much Raven
likes girls!
INFORMATION Raven earned the “Ladies’ Man” title.
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SUB-EVENT: Rebuilding The Union - Part !

Inside the Union HQ, a man approaches them.

MAN Ah, Raven. Just the man I was looking for.
RAVEN Oops, looks like I walked inta the wrong building by
accident. See ya.
The man runs and stands in the doorway to block Raven’s retreat.
MAN Wait! Just hear me out.
RAVEN We’ve already got our hands pretty full with other
people’s troubles, ya know.
MAN [hangs his head, looking down] Harry isn’t in any
sort of state to help us with this…
RAVEN Okay, okay. I’ll hear what ya got ta say. But that’s
all!
MAN [head snaps up] Yes, sir!
Recently, we’ve had countless skirmishes breaking out
between the guilds and the empire.
In the past, the Union has always mediated these
disputes.
But now that the Don has passed away, the Union is
only a shell of what it once was.
RAVEN The Union’s not workin’ like it use ta, so that’s why
yer comin’ by yerself ta talk with me about this?
MAN Yes. I hear that Fortune’s Market and the Knights
also clashed the other day over the sealing off of
the Weasand of Cados.
ESTELLE That would be Flynn’s blockade, I think.
YURI Yeah, probably so.
MAN And because of the law of no intervention between
guilds, Altosk can’t directly admonish Fortune’s
Market for what they did.
RAVEN Restorin’ the Union ta its former self may be the
only choice we’ve got…
MAN But Harry’s in no condition to help, and we still
need to do something about the next head of the Blood
Alliance…
RAVEN We’ve gotta take things one at a time. First off is
yer guild, Altosk. Do somethin’ to fix that boy Harry
up.
And if I run inta Madam President, I’ll see if I
can’t convince her ta do things right, through the
Union.
MAN I understand. Thank you for your help.
The man leaves.
KAROL Miss Kaufman, eh? But I wonder where we can find her…
RAVEN Don’t ya worry about that. We don’t hafta search fer
her or anything. We’ll just let her know if we happen
ta see her.
KAROL But…
YURI You think that Altosk will be able to knock the Union
back into shape, don’t you old man?
RAVEN They learn quick and act fast. They’re the only thing
keepin’ the Union in check, if ya ask me.
KAROL Ahh, right.
RAVEN So if we happen ta see that pretty president anytime
soon, let’s be sure ta ask fer her help.
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SUB-EVENT: Bunny Guild

They talk to the Elderly Man standing in the back corner.

OLD MAN Oh!…Not bad! I can use someone like you!
How ‘bout it? Want to help spread word ‘bout my
guild? There won’t be much to it!
It won’t be like you’re registered under two guilds.
So, how ‘bout it? You interested?
Will you help? Yes (or no)
OLD MAN Oh, is that so. Here’s what you need to do.
My guild here is about protecting rabbits…It’s the
Bunny Guild!
I want you to help spread the word about my guild.
There’s nothing to it. I’ll give you this badge.
You’re gonna be famous with this!
Hmm… to put it simply, just collect a lot of titles!
The more titles you earn, the more well known my
guild becomes!
I’ll give you a nice reward as my guild gets more
famous.
Waddaya think? Not too bad a deal, eh? You got all of
that?
Did you understand? Yes (or no)
OLD MAN Fantastic! Now, go on and let the world know about
this spectacular guild!’
Oh, almost forgot. Here’s your badge and a little
something for your efforts.
INFORMATION Obtained:
Girly Bunny Ears x 1
Bunny Guild Badge x 1
OLD MAN I’m counting on ya! Collect lots of titles!
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They leave Dahngrest and set out for Heliord to look for the necklace.

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS IN HELIORD:

Western Exit:
GUARD All men are born the same, but individual ways of
living are to each his own; even more innumerable are
their ways of death.
Nevertheless, we believe the knights live with one
will, and must die with one will.
Most people are born crying, live complaining, and
die despairing.
I, however, wish to live life to its utmost, dying a
satisfied man.
OLD MAN Torim Harbor is east from the exit on the other side.
Right now, the Fortune’s Market is reigning supreme.
 Head west out of that exit to get to Dahngrest, but…
Ever since the Don died, I hear it’s been utter chaos.

Inn & Shop:

KNIGHT (OUTSIDE) Weakness is something only the common man is
permitted.
Strength, above all, is expected of a knight.
A knight cannot live without strength, yet an unkind
man is not qualified to live.
Will I be able to become a knight of both strength
and kindness?
GUARD (INSIDE) The Flynn Brigade is great. I would love to be a
knight.
It would be so fulfilling to live such a righteous
life.
Hooray for the Flynn Brigade! Guess I shouldn’t have
quit being a knight…

Blastia Plaza:
MAN (SCAFFOLDING) If I’m not going to become a noble…what’s the point?
I’m just going to do what I want.
*Sigh* What is so fun about working tirelessly…?
MAN One must never turn back simply because the mountain
is tall.
As long as you keep putting one foot in front of the
other, any mountain can eventually be crossed.
One must not become lackadaisical simply because
their work is difficult.
By continuing to tackle each problem one by one, any
job can eventually be finished.
OLD MAN #1 You mustn’t vacillate about your life.
All the thinking in the world won’t ever answer the
question, “what is the meaning of life?”
Don’t vacillate. Don’t overthink…
Only people who strive to live in the moment can find
the answer to that question.
Old Man #2 Work here has gotten easier, but I’ve decided to put
even more effort into it than before.
How else am I to become noble…?
I’m not cutting any corners! Not until I achieve
nobility…
MAN (HAMMERING) They say there’s no shame in being poor, but it’s not
easy to accept, is it?
Of course, having faith in the notion that you’re
only as happy as you believe you are can be a
wonderful placebo.
Don’t you believe a happy life demands a certain
measure of affluence?
“Honorable poverty”? The notion can go get itself
stuffed.

Chevaliers’ HQ:
KNIGHT (OUTSIDE) Like many others, I joined the Knights because I
always admired them…
However, the reality of being a knight is much less
exciting than I had thought.
The Knights do not exist to fight ostentations
 battles.
We are here to protect the peace! That alone is our
sole purpose.
KNIGHT (INSIDE) I’ve served under a number of ineffectual superiors…
The less effectual, the better they believe they are.
Dealing with people like that is so difficult…
But this Flynn seems to be an exception.
A good commander never sticks his head in where he
doesn’t belong, and doesn’t leave everything to his
subordinates.
KNIGHT (INSIDE) This is a facility for the Imperial Knights. You
should leave if you have no business here.
There is nothing here for you.
It is sad that people avoid us just because we’re
Knights.
However, that is a burden we must bear as Knights.

Eastern Exit:
MAN Welcome to Heliord, the newest addition to the
empire’s cities.
Journey east to reach the port of Torim, and west to
make for Dahngrest.
GUARD If one desires power they must work for it. They must
work for it if it kills them.
Nobody who’s said they’d accomplish something “if it
killed them” has ever actually been killed, you know.
You should be wary of those who strive towards a goal
without saying anything at all.
People like that go to their graves silently…

They take the lift down to the Laborer’s Camp and talk to the residents
in a clockwise fashion.
YOUNG MAN “Liquor is the chief of all medicines.” Didn’t the
people of old know how to put it best?
All right! My work’s done for today!
I know they say, “drink the booze, don’t let the
booze drink you”, but…
…Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a headache in the
morning every once in a while, is there?
WOMAN (IN TENT) Do you like maid cafes?
My customers tell me, “maids are so moe!”.
What does “moe” mean?
OLDER WOMAN One of the good things about being poor is that you
never have to worry about burglars.
You’re only poor because you think you’re poor.
I’m fine as long as I think I’m satisfied.
LITTLE GIRL #1 Now I get bread to eat every night!
I’m so happy.
I got new clothes!
I’m so happy.
KNIGHT #1 The peace we Knights can ensure is only temporary.
If people only want peace for a year, they may rely
on us.
However, should the people want a century of peace…
they must unite to protect the Empire for themselves.
This country has within it a power superior to a
thousand armies.
KNIGHT #2 “The unavoidable battle is just, and weapons are
sanctified when they offer the only hope”…
In a certain sense, those words may be true.
Even so, weapons are weapons no matter the
circumstances: Tools for killing.
How could they ever be considered sanctified?
OLD WOMAN I’ve been allowed to start looking after the children
at the orphanage.
There was something this old woman could do, after
all.
Watching after the children isn’t easy, but it’s a
job worth doing.
Sometimes, I feel like I’m raising my own grandson
again…

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Guild Quest - Part 2-c: [Heliord]
Take the lift down to the Laborer’s camp.
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YOUNG WOMAN (thinking) I got a bird feather for that old necklace
I found…hehehe…
LITTLE GIRL #2 Men work, and women watch the house…who made that
rule up, anyway?
In my opinion, women should get out of the house
more, and be able to work.
Ooh, I hate male chauvinism!
LITTLE GIRL #3 My mommy and daddy really like each other…
They kiss each other good morning, they kiss each
other good night…they’re always kissing!
Mommy scolded me when I said that before…
Why? Why do you think, mister? Why would mommy get so
mad?

A woman sits at the end of the dock.

WOMAN I bought my daughter some shoes.
I felt so sorry for her always walking around
barefoot. It’s dangerous, you know.
Today was our payday. Tonight, real meat!
It’s the one thing I splurge on each month.
They talk to a man banging his head on an outhouse door.
MAN No matter how much the world may change, there is at
least one thing that will not.
What goes in the body…must come out! Thus is the
anima veritas: The truth of life!
Ohhh…please hurry up in there…

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS IN ASPIO:

Entrance:
GUARD (left) This facility is under direct control of the Empire.
If you don’t have business here, please move along.
If you’re lost, you can reach Halure by heading
 southwest.
Traveling south will lead you to Deidon Hold.
GUARD (right) This is Aspio, the closed city of learning.
Please produce your passport.
My colleague beside me here is so devoted to his
duties, but sometimes you just want to take a
breather.
Town Plaza
MAGE (gold robe) The blastia thief was caught, right? And Mordio’s
gone…now it’s all down to the research results…heh
heh! [musical note]
Now we just have to get the results together and
announce them…
MAGE (ecru robe) Now the Knights have come and taken several
researchers with them.
They took blastia, too, saying it was for the
development of…Hera…? Hera-something.
The Knights just do whatever they want. Our research
is going to be delayed…and without Rita here, now’s
our chance!
MAGE (black robe) . . .
Ooh, can’t you leave me alone?! Just a little bit
more…just…don’t talk to me! I can’t think!
MAGE (near Library) The operating rate of our blastia has
been very high lately. Aer control is going well, and
research is proceeding smoothly.

Library, 3rd Level:

MAGE Your bodhi blastia has an interesting color.
You must use your bodhi blastia quite a bit since it
has grown so much.
You guys… You’re the blastiaaaah…..
… *Snore*… Whoa! I fell asleep…. My night and day are
all mixed up.
2nd Level
MAGE You know, all the blastia we excavate here were
physically buried by Kritya hands.
What do you think it means?
Please don’t bother me right now. I’m thinking very
hard about blastia.
WORKER #1 How many years has it been since Regaey assumed
leadership of Ruins’ Gate…?
He may not look it, but he’s very shrewd… He’s so
good at finding blastia, they used to say he worked
with the hands of god.
Our chief doesn’t actually like to make trips to
ruins. He must not be very fond of all the monsters…
WORKER #2 Have you gone there? To the south side slope on the
hill in front of this town?
It was blocked by a boulder and we moved it.
Our job actually isn’t just excavating ruins.
The recovery of the south side slope on the hill was
a real desire of the mages who travel between the
capital and Aspio.

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SUB-EVENT: Study Of Hermes - Part 2:
In the library at Aspio, check the bookshelf beside the vendor to
obtain Hermes’ Notes.
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DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS IN CAPUA TORIM:

A red-haired man stands near the front of Kaufman’s office.

Red-haired MAN I stand at the President’s side. There could be no
greater happiness……
But she is not here right now…
…This will be our little secret, but…
…The President’s clothes make her look slimmer than
she is.
Kaufman’s GUARD The Don’s death has had quite an effect on Fortune’s
Market, too.
The President is even busier than usual. She probably
won’t be back for quite a while.

Kaufman is back in her office and Judith asks her a question.

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SUB-EVENT: The Dragoon - Part 2 {Final}:
In Capua Torim, speak with the woman beside the tree, to the right of
Fortune’s Market HQ.
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SUB-EVENT: Rebuilding the Union - Part 2:
In Capua Torim, talk to Kaufman at Fortune’s Market
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SUB-EVENT: Brionac – Part 3:
In Capua Torim, speak with Kaufman in the Fortune’s Market HQ.
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SUB-EVENT: Study of Hermes - Part 3:
In Capua Torim, they rest at the inn.
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DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS IN DAHNGREST:

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SUB-EVENT: Brionac – Part 4:
After speaking to Kaufman in Capua Torim, they return to Dahngrest and
speak to the shop vendor in the right building.
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SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest – Part 2-d:
Report back to Rhianna at the Inn in Dahngrest
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These task out of the way, they resume their search for Phaeroh. NW of
Mantaic, Ba’ul sets them down near a strange spiky
rock formation in the middle of the desert.
YURI So this is where Phaeroh is?
JUDITH Should be. I wasn’t able to see him when we came to
the desert, but I think this is where we can meet him.
KAROL (frowning) I hope nothing bad will happen… What if he
 suddenly attacks us?
JUDITH I can’t make any guarantees. I don’t think we’ll have
a say in the matter.
YURI Karol, are you okay?
Karol stands still, frowning while looking down at the sand.
KAROL No, I’m not okay… I should go…
Raven claps his hands together and tries to change the subject.
RAVEN Phaeroh sure did pick a bleak place ta live in,
dontcha think?
JUDITH They say this area used to be covered in lush
greenery.
ESTELLE Why did it turn into this rocky desert?
JUDITH Hmmm, I don’t know that much.
RITA Estelle, are you really going to meet him?
Even though you could be killed?
ESTELLE Yes. I’ve already…made my peace with this decision.
Estelle leads the way and all follow but Rita and Yuri.
YURI Rita, you’ve been acting a little funny ever since
hearing Judy’s story on the ship.
Do you have a problem with meeting Phaeroh?
RITA I just think it’ll be hard on her to hear what he has
to say.
But it’s too late to turn back now.
We’ve come this far, after all.
Rita runs to catch up and Yuri follows. They all climb to the top of
Phaeroh’s Crag.
KAROL Well, he doesn’t seem to be here. M-maybe he’s off
somewhere taking a nap…
JUDITH Phaeroh. You are here, aren’t you?
The rocky ground trembles and a veil of sand sifts down as them as
something large lands on the central rock spire with
a thud.
KAROL Gyaaah!!
Phaeroh stands atop the rock spire and looks down upon them.
PHAEROH Insipid poison, you appear before me at last!
YURI …So you are here. Is that how you greet all your
guests, Phaeroh? By calling them names?
PHAEROH For what reason have you come to me?
Surely you are aware that I could end your existence
with a mere thought.
YURI Heh. (draws his sword) You talk pretty big, don’t you?
If you really want a fight, I’d hate to disappoint
you.
ESTELLE Yuri, no! Everyone, please wait!
Estelle faces Phaeroh.
RITA Estelle!
ESTELLE Phaeroh, please hear what I have to say!
PHAEROH Does death hold no fear for you, little one? For you
gaze now into the mouth of death itself.
ESTELLE I am afraid. But I’m even more afraid of dying
without knowing who I really am.
Belius told me I needed to meet you to learn about my
destiny.
I have to know just what that destiny is.
I understand that I am a threat to the Entelexeia.
But you said that I am a poison to this world…
What is this power I have? Just who is the Child of
 the Full Moon?
If it is true that my existence cannot be tolerated…
Then it’s okay if I have to die.
But I at least deserve to know why it is I have to
die!
Please tell me! I beg of you!
PHAEROH There was a time when this was a verdant land
sheltered by the blessing of an aer krene.
RITA So there was an aer krene here…
ESTELLE But what happened? Why did it change?
PHAEROH What you see are the results of too much aer and its
aftermath.
As to why the aer ran rampant… The answer lies with
the poison brought by the Child of the Full Moon.
ESTELLE Huh…?
PHAEROH The power of the Child of the Full Moon stimulates
the aer krene more than any blastia.
YURI Huh?
RITA …Blastia convert aer into energy by way of a formula.
So if Estelle can use her healing artes without the
aid of any blastia…
She must possess a formula in her very being that
lets her convert aer into energy.
Judith was searching for blastia that used a
particular kind of formula…
So…this special formula Estelle has must also consume
massive amounts of aer…
Which causes the aer krene to become more active and
pump out more aer than they should…
I had hoped my hypothesis…would have been wrong…
ESTELLE Then, I…
PHAEROH It is as she has said…
With each use of her power, the Child of the Full
Moon uses far more aer than the blastia…
In so doing, the imbalance of aer in this world is
furthered.
For the planet, such an existence can only be called
a poison.
YURI So you just wipe it out, then? A little quick to
judge, aren’t you, Phaeroh?
PHAEROH This problem concerns the entire planet, and she is
its cause. To do nothing would be unparalleled folly.
YURI If the problem’s with Estelle, then it’s for us to
solve.
You have no place in our affairs.
PHAEROH The gravity of this situation is beyond your grasp.
YURI (snickers) You don’t honestly think that everything’s
gonna be all sunshine and rainbows if Estelle dies,
do you?
PHAEROH It would at least eliminate one problem.
JUDITH Phaeroh, at Heliord I stopped myself, and again at
Dahngrest I stopped you.
What I thought was a blastia turned out to be a
human. Before I realized it, I had lost my way.
I never thought this child could be as great a danger
as you had said.
PHAEROH And due to your confusion, I granted you the time
 necessary to see things as they are.
As a result, my sister Belius is now lost to me.
Enough. This power will bring only ruin.
RAVEN Hmm, not sure I understand all this, but if her
power’s the problem, why can’t she just not use it?
PHAEROH There can be no guarantee she will not try to use the
power.
JUDITH …That’s true. She does have trouble turning a blind
eye to things happening around her.
Someday she will surely use her power to help someone.
However, as long as she keeps that spirit of
compassion, she cannot only be seen as harmful.
She is not like a blastia. I know that you can feel
the difference.
PHAEROH …Compassion alone will not save this world.
YURI Listen, Phaeroh. I get that you’ve thought all this
through with everybody’s best interest in mind.
But why doesn’t that world have a place for Estelle?
PHAEROH It is sometimes necessary to remove a part to save
the whole.
YURI I don’t buy that for a second.
What makes you so high and mighty that you’re the one
to decide who gets cut and who doesn’t?
PHAEROH We have endured the anxiety of existence for far
greater a span than you can conceive.
Such words mean nothing from those who call this
world home for but a fleeting moment!
JUDITH Phaeroh, please listen.
The important thing is finding a way to stop the
excessive aer, correct?
We still have time left to search for such a thing.
ESTELLE Judith…
JUDITH And if…if the effects of Estelle’s power reach their
absolute limit…
I will kill her as promised.
You should have no complaint with this.
KAROL H-hey Judith, are you serious?!
JUDITH I’m sure Brave Vesperia will come up with something
before that happens, right?
KAROL What?! I…um… Yeah, yeah of course we will!
YURI Score one for Judith.
So that settles it.
If we humans are to blame for Estelle’s problem and
bringing on the apocalypse, then it’s up to us to
make things right.
If we give it all we’ve got and still blow it, you
can slow roast us on a grill for all I care.
PHAEROH (speaking to Judith) …You have changed. If you were
still as before…
JUDITH Have I?
That is nice to hear.
PHAEROH …Very well. Be ever mindful though, that time is
fleeting!
Phaeroh flaps his wings and launches into the air. The sky rumbles as
Phaeroh flaps his gigantic wings.
RITA Wait!
If the formulas are causing the excessive aer…
 Then there must have been times when this happened in
the past.
I mean, the blastia were a product of an ancient
civilization.
PHAEROH There exist those who have inherited the sins of the
past.
If any yet can speak of what occurred in the days of
old, it is they.
Phaeroh disappears.
KAROL He’s gone…
ESTELLE Umm, I … Thanks for everything, Yuri.
Judith…you, too.
YURI No problem, but hey…
Yuri looks at Estelle as he strolls closer.
ESTELLE What?
YURI “It’s okay if I have to die”?
What the hell was that?
ESTELLE …I’m sorry.
YURI I don’t want to hear that again.
ESTELLE I’m sorry…
Yuri turns abruptly and walks down the crag with Estelle close behind.
They leave Phaeroh’s Crag and board the Fiertia. They gather inside the
ship’s cabin. Estelle is seated in front of the map
table while the others stand. Yuri leans back against
the wall with his arms folded.
KAROL Man… I was really worried there for a while.
RAVEN We were pretty lucky that bruiser was in a mood for
conversation.
Poor Raven’s heart can’t handle that sorta stuff
anymore.
YURI If he really wanted to kill Estelle, he’d have
attacked us immediately…
That’s what I can’t figure out.
JUDITH I imagine Phaeroh was conflicted as well.
He hid himself from us in the desert to see just what
we were made of.
KAROL Huh. Maybe he wasn’t as bad as we thought, after all?
YURI You might be right.
I get the feeling he’d do whatever’s necessary when
push comes to shove.
RITA That sounds like you.
YURI …Maybe.
KAROL But what are we gonna do, Yuri? You heard what he
said.
YURI We’re going to fix the problems the aer’s causing.
That’s all.
RAVEN That’s easier said than done. We’re pretty much at
square one, ya know.
RITA There’s no doubt that the formulas are related
somehow to the aer getting used up.
We need to find out about the ancient blastia, and if
they went berserk or not.
If we had that kind of information, it might give us
a clue…
ESTELLE Ask those who have inherited the sins of the past
about the days of old…
Or at least that’s what Phaeroh said.
JUDITH The Kritya were the ones to invent the blastia.
In other words, we need to ask a Krityan who is still
familiar with the old stories.
RITA Yeah. The Kritya are often credited as the inventors
of the blastia…
YURI There isn’t much left of the Krityan city of Temza,
though.
Things might be different if we had somewhere else to
look.
JUDITH The hidden city of Myorzo.
It is far older than Temza, and the birthplace of the
Kritya.
The first blastia also originated there.
RAVEN Really? Well, whaddya know.
You wouldn’t happen to know where this Myorzo might
be, would ya, darlin’?
JUDITH Hmm…
RITA I’ve heard that name somewhere…
There was a Krityan in Aspio. I’m sure they mentioned
something about it.
ESTELLE Do you think that person might still be there?
YURI Well, there’s no harm in checking it out.
KAROL Judith…are you coming with us?
JUDITH …I should. We still have the issue of the guild to
straighten out.
YURI (standing straight) So, to Aspio then.
(scene fades)
SKIT Making Nice with the Customers
SKIT So Cute
SKIT Order Up, Karol!
SKIT It’s All about the Ears
SKIT Perfect for the Old Man
SKIT High Standards?

They fly over Halure and spot the King of Adventure traveling inn
nearby and decide to visit.
First Conversation with Rich:
Rich Hmph! You mean to tell me you defeated a Medusa
Butterfly?
YURI Yeah. We ran into it while we were traveling, and
somehow we ended up fighting it.
Rich You have my thanks…
YURI We didn’t fight the monster to help you.
We just happened to run into it by chance.
Rich Even still…thank you.
Take this, at least.
INFORMATION Obtained Medusa Scale.
YURI All right, if you’ve given up on trying to beat them
yourself.
Though I don’t agree with relying on others to do
your work for you.
Rich …… (looks down and off to the side.)
YURI Well, don’t worry about it.

SKIT Phaeroh’s Words

Second Conversation with Rich:

Rich Hmph! You mean to tell me you defeated a Hermit Drill?
…I must thank you.
Please, take this.
INFORMATION Obtained Fragment of the Skies.

Third Conversation with Rich:

Rich ……Have heard……
…That 2 of the Giganto Monsters have been slain….
…As far as we know… 7 still left…...
…In the very center of Ilyccia… The Chimera Butterfly
lives in a garden hidden in a forest.
…On an island off the northeast coast of Ilyccia…The
Fenrir dwells in a grove of shining blue quartz…
…In the southern part of Tolbyccia… The Brutal lurks
deep in within a closed off forest…
…On Desier… The Pterobronc makes its home in the
barren mountain range in the northwest…
…On the continent of Hypionia… The Bulsis lives
within the sacred land of the Kritya…
…On the continent of Yurzorea… The Griffin can be
found in a certain filed…
…A small island floating in the sea…Poseidon lives in
a mysterious undersea palace…
…That is all…

They enter Aspio.

RITA It’s been another long day. Let’s save the Manhunt
for Tomorrow.
RAVEN I second that. How long’s it been since I’ve slept in
a proper bed?
RITA Well, I suppose we can all stay at my place…
KAROL Wait. There’s something I want to take care of first.
Karol walks to the head of the group and turns around.
JUDITH …You mean me.
ESTELLE Karol.
Raven edges up behind Estelle.
RAVEN This is a guild thing. Best for us not to get
involved.
Raven walks away.
KAROL I’ve thought about it a lot. What we should do, like,
as a guild…
And I realized…
We have to figure out a few things if we’re going to
keep this guild going.
YURI It sounds like you’ve decided what we should do.
KAROL (nods) Well, we said it before. The most important
thing is obeying the guild’s laws.
Those who break the laws suffer strict punishment.
Even if they’re friends or family.
They say that’s the source of a guild’s pride.
JUDITH Yes…
KAROL So what I’m thinking is…
We all have to receive punishment.
JUDITH What do you mean?
KAROL I didn’t know that Judith was fighting for our
 planet, all on her own.
But even though I didn’t know, I still failed to help
a fellow guild member.
So I gotta accept my punishment.
Yuri.
YURI (surprised) Me?
KAROL Maybe you were trying to “follow your own path,” but
you still kept things hidden from us.
There’s no way that can be for the good of the guild.
YURI Well…
KAROL So you gotta be punished, too.
RITA Now he’s stretching it.
KAROL …The laws are important.
Raven stands a little off to the side of Karol, listening.
KAROL What if someone does the right thing, but still
breaks the law. Should they be punished?
To be honest, I just don’t know yet…
So that’s why we should all just accept our
punishment and start over from scratch.
What do you think?
YURI I can’t promise I won’t have my secrets in the future.
KAROL Well, if that’s the way it is--if you can’t trust
us--then there’s nothing you can do.
That would be my fault.
JUDITH And what if I destroy a blastia that our guild was
planning on using again?
That would be breaking the law that says I should act
in the interest of the guild.
KAROL But you’d also be acting for the sake of the world.
Guilds aren’t there just so people can obey their
laws. I think we can let that slide.
RITA Um, doesn’t that sort of make your laws meaningless?
RAVEN Hah hah hah. I’ve never heard of a guild like this
before.
But you’ve got me interested, I’ll give ya that much.
ESTELLE Heh heh heh.
YURI Karol, you’re just full of surprises.
I’d thought plenty about myself and what I should be
doing…
But I might not have considered how my actions would
affect you guys.
This is a way of settling things I didn’t even
realize existed.
Karol rubs the back of his neck subconsciously.
KAROL I…I just wanted to keep traveling with all of you.
I just wanted each of our own paths to be the same as
Brave Vesperia’s.
YURI Heh, sounds all right with me.
You heard the man, Judy. I guess that’s where we
stand.
JUDITH You really are some of the oddest people I’ve ever
met… But…
I suppose I can manage to put up with you.
KAROL All right then, one more time. Brave Vesperia, fall
out!
RITA They’re just making it up as they go, aren’t they? Is
that all a guild is?
RAVEN Heh, the Don ran his guild just a teensy bit
differently.
ESTELLE There’s something beautiful about this way, though.
RAVEN So, what about the punishment?
KAROL Oh yeah! I almost forgot. Umm…
RITA Looks like you guys are on Krityan researcher detail.
We’ll be relaxing at my place.
KAROL Hey! Why do you get to decide…?
Rita balls her fists and Karol ducks, covering his head protectively
with his hands.
RITA Excuse me? Did I hear a complaint?
Karol straightens up.
YURI Hah hah. No ma’am.
JUDITH No.
KAROL Uh – uh…
INFORMATION Parted with Estelle, Rita and Raven.
SKIT Reconciling with Judith
Judith, Yuri and Karol climb the long curving stairs to the circular
platform where Judith addresses a male Krityan.
JUDITH Good day!
Krityan Good day, my sister.
JUDITH Judith.
Krityan I’m Toth.
JUDITH You wouldn’t happen to know anything about Myorzo,
would you? I’d like to go there.
I need to know where Myorzo is located…and how I can
get there.
Toth Even if you reach the city, there won’t be anything
for you to see there. But what do you plan on doing
there, anyway?
JUDITH Is not a Krityan’s interest in her own ancestral city
reason enough to go?
Toth That is an acceptable reason. But I’m afraid I don’t
know anything about where it could be.
JUDITH I’ve heard your name before, Tort.
You help guide those Krityan’s remaining on earth up
to the heavens.
Yuri and KAROL !
JUDITH Will you not tell me because these humans are with me?
Toth Our ancient law states that we cannot show anyone but
our brothers and sisters the way to Myorzo.
JUDITH Shouldn’t it be a matter of whether they can be
trusted, rather than whether they’re Krityan or not?
At the vey least, these humans can be trusted.
Toth …I shall ask once more.
Why do you seek Myorzo?
YURI The world is headed towards some bad things, all
thanks to blastia.
We want to go to know what happened in the past, and
how we can stop it.
We want to help everyone, not just the Krityans…how’s
that?
Toth crosses his arms while he processes Yuri’s information, then he
gives a single affirmative nod of his head.
Toth …Very well.
I do not know if you’ll find the answers to your
questions, but I will show you the way.
 But there is one condition.
YURI What’s the condition?
Toth To get to Myorzo, you must travel to Egothor Forest.
KAROL The Egothor Forest? On the continent of Hypionia,
isn’t it? I’ve heard of it before…
JUDITH Yes, the sacred land of the Krityans is located there.
So that’s where the door to Myorzo is…
Toth Yes…but those lands are currently being trampled
under the feet of an unknown group of people.
They have not only invaded our sacred land, but they
have also brought strange blastia with them.
I don’t know what they’re up to, but it can’t be good.
YURI So if we go to Myorzo, we have to do something about
them?
Toth Exactly. We need you to restore peace to our sacred
land.
JUDITH What’s happening?
Toth holds a clear aqua blue glass bell.
Toth Once you have driven out the interlopers, ring this
bell.
The door to Myorzo will open for you.
JUDITH …Thank you.
Toth May the road rise up to meet you, sister.
JUDITH And you, as well…
(to Yuri and Karol) Let’s get back to where
everyone’s waiting.
YURI Yeah.
INFORMATION Obtained Guide Bell to Myorzo.
Toth I don’t have any specific business in Myorzo.
Since the humans are going, I shall too, by all means.
They return to Rita’s hut.
ESTELLE Did you find out anything?
YURI We’ve got a lead in a place called Egothor Forest.
KAROL I’m pretty sure it’s on the west side of Hypionia, to
the south of here.
RAVEN So Myorzo’s in that forest?
JUDITH No, but a door is.
RITA Huh? A door? What do you mean?
YURI There’s a door there that leads to Myorzo. It’d be
fastest to just go and check it out.
Karol drops to a sitting position on the wooden floor.
KAROL First…let me rest…
JUDITH Perhaps we should get some rest before leaving?
YURI But…
RITA We don’t really have a choice.
INFORMATION Reunite with Estelle, Rita and Raven.

They travel to the Western Hyperion area.

SKIT Joy and Sorrow on the Waves
SKIT Not so Good with Heights?

EGOTHOR FOREST
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~~~~~~~~

JUDITH This is the Egothor Forest, a holy place for the

Krityan people.
Swinging bridges suspended high in the air over a river lead upward
toward a mountain in the middle of the forest.
RITA Huh, it’s nicer here than I imagined. Not a bad spot
at all.
KAROL Whoa, really? I thought you liked being cooped up in
cold, dark labs and stuff…
ESTELLE …I wish I could have seen it in its original state.
They spot a huge metal sculpture half-way up the spiraling mountain.
YURI …That must be the blastia the mystery group brought
with them.
RITA But that’s a hoplon blastia…
ESTELLE What do you mean by “mystery group?”
KAROL We weren’t able to get any details…
But Toth said he’d tell us how to get to Myorzo if we
did something about them.
RAVEN Would “doing something” include smashing that thing?
JUDITH I wonder. I suppose we could if there were no
complaints.
RITA I’ll fix it so there’s no need for you to break it.
JUDITH Oh? I’ll leave it to you, then.
Rita leads the way up the path to the mountain.
SKIT The Kritya
SKIT Still a Ways to Go
At a fork in the road, they are stopped by Imperial Knights in red
armor. Male Knights wielding halberds blocked one
path and a female Bishops grasping magic scepters
blocked the other.
KNIGHT Halt! This area is currently under the control of the
Imperial Knights!
RAVEN The Royal Guard… This is the Commandant’s private
force of elite knights.
YURI What are the Commandant’s forces doing in a forest
like this with a hoplon blastia?
KNIGHT I have no reason to answer your questions. And
civilian activity is restricted by law in this area.
YURI Hmmm, be that as it may, why are you pointing that
weapon at us like that?
KNIGHT Bring it on!
They battle, they win.
YURI Man, that escalated quickly.
Well, we’re off to a good start.
ESTELLE So the mysterious group of people was the Imperial
Knights…
KAROL But why did he attack us?
JUDITH Maybe because they’re doing something here that they
don’t want anyone to know about?
KAROL (looking up the path) You mean…with the blastia?
YURI (looks at the blastia) Maybe, yeah.
As they look up the mountain at the hoplon blastia it tilts forward a
bit with the long cone projecting from it’s front
pointing at them.
ESTELLE Watch out…!
Estelle runs to position herself between the blastia and Yuri and
Karol. After casting an arte, she collapses on the
ground. Rita runs to her side.
RITA Estelle…!
KAROL …What did you just do?
RITA Same as what she did in Heliord…!
Estelle’s power took the aer and made it dissipate!
RITA You’ve got to stop doing crazy things like that…
ESTELLE I’m, I’m sorry! I just thought about how everyone was
in danger, and before I knew it my power…
Raven, stroking his chin, stands beside Judith.
JUDITH Her power is starting to unconsciously respond to her
feelings…
RITA That last attack came from that blastia. It was
aiming straight at us.
JUDITH Which means that Estelle will end up using her power
every time we’re shot at.
ESTELLE …But then…what should I do…
YURI Hey hey, you saved us, didn’t you?
KAROL Yeah, if that had hit us head on, we would’ve been
goners for sure!
We should be mad at the fact that they shot at us,
not that Estelle protected us!
YURI We’ve sworn to settle Estelle’s problems along with
the world’s problems.
Everything we’re doing right now is towards that
purpose. We shouldn’t let the details get in our way.
RAVEN But won’t Phaeroh get mad if she keeps doin’ stuff
like this?
Whether it’s by a blastia or by Phaeroh, I don’t
wanna be barbecued alive!
YURI Come on, this is simple. WE just have to do something
about that blastia, right?
JUDITH That’s right.
RITA Let’s pummel the jerks who are controlling that
blastia!
YURI All right, let’s go. Try to keep a low profile.
SKIT Rita and Estelle
Battling their way up the mountain path, they reach the blastia
surrounded by guards.
KNIGHT It’s them!
YURI Get out of our way!
They dispatch the guards and take the blastia.
YURI Now, then. At least we don’t have to worry about
being shot at anymore.
RITA We might have stopped the Knights, but we’ve still
got to deal with this guy.
Hmm… He’s not a Hermes blastia, but the formula’s
been encrypted…
RAVEN Care to explain in English?
RITA Basically, without a key to decode the formula, we
can’t turn it off.
YURI So I assume breaking the code isn’t…
RITA …No, it’s not easy. Even if I could break it, that
would take time.
Hmm… Maybe if I…
JUDITH I don’t think this will take much time at all.
Judith produces her spear.
RITA Wait… But you said…!
Judith throws her spear upward at the blastia and a mage lands in a
heap at their feet.
MAGE Heeelp…!!
RITA What are you doing here…?!
JUDITH Perhaps he is this blastia’s engineer.
MAGE N-no! I mean, I am an engineer, and all, but I…I was
just following orders.
I…I swear I never wanted to get involved in something
like this…
RITA (yelling) Undo the code and stop this blastia, now!
MAGE (scrambling to his feet) Y-yes, of course, right
away…!
The mage works furiously with the blastia’s control panel.
JUDITH I’m sorry for surprising you back there.
RITA Humph… Duh. I knew right away you were only trying to
make me jump.
JUDITH OH…?
KAROL At least that’s one problem down. Now we can go to
Myorzo, once the weather clears.
The mage punches at the controls and the blastia pivots on its
pedestal. Repede senses danger and Yuri follows the
dog’s gaze.
YURI No!!
Yuri takes off running and Estelle turns around.
ESTELLE What is it…?
Estelle looks up to see another hoplon blastia placed higher on the
mountain path and pointing straight at them. It fires
and everything become white in its light.
ESTELLE Aaah…!!
Yuri intercepts the blast and blocks it with his weapon.
KAROL Y – Y- Yuri…
Raven is down.
RAVEN I could use your help here, kid.
KAROL A-ah, right…!
Karol runs to help Raven.
YURI Should’ve known they’d have another one of these.
ESTELLE Yuri…don’t tell me you did that to keep me from using
my power…!
RAVEN Don’t you think that was a bit reckless?
JUDITH Indeed…do you have a death wish?
YURI …This? This is nothing.
YURI Yuri, I’m sorry… It was my fault…
YURI Hey, you did the same for us before, right? Now we’re
even.
ESTELLE But…
JUDITH Estelle, perhaps a simple “thank you” would do best.
ESTELLE (bows to Yuri) I… Th-thank you.
YURI Moving right along… We’d better do something aobut
that other blastia.
Rita turns to the mage working on the blastia.
RITA Hey, you wouldn’t happen to know…
Hey!
KAROL He’s gone! That engineer got away!
RAVEN Fast little bugger… We’d better catch him quick.
RITA Wait.
RITA I’ll just have to do it again.
They’ll find us with the hoplon blastia sooner or
later if we just go tramping through the woods.
And if that happens, somebody might get it in their
fool head to go and play hero again.
KAROL Y-yeah…but you said it wasn’t easy…
RITA As long as the Knights aren’t around, we don’t have
to worry so much about how long it takes.
Besides, who do you think you’re dealing with? I’m
the genius mage, Rita Mordio.
If it’s me versus a blastia, I’ll win or die trying.
Rita runs to the blastia. Her fingers move furiously fast on the
control panel. Worried, Karol looks down.
KAROL …Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that…
ESTELLE What are you doing?
RITA If we leave it like this, someone could use it again.
I’ll just make a few adjustments.
…I’m sorry. (Rita mutters apologetically to the
blastia as she closes the panel.)
RAVEN (Relaxing, hands behind head) Ahh, nothin’ shines
quite so bright as a young person with somethin’
they’re willin’ ta risk their life for.
YURI For somebody who’s stood on death’s doorstep, saying
you’ll do something for die trying isn’t just a
figure of speech.
RAVEN Huh? Death’s doorstep?
YURI Didn’t you say you almost died during the Great War?
RAVEN Ah, forgot I mentioned that. (Raven seems to be
talking more to himself as he rubs his chin.)
…Well… Only the livin’ have the privilege of sayin’
they’ll fight ta the last breath.
And words like conviction and resolve don’t mean much
to a dead man….
YURI You okay, old man?
Raven immediately regains his old demeanor and comes back to his old
self.
RAVEN Here, I am, runnin’ off at the mouth. I get a bit
sentimental when I start diggin’ up the past.
Come on. Onward!
They run back down the path and take the right fork that was being
blocked by the Knight Bishop’s. The path leads into a
tunnel in the side of the mountain. As they emerge
from the tunnel, lined up single file on the narrow
path, Estelle suddenly cries out in alarm.
ESTELLE Everyone, take cover!
The hoplon Blastia fires another blast.
YURI Is everyone okay…?
Raven drops to his knees behind Judith, clutching his chest.
KAROL I’ll live…
RITA This time the old man looks a little worse for wear.
YURI Hey old man, wanna sit this one out? We can go on
ahead.
RAVEN (rising) If you leave me behind, there ain’t anyplace
else for me to go.
KAROL Come on, even Yuri wouldn’t leave you here for good.
And anyway, you could always go back to Altosk,
couldn’t you?
RAVEN Hmm. There’s always that I s’pose, but they’re…how do
I say it…not the same as you guys.
KAROL Oh really?
YURI Hmph…
RITA Well, if you’re okay, old man, let’s get over to that
 blastia before it recharges and attacks us again.
RAVEN Aye aye. Roger that.
They reach the second blastia. Its heavily guarded by Halberd Knights
and staff-weilding Bishops.
KNIGHT Those who obstruct the work of the Knights shall be
treated as criminals!
Yuri readies his weapon.
YURI Wouldn’t have it any other way!
With the knights and bishops defeated, Rita runs to examine the
blastia.
YURI …How does it look, Rita?
RITA Just like I thought, this formula is protected by a
code as well.
YURI Think you can break it?
RITA I said I’d do it or die trying, didn’t I?
This has nothing to do with getting us to Myorzo
anymore.
There’s no way in hell I’ll let those idiot Knights
go on using these poor blastia like this.
KAROL Okay, I’ll leave this to you guys!
Karol takes of running but hesitates when Judy calls to him.
JUDITH And where are you off to, Karol?
KAROL I’m gonna keep watch down below, just in case more
Royal Guards show up!
Karol runs down the path.
JUDITH Well then, I’ll come along and help out.
Judith walks down the path after Karol.
RAVEN You guys are sorta freakin’ me out with your
enthusiasm.
ESTELLE (laughing) …It’s Yuri’s influence.
YURI I guess the rest of us will stay here for now.
RAVEN …Yuri himself is as laid back as can be, though.
YURI (watching them) ?
ESTELLE …True.
They walk over to join Yuri as he watches Rita. Time passes and they
take turns resting and guarding Rita while her
fingers tirelessly flit across the control panel.
RAVEN Look like it’ll be a while before she can crack that
code…
YURI Royal Guard, huh? I wonder what those guys were
planning to do with the blastia anyway…
There is the sound of armor clinking down below as Judith makes quick
work a member of the Royal Guard.
KNIGHT Aargh…!
Karol runs up the path and reports to Yuri.
KAROL The Knights have come back…!
Judith joins them.
YURI We’ve gotta hold our ground here.
The Knights charge and are quickly dispatched.
KAROL There’s more of them…!
Judith and Karol run to intercept the Knights. Judith easily knocks a
halberd knight from the path
JUDITH Yah!!
Raven makes quick work of another with his knife.
RITA And one for you!
JUDITH (taking out another) …It seems they’re not going to
let us rest.
Further up the path, Karol chops a knight out of his way with his axe
as another knight runs past.
KAROL Y-yeah… They’re just waiting for us to get tired…
ESTELLE Hyeah. (swings her sword) Aiii (knocked down)
Yuri runs to her rescue.
YURI Estelle, fall back…!
Estelle obeys and runs back to Rita who is preparing an arte.
ESTELLE Rita! What are you…?!
RITA We have to destroy him…! You worry about the Knights!
ESTELLE Rita… But why?!
RITA We’re out of time!
You can’t possibly…
ESTELLE (bewildered) Rita…
JUDITH (striking a knight) Can’t possibly what? Fight them
all off?
(kicking) Do you have no faith in me…? In us?
Succeed or die trying, wasn’t it?
ESTELLE We won’t give in. Rita, do what you can and save that
blastia.
Rita stops creating the arte.
RITA …I will! I’ll fix this thing if it’s the last thing I
do!
And just so you know, I’m expecting the same from you
guys!
RAVEN *Sigh* …Aw, hell. Guess I’ll give it all I’ve got,
too…
Raven fires arrows repeatedly from his bow and blocks counterattacks
with his knife.
YURI You joining the shining youth brigade or something?
RAVEN Looks that way.
But man…this guy must practice a lot.
YURI I’m not too worried if you’re still making jokes.
RAVEN I think I’d like ta retract my previous statement.
A knight runs past Raven.
KAROL Stop goofing around, you guys! Fight!!
The control panel suddenly disappears while Rita works on it.
RITA …It stopped!
ESTELLE Rita!
KAROL Way to go, Rita!
RAVEN Well, I’ll be… She came through.
KAROL The Knights are pulling back!
JUDITH Why? Because the blastia stopped? I wonder what they
were trying to do?
YURI Let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. Now we’ve
kept our promise to Tort. Judith, you take it from
here.
JUDITH Okay.
Judith rings the bell
KAROL Ah, wh-whoa…
YURI What is that thing…?!
JUDITH The door has opened… That is Myorzo. Homeland of the
Krityan people.
RAVEN It’s definitely…impressive.
JUDITH Looks like they won’t keep it open for us very long.
We should hurry.
Ba’ul!
Ba’ul lifts them into the air and heads toward a lighted jellyfish dome
 among the clouds.
RAVEN A flying city. Who’d have guessed?
RITA Forget the city! What about that huge thing?! It
looks like a living creature…
JUDITH It’s an Entelexeia. Though not one I’ve spoken to.
YURI An Entelexeia?!! How did something like that swallow
an entire city?
JUDITH That I don’t know.
ESTELLE I had absolutely no idea a city like this existed.
JUDITH That is because Myorzo cut off contact with the
outside world ages ago.
KAROL It’s not gonna attack us or anything if we get
closer, right?
JUDITH Don’t worry. As long as Ba’ul is with us, we should
be allowed to enter.

SKIT The Secret Ingredient

THE HOME OF THE KRITYA: MYORZO

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Inside the jellyfish entelexeia, Myorzo is a city comprised of large

glass domes connected by walkways.
KAROL Man… This is amazing!
RITA Hey, look…!
A small group of 3 male and 3 female Krityans, walk down a steep ramp
to greet them.
ESTELLE They’re all Krityans…
KAROL A-are they welcoming us?
OLDER MAN Now this is a surprise. These visitors really are
from the outside!
WOMAN Well, well, so it was you who called on Myorzo?
MAN And what is this? How strange. What curious ornaments
you wear.
Several Krityans gather around Rita, examining her gear curiously.
RITA Hey, it’s not polite to stare, you know.
WOMAN How were such children as yourselves able to come
here?
One of the younger male Krityans walks to the edge of the dias to look
more closely at Ba’ul.
MAN Is this monster an Entelexeia, perhaps?
JUDITH It’s Ba’ul. Have you forgotten him?
WOMAN Oh, you’re the one who descended to the earth some
years ago, right…?
WOMAN …I believe… Judith, yes Judith was your name.
There was something you had to attend to, and…
JUDITH Are you about finished? We would like to meet with
the elder.
MAN Please, feel free to do as you wish.
WOMAN He may be out for a walk again, though.
Rita trembles with anger…trying so hard to keep it in. A male Krityan
smiles and nods, glancing down at Rita, head down and
clenching her fist, and they all walk back up the
ramp from whence they came.
RAVEN Okay, so they’re a bit weird.
RITA That’s actually called “rude.”
KAROL You’re one to talk, Rita.
Rita pretends to smack Karol causing him to duck and cover.
JUDITH All Krityans are pretty much like that.
ESTELLE Like what?
JUDITH Oh, easygoing, unafraid. We are dreamers and
optimists, for better or worse.
YURI So is the elder like that, too?
JUDITH How should I put it…? He’s the perfect elder for
weird people.
RAVEN Sounds like quite a unique individual. I’m tryin’ ta
be nice, here…
YURI this should be interesting…
SKIT Meeting the Kritya
They leave the sky dock and climb the ramp to a small circular platform
littered with pile of rubble and a door. They look
closely at a pile of rubble.
INFORMATION Are these blastia? It looks like a pile of junk.
They open the door and enter the city proper.
Female by door Welcome to Myorzo. You can’t even kill time coming to
a place like this.
You must be so bored to come to a city like this.
There is a huge sculpture resembling some sort of sea creature or plant
with an “eye” in the center near the entrance.
INFORMATION There’s a huge blastia here. It looks like it hasn’t
been used for awhile. It still looks like it works.
They venture further into the city.
RITA There are so many types of blastia I’ve never seen
before…
YURI Looks like the Krityans really were the one who
created blastia in the first place.
RITA …Yes. Seeing all this blastia makes it very easy to
believe that.
RAVEN It sure would be nice if we happened upon a way to do
something about our power, Miss Estelle.
ESTELLE Really…that would be nice, but…
KAROL …It’s not working.
RITA It doesn’t have a core. It’s just the body.
JUDITH This city stopped using blastia. What you see here is
what everyone threw out long ago.
They all look at Judy.
KAROL Why would they do that?
JUDITH Because that was the path we chose.
An elderly male Krityan approaches.
JUDITH It’s been a long time, Elder.
ELDER So you wee the cause of all of this commotion
outside! You’ve returned to us.
JUDITH These children are humans who are traveling with me.
ELDER Hmph. (looks at Yuri’s bracelet blastia.)
This is…blastia, is it not?
YURI Yes. It’s my bodhi blastia that I use.
ELDER Hmmm. I thought that earth-dwellers had stopped using
blastia like us…
ESTELLE Do you not use the blastia here because it uses a
special formula, too?
ELDER There are no normal or special types of blastia.
Blastia is made by crushing apatheia, and processing
those pieces with technology to produce cores, and
through the absorption of aer…
RITA Hold it! Cores are made from crushed apatheia?!
ELDER Indeed, that is what the stories say. It appears
apatheia was too powerful in its original form.
Even without that power, it is a stone more valuable
than any precious gem.
This is why its power was restrained by breaking it
into pieces and carving formulas into it, and thus
its numbers were also increased.
Our legends tell us that cores were always produced
in this way.
All !
YURI …A bit ironic, huh?
KAROL Yeah…
The apatheia that comes from Entelexeia, who hate
blastia, is necessary to make the very blastia that
they hate…
RAVEN Maybe Phaeroh didn’t ell us about apatheia ‘cause he
felt uncomfortable talkin’ about it…y’think?
JUDITH Elder. There are many things I’d like to ask you
about.
YURI We’re trying to find out what sort of role blastia
played in ancient times.
And if blastia ever brought disasters to this world,
we’d like to know how they might have been stopped.
Myorzo must still have some folklore, right?
Perhaps you could tell us what you know.
ELDER Hmph. Very well.
My home would be a better place to speak of such
things. Please go inside and wait for me there.
The Elder walks away.
RAVEN Hey there. Where are you goin’?
ELDER I was in the middle of my daily walk. I’ll return to
my house before too long.
ESTELLE …
YURI Apatheia, blastia, aer disturbances, Entelexeia… It
looks like everything’s connected.
RITA We might see even more connections once he’s told us
the Krityan folklore.
JUDITH The Elder’s house is the large building with a
differently colored roof than all the others.
YURI Gotcha.
They descend a steps where a small Krityan boy sits near a candle-like
lantern.
Boy Hey, is it true you humans actually use blastia?
My grandpa said his grandpa told him blastia were no
good.
In the corner they spy the Wonder Chef disguised as an blue and white
ice cream cone. They learn the recipe for “Cream
Stew.”
They return to the first level.
MAN Hmm? Oh, you’re the people that came from outside?
How boring. You’re so…normal.
*Sigh* I can’t believe you people still use blastia…
SMALL GIRL I’m pretty sure there were still Kritya living on the
ground when this city was created.
Now I remember. They built a city on some place
called Mt. Temza.
 What? The town on Mt. Temza was destroyed? Oh my…
WOMAN Initially, we Kritya just made a town in a remote
location, away from other people.
Then Krones swallowed the town. Now we have quite the
symbiotic relationship.
Krones is the Entelexeia that carries this city.
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SUB-EVENT: Tidy Up The Warehouse – Part 3 [Myorzo Warehouse]
Talk to the man in front of the door and complete the warehouse puzzle
here.
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General Shop “Deneb”

MAN This stuff has been here in the city for ages. Would
you like to have it?
I’ll trade you Gald coins for it.
(leaving) Please come back if you have any other
needs. We have no use for any of these things.
A female Krityan reads a book near the shop:
CHRIS THE MAVEN Hello. I’m here to tell you about synthesizing.

To the northeast they climb stairs to a resting room.

They climb L-shaped stairs to the west to reach the Elder’s Residence.
On the stair landing they meet a Krityan woman.
WOMAN Oh, look! Judith is with you too? Do you remember me?
It’s me, me…
You left this city without really getting to know it.

Elders Residence:
They enter the elder’s home. Rita sits in one of the tall throne chairs
around a rectangular table. Estelle stands beside her
with Karol and Judith nearby. Raven looks out a
window and Yuri stands patiently off to the side.
ESTELLE Do you think we should really just go in?
RITA He’s the one who told us to wait for him here.
KAROL I guess the Krityans really are different.
RAVEN They don’t seem to be in any great rush ta get things
done, that’s for sure.
JUDITH I know. They certainly are weird, aren’t they?
KAROL (grinning) Actually, you’re kind of like that too,
Judith.
JUDITH That’s funny. I don’t see that at all.
The door opens and the Elder enters.
ELDER Ah, there you are.
ESTELLE W-welcome back.
ELDER I’ve kept you waiting. Now, please step this way if
you will.
YURI …? (huh?)
The elder leads them to face a blank curved wall.
ELDER This is the very means by which the lore of Myorzo is
passed on.
RAVEN But, um…it’s just a wall.
ELDER Judith. Use the nageeg as you touch the wall, and
repeat these words:
…City of dreams veiled in mist, reality’s extension.
Judy steps before the wall.
JUDITH City of dreams veiled in mist, reality’s extension…?
There is a burst of light in the center of the wall before it expands
outward to reveal a scene.
RITA What’s happening?
ELDER We Krityans possess an ancient power know as the
nageeg that reveals the stories hidden in objects.
These murals appear only when this power is joined
with the proper incantation.
KAROL Th-this painting is kind of creepy…
JUDITH The Kritya. Stewards of wisdom, founders of the
mighty Geraios, and ancient sages.
Our misbegotten wisdom has sown only the seeds of
ruin.
The blastia we created granted us blessings, but also
blighted the aer, lifeblood of this world.
ESTELLE Then Rita was right. There were disturbances in the
aer in the past.
RITA . . .
YURI You think this is showing a disturbance in the aer?
KAROL It looks more like the aer is trying to…eat the
planet.
ELDER Hmm. It is said that a great mass of aer threatened
to swallow the very planet whole.
JUDITH The blight grew ever stronger and brought forth a
cataclysm…
In our terror, we gave a name to the cataclysm: the
Adephagos.
ESTELLE Adephagos…
JUDITH The world united to challenge the Adephagos, and
banish the loathsome power which created it.
RITA Hey, could that be the Entelexeia?
RAVEN It does look a bit like monsters and humans fightin’
somethin’ of together.
ELDER Though the Geraios civilization was lost, the
Adephagos was quelled in the end.
The fact that we are all still here today is evidence
enough of that.
RITA So then is this painting showing the Adephagos being
brought under control?
KAROL Hey, what’s the last thing it says there.
JUDITH . . .
YURI Judy?
JUDITH Hearing the world’s prayers, life faded from the
Child of the Full Moon. The Adephagos disappeared
into the void.
YURI What?!
ESTELLE The world’s prayers… Life faded from the Children of
the Full Moon…
JUDITH Our world was preserved. But the story shall remain
here for generations to tell of our sin.
240th year of Asule
RITA What’s that supposed to mean?
ELDER There is no further explanation of what each of these
phrases may mean.
ESTELLE . . .
ESTELLE Our ancestors created the blastia which lead to the
downfall of their entire civilization.
 They then chose to abandon the blastia and sever
their ties with the outside world.
Estelle runs across the room and out the door.
KAROL Estelle!
YURI Let her go.
ELDER This is all the lore of Myorzo.
YURI Thanks. You’ve given us a lot to think about.
ELDER You know what’s helpful? There’s this magic cucumber
that’ll turn any dish into a gourmet meal…
JUDITH I think we’ll pass. Could we trouble you for a place
to rest a while?
I feel we may need to impose on you until our friend
has calmed down.
ELDER Hmph.
You are free to use the house next door. No one lives
there right now.
JUDITH Thank you. Okay, let’s be going.
INFORMATION Estelle left the party.
SKIT The Legend
A Krityan woman paces near the wall screen while another sits in front
of it.
WOMAN (PACING) This is the elder’s home.
Please don’t carelessly touch any of these things.
WOMAN (SITTING) That old man… I swear… He lets anyone in the house.
That’s why they say old people aren’t vigilant.
Don’t think that the old man’s accepted you!
They find a Specific and a Treat tucked away in chest on either side of
the wall screen.
ELDER I’m afraid we can’t offer you any special
hospitality, but please make yourself at home.
Have you heard about the legendary cucumber that
makes any meal delicious?
They leave the elder and gather around a table in the unused house.
KAROL The cataclysm… The Adephagos…
YURI If that legend’s true, then maybe the power of the
Child of the Full Moon…
…isn’t the only thing to blame for bringing up the
Adephagos.
RAVEN But what about the “hearing the world’s prayers, life
faded from the Child of the Full Moon” part?
JUDITH Maybe they averted the danger by killing the cause of
the Adephagos, the Children of the Full Moon.
All . . .
KAROL B-but, wait…
…aren’t the Hermes blastia the real cause? Can’t we
just stop those?
YURI It might not be just the Hermes blastia.
That legend made it sound like all blastia disturb
the world’s aer.
Right, Rita?
RITA The elder said that blastia are blastia. There are no
normal ones or special ones.
I think that means the only thing that’s different is
how much aer each formula uses.
YURI Even the blastia we’re using?
RITA Bodhi blastia are special, but all blastia utilize
aer in a formula. They’re all the same…
 And formulas need aer to work.
The Hermes technique, the Children of the Full Moon…
They’re probably only part of the danger.
With more and more blastia, the Adephagos will
awaken. This is what the Entelexeia are afraid of.
YURI That’s what I was worried about.
Rita shakes with anger.
RITA I didn’t want to admit it…!
Blastia couldn’t be bad… The people who used them for
evil were the bad ones.
That’s what I always believed… But…I was wrong.
KAROL So does that mean we have to stop every blastia?
Like the people here in Myorzo did?
RAVEN That’s impossible. We need blastia for our everyday
lives.
Barrier blastia, aque blastia… Bodhi blastia, too.
Yuri looks at the Bodhi blastia on his arm.
YURI Yeah, you’re right…
I couldn’t take on a really tough monster if I didn’t
have this.
KAROL Yeah…
JUDITH I wish we could use blastia without worrying about
consuming aer…
But I guess that’s just a dream.
Rita is thinking with her hand cupping her brow. She suddenly lowers
her hand.
RITA The Rizomata Formula…
YURI What’s that?
RITA All things exist due to the sublimation, reduction,
formation, and dispersion of aer.
Some think that a still undiscovered theory could
freely manipulate those essential mechanisms of aer.
Formulating that theory is the ultimate goal of
current magical research by mages around the world.
KAROL So that’s the Rizomata Formula?
RITA If it’s found, manipulating aer will become so much
easier.
Of course, we need a formula to reconstruct aer from
power that was originally converted from aer…
But Estelle’s power is actually directly manipulating
aer.
Estelle is the closest thing to the Rizomata Formula.
If we can use a formula to interfere with and
neutralize Estelle’s power…
YURI I don’t really get it, but…
…if you work out that formula thing, then Estelle can
live in peace, right?
JUDITH So by that logic, if we could control the excess of
aer, we could prevent provoking the Adephagos.
KAROL Awesome!
RAVEN So, we’re supposed to go looking for some formula
that researchers all over the world can’t find?
Now you’re really dreaming…
RITA I will figure out this formula!
For Estelle! And for me!
RAVEN Yeah, you do that…
Raven heads for the door.
KAROL Huh? Raven, where are you going?
RAVEN For a walk. All this talk about savin’ the world, the
ultimate goal of magical research…
This conversation’s a little much for ol’ Raven to
keep up with.
INFORMATION Raven left the party.
JUDITH That formula sounds nice and all, but the aer is
getting worse as we’re sitting here.
YURI Yeah.
For now, we have to find whoever is making the Hermes
blastia.
Otherwise it’ll be too late, just like Phaeroh said.
RITA But how are we supposed to find whoever that is?
YURI If we follow whoever’s looking for apatheia, they
should lead us right to them.
Cores are made from apatheia, after all.
KAROL So Flynn and Nan and their friends…
YURI Yeah.
KAROL I wonder if we’ll have to…fight them…?
YURI That’s kind of up to them.
An explosion rocks the city.
RITA What was that?
They run outside but all is calm. The Krityans never having been
exposed to explosions are merely curious about the
loud noise.
LITTLE GIRL There was a loud noise, wasn’t there? I’ve never
heard a sound like that before…
That sounded like a tummy rumbling…
You don’t think so? Oh whatever…
MAN That was so loud. Just what was that noise…?
I don’t want to go look, though. It’s too much of a
hassle.
WOMAN That was loud. What was that noise?
I wonder if it’s going to be fun…or not.
Is it the sound of festival drums? Or a cannon salute
or something?
If it’s not something fun, then…I wonder what it
could be?
WOMAN (STAIRS) Oh, what was that noise? I was so surprised.
I’ve never heard such a loud noise in my life!
This city’s always so quiet. We never hear loud
noises like that here.
ELDER What was that noise…?
WOMAN (ENTRANCE) There was a large noise by the entrance.
I was so surprised.
Oh, I was so surprised… Don’t I look surprised?
That’s weird…
They head toward the dock and discover one of the blastia is active.
RITA This blastia is working. Why…?
(examines it) …This one is fitted with a core.
JUDITH Something’s written here… Warp blastia…?
YURI So in other words, someone used this to leave Myorzo?
JUDITH it looks that way.
ELDER Hmph.
What could a functional blastia be doing here?
KAROL It appears that someone’s left the town.
RITA (looking around) Estelle……where’s Estelle?
YURI Wait, and where’d the old man go?
KAROL Huh? You don’t think…both of them used this?
ELDER Hmm…
The blastia in our town should have all lost their
cores back in ancient times…
RITA A core was probably brought in form outside the town.
It should require adjustment to function properly,
but Estelle’s an exception to the rules.
If she can interact directly with aer, she might also
be able to reconstruct aer to fit the core’s formula.
KAROL But why would she…
JUDITH Elder, could you get everyone to help us search to
see if our friends are in town?
ELDER Hmph. Very well. ( he leaves)
YURI Let’s look for them, too.
SKIT They’re Gone!
They search but Estelle and Raven are nowhere to be found.
ELDER As you thought, the tow of them are nowhere to be
found.
KAROL I wonder what could’ve happened to them.
RITA Anyway, let’s go back to the surface and look for
them!
ELDER Perhaps the tow of them went on a walk?
KAROL A walk that involves leaving the town without saying
anything to us?
Not a chance!
Yuri remembers A past conversations with Raven:
-Egothor Forest:
-RAVEN Ah, forgot I mentioned that. (Raven seems to be
talking more to himself as he rubs his chin.)
…Well… Only the livin’ have the privilege of sayin’
they’ll fight ta the last breath.
And words like conviction and resolve don’t mean much
to a dead man…
-And the first time he saw Raven at Zaphias prison:
-ALEXEI Out.
-RAVEN Ah well, just when things were getting’ good.
-Raven pretended to stumble and fall to his knees in front of Yuri’s
cell door.

YURI Just who are you anyway? What does the head of the
Knights want with you?
YURI …! I can’t believe I only just remembered that…
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
KAROL Hurry! We have to follow them!
JUDITH I understand how you’re feeling, but please try to
calm down.
RITA What! Aren’t you worried?!
JUDITH Of course I’m worried. That’s why we should calm down
and think rationally, right?
RITA Oh, right… Yeah. I see… I’m sorry.
YURI (looking at the elder) Got any ideas?
ELDER Ah, yes. The master of Myorzo might have some idea.
JUDITH He’s an Entelexeia, after all. Maybe he felt the flow
of aer from the blastia.
JUDITH (speaking to the Entelexeia surrounding the city)
Did you hear it? Could you tell us where it was?
 …Just a vague direction…to the west, a sea of and…a
town?
It’s not too clear, but a desert town…I think it’s
Yormgen.
KAROL That’s the town in the Sands of Kogorh, where we met
Duke before.
YURI Let’s head there now.
They run off to the Fiertia while Judith has a final word with the
elder.
ELDER You’re leaving, then?
JUDITH I am.
ELDER You don’t need to shoulder such a burden.
Haven’t you suffered enough?
JUDITH Thank you, Elder. But I’m not suffering anymore.
ELDER Hmph.
JUDITH Heh. If you went into the outside world you might
understand, too.
Judith runs to board the Fiertia.
INFORMATION Judith earned the “Guardian of the Truth” title.
INFORMATION Obtained Dragoon Boots.

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SUB-EVENT: ENTELEXEIA:
After exiting Myorzo, reenter and rest at the empty house.
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The Heartland town, Yormgen

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yormgen is in ruins. The town is buried under sand. Only the weathered
remains of the roof tops protrude from the sand.
YURI What’s happening?
KAROL What’s going on? It’s just a pile of ruins…
RITA This didn’t just happen in a few days… This is, like,
hundreds of years.
JUDITH Quiet. Someone’s here.
YURI Duke…!
They see Duke and a dragon near the rooftop of the sage’s house.
RITA This could be our clue about the Rizomata Formula!
KAROL That’s…the dragon from the Weasand of Cados.
YURI He’s traveling with Duke, huh?
As they watch unseen, Duke sits atop the Dragon and they take off to
the skies.
RITA I’ve got questions for that guy, but we have to find
Estelle first…
ALEXEI They got away…
They whirl around to see Alexei and a member of his Royal Guard
standing behind them.
ALEXEI There’s no time. This isn’t what I would have chosen,
but so be it.
YURI Alexei. What are you doing here…?
ALEXEI Ah, looking for the Princess? I’m impressed you found
your way here.
RITA Do you know where Estelle is?!
Rita runs toward Alexei but she is blocked by the Guard, his halberd
pointed menacingly at her. Rita slowly backs toward
her friends.
KAROL Wh-what do you think you’re doing?!
ALEXEI Urgh!
YURI Is this your idea of a joke, Commandant?
ALEXEI I am at a loss s to how to thank you.
Your pitiful sense of justice has allowed me to work
with litter interruption.
Ragou and Barbos did serve my purposes, but you… I
really must commend your work.
You’re some of the most talented and foolish
performers I’ve seen.
KAROL What? (Looks at Yuri then at Alexei)
ALEXEI However, the time for fooling around is over. It is
time for you to exit the stage.
YURI So that’s it, huh? (shoulders his axe)
…It was you pulling everybody’s strings all this
time…? well I’m not laughing, Alexei!!
Flynn runs to Alexei with Sodia and Witcher at his heels.
FLYNN Commandant!
ALEXEI Humph. And yet another fool arrives.
YURI Flynn…
FLYNN Commandant! How could you?!
You’re the pride of the Imperial Knights. How could
you commit treason…?
ALEXEI This is not treason. I am merely following the path
of one who holds true authority.
FLYNN And you just intend to betray the trust of His
Highness Ioder?!
ALEXEI His Highness… Yes, I think he’ll be relinquishing his
rank soon.
FLYNN This is madness…
YEAGER Milord. All is in readiness.
KAROL Yeager!
ALEXEI Well done. I am headed for Baction as planned. I will
leave this situation to you.
…And Ioder’s fate as well.
YEAGER Ja, you bet, milord.
Alexei leaves.
FLYNN Alexei! Wait!
Yuri and Flynn run after him.
YURI Who said you could leave?!
Droit and Gauche block their way.
GAUCHE Stand back.
JUDITH If you try to stop us…
RITA Get the hell out of the way!
YEAGER Your princess friend is at the Shrine of Baction as
well, you know.
YURI What did you say?!
DROITE You’ll be too late if you don’t hurry.
In a flash, they disappear while Yuri, Flynn, etc. shield their eyes.
YURI ……
FLYNN (to Sodia and Witcher with a sweep of his hand) Go
after Alexei and Yeager!
WITCHER Sir!
Witcher runs off but Sodia remains.
KAROL Yuri, come on!
KAROL Yuri…?
Yuri stands rooted to the spot, staring at Flynn.
SODIA (pulls out her sword) Yuri Lowell, gove yourself up.
Flynn shakes his head at her and she sheathes her sword.
FLYNN …The Shrine of Baction is said to be located on the
Hypionian continent.
JUDITH Hypionia… the continent east of desire. The Egothor
Forest is there.
KAROL Are we actually gonna trust what Yeager said?!
RITA If that’s where Alexei is headed, then Estelle’s got
to be there!
JUDITH We don’t have much information, so I guess we’ll just
have to go check it out.
KAROL But what aoubt Raven?
RITA I’ll bet he delivered Estelle to them, and then just
took off!
KAROL No… Raven… He wouldn’t do that…
RITA Well, the facts are that she’s been kidnapped, and
he’s nowhere to be seen!
RITA I mean, that’s only logical, right?!
JUDITH It’s possible he was captured as well.

RITA …Well, whatever. Let’s get going! …Yuri?

FLYNN Yuri…
YURI (coming closer) …Flynn. A word?
FLYNN Very well. Let’s talk over there.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

YURI Just what the hell are you doing?!

What happened to advancing as a Knight and fixing the
empire from within?
You’ve been nothing more than a damn puppet on
Alexei’s string.
Don’t you dare tell me that the Don and Belius died
for nothing more than that!
He was there working alongside you this whole time,
Flynn! How could you possibly not know?!
FLYNN I’m sorry…
YURI Why, though? Did you go along with it because Ioder
trusted Alexei?
FLYNN His Highness is not to blame. I had total confidence
in Alexei. The responsibility is mine.
YURI So your pursuit of the apatheia at Nordopolica was on
Alexei’s orders, I presume.
FLYNN Yeah…
YURI You’d better start talking. Tell me what happened.
There’s no reason to worry about exposing the
“Commandant” now.
FLYNN The conversion of Heliord into a military
installation, the abuse of the residents at Mantaic…
All of Cumore’s activities, the forbidden development
of new blastia…
All of these were carried out under the Commandant’s…
under Alexei’s orders.
YURI Well, you’ve grown up to be a model knight.
Unquestioned allegiance to your country. that’s nice.
FLYNN the Commandant…Alexei was not always this way!
You, of all people, should remember. Those who are
just will lead lives of prosperity. That was the
ideal Alexei once held dear.
 That was why I…
YURI But all it’s done for you is help you lose sight of
your original intentions.
FLYNN …
YURI Not that I have much right to preach to you, after I
let them run off with Estelle like that.
FLYNN No. That never would have happened if I hadn’t been
blind to Alexei’s true nature.
I had grown far to used to simply obeying orders like
a good knight, even when I doubted them.
It was my lack of thought that brought this about…!

RITA Since when is moaning and whining part of a knights

job description?
WITCHER You impudent…!
FLYNN No, it is as she says. I must shoulder this
responsibility.
It is up to me to rescue Lady Estellise. Witcher,
Sodia…
Until then, help Yuri and his friends protect Master
Ioder.
YURI Whoa, what?!
FLYNN I was unable to prevent the Royal Guard from
abducting Her Highness.
I am duty-bound to correct this wrong by saving her.
SODIA Captain! What should be done about His Highness?!
If anything were to happen to him, the empire…
FLYNN I know. That’s why this brigade is concentrating all
our efforts on ensuring his safety.
SODIA But Captain…!
YURI Damn it, Flynn…
I didn’t yell at you to have you turn around and
start telling me what to do.
Brave Vesperia’s going to rescue Estelle.
.You’ve got your own things to worry about. Y’know,
like…
…taking care of the little prince and all that.
Flynn Yuri…!
SODIA Captain, we don’t have a moment to spare. We should
return to Master Ioder.
FLYNN …All right. (walks away)
(stops) Yuri. Thanks.
YURI Same here.
JUDITH Alexei… So he’s the one who’s been advancing Hermes
blastia technology.
YURI Yeah. it’s taken a while, but everything points back
to him.
All right! Next stop, the Shrine of Baction.
We’re gonna get Estelle and Raven out of there, and
show Alexei just who he’s messing with!
RITA Yeah!
KAROL Right!
REPEDE Woof!
JUDITH Agreed.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.
SKIT Payback
The Forgotten Shirne: Baction
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alexei holds an apathea in his hand controlling Estelle floating nearby

in a bubble prison.
YURI Alexei!
ALEXEI Yeager, that useless worm. Can’t he even swat a few
pesky flies?
KAROL GIve Estelle back!
RITA Estelle, come on, wake up! Estelle!
ALEXEI No matter.
He raises the apatheia and Estelle cries out in pain.
ESTELLE Aaah!
Alexei observes Estelle with pitiless interest. He raises the apatheia
higher.
ESTELLE A…aaah!!
Aer burst from Estelle and knocks them off their feet.
JUDITH Ooh!
REPEDE Rowruu!
KAROL Ouch!
RITA Aah!
YURI Agh!
ESTELLE Yuri! eveyone! Uh…aah…
Estelle faints.
ALEXEI As you can see, the Princess’ life will fade each
time she uses her power.
If you care for her, then do not interfere further.
Heh heh…
YURI (weakly) …You…bastard…
Royal Guards charge but are dispatched by Sodia and Flynn knights.
SODIA Get up! How long do you plan on lying around?!
YURI Uh…? You’re Flynn’s… What are you doing here?
WITCHER These were the Captain’s orders. He sent us here when
he became aware of Heracles’ movements.
You should show some gratitude for the Captain’s
foresight.
YURI I swear, that guy… You tell Flynn we don’t need him
sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong.
SODIA Our Captain hasn’t wavered an instant in carrying out
his duties since speaking with you.
But just look at you. After all the boasting you did.
Pitiful.
YURI Sorry, but unlike your precious Captain, we aren’t
perfect.
YURI Hey, you guys all right?
They all get up.
RITA Uhh… Huh? What are they…?
YURI Apparently we had some help. Flynn sent them here.
SODIA …How can someone like you…
How can the Captain possibly consider someone like
you his friend?!
Our Captain is the ideal to which we all aspire. He’s
the epitome of an Imperial Knight.
And yet!
For some reason when he’s with you, he is not
himself. just like this last time…
YURI whatever. If you’re looking for someone to have a
heart to heart with, go bug Apple Head over here.
We don’t have time to sit around and play guidance
counselor for you.
WITCHER A-Apple Head?!
SODIA (going for her sword) That’s it!!
WITCHER (running around to stand before her) Sodia, no,
don’t! Sodia!
SODIA (standing down) …Listen well, Yuri Lowell.
Your very existence is hurting our Captain. Stay away
from him! (walks away)
JUDITH She’s pretty intense.
WITCHER Um, Flynn also wanted me to give you this message.
“Take care.”
A-all right, now we’ve done everything we came her to
do.
You’re on your own after this.
SODIA Platoon, fall out! We must hurry to rejoin the
brigade.
They leave.
KAROL Yuri…
YURI All right, let’s get after Alexei. We’ve gotta move
quickly.
JUDITH Right.
If she’s forced to use her power, then it’ll be too
late to save her or fix the aer.
RITA That bastard… Using her like some kind of tool…!
He’s gonna pay!
KAROL Come on!

SKIT The Entelexeia, Astal

Outside the shrine, they find a Pineapple Gel and a Life Bottle hidden
in two chests. They enter the shrine.

Inside Baction:
The Shrine is old and unused with rubble from crumbled pillars and
statues lying about along the walls and scattered
across the broken and cracked stone floors. Karol
walks to the middle of the first room then turns to
face the others.
KAROL Flynn sent his knights to help us!
YURI That idiot…sending the better part of his
subordinates over here! He should be worried about
his own butt.
RITA They did save us, though.
KAROL He must really be worried.
JUDITH About us? Or about Estelle?
RITA Both, I hope.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI I swear…it’s not like he has time to be worrying
about other people.
So Flynn hasn’t completely hardened to others either…

There are Royal Guards here. Many Knight Fencers and Bishops pace
between the large heaps of rubble near the walls.
Chest: Dark Bottle x1 (entrance room)
Chest: Lemon Gel x1 (entrance room)
The doors leading from the entrance room are blocked with rubble. The
only route open is down a ladder in the Northeast
corner of the room.
They climb down the ladder and are immediately attacked by Knight
Warriors and Lancer S. There are also beast roaming
down here.
YURI All these rooms look the same. I wonder if they’re
all like this.
KAROL I’m going to go check out what’s ahead.
YURI Repede.
Karol and Repede run to investigate the next room.
RITA (tapping her foot impatiently) We don’t really have
time to be dawdling…
YURI It’s okay. Relax.
Karol and Repede return.
KAROL As we thought, the rooms all look the same from here
on out.
Repede’s sense of smell doesn’t seem to be working
too well here, either.
YURI I see. We can’t afford to get lost in here.
JUDITH Here, use these.
Let’s make a map as we go.
KAROL Y-you’re always so well prepared!
YURI Karol, can you do this?
KAROL Yeah, I’m good with maps. Leave it to me.
RITA We’ll be in a lot of trouble if you mess up, you know!
Rita raises her hand as a threat and Karol ducks and covers his head
with his hands.
KAROL D-don’t say that, come on…everything’ll be fine,
probably…
They explore the rooms on the basement floor, fighting various classes
of the Royal Guard and monsters including Rabbio,
Drillbeak, and Uniceros. Some room contained lanterns
they could light.
1st Floor:
Chest: Twinkle Star x1
Chest: Panacea Bottle x1
Chest: Holy Bottle x1
Chest: Lemon Gel x1
Chest: Limit Bottle x1
2nd Floor:
Chest: 8000 Gald
Chest: Wind Cape x1
There is a strange statue of a winged creature in one of the rooms.
KAROL What is this a statue of?
YURI This is a temple, after all. This is probably a
statue of whatever deity the temple was dedicated to.
RITA You know, it might just be a statue of the Entelexeia
we just saw outside.
KAROL Huh? It couldn’t be…I mean, a monster…that is, it’s
a…but they don’t even look alike…
YURI No, I think it’s possible.
The Entelexeia have powers beyond those of humans,
and can speak in our language.
It’s not strange to think that humans would’ve
 worshipped them in ancient times.
JUDITH The relationship between the Entelexeia and humans
might be closer than we thought.
Maybe they drifted apart during the long, long
passage of time, eventually leading to the situation
we find ourselves in now.
KAROL I-I think that I prefer the distance we have now to
the cozy relationship we had back then, heh…heh…
Chest: Magic Lens x5
Chest: Lottery Gel x1
Chest: Kylin x1
They come to a room with Halberd Knights of the Royal Guard in front of
a door sealed with a glowing red barrier.
YURI It’s the Royal Guard.
KAROL That has to mean we’re on the right track.
YURI Good call Karol. Estelle’s gotta be back there
somewhere.
We don’t have much time. Let’s make this quick!
They give the knights the bum’s rush.
After the battle, Rita examines the door.
RITA This is…
a barrier that’s been locked up somehow with an
encrypted formula…?
YURI Can you open it?
RITA It uses an ancient technology that’s barely been
studied at all.
Even I’ve only seen something like this in books.
I couldn’t even guess how long a thorough analysis
might take.
KAROL I’m guessing we can’t just force our way through.
JUDITH Locks usually aren’t placed on anything that’s easily
broken into.
KAROL Yeah, you’re right… Wait, how do you think Alexei got
through here?
RITA He probably forced the lock, using Estelle’s…the
power of the Child of the Full Moon.
YURI Which means he made her use her power again.
RITA (uhh ugh) …
JUDITH (urgently) Someone’s here.
Yuri turns around.
YURI Duke… Why are you here?
Duke’s sword is unsheathed and held low at his side.
DUKE You… How is the young lady--the Child of the Full
Moon?
KAROL Alexei’s got her somewhere up ahead!
DUKE …I see. So he has made his move.
YURI Are you here because of him, too?
DUKE The aer krene in this region has become severely
imbalanced. I have come to restrain it.
RITA …By restrain, you mean you actually have a way to do
that?
DUKE To quiet the aer krene, the cause of the imbalance
must be removed.
The familiar red energy field plays menacingly across Dukes blade.
JUDITH Just come out and say it. You mean kill Estelle.
YURI That’s enough.
What is it with blaming all the world’s problems on a
 single girl?
DUKE An unstable Child of the Full Moon cannot be ignored.
YURI You’re as hard-headed as Phaeroh. I thought as a
human you’d see things differently.
DUKE Our common bond as humans is nothing. A single life
cannot be privileged over the fate of the world.
YURI Yeah, never mind that without a bunch of those single
lives, there’d be no world.
Listen. She may be a bumbling, sheltered excuse for a
princess, but she’s one of ours.
She’s none of you concern. So back off! (So…BACK…
OFF!!)
DUKE Do you say that knowing just how great a threat her
existence poses?
YURI What we know’s got nothing to do with it. Our motto
is always do what’s right.
And if that means having to get up close and personal
with you, then so be it.
Duke and Yuri regard each other silently for a few long moments.
DUKE …Very well.
The time has come to show me the resolve that so
impressed Phaeroh.
Duke throws his sword at Yuri’s feet.
DUKE This is Dein Nomos. It is the only manner in which
the aer may be quieted.
Raise it and calm your mind. The sword will take care
of the rest.
Yuri picks up the sword and examines the blade closely.
RITA (awed) Dein Nomos…
Yuri lowers the sword as Duke walks away.
YURI Duke, wait!
Dein Nomos--that’s the name of the sword of the
imperial line that’s been missing all this time.
What are you doing with it? Why does something like
that have the power to control the aer?
Who are you?
An explosion somewhere behind the door makes the ground tremble beneath
their feet.
DUKE The answers to those questions are not what you
should be seeking now.
Go, before you are too late.
Soon you will learn for yourselves the true weight of
the burden borne by the Entelexeia.
YURI (exasperated) (ugh!) …
Yuri calms his mind, looking at the door for a moment, then quickly
raises the sword up before the door.
YURI Come on!
The sword reacts to the door.
RITA …That formula, it’s just like Estelle’s. So that
sword really is…
The barrier seal shudders, rocking the structure, then fades away.
KAROL (awed) It opened…
INFORMATION Obtained Dein Nomos.
SKIT Just Who Is Duke?
Chest: Simple Tent x1
Chest: Limit bottle x1
In a quiet room beyond the door, Yuri pauses to admire the sword.
YURI I can’t believe this is Dein Nomos…the proof of
imperial succession.
KAROL Yuri, you can become the emperor!
YURI This is just for decoration. I wouldn’t wanna be the
emperor even if I could.
JUDITH Duke went around using that sword to control aer
krene…
KAROL Oh! So Duke’s doing the same thing as the Entelexeia?
JUDITH Maybe so.
RITA That sword…it produced the same phenomenon as Estelle
did.
Maybe the Rizomata Formula was already worked out
once before? But then, why was that information lost?
Why did that become an Imperial treasure?
YURI There are tons of things we don’t know about this
sword, but let’s wait to figure them out until we’ve
settled things here.
Right now, rescuing Estelle is our top priority.
RITA Right. Let’s hurry!
Chest: Mermaid Cloak x1
Chest: Mythril Gauntlet x1
Chest: Melange Gel x1
Chest: Masakari Cleaver x1

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SUB-EVENT: Magic Lantern
They come to a dark room with lanterns hidden beyond holes in the
floor. They fall through one such hole.
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Chest: 6000 Gald

Chest: Heal Bracelet x1
Chest: Panacea Bottle x1
Chest: Lemon Gel x1

They take the contents of the four treasure chests and move cautiously
into the next room. Alexei is there with captive
Estelle still in her bubble along with a severely
wounded Astal lying on the floor.
ALEXEI Astal.
How does it feel to face your last moments in the
very temple built to worship you?
Hah hah hah.
Astal Wre…tched…hu…man…
ESTELLE Enough! Alexei, please top this!
ALEXEI Hah. If you are so eager to free him from his
suffering…
Why not use your healing artes to comfort him?
ESTELLE …

ALEXEI Hah hah hah hah! You’re utterly powerless.

Alone, you are nothing more than a poisonous blight
to this world.
I’m sure you understand that now.
Yuri, Karol, Judith and Rita burst into the room.
YURI Estelle, are you all right?!
KAROL Estelle!
ALEXEI You again. What stubborn, misguided fools you all are.
ESTELLE Yuri! Everyone!
RITA Estelle, we’ve come to rescue you!
ALEXEI Humph. You are incapable of saving this princess. I
am her only hope for salvation.
YURI Spare me!
ALEXEI The most glorious moment for any tool is when it is
finally used.
Even the poison of this world can be a blessing, if
used correctly.
And only I can do that.
Alexei raises the apathea in his hand
ALEXEI Now Princess, come with me. Without me, I am afraid
your power…
ESTELLE Aaaaah!
As Alexei raises the apathea, Estelle’s body illuminates with aer and
she screams in pain.
JUDITH (running forward) Alexei, stop! Aah!
Judith and the others are stopped in her tracks.
ESTELLE Judith!
Astal Gr…ah.
Astal struggles to get up. Alexei throws his head back with a hearty
laugh.
ALEXEI Hah hah hah. Weren’t you Entelexeia supposed to be
masters of this world?
YURI Stop it!! Let Estelle go!
ALEXEI Oh, how disappointing. He’s dead.
ESTELLE But how can that be…?
Alexei strolls forward and picks up the apathea left by Astal’s dying
body.
ALEXEI Smaller than I would have hoped. No matter. It can be
used in any number of ways.
Alexei tucks the apathea inside his red armor coat.
YURI (disgusted) Alexei…
Alexei descends the stairs toward them.
ALEXEI Ah, you’ve come this far. Now, be baptized in the aer
your dear princess charged with her own hands!
Again, Alexei raises the apathea in his hand pulling Estelle’s bubble
behind him as he stands at the head of the stairs.
Estelle cries out in pain and watches as her friends
are paralyzed by the aer she is unwillingly
generating.
KAROL Aaaah!
RITA Ugh!
ESTELLE No! Please stop this!!
With a guttural cry of fury, Yuri raises the Dein Nomos.
YURI Gr…Take This!
Yuri raises Dein Nomos. The sword takes over and cancels out the aer.
ALEXEI What? What are you doing with that sword? What
happened to Duke?
YURI He gave this to us before he took off.
And he didn’t seem all that worried about you.
ALEXEI …What irony. That which I have searched for all these
years… (Alexei closes his eyes)
That it would arrive at my feet only when I no longer
have a need for it…
 (opens his eyes, smiles cheerfully) With the Child of
the Full Moon, the apatheia, and my knowledge, Dein
Nomos means nothing to me.
YURI Talk to yourself a lot, huh? Not a good sign. Now
shut up and let Estelle go!
ALEXEI Heh. Are you certain that is what the Princess wants?
JUDITH Estelle?!
ESTELLE (ehh) …
RITA Estelle! (fearful) What’s going on?! (very afraid)
Estelle!
ESTELLE I…I don’t know.
KAROL What are you talking about?
ESTELLE As long as I’m with you all I’ll only cause you harm.
But… I want to be with you! I just don’t know what I
should do!
YURI Forget about that, Estelle! Get over here!
If there’s something you’re unsure about, we’ll work
it out together!
ESTELLE Yuri…!
They all run toward Estelle but are flattened to the ground. They all
cry out in unison.
RITA Aah!
YURI Gaah!
JUDITH Ugh!
KAROL Agh!
Alexie watches calmly but Estelle is in turmoil.
ESTELLE I…I can’t take this…
ALEXEI Now now, Mister Yuri Lowell.
Such brash behavior does not befit a young lady’s
escort. Not very gentlemanly of you at all.
They are on their feet but still unsteady.
YURI Sorry for my lack of manners. There aren’t many
gentlemen where I’m from.
ALEXEI That sword is nothing more than an annoyance now. I
will rid myself of you here.
Alexei walks calmly past them.
ESTELLE Yuri!
Alexei bids Estelle’s bubble prison to follow him as member of his
Royal Guard assemble to attack Yuri and party.
RITA Get out of the way!
A familiar officer without a helmet walks over to the assembled
soldiers and issues a command for the Guard to leave.
As the knights run past him, he strolls toward Yuri
and friends. He is the same black haired Captain they
saw at Caer Bochram.
RITA Who’s he?!
YURI Captain Schwann, isn’t it?
I thought you always let your knights handle thing
for you. What’s with the change?
REPEDE (ready for battle beside Yuri) Woof woof… Woof!
YURI What is it, Repede?
Captain Schwann speaks to them in a familiar voice.
Schwann …I suppose there’s no fooling the nose of a dog.
JUDITH (stifled gasp) …
KAROL …That voice… Wait…Raven?
JUDITH …This doesn’t look like a joke.
RITA One of the Union’s most important members is a
 captain in the Knights?
YURI Huh, so that’s what was going on.
KAROL Wait! But what about the Don, Raven…?
Schwann Conversing with you is not one of my duties.
KAROL Raven…!
YURI We’re in a bit of a hurry, so let us through.
Wait, you’re not really thinking of trying to stop
us, are you?
Capt. Schwann/Raven draws his sword.
YURI What the hell?!
Schwann Schwann Oltorain, First Captain of the Imperial
Knights. Ready to do battle.

Raven is beaten down. Breathing heavy and kneeling on one knee, he

gets to his feet and rushes at Yuri who easily blocks
his blows. With a small smile, Schwann lowers his
blade as Yuri slices across his chest with his sword.
Schwann Arrgh.
YURI Hey!
A red light pulsates with a heart beat rhythm from the torn armor where
Schwann’s heart should have been. No human heart is
there.
Schwann Heh…I would have thought such a blow would be the end
of me…of this cursed body.
RITA What the…Is that a blastia in his chest?!
JUDITH …It’s his heart.
Or rather a blastia that has taken its place.
Schwann looks up toward the ceiling.
Schwann …The original was lost ten years ago.
He closes his eyes and lowers his head.
KAROL Ten years…you mean in the Great War?
Schwann I lost my life during that war.
But Alexei saw fit to give it back to me with this.
JUDITH …So that must be a Hermes blastia as well.
Why did Ba’ul not notice it then…?
SODIA I would imagine that is because it isn’t powered by
aer, but by my own life force.
RITA …A blastia powered only by human vitality? No way…
The ground shakes and something crumbles.
KAROL What was that?
Judith, Rita and Repede run to look at the doorway.
JUDITH We’ve been trapped inside.
Schwann sits down cross-legged on the stone floor. He hangs his head
looking down into his own lap so he won’t have to
look at their faces..
SODIA …That would be Alexei. He intends to bury you alive.
YURI Whoa, hold on. Even with you still in here?
SODIA He couldn’t pass up a chance to dispose of that
sword, now that it’s of no use to him.
YURI So he was using Estelle to lure Duke here.
YURI This guy is even more twisted than I thought.
RITA Hey, old man! This is no time to be standing around!
SODIA The end has finally arrived for me.
JUDITH You…never intended to leave this place alive.
Schwann is silent, offering no explanation or action. Yuri walks over
to Schwann and shakes his shoulder roughly.
YURI Who said you just get to lay down and die right here?
Even if all your travels with us were just some joke
to you…
Karol looks on, the hurt evident in his eyes.
YURI Are you trying to tell me your anger at the Don’s
death was just an act, too?
I thought the guilds never quit until the job was
done… Wasn’t that his dying wish?!
You go on living until the end!
SODIA …Man, you really can be a downer sometimes, ya know
that?
Karol smiles and runs to stand before Schwann. Schwann smiles into
Karol’s eyes and putting an arrow into his bow, fires
it at the blocked door.
There’s a rumble and Yuri looks up just as the ceiling starts to give
away from the weight of the crumbling temple.
YURI Damn! We’re not gonna make it.
The ceiling falls but they are unhurt. They look up to see Schwann
holding up the ceiling with his bare hands. Blood
from a wound begins to trickle down his forehead, his
blastia heart pulsating sharply from the tremendous
effort.
KAROL Raven…?!
RITA No! If you use your blastia like that in the
condition you’re in, you’ll…!
Schwann I can’t keep this up forever… Get outta here.
YURI Old man!
Schwann Alexei’s headed for the capital. There he’ll
implement the final stages of his plan.
The rest…I’ll leave in your hands.
KAROL Raven! Raven!!
Karol looks up at Schwann pleadingly.
YURI …Karol, come on.
KAROL But!
YURI Move!
KAROL (ahhh) …
Schwann looks at Karol and nods at him.
Schwann Heh. Must be getting’ soft in my old age…
As they flee the room, they hear the ceiling give way. Karol falls to
the floor in grief.
KAROL Ooh…Raven…
RITA That idiot… So he really was one of us, after all.
Damn it… You idiot!

YURI Look alive, we’ve got a princess that needs rescuing!

Now step to it!
Rita and Karol run past Yuri but Judith stands her ground.
JUDITH Stuck with another job nobody much wants?
YURI …It’s nothing. We are actually in a hurry.
Yuri runs and Judith follows. Outside the temple, all is at peace.
RITA The Heracles is gone!
YURI Just like Raven said, they must have left for Zaphias
already.
A familiar voice calls to Yuri.
VOICE Y-Yuri Lowell?! What are you doing here?!
Three knights run to them.
YURI Leblanc?! Even Tweedle A and Tweedle B are here.
Adecor and Boccos complain in unison.
ADECOR I say, don’t you dare call me that!
BOCCOS And what is a Tweedle?! Out with it!
LEBLANC Foools! (they snap to attention) This is not the time
for nonsense!
Leblanc turns to face Yuri.
LEBLANC Did you not see our Captain Schwann?
I have had on word from him since he joined the
operation of His Excellency the Commandant.
I simply cannot comprehend the Commandant’s recent
actions.
We have searched everywhere, but were brought here by
a report that Heracles had been seen…
YURI Alexei is on his way to the capital. In Heracles.
LEBLANC Ah, we just missed him, then! And what about Captain
Schwann…
KAROL Rav…Schwann saved us. (hangs his head in sorrow)
LEBLANC Ooh, did he now?! So then, he’s aboard Heracles as
well?
JUDITH …He’s in the shrine. The deepest part.
There is a loud rumble from the shrine.
ADECOR What…?
BOCCOS Wait…you…

LEBLANC …No, this is not happening. I-it can’t be!

You! Tell me what happened! I want to hear it, Yuri
Lowell!
RITA We almost died thanks to Alexei!
The only reason we’re standing here now is because of
your Captain!
YURI Alexei apparently has some sort of secret plan for
the empire, and it can’t be good.
We’re going to make sure he doesn’t get the chance to
carry it out.
If you’re any kind of knights at all, you won’t stand
in our way.
Leblanc drops to his knees.
LEBLANC …But how…how could it have come to this…?
JUDITH Let’s hurry. I’ll call Ba’ul.
SKIT I’ll save Estelle
SKIT Raven Was…

Airborne in the Fierta, they spot Heracles.

YURI We caught up to them!
Karol (pointing( Look!
The Heracles treads the water like an impossibly gigantic and imposing
sea turtle, dwarfing the ships from the Imperial navy
around it. On one of the ships, Flynn addresses his
troops.
FLYNN The Imperial Knights must show courage, regardless of
the threat they face!
Everyone! Stand with me!
JUDITH That’s suicide.
RITA They’re dead if they get too close to Heracles.
YURI Well, it is Flynn. I wouldn’t think he’d be crazy
enough to ram that thing head on…
Even so, their little fleet doesn’t stand a chance
 against that fortress.
JUDITH Well, if we can’t get in from the bottom, we’ll just
get in from the top.
KAROL What?! Wait, let’s think this over a little more…
JUDITH Ba’ul, take us up!
Ba’ul roars and the ship begins to shake violently as they are
attacked.
JUDITH Hold on tight or you’ll be shaken off.
KAROL Th-they’re shooting at us!
JUDITH Ba’ul!
RITA (pointing) There! The rear left! It’s the only area
that isn’t shooting.
YURI Okay, that’s the spot! Do you think he can get us
there?
Judith looks up at Ba’ul.
JUDITH He’s a little hurt that you’d even ask.
YURI (looking up) Heh, sorry. All right. It’s up to him.
JUDITH Take us in, Ba’ul.
YURI Let’s go!
The ship tilts dangerously as Ba’ul takes off.
KAROL Aaaaaaaagh!

The Mobile Fortress HERACLES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The story resumes onboard the Heracles. Two Royal Guardsmen lie dead or
unconscious beside their respective cannons. Yuri and
Judith stand tall while Rita landed sprawled on her
butt while Karol seems frozen in a froglike position.
KAROL Man, I thought I was dead…
RITA (getting up) All the guards are down…
YURI So that’s why the cannon fire from this section was
so weak.
JUDITH Someone’s here…
Leblanc appears. Adecor and Boccos bring up the rear.
LEBLANC You never come prepared with a plan, do you? Is brute
force the only strategy you know?
ADECOR That’s right, I say!
BOCCOS This time it’s curtains for you!
RITA You guys again? Don’t you ever give up?!
YURI …The Schwann Brigade? Still gunning for Alexei after
everything that’s happened?
LEBLANC We Knights must do as our pride demands!
KAROL …Come on you guys, leave us alone!

RITA Seriously!
Looking at you guys make me remember a face that I’m
trying hard to forget!
RAVEN’S VOICE What sort of face do ya mean? Must be some poor sap
with a pretty ugly mug.
Leblanc and company snap to attention. Behind them Raven turns to face
them with a smile.
YURI Raven…!
Judith, Karol and Rita all speak at once.
JUDITH It’s you…!
KAROL Raven!
RITA Hey…old man!
RAVEN Raven the Great, (does a blackflip and winks) at your
 service.
(leans forward) What? So happy ta see me, cat’s got
our tongue?
YURI What are you doing here, old man?
RAVEN Gee, glad to see you, too.
Raven moves quick as lightning to take out a sneaky Royal Guardsman.
Turning away, he instructs his three loyal troops.
RAVEN All right, men! Hold down the fort here.
LEBLANC Sir!
ADECOR & BOCCOS Yes, sir!
The three happily run elsewhere.
RAVEN There, that should do it.
KAROL Raven…
RAVEN Okay, it’s up to you guys from here.
RITA How can you say that?! There’s no way we can trust
you!
Repede leaves the group and approaches Raven.
YURI Don’t try to pretend you forgot what you did, old man.
RAVEN I see. Well then do me a favor and put me down quick.
Raven throws his knife to Yuri who catches it, spinning it around
easily.
RITA (hands on hips) Hey! What are you trying to prove?!
RAVEN I didn’t think I cared that much about livin’, but
before I knew it, I was waist deep in all this.
If I have ta be done in by you guys here, well,
there’re worse ways I could go.
JUDITH Now that you’ve turned on Alexei, your blastia could
be shut down anytime.
So you might as well die here… Is that what you mean?
RAVEN I’ve been a dead man for over ten years.
YURI So what is a dead guy like yourself doing here,
anyway?
(voice low) Raven, you came here to settle accounts
with us, didn’t you?
YURI Well, Brave Vesperia would be pleased to take care of
that for you.
Flipping the knife in his hand, Yuri strolls up to the old man and
points the blade at him. With a flip of his wrist
Yuri strikes Raven on the chin with the hilt. Raven
reels from the blow.
RAVEN Ow…
Yuri throws the knife away.
YURI Your life belongs to Brave Vesperia now.
From now on, whether you live or die depends on us.
Right? (looks around at the others.)
KAROL Heh heh. That’s perfect, Yuri.
They file past Raven. Karol leaps into the air smacking Raven hard on
the head as he comes down. Raven falls to his knees.
RAVEN Agh!
KAROL This is your punishment.
Judith holds her hand out to help Raven to his feet.
RAVEN (full of gratitude) Ah, thanks Judith, darlin’.
Judith gets Raven to his feet, then punches him in the eye, sending him
reeling backward.
RAVEN Uaaagh! (sinks to the floor holding his eye)
Rita delivers a solid punch below Raven’s right ribcage then dusts her
hands off.
RAVEN Ugh!
Raven grips a nearby pipe for support, struggling to stand upright.
RITA I didn’t want to feel left out.
Still grasping the pipe, Raven sinks to the floor sitting on his
backside.
RAVEN Ohh, the brutality…
YURI’S VOICE Raven. Do you know where Alexei’s hiding?
RAVEN Uh… I guess he’d be in the war room…
JUDITH Let’s go, then.
YURI All right.
Karol walks back to Raven.
KAROL You’re not allowed to just go dyin’ on us, Raven!
INFORMATION Raven earned the “Immortal Old Man” title.
INFORMATION Raven joined the party.
SKIT The Royal Guard
At the foot of the stairs, Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos stand guard.
LEBLANC Captain Schwann! Be careful! Sir!
BOCCOS I will not have you disrespect the Captain!
Supply Depot “Adecor”
ADECOR We’re here to supply your needs!
We’re your supply line! Come back if you need
anything!
Chest: Naginata x1
Chest: Life Bottle x1
Chest: Limit Bottle x1
They work their way down from the top of Hercales and enter the first
unlocked door they find. A glowing light leaks upward
from a pipe.
REPEDE Woof!
YURI Huh? Is this aer?
RITA (bending over, peering at it) …It appears so. Aer is
flowing through this pipe.
RAVEN Ain’t it dangerous gettin’ so close to it?
RITA This aer isn’t very thick. It’s safe.
KAROL But why is aer flowing through the Heracles?
RITA It seems that aer is what’s making this giant
contraption work.
JUDITH It’s being supplied with aer, without the need for
aer krene…wow…
KAROL The Sorcerer’s Ring is glowing…
JUDITH I saw it do the same thing back in Ghasfarost.
YURI Yeah, we were together when that happened.
RITA Let me see that.
RITA (examines the ring) . . .
YURI Aww, I’ve always wanted to hold hands with you, Rita.
RITA [blushing]
Rita makes a fist and Yuri quickly takes a couple of steps back.
RITA It’s being affected by the aer. The interior geometry
is changing.
Rita examines a metal gate stacked up against the wall.
RITA Try pointing it at this gate.
Yuri fires the ring and destroys the gate.
KAROL …It really seems a lot more powerful than it was
before.
Are you sure that’s okay?
YURI If it can destroy everything it shoots, that would
definitely be dangerous.
RITA That was a reaction between the aer inside the gate
and the aer that the ring shot.
It won’t destroy anything and everything. You can
relax.
JUDITH Let’s use the Sorcerer’s Ring to destroy that gate,
too.
INFORMATION Obtained Sorcerer’s Ring Lv. 3.
SKIT The Manly Way
They use the ring to break into locked rooms to find treasure and
items.
Chest: Holy Bottle x1
Check: Reflex x1
Chest: Melange Gel x1
Check: Wonder Symbol x1
Chest: Lemon Gel x1
They go down more stairs and enter a double metal door to emerge on a
landing. Down below they see several Halberd Knights
and Bishops guarding another door.
RAVEN That looks like the engine room to me.
KAROL That sure is some heavy security.
YURI It doesn’t look like it’ll be too easy to stop it.
We might have to keep Flynn and the others waiting
for a while.
RITA It’ll be impossible to force our way inside with that
many guards.
RITA W-what?
YURI Since when are you so level-headed?
RITA We’ve come this far--don’t you think we should be
careful not to mess things up?
YURI Well, if we can stop this thing from moving for a
little while, Flynn and his men will be able to get
inside.
Let’s go check out the control room.
KAROL Raven, do you know where the control room is?
RAVEN Sorry. That’s one thing I don’t know.
JUDITH What if the control room’s even more heavily guarded?
YURI In that case, we’ll have no choice but to force our
way in.
RAVEN Well, that’ll mean war against the imperial knights.
Not always easy to be courageous.
KAROL Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that…
Chest: Dark Bottle x1
Check: Rose Whip x1
They find a control panel.
Select A control panel for a freight lift used to move
blastia.
Move Blastia? (choose: Move)
A conveyor belt above grasping boxes starts to move. A nearby door
leads to a open area several stories high with
platforms and ladders around the walls. There is a
ladder high on a wall that cannot be reached just
yet.
Chest: Panacea Bottle x1
Chest: Treat x1 (outside)
On the outside they find a door that leads them to the conveyor belt
room. They take out the nearest knight and examine
the blastia he was guarding:
INFORMATION <<Private>>
Access to the control room.
Maximum security enforced.
In case of emergency, stop the colored blastia
located on the wall.
Blastia can be destroyed with a strong force.
Caution: Report to superiors after destroying blastia!
Yuri shoots the blastia contraption with his ring.
Chest: Guardian Stamp x!
At last they break into the control room only to find Alexei’s solders
dead.
RAVEN What in the…?
KAROL The Royal Guard have been taken out…
They descend the stairs and find Zagi walking among the dead.
ZAGI You know how I hate waiting, Yuri Lowell!
JUDITH You were the one who wiped out all of these people.
ZAGI I don’t want anybody else getting in my way.
YURI We’ve got no time to play with you.
Where’s Alexei? Where’s he taken Estelle?
ZAGI Heh heh heh. He’s not here! He was never even here to
begin with.
RITA What?!
YURI Dammit! Alexei, you bastard! So he was just using
this behemoth as a decoy…
RAVEN Heh, gotta hand it to him… He drew the Knights and
all of us to Heracles…
Meanwhile, he slips out the back…
RITA Man, just when I thought I couldn’t hate that guy any
more.
ZAGI Hey! Hold on a minute! Aren’t you forgetting someone?!
Shut up! Let’s get this party started!
He beckons with his hand for Yuri to come.
YURI I hate having to repeat myself. We’ve got no time for
you, so take a walk!
If you wanna get in our way, you’d better be ready to
hit the ground.
ZAGI Hah hah hah… Good, Yuri…
Hate me! Come on! Hate me!
There is no finer spice in all the world! Hah hah hah!
KAROL … Is he just getting in our way to make us angry?
JUDITH He’s hopeless.
ZAGI Now…let us finish this, Yuri Lowell!
ZAGI I’m so happy to see you again.
YURI dammit how long are you going to keep chasing us!

ZAGI I guess you’re just as happy we met as I am.

RITA What is with this idiot
YURI Let’s just get this over with and find Alexei.
ZAGI Right now, I’m the most important thing you got.
YURI Seriously, drop it already.
Zagi poisions himself.
ZAGI He he he… I think we’re about even now.
After battle comments:
YURI how long are you gonna keep chasing us?
KAROL I never thought he’d be here.
RITA You gotta be tired after comin’ all that way.
Zagi is beaten but his mouth still works.
ZAGI Urgh! Heh… You’re awesome… Yuuuuriiii!
YURI You’ve got dependency issues, you know that? Enough
is enough!
Yuri sends a blast at Zagi that lifts his off his feet and sends him
crashing through a window in the control room.
ZAGI Ugh!
The sound of various crashes and thuds are heard outside as Zagi falls.
YURI Rita!
RITA I’m on it!
Rita commands the nearest control panel.
RITA There… Done!
Hercales powers down with a whine and a thud.
JUDITH …It stopped.
RAVEN That’s our genius mage.
YURI Flynn should be able to commandeer Heracles now.
RITA …Estelle… Where have they taken you?
KAROL Rita…
RITA She’s nothing more than a tool to Alexei!
If he keeps forcing Estelle to use her power…
She could really unleash the Adephagos!
YURI Not on our watch.
That’s what we’re here for, right?
JUDITH We don’t have a moment to lose.
Heracles must be using a Hermes blastia, too.
That’s the only thing that could power something this
big.
KAROL We’ve gotta find Alexei, fast!
JUDITH Ba’ul can help us follow the disturbance in the aer.
If Estelle is being forced to use her power, we will
find her.
YURI All right…
A sudden blast knocks everyone but Yuri off their feet. Everyone
exclaims in pain and shock. Zagi stands in the broken
window.
ZAGI Haah hah! Yuuri! This isn’t over yet!
RITA The control panel!
Heracles comes to life.
RAVEN …We’re movin’ again!
ZAGI Hah hah hah hah! Yuri! Come fly with me!
YURI Argh… My body…
Everyone is unable to move.
KAROL It’s no use… We can’t treat everyone at once without
Estelle’s healing artes.
JUDITH We can’t let it end here…!
ZAGI Ahh, yes! That’s wonderful!
Let’s do it!
Droite and Gauche double team Zagi as Yeager stands on the stairs
landing with a rifle.
ZAGI Oof!
With a smile, Yeager shoots Zagi who falls outside from the window, yet
again.
ZAGI Aaaaaaagh!
Yeager lowers his weapon.
YEAGER Oh ho ho. What a lovely little scream he made.
Gauche and Droite cast a healing arte on Yuri and friends.
YURI Yeager! What’s going on?!
YEAGER It would be very bad, yes very bad for business
 indeed, if the empire got too big for its britches.
GAUCHE Alexei has gone to Zaphias.
DROITE The Sword Stair of Zaphias has a secret, you know.
YEAGER I thought for sure that he’d need Dein Nomos to use
as a key.
Ja, but it looks like he’s planning to use your
little Princess instead.
RITA What?!
JUDITH It doesn’t look like now is a good time to discuss
this.
RAVEN Man, this isn’t good. At this rate we’re gonna
flatten the lower quarter of Zaphias.
YURI Rita!
RITA It’s no good! This thing is totaled!
KAROL We just have to cut its power!
Gauche and Droite join Yeager on the stairs.
YEAGER I wish you the best of luck with that! So…toodles!
KAROL Hey, wait!
YURI Yeager. Just what is it he’s after?
JUDITH Let’s think about that later. Right now we’ve got to
stop Heracles.
YURI I know. Let’s go find the engine room.
The others leave while Karol and Raven linger for a moment.
KAROL Yeager… You won’t get off the hook next time!
Karol runs off too leaving Raven alone.
RAVEN No one gets Yeager but me. Not even the boss of Brave
Vesperia.
SKIT Zagi
SKIT Leviathan’s Claw
They battle their way to the engine room. Sodia tries to reason with
two members of the Royal Guard. The floor is littered
with Alexei’s guard who have fallen.
SODIA No, you are all being fooled!
Alexei has been using the Knights for his own
personal gain…!
Knight Warrior What are you talking about!
The Commandant is an honor to the knights, and
someone we should all follow.
Knight (Halberd) Flynn is trying to overthrow His Excellency. He’s the
real traitor!
The knight lowers his halberd preparing to run Sodia through. A sword
blast from Yuri knocks them aside.
YURI Haah!
Knights Aaah!!
SODIA (putting away her sword) I don’t recall asking for
your help…
YURI Don’t they teach you knights how to say a simple
thank you?
SODIA I will never give thanks to you as long as I live!
Sodia pulls out her sword and points the blade at Yuri.
SODIA You didn’t think I could just let you walk away, did
you…?
YURI Jeez, how many times am I gonna have to say this? We
don’t have time to mess around with you.
JUDITH If you really want to do this, then we won’t hold
back.
RITA There’s something else we’ve gotta be doing, so try
 and keep out of the way.
SODIA So you plan to rescue Lady Estellise?
KAROL Yeah. So come on, put down your sword.
RAVEN He’s right, ya know. Nobody’d come out a winner in
this fight.
SODIA Captain Schwann…
RAVEN The name’s Raven. You’ll remember that for me,
wontcha?
Sodia stands down resentfully.
SODIA Yuri Lowell.
Don’t think I’ve forgiven you. A criminal like you
has no place beside my Captain.
YURI And? What do you plan to do about it?
SODIA Once I finish cleaning up this mess, I’ll be back to
deliver your punishment.
A Flynn Knight Halberd reports to Sodia.
KNIGHT We’ve encountered large numbers of the enemy ahead.
We are, at present, outnumbered.
SODIA Understood. I will come at once.
With a frown at Yuri, Sodia follows the knight and leaves.
KAROL It sounds like Flynn’s troops are having trouble too.
YURI . . .
If we don’t bring this thing down right now, they’re
gonna have more than just a headache.
RAVEN All right. Off ta the engine room we go.
Check: Vagabond x!
They enter the engine room and stand before a control panel on a
platform suspended in a sea of bright red aer.
YURI What’s this…?!
RITA The blastia’s out of control!
YURI Looks like Zagi smashing up that control panel did
more damage than we thought.
RAVEN (panicky) So, so what the hell are we gonna do about
this thing?
Judith snaps out her spear.
RITA Wait!
JUDITH I don’t think waiting is going to do us any good.
RITA No, I think I get it! Look at that!!
On a higher platform, an apatheia rotates in a column of red aer.
KAROL Ugh! What is that?
RITA Aer is being transferred at a tremendous rate.
There can only be one place something this big could
be sending that much power.
YURI A cannon?!
RITA If we were to destroy this blastia now…
It might stop Heracles, but the cannon could go off
and blow Zaphias clean off the map!
KAROL No way! S-so what should we do?!
JUDITH Well, whatever we do, we have to stop this aer.
Yuri produces his sword. Raven recognizes it immediately.
RAVEN Dein Nomos, huh?
KAROL Oh yeah! That’s what Duke used to get the aer back
under control.
RITA Can you really do that?
YURI I don’t really have a choice. Here goes nothing.
They charges up the ramp toward the apatheia.
Chest: Lemon Gel x!
Chest: Pineapple Gel x!
They stand close to the apatheia.
RAVEN Whoa, careful!
KAROL You can do it, Yuri.
JUDITH Apatheia…
RITA It’s creating interference with the blastia and
causing the aer to go out of control.
YURI . . .
KAROL Are we gonna break it…? It’s like one of the
Entelexeia’s souls, right?
RAVEN Fraid that’s what it’s down to.
If Heracles keeps goin’, we can kiss Zaphias goodbye.
Not ta mention that cannon might decide ta go off.
YURI Yeah. We have to act now!
Yuri raises Dein Nomos and cuts the Apatheia. The aer is green once
more. A mysterious voice calls to them.
VOICE Thank you.
RITA Huh…?
RAVEN It’s stopped?
Rita calls up the control panel.
YURI What about the cannon?!
RITA Not good! At this rate it’s going to fire!
KAROL No way?! We shut the power off!
As the cannon powers up, Flynn’s fleet races to penetrate Hercales hull
with the sharp tips on their ships. Hercales tilts
and is knocked off course just enough to cause the
cannon fire to miss Zaphais.
JUDITH That’s some friend you have.

YURI Hah…there he goes again. Showing off, as usual.

KAROL Hey, am I the only one who heard a voice when you cut
the apatheia?
RAVEN No. That might have been the voice of whatever
Entelexeia it used to be.
JUDITH It was like the consciousness within the apatheia
willed the aer back to normal.
RITA !
YURI I think we’re done here. Now we’ve gotta get to
Zaphias to rescue Estelle.
JUDITH I’ll call Ba’ul. We should get somewhere out in the
open.
RAVEN We’ve lost too much time getting’ sucked into this
Heracles decoy business.
KAROL Let’s hurry!

RITA Willed the aer back to normal… The apatheia and aer…
The Rizomata Formula and Estelle…
Rita shakes her head clear and follows them.
SKIT Zaphias is Safe.
They work their way out to the exterior of Heracles.
JUDITH …Ba’ul, head towards the capital…!
Ba’ul roars.
JUDITH Yeah…thanks.
Everyone, get on.
YURI You won’t get away this time, Alexei!
Onboard the Feirta again, they gather to look over the railing.
KAROL There it is! It’s the capital! …Huh?
RAVEN Whoa! No more barrier.
YURI I wonder if this is Alexei’s doing, too.
JUDITH Ready to go in?
YURI Take us there.
RITA Estelle, where could you be?
KAROL Where do we even start looking in a city this big…?
JUDITH We follow the aer flow.
If Alexei is using Estelle and apatheia in his plans…
It has to cause a disturbance in the aer.
Ba’ul!
Ba’ul roars in reply.
JUDITH …He found it.
KAROL (points excitedly) There!
RITA Estelle!
RAVEN And Alexei’s right there with her.
YURI Judy, take us closer!
Estelle watches the events unfold in horror.

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(anime cutscene)

YURI Estelle!
ESTELLE (screams)
RITA Estelle!!
YURI Damn it! Stop it, Alexei!
ESTELLE No! I'm losing control of myself! I'm scared!
YURI You've got to fight it, Estelle! Don't give up yet!

KAROL Yuri!

YURI Estelle...
ESTELLE Please...I beg of you... Before I cause any more
pain...
Please, Yuri...
Kill me now...

YURI Estelle!!!!!
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YURI Uhh… I’m alive…

…(uhhh)
(gets up) Ugh…
Yuri slumps over, his hands grasping his knees to keep this upper body
from tumbling over. He stands weakly with his hand to
his chest and looks around at the others.
YURI …Did everybody make it?
Judy gets up quickly but holds an injured arm.
JUDITH I’ll be all right.
REPEDE Aoo..oon (stretches, then sits down)
RAVEN (sitting) Ugh…I’m alive, but I can’t say much more
than that.
Feel like I might’ve snapped a few bones.
Karol lies on his back.
KAROL Yuri…it hurts…
RITA That thing Estelle did… It was like Dein Nomos…
Must be what happens when you get a few apatheia
together at once…
YURI Don’t try to talk.
We’re gonna get you both to a doctor. Try and hang in
there for a little longer.
Judy looks upward at Ba’ul.
JUDITH Thank you, old friend. We owe you so much.
Ba’ul roars.
YURI …It looks like Ba’ul won’t be able to give us a lift
for a while.
JUDITH No. He’ll have to rest somewhere until his wounds are
healed.
YURI You’ve done more for us than we could ask. Take care
and rest well.
Ba’ul lies on the ground near them. Roaring goodbye, he lifts from the
ground and flies away.
KAROL What about Estelle…?
RITA Yeah…! If we don’t hurry…
Yuri eyes are heavy lidded with dark thoughts.
YURI You’ve got plenty to worry about without thinking
about Estelle.
JUDITH It seems we’re somewhere near Capua Nor.
Let’s go to Nor Harbor. There’s bound to be a doctor
there.
YURI Yeah.
RAVEN (looking up) I don’t like that sky. The aer is
boilin’ like thunderclouds.
…There’s a mean storm brewin’
(scene fades)
Townspeople are assembled and looking in wide-eyed horror.
VOICE What the heck is going on?
Traveler Is this a sign we’re about to get hit with some kind
of disaster?
MAN I just finished building my house, for crying out
loud!
Brave Vesperia arrive at the inn. Karol and Rita hobble as best they
can.
JUDITH They’re really in an uproar. Not that I blame them.
YURI I’ll bet things are pretty crazy in the capital, too.
They are approached by a man.
MAN Where did you come from? Did you hear anything?
YURI No, we were…
VOICE Why are all of you here?
A man runs to them.
TEAGLE You look terrible! What happened to you?
YURI Oh, it’s you. We’ve been through a lot. Do you know
any doctors around here?
TEAGLE Sure, I know a doctor, but…
RAVEN Well, do ya think ya might be able ta bring the doc
to the inn?
We’re too beat to even walk anymore.
TEAGLE All right. I’ll be back soon.
In the Inn:
Karol and Rita each lie on a bed. Teagle talks to the doctor while
Judith sits by Rita and Raven sits on the floor by
Karol’s bed. Repede sits near Karol and Yuri stands
beside Raven near the foot of Karol’s bed. Teagle’s
wife and son stand near.
TEAGLE …Thank you so much, Doctor.
The doctor nods and leaves.
YURI Thank goodness you came. You’d returned from Heliord,
then?
KELLAS Yes. I still can’t thank you enough for your help
before.
TEAGLE Now that there’s a new magistrate,
Nor had become a much nicer place to live…but now,
with that sky looking the way it is…
PAULY Hey mister, hey mister, didja hear it? There was a
loud sound like BOOM and then everything was shaking
like an earthquake!
KELLAS A town official is currently going to see what
happened.
PAULY Hey, where’s that nice lady who was with you? Is she
gone?
YURI !
TEAGLE Now that I think of it, that girl would’ve been able
to heal your wounds. What happened to her?
RAVEN …A certain worthless idiot handed her over to the bad
guy. Now we’re chasing after them.
YURI . . .
TEAGLE I see…I guess I shouldn’t have asked.
Judith turns to Pauly.
JUDITH I’m sorry, but she’s away for today.
PAULY Oh, really…
RITA (rolling over and sitting up) Don’t worry, the next
time we come we’ll bring her with us for sure.
PAULY (jumping up and down) Really?! Yaaay!
TEAGLE For now, you should just get some rest.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

KAROL Zzz…Zzz…
Karol sleeps soundly on one of the two beds in the room.
RITA (sitting on bed) …there’s a new consular, and it
seems like things got better.
I wonder if Estelle will be glad to hear this…?
RAVEN This old man needs to rest. Go on and collect some
information now.
Wounds take longer to heal when you get to my age.
Ahh…that hits the spot…
JUDITH A loud noise and earthquake… What could it be?
TEAGLE The official will be back soon.
If you want, you can try looking for him in town.
KELLAS Home sweet home.
PAULY Um…I drew you a picture. It’s a picture of you. I
want you to see it.
Inn Lobby:
Traveler’s Log:
INFORMATION (Cloudy)
Spending what’s left of my life traveling around the
world. Of all the local folklore I’ve heard, the
craziest one so far has to be the one of a creature
with a cow’s head and a man’s body. Part of the
document was missing, so I didn’t get to read the
whole thing.
MAN I escaped from Zaphias.
What will become of me now?
 Here I stand, full of anxiety… To Be Continued.
What do you think of my novel? It’s based on a true
story! You’re interested in how it turns out, right?
NOBLE WOMAN I just came from Zaphias. I suggest you steer clear
from it.
The Imperial Knights captain has taken control of the
place and the atmosphere there is very disturbing.
That guy over there wants to be a writer. I’ve read
his work. It’s not that great.

While the others rest, Yuri leaves the inn to look for the official.
Outside the inn, the official Teagle referred to, is
talking to an Old magistrate.
Official Y-your Excellency, it’s horrible! The road, the road…
is gone!
YURI ?!
Official …There’s a giant hole on the other side of Ehmead
Hill.
It’s burning hot all around it. I wasn’t able to get
very close.
Magistrate What? Just like that? I suppose that was what all
that rumbling was earlier…
Official Even if we were able to get near that hole, getting
across it would be impossible…
No one will be able to go past Ehmead Hill like this!
YOUNG MAN So then, Nor is cut off from everyone else?
OLDER MAN This is bad. This is real bad.
YURI Could this be…the blast from the Heracles’ cannon?
What have they done…?

Street Leading to Docks:

WoMAN (outside Inn) Right this way, travelers. We still
have vacancies. Please have a stay.
The refugees from Zaphias only managed to escape with
the clothes on their backs, so they don’t have enough
money to stay here.
It’s a shame. I was hoping the refugees would drum up
some business.
SAILOR Our ship is going to be heading south, with refugees
on board.
I’m not entirely sure what our ports of call will be,
but there’s an entire continent down there, right?
“Sing, join voices Resound, o song of the sea!
As a grand new world unfolds before us…”
Liner Service Welcome… Sorry, I’m just kidding. *Sigh* …Liner
Service is suspended right now.
Our sailing Guild, Trino Liner Service, is currently
lending out the Stratos to the Knights. They need it
to get evacuees to safety.
I’m afraid we aren’t running regular service right
now. Please understand.

Town Intersection:
OLDER MAN The capital’s in an uproar and people are leaving in
droves.
Some are crossing over Ehmead Hill and coming here.
First, the chaos in the capital, now an explosion on
 Ehmead Hill.
I heard some people were caught in that explosion.
YOUNG MAN Rumor has it that Alexei has seized control of
Zaphais.
Well, I saw this day coming.
While we’re on this topic, I think that captain,
Flynn is pretty fishy too.
I don’t know. Let’s just say I’ve got a hunch for
these things…
YOUNG WOMAN Ragou made all our lives difficult.
The people living such sumptuous lifestyles in
Zaphias…I think they should have to get a taste of
what we went through.
Does that make me a horrible person? No…I can think
whatever I want.
Ah…were you listening to me…?
LITTLE BOY I wonder if “aer” has anything to do with the
freezing of the Northern Sea.
Do you know whether the drift ice of frozen sea water
is salty?
Our very lives depend on the existence of “aer”. We
should be thankful.
…That’s what the pink-haired, Kritya-looking girl
carrying a broom said, anyway.
OLD WOMAN There were people shouting “Martial Law in Zaphais!
Citizens Flee to Capua.”
I have no idea what they’re talking about.
Ohh, how frightening. Just think about how many scary
people there are out there. It’s simply horrible!

Merchant’s Row
VENDOR Thing are in chaos over in the Empire…things are in
chaos in Tolbyccia because the Don died.
I can’t even imagine when I’m going to be able to
open shop back up…
How am I going to make a living now…?
MAN Hey, this is serious! I heard Zaphias is in shambles!
Zaphias manufactures most of the gels!
Does this mean I won’t be able to keep on eating my
gels…?
Lady VENDOR Apparently Fortune’s Market has their own, exclusive
shipping routes for cargo…
One of them passes across the ice floes to the north.
That’s impossible for normal folk to compete with!
I hear they have to bring their cargo over extremely
thin ice. They’re risking their lives!

OLD MAN You know, it might be easier living in another town.

I’ve thought about it many times, but…
Un and moving at this age…I don’t know if my old
bones could take it.
All the old friends I had there are already dead. I
wouldn’t have any regrets leaving this town.
Actually…I don’t think I have any regrets left at all.
NOBLE MAN Alexei was known as a proud and honorable knight, but
in the end he turned out to be nothing more than a
low-born blackguard.
 He simply wasn’t fit to lead.
I would be so pleased if the high-born, noble Captain
Cumore would return to this town.
SAILOR Taking this many people out to sea? This is way over
the capacity.
I just hope we don’t sink…
Those landlubbing knights! Don’t underestimate the
sea!
Dice Master The stones are omniscient. They know the height of
the sky…the depth of the seas.
But do they know where my wife’s secret nest-egg is
hidden…? That’s the real question…
Road to Magistrate’s Palace:
NOBLE WOMAN Zaphias seems to be troublesome, but it’s peaceful
here.
I’d like to monopolize a nice place like this.
I’m okay with being told that I’ve escaped from
reality, because this is my reality…
Magistrate’s Palace:
GUARD Although the magistrate is trying to return to
Zaphias, I wonder what he’s planning to do.
At the moment, he’s in a meeting with the assistant
magistrate.
They haven’t paid us… Are we even getting paid?
GUARD ……
The magistrate is very busy. Go home.
He’s never going to meet with someone the likes of
you.

Yuri returns to the inn.

RAVEN …So it did end up hittin’ somethin’, after all.
JUDITH Thankfully it missed hitting any of the towns.
Rita and Karol wake up.
YURI You guys sure you’re all right?
KAROL No, I hurt all over, but…
Estelle’s in trouble. I can’t just lie around.
RITA Yeah. What he said.
RAVEN What’s our next move, though?
RITA If the road to Ehmead Hill is out, couldn’t we take a
boat around?
TEAGLE I’m afraid not.
A little while back the Knights came and took any
boat that could make a long trip.
Thanks to them, the harbor’s dead empty.
YURI Damn, at a time like this…
TEAGLE …Well, there is one way, but I’m just not sure how I
feel about recommending it to you.
YURI If it’ll get us through, let’s hear it. We’ve got to
get to the capital fast.
TEAGLE I’m afraid it’ll end up taking you a fair bit out of
your way, but…
If you go north, just before Ehmead Hill, there’s a
thin strip of coastline.
It’ll eventually come to a dead end, but in this
season it freezes over and becomes an ice floe.
JUDITH The Blade Drifts of Zophier.
TEAGLE Right. If your lucky, you should be able to make your
 way across the floe on the ice.
If you cut through there, you’ll come out in the
middle of the continent.
KAROL The Blade Drifts of Zophier, huh…?
I heard nobody goes there--not even fishermen--
because of the stories.
TEAGLE You’re also gambling on nature here, so there’s no
guarantee you’ll be able to get through.
RITA If that’s our only way, then we’ll have to go for it.
YURI Okay, let’s do it.
…Thanks for your help.
TEAGLE Least I can do. There wouldn’t be much left of this
family if it weren’t for you all.
Only thing I’ll ask is that you don’t disappoint my
boy.
KAROL You got it!

INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.

SKIT What Estelle Tried to Say
SKIT Worried About Ba’ul
SKIT Alexei’s Mess
SKIT Tougher to Get By
SKIT The Port Is So Much Better
SKIT Ehmead Hill Blocked
SKIT The Blade Drifts of Zophier

As they make their way along the narrow strip of land, it begins to
snow. Where the land ended, ice floes began. After
traveling a short way on the ice, the air turned
frigid and Raven who was so comfortable in the desert
heat began to shiver miserably.
RAVEN Brrr…
B-b-brrr… It’s c-cold… S-so…very…c-cold.
RITA Okay, old man, we get it already.
RAVEN The aged have lower body temperatures, ya know. Ahh,
what I wouldn’t give for the heat of that desert.
YURI You’re gonna slip (too late, the scuffling of feet
can be heard) and fall if you don’t shut up…
(followed by a thud).
YURI Oops, too late.
Raven and Karol are down, sitting on the ice.
RAVEN Watch it there. We old folks are fragile.
KAROL …S-sorry.
YURI Man, this is really some place. Sort of a cross
between mysterious and just plain creepy.
Yuri looks around at the ice hills and the discarded weapons and chest
stuck in and lying on the ice.
YURI There are swords coming up out of the ice.
RITA Yeah, they seem to be all over. Just what kind of
place is this?!
JUDITH I thought Zophier got its name from the sharp cold,
but I guess I was wrong.
RAVEN I don’t think you were too far off with “cold as a
void”. *Shiver*
REPEDE Grrrr… Woof! WOOF! WOOF!
RITA What…what’s wrong with him? Aaah!!
YURI !!
RAVEN Whoa!
Below the ice, a large creature swims in the water under the ice floes.
KAROL Wh-what was that?!
RITA It’s big…
(scared) …I-is that an Entelexeia?!
Judith touches her temple.
JUDITH …No. I don’t sense intelligence in it.
KAROL So it’s a monster, right?! We’d be in trouble if that
thing attacked us.
YURI It shouldn’t bother us if we leave it alone. Forget
about it.
Let’s go.
Karol hesitates, looking down into the water.
YURI Karol!
KAROL Huh, oh, right!

Chest: Tabar (axe) x1

Chest: Panacea Bottle x1
Chest: Melange Gel x1

After taking the gel they follow the floe northeast. The monster
crashes through the floe in front of them destroying
their path.
KAROL Wahhh!
RITA You need to take a chill pill.
JUDITH It looks like he’s taken a liking to us.
YURI I prefer dates who are a little less aggressive.
They double back and take an eastern path.
Chest: Lemon Gel x1
Chest: Limit Bottle x1

Once again the sea monster breaks the floe in front of them and a huge
ice chunk blocking the path below them.
RAVEN *Hack* *cough* I got water up my nose! So salty… So
cold!
YURI You sure are energetic, Pops!
RAVEN I-if we s-sit around t-talkin’, we’re gonna f-freeze
our b-butts off! Ah, achoo!
RITA How annoying…
SKIT The Land of Ice
Chest: Pineapple Gel x!
Chest: Hades (spear) x!
Chest: Cure Bottle x1
Chest: Flacon Needle (bow) x1
The sea monster again destroys a large section of ice in front of them.
JUDITH It’s weird. That monster seems to have times when it
bothers us and times when it leaves us alone.
YURI Yeah, I don’t like it one bit.
KAROL If we stand on really thick ice I think that we don’t
need to worry about being attacked…
RITA Let’s get back to land as soon as we can.
RAVEN (sneezes) And back ta someplace warm! Achoooo!!
Chest: Life Bottle x1
Chest: Diamond Guard x1
Chest: Tent x1

They find a crystal rock formation protruding up from the ice.

RAVEN Hey, what’s with this. I know I’ve seen this
somewhere…
RITA (excited) It’s an aer krene!
YURI Huh, there’s one even out here. (amazed)
JUDITH It’s not putting out any aer, though. Maybe it’s
what’s left over when they dry up.
RITA This area doesn’t seem desolate enough for that,
though.
Repede senses danger.
JUDITH Everyone, be on your guard!
They look toward the water.
KAROL Oh man, th-there it is again!
RAVEN We’re up on this rock, right? We’ll be fine.
The sea monsters does a spinning jump out of the water and hangs in the
air above them flapping its fins/wings.
RAVEN Or not.
The sea monster opens it’s mouth and breathes a down on the aer krene.
Sounding like a carnival ride, the aer krene comes to
life and generates a high volume of aer. They sink to
their knees in discomfort.
YURI !!
RITA The aer krene?!
YURI Look out!
Yuri shoves Karol with his shoulder. Karol rolls head over heels down
the ice floe and comes to a halt on a flat patch of
ice far away.
KAROL Aah, Y-Yuri?!
Yuri tries to get up, but collapses on all fours from aer sickness.
YURI Uagh…!
JUDITH …A monster that uses an aer krene to trap its prey?
With the others trapped and not going anywhere, the monster turns its
full attention on Karol.
YURI Karol, run!
KAROL N-no way! You guys’ll all get eaten up!
Yuri struggles to raise his knees and looks directly at Karol.
YURI This isn’t something you can beat on your own!
KAROL But!!
(mouth open in horror) Uuuh…!!
The monster swoops at Karol. Karol runs and hides behind an ice rock.
The monster turns its attention back to Karol’s
friends. It seems to be feeding off the aer krene.
Karol holds his axe and watches as the life is slowly
drained from his friends. Karol grips his axe with a
look of grim determination on his face.
KAROL I gotta do this… I gotta do it now…
YURI Karol!
Karol raises his axe and shouts a war cry.
KAROL Now or never!!
The monster flies at Karol. Karol stomps his feet twice and yells.
KAROL Yaaaah!!
The monster hits Karol with its tail and knocks him skidding on the
ice.

Unspoken text:
KAROL I see stars.

KAROL Waaah!
Karol jumps back up.
KAROL L-looks like I’ve gotta be careful.
The monster knocks Karol down a second time.
KAROL Ow…oof…
N-no problem. This is nothing!
The monster knocks Karol down a third time.
I-I’ve gotta protect them. No more running…!
Karol is exhausted. He drops to his knees, breathing heavily. As his
hand grips his heaving diaphragm, his drops the
hammer and it clatters away across the ice.
JUDITH Karol! Stop this! It’s crazy!
YURI I can’t watch this! I told you to get out of here!
KAROL I-I’m fine…
RITA You most certainly are not!
Karol stands.
KAROL No, it’s all right. You guys are all here with me.
YURI Karol…don’t…
KAROL You’re all right behind me.
So no matter how bad I’m beat up, I can’t lose.
RAVEN Move, damn it! If ya don’t, the kid’s gonna…
Karol spots a weapon half buried in the snow and ice. Karol runs for it
and with a might leap, he seizes the weapon, a huge
sword. The scene plays in slow-motion for a terrified
Yuri.
YURI Karol!
Karol spins like barrel high into the air over the monster. Judith is
amazed.
JUDITH How did he…!
Karol straightens out and zooms straight for the monster.
KAROL You’re mine!
Karol bring the blade down on the monsters horn and the aer krene
suddenly shuts down. Finally able to move, Yuri and
the others race to protect Karol. Karol seems frozen
in the position he landed in, holding the sword
straight up.
RAVEN How the hell did he pull that off? Hey is he alive?
KAROL (small voice) Hey guys!
YURI Sorry we’re late, traffic was awful. You doing all
right?
KAROL Y-yeah. Of course!
YURI All right, let’s pay this guy back double for all
those knocks you took!

After Battle Spoken Dialogue:

KAROL I will protect the guild
YURI don’t try to do it all alone
JUDITH but you did it very well.

After the battle is won, Karol falls backward on the snow. Rita doesn’t
notice.
RITA You idiot, what were you thinking, doing that alone…?
(notices) Karol!
They all run to see about Karol. Yuri kneels by Karol’s side,
supporting Karol’s head in his hand.
YURI Karol! Hey! Karol!
RAVEN Come on! Keep it together, kid!
JUDITH (stoops down beside Karol) …He’s all right.
 Once he calmed down it all went out of him. He’s just
passed out.
RITA This kid… What if you’d checked out before we even
rescued Estelle?
RAVEN Cut him a little slack, now. Facin’ down challenges
like that is part of becomin’ a man.
Not to mention he saved our butts.
YURI Yeah. We would’ve been lunch without Karol.
REPEDE Woof!
Judith stands quickly.
JUDITH Let’s get out of here quickly. Karol’s weak. This
can’t be good for him.
RITA Right.
YURI I owe you one, Boss.
JUDITH That was very impressive.
INFORMATION Karol earned the “Brave One” title.

INFORMATION Karol is KO’ed.

He will not be able to participate in battles.
SKIT Praise for Karol
Chest: Body Paint (body armor) x1
Chest: Bloody Coat (body armor) x1
Chest: Limit Bottle x1
Chest: Magic Lens x5
Chest: Lottery Gel x1
Chest: Psychedelica (weapon for Rita) x1
Chest: Seal Bottle x1
Chest: Pineapple Gel x1

At last they come to the end of the Blade Drifts. Raven is carrying a
still unconscious Karol on his back.
RAVEN Whew… Hey, does that look like an exit ta anybody
else?
RITA Tired already?
Raven walks over to Judith and Rita and speaks like an old grandpa.
RAVEN We old folks lack stamina… Judith, be a dear and take
him for a spell.
Judith just looks at him
KAROL [blushing]
JUDITH Oh, I wouldn’t dream of stealing your job from you.
KAROL . . .
YURI Karol…you’re awake, aren’t you.
Karol is still draped on Raven’s back. His head resting on Raven’s
shoulder.
KAROL N-no I’m not!
Raven unlinks his arms and straightens his back so that Karol drops
suddenly to the ground.
KAROL Ow!
RAVEN (in a pitiful voice, rubbing his chin) Forcing a poor
old man ta work in this cold…
Mister Karol. You’re made of tougher stuff than I
might’ve guessed.
YURI Feeling better, Karol?
KAROL Yeah.
Karol raises his fist into the air in a gesture of triumph.
JUDITH We were really worried about you.
RITA You didn’t look that worried to me.
JUDITH Really? That’s weird.
RITA Just never do that again, okay? We’re all in this
together.
KAROL Okay. (grins)
YURI Mind telling me what’s so funny?
KAROL Hey. Easy, Yuri.
…I was just remembering something the Don said.
YURI “Take care of your friends and they’ll be there when
you need them”…was that it?
KAROL Yeah. I was thinking maybe this is the kind of thing
he meant.
YURI (looking upward) Well, if you feel like you
understand what he said, I’m sure you’re on the right
track.
KAROL I hope so.
YURI All right, the exit’s right in front of us. Let’s go.
Karol nods at Yuri.
JUDITH Everything all right?
RITA Yeah. I was just thinking that maybe all the ice here
was made by the aer.
KAROL The ice? from the aer?
JUDITH Well, if all things are made up of aer, that would
make sense.
RITA The aer krene here was actually quite stabilized.
Enough for a monster to control it.
Maybe, if huge quantities of aer could be made solid,
it would help stabilize things.
YURI You mean something like that could restore the aer
imbalance and stop the disturbances?
RITA I’m not sure. It would probably need to be more
efficient, and it would take a lot more aer…
RAVEN So you wanna stay here and research this aer krene?
RITA No. There isn’t time for that.
YURI Yeah, and we’ve already burnt enough time here as it
is. Let’s go.
RITA Estelle, please be okay…
YURI . . . (agh…!)
KAROL Once we’re out of here, let’s ask somebody about
what’s happening in the capital.
RAVEN Sure thing.
INFORMATION Karol has been revived from KO.
SKIT Where To Next?
SKIT Are You Okay, Karol?

They follow the coastline until they get to the narrow pass leading to
the Northern trails of the Peyoccia Plains. They stop
at Aspio for supplies on the way to Halure.

HALURE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YURI …There sure are a lot of people here.

RAVEN They’re refuges from the capital. See how they’re all
well-dressed?
Indeed, there are many nobles and people from the citizen’s quarter in
 sight.
RITA It looks like there’s nothing unusual with the
barrier here for now.
Rita turns to look at Karol who’s sitting on the ground and out of
breath.
KAROL *Huff* *huff*
JUDITH Karol, are you okay?
Raven is supporting an unconscious Karol.
RAVEN Looks like he ain’t okay at all.
Judith feels Karol’s forehead.
JUDITH He’s got a bad fever. He really overexerted himself.
RITA All because he had to go and be a hero! I swear…
Yuri…?
Yuri is preoccupied for the moment.
YURI Huh? Oh, sorry. Let’s go to the inn so that Karol can
rest.
INFORMATION Karol left the party.
SKIT The Me Then, the Me Now
Mayor’s House and City Entrance:
Mayor We decided to take in refugees from the capital.
And we’re so encouraged by His Highness Ioder’s
support.
We are all fellow compatriots!
If the people of the capital are in trouble, we must
extend a helping hand.
Girl (entrance) This is the City of Blossoms, Halure. We have many
refugees from the capital now.
This is Halure. Please feel free to relax and get
some rest.
…But I know that’s hard with so many people.
SKIT What’s Up with Yuri
LITTLE BOY There were a lot of people pushing and shoving. They
were like waves.
Why are those people from the capital so arrogant.
They just happened to be born there! It’s just luck!
OLDER MAN I’ve organized all the issues with the blastia in my
head but…
Argh… I can’t think straight with everything going
on…!
I want to escape so I can think quietly again.
General Store and Base of Bridge:
YOUNG MAN I was so relieved when I saw this town’s Tree in the
distance.
It was like all the chaos in the capital was just a
bad dream.
I feel so sorry for a friend of mine who was late
escaping…
Why couldn’t I help him…?
YOUNG LADY It was horrible… So many people…
The smoke still followed us, no matter how much we
ran. I can’t believe I’m still alive.
I can still see the terrible light, every time I
close my eyes.
I don’t think I’ll ever forget this.
KRITYAN WOMAN I’m worried whether those people who escaped from
Zaphias will pay respect to that Tree.
I wonder if we should teach everyone just how
 precious the blossoms are.
No… Maybe we should just mind our own business?

Top of Bridge and Around Inn:

KRITYAN WOMAN It’s fun as more people gather. Ahh… I know that we
don’t have time to have fun.
But I thought it would be okay as it was getting
noisier.
It would be better if everyone lived here.
Why don’t you just hand over the capital to the
Commandant?
OLD WOMAN I might have fled the capital, but I still want to go
back someday.
I can’t just let it go after living so long there…
They say home is where the heart is, but my heart
will always be in that city.
NOBLE WOMAN Oh! What horror!
Red mist, weeds just tangling over everything… What
happened?
We just barely escaped with our lives!
I thought we were done for!
NOBLE MAN I plan on going to Nor Harbor for refuge, but what
about after that?
I guess I could cross the ocean to Heliord, the city
for nobles… Yeah, I think I’ll go there.
I’m done with the capital. Done. I’m leaving it for
better lands.

LITTLE GIRL Welcome to the historic old Denebola, where even His
Highness Ioder stayed!
Come on, stay a night!
Just a little bit ago, His Highness Ioder stayed with
us!
That’s amazing, isn’t it! I got his autograph.

Fountain and Path to The Great Tree:

YOUNG LADY I heard that Zaphias is in real trouble, but is
Halure okay?
Did the Commandant of the Knights do something? I
didn’t think he was…evil…I guess?
I don’t think that the Commandant of the Knights will
invade Zaphias… will he?
OLDER MAN How should we welcome the refugees?
Should we console them, or just not talk about the
situation…?
We don’t know how to deal with so many people fleeing
at once.
MAN (FOUNTAIN) I want people from the capital who have faced
horrendous times to look at the flowers and be healed.
And then I want them to tell the world just how good
Halure is.
No matter what’s going on, looking at such beautiful
trees makes you feel like everything will be okay.
MAN (SITTING) Why are there this many people?
This is a small city! We can only handle so many
people… *Grumble* …
About 40,000 people per square kilometer… Know what
 that is? The population density of this city.
Normally it’s about 30 people… Something is way out
of whack!
NOBLE WOMAN This town’s boring. There’s nothing to do.
Flowers? You seen one, you seen them all. *Sigh*
Booooring…
I want to go back to Zaphias… But I don’t know, after
all that happened.
NOBLE MAN The trip from the capital sure takes its toll on
these old bones. And the monsters…
But I should be happy to be alive, with the capital
the way it is…
Are you going to the capital? You really shouldn’t.
It’s like going there to die.
Inn “Denebola”:
They arrive at the inn. Raven is carrying Karol on his back again.
INNKEEPER Hello, and welcome to Denebola Inn!
Don’t worry about paying.
RITA Huh? Why?
INNKEEPER Well, you see, an important official is visiting the
mayor’s house right now, and it’s by his orders.
The government’s handling the money for the inn, so
that anyone can stay here for free.
JUDITH That must be for all the refugees that’ve come to the
town.
INNKEEPER Circumstances being what they are, it takes the fun
out of it, but our business is booming thanks to all
of the visitors to our town.
YURI Sounds like a good deal for the empire.
RITA So does that mean you don’t have any vacancies?
INNKEEPER You’re in luck! I have one room that’s not taken.
The door opens and a voice calls outs.
VOICE Then I’ll take that room, thank you.
The noble couple standing near the bridge, walk up to the Innkeeper’s
counter.
RAVEN Hey there, no cuttin’ in line!

Noble Gentleman Of course, I wouldn’t think of not paying. I’ll pay

ten times the regular price.
(turning to Yuri) I’ll also give the same amount to
you travelers. That should settle things nicely, yes?
YURI You son of a --

INNKEEPER Oh, I’m so sorry!

I took another look at the register, and it seems
that I don’t actually have any vacancies. So sorry,
come again!
NOBLE MAN What?!?! …I knew this town was in the sticks, but
this is--
NOBLE WOMAN Honey, let’s just go on to Heliord from Nor Harbor.
Noble Matron Well said! I should be thankful we didn’t soil our
clothing in a filthy little hovel like this…
The nobles leave.
RAVEN They’re gonna be in for a nasty surprise when they
try to go to Port Nor…heh heh!
INNKEEPER Sorry to have kept you waiting. Your room is
upstairs, in front.
RITA Wha? But you said there weren’t any vacancies…
YURI Business is business, right?
INNKEEPER Yes, don’t worry about it. I can’t stand people like
that.
And wasn’t it you who saved Halure’s tree?
This is the least I can do. Enjoy your stay!
It’s nighttime. Karol sleeps on one of the beds while the others chat.
JUDITH All those refugees…the capital must be in a sorry
state.
RAVEN What evil y’think that bastard Alexei’s going to
perpetrate next?
RITA Who cares about Alexei?
…Estelle. I want to save Estelle.
JUDITH Yes. But to do that we need to take care of Alexei.
And we need to come up with a better plan to do it.
We can’t let ourselves get blasted all the way back
to Nor Harbor again.
Yuri & RITA . . .
Raven turns his attention to Karol.
RAVEN Well, we can’t go anywhere ‘til Karol gets better, so
we might as well gather some info ‘round town,
dontcha think?
JUDITH …Good idea. Someone might end up saying just the
thing we need to hear.
YURI …Wasn’t the innkeeper saying that someone important
from the capital was in the Mayor’s house?
Let’s go and have a look-see.
Yuri turns to Raven who’s standing at Karol’s bedside watching him.
YURI …Old man?
RAVEN Someone’s gotta look after the boy, don’t they? Leave
that to me. You kids go on ahead.
Rita leaves the window and heads for the door while Yuri watches Raven
hovering near Karol.
INFORMATION Raven left the party.
INNKEEPER You’re always welcome here even without special
orders. Enjoy your stay!
Mayor’s Residence:
As they approach the mayor’s house, Prince Ioder and two council
members are leaving.
IODER …Oh, I’m so glad you are all safe!

YURI Huh.
You did this, right? Had the inn open up its rooms
free of charge.
COUNCIL MEMBER And just who are you? Watch your tongue. Do you know
to whom you are--
Ioder steps in front of the man, quieting him.
IODER There are many who have escaped with only the shirts
on their backs.
I felt this was one service their country could
provide for them.
YURI Hmm, okay.
Actually, I’m more interested in what you can tell me
about the capital.
IODER The capital… Zaphias is no longer a city fit for any
person…
COUNCIL MEMBER The city’s barrier blastia began giving off a great
 light… And the town was wracked by earthquakes and
lightning…
IODER (head up, looking at Yuri) However, the real terror
came after that.
A glowing fog appeared from the barrier blastia, and
quickly spread throughout the city.
The plants it touched grew hideously large, and the
water became poison… It was hell itself.
RITA The arer is out of control…
Council Member 2 Oh, that such dire events could befall Zaphais, jewel
of our glorious empire…
RITA If the aer has covered the entire city… What is he
doing to her…?
Council Member 2 Th-this is that turncoat Alexei’s doing, I’m sure of
it!
He came to us demanding our obedience. When we
refused, he swore he would reduce us to dust!
Council Member That beast even had the gall to t-turn the Royal
Guard on us after we made our escape!
JUDITH Then how did you come all this way unharmed?
IODER Flynn held them off for us.
It is thanks to him that we refugees arrived here
safely.
If he hadn’t come to our aid just then, we all
would’ve died.
YURI Oh, I’d love to hear more about how great Flynn is,
believe me…
But I haven’t seen anyone from the lower quarter here.
What happened to them?
IODER (hanging head) I’m sorry. I haven’t seen anyone
either.
KAROL They must have been left behind. With all that aer
flooding out.
COUNCIL MEMBER (looking to the side) I-it was all we could do to
save ourselves. With all that was happening we were
unable to take everyone with us.
We did all we could! You must understand!
YURI …Oh yeah?
Yuri turns and head back toward the inn. Rita turns as he passes her.
RITA Hey…
YURI (low voice, dangerous) I’ll be at the inn.
Back in the room:
RAVEN His Highness is…
YURI It sounds like the entire capital’s been covered in
aer.
And the one in the middle of it all is most likely…
RITA That’s insane! If he’s using Estelle to cause all of
tha, then… She can’t handle that!
Who knows how much of a toll it takes on her each
time she’s forced to use her power?
She was already having problems controlling it. Now
there’s no telling what will happen to her.
What if…what if we get there too late, and…
Even if we take out Alexei, she…
RAVEN Do…do ya think maybe there’s a way ta get her power
under control?
Rita shakes her head.
RITA There is. There has to be. We just haven’t found it
yet…
RAVEN Ah…hm. Hey, what about the Knights?
YURI Flynn’s doing what he can, but it’s not enough. They
don’t have Dein Nomos.
RAVEN Hmm…
JUDITH I’ll try asking Phaeroh. It would be good to know how
much time we have left.
Judy presses the horn to her ear. Yuri lets out an impatient sigh.
YURI . . .
KAROL Yuri…
Yuri walks over to Karol’s bedside.
YURI Hey, did we wake you up? How are you feeling?
KAROL Looks like I slowed you guys down again. …You’re
going to the capital, right?
YURI Don’t worry about that now. We’re still figuring out
what to do. You just get better.
KAROL Yeah, I just don’t want to be left behind, okay?
Our whole guild is gonna rescue Estelle…
YURI I know. Why don’t you try and get some more sleep,
huh?
KAROL Okay…
JUDITH I can’t seem to reach him.
The aer may be causing interference.
YURI No big deal. Either way, it’s just a matter of making
Alexei sorry he ever started this.
Right?
JUDITH …And nothing more?
Judith watches Yuri as he walks toward the door.
YURI …I’m gonna go get some fresh air.
Keep an eye on Karol for me.
Repede wakes up and follows Yuri out into the night.
YURI A job nobody wants to do…
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.
As Yuri walks past the Mayor’s house, Prince Ioder calls to him.
IODER …Are you going out alone?
YURI I don’t think that’s any of Your Highness’s concern.
I want to know how things are in the lower quarter,
so I’m just gonna go take a look.
IODER The Council has decided to bring formal charges of
criminal conspiracy against Alexei.
The Knights are currently forming a strategy for
reentering the capital from Deidon Hold.
YURI With all that aer in the city? I doubt they’ll get
very far.
IODER …Estellise is with Alexei, isn’t she?
YURI How did… So you caught on, huh? I wondered why you
didn’t bring her up earlier.
IODER What do you intend to do about her?
YURI What do you mean?
IODER …All those who carry the imperial blood possess a
certain power.
In most of us it is too faint to be of use, but I
have heard that hers is extraordinary.
I’m sure it was for this reason that the Councl threw
their support behind her.
YURI Why are you bringing this up now?
IODER Isn’t this current disaster being caused by her power?
YURI So what if it is?
IODER The Knights may have to… You’re aware that defeating
Alexei may not be enough.
YURI That’s not going to happen.
IODER …Because you’ll do it yourself?
Flynn told me about you. That you always try to carry
far too much on your own shoulders.
YURI You can tell him that we’ll be just fine without the
help.
IODER But why?
YURI I thought I told you, this isn’t your concern.
IODER That sword… Perhaps you are just the person it was
waiting for.
YURI (low, dangerously) Keep talking and I’ll try it out
on you.
IODER (hanging head) …Forgive me.
Yuri leaves Halure and travels to Quoi Woods. It’s daylight when he
enters the woods.

QUOI WOODS
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~~~~~~~~~~~

Yuri finds the broken blastia in the woods and it triggers fond
memories.
YURI Hey, that’s…
Heh, I remember when Estelle ate that nia fruit. That
was quite a face she made.
Yuri kneels to talk to Repede.
YURI Come to think of it, it’s been along time since we’ve
been on our own, huh pal?
I haven’t been feeling like myself, even when I’m
fighting. …It’s like I’m tired, all of a sudden.
…You mind keeping an eye out for a while, Repede?
RITA Woof.
Yuri sleeps.
YURI . . .
Karol’s VOICE …Yuri, you…
YURI (huh?) . . .?
Karol’s VOICE IDIOT!!
Karol hits the ground behind Yuri with his weapon.
YURI Huh?!
Yuri leaps upright.
YURI What the?
What? Karol?!
Karol is very upset and Yuri is horrified. Karol swings his weapon at
Yuri.
KAROL You braindead piece of crap!
YURI Hey, hold on a sec!
KAROL You trying to be some stupid lone wolf or something?!
YURI Lone wolf… Wait, I…!
Rita’s there too and she’s holding her hands up in a familiar way.
RITA Save the excuses for later.
YURI Huh?!
There’s the tingling sound of Rita firing up an arte.
RITA For now you can drop dead!!
Yuri scoots across the ground and lays to rest on his face in front of
a seated Raven and a standing Judith under a tree.
YURI Whoaaa!!
Raven leans toward Yuri.
RAVEN Hey there, sunshine. Still livin?
YURI …Maybe.
JUDITH Well it looks like you’re awake now. How nice.
Judith cracks her knuckles while she speaks ever so pleasantly. The
scene fades and returns after Yuri is through
receiving his punishment.
YURI Jeez, Repede. what happened to keeping a look out?
JUDITH He led us right to you, like a good boy.
He’s pretty clever, you know.
RITA Yeah, he told us if we came this way, we’d see the
biggest fool in the world.
YURI Do you guys know what’s going on?
Do you really understand what has to happen after
this?
KAROL You’re the one who doesn’t understand!
YURI Karol.
KAROL You can’t… This is one thing you can’t just do on
your own, Yuri!
RITA What were you tryin’ to prove? How far did you think
you’d get without us?
RAVEN What it boils down to is…
It’s no fair keepin’ all the fun and glory to
yourself.
JUDITH Would it hurt for you to believe in us a little bit
more?
KAROL Yeah. I mean, we’re your friends!
YURI …You got me, guys.
…All right, then. We’re all in this together. Until
the end.
KAROL Right!
RITA Um, duh.
REPEDE Woof!
RAVEN So let’s go do this thing!
Judith faces west.
JUDITH Once we leave the woods, the capital is just right
there.
INFORMATION Repede earned the “Considerate Sidekick” title.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.
SKIT Worried About Estelle
They leave Quoi Woods.
SKIT All in the Same Boat
SKIT Out of Time

ZAPHIAS
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zaphias is encased in a dome of dark red mist. Aersick monsters prowl

the fields surrounding the city.
SKIT If the Prince Becomes Emperor
They battle their way to the entrance and enter the capital. Plants
have grown to gigantic proportions. Pulsating vines, still growing,
wind over, around, and through buildings, covering the broad walkways
and making some portions of the capital inaccessible completely.
YURI It’s hard to believe we’re really in the capital.
KAROL The plants are all overgrown… It’s gotta be the aer.
RITA It’s so dense… Too much of this stuff would kill
anybody.
JUDITH We’d definitely be in trouble without that sword.
YURI Yeah, stick close to me. Especially you, old man.
Raven hunches over, closes one eye and rubs his hand together
worriedly.
RAVEN Hey, I’ve been on pins and needles since we got here.
…Hold my hand, would ya?
YURI (chuckling) Gimme a break.
KAROL Look, monsters got in here!
RITA How?! The barrier is back up and running fine…
RAVEN They look like they’re goin’ crazy, like the ones we
saw back at Keiv Moc.
KAROL Yuri, what is it?
YURI Huh? Oh, it’s nothing.
Let’s go. We can’t keep Estelle waiting.
RITA ? (hmm…?)
Yuri walks on ahead. Raven takes the opportunity to inform the others
in a low voice.
RAVEN The lower quarter’s at the bottom of that slope. It’s
his home.
The others look at the ramp to the lower quarter. The ramp is
completely covered with overgrown plants. Realizing there’s no way to
save the residents down there, Karol and Rita look at it with sadness
and concern.
KAROL …It’s…it looks like it’s completely overrun by the
plants…
RITA … (gasp)
SKIT Yuri’s Changed
They reach the castle gates.
YURI Damn. It’s shut up tight.
KAROL Look up there. I might be able to squeeze through.
Yuri looks up to see a place on the wrought iron gate where the bars
have been spread wider apart.
YURI Nice. You can go through there and open it from the
other side.
Karol climbs on top of Raven’s shoulders and leaps onto the gate. He
then squeezes easily through the bars and runs around to unlock the
gate.
RITA Hey, we’re out of time. Why don’t we just blow it
open?
RAVEN Just ‘cause there’s nobody out here doesn’t mean
nobody’s in there.
It’d be a pain if we were discovered.
RITA The aer is all over the city, isn’t it? It’s gotta be
in the castle, too.
JUDITH Alexei must have taken some sort of precautions
against that.
The gate slides open.
KAROL Got it! Everybody hurry!
YURI Good work. Okay, this is it, folks.

ZAPHIAS CASTLE:
They enter the great hall of the castle.
KAROL Huh? There’s no aer in here.
RITA He must have figured out how to use Estelle’s power
to do this.
JUDITH It may have been that the outer barrier was to keep
the aer in.
YURI That hunch you had is looking more likely by the
minute, old man.
We’re gonna have company before long.
RAVEN Why is it I’m only ever right about the bad stuff
happenin’?
KAROL It’s too bad, in a way… I finally get to see the
castle, but not for the reason I was hoping.
Yuri walks over to Karol and looks into his eyes with a small smile. At
the end of the great room, they turn to the right into the room where
Yuri first met Estelle. They walk past the dining hall.
JUDITH Hold on. Someone’s there.
They wait on either side of the door and Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos
burst out of the door at a run.
Men Arrrrrgh!
YURI Huh?!
They run smack into the wall and fall on the floor.
All three men Waaaaahhhhh!
YURI What the…?
Yuri can’t believe what he’s seeing. His eyes slide back to the dining
hall when a voice from inside calls his name.
VOICE Yuri?! It’s Yuri!
An Old man walks out into the hall.
YURI Huh?! Hanks?!
They assemble inside the Dining Hall.
YURI Hanks, everyone ! You’re all okay!
HANKS Hey, that’s my line!

YURI Why are you inside the castle?!

Raven looks at his men and they snap to attention with a click of their
armor.
RAVEN Yeah, you all too.
They all give Raven the Imperial salute of allegiance.
LEBLANC Yes, well Sir Flynn ordered me to lead the evacuation
of the citizens.
However…I realized that the inhabitants of the lower
quarter were nowhere to be found.
It wasn’t part of my orders, but, you see…
HANKS The exit collapsed, and a strange fog covered the
ground. We were in quite a fix!
Thanks to these knights we escaped the fog and came
here. They saved our lives.
LEBLANC (saluting again) I-I am prepared to receive
punishment for violating my orders!
ADECOR (saluting again) I say, we will take the same
punishment!
BOCCOS We will take the same punishment!
RAVEN Punishment? I’m just an old man, boys.
 Anyway isn’t it the duty of the Knights to protect
the citizens? …You did well.
Leblanc is reduced to tears.
LEBLANC …Th-this is an honor! Captain Schwa--Captain Raven!
RAVEN Don’t call me Captain! I’m just Raven!
Leblanc quits crying long enough to salute Raven again.
LEBLANC (crying again) Sir! I apologize. Sir Just Raven!
Raven drops his forehead into his hand.
JUDITH Looks like somebody respects you.
RITA I never would have believed it…
KAROL (grinning) This is great, Yuri!
YURI Huh, I forgot how tough everyone was. What was I
worried about?
RAVEN Did you see the former Commandant?
Raven’s men snap to attention.
LEBLANC Sir, no sir. But we overheard the Royal Guard
outside… something about the Sword Stair?
RITA The Sword Stair?
RAVEN That really tall thing we got blasted off of.
JUDITH So that means he’s still up there.
RAVEN The problem is, only important people can get to the
Sword Stair. There’s some special mechanism.
KAROL I can take care of locks, Rita can take care of
formulas. We can do it!
YURI You said it.
Hanks, all of you should stay here and hide. Let’s go!
Raven’s men snap to attention.
SKIT The Lower Quarter Is Safe
TED Those knights…Yuri, they’re the ones that were
bullying you, aren’t they?
I was surprised they turned out to be so nice.
I wonder if Flynn will come to help us, too…
VENDOR I had to leave all my wares back in town… I’m really
worried about looters.
Of course, with the state the lower quarter’s in, I
suppose nobody can really get near it.
My dear wife got out of the city, but I just hope
she’s all right…
HANKS And to think Estellise was actually a princess… I
guess now I should say, “Her Highness Estellise”.
She always did have a refined air about her…sort of
reminded me of my grandmother.
You must rescue Estiellise…I mean, Her Highness.
OLD MAN I lost my glasses somewhere along the way while we
were escaping here…
First the dentures, now my glasses! Guess I’m good at
losing things. What a bother.
Mmm…? Hey wait… Now that I think about it, I don’t
even wear glasses.
The two young men Yuri saw in the Comet Inn and Tavern sit at one of
the tables.
Young Man #2 I thought we were about to set off on a grand
journey, and then all this had to happen…
I suppose I’ll spend my time here quizzing my new
friend about his travel knowledge.
I pray that the world we eventually get to see on our
journey is a more peaceful one.
YOUNG MAN #1 We’d already be out of Zaphias if all this hadn’t
happened.
If only we’d set out a little earlier, we wouldn’t be
trapped here…
I do think this will be a valuable experience….if we
get out of the castle, that is.
A young man sits against the wall.
YOUNG MAN I always thought the Knights were a bunch of nasty
losers. I mean other than you and Flynn, Yuri.
It was a little surprising to find out a lot of them
really had a backbone.
Compared to them, all the Knights following that so-
called Commandant look like fools.
INNKEEPER’S WIFE Everyone needs to eat to regain their strength,
especially at a time like this.
No matter what happens, this is still a restaurant.
Now it’s my turn to shine!
Everyone, everyone! Lend me a hand! Let’s cook up a
feast!

OLD WOMAN Yuri, if you’re going through tough times, you can
always tell this old lady about it.
It’s the only way I can repay you for all you’ve done
for us.
What happened to the young lady you were with before?
Oh my, is this your new girlfriend?
If you’re mixed up in a love triangle, you can always
talk to me about it.
LITTLE GIRL I became friends with those two knights-the tall,
skinny one and the short, fat one.
They might be full of themselves, but they’re nice
guys.
You see, you see, I say, I say! …That’s my impression
of beanpole and porky.
Young Lady If our town ever gets back to normal, I’m going to
found the Yuri Defense Force.
Why? Just look at you, Yuri! You’re so…shiny and
wonderful!
And I’ll be the brilliant Defense Force member number
!!
YOUNG MAN Commandant Alexei seemed like such an upstanding man,
but it was only an act.
When an empire’s top commander goes mad, it’s hard
not to think that empire’s about to fall.
Even if countries fall, mountains and rivers will
remain…as will the people that live upon them.
When you think about it that way, perhaps there’s no
reason for despair…
ADECOR Hmph… I say, I cannot abide relying on you to save
us! I say, we will repay this debt!
I say, Captain Schwann will replace that traitorous
dog, Alexei, as Commandant!
LEBLANC I’m calling a provisional truce! But we’ll bring you
in as soon as this is over!
…We’re counting on you… Stop the Commandant.
…I’ll never forgive you if you tarnish the good names
of the Captain for the Princess, though!
BOCCOS When Commandant Alexei took over the castle, I wasn’t
sure whether or not to follow him.
Now I know I did the right thing by believing in
Lieutenant Leblanc!
…Still, I have to wonder what’s in store for the
Imperial Knights…
And what will become of this glorious capital, my
beloved Zaphias…?
MERCHANT It may not be much, but I managed to escape with my
products.
Sorry to ask for your Gald at such a trying time. I
still have to run a business, you know.
They leave the Dining Hall and make their way to the garden where they
take the north exit. They end up in a long room with stairs in the far
end that lead up to the Audience Chamber. Someone else is there.
VOICE So you have come at last.
The woman’s footsteps echo as she crosses the chamber to stand before
them.
JUDITH A Krityan?! No, wait, you were…
RAVEN Meet Khroma, special advisor to the Imperial Knights…
Alexei’s personal assistant.
RITA (preparing for battle) Then she’s an enemy?!
KHROMA No, I am not. …For the time being, in any case.
YURI That’s not a very comforting way to put it. Sorry,
but we’ve got somewhere to go.
If you’re here to fight, fine. If not, maybe it could
wait until later.
KHROMA Who is it you would fight for?
KAROL What do you mean?
KHROMA That poor, pathetic young girl?
RITA She doesn’t need your pity!
RAVEN You are bein’ really vague. Come on, spit it out
already!
KHROMA I cannot know what that one saw in all of you…
But I wish for you to stop him.
Khroma leaves the Audience Chamber.
RITA Okay, that made no sense. Did anybody get what she
was trying to say…?
KAROL Maybe she wants us to stop Alexei?
YURI Hmm, maybe. It would add up, I guess.
JUDITH Yes. Estelle should be just up ahead.
RAVEN Maybe it was more like, “go nail that guy’s butt to
the wall.”
YURI I could handle that. Come on!
As the others walk away, Judith keeps her suspicions about Khroma to
herself. They open two chest in the chamber and find another treasure
hidden in the throne chair.
Chest: Spirit Bangle
Chest: Elder Cloak
Chair Mystic Mark
They examine the green orb on the back wall.
INFORMATION From one to four,
front to back,
dark to light.
Stray from this and disaster shall follow…
They locate the first angel statue and open two chests.
INFORMATION Command the heavens with the power of the ring.
INFORMATION When she with the tiny wings smiles gently in the
darkness, the first door shall open.
Chest: Breaker Bow
Chest Limit Bottle
They return to the great hall and take the western door into the room
with the movable angel statue hiding a ladder down to the castle
sewers. A western door located at the bottom of that room leads to the
second Angel statue.
INFORMATION Command the heavens with the power of the ring.
INFORMATION When two pairs of wing are fully opened, she shall
weep beneath the sharp rays of light and the second
door shall open.
They go back to the grand hall, taking the left doorway on the second
level this time, and follow the hallway to the third statue and two
chests.
Chest 15000 Gald.
Chest Vagabond +1
INFORMATION Command the heavens with the power of the ring.
INFORMATION With the span of three pairs of wings, her reflection
shall appear in the shattered half mirror. Only then
will the third door open.
In the room with three staircases where one of them leads down to the
prison, they take the long northern hall to the fourth and final Angel
statue.
INFORMATION Command the heavens with the power of the ring.
INFORMATION When all eight wings are spread, a circle of light
shall shine above the Child of the Full Moon and the
fourth door shall open.
After a quick stop at the dining hall to heal and stock up on supplies
they go back to the Audience Chamber. Yuri fires the Sorcerer’s Ring at
the green orb and the door opens to reveal a ramp leading to the top of
the castle near the steep winding ramp to the Sword Stair. And there on
the platform at the top, are Alexei and Estelle in her apatheia
powered, bubble prison of swirling purple mist.
ALEXEI …Astounding. I thought that crash would have been the
last of you.
YURI If we hadn’t been lucky, you just might’ve gotten
your wish.
You can let her go now and save yourself some pain,
or we can break you first. It’s your call.
ALEXEI Sorry to be a bore, but let’s say I refuse both of
those?
YURI I’d be happy to decide for you.
Yuri brings out his weapon.
ALEXEI The Princess was splendid. Her power equals the
ancient Children of the Full Moon.
Every person has a role, and the Princess has played
her part exceedingly well.
YURI If she’s done her part, then we’ll take her back
right now.
Alexei, with his head bowed, concentrates on the large apatheia
floating above his right hand.
ALEXEI As you wish.
JUDITH Estelle!
Estelle now seems unaware of them as she floats in her prison, staring
straight ahead. The bubble disappears and Estelle runs forward toward
Yuri and strikes with her sword. Yuri blocks her blow with his sword.
YURI Hey!!
Alexei stands in front of them, still concentrating effortlessly on the
apatheia.
KAROL Estelle! Snap out of it!!
JUDITH Wait. It looks like she’s being controlled.
ALEXEI What would you do with the Princess now? Her power
has subsumed her will entirely.
Her power has finally been controlled, by a system I
have put into place.
Blastia that go out of control must be destroyed. You
should know that.
RITA Don’t talk about Estelle like she’s just some…thing!!
Alexei puts away his apatheia.
ALEXEI Oh, but the Princess was a tool most crucial to my
plans.
As were you, Schwann. And since you survived, I will
use you again. Return like the puppet you are.
Raven’s blue eyes are dead cold as he stares at Alexei.
RAVEN Sorry, but you buried that poor schmuck alive
yourself. I’m Raven. Please ta meet ya.
Yuri still fends of Estelle’s attack.
YURI We all have a role to play, but each person has a say
in what that role is.
ALEXEI Even though so many live such meaningless, mundane
lives? I think not.
KAROL If they chose that life, then so what? That’s what
deciding for yourself means!
Alexei acts as if he is seriously considering their words as he places
an armored hand to his chin.
ALEXEI How unfortunate. We will never see eye to eye.
Suddenly, Alexei whips out his blastia-equipped sword and aims it at
Estelle. Estelle becomes more determined to break Yuri’s defense.
YURI Noo!!
Estelle, don’t do this! Damn it!!

KAROL Estelle…cut it out

RITA I can’t. I can’t hurt her.

Estelle is subdued
ALEXEI (hand on chin) Hmm, perhaps that was not enough power.
Alexei once again brings out his sword and manipulates Estelle’s power
ESTELLE Aaaaaaaah!!
YURI Este…aargh!!
ALEXEI Thanks to you, this new key to replace Dein Nomos in
now complete.
As a show of my appreciation, I will allow you to
witness the fruition of my plan.
…The awakening of the true Child of the Full Moon.
The emblem above the sword tower shoots out a light into the sea and
brings up a shrine hidden in the depths. The events cause too much
stress for Raven and he sinks to the ground, clutching his blastia
heart.
RAVEN Ugh… What is…that…?
JUDITH We…saw that…at Myorzo…
Alexei turns his face to the heavens and bring his arms out in an
encompassing gesture, laughing heartily.
ALEXEI Heh heh…hah hah hah… Success! At last… At last I have
 done it!!
Behold, the greatest remnant of the ancients! The
Enduring Shrine of Zaude!
The ultimate blastia which once obliterated the
catastrophe that threatened our world!
RITA That’s a blastia?!
YURI Maybe you could save this little speech until you get
some alone time. You’re embarrassing yourself.
Alexei lowers his arms, one at a time.
ALEXEI …The show, I am afraid, is over. It is time for the
final curtain.
Now, Princess, do your friends the favor of
separating their heads from their bodies.
YURI …!! Bastard…!

ALEXEI None of this would have happened if you hadn’t

insisted on coming here.
Oh, how the poor girl will feel when she comes to her
senses… Farewell.
Alexei performs a formal bow. Yuri charges at him, but Alexei
disappears in a swirling cloud of aer.
YURI Damn you, Alexei, wait! Get back here!
Alexei!!
RITA …! Estelle…don’t…!
Behind Yuri’s back, Estelle swings at his head. Yuri ducks, twirls and
once again he and Estelle lock swords.
YURI …Yaah!!
ESTELLE Please… Before I can hurt anyone else
kill me
YURI …I’ll set you free.
JUDITH Yuri…
Karol and RITA Yuri!

Yuri uses Mother’s Memento on Estelle:

ESTELLE That…is…

After Estelle is defeated, Yuri begs her to snap out of it. Estelle
finally has the power to come back to herself. An exhausted Yuri
watches her return.
YURI Estelle! Step out of it!

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(anime cutscene)

YURI Come back to us! Estelle!

Are you just gonna let your life end like this? Like
somebody else’s tool?
Estelle drops her sword.
ESTELLE I... want to....
Estelle starts to cry.
ESTELLE I want to be myself....I want to keep on living!
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KAROL You did it, Estelle. You’re you again!

Karol and Rita’s smiles fade when a deafening pulsating noise begins.
RITA Wait, the system!
Estelle is now encased in an orange red bubble.
JUDITH It was being kept in check by Alexei’s sword! Without
that…!
ESTELLE (writhing in pain) Uuh…aaaaaaah!!
KAROL (ducking) Waah!!
YURI (gritting his teeth) Graah!!
ESTELLE I can’t…I can’t stop it now… Everyone, run…!!
YURI Don’t worry, we’re not gonna lose you!!
JUDITH Rita. It’s up to you!
Rita extends her arm and calls up the control panel.
RITA …Amazing…
It’s synchronized with Estelle. Interference
deactivation data, a formula to isolate surplus aer.
But what could possibly take the place of the
apatheia…?
YURI What about this sword?!
Yuri hold the Dein Nomos in front of him.
YURI This is the original that Alexei based his on, right?!
Rita thinks for a moment, then closes the panel.
RITA …Let me try it!
JUDITH Let me help. I’ll keep track of the flow of aer.
KAROL Me too!
RAVEN Gah. Damn this useless body…
ESTELLE Please, everyone…
Yuri walks close to Estelle and stands just outside her bubble.
YURI What’d I day. We’re not gonna lose you. When Brave
Vesperia does something, we do it right.
Estelle considers his words, then her eyes close with a smile.
ESTELLE …Okay!
Everyone stands in a circle around Estelle. Raven tries to stand but
his blastia heart won’t take the strain. He kneels in place instead.
Rita swishes her sash in the aer, then gets into an arte stance.
RITA Yuri! The sword!
YURI Here!
As soon as Yuri raises the sword, the bubble sphere reacts to the Dein
Nomos. A brilliant light travels the length of the giant sword on top
of the castle and the bubble sphere disintegrates and Estelle falls
into Yuri’s outstretched arms. Her momentum knocks Yuri backwards and
they fall to the ground together.
KAROL All right!!
Yuri lands on his back with Estelle happily on top of him, cradled in
his arms.
YURI …Welcome back.
ESTELLE …Nice to be back.

Back inside the castle, Yuri, leans back against the wall while he and
Flynn talk in Flynn’s room.
FLYNN The Enduring Shrine of Zaude…
YURI That’s what he said. Have you heard of it?
FLYNN No, that’s the first time. I wonder what it is.
YURI I don’t know. But I know what he’s gonna use it for
FLYNN World domination… Do you really think he can do that?
YURI He sure thought he could.
FLYNN We Knights are always one step behind.
Without the rest of you, we’d never have been able to
approach the capital.
Much less stop the blastia from spreading this danger
 across the land…
YURI It was the Knights that protected the capital from
Heracles, though.
FLYNN Even with Lady Estellise…
YURI Hey, Estelle came back on her own.
Alexei owes the world for all he’s done. He owes us.
Tomorrow I’m going to the Shrine of Zaude.
FLYNN I assume your friends will be with you.
YURI Yeah. Everyone’s resting up for tomorrow.
So spare me any guilt trips tonight.
FLYNN Okay.
The two men look into each other’s eyes, the bond of friendship
rekindled.
They are interrupted by Sodia bursting into the room.
SODIA Captain, so this is where you were. …You again.
Yuri waves and steps to the other side of the room as Sodia glowers at
him and Flynn.
SODIA Negotiations with the Union are difficult. It seems
they can’t even agree with each other.
And one more thing.
The council intends to cede all authority to His
Highness Ioder in order to control the current crisis.
Due to your success in liberating the capital, His
Highness has pronounced you acting Commandant.
Congratulations!
YURI Well this cleans up one of our problems.
Congrats. (sarcastically)
SODIA Watch your tone!
FLYNN Yuri, you’re the one who really did all this…
YURI Ahhh, details details. Whatever.
Well, I guess I’ll go check on the others.
See ya.
Yuri leaves Flynn’s room.
KNIGHT Oh! Yuri! Did you finish talking with Flynn?
It’s me! I joined the same time you all did! Hey…
Hey, I saw your friends just wandering around over
there.
Oh…hey! There’s a guy with you that looks just like
Captain Schwann.
He said to put him in jail, so I did. Kinda weird,
huh?
Oh year, I caught that guy before, too. So it was
like…
Sorry. I’ll shut up now.
As Yuri searches for his friends, he talks to the Knights on patrol in
the castle.

Far Left Corridor:

KNIGHT The Royal Guard were the best of the best, hand
picked by Alexei himself.
How could it become just a cult to worship Alexei…?
Even Flynn, the acting Commandant, got tricked by
Alexei.
Intersection Corridor:
KNIGHT Most of the Royal Guard stayed in the capital instead
of going to Zaude.
But they got branded as traitors anyway. They’re
 hating life now.
My friend was one of them. Poor guy.
Great Hall:
KNIGHT I will protect the peace and safety of Zaphias Castle!
I will not allow anyone to perpetrate injustice!
The Knights should always be the primary servants of
the people.

Dining Hall Corridor:

On his way to the prison to look for Raven, Yuri passes a halberd
knight patrolling the corridor containing the Dining Hall.
KNIGHT I was in the Royal Guard at that time.
I received an order and I just followed out of blind
loyalty.
I fought with you as well.
It is such a disgrace…
Dining Hall:
Inside the dining hall, Yuri finds Karol and Repede sitting on the
floor with two resident of the lower quarter. Yuri walks behind Karol.
The two people and Repede watch intently as Karol works on an object
lying on the floor.
YURI What’s up, Karol?
KAROL Oh, Yuri. Take a look. It’s as good as new!
Karol stands up and proudly holds up a brown leather case.
YURI Good to see you’re as useful as ever. That’s not
yours though, is it?
HANKS It’s mine.
Hanks walks over from the kitchen.
YURI Hanks. (chuckling)
Karol hands the bag to Hanks.
HANKS This boy’s been fixing up all the stuff that got
knocked around in that commotion.
He even went back to the lower quarter to pick all
these things up.
Yuri’s mouth drops open in amazement.
KAROL Heh. Actually, Repede found most of it.
YOUNG MAN These’re my favorite shoes, and you can’t hardly see
where they got torn. This guy’s awesome!
WOMAN He sewed up a dress that was very important to me.
Thanks again for that.
YURI …Are you sure about doing this, Karol? Tomorrow’s the
final battle.
KAROL It’s okay… I was actually a little worried.
I couldn’t really sleep anyway, when I started
thinking about the battle tomorrow.
I just thought… I might as well help out if there was
anything I could do.
YURI Huh…
KAROL I didn’t thing Repede would want to come help,
though. I was a little surprised.
YURI He probably guessed what you were thinking. He
doesn’t just go along with anything.
KAROL Heh heh, yeah I guess.
Karol tires to pet Repede, but the dog walks away from him.
YURI Hah, don’t push your luck.
KAROL Aw, come on Repede.
HANKS Ohh, this boy’s gota bright future ahead of him.
YURI You are looking at the esteemed Boss of our guild.
Karol blushes and rubs the back of his neck.
HANKS You might learn a thing or two from him, yourself,
you know.
YURI I walked right into that one.
Yuri smiles and looks down at a dumbfounded Karol.
HANKS Memories support the heart. And our dearest
possessions are the vessels for those memories.
Thank you, young man.
Hanks looks at Karol with sincere gratitude and walks back toward the
kitchen. The woman follows him.
KAROL I’ll just do a little more, and then I’ll call it a
night.
YURI Okay, just don’t overdo it.
KAROL Yeah, I know.
Karol resumes his work.
KAROL This is like this… This goes here..
This is kind of fun!
Um…This goes here… And this, here…
YOUNG MAN Yuri is working for a great boss. A little on the
young side, but…
WOMAN Hehe…what a cute little boss…
HANKS Have pity on an old man. I don’t have that much
longer to live.
Thanks, Yuri. You really came through for us.
INNKEEPERS WIFE I’ll get food ready while the men are out looking
around the city.
You can’t fight on an empty stomach, right?
When everyone’s done eating, we’re all going back to
the lower quarter and clean our city up!
OLD WOMAN First, the men are going into the lower quarter to
see how things are.
I hope it’s not too bad.
Next, we’ll clean up this city and have it ready for
you when you come home, Yuri.
LITTLE GIRL I say, Beanpole and Porky are actually helping
rebuild the city.
See? They’re nice guys. You should really be nicer to
them, Yuri.
I have to clean up my shop when I get back to the
lower quarter.
Oh man, this is so bad…
YOUNG MAN #2 Things finally settled down. I think I can finally
leave on my trip now.
I feel sorry for everyone and all, but I’ve been
waiting for this trip!
Problems make you really appreciate peace and quiet.
That’s why we’re heading out on our journey! For some
excitement!
YOUNG MAN #1 I think it would be best to remain in the capital and
lend a hand with its reconstruction.
But he wants to leave on our trip as soon as possible.
It would be hard just to leave the lower quarter like
this…
Royal Garden:
On his way to get Raven out of the prison, Yuri passes through the
garden. A Knight is standing guard and Judith stands near the pond
holding the entelexeia communication device to her ear.
FLYNN KNIGHT Uhhh… I feel sick… I am so done with being a knight…
And with what Alexei did, nobody respects Knights
anymore.
YURI What’re you doing, Judy?
JUDITH I’m trying to see if I can contact Phaeroh again.
If Zaude is connected to the ancient catastrophe,
Phaeroh might know something about it.
YURI Isn’t he gonna ask about Estelle?
JUDITH I’ll tell him it looks like everything will be okay.
YURI All right. Thanks.
JUDITH You know, the only real goal I’ve had in life has
been to destroy the Hermes blastia.
I didn’t have to think about other things while I was
doing that.
YURI Other things?
YURI Oh… This world, me, lots of things.
Had I never met Estelle, I might still be flying
around with Ba’ul, not thinking of anything.
YURI Phaeroh said you’d changed, too.
JUDITH Don’t get me wrong. I’m telling him Estelle will be
all right because I really believe it.
I have no intention of ignoring the blastia or the
aer.
YURI Is that part of the “lots of things” you mentioned?
JUDITH … (gasps)
YURI Sorry. Forget I said that.
JUDITH I won’t kill Estelle. Nor will I let her be killed. I
also can’t let Alexei go on.
YURI Okay.
…We head out tomorrow morning. Just get back by then.
JUDITH Understood.
Judith starts to walk away but Yuri stops her.
YURI Judy.
JUDITH Hm?
YURI Let’s win this one.
JUDITH Okay.

Grand Hall:
SCHWANN KNIGHT Well, I guess joining a group like this and getting
so much power would make anyone crazy.
I mean, I don’t even know about Acting Commandant
Flynn. That position, as young as he is…?
Flynn… He’s so innocent. Poor thing.
I’m afraid that won’t last very long…
SCHWANN KNIGHT I don’t wanna work with the Royal Guard.
You never know when they’ll stab you in the back. I
mean, they’re all traitors.
I’ll pass on working with lowlifes that’ll stab you
in the back anytime.

Corridor Left of Grand Hall:

SCHWANN KNIGHT I don’t know what to believe.
I was brought up thinking that Knights were just a
group that protected the country.
What is justice?
I wonder if I can live by my own sense of justice.
“Audience Chamber”:
FLYNN KNIGHT I am standing here in the midst of an exciting,
historic time.
So much chaos in the capital! So much danger! My
heart’s racing!
History is happening all around us. Doesn’t that make
you a little happy?

Room where Estelle was first met:

SCHWANN KNIGHT Why did my comrades assist in the rebellion…
No matter how charismatic Commandant Alexei was, to
do something like that is just…
But you know, one wrong step and I might have
followed Commandant Alexei, too.

Fourth Angel Statue Room:

Yuri find Estelle and Rita sitting on the floor here with Dein Nomos on
the floor between them. Book like around Rita and she has the blastia
control panel open.
RITA This’ll bring the value back down, so the discrepancy
with this should…
A formula sphere appears momentarily then breaks up.
RITA …Nope, it’s nowhere near enough.
ESTELLE Yuri!
YURI …What are you all doing out here?
RITA Shut up and leave me alone! Oh, it’s you.
Agitated, Rita had prepared an arte spell, but stopped it the moment
she looked up and saw it was just Yuri standing beside her, his face
alarmed.
YURI Nice to see you too. So, what kind of experiment is
this, anyway?
Neither answers right away.
YURI …Is something wrong?
RITA No, it’s being kept well under control, and it’s
stable.
As annoying as it is to admit, Dein Nomos and this
system of Alexei’s are both pretty amazing.
YURI So then, where’s the problem?
RITA The effective area of control is more limited than I
thought.
The control barrier originates at the barrier
blastia. She’s stable inside it, but she can’t leave.
I guess Dein Nomos alone couldn’t take the place of
all those apatheia.
YURI So long trips are out of the question?
RITA Also, the barrier blastia’s part of the system. As
long as it’s (not) in use, this city is defenseless.
That’s why I’m out here trying to figure out a way
for her to move around freely.
YURI Why can’t Estelle just take Dein Nomos with her
wherever she goes?
RITA It was really only designed to contain aer that’s
gone out of control.
I don’t think it could actually affect Estelle in any
way.
YURI I guess that’s how it was with Duke, too
RITA Don’t worry. I’ll come up with something, or my name
isn’t Rita Mordio.
I won’t let Estelle wind up trapped like that again.
Nobody treats my friend like just some… thing.
YURI Okay. I’ll leave you to it.
Nothing to worry about. You’re got the best genius
under the sun with you.
ESTELLE Yes, I know Rita can help me.
RITA (winking) I’ll have this ready by tomorrow. You get
yourself to bed.
YURI Okay, okay. Don’t push yourself too hard. Same to
you, Estelle.
RITA Apply the value of pi here… The equation of… Ah! No,
that won’t work…!
……
Ah…I got it! No…wait…
ESTELLE It’s good to see Rita so dedicated and involved.
Even though this is probably for her research.
Yuri finds Raven lying down in the last cell.
Check: Transform Bow +!a
Moon Guard
YURI …He’s actually sleeping. Man, I can’t tell if he’s
brave, or just stupid.
Raven’s eyes fly open.
RAVEN Weren’t you gonna have a touchin’ reunion with our
bestest pal?
YURI Nah, it’s that lieutenant of his. She’s scary.
Raven sits up.
RAVEN Hm? Oh, well…I guess I can see that.
YURI What do you mean?
RAVEN Oh, well, it’s just…she’s so serious. Gotta be
careful not ta rub her the wrong way.
YURI I’m not rubbing anything any way.
RAVEN Well, ya most certainly can’t please all the people
all the time.
YURI I guess you’re right. So what are you doing here?
RAVEN Oh, just thinkin’ about stuff… Hey, why’re ya lookin’
at me like that?
Yuri is shocked and bewildered.
RAVEN With all we’ve been through, I guess I’m just tryin’
ta figure out what I should do with myself.
But I keep comin’ up empty.
Change wears me out.
YURI You chose your own life. At this point, you should be
able to do anything you want.
RAVEN How do I put it…? I already died once. Now I’m
thinkin’ about a bunch of stuff…
But I guess thinkin’ about settling things with
Alexei is enough for now.
The rest’ll probably come out in the wash.
YURI Sounds okay to me.
RAVEN Speakin’ of settling things, I filled Estelle in on
all the stuff that happened.
(raising head to look at Yuri) Guess what she did.
YURI Hm?
RAVEN She said I had to let her do the same thing everyone
else did.
 (winking) So she smacked me on the head. Called it
even.
YURI Hah hah, that’s Estelle.
RAVEN (looking away) …It kind of hurt, actually.
(slumps) Well, I think I’m gonna catch my shut-eye in
here.
YURI Suit yourself… Try not to oversleep for once, though.
(cutscene over)
RAVEN It feels great here.

Yuri heads back to the room where he first met Estelle and talked to
the vendor there.
VENDOR Ready to call it a day?
Repede joins Yuri.
YURI You coming too, Repede?
REPEDE Woof!

YURI Tomorrow…we fight.

…Hope everybody can get some sleep.
INFORMATION Repede joined the party.

In the morning, Flynn stops Yuri on the steps leading down from the
castle.
FLYNN Going already?
Flynn walks down the steps to join Yuri.
FLYNN It looks like things here won’t be settled for a
while.
I had hopes that we’d have the guild ships at our
disposal.
YURI I heard they’ve been having some issues.
FLYNN It seems they’ve been unable to decide on a course of
action since the Don’s passing.
It looks like I’ll be one step behind you again this
time.
YURI No hard feelings, no matter which of us gets to
Alexei first, right?
Yuri starts to walk away, then stops.
YURI Oh yeah. Are you done trying to get Estelle back?
I mean, she’s still a princess. And what about all
that stuff with the imperial succession?
Flynn leaves the steps to stand beside Yuri.
FLYNN The Council has chosen Ioder as their leader.
For all intents and purposes he’s got their
nomination for the throne.
YURI Hm. Okay.
(walking away) So that’s why you don’t need to chase
her around anymore?
FLYNN That’s not it.
It’s just that I’ve finally come to terms with the
choices she’s made for herself.
YURI Wow. You sure loosened up.
FLYNN Don’t give me a hard time. It’s something I’ve had to
struggle with in my own way.
YURI Well, she’d be happy to hear it.
Flynn catches up to Yuri.
FLYNN Ill bring the problems of the aer and the blastia to
His Highness’ attention.
 He’ll be able to come up with some way of helping,
I’m sure.
As for Lady Estellise… Yuri, you have my confidence.
YURI (turning to Flynn) I appreciate it. Sorry for being
such a pain.
(walking off) Well, I’m gonna get going. See you at
Zaude.
FLYNN (looks down briefly) …As far as anyone is concerned,
the capital was retaken because of my efforts. It
isn’t just with this, though.
No one knows the things you… that Brave Vesperia have
done for them. They probably never will.
Are you satisfied with that?
Yuri snaps his fingers and moves on.
FLYNN We’ll leave at once, when the ship is ready.
I have a few scores to settle with the captain.

Nobles on the street in front of the Castle:

Noble Gentleman Heh…heh heh… I protected all my wealth.
I don’t care what happens as long as I have my money.
As long as I have money… Heh hee hee hee hee!
KRITYAN MAN The Council members are on the brink of despair.
However the flame of hope will not be extinguished so
easily.
Everything will be all right if Alexei is brought
down.
I’m not particularly worried.
NOBLE MAN Do something! Somebody go get a powerful mage or
something!
What are we supposed to do if the barrier vanishes
again?!
I’m a noble! I’ll give you all the money you want!
Someone, anyone! Get rid of those monsters around
Zaphias!

Royal Quarter:
NOBLE WOMAN #1 Zaphias’ barrier has disappeared! I’ll bet it broke
again! We must inspect the barrier blastia!
Researchers from Aspio must be summoned to fix the
barrier blastia at once!
NOBLE WOMAN #2 I returned because I heard the capital was safe again.
So what are you commoners doing in the royal quarter?
It is best to be in the city no matter what might
happen.
After all, the Knights are here to protect Zaphias.
NOBLE GENTLEMAN I knew it. The capital’s back to normal. It’s because
we nobles are well-protected.
I’m not worried about monsters or the barrier.
Why? Because the nobles are protected!
KRITYAN WOMAN The disturbance in the aer seems to have quieted, but…
Have we truly escaped danger…?
If the legends of the Kritya are true…
NOBLE GIRL I grit my teeth and joined the Flynn Defense Force.
The lower girls may not be very refined, but they’re
nice. Not so bad, actually.
Everything just went, like, so bad after I joined the
Defense Force.
 I wonder where everyone went?

Citizen’s Quarter:
KRITYAN MAN The city’s still in chaos, and now of all times the
knight guarding the ramparts has to be that guy…
The knight usually guarding the lower quarter is a
dependable, loyal person.
He’s in the Schwann Brigade. The useless ones are in
the Cumore Brigade. The commanders make the
difference.

OLD WOMAN Dragons and phoenixes were flying over Zaphias… What
were they doing?
I was sure they’d come to attack us, but it seems the
barrier blocked them.
It looks like the barrier has stabilized. Thank
heavens.
MAN Oh man… I’m done. I’m so done.
With the barrier gone… It’s just… It’s over. I’m done.
Fight monsters? Me?
No no no. Uh-uh. There’s no way I could do that!
LITTLE BOY Hey, are the Knights bad guys?
Everyone’s saying the capital going all crazy is
Alexei’s fault.
What a letdown…
SCHWANN KNIGHT All of Captain Flynn’s people took off!
So why do we have to work in the capital?
If we don’t run, we’ll die! We have to abandon
Zaphias!
ARTIST The other day at the refugee camp, I saw a dragon
flying toward Zaphias.
But it was struck down by that uncanny aurora in the
sky!
Might I have been dreaming…? I must admit I was up
the whole night painting…
No matter! Dream or illusion, I will paint that
dragon! That is the artiste’s raison d’etre!
Everyone is waiting for Yuri at the eastern exit.
KAROL Morning, Yuri!
RAVEN Looks like I overslept a little. My hair’s a mess…
KAROL Is that all you’re worried about…?
YURI Sounds like we’re all good.
Rita hands Yuri the Dein Nomos.
RITA Here ya go.
Yuri takes the sword, looking at it, then up to see the barrier back in
the sky.
YURI (looking at Rita) You pulled it off.
Now we just need Judy and Estelle.
JUDITH Here I am. Good morning, everyone.
KAROL Ah, morning, Judith!

YURI Were you able to get in touch with Phaeroh?

JUDITH Yes, but you won’t like what he told me about Zaude…
He says it is a place that must be left undisturbed,
by both Entelexeia and humans.
KAROL …I wonder why.
RAVEN Such an encouraging send-off…
YURI Well, it’s not like we can just say, “Oh! Thanks for
telling us!” and not go.
Alexei’s at Zaude, and I’m really not in a mood to
just let him go.
JUDITH Your right. Phaeroh will have to understand.
RAVEN We already came this far. We can’t stop now.
KAROL Besides, if we just ignore it, the whole world’s
gonna be in all kinds of trouble.
YURI That’s the spirit. Now we just need Estelle. Rita,
did you see her?
Rita turns away from the others.
RITA Estelle won’t be coming.
YURI Hm?!
Everyone turns to look at Rita.
RITA She can’t fight anymore.
YURI Wait, you don’t mean…?
RITA The control was a success.
But she needs to avoid aer interference in order to
keep her power from activating.
KAROL Huh? But all blastia need aer to work, don’t they?
RITA Yes, so I tried the same thing as Raven.
JUDITH Using her own life energy for power.
RAVEN Are ya serious? I really wouldn’t recommend that.
RITA I couldn’t find any other way. At least she can use
formulas without worrying about aer.
But it’s not just controlling the power of the Child
of the Full Moon, even artes will use her life.
She could be in serious danger if she had to exert
herself.
YURI …So she won’t be coming with us anymore.
RAVEN And was she okay with that?
ESTELLE …No.
Estelle stands behind them. They all turn around.
KAROL Estelle!
RITA Hey! Y-You’re just here… to see us off, right?
ESTELLE Rita, I’m sorry. Please take me with you.
RITA What did I tell you?! You’ll lose your life just by
using your artes!

You could go on living with no problem if you just

wouldn’t use them.
ESTELLE I sat up all night thinking about what you told me.
At first I thought, “Finally, I’ll be able to live a
normal life.”
RITA Yeah, you’ve suffered enough. You can rest now.
ESTELLE Thank you, Rita.
You all are risking your lives to fight. Even the
fate of this world is at stake…
Knowing that, my only choice is to fight alongside
you.
KAROL Estelle…
ESTELLE There are still things I can do. For my friends.
So I’m asking you, please. Take me with you.
YURI I want to tell you no, but you decided this for
yourself. I won’t turn you down.
JUDITH Yes. And she doesn’t really listen once she sets her
mind to something.
RAVEN Ahh, let’s take her. Nobody likes havin’ their
friends run off to steal all the fun.
KAROL Yeah, we’ll all help out to make this easy on her.
Rita is unconvinced. Finally she crosses her arms and issues an
ultimatum.
RITA …Promise me one thing, you will never, never, push
yourself too hard. Got it?
(blushing) I’ll never forgive you if you break that
promise!
Rita turns away and Karol walks around her to study her face.
ESTELLE All right.
YURI Heh, trying to forbid this bunch from pushing
themselves is pretty pointless.
Rita extends her fist and knocks nosey Karol to the ground.
RAVEN So our next problem is just how ta go about actually
getting’ ta Zaude.
JUDITH Don’t worry. There’s one friend you’re forgetting.
They hear Ba’ul calls to them from above.
YURI Ba’ul? Is he okay?
JUDITH I told you. He’s strong.
TOKUNAGA Everyone, I also just finished the repairs on the
ship!
KAROL That’s right, Tokunaga’s here too!
YURI So everything’s ready. This is it, the final battle!
ESTELLE Okay.
RAVEN Yep.
JUDITH Right.
REPEDE Woof!
KAROL Yeah!
RITA Right.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.
INFORMATION Estelle earned the “Determined Princess” title.

SKIT Rita’s 3-Second Cooking

SCHWANN KNIGHT Welcome to the Imperial Capital of Zaphias.

Commandant Alexei rode off on a monster somewhere.
Maybe I should follow him…

SKIT Grown-up Kids

SKIT Estelle Comes Back
SKIT Ba’ul Is Back
SKIT Don’t Mess With Zaude

Lower Quarter:
OLD WOMAN I was so worried with the barrier gone.
I don’t know what would’ve happened if the barrier
didn’t get fixed.
I have to thank whoever fixed the barrier blastia.
SCHWANN KNIGHT Damn… I sure pulled the short end of the stick.
I can’t believe I have to guard the lower quarter…
The lower quarter is even further out than the
ramparts.
This is bad. It’s the worst place for a battle.
YOUNG MAN This is like the devastation after a giant storm, or
something.
When things are this bad, even getting depressed
 about it feels stupid.
No point in getting all weepy. We’ve got to work
together and rebuild.
If we can get the lower quarter back in shape, maybe
everyone who left will come back.
TED It was terrible when I got back to the lower quarter!
Grass like tree trunks covered the entire lower
quarter… I couldn’t believe it.
I wonder if Flynn will rebuild things if we ask. I
mean, Flynn’s really important now!
Yuri, go and ask Flynn for us!
VENDOR I can’t keep my products arranged right, but look
around and pick out what you need.
Sorry it’s still such a mess. Don’t let it put you
off! Come back soon!
Man (wall) This is all the imperial family’s fault. They
neglected their duties as our guardians.
We can’t forgive the imperial family. They should be
condemned for this.

Inn & Tavern “Comet”:

The tavern is empty of customers.
LITTLE GIRL You and your friends fixed that weird sky, right Yuri?
Now we can go out and play! Thank you…tee-hee!
[musical note]
Are you gonna leave again, Yuri?
Everyone’s gonna work together and fix the town back
up, so come back soon!

INNKEEPER That weird thing with the sky seems to have fixed
itself.
The evacuees won’t come back for a while, but we
gotta fix up the lower quarter.
The people who remained need a place to relax, so I
plan to keep the inn and tavern running.
INNKEEPER’S WIFE Is the young lady feeling better? Don’t push
yourselves too hard.
I’ll go and make you some nice, hot soup. If you’re
going back out, you’ll need your nutrition!`

Lower Quarter Exit to Field:

OLD MAN It looks like the weirdness in the sky cleared up,
but some houses in the lower quarter were damaged.
The Knights won’t do anything for us, so I guess
we’ll take care of things ourselves.
All we have to do with the debris is clear it away,
but the main problem is the buildings.
We just don’t have enough able-bodied folk to work.
If only the evacuees would return…
SCHWANN KNIGHT The Knights are the sword of justice. The shield of
the weak. We can retreat not a step.
We are all that stand before the citizens. We shall
protect Zaphias with our lives!

Outside Deidon Hold (after fighting Brutal):

SKIT Karol’s Sidekick
They stay at King of Adventure and talk to Rich.
SKIT No Mercy
RICH Hmph! You mean to tell me you defeated a Brutal?
…I must thank you.
Please, take this.
INFORMATION Obtained Boomerang Horn.

Using Ba’ul, they quickly round up supplies.

Capua Nor
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Town Intersection:
OLDER MAN I heard they somehow repaired the barrier back in
Zaphias, but I’m sure they’re not taking any chances.
We can’t, either. We have to prepare our town for
anything that might happen…
It seems researchers come from Aspio now and again to
perform maintenance on our blastia.
Even so, it’s pure foolish to have blind faith that
everything will be all right.
YOUNG GIRL They say the barrier in Zaphias was fixed, and some
of the citizens have come back.
I wish it had just stayed broken…
I thought it would serve the people in Zaphias right
to go through a little pain…
LITTLE BOY There are more Rhybgaros like the one brought over by
the previous magistrate.
“If you mix foreign animals in an area, this disrupts
the local ecosystem.”
…At least, that’s what the tied blue-hair, cool, bad-
mouthed student said…
YOUNG MAN The Imperial Knight’s captain sent Flynn on a ship
full of refugees from Zaphias to the north.
I bet they’re going to work those guys down to the
bones.
What happens to the people in Zaphias has nothing to
do with me!

Street Leading to the Docks:

WOMAN (outside inn) Ah, hello, traveler. How about spending
a night with us? Both land and sea routes are very
dangerous right now, you know.
I thought we’d always be safe inside our barriers…
…But when you hear about how the barrier in Zaphias
failed…
SAILOR I saw it. I saw it, man! On our trip south…something
that looked like a giant ring, just floating on the
sea!
What was it?
“Ring, o ring on the sea! Say your vows to the…” Ah,
hell. This is no time for singing.
LINER SERVICE Welcome… Oh, how I want to be able to say that. Liner
Service isn’t operational right now.

Inn “Pollux”:
NOBLE WOMAN Everyone I know has gone to Hypionia up north.
 I stayed behind because I can’t leave him alone.
He’s all alone, you see? Ahh…I can’t leave him like
that.
YOUNG MAN My family and friends boarded a refugee ship, and
made for the south.
I’ve been left all alone…but it can’t be helped.
I have prepared myself! What will tomorrow be?

Road to Magistrate’s Palace:

NOBLE WOMAN There seems to be new people in town making a fuss,
but it means little to me.
This sea belongs to me. I won’t let anyone else have
it.
…I’m not very fond of people who won’t shut up, you
know…
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SUB-EVENT: Duke – Part 7 – FINAL:
They find Duke standing on the path to the Magistrates Palace and
looking out over the sea at the newly risen Shrine of Zaude.
YURI Hey.
DUKE I will take back what I have loaned.
You allowed that to rise again. You cannot be trusted
with Dein Nomos.
YURI Do you know what that thing is?
DUKE The legacy of the ancients… A giant blastia that
could save the world from impending doom.
But you have allowed it to fall into hands that would
use it for ill purposes.
All things must be returned to their proper places.
Begin by returning that sword to me.
YURI Wait.
If this should be returned to its proper place,
wouldn’t that mean giving it to Estelle?
DUKE Nothing would be more fruitless than giving it to one
who could not use it properly.
ESTELLE For us Dein Nomos was never anything more than proof
of imperial lineage.
So, perhaps you are better suited to wield it.
DUKE . . . (Hmm.)
YURI …So, if you don’t mind, could you let me keep it a
little longer?
We’re going to stop Alexei ourselves. And we need
this to do it…
Duke turns back to ocean.
DUKE …Very well… However, if you should waver before the
task you face,…
…I will come again to claim the sword.
YURI Okay.
…Let’s go.
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Marketplace:
VENDOR *Sigh* …paying the rental fee for this spot day in
and day out is eating away my savings…
Why do I stay here? I can’t let a location as good as
this slip out of my hands.
 My priorities may be skewed, but there’s no way I
could convince myself to give this space up.
GEL JUNKIE The shops are still stocked with gels, but who knows
when supplies are going to run out? It really keeps
me up at night…
I just can’t think about anything else right now.
Maybe I should buy up all the gels left before
someone else gets their hands on them…
OLD MAN There was a town called Duo that sank into the sea
before I was even born. It was between Torim and Nor.
I certainly never thought I’d get to see it rise up
out of the ocean. Live and learn, they say…
What now? You say the thing that rose up from the sea
isn’t Duo at all?
What is it, then?
VENDOR The port’s full of warships and there’s some kind of
strange building out on the sea.
Where in the world is Fortune’s Market getting their
merchandise from?
Even at a time like this, the shop across the way is
doing gangbuster business.
I…I think I want to join Fortune’s Market…
NOBLE MAN That young knight named Flynn can certainly handle
himself, can’t he?
He may not be of high birth, but it’s hard to find
any other fault with him.
Of course, Flynn can’t hold a candle to Captain
Cumore.
I am quite sure he’s the strongest knight of all.
SAILOR I heard a lot of sunken treasures lie at the bottom
of the ocean.
I bet that palace on the surface is no exception.
But, all the attention from the public takes away
some of it’s mysterious aura…

Capua
Torim~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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SAILOR There be somethin’ strange arisen in the middle of

the sea…
Ah, do ye think it may have somethin’ to do with that
battered ship?
Surely the Knights will be doin’ somethin’ about it.

SUB-EVENT: Professor Sicily - Part 3:

OLD WOMAN So, some big ring has risen up beyond the sea?
That’s really something. It’s bigger than that ring a
guy once got me…
That ring…? I threw it into the sea here.
Bittersweet memories…
MAN The barrier will protect us no matter what happens.
It’s really all because of that barrier blastia we
can live in such comfort, isn’t it?
SAILOR What’s this? Some weird structure showed up in MY sea?
Wonderful! It’s a mystery of the Sea! [heart]
Huh? You need something? Quit looking at me like
that, you pervert!

First Level:
GUILDSMAN I heard that the Knights have been in a big hurry
getting ships together.
You think they’re planning on going to that structure
out on the sea?
LITTLE GIRL All the grownups are going crazy about something that
came out of the sea. But it doesn’t have anything to
do with me.
You can’t live if you spend all your time panicking.
GUILDSMAN Knights versus knights? There are some alarming
things happening in the Empire.
Without anyone to hold the Union together, it’s in a
shambles, too.
With the Don dead, it might be time for the Guilds to
go through some big changes.

Second Level:
OLDER MAN It seems like the Empire’s getting restless.
They even say some young knight or other helped out
one of the Guilds.
LITTLE BOY Hey, do you have any idea why the sky over the
capital went so weird?
I try and try, but I just can’t figure it out.
The weather has truly been in chaos lately.

Inn “Pollux T”:

Two guildsmen sit at a table, drinking from mugs.
GUILDSMAN #1 I went to see what things were like in Nor. A friend
of mine contacted me, saying it was really bad in
Zaphias.
If we play our cards right, we might be able to make
our Guild famous…
GUILDSMAN #2 Now I hear the Empire’s a mess, too.
Maybe the Empire will fall just like the Union, eh?
OLD MAN There are definitely Eumas roaming this world!
I will find one, and then we’ll see who’ll have the
last laugh!

I swear to you, I will find a Euma! Then those

foolish believers in common sense will see just how
wrong they are!

GUILDSWOMAN I thought the Commandant was just the Empire’s dog…

But he really proved his worth in the rebellion!
Will you join me in the rebellion?

Aspio
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SUB-EVENT: Collector’s Book – Part 2:

WORKER #1 The mountain collapsed from the impact on the capital
and blocked the road to Shaikos.
Then, it was our turn!
Anyway, I wonder what that shock wave was?
Well, That’s OK. I am happy just swinging a pickaxe.

FEMALE MAGE I think the recent earthquake exposed the blastia on

the mountain.
That earthquake is clearly the reason I can’t sleep.
No, wait. If you look at it a different way…maybe
it’s the blastia causing the earthquakes? That can’t
be…

Central Plaza
MALE MAGE #1 The abnormal environment in Zaphias right now…might
it have something to do with an aer abnormality?
MALE FEMALE #2 It’s dangerous? What are you saying?
The blastia we’re excavating are even more energized
than usual. This is our chance at experimentation!
FEMALE MAGE Blastia we excavated that weren’t working are now
working again.
How strange… It’s almost like they’re resonating with
something.

Spiral Steps Leading to Locked House:

HOODED MAGE Research doesn’t go smoothly when Mordio’s not here.
Are you researching the abnormality with the
capital’s barrier blastia?

Heliord ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SUB-EVENT: Children Lover:

SUB-EVENT: Hotsprings – Part 1
SUB-EVENT: Avenging Soldiers - Part 2:
SUB-EVENT: Extra Dungeon-Part 1: [Phaeroh’s Crag]

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENT IN MANTAIC:

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SUB-EVENT: Kowz Boy – Part 3:

Street in front of Inn:

SAILOR I heard from another sailor there’s trouble in
Nordopolica.
It seems some monsters from the coliseum escaped or
something.
Pretty scary, huh?
This town has a barrier, though. We should be safe.
YOUNG WOMAN Say, do you know about the hole back behind the inn?
There’s something…strange in it…
What could it be? It’s kind of scary…
You people should probably stay away from it.
Inn “Antares”:
INNKEEPER’S WIFE A whole bunch of Knights showed up again a while ago.
I was so worried they were here to take over the town
again.
Luckily, that didn’t happen at all.
What was that all about, anyway?

Fountain Area:
KNIGHT Travelers have been telling me things are bad back in
the Empire.
I’m worried, but our orders are to keep the peace
here in Mantaic. We must hold fast!
With the Empire unstable, we must be resolute! We
must not let the citizens fall to despair!
MAN Hi there!
There’s no much to do here, but please enjoy your
stay.
MOTHER Layla grew 2 inches recently!
Layla looks forward to seeing you again.
WITCH I saw it. I saw it, I saw it! There was a huge bird
flying in the sky!
But that’s only half of it! There was a dragon, too,
even bigger than the bird!
D-do you think our barrier will be enough to keep
them out…?
B-but of course, if it comes right down to it, I’ll
just zap them to death with my magic.
KNIGHT (DOORWAY) *Grumble* A traveler told me he saw that giant bird,
and a dragon, too!
Why didn’t anyone in our brigade see them? I still
can’t get anyone to believe me…
Now I’m going to have a reputation as a bigmouth. I
have to do something about that…

Street Leading Down to the Oasis:

OLD MAN The town is finally free again, but now there’s all
this hubbub about giant birds and the Empire.
Everyone’s in such a fuss. People should take things
easy, like me. Otherwise, life’ll tire you out.
Honestly, I’m more afraid of my wife’s scoldings.
WOMAN That giant bird… I bet its droppings are simply nasty.
Oh dear. Excuse me for saying something so indelicate.
Oh no! Now that I have that thought in my head! I
can’t shake it…
OLDER MAN Owww… My old lady really went to work on me again.
All I did was stay out ‘til dawn three days in a row…
Is that so bad…?
You agree with me, don’t you?
Mantaic Oasis:
NOBLE WOMAN Apparently a large number of troops came here a while
ago, and then left quickly.
Whatever could have happened?
Not that the comings and goings of soldiers has any
bearing on my vacation, of course.
BOY The new Knights are all so nice… Totally different
from Cumore’s Knights.
But they’re still taking credit for your work. Why?
Grown-ups are really weird.
GIRL The Knights are gonna protect this town! We’re gonna
be safe!
Maybe I should join the Knights, too.
Hey mister, aren’t you going to join the Knights?

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENT IN NORDOPOLICA:

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SUB-EVENT: Tidy up the Warehouse - Part 4:
SUB-EVENT: Fell Weapons Part 1:

At last, they are ready to fly to the Shrine of Zaude. They assemble on
the deck of the Fiertia.
YURI So that’s Zaude. It’s huge.
KAROL It’s sort of shaped like a ring.
RAVEN Anybody with fingers big enough for that wouldn’t
have any trouble taking over the world.
KAROL I wonder if we’ll get in without being seen.
RITA Whoa, look! Over there!
JUDITH Phaeroh…
Phaeroh files over Zaude and lands on it’s surface. Phaeroh is
enveloped by a purple mist as he tries to absorb the aer around Zaude.
But Zaude’s defense mechanism activates with a beam of light shooting
from the sky and stops Phaeroh and he has to leave.
KAROL He’s…
JUDITH But Phaeroh’s one of the strongest Entelexeia…
RAVEN And even he couldn’t do anything to it. What’d we get
ourselves into?
RITA It reconstituted itself by manipulating the aer.
…What processing speed…
YURI Let’s go in from below.
Phaeroh’s doing all the work, but at least he’s got
Alexei looking up for now.
JUDITH Phaeroh…thank you. (sadly)
SKIT Fighting Alexei
SKIT Phaeroh’s Help

THE ENDURING SHRINE OF ZAUDE

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YURI Man, up close, this thing is bigger than I thought.

RITA Is this really one big blastia?! There’s no way…
JUDITH It must possess unimaginable power.
Karol points to an object behind them.
KAROL Whoa, look! That’s a Knight battleship, right?
ESTELLE Could it be Flynn?
RAVEN Nah, I bet it’s the Royal Guard. Which means…
Raven runs up the embankment to the left of the steps and peeks unseen
at the entrance.
RAVEN The place is crawlin’ with ‘em. They’ve got the main
entrance covered.
RITA There aren’t that many. We could blow ‘em away before
they knew what hit them.
YURI Easy. We’re not here to get noticed.
Let’s see if there isn’t some other way in.
SKIT Geraios Technology

The climb the embankment as Raven did before and step onto the walkway
at the end of the triple fountains on either side of the walk.
YURI Oops…There’s a bunch of knights here.
Better find another way in.
The walk along next to the shoreline to the right as far as they can.
Chest Barrier
A short path leads to a vent just above the waterline.
YURI There’s a breeze… It’s a vent.
KAROL Leave it to me!
Karol tinkers with the metal vent.
ESTELLE Rita, don’t worry. I’m fine.
RITA (turning away, crossing arms) Please, I-I’m not
worried.
JUDITH You clearly are.
RITA Oh, shut up! Hurry up and get that thing open!
(pointing at Karol)
YURI You’re the only one shouting.
KAROL Got it!
RAVEN Wonderful, let’s take a look.
They crawl through the vent and emerge inside the blue light of the
shrine. The shrine is dimly lit with water fountains and pools in-
between walkways of stone blocks. Staircases lead to an upper storey
though many are broken and impassable. Treasure chest are in abundance
as seem to be lighted sculptures floating above faintly glowing
translucent blue bases. They investigate deep pink sculpture resembling
a jagged quarter moon cupping a shining pink ball floating above a
translucent blue base.
INFORMATION Holy water shall rain forth from the heavens when the
power of creation is offered to the Red Stone.
Up ahead in a northern alcove, is another sculpture. This one resembles
a thick jagged blue ring. No information is offered on the base.

SKIT Just a Little?

They go down the stairs and take a left corridor all the way to a long
room containing many treasure chests.
Chests: Panacea Bottle, 15000 Gald, 20000 Gald, Moon Cloak,
Zaude Orb, Life Bottle, Special Gel, Limit Bottle and
a Splash Dress.

SKIT Mental Work Is…Work

The Zaude Orb resembles the shining ball they saw in the quarter moon
sculpture near the vent. They place the Zaude Orb in the jagged ring
sculpture and get another puzzle clue.
INFORMATION Holy water shall return to the heavens when the power
of creation is offered to the Blue Stone.

Yuri hits the Zaude Orb with his ring and the first level is flooded
with water allowing them to swim to the second level walkways. They
swim to the western broken stairs an climb a few steps to a second
story walkway with another jagged ring sculpture already with an Orb.
Chest Pineapple Gel
Chest Dunamis (spear)
Chest Lemon Gel
Chest Rare Plate (body armor)

YURI Hey old man, there’s something I’ve been wondering.

RAVEN What?
YURI How come the Royal Guard is so loyal to Alexei?
RAVEN Well, did you now that most of the Imperial Knights
are taken as apprentices from the nobility?
YURI Yeah, I wish I could forget.
RAVEN Well, the Royal Guard protects the emperor, and
they’re made up of the finest soldiers in the
Imperial Knights.
RITA Hasn’t it been several years since we’ve had an
emperor, though?
RAVEN Exactly. In that time, the Commandant’s cleverly made
those knights into his own personal army.
YURI It doesn’t seem like that’d be enough to turn them
into such little lapdogs, though.
RAVEN (winking) Well, the ideals he offered them were
attractive in their own ways.
“Lead our empire to prosperity!” and what have ya.
JUDITH I’ll bet there were a lot of idealists in their ranks.
KAROL …Like Flynn, you mean?
RAVEN It’d be nice if all of them could’ve figured out the
truth on their own like that one…
ESTELLE …
They climb a short flight of stairs and emerge on the third floor
populated by Alexei’s machines and Royal Guard.
SKIT The Monster Book is Mine
SKIT The Artiste
Chest Rare Protector (body armor)
They enter an underwater room enclosed in glass.
ESTELLE It’s beautiful.
KAROL Yeah, I can’t believe we’re inside a weapon.
Karol walks toward the other side of the room.
JUDITH Karol, wait.
KAROL Huh?
REPEDE (sensing danger) Grrr.
YURI Get out here. You’re too old for hide-and-seek.
They hear three claps and a familiar voice.
VOICE Bravo, bravo, my lad.
Yeager walks into view.
YEAGER (clapping) Splendid! Such keen intuition, such
sharpened instincts. Simply splendid!
KAROL Yeager!!
RITA What is it this time? Are you gonna show us how to
get to Alexei?
YEAGER Ja, oh ja. I will show you the way. To hell, that is!
Yeager unfold the weapon at his side, a huge scythe.
RAVEN …Just which way’s the wind blowin’ with this guy,
anyway?
YEAGER Have you forgotten my pretties? We are still sworn
enemies, you know.
Things were destined to end this way between us.
KAROL Is this another trap…?
YURI It’s just like you said. We’re enemies.
(snaps out his sword) So let’s do what enemies do.
YEAGER You are correct! Come!
Yeager smiles and beckons them to come with his finger.
YURI Bring it!!
They charge Yeager. Midway through the battle, Yeager pauses, his sword
down at his side, his free hand to his chest.
YEAGER Well aren’t you something? I suppose it’s time to
reveal my true power!
A brilliant pink/red light erupts from Yeager’s chest. When the light
subsides, a blastia is visibly embedded in the middle of his chest just
below the collarbone.
KAROL Hey, that’s!?
RITA Is he just like Raven?!
YURI He’s just showing off!

RAVEN Hey, if he tries to use it like that…!

After Battle:
Yeager lies on his back, defeated. The blastia in his chest casting a
pulsating light.
YEAGER Wunderbar…
Raven whips out his knife.
RAVEN You know, I’m not really one for vengeance and all,
but…this is for the Don.
RITA Be careful. He might still have something up his
sleeve.
YEAGER No no no. These sleeves are empty. This is…ja, this
is it.
JUDITH Your chest… Did Alexei do that to you as well?
YEAGER My…I wonder. But what’s done is done.
Estelle kneels down close to Yeager.
ESTELLE Why? Why did you fight alone?
With nothing and no one to help you…
YEAGER Heh…
…Goodbye.
The light of the blastia dies.
RAVEN …Why?
KAROL Hey…
They all turn around and see Gauche and Droite. The girls stay a few
moments then run out.
RITA What…? What was that all about?
ESTELLE He was…an awful person.
But maybe he also…
SKIT Leviathan’s Claw on the Move
SKIT Taking Alexei Down
They fight the Giganto Monster, Poseidon guarding three treasure
chests.
Chests Rod (wand), Mjolnir (hammer), Shiden (sword)
SKIT The Invincible!
Chest Melange Gel
Chest World Charm
SKIT Today, Yesterday, The Day Before That
As they near Alexei’s lair, they are stopped by four of his Royal
Guard.
KNIGHT That’s far enough… We’ll never let you through!!
ESTELLE The Royal Guard! Then Alexei must be just up ahead.
YURI He’s gotta be. All right, guys! Let’s do this!

After Battle:
JUDITH I almost feel sorry for them.
Flynn arrives, flanked by Sodia and Witcher.
FLYNN Yuri!
YURI Flynn!
Estelle runs to Flynn.
ESTELLE Are you all right? Did you come under attack?
FLYNN The boats are moored at a safe distance. We’re the
only ones who’ve come.
JUDITH Taking out Alexei with as few sacrifices as possible.
KAROL Like a suicide mission.
RAVEN That’s smart. If you came in force and got caught,
that’d be the end of that.
SODIA We will be taking over from here. You civilians will
pull back.
YURI Perky as ever, aren’t you? Sorry, but we’re gonna
ignore you on that one.
Sodia’s armor clinks as she draws her sword and glances at Flynn.
RITA I think we should cooperate, but that’s just me.
FLYNN She’s right. We’re all here to bring Alexei down.
YURI Well, and save the world in the process, right?
FLYNN Yeah, I heard.
YURI Okay then, let’s all play nice and go pound this guy.
At the end of a long walkway, Alexei works on an opened blastia control
panel. As they walk up the path, Alexei’s Royal Guards prepare to
attack and Alexei closes the control panel and turns to greet them.
ALEXEI Well, well. Everyone’s here. Welcome to the very
depths of the ocean.
ESTELLE It’s over, Alexei. Don’t add to our crimes any
further.
ALEXEI (bows graciously) Ahh, Princess Estellise. How nice
to see you up and about.
Which tells me Yeager was useless.
YURI …He’s dead.
ALEXEI I thought surely he’d come through in the end, but
oh, how I was mistaken.
JUDITH Is toying with the destinies of others how you have
your fun?
FLYNN Alexei! What happened to the ideals you held? What
changed?!

YURI Flynn, are you still saying things like that?!

Flynn does not acknowledge Yuri jibe, but he blinks rapidly for a
second.
ALEXEI Nothing has changed except my methods.
Absolute power is all that can revive this rotting,
stagnant empire. Indeed, the world.
FLYNN And just how many lives do you plan to sacrifice to
acquire it?
ALEXEI No true reformation could occur so long as I follow
the means presented by the empire.
You should understand this well.
Flynn and Yuri look down.
RAVEN Whoa, whoa. Don’t tell me you’re actually listenin’
to this drivel.
ESTELLE …Why have you taken such a hurtful path?
Someone of your stature could have found another way…
ALEXEI At times, dreamers must suffer being branded as
 criminals. But I’ll suffer such burdens gladly.
I promised to free this world from the Entelexeia,
from the aer, and from this pitiful empire!
This world shall be reborn!!
YURI I don’t give a damn what you’re doing this for. But
you’re making a lot of people cry.
And that’s enough of a reason to take you down!
Yuri runs toward Alexei. Alexei produces a huge green apatheia floating
in his right hand.
ALEXEI It seems you still have much to learn.
Flynn with his hand ready to draw his sword, sees Alexei wielding the
apatheia.
FLYNN Yuri, look out!!
As Flynn runs to protect Yuri, a laser beam of light shoots from the
apatheia. Flynn catches up to Yuri and bumps him out of the way. The
beam passes through Flynn’s chest and he falls to one knee. Sodia runs
to help Flynn.
YURI Flynn…!
SODIA Captain!!
Sodia looks at Yuri accusingly.
KAROL Yuri! Alexei’s getting away!!
YURI Damn it!
Alexei has opened a control panel. The platform on which he is
standing, rises. Yuri and friends race onto the platform which is
rising rapidly from the ocean depths. Alexei, with his back turned to
them, continues to look at his control panel.
RAVEN Hey boss, so you really want to go through with this?
Alexei looks over his shoulder.
ALEXEI Must I put up with such questions even from you?
None of you--NONE--thinks the empire is in the right.
RAVEN The ends don’t always justify the means, boss. These
kids taught me that.
ESTELLE …I could never agree with our way of doing things, a
way that is filled with pain.
If you truly have no intention of changing your ways,
then…
KAROL The guilds and the empire both have good points. You
can’t just wipe them out and start over.
JUDITH Using force will surely breed resentment and contempt.
You do know that, don’t you?
RITA There’s no guarantee the would you’d make would be
any better than this one!
YURI Nobody’s gonna buy what a bastard like you says.
ALEXEI I see my explanations are wasted on you. The small-
minded always fear change.
However, all the aer in the world is now in my grasp.
You have no hope of victory.
RITA Yeah, right. You’re still trying to figure out the
formula for this place.
ESTELLE What? Rita, what do you mean?
RITA This guy still hasn’t completely unlocked Zaude’s
controls.
KAROL Is he just buying time?!
Alexei smiles, looking at Rita over his shoulder.
ALEXEI …Ah yes, Rita Mordio. How very careless of me.
The smile disappears and with a flick of his hand, the control panel
closes.
YURI Are you serious? And you think you can change the
world? Don’t make me laugh.
ALEXEI How very right you are.
Very well, then this will be one more trial along my
path to my rightful place as ruler.
With a grunt, Alexei whips out his Dein Nomos copy with surprising
speed and uses the apatheia to flatten Yuri and friends.
RITA Hey!
YURI What the?!
JUDITH Aaagh!
ESTELLE Aaah!
RAVEN Uaagh!
KAROL Ack!
Alexei raises both arms with the grace and flare of a master magician
as he gloats over what he’s sure will be his impending success.
ALEXEI You will be the first sacrifice made for the new
world’s dawn. …Come!!

RAVEN …Whoa, whoa whoa. I thought he didn’t have all of

Zaude’s power yet?
RITA He doesn’t, but he may have enough.
YURI Heh, he’s betting the world on this. He’s gotta pull
out all the stops.
Let’s go!

After Battle cutscene:

Alexei staggers then crumples onto the ground. Bent over one knee, he
still hold onto his sword while he keeps his balance with the other on
the ground.
ALEXEI Nn…uuh…you…
YURI It’s over, Alexei.
ESTELLE Is this the top of Zaude?
They look up finding themselves standing under the gigantic apatheia
floating over the platform atop the rings.
JUDITH Is that the core? It’s so big.
The control panel fires up again and Alexei struggles weakly and
unsteadily to his feet.
ALEXEI …?! Heh, hah hah…
RITA …! You continued the analysis this whole time?!
Alexei holds the sword diagonally in front of his torso. With the sword
hilt held in his right hand while his left supports the blade, he holds
the sword so the crackling blastia core faces outward.
ALEXEI We will witness together… the might of Zaude.
Yuri glances up at the core, and guesses Alexei’s intent.
YURI Noo!!
A circle of light appears around Alexei as it had before when he warped
away at the sword stair. Yuri leaps into the circle, swinging his sword
with all his might. Alexei blocks his blow.
YURI Grraah!
Alexei’s sword fails and he is knocked backward upon the hard platform.
ALEXEI Ugh! So the sword… turned against me after all…but
behold.
Alexei lies on his back, looking up at the core. Light flashes from the
core and a grid appears in the sky. A streak of light from the core
pierces the grid and a dark shape oozes slowly downward from the tear.
On his feet now, Alexei watches in horror.
ALEXEI …?!
KAROL Wh-wh-wh…
RITA Wh-what the hell is that?!
JUDITH That… It was on the mural…
ESTELLE The catastrophe?!
YURI It’s the Adephagos!!
ALEXEI (distressed) That is the power of Zaude?! No… But I
thought…
This cannot be…
RAVEN The Adephagos?! Did you use that much aer?
ALEXEI …No.
Alexei staggers and holds his head with one hand.
ALEXEI This catastrophe has always waited there.
KAROL Wh-what do you mean?
JUDITH (alarmed) The Adephagos was never eliminated.
It was just sealed off far from sight!
ALEXEI Yes, and now it has returned to spread the ruin it
once rained down upon the ancients.
And to think, I caused it all! The ultimate irony!
Hah hah hah!
Alexei, still holding his temple, staggers around the platform.
RITA You mean Zaude had been holding it back this entire
time?!
The core crackles uncontrollably.
ESTELLE Look out!
A crackle explodes off the platforms surface.
ALEXEI We were never more than worms writhing before an
approaching storm.

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(anime cutscene)

ALEXEI The time has come: our death draws near...

No one can escape it's doom! Hah hah hah!
YURI Shut up already, you bastard.
Yuri runs up to Alexei and slashes him with his sword.
ALEXEI It seems in the end...that I...was the greatest fool
of all...
The crystal falls on Alexei, crushing him.
ESTELLE Where's Yuri?
KAROL I'm sure that he's over there somewhere.

YURI "The Adephagos disappeared into the void."

Yeah well, I guess they didn't really say they
distroyed that thing.
They just went off and left this piece of crap
remnant behind.
Yuri hears a sound. He looks behind him.
YURI Flynn?

Sodia runs up and stabs Yuri. She drops the dagger on the floor,
stained with blood. Yuri, shocked, falls over the
edge of the platform.
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YURI Ooh…aah…aah…
Yuri looks around and sees the walls of his room in the lower quarter.
YURI My room…? Why…?
Yuri lies in his bed. A book has been left on the edge of the bed. His
sword is propped up against the dresser. He struggles to get up.
YURI …Didn’t think she hated me this much.
(in pain) Arg…
Yuri reads the book.
YURI Huh…? The Child of the Full Moon?
…The leaders of the ancients possessed an innate
power, and were called the Children of the Full Moon.
The shrine of Zaude received their lives and power.
It sealed the Adephagos away, saving the world.
The door opens and Duke appears.
DUKE You have awakened.
YURI Duke… So it was you who saved me.
Duke picks up the sword and looks out the window.
DUKE I couldn’t afford to have this sword lost to the sea
forever.
YURI Okay… I still owe you my thanks.
So the Shrine of Zaude was powered by the lives of
the Children of the Full Moon
DUKE Humans brought forth the Adephagos, and lead it.
Consider it…atonement.
The few remaining Children of the Full Moon, together
with the Entelexeia, decided on how the world would
be.
The Imperial family are their descendants.
YURI So that’s how the Empire started.
And that’s why that sword--the key to Zaude--will
prove a true emperor.
DUKE As long as aer is used, no one can oppose the
Adephagos.
For it is born of aer itself.
YURI …You wanted to stop the Adephagos, too.
That’s why you were going around calming all the aer
krene, right?
DUKE correct.
YURI Why didn’t you ask for help from the empire or the
guilds?
You could have stopped Alexei if you’d done that.
DUKE I have aligned myself with the Entelexeia. I have no
intention of coexisting with humanity.
What’s more, the masses of humanity will never come
to any accord.
YURI So, what are you trying to do:
The Adephagos was too much even for that ancient
civilization.
DUKE There is a way.
Duke walks swiftly to the door.
YURI You say you despise humanity, but what about us?
Aren’t we human?
Why did you give me Dein Nomos? Why did you cooperate?
DUKE You were the only ones who even attempted to
communicate with the Entelexeia.
That is why… Never mind. It is done.
YURI …Wait, what are you going to do?
DUKE I will protect our world--our Terca Lumireis.
Duke sails out the door. Yuri jumps off the bed to stop him.
YURI Hold on… Argh.
(holding his wound) Damn it…
INFORMATION Handed over “Dein Nomos.”
By the time Yuri gets the strength to leave his room, moonlight
illuminates the lower quarter.

Inn and Tavern “Comet”:

The tavern is dimly lit with lanterns and empty save for the innkeeper
and his wife. The hour is late and their daughter is already snug in
bed.
INNKEEPER Don’t worry, Yuri. Even if you all aren’t around,
we’ll protect the lower quarter.
Yeah, we’ll be all right. We’ll just do what we can.
Innkeeper’s Wife I don’t care if the barrier goes down or monsters
attack. I will protect this home.
So don’t you worry about us back here, Yuri.
I’ll be sure you have a home waiting for you when you
get back.
As Yuri leaves the tavern, he senses something.
YURI (huh?) . . .
Dog Rowf.
Estelle’s VOICE What’s wrong? Oh!
Estelle and Repede appear at the top of the steps leading up to the
fountain.
ESTELLE Yuri…?
YURI Estelle? Repede…?
Yuri is relieved and happy to see his favorite companions.
ESTELLE Yuri!
Redpede Woof!
They run down the steps. Estelle leaps into Yuri’s arms, the momentum
swings them around.
ESTELLE Hah hah hah!
YURI Ouch, hey hold on a sec.
ESTELLE Yuri, it’s really you, right? You’re not a ghost or
something? Oh good, you have a shadow.
YURI Yeah, I’m living! And yeah, that hurt!
Estelle continues to hold Yuri close with her head snug against his
chest.
ESTELLE Thank goodness, I’m so happy.
Yuri is content to hold Estelle and feel her hair against his face.
Later, Yuri is sitting down at the bottom of the steps.
ESTELLE Repede just rushed out, all of a sudden! I was so
surprised.
Estelle performs a healing arte on Yuri.
YURI Thanks. I’m fine now.
Estelle sits down beside him.
ESTELLE Is that wound from…when you fell from Zaude?
YURI Huh? Oh, yeah, I guess so.
ESTELLE I can’t tell you how happy I am.
YURI Sorry to make you worry.
ESTELLE I want to go tell everyone! They’ll be so happy!
YURI What’s everybody doing?
RITA Rita went to Zaude with Judith.
She said there was a lot to study, being ancient
ruins and all.
YURI That’s Rita.
ESTELLE Karol and Raven went back to Dahngrest.
It seems that relations between the empire and the
guilds are worsening again.
YURI …They’re still like that?
ESTELLE Supposedly it’s because of Zaude. They went to make
sure the guilds didn’t do anything rash.
YURI First Heracles, then that… Guild or not, people are
going to be on guard.
ESTELLE It’s troubling Ioder as well. And Flynn is being
Flynn and going off to all corners of the world.
YURI Everyone’s working hard.
ESTELLE They thought they should do what they can. Even
without you…
YURI Yeah…
ESTELLE Because we knew… We knew you were alive.
YURI … (Hmm…)
ESTELLE Even Flynn took ships out to look for you so many
times…
YURI …I’m so sorry.
But thanks to you, I’m all fixed up.
Estelle nods then stands up, turning to Yuri.
ESTELLE You should still rest today.
Rita, Karol… They can all wait a little longer to see
you.
YURI Hehe, as you wish.
INFORMATION Yuri earned the “Survivor” title.
INFORMATION Reunited with Estelle and Repede.

Yuri wakes the next morning in his room.

SKIT After Zaude
Inn and Tavern “Comet”:
The tavern is still empty save for the Innkeeper and his wife and
daughter.
INNKEEPER The Knights are handling the capital’s security.
We should be thankful they took charge.
We’re helpless without the barrier.
There’s no Emperor, the council’s finished…and now
the Commandant of the Knights has rebelled
Who’s going to take control of the chaos now?
Innkeeper’s Wife Yuri…!
I knew it. I knew that could never happen to you.
Your friend was saying such terrible things, everyone
was worried about you.
Hurry up and go show Ted you’re all right, won’t you?
LITTLE GIRL Yuri, are you feeling down?
I’m not scared at all. I know you’ll take care of
this, Yuri.
Fountain Plaza:
Yuri, Estelle and Repede stand near the fountain and look up at the
sky.
YURI Alexei unleashed something terrible.
I’m tired of all this “freeing the world” nonsense.
ESTELLE Just what is the Adephagos?
YURI Who know? A catastrophe. It can’t be anything good.
*Sigh* Guess I get to fight a big one this time.
ESTELLE It certainly is. So you’re going after it?
YURI It doesn’t look like I’ll have a normal life if I
 don’t.
ESTELLE A normal life… For everyone. That’s why we fight.
YURI Yeah. That’s enough, right?
ESTELLE Yes, it is.
HANKS I thought I heard a familiar voice! Oh, it’s really
you!
YURI Hanks! Everybody!
HANKS Don’t go taking that young lady around everywhere.
She must be tired.
YURI What do you mean? Estelle, were you using your power?
HANKS She fixed up every wounded person who came back.
We’re all in her debt.
ESTELLE If there’s anything else I can do, please let me know.
YURI (looking around) Nice to see the lower quarter’s back
to normal.
HANKS It’d be perfect if only that thing in the sky weren’t
there.
YURI Don’t worry. Leave it to Brave Vesperia.
HANKS There you go again. Just how are you going to close
up that hole in the sky?
YOUNG MAN Hey, if anyone can do it, Yuri can!
WOMAN Yeah! He never makes promises he can’t keep.
VOICE That’s far enough!
Yuri looks up to see Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos standing at the end of
the ramp. Adecor walks slowly toward Yuri.
YURI Now you? What do you want?
ADECOR Heh heh heh. I say, take a look at this.
Adecor hands Yuri a sheet of paper.
YURI (looks at it) Huh? A warrant? …For me?!
ESTELLE …Just Yuri?
ADECOR I say, a knight’s duty is to apprehend the unlawful.
YURI So I’m the only one with a bounty on my head? Nobody
else?
BOCCOS That has nothing to do with the matter at hand!
LEBLANC Ahem! We have a proposal. Return to the knights, and
this all goes away.
YURI What?
LEBLANC Someone high up is making a fuss about leaving you to
do as you please. So…
YURI You’d feel better putting the reins on me.
Leblanc raises his eyebrows and looks down at the ground, as do Adecor
and Boccos.
LEBLANC Now you’ve got the idea.
YURI … (exasperated sigh)
(looking toward the field exit and waving his paper)
Hey! Schwann!
Leblanc and his knights snap to attention.
LEBLANC What? Where?
As they turn to the exit and salute, the Yuri Lowell gang takes off.
Their sound of their footsteps alert Leblanc to the diversion.
LEBLANC Hey! Wait!
The Yuri Lowell gang run up the ramp to the citizen’s quarter.
YURI So long, everyone!
HANKS Take care!
LEBLANC …Heh heh heh.
Just as I thought. And I wouldn’t have it any other
way.
 (to Adeccor and Boccos) Let’s go! Arrest that man!
Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos head toward the ramp in pursuit.

At the top of the ramp in the citizen quarter, Yuri takes a breather
and slumps over with his hands resting on his knees. The only running
footsteps to be heard of that of the little boy running back and forth
in front of the ramp.
YURI *Huff* *Puff*
This hill’s pretty brutal.
ESTELLE Those knights are amazing.
YURI They are…tenacious.
WOMAN’S VOICE Oh!
YURI Huh?
Judith walks toward them from the east exit.
ESTELLE Hey! Judith!
JUDITH Estelle, I just came to get you.
ESTELLE Where’s Rita?
JUDITH Rita’s in Aspio, putting together all of her research.
You’ll come too, right?
YURI Yeah, if you don’t mind me catching a ride.
JUDITH Then let’s go. (Judith walks unhurriedly toward the
exit)
YURI Sorry to make you worry, Judy.
JUDITH My heart was about to burst from worrying so much.
YURI Yeah, right.
JUDITH (turns around) Hey. I really mean it.
Leblanc’s VOICE Waaaait!!!!
YURI Not again. Just once! Just once, I want to take it
easy when I leave some place.
They run for the exit. As Leblanc and his cohorts near the exit, they
see Ba’ul’s gigantic form rising above the castle walls. They stop and
stare with their mouths hanging open.
YURI Goodbye, Knights!
LEBLANC Get back here!
INFORMATION Judith joined the party.

SKIT Thinking Too Hard?

The Sealed Academic City, Aspio

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ba’ul drops them off at Aspio.

SKIT The Adephagos Awakens

Aspio Library:
WORKER #1 There’s something like a giant shadow on the sky
itself…it seems so sinister.
We’re merely travelers moving from ruin to ruin, but
it must be hard on the mages here.
In any case…maybe we’ll go excavating at the world’s
end. No, I don’t mean we’re running away!
WORKER #2 Yeager’s dead… What’s going to happen to Ruin’s Gate?
I guess you don’t have the answer to that…
 That still gives me a reason to slack off…
MAGE Why? My calculations makes no sense! The recent data
is so bizarre!!
This data is important. It means something!!
Incredible! These results completely explode the
commonly accepted theories! Absolutely incredible!!

Central Plaza:
MAGE Damn it all…thanks to all the earthquakes lately, our
excavation site has been closed down.
I know there’s something just beyond… But there’s
nothing I can do about it now. I suppose I’ll
straighten out all the data.
A door opens in a building at the top of the north ramp.
VOICE Eureka!!
They are all surprised to see Rita come running at top speed down the
ramp.
All . . .
ESTELLE Oh! Rita, Yuri is…
Rita does not stop but runs on to her house. If she saw Yuri, she gave
no indication of doing so.
JUDITH It seems like she’s blind to everything but her
research right now.
YURI …I can’t really blame the people here for treating
her like such a weirdo.
ESTELLE She looked so happy. She must have discovered
something.
YURI I hope so. Let’s go and see.
MAGE (NORTH RAMP) Lately, the blastia on the hillside has been giving
abnormal readings…
If you have some time, why don’t you check on the
blastia on the hillside.
MAGE (MALE) …
I’ve got it! I’ve got the formula! I did it! …Wha,
who are you people?
…What? Why is it so dark? Did something happen?

Rita’s Hut:
RITA Hmm… We should be able to calculate the force field
stability coefficient. So…
ESTELLE Rita?
Rita doesn’t hear. She walks away to look at some data on a table.
RITA We could make a key formula. Efficiency is okay.
Making a stable, non-dispersing piece should be…
YURI Hey, Rita!
RITA What?! Don’t bother me! …Huh?!
Rita turns around and sees Yuri for the first time.
RITA Oh, it’s you…how did you get into…wait, you’re…?
YURI Hi.
Rita smiles, then blushes.
RITA Where the hell were you?! I looked all over for you,
you know…
YURI Ahh, sorry about that.
RITA …Humph, well, whatever. I don’t have time to argue
about that.
I have something very important to talk to Estelle
about.
YURI To Estelle?
RITA …I may have found a way to control the behavior of
aer.
ESTELLE Really?! That’s great, Rita!
RITA I learned lots of things when I investigated Zaude.
Like how we might be able to apply the techniques
used there.
However…
JUDITH That is related to Estelle’s power as a Child of the
Full Moon?
RITA (nods) We need to interact with the aer to make it
recombine freely according to a formula…
This is something only Estelle can do.
YURI If only I hadn’t given Dein Nomos back…
ESTELLE Did you meet Duke?
YURI Yeah. He saved me. Well, he said it was so he could
recover the sword.
RITA That sword’s different from the Child of the Full
Moon. I doubt it could be a substitute.
JUDITH But that control formula you used on Estelle…
That was to control the power of the Child of the
Full Moon, wasn’t it?
RITA Yeah. So if we’re going to control the aer with this
theory…
…we have to release the control formula on Estelle.
YURI So…if everything goes right, we control the aer.
But if we screw up, the aer will get even worse, and
the world will fall to the Adephagos.
Is that about right?
JUDITH That’s quite a bold plan.
RITA I’m sure it’ll be fine. Estelle…believe me. Lend me
your power.
ESTELLE …
JUDITH Are you scared?
ESTELLE No. I’m happy. I might still be able to use my power
to help others.
Rita. Please let me know if there is anything I can
do.
YURI So what exactly do we need to do?
RITA Well, I’m not completely finished working everything
out.
Give me a little more time.
YURI Okay. We’ll go see Karol and Raven while you figure
things out.
ESTELLE Great!
RITA I’ll go, too. I’ve got all the materials I need in my
head. I’ll let you know when I work it all out.
JUDITH All right, let’s go.
INFORMATION Rita joined the party.

SKIT Glad Yuri’s Safe – Women

SKIT Rita’s Research

The Den of Guilds, Dahngrest

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It’s night when they arrive at Dahngrest

Guildsman (bridge)The monsters are restless. I wonder if it’s because
of the monster in the sky?
Sky, land, whatever. I’ll take on all the vicious
monsters.
GUILDSMAN (STREET)It’s times like this I wish the Don and Barbos were
still with us…
I wonder how long Dahngrest will hold…
MAN (NEAR INN) I have no idea what can be done to defeat the evil in
this world.
There’s no clear line between what’s good and what’s
evil.
WOMAN (NEAR INN) What on earth is going on?
I don’t understand anything anymore!
KRITYAN MAN Wait… That monster in the sky… Is that thing made of…
aer…?
How could that…?
GUILDSMAN W-we’re safe as long as we stay inside the barrier,
right?
Hey, I can laugh because it’s not me.
As they reach the middle of the circular intersection, Harry runs past
them, yelling.
HARRY Damn it, why did I have to do it!
YURI That was…the Don’s grandson, Harry…right?
Somewhere behind them, they hear Karol scream.
KAROL Aaaaaah!!
They turn around and see Karol and Raven.
KAROL Yuri!!
Karol runs to Yuri and looks down.
KAROL …I can’t believe you!
(looking up, accusingly) You should’ve told me you
were alive…
YURI Sorry for worrying you.
But I’m back!
RAVEN Well aren’t you tough. Heh heh. That’s my boy!
YURI We just saw Harry-- did something happen to him?
Raven looks away, rubbing his chin.
RAVEN Ah, there’s been just a teensy bit of trouble.
The Union’s kind of a ship without a captain, right
now.
JUDITH So the people won’t come together unless there’s some
kind of core.
RITA Core…! That’s it!
KAROL (turning to Rita) What’s it?
RITA I’ve got it! Apatheia. It’ll work if I use apatheia.
Yuri mouth hangs open as he closes his eyes.
RITA So even if the air’s stability coefficient keeps
changing, if I connect one of those…
YURI Hold on. Forget the explanation. We wouldn’t
understand it anyway.
RITA Oh, okay.
The apatheia we gave to the Don should still be
around, right?
JUDITH …That was Belies’ apatheia, the cyan ceil.
Karol looks at Raven.
ESTELLE Rita’s found a way to control aer.
KAROL Really?! Cool!
Yuri looks at Raven.
YURI Do you know what happened to the cyan ciel after the
Don died?
RAVEN Nope. But Harry actually might…
Good timing, too. I was just about to take him back.
Go to the Union headquarters. We’ll be back there
soon.
Yuri nods.
INFORMATION Karol joined the party.
They head down the street toward the “Crimson Stars” tavern.
GUILDSMAN Monsters are evil. Big monsters are big evils.
We should get rid of the big evils before the little
ones.
But that’d be tough, even with the strength of the
Hunting Blades.
WOMAN We have to protect this town ourselves. We don’t have
anyone else to rely on.
This is the time for all the guilds to pull their
strength together.

Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

GUILDSMAN A good drink is called for sometimes. But don’t go
drinking too much.
But I just can’t pry my hands off this bottle…
GUILDSMAN My sword is no match for that nasty monster in the
sky.
I don’t think there’s any other sword who can take it
down either…
No mercenary could take that thing down.
There’s nothing we can do…
GUILDSMAN Don’t talk to me or I’ll milk you.
Don’t talk to me or you’ll be standing under a
waterfall.
GUILDSMAN They say to eat in moderation, but a real man eats
until he’s full!
The more you eat, the better you work for the guild!
Bartender! Food! Lots of it!
WITCH There aren’t any good men lately…
Oh, but you… …Oh, well, you’re okay.
I’ve been told that I have good taste in men. Lucky
me…
BARTENDER Many customers come here as an escape from reality.
Personal relationships in the guilds can be pretty
stressful.
Even I work here to escape from reality.
GUILDSMAN Things are so bad lately I can’t even get by without
a drink.
Oooh… *Burp!*

Tavern “Sagittarius”:
BANDIDO What’s with that huge monster? Th-that’s against the
rules, right?
You’re telling me to fight that thing?
I-I have no choice. I’ll see how things go from here
for a little while, then I’ll join in.
OLD MAN If only I were twenty years younger… I’d take that
monster out quick.
Ohh, my back…
GUILDSMAN At this point I might as well chow down on everything
in sight!
No matter how much I eat, I just don’t feel satisfied.
WOMAN It seems that the barrier is of no use against the
flying monster.
The days where the barrier reigned supreme are now
over.
There was a time when people thought they could live
in peace as long as there was a barrier…
GUILDSMAN The Imperial Knights and the Council are weak, and
there’s no Emperor.
Now’s the time for the guilds to take over the Empire.
This is the perfect time to overthrow the Empire. But
no one’s standing up.
If only the Don were here…
GUILDSWOMAN I can’t believe something so ominous actually exists
in this world.
It’s so gross… But we can’t just look away..
SAILOR The waitress won’t look at me at all lately. I’m so
sad.
What should I do?
Hey, bartender. How about some advice on love?
You’re not the bartender?

KRITYAN WAITRESS Welcome! A party of one?

Try the sweet potato. It’s delicious!
At times like this, we have to provide especially
cheerful service.
Guild’s Union HQ:
GUARD Hey, you don’t think the world’s going to be
destroyed or anything, do you?
Damn! What are we supposed to do about that thing in
the sky?
The HQ is packed with people from all the different guilds.
YURI The atmosphere is kind of strange.
KAROL Yeah… The Union is falling apart…
Raven joins them.
RAVEN Cause nobody wants to step in ta take the Don’s place.
And the Don’s heir ain’t quite up to it. (to Harry)
Come on, don’t hang back, now.
HARRY I was the one who led Grandpa to his death.
Someone like me could never become a man like the Don
was.
RAVEN Nobody’s sayin’ ya gotta become a man like the Don
was.
We’re just saying you should at least show up to the
succession meetings.
RITA Hey, do you have the Don’s apatheia? We’d appreciate
if you could give it to us.
KAROL Wow, that was quite a fastball, Rita…
HARRY …That apatheia belongs to whoever succeeds the Don.
It’s not given to outsiders.
RITA What? Well, when will they choose a successor?
HARRY I don’t know. Don’t ask me.
Harry walks away a few steps and stubbornly crosses his arms.
YURI That boy’s a real piece of work.
Who’s going to protect the city if the Union isn’t.
MAN What? That would be our guild, of course!
Debating MAN Talking of who’s guild?
I know that you sent in your Clouds of Dawn members
to Zaude.
MAN (COD) The Union has never been outstripped by the empire.
We cannot sit here and risk falling behind!
DEBATING MAN I say it was imprudent. It could have been taken as
the Union’s hostile act against the Empire.
MAN (COD) In that case, we would defend our honor on the
battlefield.
Debating MAN And who will be leading the battle? The Clouds of
Dawn?
If the Don got wind of that he’d burst out laughing.
MAN (COD) So why don’t you boys in Altosk throw your hat into
the ring?
Maybe then we’d see just how unpopular you really are!
YURI This is ridiculous. Continue as you please till the
world comes to an end.
The crowd in the HQ is suddenly quiet as everyone listens to Yuri.
YURI But don’t bring up a war between the guilds. This
isn’t a joke.
The agitated Clouds of Dawn turn toward Yuri. Karol runs and places
himself between them and Yuri.
KAROL It’s all right to be helped by your friends. Protect
your friends and they’ll respond in kind.
That was the last thing that the Don said to me.
YURI Karol.
MAN (COD) What? Who’s this kid?
Karol’s friends gather around him.
KAROL I can’t do anything by myself, but I have my friends!
Because my friends are there for me, I can do
anything!
They’re still there for me, even now.
Why isn’t that good enough for the Union?!
RAVEN (to Yuri) The boy is right. The best thing that the
guilds ever had was their ability to help each other.
(to the room at large) There is always a way to deal
with things even if ya aren’t some great big leader.
YURI The Don told you that from now on, you have to walk
with your own feet.
You know how to walk on your own feet, don’t you?
MAN (COD) . . .
Everyone looks down at the floor.
VOICE You make it sound so easy, but actually--
YURI Let’s go. I’m gonna get sick if I have to stay here
any longer.
Yuri heads for the door.
RITA Hey, you, wait up!
Rita darts after Yuri and the others follow. Harry, still leaning up
against a column watches them leave.
Harry . . .

RITA What about the apatheia!

YURI If you’ve got enough spare time to be hanging around
those idiots, you’d be better off using it to think
of another plan.
RITA Another plan… It’s not that easy…
HARRY …Here.
Harry throws the apatheia to Yuri.
YURI Are you…giving this to us?
HARRY No, this is going to be stolen.
KAROL What do you mean?
YURI …I owe you one.
HARRY Get a move on before the others realize it’s gone.
RAVEN Ta what do we owe this generosity?
HARRY I dunno. Maybe it just left a bad feeling in my
stomach to get lectured by a kid like that .
Harry leaves and Karol grins.
RAVEN Maybe there’s some hope for that boy after all.
JUDITH So now that we’ve gotten the apatheia, what’s next?
RITA Next up, we’re going to the Zopheir Rift.
I’m going to use the inactivated aer krene that’s
there.
RAVEN The Rift? We’re going someplace cold again? Mind if
ol’ Raven waits here?
YURI You’d rather be cold than have the world be
destroyed, wouldn’t you? Let’s go.
Raven looks at the ground.
INFORMATION Obtained Apatheia, Cyano Ciel Crystal.
INFORMATION Raven joined the party.

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Comments from Daytime residents of previous Dahngrest visit:

Cooking Stadium “Bistro Black Hole”:

OLD MAN (DOOR) What is going to happen to our world?
It seems like there’s nothing good to talk about
lately.
OLD WOMAN My son and his wife are still in the capital… I said
I wanted to go home, but my husband said no.
I know it’s dangerous, but still…
What’s become of our Zaphias…?
Street:
LITTLE GIRL Waaah, waaah…
Mommy! Mommy! Where are you?!
WITCH Come on, give me a break… This is just crazy.
If nothing else, we gotta protect Dahngrest.
MALE VENDOR In times of trouble a salesman’s gotta make the
effort to be extra cheerful!
FEMALE VENDOR Isn’t that red sky disgusting? It’s totally
disgusting, right? What’s going on? Seriously!
VENDOR (GLASSES) Business? Now? The sky is like this all over the
entire world, right? So it’s not safe anywhere?

Circular Intersection:
GUILDSMAN How embarrassing for Harry. I mean, he’s an adult.
He was crying just now, right?
I thought that cry-baby Harry had grown up.
But ever since Nordopolica, I don’t feel that at all.
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SKIT Glad Yuri’s Safe – Men

SKIT In the Don’s Wake
SKIT Ahh, Youth!
SKIT When You Put Your Mind To It

Leave Dahngrest and complete a few sub-events.

SUB-EVENT: Dragon Race- Part 1

SKIT A Map of the Shrine {obtained in Baction with

sorcerer’s ring level 3}

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS AT ZAPHIAS:

(Returned to Zaphias at night through the lower quarter entrance)

KNIGHT These citizens took over as guards. I’m really
thankful.
People from the lower quarter are all good people.
I have to work hard for the citizens.
OLD MAN I’ve lived a long time, but I never thought I’d see a
monster like that…
I thought my dentures were gonna fall out.
I was so surprised, my dentures popped right out of
my mouth.
Better be careful.
YOUNG MAN I’m cooperating with the monster warnings.
It must be very hard on the Knights. I was hoping my
contribution would alleviate some of that burden.
It’d be awful if the Knights were infested with
people who would do evil at any chance.
Anyway, I can probably only take over guard duties.
KNIGHT We Knights will guard Zaphias.
Rest well. You are safe.
There’s nothing to worry about. We Knights will repel
the monsters whenever the blastia (barrier)
disappears.
VENDOR The Knights have continued working into the night. I
can’t slack off. Welcome!
Thank you! See you tomorrow!

SUB-EVENT: Rebuilding The Union - Part 3:

KNIGHT (E EXIT) I can’t lose my concentration especially when

guarding at night.
When something happens, I am so thankful for the
barrier.
I have now realized its value for a good night sleep.
ARTIST The present capital is very interesting!
Some people are frightened, others struggle to
escape… They all have quite unusual expressions.
Do you think that’s a little shameless? But it’s my
duty as an artist to draw people’s expression.
There’s more value in drawing these real expressions
than making up smiling faces.
OLD WOMAN The monster is writhing in the sky…
 I can’t sleep wondering when that monster will come
crashing down.
KRITYAN MAN Can we count on the Knights or not?
There are all kinds of Knights. Some who would give
their lives to fight, and some who just run away.
It’s nice that people are different, but can an
organization really function like that?
KNIGHT We’re all gonna end up getting eaten by monsters,
anyway. I’m going to bed!
This ‘round the clock guard duty can’t go on forever.
Our bodies’ll fall apart.
You either die now, or you die later. That’s the only
difference. Fighting is such a waste of time.

Royal Quarter:
KNIGHT (CASTLE) The monsters were cleared out of the city, but
they’re hiding in the darkness of the night…
We can’t let our guard down. We have to be ready.
The people down below are in more trouble. The
tangled buildings leave a lot of blind spots.
Anyways, at least the barrier was restored.
KRITYAN MAN The path we’re on will be destroyed… It’s too late.
There is no other way.
The appearance of the Adephagos is a countdown to
destruction.
The history of Kritya shows this.

SUB-EVENT: Dark Enforcer - Part 7:

NOBLE MAN We have to make our ultimate decision.

Should we stay or go? Get killed by the monsters
outside, or cooperate with those underground?
If you don’t want to be eaten alive, do you want to
be crawling around on the ground? Hah hah hah.
Okay, I’ve decided. When the time comes, I’ll go
underground. Let’s dive!
NOBLE WOMAN #1 A thief entered the mansion during the evacuation!
It was a looter, I’m telling you! I can’t let that go!
Do not disrupt the guards.
They’ll arrest any thief that uses the chaos with the
destroyed barrier to try something funny.
NOBLE WOMAN #2 There were a few things missing when I vacated the
mansion for a while.
A thief must have broken in.
I’ll give up on the stolen goods. I don’t think the
Knights have time for that.
That would only matter if you were alive.
KRITYAN WOMAN I see you a lot, but you don’t really work in the
royal quarter, do you?
There will be no looting. Do you hear me?
OLD MAN Hey hey hey! You’re Yuri, the friend of Acting
Commandant Flynn, right?
Oh, don’t you worry about the whole “nobles only”
thing. Go ahead!
This exit is actually for nobles only, but you saved
Zaphias!
I can make an exception of you, Yuri.
DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS AT CAPUA TORIM:
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SUB-EVENT: Avenging Soldiers - Part 3

They stroll the street of Capua Torim at night.

SAILOR (DOCK) I’m sure you’re thinking of me, way across the sea.
Yes, I’m sure you are.
I can’t help thinking of our times together, Larry,
when I gaze out at the sea.
YOUNG WOMAN The light house shines brighter and stronger than any
star!
It makes us feel safe, even in the dead of night,
just like the protection of a loving father.
I swear, something about the night brings out the
poet in me.
SAILOR This town’s fixin’ ta bust at the seams, but it’s
nothin’ ta get too worked up over.
My guess is the Knights’ll step in before things get
too outta hand.
Heh, we’ll be all right unless that thing decides ta
belly flop on us.

SUB-EVENT: Estelle’s Teacher – Part 4: (Capua Torim):

OLD MAN Even a sailor as experienced as I can’t sail to the

sky.
I suppose I’ll let the young folk take care of the
monster in the sky.
GUILDSWOMAN I’ve been all over this world, but I’ve never seen
anything like that monster.
That thing blows my mind.
LITTLE GIRL All the grownups are scared about that big monster in
the sky. But I’m not.
Won’t someone go kill it?
GUILDSMAN The Empire? The Guilds?
Looking at that awful thing in the sky makes the
little borders men fashion for themselves seem so
ridiculous.
Even so, I’m staying with the Guild. Just the sad
saga of a man who can’t live without his borders…
LITTLE BOY Wh-what’s that thing in the sky? I don’t know what it
is.
This is no longer any time to be making idle chat
about the rain.
WOMAN I thought of a little something that might sell well.
Rings in the shape of those ruins on the sea, maybe.
Maybe that would be a little shameless…? But no,
sometimes that’s what a real saleswoman needs.
OLDER MAN Just look at that hideous beast in the sky. If only
we still had the Don…
How are one or two of us supposed to face that thing
alone?
SAILOR (DOCKS) The town be in bedlam, but there be nothin’ to worry
about.
The Knights are sure to be takin’ care o’ things.
O’ course, I’ll be fine as long as that there thing
don’t be fallin’ on top o’ my head.
OLD WOMAN I wish I hadn’t lived so long to see that come out of
the sky!
I wonder if I’ll be safe if I stay in town.
MAN The barrier will protect us no matter what happens.
Probably…
It’s really all because of that barrier blastia we
can live in such comfort, isn’t it?

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS AT HELIORD:

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GUARD The regret that comes from having failed to act is
far deeper than that of having acted and failed.
I beseech you…never claim you are unable to act at a
time when you must.
People are often more concerned with the possessions
of their neighbors than with their own.
Try not to be distracted by the possessions of
others…for you may find yourself forgetting the
precious things you already have.

Inn & Shop:

KNIGHT (OUTSIDE) Nobody is born strong. Everyone begins life weak.
I believe that coming to know one’s weaknesses, one
by one, is the way people become stronger.
A place where even the weak can survive, without
adapting…
I would like for nothing more than Heliord to become
that sort of place, but reality is harsh.
KNIGHT (INSIDE) We can just leave all the troubles in the world to
Flynn.
We’re going to prevent it all!

If we save the world, my name will be part of history

as a part of the Twelve Spears of the Flynn Brigade…
Hee hee hee…

SUB-EVENT: Sexy Clothes – Part 1

Blastia Plaza:
MAN (SCAFFOLDING) Why should I have to do the things someone else will
do for me?
They call people like that “suckers”.
I’d rather be a slacker than a sucker, you know.
WORKER #1 The most important thing in work… No, the most
important thing living as a human being…is trust.
One cannot leave important work, nor precious
memories to people who cannot be trusted.
One must do the same things, the same way, day in,
day out.
 There is no other way to gain trust.
OLD MAN If there’s somebody in this world who has a task they
absolutely must accomplish…
I’d like to be that somebody.
Don’t you think people like that are admirable?
They might not have the power to change the world,
but admirable they are.
OLD MAN If I quit now, all my struggles will have been for
naught!
I’ll be a noble…whatever the cost…
Nobility…some day soon…nobility…
WORKER #2 Someone who gets right up every time they’re knocked
down eventually becomes someone who can’t be knocked
down at all…
Don’t be afraid to fail your challenges. Be afraid of
doing nothing!
A single success can make up for a mountain of
failures.
The real trick to winning? Not stopping until you win.

Chevaliers’ HQ:
KNIGHT (OUTSIDE) A war can be begun with nothing more than a single
dagger…
…but the ending of war is a trying task for even the
most battle-hardened hero.
The only thing capable of staunching bloodshed is
reason.
KNIGHT #1 Authorities may have a position above those of other
men, but that doesn’t mean they can look down on them.
Instead, they need a humility that allows them to see
things from the same point of view as everyone else.
Flynn passes that test.
KNIGHT #2 Everyone calm down.
Nothing is going to threaten the Empire as long as
the barrier and the knights are around.
I’m going to take down that thing in the sky with my
own hands.
KNIGHT (E EXIT) Today proudly valiant, tomorrow lying in our graves…
That is a knight’s very way of life.
This may not be appropriate for a knight such as
myself to say, but…I believe man must bring war to an
end.
If we do not, war may bring all mankind to its end…

SUB-EVENT: Professor Sicily - Part 4:

SUB-EVENT: Alexei’s Research – Part 1 (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Alexei’s Research – Part 2 (Ghasfarost):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 3-a (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 3-b (Capua Torim):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 3-c (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 3 (Mt. Temza):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 3 (Capua Torim):

Inside the Inn “Pollux T” in Capua Torim:

GUILDSMAN Do you think we could be one of the Five Master
Guilds if we killed that thing in the sky?
 No, no, wait, wait… Look at reality, man. There’s no
way to beat that thing.
BANDIDO This ain’t no time to be fussing over who’s a
Guildsman and who’s from the Empire.
When the day comes that monstrous hand comes down,
we’ll all be flattened.
OLD MAN There, in the sky! That’s it! Verily, the legendary
Euma!
Did you see it?! All you fools that laughed at me!
GUILDSWOMAN I thought Commandant Alexei was a real warrior, with
an undefeatable spirit…
Death will come to anyone…
Ahhh, with him gone, I feel drained… and bored.

SUB-EVENT: GUILD QUEST – PART 4: (COMPLETED)

SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-a (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-b (Zaphias):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-c (The Manor of the Wicked):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-d (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-e (The Manor of the Wicked):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-f (Zaphias):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 4-g (Dahngrest):

SKIT We’re a Guild

SUB-EVENT: GUILD QUEST – PART 5: (COMPLETED)

SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 5-a - (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 5-d (Baction):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 5-c {Final} (Dahngrest):

Guild’s Union HQ (Dahngrest):

GUILDSMAN I thought our only enemy was the Empire, but then
those monsters came…
What should the guild do now?
W-well for now, we’ll protect this city…!
Guildswoman This is no time to draw hard lines between the guilds
and the Empire.
The right hand and the left hand have to come
together to fight the threat.
We need to show it what humans can do.
Bunny Guild MAN Hey there! I’ve gotten lots of new recruits thanks to
you!
As promised, here’s your reward!
INFORMATION Obtained Small Pipe.
Go on and collect more titles! I’m countin’ on ya!

SUB-EVENT: Favorite Toys - Part 1

SKIT On Art

SUB-EVENT: Avenging Soldiers – Part 4 {Final} [ZAUDE]

SUB-EVENT: Kowz Boy - Part 4: In Mantaic, speak with the Kowz Boy.

DIALOGUE AND SUB-EVENTS IN MYORZO:

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Myorzo Gate Entrance:
LITTLE GIRL I remember seeing a flying monster at the elder’s
home a long time ago.
…Just between us, I was threatened to keep what I saw
a secret.
That’s big… Huge… I wonder what that is…
MAN I am a gatekeeper for this city.
We love having visitors from outside! Come in, come
in.
Why am I living in a place like this? Well… I guess
because that’s what my ancestors decided…?

Myorzo City:
WOMAN There’s such a commotion outside. Do something about
it. Please.
You can start with taking care of that monster in the
sky.
MAN Nothing good comes from using blastia.
You people better take care of that monster.
LITTLE BOY Why don’t you people use your blastia to kill that
monster?
What’s the point of having blastia if you don’t use
them at a time like this?
LITTLE GIRL Aren’t the people down on the surface afraid of the
monster in the sky?
Will that thing always be up there now?
WOMAN #1 A lot of Krityans just take things so easily.
I’m not like that, though… Oh, it’s already time to
eat.
Krityans down on the surface are a little different
from us up here.
WOMAN #2 Judith, remember? I used to invite you out to play.
But you liked to be alone, reading books or
practicing fighting.
You said that you didn’t like our casual attitude?
But, you’re pretty easy going yourself, Judith.

Elder’s Residence:
ELDER I never imagined the day would come when I would see
the Adephagos with my own eyes…
I suppose this is no time for talk of legendary
cucumbers…
WOMAN The residence of the elder also serves as a meeting
place for us Krityans.
Well… We call them meetings, but we start drinking
and it just ends up as a big party.
LITTLE BOY That old man is my old man. I’m the only one that can
ask about the legendary cucumber.
Don’t you go asking about it!
I’m going to be the next Elder! Me! You got that?!

SUB-EVENT: Krytian Style Fighting – Part 1 [Myorzo[

SUB-EVENT: Krytian Style Fighting – Part 2 (Aspio or Deidon Hold):

They head back to the Elder’s house in Myorzo to look at the mural one
more time.
Myorzo Gate Entrance:
KRITYAN MAN If you arrived during the day, the entire city would
have come out to welcome you.
KRITYAN WOMAN Judith, you used to walk around at night.
It was insomnia… It must have been hard.
I used to be jealous that you couldn’t sleep at night.
I mean, you can play around at night too!

ELDER And what might bring you here at this late hour?
Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for
the magnificence of the legendary cucumber.

SUB-EVENT: Feelings in the Mural (Myorzo):

SUB-EVENT: Hotsprings – Part 2

They leave the hot springs and set out for The Blade Drifts of Zophier.

THE BLADE DRIFTS OF ZOPHIER

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Raven hunches over from the cold and rubs his hand together
frantically.
RAVEN Ohhhh it’s cold, cold, cold! So cold cold cold cold
cold…
YURI So? What are you gonna do at the aer krene?
RITA I’m going to use the energy to make an aer converter.
ESTELLE An aer…converter?
RITA My plan is to efficiently convert the aer into
matter, decreasing the overall amount of aer.
But for that, it’s ideal to have the converter use
energy similar to both aer and matter.
YURI How’s that energy different from aer?
RITA Elementally-separated aer transitions into matter in
stages, and eventually becomes stable.
I’m going to stop its transition between the two
states and develop a converter formula.
KAROL So it won’t be aer or matter?
RITA It’s a state that’s closer to matter than to aer, but
it’s still not quite matter.
We call it “mana.”
ESTELLE Mana…
RITA It actually has a really long. complicated name. But
mana’s good enough.
But it’ll still be less stable than actual matter, so
we’ll need something to act as a core.
YURI The Apatheia…
RITA And a lot of aer and Estelle’s power to recombine the
formula.
ESTELLE Using my power without the control formula will
unbalance the aer. It’ll just flood out again…
YURI But we can’t just sit here and ignore that thing.
And…
KAROL Yeah?
YURI It’s a bet I’m willing to take.
JUDITH I guess I should be the one trying to stop you, but…
I’m game to get in on this bet too.
RITA The theory is correct. It’ll be okay.
So let’s go to the aer krene.
SKIT The First Sign of a Cold?
They advance a little further into the blades.
RAVEN I tell ya, thinking of a converter for aer, you’re
quite the thinker!
(applauds) That’s our genius mage-girl Rita. Yep, yep!
RITA …Well, I had a hint to go off of.
YURI Come to think of it, you did say you’d investigated
Zaude, didn’t you?
RITA Despite its amazing size, it wasn’t running off of
aer.
Even though it was a barrier blastia to protect the
entire world.
KAROL A barrier blastia?! Oh yeah, they were protecting the
world from the Adephagos!
JUDITH It seems that Alexei thought it was some sort of
weapon…but that was a fatal error on his part.
YURI But the runaway aer was the cause for the Adephagos
awakening, wasn’t it?
Ah, so that’s why they would use a barrier running on
power other than aer.
ESTELLE But then, what sort of power was it using?
JUDITH …The Children of the Full Moon, perhaps?
Rita nods.
RITA It was actually energy taken straight from them.
Inside the giant core, it continued to power Zaude as
a virtually perpetual formula.
Most likely, the energy was taken in exchange for
their lives.
Estelle recites a passage she has read:
ESTELLE The light of life was extinguished from the Children
of the Full Moon…
JUDITH So that’s what Myorzo’s legend meant.
YURI According to Duke, they did it of their own free
will. They wanted to save the world.
ESTELLE They sacrificed themselves for the world… The
Children of the Full Moon were protecting us this
entire time.
They finally arrive at the aer krene.
KAROL (worried, looking around) That monster’s not gonna
show up again, right?
RAVEN If it does, you’ll beat it up for us just like the
last time, right?
KAROL …You’re mean.
Rita puts the apatheia in place.
RITA Okay, I’m ready. Estelle, come over here.
Estelle stands in front of Rita so that she is on the side opposite of
the control panel that springs up.
RITA Now I’ll release the control formula. Once I do that,
the aer krene will react to you and produce more aer.
I want you to recompose the aer formula into a stable
formula closer to mana.
ESTELLE U-umm… I don’t understand…
RITA Yeah… Okay…
The water element is strong here, so imagine flowing
water and let your body flow with the aer.
 The theory behind materializing aer is the same as
performing magic.
If Estelle can recompose the aer into a state close
to mana…
…then I should be able to guide the aer into the
cyano ciel.
KAROL Can we do anything?
RITA No. Go take a nap or something.
RAVEN We’d freeze to death if we took a nap here!
JUDITH We can use the conversion formula we found in Zaude.
Rita looks at Judith with her mouth open.
RITA (leaning forward) That was for substituting life for
aer! Your life!
You can’t do that!
JUDITH But if this fails, then we’ll all be swallowed up by
a flood of aer. We’ll be dead anyway, right?
YURI We’re all risking our lives.
Let us help.
Rita slowly straightens up, looks at Estelle and after a few moments,
smiles.
RITA All right…
I’ll use your life energy to guide the aer into the
cyano ciel.
If we do that, I think Estelle will understand the
flow of the aer without interference from me.
YURI All right, everyone. Let’s do this.
RAVEN Sure, why not.
JUDITH Okay.
KAROL Yeah!
REPEDE Woof!
ESTELLE Okay!
RITA Ready, Estelle? Here we go.
Everyone, come over here.
ESTELLE Go ahead.
Rita performs an arte.
RITA Try and synchronize yourself with my formula. There…
that’s good.
The others weaken and slump a bit.
YURI Ugh…

About Aer Master (Confirm Rules) or (Start)

Chose (Confirm Rules)
INFORMATION Aer conducted by Rita will flow from right to left on
the top line in color.
Press the A, B, X, or Y Button corresponding to the
color of the aer at the correct timing when it
overlaps Estelle’s force field, represented by the
blue mark to reconstitute it.
If the button is not pressed at the correct timing,
aer will leak, so beware. The gauge on the right
represents the amount of mana collected. Collect the
specified amount to clear the game.

RITA The aer is collecting in the cyano ciel…

The formula’s working. The force field is stable…
It’s going to be OK!
ESTELLE Ugh…ah…
The apatheia glows and Estelle moans in pain.
ESTELLE *Shriek*
YURI What happened?
KAROL D-did it not work?
RITA (looks at the panel) No! It’s still under control,
but what is this…?!
RITA A formula for reshaping the apatheia?! It’s
reformulating itself…?
The apatheia becomes the floating spirit image of a Krityan woman.
Krityan Spirit …I am…
JUDITH That voice…Belius?!
BELIUS Judith? Yes, it is I, Belius…or rather…
I was once Belius…but no more.
YURI What’s going on here?
Rita closes the panel and assumes her thinking pose.
RITA Could the will of Belius trapped in the apatheia
have…?
(looks at Belius, grinning) Amazing…
BELIUS I feel the waters of the world at my command. I am
the ruler of the waters.
RAVEN Okay… So…did it work?
RITA It’s gone way beyond working…
I never thought it would gain a will of its own…
BELIUS Humans, what creature am I? Though no longer Belius
the Entelexeia…
You have granted life to me. I ask that you give me a
name.
YURI A being that controls the essence of a material…
Maybe you’re a spirit.
BELIUS And so my name shall be…
KAROL The Splishy-Splashy Water-Colored Quee--
Everyone looks at Karol and he becomes embarrassed and looks down.
ESTELLE An ancient word for the ruler of the waters… How
about Undine?
Undine Undine… Henceforth I shall be known as the spirit
Undine.
Aah… I feel the power swell within me…
Such is the benefit of the aer which you saw fit to
gather for me…
KAROL It wasn’t any cakewalk, either…
Undine Receive this now, as token of my thanks…!
INFORMATION Obtained: Death Contrast +2a, Dark Avenger +!,
Moonstone.
YURI Undine! We need to get the world’s aer under control.
Please lend us your power.
Undine Very well. However, my powers alone will be
insufficient.
KAROL Huh?
Undine I control only the waters. You must gather those who
rule the other elements as well.
RITA The elements of earth, water, wind, and fire… We need
at least three more…
RAVEN We’ll need help from the other Entelexeia, won’t we?
KAROL I doubt they’ll turn into spirits just because we ask
nicely…
JUDITH There are very few Entelexeia left. Phaeroh, Gusios…
KAROL And Ba’ul.
JUDITH Not Ba’ul. He hasn’t taken in enough aer to create an
apatheia.
And on top of that, I won’t allow it.
YURI Undine, do you have any ideas?
Undine The shining forest of Erealumen, and Relewiese, the
root of the world.
Your friend Ba’ul should know the location of these
places.
Undine’s form fades away.
KAROL She disappeared!
ESTELLE No…she is here. I feel her.
JUDITH It seems like the aer krene has quieted down too…
Even though we’re not controlling Estelle’s power.
RITA Really?!
Rita opens the control panel.
RITA So…Undine is controlling Estelle’s power…?
KAROL You mean Estelle is really free?
Rita closes the panel.
RITA Yes… Yes!
YURI That’s great, Estelle.
Estelle smiles and nods.
RAVEN Well, things are sure takin’ a turn for the strange.
YURI Yeah, I never would have dreamed any of this would
happen.
But we finally see the light at the end.
INFORMATION Rita earned the “Spirit Hunter” title.
SKIT Freeing Estelle
SKIT Not Enough Fat to Burn
SKIT The Cold is Fatal
About to leave the Blade Drifts:
RITA Is undine really here?
ESTELLE Yes. I can’t really explain it, but she is here. I
can sense it.
RITA Well, she was created through Estelle, so maybe the
two are connected.
Very interesting…
Rita peers at Estelle who draws back a little from the scrutiny.
YURI Hey, save the research for later, okay?
RITA I know, I know. You don’t have to --
There’s a flash of brilliant white light then a thunderous rumble. They
all turn to look.
KAROL Wh-What was that just now?!

RAVEN Isn’t that where…

JUDITH It came from the direction of Zaude.
The apatheia core atop Zaude crackles. Grids appear in the sky and
break apart as the tentacles of the Adephagos penetrate the false sky.
The core falls into the sea and tiny pieces of the Adephagos stream
from the sky.
RITA The Adephagos… No… Has Zaude stopped working…?
RAVEN Uh-oh. Do you think we might’ve done somethin’ to set
this off?
ESTELLE That is the true catastrophe…
YURI That thing does look like it could eat the whole
world.
KAROL (drooping) What are we supposed to do about something
like that?
Yuri thinks for a moment.
YURI Hey, Rita. Duke said the Adephagos was born from aer.
RITA Huh?
YURI So if the spirits convert aer into matter…
Could we do something about the Adephagos if we had
enough spirits?
RITA I don’t know… I just…I don’t know.
But…I do think it’s worth a try.
ESTELLE Let’s try it, Yuri!

YURI Then it’s settled.

JUDITH Ba’ul?!
…Yes, I see. Thank you.
JUDITH The servants of the Adephagos are attacking a city--
Nordopolica.
ESTELLE !
Karol recoils in horror.
YURI I guess we can’t ignore something like that.
Let’s go!

SKIT The Adephagos Revived

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SUB-EVENT: King of Adventure – Part ?
(Obtained when resting at the King of Adventure before heading to
Nordopolica to battle the servants of the Adephagos attacking the city.
May be an additional scene for King of Adventure - Part 2 that triggers
only if you sleep again at the traveling inn near Nordopolica.)

That night, Yuri joined Rich at the campfire.

YURI Hey.
RICH …Hmpf…
YURI (sitting) So you’re looking at that sword again…the
one that belonged to someone you respect?
RICH …This sword belonged to His Highness Regin, the
brother of the Emperor.
YURI Regin…isn’t that the “King of Adventure” you
mentioned earlier? The one you named your inn after?
RICH …A while back, His Highness led an expedition into
the wilderness…
…It was called the Regin Expeditionary Force…
…My father was a member of that force…
YURI So is the expeditionary force still active?
RICH …You don’t know…? …You haven’t heard what happened…?
YURI Sorry, I’m not to knowledgeable about famous
historical figures.
RICH …The Regin Expeditionary Force set out to defeat the
world’s Giganto Monsters, but they were annihilated…
YURI Ah, Karol mentioned something about that… So you’ve
set out to avenge your father?
RICH …To avenge my father… No, it’s nowhere near that
noble…
If I defeat the Giganto Monsters, I can finally go
back to my hometown…
…At least, that’s what I planned on doing…
But these days, we’ve been reduced to mere wanderers…
YURI What’s so bad about that?
RICH …I must defeat the Giganto Monsters… …Otherwise,
we’ll never be free…
YURI The Giganto Monsters means too much to you to be able
to enjoy the wandering life, eh?
RICH ……
YURI …I see.
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Nordopolica
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As they fly to Nordopolica, they see one of the Adephagos servants

attacking the city.
KAROL Look! It’s hanging on to the city!
YURI That black thing… That’s what we saw in the Sands of
Kogorh!
JUDITH That was Phaeroh’s vision. This is real. Be careful.
ESTELLE It looks like it’s trying to eat the aer of the
shield!
RITA Is the Adephagos drawn to aer…?
RAVEN This thing looks pretty mean.
YURI Come on!

They defeat two monsters, an outbreaker and a nightbreaker, and see

Natz and his men fighting another near the dock.
NATZ Hold you position! We’re gonna stop them here!
As they run toward the dock to help Natz, Rita destroys the creature
with a couple of fireballs.
RAVEN Things are getting’ wild around here.
NATZ Y-You are…!
The scene fades and the story begins again in the coliseum. Natz is
talking to Yuri, Estelle, Karol, Raven, Judith and Repede. Only Rita is
absent.
NATZ I guess I’m saved again.
KAROL It seems that this was the only city to be attacked.
What bad luck.
RITA This isn’t about luck.
ESTELLE Where were you Rita?
RITA I went to check the barrier blastia.
Its power had been raised.
And I guess the monsters were drawn to it.
The power is returned to normal now.
NATZ We thought raising the power will protect us but, it
turned out to be the opposite.
I’ll go see the citizens.
Feel free to rest here as long as you please.
YURI Thanks for the offer but we still have business to
do. We better get moving.
NATZ You are all welcome at anytime. Try stopping by when
you have the time.
YURI Thanks.
SKIT The Threat of the Adephagos

Coliseum Reception Room:

GUARD Here, I’ll do an impression of Lieutenant Leblanc for
 you.
“Yuri! You won’t get away with this!”
You…still don’t know who I am…?

Market Place:
MAN (DRUNK) That monster gave me quite a shock!… But Palestralle
are here right?
What? The knights? No…No, they were all scared! *Hic!*
They can’t rely on the Knights. The Guild should
protect them. *Hic*
GUILDSMAN Cases of trouble between the Knights and citizens
have increased since the Imperial Knights are here.
Crime rate in general has gone down. That’s probably
because of the tightened security.
I still don’t welcome the Knights’ presence here.
But…I do have to admit some things have gotten better
since they arrived.
SWORD MERCHANT Immediate Help Wanted! How does that sound? 250 Gald
an hour.
Instant pay rise for hard workers!
Help us to double our sales!
Looking for a cool guy and a cute young girl !
LITTLE BOY I knew it! Palestralle are so cool!
They can stand up to a monster like that without
flinching!
Palestralle and the Knights are both cool… both nice…
I wonder who’s the coolest…
GUILDSMAN A small monster again? The Empire did it…?
No, that can’t be right…
Is that monster some how connected to the one in the
sky?
It’s nasty looking!!
OLD WOMAN This is all the Knights’ fault! They’re the reason
that horrible thing is in the sky.
It’s true, isn’t it? I know it is!
This is all the Knights’ fault! It’s their fault
ships are wrecked a sea. And it’s their fault there
are storms in port!

Inn “Fomalhaut”:
YOUNG MAN We were relieved because we thought the monster was
away to Ilyccia…
But then we were attacked by something weird.
Disasters occur when you least expect them!
Well, we’re O.K. because we’re inside the barrier…
But…weren’t they eating the barrier?
KRITYAN MAN The tale of the legendary disaster is written of in
this city’s vast library s well.
I never imagined it would be so repugnant…
Should that disaster truly try to attack the city,
the barrier will be meaningless.
Is this how humanity will end…?
They leave the coliseum and pause for a discussion near the headless
statue.
KAROL Natz was really working hard.
YURI Yeah. It looks like he’s doing a good job leading
since Belius passed away.
ESTELLE I’d like him to meet Undine. He’d be so happy.
YURI Not right now.
Once everything’s settled down, though, let’s give
him a nice surprise.
ESTELLE Okay.
RAVEN (pondering) …That monster.
Palestralle was no match for it. I can’t figure it
out…
KAROL So how did we take it out?
YURI Maybe there’s something different about us…
JUDITH The spirits, perhaps?
RITA If the Adephagos really is close to aer, then the
spirits might actually affect it.
YURI So can we put up more of a fight if we get the other
three?
RITA Who knows…
The four elements alone could control aer, but…we’re
talking about the adephagos.
I just don’t know.
RAVEN Yah, and it’s not like you can find apatheia lying
around just anywhere.
ESTELLE There aren’t many Entelexeia left, either…
YURI (thinking) Hey, there are tons of blastia all over
the world, right?
ESTELLE Yes. They’re an indispensable part of our society.
YURI And cores are just pieces of apatheia.
So if the four spirits aren’t enough…
…we can just change all the cores of the world into
spirits, too. Right?
RITA Are you nuts? How do you propose to do that?
JUDITH Even if we knew how, we’d still have to go to every
single blastia.
I doubt the Adephagos would wait for us.
YURI I think that’s your specialty, genius.
RITA …Oh no. This is your genius plan.
KAROL …Even if Yuri’s plan worked…
…all the blastia would stop working, wouldn’t they?
RAVEN Yeah, I guess so. All the cores would be gone.
ESTELLE What would the world become?
JUDITH People would lose the safety promised by the barriers…
RITA All the functions that the blastia maintained. Gone.
It’ll be inconvenient, to say the least.
KAROL Even bodhi blastia wouldn’t work. Oh…
YURI There’ll be a lot of unhappy people. But we have to
do it…
That thing will destroy the world. I think we should
do it.
Even if no one other than us understands.
RAVEN Well, for now, let’s just get the four elemental
spirits.
Once we do that, then we can think about what to do
next.
YURI Yeah.
KAROL Ba’ul knows where the other Entelexeia are, right?
YURI Yeah. Let’s get back to the ship and ask him.
{NOTE: get comments of townsfolk on 2nd playthrough)

Onboard the Fiertia:

Everyone gathers onboard. Judith looks upward at Ba’ul as he flies
along gripping the ropes that hold the ship in his mouth.
ESTELLE The shining forest of Erealumen, and the root of the
world, Relewiese…
KAROL I’ve never heard of those places.
Rita shakes her head. Ba’ul roars.
JUDITH … (gasp)
Ba’ul says he knows. However…
YURI ? (Hmm?)
JUDITH He doesn’t want to tell us.
Apatheias only come from the death of Entelexeia.
ESTELLE He doesn’t want to put his friends in danger…
YURI Ba’ul, listen.
We want to protect the world. But we don’t want to
sacrifice anyone for it.
We won’t just take the apatheia by force.
ESTELLE Ba’ul…please.
YURI Tell us where the Entelexeia are.
Ba’ul considers their words then roars.
JUDITH …Erealumen is in the northeast part of Tolbyccia.
Relewiese is…on the continent of Weccea.
ESTELLE Thank you, Ba’ul.
JUDITH We also need to go to the Sands of Kogorh, where
Phaeroh is.
YURI Right.
RITA …Northeast Tolbyccia. I wonder if that’s the place
where a new land just recently crystallized.
RAVEN Weccea’s that continent to the south of Ilyccia,
where the capital is. Right?
ESTELLE Weccea…
(quotes a book) The emperor Calx III sent scouting
parties four times in order to claim the land.
But every time, they lost communication, and no one
ever returned.
It’s the last unexplored land on Terca Lumireis.
KAROL Why does it have to be a place like that…?
YURI If Weccea’s that bad, then let’s leave Relewiese for
last.
Ba’ul roars.
JUDITH …He says he’ll leave things up to you.
YURI Thanks, Ba’ul.

SKIT A Sad End

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******

HALURE:

They reach Halure at night:

In Halure, they talk to the children at the tree for Estelle's "Fairy
Tale
Weaver" title

Entrance and Mayor’s House:

Young Lady This is the city of Halure.
Sure, you can see the flowers of Halure with your
eyes, but…
It’d be wonderful to feel the flowers with your heart…
MAYOR We must protect the Tree of Halure, no matter what.
That Tree is our very hope…
I’m ready to fight to protect the Tree of Halure.
OLDER MAN When the darkness of night is scary, look to the sky.
The starry sky will bring you peace…
Oh, it’s cloudy tonight. Well, I guess there are
nights like this, too…

Bridge:
OLDER KRITYAN MAN Although the life of the flower is short, it still
blooms with all its energy.
I really like to watch these flowers.
One day I’ll die, my body will return to the ground,
and flowers will bloom above me.
I want to continue living forever, giving energy to
the flowers.
Inn “Denebola”:
KRITYAN WOMAN I don’t like it here because the nights are dark and
cold.
The night…
The night really makes you thankful for the sun.
Path to the Tree:
YOUNG WOMAN There’s not much point fretting over what may or may
not happen tomorrow.
And we should be thankful for the gifts that each new
day brings, whatever they may be.
Depending on our attitudes, it’s even possible to see
sunshine on a rainy day.
OLDER MAN If one wishes for happiness today, they need gaze
only upon the blossoms of Halure.
However, if one desires a lifetime of happiness, they
must care deeply for the Tree of Halure.
It’s nights like this that I recall all the old
sayings we have here in Halure.

SUB-EVENT: Under the Tree - Part 3 (Halure):

SUB-EVENT: Under the Tree - Part 4 (Halure):

MYORZO:

SUB-EVENT: Dragon Race – Part 2 (Myorzo):

SUB-EVENT: Dragon Race – Part 3 (Myorzo) {Final}:
SUB-EVENT: Hotsprings – Part 3 (Yumanju)
SUB-EVENT: Judith's Sundering Moon - Part 1 (Myorzo):
SUB-EVENT: Spirit Magic - Part ! (Aspio):
SUB-EVENT: Raven and the Heart Blastia (Dahngrest):

THE EREALUMEN CRYSTALLANDS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They step into mostly pink and blue hued crystal caverns.
YURI This looks like the center of the crystallization.
ESTELLE It’s beautiful… Like we’re in a dream.
RITA It’s aer that crystallized at low density… Is this
mana?
I have to take a sample.
RAVEN Just how do they come up with such different
reactions…?
Karol stomps crystals with his boots.
KAROL They must shatter! Hah hah hah! This is fun!
RITA You’re so stupid. Nature didn’t make this, you know.
KAROL Huh? What do you mean?
JUDITH The center of a new land that just crystallized…
Somewhere around here is the one who made that happen.
RITA And an aer krene.
REPEDE Woof! (points ahead)
YURI What’s up, Repede? Find something?
RITA This is…
KAROL Someone crushed these crystals…and it wasn’t us.
YURI Looks like someone got here before us. Watch out.
Further up the path, a moon shaped blade slices through a crystal near
them.
JUDITH That Weapon…!
KAROL Nan!
Suffering injuries, Nan sinks to the ice floor a few yards in front of
them.
NAN I warn you. The Hunting Blades are currently
patrolling the area. Leave at…
Nan tries to stand but falls over.
KAROL Nan!
Karol and Estelle run to Nan. Estelle performs a healing arte.
ESTELLE These wounds are terrible…
KAROL come on, Nan!
NAN Karol…
KAROL What are you doing alone!? Where’s the boss and Tison?
NAN (sitting up) Master and the others went on…
KAROL (standing) What!? They left you behind!?
The boss is one thing but I can’t believe Tison
wouldn’t take you…
What happened?
NAN We wound up fighting our target here.
I-I couldn’t do anything, just like always…
Master said it’s because I had doubts.
KAROL Doubts?
NAN I hate monsters. They shouldn’t be alive. I still
feel that way.
But now, at a time like this, hunting monsters isn’t
that important.
There are other things we should be doing…
When I told him that…
RAVEN They up and left you.
JUDITH Fools. With everything the way it is, how can they
not take another look at their lives.
KAROL That’s terrible! I mean Nan’s right!
YURI Relax Karol.
Hey, the Hunting Blades are after Entelexeia, right?
RITA We should hurry.
YURI Yeah.
KAROL Nan, can you walk?
NAN Huh? Yeah, but…
ESTELLE It’s too dangerous to be alone here.
KAROL Come with us, Nan.
NAN Karol… OK.

They find Tison and Clint with the Entelexeia.

JUDITH Gusios!
KAROL That’s Gusios?! Back at Caer Bocram…
YURI So the Hunting Blades have a history with him.
Judith gets ready to attack Tison and Clint.
ESTELLE Judith, wait. Something’s wrong!
Tison charges at Gusios.
TISON Huuuaaaggh!
With a roar, Gusios sends Tison flying past them. He lands with a thud
on the hard ice.
NAN Master!
CLINT Ugh! …Why? Why won’t anything hurt it?!
Clint is injured. Gusios roars and opens his mouth sucking aer into it.
RITA It’s eating the aer. But this is…
Karol follows Nan who goes to help her guildmates.
KAROL Nan! It’s too dangerous!
CLINT Nan…what are you doing here?
TISON You don’t’ know what you’re doing! I told you you’d
just get in the way!
CLINT Run! There’s nothing you can do here!
NAN No. The guild is my family. I can’t just leave you to
die!
TISON Damn it!
Karol runs past Nan, preparing to draw his weapon and protect her if
necessary.
KAROL Nan!
CLINT (growling) You…
JUDITH Gusios, calm down! Tell me what happened!
Gusios knocks them all down.
JUDITH Ugh!
KAROL Waah!
RAVEN Arrgh.
REPEDE *Whimper*
ESTELLE Aaaah!
RITA Aah!
YURI Agh!
Clint grabs Nan as they are knocked back, Holding Nan in his arms,
Clint turns so his back crashes into the crystals. Tison lies nearby.
NAN Aah!
CLINT Ugh!
TISON Guah!
Undine appears.
ESTELLE Undine!
CLINT Wh-what is that…?
JUDITH A spirit.
NAN (awed) A spirit…
Undine tries to reason with Gusios.
Undine …Gusios. You…
YURI Undine. What happened to him?
RAVEN It doesn’t look like he’s in the mood for talking!
Undine Even Entelexeia cannot ingest limitless amounts of
aer.
Those who ingest more than they can endure…change.
And…
RITA No!
Undine Become Adephagos themselves.
YURI What?!
So he got like this by trying to protect the world.
JUDITH (moan) Gusios…
Undine …Go. Save him. While he is still Gusios…
YURI …Right.
ESTELLE …Okay.

After the battle, Gusios is defeated and becomes an apatheia. Judith

sinks to the ground with guilt and grief.
JUDITH Gusios… I’m sorry…
Clint’s arm is slung over Tison’s shoulders so he can stand up and Nan
is behind them. They all look on in silence.
YURI What? He’s gone. Now you want to hate this too?
CLINT …That’s the soul of that monster. I’ve got to crush
it.
ESTELLE He’s not a monster! They were trying to protect the
world!
CLINT I don’t care what the Entelexeia were for!
YURI …You knew. All this time, you knew what the
Entelexeia were.
KAROL You knew and you still hunted them?! With the world
like it is?!
CLINT Ten years ago, the Entelexeia killed my family.
And it’s not just me. Most of the Hunting Blades have
lost something important to monsters.
No matter what happens to the world, my feelings for
these…things…will never change!
KAROL …But you’re wrong.
CLINT What?
KAROL No matter what you do, you can’t bring anyone back.
RAVEN You aren’t the only ones who lost loved ones in the
war.
JUDITH But some try to be positive, and keep living.
ESTELLE I think it’s admirable to protect a city from
monsters. But…
YURI Don’t just be pig-headed about it. Do it when the
world is, you know, OK.

CLINT …It’s too late for me to change.

YURI Humph. If you’re going to get in our way…then we’ll
settle things here.
Clint approaches Yuri.
NAN Chief…
Clint and Tison look at Nan.
CLINT Hmph.
Clint and Tison leave. Nan remains where she stands.
ESTELLE Please wait! Let me at least heal you…
CLINT Get up, you maggots! We’re withdrawing!
Nan runs to stand beside Karol but won’t look at him.
NAN …Thank you.
Nan runs to join her guildmates.
KAROL I wonder if he understood…
YURI …Who knows.
JUDITH So, let’s make a spirit.
An aer krene appears under the apatheia and a sleeping baby creature
appears.
RITA I…guess it worked?
UNDINE His consciousness itself was nearly taken. He will
not wake for a while.
Now, give him a name.
ESTELLE …What’s his element?
UNDINE A power rooted deep within the world… Earth itself.
ESTELLE …Earth…Hmm… The spreader of roots, Gnome.
KAROL The spirit of earth, Gnome…
UNDINE Let us tell him once he awakens.
Undine and Gnome disappear.
RITA …I can’t believe Entelexeia who try to control aer
wind up as Adephagos.
YURI Humph. People can’t understand anything except what
they see with their own eyes.
RAVEN So after all that happened, it turns out the worst
thing in the world is people.
ESTELLE Which means we have to work that much harder.
YURI …Yeah, you’re right.
SKIT The Birth of Spirits
SKIT The Hunting Blades
SKIT Gusios to Gnome
SKIT Gusios’ Crystals
SKIT So Sparkly
SKIT Gusios’ Sacrifice
SKIT Lucky?

At the foot of the path, they find a cave illuminated by a green light.
Further back into the cave they reach the spring containing the aer
krene.
RAVEN Wow…
JUDITH So this is the oldest spring in the world…
ESTELLE It’s so quiet… The air is so clear… It feels holy.
YURI Never would have thought a place like this was at the
bottom of the mountain.
Karol walks closer the spring.
RITA Watch it. That’s aer, not water. It’s really dense.
You shouldn’t go near it.
With a start, Karol recoils at Rita’s warning. Then, they hear a
woman’s voice behind them and turn around.
VOICE You came.
KAROL Hey, that’s…?!
Alexei’s former assistant stands behind them.
YURI You’re Khroma, right?
It doesn’t look like you’re trying to avenge Alexei.
KHROMA …Duke didn’t listen to you, did he?
 He’s trying to protect the world in his own way.
KAROL So what is Duke trying to do?!
KHROMA He is trying to exchange the lives of humans to
protect the world.
RITA What?!

ESTELLE Why would Duke do something like that?!

KHROMA He doesn’t trust humans.
KAROL But Duke helped us?!
He even lent us his precious sword…
KHROMA I assume he saw some of himself in you.
Or perhaps he thought he wouldn’t have to get his
hands dirty as long as you were around.
ESTELLE What do you…?
YURI Why are you telling us about Duke?
I think it’s time you showed who you really are,
Entelexeia.
KAROL Huh?!
Khroma nods. A golden light illuminates from Khroma’s body and she
transforms into a dragon-like creature.
JUDITH That form…!
YURI What do you want? Is this just a roundabout way of
saying you’re not going to help?
KHROMA I, too, cannot trust humans. …But neither do I want
to see him take revenge on his own kind.
If you can truly save the world, then I will not
refuse to help.
However, you have chosen a different path. You will
likely confront each other.
YURI Yeah…maybe.
KHROMA If he is beyond your power, then nothing in this
world can stop him.
I will test your strength!
They prepare for battle.
YURI Here she comes!
The battle ends. Khroma delivers her parting words as her body
transmits the blinding light from the force necessary to create an
apatheia.
KHROMA …Marvelous. Perhaps you all…can indeed…save the world…
JUDITH Khroma… (compassionately)
KHROMA …Do as you wish.
They look at Khroma’s apatheia for a few moments, then Rita breaks the
silence.
RITA Estelle…come on. Judith…
Judith takes her position and looks into Estelle’s eyes for
confirmation.
ESTELLE …Right.
YURI Do it.
There is a rush of whirling wind around the apatheia and another spirit
enters the world.
KAROL (punching the air) It worked!
Estelle and Rita look at the tiny spirit curled up for a nap in mid-
air.
RITA She’s sleeping…
ESTELLE It’s the same as with Gnome.
The other spirits appear. Gnome has awakened.
UNDINE A new comrade has been born.
EFREET …One who controls the winds. At times calm, at times
violent.
UNDINE She is not taken by aer as was Gnome.
She should wake before long.
ESTELLE Thank you, Undine.
The spirits leave.
KAROL It seemed like Khroma knew a lot about Duke.
JUDITH Indeed. Maybe we can ask her more when she’s awake.
YURI Let’s head back for now.
RITA Right. We don’t have time to just hang around here.
RAVEN Oh… Not that path again… These old bones of mine are
tired…
They stop for a rest on their trek back up the mountain.
RAVEN Whew… Finally, half-way up…
JUDITH If the air were a little more stable, I could get
Ba’ul down here…
A column of air swirls in front of them and Khroma’s winged spirit
appears before them.
KHROMA’S SPIRIT My consciousness… This is what it means to become a
spirit…
…Oh, to think of all the things that were hidden from
me…
YURI Guess she’s awake. Um…
JUDITH So…would you still prefer to be called Khroma?
KHAROMA’S SPIRIT No… I am no longer the Entelexeia known as Khroma.
You should give me a new name.
ESTELLE Well… How about Sylph?
It means the binder of winds.
KHAROMA’S SPIRIT Sylph… Very well, that shall be my name.
KAROL OK, Sylph. Nice to meet you…again.
SYLPH A pleasure to meet you too.
YURI …Sylph, would you tell us why Duke hates humans?
SYLPH …Very well.
…You know about the Great War, right?
There were Entelexeia who chose to live with humans,
and those who chose to oppose them.
The Great War was between humans who broke an ancient
prohibition and the Entelexeia who opposed them.
RAVEN And the war ended when the hero Duke won victory for
the humans.
KAROL Duke’s a hero?!
ESTELLE Really…?
RAVEN That’s one of the truths the empire’s hiding.
SODIA Humans alone could not have won that war.
Elucifur-the leader of the Entelexeia advocating
living with humans-fought alongside them, and granted
them victory.
RAVEN Are you serious? …Even I never heard of that…
But…what does this have to do with Duke not trusting
humans?
SYLPH Elucifur was Duke’s friend.
Duke fought with Elucifur against the leader of the
ones who opposed humans, and defeated him.
However, once the war ended, the empire feared
Elucifur’s power.
The assaulted the injured Elucifur and took his life.
He had promised Duke that he would merely watch. But
 it didn’t matter.
ESTELLE No…
RAVEN Now I get it. Anyone would stop trusting humans after
that.
JUDITH I had no idea that was going on during the war.
YURI …But it doesn’t matter how badly he was betrayed.
He has no right to sacrifice every human life.
SYLPH If you do not destroy the Adephagos before Duke, in
the end…humanity will be destroyed.
Hurry.
I have calmed the winds. I believe Ba’ul can reach
you now.
Sylph disappears.
JUDITH Thank you, Sylph.
KAROL So the spirits are working out all right, but…
RAVEN Duke isn’t.
YURI …Yeah.
SKIT All Four Spirits
SKIT What Sylph Said

They leave the Hollow and take to the skies again with Ba’ul.
KAROL We managed to get the four elemental spirits.
YURI Yeah. Now…
ESTELLE We have to convert the world’s blastia cores to
spirits.
RITA …Right.
If we could control the Adephagos with just those
four, then we wouldn’t need the others…
RAVEN That thing is not exactly something you want to take
on lightly.
We better make damn sure we’re set. There’s no second
chance.
RITA I know, I know…
JUDITH Just by creating the spirits, we’ve already changed
Terca Lumireis.
Even if it is to save the world.
ESTELLE We’ve been making these decisions all on our own.
Now we’re changing the lives of everyone in the
world. That can’t be just our decision.
KAROL Yeah, you’re right…
YURI If we can’t get them to understand what we’re trying
to do…
…then we’re just as bad as Alexei.
But we don’t have time…
KAROL But we can still talk to the Imperial Knights and the
Guilds, right?
JUDITH But if they don’t approve of how we’re doing things…
…we will become the great evil.
They all look at the deck as they consider this.
YURI …I can’t stand by and watch the world be destroyed.
Even if Duke manages to save the world his way…
…it doesn’t mean anything if there’s on one left to
live in it.
So I don’t care if people call me evil. I will give
up the blastia to defeat the Adephagos.
What are you going to do? If you want to get off,
now’s the time.
RAVEN I’m going. My life belongs to Brave Vesperia anyway.
JUDITH Me too. Phaeroh and Belius left it to us.
And I don’t like leaving things half-finished.
RITA I know what it feels like to regret what you didn’t
do.
If I stop now, I’ll really regret it.
KAROL Yeah, me too. I don’t want to feel like that.
ESTELLE No matter what path I choose, I can take whatever
happens…
I’ve learned that on this journey.
KAROL …And the people of the world will understand!
They’re strong enough to take a changing world!
YURI Yeah. We do this today, so we can laugh tomorrow.
That’s what I believe.
REPEDE Woof woof! Woof!
YURI All right, everyone. Together until the end.
KAROL So let’s get ready and then go talk to His Majesty
Ioder and the people in the Union.
RAVEN So what exactly do you need to get ready?
RITA Leave it to me.
I want to stop by a city somewhere. I need to pick up
some stuff.
KAROL How about port Nor? It’s at the edge of Ilyccia.
YURI I want to find out what’s happened at Ehmead Hill
since the road was blocked, too. Let’s go.

SUB-EVENT: Anxiety of the Spirit-Fication:

CAPUA NOR
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The streets are surprisingly uncrowded.

YURI This place has become quite a place, hasn’t it?
ESTELLE Has every one evacuated crossing the Blade Drifts?
KAROL I think they escaped to Tolbyccia, around Torim.
JUDITH Maybe the shops are back in service now.
RAVEN Anyone would think of running away under a sky like
this.
RITA OK, I’m gonna go shopping.
ESTELLE Can I join you?
Rita looks away from Estelle.
RITA Uh, yes.
You all wait up at the inn.
YURI OK.
INFORMATION Parted with Estelle and Rita.
OLDER MAN There have been a lot of small tremblors lately. It’s
strange… The land here is historically very stable.
We can’t ignore these earthquakes any longer. Might
they have something to do with the monster in the
sky…?
VENDOR I swear, my luck is even worse now that it was when
Ragou was in charge.
Do you think it’s because I’m so obsessed with this
spot?
Maybe I should give this location up, and open up
 shop in some other town. Maybe that would bring me
luck…
Lady VENDOR The world’s gone all to hell lately, so I finally
made up my mind to join Fortune’s Market…
…But when I applied, they wanted me to pay a huge
contract deposit! I can’t afford that!
I suppose locals really do have to join hands and
work together, after all…
Inn “Pollux”:
NOBLE WOMAN He’s too old to be living in a daydream…
He needs to be more like that knight, Flynn and turn
his dreams into a reality.
He’s probably the same age as Flynn. Flynn’s a lot
more mature though.
NOBLE MAN Nocking a silver arrow in my bow, I take aim at the
unholy shadow looming in the sky.
Thus is the mark of the Imperials; thus my arrow
shall pierce that unholy shadow.
It’s all come down to this. To be concluded, in the
final chapter!
INNKEEPER Traveling under a sky like this? We’re short of
customer now so you are really welcome.
300 Gald for a night. Do you want to stay?
They get a room for the night.
KAROL Looks like the Teagle’s got away too.
YURI Even with the road through Ehmead Hill open, I’m
still worried..
The door opens as Rita and Estelle enter with their arms full of
supplies.
RITA I love port towns. They always have stuff, even in
times like this.
Looks like things just might work.
YURI What did you buy?
ESTELLE One of each formula crest, and…container parts.
RAVEN What are you trying to do?
RITA I’m making a device that will converge the spirits’
powers.
A kind of make-shift Dein Nomos.
KAROL Dein Nomos…
I wonder what Duke is doing now…
YURI I don’t know… But he seems totally obsessed…
They are startled by a sudden roaring rumble.
KAROL W-what’s that?!
Yuri and Rita run for the door.
INFORMATION Reunite with Estelle and Rita.
They gather in the street outside the inn.
YURI Judy! What happened?
Judy does not answer right away.
RITA Wait! That’s where Aspio is!
KAROL What’s going on?!
Meanwhile the cave housing Aspio is breaking apart. The very city of
Aspio is torn to shreds as a tall spiky structure on a portion of the
earth underneath Aspio breaks through the city and on into the sky to
hover several miles in the sky.
RITA Aspio… What happened to Aspio…?
RAVEN What the hell is that thing?
ESTELLE …Tarquaron.
KAROL Huh?
ESTELLE The spirits are telling me that’s the tower of
Tarquaron.
YURI …Duke. It’s got to be him.
YURI He’s going to try to use that against the Adephagos.
VOICE Please! Let me through!
A noble man, obviously a city official, addresses Yuri.
MAN You, with the long, black hair. Do you have a moment?!
YURI What do you want?
MAN Some people with the knights wanted me to tell them
if I saw someone with your appearance.
They said they wanted to talk to you about Flynn, the
new Commandant of the Imperial Knights.
YURI What?!
MAN I believe you are the right person?
YURI Yeah.
Hey, was it a girl with kinda cat-looking eyes and a
kid with a head like an apple?
MAN Huh? Oh…yes, I suppose so.
YURI … (agh… annoyed)
So can I wait at the Inn?
MAN Yes. That’s fine. I’ll call them.
They wait in the room. Raven sits on the bed while the others stand.
Yuri’s in his typical pose leaning his back against the wall. Witcher
and Sodia burst through the door. Sodia is oddly demure.
WITCHER We finally got you! Where have you been wandering
around?
SODIA Yuri… Lowell…
Sodia looks away with unhappy memories of how she tried to kill Yuri
earlier.
SODIA … (Uhh….!)
WITCHER …Sodia?
YURI So what’s up with Flynn?
WITCHER Oh! Right. Many people have fled this continent since
that monster covered the sky.
But some opposed using a guild fleet to protect the
empire. Flynn could not abide that.
A fleet attacked by monsters landed on Hypionia. We
fought, but they kept gaining.
SODIA We alone were sent for aid…
But all the knights are spread all over the world…
WITCHER We have no other choice but to ask for your help.
SODIA But…we’re too late… Commander Flynn must be…
Yuri moves away from the wall.
YURI Wow, could you be any more worthless?
SODIA (riled) What did you say?!
YURI You give up already? Everything you’ve done-wht was
it all for?
SODIA I...I did it all for Commander Flynn!
Even that one time…
YURI Humph. You talk about doing it all for Flynn.
But you’re just whining. You gave up. You forgot your
resolve.
SODIA Resolve…
YURI Yo! Apple-head! You said Hypionia, right?
WITCHER Y-yeah…
YURI All right. I’ll be back soon.
 All of you get ready to go to Tarqaron--
ESTELLE I’m going too!
KAROL Yeah, me too. You keep forgetting us.
YURI I’m glad you want to come, but this seems pretty bad.
JUDITH That’s even more reason not to let you go alone.
I don’t think Ba’ul will listen to you, either.
RITA All for the guild and the guild for all… Right?
RAVEN Well, if we’re out of time, let’s go and get it over
with.
YURI Okay, okay. So let’s get going!
KAROL Yeah! Brave Vesperia, chaaarge!
REPEDE Woof!
Brave Vesperia leave the room.
WITCHER Got get ‘em!
All right, Sodia. Let’s reform the support units!
SODIA O-okay…
Witcher runs out of the room.
SODIA (sadly) …Yuri Lowell.
As Brave Vesperia head for the city exit to the field, Yuri is stopped
by a remorseful Sodia.
SODIA Yuri Lowell!
Why?! Why didn’t you call me out for my actions that
time?
I… I tried to kill you…
YURI Oh, I’m not letting it go.
But I don’t have time to deal with someone who gave
up on everything.
SODIA I haven’t given up…
YURI No? So why haven’t you gone to help Flynn, even alone?
You wanted to protect him so badly you’d kill me. Why
won’t you protect him now?!
SODIA I…I can’t protect him by myself… Please…save him…
(looking down) Please…
YURI You don’t have to tell me to do that.
SODIA Please…
YURI You know, there’s one thing I agree with you on.
SODIA ? (Hm?)
YURI I’m a criminal. I could be killed any time.
Flynn is the perfect knight. A perfect leader. He
doesn’t need a criminal by his side.
SODIA … (huh..uh!)
Yuri glances at Sodia over his shoulder.
YURI I’m just standing in until the right person comes
along.
SODIA Yuri…
Yuri heads for the exit.
SKIT Flynn in Danger
They take to the air and spot a giant cloud of debris being raised in
Northeastern Hypionia.
YURI Is that it down there!?
KAROL That’s some cloud of dust. Are those all monsters!?
JUDITH This seems to be a counter effect of Astal’s losing
control.
It’s as if the monsters of the world all came and
gathered here.
ESTELLE Is Flynn really down there somewhere?
YURI Probably.
RAVEN What next? Are we gonna fight every single one of ‘em?
YURI Rita, can’t we use that Dein Nomos you made?
RAVEN Ya gonna blow them away like doing it to the
Adephagos?
Rita thinks for a moment.
RITA Right…
Applying directivity to the power of spirits and
forming a barrier-like force field to eliminate the
monsters…..
Yes, it should be possible.
JUDITH But this was made to be used against the Adephagos,
right?
KAROL But this is our only option now.
YURI Could you let us use it? Please?
ESTELLE I beg you too.
The Dein Nomos… I want to believe it can save mankind…
Rita nods then runs off to retrieve the Dein Nomos. She runs back
holding it before them in her hand.
RITA Yes, if we can’t deal with this easily, there is no
way we could stand up against the Adephagos.
JUDITH Alright. Let’s do it.
RAVEN It’s rare to hear Yuri ask for a favor like that.
Karol dramatically waves his finger in the air to make a profound
point.
KAROL It’s our chance to do Yuri a favor!
YURI Cut it out guys.
JUDITH So what’s our plan?
RITA Activate it in the area where the monsters are all
concentrated. That’s it. Simple, right?
YURI Yeah it is.
RAVEN No kidding…
KAROL Why don’t we give it a name? (enthusiastically)
We can’t just call it the Rita Dein Nomos…
RITA Huh? …I’ll leave it up to you.
KAROL Uh, mmm, ahh…I got it! How about the “Vesperia No. 1”?
Disappointed, Rita turns away and looks lovingly at her creation.
RITA I should have known better…
YURI It’s got a nice ring to it. Besides, it’s nice n’
simple.
JUDITH Even Ba’ul will need to keep some distance. I’ll land
at a place.
YURI OK, let’s do it.
INFORMATION Obtained Vesperia No. 1.
Ba’ul drops them off at the edge of the skirmish. Through the cloud of
dust, they see citizens running for cover while Imperial Knights fight
the horde of monsters.
RITA What a mess…
KAROL We’re going in…
ESTELLE Look! Over there!
Flynn engages several monsters in combat.
YURI Flynn!
RAVEN Hey, looks like he could use some help.
JUDITH We won’t be surrounded if we move along the side of
the cliff.
Yuri snaps his weapon out of its sheath.
YURI Let’s go! Stay close!
Flynn, accompanied by Leblanc, Adecor and Boccos, try to stave off the
monsters.
FLYNN Stop them! Show them what an Imperial Knight can do!
ADECOR I-I say, we’re done for.
BOCCOS This is the end…
LEBLANC You idiots! Stop your whining!
Guah!
A rhinosarrus knocks Leblanc and company off their feet and runs past
Flynn.
FLYNN Arrgh!
As Flynn watches the beast run past, he is surprised to see Brave
Vesperia gathered behind him.
YURI You alive?
FLYNN Yuri! What are you doing here?!
YURI Thank your second-in-command for thinking of you.
FLYNN Sodia?! Huh…
But our current situation is bad. It’s only a matter
of time until we fall.
RAVEN We have a little special something.
FLYNN What?
Flynn turns questioningly to Yuri who hold up the canister.
YURI Light this thing up in the middle of the monsters…
Then, watch it go boom!
FLYNN In the middle of the monsters… They’re a lot to get
through.
YURI Come on, it’s us! This is nothing.
REPEDE Woof!
FLYNN Huh. All right. Let’s go!
Repede gets to his feet and heads for the fray, eager for battle. Yuri
shouts to the others.
YURI Hey! We’re gonna go turn this thing on.
Keep things going here!
RITA Just you two?! Are you stupid?
FLYNN We cannot let our guard down here.
If we can’t defend this place, we lose the very
reason for taking out the monsters.
KAROL This isn’t to defeat the monsters. This is to protect
the people.
RAVEN That’s right.
ESTELLE Understood. Leave it to us!
JUDITH Take care, you two.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.
YURI (turning to Flynn) Let’s go!
FLYNN Right!
REPEDE Woof!
As the three run off to complete their mission, Leblanc and company
position themselves around the remaining members of BV.
INFORMATION Flynn joined the party.

After they battle an onslaught of monsters:

YURI Pretty good, Commandant.
FLYNN You’re not too bad, either.
They continue to run hard to reach their destination.
FLYNN We’re about to the middle!
YURI I’m still up for some more fighting!
FLYNN Heh, you look like you’re actually having fun in the
middle of all this.
YURI Heh heh. You do too.
REPEDE Woof woof!
Finally, they reach the center and stop.
FLYNN Now, Yuri!
YURI Right!
Take this!
Yuri activates Dein Nomos and sticks it into the ground. A light
radiates in a circle outward from Dein Nomos shredding the monsters to
nothingness as it envelops them. They return to the field to find
Estelle healing the injured.
ESTELLE There. That should be OK for now.
KNIGHT Th-thank you so much…
As the knight walks slowly away, Flynn and Yuri approach.
FLYNN Your Highness.
YURI Don’t push yourself, OK?
Estelle nods. Rita stands nearby looking at Yuri and Flynn.
YURI …Looks like that device worked. Thanks.
RITA Don’t mention it.
JUDITH There are more serious injuries than I thought.
Estelle has saved their lives, but they shouldn’t
move for a while.
FLYNN I guess we have to stay and defend them for a little
more.
WOMAN’S VOICE So why not just make this a fort?
Kaufman joins them.
KAUFMAN It’s been a while, Yuri. I’ve heard stories about
Brave Vesperia.
Kaufman turns to Flynn.
KAUFMAN I guess the mercenaries I hired weren’t sufficient.
Sorry for the trouble.
FLYNN I’m sure the guilds are in chaos right now, too.
Thank you for your help.
KAUFMAN It won’t really make up for things, but I’ll help
with the defense.
YURI You’re going to fight?
KAUFMAN Oh no. I’m a merchant. Just watch.
As Kaufman walks away, Witcher and Sodia run to them.
WITCHER Commander Flynn! You’re alive!
FLYNN Witcher! …Is something wrong?
WITCHER Yes. that tower near Aspio has created an unusual
formula around itself.
Judging by the crests, it’s absorbing some kind of
power.
In addition, all residents throughout Ilyccia have
reported feeling strange.
RITA Absorbing… Feeling strange… Is it absorbing human
life?
YURI …Duke.
RITA Life is very pure mana. Does he intend to use it to
attack?
RAVEN This is what he meant by exchanging all human life to
destroy the Adephagos.
WITCHER The formula is expanding in stages.
At this rate, it could affect the entire world…
ESTELLE No…!
YURI We can’t just stand around.
RITA But the spirits’ power alone won’t be enough.
KAROL What? But it took out all those monsters!
RITA Judging by the size of the Adephagos, we’d need
several hundred times the power.
RAVEN Several hundred…? That’s gonna be tough…
YURI …I guess we have no choice but to change the cores to
spirits.
FLYNN Wait. Could you explain what you’re talking about?
YURI Oh, yeah. We meant to talk to you all about it.
Hey, Flynn. We want to tell Ioder and the guilds too.
Can you call them here?
Flynn looks at Yuri for a couple of seconds then breaks out in
laughter.
FLYNN Heh heh. Hah hah hah!
KAROL Oh, Yuri. You seriously want him to call the Emperor
to a place like this?
FLYNN You never change.
YURI What?
FLYNN Heh heh. Okay, I’ll see what I can do.
In exchange, you all go talk to the people of the
Union and Palestralle.
YURI OK.
JUDITH So I guess we’re off to Dahngrest and Nordopolica?
YURI Yeah. Mind giving us a ride?
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.
INFORMATION Flynn left the party.
SKIT The Dawn Of A New Town

Comments from refugees and knights in the compound:

MAN I’ve never seen so many monsters in my life!
I thought this was it. I thought I was going to die
for sure!
YOUNG WOMAN I got caught up in a crowd running from the monsters.
it left me with a few scrapes.
That’s nothing compared to those that got bitten by
those monsters.
WOMAN It hurts! I’m hungry! I’m gonna die
I can’t stand it… Owww! I HATE THIS!
I broke a bone, I know it. I broke something. Well,
at least a fracture…!
MAN Grr…. This lady’s always whining! It’s so annoying!
Oh, I mean, she’s my wife, so it’s okay, I just…
I wish she could must deal with stuff…
I mean, I got a cut on my side that hurts like crazy,
but am I whining? No.
KNIGHT (EXIT) A knight’s duty is to protect the civilians! This is
my chance now that the barrier has disappeared!
Now that my wounds are healed, it’s time to do what I
came here to do!
KNIGHT We shall ensure the safety of the citizenry.
We will not allow even one single person to come to
danger.
Right now we have to concentrate all our efforts on
defeating the monsters.
NOBLE MAN Look, I’m glad we survived… But what are we supposed
to do in this place?
I want to get back to Zahpias as soon as possible.
VENDOR This is clearly no time for business.
I handed everything useful I had over to the Knights.
KRITYAN MAN So, now the problem is: What will happen to us here
on out?
And the answer is probably, “Who knows?”
OLD WOMAN Ugh… Owww… …No, really, I’m fine.
It’s just a little cut… Urgh! Ohh, that hurts…
Ow ow ow… I’m just glad I didn’t die.
LITTLE BOY I’m so tired from running away…
And on top of everything, some monster bit me hard…
My leg hurts a little, but I’m fine.
People here will just laugh at you if you start
whining.
LITTLE GIRL Hey, mister… When do we get to go home?
I want to go home. I’m going by myself…
BOCCOS We can’t just leave the capital like that.
We did our best defending this place. Now, it’s time
to return to the capital.
ADECOR We just came back from orders to protect Zaphias.
LEBLANC Yuri, throw me a rope! …This is an emergency!
Come on! Let’s go!
WOMAN They say home is where your heart is, right? You can
live no matter where you are.
It was pretty bad when I was in Zaphias. It’s no
different here.
I wonder if the merchants could synthesize some
tents…?
OLD MAN This place is great; there’s so much nature. But
there’s still the danger of the monsters.
People are part of the food chain, so there’s nothing
we can do if we’re eaten.
Ah! I love this! Enjoy adversity; it enlightens us.
OLDER MAN How long do we have to stay in a place without a
barrier like this?
I’m scared! I’m scared, I tell ya! I just know the
monsters will come…
Ahh… How come these two are so easygoing…
GUILDSMAN I’m not going to lose to those knights! I’ll show you
what us guildsmen can do!
I’ll cut these monsters up to pieces with this sword!
I’ll show you how to protect civilians!
MERCENARY I took this job thinking I can make some quick cash.
What have I gotten myself into?
I don’t think I’m cut out for this job…
KAUFMAN Now it’s time for me to show you what I can do.
The next time you’re back, this town is going to be
transformed!
KNIGHT I wonder how long we’ll be here…
Regardless, we urgently need to make temporary living
arrangements.
Even then, we don’t have enough supplies or people.
But we have to do something…
NOBLE MAN No matter what, I’m gonna protect her.
That’s what this experience has made me decide.
If there’s any food left over, even just a little,
I’m giving it all to her. I don’t care if I die.
NOBLE WOMAN It’s nice to be thought of as important…
But this guy’s so serious it’s scary!
And he doesn’t even seem to mind acting like my
 shield. So I can’t be mean to him…
WITCHER Was that tower built by the mages in Aspio?
Rita! Don’t hide it anymore! Just tell us everything!
SODIA ……
FLYNN I don’t know what you know or what you’re thinking
about right now, but,
I’m sure His Highness would agree to that too.
As they leave, Sodia approaches.
SODIA Yuri…
Thank you… for um, saving… Flynn.
…
YURI You guys go on ahead first. I’ll catch up.
They do as Yuri requests.
YURI I’m not gonna tell anyone.
SODIA …Why?
YURI Because I can understand why you tried to kill me
back there.
There’s something you just want to protect, even if
it means dirtying your own hands.
You lose your senses in the heat of the moment and
find yourself doing things you’d never imagine.
SODIA … (looks down)
I know what I have done is unforgivable.
It would have been easier if you’d blame me for this.
YURI Don’t flatter yourself!
Don’t think I’m here doing this for your own good.
I’m not going to put the blame on you just so you can
ease your conscience.
SODIA W-what…should I do…?
YURI I have no intention of lecturing you about rights and
wrongs.
Go figure it out yourself.
SODIA … (looking down)
YURI If you can’t, go ask someone you can talk to about
this. But, not me.
As Flynn’s friend, I’m grateful for the loyalty
you’ve shown toward him.
Yuri turns and walks away.
SODIA Uh…
SKIT Sodia and Yuri
SKIT Pouty Estelle (obtained Eastern Plains of Desier)

NORDOPOLICA
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~~~~~~~~~~

NATZ I understand. We’ll wait here until you return.

ESTELLE Yes. Thank you.
Natz turns and walks back toward the coliseum.
RAVEN That Natz sure is a man of understanding.
RITA We got his approval really fast.
JUDITH He’s seen through the world’s changes before his very
eyes. (He’s seen the world change before his very
eyes.)
He doesn’t have an ounce of suspicion when it comes
to others.
KAROL I wonder if the Union and Palestralle can get along.
YURI Of course they can. They are of the same guild after
all.
ESTELLE That’s right. Now is the time to put their
differences aside and join forces.
They’ll have to get along.
KAROL You’re right!

In the Coliseum:
KNIGHT Have you totally forgotten about me?
Maybe you haven’t forgotten at all. Maybe you didn’t
bother to remember me in the first place…
GUILDSMAN GUARD This city is safe, no matter what happens to the
world.
The Empire is the only thing that will fall. We
members of Palestralle will protect this city!
For the first time ever, all of Palestralle is
together, under the acting Duce, Natz.
OLD WOMAN The Knights are all bad. All bad. I tell you, it’s
their fault that tower came out.
I’m telling you, it’s all their fault!
The Knights are bad. All bad. I tell you, it’s their
fault Belius died and tomatoes are red!
KRITYAN MAN I’m up to my eyeballs in research about how to
confront that catastrophe.
But I just can’t seem to find any solution. Oh, what
to do…
If we can’t find a solution in the past, we’ll just
have to create a new future by ourselves.
Our own thoughts and experiences from us living right
now can be more valuable than past records.
Coliseum Steps:
KNIGHT (entrance) I left my wife and child in Zaphias.
I’m worried about them…so worried, but…
No. I must fulfill my duty to guard this city.
Upholding one’s assigned mission is the very first
tenet of knighthood.
KRITYAN WOMAN Long ago, the clans of old and the human ruling class
stood in partnership, united through Kritya mediation.
This may finally be our time to stand up.
Yes, I remember now. It was in a passage in one of my
parents’ books.
Be it lies or truth, I believe this is a duty
assigned to our people.
OLD WOMAN Natz is pouring his heart into the work of keeping
this town safe.
Now the people need to rally behind him as one.
There isn’t much I know of other towns. But I’ll be
satisfied if Nordopolica can be at peace, of that I’m
sure.
ITOKEN *Sigh* The world can go ahead and end for all I care…
Then at least I wouldn’t have to worry about my
predictions coming true or not…
The more I think about it, he more bummed out I seem
to become. But I guess there’s a sort of cold comfort
in that…
SOUP VENDOR First we get monsters in the sky, and next it’s this
weird tower. Aspio, was it?
 That thing actually looks sort of like a monster, too.
What is it with monsters today, and all their
conniving little tricks…? Whatever happened to
solving things with a good old fashioned knock down,
drag out brawl?!
KNIGHT Sometimes the citizens would greet us.
I’m not sure what made them open their hearts to us,
but I hope they understand our good intentions…
The other day, an old woman left some steamed buns
with us.
They were piping-hot and actually quite delicious…
NOBLE MAN Ohhhh man… There were sooooooo many monsters! Aaaaall
over the place.
I wonder if we’ll have to evacuate like the capital.
*Hic!*
I bet this city’s done for.
I’ll bet I’ll have to go someplace else… *Hic!*
They take to the skies and fly near Zaphias.
JUDITH …You think we might be able to stop by the capital?
YURI The capital?
JUDITH Aren’t there people left in the lower quarter you’d
like to see?
YURI There’s not anyone I absolutely HAVE to go and see,
but okay...
They enter Zaphias at night through the Lower Quarter entrance.
KNIGHT Commandant Alexei, Captain Schwann, Captain Cumore…
They all left the Knights. Flynn’s the only one left.
Flynn will keep the Knights together.
He may be young, but I was watching him work. He’s
perfect for the job.
OLD MAN My dentures actually fell out of my mouth.
That jolt from the north spooked me so bad, and pop!
Out they came.
Can I get your help to find them?
OLD WOMAN I’m praying to the skies.
I’m sure that my dead husband is keeping an eye on me
from above.
KNIGHT What’s going to happen to the Empire?
We have our share of uncertainty in our ranks. But we
must protect the capital.
That is our solemn duty as Knights.
VENDOR Recently, small incidents don’t really rattle me.
Watch how I am tonight!
Thank you! Dream good dreams!
YOUNG MAN I heard Flynn built a new town, but I’m sure he’ll
come back to the lower quarter sometime.
To be more accurate, he’ll return to the castle
because he’s a Knight.
Flynn can’t leave the lower quarter to fend for
itself, either. He’s just like Yuri.
Inn & Tavern Comet:
INNKEEPER Man, this world is in bad shape.
I guess you’re up to your necks in it, yourselves,
huh, Yuri.
Well, I’m not too worried if you all are taking care
of stuff.
All of us will just be here waiting for you and Flynn
 to come home.
INNKEEPER’S WIFE You know, Yuri, you and Flynn started out with
different purposes, but now you’re working together.
It’s kinda nice to see you two working together again.
I’m sure we’ll be all right with you and Flynn
working together. Show them what you’re made of, Yuri!

SUB-EVENT: Future of Blastia:

KNIGHT Please. Let me rest…

Can you at least keep it down in the mansion at
night? You’re all awake for no reason.
The fatigue from the mental anguish is overwhelming…
KRITYAN MAN The thing that appeared to the north looks like the
top floor of the tower.
We can’t construct such a high tower with today’s
technology.
Is that tower from the Geraios Civilization…?
But what for…?
NOBLE MAN I can’t! I can’t! I can’t continue to live in terror
every day.
Heaven is hell and this world is hell. If I could
only have one, I’d pick…

Royal Quarter:
NOBLE WOMAN #1 The knights barricaded there aren’t listening to
anyone!
They only provide half-hearted answers and have no
intention of responding properly.
What in the world? They’re tax thieves!
NOBLE WOMAN #2 Actually, the ladies here followed that knight for an
entire day and have not stopped complaining.
The Knights are greatly worried… I feel sorry for
them.
Keep this conversation a secret form the other ladies.
KRITYAN WOMAN Is that tower a hand of salvation from the heavens,
or a hammer borne of the earth?
Heh heh. I’m a pretty good poet, aren’t I?
Is that a tower of hope or despair?
Citizen Quarter:
KRITYAN MAN It’s been a while since I battled monsters. I
remember how I used to feel.
I guess this is what I’m cut out to do.
Maybe I’ll join the Knights.
I should infuse some energy into those wimps and
rebuild them from the outside.
OLD WOMAN That monster up there… Did it always live there in
the sky?
So we’ve been living under that monster all this time.
That’s scary!
KNIGHT I wish I would’ve high-tailed it out of here too when
I had the chance…
If I went for it on my own now, I’d get mauled by
monsters. I totally blew my chances.
Thankfully, that loud-mouth Cumore and the
egomaniacal Alexei are gone for good.
ARTIST Next, I’d like to draw the tow young candidates to
 the emperor’s throne.
I heard the two candidates are allowed to walk around
outside without bodyguards!
I would like to express their fearless and bold
countenances on canvas!
KNIGHT (E exit) The Knights promise tranquil nights in the capital
that never change, no matter what.
Sleep soundly.

They take to the skies.

SKIT Beautiful Coral

DAHNGREST
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Next they go to Dahngrest to visit the Union HQ

Guild’s Union HQ:

GUARD (outside) Hey, you don’t think the world’s going to be
destroyed or anything, do you?
Damn! What are we supposed to do about that thing in
the sky?
GUILDSMAN (inside)I realized that I have to protect the country of my
city, and the world of my country.
That’s what this guild--our guild--is for.
You should join us. What? That’s what your guild does
too? Then you’re our rival.
GUILDSWOMAN We have to see how far our strength and power will
take us.
Yeah, just watch what humans can do when our backs
are to the wall.
Don’s Chamber:
They meet with Harry and a few guildsmen.
GUILDSMAN …So, are you telling me to go all the way out to the
countryside?
OLDER GUILDSMAN I wonder if this place is any good.
YURI This place is no good. And Zaphias won’t work either.
RAVEN We gotta make things fair for everyone.
HARRY This is something important. For the Empire and for
the Guilds…
GUILDSMAN Hmph. I’m not going to be used like some messenger.
OLDER GUILDSMAN I don’t want to leave Dahngrest at a time like this.
It’s up to you, Harry.
HARRY Alright. I guess I’ll be going.
KAROL What? This is important! You’re just going to decide
like that?!
GUILDSMAN It’s alright. I’m not going to question Harry’s
decision back there.
OLDER GUILDSMAN (nods) Hmm…
YURI That settles it. We’ll be back at the little prince’s
earliest convenience.
HARRY Okay.
ESTELLE Let’s go back to where Flynn and the others are.
YURI Yeah. Let’s head back first.
SKIT Favorite Places
SKIT The State of the Union
SKIT The State of Palestralle

Circle Intersection:
GUILDSMAN We have to decide for ourselves…
But when it comes down to it, it’s so much pressure…
…It’s times like these, I know just how great a man
the Don was.
OLDER GUILDSMAN …For a monster, that thing’s just a little too big to
feel real.
Oh well. We gotta take it down like any other
monster…!
But it’s too big… I’m just not feeling this…

West Street, Circle Intersection:

GUILDSMAN What the hell is happening?
This is a dream… This is all a dream, I’m telling you…
KRITYAN MAN A monster made of aer… I feel like I’ve heard that
story long ago someplace…
I never could have imagined something so big it could
cover the sky…

Tavern “Sagittarius”:
BANDIDO Th-that monster still scares me a little, but I’m
going to do it!
O-okay then, so… How should I fight that thing…?
OLD MAN I will not be outdone by kids!
Ohh, my back…
WOMAN The time may have come where we need to find a way to
live without the barrier.
The times are starting to change.
GUILDSMAN If the Union would band together, there’d be nothing
to be afraid of.
Let’s kill the monster in the sky already.
Our true enemy is the Empire, not that rabble!
WOMAN The people will not lose to that monster, no matter
how horrible it is!
We have the courage to stay strong and fight.
GUILDSMAN Even if the end of the world is near, this love will
never change.
Even if the world becomes our enemy, my love for her
will never change.
These passionate feelings inside me are just going
around and around…
KRITYAN BARMAID It seems that tower on Ilyccia has been revived.
Tarqaron… That’s bad.
Tarqaron… That kid just won’t listen. You can’t take
your eyes off him for a second.

East Street, Circle Intersection:

GUILDSWOMAN Is it imprudent of me to think that this state of the
world is…fun?
People are coming together now. Even if the world
came to an end now, I’d die happy.

Tavern “Crimson Stars”:

OLDER GUILDSMAN The world’s in crisis! Now I’m gonna save it!
Huh? No, I’m not drunk.
OLDER GUILDSMAN I heard there’s a sword style called Drunken Sword.
It lets you fight even while drinking.
I want to learn it.
If I could master Drunken Sword, I could work while I
drink…
GUILDSMAN Confusion is spreading throughout the world… This is
our moment to shine.
This is a chance for us to make some dough before we
die!
I can protect a town, travelers, you name it.
What do you guys say, you want to hire me?
GUILDSMAN I can’t think when I’m hungry.
What’s worse is I can’t think when I eat too much,
either.
If it’s all the same anyway, it’s better to be full,
right?
GUILD WITCH Do you know a person named Sicily?
His beard is so sexy!
It’s too bad Sicily isn’t a member of a guild.
BARTENDER Have any troubles you want to unload? I’ll listen to
anything.
I am the bartender here , after all.

Marketplace:
VENDOR (glasses) Hey…you hear this one?
They say a tower shot up from the mountains on the
other continent! Can you believe that?
FEMALE MERCHANT This is the end…
I hear there’s a flying city on the other continent,
and with the sky like that… It’s all over!
It’s over… It’s all over…
GUILD WITCH The Empire just needs to be wiped off the face of the
world.
The people of this town will protect their own!
A new age will come when we get rid of the Empire and
change how the world runs!
I’m the bartender, not the bar or a bender. The
bartender!
ROGUE Nothing is solved by drinking. I know that.
But I can’t get by without my alcohol.
*Hic!* I can’t believe I’m drunk after 10 iced teas…

First Intersection:
LITTLE GIRL Waaah, waaah…
…*Hiccup* …
…If I keep crying, the crybaby gods might come and
eat me…
WOMAN A traveler told me he went to Yurzorea.
He said he saw Nifil Lake on the southern side of the
continent all dried up. What is going on?
I wonder if Nifil Lake, in northern Yurzorea dried up
because of that monster…
MAN I don’t know what the line is between good and evil.
But destroying the world crosses way over that line.
Are you ready to take a stand against evil?
GUILDSMAN Hmph, I guess we got no choice but to cooperate.
But I wonder how long that’ll last.
 Well, we’ll just have to do what we can.
MAN (BRIDGE) Even in times like these, we can’t keep from hunting
monsters.
It’s fate, I tell ya.
Monsters are evil. Dangerous. We must eradicate them
at all costs.
WITCH It doesn’t matter where we run anymore…
Someone do something!

Cooking Stadium “Bistro Black Hole”:

OLD MAN (DOOR) If there isn’t any cheerful news, I guess we’ll have
to make our own.
Turn a lux blastia on, and everything’s bright…
There. Didn’t that just brighten up your day…?
OLD WOMAN A huge tower appeared toward Zaphias, and Aspio got
crushed, right?
I wonder if Zaphias is all right. Scary, scary…
Oh, this is so irritating…! I want to go home! I want
to go home! I want to get back to Zaphias…

They leave Dahngrest and head for northeastern Hypionia to meet back up
with Flynn for the meeting with Ioder. The camp is now a town complete
with buildings and fences. The exhausted builders lie around on the
ground beside whatever they were working on.
YURI Whoa. They’ve already built this much…?
ESTELLE I can’t believe the city’s come this far so quickly…
RITA And it doesn’t look like they used magic. Look.
Rita looks at three workers sleeping near the fence they were building.
RITA Looks like they burned themselves out.
JUDITH Looks like the knights put up a fight, too.
Judith spies a couple of Knights napping beside another fence.
KAROL I guess this is wht people do when they work together.
They are joined by Flynn and Kaufman.
KAUFMAN So? How do you like it?
YURI Hats off to you.
FLYNN How are things on your end, Yuri?
YURI We talked to them.
We also told them that we’d talk to His Majesty when
we could.
FLYNN (nods) Okay. I talked to His Majesty, and it looks
like he’ll come.
He’s coming by ship now.
JUDITH He’s taking the slow route…
I’ll take Ba’ul to pick him up. Harry and Natz, too.
YURI Really? Won’t Ba’ul get angry?
JUDITH There’s no time, right? Ba’ul understands that, too.
FLYNN That would be a great help.
Judith nods and leaves.
FLYNN …There’s no time left.
ESTELLE So the leaders of the world will finally come
together.
KAROL Now we just have to see if they understand what we’re
doing.
YURI Yeah.
The meeting takes place in the Aurnion HQ. Ioder and Kaufman are seated
across from each other. Natz stands at the head of the table with Flynn
standing off to the right.
NATZ Spirits… Adephagos… Duke…
KAUFMAN Turn all the world’s cores into spirits…
IODER …It’s an extraordinary story…
Estelle stands beside Yuri along a wall with Raven and Karol standing
nearby.
YURI I know it’s hard to believe.
But that’s the reality we’re up against.
FLYNN No more blastia… No more barriers… There would be so
much chaos.
RAVEN If we don’t do it, then we’re all gone. Either by
Duke or the Adephagos.
Harry stands to Raven’s right.
HARRY There may be no choice… but do you really think
people will listen?
ESTELLE I don’t think anyone hopes for a future of
destruction.
We can keep moving forward, even if it’s hard.
KAROL Yeah. That’s why we’re doing this.
IODER …The empire’s duty is to prevent confusion and guide
people to the future.
Now is the time to reign for the people.
FLYNN We will have our hands full.
KAUFMAN Making new things that will serve for blastia… Oh,
there’s business to be done.
NATZ We have to think of a way to fight off the monsters
without the barriers.
HARRY The mercenary guild and Hunting Blades won’t be
enough.
IODER what about combining the reformed knights with the
guilds?
KAUFMAN Sounds interesting, but I don’t know if it’ll go
smoothly.
Karol looks at Yuri. Yuri looks around at the others and they quietly
leave the meeting. Flynn follows them. Outside the building, Sodia and
Witcher join their commander.
FLYNN You’re not going to stay until the end?
YURI That’s not our job.
RITA Yeah. That’s stuff for the important people to work
out.
JUDITH Somehow, I think people will have a harder time than
they’re thinking.
It’s their job to get ready for that. Our job…
YURI (looking up at the sky) We have to crush the
Adephagos and stop Duke.
FLYNN …I see.
YURI Sorry. We left all the dirty work to you.
FLYNN (shaking his head) That’s my line.
We always leave the hardest part to you all. I
apologize.
KAROL All right. We got work to do!

RITA But how are we supposed to access all the world’s

cores?
WITCHER I think I know a way…
There was something in the research Alexei and Barbos
did.
Some note about creating a network of blastia…
RITA Really?! Where’s that note?
WITCHER Umm… I brought it with my personal things.
Rita runs off.
WITCHER H-hey! Wait! You can’t just go liking in people’s
stuff!
Witcher runs off after Rita.
ESTELLE Oh!
I’m going too.
Estelle quickly runs after them.
KAROL They just took off…
RAVEN Looks like there’s a tiny bit of hope.
JUDITH Yes, it does. I’m sure she’ll find an answer if she’s
that worked up.
YURI Let’s just hang out until she does.
INFORMATION Parted with everyone.

Yuri explores the new town.

Town Center:
A Knight stands guard in the town’s center in front of a knife blade
shaped and coreless blastia jutting from the jumble of boulders. Flynn
and Sodia stand near him. Nearby, Raven examines the blastia’s east
side as a few townsfolk mill about.
KNIGHT A blastia was unearthed during the development of
this town.
But it won’t work because there’s no core and it’s
broken. It’ll make a perfect monument, though.
Even though it doesn’t work, this blastia can offer a
sense of security as a symbol of the town.
FLYNN Yuri, do you have a minute?
YURI Hm? Yeah, sure. What’s up?
FLYNN …Not here. I’ll be waiting at the entrance.
YURI …?
SODIA Sorry for all the trouble… I mean…Thanks…
If you ever find yourself fighting against Flynn one
day… No, I’d better not say too much.
LITTLE BOY I helped out a little with building houses.
The master carpenter said I was a natural!

RAVEN This shield blastia was buried underground.

That must mean that a town once existed here.
OLDER MAN This is awful! No way! A town without a barrier…
What good are blastia that don’t work?
Look at the sky. That monster never stays still!

YOUNG WOMAN We’ve build a better town that I had imagined.

With this, I bet we can have a better life than in
the lower quarter. [musical note]
It’s a little dangerous, but don’t you think this new
life is pretty nice?
YOUNG MAN The central basin of the island in the middle of the
Surion Achipelago northwest of here was underwater.
I don’t know how, but they say the water is no longer
there.
The Land Under Water… It sounds kind of like a
romantic tale.
Aurnion HQ area:
KNIGHT (outside) I was headed for Torim, but Flynn ordered me here!
I hope to meet all of the citizens and be remembered!
I hope even those who aren’t citizens will work with
us. Let’s build this town together!

A noble couple stand outside a large tent.

NOBLE MAN This tent is something I put up for my girl all by
myself.
I asked the architect guild how to do it.
A tent, just for her… Now that’s true love…
NOBLE WOMAN … I’m happy he built a home for me and all, but… It’s
just a tent…
I wish it had been a log cabin or something, like
that one over there…
A tent… Well, I guess it’s better than camping out on
the road like the last few days.
Yuri walks through the wooden arch and down to the river. A wooden pier
juts out over the flowing water.

Lake area:
WOMAN Listen! My husband’s off working, I don’t have any
fun, or do any shopping. Nothing!
I’m bored to death! I want pasta for lunch! I want to
act more like a woman!
I want to go…back…to…Zaphias!!! NOW!!!
TRAVELING MAN We’re using this river to transport supplies.
This is really an excellent location.
MAN Y’know, this work is the only peace I get all day,
away from my wife’s constant whining.
I wonder when she’ll finally get used to this
environment…
I wait for the supplies to be transported here, and
then carry them into town.

To the right of the HQ, Karol watches workmen put up a new house.
KAROL Look at how far this town has come…
The unity of the guilds is really something.
WORKER (hammering) Gonna build houses! Make everyone happy!
Gotta hurry up and build, get everyone smilin’!
WORKER (carrying) We’re starting from scratch, right? Now this should
be a construction job with little challenge!
This is the kinda job that sets a craftsman’s soul on
fire, I’m tellin’ ya!
There is a group of tents in the northeast corner of the village.

Group of Tents:
OLD WOMAN I suppose taking the first step always begins from
nothing, just like this.
To think I would reach this ripe old age before
realizing how truly blessed I was…
A path to the right leads down to a business district of sorts
consisting of an inn, a market. A calico cat stretches lazily on a
boulder in front of the inn while the Old innkeeper leans against a
corner post. Witcher stands near the middle of the fence that connects
the inn and the market. A little girl plays in the open space between
the buildings. A Krityan gentleman looks at a nearby pile of building
materials and a hoist.

Inn “Canopus”:
OLD MAN This is both a hospital and just a place to rest! Why
not spend the night? It’s only !00 Gald.

WITCHER The nerve…rummaging through my stuff like that…

She’s always like that! She’s so bossy! Argh!!
LITTLE GIRL We made a home here in this town. We can go home
anytime.
I’m going home by myself…
KRITYAN MAN People power is nothing to make light of… We built
this town in no time!
I want to help… but, y’know, I’m pretty incompetent…

Fortune’s Market (Aurnion):

FEMALE MERCHANT Welcome! We have quite a well-rounded selection of
products now.

Building Next to Market:

INFORMATION It’s unlocked. The house is abandoned.
The wonder chef, disguised as a scarecrow, hides on the right side of
the empty building.
INFORMATION Obtained recipe for Crepes.

Town Entrance:
Yuri spies Judith near the town gate.
JUDITH Huh? Why are you wandering around?
Your friends are waiting for you.
KNIGHT We’ve built fences and houses… Almost looks like a
real town now.
These are critical times. Supplying goods,
establishing autonomy… So much work to do.

Flynn stands outside the entrance.

FLYNN You ready?
Repede stays inside the town and watches Yuri and Flynn stroll out into
the field beyond. At last Yuri stops and breaks the silence between
them.
YURI So are you going to tell me why you’re so serious?
Flynn stops and turns suddenly, facing Yuri.
FLYNN Are you just going to go like this?
YURI Huh?
FLYNN The people who command the entire world are gathered
here.
Now’s the time to tell them all you’ve done.
YURI Not this again…
Yuri smiles and looks off to the horizon.
FLYNN Half of my achievements-or more- are really yours…
Yuri looks at the ground.
YURI So what? It doesn’t matter who did them.
FLYNN (stern) It does. Why do you always choose the option
that’s bad for you?
Why do you try to bear everything by yourself?
Do you think I can’t take the burden?
Flynn waits for Yuri to answer.
YURI …You’re carrying what I can’t.
I know I can do what I want only because someone’s
watching out for me.
FLYNN But…!
Flynn is at a loss for words. He shakes his head to clear his mind.
FLYNN …Forget it. I can’t explain. I’ll just yell at you
again.
YURI Heh heh. In that case…
Yuri snaps his sword out it’s sheath.
YURI Try it like this.
Yuri’s tone is challenging and seductive with a hint of danger. Flynn
is surprised.
FLYNN Yuri…!
YURI You’re not going to beat me in an argument.
But you know what you can beat me in…
Yuri holds the sword out to him.
YURI This.
FLYNN Yeah… You’re right. Just like always.
Flynn pulls out his own sword. The blades clink as Flynn crosses his
sword with Yuri’s.
FLYNN Everything I feel is in this sword!
YURI …Good. (seductive) Come on! (COME ON!)

(Spoken After the battle: If Yuri Wins)

YURI I won…? (surprised)

(If Yuri WINS)

After the battle, Yuri and Flynn lie on their backs, breathing hard
from exertion, watching the Adephagos writhe in the sky.
FLYNN I can’t even win with a sword anymore…
YURI Hah hah hah. Loser.
FLYNN You’ve gotten better, Yuri.
YURI (sighs) …You too.
You would have beaten easy if you were still like
when we were kids.
Flynn raises his sword and looks at it.
FLYNN Didn’t we swear on our swords when we were kids? We
would fight to make people smile.
Yuri’s face turns slightly away from the sword.
YURI Yeah…
Even if we follow different paths.
FLYNN Even if we bear different burdens.
YURI Even if people praised us, or hated us…
FLYNN The knights and the guilds won’t change.
Right?
Flynn turns his head to look at Yuri. In response, Yuri raises his
sword beside Flynn’s sword.
YURI There are places in each of us the other can’t reach.
Flynn turns his head back and looks at his own sword.
FLYNN That’s why we’re not alone.
The blades clink as Flynn touches the blade of his sword to Yuri’s to
form an X.
YURI (heh) …
FLYNN …
They both chuckle.
YURI Heh.
FLYNN Hah.
Then they laugh out loud together.

As Yuri reenters the town, Sodia approaches him from the left and
Estelle from the right.
SODIA !
YURI ?
ESTELLE [musical note]
Holding a Vesperia No. !, Rita runs toward them.
RITA It’ll work!!
Witcher joins them from the business district as Karol arrives and
stands beside Raven by the blastia.
RITA Connect the spirits directly with the core and excite
it!
Converge the generated power into Vesperia No. 1
through the four spirits and then use it against the
Adephagos.
WITCHER I was the one to find this method.
RITA Synchronize this device with the barrier blastia
placed around the world and then use it to interfere
with the surrounding blastia.
KAROL ???
YURI …So you mean we can transform the blastia core into
spirits, right?
RITA That’s what I have been telling you.
ESTELLE I knew you could do it Rita!
Judith joins them.
RITA Our only problem is time.
We need to build the blastia core network and prepare
for the converge process simultaneously.
WITCHER I’ll handle the network. We do have some people from
Aspio who can help too.
RAVEN We’ll need a guard too. Better keep an eye on the
Monsters and the Adephagos.
SODIA !
Sodia watches as Flynn and Repede arrive from the field.
FLYNN The knights will take that position.
SODIA We will protect all with our life.
Kaufman arrives from the west.
KAUFMAN The guild will backup wherever necessary. we also
have engineers who can help.
KAROL (running forward) Hey, this is going to work out!
RITA We just need to get close to the Adephagos so that
the power of the spirits will reach it for sure.
and then activate Vesperia No. !.
YURI That means we need to get to…
JUDITH The Tower of Tarqaron.
RAVEN Duke’s hideout.
ESTELLE Are we going to fight him?
YURI I don’t know.
But we can’t let him use Tarqaron.
KAROL I guess we can’t walk around it.
YURI Yeah.
YURI We’re departing tomorrow.
Let’s take a good rest today.
They disperse and Yuri finds Karol just outside the town entrance,
standing on the bridge looking into the river.
KAROL The Tower of Tarqaron. That’s a big job.
 But we have to succeed… For the guild…No, no, for the
future of the world!
Rita stands looking solemnly at the broken blastia.
RITA I didn’t think we were going to reach this far when
our journey started…
Who would have ever thought.
Yuri finds Raven standing on the river bank close to the pier.
RAVEN It all started out with orders from Alexei to keep an
eye on Estelle, but now it has turned out to be a
journey to save the world.
And I was given the same order from Don too…
Estelle stands outside the HQ.
ESTELLE Rita is such a powerful mage.
I have to become stronger to defeat the Adephagos.
Yuri finds Judith, Kaufman and Harry in the business district.
JUDITH We should rest early to get ready for tomorrow.
Me? I will…when I get sleepy…
KAUFMAN Who would have thought the Empire and the guilds
would ever join forces to work towards a common goal?
I could get used to the idea.
Harry stands contemplating the mound of building materials with the
Krityan.
HARRY We’ve discussed the various possibilities. Now, I
just have to convince everyone in town.
I’m getting worked up to the challenge.
Now that the meeting’s over, Yuri stops by the HQ and finds Flynn,
Witcher and Sodia inside. A saw, wooden mallet and an axe are leaning
up against the wall next to a shelf with a pair of workbooks setting on
top.
INFORMATION There are some tools used for the town’s construction
project. Seems like Flynn is helping too.
WITCHER Leave the construction of the network to me!
I will have you know that I’m as good as Rita!
SODIA Yuri Lowell, I guess I have to put my trust in you on
this one…
I’m counting on you…
FLYNN Yuri…. Let’s do our best!

Inn “Canopus”:
Yuri checks into the inn.
INNKEEPER It’s a cozy little inn, but would you like to stay a
night?
That evening, Judith stands outside looking at the sky. Footsteps
approach.
JUDITH Can’t sleep?
RITA What about you?
JUDITH Oh, I was just out talking with Ba’ul and it got late.
RITA (bristling) Well I was just checking to make sure my
calculations were correct.
JUDITH Hehe.
RITA Wht?
JUDITH Oh, nothing.
RITA …I hate it when you say that.
JUDITH That’s strange. I don’t mean anything by it.
Rita sits down in the grass near the path. Looking down, she thinks for
a few moments.
RITA Hey. What are you going to do after this is over?
 If all goes right, all the blastia will stop working.
Including hermes blastia.
JUDITH Right…
RITA You won’t have anything to do.
JUDITH (looking at the sky) I guess not…
That’s all I had.
Ba’ul was my only friend. Destroying hermes blastia
was my only purpose.
I mean, I had my reasons, but…
RITA But?
Judith sits down beside Rita.
JUDITH After traveling around with you all, I guess…I don’t
really care anymore.
RITA You’re just going to drop it like that?
JUDITH What are you going to do? You lived for your blastia
research.
RITA Th-there’s tons of stuff I could study.
Besides…I realized there are things I can believe in
besides blastia.
I don’t have a family, so I don’t…but…I kinda like,
you know, how we are.
Rita looks over her shoulder at Judith. Climbing to her feet, she puts
her hands stubbornly on her hips and glares at Judith.
RITA Hey. That’s just between us. You can’t tell anybody.
JUDITH I won’t. I promise.
…Heh heh. It’s fun to have secrets with someone.
RITA You’ve changed. You never would have said anything
like that when we first met.
JUDITH * Sigh* All the different people, different things on
this journey… You know?
RITA Yeah, I do. I never dreamed I’d end up like this… I
don’t want to go back.
JUDITH Me neither.
Judith gets to her feet, too.
JUDITH When everything’s done…maybe I’ll just travel the
world with Ba’ul.
RITA That’s nice. Hey, take Estelle too.
There’s still a lot in this world she should see.
JUDITH You’re not coming? It’ll be so lonely without you.
Rita blushes and turns her face away.
RITA Uh… W-well, I guess I could…
JUDITH Well, if we’re going to do that, first we have to
protect the world.
Rita looks up at the Adephagos.
RITA Of course. We’ll show that thing.
JUDITH (looking up) Yes. We certainly will.
They stand side by side looking confidently up at the writhing monster
in the sky.

Meanwhile, Raven and Karol are at the building materials heap. Karol
places a log onto the pile while Raven supervises.
KAROL Humph… That’s the last one.
RAVEN Good work.
Sorry for making you work right before the final
battle.
Karol smiles and shakes his head.
KAROL Don’t worry about it! I’m a member of a guild. I have
 to do something.
Karol looks around at the finished houses.
KAROL Hey, Raven. It’s nice to be able to do things for
others.
Raven leans over to inspect Karol closer.
RAVEN Ohhh, such grown-up words from master Karol.
Karol’s eyes refocus as he realizes something about himself.
KAROL Yeah, I never did stuff just for other people.
I wanted to show others that I could do stuff.
I thought that was my dream, but I guess not.
Raven rubs his chin.
RAVEN To make a guild. To make a guild big. To be a
respected boss.
All boys have those dreams. It’s fine.
KAROL But that was all just so I would look cool.
I mean, there’s so much you can’t do alone.
RAVEN Yeah, I guess so.
Karol plops down on the ground.
KAROL I thought I had to do it alone or I’d look bad or
it’d be worthless or whatever.
That’s not helping people.
Raven sits down cross-legged beside him.
RAVEN I see.
KAROL If you work together, you can do a lot more and make
a lot more people happy.
I realized that traveling with everyone. I like that
a lot more.
RAVEN …Young master Karol, you are something. So far ahead
of this old man.
You are cool enough just as you are.
KAROL You’re cool, too, Raven. Not as cool as Yuri, but…
RAVEN Oh! I’m hurt!
KAROL Heh heh. So what’s your dream, Raven?
RAVEN Me? To be stinking rich with bevies of gorgeous women
all around, mmmm… I’m kidding.
Now… Hmm… I’m finally back to just living.
So I guess my dream is to be able to dream again
someday.
KAROL That sounds pretty hard… But I’m sure you can do it.
RAVEN Thank you. I think I’ll get it.
KAROL Hey, is your heart…OK?
RAVEN Yeah, it’s weird, but it’s fine. Even if I work it
hard, it just keeps going.
KAROL I guess that’s the effect of the spirits.
RAVEN I guess this plan isn’t all bad.
Karol thinks for a few moments then suddenly stands.
KAROL I’m glad I met everyone. I mean, you too, of course.
RAVEN I’m glad I met you too. Really.
KAROL …We’re going to win tomorrow.
Raven gets up.
RAVEN In a big way.
All right, we should get to bed soon. Lack of sleep
is the old’s worst enemy.
KAROL Okay. “Night.
RAVEN Yeah. Good night.
Karol leaves and Raven talks to himself.
RAVEN Dreams are so not my style, but here I am. Dreaming.
 What am I gonna do with myself?
Raven goes off to bed.

Yuri, with Repede at his side, sits on the grass in the field outside
of the town under the night sky. He hears footsteps and is joined by
Estelle.
ESTELLE It’s almost time.
YURI Yeah. I start to think about it, and I can’t sleep.
ESTELLE You get that way, too?
YURI You say it like I’m made of iron or something.
ESTELLE …Would you mind if I sat next to you?
Repede gets up to let Estelle have his spot. Estelle sits down and
laughs.
ESTELLE Thank you…heh heh, it’s warm.
Yuri does not look at Estelle. He keeps his eyes on the monster in the
sky. Estelle glances at Yuri, then she too watches the Adephagos.
ESTELLE Tomorrow we face that Adephagos.
YURI It’s ironic that we’re actually using Alexei’s
research to fight it.
ESTELLE If they had only been able to think of others…
Yuri glances at Estelle who’s looking at the ground, then looks at the
ground himself.
YURI Yeah. But they made their choices. Nothing we can do
about that.
ESTELLE Choices… (looks at Yuri) You’ve always made your own
choices, haven’t you.
YURI I figured if someone’s gonna choose, it might as well
be me.
(looking up) And I won’t find out if I made the right
choices until the end.
ESTELLE But…that’s wonderful. Making a choice is so hard.
YURI You made your own choice too.
Estelle shakes her head.
ESTELLE I think I figured it out while traveling with you all.
To live means to choose…
…and to have the resolve to make those choices.
YURI I think that’s kind of overdoing it.
ESTELLE I always just played the role I was given.
I was happy to heal people and be thanked.
But then I learned my power was poisoning the world…
Someone was always using me…
YURI …What about now?
ESTELLE (looks at Yuri) I…I don’t know.
But…I feel like I’m here, doing what I am, because it
is my choice, my wish.
I’m glad I came on this journey with you, Yuri.
YURI Me too.
(looks at the sky) I wasn’t too sure what would
happen when you asked me to take you out of the
castle.
ESTELLE (chuckling) I’m sure.
Yuri springs to his feet.
YURI I like traveling. Lots of different people, different
experiences.
We traveled the whole world, but I never got tired of
it. I think it fits me.
I think I’ll just keep on going around.
ESTELLE And keep helping people in need.
Yuri looks down at Estelle.
YURI Hah hah hah.
Maybe there’s some tomboy princess out there being
chased by an evil monster.
ESTELLE …You’re mean.
YURI Hah hah hah.
Estelle gets to her feet.
ESTELLE …It’s strange. Right now…I’m not scared at all.
If anything, the thought that a new world is about to
dawn is…
YURI The Adephagos won’t kill us. We’ll live on.
ESTELLE And I’ll be able to stay with everyone. With you.
Yuri and Estelle share a long look until Estelle looks down.
YURI Thanks. I feel the same way.
Let’s get it over with, and live on in a future we
choose.
ESTELLE Okay!

In the morning, they gather in the town’s center.

YURI Looks like you slept well.
ESTELLE Yes, id did.
KAROL Like a log.
RAVEN The bed was so much more comfortable than when we
were here before.
YURI Yeah, the whole town is in really good shape.
JUDITH A city this nice needs a name.
RITA All right, naming genius. Give it a shot.
KAROL Okay, okay. Scrappy headed…
Rita clouts Karol on top of the head. Karol sinks to his knees rubbing
his head.
KAROL You suck!
ESTELLE Um… The light that melts away the snow… Aurnion.
How’s that?
Ioder and Flynn join them.
IODER Aurnion… That’s a nice name.
YURI Now it’s got the imperial seal of approval. That
settles it.
FLYNN It’s almost time.
YURI Yeah. This time it really is the final battle.
FLYNN Witcher and Sodia already left. They say they’ll be
in time no matter what.
YURI We’re counting on them.
We can leave at any time. Right?
KAROL Right!
RITA Of course.
REPEDE Woof!
JUDITH Ba’ul is waiting, too.
RAVEN Now we just have to fly.
ESTELLE Right!
IODER We have discussed the blastia and spirits and what to
do after everything is done.
But I think it will take time for some to accept this
change.
FLYNN You’re right… Many people will be so lost.
IODER However, they cannot live in a new world without
accepting the changes.
YURI …You’re right.
IODER I will start by talking with the people here.
They built this wonderful city of Aurnion from
nothing but a plain.
FLYNN Yes, the residents here should accept it.
YURI Good luck. No one would listen to me even if I tried.
ESTELLE No way!
IODER Estellise, everyone…take care.
As Yuri walks away, the rest of Brave Vesperia follow.

The Last Hope AURNION

=====================================================
==

Flynn and Ioder stand in front of the blastia.

FLYNN Everyone! Please! Stop working for a moment. His
Majesty Ioder has something to say!
Everyone stops talking and stops working to listen.
Ioder looks at Flynn and Flynn nods.
IODER I have something very important to tell you all.
This will affect the empire, the guilds and even the
Entelexeia.
Brave Vesperia stands outside the town entrance on the bridge looking
back as the townsfolk gather around Ioder and Flynn.
JUDITH I wonder if they’ll be OK?
YURI They believed in us enough to send us. Let’s believe
in them.
ESTELLE Yes.
YURI Well, we have our own work to do.
Karol. Do your thing.
KAROL Right.
Everybody! We will win no matter what! Onward Brave
Vesperia!
Karol raises his gloved fist into the air.
RITA Yeah!
ESTELLE Right!
JUDITH Understood.
YURI Okay!
REPEDE Woof!
RAVEN Yeah, sure.
INFORMATION Reunited with everyone.
They take to the air with Ba’ul.

SKIT One Surprise after Another

SKIT The Promise of Hypionia
SKIT Casino Crasher
SKIT On Stage
SKIT Telling of the Changing World
SKIT Ready for the Final Battle – Men
SKIT Ready for the Final Battle – Women
SKIT Aurnion’s Spirit

SUB-EVENT: Sorcerer’s Ring Level 5:

SKIT If Only It Could…

SUB-EVENT: Hotspring – Part 3 (Yumanju):
Spa Costume Skits:
SKIT Not Exactly Warm
SKIT A Little Too Casual
SKIT Deep Massage
SKIT Not in That Getup
SKIT Scandalous!
SKIT Manly Musk
SKIT Gorgeous You-know-whats

Yormgen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

They enter the ruins of Yormgen. Knights stand guard while members of
the Ruins’ Gate guild work in the ruins.
KNIGHT (entrance) When will I be able to…go home…?
They swore…a relief unit was coming to take over for
us…
…Hey…it scares me to think about this, but…
You don’t think this is a demotion transfer…do you…?
WORKER (pickaxe) Our initial investigations have revealed one thing.
These ruins are very mysterious…
We believe they’re some one thousand years old, but
we haven’t been able to identify the reasons for this
weathering.
Even supposing it collapsed due to a monster attack…
the weathering is so unnatural.
By the good name of Ruins’ Gate, we’ll solve this
mystery!
A knight of the Flynn Brigade stands beside what’s left of the steps
leading up to the sand covered remains of the inn.
KNIGHT I’m ashamed to say we have a knight collapsing every
single day here.
My partner fell unconscious as well, and was
withdrawn back to Zaphias. He always pushes himself
too hard…
The bizarre monster that appeared in the sky…what do
you suppose it is?
It smells like an emergency situation to me, but with
things as they are…we wouldn’t be of any help…

SUB-EVENT: Illusion
In the ruins of Yormgen, they find a red box in the remains of the inn.
Yuri looks at what used to be the wall with the window.
INFORMATION There’s writing here, but it can barely be read.
C…e…il…e [heart] Fr…ng…
A knight stands where the market used to be.
KNIGHT I haven’t seen any other units at all lately, let
alone our replacement unit…
I wonder if all the other knights have gone to deal
with that strange monster in the sky.
I hear our captain is leading the way.
Say…you don’t suppose Sir Flynn has forgotten about
us because of that monster, do you?
WORKER (shovel) These ruins are so unusual…but people definitely
 lived here.
We’ve found several traces of habitation.
Pieces of buildings, too. Monsters don’t really have
architectural skills, now do they?
If I had to guess, I’d say this was a Kritya
settlement…

SKIT Invisible Fur

SUB-EVENT: Kowz Boy – Part 5 {Final}:

SKIT It Looks Great on You

SKIT Too High for Others (Southeast Weccea)

SUB-EVENT: Encouragement of the Schwann Team – Part 1 (Aurnion)

SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-a (Mantaic):

SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-b (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-c (Nam Cobanda Isle):
SUB-EVENT: Encouragement of the Schwann Team - Part 1:

AURNION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After Spirit Conversion Meeting in Aurnion / Before Going to Tarqaron.

KRITYAN MAN His Highness Ioder announced that he would kill that
monster with the blastia core.
I hope I can help with that to make up for not being
able to help with building the town.
Luckily, I’m studying the blastia, so I think we need
to consider what to do after there are no more left.
OLDER MAN This is awful! How will we live without a barrier?
But if His Highness tells us to do it, I guess we
have to…
I don’t wanna get fired for not obeying the emperor’s
orders!
BUILDER (bandana) When there’s no more blastia, we guild craftsman will
really show what we’re made of!
We’ve gotta show ‘em that the world can still survive
even without blastia!
I’m raring to go! I’m ready for the future that’s
sure to come. Let’s work together!
BUILDER (helmet) All work and no sleep! I’m gonna drop dead!
But hey, HEY! I’m gonna do this!

SUB-EVENT: Development of Aurnion – Part 1:

SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-d (Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-e (Zaphias):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-f (Zaphias):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-g (Capua Nor):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-h (Ghost Ship, Atherum):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-i (Caer Bocram):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-j (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quest - Part 6-k (Mantaic):
SUB-EVENT: Guild Quests – Part 7 (Dahngrest):
SUB-EVENT: Professor Sicily - Part 5:
SUB-EVENT: Golden Soldier:
SUB-EVENT: King of Adventure - Final Part:
SUB-EVENT: Spirit Magic – Part 2 {Final}:
SUB-EVENT: One Night Training
SUB-EVENT: Dark Enforcer – Part 9 {Final}
SUB-EVENT: Big Voice Contest:

SKIT What Not To Do When Gathering

SUB-EVENT: Dog Map – Part 5 (Aurnion-85% Completion)

SUB-EVENT: Estelle's Teacher - Part 5 (Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Dedicated Paramedic – Part 2 (Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Study of Hermes - Part 4 (Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Dog Map - Part 6 {Final} (Zaphias):
SUB-EVENT: Dedicated Paramedic – Part 3(Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Dedicated Paramedic – Part 4 (Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Estelle's Teacher - Part 6 {Final} (Aurnion):
SUB-EVENT: Rebuilding the Union - Final Part:

SKIT Something’s Not Right

SUB-EVENT: Miska Doctoral Degree – Part 1:

SUB-EVENT: Miska Doctoral Degree – Part 1:

SKIT Learn Well

TARQARON
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The entrance floor of Tarqaron has elements of a gothic castle

architecture. Stone columns set on stone floors support arched
ceilings. Luminous blastia formulas criss-cross beneath the suspended
floors.
RAVEN Damn, this is huge.
KAROL It really feels like it reaches the sky.
RITA And this thing was just sleeping in the ground near
Aspio. I can’t believe it…
ESTELLE Is that field around it the formula that is absorbing
life force?
RITA …It looks that way.
This isn’t good. It looks like it came together
pretty quickly.
RAVEN So there’s not much time left.
KAROL Hey, aren’t we in trouble too?
JUDITH If it’s absorbing life from everyone, that should
affect us as well, but…
Estelle begins to radiate a bluish light.
YURI Estelle?
ESTELLE The spirits… They’ve swathed us in their power.
RITA So we should be fine as long as the spirits’ power is
greater than that formula.
RAVEN Can’t we just get on Ba’ul and fly up to the top?
JUDITH I doubt it would affect Ba’ul, but we probably
couldn’t take it.
RITA You just don’t want to climb up.
RAVEN Of course not! Who do you think I am?!
YURI Sorry old man, but it looks like we’re walking.
Raven droops with disappointment.
RAVEN Yay… (without any enthusiasm)
YURI We don’t know what’s in store for us. Stay sharp.
SKIT The Ancient Civilization
They enter a hall and emerge in a tower with platforms connected by
crystal stairs with no visible supports. A shining light runs upward
through clear cylinders extending through the platforms and up the
height of the tower. Huge apatheia crystals revolve and monsters float
in clear canisters while formulas rotate inside diameter of the tower
like gears.
KAROL Whoa…
YURI Man… How could all of this be kept underground for so
long?
ESTELLE The ancient Geraios civilization. This is more
amazing than anything in a book.
RITA Something feels strange.
I know this is a weapon, because he’s going to use it
against the Adephagos.
But from the outside, it looked like a city. Did they
turn an entire city into a weapon?
JUDITH This placed is enormous. So many people must have
lived here.
YURI And now one man is holed up in here to destroy every
last person.
RAVEN Duke… I’d rather not meet him if we don’t have to.
That soldier was already a hero in the Great War.
Who knows how much stronger he’s gotten since.
YURI What are you talking about? We’ll just kill the
Adephagos before we fight Duke.
KAROL Then Duke won’t have a reason to sacrifice humanity.
RAVEN I hope so…

SKIT Ba’ul On His Own

SKIT Getting Lost
SKIT An Ancient Relic

They leave the crystal power area and enter an older more ancient part
of the tower with stone staircases. Here they enter a door leading to
narrow paths leading to a suspended stone dais in the center. There
they find Zagi with his arm blastia still crackling but red this time.
His voice echos with a strange dual resonance that has nothing to do
with the acoustics of the tower.
ZAGI You know how I hate waiting, Yuri Lowell!
And where do you think you’re going with me right
here?
JUDITH You’re alive. Don’t you ever die?
YURI You just never quit. How many times do I have to tell
you? I don’t want anything to do with you!
ZAGI You’re trying to save the world? Heh heh heh.
The world will go bye-bye if you don’t hurry? Is that
it?
KAROL If you know that much, then don’t get in our way!
ZAGI Oh no no no no no! That’s what gives it so much
meaning!
RITA …What’s this guy talking about?
ZAGI Look.
Zagi holds up his red cracking arm blastia on his left arm.. The left
shoulder area of his tunic has been torn away. The exposed skin there
is puckered and sagging in unsightly folds. However, this does not seem
to bother Zagi. His attention is focused solely on his magnificent
weapon.
ZAGI There’s a seal further on. If you want to get by, you
have to take this arm from my body.
YURI You bastard…!
ZAGI Ah hah hah hah hah hah! Yuuuuuriiiii!
If you want to save the world, then you have to go
through me.
ESTELLE Why?! Why are you doing something so meaningless?
ZAGI Meaningless? Meaningless?
Oh, but it does mean something! This way, you’ll
fight with everything you’ve got.
YURI Zagi… I never thought you were this crazy.
Fine. Let’s finish this.
Yuri unsheathes his sword.
ZAGI Hah hah hah! Show me your anger! Your rage! Give me
everything you’ve got!
Because if you don’t…you won’t get any higher!
After the battle, Zagi is driven down to one knee and using his
crackling blastia to keep himself upright.
ZAGI Heh heh heh. It doesn’t hurt… It doesn’t hurt at all…
Hm? I can’t move. What a weak body…
I should change my next body to a blastia, too. That
would be more fun. Right Yuri?
The team watches Zagi in silence. Zagi begins to laugh.
ZAGI Hee hee hee. Ah hah hah hah hah…
Zagi struggles to his feet but he’s shaky. Yuri approaches and Zagi
looks up at him grinning. His hand still gripping the hilt of his
sword, Yuri strikes Zagi. Zagi staggers. Yuri’s eyes are cold and
pitiless.
ZAGI Ugh.
YURI Do it in hell.
Zagi backs away from Yuri and falls backward over the edge of the dais.
Raven walks to the edge and watches with Yuri as Zagi fall into the
void with a grin on his face.
JUDITH No one understood him, so he put so much meaning on
fighting. Poor thing…
RAVEN Still, his skills made him pretty famous.
Something happened after he met you all.
ESTELLE He really looked like he enjoyed fighting.
Maybe he thought that he could let loose with
everything when he fought Yuri.
KAROL So Yuri was the only person he could do that with?
YURI What do I care about somebody that crazy?
RITA The downfall of someone with too much power.
YURI . . . (heavy sigh)
We’ve wasted too much time on this. Let’s go.
…Judy?
Judith is facing away from them with Ba’ul’s horn to her ear.
JUDITH Okay. Okay, got it.
YURI Did something happen to Ba’ul?
JUDITH No, he’s fine. I was just asking what it was like
outside.
RITA How far along is the life absorbing formula?
JUDITH Ba’ul doesn’t know anything about formulas.
RITA Yeah, I guess you’re right…
JUDITH I told Ba’ul to move around as he saw fit.
We should move along too, right?
One by one they all cross the dais and move closer to Judy.
KAROL Yeah. Let’s hurry.

SKIT Zagi’s End

SKIT Zagi – Part 2

They climb narrow ramps until they are back on the outside of the
tower. Climbing stairs until they find a door, they enter a cavern and
make their way to a set of rough hewn stairs of stone.
ESTELLE Those stairs…
They walk to the foot of the stairs where they can see a light at the
very top. A purple mist swirls around the stairs.
YURI Seems like the top is just up there.
Duke must be there too.
This is the moment of truth. Is everybody ready?
RAVEN I’ve been ready. Let’s do it.
KAROL Yeah. We have to do this.
RAVEN Right. Even this old man’s gonna put up a fight.
ESTELLE People believe in us. They’re waiting for us. We must
defeat the Adephagos! For them!
JUDITH And for Phaeroh and Belius… For the memories of the
Entelexeia…
REPEDE Woof!
YURI Let’s go!

SUB-EVENT: Hope of the Town

SKIT Home, Sweet Home

They see Duke on the seventh floor standing far away near a huge
fountain in a garden.
YURI Duke…!
They travel the long cobbled walkway to reach Duke. As they come near,
Duke looks over his shoulder. The Dein Nomos stands upright on the
ground before him. At rest, the sword radiates twinkling energy into
the air around it.
YURI Duke, we have the four elemental spirits. Their power
can counter the Adephagos.
ESTELLE There’s no need to use people to destroy the
Adephagos!
Duke considers their words while watching the Adephagos writhe in the
sky.
DUKE Look at its size. Four spirits are nothing against it.
RAVEN They’re crucial. We’ll make up the rest by turning
the blastia cores to spirits too.
KAROL Every single core in the world!
RAVEN And as a bonus, it’ll put an end to the blastia
culture that you hate so much.
Not too shabby, huh?
DUKE …I doubt humans will hand over their blastia quietly.
Or will you force them?
JUDITH Can you not believe that people can move forward and
change?
DUKE Humans will not let something go once it is in their
grasp.
YURI So you won’t listen…
We will destroy the Adephagos our own way.
Please, wait just a little longer.
DUKE …And will the world return to its former state?
RAVEN Huh?
DUKE Will the aer be controlled by the Entelexeia?
Will all life return to a time when nature ruled?
RAVEN No…
DUKE You are changing this world-our Terca Lumireis-for
what?
For the convenience of humans. Nothing more.
ESTELLE Can’t you think that the world might be growing?
I think of the Entelexeia becoming spirits as
evolution. Can’t you see that?
DUKE …I would not presume to speak on the choices of the
Entelexeia.
However, I also have my choices.
YURI So you won’t listen to us because we’re humans?
RAVEN You say you can’t trust people so you just drop
everything.
Then when it’s too late, you try to wipe them out?!
DUKE …Do you know what this tower is?
Tarqaron was once a city, but the ancients turned it
into a weapon.
To destroy the Entelexeia!
YURI !
Duke To the ancients who did not recognize the threat of
the blastia…
…the Entelexeia, who attacked the blastia, were
nothing more than a nuisance.
KAROL And the aer went out of balance, and the Adephagos
appeared…
Duke Only then did humans listen to the words of the
Entelexeia.
Our world has seen many sacrifices. Yet humans
committed the same offence. And they will again.
Those who eat away and ruing this world…
Those who would change the world for their own
continued existence…
They are apostles of destruction greater than even
the Adephagos.
I made a vow to my friend, that I would protect this
world.
JUDITH Elucifur…
DUKE …So Khroma told you?
YURI Yeah. She also told us to stop you.
ESTELLE She listened to us, too, and became a spirit.
So please, we can do this together…
DUKE …Enough.
If the Entelexeia would throw away their mission,
then I will take it up.
I need not wait for your method. Once I complete this
formula, the world will be saved.
YURI Duke… Stop!
DUKE As long as humans rule, they will commit the same
offence time and again.
If that happens, their hearts will grow wild and the
future will be even more painful.
ESTELLE Even if that happens, it is the path we choose.
Even if we are hurt or stopped, we can still walk
again as long as we don’t give up!

RITA She’s right.

You’ll never find anything new if you’re afraid of
making mistakes. Of failing.
And unlike you, we haven’t chosen this path on our
own.
Everyone decided on it.
KAROL Yeah! Going it alone might be tough…
…but we’re not alone. If one person can’t do it, then
we do it together.
I finally learned that we can walk together like that!
DUKE That may be sufficient for those who are connected to
one another.
(finally turns to face them) However, there will
always be some who cannot accept a difficult future.
You all surely understand that.
JUDITH It will be difficult, but that is reality.
But they will take what changes, think, and change
again. Both the people and the world.
So even if it takes tens, hundreds of years…they will
listen someday.
I know this now.
That’s what it means to live.
RAVEN Right. there are things you have to protect…
But this old man wants to see what lies ahead for
people in the next era.
See how the fools change. For those who can’t see
them anymore.
Duke gazes at the Dein Nomos standing on the ground before him.
DUKE We are in contradiction…
…However our feelings for the world are no different.
How odd.
YURI No, it’s not.
The future we chose…what we see for the future…is
different.
DUKE The future must be protected. If it is not, then
destruction awaits.
YURI We make the future. You trust the path you choose and
create it.
The formula is complete. Raven drops his hand and shakes his head,
knowing further discussion is futile. Duke takes the Dein Nomos in hand
and turns to face them. The sword crackles with red energy running from
the base of the hilt to the tip of its blade.
DUKE It is inevitable.
 Come!

The battle begins. After a bit, the battle pauses for conversation.
DUKE Now I know what Phaeroh saw in you…
YURI You’re pretty strong yourself.
DUKE Humph. How unfortunate. I wish I could walk together
with you all a while longer.
Perhaps we would have had a different encounter…
YURI It’s not too late.
DUKE It is. My path was set when the Adephagos covered the
sky.
YURI (whipping his sword) You stubborn bastard!

Stooping down to one knee, Duke drives the blade of the Dein Nomos into
the ground. A bright light issues from the contact point, almost
obscuring Duke totally from view.
DUKE The best path for an enduring world is to return it
to its natural state.
That is the path I chose! I will die for that. My
friend…give me your strength!
The light activates crystals set around the dais they stand upon. A
circular formula forms and rises changing the garden into a blue dais
of formulas in the sky. Dukes body becomes glowing white light.

The battle begins and Duke’s second form is defeated and Yuri is amazed
as a red sword rises in front of him.
ESTELLE What? What’s going on?!

All seven fell arms rise into the sky surrounding Duke who’s enveloped
in a shining light.
DUKE Impossible… This is the spiral draco…
JUDITH The fell arms are reacting to Dein Nomos?! And what’s
that light surrounding Duke…?!
RITA Dein Nomos and the tower are combining to restore the
power of the fell arms! But how…?!

A column of light rises like a sword blade from the center of the dais.
All seven fell arms revolve around its mid-point, emitting bright neon
colors What is light becomes dark and what is dark becomes light.
RAVEN What’s going on…?!
ESTELLE Are these the fell arms in their true form…?!
KAROL They’re nothing like they used to be!
In this negative environment, Duke’s hair is black, his clothing is
radiant white and his skin is silver.
DUKE Now, the ancient king of the Entelexeia will fight at
my side…!
It is the will of the very planet. the will of Terca
Lumireis itself!

The world changes back to normal and the weapons reappear in front the
team.
YURI I don’t give a damn about your crazy ideas!

We decide our own sense of right and wrong. The rest,

I leave to my sword.
DUKE You will not be persuaded, I see… Perhaps it is for
the best.
Duke’s skin has turned dark and his eyes are now green. His coat is
gone revealing a green blastia in his chest.
DUKE Join me now in battle, for the sake of this world!

At last Duke lies on his back, defeated, looking sadly up at the sky
above him.
DUKE I’m sorry…Elucifur… I could not keep…my promise…
YURI *Huff* … *huff* …
Yuri catches his breath then walks over to Duke and stands beside his
fallen foe.
YURI I don’t know what Elucifur was like, so this doesn’t
mean much coming from me.
But if Elucifur fought for humans during the great
war,
…then I don’t think he’d want his friend to reject
humanity.
DUKE Elucifur’s wish…
Full of sadness, Duke closes his eyes.
DUKE To protect the world… Peace for all living things…
Yuri looks down at Duke. Karol rushes to Yuri’s side.
KAROL Yuri! Hurry!
YURI I’m on it. (yells)
Rita prepares an arte.
RITA Here we go… Estelle, synchronize. Judith, give me
support.
ESTELLE Okay…
With Yuri in the center, Estelle stands in front of him while the
others fan out behind Yuri in a half circle.
JUDITH Understood.
RITA Yuri, let’s go!
RAVEN We’re counting on you, boss!
Yuri activates Brave Vesperia 1.
YURI Haaah!

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(ending anime cutscene)

YURI Uaaaagh!
DUKE So then, they truly intend to give up the blastia…

YURI Uaaaagh!

PATTY I-It stopped!?

KAROL Oh, no way! Our plan isn’t working!
RITA No, it’s okay! Just a little more! It just needs a
little more power!
ESTELLE But how? There isn’t any more!
RAVEN Come on! We gotta do something!
JUDITH It’s gotta work!
FLYNN It's not over yet...!

DUKE Entelexeia… Spirits… Humans…

Elucifur… Can this world truly change?!
YURI Dammit… come on!

KAROL, RITA, PATTY, ESTELLE, JUDITH, FLYNN & RAVEN C'mon!

ESTELLE Spirits…
KAROL You mean all of them? Awesome…
RITA All of the Entelexeia who became Adephagos… They all
transformed into these spirits.
RAVEN So the Adephagos was also a part of this world.
Unbelievable.
JUDITH It’s so… beautiful.
PATTY Sure is!

FLYNN ...It worked.

DUKE …Was this truly the right thing for us to do?
YURI I don’t know. We lost all of the blastia and with
that, the barriers are gone…
But we chose that path, so I guess we gotta live with
it. As long as we’re still alive, we’re be OK.
DUKE You are strong.
YURI Yeah, well… That’s because I’m not alone.
YURI Hey, Duke!
YURI See you around.

KAROL Yuri!

(end of cutscene)
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EX NEW GAME Options:

日本語テキスト: Japanese Text

Grade Purchase: Grade Cost
Description
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appeal)

Max 99 Items: 400

Possess up to 99 of each item.
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Items: 500
Inherit all items from previous play through
(Omit Valuable Items)
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Gald: 1000
Inherit all Gald earned in previous play through
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Titles: 500
Inherit all titles earned in previous play through.
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Collector’s Book: 10
Inherit information in the Collector’s Book.
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Enemy Book: 10
Inherit information in the Enemy Book.
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Recipes: 10
Inherit all recipes learned in previous play through.
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Cooking Skill: 50
Inherit current cooking skill level.
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World Map: 300
Inherit town and dungeon information on the World Map.
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Craft Skill: 10
Inherit current craft skill level.
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Records: 10
Inherit current information listed in the “Record” menu.
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Artes: 1000
Inherit all artes from previous play through.
This option is for all characters.
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Skills: 1000
Inherit all kills from previous play through.
This option is for all characters.
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Yuri Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Yuri.
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Estelle Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Estelle.
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Karol Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Karol.
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Rita Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Rita.
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Raven Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Raven.
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Judith Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Judith.
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Repede Artes & Skills: 350
Inherit Artes. Arte usage status and Skills from previous play through.
This option is only for Repede.
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Increase Max HP: 500
Start the game with maximum HP increased by 20%.
Cannot be used with “Decrease Max HP”.
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Decrease Max HP: 10
Start the game with maximum HP decreased by 20%.
Cannot be used with “Increase Max HP”.
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Increase Max TP: 500
Start the game with maximum TP increased by 20%.
Cannot be used with “Decrease Max TP”.
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Decrease Max TP: 10
Start the game with maximum TP decreased by 20%.
Cannot be used with “Increase Max HP”.
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2x Gald: 600
Earn twice the amount of Gald in battle.
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Increase Over Limit: 1000
Doubles the speed at which the Over Limit gauge fills.
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1/2 Experience: 10
Decrease the amount of EXP earned to half.
Cannot be used with other EXP related skills.
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Double Experience: 1000
Earn twice the normal EXP in battle.
Cannot be used in combination with other EXP related options.
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10x Experience: 3000
Earn 10 times the normal EXP in battle.
Cannot be used with other EXP related options.
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2x Grade: 3000
Earn twice the amount of GRADE…
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Skill SP 1: 3000
Reduce the SP consumption for using skills to 1.
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Increase Item Drop Rate: 1000
Doubles the chance of acquiring items from a battle.
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Battle Techniques: 50
Set EXP value to 1 and increase bonus EXP by 5x.
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Unlock Battle Rank: 50
Unlock battle difficulty “UNKNOWN”.
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Unlock All Skits: 1000
You can view all skits on the Skit Player at Nam Cobanda Isle located
somewhere in this world.
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*Notes* (more to come)

-The minor changes in the "EXP" related descriptions were in game and
not a typo
-"Battle Techniques" is essentially the equivalent to "Combo EXP" in
other games
-Purchasing "Unlock All Skits" allows you to see the skit for Yuri's
Item Hater title regardless of item usage