Briarland - Castle Blackscale
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Raverne, the promise we made...I...I couldn't… |
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CONFOUND IT ALL! |
Mysterious Voice |
My word... So Princess Maleanor has returned to the stars |
Mysterious Voice |
She refused to back down a single step in the face of those humans. Such nobility! Truly, she is the pride of all nocturnal fae. |
Mysterious Voice |
Rest in peace, dearest child of the night. |
Mysterious Voices |
Night's blessings |
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What's with those voices? They sound like they're right nearby, but I ain't seein' nobody around. |
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...its the senate |
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The senate?! The ones who stayed on in spirit even after their bodies refurned to the stars? |
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...You call Maleanor noble? The pride of all nocturnal fae? |
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Get out of here with that drivel! Pride, nobility... None of that is worth a single blasted thing! |
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What does any of that get you, once you return to the stars…?! |
Senator A |
Shut your mouth, you filthy bat. You dare to march back here after leaving our princess to fight alone? |
Senator B |
You failed to protect the princess. Some royal guardsman you are. And you even deserted in the face of the enemy. Have you no shame?! |
Senator C |
Oh, Your Highness... How pitiful you were, cursed with a foolish subordinate with no understanding of fae pride. |
Senator D |
I warned her so many times that a dirty bat was unworthy to stand at the side ot a noble dragon. |
Senator E |
This is how you repay your debt to the Draconia family? With betrayal? Useless ingrate! |
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Senators, you must understand! The general came here under Princess Maleanors orders, to keep the royal heir safe… |
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Don't, Baur. The noble elders are right. |
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I hereby resign from my post in the royal guard. |
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I relinquish the title of General of the Right. |
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Everyone under me was just following orders. I hope... I hope...you'll show lenience in your judgment of them. |
Senator F |
You resign? That's all you have to say for yourself?! Never set foot in this capital again! |
Senator G |
Get your grubby hands off the royal heir's egg this instant! Disgusting, filthy creature! |
| I've heard about enough of this… | Literally everything he did was to protect Hornton! |
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Ack! The egg flew outta Lilia's arms, and now it's floatin' off! |
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Rgh... wretched senate! |
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A moment, if you would! Lady Maleanor instructed that the general was to hatch the egg if the
worst came to pass. |
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Not even the old and storied senate has the powe to contravene a royal command trom a Draconia! |
Lilia |
...So long, Malleus. |
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Ah! General! Where are you going?! |
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Would you cast aside a royal command from Lady Maleanor herself?! |
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...I'm not a royal guardsman anymore. I'm no longer subject to her commands. |
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But, sir…! |
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There's no place for me here anymore... No one left to protect… |
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Sir Vanrouge, please, hold on! |
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Just...leave me alone. |
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What in the world? What is this ominous black substance?! |
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It's. darkness?! |
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Father's despair must've drawn it here! We're surrounded! |
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Maleanor... Raverne... Is this where you are? |
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Don't go any further! The darkness will imprison you! Sir Vanrouge! |
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Take me with you... Please... Let me join you on the other side… |
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FATHEEERRR! |
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Silver! Grim! MC! Quickly, after Lilia! |
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...Right. Let's move! |
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Great, we're back in the cold, dark place. |
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Oh, stop whining! |
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If we can find Lilia and get him to realize this is a dream. we should be able to make it out of here again. |
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Yeah... You're right. |
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I never knew Father resigned from his post for such an awtul reason… |
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You know... I've wondered something ever since I became Lilia's disciple. |
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When major leaders retire, don't they typically take up residence in large manors not too far from Dragonopolis? |
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Yet despite my grandfather respecting him as a hero, and despite our liege treating him just like family… |
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He lived in a forest far away from the capital, almost like he was hiding. |
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I couldn't help but wonder why. |
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Father always said the royal capital just wasn't his kind of place. |
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He never even took me there to visit. |
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So I just assumed he liked living quietly, surrounded by nature. |
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But it seems he's been in contact with Malleus and Baur since Malleus's youth. |
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He's also answered many summons to the castle from Her Majesty and Malleus in my lifetime. |
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What happened in the two centuries between when Lilia resigned and Malleus was born? |
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You're not gonna find out talkin' yourselves in circles, I know that much! |
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We gotta find Lilia. |
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And then we can hightail it outta this gross, goopy place! |
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Right. Just hold on, Father! |
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