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0,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000010_ALPHINAUD","Ishgard cannot well endure another assault. Even should her knights succeed in turning back the Horde, the casualties will be catastrophic."
1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000020_TATARU","But what other choice do we have? It's not like we can talk it over with them. Dragons and men aren't exactly on speaking terms."
2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000030_ALPHINAUD","...With certain notable exceptions."
3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000040_TATARU","You don't mean...Iceheart!?"
4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000050_ALPHINAUD","When last you spoke with her, she lamented her crimes, did she not?"
5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000060_ALPHINAUD","Then there remains a sliver of hope. If we can persuade Iceheart to act as our intermediary, we may yet be able to convince Nidhogg to abandon his bloody course."
6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000070_ESTINIEN","If there is to be a meeting, I would accompany you."
7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000080_ALPHINAUD","...Estinien!?"
8,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000090_ESTINIEN","Even with your intermediary, Nidhogg's bloodrage may render him deaf to reason. However, the mere attempt may afford our forces precious time to prepare. "
9,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000100_ESTINIEN","Of course...you might also consider a more direct approach to ending this conflict. With the power of the Eye at my disposal, and the vaunted strength of the Warrior of Light, we could conceivably slay the beast outright..."
10,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000110_ALPHINAUD","If we are to risk a face-to-face meeting with the dread wyrm, I for one would feel safer in the company of the Azure Dragoon. However, I should only turn to your lance if my words failed to find their mark. Is that clear?"
11,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000120_ESTINIEN","Perfectly. I shall assume that Iceheart enjoys similar diplomatic protection until instructed otherwise."
12,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000130_ESTINIEN","A word of advice: think carefully before divulging the particulars of this plan to Ser Aymeric. 'Twould not do to have the lord commander accused of consorting with heretics."
13,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000140_ALPHINAUD","Indeed. I thank you for your counsel, Estinien. We shall be honored to have you with us."
14,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000150_ESTINIEN","I am glad to be of service."
15,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100010_AYMERIC","I want the defenses of the outer ward rechecked. See to it that the ballistas are in good repair and supplied with enough ammunition for a prolonged siege."
16,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100020_YOUNGTEMPLEKNIGHT","At once, my lord!"
17,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100030_AYMERIC","Ah, 'twould seem I have visitors─and unlike those massing beyond our walls, these ones are welcome."
18,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100040_ALPHINAUD","Pray forgive us for interrupting you in the midst of your preparations, Ser Aymeric, but our suit concerns the impending assault. To speak plain, we believe there is a chance the invasion might be halted before it even begins."
19,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100050_ALPHINAUD","I can divulge little more at this time, but I must nevertheless request that you advise the Holy See to refrain from launching any preemptive sorties whilst we seek to put our plans in motion."
20,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100060_AYMERIC","I will gladly lend my support to any endeavor that could spare the blood of my countrymen─but I would know more of the cause you would have me champion. Will you not share aught of this mysterious undertaking?"
21,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100070_ESTINIEN","Know that I have offered my lance to aid in this endeavor. I cannot claim that its success is assured, but our actions should serve to delay Nidhogg's advance at the very least."
22,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100080_ESTINIEN","Which is more than can be said for the ill-conceived counterattack advocated by the See's more vocal crusaders. They offer glorious death, but little hope of victory."
23,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100090_AYMERIC","Aye...their proposal does not inspire confidence. Our resources should rightly be spent shoring up the city's defenses."
24,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100100_AYMERIC","Hmmm. The Azure Dragoon and the Warrior of Light, sallying forth together to face the dread wyrm, Nidhogg..."
25,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100110_AYMERIC","I must admit, the mere thought of it does much to dispel my misgivings. Go, then─carry out your plan. I shall do what I can for you within the Holy See."
26,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200010_THORDAN","Such commotion..."
27,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200020_ZEPHIRIN","Yes, Your Eminence. The bells of the Observatorium warn of our enemy's approach..."
28,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200030_THORDAN","So...the dragons are coming."
29,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200040_THORDAN","Let them come─in their hundreds and their thousands. With the divine blade in our hands, we shall rend their flesh and drown the heretics in their masters' blood. Even Nidhogg and his foul brood shall be powerless to resist us."
30,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200050_THORDAN","And when we have rid the world of their pestilence, we shall turn our attention to our Ascian allies─see that they are suitably rewarded for their invaluable assistance."
31,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200060_ZEPHIRIN","If I may, Your Eminence. The Paragons wield powers strange and unknowable. Can we be certain that they will not see through our deception?"
32,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200070_THORDAN","We can be certain of naught save the righteousness of our cause. If you would be a true leader of men, you must possess conviction as well as caution."
33,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200080_THORDAN","We seek to excise the root of an evil that has blighted us for a thousand years. The risk is worth the reward."
34,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200090_ZEPHIRIN","And what of Estinien and this Warrior of Light? They have plans of their own..."
35,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200100_THORDAN","Leave them to their purpose. We must each play the role we have been given...you and your chosen brothers most of all."
36,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200110_ZEPHIRIN","For the glory of King Thordan..."
37,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300010_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Ah, I should have known it would be you..."
38,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300020_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Word reached me of a struggle with a small but well-armed band of trespassers. Forgive my comrades their hostility─few come here uninvited, and fewer still with good intent."
39,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300030_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Now, tell me why you are here."
40,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q1_000_1","What will you say to Lady Iceheart?"
41,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_1","We wish to stop Nidhogg's attack on Ishgard."
42,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_2","We wished to speak with you."
43,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_3","It's a long story..."
44,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300040_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)So, you seek to stem the Dravanian tide with talk? A romantic notion."
45,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300050_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)If you but knew the truth─the spark which lit the flames of this animosity─you would understand the futility of your quest."
46,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300060_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Shall I relate it to you? The sordid history my gift has shown me? That which the Holy See has taken such pains to suppress?"
47,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400010_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)'Twas more than a millennium past when an Elezen tribe first sought to claim the lands of Coerthas as its home."
48,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400020_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Unfortunately for them, Coerthas was already home to dragonkind, and they were not inclined to make way for the invaders. Thus did a bloody war begin─a war which might well have rumbled on until one or the other side was exterminated, had it not been for the resolve of a single woman. That woman's name was “Shiva.”"
49,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400030_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)While those around her fought and died, she attempted to parley with the dragons, and in so doing discovered them to be possessed of profound intelligence and reason. The great wyrm Hraesvelgr in particular so enchanted Shiva that she found herself growing to love the creature, whom her people considered a monster."
50,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400040_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)In the eyes of a near-immortal dragon, however, the fleeting life of an Elezen is as that of a freshly cut rose─scarce has the flower bloomed before it begins to fade and wither."
51,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400050_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Such melancholy musings plagued Hraesvelgr, who had found in Shiva an unexpected and beloved soulmate. He knew that all too soon, death would snatch her away from him."
52,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400060_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Unable to bear the thought of their separation, the maid bid the wyrm consume her, that their spirits might be entwined for eternity."
53,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400070_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)...Though loath to perform the deed, Hraesvelgr ultimately gave in to her plea, and soon thereafter, the tale of their ill-fated love spread throughout the two warring factions. No more could they raise blade or claw against one another, knowing that the souls of their kin were so inextricably bound."
54,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400080_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)In the days that followed, man and dragon learned to live in harmony, and together built a nation unlike any the world had ever known. For two hundred years did this blissful age of peace continue, as it would to this day, had vilest envy not stirred in the hearts of the Elezen."
55,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400090_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)It is said that wyrms owe their longevity to the boundless reserves of vitality found within their eyes─and 'twas in this belief that a traitorous band of knights deceived their allies of some two centuries, and took by force that which they coveted..."
56,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500010_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Nidhogg─he who now stands poised to unleash his wyrmlings upon Ishgard─was the great dragon who lost an eye to Elezen treachery."
57,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500020_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)And until he prises it from the hands of the traitors' progeny, no amount of conciliatory words will stay his fury."
58,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500030_ESTINIEN","You are wrong, Lady Iceheart."
59,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500040_ESTINIEN","Lest you misunderstand, I do not doubt your vision of the past─'tis true that Nidhogg greatly desired to reclaim the Eye."
60,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500050_ESTINIEN","Indeed, it was for that very reason that I kept it with me as I roamed the land, attempting to draw him away from the city."
61,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500060_ALPHINAUD","Good gods..."
62,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500070_ESTINIEN","Until recently, Nidhogg seemed unable to resist its allure, and pursued me relentlessly. Needless to say, that is no longer the case. Now, it would seem he has fixed his attention on Ishgard itself, though he knows full well the Eye does not reside there."
63,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500080_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)You believe he targets the capital for another reason...?"
64,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500090_ESTINIEN","I believe reason has all but left him. Through the Eye, I feel much of what Nidhogg feels, and the dragon's thirst for vengeance will not be quenched by aught less than a sea of blood."
65,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500100_ALPHINAUD","If Nidhogg is indeed lost to reason, might we not seek an audience with Hraesvelgr instead?"
66,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500110_ALPHINAUD","He has thus far shown no inclination to aid in the invasion of Ishgard, and may yet welcome our efforts to broker a peace."
67,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500120_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)You <Emphasis>still</Emphasis> believe that a peaceable solution can be found? Very well. I will take you to him."
68,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500130_ICEHEART","(-Iceheart-)Our road will lead us to Dravania, the homeland of dragonkind. There we shall ascend unto the clouds, where Hraesvelgr resides..."
69,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600010_ALPHINAUD","Is aught amiss, my friend?"
70,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600020_ALPHINAUD","I sense the many battles are beginning to take their toll. Rest awhile. And should you lose sight of us─Dravania lies beyond the mountains to the west."
71,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600030_MIDGARDSORMR","Curious... The vestiges of thy mistress's blessing are not as faint as once they were..."
72,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600040_MIDGARDSORMR","Thy will to succeed grants thee unusual fortitude. But will it be enough...?"
73,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700010_EDMONT","Beyond Abalathia's Spine─the great mountain range
that spans the continent of Aldenard from east to west..."
74,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700020_EDMONT","Into the deepening shadows of Sohm Al,
where lies the ancient home of dragonkind..."
75,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700030_EDMONT","To a land where the soil slithers, and the skies seethe
with sinuous shapes, they came."
76,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800010_ICEHEART","Vidofnir!"
77,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800020_VIDOFNIR","Ah, 'tis thee, Little One. From above, I did mistake thee for a Gnath. 'Tis well I chanced to look again, or thou wouldst now be ash."
78,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800030_ICEHEART","Dear Vidofnir...how I have missed you. Would that I had come sooner...and not out of dire necessity."
79,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800040_VIDOFNIR","Thou art troubled. Speak, that I might know thy plight."
80,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800050_VIDOFNIR","Thou wouldst have Father admonish his brood-brother?"
81,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800060_ICEHEART","I would end this war without further bloodshed."
82,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800070_VIDOFNIR","How am I to believe thee, Little One...when thine own companion beareth Nidhogg's stolen eye!?"
83,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800080_ESTINIEN","Have care, dragon...or I shall gouge out one of yours."
84,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800090_ICEHEART","You forget yourself, ser! We are here on a mission of peace!"
85,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800100_VIDOFNIR","My sire's will forbiddeth me from inviting discord to our home... 'Tis for this reason, and no other, that thou still drawest breath, knight."
86,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800110_ICEHEART","Vidofnir, please─we must be allowed to convey our intentions to Hraesvelgr in person, with words of our own choosing."
87,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800120_ICEHEART","Grant us this favor, and open the way to Sohm Al!"
88,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800130_VIDOFNIR","Thou hast ever been welcome, Little One."
89,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800140_VIDOFNIR","...But I cannot grant thy wish. I am bound to remain here, and protect my kin from the Gnath's god."
90,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800150_ICEHEART","The Gnath have summoned a primal!?"
91,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800160_ALPHINAUD","Pray excuse my forwardness, but if we were to eliminate the threat to your territory, would you consent to Lady Ysayle's request?"
92,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800170_VIDOFNIR","Ha! Dost thou imagine thyself equal to the task─to succeed where dragons have failed?"
93,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800180_VIDOFNIR","'Tis beyond thee, mortal. But thou art welcome to try, nonetheless. Only know that idle promises shall avail thee naught!"
94,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800190_ICEHEART","It would seem we have no choice but to make good on Alphinaud's offer. Why must our every bid for peace breed yet more war?"
95,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810010_ICEHEART","Now we have but to wait..."
96,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810020_GNATHPRIEST","O Lord Ravana! Master of the Sacred Blades! Wrath of the Colony! Conqueror of the World! Hear our prayer!"
97,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810030_GNATHPRIEST","Pray grant unto Your devoted children the gift of Your divine presence!"
98,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810040_ICEHEART","He comes!"
99,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810050_RAVANA","All strength to the colony. Speak and I shall listen!"
100,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810060_GNATHPRIEST","O Glorious General! We have captured intruders, and would make unto You an offering of their life's blood..."
101,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810070_RAVANA","These feeble fleshlings dared to invade Gnath lands?"
102,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810080_ICEHEART","Hear me, Lord Ravana! My companion and I did not come to contest your children's territory."
103,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810090_ICEHEART","We wished only to learn the reason you wage war against the dragons."
104,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810100_RAVANA","Thou wouldst flirt with death merely to satisfy thy curiosity? Wherefore should the glorious conquests of the Gnath concern thee so, Elezen?"
105,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810110_RAVANA","...Ahhh, mayhap thine own kind's struggle against the wyrms fareth poorly, and thou art desirous of a pact."
106,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810120_ICEHEART","We crave no alliance, Lord Ravana─only peace. We would bring an end to our war with the dragons. Yet so long as they remain embroiled in this conflict with your children, our goal shall remain out of reach."
107,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810130_ICEHEART","Never before have the Gnath risen up in such numbers, and never yet with you at their head. Why do you lead them to war?"
108,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810140_RAVANA","Thy question hath no meaning. To live is but to fight."
109,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810150_RAVANA","Long have my children waited, gathering their strength in the shadow of thy ceaseless conflict."
110,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810160_RAVANA","The Gnath would see the Dravanians slain, and their territory secured─and by such fervent prayers am I now given form and purpose."
111,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810170_ICEHEART","As I feared, your very existence is an obstacle to our goal. Since you are so fond of fighting, we challenge you, Lord of the Gnath!"
112,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810180_ICEHEART","And should we emerge the victors, I would have you swear to withdraw your soldiers from Dravanian soil!"
113,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810190_RAVANA","Gahahaha! Thou art bold indeed to risk thy fleshy hide so readily!"
114,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810200_RAVANA","Very well. I, Ravana, fourfold master of the blade, do accept thy challenge!"
115,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810210_RAVANA","But should <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> emerge the victor, I would have thee swear to serve in mine army till thy last breath is spent! Do you accept!?"
116,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810220_ICEHEART","I do! And I believe the first bout is mine!"
117,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810230_RAVANA","What is this!? A god clad in flesh!?"
118,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810240_ICEHEART","Is aught amiss, my lord? Thou wilt not break thy word, I trust."
119,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810250_RAVANA","Mine oath is unbending as steel, little goddess! Thy ruse will but add to mine enjoyment!"
120,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810260_ICEHEART","I thought myself...stronger... Mayhap with more crystals...?"
121,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810270_RAVANA","Be thou god or maid, thou art nothing to me! ...And what of thee, mortal? Art thou warrior or craven?"
122,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810280_RAVANA","A warrior, then! Good! Mayhap thou wilt provide more sport than thy feeble companion!"
123,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820010_RAVANA","Thus doth the sacred rite of combat proclaim the victor...
I lay my blades at thy feet, child of man..."
124,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820020_ICEHEART","You do not disappoint, Warrior of Light. Would that I had your skill in battle. ...I do begin to see why so many place their faith in you."
125,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820030_ICEHEART","For all his savagery, I do not think Ravana one to break his word. Provided the dragons do not trespass upon Gnath lands, they should have little to fear of the primal's biting blades. We have done well, have we not? Come, let us return to Vidofnir and share these glad tidings."
126,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820040_IGEYOHRM","<Color(-3917469)>Once more you achieve the impossible, Bringer of Light... But with every mortal heart that succumbs to fear and fury, another voice is joined to the chorus beseeching divine succor.</Color>"
127,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820050_IGEYOHRM","<Color(-3917469)>At their bidding, warring gods will shake the firmament, and your world will be consumed in the swelling storm of chaos...</Color>"
128,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900010_EDMONT","To the peak of Sohm Al, at the end of a perilous mountain path..."
129,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900020_EDMONT","Whence could be seen a string of pearl-like islands,
floating impossibly atop a sea of clouds."
130,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900030_EDMONT","To a domain where dragons and men had once lived in harmony, whose majesty
no mortal eye had glimpsed for nigh on a thousand years, they came."
131,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00010_HRAESVELGR","Mortals... Why do you disturb my solitude?"
132,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00020_ALPHINAUD","Hraesvelgr..."
133,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00030_HRAESVELGR","Thou speakest the name of a creature that but awaiteth the release of oblivion. Leave me..."
134,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00031_ALPHINAUD","By the Twelve... Mine ears hear the tongue of dragons, yet the meaning rings clear within my mind... How can that be...?"
135,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00040_ICEHEART","Hraesvelgr...do you not remember me? 'Twas I whom you found in Dravania─I who glimpsed the truth."
136,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00050_ICEHEART","The truth about your past, about Shiva─"
137,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00060_HRAESVELGR","Do not speak her name, mortal!"
138,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00070_ICEHEART","But speak it I must! I have summoned Shiva's soul from the beyond, and offered myself as her vessel! She has made her heart known to me!"
139,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00080_HRAESVELGR","Foolish girl. Thinkest thou my beloved's spirit hath descended from the heavens!?"
140,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00090_HRAESVELGR","That the secrets of her heart are thine to know!?"
141,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00100_ICEHEART","I have surrendered mine to her! Do you not see, my love? I am Shiva reborn!"
142,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00110_HRAESVELGR","Gullible fool... The Light but illuminated the past for thee, it did not grant thee omniscience."
143,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00120_HRAESVELGR","The spirit thou hast summoned belongeth not to Shiva─'tis but a shade conjured by thine own fancy."
144,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00130_HRAESVELGR","In an age long past, mine own kin were guilty of like folly. Beguiled by the dark ones' lies, they attempted to resurrect a king amongst wyrms─yet the divinity they called forth merely borrowed the semblance of my fallen brood-brother."
145,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00140_HRAESVELGR","Such gods are not summoned, but created. Phantoms spun from the threads of misplaced faith."
146,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00150_ICEHEART","Then the spirit that answered me..."
147,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00160_HRAESVELGR","...Was but thy dream of Shiva. Thy soul hath been corrupted by a deity of thine own making, child."
148,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00170_ALPHINAUD","Be that as it may, Lord Hraesvelgr, Ysayle's desire to heal the rift between man and dragon is real, and it has borne us this far."
149,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00180_ALPHINAUD","We would spare both our kind and yours the ravages of this senseless war! Pray join your voice to ours in a call for peace and forgiveness!"
150,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00190_HRAESVELGR","The tale of thy kind is one of avarice, treachery, and death─and thou wouldst speak to me of peace?"
151,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00200_HRAESVELGR","Hark thee, mortal, to the naked truth...then tell me thou deservest forgiveness!"
152,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00010_HRAESVELGR","Twelve hundred years ago, my beloved Shiva's sacrifice served to bring an end to the war 'twixt man and dragon, paving the way for an age of peace and cooperation."
153,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00020_HRAESVELGR","Two centuries of harmony were to follow, during which time the Elezen learned much about us, not least that the eyes of a great wyrm are the wellspring of his strength."
154,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00030_HRAESVELGR","'Twas out of the selfish desire to possess this strength that King Thordan then conspired to undo all that our peoples had achieved together."
155,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00040_HRAESVELGR","With the aid of his leal knights, that most noble of Elezen lured my brood-sister Ratatoskr into an ambush, and took from her that which he craved."
156,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00050_HRAESVELGR","Fain would I strike the image from my mind, yet still the scene doth linger─of my brood-sister's tattered corpse, defiled by her Elezen allies. They had torn out her eyes, and feasted upon them in the manner of wild beasts."
157,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00060_HRAESVELGR","Yet that was not all, for from their bloody banquet, the fiends had gained strength beyond that of mortal men... Even now, I labor to comprehend the enormity of their betrayal."
158,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00070_HRAESVELGR","Nidhogg was the first to learn of the atrocity, and he took to the skies, hungry for vengeance."
159,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00080_HRAESVELGR","But though he slew Thordan and some few of his knights, their fellow butchers knew only too well where to aim their spears, and with now-practiced savagery, they set about my brood-brother, sending him flailing from the field..."
160,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00090_HRAESVELGR","Such is the truth the Holy See would keep hidden. Such was the beginning of the Dragonsong War."
161,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00100_HRAESVELGR","'Tis a song my kind shall ne'er forget, e'en should ten thousand years pass and Ishgard crumble into dust."
162,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00010_ESTINIEN","Your tale bears scant resemblance to the one I was taught. How convenient that it should absolve your kind of all responsibility. But tell me, dragon: why should I believe your version of events?"
163,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00020_HRAESVELGR","What thou choosest to believe is immaterial. The betrayal that yet haunts mine every waking moment is no less than the truth to my kind."
164,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00030_HRAESVELGR","And Nidhogg meaneth for Thordan's people to suffer for this sin till the end of days."
165,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00040_HRAESVELGR","That which thou imaginest a war of extinction is but a punishment─a siege of the spirit. Hast thou not seen those who tire of the torment? Those who abandon their own and side with dragonkind?"
166,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00050_ALPHINAUD","Ishgard's so-called heretics..."
167,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00060_HRAESVELGR","Know that all the traitors' progeny bear a trace of Ratatoskr's essence. But a single sip of our blood is enough to awaken it..."
168,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00070_ICEHEART","Then...the seed lies within us...?"
169,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00080_HRAESVELGR","'Tis for this reason that those who abandon their loyalties are rewarded with a drink. And thus are they transformed, to join the ranks of Nidhogg's ever-growing army as newborn dragons. One by one, through death or defection, my brood-brother shall account for all of the betrayers' children..."
170,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00090_ALPHINAUD","Ye gods... I have borne witness to such a transformation! Looked on as a heretic assumed the shape of a dragon... I imagined it some manner of Dravanian enchantment!"
171,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00100_ALPHINAUD","But if any Ishgardian, regardless of allegiance, has such potential within them... Twelve forgive us. To think of all the dragons we've slain...!"
172,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00110_HRAESVELGR","There will always be some, of course, who choose to fight until the bitter end─like thee, dragoon..."
173,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00120_HRAESVELGR","But struggle as thou might, thy youthful vigor will be spent ere thou reachest two score and ten. And Nidhogg shall remain to torment thine offspring."
174,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00130_ESTINIEN","Oft have I wondered why Nidhogg did not simply raze Ishgard to the ground."
175,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00140_ESTINIEN","Now I have my answer. He has no intention of winning the Dragonsong War, for it is no war at all, but vengeance─an eternal requiem sung for his murdered sister."
176,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00150_HRAESVELGR","Thou hast the right of it, dragonslayer. Comprehendest thou now the futility of thy quest?"
177,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00160_ICEHEART","I have not come this far only to admit defeat. We can still return the Eye to Nidhogg, and beg forgiveness for our ancestors' crimes. Mayhap our words will sway him!"
178,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00170_HRAESVELGR","Stubborn child... Thou thinkest in mortal terms. Our perception of time is too broad for thee to grasp."
179,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00180_HRAESVELGR","'Tis a simple matter for thee to offer thine apologies─thou didst not perpetrate the crime. Despite thy visions, the deeds of history seem distant to thee."
180,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00190_HRAESVELGR","For a wyrm such as Nidhogg, however, that history is yet part of his present, as fresh as the blood that did gush from Ratatoskr's wounds. How could he not be driven mad?"
181,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00200_HRAESVELGR","'Tis only by the calming embrace of Shiva's soul that mine own fury hath not consumed me."
182,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00210_HRAESVELGR","But let us speak no more of what is done. My faith in your kind is spent, and I would be alone."
183,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00010_ESTINIEN","Well, what do you propose we do now? I, for one, am intent on continuing to the east..."
184,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00020_ALPHINAUD","What is there to be found in the east?"
185,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00030_ESTINIEN","Nidhogg's lair─the Aery─is said to lie in that direction. And the Eye tells me he is near..."
186,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00040_ICEHEART","You cannot still mean to slay him!?"
187,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00050_ESTINIEN","You cannot still mean to stop me. I have been true to my word, and aided you in this fool's errand with Hraesvelgr."
188,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00060_ESTINIEN","But your efforts at parley have come to naught, Lady Iceheart. I would see Ishgard saved, and for that, Nidhogg must die."
189,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00070_ICEHEART","With the tale of our ancestors' vile betrayal yet ringing in your ears, you speak of continuing this war?"
190,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00080_ESTINIEN","Nay, lady, I would but pierce its vengeful heart. When Nidhogg dies, this war shall die with him."
191,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00090_ALPHINAUD","A moment, Estinien. You yourself spoke of the great wyrm's strength─that you believed him powerful enough to raze your city to the ground. How then are we few to challenge him?"
192,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00100_ALPHINAUD","Even behind the stout walls of Ishgard─with an army of knights manning the defenses─our victory would be hard-won. Yet you propose to contend with the beast in his own lair?"
193,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00110_ESTINIEN","In close combat, this will afford us an advantage. And if the tales are true, the Warrior of Light has bested many an invincible foe."
194,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00120_ESTINIEN","In close combat, this will afford us an advantage. And with two Azure Dragoons working in unison, who can say what might be possible?"
195,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00130_ESTINIEN","But such speculation is meaningless if we cannot even find the wyrm. Our first task must be to seek out Nidhogg's lair."
196,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00140_ALPHINAUD","The story of this nation grows bloodier by the moment. Must death always be answered with more of the same?"
197,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00150_ESTINIEN","Such is the way of things, I fear. I shall consider it a miracle if mine armor is not stained crimson ere this conflict is ended."
198,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00160_ICEHEART","That I should be blinded by my own lies... Everything I believed... Everything I thought I was... Gone... All gone..."
199,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00170_ESTINIEN","Leave her. Your words will not reach her now. And we have not the time to wait for her to gather up the pieces of her shattered faith."
200,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00010_ALPHINAUD","Is that it?"
201,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00020_ESTINIEN","Aye... That would be the Aery. I feel Nidhogg's presence through the Eye─his caustic hatred gnawing at my soul."
202,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00030_ESTINIEN","'Twould seem the death of his consort has put him on guard. Mark how he wards his lair with tempestuous winds."
203,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00040_ALPHINAUD","A similar barrier once barred our entrance to the primal Garuda's domain...until we discovered the means by which it could be penetrated."
204,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00050_ALPHINAUD","Mayhap it is time we called upon Master Garlond. 'Twill be just like the good old days, no?"
205,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00010_WEDGE","Feast your eyes upon our latest and greatest feat of engineering! We call it a “manacutter”!"
206,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00020_BIGGS","After you put down Gaius, Wedge and me struck out on our own for a bit, and started work on the successor to the <Emphasis>Tiny Bronco</Emphasis>."
207,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00030_CID","Impressive little thing, isn't she? My talent for ship design has plainly rubbed off on them."
208,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00040_CID","They've adapted the principles of corrupted crystal technology, and constructed a mechanism which converts aether from its surroundings into elemental wind. Said wind is then harnessed by the specially engineered sails, providing the craft with propulsion and lift. All in all, a most elegant solution..."
209,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00050_CID","...I'm actually a little upset that I didn't think of it myself."
210,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00060_WEDGE","The design does, however, come with one small flaw..."
211,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00070_BIGGS","The energy conversion ratio's bloody awful. To generate enough power to get you off the ground, you need to be in an area awash with predominantly wind-aspected aether."
212,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00080_WEDGE","In other words, there are a few places you can fly...and lots of places you can't."
213,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00090_CID","The new Ishgardian airship hasn't left the boys much time for tinkering─meaning it may be a while before this particular project takes off, if you'll forgive the pun."
214,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00100_TATARU","Hah...hah...hah..."
215,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00110_WEDGE","Tataru, what's happened!?"
216,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00120_TATARU","I've been looking all over for you! There's been word from Ul'dah! It's about Her Grace, the sultana!"
217,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00130_CID","It seems you're required elsewhere. Leave the manacutter with us. We'll see that she's airworthy and suitably equipped to slice through those winds."
218,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00140_CID","You, meanwhile, should concentrate on providing Raubahn and the sultana whatever help they need!"
219,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00010_RAUBAHN","Thank you for coming."
220,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00020_ALPHINAUD","No thanks are necessary, General. I trust your recuperation continues apace?"
221,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00030_RAUBAHN","I cannot complain. Thanks to Higiri and her ministrations, I've regained much of the strength I lost during my imprisonment."
222,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00040_ALPHINAUD","I gather you have made progress in the search for Her Grace."
223,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00050_RAUBAHN","Aye, some good fortune at last. A few days past, Dewlala informed us that a sizable shipment of alchemical supplies had been delivered to the palace."
224,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00060_PIPPIN","With Papashan's assistance, I set out to ascertain the source and nature of the shipment. My inquiries led me to Frondale's Phrontistery."
225,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00070_PIPPIN","There I learned that an order had been placed for a curious substance designed to sustain patients trapped in deathlike slumber─an invention of the former head alchemist, apparently."
226,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00080_ALPHINAUD","A deathlike slumber...? This cannot be a coincidence!"
227,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00090_RAUBAHN","It lends some weight to Dewlala's claims, aye. Her Grace is likely somewhere within the palace─abed but alive."
228,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00100_YUGIRI","Before making any attempt to extricate the sultana, however, it seemed prudent to learn what manner of substance was used to induce her torpor. To that end, I made inquiries as to the whereabouts of the one most like to have administered it─the lady-in-waiting, Meriel."
229,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00110_YUGIRI","We sent for you as soon as we learned of her location. All that remains is to apprehend the woman."
230,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00120_RAUBAHN","We shall find our cat's-paw in the Silver Bazaar."
231,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00130_RAUBAHN","But we must tread carefully. The market is not the bustling place it once was, and someone is sure to mark our coming. Should they inform the Monetarists, we'll have a fight on our hands."
232,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00140_RAUBAHN","We must be prepared for the worst─and being short an arm, I thought it wise to take another in its stead. What say you, Warrior of Light? Will you lend me yours?"
233,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00150_RAUBAHN","Then I pity the bastard that stands in our way. Come, my friends! For Nanamo...and for Ul'dah!"
234,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00010_ALPHINAUD","You are Meriel, the sultana's former lady-in-waiting?"
235,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00020_LADYINWAITING2","I know no one of that name! Pray excuse me..."
236,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00030_LADYINWAITING2","General Aldynn!?"
237,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00040_RAUBAHN","We will have the truth from you, girl..."
238,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00050_LOLORITO","Mayhap 'twould be better coming from me."
239,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00060_RAUBAHN","Lolorito... You'd best talk fast."
240,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00070_LOLORITO","As you know, Teledji Adeledji's Carteneau Reclamation Bill was no more than a facade─a means to get his grubby little hands on that Allagan monstrosity, Omega."
241,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00080_LOLORITO","When he learned of Nanamo's intention to abdicate, however, he was forced to amend his plans. Suddenly, assassination seemed the most promising way to further his ambitions."
242,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00090_LOLORITO","I am told Teledji had discovered a maid in whose veins ran the blood of House Thorne─a new, more pliable puppet to sit the throne. 'Twould have caused an uproar, of course, but few could have contested her claim."
243,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00100_LOLORITO","'Twas plain that Teledji's wild machinations had outgrown our ability to control them. So I decided to usurp his scheme, and left the fool to seal his own demise."
244,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00110_RAUBAHN","And what of Nanamo?"
245,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00120_LOLORITO","Oh, I have no desire to harm Her Grace─'twould profit me little to destabilize our government. Thus did I employ young Meriel here to administer a potent sleeping potion in place of a poison."
246,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00130_LOLORITO","You should know, General, that your dear friend Ilberd was fully aware of my plan."
247,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00140_LOLORITO","I had him lie about the assassination as a means to prime your rage against Teledji. We weren't entirely sure how you would react, but things went rather better than expected."
248,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00150_RAUBAHN","You conniving little worm... You had your claws in the Crystal Braves before their first recruit had sworn to serve!"
249,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00160_LOLORITO","But of course. When a new game begins, 'tis only prudent to have a piece on the board. Ilberd was mine."
250,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00170_LOLORITO","Truth be told, a significant proportion of the Braves' initial endowment was also mine. With such large sums moving about, 'twas a rather trifling matter to disguise my own contribution."
251,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00180_LOLORITO","Ah, Ilberd... I secured his services with a promise to support his cause once my authority had been solidified. I swear, the man thinks of naught but prising Ala Mhigo from the grasp of the Empire."
252,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00190_LOLORITO","Unlike you, General, the poor fellow seems quite unable to forsake the land of his forefathers. Mayhap that's why he called you a traitor to your people and a disgrace to your homeland...amongst other things. What was it he always compared you to? Oh, yes! “An overgrown lapdog, begging for scraps at the sultana's table!” Oh, how we laughed..."
253,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00200_LOLORITO","Alas, Ilberd's entertaining little outbursts eventually gave way to wearisome tirades, and the zealous brute became rather unruly. I had no wish to see you executed, you understand, but he would not take no for an answer. Rest assured, his employment with me has long since ended."
254,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00210_LOLORITO","...Which brings us neatly to the present. What say you, General? Both you and the sultana are alive; we have one corpse and one fugitive; and preparations have been made to restore your good name. Shall we cry quits and start again with a blank ledger? Hm?"
255,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00220_RAUBAHN","The hells we will! Do you honestly expect me to forgive and forget? After all you've done!? You're guilty of high treason!"
256,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00230_DEWLALA","Stay your blade, Master Aldynn! You yourself are not innocent! Or have you forgotten your <Emphasis>own</Emphasis> crime in executing Teledji Adeledji without trial!?"
257,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00240_DEWLALA","Though you acted out of loyalty to the sultana, such deeds are in violation of both the word and spirit of the law!"
258,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00250_DEWLALA","...If you would, Lord Lolorito?"
259,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00260_LOLORITO","This potion will wake the sultana from her slumber. Consider it a gesture of conciliation."
260,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00270_LOLORITO","You will find Her Grace resting comfortably within her private chambers. Should you doubt my word, I shall willingly accompany you to the palace as your hostage."
261,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00280_RAUBAHN","I like not your motives, Lolorito...but you saved the sultana's life, and for that you have my gratitude."
262,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00290_DEWLALA","Raubahn Aldynn, you are hereby reinstated as general of the Immortal Flames! The citizens of Ul'dah shall once more be united under Nanamo Ul Namo, and together we shall usher in a new age of prosperity!"
263,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00010_NANAMO","Ugh..."
264,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00020_NANAMO","I was having the longest dream..."
265,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00030_RAUBAHN","'Tis time to wake up, Your Grace. Another day begins in Thanalan, and the sun blazes bright upon the sands."
266,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00010_RAUBAHN","Her Grace is awoken. The palace physician assures me she is none the worse for her slumber."
267,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00020_RAUBAHN","I believe Her Grace will soon resume her plans to place the government of Ul'dah into the hands of its citizens."
268,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00030_RAUBAHN","Whatever path she chooses to take, I shall walk it with her. And we shall tread slowly, lest the nation be unsettled in our wake."
269,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00040_LOLORITO","Her Grace's compassion is a shining beacon to us all...but what our city truly thrives upon is competition."
270,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00050_LOLORITO","'Tis in the struggle against our rivals that opportunities are seized and fortunes made. And with the Empire on the offensive once more, now would hardly seem the time to turn our system of government upon its head."
271,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00060_ALPHINAUD","Are you privy to new intelligence, my lord?"
272,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00070_LOLORITO","I would hardly call it new. Remind me: what was the name of that enormous imperial warship which met its end in Mor Dhona? Wait, I have it! The <Emphasis>Agrius</Emphasis>. Yes, well, 'twould appear that the Garleans have been hard at work on another such vessel."
273,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00080_PIPPIN","How close are they to completing this ship!? Is it operational!?"
274,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00090_LOLORITO","Its maiden flight was a success, I hear. I should imagine Emperor Varis is eager to see how it performs in battle."
275,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00100_LOLORITO","<If(PlayerParameter(4))>My lords and ladies<Else/>My lords...and lady</If>, I move that it is time to repair the damage caused by Teledji Adeledji, and prepare our great nation to repel the Empire once more."
276,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00010_ALPHINAUD","'Tis well that the sultana has awoken. The Syndicate yet needs to put its house in order, but 'twould seem the worst of the confusion has passed."
277,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00020_ALPHINAUD","Ul'dah has taken control of its future...and I must do the same."
278,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00030_ALPHINAUD","I have decided to disband the Crystal Braves."
279,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00040_ALPHINAUD","Among the recruits, there were those who supported our order's goals and convictions with all sincerity. 'Tis my hope that these loyal men and women will choose to remain our allies in the battles to come."
280,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00050_ALPHINAUD","As for those who sided with the traitor, Ilberd, they shall be hunted down and held to account for their crimes. It is my earnest hope that they will surrender themselves peaceably when the time comes...though I think it unlikely."
281,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00060_ALPHINAUD","Ah, my all-conquering Crystal Braves... The model army meant to pave the way for a single, unified Grand Company of Eorzea. That so high an ideal should be brought so low..."
282,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00070_ALPHINAUD","I need not tell you how deeply the betrayal stung me. Yet I see now that it was mine own naivety and pride which allowed the Braves to fall prey to corruption."
283,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00080_ALPHINAUD","As ever, it is to your own shining example that I turn for inspiration. Like you, I mean to stand firm in the face of hardship, and give mine all for the cause."
284,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00090_ALPHINAUD","Let us resume the search for our missing comrades, that we might come together to shine the light of dawn across the realm once more."
285,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00100_ALPHINAUD","The role of Crystal Brave commander suited me ill, and I shall play it no longer. Henceforth, I shall be no more or less than Alphinaud, proud member of the Scions."
286,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00010_ESTINIEN","All stands ready, Lord Commander."
287,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00020_AYMERIC","Ah, the moment has come, then?"
288,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00030_ALPHINAUD","Pray excuse my lateness. I paid a brief visit to the workshop to inquire about the manacutters. The engineers assure me that they are ready."
289,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00040_ESTINIEN","The Aery is now but a short flight away. Yet what a long and winding path we took to reach this point."
290,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00050_ESTINIEN","Were it not for Master Alphinaud's proposal, we never would have attempted to parley with the dragons."
291,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00060_ESTINIEN","Though our negotiations yielded little, our expedition with Lady Iceheart taught us much."
292,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00070_AYMERIC","You took an unimaginable risk... I could scarce believe the tale Estinien told."
293,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00080_ESTINIEN","Aye, 'tis true that many of our countrymen would sooner die than join hands with the heretics' mistress, but 'twas through that most unlikely of alliances that we came to speak with Hraesvelgr."
294,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00090_ALPHINAUD","A conversation that went rather poorly, as I recall."
295,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00100_ESTINIEN","In this instance, the journey was more important than the destination. Had we not slain Nidhogg's consort, Tioman, and put the great wyrm on his guard, the Dravanians would have arrived at Ishgard's walls long ago."
296,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00110_AYMERIC","Aye, that they would. Full grateful am I for every hour of respite your actions have afforded us. Thanks to you, our defenses are much improved. 'Tis but a pity they won't be enough."
297,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00120_ALPHINAUD","Thus you believe an assault upon the Aery represents the city's best chance of survival. Is that not so, Estinien?"
298,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00130_ESTINIEN","I am under no illusions. Nidhogg's might is legendary. But with his eye in my possession, I can stifle his strength at the source."
299,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00140_ESTINIEN","Victory will be hard-won, even so, and I shall be glad indeed to have the Warrior of Light at my side."
300,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00150_AYMERIC","You shall have my blade as well. There are more of these “manacutters” to be had, yes?"
301,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00160_LUCIA","(-Lucia-)Lord Commander, no!"
302,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00170_AYMERIC","How can I, a proud knight of Ishgard, stand by and do naught while an outsider risks life and limb for our homeland? I swore an oath to protect this city!"
303,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00180_ESTINIEN","Pray leave the slaying of dragons to dragoons, ser knight. Your duty to command the city's defense is no less vital."
304,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00190_ESTINIEN","Should we fail, and Nidhogg slip through our grasp, who, then, will hold the walls against him? Will you leave Ishgard in the hands of the Holy See's zealots?"
305,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00200_AYMERIC","There are others─"
306,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00210_ESTINIEN","Who but you has the authority and the standing to orchestrate a citywide defense? I do not, and neither does the Warrior of Light. That is why it is our place to fight, and yours to remain here, Lord Commander."
307,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00220_ESTINIEN","What, you too, Master Alphinaud? By the Fury... You have shown some promise, but this adversary is far beyond your skills."
308,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00230_ALPHINAUD","Your candor is appreciated, ser dragoon. I shall remain, then, and cheer you from afar."
309,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00240_ESTINIEN","Well, my friend, 'twould seem I have discouraged the last of the volunteers, and claimed the task as ours alone. But if any alive can best this wyrm, 'tis surely we two!"
310,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00010_ESTINIEN","We're through!"
311,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00020_ESTINIEN","So, this is the Aery! Where are you Nidhogg!? You have guests!"
312,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00030_ESTINIEN","There!"
313,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00040_ESTINIEN","Greetings, Lord of Dravania! I believe we have something that belongs to you!"
314,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00050_NIDHOGG","Wicked mortals! I shall melt your flesh, and turn your bones to ash!"
315,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00010_NIDHOGG","Thou wouldst use mine own eye against me!? Time hath done naught to dilute thy kind's depravity!"
316,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00020_NIDHOGG","I have not forgotten thee, dragoon! Mine essence claimed thee once...and shall do so again!"
317,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00030_ESTINIEN","No, wyrm! This ends here!"
318,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00040_ESTINIEN","You gifted my people a thousand years of suffering. Now I gift you an eternity in darkness!"
319,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00010_SYLVETREL","They are ours, Lord Haldrath... The eyes of Nidhogg!"
320,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00020_HALDRATH","Aye... The wyrm lies broken and my father is avenged. With the wellspring of his vitality thus denied him, Nidhogg shall not linger long in this world."
321,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00030_HALDRATH","But behold the terrible price we have paid. My sire is dead; so many brother knights slain."
322,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00040_HALDRATH","We traded our honor for the strength which now courses in our veins. And still we are forced to make such sacrifice."
323,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00050_SYLVETREL","But not in vain, my lord. Hraesvelgr is the only great wyrm left in Dravania, and he dares not leave his lair."
324,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00060_SYLVETREL","With Nidhogg's eyes in your possession, who now can challenge the might of Ishgard? Ascend the throne, and take your rightful place as the ruler of our people!"
325,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00070_HALDRATH","Nay, my friend, I must forsake the mantle of king. Though Nidhogg be defeated, his wyrmling horde yet darkens the skies with wings beyond counting."
326,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00080_HALDRATH","As one who partook of Ratatoskr's strength, it shall be my penance to bear a knight's arms until death grants me leave to retire. When that day comes, no prince shall perish, but a hells-bound hunter of dragons..."
327,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00090_SYLVETREL","But Lord Haldrath! What then shall become of the royal line!?"
328,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00100_FLAVIEN","Think of your people, my lord! Without a king, who will the common man turn to in his hour of need? How will he find his way without your benevolent hand to guide him?"
329,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00110_HALDRATH","I thank you, Ser Flavien and Ser Sylvetrel─for dispelling my remaining doubts. With men of such wisdom and compassion in service to the realm, 'tis plain that Ishgard has no need of a king."
330,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00120_HALDRATH","But if you must bow to the demands of tradition, you need look no further than yourselves for one worthy to wear the crown."
331,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00130_HALDRATH","Fare thee well, my brother knights...my loyal friends. On these shoulders shall I bear the weight of my father's sins; with this lance shall I repay the debt accrued through our misdeeds."
332,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00140_SYLVETREL","What cruel jest has fate played upon us...? Have we seized this desperate victory only to lose a king?"
333,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00150_FLAVIEN","We can but act as our lord has bid. We few who remain must divide between us the rulership of Ishgard and her people."
334,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00160_BRAWNYKNIGHT","Not I. My oath was to Lord Haldrath, and he alone. If he is not to be king, then I would hang up my shield, as well."
335,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00170_SYLVETREL","Will you abandon us, too, ser?"
336,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00180_BRAWNYKNIGHT","I would wash my hands of blood and betrayal and take up an honest trade. Mayhap I shall serve ale instead of sharpened steel..."
337,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00190_FLAVIEN","We four, then..."
338,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00200_SYLVETREL","Fortemps, Haillenarte, Durendaire, and Dzemael..."
339,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00210_SYLVETREL","But four houses to rule all of Ishgard..."
340,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00220_FLAVIEN","...And what of the throne?"
341,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00230_SYLVETREL","We keep it empty. Until the day a king rises once more, we must assume the role of stewards."
342,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00240_SYLVETREL","We shall shape our nation anew with a history of our own making─and let the truth of this dark day die here, upon the battlefield."
343,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00010_ESTINIEN","What ails you, friend!? Are you wounded?"
344,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00020_ESTINIEN","You have borne witness to history...to the culmination of the first battle with Nidhogg."
345,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00030_ESTINIEN","The legend of Ishgard's founding tells that our ancestors were led to the land of Coerthas by the valiant King Thordan."
346,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00040_ESTINIEN","In the midst of their journey, they came to a wide chasm, where they were set upon by a great wyrm─Nidhogg. A furious battle then ensued, with Thordan leading the van."
347,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00050_ESTINIEN","Though the brave king was slain defending his people, his son, Haldrath, the first Azure Dragoon, fought on undaunted..."
348,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00060_ESTINIEN","And with a mighty thrust of his lance, he gouged out Nidhogg's eye, forcing the wicked creature into retreat."
349,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00070_ESTINIEN","Thus did this eldritch orb become a sacred treasure of Ishgard, lending its power to every knight deemed worthy to bear the title of Azure Dragoon."
350,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00080_ESTINIEN","A rousing tale, is it not? Would that I could still believe it. But your vision, which we must accept as immutable truth, leaves no room for doubt─save on one point."
351,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00090_ESTINIEN","If Haldrath took both of Nidhogg's eyes, then how came this eye to be lodged in the wyrm's skull?"
352,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00100_ESTINIEN","Beneath every answer we unearth, another question lies buried..."
353,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00010_ESTINIEN","'Twas a fierce battle, but one I knew we would win. Your fame is well deserved, Warrior of Light. Full proud am I to have fought at your side."
354,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00020_ESTINIEN","I would fain return with all swiftness to Ishgard to inform the lord commander of our triumph..."
355,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00030_ESTINIEN","But we must first have words with Hraesvelgr. There are parts of this tale that the wyrm has kept from us, and I would know wherefore..."
356,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00010_HRAESVELGR","Impenitent mortals, ever seeking to bury old wrongs under new."
357,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00020_HRAESVELGR","I did sense the moment of Nidhogg's demise..."
358,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00030_ESTINIEN","You mean the moment I prised your eye from his head?"
359,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00040_HRAESVELGR","'Twould seem thou hast uncovered my secret. Aye. Unto the blinded Nidhogg did I yield one half of my strength..."
360,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00010_HRAESVELGR","Nidhogg... What hath befallen thee?"
361,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00020_NIDHOGG","We are undone by covetous mortals. They did take Ratatoskr's eyes...and glut their appetites upon her essence..."
362,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00030_HRAESVELGR","She is slain, then? What madness hath unmade our peaceful accord!?"
363,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00040_NIDHOGG","Did I not warn thee, brood-brother? They have ever been untrustworthy creatures, these short-lived Elezen."
364,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00050_NIDHOGG","But thou wert enchanted by thy mortal maid. Thy folly hath cost Ratatoskr her life, and me mine eyes..."
365,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00060_HRAESVELGR","Oh, my beloved Shiva... How swiftly are thy kin made bestial by their appetites."
366,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00070_NIDHOGG","Hraesvelgr. 'Twas thy blindness that did invite disaster into our lands. Surrender thee an eye to me, and let that be thy penance."
367,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00080_HRAESVELGR","Nidhogg..."
368,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00090_NIDHOGG","They bested me once, but I was reckless. I shall need but a single eye to inflict enduring torment upon these traitors and every child of their line!"
369,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00100_NIDHOGG","Yield to me thy strength, brood-brother!"
370,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00110_NIDHOGG","My vengeance is begun!"
371,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00010_HRAESVELGR","Thou hast borne witness to a scene from my past."
372,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00020_ICEHEART","It was yours... Your strength that sustained Nidhogg all these years..."
373,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00030_ESTINIEN","Would that Haldrath had dealt the wyrm a killing blow..."
374,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00040_HRAESVELGR","When my brood-brother did appear before me, bloody and blinded, his life was all but spent. He demanded half my vigor, that he might exact his revenge upon the mortals who had wronged us."
375,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00050_ICEHEART","And so you acquiesced! You surrendered your eye to Nidhogg knowing full well the suffering he would inflict!"
376,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00060_HRAESVELGR","The peace my beloved so dearly desired had been shattered by her own kin."
377,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00070_HRAESVELGR","Their treachery claimed my brood-sister's life and my brood-brother's reason! Thinkest thou thy fits of indignation will move me to remorse!?"
378,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00080_HRAESVELGR","Go, mortals! Take your unruly passions and leave this place... Your presence here spelleth naught but misery."
379,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00090_HRAESVELGR","Were it not for Shiva's soothing embrace, I would slay you where you stand. Woe betide you should the bond we share ever weaken!"
380,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00010_ESTINIEN","'Twas my life's goal to slay Nidhogg, but I find there is little joy to be had in its accomplishment."
381,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00020_ICEHEART","But you have rid the world of a hate-filled creature, and ended a bloody war in so doing..."
382,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00030_ESTINIEN","I lost my family to Nidhogg's flames. And 'twas with fury in my heart that I took up the lance. Every blow I struck, I struck in the name of vengeance. We were not so different, he and I."
383,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00040_ICEHEART","I will not judge you for your deeds─I have not the right. Too many innocents have perished in the name of my “greater good.”"
384,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00050_ESTINIEN","Yet even with all that has passed, the tale is incomplete."
385,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00060_ESTINIEN","We are short a great wyrm's eye. Of the pair which Haldrath took from Nidhogg, only one is known to us─the one I bear. What, then, became of the other?"
386,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00070_ESTINIEN","Why did Nidhogg, who had taken such pains to prolong the Dragonsong War, suddenly decide to hurl his entire army against the walls of Ishgard?"
387,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00080_ESTINIEN","Lord Commander... Aye, the deed is done. Nidhogg is slain."
388,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00090_ESTINIEN","What? ...In the city!? A battle with whom!?"
389,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00100_ESTINIEN","At once, Lord Commander. Hold firm till our return."
390,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00110_ESTINIEN","Fighting has broken out in the city. Lord Aymeric was sparse with the particulars, but it seems some commoners threw open the gates to a force of heretics."
391,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00120_ICEHEART","I gave no order to attack!"
392,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00130_ESTINIEN","Are we to mark the end of the Dragonsong War by spilling the blood of our own? Mayhap Hraesvelgr was right about us..."
393,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00140_ESTINIEN","Let us away, Warrior of Light. The people must be saved from themselves."
394,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00150_ICEHEART","Wait! I would join you!"
395,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00160_ICEHEART","There has been enough violence. I will appeal to my people in the city and make them see reason!"
396,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00170_ESTINIEN","Come, then, Lady Iceheart. Let us write the final chapter in this damnable war."
397,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00010_ZEPHIRIN","A small army of heretics has invaded the city, Your Eminence."
398,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00020_ZEPHIRIN","But there is no cause for concern. A sizable contingent of our soldiers is already in place to repel the Dravanian assault, and the intruders will soon find themselves outnumbered and outmatched."
399,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00030_THORDAN","Our plans proceed apace, then."
400,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00040_ZEPHIRIN","Yes, Your Eminence. This unrest shall serve to feed the people's fear of the heretics and the dragons both."
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4 0 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000010_ALPHINAUD Ishgard cannot well endure another assault. Even should her knights succeed in turning back the Horde, the casualties will be catastrophic.
5 1 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000020_TATARU But what other choice do we have? It's not like we can talk it over with them. Dragons and men aren't exactly on speaking terms.
6 2 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000030_ALPHINAUD ...With certain notable exceptions.
7 3 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000040_TATARU You don't mean...Iceheart!?
8 4 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000050_ALPHINAUD When last you spoke with her, she lamented her crimes, did she not?
9 5 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000060_ALPHINAUD Then there remains a sliver of hope. If we can persuade Iceheart to act as our intermediary, we may yet be able to convince Nidhogg to abandon his bloody course.
10 6 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000070_ESTINIEN If there is to be a meeting, I would accompany you.
11 7 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000080_ALPHINAUD ...Estinien!?
12 8 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000090_ESTINIEN Even with your intermediary, Nidhogg's bloodrage may render him deaf to reason. However, the mere attempt may afford our forces precious time to prepare.
13 9 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000100_ESTINIEN Of course...you might also consider a more direct approach to ending this conflict. With the power of the Eye at my disposal, and the vaunted strength of the Warrior of Light, we could conceivably slay the beast outright...
14 10 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000110_ALPHINAUD If we are to risk a face-to-face meeting with the dread wyrm, I for one would feel safer in the company of the Azure Dragoon. However, I should only turn to your lance if my words failed to find their mark. Is that clear?
15 11 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000120_ESTINIEN Perfectly. I shall assume that Iceheart enjoys similar diplomatic protection until instructed otherwise.
16 12 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000130_ESTINIEN A word of advice: think carefully before divulging the particulars of this plan to Ser Aymeric. 'Twould not do to have the lord commander accused of consorting with heretics.
17 13 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000140_ALPHINAUD Indeed. I thank you for your counsel, Estinien. We shall be honored to have you with us.
18 14 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000150_ESTINIEN I am glad to be of service.
19 15 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100010_AYMERIC I want the defenses of the outer ward rechecked. See to it that the ballistas are in good repair and supplied with enough ammunition for a prolonged siege.
20 16 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100020_YOUNGTEMPLEKNIGHT At once, my lord!
21 17 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100030_AYMERIC Ah, 'twould seem I have visitors─and unlike those massing beyond our walls, these ones are welcome.
22 18 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100040_ALPHINAUD Pray forgive us for interrupting you in the midst of your preparations, Ser Aymeric, but our suit concerns the impending assault. To speak plain, we believe there is a chance the invasion might be halted before it even begins.
23 19 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100050_ALPHINAUD I can divulge little more at this time, but I must nevertheless request that you advise the Holy See to refrain from launching any preemptive sorties whilst we seek to put our plans in motion.
24 20 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100060_AYMERIC I will gladly lend my support to any endeavor that could spare the blood of my countrymen─but I would know more of the cause you would have me champion. Will you not share aught of this mysterious undertaking?
25 21 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100070_ESTINIEN Know that I have offered my lance to aid in this endeavor. I cannot claim that its success is assured, but our actions should serve to delay Nidhogg's advance at the very least.
26 22 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100080_ESTINIEN Which is more than can be said for the ill-conceived counterattack advocated by the See's more vocal crusaders. They offer glorious death, but little hope of victory.
27 23 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100090_AYMERIC Aye...their proposal does not inspire confidence. Our resources should rightly be spent shoring up the city's defenses.
28 24 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100100_AYMERIC Hmmm. The Azure Dragoon and the Warrior of Light, sallying forth together to face the dread wyrm, Nidhogg...
29 25 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100110_AYMERIC I must admit, the mere thought of it does much to dispel my misgivings. Go, then─carry out your plan. I shall do what I can for you within the Holy See.
30 26 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200010_THORDAN Such commotion...
31 27 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200020_ZEPHIRIN Yes, Your Eminence. The bells of the Observatorium warn of our enemy's approach...
32 28 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200030_THORDAN So...the dragons are coming.
33 29 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200040_THORDAN Let them come─in their hundreds and their thousands. With the divine blade in our hands, we shall rend their flesh and drown the heretics in their masters' blood. Even Nidhogg and his foul brood shall be powerless to resist us.
34 30 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200050_THORDAN And when we have rid the world of their pestilence, we shall turn our attention to our Ascian allies─see that they are suitably rewarded for their invaluable assistance.
35 31 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200060_ZEPHIRIN If I may, Your Eminence. The Paragons wield powers strange and unknowable. Can we be certain that they will not see through our deception?
36 32 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200070_THORDAN We can be certain of naught save the righteousness of our cause. If you would be a true leader of men, you must possess conviction as well as caution.
37 33 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200080_THORDAN We seek to excise the root of an evil that has blighted us for a thousand years. The risk is worth the reward.
38 34 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200090_ZEPHIRIN And what of Estinien and this Warrior of Light? They have plans of their own...
39 35 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200100_THORDAN Leave them to their purpose. We must each play the role we have been given...you and your chosen brothers most of all.
40 36 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200110_ZEPHIRIN For the glory of King Thordan...
41 37 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300010_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Ah, I should have known it would be you...
42 38 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300020_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Word reached me of a struggle with a small but well-armed band of trespassers. Forgive my comrades their hostility─few come here uninvited, and fewer still with good intent.
43 39 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300030_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Now, tell me why you are here.
44 40 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q1_000_1 What will you say to Lady Iceheart?
45 41 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_1 We wish to stop Nidhogg's attack on Ishgard.
46 42 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_2 We wished to speak with you.
47 43 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_3 It's a long story...
48 44 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300040_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)So, you seek to stem the Dravanian tide with talk? A romantic notion.
49 45 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300050_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)If you but knew the truth─the spark which lit the flames of this animosity─you would understand the futility of your quest.
50 46 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300060_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Shall I relate it to you? The sordid history my gift has shown me? That which the Holy See has taken such pains to suppress?
51 47 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400010_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)'Twas more than a millennium past when an Elezen tribe first sought to claim the lands of Coerthas as its home.
52 48 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400020_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Unfortunately for them, Coerthas was already home to dragonkind, and they were not inclined to make way for the invaders. Thus did a bloody war begin─a war which might well have rumbled on until one or the other side was exterminated, had it not been for the resolve of a single woman. That woman's name was “Shiva.”
53 49 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400030_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)While those around her fought and died, she attempted to parley with the dragons, and in so doing discovered them to be possessed of profound intelligence and reason. The great wyrm Hraesvelgr in particular so enchanted Shiva that she found herself growing to love the creature, whom her people considered a monster.
54 50 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400040_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)In the eyes of a near-immortal dragon, however, the fleeting life of an Elezen is as that of a freshly cut rose─scarce has the flower bloomed before it begins to fade and wither.
55 51 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400050_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Such melancholy musings plagued Hraesvelgr, who had found in Shiva an unexpected and beloved soulmate. He knew that all too soon, death would snatch her away from him.
56 52 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400060_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Unable to bear the thought of their separation, the maid bid the wyrm consume her, that their spirits might be entwined for eternity.
57 53 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400070_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)...Though loath to perform the deed, Hraesvelgr ultimately gave in to her plea, and soon thereafter, the tale of their ill-fated love spread throughout the two warring factions. No more could they raise blade or claw against one another, knowing that the souls of their kin were so inextricably bound.
58 54 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400080_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)In the days that followed, man and dragon learned to live in harmony, and together built a nation unlike any the world had ever known. For two hundred years did this blissful age of peace continue, as it would to this day, had vilest envy not stirred in the hearts of the Elezen.
59 55 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_400090_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)It is said that wyrms owe their longevity to the boundless reserves of vitality found within their eyes─and 'twas in this belief that a traitorous band of knights deceived their allies of some two centuries, and took by force that which they coveted...
60 56 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500010_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Nidhogg─he who now stands poised to unleash his wyrmlings upon Ishgard─was the great dragon who lost an eye to Elezen treachery.
61 57 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500020_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)And until he prises it from the hands of the traitors' progeny, no amount of conciliatory words will stay his fury.
62 58 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500030_ESTINIEN You are wrong, Lady Iceheart.
63 59 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500040_ESTINIEN Lest you misunderstand, I do not doubt your vision of the past─'tis true that Nidhogg greatly desired to reclaim the Eye.
64 60 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500050_ESTINIEN Indeed, it was for that very reason that I kept it with me as I roamed the land, attempting to draw him away from the city.
65 61 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500060_ALPHINAUD Good gods...
66 62 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500070_ESTINIEN Until recently, Nidhogg seemed unable to resist its allure, and pursued me relentlessly. Needless to say, that is no longer the case. Now, it would seem he has fixed his attention on Ishgard itself, though he knows full well the Eye does not reside there.
67 63 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500080_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)You believe he targets the capital for another reason...?
68 64 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500090_ESTINIEN I believe reason has all but left him. Through the Eye, I feel much of what Nidhogg feels, and the dragon's thirst for vengeance will not be quenched by aught less than a sea of blood.
69 65 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500100_ALPHINAUD If Nidhogg is indeed lost to reason, might we not seek an audience with Hraesvelgr instead?
70 66 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500110_ALPHINAUD He has thus far shown no inclination to aid in the invasion of Ishgard, and may yet welcome our efforts to broker a peace.
71 67 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500120_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)You <Emphasis>still</Emphasis> believe that a peaceable solution can be found? Very well. I will take you to him.
72 68 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500130_ICEHEART (-Iceheart-)Our road will lead us to Dravania, the homeland of dragonkind. There we shall ascend unto the clouds, where Hraesvelgr resides...
73 69 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600010_ALPHINAUD Is aught amiss, my friend?
74 70 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600020_ALPHINAUD I sense the many battles are beginning to take their toll. Rest awhile. And should you lose sight of us─Dravania lies beyond the mountains to the west.
75 71 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600030_MIDGARDSORMR Curious... The vestiges of thy mistress's blessing are not as faint as once they were...
76 72 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600040_MIDGARDSORMR Thy will to succeed grants thee unusual fortitude. But will it be enough...?
77 73 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700010_EDMONT Beyond Abalathia's Spine─the great mountain range that spans the continent of Aldenard from east to west...
78 74 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700020_EDMONT Into the deepening shadows of Sohm Al, where lies the ancient home of dragonkind...
79 75 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700030_EDMONT To a land where the soil slithers, and the skies seethe with sinuous shapes, they came.
80 76 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800010_ICEHEART Vidofnir!
81 77 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800020_VIDOFNIR Ah, 'tis thee, Little One. From above, I did mistake thee for a Gnath. 'Tis well I chanced to look again, or thou wouldst now be ash.
82 78 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800030_ICEHEART Dear Vidofnir...how I have missed you. Would that I had come sooner...and not out of dire necessity.
83 79 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800040_VIDOFNIR Thou art troubled. Speak, that I might know thy plight.
84 80 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800050_VIDOFNIR Thou wouldst have Father admonish his brood-brother?
85 81 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800060_ICEHEART I would end this war without further bloodshed.
86 82 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800070_VIDOFNIR How am I to believe thee, Little One...when thine own companion beareth Nidhogg's stolen eye!?
87 83 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800080_ESTINIEN Have care, dragon...or I shall gouge out one of yours.
88 84 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800090_ICEHEART You forget yourself, ser! We are here on a mission of peace!
89 85 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800100_VIDOFNIR My sire's will forbiddeth me from inviting discord to our home... 'Tis for this reason, and no other, that thou still drawest breath, knight.
90 86 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800110_ICEHEART Vidofnir, please─we must be allowed to convey our intentions to Hraesvelgr in person, with words of our own choosing.
91 87 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800120_ICEHEART Grant us this favor, and open the way to Sohm Al!
92 88 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800130_VIDOFNIR Thou hast ever been welcome, Little One.
93 89 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800140_VIDOFNIR ...But I cannot grant thy wish. I am bound to remain here, and protect my kin from the Gnath's god.
94 90 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800150_ICEHEART The Gnath have summoned a primal!?
95 91 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800160_ALPHINAUD Pray excuse my forwardness, but if we were to eliminate the threat to your territory, would you consent to Lady Ysayle's request?
96 92 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800170_VIDOFNIR Ha! Dost thou imagine thyself equal to the task─to succeed where dragons have failed?
97 93 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800180_VIDOFNIR 'Tis beyond thee, mortal. But thou art welcome to try, nonetheless. Only know that idle promises shall avail thee naught!
98 94 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800190_ICEHEART It would seem we have no choice but to make good on Alphinaud's offer. Why must our every bid for peace breed yet more war?
99 95 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810010_ICEHEART Now we have but to wait...
100 96 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810020_GNATHPRIEST O Lord Ravana! Master of the Sacred Blades! Wrath of the Colony! Conqueror of the World! Hear our prayer!
101 97 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810030_GNATHPRIEST Pray grant unto Your devoted children the gift of Your divine presence!
102 98 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810040_ICEHEART He comes!
103 99 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810050_RAVANA All strength to the colony. Speak and I shall listen!
104 100 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810060_GNATHPRIEST O Glorious General! We have captured intruders, and would make unto You an offering of their life's blood...
105 101 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810070_RAVANA These feeble fleshlings dared to invade Gnath lands?
106 102 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810080_ICEHEART Hear me, Lord Ravana! My companion and I did not come to contest your children's territory.
107 103 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810090_ICEHEART We wished only to learn the reason you wage war against the dragons.
108 104 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810100_RAVANA Thou wouldst flirt with death merely to satisfy thy curiosity? Wherefore should the glorious conquests of the Gnath concern thee so, Elezen?
109 105 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810110_RAVANA ...Ahhh, mayhap thine own kind's struggle against the wyrms fareth poorly, and thou art desirous of a pact.
110 106 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810120_ICEHEART We crave no alliance, Lord Ravana─only peace. We would bring an end to our war with the dragons. Yet so long as they remain embroiled in this conflict with your children, our goal shall remain out of reach.
111 107 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810130_ICEHEART Never before have the Gnath risen up in such numbers, and never yet with you at their head. Why do you lead them to war?
112 108 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810140_RAVANA Thy question hath no meaning. To live is but to fight.
113 109 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810150_RAVANA Long have my children waited, gathering their strength in the shadow of thy ceaseless conflict.
114 110 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810160_RAVANA The Gnath would see the Dravanians slain, and their territory secured─and by such fervent prayers am I now given form and purpose.
115 111 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810170_ICEHEART As I feared, your very existence is an obstacle to our goal. Since you are so fond of fighting, we challenge you, Lord of the Gnath!
116 112 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810180_ICEHEART And should we emerge the victors, I would have you swear to withdraw your soldiers from Dravanian soil!
117 113 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810190_RAVANA Gahahaha! Thou art bold indeed to risk thy fleshy hide so readily!
118 114 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810200_RAVANA Very well. I, Ravana, fourfold master of the blade, do accept thy challenge!
119 115 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810210_RAVANA But should <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> emerge the victor, I would have thee swear to serve in mine army till thy last breath is spent! Do you accept!?
120 116 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810220_ICEHEART I do! And I believe the first bout is mine!
121 117 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810230_RAVANA What is this!? A god clad in flesh!?
122 118 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810240_ICEHEART Is aught amiss, my lord? Thou wilt not break thy word, I trust.
123 119 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810250_RAVANA Mine oath is unbending as steel, little goddess! Thy ruse will but add to mine enjoyment!
124 120 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810260_ICEHEART I thought myself...stronger... Mayhap with more crystals...?
125 121 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810270_RAVANA Be thou god or maid, thou art nothing to me! ...And what of thee, mortal? Art thou warrior or craven?
126 122 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810280_RAVANA A warrior, then! Good! Mayhap thou wilt provide more sport than thy feeble companion!
127 123 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820010_RAVANA Thus doth the sacred rite of combat proclaim the victor... I lay my blades at thy feet, child of man...
128 124 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820020_ICEHEART You do not disappoint, Warrior of Light. Would that I had your skill in battle. ...I do begin to see why so many place their faith in you.
129 125 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820030_ICEHEART For all his savagery, I do not think Ravana one to break his word. Provided the dragons do not trespass upon Gnath lands, they should have little to fear of the primal's biting blades. We have done well, have we not? Come, let us return to Vidofnir and share these glad tidings.
130 126 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820040_IGEYOHRM <Color(-3917469)>Once more you achieve the impossible, Bringer of Light... But with every mortal heart that succumbs to fear and fury, another voice is joined to the chorus beseeching divine succor.</Color>
131 127 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820050_IGEYOHRM <Color(-3917469)>At their bidding, warring gods will shake the firmament, and your world will be consumed in the swelling storm of chaos...</Color>
132 128 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900010_EDMONT To the peak of Sohm Al, at the end of a perilous mountain path...
133 129 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900020_EDMONT Whence could be seen a string of pearl-like islands, floating impossibly atop a sea of clouds.
134 130 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900030_EDMONT To a domain where dragons and men had once lived in harmony, whose majesty no mortal eye had glimpsed for nigh on a thousand years, they came.
135 131 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00010_HRAESVELGR Mortals... Why do you disturb my solitude?
136 132 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00020_ALPHINAUD Hraesvelgr...
137 133 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00030_HRAESVELGR Thou speakest the name of a creature that but awaiteth the release of oblivion. Leave me...
138 134 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00031_ALPHINAUD By the Twelve... Mine ears hear the tongue of dragons, yet the meaning rings clear within my mind... How can that be...?
139 135 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00040_ICEHEART Hraesvelgr...do you not remember me? 'Twas I whom you found in Dravania─I who glimpsed the truth.
140 136 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00050_ICEHEART The truth about your past, about Shiva─
141 137 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00060_HRAESVELGR Do not speak her name, mortal!
142 138 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00070_ICEHEART But speak it I must! I have summoned Shiva's soul from the beyond, and offered myself as her vessel! She has made her heart known to me!
143 139 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00080_HRAESVELGR Foolish girl. Thinkest thou my beloved's spirit hath descended from the heavens!?
144 140 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00090_HRAESVELGR That the secrets of her heart are thine to know!?
145 141 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00100_ICEHEART I have surrendered mine to her! Do you not see, my love? I am Shiva reborn!
146 142 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00110_HRAESVELGR Gullible fool... The Light but illuminated the past for thee, it did not grant thee omniscience.
147 143 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00120_HRAESVELGR The spirit thou hast summoned belongeth not to Shiva─'tis but a shade conjured by thine own fancy.
148 144 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00130_HRAESVELGR In an age long past, mine own kin were guilty of like folly. Beguiled by the dark ones' lies, they attempted to resurrect a king amongst wyrms─yet the divinity they called forth merely borrowed the semblance of my fallen brood-brother.
149 145 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00140_HRAESVELGR Such gods are not summoned, but created. Phantoms spun from the threads of misplaced faith.
150 146 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00150_ICEHEART Then the spirit that answered me...
151 147 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00160_HRAESVELGR ...Was but thy dream of Shiva. Thy soul hath been corrupted by a deity of thine own making, child.
152 148 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00170_ALPHINAUD Be that as it may, Lord Hraesvelgr, Ysayle's desire to heal the rift between man and dragon is real, and it has borne us this far.
153 149 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00180_ALPHINAUD We would spare both our kind and yours the ravages of this senseless war! Pray join your voice to ours in a call for peace and forgiveness!
154 150 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00190_HRAESVELGR The tale of thy kind is one of avarice, treachery, and death─and thou wouldst speak to me of peace?
155 151 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00200_HRAESVELGR Hark thee, mortal, to the naked truth...then tell me thou deservest forgiveness!
156 152 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00010_HRAESVELGR Twelve hundred years ago, my beloved Shiva's sacrifice served to bring an end to the war 'twixt man and dragon, paving the way for an age of peace and cooperation.
157 153 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00020_HRAESVELGR Two centuries of harmony were to follow, during which time the Elezen learned much about us, not least that the eyes of a great wyrm are the wellspring of his strength.
158 154 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00030_HRAESVELGR 'Twas out of the selfish desire to possess this strength that King Thordan then conspired to undo all that our peoples had achieved together.
159 155 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00040_HRAESVELGR With the aid of his leal knights, that most noble of Elezen lured my brood-sister Ratatoskr into an ambush, and took from her that which he craved.
160 156 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00050_HRAESVELGR Fain would I strike the image from my mind, yet still the scene doth linger─of my brood-sister's tattered corpse, defiled by her Elezen allies. They had torn out her eyes, and feasted upon them in the manner of wild beasts.
161 157 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00060_HRAESVELGR Yet that was not all, for from their bloody banquet, the fiends had gained strength beyond that of mortal men... Even now, I labor to comprehend the enormity of their betrayal.
162 158 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00070_HRAESVELGR Nidhogg was the first to learn of the atrocity, and he took to the skies, hungry for vengeance.
163 159 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00080_HRAESVELGR But though he slew Thordan and some few of his knights, their fellow butchers knew only too well where to aim their spears, and with now-practiced savagery, they set about my brood-brother, sending him flailing from the field...
164 160 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00090_HRAESVELGR Such is the truth the Holy See would keep hidden. Such was the beginning of the Dragonsong War.
165 161 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00100_HRAESVELGR 'Tis a song my kind shall ne'er forget, e'en should ten thousand years pass and Ishgard crumble into dust.
166 162 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00010_ESTINIEN Your tale bears scant resemblance to the one I was taught. How convenient that it should absolve your kind of all responsibility. But tell me, dragon: why should I believe your version of events?
167 163 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00020_HRAESVELGR What thou choosest to believe is immaterial. The betrayal that yet haunts mine every waking moment is no less than the truth to my kind.
168 164 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00030_HRAESVELGR And Nidhogg meaneth for Thordan's people to suffer for this sin till the end of days.
169 165 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00040_HRAESVELGR That which thou imaginest a war of extinction is but a punishment─a siege of the spirit. Hast thou not seen those who tire of the torment? Those who abandon their own and side with dragonkind?
170 166 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00050_ALPHINAUD Ishgard's so-called heretics...
171 167 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00060_HRAESVELGR Know that all the traitors' progeny bear a trace of Ratatoskr's essence. But a single sip of our blood is enough to awaken it...
172 168 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00070_ICEHEART Then...the seed lies within us...?
173 169 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00080_HRAESVELGR 'Tis for this reason that those who abandon their loyalties are rewarded with a drink. And thus are they transformed, to join the ranks of Nidhogg's ever-growing army as newborn dragons. One by one, through death or defection, my brood-brother shall account for all of the betrayers' children...
174 170 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00090_ALPHINAUD Ye gods... I have borne witness to such a transformation! Looked on as a heretic assumed the shape of a dragon... I imagined it some manner of Dravanian enchantment!
175 171 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00100_ALPHINAUD But if any Ishgardian, regardless of allegiance, has such potential within them... Twelve forgive us. To think of all the dragons we've slain...!
176 172 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00110_HRAESVELGR There will always be some, of course, who choose to fight until the bitter end─like thee, dragoon...
177 173 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00120_HRAESVELGR But struggle as thou might, thy youthful vigor will be spent ere thou reachest two score and ten. And Nidhogg shall remain to torment thine offspring.
178 174 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00130_ESTINIEN Oft have I wondered why Nidhogg did not simply raze Ishgard to the ground.
179 175 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00140_ESTINIEN Now I have my answer. He has no intention of winning the Dragonsong War, for it is no war at all, but vengeance─an eternal requiem sung for his murdered sister.
180 176 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00150_HRAESVELGR Thou hast the right of it, dragonslayer. Comprehendest thou now the futility of thy quest?
181 177 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00160_ICEHEART I have not come this far only to admit defeat. We can still return the Eye to Nidhogg, and beg forgiveness for our ancestors' crimes. Mayhap our words will sway him!
182 178 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00170_HRAESVELGR Stubborn child... Thou thinkest in mortal terms. Our perception of time is too broad for thee to grasp.
183 179 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00180_HRAESVELGR 'Tis a simple matter for thee to offer thine apologies─thou didst not perpetrate the crime. Despite thy visions, the deeds of history seem distant to thee.
184 180 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00190_HRAESVELGR For a wyrm such as Nidhogg, however, that history is yet part of his present, as fresh as the blood that did gush from Ratatoskr's wounds. How could he not be driven mad?
185 181 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00200_HRAESVELGR 'Tis only by the calming embrace of Shiva's soul that mine own fury hath not consumed me.
186 182 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00210_HRAESVELGR But let us speak no more of what is done. My faith in your kind is spent, and I would be alone.
187 183 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00010_ESTINIEN Well, what do you propose we do now? I, for one, am intent on continuing to the east...
188 184 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00020_ALPHINAUD What is there to be found in the east?
189 185 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00030_ESTINIEN Nidhogg's lair─the Aery─is said to lie in that direction. And the Eye tells me he is near...
190 186 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00040_ICEHEART You cannot still mean to slay him!?
191 187 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00050_ESTINIEN You cannot still mean to stop me. I have been true to my word, and aided you in this fool's errand with Hraesvelgr.
192 188 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00060_ESTINIEN But your efforts at parley have come to naught, Lady Iceheart. I would see Ishgard saved, and for that, Nidhogg must die.
193 189 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00070_ICEHEART With the tale of our ancestors' vile betrayal yet ringing in your ears, you speak of continuing this war?
194 190 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00080_ESTINIEN Nay, lady, I would but pierce its vengeful heart. When Nidhogg dies, this war shall die with him.
195 191 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00090_ALPHINAUD A moment, Estinien. You yourself spoke of the great wyrm's strength─that you believed him powerful enough to raze your city to the ground. How then are we few to challenge him?
196 192 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00100_ALPHINAUD Even behind the stout walls of Ishgard─with an army of knights manning the defenses─our victory would be hard-won. Yet you propose to contend with the beast in his own lair?
197 193 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00110_ESTINIEN In close combat, this will afford us an advantage. And if the tales are true, the Warrior of Light has bested many an invincible foe.
198 194 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00120_ESTINIEN In close combat, this will afford us an advantage. And with two Azure Dragoons working in unison, who can say what might be possible?
199 195 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00130_ESTINIEN But such speculation is meaningless if we cannot even find the wyrm. Our first task must be to seek out Nidhogg's lair.
200 196 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00140_ALPHINAUD The story of this nation grows bloodier by the moment. Must death always be answered with more of the same?
201 197 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00150_ESTINIEN Such is the way of things, I fear. I shall consider it a miracle if mine armor is not stained crimson ere this conflict is ended.
202 198 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00160_ICEHEART That I should be blinded by my own lies... Everything I believed... Everything I thought I was... Gone... All gone...
203 199 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00170_ESTINIEN Leave her. Your words will not reach her now. And we have not the time to wait for her to gather up the pieces of her shattered faith.
204 200 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00010_ALPHINAUD Is that it?
205 201 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00020_ESTINIEN Aye... That would be the Aery. I feel Nidhogg's presence through the Eye─his caustic hatred gnawing at my soul.
206 202 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00030_ESTINIEN 'Twould seem the death of his consort has put him on guard. Mark how he wards his lair with tempestuous winds.
207 203 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00040_ALPHINAUD A similar barrier once barred our entrance to the primal Garuda's domain...until we discovered the means by which it could be penetrated.
208 204 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00050_ALPHINAUD Mayhap it is time we called upon Master Garlond. 'Twill be just like the good old days, no?
209 205 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00010_WEDGE Feast your eyes upon our latest and greatest feat of engineering! We call it a “manacutter”!
210 206 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00020_BIGGS After you put down Gaius, Wedge and me struck out on our own for a bit, and started work on the successor to the <Emphasis>Tiny Bronco</Emphasis>.
211 207 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00030_CID Impressive little thing, isn't she? My talent for ship design has plainly rubbed off on them.
212 208 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00040_CID They've adapted the principles of corrupted crystal technology, and constructed a mechanism which converts aether from its surroundings into elemental wind. Said wind is then harnessed by the specially engineered sails, providing the craft with propulsion and lift. All in all, a most elegant solution...
213 209 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00050_CID ...I'm actually a little upset that I didn't think of it myself.
214 210 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00060_WEDGE The design does, however, come with one small flaw...
215 211 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00070_BIGGS The energy conversion ratio's bloody awful. To generate enough power to get you off the ground, you need to be in an area awash with predominantly wind-aspected aether.
216 212 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00080_WEDGE In other words, there are a few places you can fly...and lots of places you can't.
217 213 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00090_CID The new Ishgardian airship hasn't left the boys much time for tinkering─meaning it may be a while before this particular project takes off, if you'll forgive the pun.
218 214 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00100_TATARU Hah...hah...hah...
219 215 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00110_WEDGE Tataru, what's happened!?
220 216 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00120_TATARU I've been looking all over for you! There's been word from Ul'dah! It's about Her Grace, the sultana!
221 217 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00130_CID It seems you're required elsewhere. Leave the manacutter with us. We'll see that she's airworthy and suitably equipped to slice through those winds.
222 218 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00140_CID You, meanwhile, should concentrate on providing Raubahn and the sultana whatever help they need!
223 219 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00010_RAUBAHN Thank you for coming.
224 220 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00020_ALPHINAUD No thanks are necessary, General. I trust your recuperation continues apace?
225 221 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00030_RAUBAHN I cannot complain. Thanks to Higiri and her ministrations, I've regained much of the strength I lost during my imprisonment.
226 222 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00040_ALPHINAUD I gather you have made progress in the search for Her Grace.
227 223 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00050_RAUBAHN Aye, some good fortune at last. A few days past, Dewlala informed us that a sizable shipment of alchemical supplies had been delivered to the palace.
228 224 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00060_PIPPIN With Papashan's assistance, I set out to ascertain the source and nature of the shipment. My inquiries led me to Frondale's Phrontistery.
229 225 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00070_PIPPIN There I learned that an order had been placed for a curious substance designed to sustain patients trapped in deathlike slumber─an invention of the former head alchemist, apparently.
230 226 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00080_ALPHINAUD A deathlike slumber...? This cannot be a coincidence!
231 227 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00090_RAUBAHN It lends some weight to Dewlala's claims, aye. Her Grace is likely somewhere within the palace─abed but alive.
232 228 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00100_YUGIRI Before making any attempt to extricate the sultana, however, it seemed prudent to learn what manner of substance was used to induce her torpor. To that end, I made inquiries as to the whereabouts of the one most like to have administered it─the lady-in-waiting, Meriel.
233 229 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00110_YUGIRI We sent for you as soon as we learned of her location. All that remains is to apprehend the woman.
234 230 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00120_RAUBAHN We shall find our cat's-paw in the Silver Bazaar.
235 231 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00130_RAUBAHN But we must tread carefully. The market is not the bustling place it once was, and someone is sure to mark our coming. Should they inform the Monetarists, we'll have a fight on our hands.
236 232 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00140_RAUBAHN We must be prepared for the worst─and being short an arm, I thought it wise to take another in its stead. What say you, Warrior of Light? Will you lend me yours?
237 233 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00150_RAUBAHN Then I pity the bastard that stands in our way. Come, my friends! For Nanamo...and for Ul'dah!
238 234 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00010_ALPHINAUD You are Meriel, the sultana's former lady-in-waiting?
239 235 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00020_LADYINWAITING2 I know no one of that name! Pray excuse me...
240 236 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00030_LADYINWAITING2 General Aldynn!?
241 237 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00040_RAUBAHN We will have the truth from you, girl...
242 238 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00050_LOLORITO Mayhap 'twould be better coming from me.
243 239 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00060_RAUBAHN Lolorito... You'd best talk fast.
244 240 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00070_LOLORITO As you know, Teledji Adeledji's Carteneau Reclamation Bill was no more than a facade─a means to get his grubby little hands on that Allagan monstrosity, Omega.
245 241 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00080_LOLORITO When he learned of Nanamo's intention to abdicate, however, he was forced to amend his plans. Suddenly, assassination seemed the most promising way to further his ambitions.
246 242 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00090_LOLORITO I am told Teledji had discovered a maid in whose veins ran the blood of House Thorne─a new, more pliable puppet to sit the throne. 'Twould have caused an uproar, of course, but few could have contested her claim.
247 243 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00100_LOLORITO 'Twas plain that Teledji's wild machinations had outgrown our ability to control them. So I decided to usurp his scheme, and left the fool to seal his own demise.
248 244 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00110_RAUBAHN And what of Nanamo?
249 245 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00120_LOLORITO Oh, I have no desire to harm Her Grace─'twould profit me little to destabilize our government. Thus did I employ young Meriel here to administer a potent sleeping potion in place of a poison.
250 246 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00130_LOLORITO You should know, General, that your dear friend Ilberd was fully aware of my plan.
251 247 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00140_LOLORITO I had him lie about the assassination as a means to prime your rage against Teledji. We weren't entirely sure how you would react, but things went rather better than expected.
252 248 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00150_RAUBAHN You conniving little worm... You had your claws in the Crystal Braves before their first recruit had sworn to serve!
253 249 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00160_LOLORITO But of course. When a new game begins, 'tis only prudent to have a piece on the board. Ilberd was mine.
254 250 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00170_LOLORITO Truth be told, a significant proportion of the Braves' initial endowment was also mine. With such large sums moving about, 'twas a rather trifling matter to disguise my own contribution.
255 251 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00180_LOLORITO Ah, Ilberd... I secured his services with a promise to support his cause once my authority had been solidified. I swear, the man thinks of naught but prising Ala Mhigo from the grasp of the Empire.
256 252 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00190_LOLORITO Unlike you, General, the poor fellow seems quite unable to forsake the land of his forefathers. Mayhap that's why he called you a traitor to your people and a disgrace to your homeland...amongst other things. What was it he always compared you to? Oh, yes! “An overgrown lapdog, begging for scraps at the sultana's table!” Oh, how we laughed...
257 253 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00200_LOLORITO Alas, Ilberd's entertaining little outbursts eventually gave way to wearisome tirades, and the zealous brute became rather unruly. I had no wish to see you executed, you understand, but he would not take no for an answer. Rest assured, his employment with me has long since ended.
258 254 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00210_LOLORITO ...Which brings us neatly to the present. What say you, General? Both you and the sultana are alive; we have one corpse and one fugitive; and preparations have been made to restore your good name. Shall we cry quits and start again with a blank ledger? Hm?
259 255 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00220_RAUBAHN The hells we will! Do you honestly expect me to forgive and forget? After all you've done!? You're guilty of high treason!
260 256 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00230_DEWLALA Stay your blade, Master Aldynn! You yourself are not innocent! Or have you forgotten your <Emphasis>own</Emphasis> crime in executing Teledji Adeledji without trial!?
261 257 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00240_DEWLALA Though you acted out of loyalty to the sultana, such deeds are in violation of both the word and spirit of the law!
262 258 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00250_DEWLALA ...If you would, Lord Lolorito?
263 259 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00260_LOLORITO This potion will wake the sultana from her slumber. Consider it a gesture of conciliation.
264 260 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00270_LOLORITO You will find Her Grace resting comfortably within her private chambers. Should you doubt my word, I shall willingly accompany you to the palace as your hostage.
265 261 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00280_RAUBAHN I like not your motives, Lolorito...but you saved the sultana's life, and for that you have my gratitude.
266 262 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00290_DEWLALA Raubahn Aldynn, you are hereby reinstated as general of the Immortal Flames! The citizens of Ul'dah shall once more be united under Nanamo Ul Namo, and together we shall usher in a new age of prosperity!
267 263 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00010_NANAMO Ugh...
268 264 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00020_NANAMO I was having the longest dream...
269 265 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00030_RAUBAHN 'Tis time to wake up, Your Grace. Another day begins in Thanalan, and the sun blazes bright upon the sands.
270 266 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00010_RAUBAHN Her Grace is awoken. The palace physician assures me she is none the worse for her slumber.
271 267 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00020_RAUBAHN I believe Her Grace will soon resume her plans to place the government of Ul'dah into the hands of its citizens.
272 268 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00030_RAUBAHN Whatever path she chooses to take, I shall walk it with her. And we shall tread slowly, lest the nation be unsettled in our wake.
273 269 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00040_LOLORITO Her Grace's compassion is a shining beacon to us all...but what our city truly thrives upon is competition.
274 270 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00050_LOLORITO 'Tis in the struggle against our rivals that opportunities are seized and fortunes made. And with the Empire on the offensive once more, now would hardly seem the time to turn our system of government upon its head.
275 271 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00060_ALPHINAUD Are you privy to new intelligence, my lord?
276 272 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00070_LOLORITO I would hardly call it new. Remind me: what was the name of that enormous imperial warship which met its end in Mor Dhona? Wait, I have it! The <Emphasis>Agrius</Emphasis>. Yes, well, 'twould appear that the Garleans have been hard at work on another such vessel.
277 273 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00080_PIPPIN How close are they to completing this ship!? Is it operational!?
278 274 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00090_LOLORITO Its maiden flight was a success, I hear. I should imagine Emperor Varis is eager to see how it performs in battle.
279 275 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00100_LOLORITO <If(PlayerParameter(4))>My lords and ladies<Else/>My lords...and lady</If>, I move that it is time to repair the damage caused by Teledji Adeledji, and prepare our great nation to repel the Empire once more.
280 276 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00010_ALPHINAUD 'Tis well that the sultana has awoken. The Syndicate yet needs to put its house in order, but 'twould seem the worst of the confusion has passed.
281 277 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00020_ALPHINAUD Ul'dah has taken control of its future...and I must do the same.
282 278 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00030_ALPHINAUD I have decided to disband the Crystal Braves.
283 279 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00040_ALPHINAUD Among the recruits, there were those who supported our order's goals and convictions with all sincerity. 'Tis my hope that these loyal men and women will choose to remain our allies in the battles to come.
284 280 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00050_ALPHINAUD As for those who sided with the traitor, Ilberd, they shall be hunted down and held to account for their crimes. It is my earnest hope that they will surrender themselves peaceably when the time comes...though I think it unlikely.
285 281 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00060_ALPHINAUD Ah, my all-conquering Crystal Braves... The model army meant to pave the way for a single, unified Grand Company of Eorzea. That so high an ideal should be brought so low...
286 282 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00070_ALPHINAUD I need not tell you how deeply the betrayal stung me. Yet I see now that it was mine own naivety and pride which allowed the Braves to fall prey to corruption.
287 283 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00080_ALPHINAUD As ever, it is to your own shining example that I turn for inspiration. Like you, I mean to stand firm in the face of hardship, and give mine all for the cause.
288 284 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00090_ALPHINAUD Let us resume the search for our missing comrades, that we might come together to shine the light of dawn across the realm once more.
289 285 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00100_ALPHINAUD The role of Crystal Brave commander suited me ill, and I shall play it no longer. Henceforth, I shall be no more or less than Alphinaud, proud member of the Scions.
290 286 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00010_ESTINIEN All stands ready, Lord Commander.
291 287 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00020_AYMERIC Ah, the moment has come, then?
292 288 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00030_ALPHINAUD Pray excuse my lateness. I paid a brief visit to the workshop to inquire about the manacutters. The engineers assure me that they are ready.
293 289 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00040_ESTINIEN The Aery is now but a short flight away. Yet what a long and winding path we took to reach this point.
294 290 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00050_ESTINIEN Were it not for Master Alphinaud's proposal, we never would have attempted to parley with the dragons.
295 291 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00060_ESTINIEN Though our negotiations yielded little, our expedition with Lady Iceheart taught us much.
296 292 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00070_AYMERIC You took an unimaginable risk... I could scarce believe the tale Estinien told.
297 293 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00080_ESTINIEN Aye, 'tis true that many of our countrymen would sooner die than join hands with the heretics' mistress, but 'twas through that most unlikely of alliances that we came to speak with Hraesvelgr.
298 294 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00090_ALPHINAUD A conversation that went rather poorly, as I recall.
299 295 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00100_ESTINIEN In this instance, the journey was more important than the destination. Had we not slain Nidhogg's consort, Tioman, and put the great wyrm on his guard, the Dravanians would have arrived at Ishgard's walls long ago.
300 296 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00110_AYMERIC Aye, that they would. Full grateful am I for every hour of respite your actions have afforded us. Thanks to you, our defenses are much improved. 'Tis but a pity they won't be enough.
301 297 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00120_ALPHINAUD Thus you believe an assault upon the Aery represents the city's best chance of survival. Is that not so, Estinien?
302 298 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00130_ESTINIEN I am under no illusions. Nidhogg's might is legendary. But with his eye in my possession, I can stifle his strength at the source.
303 299 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00140_ESTINIEN Victory will be hard-won, even so, and I shall be glad indeed to have the Warrior of Light at my side.
304 300 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00150_AYMERIC You shall have my blade as well. There are more of these “manacutters” to be had, yes?
305 301 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00160_LUCIA (-Lucia-)Lord Commander, no!
306 302 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00170_AYMERIC How can I, a proud knight of Ishgard, stand by and do naught while an outsider risks life and limb for our homeland? I swore an oath to protect this city!
307 303 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00180_ESTINIEN Pray leave the slaying of dragons to dragoons, ser knight. Your duty to command the city's defense is no less vital.
308 304 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00190_ESTINIEN Should we fail, and Nidhogg slip through our grasp, who, then, will hold the walls against him? Will you leave Ishgard in the hands of the Holy See's zealots?
309 305 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00200_AYMERIC There are others─
310 306 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00210_ESTINIEN Who but you has the authority and the standing to orchestrate a citywide defense? I do not, and neither does the Warrior of Light. That is why it is our place to fight, and yours to remain here, Lord Commander.
311 307 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00220_ESTINIEN What, you too, Master Alphinaud? By the Fury... You have shown some promise, but this adversary is far beyond your skills.
312 308 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00230_ALPHINAUD Your candor is appreciated, ser dragoon. I shall remain, then, and cheer you from afar.
313 309 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00240_ESTINIEN Well, my friend, 'twould seem I have discouraged the last of the volunteers, and claimed the task as ours alone. But if any alive can best this wyrm, 'tis surely we two!
314 310 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00010_ESTINIEN We're through!
315 311 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00020_ESTINIEN So, this is the Aery! Where are you Nidhogg!? You have guests!
316 312 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00030_ESTINIEN There!
317 313 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00040_ESTINIEN Greetings, Lord of Dravania! I believe we have something that belongs to you!
318 314 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00050_NIDHOGG Wicked mortals! I shall melt your flesh, and turn your bones to ash!
319 315 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00010_NIDHOGG Thou wouldst use mine own eye against me!? Time hath done naught to dilute thy kind's depravity!
320 316 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00020_NIDHOGG I have not forgotten thee, dragoon! Mine essence claimed thee once...and shall do so again!
321 317 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00030_ESTINIEN No, wyrm! This ends here!
322 318 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00040_ESTINIEN You gifted my people a thousand years of suffering. Now I gift you an eternity in darkness!
323 319 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00010_SYLVETREL They are ours, Lord Haldrath... The eyes of Nidhogg!
324 320 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00020_HALDRATH Aye... The wyrm lies broken and my father is avenged. With the wellspring of his vitality thus denied him, Nidhogg shall not linger long in this world.
325 321 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00030_HALDRATH But behold the terrible price we have paid. My sire is dead; so many brother knights slain.
326 322 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00040_HALDRATH We traded our honor for the strength which now courses in our veins. And still we are forced to make such sacrifice.
327 323 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00050_SYLVETREL But not in vain, my lord. Hraesvelgr is the only great wyrm left in Dravania, and he dares not leave his lair.
328 324 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00060_SYLVETREL With Nidhogg's eyes in your possession, who now can challenge the might of Ishgard? Ascend the throne, and take your rightful place as the ruler of our people!
329 325 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00070_HALDRATH Nay, my friend, I must forsake the mantle of king. Though Nidhogg be defeated, his wyrmling horde yet darkens the skies with wings beyond counting.
330 326 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00080_HALDRATH As one who partook of Ratatoskr's strength, it shall be my penance to bear a knight's arms until death grants me leave to retire. When that day comes, no prince shall perish, but a hells-bound hunter of dragons...
331 327 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00090_SYLVETREL But Lord Haldrath! What then shall become of the royal line!?
332 328 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00100_FLAVIEN Think of your people, my lord! Without a king, who will the common man turn to in his hour of need? How will he find his way without your benevolent hand to guide him?
333 329 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00110_HALDRATH I thank you, Ser Flavien and Ser Sylvetrel─for dispelling my remaining doubts. With men of such wisdom and compassion in service to the realm, 'tis plain that Ishgard has no need of a king.
334 330 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00120_HALDRATH But if you must bow to the demands of tradition, you need look no further than yourselves for one worthy to wear the crown.
335 331 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00130_HALDRATH Fare thee well, my brother knights...my loyal friends. On these shoulders shall I bear the weight of my father's sins; with this lance shall I repay the debt accrued through our misdeeds.
336 332 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00140_SYLVETREL What cruel jest has fate played upon us...? Have we seized this desperate victory only to lose a king?
337 333 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00150_FLAVIEN We can but act as our lord has bid. We few who remain must divide between us the rulership of Ishgard and her people.
338 334 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00160_BRAWNYKNIGHT Not I. My oath was to Lord Haldrath, and he alone. If he is not to be king, then I would hang up my shield, as well.
339 335 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00170_SYLVETREL Will you abandon us, too, ser?
340 336 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00180_BRAWNYKNIGHT I would wash my hands of blood and betrayal and take up an honest trade. Mayhap I shall serve ale instead of sharpened steel...
341 337 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00190_FLAVIEN We four, then...
342 338 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00200_SYLVETREL Fortemps, Haillenarte, Durendaire, and Dzemael...
343 339 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00210_SYLVETREL But four houses to rule all of Ishgard...
344 340 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00220_FLAVIEN ...And what of the throne?
345 341 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00230_SYLVETREL We keep it empty. Until the day a king rises once more, we must assume the role of stewards.
346 342 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00240_SYLVETREL We shall shape our nation anew with a history of our own making─and let the truth of this dark day die here, upon the battlefield.
347 343 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00010_ESTINIEN What ails you, friend!? Are you wounded?
348 344 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00020_ESTINIEN You have borne witness to history...to the culmination of the first battle with Nidhogg.
349 345 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00030_ESTINIEN The legend of Ishgard's founding tells that our ancestors were led to the land of Coerthas by the valiant King Thordan.
350 346 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00040_ESTINIEN In the midst of their journey, they came to a wide chasm, where they were set upon by a great wyrm─Nidhogg. A furious battle then ensued, with Thordan leading the van.
351 347 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00050_ESTINIEN Though the brave king was slain defending his people, his son, Haldrath, the first Azure Dragoon, fought on undaunted...
352 348 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00060_ESTINIEN And with a mighty thrust of his lance, he gouged out Nidhogg's eye, forcing the wicked creature into retreat.
353 349 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00070_ESTINIEN Thus did this eldritch orb become a sacred treasure of Ishgard, lending its power to every knight deemed worthy to bear the title of Azure Dragoon.
354 350 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00080_ESTINIEN A rousing tale, is it not? Would that I could still believe it. But your vision, which we must accept as immutable truth, leaves no room for doubt─save on one point.
355 351 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00090_ESTINIEN If Haldrath took both of Nidhogg's eyes, then how came this eye to be lodged in the wyrm's skull?
356 352 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00100_ESTINIEN Beneath every answer we unearth, another question lies buried...
357 353 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00010_ESTINIEN 'Twas a fierce battle, but one I knew we would win. Your fame is well deserved, Warrior of Light. Full proud am I to have fought at your side.
358 354 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00020_ESTINIEN I would fain return with all swiftness to Ishgard to inform the lord commander of our triumph...
359 355 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00030_ESTINIEN But we must first have words with Hraesvelgr. There are parts of this tale that the wyrm has kept from us, and I would know wherefore...
360 356 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00010_HRAESVELGR Impenitent mortals, ever seeking to bury old wrongs under new.
361 357 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00020_HRAESVELGR I did sense the moment of Nidhogg's demise...
362 358 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00030_ESTINIEN You mean the moment I prised your eye from his head?
363 359 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00040_HRAESVELGR 'Twould seem thou hast uncovered my secret. Aye. Unto the blinded Nidhogg did I yield one half of my strength...
364 360 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00010_HRAESVELGR Nidhogg... What hath befallen thee?
365 361 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00020_NIDHOGG We are undone by covetous mortals. They did take Ratatoskr's eyes...and glut their appetites upon her essence...
366 362 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00030_HRAESVELGR She is slain, then? What madness hath unmade our peaceful accord!?
367 363 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00040_NIDHOGG Did I not warn thee, brood-brother? They have ever been untrustworthy creatures, these short-lived Elezen.
368 364 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00050_NIDHOGG But thou wert enchanted by thy mortal maid. Thy folly hath cost Ratatoskr her life, and me mine eyes...
369 365 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00060_HRAESVELGR Oh, my beloved Shiva... How swiftly are thy kin made bestial by their appetites.
370 366 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00070_NIDHOGG Hraesvelgr. 'Twas thy blindness that did invite disaster into our lands. Surrender thee an eye to me, and let that be thy penance.
371 367 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00080_HRAESVELGR Nidhogg...
372 368 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00090_NIDHOGG They bested me once, but I was reckless. I shall need but a single eye to inflict enduring torment upon these traitors and every child of their line!
373 369 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00100_NIDHOGG Yield to me thy strength, brood-brother!
374 370 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00110_NIDHOGG My vengeance is begun!
375 371 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00010_HRAESVELGR Thou hast borne witness to a scene from my past.
376 372 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00020_ICEHEART It was yours... Your strength that sustained Nidhogg all these years...
377 373 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00030_ESTINIEN Would that Haldrath had dealt the wyrm a killing blow...
378 374 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00040_HRAESVELGR When my brood-brother did appear before me, bloody and blinded, his life was all but spent. He demanded half my vigor, that he might exact his revenge upon the mortals who had wronged us.
379 375 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00050_ICEHEART And so you acquiesced! You surrendered your eye to Nidhogg knowing full well the suffering he would inflict!
380 376 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00060_HRAESVELGR The peace my beloved so dearly desired had been shattered by her own kin.
381 377 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00070_HRAESVELGR Their treachery claimed my brood-sister's life and my brood-brother's reason! Thinkest thou thy fits of indignation will move me to remorse!?
382 378 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00080_HRAESVELGR Go, mortals! Take your unruly passions and leave this place... Your presence here spelleth naught but misery.
383 379 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00090_HRAESVELGR Were it not for Shiva's soothing embrace, I would slay you where you stand. Woe betide you should the bond we share ever weaken!
384 380 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00010_ESTINIEN 'Twas my life's goal to slay Nidhogg, but I find there is little joy to be had in its accomplishment.
385 381 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00020_ICEHEART But you have rid the world of a hate-filled creature, and ended a bloody war in so doing...
386 382 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00030_ESTINIEN I lost my family to Nidhogg's flames. And 'twas with fury in my heart that I took up the lance. Every blow I struck, I struck in the name of vengeance. We were not so different, he and I.
387 383 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00040_ICEHEART I will not judge you for your deeds─I have not the right. Too many innocents have perished in the name of my “greater good.”
388 384 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00050_ESTINIEN Yet even with all that has passed, the tale is incomplete.
389 385 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00060_ESTINIEN We are short a great wyrm's eye. Of the pair which Haldrath took from Nidhogg, only one is known to us─the one I bear. What, then, became of the other?
390 386 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00070_ESTINIEN Why did Nidhogg, who had taken such pains to prolong the Dragonsong War, suddenly decide to hurl his entire army against the walls of Ishgard?
391 387 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00080_ESTINIEN Lord Commander... Aye, the deed is done. Nidhogg is slain.
392 388 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00090_ESTINIEN What? ...In the city!? A battle with whom!?
393 389 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00100_ESTINIEN At once, Lord Commander. Hold firm till our return.
394 390 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00110_ESTINIEN Fighting has broken out in the city. Lord Aymeric was sparse with the particulars, but it seems some commoners threw open the gates to a force of heretics.
395 391 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00120_ICEHEART I gave no order to attack!
396 392 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00130_ESTINIEN Are we to mark the end of the Dragonsong War by spilling the blood of our own? Mayhap Hraesvelgr was right about us...
397 393 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00140_ESTINIEN Let us away, Warrior of Light. The people must be saved from themselves.
398 394 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00150_ICEHEART Wait! I would join you!
399 395 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00160_ICEHEART There has been enough violence. I will appeal to my people in the city and make them see reason!
400 396 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00170_ESTINIEN Come, then, Lady Iceheart. Let us write the final chapter in this damnable war.
401 397 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00010_ZEPHIRIN A small army of heretics has invaded the city, Your Eminence.
402 398 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00020_ZEPHIRIN But there is no cause for concern. A sizable contingent of our soldiers is already in place to repel the Dravanian assault, and the intruders will soon find themselves outnumbered and outmatched.
403 399 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00030_THORDAN Our plans proceed apace, then.
404 400 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00040_ZEPHIRIN Yes, Your Eminence. This unrest shall serve to feed the people's fear of the heretics and the dragons both.
405 401 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00050_THORDAN And lend renewed fervor to their prayers for deliverance...
406 402 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00060_THORDAN Very good. Grant our guests what time they need to sow a measure of chaos, then order the Temple Knights to crush them.
407 403 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00070_ZEPHIRIN Your will be done.
408 404 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00080_LAHABREA The moment is at hand?
409 405 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00090_LAHABREA Excellent. All shall soon be in alignment.
410 406 TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00100_LAHABREA It is time for the Bringer of Light to die.