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40TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000010_ALPHINAUDIshgard cannot well endure another assault. Even should her knights succeed in turning back the Horde, the casualties will be catastrophic.
51TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000020_TATARUBut 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.
62TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000030_ALPHINAUD...With certain notable exceptions.
73TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000040_TATARUYou don't mean...Iceheart!?
84TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000050_ALPHINAUDWhen last you spoke with her, she lamented her crimes, did she not?
95TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000060_ALPHINAUDThen 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.
106TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000070_ESTINIENIf there is to be a meeting, I would accompany you.
117TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000080_ALPHINAUD...Estinien!?
128TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000090_ESTINIENEven with your intermediary, Nidhogg's bloodrage may render him deaf to reason. However, the mere attempt may afford our forces precious time to prepare.
139TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000100_ESTINIENOf 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...
1410TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000110_ALPHINAUDIf 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?
1511TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000120_ESTINIENPerfectly. I shall assume that Iceheart enjoys similar diplomatic protection until instructed otherwise.
1612TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000130_ESTINIENA 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.
1713TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000140_ALPHINAUDIndeed. I thank you for your counsel, Estinien. We shall be honored to have you with us.
1814TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_000150_ESTINIENI am glad to be of service.
1915TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100010_AYMERICI 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.
2016TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100020_YOUNGTEMPLEKNIGHTAt once, my lord!
2117TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100030_AYMERICAh, 'twould seem I have visitors─and unlike those massing beyond our walls, these ones are welcome.
2218TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100040_ALPHINAUDPray 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.
2319TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100050_ALPHINAUDI 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.
2420TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100060_AYMERICI 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?
2521TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100070_ESTINIENKnow 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.
2622TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100080_ESTINIENWhich 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.
2723TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100090_AYMERICAye...their proposal does not inspire confidence. Our resources should rightly be spent shoring up the city's defenses.
2824TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100100_AYMERICHmmm. The Azure Dragoon and the Warrior of Light, sallying forth together to face the dread wyrm, Nidhogg...
2925TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_100110_AYMERICI 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.
3026TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200010_THORDANSuch commotion...
3127TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200020_ZEPHIRINYes, Your Eminence. The bells of the Observatorium warn of our enemy's approach...
3228TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200030_THORDANSo...the dragons are coming.
3329TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200040_THORDANLet 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.
3430TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200050_THORDANAnd 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.
3531TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200060_ZEPHIRINIf I may, Your Eminence. The Paragons wield powers strange and unknowable. Can we be certain that they will not see through our deception?
3632TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200070_THORDANWe 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.
3733TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200080_THORDANWe seek to excise the root of an evil that has blighted us for a thousand years. The risk is worth the reward.
3834TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200090_ZEPHIRINAnd what of Estinien and this Warrior of Light? They have plans of their own...
3935TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200100_THORDANLeave them to their purpose. We must each play the role we have been given...you and your chosen brothers most of all.
4036TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_200110_ZEPHIRINFor the glory of King Thordan...
4137TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300010_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Ah, I should have known it would be you...
4238TEXT_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.
4339TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300030_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)Now, tell me why you are here.
4440TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q1_000_1What will you say to Lady Iceheart?
4541TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_1We wish to stop Nidhogg's attack on Ishgard.
4642TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_2We wished to speak with you.
4743TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A1_000_3It's a long story...
4844TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_300040_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)So, you seek to stem the Dravanian tide with talk? A romantic notion.
4945TEXT_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.
5046TEXT_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?
5147TEXT_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.
5248TEXT_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.”
5349TEXT_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.
5450TEXT_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.
5551TEXT_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.
5652TEXT_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.
5753TEXT_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.
5854TEXT_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.
5955TEXT_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...
6056TEXT_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.
6157TEXT_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.
6258TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500030_ESTINIENYou are wrong, Lady Iceheart.
6359TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500040_ESTINIENLest you misunderstand, I do not doubt your vision of the past─'tis true that Nidhogg greatly desired to reclaim the Eye.
6460TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500050_ESTINIENIndeed, 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.
6561TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500060_ALPHINAUDGood gods...
6662TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500070_ESTINIENUntil 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.
6763TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500080_ICEHEART(-Iceheart-)You believe he targets the capital for another reason...?
6864TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500090_ESTINIENI 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.
6965TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500100_ALPHINAUDIf Nidhogg is indeed lost to reason, might we not seek an audience with Hraesvelgr instead?
7066TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_500110_ALPHINAUDHe has thus far shown no inclination to aid in the invasion of Ishgard, and may yet welcome our efforts to broker a peace.
7167TEXT_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.
7268TEXT_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...
7369TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600010_ALPHINAUDIs aught amiss, my friend?
7470TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600020_ALPHINAUDI 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.
7571TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600030_MIDGARDSORMRCurious... The vestiges of thy mistress's blessing are not as faint as once they were...
7672TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_600040_MIDGARDSORMRThy will to succeed grants thee unusual fortitude. But will it be enough...?
7773TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700010_EDMONTBeyond Abalathia's Spine─the great mountain range that spans the continent of Aldenard from east to west...
7874TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700020_EDMONTInto the deepening shadows of Sohm Al, where lies the ancient home of dragonkind...
7975TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_700030_EDMONTTo a land where the soil slithers, and the skies seethe with sinuous shapes, they came.
8076TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800010_ICEHEARTVidofnir!
8177TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800020_VIDOFNIRAh, '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.
8278TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800030_ICEHEARTDear Vidofnir...how I have missed you. Would that I had come sooner...and not out of dire necessity.
8379TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800040_VIDOFNIRThou art troubled. Speak, that I might know thy plight.
8480TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800050_VIDOFNIRThou wouldst have Father admonish his brood-brother?
8581TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800060_ICEHEARTI would end this war without further bloodshed.
8682TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800070_VIDOFNIRHow am I to believe thee, Little One...when thine own companion beareth Nidhogg's stolen eye!?
8783TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800080_ESTINIENHave care, dragon...or I shall gouge out one of yours.
8884TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800090_ICEHEARTYou forget yourself, ser! We are here on a mission of peace!
8985TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800100_VIDOFNIRMy sire's will forbiddeth me from inviting discord to our home... 'Tis for this reason, and no other, that thou still drawest breath, knight.
9086TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800110_ICEHEARTVidofnir, please─we must be allowed to convey our intentions to Hraesvelgr in person, with words of our own choosing.
9187TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800120_ICEHEARTGrant us this favor, and open the way to Sohm Al!
9288TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800130_VIDOFNIRThou hast ever been welcome, Little One.
9389TEXT_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.
9490TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800150_ICEHEARTThe Gnath have summoned a primal!?
9591TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800160_ALPHINAUDPray excuse my forwardness, but if we were to eliminate the threat to your territory, would you consent to Lady Ysayle's request?
9692TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800170_VIDOFNIRHa! Dost thou imagine thyself equal to the task─to succeed where dragons have failed?
9793TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800180_VIDOFNIR'Tis beyond thee, mortal. But thou art welcome to try, nonetheless. Only know that idle promises shall avail thee naught!
9894TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_800190_ICEHEARTIt 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?
9995TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810010_ICEHEARTNow we have but to wait...
10096TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810020_GNATHPRIESTO Lord Ravana! Master of the Sacred Blades! Wrath of the Colony! Conqueror of the World! Hear our prayer!
10197TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810030_GNATHPRIESTPray grant unto Your devoted children the gift of Your divine presence!
10298TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810040_ICEHEARTHe comes!
10399TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810050_RAVANAAll strength to the colony. Speak and I shall listen!
104100TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810060_GNATHPRIESTO Glorious General! We have captured intruders, and would make unto You an offering of their life's blood...
105101TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810070_RAVANAThese feeble fleshlings dared to invade Gnath lands?
106102TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810080_ICEHEARTHear me, Lord Ravana! My companion and I did not come to contest your children's territory.
107103TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810090_ICEHEARTWe wished only to learn the reason you wage war against the dragons.
108104TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810100_RAVANAThou wouldst flirt with death merely to satisfy thy curiosity? Wherefore should the glorious conquests of the Gnath concern thee so, Elezen?
109105TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810110_RAVANA...Ahhh, mayhap thine own kind's struggle against the wyrms fareth poorly, and thou art desirous of a pact.
110106TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810120_ICEHEARTWe 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.
111107TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810130_ICEHEARTNever before have the Gnath risen up in such numbers, and never yet with you at their head. Why do you lead them to war?
112108TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810140_RAVANAThy question hath no meaning. To live is but to fight.
113109TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810150_RAVANALong have my children waited, gathering their strength in the shadow of thy ceaseless conflict.
114110TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810160_RAVANAThe Gnath would see the Dravanians slain, and their territory secured─and by such fervent prayers am I now given form and purpose.
115111TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810170_ICEHEARTAs 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!
116112TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810180_ICEHEARTAnd should we emerge the victors, I would have you swear to withdraw your soldiers from Dravanian soil!
117113TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810190_RAVANAGahahaha! Thou art bold indeed to risk thy fleshy hide so readily!
118114TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810200_RAVANAVery well. I, Ravana, fourfold master of the blade, do accept thy challenge!
119115TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810210_RAVANABut 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!?
120116TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810220_ICEHEARTI do! And I believe the first bout is mine!
121117TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810230_RAVANAWhat is this!? A god clad in flesh!?
122118TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810240_ICEHEARTIs aught amiss, my lord? Thou wilt not break thy word, I trust.
123119TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810250_RAVANAMine oath is unbending as steel, little goddess! Thy ruse will but add to mine enjoyment!
124120TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810260_ICEHEARTI thought myself...stronger... Mayhap with more crystals...?
125121TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810270_RAVANABe thou god or maid, thou art nothing to me! ...And what of thee, mortal? Art thou warrior or craven?
126122TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_810280_RAVANAA warrior, then! Good! Mayhap thou wilt provide more sport than thy feeble companion!
127123TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820010_RAVANAThus doth the sacred rite of combat proclaim the victor... I lay my blades at thy feet, child of man...
128124TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820020_ICEHEARTYou 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.
129125TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820030_ICEHEARTFor 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.
130126TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820040_IGEYOHRM<72>F20223</72>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.<72>01</72>
131127TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_820050_IGEYOHRM<72>F20223</72>At their bidding, warring gods will shake the firmament, and your world will be consumed in the swelling storm of chaos...<72>01</72>
132128TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900010_EDMONTTo the peak of Sohm Al, at the end of a perilous mountain path...
133129TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900020_EDMONTWhence could be seen a string of pearl-like islands, floating impossibly atop a sea of clouds.
134130TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_900030_EDMONTTo 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.
135131TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00010_HRAESVELGRMortals... Why do you disturb my solitude?
136132TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00020_ALPHINAUDHraesvelgr...
137133TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00030_HRAESVELGRThou speakest the name of a creature that but awaiteth the release of oblivion. Leave me...
138134TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00031_ALPHINAUDBy the Twelve... Mine ears hear the tongue of dragons, yet the meaning rings clear within my mind... How can that be...?
139135TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00040_ICEHEARTHraesvelgr...do you not remember me? 'Twas I whom you found in Dravania─I who glimpsed the truth.
140136TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00050_ICEHEARTThe truth about your past, about Shiva─
141137TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00060_HRAESVELGRDo not speak her name, mortal!
142138TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00070_ICEHEARTBut 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!
143139TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00080_HRAESVELGRFoolish girl. Thinkest thou my beloved's spirit hath descended from the heavens!?
144140TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00090_HRAESVELGRThat the secrets of her heart are thine to know!?
145141TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00100_ICEHEARTI have surrendered mine to her! Do you not see, my love? I am Shiva reborn!
146142TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00110_HRAESVELGRGullible fool... The Light but illuminated the past for thee, it did not grant thee omniscience.
147143TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00120_HRAESVELGRThe spirit thou hast summoned belongeth not to Shiva─'tis but a shade conjured by thine own fancy.
148144TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00130_HRAESVELGRIn 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.
149145TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00140_HRAESVELGRSuch gods are not summoned, but created. Phantoms spun from the threads of misplaced faith.
150146TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00150_ICEHEARTThen the spirit that answered me...
151147TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00160_HRAESVELGR...Was but thy dream of Shiva. Thy soul hath been corrupted by a deity of thine own making, child.
152148TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00170_ALPHINAUDBe 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.
153149TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00180_ALPHINAUDWe 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!
154150TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00190_HRAESVELGRThe tale of thy kind is one of avarice, treachery, and death─and thou wouldst speak to me of peace?
155151TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_A00200_HRAESVELGRHark thee, mortal, to the naked truth...then tell me thou deservest forgiveness!
156152TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00010_HRAESVELGRTwelve 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.
157153TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00020_HRAESVELGRTwo 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.
158154TEXT_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.
159155TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00040_HRAESVELGRWith 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.
160156TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00050_HRAESVELGRFain 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.
161157TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00060_HRAESVELGRYet 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.
162158TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00070_HRAESVELGRNidhogg was the first to learn of the atrocity, and he took to the skies, hungry for vengeance.
163159TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00080_HRAESVELGRBut 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...
164160TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_B00090_HRAESVELGRSuch is the truth the Holy See would keep hidden. Such was the beginning of the Dragonsong War.
165161TEXT_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.
166162TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00010_ESTINIENYour 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?
167163TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00020_HRAESVELGRWhat thou choosest to believe is immaterial. The betrayal that yet haunts mine every waking moment is no less than the truth to my kind.
168164TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00030_HRAESVELGRAnd Nidhogg meaneth for Thordan's people to suffer for this sin till the end of days.
169165TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00040_HRAESVELGRThat 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?
170166TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00050_ALPHINAUDIshgard's so-called heretics...
171167TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00060_HRAESVELGRKnow that all the traitors' progeny bear a trace of Ratatoskr's essence. But a single sip of our blood is enough to awaken it...
172168TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00070_ICEHEARTThen...the seed lies within us...?
173169TEXT_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...
174170TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00090_ALPHINAUDYe 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!
175171TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00100_ALPHINAUDBut if any Ishgardian, regardless of allegiance, has such potential within them... Twelve forgive us. To think of all the dragons we've slain...!
176172TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00110_HRAESVELGRThere will always be some, of course, who choose to fight until the bitter end─like thee, dragoon...
177173TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00120_HRAESVELGRBut 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.
178174TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00130_ESTINIENOft have I wondered why Nidhogg did not simply raze Ishgard to the ground.
179175TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00140_ESTINIENNow 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.
180176TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00150_HRAESVELGRThou hast the right of it, dragonslayer. Comprehendest thou now the futility of thy quest?
181177TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00160_ICEHEARTI 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!
182178TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00170_HRAESVELGRStubborn child... Thou thinkest in mortal terms. Our perception of time is too broad for thee to grasp.
183179TEXT_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.
184180TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00190_HRAESVELGRFor 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?
185181TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00200_HRAESVELGR'Tis only by the calming embrace of Shiva's soul that mine own fury hath not consumed me.
186182TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_C00210_HRAESVELGRBut let us speak no more of what is done. My faith in your kind is spent, and I would be alone.
187183TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00010_ESTINIENWell, what do you propose we do now? I, for one, am intent on continuing to the east...
188184TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00020_ALPHINAUDWhat is there to be found in the east?
189185TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00030_ESTINIENNidhogg's lair─the Aery─is said to lie in that direction. And the Eye tells me he is near...
190186TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00040_ICEHEARTYou cannot still mean to slay him!?
191187TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00050_ESTINIENYou cannot still mean to stop me. I have been true to my word, and aided you in this fool's errand with Hraesvelgr.
192188TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00060_ESTINIENBut your efforts at parley have come to naught, Lady Iceheart. I would see Ishgard saved, and for that, Nidhogg must die.
193189TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00070_ICEHEARTWith the tale of our ancestors' vile betrayal yet ringing in your ears, you speak of continuing this war?
194190TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00080_ESTINIENNay, lady, I would but pierce its vengeful heart. When Nidhogg dies, this war shall die with him.
195191TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00090_ALPHINAUDA 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?
196192TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00100_ALPHINAUDEven 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?
197193TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00110_ESTINIENIn close combat, this will afford us an advantage. And if the tales are true, the Warrior of Light has bested many an invincible foe.
198194TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00120_ESTINIENIn close combat, this will afford us an advantage. And with two Azure Dragoons working in unison, who can say what might be possible?
199195TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00130_ESTINIENBut such speculation is meaningless if we cannot even find the wyrm. Our first task must be to seek out Nidhogg's lair.
200196TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00140_ALPHINAUDThe story of this nation grows bloodier by the moment. Must death always be answered with more of the same?
201197TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00150_ESTINIENSuch 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.
202198TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00160_ICEHEARTThat I should be blinded by my own lies... Everything I believed... Everything I thought I was... Gone... All gone...
203199TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_D00170_ESTINIENLeave 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.
204200TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00010_ALPHINAUDIs that it?
205201TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00020_ESTINIENAye... That would be the Aery. I feel Nidhogg's presence through the Eye─his caustic hatred gnawing at my soul.
206202TEXT_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.
207203TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00040_ALPHINAUDA similar barrier once barred our entrance to the primal Garuda's domain...until we discovered the means by which it could be penetrated.
208204TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_E00050_ALPHINAUDMayhap it is time we called upon Master Garlond. 'Twill be just like the good old days, no?
209205TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00010_WEDGEFeast your eyes upon our latest and greatest feat of engineering! We call it a “manacutter”!
210206TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00020_BIGGSAfter 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>.
211207TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00030_CIDImpressive little thing, isn't she? My talent for ship design has plainly rubbed off on them.
212208TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00040_CIDThey'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...
213209TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00050_CID...I'm actually a little upset that I didn't think of it myself.
214210TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00060_WEDGEThe design does, however, come with one small flaw...
215211TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00070_BIGGSThe 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.
216212TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00080_WEDGEIn other words, there are a few places you can fly...and lots of places you can't.
217213TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00090_CIDThe 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.
218214TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00100_TATARUHah...hah...hah...
219215TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00110_WEDGETataru, what's happened!?
220216TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00120_TATARUI've been looking all over for you! There's been word from Ul'dah! It's about Her Grace, the sultana!
221217TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00130_CIDIt 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.
222218TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_F00140_CIDYou, meanwhile, should concentrate on providing Raubahn and the sultana whatever help they need!
223219TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00010_RAUBAHNThank you for coming.
224220TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00020_ALPHINAUDNo thanks are necessary, General. I trust your recuperation continues apace?
225221TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00030_RAUBAHNI cannot complain. Thanks to Higiri and her ministrations, I've regained much of the strength I lost during my imprisonment.
226222TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00040_ALPHINAUDI gather you have made progress in the search for Her Grace.
227223TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00050_RAUBAHNAye, 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.
228224TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00060_PIPPINWith Papashan's assistance, I set out to ascertain the source and nature of the shipment. My inquiries led me to Frondale's Phrontistery.
229225TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00070_PIPPINThere 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.
230226TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00080_ALPHINAUDA deathlike slumber...? This cannot be a coincidence!
231227TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00090_RAUBAHNIt lends some weight to Dewlala's claims, aye. Her Grace is likely somewhere within the palace─abed but alive.
232228TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00100_YUGIRIBefore 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.
233229TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00110_YUGIRIWe sent for you as soon as we learned of her location. All that remains is to apprehend the woman.
234230TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00120_RAUBAHNWe shall find our cat's-paw in the Silver Bazaar.
235231TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00130_RAUBAHNBut 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.
236232TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00140_RAUBAHNWe 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?
237233TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_G00150_RAUBAHNThen I pity the bastard that stands in our way. Come, my friends! For Nanamo...and for Ul'dah!
238234TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00010_ALPHINAUDYou are Meriel, the sultana's former lady-in-waiting?
239235TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00020_LADYINWAITING2I know no one of that name! Pray excuse me...
240236TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00030_LADYINWAITING2General Aldynn!?
241237TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00040_RAUBAHNWe will have the truth from you, girl...
242238TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00050_LOLORITOMayhap 'twould be better coming from me.
243239TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00060_RAUBAHNLolorito... You'd best talk fast.
244240TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00070_LOLORITOAs 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.
245241TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00080_LOLORITOWhen 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.
246242TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00090_LOLORITOI 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.
247243TEXT_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.
248244TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00110_RAUBAHNAnd what of Nanamo?
249245TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00120_LOLORITOOh, 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.
250246TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00130_LOLORITOYou should know, General, that your dear friend Ilberd was fully aware of my plan.
251247TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00140_LOLORITOI 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.
252248TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00150_RAUBAHNYou conniving little worm... You had your claws in the Crystal Braves before their first recruit had sworn to serve!
253249TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00160_LOLORITOBut of course. When a new game begins, 'tis only prudent to have a piece on the board. Ilberd was mine.
254250TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00170_LOLORITOTruth 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.
255251TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00180_LOLORITOAh, 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.
256252TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00190_LOLORITOUnlike 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...
257253TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00200_LOLORITOAlas, 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.
258254TEXT_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?
259255TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00220_RAUBAHNThe hells we will! Do you honestly expect me to forgive and forget? After all you've done!? You're guilty of high treason!
260256TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00230_DEWLALAStay your blade, Master Aldynn! You yourself are not innocent! Or have you forgotten your <Emphasis>own</Emphasis> crime in executing Teledji Adeledji without trial!?
261257TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00240_DEWLALAThough you acted out of loyalty to the sultana, such deeds are in violation of both the word and spirit of the law!
262258TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00250_DEWLALA...If you would, Lord Lolorito?
263259TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00260_LOLORITOThis potion will wake the sultana from her slumber. Consider it a gesture of conciliation.
264260TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00270_LOLORITOYou 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.
265261TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00280_RAUBAHNI like not your motives, Lolorito...but you saved the sultana's life, and for that you have my gratitude.
266262TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_H00290_DEWLALARaubahn 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!
267263TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00010_NANAMOUgh...
268264TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00020_NANAMOI was having the longest dream...
269265TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_I00030_RAUBAHN'Tis time to wake up, Your Grace. Another day begins in Thanalan, and the sun blazes bright upon the sands.
270266TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00010_RAUBAHNHer Grace is awoken. The palace physician assures me she is none the worse for her slumber.
271267TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00020_RAUBAHNI believe Her Grace will soon resume her plans to place the government of Ul'dah into the hands of its citizens.
272268TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00030_RAUBAHNWhatever path she chooses to take, I shall walk it with her. And we shall tread slowly, lest the nation be unsettled in our wake.
273269TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00040_LOLORITOHer Grace's compassion is a shining beacon to us all...but what our city truly thrives upon is competition.
274270TEXT_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.
275271TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00060_ALPHINAUDAre you privy to new intelligence, my lord?
276272TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00070_LOLORITOI 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.
277273TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00080_PIPPINHow close are they to completing this ship!? Is it operational!?
278274TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_J00090_LOLORITOIts maiden flight was a success, I hear. I should imagine Emperor Varis is eager to see how it performs in battle.
279275TEXT_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.
280276TEXT_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.
281277TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00020_ALPHINAUDUl'dah has taken control of its future...and I must do the same.
282278TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00030_ALPHINAUDI have decided to disband the Crystal Braves.
283279TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00040_ALPHINAUDAmong 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.
284280TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00050_ALPHINAUDAs 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.
285281TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00060_ALPHINAUDAh, 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...
286282TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00070_ALPHINAUDI 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.
287283TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00080_ALPHINAUDAs 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.
288284TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00090_ALPHINAUDLet us resume the search for our missing comrades, that we might come together to shine the light of dawn across the realm once more.
289285TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_K00100_ALPHINAUDThe 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.
290286TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00010_ESTINIENAll stands ready, Lord Commander.
291287TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00020_AYMERICAh, the moment has come, then?
292288TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00030_ALPHINAUDPray excuse my lateness. I paid a brief visit to the workshop to inquire about the manacutters. The engineers assure me that they are ready.
293289TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00040_ESTINIENThe Aery is now but a short flight away. Yet what a long and winding path we took to reach this point.
294290TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00050_ESTINIENWere it not for Master Alphinaud's proposal, we never would have attempted to parley with the dragons.
295291TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00060_ESTINIENThough our negotiations yielded little, our expedition with Lady Iceheart taught us much.
296292TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00070_AYMERICYou took an unimaginable risk... I could scarce believe the tale Estinien told.
297293TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00080_ESTINIENAye, '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.
298294TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00090_ALPHINAUDA conversation that went rather poorly, as I recall.
299295TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00100_ESTINIENIn 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.
300296TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00110_AYMERICAye, 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.
301297TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00120_ALPHINAUDThus you believe an assault upon the Aery represents the city's best chance of survival. Is that not so, Estinien?
302298TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00130_ESTINIENI am under no illusions. Nidhogg's might is legendary. But with his eye in my possession, I can stifle his strength at the source.
303299TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00140_ESTINIENVictory will be hard-won, even so, and I shall be glad indeed to have the Warrior of Light at my side.
304300TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00150_AYMERICYou shall have my blade as well. There are more of these “manacutters” to be had, yes?
305301TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00160_LUCIA(-Lucia-)Lord Commander, no!
306302TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00170_AYMERICHow 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!
307303TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00180_ESTINIENPray leave the slaying of dragons to dragoons, ser knight. Your duty to command the city's defense is no less vital.
308304TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00190_ESTINIENShould 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?
309305TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00200_AYMERICThere are others─
310306TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00210_ESTINIENWho 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.
311307TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00220_ESTINIENWhat, you too, Master Alphinaud? By the Fury... You have shown some promise, but this adversary is far beyond your skills.
312308TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00230_ALPHINAUDYour candor is appreciated, ser dragoon. I shall remain, then, and cheer you from afar.
313309TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_L00240_ESTINIENWell, 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!
314310TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00010_ESTINIENWe're through!
315311TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00020_ESTINIENSo, this is the Aery! Where are you Nidhogg!? You have guests!
316312TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00030_ESTINIENThere!
317313TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00040_ESTINIENGreetings, Lord of Dravania! I believe we have something that belongs to you!
318314TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_M00050_NIDHOGGWicked mortals! I shall melt your flesh, and turn your bones to ash!
319315TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00010_NIDHOGGThou wouldst use mine own eye against me!? Time hath done naught to dilute thy kind's depravity!
320316TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00020_NIDHOGGI have not forgotten thee, dragoon! Mine essence claimed thee once...and shall do so again!
321317TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00030_ESTINIENNo, wyrm! This ends here!
322318TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_N00040_ESTINIENYou gifted my people a thousand years of suffering. Now I gift you an eternity in darkness!
323319TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00010_SYLVETRELThey are ours, Lord Haldrath... The eyes of Nidhogg!
324320TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00020_HALDRATHAye... 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.
325321TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00030_HALDRATHBut behold the terrible price we have paid. My sire is dead; so many brother knights slain.
326322TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00040_HALDRATHWe traded our honor for the strength which now courses in our veins. And still we are forced to make such sacrifice.
327323TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00050_SYLVETRELBut not in vain, my lord. Hraesvelgr is the only great wyrm left in Dravania, and he dares not leave his lair.
328324TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00060_SYLVETRELWith 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!
329325TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00070_HALDRATHNay, my friend, I must forsake the mantle of king. Though Nidhogg be defeated, his wyrmling horde yet darkens the skies with wings beyond counting.
330326TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00080_HALDRATHAs 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...
331327TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00090_SYLVETRELBut Lord Haldrath! What then shall become of the royal line!?
332328TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00100_FLAVIENThink 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?
333329TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00110_HALDRATHI 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.
334330TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00120_HALDRATHBut if you must bow to the demands of tradition, you need look no further than yourselves for one worthy to wear the crown.
335331TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00130_HALDRATHFare 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.
336332TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00140_SYLVETRELWhat cruel jest has fate played upon us...? Have we seized this desperate victory only to lose a king?
337333TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00150_FLAVIENWe can but act as our lord has bid. We few who remain must divide between us the rulership of Ishgard and her people.
338334TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00160_BRAWNYKNIGHTNot 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.
339335TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00170_SYLVETRELWill you abandon us, too, ser?
340336TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00180_BRAWNYKNIGHTI would wash my hands of blood and betrayal and take up an honest trade. Mayhap I shall serve ale instead of sharpened steel...
341337TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00190_FLAVIENWe four, then...
342338TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00200_SYLVETRELFortemps, Haillenarte, Durendaire, and Dzemael...
343339TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00210_SYLVETRELBut four houses to rule all of Ishgard...
344340TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00220_FLAVIEN...And what of the throne?
345341TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00230_SYLVETRELWe keep it empty. Until the day a king rises once more, we must assume the role of stewards.
346342TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_O00240_SYLVETRELWe 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.
347343TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00010_ESTINIENWhat ails you, friend!? Are you wounded?
348344TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00020_ESTINIENYou have borne witness to history...to the culmination of the first battle with Nidhogg.
349345TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00030_ESTINIENThe legend of Ishgard's founding tells that our ancestors were led to the land of Coerthas by the valiant King Thordan.
350346TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00040_ESTINIENIn 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.
351347TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00050_ESTINIENThough the brave king was slain defending his people, his son, Haldrath, the first Azure Dragoon, fought on undaunted...
352348TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00060_ESTINIENAnd with a mighty thrust of his lance, he gouged out Nidhogg's eye, forcing the wicked creature into retreat.
353349TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00070_ESTINIENThus 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.
354350TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00080_ESTINIENA 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.
355351TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00090_ESTINIENIf Haldrath took both of Nidhogg's eyes, then how came this eye to be lodged in the wyrm's skull?
356352TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_P00100_ESTINIENBeneath every answer we unearth, another question lies buried...
357353TEXT_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.
358354TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00020_ESTINIENI would fain return with all swiftness to Ishgard to inform the lord commander of our triumph...
359355TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_Q00030_ESTINIENBut 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...
360356TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00010_HRAESVELGRImpenitent mortals, ever seeking to bury old wrongs under new.
361357TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00020_HRAESVELGRI did sense the moment of Nidhogg's demise...
362358TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00030_ESTINIENYou mean the moment I prised your eye from his head?
363359TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_R00040_HRAESVELGR'Twould seem thou hast uncovered my secret. Aye. Unto the blinded Nidhogg did I yield one half of my strength...
364360TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00010_HRAESVELGRNidhogg... What hath befallen thee?
365361TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00020_NIDHOGGWe are undone by covetous mortals. They did take Ratatoskr's eyes...and glut their appetites upon her essence...
366362TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00030_HRAESVELGRShe is slain, then? What madness hath unmade our peaceful accord!?
367363TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00040_NIDHOGGDid I not warn thee, brood-brother? They have ever been untrustworthy creatures, these short-lived Elezen.
368364TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00050_NIDHOGGBut thou wert enchanted by thy mortal maid. Thy folly hath cost Ratatoskr her life, and me mine eyes...
369365TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00060_HRAESVELGROh, my beloved Shiva... How swiftly are thy kin made bestial by their appetites.
370366TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00070_NIDHOGGHraesvelgr. 'Twas thy blindness that did invite disaster into our lands. Surrender thee an eye to me, and let that be thy penance.
371367TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00080_HRAESVELGRNidhogg...
372368TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00090_NIDHOGGThey 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!
373369TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00100_NIDHOGGYield to me thy strength, brood-brother!
374370TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_S00110_NIDHOGGMy vengeance is begun!
375371TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00010_HRAESVELGRThou hast borne witness to a scene from my past.
376372TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00020_ICEHEARTIt was yours... Your strength that sustained Nidhogg all these years...
377373TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00030_ESTINIENWould that Haldrath had dealt the wyrm a killing blow...
378374TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00040_HRAESVELGRWhen 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.
379375TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00050_ICEHEARTAnd so you acquiesced! You surrendered your eye to Nidhogg knowing full well the suffering he would inflict!
380376TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00060_HRAESVELGRThe peace my beloved so dearly desired had been shattered by her own kin.
381377TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00070_HRAESVELGRTheir treachery claimed my brood-sister's life and my brood-brother's reason! Thinkest thou thy fits of indignation will move me to remorse!?
382378TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00080_HRAESVELGRGo, mortals! Take your unruly passions and leave this place... Your presence here spelleth naught but misery.
383379TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_T00090_HRAESVELGRWere it not for Shiva's soothing embrace, I would slay you where you stand. Woe betide you should the bond we share ever weaken!
384380TEXT_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.
385381TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00020_ICEHEARTBut you have rid the world of a hate-filled creature, and ended a bloody war in so doing...
386382TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00030_ESTINIENI 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.
387383TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00040_ICEHEARTI will not judge you for your deeds─I have not the right. Too many innocents have perished in the name of my “greater good.”
388384TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00050_ESTINIENYet even with all that has passed, the tale is incomplete.
389385TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00060_ESTINIENWe 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?
390386TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00070_ESTINIENWhy did Nidhogg, who had taken such pains to prolong the Dragonsong War, suddenly decide to hurl his entire army against the walls of Ishgard?
391387TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00080_ESTINIENLord Commander... Aye, the deed is done. Nidhogg is slain.
392388TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00090_ESTINIENWhat? ...In the city!? A battle with whom!?
393389TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00100_ESTINIENAt once, Lord Commander. Hold firm till our return.
394390TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00110_ESTINIENFighting 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.
395391TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00120_ICEHEARTI gave no order to attack!
396392TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00130_ESTINIENAre we to mark the end of the Dragonsong War by spilling the blood of our own? Mayhap Hraesvelgr was right about us...
397393TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00140_ESTINIENLet us away, Warrior of Light. The people must be saved from themselves.
398394TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00150_ICEHEARTWait! I would join you!
399395TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00160_ICEHEARTThere has been enough violence. I will appeal to my people in the city and make them see reason!
400396TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_U00170_ESTINIENCome, then, Lady Iceheart. Let us write the final chapter in this damnable war.
401397TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00010_ZEPHIRINA small army of heretics has invaded the city, Your Eminence.
402398TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00020_ZEPHIRINBut 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.
403399TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00030_THORDANOur plans proceed apace, then.
404400TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00040_ZEPHIRINYes, Your Eminence. This unrest shall serve to feed the people's fear of the heretics and the dragons both.
405401TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00050_THORDANAnd lend renewed fervor to their prayers for deliverance...
406402TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00060_THORDANVery good. Grant our guests what time they need to sow a measure of chaos, then order the Temple Knights to crush them.
407403TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00070_ZEPHIRINYour will be done.
408404TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00080_LAHABREAThe moment is at hand?
409405TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00090_LAHABREAExcellent. All shall soon be in alignment.
410406TEXT_VOICEMAN_03003_V00100_LAHABREAIt is time for the Bringer of Light to die.