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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_00Thancred has lost all patience with Lord Emmanellain.
21TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_01Thancred, unwilling to wait for Lord Emmanellain to gather himself, declares that you and he have more important matters to attend to in Ishgard before taking his leave. Indeed, he is correct, for Ser Aymeric is still waiting for you to deliver Lucia's report in her stead.
32TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_02Change, however well intentioned, is often met with resistance. With resignation and pride both, Ser Aymeric admits that Ishgard is a nation built on centuries of warfare. To pursue peace in denial of this history is a doomed venture; rather, the people must be encouraged to embrace their identity, and take pride in one another's achievements, that they might be moved to common purpose. Happily, they will not want for suitable encouragement. The other members of the Eorzean Alliance have recently proposed joint military exercises, which Ser Aymeric believes could be presented as a “grand melee” to the public. Should Ishgard's forces triumph over those of the other city–states, it would doubtless do much to restore the nation's morale. Lord Edmont acknowledges that there is merit to the lord commander's plan, and his only request is that his younger son take part in the melee, that he might make amends for his mistakes in Falcon's Nest. Though Ser Aymeric agrees in principle, he remains to be convinced that Emmanellain's wishes are in alignment with those of his lord father.
43TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_03Thancred is amused by the suggestion of an Ishgardian grand melee, wondering aloud what part you will be expected to play in the affair─and whether or not you will feel moved to oblige. As Ser Aymeric's grand scheme calls for a diverse force of Ishgardians to take the field, he departs to seek Hilda's opinion on the subject, leaving you to speak with Lucia alone.
54TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_04As you detail Ser Aymeric's plan, Lucia cannot help but let her reservations show. Doubtless, as a Garlean citizen, she bore witness to similar spectacles intended to rally the people to the imperial cause─for weal or for woe. Nevertheless, out of loyalty to Ser Aymeric, she sets about selecting candidates from both the Temple Knights and the watch, preparing a list of the latter to be delivered to Hilda.
65TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_05Hilda accepts the first commander's suggestions with grace, observing that she has an eye for talent. The watch successfully recruited, Thancred's thoughts turn, rather grudgingly, to the task of finding Lord Emmanellain. He suggests you try searching for him in the Pillars.
76TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_06Born into privilege, Lord Emmanellain has never known true freedom. Like his brothers, his path in life was decided from birth. Yet as the old order crumbles and many are forced to choose a new path, he finds himself bewildered and lost. Terrified of making the wrong choice, he has let his father and brother order him about. To refrain from choosing is nevertheless a choice, however, and with regret he now sees what his indecision has wrought. Though his father may have had good reason to volunteer him for the melee, he cannot simply accept his command, and resolves to speak with Ser Aymeric himself, that for once he might make his own decision.
87TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_07What drives a man to fight against all odds, against all opposition, and pursue a path that the world would deny him? In Ser Aymeric, Lord Emmanellain sees a man with unwavering conviction and faith, possessed of an almost supernatural strength. So inspired, he begs leave to participate in the grand melee, with a humility so unexpected that even Lord Edmont cannot contain his surprise. Ser Aymeric accepts, and the Ishgardian force is complete, save for a singular individual whom the lord commander would personally invite to join the fray: you. After a moment's introspection, you agree to fight for Ishgard, and a jubilant Ser Aymeric declares that you shall give the people a spectacle for the ages.
98TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SEQ_08Thancred cannot help pointing out that your involvement in the melee could be considered unfair─you being the Warrior of Light. He confesses, however, that Ser Aymeric's honesty inspired even him to briefly contemplate joining the cause─though he quickly clarifies that it would not be his place to do so.
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2524TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TODO_00Speak with Aymeric at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly.
2625TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TODO_01Speak with Thancred.
2726TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TODO_02Speak with Lucia.
2827TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TODO_03Deliver the letter to Hilda.
2928TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TODO_04Search for Emmanellain in the Pillars.
3029TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TODO_05Speak with Aymeric at the Congregation of Our Knights Most Heavenly.
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4948TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_000I will return to the capital as soon as I am able. Go, there is no need for you to remain.
5049TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_ARTOIREL_000_005I heard what happened. You need not wait for Emmanellain and Honoroit.
5150TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_010I have no desire to wait for the lordling to emerge from his puddle of self-pity. We have important matters to attend to in Ishgard.
5251TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_020We received troubling reports from Falcon's Nest. What befell you there?
5352TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TEMPLEKIGHTGATE_000_030You are expected, miss. Pray proceed.
5453TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_Q1_000_031Proceed to the Seat of the Lord Commander?
5554TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_040Word of the demonstration and its resolution outstripped you, Player. Every man, woman, and child of Ishgard has heard the tale.
5655TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_041'Tis rumored that my youngest's lack of judgment was to blame. Of course...such stories are prone to exaggeration. What exactly came to pass?
5756TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_042...I see. So that is the truth of it.
5857TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_043Regardless of his intent, the result is undeniable. He has furthered the cause of these misguided few who cannot let go of the past.
5958TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_044In an instant, the delicate peace we were poised to forge is once more beyond us.
6059TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_045To dwell so deeply on the war and the vengeance it begets, only for that too to be taken away─is it any wonder that they were left bereft?
6160TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_046For what was this sacrifice? Have we naught to show for our suffering? I thought peace a sufficient salve, but mayhap I was mistaken.
6261TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_047We are warriors, Lord Edmont, and ours is a nation built on centuries of warfare. Right or wrong, this is who we are, and we deny it at our peril.
6362TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_048To hold on to the past, without being beholden to it... Aye, we must needs find a way to honor the sacrifice of our forefathers without glorying in their excesses.
6463TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_049A difficult path, to be sure. We dare not deny the scars which mar our nation's soul, lest we spur other disillusioned souls to retrace them...
6564TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_100_049...But, as you say, we dare not revel in past glories either, for they are tainted all.
6665TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_050A clear, unambiguous enemy, and an undeniably righteous cause... 'Tis a bitter reflection, but lies though they were, they did long serve to unite us.
6766TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_100_050No truth will ever serve as well, I fear. Yet...we are not without options.
6867TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_051At our last meeting, a proposal was tabled by the other members of the Eorzean Alliance for joint military exercises─to strengthen the ties between our nations, and test our readiness to meet with a common threat.
6968TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_052I had thought to delay these exercises until after the peace conference, but mayhap a grand melee would be just the thing to lift our beleaguered spirits.
7069TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_053Better still, an occasion for the Temple Knights and the watch to take the field as allies─a unified Ishgardian force filled with men and women from all walks of life, which would stand against a coalition of the allied nations' finest!
7170TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_054Hosted by Ishgard, in the shadow of the Gates of Judgement! A victory under such circumstances would serve as a reaffirmation─nay, a declaration to all and sundry that we are as strong and united as ever!
7271TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_055Such a victory would do much to fan the flames of patriotism, it is true. But if we should be defeated...? Though...even to hold our own against the cream of three nations might be presented as a triumph...
7372TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_056Very well. You may count on my support, for what little it is worth. However, I have a request: I would have my son Emmanellain take part in the grand melee.
7473TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_057By his deeds has he brought shame upon Ishgard, and so by his deeds I would have him bring our nation honor.
7574TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_058...As you wish, my lord. If that is *his* desire, then it shall be so.
7675TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_059Now then, we have no time to lose. Player, would you be so kind as to deliver my instructions to Lucia?
7776TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_060I shall write to the Alliance leaders at once and begin making arrangements for the grand melee.
7877TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_061Should you chance to see my son, pray inform him of his duty.
7978TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_062If he has not already returned, he will soon enough─making every effort to avoid me.
8079TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_AYMERIC_000_070Pray excuse me, Player. I have missives to write.
8180TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EDMONT_000_075<sigh> I know my son. He will do his utmost to avoid me. See that he does not avoid you.
8281TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_080Forgive me, Player. I arrived but a moment ago, and must needs unpack my things. We will speak anon.
8382TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_090So that is their solution. A “grand melee” to unite the people...
8483TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_091And what part would they have *you* play in this affair, I wonder. You, whom they have taken into their confidence, upon whom they have come so *heavily* to rely.
8584TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_092And will you oblige them, when the proposition is made? Will you stand for Ishgard once more?
8685TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_Q2_000_093What will you say?
8786TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_A2_000_094We have come this far, have we not?
8887TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_A2_000_095I will stand for my friends and comrades, not a nation.
8988TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_A3_000_096It is getting to be a bit much, isn't it...
9089TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_100Well, when you put it like that, I suppose it *would* be a shame not to see it through to the bitter end.
9190TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_105You say that, and yet here you are. Here *we* are. This is, after all, the life we chose.
9291TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_106In any event, let us not forget that the Ascians sought to profit from this war. To put an end to it is to put an end to their plot, and that, my friend, is ever a worthy cause.
9392TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_110A poor choice of words. For friends tried and true, then. The living and the lost.
9493TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_115So, for this grand melee of his, Ser Aymeric wishes to field a force comprising both his Temple Knights and Hilda's watch, yes? I can only imagine what she will have to say about that.
9594TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_116In fact, curiosity compels me to go and see for myself.
9695TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_120Hm? I thought you had something to discuss with the first commander?
9796TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_SYMME_000_125Huzzah! We've been spoiling for a fight! We won't let Ser Aymeric down, you'll see!
9897TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EUDESTAND_000_130(Bloody fool doesn't realize he'll have to sit this one out. If all the watch ran off with Ser Aymeric to play soldier, who'd be left to keep an eye on things here?)
9998TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_HILDA_000_135...Because of course he had to deliver the news in person, eh?
10099TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_140Well met, Player. Have you spoken with Ser Aymeric?
101100TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_141...I was aware of the Alliance's request. So─Ser Aymeric would turn these exercises into a spectacle for the masses.
102101TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_142It is not that I doubt the efficacy of such a plan. Indeed, I know its effectiveness only too well, having witnessed it firsthand...
103102TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_143Nevertheless, he has not once given me reason to doubt his intentions─and these are desperate times indeed.
104103TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_144I will select knights for the event forthwith. As for the watch─
105104TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_145...Did he now? How considerate of Master Thancred to seek out our young watch commander of his own volition.
106105TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_146Alas, he acted prematurely. Pray deliver this list of watch candidates to Hilda. I would have her best men, not her most dispensable.
107106TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_150Forgive me, but I have much to do. Send Hilda my regards.
108107TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_HILDA_000_160Thancred's been tellin' me all about Ser Aymeric's grand soirée. Seems we're expected to join in.
109108TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_HILDA_000_161It's nice of him to invite us and all, but I hope he knows what he's doin'─'cause we ain't dressed to dance with professional bleedin' soldiers.
110109TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_HILDA_000_162...Well, well─seems the first commander's gone and handpicked her guests. Can't say I disagree with her choices, though. She's got a good eye.
111110TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_HILDA_000_163Will you be fightin' too? Reckon it'd inspire the lads if you were. Might take their minds off gettin' their hides tanned, and all. Think about it, eh?
112111TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_164I hate to ask, but you haven't seen our favorite lordling, have you?
113112TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_165<sigh> I thought not. On the assumption that he is not to be found in his father's loving embrace, I suggest we split up and look for him. I will search Foundation, and you the Pillars.
114113TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_170...Do not look at me like that. I will begin my search in due time.
115114TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_HILDA_000_175I still can't believe he actually hit the daft bastard. Gods, I wish I'd been there to see it!
116115TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_180Hilda did not object to my selections, then? Good.
117116TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_190...I carried Honoroit to the manor.
118117TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_191Our best chirurgeons are tending to him as we speak. He has yet to wake, but surely...surely he will.
119118TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_192So Father has volunteered me for this “grand melee” of theirs?
120119TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_100_192<sigh> My beloved family. Always making my decisions for me.
121120TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_193No, it's not like that! It's just... Oh, you wouldn't understand. How could you? You are free to be the woman you want to be, whereas I...I...
122121TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_194I am a son of House Fortemps, don't you see? My future was determined before I was born. What I could and could not do.
123122TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_195Right or wrong, that was the way of it─until the old order began to crumble. Now we wander amidst the rubble, searching for a purpose, for a place...
124123TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_196All around me, brave men and women rise to the occasion. With faith and conviction they dedicate themselves to their causes. But not I.
125124TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_100_196I was terrified of making the wrong choice, which is why I let better men make them for me. Do this, do that, take this duty, guard this conference─
126125TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_197I suppose I had convinced myself I was above it...until your friend showed me otherwise.
127126TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_198When I saw Honoroit, I wanted to scream. I wanted someone to blame! But, in the end, there was only me. Only me.
128127TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_199So you see, I cannot meekly bow my head and accept Father's command. Such cowardice is what brought me to this point.
129128TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_200I will go to Ser Aymeric, and I will make my own decision.
130129TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_205...Found him, did you?
131130TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_EMMANELLAIN_000_210No more excuses. This will be my choice, and mine alone.
132131TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TEMPLEKIGHTGATE_000_220The lord commander is not to be disturbed. May I ask what matter demands his personal attention?
133132TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_TEMPLEKIGHTGATE_000_221...I see. Very well─you may enter.
134133TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_Q3_000_223Proceed to the Seat of the Lord Commander?
135134TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_230We would not have come this far were it not for you, Player.
136135TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_LUCIA_000_235It has been an honor and a privilege.
137136TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_240Gods help me, I think it might be love.
138137TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_241I daresay it might be cheating, too. Your mere presence is enough to turn the tide of most battles.
139138TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_242And did you see the way his eyes lit up when you nodded? 'Twas a look of boundless relief and joy. One would think a politician more practiced at concealing his emotion.
140139TEXT_HEAVNC108_02238_THANCRED_000_243Still, his honesty does him credit. For a moment, I was fair inspired to pledge myself to the cause. But that would be improper. This is their fight─and yours─but not mine.
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