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10TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_SEQ_00The look in Marsak's eyes tell you the fight for Bozja is far from over.
21TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_SEQ_01Operation Eagle's Nest has failed, and the IVth Imperial Legion once again has the Resistance on the back foot. Bajsaljen is not one to be discouraged, however, and has already begun considering counter-strategies. Believing your counsel essential, he has requested an audience with you.
32TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_SEQ_02A report from Bwagi reveals the imperial legion's strength is not what it seems. In fact, they are now starved for resources, which has prompted allied forces from Dalmasca and Nagxia to launch an assault and thus slow the arrival of reinforcements to Bozja. The meeting is soon interrupted when a fatigued soldier enters, warning of yet another sighting of Queen Gunnhildr. For reasons as yet unknown, this prompts Mikoto to run off, likely to the southern front.
43TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_SEQ_03What Mikoto expects to find on the battlefield remains to be seen, but the others bid you go and find her, fearful she may discover more than she hopes for.
54TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_SEQ_04You find Mikoto unharmed, spying on Misija and a group of imperials. Once again, the vision of Queen Gunnhildr appears, though her power is noticeably diminished from your previous encounter. As you turn to leave, Mikoto's gift of the Echo offers an insight into the future─she sees the Resistance cornering Misija, who is unable to wield the power of Save the Queen. Mikoto would waste no time in relaying this news to the Resistance.
65TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_SEQ_05Mikoto is convinced the apparition Misija has used to drive back Resistance forces is born of the memories of the late Queen Gunnhildr. She goes on to explain the fabled blade Save the Queen was likely designed to function in a similar fashion to the auracite you encountered in Rabanastre. Assuming this is true, Misija's plans cannot come to fruition without a substantial cache of crystals, meaning there may yet be time for the Resistance to strike back.
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2524TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_TODO_00Speak with Bajsaljen.
2625TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_TODO_01Speak with Marsak on the Bozjan southern front.
2726TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_TODO_02Speak with Mikoto.
2827TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_TODO_03Speak with Bajsaljen at Gangos.
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4948TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_000It pains me to say it, but we have reached a stalemate on the Bozjan southern front. The IVth Imperial Legion seems content to play the waiting game, perhaps to conserve their strength until reinforcements arrive. We must act before their ranks are replenished.
5049TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_001There is much we wish to discuss with you, though I daresay Bajsaljen could explain it better than I.
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5352TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_050Allow me to cut straight to the heart of our troubles.
5453TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_051Though we were forced to abandon the castrum, it was our hope that Misija's display of force there was no more than an act of desperation to buy them time. But since then, Queen Gunnhildr has been quick to join the fray each time we engage their forces, leaving us little choice but to retreat.
5554TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_052We have sustained heavy casualties. Many of those not slain outright have been made slaves to Misija's will.
5655TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_053I fear she could defeat our forces utterly if she so chose. Our Dalmascan allies, however, have information to the contrary.
5756TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BWAGI_000_054To put it plainly, we believe the IVth Imperial Legion has all but exhausted its resources.
5857TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BWAGI_000_055In the wake of Emperor Varis's death, the war of succession has brought the whole of Garlemald to the brink of collapse.
5958TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BWAGI_000_056As for Gabranth, he has refused orders to return to the capital. Apparently, he harbors dreams of building some *new nation* on the ruins of Dalmasca.
6059TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_057Hmm... He may once have played the loyal servant to Solus, but there was no love lost between him and Varis. It seems his allegiance to Garlemald died with the Emperor.
6160TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_058If what you say is true, cutting ties with Garlemald has deprived his forces of any troops or supplies they would otherwise have received.
6261TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BWAGI_000_059Lord Hien was quick to reach the same conclusion and ordered an assault on the IVth Imperial Legion.
6362TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_060That would explain why reinforcements from Gabranth have yet to reach the Bozjan southern front.
6463TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BWAGI_000_061Exactly. Even as we speak, allies from both Dalmasca and Nagxia endeavor to halt their advance.
6564TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_062Nevertheless, our foes on the Bozjan front have Gunnhildr's Blades at their command, giving them the upper hand. Would that there were a way to free them from Misija's control.
6665TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_065I discussed this at length with Mistress Krile, but I am afraid a cure for their condition yet eludes us. <sigh> If only I hadn't been captured by Misija... None of this would have happened.
6766TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_070There may yet be hope, Marsak. I recently received word from the Scions that a cure for their affliction has been found.
6867TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_071However, the procedure would require a great deal of preparation, and that is to say nothing of the difficulty in employing this treatment in combat. <sigh> If only I hadn't been captured by Misija... None of this would have happened.
6968TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_075The fault lies with me. I am the one who failed to see through her deceit. You are not to blame for any of this.
7069TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_GEROLT_000_076Aye, no use moonin' about feelin' sorry for yerself. Next ye'll be sayin' we should've never reforged the blades of Gunnhildr.
7170TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_RESISTANCESOLDIER04025_000_077(-Resistance Soldier-)Commander! We've received word of another summoning!
7271TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_078Mikoto, wait! Where are you going?
7372TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_LILJA_000_079It must be the summonings─ But we can think about that later!
7473TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_LILJA_000_080Please, Player! You've got to stop her!
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7675TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_100If the queen were to appear, we would only be a burden. You must go on without us.
7776TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_VORON_000_150(-Voron-)Lowborn traitor!
7877TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_ZWYNBHRUDA_000_151(-Zwynbhruda-)Don't, Voron! You'll only provoke her!
7978TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MEESIYA_000_152How the tables have turned... Now, hold still. This won't hurt a bit.
8079TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_AMIGART_000_153(-Amigart-)Wait, please! Don't!
8180TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_RIAN_000_154Something wrong, Misija? You've spared two of your captives.
8281TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MEESIYA_000_155Do it!
8382TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_RIAN_000_156Apologies. Seems I misspoke.
8483TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MEESIYA_000_157If you've come to bark orders, don't bother. The next step in my plan has already been set in motion.
8584TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MEESIYA_100_157Now, if you'll excuse me.
8685TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_RIAN_000_158I certainly hope she knows what she's doing. That eikon of hers is all we have left to buy us time until reinforcements arrive.
8786TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_RIAN_000_159But what on earth could this new plan of hers be? Oh, I do so love a good scheme. Alas, I've been strictly forbidden from helping her...
8887TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_160Let us return to Gangos. I have seen...more than enough.
8988TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_170Not another step! We have you surrounded!
9089TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_171It's over, Misija. We know full well the crystal's power is spent!
9190TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_180...Another vision. Did you see it too?
9291TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_181Come, Player. We must inform the others.
9392TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_250Now that Blade has arrived, would you care to elucidate your findings, Mikoto?
9493TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_251To speak plainly, I believe the apparition summoned at Castrum Lacus Litore and again on the southern front is not what we would call an eikon or a primal. Not in the strictest sense of the term.
9594TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_GEROLT_000_252The hells are ye talkin' about, lass? I've heard me fair share o' tales about primals, and what ye've all told me o' this Queen Gunnhildr fits the description to a bloody tittle.
9695TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_253According to our records, Queen Gunnhildr wielded the power of the blade not to summon a god, but to become one, that she could protect our people.
9796TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_LILJA_000_254So she made herself a vessel for its power, then?
9897TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_255Misija claimed that after the Fourth Umbral Calamity was averted, the queen was able to return to her mortal form.
9998TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_256Tales passed down through the ages state much the same. It appears Queen Gunnhildr was able to call upon its power at will.
10099TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_257Then that would mean that a living vessel is required to wield the blade's true power. But that does not explain why it instead manifested in the form of Queen Gunnhildr.
101100TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_258Based on our experience in the castrum and what we observed on the southern front, I believe the blade was imbued with the queen's memories in the form of aether at the moment of her death, and that the crystal focus was used to draw them out.
102101TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_259Does that not sound familiar, Player? Aether absorbed into a vessel, and thereafter used to call forth unspeakable monstrosities.
103102TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_260Precisely. It is a phenomenon quite similar to the auracite we discovered in Rabanastre.
104103TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_261As you may recall, Argath Thadalfus harbored a burning desire to rule, which was made manifest in the ruins of Lesalia.
105104TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BWAGI_000_262Aye, it was the same for my brother, Ba'Gamnan. His guilt over the deaths of the prince and princess served as a catalyst for his own grisly transformation.
106105TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_BAISHAEN_000_263...I see. From what we have learned of the holy blade thus far, it has much in common with auracite.
107106TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_264This is merely conjecture, but I suspect that Save the Queen was actually crafted from auracite, and altered to amplify the desires of whoever wields it.
108107TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MARSHAK_000_265But who would be capable of such a feat?
109108TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_266I cannot say with any certainty, but together with the crystal foci, it is reminiscent of ancient Allagan technology. How it found its way into the hands of Bozjans is anyone's guess.
110109TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_GEROLT_000_267Now hold on a bleedin' minute. Let me see if I'm understandin' this right.
111110TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_GEROLT_000_268Yer sayin' that thing you saw in the castrum weren't no primal, but a mere sliver o' the queen's aether what was left over in the blade?
112111TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_LILJA_000_269It seems like it. But on the other hand, Misija can keep conjuring it up as many times as she wants.
113112TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_GEROLT_000_270Considerin' what it was designed for, that shade o' the queen is the least of our worries.
114113TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_271Indeed. Misija's ultimate goal is likely to become a vessel for the blade's power, much like the queen did to avert the Fourth Umbral Calamity.
115114TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_272With apt preparation, Player could likely vanquish this shade of Queen Gunnhildr.
116115TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_273But if Misija should succeed in bringing the full power of the blade to bear...
117116TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_LILJA_000_274Are you suggesting there's a chance she could lose? Impossible! Why, I can't even count the number of stories I've heard of Player's god-slaying adventures. What's one more notch on her belt?
118117TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_275I would rather it not come to that... Thankfully, Misija has yet to find a store of crystals suitable for her plans.
119118TEXT_LUCKSA201_04025_MIKOTO_000_276And I doubt she will─for the time being, at least─if the blade was designed in like manner to the crystal foci. We must act now, while there is still time.
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