Fódlan Alternative II

{Part Two: Emerald Tempest} Chapter Twenty-One: In Defiance of Death I

At the start of the next moon, You rise and prepare to face the day at hand. Seraphine manifests before You.

Seraphine: We're going to be able to actually take care of our invasion this moon... That's what I'm praying for, at the very least. I don't want our attack on Shambhala to be interrupted again after all that we've endured. We have to go and see what we can find there.

You say that the process of returning the monastery to the way it was has been going well.

Seraphine: That's true... Though it has been somewhat slow, I suppose. I guess that's to be expected given the circumstances though. A lot happened last moon... The emperor died that day on the battlefield, and his killer is someone who we thought was long gone. So much has changed so quickly...

You tell her that You are going to search for the answers that You seek soon enough.

Seraphine: That's true... For now though, we should go and see what we can learn from the others in the cardinals' room. They have to have at least something to share with us.

You nod your agreement, and she fades away as You make your way up to the room in question. The Knights of Seiros are already there when You arrive, though You suppose that such a thing is to be expected.

Cordelia: Good morning, Professor. We were going over the last bit of planning that we wanted to take care of for this moon, though I don't think that there's much we have left to take care of.

Yuliya: We're going to uphold our previous plans of going to Shambhala. It's just a matter of time before we're able to head over there and finish things.

Derric: I have to admit, I'm more confident than ever now that we have so many others on our side again.

Piers: I was convinced that a certain few people there were dead and gone... Though I suppose that I'm happy to be proven wrong.

Kaeta: First, there was the matter of Chris being alive, and not only that, but she managed to kill the emperor too as the leader of the resistance force.

Wynne: But I'm personally thinking a lot more about Lady Aisa right now... We spent so much time trying to find her...

Miriam: All this time, she simply didn't want to be found. She hid herself away from the rest of the world for some reason that we don't understand.

Rodain: So many people would have looked to the Church of Seiros for support in a time like this, but that wasn't an option with her gone like that...

Cassia: The fact that she seemingly managed to defeat the mastermind behind Malice is something even stranger to me...

Cordelia: I would be lying if I said that I was entirely happy right now. We've been searching for ages up to this point, and to find out that she was hiding from the world all this time... I don't know how I feel about it, but I'm going to do what I can to talk to her about this situation as soon as possible.

Kaeta: And you want the rest of us to focus on getting ready for the Shambhala invasion, right?

Cordelia: Precisely. We have many other occupants of the monastery that have yet to be settled in, and I think that your time would be best spent trying to help them to think of this place as home once again.

Wynne: You can count on us! We'll have everyone ready for the Shambhala invasion in no time!

Derric: And we'll do what we can to clean up the monastery from the attack along the way.