Fódlan Alternative II

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

At the conclusion of the moon, You begin to rise for the day. Seraphine manifests before You and begins to speak.

Seraphine: I think that this might be it... Well, we're getting closer, at the very least. We still aren't sure if we're going to actually wind up making it to Shambhala this time. It seems like nothing is ever quite as easy as we hope that it is. Something always has to get in our way since we can't just have anything simply.

You say that You are going to make sure that You reach Shambhala soon enough.

Seraphine: I know... But I'm still a bit worried in the meantime. I guess we're just going to have to see where it takes us from here.

You nod your agreement and make your way up to the cardinals' room. The Knights of Seiros are there as is to be expected.

Cordelia: Everyone else in the monastery is finishing up our last minute preparations before we go on and complete this charge.

Yuliya: It isn't going to be easy. Shambhala might as well be a bunker for all we know given the fact that it's underground.

Piers: We don't even entirely know how to get inside. All we're aware of is the fact that the entrance is somewhere in the vicinity of the place where we were when we were last in the area.

Wynne: We'll figure out a way to get in somehow. That's what we have to do in situations like this. We'll just keep ourselves optimistic and see what comes of it from there. I'm sure that we'll be fine.

Miriam: I wish that I could agree with you in terms of the vote of confidence, but I suppose that doesn't matter much right now. We'll do what we have to in order to come out on top.

Rodain: That's been the plan from the beginning, hasn't it? Especially given that the war is over everywhere else.

Derric: I don't know if I would go so far as to say that the war is over... After all, we've still got to deal with the lingering traces of Malice.

Cassia: The Empire in particular is bound to be notably dangerous in terms of soldiers that managed to escape.

Kaeta: I guess that you're right on that... After all, the emperor was only defeated a little while ago, so we haven't had the chance to do anything to clean up the area.

Cordelia: Shambhala is our main target for the time being. We can leave the business of cleaning up anything that's left for later on. The new emperor is bound to want to resolve an issue that important.

Rodain: I still can't believe that so many people that we once thought to be dead have returned to us after all this time...

Miriam: And we still have a few questions to ask them... Lady Aisa evaded us for multiple years during the war.

Yuliya: She must have been hiding herself on purpose. I doubt that she would just miraculously not run into anybody when people were scouring the continent for her.

Derric: I have to ask... Do any of you feel... I don't know... Resentment towards her? For the fact that she left us for all that time?

Piers: To be honest, I don't know. I am sure that she's back now though, and we're going to have to deal with the ramifications of that.

Cassia: I agree that she must have been intentionally avoiding us, but we have no evidence to back it up. I somehow doubt that she would admit to something of that nature so easily.

Wynne: I don't think that anybody would want to confess to trying to hide themselves from the rest of the continent in the middle of a war.