(The chapter opens with Kana, Kanaya, Shigure, and Lyci walking next to Siegbert, Luna, and Owen. They are getting closer to the capital of Valla)

Shigure: We should be within the limits of the capital soon.

Siegbert: I pray you're right... The sooner this conflict ends, the better.

Kana: Do you guys... Sense that? It feels like something is wrong.

Lyci: We've found ourselves in so much trouble lately that we can sense it.

Kanaya: I suppose it was only a matter of time before we adapted like this...

Owen: What do you think is coming? Is it another group of invisible soldiers?

Luna: What else could it be? We're getting closer to the capital, so we're bound to start coming up against the strongest members of this army Thalone has pulled together.

Siegbert: Look. There are a lot of them on the horizon... They appear to be forming a defensive line to keep anyone from getting into the city.

Luna: We'll have to take them out then.

Shigure: There's no reason to linger here any longer then. Let's go and take care of them.

Kana: I wonder who they're going to be...

Kanaya: Probably nameless, faceless soldiers like every other time...

(The group goes closer to the place where the invisible soldiers are located. The leader is a woman with blonde hair who looks oddly similar to Siegbert.)

Kanaya: It's weird... I can sense some sort of Dragon Vein power coming from them, but I thought that only royals were meant to have that power.

Kana: I feel it too... About half of them have it...

Shigure: The woman at the front... I think I recognize her from somewhere...

Siegbert: She looks a lot like my father... Is that an odd comparison to make?

Lyci: Maybe they're connected somehow. I can't think of any other explanation.

Owen: We don't have time to ask them for answers right now. Let's go on and take care of them.

Luna: I feel the same.

Siegbert: In that case, we battle!

(The battle starts. The map takes place in an open space similar to a town square. The objective is to rout the enemy. Half of the foes are older women while the other half are children with the Dragon Vein ability. The camera pans over to where the leader of the soldiers is standing.)

Katarina: In the name of Anankos, we must defeat them! We have no other options!

Siegbert: Looking at her now, she does look rather familiar...

Lyci: She looks like you, to be honest. Similar facial structure, same hair color, same eye color...

Luna: There must be some explanation for this, but we can discuss it after the battle. After all, we have more important things to take care of at the moment.

(If Siegbert initiates combat with Katarina, this dialogue plays out.)

Siegbert: Who are you? I don't understand.

Katarina: Xander...? Xander, is that you?

Siegbert: Xander? That's my father.

Katarina: You must be my grandson then... I'm so glad to be able to see you now... I had no idea Xander had a child...!

Siegbert: You're my... Grandmother? That isn't possible. Queen Katarina died-

Katarina: And was brought back by the great Anankos. Join me, Siegbert... I know where your father is.

Siegbert: ...My father is dead.

Katarina: That is not true. Come with me, and I will show him to you.

Siegbert: ...You are using the face of someone my father cared deeply about to manipulate me. That is a sin that can never be forgiven. May this battle bring your twisted soul salvation at last.

(If anyone else initiates combat with Katarina, this dialogue plays out.)

Katarina: In the name of Queen Katarina of Nohr, I demand that you surrender your lives to the great Anankos!

(When Katarina is defeated, this dialogue plays out.)

Katarina: Garon... It is a shame we were... Never reunited... May I see you again... On the other side... O-Of the light...

(After the battle, Siegbert stands over Katarina's body with Shigure and Lyci. Owen and Luna are nearby with Kana and Kanaya.)

Siegbert: She's gone...

Shigure: She said her name was Katarina...

Luna: That was the name of King Garon's first wife.

Owen: She died to illness not long into their shared reign, and while he would take other consorts, he never loved another person the way he cared for her... That's what the stories say at least.

Kana: Thalone used her against us...

Kanaya: But she didn't die in Valla. She died because of illness.

Shigure: He has the power of a god... He can do a lot of things, and that must include resurrecting the dead. However, this Katarina was only a cheap imitation of the real queen who lived so many years ago.

Siegbert: Katarina was my father's mother as well... She was my grandmother, and now... She's...

Lyci: It was the only way to free her soul from Thalone's command. She would have been stuck as a mindless soldier under him forever, and she wasn't even alive when we just fought her.

Siegbert: I know, but... It's a lot to process all at once.

Owen: As for the other children... I mentioned that King Garon took other consorts.

Luna: There was a bloody battle among the members of court for the throne. Concubines and their children murdered each other for a chance to rule Nohr. There were over two dozen of them as far as I'm aware.

Owen: Where did you hear all of that?

Luna: My mother was known for being an assassin. She knew how to gather a lot of information easily, even if it was meant to be top secret. She passed it down when she thought I was old enough to understand.

Kanaya: I knew I sensed Dragon Vein power... If they were all related to King Garon, they had his blood... The kids, I mean.

Kana: If those were all the children and their mothers, then... They were all loosely related to you and your cousins, Siegbert.

Siegbert: That's true... They were.

Shigure: They all died much younger than they appeared here today though... I would estimate that they were resurrected and aged using Anankos' power.

Lyci: There were a few extra women that didn't seem to have any children to match though...

Siegbert: If I had to guess... I would say that those were the mothers of my aunts and uncle. My father and his siblings were only related through King Garon, and they all had different mothers... Their mothers must have died in the aftermath of the concubine battles, and they were brought back here alongside my grandmother to fight us.

Owen: We killed our relatives, and we didn't know it... We know that it was to save their lives, but that doesn't change the fact that we were forced into it unknowingly.

Kana: I'm sorry you had to go through that.

Kanaya: I'm sure they're really thankful for what happened today... I'm positive.

Shigure: I agree with Kanaya. We did what we had to, and wherever their souls rest now... They are happy. Akiri and Yugare will continue to watch over them from beyond this life.

Luna: Besides, even if we wanted to, we don't have any options of lingering here to do something about it. They're gone, and that's a fact that can't be reversed.

Lyci: We should keep going so that we can take out Thalone once and for all. Once we get rid of him, imagine how many people will be able to rest in peace. We'll save so many lost souls.

Siegbert: You are correct there... We're getting closer to the capital, so the enemies are only going to get stronger from here on out.

Shigure: We'll have to be as strong as we possibly can be if we want to defeat Thalone. He undoubtedly has countless other soldiers waiting for us as soon as we get through the gates of the capital, and we can't afford to slack off if we want to get out of this alive.

Lyci: What if he winds up resurrecting other people? After the little stunt he pulled here today, it wouldn't surprise me if he did something sketchy like that when we got closer.

Owen: If he does, we'll just have to deal with it along the way. We have to defeat him no matter what, even if that means seeing through all the tricks he tries to use against him.

Luna: He can try, but he'll only fail if we stay true to our path.

Siegbert: I don't think I've ever heard you say something that enthusiastic, Luna, so I'm going to trust it. You wouldn't say it if it wasn't true, after all.

Kana: Then let's go and defeat him for the sake of all the people he resurrected just to make them suffer!

Kanaya: He won't know what hit him!

(The group heads ind the direction of the capital as the screen fades out to black.)


I made the kids suffer a lot in this one huh

-Digital