Laughing Dog: I know... That's why I've addressed the whole "Why mages can't use magic weapons" question in this chapter.
Mike AZ 2: Thank you.
I'm alive. Life and college prep got in the way. But I've arrived with a new chapter with no promises on when the next one will show up... Yay...
Enjoy the chapter readers.
Good news. We have rescued General Geoffery and his soldiers. Granting us the morale Crimea needs.
Bad news (If anyone cares). Kieran has perished in the battle…. By idiotically suicide charging against The Black Knight. (More details on that later.)
Feel free to mourn and pay your respects. I'm sure at least one of you does. Otherwise, rest up for tomorrow's march.
-Titania
Astrid- -sigh- Fine. We'll send your letter to your parents about leaving them. But not before you rephrase it into something more tasteful, and NOT, literally, "Screw you, assholes! Astrid OUT!"
Bastian- Welcome to the army. Please stop talking like that… Also, surrender that knife and use staves instead.
Boyd- You'll be paying the merchant convoy for all of those hand axes you took.
Black Knight- I can't believe that I'm writing this here. But thank you for getting rid of Kieran.
"You're welcome" -Black Knight
Holy shit how the hell did you get in and out of here without anyone noticing?
"I'm a ninja!" -Black Knight
No. No you are not.
"Spoilsport. Fine, I used the warp magic all y'all seem to have forgotten I have" -Black Knight
Oh…
Brom- Glad to know that you listened to me and stopped using the whips. Here's a Master Seal and please just use axes from now on.
Calill- When even HARR is calling you lazy, you know you need to rethink your combat tactics. So, report to Rhys and Mist for stave training and don't come out until you're able to use Physic staves.
Elincia- It's good to know that you're putting Astrid under sanctuary and join the knights in Crimea once the war ends. But I need to ask, how long have you and Astrid planned this…?
Devdan- Why were there some civilians calling you 'Danved' rather than your name…?
Gatrie- Stop grinning and just dig Kieran's grave already.
Geoffrey- Welcome to the army. We're more than capable of tearing Daien a new asshole. We don't need to abandon any other resistance forces we find under attack. Suggesting that will result in Elincia thrashing you, or possibly demoting you. She hasn't decided yet.
Harr- I hate to say this, but that Flame Lance relays on a person's magical strengths in order to be fully utilized. So please surrender it…. NO you may NOT sleep with it! I do NOT want to add paraphilia to this list of 'messed up shit' this army has done!
Ike- Thank you for NOT challenging the Black Knight during the battle today. …. Why are you being quiet…?
Ilyana- I… actually don't know why Magic units can't be trained to use weapons other than knives. You do bring up a good point though. If you're able to use lances, you'd be unstoppable with that Flame Lance… You know what? Let's try it anyway! If Lethe and Ike can become a cavalier unit, you can wield a lance. Harr! Get over here!
Janaff- So if I have this right; According to the handler we captured, the Feral One process has been going around in Daien since Ashnard became King. So it's worse than we thought… and the handler doesn't know the name of the 'beroc' who created this crime against nature… We'll have to do some serious digging once the war's over…
Jill- Was it honestly necessary to collect all of that wyvern armour just to have YOUR wyvern try them on?
Kieran- …. Good riddance. But that's what happens when you break free, steal a Master Seal and an axe, and charge straight at the Black Knight.
Lethe- Permission to maul the Feral One hander to death denied. We still need to interrogate him some more. Ask again in twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Lucia- Elincia has spent the last year trying not to be an emotionally damaged wreck. Telling her to ABANDON her friends/countrymen who turned out to be alive while we're MORE than capable of saving them was not your best moment. Permission to get that wound healed denied.
Makalov- The army officially calls "the Kieran Incident" an accident and does not hold you responsible. For a totally unrelated reason, we're granting you a Master Seal and have forgiven 20% of your debt to us.
Marcia- If you're asking why I always had Kieran tied up rather than Makalov. It's because Kieran is more annoying and dangerous. Makalov would just lose at cards, Kieran would bring an axe to card games and rage at losing.
Mia- Glad to know that you're feeling better. Rhys still isn't your destined rival.
Mist- Why are you asking where Rolf is?
Mordicai- I don't care if you react badly to water! For the love of Ashera, take a bath!
Muarim- It's nice of you to offer but polishing everyone's weapons for us isn't really necessary. We can clean them ourselves.
Nephenee- No! No! NO! YOU WILL NOT START USING PRISON CELL DOORS AS WEAPONS! Do you have any idea how hard we worked to get Brom to stop doing that? What are you talking about? Brom's still using prison cell doors. ... BROM!
Oscar- Since you smell just as bad as Mordicai, your orders are to take a bath, force him to as well, and remain there until the blood smell goes away. If that requires somebody carrying a bathtub with you in it, then so be it.
Ranulf- As tempting as it is, we're not going to blow up that bridge out of spite.
Reyson- You're staying in the medical tent until your arms are relocated.
Rhys- Don't worry, I'm certain that we'll find other uses for those sleeping potions.
Rolf- Why are you running away from Mist?
Shiharam- Yes, yes, we all saw how you killed Petrine. Even after the battle got to the point where she begged for her life and you proceeded to kill her anyway while saying, and I quote, "This is for Talerga, you title-stealing bitch!" Have a cookie.
Shinon- You will surrender those 'Molotov cocktails' immediately!
Soren- You're using both knives and staves just to piss me off, aren't you…?
Sothe- Our next battle will be at Marhaut Mountain. So I need you, Volke, Janaff, and Ulki to go ahead and scout the area for enemy ambushes. … Fine, after you find any leads on your friend is acceptable but remember that we have what's left of Daien's army after us right now.
Stefan- No, Master Seals do NOT advance you to a 'third' class! That would just be-why are you holding that crown?
Tanith- Glad to know that the lecture has stuck. But know that I make good on my threats.
Tauroneo- Please stop suplexing enemy soldiers! It's starting to get stupid! Are you listening?! PUT THAT HORSE DOWN!
Tormod- Yes, I am calling it fortunate that it was raining yesterday so that you didn't have to set fire to the surrounding forests! Seriously, do I have to ask Rhys to tie YOU up too?!
Ulki- Forget Shinion, I want you to keep an eye on Tormod from now on, because Muarim CAN'T! "Actually, he won't - I heard him say it" I KNEW it!
Volke- Get off the ceiling! Actually, better question. How are you standing on a TENT ceiling?!
Zihark Crazy McMurderpants- You will NOT kill any Crimean civilians we come across, while despicable, I'm 90% certain racism isn't considered a crime, yet. Even if it was, it wouldn't receive the death penalty.
AN: Before any Kieran fans send angry reviews to me. Please hear me out first...
I have had a REALLY hard time choosing between Kieran or Makalov to be written out here, and I've spent months agonizing over it... But in the end, I went with Kieran getting killed off because in all honestly... As bad as Makalov's character is in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, I'm a LOT more annoyed with Kieran's character and his self imposed 'rivalry' with Oscar, who doesn't even acknowledge it...
Both of them are my least favourite characters, but in gameplay-wise, I have better level ups with Makalov than Kieran, which is why Makalov gets character changes. But he'll be VASTLY different in Radiant Dawn once we get to it. Do feel free to send ideas for it because it's a LOOOONG game to go through and write, and both life and college will get in the way.
As for the Black Knight killing Kieran. That was my AustSakuraKyzor's idea.
Please read and review, and thanks again to AustSakuraKyzor for editing/co-writing