(The chapter opens with Siegbert, Shigure, Kana, and Kanaya walking together at the front of the group.)
Kana: I'm getting tired of all this walking... We've been at it for so long...
Siegbert: It won't be long before we reach the capital where Thalone is located. After we finally kill him, we won't need to worry about pushing ourselves this far ever again.
Kanaya: I wish he was dead already...
Shigure: You aren't the only one.
(Lyci runs up to the party.)
Lyci: Shigure! There are enemies nearby!
Shigure: Are you sure?
Lyci: Look!
(Lyci points ahead. A large group of enemies can be seen. Shigure stops walking, and the others follow his lead to stare at the faction they are no doubt going to be fighting sooner rather than later.)
Shigure: Do you have any idea who they are?
Lyci: No. I just knew I felt something was off.
Siegbert: Last time, we had to fight against the consorts of the late King Garon... Maybe the time has come for us to fight the monstrous monarch himself.
Kana: Oh, no...
Kanaya: I've heard about him... He was a terror on the battlefield when he was in his prime, and it was only old age that kept him from fighting in his later years.
Kana: Age doesn't impact these invisible soldiers though... That means that he's going to be difficult to deal with.
Shigure: If that is the case, then we're certainly going to have our work cut out for us. I'm sure that we can take care of it, but...
Lyci: Why don't we get right down to business then?
Siegbert: I agree with Lyci. We won't be able to reach Thalone unless we power through whoever is coming next, regardless of if that's King Garon or not.
Shigure: Onward then!
(The screen transitions to after the party has gotten closer to the enemy. There are three notable soldiers among the fighters. The first is King Garon. On either side of him, Iago and Hans can be seen.)
Kana: It's him...
Kanaya: What do we do?
Siegbert: We have no choice but to strike him down. He stands in our way of defeating Thalone, so he must be defeated.
Lyci: He was never a good person in the first place, but... We can at least get rid of the possession.
Shigure: I don't know if I would go that far. There are some signs recorded by my mother that he was once a fine ruler, but... He changed.
Siegbert: Perhaps he was under Thalone's influence a lot longer than we thought.
Kana: I wonder...
Lyci: It doesn't matter how long he was being controlled at the end of the day though. We just have to get rid of him once and for all.
Kanaya: In that case, we should get everybody ready.
Lyci: I'll make sure that the rest of our group is ready to fight.
Shigure: Thank you, Lyci... I don't know what Thalone is thinking by sending King Garon our way, but it isn't going to break our spirits like he might be hoping. If King Garon is in our way, he must be defeated... It's that simple.
(The battle begins. Your units are lined up in a small circle near the bottom of the map. Garon, Iago, and Hans are stationed near the top. The invisible soldiers surround your units on most sides in a large circle. Your objective is to rout the enemy.)
(When Garon is fought in battle, this dialogue plays out)
Garon: In the name of the great Anankos, you must die!
(When Iago is fought in battle, this dialogue plays out)
Iago: King Garon has declared that you must die, and so you will. For both him and Anankos, you draw your last breaths here!
(When Hans is fought in battle, this dialogue plays out)
Hans: You made a mistake for approaching me, and you will pay for that mistake with your life!
(When Garon is defeated, this dialogue plays out)
Garon: Anankos... Urgh...
(When Iago is defeated, this dialogue plays out)
Iago: A... Bitter failure...
(When Hans is defeated, this dialogue plays out)
Hans: Have I... Fallen...?!
(After the three bosses are defeated, Shigure speaks.)
Shigure: I have to wonder... Is it really over? That seemed to be too easy...
Siegbert: Shigure... Look!
(Siegbert points to the spots where Garon, Hans, and Iago were not long ago. The three appear again using teleportation magic.)
Kana: But how is that possible?!
Kanaya: We just freed them from Thalone's control!
Lyci: I guess that Thalone learned how to use the multiple timelines thing to his advantage... He must have deemed them important enough to bring over from the other timeline, even if he didn't do such a thing with the concubines of King Garon that we fought before arriving here.
Shigure: If he wants to bring them back, then we'll just defeat them again. We did it once before, so we can stand to do it one more time!
Siegbert: Shigure is right. Thalone is going to see that bringing over secondary copies wasn't going to help. He made this mistake, and now, he will have to live with it.
(The battle resumes. It is not considered finished until after Garon, Hans, and Iago have been defeated a second time. Afterwards, Shigure, Siegbert, Kana, Kanaya, and Lyci stand near one another, looking down at the places where the three men died for a second time.)
Shigure: They aren't coming back... I think it's safe to say that we've taken care of them.
Lyci: That sure is a relief... I didn't think that Thalone would want to bring over secondary versions from the other timeline. Now, we know for the future that we need to keep that fact in mind.
Kana: If he did that once already, he'll probably do it again in the future.
Kanaya: And if he does, we'll just take them out again! We can handle this!
Siegbert: King Garon truly was long gone...
Shigure: What makes you say that?
Siegbert: He fought many of his grandchildren here today. We look like our parents. I am the spitting image of my father, but he still didn't recognize any of us.
Kana: I guess he lost the ability to think of things like that a long time ago...
Shigure: If he really was possessed by Thalone before his real death, then... All semblance of sanity flowed away a long time ago. All that remained were fractured memories, and he wasn't able to put together enough pieces.
Kanaya: So... His mind was more broken than his wife's was... That's so sad.
Siegbert: He was once a good man and a loved king... It's a shame he never got to see that legacy resume after his death. The things he did while under Thalone's influence will never be forgotten.
Lyci: Well... His spirit is free now, so if there really was a good man under there, he's going to be able to find his truth.
Shigure: Lyci is right. Besides, we shouldn't dwell on it here for too long. We need to keep going. I doubt Thalone will wait for us to think this situation through in full.
Siegbert: As much as I hate to say it, you have a point.
Kana: Besides, we need to show Thalone who he's been messing with!
Kanaya: He's hurt a lot of people, and if Shigure's mother is correct, King Garon was just the start.
Shigure: We cannot let this continue, so we must press on.
Lyci: Of course.
(Shigure, Lyci, Kana, and Kanaya all walk away, leaving Siegbert alone to look at where Garon disappeared in his final moments.)
Siegbert: Tell me, Father... Is this what you would have wanted of me...?
I promise I'll try to end the Nohr angst train soon
-Digital