Part 109: Wallace
Support Conversations: WallaceWallace/Lyn
Thunder/Wind
C - Attack + .5, Defense + .5, Accuracy + 2.5, Avoid + 2.5, Critical + 5, Critical Evade + 5
B - Attack + 1, Defense + 1, Accuracy + 5, Avoid + 5, Critical + 10, Critical Evade + 10
A - Attack + 1.5, Defense + 1.5, Accuracy + 7.5, Avoid + 7.5, Critical + 15, Critical Evade + 15
C Support
: Wallace.
: Ah, Lady Lyndis!: I wanted to thank you for fighting with us.: It is nothing! I have sworn my body and blade to Caelin! It is my duty to aid the lady Lyndis. Ah, I was going to ask you how the knights of Caelin have been doing? Have they been following the training courses in my “Manual of Knightly Prowess”?: Y-Yes... They’re all giving in their best. All except that one crazy course in which they’re supposed to circle the domain at top speed...: What!? Those weak-bellied wimps! How many times did I explain: Leave out one of the drills in the manual, and the good it has done will be for naught!: But they’re only human! Running full speed around the domain is impossible!: With an iron will, nothing is impossible, my Lady. At my best, I circled the domain thrice, in armor!: You can’t set one person as a standard for all, especially one as exceptional as yourself!: Nonsense! Lord Hassar dismounted and ran the three laps with me, he did!: Wallace! You... You knew my father?: I knew him well. I knew Lord Hassar well, for he was my rival in all things.: Tell me! Tell me about my father!B Support
: Phew...: Good show! You wield a sword with grace.: Good day, General Wallace.: You’ve come so far in such a short time. Not only have you mastered the basics, but your progress beyond is swift indeed.: I learned the sword... from my father.: Yes, it is true that Lord Hassar was good not just with the bow, but with the sword as well.: I...must become stronger. And not just for this battle... There is something else I must do.: Perhaps, Lady Lyndis... you speak of the bandits that took your parents’ lives?: My mother, my father... and the people of Lorca who died... With this sword, I’ll avenge them all one day, I swear it.: How saddened the marquess would be if he heard, that a lady of Caelin was plotting revenge...: You would have me forget!? Can I forget the blood that was spilled? Can I forget me father!? Never! I cannot!: Lady Lyndis...: I am sorry, Sir Wallace. But this is something that I cannot forget.: Lady Lyndis... Do you hate them-- the ones who did this to you?: Yes, I hate them. Very much. They took my father and mother from me... I shall never forgive them. As long as they live, I can never move on!: ...A Support
: Lady Lyndis.: General Wallace...?: I had not thought to ever tell this to anyone... But I shall tell you, and only you.: What is it?: I haven’t told you how I came to Bern...: You mean you didn’t wander here by chance?: No, not by chance. I came to Bern for a reason. I had a purpose...: A purpose?: The bandits that used to live in the Taliver Mountains... They are no more. I destroyed the bandits of Taliver.: ...Why!? Why did you do such a thing!? The bandits of Taliver were my enemies! They were mine to...: ...Lady Lyndis. I killed them--but not for revenge. I want you to be happy... I wanted the single daughter of Lord Hassar and Lady Madelyn... ...to be happy.: ...: Lady Lyndis. If you truly wished revenge upon them, you should be happy. Hatred can be strength. On the plains, you needed that strength to survive. But left too long, hatred can twist and consume you.: ...: The blood of your parents flows in your veins. That you live must bring them no end of joy. But for you to be filled with such hate... Is this what your parents would have wished for?: But...But I...: My words now might not reach you, I know that. Still, Lady Lyndis, listen: I pray that your heart will not be clouded. For you have the clear eyes of your mother, and in clarity lies beauty.Wallace/Kent
Thunder/Anima
C - Attack + .5, Defense + 1, Avoid + 5, Critical + 2.5, Critical Evade + 5
B - Attack + 1, Defense + 2, Avoid + 10, Critical + 5, Critical Evade + 10
A - Attack + 1.5, Defense + 3, Avoid + 15, Critical + 7.5, Critical Evade + 15
C Support
: Lord Wallace!: Kent.: It is an honor to serve with you again! Where have you traveled since we parted last year? We didn’t know where you had gone, and Lady Lyndis became rather worried.: Hm? Oh, er... Yes, well... I just...wandered about. I felt that I had lost some of my former strength, so I tried to train myself back into shape.: I see...: And you... Have you kept your training?: Rest assure. I train hard every day.: Lady Lyndis seems to have settled into her new role nicely. She has acquired the air of a noblewoman.: Yes, she truly is...a remarkable person.: I had not seen her in a long time... But she looks more like Lady Madelyn every day...: Now that you mention it... When Lady Madelyn eloped 17 years ago, you were already in the knight brigade, weren’t you?: Yes. I knew both Lady Madelyn and Hassar.: Lord Hassar... Lady Lyndis’s father?: Yes. He was my good friend. He was tight-lipped like all men of Sacae, but... He had the same deep, honest eyes as Lady Lyndis.B Support
: When Lady Lyndis’s parents eloped, I heard that Lord Hausen became terribly angry...: Yes. He was usually warm and kind, but his demeanor changed entirely when it came to Lady Madelyn’s welfare. I was ordered to bring them both back. I was told to resort to force against Hassar if he resisted.: That is quite a shock... I cannot imagine such an order from our kind lord now...: I accepted my orders and set out to find them... Lady Madelyn was not accustomed to hard travel, and I found them soon... But I could not take them.: Why is that?: They both said the same thing. Each said, “I am to blame. Do not harm the other.”: ...: In the end, I closed my eyes and let them cross the border... I told the marquess that they eluded me.: You disobeyed an order from your liege?!: ...Yes, and I spent six months in the dungeon for it... Considering his anger at the time, he was probably being lenient with me.: But why did you do it? I can certainly understand it must have been a hard order to follow, but...to disobey your lord is unthinkable for a knight...: So it is. But what would you have done? Would you have dragged Lady Madelyn back to the castle, ending their chance for love? She might have taken her own life if faced with such grief. And Lady Lyndis would never have been born...: No...: When the marquess fell ill last year, Lundgren seized power in Caelin. What would you have done then? Would you have served Lundgren because you had sworn fealty to Caelin?: ...: For knights in the service of a lord, an order is absolute. But a knight does not follow orders blindly. Before obeying, a knight should always consider whether the order serves the lord who gives it.A Support
: Lord Wallace!: Ahh, Kent! I have been watching you in battle. You seem to have improved greatly.: It is all thanks to your training, Lord Wallace! By the way, m’lord...: Yes?: Lord Hausen thanked you after the fact, did he not? So your disobedience was in fact...prudent. I do not know how I could follow such an example... I have so long believed that a knight owed blind obedience to his lord... However... I... How do you know? How do you know what your loyalty truly requires of you?: Kent. You must decide for yourself.: I must decide...? But...: My disobedience was actually in setting out to do the thing I knew was wrong. I knew this before I even set out to recover Lady Madelyn. Loyalty to one’s lord is like love itself. So long as you keep the love of your lord in your heart, your loyalty never truly wavers. Wouldn’t you agree?: Yes... Certainly, it is as you say. Thank you, Lord Wallace. I still have so much to learn from you. Please, continue to instruct me always...: Bahahahahaha! Of course! I’m not going back into retirement now! I can’t let you young pups take all of the glory! Now, back to battle! Follow me, Kent!: Aye!Wallace/Wil
Thunder/Wind
C - Attack + .5, Defense + .5, Accuracy + 2.5, Avoid + 2.5, Critical + 5, Critical Evade + 5
B - Attack + 1, Defense + 1, Accuracy + 5, Avoid + 5, Critical + 10, Critical Evade + 10
A - Attack + 1.5, Defense + 1.5, Accuracy + 7.5, Avoid + 7.5, Critical + 15, Critical Evade + 15
C Support
: Ho! You there! You are Wil, correct? Yes, I remember you! Have you become a fine warrior?
: Oh, great... If it isn’t Mr. “Manual of Knightly Prowess”! I mean...General Wallace!: Young Wil! You were in the Caelin army, yes? So then, you must have benefited from my Manual of Knightly Prowess! You must be a strapping lad now, not like the puny boy I knew... ...But...you...aren’t.: Yeah, I, umm...: Have you not been training like the manual suggested? What a weak little husk you are! How can you serve Lady Lyndis like that?: I, ahh... I’m sorry?: Bah! So be it! I will train you myself!: Huh?! No, that’s OK! Really, it’s fine!: Pfaw! Worry not, I need no special thanks! Training new recruits is my hobby, as a matter of fact! I trained Sain and Kent, and look at them now!: B-But...: If you follow my fast and effective secret training regimen for just ten short days, I promise you big beautiful muscles that will be such to turn a few heads! Wahahahahahaha!: Umm, excuse me!: Huh? Hey! Get back here! You think I’ll let you escape?B Support
: ...Ha... That clanking! Nooo!: Muhahahaha! Now I’ve found you, Wil!: Whaa-! L-Lord Wallace!: Give up! There is no escape for you! Today, you begin my secret training!: Um, didn’t I say no thanks or something last time?: Pfah! Do you intend to disobey a direct order, soldier?: This is...an order?: I hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but... It’s time for the use of force!: What do you plan to do... with that spear?: Don’t worry. If you can avoid my thrusts, you’ll live! Here I come!: Whaa!: So, you evaded that one... Well, then try this... DIE!: Hiyaa!: Wait, Wil! Hey, he can move pretty quickly... But I won’t let him escape!A Support
: 98... ...99... ...and... ...100! Phew... If Wallace finds me, he’s going to make me do that training... So I have to keep training just to avoid his training! ...Wahh!: Wil! Tsk! You were...hiding! You go through so much just to avoid my training... But I won’t give up!: Ahh, it’s no good... He’s just going to catch me eventually... Normally, I would be ecstatic to train to become a knight... But that guy’s just too much! ...How long can I keep running? Hanhh...Hanhh...The best character.
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