Part 124: Bonus: Alternate Ending

Alternate Ending: The Choice: Behrlihn


Opening Behrlihn’s Prison
Final Flight
BOSS: Ygerna AND Behrlihn
Failure Reel - Ygerna
Failure Reel - Behrlihn and Ygerna

Once again, I have to confirm that I am not making this up.

Music: Wisp Dungeon – The Choice


Video: Opening Behrlihn’s Prison


(Yara) To free Behrlihn means to free the Divine; that was the promise he made.
(Bellegar) Turn back now, leave death to die
and your good self I will supply
with the power to destroy this Black Ring threat,
power all but as mighty as the debt
Behrlihn promised thee
to set him free!




(Behrlihn) _{Don’t be deceived by the melody of his words: for their meaning rings false! The ‘power’ he offers you pales in comparison with the fury I shall lay in your hands! The Eye of the Patriarch!}
The ‘Eye of the Patriarch’! That just sounds too fancy to give up on. You have a deal, Behrlihn!

Stubborn fool! Odious buffoon!
Say goodbye to Sun and Moon,
poor world that would let you run your course!
May you burn in the pits and boil in remorse!










Free! Free to once more rule and conquer! Dragon Knight… but wait! Who approaches?






Are you shitting me?




(Willy) My dear Lady Knight, I followed you here because I wanted to discuss a point of business with you…
_{That’s it, I’ve made up my mind. No matter what happens to me, Willy will not leave this room alive.}




…But… someone lives here? And these tunnels are mine, won fair and square in a game of poker with Deodatus! And no one left this place in millennia! You… you owe me like, three thousand years in rent! I’m rich! Rich!! Look out ladies, here comes the new Willy! Hahaa!




How refreshing to be confronted by the stupidity of humanity again. I have no such amount of gold, little man: I can offer you but chicken feed. Still, let me make that a tad bit easier to digest.








Wow. Was that like, your first good deed ever? Anyway, about the Divine…
Now then. The deed is done and I hand you your prize, for that was my promise: the Eye of the Patriarch. Go ahead and obliterate that tiny force out there. What difference does it make now that I am unchained?






Let the Divine wear the shackles in my place while the Damned One reaches his full demonic potential… with my help!










Music: The Living Shield (Aleroth Ministry)





(Augustus) Yes, my friend? Can I aid you in any way?
I have it: the magic that will help us destroy the Black Ring armada.
Divine be praised! And what of Behrlihn?
He is free: there was no other way.
Damn, that is a blow indeed! But a worry for later. First we’ll retake Aleroth, then we’ll take Behrlihn!
Before we proceed, though, do tell me about the Divine. You did say you had a chance of freeing him, did you not?
Yeah, that didn’t work out. Maybe later.
You seem to be quite blasé about the matter! But first things first, eh! Give me the word and I will give Zandalor notice of your accomplishment.


Zandalor’s dialogue is identical, the only change is that he says The eye of the Patriarch and not Bellegar’s device.



Video: The Siege is Broken!



Music: Damian’s Fortress – Final Flight



Video: Final Flight


The escort mission is identical as well – except I did better this time now that I used the Fire Sphere more. There’s one extra line:




There is more though… it is Behrlihn! He is there as well! What a stroke of luck. He too may die in the blast!







Video: BOSS: Ygerna and Behrlihn


(Ygerna) Aah, the flames… my body… wrecked because of you! The pest that brought ruin to my citadel and my beauty!
That will teach you to play with fire, and especially Dragon breath.
You have nothing to teach me, slave to the Divine!




(Lucian) It is over, Ygerna. Admit defeat.
Why should I do that? I have vanquished the demise of my very soul and I shall vanquish the Dragon as well! What is more: that heap of hovels called Aleroth may be saved from destruction, but you did not end the Damned One! Damian is elsewhere, preparing for… completion… and I will slay you here, with the help of Behrlihn!




Ah, my kind liberator! I told you she would come for you, my dear.
I have been waiting long for this moment, witch. Now I will have my revenge and take care of this treasonous ghost at the same time.
Ha! I do like her spirit! You should have tried to sway the Dragon to your cause, my girl. Damian should have too.
Do not second guess him, wizard! It is not your place to do so!
You had better do as she tells you, for an alliance with Damian will bring you no power, only subservience.
It is better to be a vassal of Chaos, than to bow before the seven spineless gods!
Enough of these mere words. This battle has been postponed long enough!
I agree. Go ahead, scarred sorceress, and face death once more!


Music: The Dragon Knight will Prevail





Ygerna AND Behrlihn
If you released him, you have to fight both him and Ygerna, and she was tough enough on her own! So I’m also summoning my creature to help distract them.




That fireball hit me for almost 500 damage!












Eventually, I whittle Behrlihn down. It’s a good idea to keep him between you and Ygerna so she can’t Rush Attack you.




Another nasty combo from Ygerna.










The ending movie is the same.



















Video:Credits







Opening Behrlihn’s Prison
Final Flight
BOSS: Ygerna AND Behrlihn
Failure Reel - Ygerna
Failure Reel - Behrlihn and Ygerna







(Augustus) Yes, my friend? Can I aid you in any way?
I have it: the magic that will help us destroy the Black Ring armada.
Divine be praised! And what of Behrlihn?
Never mind him. Let’s just get to the ‘save the city’ part.
Before we proceed, though, do tell me about the Divine. You did say you had a chance of freeing him, did you not?
Lucian will be liberated, but it will have to wait.
Let us hope that great moment will soon come. But first things first, eh! Give me the word and I will give Zandalor notice of your accomplishment.




(Zandalor) My dear friend! You have made it, like I knew you would! Alas that we have little time for pleasantries. I grow weary and the shield tires with me
Never you worry: I have done what you asked of me.
I know, I have heard you and Augustus talk. You have done well: there was no other way. Ah! The fire, the rock that strikes the shield… like needles through the skull…
There must be some way to stop this!
It matters not, not now. Soon I shall let this protective veil burst and in the aftermath, the wrath of Aleroth will charge!
Listen… here is the plan I devised: The Eye of the Patruiarch will be placed aboard a zeppelin which you must escort – in Dragon Form – to the central structure of the Damned One’s fleet. You will have to brave several clusters of islands, fortresses and hordes of Black Ring spawn before you will reach your target. The enemy will relentlessly attack you and the airship with everything they’ve got. Lose the zeppelin and we lose the war. Protect it with all your Draconic fury and in the end you will reach the grand palace. Once there, the Champions will drop the device onto it: the keep where we hope Damian resides.
The blast will be enormous and shall obliterate the threat over Aleroth once and for all. Go now. It is time… your turn to become our aegis!





(Ygerna) Aah, the flames… my body… wrecked because of you! The pest that brought ruin to my citadel and my beauty!
That will teach you to play with fire, and especially Dragon breath.
You have nothing to teach me, slave to the Divine!




(Lucian) It is over, Ygerna. Admit defeat.
Why should I do that? I have vanquished the demise of my very soul and I shall vanquish the Dragon as well! What is more: that heap of hovels called Aleroth may be saved from destruction, but you did not end the Damned One! Damian is elsewhere, preparing for… completion… and I will slay you here, then infiltrate the city in disguise and free Behrlihn!
I have been waiting long for this moment, Ygerna. Now I will have my revenge.
That much, at least, we have in common. May the sight of your smouldering corpse satisfy my lust for vengeance!
But enough of these mere words. This battle has been postponed long enough!
I agree. Go ahead, scarred sorceress, and face death once more!




Ah, my kind liberator! I told you she would come for you, my dear.
So I have. And don’t think I wasn’t going to come for you too!
That was not avoidable. I would have enjoyed to confront you in a less… ephemeral state, but there we are.
Just leave the final stab to me. It is my pet and mine to put down!
You had better do as she tells you, for an alliance with Damian will bring you no power, only subservience.
It is better to be a vassal of Chaos, than to bow before the seven spineless gods!
Enough of these mere words. This battle has been postponed long enough!
I agree. Go ahead, scarred sorceress, and face death once more!



That’s it for the LP. I’ve now finished the game four times – not counting the three times I finished Ego Draconis.

But you know what?




I don’t think I’m done…




Maybe I’ll make a debuff-based Priest character…




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