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- CHARACTER STORY
- Half-Human Dragon Knight
- Scene 1.
- Student Voices:
- "Wintenberg is a nation with a duty to fight the evil Dragon scum."
- "But recently, they gained a new adversary."
- "Leading an army adorned in black armor, we call him the Black Knight."
- "Having heard the Black Knight had appeared in the tundra, we headed to battle."
- Rose: "They said he was near the Dragonfall Mountains, right?"
- Rose:"It's hard enough fighting off Dragons, now where have these punks come from too?"
- Luna: "The Queen seems very worried. With all this constant fighting there's been no time to organize our forces."
- Cecilia: "We need to hurry to meet him so we can minimize any damage."
- Cecilia: "I will be taking command of our forces in this battle, please follow along with my orders."
- Rose: "Yes, sir, Ceci, sir! Leave it to me!"
- Scene 2.
- Snowy Ankara: "Grrr..."
- Rose: "Why do all these idiots keep getting in our way!? We're in a hurry!!! Move it!!"
- Cecilia: "It seems that they decided to make their move while the monsters nearby are causing chaos."
- Cecilia: "There's no time to go back. Let's quickly take care of them and press on."
- Scene 3.
- Nemunas: "Oh!! Look, an injured soldier!"
- Nemunas: "You 'kay there? Got caught up in a mess, huh?"
- Student Voices: "Urgh... Nemunas... We tried stopping them, but we weren't enough..."
- Luna: "Where did they go?"
- Student Voices: "Towards the valley. It hasn't been long, they can't have gone far."
- Nemunas: "Gotcha. Medics 'n reinforcements are on their way, so just hold tight a lil' longer."
- Luna: "The sooner we get there, the fewer casualties like this, come on!"
- Scene 4.
- Student Voices: "S-Stop right there!"
- Straze: "Get out of my way."
- "*CRASH*"
- Luna: "Halt! I will not permit your brutality to continue any longer!"
- Straze: "Huh, there are still some foolish enough to think they can stop me."
- Straze: "Would you like to see your nation fall as Politia did? If not, get out of my way."
- "Nobody knew where the Black Knight had come from, nor his intentions."
- "All they knew was that he had reduced Politia to ashes, and unleashed 'that'."
- "If his goal is to awaken the ancient beings sleeping in the continent of Eureka..."
- "Whether or not he can be stopped will decide the fate of the entire continent."
- Luna: "You won't intimidate me."
- Luna: "If I cut your throat right now, my country will be safe from harm."
- Straze: "Reckless child..."
- Scene 5.
- Narrator: "A while later..."
- Rose: "They're too strong!!"
- Nemunas: "Casualties're rising... They'll only keep getting worse if we carry on this fight..."
- Cecilia: "We can't give up now, not until my mother arrives with reinforcements!"
- Scene 6.
- Luna: "Urk..."
- Straze: "Are you finally reaching your limit? You've lasted the longest of all your countrymen."
- Straze: "You're cocky, but your ability is admirable. How would you feel about joining my army?"
- Luna: "I have already dedicated my spear and horns to Wintenberg, I have nothing... to offer you!"
- Straze: "So that's how it is. It will be a shame to have to kill someone as talented as you."
- Student Voices: "Halt!!"
- "At that moment, the strongest knight in all of Wintenberg emerged from within the snowstorm, flanked by the reinforcements."
- Student Voices: "You dare set those filthy feet of yours on my land?"
- Luna: "The... The Queen..."
- Student Voices: "Luna, behind me."
- Straze: "What a pain..."
- "A fierce battle commenced."
- "The Queen and the Black Knight fought until the sun had set. Both were heavily wounded, yet still no winner was decided."
- "It could be called neither a victory or a defeat."
- *Scene Change to Ramparts*
- Cecilia: "My Queen, the situation is critical."
- Cecilia: "The battle may be over, but our casualties are overwhelming, and our defenses are all but destroyed."
- Luna: "We may have repelled the Black Knight's invasion... But I'm not sure we can continue to defend Wintenberg from the Dragons in this state..."
- Student Voices: "There's no need to worry, I've already thought of everything."
- Luna: "It was hard to tell what the Queen may have been thinking..."
- Luna: "But the confident tone of her voice eased my anxiety."
- Luna: "...Understood. I will put my faith in you, Queen Francesca."
- Scene 7:
- LOCATION
- Wintenberg Fortress
- Yufine: "Lunaaaaa, are you going off to fight today, too?"
- Luna: "Uh-huh, there's been another sighting of the Dragon Ragnar."
- Yufine: "I wish Dragons and Humans could live happily together without fighting, just like Mom and Dad."
- "After the appearance of the Black Knight, enemy to all in Eureka, Wintenberg and a few of the Dragons agreed to a temporary alliance."
- "From that point, Dragons sympathetic to Humanity joined Wintenberg's armies, and even Half-Dragons like me were able to become knights."
- "Naturally, many Dragons opposed such an alliance, with Ragnar most prominent among them."
- Luna: "I wish so, too, but we cannot simply allow these Dragons to continue to provoke conflict."
- Luna: "If they will not listen to reason, we must make them submit through force, it's the only way to bring lasting peace."
- Yufine: "So, if all the evil Dragons are killed, we can finally live happily alongside one another?"
- Luna: "...Perhaps. The Queen herself yearns for peace between Humans and Dragons."
- Luna: "I'll be back later. Don't cause any trouble for Mother while I'm gone!"
- Yufine: "Okay!!"
- Scene Change: Silver Scale Valley
- Luna: "Ragnar was seen within this valley, I ought to hurry."
- Scene 8.
- Ragnar: "Aha... an offspring of Dragons. What brings you here, spear in hand?"
- Note: Ragnar is literally a Wyvern
- Ragnar: "Surely it is not to shed the blood of one of your own?"
- Luna: "I have pledged all I have received as a Dragon to the service of Wintenberg. Just because we both bear horns, does not mean I have no reason to harm you."
- Ragnar: "A plant cannot become a fish just because it grows underwater."
- Ragnar: "No matter how much you wish to deny it, it is the truth that Dragonblood flows through your veins. We are kin."
- Luna: "And yet you will die at my hands. I will never stand at your side."
- Scene 9.
- Ragnar: "Brave Dragon, I do not wish to oppose you."
- Ragnar: "But since it appears you are still not prepared to talk with me, I have no choice but to retreat for now."
- Luna: "Don't you run from me!"
- Ragnar: "Young one, sooner or later, you will come to learn. Humans are the most wicked of creatures..."
- Ragnar: "You will regret this short time you spent standing by their side for as long as you live."
- Luna: "Always the same old excuses."
- Luna: "Still, I succeeded in driving him away. I should get back home."
- Scene Change: Wintenberg Fortress
- Luna: "Why does the atmosphere around here feel so gloomy..."
- Student Voices: "Hey, it's Luna! Looks like she didn't leave with the other Dragons."
- Student Voices: "But once she learns how they left, she'll probably go join them in their valley."
- Luna: "...Did something happen while I was gone?"
- Yufine: "Luna!!!"
- Luna: "Yufine, what's going on?"
- Yufine: "*sniffling*... It's Mom and Dad... I can't find them anywhere... The other Dragons too..."
- Luna: "What!? Where have they gone...?"
- Student Voices: "Dragon Valley."
- Student Voices: "As soon as the war began to turn against us they fled back to their own territory."
- Luna: "No way..."
- Student Voices: "I knew they would betray us eventually... It never made any sense to join hands with those filthy Dragons."
- Student Voices: "Traitors. I was a fool to expect anything from them."
- Luna: "No! There's no way Mom would betray Humanity! Or leave Yufine behind like this!"
- Yufine: "*sobbing* Mom... Dad..."
- Luna: "Something is wrong here..."
- Scene 10.
- LOCATION
- HOME
- "When I awoke the next morning, Yufine had also vanished."
- Luna: "Has she gone to look for our parents?"
- Luna: "She must have gone to Dragon Valley, like the Queen said the others went."
- Luna: "I have to find her before she gets in trouble."
- Scene 11:
- Luna: "Where in Eureka is she!?"
- Luna: "There are no traces of any Dragons at all being around here, let alone Yufine."
- Luna: "Can all the Dragons in Wintenberg really have returned to Dragon Valley? The queen was so certain..."
- Student Voices: "Waaahh.... *sobbing*"
- Luna: "I know the sound of that crying!!"
- Scene 12:
- Luna: "It definitely came from around here..."
- Student Voices: "*sobbing* *sniffling*"
- Luna: "There she is...!"
- Luna: "Yufi--"
- NARRATION
- "As I ran towards the cries, I saw..."
- Yufine: "*sobbing* Mommy..."
- NARRATION
- "Yufine crying beside the blood-soaked body of our mother."
- Luna: "What..."
- Luna: "What happened!? What is this, Yufine!?"
- Yufine: "I-I don't...know... *sobbing* She was like this when I found her..."
- Student Voices: "This was the work of the Queen of Wintenberg."
- Ragnar: "Not just your mother, but so many of our kin... Dead by the hand of a wicked woman."
- Luna: "No... Why would the Queen kill the Dragons helping Wintenberg...?"
- Luna: "She said she wanted peace between our races. There was no reason for her to harm the Dragons who took her side..."
- Ragnar: "Do you truly believe that?"
- Ragnar: "Didn't the people you swore loyalty to turn their back on you with just one word from the Queen?"
- Ragnar: "How can you be so sure she herself would not turn her back on us Dragons on a simple whim one morning?"
- Luna: "That..."
- Ragnar: "Young child, the promise of a Dragon holds much greater weight than that made by a Human."
- Ragnar: "These beings hardly live a hundred years before they die, but a single fleeting moment in the lives of our kind, yet they see it as an eternity. They proclaim sincerity with such light hearts."
- Luna: "...But... Why..."
- Ragnar: "You look conflicted. I see the time has come for you to be ready to talk with me."
- Ragnar: "Come here. I will tell you how Wintenberg came to be, and why there can never be peace between Humans and Dragons."
- Scene Change to Sanctum
- "The land on which Wintenberg stands was once our land, until one day Humans arrived and pleaded for permission to settle there."
- Humans: "We know how to raise livestock. If you let us stay, we will give them in tribute!"
- "They appeared to pose no threat, and it was such a joy to meet another intelligent race, so the Dragons accepted them."
- "Neighboring nations would not dare attack Wintenberg, under protection as it was by the Dragons, and for hundreds of years they flourished under our guardianship."
- "But Human greed is boundless."
- Scene Change to Ramparts
- "The King of Wintenberg began to secretly poison the livestock tributes he gave us, causing us to grow ever weaker."
- "Soon they saw their chance, and strangled to Dragons R'had and Uberius to death, before making weapons and jewelry of their eyes, claws, and scales."
- "The teeth and claws of Uberius were used to pierce the scales of her kin, whose corpses were used to craft ever stronger weaponry."
- "Eventually the Dragons were forced to flee into hiding deep in the valleys, as Wintenberg flourished ever greater."
- "Filled with resentment, some Dragons began slaughtering Humans when they could, allowing them to portray us as evil, and justify hunting us."
- Scene Change to Valley
- Ragnar: "Until Straze, the Black Knight, appeared, and everything changed."
- Ragnar: "Faced with two powerful enemies, Wintenberg realized the need to reform and strengthen their military."
- Ragnar: "They would allow sympathetic Dragons to fight on their side, and admit the once disdained Half-Dragons into their order of knights."
- Ragnar: "But as the fight with Straze destroyed all of Wintenberg's defenses, they found themselves unable to keep their outside enemies in check."
- Ragnar: "I'm sure they calculated that rather than rely on recruiting untrustworthy Dragons, why not kill them all, and create new defenses from our dead bodies."
- Ragnar: "And so a ruler of Wintenberg once again betrayed the Dragons!! And slaughtered your family!!"
- Luna: "Can that... be true? Could the Queen really have killed all those Dragons open to peace...?"
- Ragnar: "What is true is the fact that the corpse of your mother currently lies before you."
- Luna: "If you're right, then I..."
- "I......I..."
- NARRATION
- "I had to avenge my mother by tearing that detestable queen to shreds."
- Scene 13
- "After biding my time, I was able to kill the queen in secret without being seen."
- "The nation mourned the death of their strong and upright ruler, eyes wet with tears... All but two people..."
- "One of them was Cecilia."
- Scene Change to Home
- Luna: "So this is where you were hiding..."
- Cecilia: "Oh, Luna, were you looking for me?"
- Luna: "The Queen's funeral will be starting soon, you're not planning on missing it, are you?"
- Cecilia: "I am."
- Luna: "Ceci... Are you sure you really want to say goodbye to her like this?"
- Cecilia: "After my mother died, I thought long and hard. What did she want from me, what must I do from now on...?"
- Cecilia: "Rather than wallow in self-pity, she would rather I ascended to the throne, and lead Wintenberg forward, finishing what she started."
- Cecilia: "That's why I'm preparing for my coronation rather than grieving at a funeral."
- Luna: "..."
- Cecilia: "...But, of course..."
- Cecilia: "I'm allowed to be just... a little sad today, right...?"
- Cecilia: "...Would you... lend me your shoulder for a moment?"
- Luna: "...Yes, Ceci."
- "After a short time, Cecilia left through the door, once again standing strong."
- "Just like the queen before her, she kept her eyes focused only on what was ahead of her."
- "I could not help but compare that image to the one of myself, consumed with rage, after losing my own mother."
- "Yet, that did not stop me from carrying out the rest of my revenge."
- Scene Change: Storm Ravine
- Rose: "This is where Rukius's tracks were discovered, right?"
- Rose: "This time I won't leave until I have his neck torn open before me."
- Nemunas: "Killing him will send a message to Ragnar, show him and his army what happens when you stand against the nation of Wintenberg!"
- Cecilia: "Let's hurry, before he escapes again."
- Luna: "Understood, Ceci."
- Scene 14
- Luna: "This ravine is wide, I think it would be best for us to split into pairs to cover more ground."
- Luna: "I'll go with Ceci, and Rose can go with Nemunas. Is that okay with everyone?"
- Rose: "What!? Why do you get to be with Ceci? I refuse! She goes with me!"
- Nemunas: "R-Rose... I guess I don't live up to your expectations..."
- Nemunas: "I get it... Ceci's so cool... and strong... Whereas as I'm... just... just 'lil old Nemunas..."
- Cecilia: "Please don't fight over me. I'll go with Nemunas, so Rose, you go with Luna."
- Rose: "No, no, no, no, it's not like that! I'm fine with Nemunas!"
- Rose: "Hmph, but next time I'll seize the initiative, so then I can get Ceci!"
- Luna: "You do that..."
- Luna: "Not that there will be a next time..."
- Scene 15
- Luna: "Ceci, look!! Below that cliff, it's Rukius's tracks!"
- Cecilia: "Oh? Where...?"
- Luna: "Down there! Look!"
- Cecilia: "I don't... see..."
- Student Voices: "Luna!!! No!!"
- "*shove*"
- Cecilia: "Huh!?"
- Yufine: "No!! Luna!! Cecilia..."
- Luna: "Don't cry, Yufine, I'm avenging our Mother."
- Yufine: "No! Mom would never have wanted this! She... She..."
- Rose: "What did you just do!?"
- Rose: "You just pushed Ceci off that cliff!"
- Nemunas: "That can't be right... Luna'd never do that..."
- Luna: "Oh, have I been found out?"
- Luna: "Well then I guess it can't be helped, I'll need to dispose of the two of you as well."
- Scene 16
- Nemunas: "Urghh..."
- Rose: "*sobbing* Ceci..."
- Luna: "Don't be too sad, you'll join her soon enough."
- Yufine: "Please, Luna, stop this..."
- Luna: "Get off of me."
- Yufine: "No, please!! Ack--!"
- Luna: "...!! Yufine!!"
- Luna: "Yufine!!!"
- "Cecilia, Rose, Nemunas, and Yufine all fell from that stormy cliff."
- "But I heard no sound of them hitting the ground."
- "Perhaps, like the old legends say, they fell through a crack in the world, and ended up somewhere else."
- "I hope that place was untouched by this history of hatred, that they forgot everything that happened here, and I prayed they would not come back."
- "...That, was my only wish."
- END
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