Hope in Resistance

Defensive Event: Fire Emblem: Kindred Ties

Episode 10

Hope in Resistance

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Summary

The party finally rescues Alfonse, but the end of the world edges ever closer. As they rush to complete the gate they hope will save them, they are attacked by Thórr's imposing army, and a battle for the fate of the world begins.

Dialogue

We came as quickly as we could, Your Highness. Is everyone well? Alfonse! Sharena! You're both safe! A tad too close for comfort, but yes, we're good. How is everyone else? Fine for the moment, but things are seriously fallin' apart out there! Rifts are opening at a rapid pace, and both fiends and black mana continue to pour forth. All is happening as it did before, and the world slips closer to oblivion. No. We're ready for this, and we're going to put a stop to it here and now. Cleo, I want you to head to the Halidom and— No. We should build the gate here. Alchemical research was being conducted here, so it's a suitable location—and besides, we've little time to spare. Wait, THAT is your plan?! You seek to build a gate?! Correct. With a gate, it should be possible to prevent the tears in space that form due to this world's oversensitivity to your power. Interesting... Well, I do not know how much assistance I can provide, but as I bear responsibility for what has befallen this world, I will do all that I can. In that case, we hold here until the gate is completed. Look at the size of that army... Thórr's entire host is headed this way! And we still gotta deal with Dyrenell's forces on top of it! Hey, look over there! That's...me? Wait, but how?! Alternate versions of us, maybe? I believe those are what's known as "Forma." They are simulacrums that have adopted the appearance of Heroes. We'll be fighting foes who share our faces. I can't say I enjoy the prospect, but if they stand against us, we can't hold back. Greetings to all, be you from this world or another. Thórr! Soon my forces—as well as those granted to me by the demon's empire—will grind your last refuge into dust. Your world will be awash with aberrant beasts and dark power. It is now too late to deviate from your destined ruin. You're wrong! For the sake of this world and the future I come from, we WILL change our fate! Yes, resist. Fight. For only in resistance does hope exist. This is your one chance: Your souls must yearn for battle with an intensity even a god cannot match. You ask our souls to yearn for battle, but all we really want is happiness and to live in peace. You are nothing but a nightmare, and we will ensure that everyone awakens from you now! I know strength, and it...scares me. Because strength causes loneliness. I don't want to be alone, and that's why I'm not going to listen to a word you say! Regardless, the only choice left to you is to fight. Show me your true strength! Reverse your inevitable fates! If you are able to do so, a new path may be provided for you. We don't need ANYTHING from you! If there's a way out of this, my friends and I will forge it for ourselves! Come on, everyone. Let's take her out and save our world!