Scenario:Athena - Wielder of the Aegis
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Wielder of the Aegis
The next morning, the crew prepares to leave when a large group of monsters is spotted approaching town. While the guards are evacuating the citizens in an orderly fashion, a hole is blown through the ramparts, and monsters begin to enter. Recognizing the monsters, Athena rushes through the broken ramparts to the outside, leaving (Captain) and the others to follow after her in confusion.
The next morning, (Captain) and crew prepare to leave town with their newly purchased supplies.
Lyria: We didn't forget anything, did we?
Athena: Everything is accounted for. I double-checked last night as well.
Vyrn: Then let's get movin'—
The sudden tolling of a bell cuts Vyrn off.
As the sound rings, a burst of activity takes the town.
Vyrn: Th-the heck is goin' on?
Guard 5: Please remain calm and follow our directions. We'll guide everyone to safety.
The townspeople do as they're directed to, without a fuss, and begin to move.
Guard 5: You four! You need to evacuate too!
Vyrn: But what're we evacuatin' for?
Guard 5: We received a signal informing us of a large monster horde headed our way.
Vyrn: If it's monsters you're facin', then...
Lyria: We can help!
Guard 5: That won't be necessary. The guards train every day in preparation for these types of raids.
Guard 5: Leave the fighting to us and evacuate with—
A large explosion rocks the earth, deafening their ears.
Lyria: Eep!
Guard 5: Wh-what in the world...
The group looks in the direction of the explosion's source.
Where a rampart once stood now remains a large hole in the town's defenses.
Guard 5: How? The fortification shouldn't have fallen so easily! All hands on deck! Cover that gap!
Vyrn: Is this for real? What kinda monster can break through that wall!
Athena: Those are...
Monster after monster starts to slip into town through the newly opened hole.
Athena goes pale upon seeing the type of foe they are dealing with.
Athena: Kydoimos! The explosion's culprit must be...
Without a moment's hesitation, Athena dashes straight for the gap in the ramparts.
Lyria: Athena!
Vyrn: H-hey, what's the big idea!
Choose: We're going after her!
Vyrn: Okay!
Guard 5: Huh? Where are you going! It's too dangerous—
(Captain) and friends run as fast as they can after Athena, ignoring the concerned shouts of the guard behind them.
Wielder of the Aegis: Scene 2
When (Captain) and friends finally catch up to Athena, they find her facing down Enyo, her former partner. Enyo exclaims that, unlike Athena, she accepted her true nature as a primal beast and gave into her desires for inflicting pain and destruction. She attacks the town now seeking the same pleasure, unleashing an endless supply of her Kydoimos monsters. Refusing to let her get away with it, Athena raises her spear against Enyo.
After seeing the monsters invading town, Athena runs off without warning.
(Captain) and friends chase after her, cleaning up monsters along the way.
Lyria: These monsters...
Vyrn: What's up, Lyria?
Lyria: It's just... I can sense the faint aura of a primal beast coming from them.
Choose: We can discuss this later!
Lyria: R-right, we should focus on reaching Athena first!
Vyrn: That's the last of those creeps for now! Let's hightail it!
Choose: So they aren't monsters?
Lyria: I'm not sure, but they definitely don't feel like normal monsters.
Vyrn: Whatever they are, we can think about it later! We gotta catch up with Shield Lady first!
Lyria: R-right!
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Refocusing on the task at hand, the group continues to run.
They soon make it outside the walls.
Lyria: Athena's—
Athena: Argh!
Sent flying, Athena crashes into the rampart.
The crew hurries to where she has fallen.
Lyria: Athena, are you okay?
Vyrn: What's goin' on!
Athena: Keep your eyes forward! She's coming!
Aware of a malicious presence, (Captain) turns around with sword in hand.
The captain's sword clashes with a spear that had been aiming for Athena's head.
Enyo: To be able to stop me... Heheh, you're a strong one.
An eerily ecstatic smile stretches across the woman's lips.
Athena: I won't let you lay a hand on them!
Staggering to her feet with a pained grimace, Athena raises her spear and charges at the gleeful woman.
But the woman effortlessly dodges away and hops back.
Enyo: Heheh, I expected no less of you, Athena. Any run-of-the-mill primal beast would've died from an attack like that.
Athena: Tch...
Vyrn: Seriously, you okay? Wh-whoa, those injuries look real nasty!
Athena: Never mind my wounds. We need to take down Enyo!
Vyrn: Enyo? As in... the gal from your story yesterday?
Athena: The very same one who destroyed this town before.
Athena: Enyo! Was once not enough? Are you here to destroy these walls again?
Enyo: Heheh, but of course. As the Astrals created me...
Enyo: I'll trample and eradicate all who would defy their rule.
Enyo: The whole world shall fall to my might, just as they intended.
Athena: Enyo... When we worked together, it pained you to hurt others.
Athena: How could you have succumbed to the violent nature inside?
Enyo: You've got it all wrong, Athena. I was hiding my true nature the entire time.
Enyo: My urges to trample... To destroy...
Enyo: I suppressed those desires for the pleasures I knew would come in the future.
Enyo: Heheh, in other words, you were being tricked from the start.
Enyo: This is the real me. Always has been, since the day I accepted that this is who I am as a primal beast.
Athena: ...
Enyo: But judging by your statements... You haven't yet accepted the primal beast that you're meant to be.
Athena: ...
Enyo: I understand what that's like. It used to bother me too.
Enyo: Then as time went on, and I trampled and destroyed over and over again, I realized something.
Enyo: These desires are an innate part of me.
Enyo: After that, it was easy to accept who I truly was.
Enyo: Heheh, from that day forward, trampling others...
Enyo: Destroying everything before me... It brought me such unadulterated gratification.
Enyo: My heart soared whenever I heard the screams of the weak.
Enyo: And my joy knew no bounds whenever I heard the wails of the strong.
Enyo: There's nothing sweeter than the cries of those who watch their loved ones die before them.
Athena: Enyo, you...
Enyo: Heheheh, Athena, I owe you a word of thanks. You went through the painstaking effort of building a thriving town...
Enyo: Filled with an endless amount of morsels to choose from! It became the perfect nest!
Enyo: So many of the sky's strongest warriors gathered in one place for easy pickings—I savored every encounter!
Enyo: I can still feel the bliss of tearing it all down and listening to your hopeless cries...
Enyo: Hey, Athena. Won't you cry for me again?
Enyo gives Athena a smile stretching from ear to ear.
The sight sends chills down (Captain)'s spine.
Athena: No. I won't let the past repeat itself.
Athena: I'm stopping you this time.
Enyo: Even without the palladium, you think you stand a chance? How amusing.
Enyo: Come to me, Kydoimos.
The shadow beneath Enyo expands, and from it pours a large number of monsters.
Kydoimos: Grrrr...
Vyrn: Did she just spawn a whole buncha minions?
Enyo: Aren't they just the cutest? Athena has her Glafkos, and I have my Kydoimos.
Enyo: But unlike Athena, I can call as many of my pets as I like.
Athena: ...!
Enyo: Heheh, what will you do? If you don't stop Kydoimos, the town will fall. If you don't stop me, there will be an endless supply of my pets.
Enyo: Either way, the end result is the same.
Enyo: The town shall be crushed beneath my heel, alongside your pride!
With a wave of her hand, the horde of Kydoimos rushes for the settlement.
Athena: Enyo!
Enyo: So you have chosen to fight me.
Enyo: Very well. Say goodbye to your beloved town!
Kydoimos: Grooooaaar!
Athena: Taaah!
Enyo: Are you sure you want to fight me—leaving the townspeople to die on their own?
Athena: I'm confident they won't need my help.
In the blink of an eye, guards appear from the ramparts and arrange themselves into a battle formation.
Guard 1: These are the tactics the war goddess bestowed upon us! Mere monsters won't win against them!
Guard 1: There's nothing to fear when we have the goddess's protection on our side!
Guard 1: All platoons, show these small-fries what we're made of!
Guards: Yaaah!
Shouting as loud as they can, the guards meet the horde of Kydoimos head-on.
Athena: The people remember what I have taught them. They put it into practice and adapted.
Athena: They no longer need primal beasts like us, nor the palladium.
Enyo: Well isn't that nice. They still stand no chance against an endless supply of Kydoimos, or did you forget that?
Athena: Anyone would be defeated by impossible numbers.
Athena: That is why I'll defeat you before their strength dwindles!
Enyo: Heheh, do your worst! I've been looking forward to this!
Enyo: Heheh, I want to see that pretty face of yours drained of all hope!
Wielder of the Aegis: Scene 3
Athena and crew find themselves struggling against Enyo and her endless horde of Kydoimos, but after encouragement from her friends, Athena resolves to never give up—not while she has people she wishes to protect. As she expresses her determination, the townspeople who have upheld the teachings of their goddess begin to glow, and the palladium reforms. Once thought to have been lost, its power had actually remained in the town's survivors, passing from descendent to descendent until Athena returned. Athena prepares to fight Enyo once more, now with her powers at full capacity.
A fight has erupted between Enyo and the crew.
With her superior might and unending swarm of Kydoimos, Enyo starts to push the crew back.
Lyria: Gasp... Pant... Colossus!
Colossus's flames wipe out a group of Kydoimos.
But more Kydoimos immediately replace them.
Vyrn: Does she actually have an endless supply of minions?
Choose: Lyria, step back if you need to.
Lyria: I-I'm okay! I can still keep going!
Choose: This is pretty rough...
Lyria: Yeah... They just don't stop coming...
Vyrn: Won't be able to give Athena any good backup at this rate...
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Enyo: Heheh, you lot are pretty tough. I haven't met such strong mortals in a long while.
Athena: Pant... Gasp...
Enyo: And you, Athena. You've grown a lot more powerful.
Enyo: Are these mortals the source of your strength?
Athena: Even if they are, what point are you trying to make?
Enyo: Heheh, it makes for an interesting development, that's all.
Athena: What...
Enyo: I can tell just by watching you fight. These mortals mean quite a lot to you.
Enyo: Heheh, hey, Athena. How would you react if I drained the life out of their bodies?
Enyo: Would you lose yourself to newfound levels of pain and grief?
Enyo: I want to see it. I want to watch as your face crumbles into despair.
A cold, dark smile stretching across her lips, Enyo raises her spear at (Captain) and the crew.
Enyo: I can't wait any longer. I'll crush their mortal shells beneath my feet.
As she finishes speaking, a fierce power begins to build around her spear.
Athena: No! Everyone, get behind me! Hurry!
The crew quickly scrambles to obey.
Enyo: So you'll be their shield? Heheh, what an amusing turn of events.
Enyo: I wonder what kind of expression you'll make when you die, unable to save your precious companions.
Athena: That won't happen! I won't let anyone else fall victim to you!
Athena: Aigis!
Raising her shield, Athena forms a thick barrier around herself.
Enyo: A fruitless effort... Did you forget I've pierced through your shield before?
Athena: This time I will block your blows!
Enyo: Is that right? Then let's put you to the test.
Enyo: Ruthless Tyrant!
Enyo takes aim and catapults her spear with a mighty throw.
It penetrates into the top layers of Athena's barrier.
Athena: Argh!
With an awful squeal, the spear slowly bores through Athena's defense.
Athena: I'm not... done yet!
Athena forms another barrier, but the spear penetrates the following layer too.
Lyria: Athena!
Athena: Do not... worry!
Enyo: Oh, such courage! Floundering with hope in your heart!
Enyo: It's a shame reality is cruel and unforgiving!
Only the last of Athena's barrier remains. It, too, starts to crack.
Despair starts to set in as Athena watches her crumbling defenses.
Athena: No... How...
Enyo: Heheheh, yes, that's it! That's the expression I've been craving!
Athena: I couldn't... protect any of it...
Athena: Have I truly failed again?
Enyo: That's right, Athena. For the second time, you—
Lyria: Please, Tiamat! Yggdrasil! Leviathan! Protect us!
Walls of wind, earth, and water form around Athena and crew, offering them a momentary reprieve.
Athena: Lyria?
Athena: (Captain)?
Vyrn: (Captain)'s right! We're still alive and kickin'!
Vyrn: So don't give up! There's gotta be somethin' we can do!
Lyria: There's always a way! We just have to find it!
Athena: Everyone...
Athena: ...
Athena: You're right... We can still prevail. We haven't lost anyone yet!
Athena: I can't give up—not when I have people I wish to protect!
The walls of wind, water, and earth finally fall away, revealing Enyo's wicked grin on the other side.
Enyo: Time to finish this.
Athena: On the contrary, we're just getting started!
Athena stops Enyo's next attack with her own body.
But the blow proves too much for Athena to handle.
Athena: Argh... Ahhh!
Athena: I won't let you hurt anyone else... Even if it means sacrificing myself!
Enyo: Heheh, heheheheh. Now this is what I'm talking about.
Enyo: There's nothing more amusing than watching your pathetic struggle!
Enyo: It's exactly as I thought! No other plaything compares to you, Athena!
Enyo: I'll take everything you hold dear and watch you break. It's for that very reason the Astrals created you! Heheh, heheheh...
Athena: Even if that were true, I'd die before I let myself be used for your amusement! But you're wrong...
Athena: I am the primal beast Athena, wielder of the aegis! I live to protect and fight for others!
Athena: That is why I exist!
Townsperson 1: The goddess's statue is... glowing?
Townsperson 2: Not just the statue... The whole town's lighting up.
Townsperson 1: Speaking of which, so are you...
Townsperson 1: Eek!
Pillars of light fall from the sky.
They envelop Athena, deflecting Enyo's attack back in the direction it came from.
Enyo: ...!
Reacting on instinct, Enyo barely manages to dodge the reflected energy.
Enyo: My attack... was repelled? But Athena shouldn't have that ability anymore...
When the pillars of light fade, a silver orb floats next to Athena.
Enyo: The palladium? But how? It should've been destroyed...
In the next moment, the orb floats into Athena's chest.
Vyrn: The heck?
A flash of light forces the onlookers' eyes away...
And when they look back, Athena is clad in shining silver armor.
Enyo: That's what you looked like before you made the palladium... Impossible. Did your power return to you?
Athena: It has indeed.
Athena: Remember how you were curious what would happen to the power stored inside the palladium once you destroyed it?
Athena: We both believed it to have dissipated into nothingness, but the true answer was different. My power didn't disappear.
Athena: It was released when the palladium shattered, finding its way to the survivors of the town...
Athena: Responding to my desire to protect them.
Athena: There it passed from descendent to descendent, bestowing upon them the strength and will to defend, until I finally returned.
Athena: Now, combined with the people's fervent wish to keep their home safe...
Athena: And my wish to defend what's precious to me, that power has found its way back into my possession.
Lifting her silver spear, Athena points its tip at Enyo.
Athena: Enyo... It's time we bring this conflict to its conclusion.
Enyo: Heheh, well aren't we confident. This will be fun.
Enyo: I can't wait to toss you back into the pits of despair and stain you red again!
Wielder of the Aegis: Scene 4
Enyo launches one final, ultimate attack at Athena, but Athena uses her reclaimed powers to reflect the attack back at Enyo, destroying the betrayer with her own abilities. Sympathetic to Enyo's plight and knowing she could've easily become like her, Athena seals Enyo's core away instead of destroying it. With the conflict settled and the town protected, she smiles and follows after her friends with renewed purpose.
Athena: Hraaah!
Enyo: Tch!
Lyria: Please, Tiamat, lend us your strength!
Enyo: Kydoimos!
Athena: You're wide open, Enyo!
Enyo: Heheh, as if it'd be that easy. You're so predictable—
As Enyo directs her gaze over to Athena, (Captain) swoops in with a swift swing of the blade.
Enyo: Hmph!
Enyo takes a great leap backward to avoid (Captain)'s strike.
Enyo: Heheh, you really are strong. Athena too... As well as the rest of you mortals.
Enyo: I wanted to play with you more... but I'm growing impatient.
Enyo hugs herself, her pupils dilating in ecstasy.
Enyo: I'll make you abandon hope... I'll crush you... Break you...
Enyo: My appetite grows insatiable!
Her spear starts to glow bright with energy.
Enyo: Which is why I'll finish you off with one last attack.
More and more energy coils around the weapon, ready to burst at any moment.
Faced with another formidable assault, Athena raises her silver shield.
Athena: Very well, Enyo. Our fight will be decided with the next blow.
Athena: Come.
Enyo: Say goodbye, Athena.
Enyo: Ruthless Tyrant!
Athena: Aigis Palladium!
Enyo's spear flies toward Athena and crew.
In response, Athena summons a silver barrier from her shield.
Enyo: Heheh... Who will come out on top?
Athena: ...!
The spear rams into the barrier with the force of a thousand cannonballs.
Enyo: Such meager protection is no match for me!
But Enyo's glee vanishes once she sees her reflection in the barrier's light.
Enyo: ...!
She watches as her spear pierces through her reflection...
Enyo: Gah... What... is...
And the damage done is mirrored to her own body.
Enyo: Aaaaaahhhhh!
Receiving the full force of her destructive power, Enyo screams in pain before collapsing to the ground.
Athena takes slow steps to where Enyo lies incapacitated.
Athena: A mirror which reflects damage taken back to the attacker...
Athena: This is my ultimate defense—Aigis Palladium.
Enyo: Heheh, this is the first time... you've shown me your true potential...
Enyo: But we're not done yet! I can still—
Athena: No, this is the end.
With a swift thrust, Athena sinks her spear into Enyo's chest.
Enyo: Gaha... I was born... to destroy... So why... was I destroyed... instead?
Athena: Good night, Enyo.
Enyo's body fades away.
In its place remains her core, damaged by Athena's spear. With furrowed brow, Athena seals the core away.
Vyrn: You're not gonna smash that thing into pieces?
Athena: No. I know I should, but...
Sorrow fills her eyes as she looks at the remains of her foe.
Athena: I can't forget what she said earlier.
Enyo: After that, it was easy to accept who I truly was.
Enyo: Heheh, from that day forward, trampling others...
Enyo: Destroying everything before me... It brought me such unadulterated gratification.
Athena: I could have easily become like her, broken by my true nature...
Athena: When I think of her in that manner, I can't bring myself to do it.
Pain, sorrow, bitterness... Various emotions flit across her face.
The others silently watch her in concern.
Choose: All right. We understand.
Athena: I'm sorry. I'll do everything I can to make sure the seal is never broken.
Athena: I'd also like to apologize for this entire ordeal.
Athena: Because of me, you were all dragged into danger...
Athena: I understand if you can't find it in yourselves to forgive me.
Athena bows her head deeply to the group.
Choose: There's only one thing we can't forgive.
Lyria: Yeah!
Lyria: Athena, you have to promise you won't ever sacrifice yourself like that again!
Athena: Th-there was no other choice at the time...
Lyria: We don't want to be saved if it means losing you too!
Vyrn: Yeah. We get into scraps together, we get outta scraps together.
Lyria: That's the way it is. So no more sacrificing yourself for others!
Athena: Understood. I swear I won't repeat the same mistake.
Vyrn: All righty! Now that we've wrapped things up, let's head back to town and find where we dropped our supplies!
Lyria: Before that, we should go see if the town needs any help...
With a thumbs-up, (Captain) starts leading the group back.
Vyrn: Hey, Athena, what're you standin' around for? Let's get a move on.
Athena: Right.
Athena: (I did it... I actually protected everyone this time...)
The memory of her past failure no longer weighs as heavily as it once did.
Smiling like the Athena of old, the wielder of the aegis reflects on this victory.
She follows after her friends with renewed strength in her steps.
Categories:
- Scenario Character: Lyria
- Scenario Character: Athena
- Scenario Character: Vyrn
- Scenario Character: Guard 5
- Character Fate Scenario
- Max Lvl Fate
- Fate Gender Check
- Scenario Character: Enyo
- Scenario Character: Kydoimos
- Scenario Character: Guard 1
- Scenario Character: Guards
- Scenario Character: Townsperson 1
- Scenario Character: Townsperson 2