Scenario:Lancelot - Feendrache of Days Gone By

Feendrache of Days Gone By

Lancelot and Siegfried both participate in an audience with King Carl to speak of knight-in-training Arthur's discovery of the fabled holy sword, Excalibur. Lancelot learns more of the fallen country of Hibergreif, and the connections it may have had with Feendrache. He prepares for an expedition with a unit to the very place the sword was discovered, the valley of Camlann.

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Lancelot: I see. It would appear that the sword Arthur found is indeed the blade of legends...

King Carl: That has become apparent. This document contains the research conducted on the matter by our scholars. Please take some time to read through it, Lancelot.

Lancelot: Thank you, Your Majesty. By your leave...

Some months have now passed since Arthur and his fellow knights-in-training returned from their tumultuous joint expedition.

Lancelot receives a summary of the research conducted on the holy sword during a routine report to King Carl.

The holy sword Excalibur—Arthur pulled the blade from stone during the joint expedition. It remained in the kingdom treasury until research could be arranged.

Once the necessary preparations were in place, the blade was relocated to a laboratory within the castle.

Lancelot: I understand the gist of their findings. Thank you, Your Majesty, for sharing this valuable information with me.

Siegfried: Your Majesty, I apologize for my tardiness.

Lancelot: Oh? What brings you here, Siegfried?

King Carl: That's quite all right. We've just begun our discussion concerning the holy sword.

Siegfried: Is that so? Has the blade proven to be the one from the legends?

Siegfried gazes inquisitively upon the sword laying beside the king.

Lancelot: Have you come to hear the report on the holy sword as well, Siegfried?

Siegfried: Indeed. His Majesty sent word of the mysterious blade.

King Carl: You have my apologies, Siegfried. I am aware that you have been searching for a way to halt your transformations.

Siegfried: It is of no concern, Your Majesty. After all, I have dedicated my life in service to the kingdom since the days of King Josef.

Siegfried: If there is anything I may do in service to my fatherland, then my duties as a knight of the kingdom take precedence.

Lancelot: I cannot help but feel ashamed, however. I wish it were something we could handle on our own.

Siegfried: Lancelot, you have the momentous duty of leading your order.

Siegfried: As I do not belong to an order, I am able to travel about more easily.

Lancelot: You speak the truth...

Lancelot: (It would appear I must rely on Siegfried once more...)

Siegfried: I still have to take responsibility for the uproar I caused.

Siegfried: As long as I reside in this country, there will be no shortage of troubles with the reconstruction.

Lancelot: (Siegfried still chooses not to rejoin the knights, despite having lead an order.)

Lancelot: (Even after exposing the truth about alma and its toxic by-product karmide... The citizens whom he saved from terrible affliction would surely love to have him.)

Lancelot: (Operating from the shadows and offering his assistance in our times of greatest need... Countless times has he saved the kingdom from certain ruin.)

Lancelot: (It would seem that he has grown accustomed to his life as a lone wolf.)

Siegfried: Let us begin, Your Highness. What have your scholars learned of the holy sword?

King Carl: Yes. As I have just told Lancelot, it would appear that this blade is the very one alluded to in the legends.

King Carl: The very same legends speak of Excalibur as a pair—both sword and sheath.

Lancelot: A sheath, you say?

Siegfried: I've heard the tales. The kingdom of Feendrache possesses the blade, and Hibergreif possesses the sheath.

Siegfried: It would seem that the existence of a sheath is not a well-known part of the legend in Feendrache.

Lancelot: Hibergreif... As in the neighboring kingdom that fell to ruin nigh on fourteen years ago? To hear its name come up now is quite unexpected.

King Carl: Long ago, the kingdoms of Feendrache and Hibergreif were staunch allies.

King Carl: Those days were before even mine and Josef's time.

Siegfried: By all accounts, the bonds of friendship between the two kingdoms frayed as time marched on.

Siegfried: It would not be presumptuous to assume that this is why the stories of the sheath would cease to be told across Feendrache.

Lancelot: This is the first time I am hearing of it. Hibergreif...

Lancelot: (This island is no stranger to strife. Countless kingdoms and countries have risen and fallen on this floating mass from time immemorial.)

Lancelot: Still, fourteen years is not such a long time. How did Hibergreif fall?

Siegfried: ...

Siegfried: Your Majesty, I have heard rumors of a formal request for assistance from Hibergreif...

King Josef: You do not need to concern yourself with that matter. I would have you focus all of your energy on subjugating Fafnir.

Siegfried: With all due respect, Your Majesty, the situation in Hibergreif is quite dire, is it not?

King Josef: Siegfried! I have no desire to dwell further on the subject. Now please, take your leave.

Siegfried: (That was fourteen years ago...)

Lancelot: Siegfried? Is it possible that you have something to share about those days?

Lancelot: You would have still belonged to the Royal Knights at that time, correct?

Siegfried: It was the very year I sealed Fafnir. I returned to the ranks of the Order of the Black Dragons as captain. The following year is when you applied to join, Lancelot.

Siegfried: When I heard of Hibergreif's demise, I was truly shocked.

Siegfried: As a knight of Feendrache well aware of our two kingdoms' histories, I knew deep within my heart that the fall of an ally could not be without consequence.

Lancelot: This... is the first time I am hearing of this...

Siegfried: I cannot say this with absolute certainty...

Siegfried: However, consider the matter of Sylph and the karmide, Lancelot. The very country that you had vowed to serve was hiding such disgraceful secrets.

Lancelot: It is very possible... that more such secrets remain...

King Carl: I cannot deny that my older brother's method of rule was far more stringent than my own. I have no doubt that he was forced to make some tough choices.

King Carl: If only I was not so unfit to rule... Perhaps I would be able to tell you what my brother knew.

Lancelot: Your Majesty need not to feel culpable.

Siegfried: It is as he says. You are not at fault here, Your Majesty.

King Carl: You are both too kind. I am capable, though, of recognizing my shortcomings.

Lancelot: ...

Lancelot: (I know His Majesty's feelings well. Even I heard of the citizens' unease with his rule.)

Lancelot: A loyal subject doesn't blindly follow a king's decrees. Loyalty means correcting the king when he has been led down the wrong path.

Lancelot: A knight doesn't just protect the king from threats. He protects the will of a king who loves his country and is loved by his subjects.

Lancelot: I think that's how true chivalry can play a role in protecting the realm.

Siegfried: I see. That's a good answer.

Lancelot: (That is what it means to be a knight. I have vowed to become a knight who can serve both king and country.)

Lancelot: (In order to do so, I must aim to uncover even the most deep and dark of secrets.)

Lancelot: (No stone may be left unturned if I am to properly carry out my duties.)

Siegfried: Pure speculation breeds misunderstanding.

Siegfried: I shall take it upon myself in gathering information concerning the fall of Hibergreif.

Siegfried: If I come across any promising leads, I shall arrange a meeting with Lancelot, Vane, and any other knights who would do well to be in the know.

King Carl: I am sorry for the extra trouble, Siegfried.

Siegfried: It is no trouble at all, Your Majesty. The more we discover about the holy sword, the more we shall know about the kingdom of Hibergreif.

Siegfried: The connection between the two would appear to be knowledge worth having.

Lancelot: Thank you, Siegfried.

Lancelot: Your Majesty, I have a request, if I may...

King Carl: Please go on.

Lancelot: Yes, Your Majesty. I would like to investigate the area where Arthur encountered the blade. I wish to lead a unit to Camlann.

Lancelot: Camlann lies within territory belonging to the family of Rowley. I cannot shake the feeling that he was planning something there at the time of his betrayal.

Lancelot: At present, we have dispatched an investigative unit to the site, but have been unable to find any leads. I wish to go there myself.

Lancelot: I have also heard reports of the cabal sneaking about the area. If I am able to find out anything more with my own two eyes, I feel it would be most helpful.

Siegfried: Indeed, it would make sense for the captain to survey the site himself.

Siegfried: I too have heard that Camlann possesses a deep connection with the holy sword.

Lancelot: Exactly. With Your Majesty's blessing...

King Carl: I understand where you are coming from. I shall allow it.

Siegfried: I shall remain in Feendrache for some time. If anything occurs here, I will cooperate with Vane in dealing with it.

Lancelot: That would put my mind at ease. Thank you again, Siegfried.

King Carl: With that being established... Lancelot, you will go to Camlann.

Lancelot: Yes, Your Majesty. I shall make the necessary preparations at once.

Lancelot stands at attention and answers with determination.

Lancelot knows not of what is to come to pass in the valley of Camlann.