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Part 4 Final Chapter: Rebirth (4)
Flashback
Unknown
Oh, Goddess... Will you
please stop? Is this not
enough? Your...sister...regrets all
she has done. If you look closely at
any of Yune's actions, and their unintended consequences, you will see
they were all born of fear. Fear
that you would expunge her from yourself. If you would but allow her
back within you, this would surely never happen
again.
Ashera
Yune is chaos. She is an
imperfection in my being. It is because of her that I...I
have done this thing that cannot be undone.
(Image of warring Beorc and Laguz)
Ashera
No matter
how I admonished you, you would not stop fighting. There was nothing I
could do. Every
day my beloved children were killed, killed by others of my beloved
children. With every death my rage and
sorrow grew until I could control myself no longer. My emotions burst
forth and I razed the
land. Furious storms savaged the
heavens, roiling waters rose in tremendous floods. Lives were lost
beyond counting.
(Image of a wasteland)
Ashera
I
will purge chaos from within myself. Never again will I allow myself to
commit such atrocities. I will become a
goddess to properly guide and protect my people. I will become perfect.
Unknown
But...to
nullify half of your being... We were terribly, monstrously wrong to
suggest it. You shouldn't have to bear
the weight of our foolish ideas.
Yune
I...I was
just...lonely. My other half spent all
her time worrying about the laguz and beorc. She said she was going to
erase me. I was...only
playing. I never meant to hurt so many.
Unknown
I
understand, Yune.
Yune
I won't do it again. I love all of you, too. You paid attention to me.
I don't want
to go away. It would be lonely, and I don't like being lonely. I want
to stay here with all of
you.
Altina
...Goddess, I have a
suggestion. If we here, of our own
will, were to make a pledge to coexist, there would be no need to erase
Yune, would
there? In which case, we give you our
solemn oath: never again will either the laguz or beorc seek the
extermination of the
other. Soan? Dheginsea? This is agreeable, is it not?
Ashera
I do not
accept your
pledge.
Altina
Why?
Ashera
I
cannot believe you. You are living
creatures created in our image. You cannot seal away your instincts
with reason. You are like us. You feel
profound sorrow, anger, fear... A conflict will surely arise to
overwhelm your reason and
discipline. You will be unable to
master your emotions. And I may once again make the mistakes that have
led us here. The only way to
prevent this is to expunge chaos completely. Yune
must not exist. My decision has not changed.
Unknown
In that
case, Goddess... Would you consider an alternative to such drastic
measures? We shall use the power of
seid magic to seal Yune in this
medallion. Someday...and it may be in
the far, distant future... Someday we may be
able to earn your trust, Goddess. In the hope of that day
arriving, refrain from annihilating Yune, please.
(Image of the medallion in somebody's hands)
Ashera
In my eyes, imprisoning Yune and destroying her are the same
thing. ...If the chaos and disaster
that Yune begets can be averted, I have no
objection. I do not know, however, if
Yune will submit to such confinement.
Unknown
Goddess
Yune? Please hear me. I will never
give up. Someday, I will see you restored to yourself.
Please...
Yune
...Mm...
Unknown
Do
not look so sad. I will always be with
you. I will sing to you. You will not
be lonely. I promise.
(End of flashback)
Yune
They're getting stronger and
stronger... Whose memories are those? I know him.
Yune
Everyone, Ashera is nearby. Just beyond those doors... That's where
we'll find her.
Ike
We made it. Finally...
Yune
You should know, Ashera may
have changed since before her slumber. Order and chaos are meant to
naturally balance each other out. If you take one away, balance is
lost. I don't expect Ashera to have the merest shred of compassion.
Talking to her will likely do no good.
Ike
We don't have much choice. If talking won't work, we'll have to use
force. Otherwise, this has all been for nothing.
Ike
How about you?
Yune
What do you mean?
Ike
Are you completely chaotic? Are you out of balance? As far as I can
tell, you don't seem to lean too far in either direction.
Yune
Ashera and I see things a little differently... During my long sleep, I
was wrapped in sweet, gentle music.
Ike
Heron galdrar?
Yune
Yes, but more important than the song itself, I was never alone. There
was always someone, singing comfort to me. Ashera shouldn't have
isolated
herself. She became lonely and bitter, and lost touch with her people...
(Ike tries to open the gate)
Ike
Hold on... This thing won't
budge.
Yune
What's wrong with it?
???
Those doors cannot
be opened.
Sephiran
They have been sealed with powerful magic.
Sanaki
Sephiran! You're all right... I'm so relieved to see you!
Sephiran
I'm
sorry to have been a cause for concern, Apostle. Forgive me.
Sanaki
Sephiran... There's something I
need to tell you. I'm not a true apostle. I didn't mean to abuse your
trust.
Sephiran
I've known that for some time, Sanaki. Don't forget that I was almost a
father to you. It honestly doesn't make any difference to me whether or
not you can hear the goddess.
Sanaki
Sephiran... Th-thank you...for having always been there for me.
Ike
Empress... Shouldn't you tell him about General Zelgius?
Sanaki
Yes...I suppose I should. Sephiran, Zelgius is dead... I know you put a
lot of trust in him, but he was also closely allied to Daein. I'm sure
you've heard of
Daein's so-called Black Knight? Sephiran, the Black Knight was Zelgius.
Ike
...But that's probably not news to you, is it? After all, it was you he
was taking orders from.
Sanaki
Wha-?! Ike? What are you saying?!
Ike
A man like Zelgius could never serve conflicting interests... Never.
Everything he did, he did for one master. Isn't that so, Sephiran?
Sanaki
I think I understand! You
wanted to monitor events within Daein! You sent Zelgius as a spy.
Sephiran
Precisely. I felt it important to observe King Ashnard carefully...
That was my goal.
(Image of Zelgius and the Black Knight)
Sephiran
At the time, it was relatively easy to get an outsider close to the
king. Ashnard was famous for
employing powerful men with no regard for their background or social
status.
Ike
Obviously, he would have needed no convincing once he saw the
bladework of General Zelgius.
Ike
The Black
Knight tried to take the medallion from my father, and killed him. Tell
me, Sephiran, whose plan was that?! Ashnard's...or yours?
Sanaki
Calm down, Ike! Sephiran? Would you please explain?
Sephiran
Sir
Ike, I'm afraid your father's death was an unfortunate result of
Zelgius's own personal agenda. I did not order Sir Gawain killed.
However, I must admit that I
did ask him to seize the medallion and hand it over to King Ashnard.
The goddess was to be freed...and all living creatures destroyed.
Sanaki
... Come again?!
Ike
You're insane!
Sephiran
I couldn't be more sane, Sir Ike. Attend and learn...
Sephiran
My aim has
always been to wake Ashera so that she might pass judgment on all the
people of the world. What I needed was a war that would spread all
across the continent. How could I achieve this? My attention
turned to the young Daein prince... I could use the fiery Ashnard for
my purposes. He was ambitious, a fierce
warrior, and more than anything, he had an earnest desire to change the
world. When I allowed him to know of the goddess sealed inside the
medallion, he became determined to set her free. We could use heron
galdrar or a massive, continent-spanning war to throw the world into
chaos.
Sanaki
Lord Sephiran, what are you
saying? Are you saying you wanted this? You can't be serious!
Sephiran
Sanaki, my long life has shown me the people of this world deserve only
destruction. The selfishness, the brutality... The disregard for
others, the endlessly quarreling laguz and beorc. We have been given
many chances to correct our behavior and ourselves, and have squandered
them all. The only remaining hope for a peaceful, orderly world is for
Ashera to wipe us all out and begin again. To fulfill my ambition of
destroying all beings, I had to use you... I had to betray you.
Sanaki
This is some kind of monstrous joke...
Ike
So you've been pulling the
strings all along?
Sephiran
Correct.
Ike
Beyond just Empress Sanaki, you were trusted by a lot of people.
Sephiran, I need to understand... Did you really betray all of those
people?
Sephiran
I did.
Ike
I don't need
to hear anything else, then. I'm going to make your death as painful as
I know how.
(If Ike's Memory Scene in Part 4 Final Chapter-2 was seen)
Ike
I don't
get it... Why would you wake the goddess to pass judgment on us? Tell
us why! How could you want that?
Sephiran
It
wouldn't make any difference if I told you. You would have to live a
few centuries before you could understand.
Ike
Years ago, my father went into hiding with the medallion. At the time,
he got help from both you and Zelgius. Does this have anything to do
with that?
Sephiran
Hmm, you seem to have sparked a distant memory of mine.
Ike
Answer me. Why did you do
this?
Sephiran
I'm sorry, I can't tell you. At least, not in any way you would
understand.
Ike
Then I'll have to make you talk!
(End of Ike and Sephiran's dialogue)
Sanaki
This can't be happening! I
won't fight you Sephiran. I can't!
Sephiran
Poor Sanaki... You'll have no choice but to fight. The doors leading to
Ashera are sealed by my very own magic. Killing me is your only way
through.
Yune
Sephiran! So it was you? All those memories
penetrating my my mind were yours... Since we entered this place, I've
seen what you've been thinking, Lehran. Give it up.
Sephiran
Goddess Yune... Why do you insist on calling me that name? I discarded
it so long ago, Yune. I've changed. Lehran is a thing of the past. All
I want now...is the end
of all that is. Please don't stop me.
Yune
Lehran...
Sephiran
You're
running out of time. At this rate, I wouldn't count on being able to
face the goddess.
After battle
(Flashback)
Civilian
What? It can't be
true! Our apostle...
Civilian
Can't believe it
myself. But the senators made an announcement! It must be
true!
Lehran
Pardon me? Has something
happened to the apostle?
Civilian
Oh, my lord sage! The
apostle! She's...she's dead.
Lehran
What?
How?
Civilian
According to the senators'
announcement, she was assassinated by the Serenes
herons.
Civilian
They look so gentle, like they
couldn't harm a fly, but... They're nothing but beasts, no better than
the other
sub-humans!
Lehran
Peace, friends! This is
simply not possible. The heron tribe could never assassinate anyone,
they...
Civilian
She's dead, isn't she?
Those damned sub-humans... Every last one of 'em's got to die! For the
apostle!
Civilian
That's the
truth! They're nothing but monsters! Oh, I wish I could kill them
myself!
Civilian
You can! Grab a weapon! Grab a
torch! Come on! We'll burn that forest to ash and wipe 'em all out!
Lehran
...No, you
mustn't...
Civilian
What's wrong, my lord sage?
You don't look well. Are you feeling all
right?
Lehran
Ungh!
Civilian
GWAAAAAAHHHH! Wings! From the sage's back! Wings... He's one of them!
He's a
monster!
Civilian
You're nothin' but a lying
sub-human piece of filth! How dare you pretend to be one of us! Get him!
(Image of the burning Serenes Forest)
(Image of Lehran standing near an unconscious Lillia)
Lehran
The medallion must be
quelled. I cannot allow this madness to come to pass! Judgment...the
goddess's judgment... NO! What have
they done? The forest... the trees... The herons were innocent... Why?
(Image of the medallion on the altar)
Lehran
The medallion... I must quell the
chaotic energies! Must...calm them... Ungh!
NO! Chaos...madness... So much...anger...so much...pain... Why? Why was
my family taken? Why? Why was my forest destroyed? The
apostle did not deserve this fate... Killed by her innocence...her
murderers free to seize power... This is
monstrous!
(Image of Lehran holding onto the medallion)
Lehran
This world does not need
beorc. And the laguz...are deeply flawed. There is no
need to wait for the covenant's thousand years. Awaken! Oh, Goddess.
Awaken...and judge.
(End of flashback)
Micaiah
...Sephiran!
Sanaki
Sephiran! Hold on! Open your eyes!
Micaiah
Yune...help me. What should I do? ...What? Really? ...OK. I'll try.
Sephiran
Sana...ki...
Sanaki
Sephiran! You can hear me?! S-somebody help! He's wounded!
Yune
I'm sorry, Sanaki. The doors leading to Ashera won't open while he's
alive. I can't save him.
Sephiran
That's correct. Thank you, Yune. I am sincerely grateful.
Yune
Death is all you've wanted
since this started. Everything else has been little more than a
terrible side effect. I'm sorry that this was
your only goal, but I am happy to help you achieve it. Sephiran,
I see now what you were going through. It must have been hard. I wish I
could have helped
you.
Sephiran
Please. Don't mourn for me. I'm not worth it.
Yune
I'm so sorry. I wanted to help you! I really did!
Sephiran
Forget about me. This path was my decision...my tragic mistake
Sephiran
Lady... Sanaki... I want you to...have this. This is...the Rudol Gem.
Wear it...in memory of me. It will protect you. Please forgive me...
I'm sorry I...lied to you.
Sanaki
Sephiran... Don't worry. We
still have all the time we spent together... Nobody can take that away.
Nobody.
Sephiran
Thank you... I'll...be leaving you now. Zel...gius...is waiting.
Sanaki
Sephiran! No... Noooooooo!
Ike
Ashera is waiting just
beyond those doors... Let's go.
Yune
I'm
sorry, Sephiran. I once lost hope in the laguz and beorc, too. I can
see now that my punishment was far too strict. I was young and naive,
and so sure that I was right. I wish I could have shown you the error
of my ways, Sephir-- Lehran. Good-bye
(If Ike's Memory Scene in Part 4 Final Chapter-2 was seen)
Sanaki
Sephiran... Don't worry. We
still have all the time we spent together... Nobody can take that away.
Nobody.
Sephiran
Thank you... My Lady Sanaki... I'll...be leaving you now.
Zel...gius...is waiting. ...Al...ti...na...
Sanaki
Sephiran! No... Noooooooo!
Yune
Now! Please, Micaiah!
Micaiah
Don't die... You can't
die...
Sanaki
...He's...breathing? Sephiran is breathing!
Micaiah
Ahh...
Just in time.
Sanaki
You saved him! Thank you! Micaiah, thank you!
Yune
Micaiah is completely spent. She's sorry, but she won't be able to
fight in the next battle. But there's no time. Hurry!
Sanaki
Goddess Yune. Is there something you haven't told us about you and
Sephiran?
Yune
He saved my life.
Sanaki
Y-your life? Sephiran saved the life of a goddess? Is there something
you haven't told us about Sephiran, then?
Yune
He'll wake up in just a moment. Then you can ask him directly.
Sanaki
Oh. All right, I'll do that
Ike
Why did you save him?
Yune
Should I not have?
Ike
I can think of a few reasons why you shouldn't have, yes!
(Ike moves towards Sephiran)
Ike
Hey! Get up. Now.
Yune
Take it easy on him! He's had a hard day!
Sephiran
...ung... ...hhhuuunnn.... I... I'm alive?
Yune
Lehran!
Sephiran
Goddess Yune... Why? Why did you--
Yune
Because I want you to live! You've always taken care of me, and I
couldn't bear it if it ended like this.
Sephiran
But...I've lost all my hope. All hope in the world and the people in
it... I did what I did...for future generations, so they wouldn't have
to live in this world. Please, Yune, let me die.
Yune
I won't, Lehran. I won't!
Ike
Lehran? Now he's some kind of hero-saint?
Sephiran
...
Ike
If death is what you
really want, then I'm not going to let it happen on my watch. I don't
care what you've gone through. I don't care how much you've suffered.
What you've done is unforgivable.
Yune
Stop it, Ike!
Sephiran
...
Ike
Ashera is waiting. It's time for the final confrontation with her. You
can come... If you want to.
Sephiran
You... You're asking me to turn my back on goddess Ashera?
Ike
If you really want the total extinction of beorc and laguz alike, then
you can just lie here like a lump. If not, this is your last chance to
start rectifying your mistakes. Think hard on that.
(Ike leaves)
Yune
But...Ike!
Sephiran
...
Yune
I'll
be waiting for you, Lehran.