E10 - The Lord of the Rust Mountains

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[00:14] Valacirca
    So weak...
[00:34] Valacirca
    Welcome to my bedchamber.
SIGN    The Faraway Paladin
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
SIGN    The Lord of the Rust Mountains
[02:26] Valacirca
    Weak one...
[02:28] Valacirca
    One destined to die...
[02:32] Valacirca
    I ask your name.
[02:40] Valacirca
    What is the matter?
[02:43] Valacirca
    Will you not give your name?
[02:47] Valacirca
    Can you not even speak?
[02:52] Will
    This is...
[02:53] Will
    an overwhelming predator...
[03:13] (Flashback) Mary
    You may try to deny feelings
    like fear and anxiety,
[03:16] (Flashback) Mary
    but it won't make them go away.
[03:18] (Flashback) Mary
    What you need in order to
    be confident is not pride,
[03:23] (Flashback) Mary
    and what you need in order to be
    courageous is not false bravado.
[03:32] (Flashback) Mary
    Everything begins with acceptance.
[03:50] Will
    If you're going to ask someone's name,
[03:52] Will
    should you not give your own first?
[03:55] Valacirca
    Ah...
[03:58] Valacirca
    It would seem that
[04:00] Valacirca
    you are not one of the lowly rabble
    who merely seek to plunder.
[04:07] Valacirca
    Then I shall give you my name.
[04:10] Valacirca
    I am the sickle of the gods:
    Calamity's Sickle.
[04:15] Valacirca
    I was born with the last flicker of a star,
[04:18] Valacirca
    and my life is eternal.
[04:22] Valacirca
    I am the lord of miasma and sulfur,
[04:24] Valacirca
    and brother of the lava...
[04:28] Valacirca
    Valacirca.
[04:34] Valacirca
    Now, answer me, small one.
[04:43] Will
    My grandfather was the Wandering Sage.
[04:45] Will
    One of my parents, my father,
    was the War Ogre of the star of Leo,
[04:50] Will
    and my mother was the beloved
    daughter of Mater.
[04:53] Will
    I am known as the Light of the Hinterlands,
[04:55] Will
    the Faraway Paladin,
[04:57] Will
    disciple of Gracefeel, the goddess of flux:
[05:00] Will
    William G. Maryblood.
[05:02] Will
    It is an honor to make your acquaintance,
    dragon of the age of gods.
[05:13] Valacirca
    What serendipity!
[05:16] Valacirca
    Those names fill me with nostalgia.
[05:19] Will
    Nostalgia?
[05:20] Valacirca
    Had they called on me
    before the demons did,
[05:26] Valacirca
    perhaps we may have fought side by side.
[05:34] Valacirca
    I detect a faint hint of the god
    of the undead's scent on you,
[05:37] Valacirca
    and you proclaim yourself a disciple
    of the goddess of light.
[05:41] Valacirca
    I see.
[05:43] Valacirca
    That explains the age disparity.
[05:48] Valacirca
    Now, I believe that concludes our
    introductions and inquiries.
[05:53] Will
    Yes.
[06:09] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin...
[06:13] Valacirca
    Do you wish to take me as your servant?
[06:18] Valacirca
    Why does that surprise you so?
[06:21] Valacirca
    You and your companions
    destroyed the demons.
[06:25] Valacirca
    You are a danger even to me,
    and that is inconvenient.
[06:29] Valacirca
    So it is only natural that I would
    seek something new to depend upon.
[06:37] Valacirca
    I do have my ulterior motives, of course.
[06:42] Valacirca
    I will seek appropriate compensation.
[06:50] Valacirca
    Have no fear.
[06:53] Valacirca
    I do not wish to fight a brave
    warrior such as yourself.
[06:57] Will
    Yet in a few decades,
[06:59] Will
    you'll kill me, destroy everything,
    and change loyalties again.
[07:04] Will
    That's how you operate.
[07:19] Valacirca
    Splendid! Splendid! You are correct!
[07:31] Valacirca
    But it is not such a bad deal, is it?
[07:39] Will
    He's right.
[07:41] Will
    If I accept, I won't have to
    fight a losing battle now.
[07:45] Valacirca
    What reason do you have to fight me?
[07:50] Valacirca
    It is because you perceive me
    as a threat to innocent people
[07:54] Valacirca
    that you came to me armed with spear
    and determination, is it not?
[08:09] Valacirca
    Look. Now I am no threat.
[08:13] Valacirca
    I lower my head to you.
[08:21] Will
    What... is this?
[08:24] Valacirca
    Now, make your choice,
[08:27] Valacirca
    Faraway Paladin, hero of the modern age!
[08:31] Valacirca
    Show me that you have what
    it takes to control me!
[08:36] Valacirca
    Will you choose peace,
    or a battle resulting in your demise?
[08:41] Valacirca
    I am not a patient creature.
[08:45] Valacirca
    Choose quickly.
[08:55] Will
    What is this?
[08:57] Will
    Should I refuse?
[09:00] Will
    No, if I do that...
[09:03] Will
    What should I do?
[09:06] Will
    What choice should I make?
[09:27] Will
    Someone...
[09:49] Will
    That's right.
[09:51] Will
    I've already been saved... by her.
[09:55] Will
    If courage is something that
    can take a physical form,
[09:59] Will
    then in my heart now is...
[10:02] Will
    Menel, Reystov,
[10:05] Will
    Al, Ghelreis...
[10:08] Will
    The outcome of this conversation
    will decide everything.
[10:12] Will
    Be ready!
[10:18] Valacirca
    Well?
[10:20] Valacirca
    Have you decided?
[10:22] Valacirca
    Then choose, Faraway Paladin.
[10:27] Valacirca
    Will it be peace or death?
[10:30] Will
    I will not choose.
[10:31] Will
    It is you who must choose, Valacirca.
[10:36] Valacirca
    Oh?
[10:38] Valacirca
    And what choice am I to make?
[10:41] Will
    Will you mend your ways or not?
[10:50] Will
    Let's confirm one thing.
[10:52] Will
    The peace you speak of
[10:55] Will
    is a limited peace between you and me.
[10:58] Will
    It is not specifically peace for me,
[11:00] Will
    or for the innocent people.
[11:03] Will
    Am I wrong?
[11:08] Valacirca
    Indeed, you are correct!
[11:12] Will
    In which case, I have only one condition:
[11:16] Will
    mend your ways!
[11:19] Valacirca
    What am I to improve?
[11:22] Will
    Your extreme enthusiasm for constantly
    scheming and seeking conflict.
[11:27] Will
    If you swear to mend your ways
    and truly seek my patronage,
[11:33] Will
    I will also swear to the goddess
    of light that I will protect you.
[11:37] Will
    For as long as I live, I will defend
    you from all who are hostile to you.
[11:41] Will
    That is how I operate.
[11:45] Will
    Well?
[11:46] Will
    Will you choose to improve, or to fight?
[11:49] Will
    I would like your answer, dragon!
[12:11] Valacirca
    Well done!
[12:13] Valacirca
    You have successfully answered the
    dragon's riddle, Faraway Paladin!
[12:20] Valacirca
    You are no reckless boy flourishing
    his own strength for a lark,
[12:25] Valacirca
    nor are you cunning for the sake
    of protecting your own life.
[12:29] Valacirca
    You walk the path you consider to be
    righteous with valor and wisdom.
[12:35] Valacirca
    Marvelous!
[12:38] Valacirca
    You are in every way the successor
    to those heroes of old!
[12:42] Valacirca
    I acknowledge you as a true hero!
[12:53] Valacirca
    However, I refuse to make the
    choice to change my ways!
[13:10] Valacirca
    I am Valacirca!
[13:15] Valacirca
    I am the sickle of the gods:
    Calamity's Sickle.
[13:18] Valacirca
    I am the lord of miasma and sulfur,
[13:21] Valacirca
    and brother of the lava.
[13:23] Valacirca
    I live only because miasma
    poisons and kills,
[13:27] Valacirca
    and because lava boils hot!
[13:29] Valacirca
    War, disasters, feats of valor, treasure,
[13:33] Valacirca
    death, sacrificial maidens, and heroes:
[13:37] Valacirca
    what is a dragon without any of these?!
[13:41] Valacirca
    I am Valacirca!
[13:44] Valacirca
    The oldest and most powerful of dragons,
    feared even by the gods:
[13:48] Valacirca
    Valacirca!
[14:07] Valacirca
    Hero,
[14:09] Valacirca
    and warriors led by the hero...
[14:12] Valacirca
    I could kill all of you here
[14:15] Valacirca
    and add another new page
    to my terrifying history,
[14:20] Valacirca
    or I could be slain by you and be sung of
    as a feat of valor until the end of time.
[14:30] Valacirca
    Now, if you are prepared for the dragon's
    flames to burn your body and soul to naught
[14:34] Valacirca
    and erase you from the cycle
    of death and rebirth,
[14:38] Valacirca
    then I permit you to challenge me!
[14:44] Will
    This is the great dragon
    of the age of the gods...
[14:49] Will
    He's definitely an opponent I can respect.
[14:53] Will
    The Faraway Paladin,
    William G. Maryblood, is coming for you!
[15:03] Will
    Acceleratio!
SIGN    Accelerate
[15:13] Will
    Lamina!
SIGN    Blade
[15:19] Will
    Dragon scales...
[15:23] Gus
    If you do intend to fight him,
    you'll want to aim for his old wounds.
[15:27] Gus
    Dragon scales are tough.
[15:30] Gus
    I doubt even Blood could cut
    through them to his flesh.
[15:37] Will
    I can't keep chasing after Blood forever!
[15:47] Will
    Acceleratio!
SIGN    Accelerate
[15:59] Valacirca
    You can break through the protection
    of a dragon's scales, eh?
[16:01] Valacirca
    What perfect light exercise
    to keep me awake!
[16:08] Menel
    Hey!
[16:11] Menel
    Will's not the only one you're fighting!
[16:42] Valacirca
    I see.
[16:44] Valacirca
    Impressive teamwork!
SIGN    Burn, Flames
[16:54] Will
    Flammo Ignis!
[16:58] Menel
    Sylphs, sylphs, maidens of wind!
[17:27] Will
    Now!
SIGN    Be Tied, Knot, Binding
[17:28] Gus
    Ligatur, Nodus, Obligatio!
[17:34] Will
    Conciliat, Sequitur!
SIGN    Unite, Follow
[17:42] Valacirca
    Vastare!
SIGN    Devastate
[17:48] Will
    A triple cast! Gus's specialty!
[17:51] Will
    The trump card of trump cards that
    I burned into my eyes that day!
[17:55] Will
    Pallida Mors Aequo Pulsat Pede...
SIGN    Pale Death Kicks Equally
[18:01] Valacirca
    You would use that in a real battle?!
[18:03] Will
    Pauperum Tabernas Regumque Turres:
SIGN    Both Huts of Paupers and Towers of Kings
[18:10] Will
    Damnatio Memoriae!
SIGN    Damnation of Memory
[19:07] Al
    Did we win?
[19:09] Menel
    Looks like it.
[19:10] Ghelreis
    The moment of victory is
    surprisingly... unsatisfying.
[19:21] Menel
    Will?
[19:28] Will
    The dragon is destroyed...
[19:31] Will
    isn't it?
[19:34] Will
    Yet I don't feel certain of our victory.
[19:37] Will
    Not everything is resolved
    by a battle to the death.
[19:40] Will
    Sometimes, you win by pure chance.
[19:44] Will
    And yet...
[19:51] Will
    Is that... wind?
[19:56] Will
    No! It's not over!
[20:31] Will
    He... transformed?
[20:36] Valacirca
    Precisely!
[20:47] Will
    Words of Transformation...
[20:50] Will
    Words so risky that humans
    can't use them...
[20:54] Will
    But that's a good point.
[20:56] Will
    How was a huge beast like Valacirca able
    to get to this underground country?
[21:02] Valacirca
    Have you caught on?
[21:05] Valacirca
    That's right.
[21:11] Valacirca
    The Words are all too well-known to us!
[21:17] Valacirca
    I see.
[21:18] Valacirca
    With the Words of Obliteration,
    you could erase even me...
[21:24] Valacirca
    if your aim was true, that is.
[21:34] Will
    He even knows how to counter
    the ultimate destructive magic.
[21:39] Will
    No, the result would likely be the same,
    no matter what magic I chose.
[21:44] Will
    This dragon has fought every kind of
    Word on every kind of battlefield,
[21:49] Will
    and defeated them all.
[21:52] Will
    This...
[21:54] Will
    This is... a dragon.
SIGN    The Evil Dragon and the Goddess