# E3 - The Last King
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**[00:01] Tonio**
If you notice any—
**[00:03] Tonio**
Will! Menel!
**[00:08] Tonio**
The Rust Mountains?
**[00:11] Tonio**
It sounds like things have
gotten awfully troublesome.
**[00:14] Will**
We were hoping the dwarfs
might know something.
**[00:18] Will**
So, how are the immigrants who
arrived not long ago doing?
**[00:23] Tonio**
They seem to have settled
in, for the most part.
**[00:27] Will**
That's good to hear.
**[00:30] Will**
A year ago, when I said our city would
support the new dwarf arrivals,
**[00:35] Will**
it put many of the citizens on their guard.
**[00:38] Menel**
Well, after what those guys went through...
**[00:42] Will**
Yeah...
**[00:43] Tonio**
Perhaps their leader, Agnarr,
could tell you something?
**[00:48] Will**
Perhaps. I'll go see him tomorrow.
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
***SIGN*** The Lord of the Rust Mountains
***SIGN*** The Last King
**[02:26] (Flashback) Gus**
Listen to me, Will.
**[02:28] (Flashback) Gus**
Exactly what are the spirits?
**[02:31] (Flashback) Gus**
Through the words of the Creator,
**[02:33] (Flashback) Gus**
water, fire, wind, and trees came
into existence before man or the gods.
**[02:39] (Flashback) Gus**
And all of them possessed a
definite will of their own.
**[02:42] (Flashback) Young Will**
And those were the spirits?
**[02:44] (Flashback) Gus**
Correct.
**[02:46] (Flashback) Gus**
And because they had their own will,
**[02:48] (Flashback) Gus**
they divided themselves into two lines.
**[02:50] (Flashback) Gus**
One aligned themselves with
the unstable phenomena
**[02:53] (Flashback) Gus**
that are the Lords of the Sea
and the Lords of the Forest,
**[02:55] (Flashback) Gus**
choosing to live long lives alongside them.
**[02:58] (Flashback) Gus**
The other chose to live definite
lives and die definite deaths
**[03:02] (Flashback) Gus**
as beings with bodies of
flesh—the human way of life.
**[03:06] (Flashback) Gus**
Those affiliated with wind, water, and trees
**[03:09] (Flashback) Gus**
consulted with the goddess
of the forests, Rhea Silvia,
**[03:12] (Flashback) Gus**
leading to the birth to the elves.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Gus**
The spirits of earth, stone, and fire
longed for human craftsmanship,
**[03:19] (Flashback) Gus**
so they consulted the god of
fire and technology, Blaze,
**[03:22] (Flashback) Gus**
which resulted in the dwarf race.
**[03:25] (Flashback) Gus**
This is why the dwarfs are
such excellent craftsmen,
**[03:29] (Flashback) Gus**
as well as superior warriors.
**[03:31] (Flashback) Blood**
Yeah, those guys are the real deal.
**[03:34] (Flashback) Young Will**
Tell me more, Blood!
**[03:37] (Flashback) Blood**
Not sure there's much more to tell.
**[03:42] (Flashback) Blood**
They're a quiet lot, but they
know the meaning of courage.
**[03:46] (Flashback) Blood**
It's constantly on their minds.
**[03:49] (Flashback) Young Will**
What is?
**[03:50] (Flashback) Blood**
What's worth throwing away
their own lives to fight for.
**[03:56] (Flashback) Blood**
They go into battle with
their very souls on fire.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Blood**
They don't fear death.
**[04:04] (Flashback) Blood**
I have genuine respect for dwarven warriors.
**[04:07] (Flashback) Blood**
The ones I met and fought
alongside, at least,
**[04:11] (Flashback) Blood**
were true warriors.
**[04:24] Will**
Good morning.
**[04:25] MaidA**
Oh, young master. Good morning.
**[04:28] Will**
I'm heading out for morning training.
**[04:29] MaidA**
Of course.
**[04:31] MaidB**
That's some bed head you've got there!
**[04:43] Menel**
As always...
**[04:46] Menel**
Your look really doesn't match
your superhuman strength.
**[04:49] Will**
I would've liked to have the looks to match.
**[04:52] Menel**
You're approachable, though.
Maybe you're best as you are.
**[04:55] Will**
People seek things in others that
they don't have themselves.
**[05:00] Will**
Menel, stay right there for a bit.
**[05:03] Menel**
Sure.
**[05:09] Will**
Good morning.
**[05:15] Al**
U-Um...
**[05:17] Al**
G-Good... mor...
**[05:20] Will**
Would you like to watch before you move on?
**[05:24] Al**
U-Um...
**[05:26] Menel**
Hey. What're you doing?
**[05:29] Menel**
Who are you? Haven't seen you before.
**[05:31] Menel**
What's your deal?
**[05:33] Menel**
If you're that interested, just watch us.
**[05:35] Al**
N-No, that's quite all right!
I'm sorry for intruding!
**[05:43] Will**
Menel...
**[05:44] Menel**
Sorry. That backfired on me.
**[05:47] Will**
Yes, it did.
**[05:49] Menel**
I'm not sure if he was
interested in our training,
**[05:51] Menel**
or in the paladin everyone talks about.
**[05:54] Will**
Probably the training.
**[05:56] Will**
The dwarfs are a warrior race, after all.
**[05:58] Menel**
He didn't seem like much of a warrior.
**[06:00] Will**
You think so?
**[06:21] Agnarr**
Welcome.
**[06:23] Agnarr**
Thank you for coming.
**[06:25] Will**
I'm sorry to visit on such short notice.
**[06:28] Agnarr**
Oh, no. There's someone I want
to introduce to you, as well.
**[06:33] Agnarr**
He represents the immigrants who
recently arrived in this city,
**[06:37] Agnarr**
and he is my grand-uncle.
His name is Grendir.
**[06:41] Grendir**
At your service.
**[06:43] Will**
I serve His Highness the Crown
Prince Ethelbald Southmark,
**[06:46] Will**
who has entrusted me with
governing Beast Woods.
**[06:49] Will**
My name is William.
**[06:52] Will**
Why did you and your people come here?
**[06:57] Grendir**
To die.
**[07:00] Will**
Pardon me...
**[07:02] Agnarr**
Uncle Grendir, you will only startle
him by speaking so frankly.
**[07:08] Grendir**
We haven't long left in this world.
**[07:11] Grendir**
We wish to die with our
eyes on our homeland.
**[07:15] Agnarr**
Uncle Grendir is one of the last survivors
from the mountains to the west.
**[07:19] Will**
The Iron Mountains?
**[07:22] Grendir**
I gaze at those mountains from a distance,
**[07:27] Grendir**
dreaming of the day when we reclaim them.
**[07:30] Grendir**
I would truly die happy if this
dream could come to pass.
**[07:36] Grendir**
While I realize it may inconvenience you,
**[07:39] Grendir**
I am willing to do any type of work.
**[07:41] Grendir**
If you could just allow me to stay
in some little corner of the city...
**[07:47] Will**
Please rest at ease.
I'll do everything I can.
**[07:51] Will**
I promise I'll protect all
of you from injustice.
**[07:59] Grendir**
Thank you... Thank you...
**[08:04] Agnarr**
Two hundred years ago,
**[08:05] Agnarr**
a monarch lived in the Iron Country.
**[08:09] Agnarr**
Of short stature and frail constitution,
**[08:11] Agnarr**
he did not excel in the martial
arts and preferred to write.
**[08:14] Agnarr**
He was Aurvangr, the last
king of the Iron Country.
**[08:18] Agnarr**
It was an age of peace.
**[08:20] Agnarr**
The land was blessed with
prosperity and well-being.
**[08:24] Agnarr**
But then... a storm came.
**[08:28] Agnarr**
An invasion by demons from the abyss,
**[08:30] Agnarr**
led by the High King of the Eternals.
**[08:35] Agnarr**
When the fires of war encroached
upon the Iron Country,
**[08:38] Agnarr**
an emissary of the demons appeared.
**[08:40] Agnarr**
That emissary told our people
to follow the High King.
**[08:45] (Flashback) WarriorA**
Today's our last day to answer!
**[08:47] (Flashback) WarriorB**
If the only change is who sells us weapons,
**[08:49] (Flashback) WarriorB**
does it really matter?
**[08:51] (Flashback) WarriorC**
Those demons can't be trusted!
**[08:53] (Flashback) WarriorC**
We must fight them to the death!
**[08:55] (Flashback) WarriorD**
But if we're dragged into a
war, our children will die!
**[08:58] (Flashback) WarriorE**
What are we to do?
**[09:03] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
I will make the decision.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Demon**
What is your answer?
**[09:16] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
This.
**[09:21] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
This is the iron you and
your brethren wanted.
**[09:23] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
I'll give you as much of it as you want!
**[09:27] (Flashback) Demon**
The dragon is coming!
**[09:29] (Flashback) Demon**
Valacirca will destroy all!
**[09:36] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
I will not allow it.
**[09:38] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
We will draw the demons of the abyss here
and slay them all in the bowels of the earth!
**[09:42] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
This underground corridor
shall be their tomb!
**[09:46] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
Those who are not warriors,
or who are inexperienced warriors,
**[09:49] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
are to retreat from the Iron Mountains.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
My people...
**[09:54] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
I will die,
**[09:56] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
and all the warriors who remain
here will likely die, as well.
**[10:00] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
But we must not let the Iron Country die!
**[10:04] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
The pain of issuing such a selfish
order tears my heart asunder,
**[10:08] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
yet I issue it regardless!
**[10:10] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
Even if you lose your homeland and
drown in regret and disgrace...
**[10:14] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
Live!
**[10:16] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
That is the battle I order you to fight!
**[10:20] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
You are not running away!
**[10:22] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
You are simply given command
over a different battlefield!
**[10:25] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
We, the king and warriors,
to protect our name and our pride,
**[10:29] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
will die in these mountains where
our ancestral spirits sleep!
**[10:31] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
All of you must abandon your pride
and wager everything on living!
**[10:35] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
Do not let the flames in our kilns die!
**[10:38] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
Live! Live and fight until
we make our comeback!
**[10:43] (Flashback) Aurvangr**
That is my last order!
**[10:50] Agnarr**
This is the legend of the Iron
Mountains that has been handed down.
**[10:55] Agnarr**
I wasn't even born yet at the time.
**[10:59] Grendir**
We had only just become royal guards.
**[11:02] Grendir**
We didn't even get to fight.
We could only obey his order...
**[11:06] Grendir**
and with the common folk...
**[11:12] Grendir**
Amid the bitter cold and
the treacherous path,
**[11:16] Grendir**
my child...
**[11:18] Grendir**
A cheerful child, all smiles,
who encouraged all of us to keep going...
**[11:23] Grendir**
could not even smile any longer,
and then... passed away.
**[11:28] Grendir**
I can no longer even remember how many died.
**[11:33] Grendir**
And yet... I lived!
**[11:36] Grendir**
I overcame that time of
chaos and lived 200 years!
**[11:41] Grendir**
And you have now returned this
land to the hands of man.
**[11:46] Grendir**
Not only that, but you
even shed tears with me.
**[11:50] Grendir**
We can return home someday.
We can fulfill the words of our king.
**[11:56] Grendir**
How noble it is to continue
believing such thoughts...
**[12:03] Grendir**
Sir William...
**[12:05] Grendir**
Thank you...
**[12:08] Grendir**
Thank you...
**[12:13] Will**
*Aurvangr, the king of the Iron Country, huh?*
**[12:16] Will**
*And what is this dragon?*
**[12:21] ManA**
Bastard!
**[12:24] Al**
Stop it!
**[12:25] ManA**
That hurt, damn it!
**[12:25] Al**
Stop!
**[12:28] ManA**
Damn you!
**[12:29] Al**
You're causing a disturbance!
**[12:30] ManB**
Piece of dung!
**[12:31] Al**
Take this outside!
**[12:33] ManA**
Shut yer hole, damn it!
**[12:35] ManB**
Hey! Hold him still!
**[12:44] Will**
Stop this.
**[12:45] ManA**
Huh?! Shut up!
**[12:47] ManB**
The hell?!
**[12:48] Will**
I won't let you take this any farther.
**[12:52] Will**
You two have just had a bit
too much to drink, right?
**[12:57] ManAB**
We're sorry for the disturbance!
**[12:59] ManAB**
Please take this and spare us!
**[13:15] Will**
Ah, you're awake?
**[13:21] Will**
What's your name?
**[13:25] Al**
It's... Al.
**[13:26] Will**
Al, eh?
**[13:28] Will**
You might already know, but I'm
William. Nice to meet you.
**[13:33] Will**
Yeah, looks like everything's fine.
**[13:36] Will**
It's amazing that you're not even
scratched after taking that many hits.
**[13:40] Al**
My toughness is the one thing
I've got going for me.
**[13:44] Will**
Are you the owner?
**[13:46] Will**
Allow me to apologize for the commotion.
**[13:49] Daughter**
My father is sick in bed.
**[13:51] Daughter**
I couldn't stop them on my own.
**[13:55] Will**
Shall I examine him?
**[13:56] Daughter**
What?! I couldn't ask that of you!
**[13:59] Will**
I don't mind.
**[14:00] Will**
If I knew someone was ill and did nothing,
**[14:04] Will**
the goddess would be furious with me.
**[14:08] Will**
Al, I'll be right back. Please rest a while.
**[14:12] Al**
All right...
**[14:25] Will**
I think you'll be fine now.
**[14:29] Daughter**
Thank you so much!
**[14:31] Will**
I received this power from
the goddess of light.
**[14:34] Will**
You can thank her.
**[14:35] Owner**
Of course!
**[14:37] Owner**
Oh, I know! Please let us
provide a meal for you!
**[14:41] Daughter**
Please!
**[14:43] Will**
I'd appreciate that.
**[14:45] Will**
I actually forgot to have dinner tonight.
**[14:52] Will**
What are you doing?
**[14:59] Will**
Wow, this is amazing.
**[15:02] Al**
It's really nothing, compared to you.
**[15:06] Al**
You're so strong and courageous...
**[15:08] Will**
You shouldn't say things like that.
**[15:11] Al**
Huh?
**[15:13] Will**
Don't curse yourself by saying
you're weak and cowardly.
**[15:19] Will**
Why don't you try being your
own strongest supporter?
**[15:27] Al**
I...
**[15:28] Al**
I will!
**[15:34] Daughter**
Enjoy it before it gets cold.
**[15:36] Will**
Thank you!
**[15:39] Will**
Earth-Mother Mater,
**[15:41] Will**
and all the virtuous gods,
**[15:43] Will**
we give thanks for your grace
as we partake in this meal.
**[15:48] Will**
Please bless the food before us.
**[15:51] Will**
Now, then... Cheers.
**[15:54] Al**
Ch-Cheers.
**[16:01] Will**
Delicious.
**[16:03] Al**
It is!
**[16:04] Will**
So, tell me, why were you here?
**[16:07] Al**
W-Well... um...
**[16:10] Al**
I-I just migrated here, and well...
**[16:15] Al**
I wanted to get my bearings...
you might say... so... um...
**[16:19] Al**
I was sort of... exploring...
**[16:21] Will**
I don't think that's such
an odd thing to do.
**[16:24] Al**
But... all the others in my
clan are keeping busy...
**[16:28] Will**
You mean Grendir?
**[16:31] Will**
You don't need to worry about that.
**[16:33] Will**
I just came from speaking
with him and Agnarr.
**[16:39] Al**
You are... remarkable.
**[16:42] Al**
So strong and dependable...
**[16:45] Al**
Nothing like me at all.
**[16:47] Will**
Then why don't you try it, too?
**[16:49] Al**
Huh?
**[16:52] Will**
You can get a certain degree of
strength by eating well and training.
**[16:56] Will**
Dependability comes from your conduct
and getting used to things.
**[16:59] Will**
There must be a reason we met here this way.
**[17:01] Will**
If you wouldn't mind... I mean, if you want,
**[17:05] Will**
why don't you help me out as,
say, something like a thane?
**[17:10] Al**
U-Um, do you really mean...
**[17:14] Will**
If there's anything you truly long to do,
**[17:18] Will**
I want to help you do it.
**[17:24] Al**
I might cause trouble for you, but...
**[17:30] Al**
Please... let me learn from you!
**[17:46] DwarfA**
Young master!
**[17:48] DwarfA**
Where have you been?!
**[17:50] DwarfB**
When you go somewhere, you must tell us!
**[17:52] DwarfA**
Regardless, I'm so glad you're safe!
**[17:55] Al**
I'm sorry...
**[17:59] Will**
Al has been raised with great care.
**[17:59] Dwarfs**
We were worried about you!
**[18:01] Dwarfs**
Do you understand?!
**[18:02] Will**
Perhaps too great, even.
**[18:09] DwarfA**
Anyway, you must never do
something like this again!
**[18:12] Will**
Pardon me.
**[18:16] Will**
My name is William G. Maryblood.
**[18:22] Will**
Allow me to apologize.
**[18:24] Will**
I met Al by chance, but we
happened to hit it off,
**[18:27] Will**
and I kept him for quite
a long time just to talk.
**[18:29] DwarfA**
Not at all...
**[18:31] DwarfB**
That's the paladin?
**[18:33] DwarfC**
He's dreadfully strong!
**[18:35] Ghelreis**
He's more than just strong.
**[18:37] Ghelreis**
He could crush everyone here.
**[18:42] Ghelreis**
My name is Ghelreis.
**[18:44] Ghelreis**
I accept the apology you've given
on behalf of our young master.
**[18:47] Ghelreis**
You have my most humble thanks.
**[18:50] Ghelreis**
Now... what brings you here?
**[18:52] Will**
I would like to make Al my thane.
**[18:57] DwarfB**
You want to make the young master a thane?!
**[18:59] DwarfC**
But that would mean he'd have to
accompany you on beast hunts!
**[19:02] DwarfA**
Young master! Being the paladin's
thane is too dangerous!
**[19:06] DwarfA**
Please give this more thought!
**[19:10] Will**
What do *you* want to do?
**[19:23] Al**
I-I...
**[19:25] Al**
I want to learn from him!
**[19:32] Al**
I want to find what a warrior
is, what courage is,
**[19:36] Al**
with my own two hands!
**[19:38] Al**
If I never face danger or even
take a single step on my own,
**[19:43] Al**
what can I know about being a warrior?!
**[19:45] Al**
What can I know about courage?!
**[19:48] Al**
Before our ancestral spirits and gods,
**[19:52] Al**
I want to be someone I won't be ashamed of!
**[19:54] Al**
If I know nothing of battle, courage,
or conducting myself nobly,
**[19:58] Al**
how can I call myself a dwarf?!
**[20:00] Al**
I have no intention of
reversing this decision!
**[20:10] Will**
*Wow...*
**[20:12] Al**
Sir Will!
**[20:13] Al**
Please accept me as your
thane right here and now!
**[20:28] Will**
I will guard with my own hands
the loyalty that you offer now.
**[20:40] Will**
Brief though it was, he has
given me his oath as a thane.
**[20:43] Will**
Thus, as the knight he serves,
I will hear what you have to say.
**[20:48] DwarfA**
Our young master will be the
Faraway Paladin's thane...
**[20:52] Ghelreis**
So it must be.
**[20:54] Dwarfs**
You're agreeing to this?!
**[20:56] Ghelreis**
Since he was young, he has
asked no selfish favors of us
**[20:58] Ghelreis**
out of concern for the
predicament we have lived in.
**[21:01] Ghelreis**
And this is what he desires.
**[21:06] Ghelreis**
Young master, I will
explain this to Grendir.
**[21:11] Al**
Th-Thank you.
**[21:13] Ghelreis**
However, as of today,
you are as a dead man to me.
**[21:19] Al**
B-But—
**[21:21] Ghelreis**
Now that you have entrusted your
loyalty to a great warrior,
**[21:24] Ghelreis**
you must not, under any circumstances,
value your life above his.
**[21:27] Ghelreis**
Serve him faithfully,
**[21:29] Ghelreis**
prepared to die for him without hesitation
if it ever becomes necessary.
**[21:35] Ghelreis**
Understand?
**[21:39] Al**
I understand!
**[21:42] Ghelreis**
Grendir and I will ask after you later.
**[21:46] Ghelreis**
Take care of our young master.
**[21:48] Will**
I most certainly will.
**[21:56] Will**
I look forward to working with you.
**[21:59] Al**
O-Of course!
***SIGN*** The Meaning of Courage