# E7 - The Truth Coated in Lead
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***SIGN*** August 22, Septian Calendar 1198,
Erebonian Empire Border
***SIGN*** August 22, Septian Calendar 1198,
Erebonian Empire Border
**[00:07] (Flashback) Subordinate1**
It's over! We're surrounded!
**[00:09] (Flashback) Sara**
Don't panic! Regroup and take up
a circular formation!
**[00:12] (Flashback) Sara**
All units, gather up!
**[00:29] (Flashback) Sara**
Not this way!
**[00:31] (Flashback) Sara**
Retreat! Don't throw your lives away!
**[00:34] (Flashback) Valestein**
Sara...
**[00:38] (Flashback) Vlad**
Keep going, Colonel.
**[00:40] (Flashback) Valestein**
Thank you.
**[00:49] (Flashback) Valestein**
I made it in time.
**[00:51] (Flashback) Sara**
Dad?!
**[00:53] (Flashback) Sara**
Why are you here?!
**[00:55] (Flashback) Valestein**
We'll talk later. Can you fight?
**[00:57] (Flashback) Sara**
Yeah.
**[01:13] (Flashback) Glark**
Vlad!
**[01:14] (Flashback) Glark**
What have you done?!
**[01:29] (Flashback) Sara**
No!
***SIGN*** Trails of Cold Steel
***SIGN*** Trails of Cold Steel
***SIGN*** The Legend of Heroes: - Northern War
***SIGN*** The Truth Coated in Lead
***SIGN*** North Ambria State
State Capital Haliask
**[03:17] Iseria**
Want some?
**[03:18] Iseria**
Sugar helps when you're tired.
**[03:22] Iseria**
You really don't want it?
**[03:24] Talion**
I'm surprised you have the appetite.
**[03:25] Iseria**
Yum! Delish!
**[03:27] Talion**
I'm surprised you have the appetite!
**[03:29] Iseria**
People get hungry. That's just how we are.
**[03:33] Talion**
Well, I don't. Not when
a comrade's been taken prisoner.
**[03:37] Iseria**
Gah, you're so naive.
**[03:39] Iseria**
A jaeger's gotta be able to
eat anytime, anywhere...
**[03:44] Iseria**
When you take out enemies,
or your allies get taken out instead.
**[03:47] Talion**
Are you saying he was killed?
**[03:48] Lavian**
No.
**[03:50] Lavian**
Marty's alive.
**[03:53] Lavian**
If they wanted to, they could've
killed us all on the spot.
**[04:02] Iseria**
Ah...
**[04:04] Iseria**
We're back!
**[04:09] Iseria**
That's all from me.
**[04:11] Iseria**
Tally, fill her in on the details.
**[04:15] Iseria**
Hey, aren't you good at this stuff?
**[04:17] Jayna**
Is that it for your report?
**[04:20] Jayna**
Good work. You're dismissed.
**[04:21] Iseria**
No, well...
**[04:23] Lavian**
What about Marty?
**[04:25] Jayna**
We'll negotiate with the Empire
through the proper channels.
**[04:30] Lavian**
That's all?
**[04:32] Jayna**
Were you hoping I would order a rescue op?
**[04:37] Jayna**
It isn't rare for soldiers
to get taken prisoner in battle.
**[04:42] Jayna**
Or were you hoping
to be punished for losing an comrade?
**[04:49] Jayna**
Your scouting mission is complete.
**[04:52] Jayna**
Starting tomorrow, Iseria,
you'll join the supply division.
**[04:56] Iseria**
Y–Yes, ma'am!
**[04:57] Jayna**
You two have orders to return to your post
as instructors and train new recruits.
**[05:03] Lavian**
Okay.
**[05:04] Jayna**
Pass on the valuable experience you've
gained on this mission to the rookies.
**[05:09] Talion**
Pass on what, exactly?!
**[05:11] Iseria**
Tally!
**[05:12] Jayna**
You were silent so far, but if
you have something to say, I'll listen.
**[05:17] Iseria**
No, it's nothing!
**[05:19] Iseria**
We'll excuse ourselves now!
**[05:20] Iseria**
C'mon, let's go!
**[05:31] Jayna**
The gift has been delivered
through the proper channels.
**[05:36] Jayna**
Leaving the rest to Scarecrow,
**[05:39] Jayna**
the question that remains is how
to light the powder keg...
**[05:46] Jayna**
How to set up the fuse?
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Heimdallr,
Erebonian Empire
**[05:54] Rean**
It's been ages since
I've met you two like this.
**[05:57] Machias**
They give too many assignments
at the political academy.
**[06:01] Machias**
I even have to write reports in my dreams.
**[06:04] Elliot**
The music academy's hectic, too,
**[06:06] Elliot**
but I'm having fun every day
because I can focus on music.
**[06:10] Rean**
So you're living it up, huh?
**[06:11] Elliot**
Yeah. Sometimes, even people's
voices sound like melodies to me.
**[06:16] Girl1**
That's right!
**[06:18] Girl1**
Apparently, the Ashen Chevalier destroyed
the Republican troops all by himself!
**[06:22] Girl2**
That's the Empire's hero for you!
He must be so dreamy!
**[06:27] Girl1**
I heard he's a really big soldier
with silver hair!
**[06:30] Girl1**
I'd love to get to meet him!
**[06:33] Girl2**
My!
**[06:33] Girl2**
I heard he's tall and slender, has blue
eyes, and has a wonderful smile!
**[06:39] Machias**
S–So are you still taking orders
from Captain Lechter?
**[06:43] Rean**
Yeah.
**[06:45] Rean**
He told me to use Valimar as much as possible
and make headlines fighting as a hero.
**[06:50] Machias**
Sounds like him, all right.
**[06:53] Elliot**
Are you finding it a burden?
**[06:56] Rean**
I just... if I see someone asking for help,
**[07:00] Rean**
if I know someone is sad or suffering,
**[07:04] Rean**
I can't ignore them, is all.
**[07:13] Machias**
What kind of hero were you picturing?
**[07:16] Machias**
Was the Rean we knew some kind
of invincible and noble man of virtue?
**[07:22] Elliot**
If my memory serves me right,
**[07:24] Elliot**
you threatened the boys who fell
for Elise with a smile, right?
**[07:27] Rean**
Wha—
**[07:28] Machias**
Nothing good came out
of mixing Rean with the ladies.
**[07:31] Machias**
For example, the entrance ceremony...
**[07:33] Rean**
G-Give me a break!
**[07:35] Machias**
You may not have been trying to,
**[07:38] Machias**
but you've helped a lot
of people with what you do.
**[07:41] Elliot**
Yup!
**[07:41] Elliot**
Jusis said he appreciated your help
with the monster incident involving the train.
**[07:48] Elliot**
We get how you feel, Rean, okay?
**[07:52] Machias**
If you need anything, just call us.
**[07:54] Machias**
I'll abandon my reports and rush
to your aid. As your friend.
**[08:02] Rean**
Thanks.
**[08:03] Elliot**
Oh, the tea's gone cold. Wanna order more?
**[08:06] Rean**
Yeah.
**[08:06] Girl1**
Huh? Then what?
**[08:22] Man1**
That's right. These beans showed up...
**[08:24] Lechter**
Do you like this city?
**[08:28] Marty**
You don't need so many men
to keep watch on me.
**[08:31] Lechter**
In a bad mood, are we?
**[08:33] Marty**
Obviously. If I have to spend time
in a fully reserved fancy cafe,
**[08:36] Marty**
I'd rather spend it with a beautiful lady.
**[08:39] Lechter**
You and I could get along.
**[08:43] Marty**
What are you thinking?
**[08:44] Marty**
You captured me, but you're
not torturing or punishing me.
**[08:49] Lechter**
I just want to ask our guest
his thoughts on his journey.
**[08:57] Lechter**
In any town you visit,
**[08:58] Lechter**
our citizens enjoy a decent life,
filled with smiles.
**[09:03] Lechter**
There are educational institutes everywhere
that support our youth's growth.
**[09:09] Lechter**
Tensions between the nobles
and commoners are easing, as well.
**[09:13] Lechter**
We're taking steady steps
toward an ideal nation.
**[09:17] Lechter**
I'm sure you realize that yourself.
**[09:20] Marty**
"Ideal," huh?
**[09:21] Lechter**
In the near future,
**[09:22] Lechter**
the Imperial government will
make an offer to North Ambria
**[09:26] Lechter**
to become partners who work
together for a bright future.
**[09:30] Lechter**
A mountain-sized giant shaking
hands with a tiny mouse?
**[09:33] Lechter**
What will that achieve?
**[09:37] Lechter**
Even without tempting us
with sweet talk of partnership,
**[09:41] Lechter**
the Empire can annex us at any time.
**[09:49] Lechter**
I dislike methods that will leave scars.
**[09:52] Marty**
Huh?
**[09:53] Lechter**
If you become Imperial territory,
**[09:55] Lechter**
your people could lead
much more affluent lives.
**[09:59] Lechter**
I believe that sounds like
a very good deal for North Ambria.
**[10:03] Marty**
You're telling us to sell
our souls for affluence?
**[10:06] Lechter**
I'm saying you should do it
while they fetch a high price.
**[10:09] Marty**
So you have something
that will crater the price?
**[10:12] Lechter**
I'll leave that to your imagination.
**[10:19] Marty**
Either way, for a cowardly scrub like me,
**[10:23] Marty**
national matters are irrelevant.
**[10:26] Lechter**
Then why did you save Lavi?
**[10:30] Lechter**
A cowardly scrub would've tried
to save himself and ran for it.
**[10:35] Lechter**
He wouldn't put his hopes
in the grandchild of a hero.
**[10:39] Lechter**
Help us out, Marty Robinson.
**[10:43] Marty**
You really piss me off.
**[10:47] Marty**
Fine, you're on.
**[10:49] Lechter**
We do get along.
**[10:51] Marty**
But remember this.
**[10:52] Marty**
The guy in front of you is a man
who took mira to burn down Celdic...
**[10:58] Marty**
A Northern Jaeger.
**[11:11] Iseria**
They're at it!
**[11:13] Lavian**
Every gun has its quirks,
**[11:14] Lavian**
so don't just rely on the sight,
and steady your aim once more!
**[11:20] Ivano**
Is that really Lavi?!
**[11:21] Tak**
That wild girl seems so different now.
**[11:25] Iseria**
We grew up in the Imperial
capital, both me and Lavi.
**[11:29] Tak**
Adults?
**[11:29] Ivano**
What happened?!
**[11:30] Iseria**
So much happened.
**[11:32] Iseria**
Things you can't talk about in public.
*All* sorts of things.
**[11:37] Ivano**
Scouting missions sound kinda fun.
**[11:40] Ivano**
Okay!
**[11:40] Ivano**
Let's show how capable we are
so we get picked next time!
**[11:44] Tak**
How many times is that?
You said the same thing yesterday.
**[11:47] Iseria**
A mix of you guys and Tally
would be the perfect soldier...
**[11:50] Iseria**
Oh.
**[11:51] Iseria**
Tally, you doing good?
**[11:52] Talion**
Yes.
**[11:56] Talion**
Instructor Lavi!
**[11:59] Talion**
Please duel me!
**[12:02] Iseria**
What's this now?!
**[12:07] Lavian**
You didn't want to before, so why?
**[12:10] Talion**
If I win, you will help me.
**[12:14] Lavian**
Help you continue the scouting the mission?
**[12:17] Talion**
Right.
**[12:21] Lavian**
And if I win?
**[12:24] Talion**
I'll do anything you say.
**[12:27] Lavian**
Got it.
**[12:30] Talion**
Here I come!
**[12:35] Iseria**
Wow! Tally's really motivated!
**[12:38] Talion**
You can't win if you're
just defending all the time!
**[12:41] Lavian**
This isn't like your usual self.
**[12:43] Talion**
Take this seriously!
**[12:57] Lavian**
You're too worked up.
**[12:59] Iseria**
Figures.
**[13:01] Lavian**
It's not like you.
**[13:06] Lavian**
Tally...
**[13:08] Marty**
* Isn't it time you faced the music,*
* instead of looking away like you always have?*
**[13:16] Lavian**
You can have the win today.
**[13:22] Lavian**
Take care of their training.
**[13:23] Iseria**
Hey, Lavi?!
**[13:25] Ivano**
What's gotten into her?
**[13:28] Iseria**
Something might be about to go down.
**[13:40] Barzagli**
Master Glark!
***SIGN*** North Ambria State
Legislative Palace - Glark's Office
**[13:42] Barzagli**
You are our sun that never sets,
**[13:45] Barzagli**
the light which shines on our frozen nation.
**[13:48] Barzagli**
The spring of life that heals the masses.
**[13:51] Barzagli**
Please continue to lead the people
of North Ambria forevermore.
**[13:52] Lavian**
*Glark and Chairperson Barzagli?*
**[14:05] Jayna**
Incredible.
**[14:06] Jayna**
You've tamed the chairperson
of the monsters' den like a puppy,
**[14:10] Jayna**
taking control with
the legislature masterfully.
**[14:13] Jayna**
As expected of the man who used
Colonel Valestein's death to get rid of Vlad
**[14:18] Jayna**
and rise to the top of the Northern Jaegers.
**[14:22] Lavian**
Used the colonel's death?
**[14:26] Jayna**
Give up and show yourself,
and I won't punish you.
**[14:33] Lavian**
Tell me more about what you just said.
**[14:37] Rogan**
It all began back on that day...
**[14:45] (Flashback) Valestein**
Sara...
**[14:48] (Flashback) Vlad**
Keep going, Colonel.
**[14:49] (Flashback) Valestein**
Thank you.
**[15:06] (Flashback) Valestein**
I made it in time.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Sara**
Dad?!
**[15:15] (Flashback) Valestein**
Hey, you.
**[15:21] (Flashback) Valestein**
A child?
**[15:39] (Flashback) Glark**
Vlad!
**[15:40] (Flashback) Glark**
What have you done?!
**[15:43] (Flashback) Rogan**
Glark, what are you saying?
**[15:45] (Flashback) Sara**
Dad!
**[15:46] (Flashback) Valestein**
Now you understand
what it means to be a jaeger.
**[15:51] (Flashback) Valestein**
You need to think long and hard about
whether you want to follow this path...
**[16:02] (Flashback) Sara**
No!
**[16:07] Rogan**
It was a kid who shot the colonel.
**[16:15] (Flashback) Glark**
Vlad!
**[16:16] (Flashback) Glark**
What have you done?!
**[16:20] Rogan**
Vlad saw that it was a child
and stopped himself.
**[16:24] Rogan**
I can't fault him for that.
**[16:33] Sara**
No!
**[16:33] Rogan**
But Glark insisted Vlad paid
the child to kill the colonel.
**[16:40] Rogan**
If Vlad had denied it,
**[16:43] Rogan**
there's no way we would've lowered our heads
to a withered tree like Glark.
**[16:50] (Flashback) Rogan**
Why did you flee, Vlad?!
**[16:52] (Flashback) Rogan**
If you, a hero, hadn't run away...
**[16:55] (Flashback) Soldierc**
You are our hero.
**[16:57] (Flashback) Soldierd**
As a survivor of the battle against Nidhoggr
that led to countless casualties,
**[17:00] (Flashback) Soldierd**
you know the truth and are the one
who should lead this country!
**[17:04] (Flashback) Soldierc**
To make that happen, we of the
Phenomenon Squad will gladly offer our lives.
**[17:08] (Flashback) Soldiers**
That's right! Let's do it!
**[17:09] (Flashback) Soldiers**
Let's do it!
**[17:09] (Flashback) Rogan**
Well said, you all!
**[17:11] (Flashback) Rogan**
I will inherit Vlad's spirit.
**[17:14] (Flashback) Rogan**
With all of you, I'll write my name
in the history books as a new hero!
**[17:20] (Flashback) Soldier**
Yeah!
**[17:21] Lavian**
What did you mean, used the
colonel's death to get rid of him?
**[17:26] Glark**
I...
**[17:27] Glark**
I had Vlad take the blame
for a crime he didn't commit.
**[17:31] Lavian**
Grandpa was innocent?
**[17:33] Glark**
The colonel was killed by a Nidhoggr soldier,
**[17:37] Glark**
but I spread the rumor that Vlad
killed him within the army brass.
**[17:43] Lavian**
Why would you lie like that?
**[17:45] Glark**
That's how Vlad wanted it.
**[17:48] Girl2**
The Northern Jaegers have always been divided
**[17:51] Glark**
between those who hoped
for a future outside of war,
**[17:54] Glark**
and those who sought expansion through war...
**[17:58] Glark**
Two opposing factions.
**[18:01] Glark**
Valestein's tactical genius and charisma
gave him influence over both.
**[18:10] Glark**
But Valestein died.
**[18:16] Glark**
The two factions backed Vlad
and me respectively,
**[18:20] Glark**
creating a volatile situation
just waiting to explode...
**[18:25] Glark**
To ease tensions, prevent division
among the Northern Jaegers,
**[18:29] Glark**
and protect the sovereignty of North Ambria,
**[18:32] Glark**
Vlad stepped away of his own volition.
**[18:37] Lavian**
Th-Then you had no need
to frame him of killing a hero.
**[18:41] Glark**
I wouldn't be so sure.
**[18:43] Glark**
It's difficult to bring together
two opposing sides.
**[18:49] Glark**
You might think that they could
have talked it out over time.
**[18:53] Glark**
But the country would have been
destroyed in the meantime.
**[18:58] Glark**
Just as Crossbell was.
**[19:01] Glark**
Vlad offered himself up as a common enemy
to unite the Northern Jaegers.
**[19:07] Lavian**
He never told me.
**[19:09] Glark**
But of course.
**[19:10] Glark**
This was a matter involving the military brass,
**[19:13] Glark**
as well as a promise
between Vlad and me alone.
**[19:18] Glark**
I know you don't like being called
the grandchild of a hero.
**[19:24] Glark**
But there are sights only
the grandchild of a hero can see.
**[19:35] Glark**
If you want to achieve something,
you must use that title for all it's worth.
**[19:40] Glark**
Before someone else uses you instead.
**[19:47] Glark**
Come.
**[19:48] Lavian**
I'm...
**[19:49] Kiedis**
Terrible news!
**[19:51] Jayna**
What's the matter?
**[19:52] Kiedis**
The Empire is demanding that North Ambria
pay reparations for the razing of Celdic!
**[19:59] Jayna**
Are they making us the villains
for something they started themselves?
**[20:03] Jayna**
How absurd!
**[20:04] Glark**
The Empire planned this.
**[20:07] Lavian**
No... Is that why they used the Northern Jaegers?
**[20:11] Glark**
No proof remains that they
orchestrated it all themselves.
**[20:15] Glark**
All that's left is the reality of the razing,
**[20:17] Glark**
and their unquenchable hatred of the north.
**[20:21] Kiedis**
North Ambria is going to
be crushed by the Empire!
**[20:27] Glark**
Now is the time for all of this
country's populace to be united as one.
**[20:34] Glark**
What do you say?
**[20:35] Glark**
Would you like to work as my right-hand man?
**[20:39] Glark**
I will handle all of the duties of the hero.
**[20:43] Glark**
I don't intend to use your position
as the grandchild of a hero.
**[20:48] Glark**
However...
**[20:50] Lavian**
However?
**[20:52] Glark**
I want to pass on the will
of my friend Vlad to you,
**[20:58] Glark**
Lavian Winslet!
**[21:04] Lavian**
Got it.
**[21:17] Jayna**
It's the beginning of the end.
**[21:22] Jayna**
Come in.
**[22:29] Campanella**
Thank you for taking the time to come here.
**[22:32] Duvalie**
You mean "all the way here."
**[22:36] Duvalie**
Why do I have to leave Master's side
to come to the boonies?
**[22:39] Campanella**
Before it takes on Imperial colors,
**[22:41] Campanella**
I wanted you to take one last look
at the lead gray of North Ambria.
**[22:45] Bleublanc**
A wasteland that can only wait
for its own demise!
**[22:47] Bleublanc**
I sense a faint, fleeting beauty within it.
**[22:50] Bleublanc**
It may even be worthy of my gaze.
**[22:54] Duvalia**
You seem awfully calm.
**[22:56] Duvalia**
Wouldn't it trouble you
if the Empire invaded this place?
**[23:00] Campanella**
Who, me? Please!
**[23:03] Campanella**
Well, it would be rather boring if everything
went the Blood and Iron Chancellor's way,
**[23:08] Campanella**
so I'll be making sure there
will be an entertaining sideshow.
**[23:12] Bleublanc**
Oh? May I expect great things?
**[23:15] Bleublanc**
I hope for a symphony of despair,
woven with chaos and destruction,
**[23:19] Bleublanc**
a rondo of death as a rain of red
**[23:21] Bleublanc**
from all the broken dreams
stains the earth crimson.