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.