Season 1 consisted of the Prologue and Chapter 1. Season 2 ideally would consist of Chapters 2 & 3 of the game, but they may need to get split up due to how much goes on in each chapter. I ended up writing way more than I initially intended but there’s so much story going on that I felt like it was necessary.
I’m unsure if this should be an entire season or simply just half of one. I’d prefer it to be half of one but I’m open to feedback. For now at least, here is the first half of Season 2.
- Season Opening: Season 2 opens with Cuan, Sigurd and Eldigan sparring against each other back in Evans Castle. This is supposed to be a light-hearted scene and we can have some witty banter between these guys. Eventually Eldigan gets hit in the head, Cuan gets his lance taken away and poked with it and Azel interrupts the spar by accidentally setting Sigurd’s robe on fire. After they successfully put the fire out the three laugh it off, drink some wine and once again reminisce about their time in the Academy. We can even have a story about how Cuan and Ethlin met and Sigurd can introduce Eldigan to Diadora.
- Meanwhile Ayra’s off in a different arena wrecking virtually everyone who comes in her way. Holyn is the only one who actually puts up a legitimate fight. That being said even he loses to her. Since Ayra’s the first fighter who’s beaten him he decides to join her.
- We also see Shannan and Oifey fighting with wooden swords. Despite Oifey being taller and bigger Shannan wins. Ayra comments on how Shannan’s skilled for his age. Shannan mentions how he’d like to be as skilled as his aunt one day. Even Diadora drops by and teases Shannan about becoming her “bodyguard” in the future. I’ll come back to this later on in the post so pay attention.
Eventually we get a rider from Augusty who informs Eldigan that King Chagall is building up his military in an attempt to prompt a war with Grandbell. Eldigan reluctantly marches off explaining to Sigurd and Cuan that he’s going to do his best to convince the king not to do this. While Eldigan rides off we get another rider who carries a message to Sigurd. Sigurd’s request to have Jamka on the throne of Verdane was denied. Despite helping Sigurd and company out King Azmur and the other Grandbell dukes still don’t trust Jamka. They perceive him as an opportunist who only chose to side with Grandbell when it was convenient for him to do so. Jamka’s upset when he hears the news but Sigurd brings up how lucky Jamka is to even still be breathing since he is the prince of an enemy nation.
Meanwhile Ethlin and Diadora are having the conversation that they had in the game where Diadora gives Ethlin the Light Sword. Note that this is the Light Sword that will eventually get passed down to Leif. Other elements of this conversation include Ethlin’s observation that Sigurd and Diadora are falling in love. Again, they are not married by this point but they like each other a lot.
Eldigan now makes it to Nordion where Lachesis tries to persuade him not to go. This is basically the conversation these two had in the beginning of Chapter 2 of Holy War. Eldigan doesn’t listen to Lachesis just like in the game and takes off leaving behind the three knights for her that he left in the game. Eldigan reaches Chagall, tries to convince him not to build up the military and then gets imprisoned by his idiot king.
Then Manfroy shows up, like he did in the game, and these two have their conversation. Chagall tells Manfroy that he assassinated his father just like Manfroy told him so. Manfroy tells Chagall to prepare to attack Grandbell. Chagall mentions that they’ll need more money to do so and decides to order Macbeth to ransack the villages in order to cough up the gold needed to buy more mercenaries. He then gives Elliott permission to put Nordion under siege and tells Elliot “that he may do whatever he pleases to Lady Lachesis”. And that is where the first episode of Season 2 ends off: With Eldigan in jail and his sister about to be attacked while Chagall prepares Agustria for war.
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- Alva, one of the knights Eldigan left behind to protect Lachesis, brings her news that Eldigan has been imprisoned by Chagall and that Elliot is about to burn Nordion to the ground and take Lachesis away to be his wife. Lachesis calls on another knight to request aid from Sigurd. The knight leaves just as Lachesis mans the castle’s defense and prepares for war. Sigurd receives the news and rushes toward Lachesis’s aid with his army in tow.
- Lachesis does what she can to hold Elliot off but eventually he breaches the gates and starts killing her men. Lachesis and Elliot get a duel with Lachesis eventually driving Elliot back and even getting to cut him. Eventually Elliot’s men come to back him up as he prepares to take Lachesis away. Sigurd arrives in time and his army starts killing off Elliot’s army. Sigurd and Elliot face off and Sigurd decapitates him.
- Sigurd asks Lachesis where her brother is and she informs him that Eldigan has been imprisoned by Chagall. Sigurd wants to rescue Eldigan but Cuan and Oifey point out that Eldigan is being held prisoner in the capital itself. It’ll be heavily guarded by men who are hostile to Grandbell. Any chance Sigurd may have of rescuing Eldigan is next to none. Plus Sigurd just intervened in an Agustrian affair and killed an Agustrian noble. He basically just declared war on Agustria. Lachesis will be deemed a traitor just by defending herself and Nordion which means that all of Agustria will be coming down on her. That first attack will only be the first of many soon to come.
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- Meanwhile Macbeth lets his soldiers loose on Agustria’s villages in an attempt to loot as much as they can from the commoners. Enter Levin and Sylvia. We see Levin and Sylvia entertain a group of villagers. Levin sings while Sylvia dances. The crowd cheers them on when some terrorized villagers interrupt them. The terrorized villagers came from the next village over where Macbeth’s troops ransacked them. The owner of the inn that Levin and Sylvia are staying at decides to let them in. Levin offers a wounded child his room and offers to entertain the beleaguered villagers for the night.
- Macbeth’s troops enter that night. They go through different homes snatching people up and holding citizens “under arrest”. Levin does what he can to try and stop them but he’s only one guy. He saves a few people, but most get taken off. Levin goes after them only to find that Macbeth’s troops held these villagers under arrest for being “in league with the Dark Lord Loptyr”. Levin calls bs and tries to save some more people and while he saves a few he’s unable to fight off most of the army. Levin watches as Macbeth’s troops burn the villagers alive. Levin continues his fight, but gets beat up and almost dies from the attempt to rescue the people. Levin leaves wounded and demoralized.
- Levin gets back to the inn bloodied and wounded. He tells the villagers about what happened and that he couldn’t save the rest. The villagers mourn the dead and one of them even shouts some of his lines from the game (or at the very least something similar to these lines): “I wonder if there still are any blood relatives of the Dark Lord Loputousu around…Each year big towns like Agusty and Mackily hold witch hunts and arrest a ton of people. Then they burn ’em at the stake for doin’ what? Absolutely nothin’! Is that nuts or what!?”
- While Levin recovers we hear the villagers gossip amongst themselves. Some villagers express their disgust at Chagall’s attempt to wage war on Grandbell and they’re especially pissed about Eldigan getting imprisoned. Some of them even express a desire for Eldigan to sit on the throne. One of the villagers brings up a rumor that he heard where the reason that Macbeth’s men are running around pillaging the villages is because a Grandbell knight named Sigurd attacked Prince Elliot of Heirhein. Some of the villagers grumble while others express how they’d rather have a Grandbell knight ruling over them than Chagall and his cronies.
- Macbeth’s knights pillage the village just as Levin recovers from his wounds. They ransack the village and even burn down the inn. Once again Levin tries his best to save the village. This time around as Macbeth’s soldiers are about to head towards Anphony Sigurd and co rush in and kill some of the soldiers off. Some of the soldiers get away with their loot in tow but a good portion of them are dead and Sigurd and co manage to return whatever they can.
- This is where Sigurd and Levin can have their conversation from the game. Levin points out that Sigurd’s actions have had unintended consequences which have resulted in the Agustrian villagers getting screwed over. Sigurd feels bad and tells Levin that he and his army are going to try and resolve the situation with Chagall peacefully and that he intends to leave Agustria as soon as he can. Levin says that this would be a bad move that would also result in people getting screwed over. However, Levin appreciates Sigurd’s sincerity and his desire to help out the villagers. Levin figures that joining Sigurd would be the best thing to help out the citizens of Agustria. Plus Sigurd is the only one who could possibly put a stop to douchebags like Chagall and Macbeth which makes Levin want to join Sigurd even more.
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In case you’re wondering why I’m doing what I’m doing here’s why: The bolded text from the villager is what that villager actually says in the game so child hunts happened in Agustria, we just never got to see one. By actually showing this we see how messed up the Agustrian nobility are it also sets up for later when Alvis is carrying out Manfroy’s dirty work. Manfroy blackmailed Alvis by threatening to reveal to the world that Alvis is a descendant of Loptyr unless Alvis worked with him. If someone who was thought to be a descendant of the Dark Lord (while not necessarily being one) gets burned at the stake what would happen to an actual descendant? This helps to impress upon the viewer’s mind what the consequences are and why that would be a big deal.
It’s also stated in game that Levin helped out the villagers and when we first see him and Sylvia in Chapter 2 they’re right there in the villages fighting off bandits so having Levin help out the villagers is in character for him. Finally the conversation that he has with Sigurd also happened in the game and it works in that somebody is actually calling Sigurd out on what he’s doing.
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Despite Levin’s protests Sigurd still tries to convince Chagall to end the fighting. Sigurd also tries to get Chagall to release Eldigan. Chagall refuses both offers and points out that Sigurd is the one who intervened in Agustrian business. Chagall demands that Sigurd and his forces lay down their arms and surrender or else face the wrath of the Agustrian military. Chagall also demands that Sigurd release Lachesis into his custody. Sigurd refuses Chagall’s offer saying that if he gives Lachesis up Chagall will either kill or imprison her. Sigurd also tells Chagall that a refusal to back down will result in further casualties and a completely unnecessary loss of life. Chagall refuses to listen and sends Sigurd away.
While Sigurd departs Fury and her Pegasus Knight squad enter Agusty castle. Fury tells Chagall that he claimed to know Prince Levin’s whereabouts. Chagall tells Fury that Levin is in Evans castle and is about to be executed (like he did in the game). Fury believes him and heads toward Evans Castle. Chagall hopes to use Fury to distract Sigurd while his main forces approach Sigurd from the other side causing Sigurd to fight a war on two fronts.
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Before the battle ensues a messenger named Filat from Barhara approaches Sigurd. Filat asks Sigurd about the state of the war in Agustria. Sigurd tells him that his negotiations with King Chagall failed and that a full scale war is brewing. Filat informs Sigurd that the Issach campaign was a success and that an advance party has already agreed to help reinforce Sigurd’s troops in holding the border between Grandbell and Agustria. They expect Prince Kurth to be on his way home from the battlefield. Sigurd is delighted at the news, but Filat informs him that he has also come with bad news.
Filat informs Sigurd that there are nasty rumors circulating around the court that he, Cuan and Eldigan are conspiring against the king. He claims that Langobalt and Reptor started these rumors and warns Sigurd to watch his back. He then informs Sigurd of their haste to find Prince Kurth a bride and of the story behind Cigyun and Duke Victor. (We’d see all of this in flashback while Filat’s voice is narrating) After Filat finishes the story he departs promising Sigurd that reinforcements are soon coming.
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Meanwhile Macbeth uses the money that he looted from the villages to hire mercenaries (Voltz being the leader and Beowulf being one of them) in order to bolster his army that’s about to attack Sigurd. Boldor prepares his troops to engage Sigurd’s army. Bishop Clement plans on sneaking behind Sigurd and sniping his troops from a distance or using the Sleep staff on him.
Thus begins our epic battle of Agustria. Sigurd has to take on 3 Agustrian lords while Fury sneaks up to him from behind and tries to take out his base of operations. Sigurd’s army first clashes with Boldor’s (Elliot’s dad). The battle seems to be going in Sigurd’s favor but then Macbeth’s troops show up to reinforce Boldor and soon the fight goes in favor of the Agustrian lords. Then Sigurd calls for reinforcements and now the battle is even again. Then Bishop Clement places ballista and bishops with Sleep Staves behind Sigurd’s forces in Nordion and ultimately the Agustrian lords have the upper hand forcing Sigurd and co. to retreat. As soon as they retreat back to Evans Castle they find Fury’s troops attacking it. Levin recognizes Fury and gets her to halt the attack. Levin explains the situation to her and gets her to realize that Chagall duped her. The night is a long one.
Sigurd and Cuan realize that they don’t have the numbers to take on all the Agustrian lords head on. They realize that they have to beat the Agustrian nobles through superior strategy. That’s when Lachesis and Diadora come to them with their various plans. Diadora comes up with an idea in order to deal with Bishop Clement while Lachesis recognizes the mercenary troop Macbeth hired and plans on using them against him. Lachesis walks into the enemy camp and speaks to Voltz, their leader. She asks him how much Macbeth is paying them and then offers to pay him double that rate. Voltz initially disagrees stating that he shouldn’t turn on his employer until Beowulf steps in and intervenes.
Beowulf, who’s been listening in on the conversation the whole time, recognizes Lachesis and strikes up a conversation with her. He mentions how he knew her brother from “way back” and how her brother spoke so highly of her. Beowulf, who’s been listening in on the conversation the whole time, recognizes Lachesis and strikes up a conversation with her. He mentions how he knew her brother from “way back” and how her brother spoke so highly of her. Beowulf convinces Voltz to go through with the deal. Lachesis nearly empties her family fortune in order to do it, but she manages to get them to turn.
They proceed to kill off Macbeth’s forces in their sleep. By the time that either Macbeth or his shoulders figure out what’s going on Sigurd’s forces have nearly routed them all. Levin proceeds to destroy Clement in retaliation for what his soldiers did to the villagers.
Meanwhile Diadora sneaks up on Clement and uses her Silence staff on him. Clement is surprised to find out that he cannot call out for help or use his staff against their army. Ayra sneaks up on him and stabs him repeatedly until he’s dead. Then they lower the castle’s drawbridge and Sigurd’s forces rout Clement’s. By the time Boldor’s forces wake up, they learn to their shock and horror that Macbeth and Clement’s forces have been eliminated. He puts up a fight but Sigurd’s troops now outnumber his (he took the majority of the losses during their previous battle) and it’s only a matter of time before Sigurd finishes him. With this battle done Sigurd has effectively conquered Agustria.
Chagall freaks out as Sigurd’s forces march on Agusty. Manfroy convinces him to let Eldigan go and give him a formal apology. Chagall does this, but Eldigan seems like he’s not going to accept Chagall’s apology.
Sigurd’s forces march on Agusty and it’s obvious that Chagall’s remaining soldiers are no match for Sigurd’s. Sigurd’s forces put Agusty under siege. Eventually the castle’s forces break and Sigurd and co hack and slash their way through Chagall’s men. Sigurd and Chagall face off with Sigurd effectively destroying him. Before he can deliver the final blow Eldigan rushes in to save his king. He holds Sigurd at bay, cuts his way through many of Sigurd’s men and flees northward to safety. Sigurd and Cuan are astonished that Eldigan would still be loyal to his king after being unjustly imprisoned by him. That being said, the battle for Agusty is over and Sigurd has won.
Little does he know that his troubles are only just beginning….
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