Fódlan Alternative II

{Part Two: Blackened Sun} Chapter Fifteen: Eternal Mercy I

When the start of the next moon arrives, You rise from your bed and begin to prepare for the day ahead. Seraphine's voice echoes in your mind all the while.

Seraphine: I suppose this next mission is going to involve us attacking yet another Malice stronghold. Our first battle didn't go as well as we would have liked, but it was progress. I can only hope the same applies here.

You nod and say that You are hoping for the best with the fight to come.

Seraphine: I bet Eli will have come up with a plan for us by now. We should go and speak with him and the rest of the Ashen Wolves.

You nod once again and start to go to the cardinals' room. There, You find the Ashen Wolves waiting for You. They are all gathered around a large map, and a few markers stand out on the page of seemingly strategic points.

Ernst: Good morning, Professor. I'm glad you're here. We were just starting to discuss where we were going to launch our next attack.

Magnus: There are quite a few other strongholds we can expand to take now that we've claimed our first. It's just a matter of choosing what works best.

Gabriel: If you ask me, we should go after the one in Leicester near the monastery. We had a close call during our last battle because of fights in Leicester, and I don't want that to happen again.

Saias: I agree with Gabriel. We need to be as careful as possible, and that means covering our tracks before we try to overextend.

Taiyin: There seems to be a fort in the perfect place for us to strike at it... I guess we know what we're going to be doing next.

Eli: I'm glad we all agree on what we must do from here. We can start preparing our attack as soon as this meeting ends.

Ansel: I have to wonder what our enemies are going to do when they realize we are here in the monastery... They must have noticed us by now, yes?

Tsubasa: If you ask me, that's all the more reason for us to push them back as soon as possible so we can have some degree of safety.

Quinn: We must proceed as carefully as possible. I agree with Tsubasa that we need to act quickly, but we cannot afford to be rash.

Grey: Then we'll cover our tracks by taking that fort near the monastery, and we can start to ask questions after that about what to do next.

Eli: I must confess that I am a bit uncertain as to what our next steps will be after this, but I want to do as much as possible to help people.

Magnus: This is a dangerous game we're playing. It's just a matter of wondering if we will be ready to handle it.

Eli: I have to wonder something else, actually... Perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions here, but...

Ernst: What is it? Did you think of something after our last mission? You've seemed lost in thought ever since.

Eli: We wanted to start fighting back because of what happened in Abyss five years ago. We were attacked many times because of the Chalice of Beginnings... But not everyone we fought against seemed entirely invested in the fight.

Grey: That is true... There were some among our enemies who weren't putting their hearts into what they were doing.

Taiyin: I have a really bad feeling I know where this is going, and I hope I'm wrong about it. You can't mean to try and recruit our enemies, right?

Eli: I never said that. I just mean that I've been thinking about it quite a bit. Maybe we can get some of them to step away from the enemy army.