Paralogue 19: Irreconcilable Paths
Contents
Pre-Battle
Chrom
...Risen. And lots of them.
Lucina
Be careful. I feel a dark power emanating from them. Darker than usual. They resemble the monsters that drove us to the brink of extinction in my future...
Chrom
I feel it, too. They seem stronger than any we've faced before.
Lucina
Perhaps we needn't fight this battle. We're miles from the nearest village... These Risen may never threaten anyone.
Chrom
They aren't the only power at work here. There's something else... Something strong.
Start Battle
Walhart
Useless husks! Do you bend the knee to me already? Pah! I've no use for blind obedience. I need you to face me! I was driven off the path to conquest, and only blood will see me returned to it. Only HIS blood!
>Battle Start
VS Walhart
Chrom
Chrom
Walhart! You survived?!
Walhart
My heart beats no more... But the flame of life within me refuses to gutter out. This marks the third and final time our blades will cross!
Chrom
The war has ended, Walhart! We've no reason left to fight.
Walhart
We have EVERY reason! A conqueror rules by strength alone. Defeat is death, and I must rise again!
Chrom
That's utter nonsense! The fell dragon is reborn and plans to destroy this world! If you're really so dead set on battle, then fight at my side!
Walhart
Such arrogance. This world is mine! I'll suffer no one to harm what is mine, be they man, dragon, or otherwise.
Chrom
Then let's strike him down together.
Walhart
Words will not divert my course. Only steel! If you would claim me, draw your blade and make it so!
Chrom
*Sigh* Fine! We can fight again... But when I defeat you THIS time, you WILL join my cause!
Normal
Walhart
In this land, I have crushed a multitude of Risen and made them my own. You snuffed my dreams of conquest... I dare you now to snuff the spark of life within my breast!
Walhart Defeated
Walhart
Ngh... Then the exalt-to-be is...the conqueror in true...
Post Battle
If Chrom beat Walhart
Walhart
......
Chrom
You gave your word, Walhart. Now fight with us.
Walhart
First I must know how you defeated me. I have never lacked for strength.
Chrom
No, you're far stronger than me. Even now I think that's true. ...But you stand alone. My own strength is but a fraction of the strength I wield. My allies hone and temper me. They boost my morale and guide my actions.
Walhart
You tread the path of kings.
Chrom
What?
Walhart
You rule by winning hearts. ...I rule by winning battles. We are opposites, you and I. I cannot change. I tread the path of the conqueror, and conquerors walk alone. However, I am curious to see just how far your kingly path can lead you...
>scene change
Either way
Frederick
The wounded have been treated and the horses loaded. We should hurry on, milord.
Chrom
The path of the conqueror...
Frederick
Milord?
Chrom
Sorry. Just thinking out loud. You know, honestly I'm a bit jealous of Walhart. He stands for strength above all things. He has no regrets, no doubts. He's a juggernaut that charges forward and mows down whatever gets in his way. I'm...not like that. My steps are often plagued with question and worry.
Frederick
Perhaps such emotions are part and parcel of your path, milord. Not obstacles to it.
Chrom
How do you mean?
Frederick
The doubtless man's path is straight, but not always true. A juggernaut does not pause to correct trajectory. It merely presses on. But by stopping, doubting, and occasionally doubling back, you keep a truer course. I could not serve a conqueror, milord. And I pray you not think prudence a flaw.
Chrom
...Thank you, Frederick.
Frederick
Not at all, milord. Shall we, then?
Chrom
Of course. Forward! ...For now.
>To world map
