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I speak the truth, I would swear my life on it! Duke Aegir has become that horrible man's puppet, dancing in the palm of his hand.
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And his stewardship? Naught but a farce to pacify the masses.
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Thales and his ilk are the ones who truly hold the reins of this Empire!
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You mean the mages we saw at Arianrhod. So Duke Aegir's under their control, too...
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Yes. And what's more, though you may find it difficult to accept...
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Thales and the former Lord Arundel are one and the same! I overheard as much cross his own lips.
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Then it's as we feared. And what of Edelgard?
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Her Majesty? I cannot explain what has befallen her.
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She does as Duke Aegir bids her, and nothing more. Though of course, Thales is the one whispering those orders to him from the shadows.
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She follows his every word, issuing his orders in her name.
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Now, surely I have shared secrets enough to earn my salvation?
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That will require formal deliberation. You may await your verdict from the inside of your cell.
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What?! No, wait, there's more! Please, I beg of you!
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How much of Fenja's prattling do you believe?
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Certainly not all of it. But a great deal of what she said rings true.
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Lord Arundel's contributions to the church must have ceased because he was no longer Lord Arundel— but Thales instead.
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It's almost identical to how the librarian, Tomas, was replaced by that dark mage.
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At the time the donations stopped, Lord Arundel was living in Faerghus, having fled from the Empire.
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So Cornelia may have been the one who arranged to have Lord Arundel replaced.
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They were both deeply involved in the Tragedy of Duscur.
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But to what end? Why would the Empire abduct the queen consort?
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There is no way of knowing those answers now. Not until we defeat Thales and launch a full investigation into his activities.
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What I can say is, everything would be different if not for those mages.
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My father, his knights, the citizens of Duscur... None would have met the fate that befell them.
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No doubt they had a reason for what they did— a sense of justice that rationalized their savagery, even if to no one but themselves.
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But we have the right to seek our own justice for those actions in the way we see fit—by the sword.
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We will prevail, Your Majesty. And we will finally avenge the dead.
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Once Thales is gone, we will finally be able to put all this behind us...and look toward a new future.
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Indeed. We will have no satisfaction while these demons still draw breath.
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If we ever hope to greet those we've lost with our heads held high, we must settle this here and now.
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Then we are all in agreement. Let us go.