0. So we've lost Gloucester. Unavoidable, perhaps, but it [cdb]still stings all the same.
1. Fortunately, I haven't been sitting on my hands this [cdb]whole time.
2. If we smash the Imperial reinforcements and stop [cdb]them from breaking the siege, Count Bergliez will [cdb]have no choice but to give up.
3. We're going to face that challenge, and we're going [cdb]to face it with the Alliance's latest and greatest— [cdb]which is why I've asked all of you here.
4. Did you really just say "latest and greatest" with a [cdb]straight face?
5. Oh, he said it, all right. And while I can't swear we'll [cdb]have that, we do at least have numbers on our side.
6. Yup! More than half of the old Golden Deer house [cdb]is here!
7. Some of us may not be quite as "great" as you say, [cdb]but... Well, you know best.
8. I'm grateful to each of you for answering the call. It's more than I can say for some of our classmates.
9. I'm grateful to each of you for answering the call. I only wish all of us had lived to see this day.
10. Yeah, Ignatz and Lorenz both sided with the enemy...
11. Aw, poor Ignatz... It isn't fair!
12. ...
13. About that. It pains me to say this, but House Ordelia [cdb]has made its allegiance to the Empire clear.
14. It was against my parents' protests that I came here in [cdb]the first place.
15. If this battle doesn't unfold the way you're hoping, I may be forced to leave as quickly as I arrived.
16. That's OK, Lysithea. You're not the only one who's [cdb]here with strings attached.
17. Yes, my adoptive father has also insisted I return [cdb]home at once should the tides turn against us.
18. Sounds about right. Three cheers for that good old Alliance solidarity!
19. I'll fight with you to the end, Claude!
20. Uh, unless it puts Maya in danger. Then I'm out.
21. Look, what matters is that you're all here—and that [cdb]we settle this war with the next battle.
22. Also, for full disclosure, I may have sort of brought [cdb]along some extra professional muscle. Come on in!
23. It's good to meet you. I'm the acting captain of Jeralt's Mercenaries.
24. It's good to meet you. I'm the acting captain of Jeralt's Mercenaries.
25. Our guest here is fresh off another battle with the Empire on Kingdom soil.
26. From what I gather, remaining in the Kingdom was [cdb]no longer an option.
27. And that's when our paths crossed here in Alliance [cdb]territory.
28. Oh, hello. I know "reliable" when I see it, and you [cdb]are definitely that!
29. I'll do whatever you ask as long as I'm getting paid. So long as we're allied, I won't fail you.
30. I'll do whatever you ask as long as I'm getting paid. So long as we're allied, I won't fail you.