0. Can you believe this, Gwendal? We've waited what [cdb]feels like decades, and still no Imperial army!
1. What is the emperor thinking? She promised to [cdb]protect us!
2. Calm yourself, my lord. They will come.
3. We've received reports of a large army forming to the [cdb]south of Arianrhod.
4. They will scatter this siege to the wind. I have no [cdb]doubt of that.
5. They had better. It's her promises that swayed me [cdb]into betraying the Kingdom in the first place.
6. I didn't do this just so my lands could be leveled by [cdb]the king of Faerghus's fiery wrath.
7. The Silver Maiden will keep us safe. She yields to no [cdb]invader.
8. Viscount Elidure and Count Duval have both sent [cdb]messages imploring me to surrender for the sake of [cdb]my people...
9. Yes, perhaps it's not too late. I can lure the Imperial [cdb]army in and kill them, then beg the king for mercy!
10. My lord!
11. Lonato, you fool! Your rashness is to blame for all [cdb]of this!
12. This is no time to go soft, my lord. Turning [cdb]our coats a second time would be abominable.
13. One betrayal can be explained away with the right [cdb]sort of excuse, but a second?
14. A second paints the lot of us as feckless curs.
15. Ugh! Then what would you have me do? Gwendal, [cdb]you tell me!
16. Command it, my lord, and I will gladly go to [cdb]my grave. You, however, must not.
17. Yet unless you have fought life and limb for your [cdb]people, you cannot surrender with honor intact.
18. Anything less would earn you the people's scorn, [cdb]just as it did your ancestors.
19. Hah... Haha! Yes, of course! It certainly would not do [cdb]to forget that Rowe blood is stained with treachery!
20. Well, so be it. A weather vane must go with the wind, [cdb]and a born traitor must finish the sedition he started.
21. Wise words, my lord. Your people will thank [cdb]you for this course of action.