Cathedral (Garreg Mach)
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The Imperial army has invaded Burgundy and will reach Garreg Mach within the month.
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With no way to stop their advance, we must ready ourselves for a siege.
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We sent the bulk of the knights away last month after the Western Church occupied one of our sacred sites.
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The forces that remain are thin at best.
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How are we to hold the monastery with such short-handed numbers?
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It is possible the Empire orchestrated that entire incident to bleed off our strength.
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Look at how thoroughly information about it was buried, and how quickly the Empire invaded after declaring war.
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It all feels carefully calculated.
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I would not put it past them. If they bring war to our doorstep, they will want us on the worst footing possible.
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If the tides turn against us, we may have to abandon Garreg Mach.
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Never.
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Edelgard is already using the Southern Church to erode our legitimacy, and now she has the gall to try and remove us by force?
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There can be no mercy for tyrants.
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So help me, I would like to put her entire army to the sword myself.
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Is it truly too late to prevent bloodshed, Lady Rhea?
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Edelgard must have her reasons for doing this.
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If so, they elude me—the woman seems to consider our church's very existence an abomination.
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Yet she has gone to the trouble of reviving the Southern Church, which implies she does not mean to destroy the faith outright.
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Perhaps Garreg Mach is the true prize she seeks.
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Or worse, this entire invasion could merely be a precursor to conquering all of Fódlan.
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Hm.
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Her purpose matters not. Our charge is to defend the monastery at all costs.
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I took an oath. I swore I would never again suffer the boots of thieves to sully this land.
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Rhea...
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It is a low form of comedy we find ourselves engaged in this day.
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To think the descendants of their empire will be the first to invade Garreg Mach...
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All the more reason to prevent it.
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I care not if we shared blood countless generations ago—I will not permit anyone to defile Mother's resting place.