Chrom

• ..Where is his army?

Frederick No sign of them yet, milord.

Robin Hmm...

Flavia I don't like it. They could be buying time...

Lissa

• ..Buying time waiting for what?

>scene change

Excellus Tya ha! The fools have no idea what they've just stepped into! Eee hee!

Cervantes Mmm, the anticipation before a battle. My hairs stand on end—every one of them! Makes it difficult to brush, if I may say... But today's struggle will set the course of history, once and for all.

Excellus Today's "struggle," Cervantes? I think you mean today's SLAUGHTER.

Cervantes That's the spirit, tactician!

Excellus Wha— No! *sigh* I JUST finished explaining this to you. What is wrong with your ears?! The Resistance will destroy itself—you and I needn't so much as lift a finger. The Ylissean League thinks the dynasts no longer fear us... But they don't understand how...persuasive my methods can be! Hya ha ha! They'll know once they see their former friends with knives to their backs!

Cervantes Chives and flapjacks, you say?

Excellus The battle is won before it's started, and without us risking any further casualties! Hya ha! Brilliant, if I do say so myself. And really, no one else is capable of judging... Ah well... Tea, Cervantes? I have a stash of gray-root blend here...simply divine...

Cervantes Why, Excellus, thank you. It IS quite a divine 'stache, isn't it, eh wot!

Excellus You imbecile! "Stash"! The tea! The— Oh why do I even bother! *Sigh* If only there were someone with the intellect to appreciate my talents...

>Walhart enters

Walhart Cervantes.

Cervantes Y-yes, my master!

Walhart Who is the pinnacle of man, in body, mind, and spirit? Who is greater than the gods?

Cervantes Only you, my master!

Walhart Well, Excellus, that seems to contradict your last statement. What say you?

Excellus

• ..M-my master! I assure you, I meant no offense! I only celebrate achievements in your service, master. To your glory.

Walhart Glory is won on the battlefield! Glory is meeting your enemy's eyes and watching the hope drain away with his life... Glory is not won holed up in a castle with plots and cowardly schemes. And I'll be dead before I let some dynast farm lord take today's glory in my stead.

Excellus Oh, why yes, of course! And so well put, my master, hya ha... I only meant that—

>Walhart leaves

Cervantes That sick mind of yours sees much, Excellus. That much is certain. But for someone so clever, you really can be quite daft.

Excellus What?! You DARE speak to me like some child? ...Like your EQUAL?!

Cervantes Ta ha ha! Your equal? No, fear not. I will never think of you as my equal, worm. Now if you'll excuse me, I would shave and wax up before the fight...

>Cervantes leaves

Excellus Broom-faced twit! To hell with him...with the both of them! ... *Sigh* Now, Excellus, keep your wits about you. They're all you have...besides good looks. Let Walhart charge ahead—the big, stupid lobster... I'll end up on the winning side one way or another! Whee hee hee hee!

Start Battle Chrom That's him, isn't it? Walhart... Brave of him to face us.

Say'ri Brave? Aye. But more likely he just wants to enjoy this himself.

>Walhart's army CG

Walhart You do your sister's legacy proud, Prince! But humanity already has a savior. A conqueror who broke stronger men than you when they refused to bow. Warriors of Valm! Ride with me now! Together we still stamp out this final pack of insurgents and unite the world!

>Battle Start

End of First Turn Walhart Call in the reinforcements! Let the cavalry rain upon them like a blizzard of swords!

VS Walhart Chrom Walhart Why do you resist me, little Prince?

Chrom You enslave the weak and kill the able. You are the enemy of peace.

Walhart I would end the reign of the gods, and you object on moral grounds?! Blood is spilled in any new birth, Prince. And in many a just cause, as you know...

Chrom There is no justification for what you've done.

Walhart By whose laws do you judge me? Yours? Your sister's? The gods'?

Chrom You cannot—

Walhart Look at you! Are you not ashamed? Your mind is filled with nothing but secondhand beliefs. You dance upon the stage of your gods like a mindless puppet! THAT is what I reject: being a slave to tradition, to obligation. The old ways. Damn the gods! Damn their fates and their destinies! I will have true freedom! And man who offers less is my enemy.

Chrom Enough! I don't require every detail of your twisted philosophy. You're a villain and a murderer, plain and simple. And I am the justice you deserve.

Walhart Ha ha ha! Better, Prince. Much better! Be not an agent of someone else's justice, but justice itself! Now, let us fight as two great men, freed of their gods. I grant any challenger the chance to test his will against my own... But you, too, shall be found wanting!

Say'ri Say'ri Walhart!

Walhart Hmm? The princess of Chon'sin? It's a wonder you still live.

Say'ri I have survived your gauntlet of betrayal and death, tyrant. Shall I describe to you now the searing pain of it all? The torture of watching friends, family...my entire kingdom perish? The fresh hell of each new day, with no respite in sight?

Walhart Pain is a concern of men. And respite? Beg that from your gods. Your concerns are not mine. I have risen to a higher plane of existence.

Say'ri Then today you come crashing down to the hell you've made of this one.

Normal Walhart Behold: I am Walhart the Conqueror! And you are but a pebble upon my path to immortality.

Walhart Defeated Walhart Nngh... You think you have won? You blow as if to douse a candle, but you only stoke the fires of hell!

Post-Battle Say'ri Walhart has retreated into the capital! Fie, will this war never end?!

Chrom His men gave their lives to secure his escape. They won't lay down arms until he does.

Lucina Then we must pursue and see that the deed is done.

>shouting starts and numerous green units appear at the bottom of the map

Chrom Damn! We're surrounded! They dynasts ride against us!

Say'ri Hold, sir—look!

After Save Screen Excellus H-he lost? But how...? How could the Conqueror be conquered?! He's insurmountable! Incontestable! Invincible! ...But then that means... Oh my... Good-bye, then! Do see to it that—

>Walhart enters

Walhart Going somewhere, tactician?

Excellus M-master! I... I was just coming to make sure you were all right. Are you hurt?

Walhart Rally our forces in the capital. We will put an end to this here.

Excellus At once, my master. Only... Have you considered, perhaps, waiting just one day? I do have the dynasts and their men on the way. With them to help us, we—

Walhart Have you seen the battlefield? No, I suppose not. Take your head from wherever it's lodged, and peer out into the daylight, snake. I'm sure your mighty intellect will quickly understand what's happened. Though if you had half the mettle of that Ylissean tactician, you'd already know...

>Rebel Army CG

Excellus M-Master, I don't—

Valmese The dynasts, sir! From the southlands! They are making to siege the capital!

Excellus But that's...that's impossible. We had an agreement! Just like I had with... Oh dear... The southern dynasts... Did they find out about Yen'fay?

>scene change

Say'ri This...boggles the mind...

Chrom Do you recognize them?

Say'ri Aye, sir. They're from the southlands... States that betrayed us for the empire. ...Or so I thought.

Flavia Well, their allegiance seems clear enough now.

Say'ri I can hardly believe it... Theirs are the lands my brother commanded. Finally, now, they come to answer the call?

Flavia Finally is right. It's taken a lot of hard work to get here, Say'ri. A lot of sacrifice. From you, from Basilio, from your brother. Don't forget this moment.

Say'ri Aye, my lady. Aye.

Chrom Now, let us finish what we began. To the capital, friends!