Beyond Control/Rhea: Immaculate One

Rhea: Immaculate One - C

Rhea	Urgh... Rrragh!
Oh, no! Lady Rhea, are you OK? Is there anything I can do to help?		Sharena
Rhea	Come no closer... If this continues, I-I fear I will not be able to... To contain the Crest’s... No... Arrgh!
Sharena, what is— Urk! What is the source of this blinding white light?!		Alfonse
Rhea	GRAAARGH!
Hey, uh... Why did Lady Rhea suddenly transform into a giant angry dragon?		Reginn
Rhea	GRRRAAAAAARGH!
Urgh—that blast of wind was nearly enough to knock me off my feet. Where is she going?		Alfonse
Sharena	Lady Rhea, wait! Come back!
It’s no use, Sharena...		Reginn
Seteth	Curses! Am I too late?
Archbishop Rhea was only recently summoned to Askr, but now she has transformed into an immense dragon!		Alfonse
Seteth	Then it is as I feared. I suppose the truth cannot remain hidden any longer... What you saw is a creature known as the Immaculate One. It is Rhea’s true form.
I know some of the Heroes around here can turn into dragons, but Lady Rhea?		Reginn
Sharena	She wasn’t acting like her normal self though. It sounded like she was in pain!
Something must have loosened her grip on the Crest’s power within her.		Seteth
Reginn	If she lost control...does that mean she’ll go on a rampage?
Many Heroes now in Askr hail from Fódlan and are familiar with the Church of Seiros and its teachings. I shudder to think what chaos would ensue should they learn the truth about the archbishop. Prince Alfonse, I beg of you: lead the Order of Heroes to stop Rhea before this becomes public knowledge!		Seteth
Reginn	That’ll be easier said than done. She looked pretty tough to me!
Please, allow me to lend my aid. As a fellow Hero from Fódlan, I shall do my part to assist in any way I can.		Seiros
Seteth	Seiros! Yes, I see... You may be one of the few whose words can reach her now...
Your works as a saint in Fódlan are well-documented. We would greatly appreciate your help.		Alfonse
Niime	I hope you don’t mind too terribly much if I come along as well. This business has piqued my curiosity.
Scouts just reported seeing Lady Rhea flying northwest. We should move with haste!		Sharena
Reginn	You can ride with me on my Gullinbursti, Niime. Hop on! Strap yourself in though—things might get a little bumpy!
Such violent, rampaging power... What has transpired in the Fódlan from which she was summoned?		Seiros

Rhea: Immaculate One - B

Seteth	I believe Lady Rhea has not taken that form since becoming archbishop and founding Garreg Mach.
If that is the case, we can assume she was summoned from a Fódlan of a later era than your own.		Alfonse
Seteth	If Rhea was forced to take the form of the Immaculate One... Then I fear a calamitous incident may be on the cusp of transpiring in the Fódlan I know.
An event so calamitous that she became unable to control the power of the Crest within her... Hmm...		Seiros
Niime	Consider this: it may not have been a single large event, but a series of smaller incidents instead. The idea of dragons slowly losing control of themselves as time marches on is not unique to Fódlan. In fact, you’ll find many examples of this very situation among the written records in Askr’s library.
If Lady Rhea is really as old as a dragon can be, then maybe she finally reached a breaking point?		Sharena
Niime	The only fate that awaits dragons at the end of eternity is a deadly descent into madness... It pains me to see it, but every dragon must face their destiny.
Even so, it is difficult to image that age is the sole cause of her sudden loss of control. The fact remains that Lady Rhea has led Fódlan for many years with a steady and capable hand. I struggle to believe that one so dedicated to her flock and station could lose her way in an instant.		Seteth
Sharena	Hmm... But what else could it be, then?
Something not physical, but mental. Something that festers when left alone: despair.		Seiros
Niime	Despair...
Once its seed takes root, despair can bloom into a crushingly oppressive force if given the time to flourish. Perhaps her mind became unable to weather that assault and cracked under the pressure.		Seiros
Alfonse	Something pushed her over the edge, and the burden became too much for her to bear...
Hey, look! Isn’t that her over there?		Reginn
Rhea	Rrrgh... GRAAARGH!
Prince Alfonse, Seiros... Our first order of business should be to restrain her!		Seteth
Rhea	Stop! Do not...follow me! How many times must I warn you... Stay AWAY!

Rhea: Immaculate One - A

Sharena	Princess Reginn, you flank her from the right! I’ll circle around from the left!
You got it! I’ll use Lyngheiðr to keep Lady Rhea pinned down!		Reginn
Rhea	Rrrgh... Grrrgh... I...I—
I can feel her rage from here... To think that she has kept this suppressed within her for so long...		Seteth
Seiros	This power, that which was bestowed upon the goddess’s children to keep Fódlan safe, is turning destructive... It must not be allowed to consume her whole. Rhea, remember the pride of Nabatea!
Lady Rhea, please! Steady your nerves! Return to the kind and caring soul we all know you to be!		Seteth
Rhea	Graaah! GRAAAGH!
Can she no longer hear our pleas? No... It’s as if her heart no longer wishes to.		Niime
Alfonse	Is there truly no way to get through to her now?
Rrgh... Mother... Mother!		Rhea
Seiros	Oh!
I believed that if I could resurrect my mother... I could regain all that had been lost...		Rhea
Seteth	Your mother? Lady Rhea, you know full well that such a thing is forbidden, and yet...
Seteth! What is she talking about?!		Alfonse
Seteth	After all this time, she has kept her deepest desire locked away inside. The desire to resurrect the one who gave her life... Sothis, the progenitor god.
I...		Seiros
Seteth	Day by day, year by year, that desire must have grown, but...it would be the greatest affront of all. For it was Sothis herself who forbade any and all attempts to return her to life. Is this the consequence of Lady Rhea’s attempting to break that stricture? If so, her words can mean only one thing...
She has lost what little hope she had left.		Niime
Rhea	Grrrh... Mother... Mother! Everything that I’ve done... All that I want... RAAAGH!
Urk! I can’t stand it much longer... We’ll all be blown away if this keeps up!		Reginn
Niime	Despair has robbed her of her ability to understand reason. Her condition will only continue to worsen...
I cannot allow this to continue!		Seiros
Sharena	Seiros, you can’t approach her head-on! It’s too dangerous!
Rhea, listen not with your ears, but with your heart. Can you not feel Mother’s presence in this world?		Seiros
Rhea	I... Yes... I can feel...
Your arrival in Askr does not herald the conclusion to your descent into despair. In fact, it is just the opposite. This is the beginning of your ascent into hope.		Seiros

Rhea: Immaculate One - S

Seiros	Askr has not developed under the watchful gaze of Sothis like Fódlan has, distant as it is from our home. And yet, I can feel her presence here. There is a certain unmistakable warmth in the air...
Hrk... Mother’s...warmth... Yes... I...		Rhea
Seteth	Has she regained her composure?
Well, would you look at that. It seems those words found their mark.		Niime
Seiros	I feel her warm gaze in the beams of sunlight that pour from the once-cloudy sky... I hear her voice in the wind that rustles the leaves and blows through the forests... Open your heart, and soon you may sense her standing at your side.
I... I can feel... She’s here... Mother...is here...		Rhea
Seteth	She is growing increasingly docile by the minute...
Will I... Will I be reunited with Mother in this world?		Rhea
Seiros	Perhaps in time, when peace reigns in Askr and conflict is but a distant memory.
We will be happy to lend our aid once Askr is no longer under threat.		Alfonse
Reginn	But we can’t get there without your help!
This world has certainly seen the impossible made possible before. It is far too early to give up on your hope. It is far too early to give in to despair, Lady Rhea!		Seteth
Rhea	Rrgh... If what you say is true... If the embers of hope smolder still... Then I will harness this power... The power inside me... To help you fight...
Hm.		Seiros
Rhea	If I can maintain control...over my body and mind... If so, then I will fight by your side. I...will...RGH!
Lady Rhea!		Sharena
Reginn	There she goes, flying off again...
The seed of hope has been planted. Now we must give it time and space to bloom. I have no doubt she will regain full control and return to us before long.		Seiros
Niime	Hmph. That’s confidence if I ever heard it. You know, you and she look oddly alike... Are you...a blood relative? A distant ancestor? Or perhaps even...
I believe I can be of use here. You see, Saint Seiros is actually—		Seteth
Seiros	That’s quite enough, Seteth. All they need to know is that I fight for Askr as any Heroes does.
Indeed... In any case, it’s clear that despair can cause dragons to lose control of their faculties. Even so, we’ve seen that this process can be reversed by a timely infusion of hope. It seems that dragons may not be as doomed to their fate as I thought. This calls for further investigation...		Niime
Seiros	We were all led here one way or another to work toward a common goal: bringing peace to Askr. In doing so, we may just learn what it takes to bring hope to lands such as Fódlan as well. In that regard, I can’t help but think we Heroes share more than one reason for being in this world...

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