Defending Ylisse/Libra: Fetching Friar

Libra: Fetching Friar - C

Libra

Ah,【Summoner】. Allow me to offer you some words of gratitude, if I may. If you had not come to help us, our defensive line would surely have been crushed, along with the village. Truly. Thank you for your help. That said, however... We stand on the precipice of a most violent war. Harming and plundering the innocent is against the will of the gods, and yet... Even when fighting in the name of peace, war leads to suffering that reaches far beyond the battlefield. Friend and foe alike, willing to lay down their lives... And friend and foe alike, some will be lost. Everyone who falls to battle leaves a family behind. And that sort of loss, that sadness, casts a long shadow. There are victims on all sides of war... Each life taken claimed as payment for victory. We must never forget those who paid that price for us.

Libra: Fetching Friar - B

Libra

So this is where you've been hiding yourself, 【Summoner】. Thanks to the precision of your commands, we made it through yet another battle without casualties. This may not seem the most sensible comment from one who spends his days discerning friend from foe, but... I would like to reach out to those who call themselves our enemies. I wish to lend a helping hand to the wounded. I will not stand for the invasion of this country, nor will I allow innocents to come to harm through any means. However, those who admit their own wrongdoing should be offered a path back to the light. I believe that those who have been defeated are in the most dire need of our compassion. Victory may taste sweet to the victor, but we mustn't give up on those we had no choice but to defeat.

Libra: Fetching Friar - A

Libra

Would you mind if I spoke with you about something that happened long ago, 【Summoner】? There was a time when I lost sight of what I believed in. I wanted to crush everything in the world. Until just yesterday, this lapse of faith had brought me shame... But now it brings me purpose. It had snatched the light from around me, and I felt as if I'd been dropped at the bottom of the blackest hole. Even my own future was shrouded in darkness. However, I soon met those with such a depth of compassion... They reached out to me and helped me reclaim my faith in this world. Yes, even a faithless wretch such as I once was, plunged so deeply into the darkness, can walk back into the light. All it takes is the warmth of an open hand. If one can believe in the strength of an open heart... then one can reclaim their lost hope. And now I believe it is my turn to help those who have strayed from the path, just as I was helped. If there is even a small chance to save someone simply by not discriminating friend from foe... then I will not give up on them.

Libra: Fetching Friar - S

Libra

To save all, friend and foe alike, without discrimination... To truly achieve this goal, perhaps all fighting in the world would have to cease. Of course, I am painfully aware of how outlandish a goal that is. And yet, when I am with you, I feel as though it may not be quite so impossible... Every day you put forth great effort not only to end battles but to do so with as few casualties as possible. When I see that side of you, it reinforces my own resolve to stay the course toward my dream. I may be alone in thinking this, but... you and I may be headed in the same direction. If indeed we are, then let us walk together. One step at a time, no matter how many steps it may take. Until such a day that our wishes are granted.

Scenario
← Phila		Basilio →
Defending Ylisse
Olivia	Sumia	Maribelle	Libra

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