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What i'm saying is that the queen is the most powerful piece on the board, as i’ve just shown you, but when you play like i do, The queen becomes even more important, a piece that can move just about anywhere can become a piece that can easily take out any incoming threats or set ups that would cause you to enter situations where you have to sacrifice units, but like the queen piece, I can't be everywhere, and not only is there blindspots in my range, but I'm also a significantly big target, what's the one thing that Veronica, Surtr,Hel,Frejya, Fafnir, and now Icos have all tried?
Every single one of them pale in comparison to one such as I?
all of them have each tried to take me out of the equation by kidnapping or just killing me when I'm alone, off my guard, its happened more times than it should have, and I doubt Icos is going to be the last, even outside of order happenings, there's always a chance that anyone with a delusion of grandeur could try and attack me, you remember that big battle we were all part of, when I got impaled from behind by that bald kingdom hearts guy? Or when that demon mario guy gave me a skull fracture?,In a way, I've been focusing less on my own health and survivability, and more on the health of everyone around me…Its a wonder I'm not just a walking corpse at this point with the amount of close shaves I've had-
anyways, I got sidetracked, I may be able to do great things, but I can't do everything, especially in a fight, that's where you,tailtiu, soleil and Thea come in, You four are The Knights of the chessboard
But that's four people though,there's only two Horses, and only Thea rides a Pegasus?
Y'know sometimes I wonder if you're just doing this to annoy me.
what this means is that I need the four of you to act as my own Knights, in a sense, as in, you need to follow me when I'm going places, I can't afford to get taken by surprise or be in a situation where I have to tear myself apart just to stay alive. Like the knights, I need you to cover the blindspots in my fighting technique, and to help me keep safe.
Have you told Tailtiu about this? soleil? Thea?
nope, your the first one,I figured you wouldn't agree unless you knew before anyone else.
I see, then I! narcian! The handsome and wise general of bern! Shall agree, on one condition.
you swear that you won't do anything as flashy like that big magic barrage unless your life depends on it.
well, I was planning for that to be a last resort anyway, so, yeah, deal
Rematch?
You're on magic boy.
Y'know, I wonder if there's other Tedds, just like me, but they ended up somewhere else than askr, I wonder what they're like…
They're probably just as insufferably self sacrificing as you are, I bet whatever hero they've roped along as their bodyguards are nothing compared to narcian however!
Self sacrificing fools or not, I hope they're enjoying life at least.
I was reading a book in the castle library before…all of this happened, One of the books from your home world, brought up some weird hypothetical situation about a giant metal carriage, having to choose between letting 5 people perish, or intentionally taking the life of one person, it seemed like a lot of philosophical nonsense, nothing someone as intelligent as I was interested in at first, But, as a general, Sometimes one must choose between the lives of the many and the lives of the few.
Is that why you tried to sacrifice yourself while fighting Icos?
What? The great narcian would never allow himself to be used as a sa-
Drop the theatrics, we all saw what you did, What was your plan there? just let Icos kill you after you drew their attention away? Were you justHoping someone else would break free from that spell while their attention was unfocused to bail you out? You’ve always been so willing to throw anyone under the bus and yet, that’s the first time I've seen you willingly try and use yourself as the sacrifice.
Does it matter? I, the great and lovable narcian, would be able to return from death, just like we’ve done before! And besides, you aren’t one to judge about being sacrificial like that, for all your refusal to allow your own pieces to be captured, you're perfectly fine with throwing yourself in the line of fire CONSTANTLY!, I’m meant to be your right hand hero! I’m meant to be the great threat of the order! Blocking any attacks towards our frail, weak summoner! This is what, the 6th time you’ve gone stealing my job, making yourself a target when I’m RIGHT here? How am i, the great and lovable Narcian, meant to shine when you keep almost getting yourself killed! The fact that it's only just now that you’ve been severely injured is nothing short of a miracle!
Aha! Checkmate! I win!
Narcian, that's my queen, the strongest piece on the board, capable of moving in 8 directions with no limit on the range,and actually. In your little flanking manoeuvre, you’ve left your king completely defenceless, you’ve sacrificed all your pieces, and now you have nothing
And that's checkmate!
Look, imagine the Order is a side of a chess board Most of the heroes we had were the pawns in this situation, they weren’t actually pawns but this metaphor is thin enough as is so-
These represent everyone we know, Leif and Edelgard are the Rooks, Kempf and Saias are the bishops, Alfonse, Sharena, and the entire kingdom of askr are the king, the main piece on the board, It is our duty to make sure that the king isn’t put into danger, and that its kept safe, Of course, In this situation, we don’t want to lose anyone. Which brings us to the most important piece on the board
In this situation I’m the queen
But you’re a commoner?
...
You may think I'm beat, but I! The great narcian! Will defeat you with my tactical might!
...Why would he-
what? you didn't fall for my horseman trap? I had it set up and everything! the entire game was hinging on that!
You're incredibly willing to give up pieces for the sake of whatever "strategy" your pulling, you've already lost one of your knights, as well as a bishop and a few pawns...Why?
The only difference between my discarded fancy piece, and your castle piece, is that I sacrificed my fancy piece to further my strategy, while you lost your castle piece due to a tactical blunder, we're both one less piece than we were before, but I took my loss and turned it into a gain, while you only suffered a loss.
But your talking as if your turning a loss into an advantage on the fly, but from how your playing, it's as if your expecting for those pieces to only be sacrifices, rather than using them to their full strength, such as the knight, Its unorthodox movement is tricky to utilise sometimes, but that movement can also just as easily catch someone off guard if they aren't paying attention, and can easily cover gaps to where your other pieces can't reach, Sacrificing one of them for the sake of taking out another piece intentionally...You may as well play without those pieces at all.
Who’s next…
Illegal? You consider an attack like that illegal?, after everything you guys have been through, a pumpkin bomb is the limit?
Or is it more so because I stole your big flashy spotlight moment?
Don’t you worry then! I’ve got your Spotlight RIGHT HERE!
It is happening! You better believe it, ok?
A warm welcome to you, the party crasher!
Here you go! A trick, just for an evasive spectre as yourself!
Y’know im just itching to know, what on earth is an elemental guardian? Do you protect the elements or something? I think i knew a shadow guardian once, I think? But please, tell me more!
Yah ha ha! You found me!
Glass buddy! You were meant to pass it around! It’s ok, there's always next time bud!
...Spoil sport-
Here you go, a prize for finding the real me!
The night is still young my living friends!
Hey! Those are my bones! Give them back!
...that sure is a costume!
Alright! My turn now! Lets see here…
You’re a weird looking one? Whats your costume, frankenstein's monster? Mind if i just…
Oh ho ho! Which one of us is the real one? You can’t tell! That took too much effort…
Here, Pass it around!
Gyro are you feeling al-
This isn’t even….The worst halloween party i’ve been to…
This shall be the most memorable halloween of your lives!
alright just a little bit to the left....Perfect!
Hello?.....What? no! I'm not coming into work I....you're joking right? ganglöt I look like the most stereotypical grim reaper right now, and it took so much effort to put this costume together I'm not swap-..... Ugh, fine, but this better be quick, I want to enjoy my party.
hey, look, listen, I've gotta go and do my job right now, can you guys keep an eye out for anything paranormal, suspicious or just plain dangerous, I'll try and be back as soon as I can but please, enjoy yourself with this
I swear there's gotta be a better way of getting around...
Hm, Everyone hasn't had a break from this job for a long time....
AND it's October i think?, Seems like the perfect time for everyone to kick back and relax, Heavens knows we all need it, Suppose I'll get to work on setting something up for everyone...
The first Halloween of the new world...Better make this one count
Waterfall...
There! looks like its in the underground-
I mean I did want to visit the underground...And a place named waterfall sounds peaceful...Mind if we tag along if we give you the directions?
Zone of chaos? well, I have heard from the summoner that this world is called "the chaos zone" so I assume you're in the right realm at least, Are you looking for an area in particular? i heard you mention something aquatic? maybe me and soleil could help you out?