The Battle for Solm/Script

Introduction

Receiving word of Hortensia's attack, the Divine Dragon's army hastens back to Solm Palace.

Opening

Alear, Ivy, and Timerra rush into Solm Palace to find Seforia taken hostage by Hortensia.

Alear: Queen Seforia!

Hortensia: Finally! Took you long enough.

Timerra: Let her go.

Hortensia: Yeah, I don't think so. And don't you dare come any closer. I've got an Emblem Ring. It'd be so easy to kill her.

Timerra: ...

Seforia: Sorry, everyone. I didn't realize she was still on Elusia's side.

Alear: I don't see any other soldiers. Did you get in by yourself?

Hortensia: Uh-huh. I told the guards I'd been separated from Ivy, and they let me walk right in. Now, you've got a choice: hand over the rings or I kill the queen.

Ivy: Hortensia, don't do this.

Hortensia: Ivy! It's been a while... You know, I... I thought you were dead. I was so relieved when I heard you'd made it. But...now what? You're with them?

Ivy: Well, I...

Hortensia: Since Father sacrificed himself, Elusia has been working in concert with Lord Sombron. But you? You abandoned us─abandoned me─ and took sides with the enemy. You're a traitor, Ivy! A stinking traitor!

Ivy: I have not betrayed anyone. Hortensia, please, hear me out.

Hortensia: I don't wanna hear another word out of your dirty, double-crossing mouth! Just give me the rings.

Alear: ... No, Hortensia. Never.

Hortensia: I'm sorry, did I not make myself clear? Hand them over or I kill the queen.

Alear: I heard you. But I'm not doing what you ask. I'd be throwing away everything she, Timerra, Fogado, and the people of Solm have done. So no, I won't give you the rings. And I won't let you kill Queen Seforia.

Hortensia: Ugh!

Timerra: I agree with the Divine Dragon. Those rings are staying with us.

Alear: Right.

Timerra: If we let the Fell Dragon have them, my country and my people are doomed. So threaten us all you want. Take my whole family hostage, if it makes you happy. But I stand for Solm, and I always will.

Seforia: There she is, the future queen of Solm. And her ally, the Divine Dragon.

Hortensia: What's wrong with you?! This is your mother! You're supposed to be scared! Cry already! Cower and beg for her life! Give me what I want! No, what I need. I need the rings. It's the only way to bring Father back.

Ivy: Hortensia... He's gone. The Fell Dragon murdered him. You watched it happen. There's no way we can bring him back, even with the rings.

Hortensia: You don't know that! I have to try! I have to save Father and Elusia! Everything's all wrong now. I just want to put it back how it was before!

Ivy: I know how you feel.

Hortensia: No! Stop trying to get in my head, all right? I'll kill her! I'll do it!

Alear: I don't think you can. Not if you know the pain of losing a parent.

Hortensia: ...

Seforia: Well? Get on with it, then, if that's what you truly want. Are we doing this or aren't we?

Hortensia: I... I... Whaaa!

Alear: She needs her sister now.

Ivy: It's all right, Hortensia. Oh, I've been so worried about you.

Hortensia: Ivy...

Zephia appears.

Zephia: I'm afraid I have to cut the reunion short.

Alear: Zephia. What are you doing here?

Zephia: Missed you, too, Divine One. I must thank you for helping us gather so many rings. All of them, I thought. Until the princess's─ rather former princess's─thievery came to light.

Ivy: ...

Zephia: Enough about that. More importantly... Princess Hortensia...

Hortensia: ...

Zephia: Taking a ring without permission? Sneaking off to a place like this? Naughty, naughty. Lord Sombron and Lady Veyle's orders were clear─to wait, to watch. Oh, your retainers, by the way? They tried to stop us. They failed.

Hortensia: Where are they? What did you do to Goldmary and Rosado?

Zephia: You'll have to see for yourself. Now, we hadn't planned on making a move this early. But since we're here, it would be a shame to return home without a few souvenirs. Marni? Mauvier? Wouldn't you agree?

Marni and Mauvier appear.

Alear: More Hounds.

Mauvier: I did not expect it would be so easy to enter the impregnable Solm Palace.

Marni: Zephia, what do we do with the queen? Kill her? She's not much use anymore.

Zephia: No. Lord Sombron will want to savor every last drop of sovereign blood.

Marni: Ah! Haha, I gotcha.

Marni leads Seforia away.

Alear: Queen Seforia!

Zephia: What a good girl you are, Princess Hortensia, coming here to get rings for Lord Sombron. Now that the three of us are here, why don't we help finish what you started. We can kill them all and head back home to Elusia. What do you say?

Hortensia: But... But I...

Zephia: Come, dear. Take command. Just think. If we take their rings, we'll be so close to having all 12.

A dark magic pulses, and Hortensia staggers.

Hortensia: So close... Just a few more rings...

Alear: Hortensia? What's going on?

The dark magic pulses again.

Hortensia: With all the rings, then Father will...

Zephia: That's right. King Hyacinth will be resurrected. We'll make everything just as it was before.

It pulses yet again.

Hortensia: Just as it was...before...

Hortensia collapses. She gets back up, her eyes now a glowing red.

Hortensia: ... I will kill them all. I will take their rings. It's the only way to save Father.

Alear: Is she really going to fight us?

Ivy: Hortensia, snap out of it, please! Hortensia!

Zephia: She can't hear you, unfortunately. Enjoy killing one another, won't you?

Battle

When Hortensia's first health bar is depleted

Hortensia: I will defeat you. It's the only way to... Ugh... Ahh!

Alear: The Emblem is surging with Fell Dragon energy! Be on your guard.

Battle quotes

“	Hortensia: I must get the rings. I must save Father.	”	— Hortensia battle quote

“	Ivy: Hortensia, please! Come to your senses! Hortensia: Why fight me, Ivy? All I want is to bring Father back. Don't you miss him? Ivy: Of course. So much, I fear my heart will never mend. That's why I cannot lose you too.	”	— Ivy vs. Hortensia

“	Hortensia: Why does nothing go my way?	”	— Hortensia defeat quote

“	Zephia: The stolen rings. You'll return them, won't you?	”	— Zephia battle quote

“	Zephia: Well, if it isn't my favorite lizard! How's Solm treating you? Don't you worry, your friends are safe with me. Sigurd, Celica, Micaiah... Marth. Alear: You... Zephia: Oh, did you want to see them? Shame. I didn't bring them with me. Couldn't have you taking them, could I?	”	— Alear vs. Zephia

“	Zephia: That would have been too easy, I suppose... We'll meet again soon enough.	”	— Zephia defeat quote

“	Mauvier: Your army is not to be trifled with. Because I respect you, I will hold nothing back.	”	— Mauvier battle quote

“	Mauvier: My orders do not involve dying. I take my leave.	”	— Mauvier defeat quote

“	Marni: Solm Palace is so pretty! It's a nicer tomb than you deserve!	”	— Marni battle quote

“	Marni: The floor's slippery! That's the only reason I lost! I'm going home!	”	— Marni defeat quote

Post battle

Hortensia: Ivy, what...happened?

Ivy: Oh, you've come back to me! Thank goodness.

Hortensia: Where'd all the Elusian soldiers go?

Alear: They retreated.

Hortensia: I should go with them...

Alear: No. It's not safe. Zephia could take control over you again.

Hortensia: But I was the last person left at Elusia Castle. Without me, there'll be no one to lead. No one to take care of the country Father left behind...

Ivy: That is true... But it's out of our hands.

Hortensia: How can you say that? Don't you care about Elusia at all?

Ivy: Of course I do. I would have given my life to protect our kingdom. But it is not our kingdom anymore. It's the Fell Dragon's. Surely you see that.

Hortensia: ...

Alear: Princess Ivy...

Ivy: I didn't want to admit it, but Father stopped being king as soon as the Fell Dragon awoke. Since then true power has rested with Sombron, his daughter, and the Four Hounds. If you went back now, you would become an instrument of their designs─just as Father was.

Hortensia: I...

Ivy: I want to go home too. You have no idea how badly. But there's no home to go back to until we defeat the Fell Dragon. After allowing Father to relinquish his power to Sombron, we owe our people no less.

Hortensia: ... The castle. My only home since I was little... We really can't go back now, can we?

Ivy: No... We can't.

Hortensia: That little nook where I had tea with my friends. The garden where you and I read together... Even Rosado and Goldmary. I've left everything and everyone behind. All right, Ivy. I'll join this fight. So that someday, things can be like they were again.

Ivy: Thank you, Hortensia.

Hortensia: I'm really sorry for...for what I did. Divine One? You should have this.

Alear: The Ring of the Instructor. One of the rings stolen from Lythos. Thank you for returning it.

Hortensia: Don't give me too much credit. I wasn't exactly planning to hand it over.

Alear: Even so, you have my thanks. Teach us, Emblem of the Academy!

Movie - Emblem Byleth

Emblem Byleth appears in a flash of light, draws his sword, and strikes a pose.

Byleth: I am Emblem Byleth. It feels as though I've just awoken from a very long dream... I'm glad to be where I belong─at your side. Use my power to guide everyone.

Alear: I will. Thank you, Emblem Byleth.

Timerra and Seforia enter with Alfred and Diamant in tow.

Seforia: So, how is everyone?

Alear: Queen Seforia, you're all right!

Seforia: That I am. Some Elusian soldiers tried to seize me, but I was saved at just the right moment.

Timerra:We took 'em down.

Diamant:Alfred and I intended to help.

Alfred: But by the time we'd drawn our weapons, the fight was already over.

Timerra: Haha! That's the Solm royal guard for ya. Pretty good, right?

Alear: I'm just glad the queen is safe. Well done, everyone.

Seforia: Well done yourself. No more trespassers. My palace is rid of them. Divine One, thank you for protecting the rings and my family with such courage. The way you spoke, the look in your eyes... You were the spitting image of Queen Lumera.

Alear: ... Your words mean so much... Thank you.

Hortensia: Um, excuse me, Queen Seforia?

Seforia: You. I assumed you'd gone back to Elusia.

Hortensia: Look, I'm really sorry about what I did. I'll accept whatever punishment you give me.

Ivy: I owe you an apology as well.

Seforia: ...

Alear: Queen Seforia, please. Zephia was using some sort of magic to control Princess Hortensia. As soon as it wore off, she stopped fighting─ even gave me her Emblem Ring.

Seforia: I don't recall Zephia being there when the young princess held me hostage. Look me in the eyes, you two.

Hortensia: OK...

Seforia: Threatening a queen's life is a grave crime. You deserve a room in the dungeons. But...I won't send you there.

Hortensia: You...won't?

Seforia: It was the Fell Dragon's minions who broke in and started the conflict, right? Your only crimes were slipping in uninvited... and threatening to kill me. If you want to make amends, defeat the Fell Dragon. Rebuild your kingdom. When cooler heads return to Elusia, Solm can only benefit. Let's move on now, shall we?

Hortensia: Thank you, Queen Seforia.

Ivy: Your show of compassion will not be forgotten. We will restore Elusia. I swear it.

Seforia: For my part, I think I'd better look into shoring up the palace's defenses.

Alear: You're right. The Fell Dragon's forces might come back for you... I can leave some soldiers here to help keep you safe.

Seforia: Oh, no need, no need. I have lots of family members who can handle things here. If the situation really boils over, I can always leave a double here and wander the land. So don't worry about me. You just focus on taking out the Fell Dragon.

Alear: We will. Thank you.

Seforia: Timerra, it's time you showed the Divine Dragon where to find Solm's other ring.

Timerra: Sure thing, Mom. One Ring of the Crux of Fate, coming right up!

Alear: Where is it?

Timerra: The Northern Fortress. Oh... You don't scare easily, do you?

During exploration

Note: Only story specific quotes.

“	Ivy: I'm glad to hear it, Hortensia. Divine One, my sincerest thanks for welcoming my sister.	”	— Ivy during exploration

“	Hortensia: Thank you, Divine One. Starting now, I'll be on the right side─for you and for Ivy.	”	— Hortensia during exploration

“	Timerra: Thanks, Divine One. We won because you insisted on protecting the rings and our queen.	”	— Timerra during exploration

“	Fogado: Things were touch-and-go there for a bit. But you and Timerra played it cool. Real nice work.	”	— Fogado during exploration

“	Solmic Soldier: It's a relief to know the palace and the queen are safe. You have my sincerest gratitude.	”	— Solmic Soldier during exploration

“	Solmic Soldier: I think Queen Seforia's would-be captors had a valuable learning experience today, don't you?	”	— Solmic Soldier during exploration

After exploration

Veyle is standing in the middle of the Solmic desert.

Veyle: Hm... Another ring in the Divine Dragon's hands. Still, not enough to turn the tide.

She bows down in pain.

Veyle: Urgh... I must sleep. Curse this feeble form of mine for plunging me into darkness. I pray that next time, my waking hours will not end so soon. ...

Her vision goes dark. Her eyes are no longer glowing red.

Veyle: ... Sand? But...what happened to all the snow? Where am I? Why does this keep happening to me?

On the Somniel

Note: Only story specific quotes

“	Ivy: Words cannot express the happiness I feel to have Hortensia here. Thank you, Divine One.	”	— Ivy Somniel quote

“	Hortensia: I'm so happy to get to be here with my sister. I just hope Rosado and Goldmary are doing OK.	”	— Hortensia Somniel quote

“	Byleth: I fought on the opposing side, but that wasn't my own will. I'm pleased to have come back.	”	— Byleth Somniel quote