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[II] Tyranny - "Bickering Like Children" · Brave-Smoke Plays

• 0:17
  That's four reports of avalanches in the mountains now.
• 0:21
  The Tearsmen can barely count past nine.
• 0:23
  They have neither the capacity nor the cause to close off the mountain passes.
• 0:27
  Either way, that leaves the second and fourth cohort trapped outside the valley.
• 0:43
  Or it's the work of your perfidious Earthshakers.
• 0:48
  Only a fool would not suspect a traitorous archon of poisoning the mind of his students with sedition.
• 0:53
  We would have killed the Earthshakers' guild for their master's treachery,
• 0:58
  but I'm sure you have some perfectly valid reason for allowing them to live as your pawns.
• 1:26
  Hey, watch yourself.
• 1:27
  When these two get going, you don't want to get between them.
• 1:33
  I always know you've run out of things to say when you resort to mocking my vassals.
• 1:38
  If we are to speak of treachery,
• 1:40
  why is it that my scouts see the scarlet chorus warriors defecting back to the Vendrian Guard?
• 1:46
  Your fearsome reputation has gone flaccid,
• 1:50
  for it seems you cannot control your soldiers,
• 1:53
  or perhaps you simply choose not to.
• 2:10
  Speaking of strategic failures,
• 2:14
  who was it that insisted the valley would need only a token garrison?
• 2:18
  For some strange reason we can't seem to recall
• 2:21
  which balding half would grossly underestimated the enemy.
• 2:27
  Thoughts?
• 2:41
  And I thought you had left agents within these Tearsmen when they surrendered.
• 2:46
  Either you failed to see this coming,
• 2:48
  or you knew and let it happen.
• 2:50
  Incompetent or incahoots,
• 2:52
  either way this mess has your filthy stink all over it.
• 3:00
  We look forward to seeing you explain to Toonan why the Archon of War could not close the vice on this trivial little insurgency.
• 3:11
  When we are crowned the ruler of the Tears,
• 3:13
  we shall have this place renamed to Ashes Folly in your honor.
• 3:32
  If I could trust the information I get from you and your conscripted mouth breathers,
• 3:37
  perhaps I'd order my cohorts around a bit more aggressively.
• 3:41
  But last time I trusted your all-clear report, my troops failed to come home.
• 3:48
  Oh, Ash, old boy.
• 3:51
  If you're going to have a little sob every time one of your nieces or nephews dies to the Tearsmen,
• 3:57
  perhaps we should have Siren sing you some calming lullabies to help you cope with your grief.
• 4:42
  Did I give you permission to speak?
• 4:45
  The Fire Starter has arrived! Welcome, welcome!
• 5:05
  Our agents tell us such lovely stories of what you did at the Velum Citadel.
• 5:09
  Have you come bearing another fragment of Kyros' wrath in tow?
• 5:28
  We were worried you'd never make it.
• 5:31
  So glad that Drostus' demise didn't cause further delay.
• 5:53
  The voices of Neroth has all manner of eyes and ears.
• 5:56
  It's safer than not to assume he's listening.
• 6:30
  Likewise.
• 6:37
  It would seem the honor is all yours.
• 6:45
  For the second time, Brother Toonon selects you for the glory of proclamation.
• 6:50
  You should be honored.
• 6:52
  Tell us, what has the overlord decided to unleash upon the Oathbreakers?
• 7:34
  The overlord means to compel us into action.
• 7:38
  No doubt the avalanches in the mountains are part of this ultimatum.
• 7:42
  We must conquer the Oathbreakers or die in failure.
• 7:44
  There is no room for error and no other way out of this valley alive.
• 7:50
  We'll need to advance across the Matani.
• 7:53
  We lose everything if we stand still, and we move to back up Plan Green.
• 7:58
  The Earthshakers didn't make it over the mountain in time,
• 8:01
  so we do this the hard way, over the walls instead of through.
• 8:07
  So you found your backbone at last!
• 8:11
  We were worried past humiliations would make you soft.
• 8:15
  Timid.
• 8:16
  That was a record for you, right?
• 8:19
  The baker's dozen lost in one sortie.
• 8:22
  If you had waited for the chorus reinforcements,
• 8:25
  maybe we'd have eyes and ears on the matter.
• 8:56
  I second the fate, my lord.
• 8:59
  Thought you had the memories of one of those Oathbreakers
• 9:02
  rattling about that bronze gourd of yours.
• 9:05
  Would Kairos' mighty spy master
• 9:07
  please enlighten this gathering of allies
• 9:10
  with some scrap of strategic insight?
• 9:24
  Cowards!
• 9:25
  If I were still alive, I'd freeze the blood as it runs in your veins.
• 9:30
  You may take the river, but you'll pay for it with your lives.
• 9:57
  Our sources tell us the Oathbreakers had some sort of magical trick in store.
• 10:04
  But this knowledge is tinged with fear, trepidation.
• 10:08
  If we make a move for the Matani,
• 10:10
  we suspect the Oathbreakers will mount a counter-attack
• 10:13
  that is equal parts valiant and futile.
• 10:22
  Yes, and that old Kaja put up quite a fight on the way out.
• 10:26
  Almost turned himself into a puddle to escape our interrogations.
• 10:29
  He's not the last of the Tidecasters, though.
• 10:32
  At the time of his death there was another.
• 10:35
  A woman named Ebb.
• 10:37
  We believe she is one of the mages assisting these Oathbreakers.
• 10:56
  Do not think for a moment that you can give us orders, Maggot.
• 11:01
  Not unless you wish to discover new ways of feeling pain.
• 11:37
  Our soldiers clamour for battle, and at last we shall have it.
• 11:42
  Verse, we command you to continue guarding the Fatebinder.
• 11:46
  Dunon's chosen is our honoured guest,
• 11:48
  and must be shown our finest hospitality.
• 11:52
  I won't let you down, boss.
• 11:54
  He'll get through the campaign in one piece,
• 11:57
  as long as he doesn't do anything too stupid.
• 12:00
  Ah, before we go, you are Oat Payment, Firestarter.
• 12:04
  Our spies at the Vellum Citadel were nearly cut down by the disfavoured.
• 12:09
  They have you to thank for their lives.
• 12:11
  Here is a taste of our gratitude.
• 12:28
  Bribery!
• 12:29
  But we paid you after you helped us.
• 12:32
  You law pups are so hard to figure out sometimes.
• 12:47
  Finally, the fool and his puppet are gone.
• 12:51
  Perhaps now I can hear myself think.
• 12:54
  Rarely do I question Kyros' judgement,
• 12:57
  but I will never understand why the voices of Narott is given such authority.
• 13:02
  I shudder to think what will become of us all should tune on favour him in the end.
• 13:08
  Though the edict threatens the scarlet chorus just as it threatens us,
• 13:13
  I cannot shake the feeling that our allies will work against us.
• 13:18
  Now, if you'll leave me be, I have a battle to plan.
• 13:23
  I imagine duty requires you speak with the chorus further,
• 13:26
  but if I can convince you to lend a hand,
• 13:29
  most of my legion is trapped beyond the mountains,
• 13:32
  so I'm in need of an added sword or two.
• 13:35
  If you wish to be counted amongst the glorious, speak with the iron marshal.
• 13:40
  She will direct the order of battle until we are ready for the final push into the citadel.