The Port at Balfonheim
Saccio Lane
Rikken
Blast the sea! Blast the waves! Blast it all!
I don¡¯t believe he¡¯s gone¡ He¡¯s Reddas¡
How could he die?
Elza
Hadn¡¯t you noticed? He¡¯d been searching for a place to die all along.
Raz
Lord Reddas weren¡¯t the sort of man to run away from his problems by dyin¡¯! He weren¡¯t! How could he abandon this town!?
Elza
You¡¯d have him regret passing? You¡¯d have him suffer and wail for enternity¡?
Raz
Th-That¡¯s not what I meant¡ No, if he¡¯s gone, then he should rest in peace. Gods know, he deserves it.
Elza
Then let him. If you¡¯ve time to mourn and curse him, then you¡¯ve certainly time too carry on what he started.
If you don¡¯t wish an eternity of regret on him, then let¡¯s do our part here, and know he¡¯s watching over us¡satisfied.
Rikken
Satisfied? Reddas? We¡¯d be lucky if we earned a ¡°not disappointed¡± from him! But I suppose everything depends on us now.
Elza
Us¡and Vaan¡¯s crew.
Raz
Arr? Since when have you trusted that lot with more than swabbing the deck?
Elza
I wasn¡¯t blind. I saw the faith that Reddas had in them. I¡¯m sure they¡¯ll discover what it is they need to do in short time.
Speaking of which, did you tell them about our guest?
Raz
They should be meetin¡¯ up at the manse as we speak¡ Who was that odd fellow anyway¡?
(Squawk)
Vaan
Al-Cid?
Al-Cid
We let ourselves inside.
The situation is one demanding some haste, you understand.
Vaan
How did you know where we were?
Al-Cid
My little birds, they tell me many, many things.
My Lady, the war begins now.
Ashe
Then you were unsuccessful in stopping the Rozarrian fleet?
Al-Cid
I used a variety of methods.
All went according to plan until it came time to request withdrawal of our most devoted generals.
In their enthusiasm for war, our great military leaders went behind my back¡
Straight to Marquis Ondore¡¯s Resistance.
Ashe
The Resistance?
Al-Cid
During training, a division of the Resistance ignored their orders and disappeared.
They were next found exchanging broadsides with the Imperials over Old Nabradia.
Basch
Why would they go there?
They were asking to be found!
Al-Cid
You misunderstand. Those ships most surely belonged to a Rozarrian division.
They may have joined Ondore¡¯s resistance forces as patriots, or even mercenaries¡but they are regulars of the Rozarrian army under direct command of our war-pavilion.
This fifth column has invaded Imperial airspace and provoked a response.
Unable to abandon them, his Excellency the Marquis was obliged to give his main fleet the order to attack.
And the battleground¡is Dalmasca.
Balthier
Should this fight drag on Rozarria will enter the fray, the defense of Dalmasca as their excuse¡and we will have a war between empires.
Al-Cid
Correct. They will bide their time ¨C waiting to strike until the Empire has spent itself against the Marquis.
But Vayne ¨C he will crush them and the Marquis both between his hands.
Basch
Vayne holds the Dusk Shard no longer.
His advantage is lost.
Al-Cid
Vayne has advantages enough.
He stands on higher ground, and my birds tell me he has awoken something quite large.
Bahamut, Lord of the Sky.
There was a stirring in the Mist, in the direction of (near) Ridorana, I¡¯m told. Bahamut awoken soon after this.
Fran
It is the Mist that came before the Cryst was undone. It breathed life into this Bahamut.
If Reddas had not stopped it when he did, how much more Mist might it have drunk?
All went according to Doctor Cid¡¯s designs.
Balthier
Yes, the man¡¯s last great accomplishment, I fear.
And so it falls to me to put an end to the thing.
Ashe
Vayne commands Bahamut himself?
Al-Cid
He comes to Rabanastre.
Then I will defend Dalmasca and stop this Bahamut.
This is my charge ¨C
Vaan
That¡¯s our charge, actually.
Penelo
It¡¯s our home.
It belongs to us all.
Al-Cid
And my charge is to hinder and delay this Rozarrian invasion for as long as is possible.
I will do what I can.
Ah, yes¡
When this unpleasantness is done, you must come to Rozarria.
I will take you to the Ambervale of Clan Margrace.
Such things I will show you!
Until then, I will be waithing.
Rikken
Lo, Vaan! Word from the Resistance! The Imperial sky fortress Bahamut is on the attack! This¡this could be bad¡
We have no chance of fighting it from the ground.
No, the only way to fight the Bahamut is to go to it¡by airship!
Rabanastran A
This wind¡
What could it be?
Rabanastran B
A tornado? It can¡¯t be!
Rabanastran C
It¡¯s headed right for us!
Imperial A
Make your target the Resistance heavy cruiser.
Vayne
Our dear Cid?
Slain by his son.
A common tale of late.
Imperial B
Firing solution complete.
Sighting is good!
Imperial C
Release valves open!
The nethicite is at critical!
Imperial D
Main and auxiliary show clear!
Larsa
Put an end to this!
They have already surrendered!
Vayne
Let us make of this an offering.
One he might see even now.
Venat, what say you?
Imperial A
The main battery stands ready!
Larsa
I beg you!
Vayne
Fire.
Larsa
Why this¡
Vayne
Once they see that there can be no surrender, the resistance (they) must need come at us with all they have.
We will answer their attack head-on and destroy them.
Before the eyes of all Rabanastre.
Larsa
If you do this, the people will only grow to hate you the more.
Vayne
And should I pardon them, they will only rise up yet again.
Larsa
I do not believe they would.
In co-operation lies our hope.
You are mistaken.
You are wrong, brother.
Vayne
And if I am? You had best find the strength you need to correct me then.
Imperial A
Ships sighted ahead! A score or more!
The Resistance fleet, my lord!
Vayne
Hear this!
Today we write the first page of a new history: our history.
Each of you must play his part.
Put down this rebellion.
For Archadia! We fight!
Imperials
For Archadia!
Resistant
All ships, prepare to fire on my command.
???
We¡¯ve got a destroyer stretching our line.
Ondore
May fortune favor us all.
Imperial A
This is Orthros leader:
Keep your formations tight.
Give them a warm welcome.
Imperial B
Many and more to choose from, ripe for the taking!
Resistant A
Remember your training and we¡¯ll make it!
Resistant B
Icebrand, with me!
Resistant
All ships clear!
Ondore
Give word to the cannons.
Make ready and fire!
Resistant
We have a clean line!
Ondore
Prepare the second volley!
Be quick!
By the gods¡
Resistant
The Carrier Galuf-Val¡
She¡¯s lost.
Unknown ship from abaft!
Ondore
Could it be?
Ashe
Uncle, it is I!
I¡¯m crossing to the Bahamut to stop Vayne!
Ondore
What are you saying?
You are too rash!
Your duties come after the battle is over!
Ashe
If we allow them to destroy us here, there will be no after.
You must assist our charge.
Ondore
Stop.
You must pull back!
Stop the Strahl!
Larsa?
Hold it!
I mean, w-wait!
This is Larsa Solidor!
I¡¯m going in with her!
So¡we¡¯re fine!
I got the Princess covered!
Ondore
Larsa Solidor?
So you hold him as a hostage?
Ashe
No, Uncle.
He will fight with us against Vayne!
Larsa
Leave it to us!
Ondore
Understood.
Our fate is in your hands.
Vaan
Yes!
Penelo
¡°I got the Princess covered¡±?
Vaan
Larsa¡¯d say that.
Balthier
We¡¯re relying on you for fire support.
Give them something to think about.
We¡¯ll pick our moment and make our move!
Quite the welcome!
Careful!
Fran
One follows!
Balthier
Ah, you want to dance!
Then let¡¯s dance!
Fran
A new partner.
Balthier
It¡¯s not easy being this popular, you know.
There it is.
Vaan
Come on! Come on!
Sky Fortress Bahamut
Antechamber
Balthier
Vayne will be in the fortress¡¯s command tower.
I saw something of the like on our way in here.
Right above our heads.
Ashe
We need not fight all the Empire to win.
If we can get to Vayne, we can put an end to this war.
Vaan
Let¡¯s get going then.
Find Vayne, wherever he¡¯s perched, and knock him off.
Imperial
They hide in the sun!
Imperial
Counter-air battery destroyed!
???
Enemy squadrons still incoming!
What are you waiting for?
Fire! Fire!
Zargabaath
Is this their worst?
Resistant
Evasive hard aport!
Ondore
The line is drawn.
Fran
The Resistance fights their battle well.
We dare not fail them.
We dare not falter.
Vaan
Stop worrying.
We just have to clean up here, and then Ashe¡¯ll be the queen.
Penelo
It¡¯s kind of hard to believe.
I can¡¯t even imagine trying to rule a whole kingdom.
Basch
A queen might always ¡°run away¡± with the help of a sky pirate looking to raise his bounty ???.
Balthier
I doubt our queen would need the help of any sky pirates.
Ashe
Do you really think me as strong as all that?
Vaan
Who said anything about strong?
You¡¯ll make it.
You got good friends.
Basch
So you have lived.
Gabranth
I am Judge Magister.
Even in disgrace.
My just reward for aiding the Empire that destroyed my homeland.
Basch
Gabranth. Do not blame yourself anymore.
Gabranth
You confound me, Brother!
You failed Landis, you failed Dalmasca¡all you were to protect.
Yet you still hold on to your honor.
How?
Basch
I had someone more important to defend.
And defend her I have.
How is it that you have survived?
Is it not because you defend Lord Larsa?
Gabranth
Silence!
All was stripped from me!
Only hatred for the brother who fled our homeland remains mine.
Tell me: why do you forsake that which you must hold most precious?
Basch
I do as I must, brother.
Or is that not answer enough?
Gabranth
Futile, Basch! Long have I walked in Hatred¡¯s company.
As long as I can curse your name I shall not be defeated!
Basch
Then come!
Wield your hatred and crush me.
I welcome it!
Gabranth
Have you your fill of this?
Basch
I would ask you the same.
Let this end, Noah.
Gabranth
I¡¯ve no right to be called by that name.
Basch
Then live.
And reclaim it.
Vayne
I bid you welcome to my sky fortress, the Bahamut.
I must apologize for my delay in welcoming you aboard my ship.
Permit me to ask:
Who are you?
An angel of vengeance?
Or perchance a saint of salvation?
Ashe
I am simply myself.
No more and no less.
And I want only to be free.
Vayne
Such a woman is not fit to bear the burden of fule.
Weep for Dalmasca, for She is lost.
Observe well, Larsa.
Watch and mark you the suffering of one who must rule, yet lacks the power.
Larsa
No.
No, Brother.
I will not.
Though I lack your power, I will still persist.
Vayne
Bold words, child.
Gabranth
Lord Larsa¡
Vayne
Your lives are forfeit, and your insurgence with them. Dalmasca will again know order.
For good and all, I shall bring your futile attempts at rebellion to an end.
Larsa
Lord Brother!
Vaan
Larsa!
Ashe
Manufacted nethicite!
Vayne
Behold the power left me by our fallen friend.
Gabranth, you will defend my brother.
He will have much need in the hell to follow.
Gabranth
Yes, I will defend Lord Larsa!
Vayne
The hound strays.
Treason bears a price.
Gabranth
One I gladly pay.
Vayne
Ivalice will know a new Dynast-King, and Man will keep his own history!
The tyranny of the gods is ended!
We are their puppets no more!
The freedom for which we have longed is at hand!
Gabranth
Even a stray has pride!
Here I pay my debt.
Vayne
Burn in hell, Gabranth!
Gabranth
Basch, tell me.
He is a good master?
Basch
Aye.
Vayne
Venat!
I have failed us both.
I am no Dynast-King.
You must find another.
One who might realize your ambitions.
Venat
They are fulfilled beyond your knowing.
The Cryst is sundered, age of Stones complete.
From the undying ones the world is freed.
Together we gao.
Come.
Vayne
Won¡¯t Cid be eager to learn what has happened here.
History begins anew.
Balthier
Well?
Can we fly?
Fran
No fuel goes to the glossair engines.
Balthier
Damn!
Vann, you¡¯re in charge.
I¡¯m checking the engine room.
Vaan
Right.
Balthier
Fran, with me!
Ashe
Look! Bahamut¡¯s glossair rings are stopping!
Balthier
Vaan!
As soon as the Strahl¡¯s rings move, you take off. Understood?
You can fly her, Vaan.
Just do it like I told you.
Vaan
Don¡¯t worry.
Fran
Penelo, watch for interference from Bahamut¡¯s skystone.
The Strahl¡¯s a fickle girl.
You keep her working for us.
Penelo
I¡¯ll see what I can do.
Gabranth
Basch.
Look after Larsa, will you?
If House Solidor should crumble, the Empire would fail, and civil war would take us all.
Basch
I understand.
Gabranth
Lord Larsa is our last hope.
Penelo
Vaan, the power¡¯s back!
We can go!
Vaan
Right! Let¡¯s go!
Grab onto something!
Resistant
Sir!
It¡¯s the Strahl!
She¡¯s left Bahamut.
She¡¯s moving away!
Ondore
The Strahl!
They made it!
At last.
The Bahamut has fallen!
The final test is upon us.
The Judges shall rule us on more!
Main cannon on the Alexander!
Gabranth?
This is Judge Magister Gabranth.
All quarters cease fire!
I repeat: All units of the Archadian army, hold your fire!
The battle is over!
As of this moment, we have signed a cease-fire with Ashelia B¡¯nargin Dalmasca¡Her Royal Majesty.
Larsa
Attention.
This is Larsa Ferrinas Solidor.
My brother Vayne has died with honor in battle.
The Imperial Fleet is now under my command!
Resistant
Sir! Your orders, sir?
Ashe
This is Ashelia Dalmasca.
Ondore
The Lady Ashe!
Thank the gods you live!
Ashe
I confirm what Judge Magister Gabranth and Larsa Solidor have said here.
Please, stand down your attack.
The war is over.
Ivalice looks to the horizon.
A new day has dawned.
We are free!
Penelo
Look Vaan, the Bahamut!
Resistant
A message from the Alexander!
Ondore
Take it.
Resistant
Sir.
Zargabaath
This is Judge Zargabaath, captain of the Alexander, flagship of the 12th Dalmascan Fleet the Arcadian army.
I address all ships in Rabanastre¡¯s airspace.
The Bahamut must not be allowed to fall on the city of Rabanastre!
We are preparing to ram her!
Do not interfere!
Ondore
Madness!
Zargabaath
Should she fall, the paling will not hold, and all Rabanastre will be obliterated!
All ships concentrate your fire on the Alexander¡¯s remains once Bahamut is clear of the city.
Balthier
Hasty, aren¡¯t they. I think it¡¯s a little early to be throwing away our lives just yet.
Vaan
Balthier?
Wait, Balthier,
Where are you!?
Balthier
Ah, Vaan!
Sounds like you made it out okay!
The Strahl¡¯s a fine airship, eh?
Ondore
What does he think he¡¯s doing?
Balthier!
Balthier
Marquis! Stop that fool Judge on the Alexander for me, would you?
Just getting somewhere with these glossair rings. Almost done!
Don¡¯t want him ramming me before I fix them, do we?
Ashe
Balthier! Do you understand exactly what it is you¡¯re doing?
Balthier
Princess!
No need to worry.
I hope you haven¡¯t forgotten my role in this little story.
I¡¯m the leading man.
You know what they say about the leading man?
He never dies.
Let¡¯s fly!
Fran! Power to the glossair rings.
Fran?
Do I have to do everything around here?
Ashe
Listen to me, Balthier.
Get out of Bahamut immediately!
Please, Balthier!
You mustn¡¯t die!
Please, Balthier.
Come back.
Fran
I¡¯d say you¡¯re in more of a supporting role.
Balthier
Fran, please.
Vaan, the Strahl¡¯s in your hands!
You¡¯d better take care of her, you hear?
If there¡¯s one scratch on her when I get back ¨C
Vaan
Roger that.
We¡¯ll be waiting for you.
Ashe
Balthier¡
