Aylanda/Supports

## With Theodor

### C Support

> **Theodor**Aylanda, are you okay? You are not hurt?**Aylanda**I am quite alright Theo. Do not worry about me.**Theodor**Please be careful in this battle. If you were to fall here...**Aylanda**Then what?**Theodor**Then the five years I spent looking for you would be for nothing.**Aylanda**Really? Is that the only reason?**Theodor**What!?**Aylanda**You make it sound like it would be an inconvenience to you.**Theodor**That is not what I meant!**Aylanda**.....**Aylanda**Forgive me Theo, That was insensitive of me.**Theodor**There is no need to ask my forgiveness, princess.**Aylanda**Am I really a princess anymore though?"**Theodor**Of course. You are the rightful princess of Andaron.**Aylanda**I think House Steel might have some objections to that claim.**Theodor**House Steel are violent usurpers. I do not care what they think.**Aylanda**And what about House Rose? If memory serves, they also suppored the rebellion.**Theodor**.....**Aylanda**Or do you not care about what your house thinks either?**Theodor**Of course I care. It was not an easy choice.**Aylanda**Why did you abandon your family for me, Theo?**Theodor**It was the right thing to do. I was your sworn retainer. Breaking an oath is the worst thing a knight can do.**Aylanda**But you had to break an oath to serve me. You broke your oath to serve House Rose.**Theodor**I would be an oathbreaker regardless of outcome.**Aylanda**So why pick your oath to me over your oath to your family? Both should have equal value.**Theodor**Because you mean more to me than my family.**Aylanda**What a terrible thing to say! You should always be loyal to your own family first.**Theodor**P-Princess... I....**Aylanda**Please leave me alone. I need to think...**Theodor**.....

### B Support

> **Aylanda**Theo, don't you ever get tired of me?**Theodor**Hmm? Where did this come from?**Aylanda**I've always been so crass with you, and yet you keep putting up with me.**Theodor**I'm your retainer. I swore an oath...**Aylanda**We already discussed this. You had to break an oath to stay with me.**Theodor**That may be true, but I made a choice, and I'm sticking with it.**Aylanda**Even on days where I get completely insufferable?**Theodor**Even on days where you get a little insufferable, yes.**Aylanda**Hahaha.**Theodor**What's so funny?**Aylanda**It is not often I get you to admit something like that. It's honestly quite refreshing.**Theodor**You find being called insufferable refreshing?**Aylanda**I wish you would speak your mind a bit more often in my presence. You don't have to pretend like being around me is all sunshine and roses.**Theodor**Most of the time I enjoy your company.**Aylanda**But not all the time?**Theodor**No. Not all the time princess.**Aylanda**What are some of the things about me that annoy you the most?**Theodor**Please. This is hardly befitting for a retainer to talk about.**Aylanda**Why not? Watching over me does not mean you have to sing my praises.**Theodor**I almost get the impression you want me to insult you.**Aylanda**I don't like being around people who praise me up into the clouds. Sometimes it's nice to just hear what people really think about me.**Theodor**Do you think I have not been honest with you?**Aylanda**Sometimes it does feels that way.**Theodor**Hmm. Well, I will try to be more honest with you from now on. If you do something that angers me, I will let you know about it.**Aylanda**Thank you, Theo. I appreciate that.

### A Support

> **Theodor**Aylanda, what do you have there?**Aylanda**I picked this for you.[Aylanda gives Theodor a rose.]**Theodor**It's a beautiful rose, just like the sigil of my house. Where did you find it?[**Aylanda**That does not matter, Theo. I want you to wear it for me.**Theodor**I would be honored to, but what brought this on all of a sudden?**Aylanda**I suppose this is my way of apologizing.**Theodor**You have nothing to apologize for.**Aylanda**I do. I am sorry for making you forsake your family.**Theodor**That was a choice I made.**Aylanda**I am sorry that I will never be able to give you a new one. In your heart, that is what you always wanted, right?**Theodor**Princess... I....**Aylanda**You mean a lot to me, you know. Just not in the way you want.**Theodor**Princess, please stop...**Aylanda**Do you think it is easy for me to see the pain I cause you? To see a person who has sacrificed so much for me. Only to get nothing in return except more suffering?**Theodor**Aylanda, shut your mouth!**Aylanda**W-What? Theo?**Theodor**For once I will allow myself to be blunt with you, princess. I will not allow you to tarnish our relationship in this way.**Aylanda**Tarnish...?**Theodor**If you think all you bring me is suffering, then release me from your service.**Aylanda**.......**Theodor**On the night where the royal castle was besieged, I made a terribly difficult choice. I chose to forsake everything I loved. Why would you insult that decision by claiming that you only bring me pain?**Aylanda**.......**Theodor**Being your retainer gives me more joy than you could possibly know. To serve and protect you gives my Knighthood meaning, and purpose. You think I am only doing this for personal gain? How insulting!**Aylanda**Theo... I am so sorry... I only meant that...**Theodor**Keep your opinions to yourself. If you think I am only doing this to get something back, then find yourself another retainer.**Aylanda**Forgive me. That was very insensitive of me.**Theodor**.......I accept your apology, princess. Can we please move on now? I just want to serve you as your retainer, like I always have.**Aylanda**Yes, Theo. I would lilke that. I am very happy to have you.**Theodor**Thank you for the rose. I will wear it with pride.**Aylanda**I love you, Theo. You really mean the world to me.**Theodor**I... love you too, Ayla.

## With Zakarias

### C Support

> **Aylanda**Zakarias, do you have a moment?**Zakarias**What is it, Lightbringer?**Aylanda**May I ask what you were doing back at
> that Lightbringer Shrine in Silvermist?**Zakarias**The same as you.**Aylanda**You were there to restore it?**Zakarias**Correct.**Aylanda**How did you know it was defiled?**Zakarias**I had no way of knowing.**Aylanda**But you came there anyway?
> Was it just a lucky guess?**Zakarias**The shrine was on my path.
> I was merely passing through.**Aylanda**Dressed as a war monk...**Zakarias**.......**Aylanda**I do think it strange that
> you pose as one of them.**Zakarias**I do not pose.**Aylanda**The last War Monks died
> out hundreds of years ago.**Zakarias**Not all of them.**Aylanda**But if you are one of them...
> You would be very, very old.**Zakarias**.......**Aylanda**How have you survived for so long?**Zakarias**In time, I will tell you.

### B Support

> **Aylanda**Zakarias, I just went over some old tomes.**Zakarias**Yes?**Aylanda**The only "Zakarias" that ever existed
> among the War Monks was the first. He was the brother of Lady Dawn.**Zakarias**Indeed.**Aylanda**You are truly... him?**Zakarias**Yes.**Aylanda**But... how?**Zakarias**Every ancestor was sealed away.
> However, I am different.
> Every century, Lumina awakens
> me to wander the land.
> I travel to each of the shrine to
> check that they are maintained.**Aylanda**So that is what you were
> doing when we found you.**Zakarias**When I awoke, I saw that
> every shrine was destroyed.
> Imagine my despair.**Aylanda**So that is why you
> decided to join us.**Zakarias**Also correct.**Aylanda**According to legends, you had a
> massive falling out with your sister.
> You killed the man she loved...**Zakarias**.......**Aylanda**I am sorry, I did not mean to...**Zakarias**It is okay... It is in... the past.**Aylanda**Zakarias...

### A Support

> **Zakarias**You look uneasy, Lightbringer.**Aylanda**Zakarias, I worry for the future.**Zakarias**Why?**Aylanda**I worry that everything we
> have fought for will vanish...**Zakarias**I understand. I worry too.
> However, fear not.**Aylanda**How could I not worry
> in times like these?**Zakarias**No matter what happens,
> I will continue to fight.
> I won't let our family fall.**Aylanda**Thank you, Zakarias.
> That makes me glad.**Zakarias**As the first War Monk, I refuse to rest
> until evil is cleansed from Aurora.**Aylanda**Then I shall stand beside you
> in that fight, Master Zakarias.**Zakarias**We will fight for a better future.

## With Harriet

### C Support

> **Harriet**What are you standing
> around here for, child?**Aylanda**Oh, Lady Harriet. Forgive me,
> I was just lost in thought.**Harriet**You're on a battlefield you idiot.
> People can die if you slip up.**Aylanda**F-Forgive me, Lady Harriet.
> I'll pay more attention.**Harriet**Good. Don't make Lady Iris
> turn around in her grave.[Harriet leaves.]**Aylanda**My mother... Does she know her?
> Oh, of course... She is.... How could I be so stupid?

### B Support

> **Aylanda**Harriet, I've been meaning to speak
> with you. It's about our... families.**Harriet**Oh, finally decided to address the
> elephant in the room, have we?**Aylanda**Well, yes. You were married to Lord
> Wander, of House Ring, correct?
> My mother was also a Ring noble.**Harriet**That's right, kid. I was a noble of
> House Ring once, a lifetime ago.**Aylanda**So, you are...my relative, then?**Harriet**By marriage I suppose. Why?**Aylanda**It's just that I never saw you around
> the palace growing up, why is that?**Harriet**My husband was not on the best of
> terms with the rest of his family.
> He had a drinking problem that led
> to him falling into an early grave.
> House Ring thought it best not to
> involve him too much with royalty.**Aylanda**I'm so sorry Lady Harriet, I didn't know...
> Mother never talked about this.**Harriet**Of course Iris wouldn't pollute her
> daughter's ears with such filth.
> She always did shield you from
> the terrible truths of our world.**Aylanda**You speak with some contempt
> in your voice for my mother...**Harriet**Not contempt. Iris wasn't a bad
> woman, she was just a bit naive.**Aylanda**If you wouldn't mind, would you tell
> me about my mother sometime?**Harriet**Not now. We're in a battle.**Aylanda**What about next time
> we make camp?**Harriet**Pah. If it pleases you.**Aylanda**It would.

### A Support

> **Aylanda**Lady Harriet, thank you so much.**Harriet**Hmm? What do you want?**Aylanda**I just want to tell you I'm grateful for the story you told me about mother. About how she snuck away during the rebellion to heal the commoners. Father never told me about this.**Harriet**That's because King Kaethis was furious. He didn't like what Iris did that day. He said it was not befitting for a queen to wade into the muck to heal peasants.**Aylanda**My mother really was a good person.
> That brings me so much joy.**Harriet**Lady Iris had her good qualities,
> but she was far from perfect. But I suppose her desire to heal everyone was a good thing.**Aylanda**Lady Harriet, I have a favor to ask of you.
> Can you teach me how to improve? At healing I mean, I want to be as skilled as my mother was tending to wounds.**Harriet**Hmpf... I suppose I could
> teach you a little bit. Can't hurt to pass down a thing or two before I die.**Aylanda**Please don't speak such words. You have many years left!**Harriet**With my aching bones I
> sure as hell hope not.**Aylanda**Well, I for one have enjoyed our talks greatly.
> They've brought me much
> joy in these sorrowful times.**Harriet**Well, I suppose I am glad I could at least
> do that for the daughter of Lady Iris. Anyway, pay attention. I'm going to teach you a few things about wielding a staff!

## With Albert

### C Support

> **Albert**Aylanda, are you well?**Aylanda**Considering the circumstances, I guess
> I should be grateful to just be alive.**Albert**Indeed. These are dark times indeed.
> You must be grieving Baudimon still.**Aylanda**Yes...**Albert**Is something amiss? You stare at
> me like you've seen a ghost.**Aylanda**....... Albert isn't your real name, is it? You are a Lightbringer...**Albert**.......**Aylanda**Lord Alasdair... Why did you do it? Why did you try to kill my father? Are you the same as Mortimer?**Albert**I don't know if I'm ready to answer that question yet. We have more important things to worry about.**Aylanda**You are right, we do indeed, but that won't distract me. Before long I will demand an answer to this question. Fail to answer, and I won't tolerate your presence here. I WILL hear your story...**Albert**Yes, child.

### B Support

> **Albert**I tried warning your father,
> but he refused to listen.**Aylanda**.......**Albert**The rebellion, the Demons, the demise of House Lightbringer. I predicted them all. I lost count of how many times I charged into the Throne Room to yell at him. He brushed aside each of my warnings, he called me paranoid, a coward...**Aylanda**.......**Albert**Kaethis felt like his rule was blessed by the Divines. Questioning it was akin to doubting their Divinity. In the end, I gave up trying to convince him with words.**Aylanda**.......**Albert**I gathered my most loyal students, and in the middle of the night, we struck. We barged into my brothers private chambers, ready to end his life... However, King Kaethis was not there. The room was silent as a grave.**Aylanda**.......**Albert**Suddenly, soldiers were all around us. Someone had alerted them to our ploy. My students fought fiercely, but all of them were killed by the Royal Guard. Only I escaped the mayhem by cutting a path through a group of soldiers.**Aylanda**.......**Albert**For several weeks I fled as my brother's wrath followed me across Andaron. He chased me until the rebellion broke out, at which point he became distracted.**Aylanda**.......**Albert**During this time I wandered Andaron and killed as many rebels as I could. I knew my brother would never forgive my treatchery, but I wanted to help. I must have killed hundreds on my own. I became known as a Sword Demon. They called me a Lightbringer ghost. Despite my efforts, my brother lost and our family was wiped out... After that I cut my white hair away to avoid King Thorgrim's wrath.**Aylanda**.......**Albert**And that is my story...**Aylanda**I see. Thank you for
> sharing it with me.**Albert**What will you do now?**Aylanda**I need some time to think.
> We will speak again, Albert.**Albert**As you wish, child.

### A Support

> **Aylanda**Lord Alasdair.**Albert**Yes, child?**Aylanda**Do you regret trying
> to kill my father?**Albert**Not a day goes by where I don't.**Aylanda**So you don't think you
> did the right thing?**Albert**No.**Aylanda**But the truth is, if you had succeeded, House Lightbringer would still be here. My entire family... would still be here.**Albert**The Rebellion could just have well have happened even with me on the throne. There's no guarantee that I would do things any different from King Kaethis.**Aylanda**I loved my father, but he was a fool. He loved to drink, dance and cavort. I never believed the rumors, but they were also hard to ignore entirely.**Albert**Kaethis had his flaws, but he was a good man. He always treated me well. I loved him dearly.**Aylanda**I should hate you for what you did, but for some reason, I find myself sympathizing. Even though my heart tells me you tried to murder my father, I cannot get angry. Logically, you are no better than Mortimer. And yet, I see you in a different light.**Albert**It is a tempting thing, doing evil things for the sake of the greater good. We Lightbringers often fall victim to delusions of grandeur, it is our curse. Blessed by the Divines we may all be, but in the end, we are human... And humans are sinners...**Aylanda**So in your eyes, the ends
> never justify the means?**Albert**Selling your own soul to achieve victory is no victory at all. This is the very deal Demons try to make with humans... There's a good reason for that.**Aylanda**Thank you, Lord Alasdair.
> I have learned much. today.**Albert**I have something for you child.
> This belonged to your father.**Aylanda**It's a beautiful staff.**Albert**I've carried it for years, though I could never force myself to use it. It feels right to give it to you.**Aylanda**Thank you Alas... Albert. I will treasure it.

## With Dawn

### C Support

> **Dawn**What barbaric sight is this?!**Aylanda**Lady Dawn? What
> is bothering you?**Dawn**The Lightbringer heir fighting a bunch of savages, pregnant! Pray tell, do you not care for the baby boy inside of you?**Aylanda**That is... wait, did you say baby boy?!**Dawn**Yes, I can sense you carry a male prince inside your belly.**Aylanda**Oh, that is... that's so
> wonderful, Lady Dawn.**Dawn**But dare not change the subject! You shall not fight these brutes! What is this rambunctious army for if not for keeping you safe?**Aylanda**I can't just sit idly and be a burden, Lady Dawn. This is my new family. I must provide for them just as they have for me all this time. And besides... This whole conflict started because of my existance...**Dawn**Hah, typical child behaviour. You whippersnappers always think the world revolves around you.**Aylanda**But... it's true...**Dawn**No, it is not! You are but collateral damage to a vast political webbing. Many ploys and relationships by a thousand years of development. You children always see things as they are presented in front of you. But that bastard Mortimer did his ways because of the Steel Leader. And Thorgrim's actions were due to your own father's. It is not simple.**Aylanda**When you put it that way...**Dawn**No will is individual, no story is singular. All are shaped by collective actions.**Aylanda**You are as wise as the teachings
> describe, Lady Dawn. I apologize.**Dawn**It is part of my role as your elder to educate you, child. For your family could not, I will lead you to be a Queen.**Aylanda**Then... let me help my people by healing the army from the rear.**Dawn**Acceptable for now, I will make sure to kick the enemies' behinds. But if I see you again, I will kick your Lightbringer behind as well!**Aylanda**So I better hide from
> you next time, then!**Dawn**I'm serious!**Aylanda**You really do care about me,
> Lady Dawn. Thank you...

### B Support

> **Dawn**There you are, child! What
> do you think you are doing?!**Aylanda**Lady Dawn... I'm sorry. I...
> I had to speak with you.**Dawn**What could be so important that
> you dared disobey my command?**Aylanda**I know you ordered me to not stand on the battlefield. But I had a vision. It was of Jakka and the others... They were facing a huge army led by Mortimer. A battalion ten times the size of ours attacking us.**Dawn**...**Aylanda**What does that mean, Lady Dawn?! I couldn't sleep at all because of it. Was it... just a nightmare I dreamt? But it felt so real, so frightening...**Dawn**...That was a vision from the future.
> What you saw will become reality.**Aylanda**Lady Dawn... I can't take this... what'll become of everyone then? How can I live knowing so much more conflict will surround us?**Dawn**And yet, what will you do?**Aylanda**H-huh?...**Dawn**Listen child, destiny does not care about what you feel. Cry and wail as you like, but time will flow unwaveringly. So I ask, knowing what will happen: what will you do?**Aylanda**I... I can only think of one thing... and you will not like it one bit... but all it tells me is that I have to fight, even if it's impossible... Giving up is not something I can do, not now or ever.**Dawn**Spoken like a Lightbringer. In truth, it is about what I expected of you to say. The apple truly does not fall far from it's tree.**Aylanda**So... do you feel the
> same, Lady Dawn?**Dawn**Yes, naturally. I came to this world once again so I could protect our legacy. So I will fight with my life to end this idiotic war and save you.**Aylanda**It's... embarassing... I don't
> even know what to say...**Dawn**Then say nothing more.
> Instead, grab my hand.**Aylanda**W-what?**Dawn**Just do it, stubborn child!**Aylanda**Y-Yes ma'am!**Dawn**...**Aylanda**...? What is this feeling...?**Dawn**It is done, you may leave my personal space now.**Aylanda**Sorry! Uhm... what exactly just happened?**Dawn**Couldn't you feel?
> I read your aura.**Aylanda**Yes, I felt a very bright and warm feeling all around me. Though it is weird to 'feel' brightness, it's how I felt it. But, I still don't know exactly what reading auras means...**Dawn**Your aura speaks volumes, much like an open book. And from that I grabbed part of yours and added it to mine. With that, I can hone my light magic abilities ever so slightly.**Aylanda**I'm astounded, Lady Dawn. You make it seem so easy. If it helps you, then I'm glad to do it, as much as I can!**Dawn**Don't get ahead of yourself, any more and you're at risk. Your aura is like the veins in your body, it is your magic. With this particle, I will better my abilities to protect you. For the safety of you and the child you carry, leave it to me.**Aylanda**You're right, Lady Dawn...**Dawn**I will fight while I can, however I must look out for my baby. It makes me so happy to know I have you to keep me at ease.**Aylanda**It is my duty as a mother to provide for my children. And one day, you shall do the same for your youngling.**Dawn**Thank you, Lady Dawn... I promise I will carry on.