Montagne/History

## Administration Failure

During Operation Troubleshooting, Montagne's squad, Cardenas Division, and Aksha Division fought against the Elysium Philharmonic but were nearly wiped out by the Shadow group. Instead of outright killing her, the Elysium members began cruelly toying with the Deputy Commander until Fenrir Division arrived and drove them out. Montagne, enraged at their late arrival, attempts to attack Fenrir but is taken away to the infirmary by Na Yubin.

At some point after the Operation, Montagne was placed in cryostasis.

## Post-Admin. Failure

Sometime after waking up from cryostasis, Montagne formed the Brothers Abandoned, a group of ex-Old Admin. soldiers who shared the same hatred towards the Administration. She then sets out to seek vengeance against Maestra Nequitia.

Montagne, using information obtained from Gremory, tracked down Mors and found her hiding out in the Northern Union's sphere of influence. Mors asked who she wasand demanded her to leave, but Montagne refused and told her that she ended up in such a miserable state because she cares too much about humans. Mors realized she was a survivor of the Old Administration and said she's not welcome as a guest in their ranks. Montagne asked Mors for help in defeating Maestra and explain to her that the Shadow conductor was still alive and disguised as a regular human being; she revealed that, while Maestra's core was destroyed, Maestra managed to escaped to this world before dying. Mors claimed that she is not as strong as she used to be, but Montagne claims that the same is true of Maestra, who has only been on the Normalside for 20 years in a human vessel. Montagne finally reveals her identity as Cardenas Deputy commander Montagne to Mors.

### Gronia

Montagne and Mors arrived at rebel camp and recruited the rebel mercenaries following the assassination of Captain Jacques, including Jacques' own son. When Mors questioned why Montagne bribed them with drugs, Montagne told Mors that humans are not unafraid of combat like Shadows so they need to have a good reason to fight. Mors dismisses the argument and says that, no matter what, she's only here to kill Maestra.

Montagne chased Yosef Klimt into a corner and revealed his identity as a member of ESPR and a double agent working against the Prydwen Institution. She said that she can't have him steal the "Catalyst", and that a lot of people are having a difficult time because of him. Yosef then attacks Montagne using the Lake of Knowledge, but Mors destroys them first. Mors then incapacitated him, but Montagne stopped her from making a killing blow as they might be able to extract information from him before he dies. Montagne admonished Mors' for her softness, but Mors dodged the remark by saying that, if the followers of Gha'agsheblah wanted the music score, it must not be ordinary music and that it must be sealed beyond human reach.

While in Parema, Gronia, Montagne spotted Revenant, real name Leah Schneider, apprehending Captain Jacques of the Gronian rebel forces and fired her sniper rifle at her but missed. She continued tracking her down afterwards.

Somewhere, Montagne and a rebel mercenary squad tried to move through an old residential district but kill all the military guards in the area when their bribery attempt on them failed. They then arrived at Leah's house and begin opening fire at the same time the city's C.O. alarm goes off, forcing Leah to lead them away while Chris, Angela and Louise escape. Revenant took out most of the rebels and confronted Montagne, but Mors came and protected Montagne and went after Revenant.

As Revenant and Alex battle Mors, Montagne attempted to kill Christina to see if Maestra would mourn the death of a friend, but her shot was interupted by remains of the Lake of Knowledge summoned by Shena. Shena tells Montagne that she can't allow her to kill Maestra and so has the Remnants attack her. Mors came to Montagne's rescue after almost being shot by the Estaques and takes her to safety.

While recovering in a rebel hideout, Montagne asked why Mors saved her instead of finishing off Maestra. Mors cut ties with Montagne because of the latter's wanton targeting of the unarmed and uninvolved in her pursuit of revenge. She left to find Maestra on her own. With her former ally now gone, Montagne ordered Jacques' son to gather the rebels and prepare for the next operation. She would send an Old Administration Sword Fighter and some of the mercenaries to infiltrate Defense Turret 4 located in Tanaberin's outer region and take control of the Estaque unit.

After having a phone conversation with Sysop, Montagne received a report by the Admin. Sword Fighter who said Shena has attacked Maze Division yet the government has not made a move and the DNS is acting suspiciously. An Admin. Shieldman then entered and told Montagne the parade is ending and the Orchestra will soon follow, so Montagne orders everyone to prepare for detonation and to move to their assigned positions.

As Maze Division engaged the Brothers Abandoned and disarmed their bombs, Montagne infiltrated the Pegasus, disabled Moneka, and confronted Chris and Louise. Chris argued that Leah is completely different from Maestra, but Montagne shows no care and threatened to hang the them to satisfy for revenge when Leah appeared behind her. Leah, pointing a gun to Montagne's head, sympathized with her for what happened to her brother but said Chris and Louise are unrelated to the matter. Noticing her hesitation, Montague tauntingly calls out on Leah's bluff that she'll shoot, stating that she's too afraid to bloody her hands in front of her family, but Leah yells at Chris and Louise to close their eyes before firing her gun and killing Montagne.