Silver Snow Verdant Wind
Available: Until The Chaos of War Until The Chaos of War
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Ferdinand enters the scene
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Ferdinand
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Hah! Haagh! Take that! Yaa!
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Ferdinand
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Aaargh!
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Byleth enters the scene
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Ferdinand
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Yes. I am in a hurry.
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Ferdinand
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Oh, you know. There is always something. It never ends.
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Ferdinand
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Lately I have been feeling uneasy. Impatient.
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Ferdinand
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Edelgard claims victory after victory. She never stops.
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Five years ago, she ascended the throne and swept away the corrupt nobles. My father included.
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I always thought I would be the one to unseat him. But she did it instead—with all the ease and indifference of someone cracking an egg.
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Now, as the head of House Aegir, I serve Edelgard. I have to accept that I am her subordinate, working beneath her to reunify Fódlan.
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She put my father under house arrest. She stripped House Aegir of its power.
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Rather than accepting a role as her puppet, I left. Now I fight to topple the Empire.
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The disparity between Edelgard and myself is...obvious.
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She never stops moving forward. Single-minded. Never wavering.
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But where does that leave me? Here, flailing about, going nowhere, contributing nothing...
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That's not true.
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But it is! That is the reality.
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Not once, since our days at the academy, have I exceeded Edelgard's abilities.
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I saw her as a worthy opponent. She did not even see me as a contender. She did not even consider me at all.
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Ferdinand
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Perhaps my standing now is a little better than it was. But I am still playing second fiddle.
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Ferdinand
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As the head of the noble House Aegir, I must be able to achieve results.
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But all my efforts have come to nothing.
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Ferdinand
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Results are everything. I have not shown results, so I will be stagnating here forever.
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Ferdinand
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I appreciate your kind words, but you are wrong.
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I appreciate that, but it is not enough to persuade me.
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I know that I have a massive wall to climb, and I must climb it alone.
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Even so...may I ask a favor?
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Yes?
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Ferdinand
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Professor, please keep an eye on my progress.
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I would appreciate if you were always by my side, bearing witness to my accomplishments.