your character?! Oh, it's so good to see you!

I've just started a research project but I'm completely stuck for lack of documents. I'm simply beside myself with impatience!

But perhaps your arrival is more than just chance. Maybe the Shedim Lords wish to speed my research.

I'm trying to uncover information about Brusthonin before the Cataclysm. Back in those days the area was defended by the legendary Red Sky Legion under General Virkel.

They fought bravely against the Zunewgishe Legion under Dragon Lord Beritra. I'm planning to research how the battles went and how they defeated the Zunewgishe Legion.

Unfortunately, the contamination in that area wiped out virtually all records of the war.

Oh, it's important! I think we can learn things that will be of great use in our battles against the Balaur. I learned that some veterans of these ancient battles still live in Baltasar Hill Village!

I want to go interview them but my request was denied. They say I'd only interrupt reconstruction and "get in the way." Me, in the way? Can you imagine?!

But no one would stop you from going there! Could you go to the Baltasar Hill Village and speak to some of the veterans for me?

Thank you so much! This will be vital to our war effort, I promise.

Take this Book of Record. It records Human voices automatically. The paper is made from Aether powder mixed with enchanted materials. It's invaluable in my research.

Go to the Baltasar Hill Village to meet Heintz, Ervin, and Helmut, and record their accounts of the battles.

Do you agree with them? Do you think I'd be in the way? Oh maybe I would be a little, but you have to understand how important this research is.

I only need you to trust me, your character.

Please?

Welcome, young Daeva!

The harder we work, the faster we will reclaim this land. I always welcome Daevas who come here to help with our great cause. So many died for this place, we must reclaim it in their memory.

But you seem to have a question on your tongue. What is it?

You want to interview me about fighting Beritra? Well, if it helps us fight the Balaur, I'm happy to tell you everything.

I was barely ascended at the time. The Balaur were determined to occupy Brusthonin and sent the Zunewgishe Legion against us. We'd all heard of them and most of us were scared, but we weren't going to run.

The Red Sky Legion inspired us to stand our ground. Without the excellent leadership of Brigade General Virkel, we would have lost all of Brusthonin to the Balaur.

So, you'd like to know what I experienced on that terrible day so long ago?

My perspective may be different from others you'll speak to. You see, at that time I was still Human. We could tell that even the Daevas were afraid, and that terrified us. We couldn't escape though, so that left us no choice but to stand up to the Balaur.

Can you imagine Humans standing up to Balaur? My father made arrows for the Daevas. My mother cooked food for the soldiers.

I carried Odella powder from the village to the camp for the Daevas--to keep up their energy for fighting.

One day the whole world shook, and there was fire and then darkness. It was the Cataclysm, though I didn't know it at the time. I was scared, so I ran off to hide.

I must have been unconscious for some time, but when I woke up I knew I'd ascended. My parents died in the disaster. Considering what happened here later, I am glad they found peace.

A scholarly work, eh? I have to say it's a good thing you came instead of Moreinen. Brusthonin is too dangerous for scholars.

To be honest, I'm reluctant to recall those days. Not to belittle the accomplishments of more recent battles, but Beritra's Zunewgishe Legion was the most terrifying thing I ever faced.

I was a raw recruit at the time. I shudder when I think of how incompetent I was. But if my story will help in fighting the Balaur, I'll do it.

When the Aetheric Field fell, the Balaur attacked at once. The Red Sky Legion went out to meet them.

They were the best. We all respected them tremendously. Even when Dragon Lord Beritra entered the fray, they stood firm. Thanks to their Cleric, Angeiya, they resisted the fear Beritra projected.

They held the Balaur back long enough for the field to regenerate, but they were overwhelmed and destroyed.

Oh! your character! You're back!

Did you collect the veterans' accounts in the Book of Records?

Thank you so much. I'll review this carefully. I'm eager to see what role the Red Sky Legion really played.

Was a great victory based on the abilities of just a few remarkable Daevas? If so, should we create units composed only of elite Daevas?

Some favor spreading our veterans around so they can serve as mentors to the young. Perhaps now I can determine which strategy is the best.

1. Go to Brusthonin and talk with Heintz.

2. Talk with Ervin.

3. Talk with Helmut.

4. Go to Pandaemonium and talk with Moreinen.

To help Moreinen do her research, you promised to go to Baltasar Hill Village and interview Elder Daevas about their wartime experiences.

Moreinen has read about ancient battles against Balaur in Brusthonin before the Cataclysm.

Being a scholar, she couldn't go to dangerous Brusthonin herself. So you took the Book of Record and gathered stories from several elder Daevas who served in Brusthonin.

When you returned with the interviews, Moreinen was thrilled and got right to work on her strategic research on the Red Sky Legion.