But alas, I had to be swift and merciless for the sake of the hostages. This was a pretty short, simple chapter otherwise.
Chapter 22 - Solo: Finished.
Ike & Soren: Stayed in the center, where they took on all comers, Soren taking a quick second to drop a Meteor on the Bolting Sage (whose tome came flying over to him from the explosion. How convenient!) as Ike killed all of the incoming archers, and then once all the treasure had been claimed, Soren dropped a pair of Meteors on Schaeffer.
Mist & Mordecai: Different pair than usual, but Jill and Mist can't shove, so they needed to switch things up a bit. They took the northeastern treasure room with Sothe as their thief, and simply pushed their way through all of the enemies until it was safe, and Sothe came in and sacked the place.
Jill & Stefan: Took the northwestern side with Volke, and after cleaning up the area of foes, Volke took his fair share.
Schaeffer: Got crushed to death by enormous flaming rocks. Not much else to say.
VS Schaeffer: The irony of the situation didn't escape from Soren. This man who had appeared before them was a mercenary working for Daein before Nevassa was taken, by the looks of it, and probably feared that Ike would kill him for working for Daein, and so created this trap when the group had approached the temple. This man obviously hadn't been very well informed, and so didn't know that Ike would have left him to go about his business had he not taken the clergymen of this temple hostage. Upon making that fatal mistake, Ike's wrath was incurred, and the man condemned his troop to death.
After the signal was given by the thieves that all of the treasure was secured, Soren readied the Meteor tome the group had received from the sage who had joined them before the battle in Talrega, finally putting the rare tome to good use. Soren set his aim, having a clear shot at the ignorant man, who believed so long as he had enough hostages around him, he was untouchable. Soren incanted, and watched the spell unfold.
Two blazing stones, each about the size of a small horse, materialized in the air above Schaeffer, who had not yet noticed them. He saw the clergymen around him shuffling away, and as the first stone struck, he quickly learned why. The first of the flaming projectiles slammed into the mans left shoulder, where his axe was resting. A scream of agony resounded as the wooden part of his axe splintered into his shoulder, while his left arm and most of his foot were torn off and crushed under the fiery rock which had embedded itself into the marble floor. The man attempted to escape, but the haze of pain and his mostly missing foot restricted him, and so the second meteor fell upon him, crushing the terrified and still screaming man beneath it with a grotesque crunch audible even as far back as where Soren was standing, leaving only the echo of his screams as evidence that the man had ever walked these halls.
Up Next: We head to the Riven Bridge, where we shall deal with tedious traps, sleepy wyvern knights, and a very miffed Daein Rider.
Comment Question: So, Siege tomes are fairly fun. I've noticed however, that I don't really use them that much, mostly due to their rarity, and while I try to let them be useful, they quickly fall into Too Awesome to Use territory unless I explicitly plan ahead to use them. What types of weapons are simply Too Awesome to Use for you in any Fire Emblem game?
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