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03/22/10(Mon)15:07 No. 32434427 A
couple of bits of info from watching the crunchysub: Hopkins has
been following the Roman army for the past month, during their advance
through No Man's Land. The Romans were basically chest-beating during
the peace talks. Hopkins was under orders from the Archduke to observe,
but do not attack. Hopkins, thirsting for war, was planning on executing
Aisha in front of the Roman forces to provoke an attack. Kanata had
heard the bugle sounding the cease-fire early in the episode. Hopkins
chose to ignore it and ordered his troops to advance and attack anyway. Aisha
(and the Romans) have a slightly different take on the Maidens of Fire
legend. The maidens were protectors. Many years ago, before the world
became as it is now, God sent an angel to punish the world. The angel
was wounded, and set his wings down to rest, at a western-end town. It
was the maidens, who lived in the city's fortress, who saved him. He was
sent to destroy them, but they took pity on his wounds. Gaining the
help of a giant spider, they gave the angel refuge at the bottom of the
valley. Each, in turn, embraced the angel's neck to keep the blood from
pouring out. In return, he gave them a golden horn. But eventually, the
townspeople found him there. They set fire to the valley, burning the
maidens and taking the angel's head. The legend says then armies of
angels appeared, covering the sky. Then a miracle happened. A glorious
sound filled the air, and the angels left. The last maiden had used her
final breath to sound the golden horn.