RECORD OF LODOSS WAR
EPISODE #6
"THE SWORD OF THE EMPEROR OF DARKNESS"

	Narrator	
The war between the gods of light and darkness reached a climax in 
which the mother goddess of the earth, Marfa, and the malevolent goddess, 
Kardis, battled to the end.
After the fierce battle, the two goddesses perished like a flame flickering 
away on the newly created land which was separated by the battle.
This land was later named by the people as the cursed island, "Lodoss."

(opening theme song <pending translation>)

<Beginning Credits to all of Lodoss episodes>
(in Japanese order)
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Head of Production
	Kadokawa Rekigen
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Planning by
	Tamaya Takeshi
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Original Work by
	Yasuda Hitoshi
	Mizuno Ryo
	(Kadokawa Bookstore Publishing, Kadokawa Library)

Series Composition by
	Watanabe Osane
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Music by
	Hagita Mitsuo
Opening Theme Song			Ending Theme Song
"Adesso e Fortuna" 			"Fantasia of the Wind"
(Italian for "The Best of Times")
-Flame and Eternity-
Lyrics Composer: Arai Akino		Lyrics Composer: Ito Kaoru
Music Composer:	"        "		Music Composer:   "       "
			Arrangement: Hagita Mitsuo
			Singer: Sherry (Victor Records)
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Original Character Draft by
	Izubuchi Yutaka

Character Design by
	Yuki Nobuteru

Minor Character Design by
	Minowa Yutaka
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Art Supervision by
	Kaneko Hidetoshi
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Photographing Supervision by
	Ukawa Kinichi
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Sound Supervision by
	Honda Yasunori
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Producer
	Ikeda Kensho
	Maruyama Masao
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Coordinator
	Takanashi Yumiko
	(Office Eyes)
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General Director
	Nagao Akinori
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In Production with
	Kadokawa Bookstore
	Marubeni
	Tokyo Broadcast
	Kadokawa Media Office

(episode title)

<Soldiers fight and get killed>

	Men
Oh...

	Guards
Get the unarmed inside and circle around them for protection.

	Beld
Go, Ashram.
If we win here, Faunn will definitely come out.

	Man
Damn you, you demon

	Beld
Soon, I will let you meet your true enemy.

	Faunn
So, they are finally coming.

	Narrator
Aware of purpose of the witch, Karla, Pan and the others quickly left from 
the sage, Wort, back to Vallis. However, the evil Beld continued the invasion 
at a faster rate than Vallis had calculated. After the dark forces had passed, 
all that was left for the people was scorched earth, and despair so great that 
prayers would not heal it.

<The party comes and sees the corpses of bodies lying on the ground. Pan 
finds one that is barely alive>

	Pan
Hang on. Are you okay?

	Deid
Hang on.

	Wood
Wha'?

	Pan
They didn't have to do this much.

	Wood
This is what war is.

	Pan
Vallis won't be this cruel.
<editor's note--Pan is saying, after seeing the carnage, that the soldiers of 
Vallis will not be like the soldiers of Marmo and leave such a carnage>

	Wood
Wha'?

	Deid
Maybe not. But war, it doesn't choose people, warriors, villagers, women, 
children, elders. It doesn't sort them out one by one, who will die, and who 
will not.

	Slayn
Pan
You go ahead and return to King Faunn.

	Pan
Slayn, if we just leave like this...

	Slayn
Leave this to us.

	Eto
I'm sure King Faunn is anxiously awaiting for your arrival.

	Pan
But...
You're right.

	Deid
Then we'll go ahead, right Pan?

	Pan
Wha'? Yeah

	Wood
Wha'? No way.

<Pan and Deid get on horses>

	Pan
Eto

	Eto
We'll do what we can.

<Pan and Deid leave>

	Pan
Giddyap

	Deid
Giddyap

	Wood
Hey. Wait a minute. I'm going too.

MARMO ENCAMPMENT

	Man
Wha'?
Uhn?

	Ashram
Kashue's army will depart Vallis tomorrow. More than likely, he'll come face 
to face with this army.

	Beld
Hmm, Ashram, go ahead with your troops and set up.

	Ashram
Is this going to be a surprise attack?

	Beld
If we continued as we were, we'd be hung.
Don't think of all the things you destroy as a sacrifice. Think of it as a shield. 
If you die, you'll be remembered as such.

	Ashram
Same with you, Your Majesty.
Wha'?

<A fight occurs outside>

	Marmo Soldier
Damn

	Dark Elf
Pirotase is the grandiose lady of the Dark Elves. She doesn't want 
companions who're human males.

	Marmo Soldier
Are you calling "humans" inferior?

	Dark Elf
Do you consider yourself great?

	Marmo Soldier
Wha'?
Damn you.
Damn you.

	Dark Elf
Die.
Wha'?

	Marmo Soldier
C...Captain. Hah, he looks down upon us humans.

	Ashram
Remember this. One who doesn't know his limits isn't needed in our force.

	Marmo Soldier
Ya... Ya...

AT FAUNN'S CASTLE

	Faunn
You have returned safely.

	Pan
Yes

	Faunn
First, I would like to hear your report.

	Pan
Certainly. As you have suspected, Karla is a remnant of an ancient kingdom 
of magic.

<flashback>

	Wort
For 500 years, whenever Lodoss is in an uproar, changing her shape of 
manifestation, she appears with that power, changing the scenes of history 
as she sees fit, and the people and their kings are only the pawns on the 
board. That is what she thinks.

<end flashback>

	Faunn
Pawns on the board

	Kashue
Pan has returned.

	Pan
King Kashue

	Kashue
How are you? Do you feel great? Don't suddenly become like a phantom and 
fade away.

	Deid
Your Majesty, if you hit him that hard, he'll break before he can become a 
phantom.

	Pan
Ah, hey, Deid

	Kashue
<laughs> 
Oh, sorry about that.

	Faunn
Pan, I have something I would like you to accept.

	Pan
This is...

	Faunn
This is the armor of a holy knight. It is a gift from me. I would like you to 
use it and serve me.
Pan?

	Pan
Your Majesty, I ask a favor of you. I thank you very much; however, I have 
the sword and armor of my father, Teseus. To me, it's priceless.

	Faunn
I see.

	Kashue
Then take the shield. You don't have one, right?

	Pan
Yes.

	Kashue
King Faunn, with this, you've gained another hero into your cavalry.

	Faunn
Hmm

	Kashue
I'm counting on you, Pan.

	Pan
Certainly

	Wood
Hmph, how emotional

<Kashue leaves the castle with his troops>

	Kashue
Pan, I'll be waiting.

	Pan
Your Majesty

	Deid
Wha'?

	Pan
Who's there? 
Wood

	Deid
If this is a joke, it's not very funny.

	Wood
What? If I just wanted to see how a young man's spirit and ability that'll 
challenge his first war tomorrow

	Pan
There's nothing to worry about. I'll protect King Faunn.

	Wood
How many will ya kill for that?

	Pan
Wha'?

	Deid
Wood. You've said too much.

	Wood
Hey, hey, beautiful ladies shouldn't make scary faces. It's too intense.

	Pan
Wood, say what you mean.

	Wood
If ya be a soldier, ya're gonna forget all that misery we passed by very 
easily, ya know.

	Deid
We have no other choice right now.

	Wood
I'm impressed. If ya don't forget, ya can't be a killer, right? Whooo, how 
impressive

	Deid
Pan

<Back at the corpse field, Eto heals those who are not dead>

	Eto
Wha'? Slayn

	Slayn
Gim

	Gim
Wha'?

	Slayn
Do you think you can go and win against Karla alone?

	Gim
I don't intend to win.

	Slayn
Then do you intend to die in vain?

	Gim
Wha'?

	Slayn
Are you going to bring back Lairia?

	Gim
I can't sit still.

	Karla
Lairia, I believe that was the name of this body. But now, I am the one 
existing here.

	Gim
Aaaagh

	Slayn
After we get through here, I'll join you. So for right now...

	Gim
Slayn, w...what are you...?

	Eto
Slayn
You used magic on Gim?

	Slayn
His war is about to begin. He needs rest. He won't understand my reasonings.

	Eto
When will this war...

	Slayn
From now on, Gim has his own fight as does Pan. We won't throw away our 
hope. 
Let's not forget that.

AT FAUNN'S CASTLE

	Pan
Your Majesty, did you call for me?

	Faunn
Tomorrow, the forces will depart.

	Pan
You will take me too, right?

	Faunn
We may not return.

	Pan
Your Majesty, don't say such things.

	Faunn
I have something I have to tell you.

	Pan
Sure

	Faunn
Will you listen to my old story?

	Pan
Your old story?

	Faunn
This was before Vallis was even a country. 
I was negotiating alliances with the other tribes.

	Pan
Was it to unify Lodoss?

	Faunn
Hmm, I did not want to suppress with force, so I made many deals.

<flashback>

	Man
Is the King of Vallis going to break his promise to us?

	Faunn
The tribe was suppressed by Shooting Star, the evil dragon of Mount Fire 
Dragon, at that time. I made the pledge to help during dangerous times. They 
demanded my newly born daughter, Fianna, and said that they would 
present her as a sacrifice. But I...
I...could not go rescue her for the sake of the pact.

	Faunn
You are...

	Teseus
I will bring back the princess.

	Faunn
But...

	Teseus
No pact is worth more than a person's life.

	Faunn
Teseus

	Teseus
I want to go. Your Majesty, you just have bad subordinates.

	Faunn
Fianna came back safely; however, war did break out with the tribe, and 
Teseus went to the front lines. I never saw him again. I have never cursed 
my position as a king as then.

	Pan
Father

<Deid sees Pan sitting by himself outside>
	Deid
I found you.
<She plays music>

	Pan
Deid, stay here tomorrow.

	Deid
Wha'?

	Pan
Deid

	Deid
No

	Pan
Don't you understand that we may not come back alive.

	Deid
Then why are you going?

	Pan
I can only move ahead. That's what I think...

	Deid
Then I'll watch your back.

	Pan
Deid

	Deid
In this world, there are a lot of guys who'll get you from behind. Leave them 
to me, and that way, you'll just have to worry about going forward.

	Pan
Deid

ON TOP OF A HILL

	Dark Elf
Till then

	Ashram
Let's go.
Wha'?

	Pirotase
Please take me. I'm sure I'll be useful.

	Vagnard
Tomorrow, there shall be mountains of corpses. Kardis, it's the greatest 
offering in your name.

	Beld
Narse, what is it? It's too early for you to come out. Your stregth will be 
needed soon, until then, wait. Who's calling on Narse? 
It can't be.

	Guard
It's unusual. Not one man we sent to scout has returned.
Your Majesty, he's one of the scouts.

	Kashue
<he growls>
Do they intend to puzzle us by using our men?
Don't retreat. They are beasts. Scowl, shout, and fight them back.
You...

OUTSIDE OF FAUNN'S CASTLE

	Narrator
Thirty years have come and gone. The two men who were once worshipped 
as heroes, clashed their swords to gain Lodoss. The friends who once fought 
side by side, now fight to the death, causing their cries to echo throughout 
the land. Their battle, in due time, will be a story that will be handed down 
from generation to generation.

(next episode preview)
(ending song)

<Ending Credits>
(in Japanese order)
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Script by
	Watanabe Osane

Picture Continuity by/
Director
	Sakai Akio
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CAST:

Pan:				Kusao Takeshi
Deidrit:			Toma Yumi
Gim:				Sakaguchi Yoshisada
Eto:				Yamaguchi Kappei
Slayn:			Tanaka Hideyuki
Woodchuck:			Wakamoto Norio
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King Faunn:			Saka Osamu
King Kashue:		Ikeda Shuichi
Wort:				Oki Tamio
Teseus:			Kogawa Mamori
Pirotase:			Tamagawa Taenoko
Dark Elf:			Yamaguchi Ken
Reamos:			Sugawara Shoshi
Knight A:			Otama Ichiro
Knight B:			Chafu Shigeru
Soldier:			Chiba Kazunobu
Villager:			Chisen Rotaro
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Emperor Beld:		Ishida Tairo
Ashram:			Kamiya Akira
Vagnard:			Aono Takeshi
Karla:				Sakakibara Yoshiko
Narrator:			Nagai Ichiro
In Cooperation with:	Aoni Productions
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Picture Work Supervision by
	Sakai Akio

Original Pictures by
	Sekino Masamitsu
	Sato Yushi
	Otake Kazuko
	Takei Masaki
	Tazaki Satoshi
	Mihara Michio
	Sakai Akio
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Animation Check by
	Sakamoto Yutaka
	Kagiyama Hitoshi

Animation by
	Nagahama Hiromi
	Hirata Takako
	Kondo Kaoru
	Studio Takuranke
	Studio Twenty First
	Studio Egg
	Dr. Movie
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Opening Animation by
	Inoue Toshiyuki

Original Dragon Design Plan by
	Izubuchi Yutaka
	Kikuchi Michitaka
	Kusanagi Takani
	Goto Keisuke
	Kato Yoshi
	Okuda Matsuri
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Color Coordinator
	Suzuki Koko

Finishing Touches by
	Akiyama Kumi
	Studio Maleen
	Yamato Productions
	Dr. Movie
	Shanghai Zhao Yang Animation

Special Effects by
	Tanifuji Shigeru
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Background by
	Atrie Booka
	Nishikawa Masumi
	Toshimura Toshiyuki
	Tamura Keiko
	Kai Masatoshi
	Koizumi Komiko
	Katsui Kazuko
	Shiraishi Hirobumi
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Photographing by
	Yamaguchi Hitoshi
	Matsumura Yasuo
	Saito Atsuo

Editing by
	Ogata Haruto
	Ito Yukiko
	Sueyoshi Fumio

Title by
	 Maki Productions
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Effects by
	Jinbo Taisuke
	(Swara Productions)

Coordination by
	Abe Yukio

Recording Studio
	Abako Creative Studio

Sound Production by
	Arts Productions
	(Tomaru Taiyu)

Development by
	Tokyo Development Place
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Production Desk
	Morosawa Masao

Production Establishment by
	Endo Takushi

Production Progress by
	Fukuyama Kunihiko
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 In Cooperation with
	Kadokawa Bookstore of the Editing Department and the AV 
	Department

Production Cooperation with
	Mad House
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In Production with
	Kadokawa Bookstore
	Marubeni
	Tokyo Broadcast
	Kadokawa Media Office
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TRANSLATIONS:		TOM AMIYA, KAORI SEINO
SONG TRANSLATIONS:	RICHARD UYEYAMA, KONG CHANG
EDITING:			KONG CHANG and the LODOSS WARRIORS
FINAL RE-EDITING:	KONG CHANG
SPONSORED:			CAL-ANIMAGE EPSILON (aka Lodoss Warriors)
Please send all replies and corrections to "kchang@orion.oac.uci.edu".
If you plan to subtitle with this script, please mention that it was
translated by "LODOSS WARRIORS, 1991".  Also do not forget that
if you subtitle, DO NOT DISTRIBUTE the subtitled copy.  If you do, you 
will be in the act of piracy and if you're caught, you'll be in serious 
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it.  (At least if you get it from Chow, you'll be assured of a 
good subtitled copy and then a million different subtitled copies won't 
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Stay tuned for more Lodoss updates and scripts in the future.
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