Madan no Ou to Vanadis - ep06

First off you have the conclusion of the battle between the two war Maidens. That in a way it is ironic how it end since Thenardier arranged for Ludmila to start a war with Eleonora, but he also had an assassin infiltrate Eleonora ranks to eliminate the War Maiden he sent after Eleonora in the first place. Although it is unclear what the goal of the assassin was, it could also be he was sent to eliminate both. The death of both would be a crippling blow to Zhcted, then there is also the fact that if Ludmila was kill by one of Eleonora soldiers it would send Zhcted deeper into a civil war. This would possible cause Tigre to lose his support from Zhcted. In the end none of this matters since Tigre kill him before he could do anything. That in doing so Ludmila feels indebted to Tigre and is willing to satisfy any request he has but all he ask of her is to maintain neutrality. Then with this conclude Tigre can focus on his real enemy back in Brune.

While he is Brune, he has to deal with some problems with managing his army that is composed of both Brune and Zhcted forces. Which leads him to do quiet a bit of mediation. Although dealing with these problems merely sets up things for Tigre to met the third War Maiden Soyfa. That with this meeting she bring bad tidings, first there is the fact that Tigre has been declared a traitor. Which means Mashas attempt to convey Tigre side of things have end in failure but it doesn't seem like he has been pusnished for supporting Tigre. The other bit of news she brings is the stading of the other War Maidens. Elizaveta holds ties to both Ganelon and Thenardier so it is only a matter of time before she becomes their enemy. Valetine is far removed from the affiars of Brune so it likely that she could become an ally with her lack of ties to the corrupted elements within Brune. Then Olga is missing so it is unlikely that she will take either side. Lastly Sasha is still ill which makes even more unlikely that she would get involved.

The greatest blow of all of this is Tigre's being declared a traitor, which means the only way to clear his name is to defeat Thenardier and Ganelon. Things become worse since Roland the black knight is recalled from the western front to deal with the supposed traitor. Although the interesting question is how Roland got these orders from the king since he is currently indisposed. Which means that Thenardier arranged it in some way. What complicates things further is he completely unwilling to even speak to Tigre, that he his orders and he is going to just carry them out. That this single mindedness means conflicted is unavoidable,which leads to Eleonora clashing with him. That in this battle Eleonora is surprised that she is force to use her ace against him. Although this is avoid with Tigre's appearance, and with him acting he is able to retreat with Eleonora while preventing Roland from giving chase by taking out his horse. However Tigre is grievously wounded in the act, the question is what effect will this have on the troops. The even greater issue is how will they deal with Roland because it seems like only death will prevent him from pursuing his campaign against Tigre. On the other hand by defeating Roland Tigre will prove himself to be a serious threat to Thenardier and Ganelon that will gain him more support of the local lords.