ARSLAN SENKI / HEROIC LEGEND OF ARISLAN OVA3 SUMMARY

 

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MAIN CHARACTERS OF OVA3...

Arslan   Bodan  Darun  Eram  Farangis Guibu 

Guiscard  Hirumes  Jaswant Inocentius Irina Johanna 

Merlein Narcasse Qbad Quishwald Sam Tahamine 

 

 

AND OUR STORY BEGINS...

Pars Year 321, Peshwald Fortress.

Two Pars warlords have sent representatives, and men, to come and pool their forces with Arslan to help drive the Lusitanians away and free Pars once more.

The men seem ecstatic, as that new influx of soldiers will give them enough strength to leave Peshwald and go on the move to reconquer the Kingdom.
On the parapet, Farangis, Guibu and Alfreed discuss of the new developments they are witnessing. Farangis and Alfreed sound confident...
But Guibu is dubious. Those new allies, he thinks, only help Arslan because of his recent alliance with Shindra, and the battles he won, not out of real loyalty. And they would turn away from him just as fast.
Eram and Narcasse are discussing in the courtyard. Eram thinks that with Arslan's victory close at hand, the slaves will soon be emancipated, like the Crown Prince had asked in Shindra. But Narcasse quells the boy's enthusiasm, he thinks the warriors who are helping the Prince will oppose him on that question.
Lord Quishwald walks by, followed by quarreling Lords who are trying to find a way to get the glory for themselves, almost proving Narcasses's words.
The map of Pars that Narcasse had asked for had arrived, and as he gazed at it he mused about the Prince's future. The Lords that follow him now will try and serve their own purposes once the war is won, and he thinks that Arslan is not prepared to deal with those power-hungry wolves.
They decide that, in order to reclaim Ekubatana, they should take the Great continental road. (Now I have to comment here: it's the only major road from Peshwald to Ekubatana, isn't it a little too obvious?)
Meanwhile, the Lusitanians are still holding Ekubatana, the capital of the Kingdom of Pars.
They are using slave labor to fortify the city and entrench themselves