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The Rides to Lake Silberneherze

• RS-ST-1: Waiting Room (Interlude)
  The statue of Kjeragandr nears completion as the mountain snows draw close. Leto's travels take her to Kjerag, where at the train station she happens upon an invited Victorian Viscount.
• RS-1: Important Information (Before Operation)
  Leto and the Viscount travel together and board the train to Lake Silberneherze. Receiving intelligence that something could be amiss on the train, the spy Trilby Asher boards, while Degenbrecher leaps on in search of someone. Let this most thrilling ride begin.
• RS-1: Important Information (After Operation)
  Leto tells the Viscount about her past and he is deeply moved. The Trilby Asher begins his investigation aboard the train, and running into Degenbrecher only makes him all the more certain that something is amiss.
• RS-2: Same Train, Different Destination (Before Operation)
  Worried about the Trilby Asher, the viscount searches for him, only to stumble upon the Trilby Asher and Degenbrecher in a 'standoff.' Sensing the situation is awry, he turns and runs, with Degenbrecher chasing after him.
• RS-2: Same Train, Different Destination (After Operation)
  The Trilby Asher tries his hardest to stop Degenbrecher, only to find himself outmatched. Just as Degenbrecher reaches the Viscount, the train is pulling into the station.
• RS-3: Temporary Stop (Before Operation)
  The misunderstanding is resolved, but Trilby Asher sets his sights on Leto. SilverAsh learns about this from Degenbrecher and decides to ride along.
• RS-3: Temporary Stop (After Operation)
  Leto visits the island that the Kjeragandr statue is on and encounters an old devotee, who recognizes Leto and invites her to visit Clan Paleroche.
• RS-4: Back on Track (Before Operation)
  The Viscount returns to the barracks, and after chatting with his troops, he decides to attempt to complete the Duke's mission. An old devotee brings Leto to the Paleroche clan, revealing that he is Arctosz's father. In a dusty room, that devotee recalls regretful memories.
• RS-4: Back on Track (After Operation)
  The Viscount asks Weiss to pass Enciodes a message, inviting him and the Saintess to a banquet. The drunken pair of Leto and Arctosz wreak havoc, as if father and daughter.
• RS-ST-2: Mountain Railway (Interlude)
  During a banquet, the Saintess and Enciodes exchange sharp words, but still come to find crucial common ground. Afterwards, the regret-filled Viscount confides his true feelings to Degenbrecher. Three old friends chat away in the lobby of Karlan Trade headquarters.
• RS-5: Train Hopping (Before Operation)
  Leto sobers up and ascends the mountain, finally meeting the Trilby Asher that Degenbrecher is searching for. The Elder Devotee informs his son of the truth, and Arctosz feels as if he's suffered a heavy blow, immediately taking off to look for Leto.
• RS-5: Train Hopping (After Operation)
  On the summit, Leto questions the Trilby Asher on why she's been approached, but puts him on alert instead. During their stalemate, Arctosz reaches the duo, and falls down a cliff with Leto. Degenbrecher arrives afterwards, and stops the Trilby Asher in his tracks.
• RS-6: Additional Ticket (Before Operation)
  Arctosz and Leto acknowledge their ties in the snow. Degenbrecher's appearance confirms the Trilby Asher's conjecture, and he decides to make a run for the island. She has no plans to let him do as he pleases, and a chase sequence begins.
• RS-6: Additional Ticket (After Operation)
  The dusty history of Leto's parents finally comes to light, and she judges her father for his past actions. Degenbrecher chases the Trilby Asher relentlessly, until they approach the lake island, and Kjarr asks the Saintess to leave while insisting on staying behind herself.
• RS-7: Control Malfunction (Before Operation)
  Degenbrecher and the Trilby Asher fight atop the statue of Kjeragandr, and the Trilby Asher is sent flying. Kjarr watches from below with great interest. The Viscount and Leto dredge up the Trilby Asher and the Saintess arrives to personally invite them all to the bonfire banquet.
• RS-7: Control Malfunction (After Operation)
  Kjeragandr manifests Herself, commanding the Trilby Asher to leave, who then decides on an alternate method of investigation. At the bonfire banquet, the Trilby Asher delivers his collected intelligence to the Viscount, who returns to the barracks, soon ordering his troops to load live ammunition.
• RS-8: Terminal Velocity (Before Operation)
  The ceremony is close at hand, and the Viscount's troops have already arrived by the lakeside. Enciodes's defenses have yet to come into play, and in Kjerag's most dire hour of need, Degenbrecher faces down an army alone.
• RS-8: Terminal Velocity (After Operation)
  The Trilby Asher tries to cut Enciodes off from his defensive ploy, but doesn't foresee that Sciurus has made her own arrangements. Degenbrecher fends off an entire army while not allowing them an inch, and as he watches the odds stack against her, Enciodes's ace in the hole finally arrives, averting the crisis.
• RS-ST-3: Final Destination (Interlude)
  Weapons are cast aside and the ceremony proceeds smoothly. Much has changed in Kjerag, which will undoubtedly see more and increasingly complex challenges. The monstrosity in the underground factory signifies that Kjerag is ready.