It was another fairly busy night in Suikoden V, as news arrived that Rainwall had fallen to the Godwin armies, but we decided to just leave it for now, for political reasons. A cutscene showed that the princess was being prepared for her coronation, though she was none too happy about it. And before proceeding, I recruited Isabel and Mathias, foiling another of Euram Barows’ traps in the process, and also finally found and recruited Linfa.

The Godwins are apparently going to use the coronation ceremony to cement alliances with other groups, including the Island Nations, and the tactician recommended that we reach them first, so I set sail for a lighthouse island where we found an admiral of their fleet. While there, pirates barricaded themselves inside the lighthouse, but were fairly easily beaten. The admiral turned out to be sympathetic to our plight already, but had to officially maintain a neutral stance, so he couldn’t ally with us. He did send his daughter along to assist us, though.

Upon returning, the princess’s coronation cutscene happened, and I discovered that my headquarters had grown as the falling water levels revealed more rooms on the lower levels. This was also a good time to do more recruiting, so I spent a few hours on that, most notably picking up a chef and bathhouse operator, and getting Babbage to repair the elevator in the castle.