[True. There was no way Ethlyn could have given more than what she had. But to what purpose? If her death had been in aid of victory, then she could at least have the comfort of knowing her sacrifice had fulfilled a greater purpose.

Instead, she was ambushed and cut down long before she could reach her brother. She had set out to help him. But she knows that once he learned of her death and Quan's, he must have been crushed. Maybe so much so that it clouded his tactical mind.

What if she had doomed him?]

But we could have fought better. We tried to take them head-on... match them might for might. My brother's army held many Holy Weapons, but...

[Did Sigurd have Tyrfing? She doesn't know how he could have unless Father had somehow gotten it into his hands. Would that have tipped the balance? With Forseti, Yewfelle, and Valkyrie--if four Holy Weapons weren't enough, she isn't sure what could have won the day.]

Now the continent suffers because we didn't find the right way.