Borne and Altena in Noir

This is a situation we never expected. If one of the saplings failed, we knew that the remaining two would still become Noir. But this! Chloe is dead, and the remaining two have turned against us! Even if we are able to escape from them, an inquiry by the council will surely be awaiting us. Damn you Altena and damn your plans! We should have killed the daughter of Corsica when we had the chance! Are you listening to me Altena?! All that we have worked for is over! For you and your damn Noir!

No, the ritual will still be performed. This outcome is not entirely unexpected; but there is still one last trial that must be overcome.

Altena...?

All that matters is that the blades of old shall be brought back into this world. Yes, even if it already belongs to the Soldats.

Are you saying that you don't even care what happens to the Soldats because of Noir?

The man within the man, the love within the love, the sin within the sin. The Soldats were created to address certain truths that exist within the society of man. But in the long years since, the Soldats lost their way. Now, ravaged by the very disease they sought to contain, they writhe like maggots in society's flesh.

You can't mean...

To remove that flesh, we need a pure, untainted blade. A blade devoid of bindings, free to cut with the will of God. And once Noir has been revived, that is when the ideals of the Soldats of old, the Grand Retour we have waited for will be realized at last.

You intended for this to happen all along...