| The legend of Razgriz. From Ace Combat: The Unsung War. Here is the Latin translation: Cum historia mutat valde Razgriz revalat ipsum Primum daemon scelestus est... Cum potentia sua Daemon fundet mortem en terram Deinde moritur... Cum somnus finit Razgriz surget iterum Magnus heros est! Most of the characters in the game are familiar with the Razgriz legend, however, Kei Nagase in particular has extensive knowledge of it. She first comes to believe that the legend is actually a prophecy referring to the Scinfaxi submarine. Later, she thinks the same thing about Scinfaxi's twin, the Hrimfaxi, reinforced by it being stationed in the Razgriz Straits, the residence of the demon, according to myth. In fact, even the crew of Hrimfaxi come to believe themselves to be Razgriz, evident in their dialogue in mission 13. However, in the same mission, following Hrimfaxi's destruction by the Wardog Squadron, the title "Razgriz" becomes attached to the latter. As Nagase's interrogation of a Yuktobanian soldier in mission 15 reveals, the Yuktobanians start to refer to the Wardog as the "Demons of Razgriz" and even Chopper jokingly refers to himself as "Razgriz Three" in missions 16A and 16B. Following the Wardog's official deaths, the squadron is reformed as "Ghosts of Razgriz", finally accepting this name as their own. In a way, the legend of Razgriz acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy throughout the game. Assuming that the Wardog Squadron was symbolically "Razgriz" from the beginning, the "great change" witnessed by history is the outbreak of the Circum-Pacific War. The Wardog Squadron, "as a dark demon", "rains death upon the land" while being manipulated by the Grey Men (thus fighting an inherently unjust battle from the beginning). The "hallowed sabre" refers to Marcus Snow, a decorated and respected pilot, whose call sign is "Swordsman" and who symbolically (and officially) kills the Wardog/Razgriz. Then, however, Razgriz is reborn or awakened, "this time as a great hero", referring to the squadron's reformation as the Ghosts of Razgriz, who from then on fight against the real perpetrators of the war, saving the world from destruction many times over. Finally, the "raven wings" may refer to the black paint scheme that the Ghosts of Razgriz sport in the final missions. |











