Re: Hounds of the Blade
When you've done with the orc stage, go to somewhere in the town, maybe talk with Fio (just in case), and then attempt to launch the ship again. Sylvia will tell you something (you might have seen this scene already; it won't appear then, just proceed). Now go to the consulate in the Central District. There's another dialogue. You should be able to enter the new area now. Keep in mind that there are two different game over animations depending on whether you're fighting the octospiders for the first time or not.
Furthermore, if you set "Rescue" to "Failure" in the options menue, loosing to the Cobolios in their hideout gives out one additional game over animation featuring Sylvia. You need to click through the regular game over animation first.