History Headscratchers / TalesOfBerseria

* So, at the end of the game [[spoiler: Eizen goes back to sailing the seas with his pirate crew, even though they can no longer see him]]. How far does that actually go in intercepting communication, though? Surely, they still know he's there? Presumably, they'd notice when in battle, some random mook is suddenly sent flying for no discernible reason. Besides that, can he interact with them through objects? Pick up a random rock and throw it in the air once for "yes" and twice for "no" (maybe not a good idea given the Reaper's Curse, but still)? Write letters?

** Velvet wasn't exactly thinking rationally, between the stress of fleeing the deamons and her desperation to stop it she probably wasn't thinking about anything other than "No no no" or "Stop Stop Stop".

* Why does Velvet think Laphicet was murdered by Artorius? She stumbles upon the area where Artorius and Laphicet are and Laphicet yells at her to run away, but does nothing himself. Even with the lighting of the area, it's clear to see that Laphi did not look terrified or unknowing. He knew what was happening, even closing his eyes and being prepared to die for the sake of the ritual. Yes, Velvet doesn't ''know'' this, but the imagery should give her an idea that this wasn't a murder. But a willing sacrifice on Laphi's part.

* So at a certain point in the game the group is looking specifically for therion demons for plot reasons. They return to Titania, and they need to go all the way back to the cell she was imprisoned in to figure out that 'she's' the therion. When Artorius called her that as soon as she became one and she's been referring to herself as a therion the entire game. How did none of them already know this, when some of them had even asked her specifically 'what's it like being a therion?'?

** Second: why didn't Teresa and Eleanor defend themselves? They're both Praetor level exorcists and had more than enough time to see the attack coming. Yet, [[PlotInducedStupidity they just stood there and took it.]] At the very least, you'd think Teresa would've had [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame No.1 counter Laphicet.]]

*** Laphicet wasn't making a statement, he asks Velvet: 'An... order?" then fires on Teresa and Eleanor. And if was [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem that simple]] to get him to obey someone else, then anyone could've taken him from Teresa. Velvet wasn't even an exorcist.

*** Laphicet wasn't making a statement, he asks: 'An... order?" then fires on Teresa and Eleanor. And if was [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem that simple]] to get him to obey someone else, then anyone could've taken him from Teresa. Velvet wasn't even an exorcist.

*** Laphicet was making a statement, he asks: 'An... order?" then fires on Teresa and Eleanor. And if was [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem that simple]] to get him to obey someone else, then anyone could've taken him from Teresa. Velvet wasn't even an exorcist.

*** Not quite - if you visit at the very end of the game, after beating it and playing on post-game content, you find that the cat ban has been lifted and the village is now filled with ''real'' cats. Also, if a village packed with illusory cats doesn't trigger the sneezing, then shouldn't this have been Velvet's first clue that something very odd was going on?

*** Not quite - if you visit at the very end of the game, after beating it and playing on post-game content, you find that the cat ban has been lifted and the village is now filled with ''real'' cats.

*** Not quite - if you visit at the very end of the game, you find that the cat ban has been lifted and the village is now filled with ''real'' cats.

!!The escape from Hellavise

** First: During the escape at the port, Velevet grabs Laphicet and orders him to attack Teresa and Eleanor. Laphicet complies, despite still under Teresa's control. But why? The threat of being devoured shouldn't have been enough to override it; especially given he'd been willing to self-destruct at Teresa's command only seconds prior to Velvet ordering him to attack her and Eleanor.

** First: During the escape at the port, Velevet grabs Laphicet and orders him to attack Teresa and Eleanor. Laphicet complies even though he was still tethered to Teresa and under ''her'' control. The threat of being devoured shouldn't have been enough to override it; especially given he'd been willing to self-destruct at Teresa's command only seconds prior to Velvet ordering him to attack her and Eleanor.

** First: During the escape at the port, Velevet grabs Laphicet and orders him to attack Teresa and Eleanor. Laphicet complies even though he's under no obligation to Velvet, but why? He was still under tethered to Teresa and under ''her'' control. The threat of being devoured shouldn't have been enough to override it; especially given he'd been willing to self-destruct at Teresa's command only seconds prior to Velvet ordering him to attack her and Eleanor.

** Second: why didn't Teresa and Eleanor defend themselves? They're both Praetor level exorcists and had more than enough time to see the attack coming. Yet, they just stood there and took it. At the very least, you'd think Teresa would've had [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame No.1 counter Laphicet.]]

** It's likely a title the church somewhat made up based on old legends, meant to try and make Velvet out to be public enemy number one. The "Lord of Calamity" idea seems to run along the lines of ThenLetMeBeEvil, in that somebody who's treated as the Lord of Calamity (and has at least something going on with them whereby malevolence is significantly influenced by them) will end up being the "true" Lord of Calamity. It was a similar case with Heldalf, as he was cursed to be one. Velvet being a Therion allows her to be one, as well, due to holding far more malevolence in her than an ordinary person ever should.

* There's no in-universe justification for why townsfolk and the Abbey begin referring to Velvet as "Daemon Lord"; much less, the "Lord of Calamity". We're even told that she isn't the first daemon to devour other daemons, nor is she the first person to leave villages in ruin. So why the special title?

* There's never any in-universe justification for why townsfolk and the Abbey begin referring to Velvet as "Daemon Lord"; much less, the "Lord of Calamity". We're even told that she isn't the first daemon to devour other daemons, nor is she the first person to leave villages in ruin. So why the special title?

* If Velvet is allergic to cats, then how come her sneezing ''never'' comes up until the party actually visits Katz Korner? The party encounters katz throughout the game, and the katz that sends the party to Katz Korner is in a town that is ''packed'' with real cats. Yet still no sneezing. Perhaps RuleOfFunny, but still...

* The ancient language as Grimiohr describes it makes no sense from an anthropological point of view. Cultures develop to written word in order to be able to convey ideas to others, preferably as concisely and clearly as possible. Yet what we're shown is a language where we're explicitly told taking flying leaps of logic, restructuring sentences at random, and making mad guesses at what mood the author was in at the time are ''necessary steps'' to reading a given text. This means two things: all communication in the ancient culture was as context-sensitive as this, which meant misunderstandings and PoorCommunicationKills would have been ''more common'' than actually getting one's point across, or the written language was intentionally designed to be byzantine, unclear, and time-consuming to read, neither of which makes any sense whatsoever.