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* "Babel" confirms this theory. The objective of Tower of Babel is to unite everyone in Terra under Sarkaz to resolve the problem of Oripathy, and majority of its members are idealistic people who is willing to put down their prejudice against Sarkaz. Unfortunately, the reason why Tower of Babel fall also aligns with the Scripture, since its existence presents a potential threat to the predecessor race's plan against the doom.







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* Jossed. Amiya and Theresa are actually two individual people. Amiya's Chimera status is the result of accepting Civilight Eterna and becoming Lord of Fiends. Theresa stabbing Amiya is actually the ritual to pass down the Black Crown to her, believing that Amiya will continue where she had failed. Although being Lord of Fiends, Amiya is still able to connect with Theresa's thoughts.




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*RightForTheWrongReasons. The original Originium is supposed to be a tool to preserve civilizations from an upcoming cataclysm, and appears to be a clear crystal rather than ember-like color. Yet Sarkaz's misuse of Originium is the reason why oripathy descended upon Terra in the first place, creating the first infected case and the catastrophes that followed.




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* Jossed in that Theresis had no intention of placing a puppet king or being one at all. And as of Chapter 14, neither Siege or Reed intended to be on the throne of Victoria. Eblana may still want to be a monarch, but only for Kingdom of Tara.
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* Partly Confirmed. "Lone Trail" reveals that the Doctor is actually at least 10,000 years and they are a surviving Precursor kept alive thanks to the Sarcophagus. In fact, the Doctor is actually ''older than Kal'tsit".




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* Jossed. "Lone Trail" confirms Kal'tsit is immortal because she was specifically designed that way as an organic AI by the Precursors that created her.
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* Jossed. Her Operator profile confirms she's not Infected.
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[[WMG:Sesa and Heavyrain canonically went to Sargon to participate in the Reclamation Algorithm mission(s)]]
One of the Ameer that the Sand Soldier was targeting during these missions was associated with the Columbian intelligence agencies that were responsible for the death of his professor. Kal'tsit knew that Elliot would eventually complete his quest for revenge and made arrangements with Sesa and Heavyrain in advance with the coin, so after they concluded their other missions in Sargon, they went to meet with Elliot and bring him back to Rhodes Island, as seen in the present-day portion of ''A Walk in the Dust''. Manticore was not part of this mission because she had just signed up with Rhodes Island by following another operator squad straight back to the landship.
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* Lemuen, Exusiai's sister: Hortus De Escapino has her recovering strength enough to get up from her wheelchair. One day she'll join up with Rhodes Island to help us, and catch up with her sister on the Landship. Her skill with her sniper rifle makes her a shoo-in for Deadeye or Hunter Sniper.
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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's (coincidentally literal) [[{{Pun}} "ace in the hole"]] in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event, and Ines will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.

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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's (coincidentally literal) [[{{Pun}} "ace in the hole"]] in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking took "W's" identity was also an expected event, and weapons, but she may have NeverFoundTheBody under all that rubble since she had to tail Hoederer soon after. Ines will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.
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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's (ironically literal) [[{{Pun}} "ace in the hole"]] in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event, and Ines will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.

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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's (ironically (coincidentally literal) [[{{Pun}} "ace in the hole"]] in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event, and Ines will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.
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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's "ace in the hole" in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event, and Ines will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.

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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's (ironically literal) [[{{Pun}} "ace in the hole" hole"]] in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event, and Ines will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.
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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's "ace in the hole" in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event. In turn, Ines learns of "W's" status the moment she contacts that comms station.

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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's "ace in the hole" in his long-term plan against Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event. In turn, event, and Ines learns of "W's" status will be quite surprised the moment she contacts that comms station.
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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's "ace in the hole" in his long-term plan against Theresis.

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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's "ace in the hole" in his long-term plan against Theresis.
Theresis. In turn, W taking "W's" identity was also an expected event. In turn, Ines learns of "W's" status the moment she contacts that comms station.
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* '''''He might still be alive''''', just not as "W" anymore. In DM-8, Hoederer tells his "Sarkaz messenger" (Ines) that he prepared a communications station in an old bunker buried under "those ruins", the very place where "W" died, all those years ago (implied to be before his and "W's" squad got ambushed in the first place). It's possible that he and "W" arranged for the latter's "death" so that he can become the former's "ace in the hole" in his long-term plan against Theresis.

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[[WMG: Chen's skin for her Holungday alternate form is a glimpse into future cooperation with the Nian siblings]]
The skin has her using her sword to flick ink swipes for her basic attack and then bringing out an ink cannon for her skills, implying that she'll get weapons from Nian that use the power of Dusk's ink at some point during her future forays into Greater Yan.



** Confirmed with her becoming an arts guard in the 4.5 anniversary event.

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** Confirmed with her becoming an arts guard in the 4.5 anniversary event. She doesn't use her arena techniques though, instead switching out for a less flashy but more efficient and easier to sustain fighting style.
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** Confirmed with her becoming an arts guard in the 4.5 anniversary event.
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[[WMG: Predictions of future playable operators, their classes, talents, and skills]]
This WMG section is purely for predicting or speculatin on the possibility of [=NPCs=] being turned into operators at a later date.
* Viviana, Candle Knight: Being one of many non-antagonistic Knights who has been banished from Kazimierz, her connection to Leithania might see her rejoin Magaret Nearl in her desire to become a Knight like her. She will likely be playable as a Mystic Caster, with a skill that becomes stronger the more accumulated charges she holds when she activates it.
* Dmitri, Bellone Mafiosi: He was wearing a band that could easily be swapped with a health monitor. Events might conspire to drive him to seek refuge in Rhodes away from the other Famiglia, where he might have a reunion with Vigil.
* Closure, Chief Engineer and future leader figure in Rhodes Island: If anything her popularity and fan demand will eventually encourage Hypergryph to release her as a Summoner supporter, with her army of bat-winged drones.
* Monch, Gnosis's ex: She might end up being drawn to Rhodes Island one way or another. Perhaps she meets Pramanix and Kjera and is encouraged to sign on. Perhaps Aurora or another Kjerag operator makes friends with her and brings her home. With her crossbow, she'll be another Sniper. She might need a makeover to prevent her from being mistaken for Angelina, though.
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[[WMG: The true nature of Teekaz is that everyone not based on animals (e.g. Durins, Elves) are Teekaz.]]
This WMG is based on the relation between the Beast Lords and the Elders and Ancients; in that there's implications the Elders and Ancients traced their 'ancestry' to the Beast Lords. This detail is connected to the Sarkaz's claims that the Elders and Ancients took the world from them. However, what about those who aren't 'beast'? What makes them different from the Sarkaz? Based on that, the timeline should be like this;
* {{Precursors}} terraformed the planet that would become Terra, and filled it with both artificial humans and animals. The artificial humans are Teekaz, and the artificial animals are Beast Lords.
* Disaster struck, and Precursors left behind their creations. Left to their own devices, the Beast Lords' descendants the Elders and Ancients, just like how the Feranmuts gain their individual sapience through interaction with humanity, slowly uplifted themselves into humanoid form.
* Many Teekaz, fearing this ''Literature/PlanetOfTheApes''-style development, invoked WhatMeasureIsANonHuman on the Elders and Ancients. They claim their right as the closest to their creator through the ownership of Civilight Eterna, which was the Precursors' heirloom for their descendants. The Elders and Ancients were upset at this.
* The conflict between them broke, and the uplifted animals overwhelmed the Teekaz through sheer numbers (cause animals spawn faster than humans). The Teekaz that gave up the conflict secluded themselves and maintained their autonomy. Meanwhile the Teekaz that [[CycleOfRevenge prolonged it through their recorded memory in Civilight Eterna]] were dubbed Sarkaz.
* This is also the reason why the Sarkaz that 'gave up the conflict' later like the Sankta and the Anasa are pretty much no longer considered Sarkaz; they proved the end of their hostility through isolationism.
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[[WMG: Whatever Priestess did to Originium, it prevented a bad situation from getting worse.]]
Lone Trail reveals that Priestess was doing some work directly connected to Originium itself that was somehow linked to Catastrophes (or Oripathy). My up-to-date hypothesis is that Originium's assimilative properties were originally even ''worse'' that what is seen today in Terra, and that Priestess was only able to blunt it and prevent a true apocalyptic situation in the vein of Terra being assimilated into a big black ball of originium. The Catastrophes that happen when Originium activates and vents its energy are actually a side effect of what she's done, as she could only stop it from fully activating and devouring the world ceaselessly this way, by forcing it to trip its own safeties, vent energy, and return to a dormant state.

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* Several Events implies that the Sarkaz were either the Precursors or their direct descendants, who possessed advance technology like AIs and were originally more human-like, the implications being that the traits the Sarkaz possess may not be organic.




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*** Partially Confirmed for Sankta. Several cutscenes in the Guide Ahead Event, along with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiKFk5vTaDY Laterano: Holy Spirit PV]] released during the 4th Anniversary all but confirm that Sankta were originally Sarkaz, but the discovery of something (heavily implied to be an AI or supercomputer) that would serve as the basis for their religion and later be called '''The Law''' changed them into the halo and wing baring Sankta we know today. Which explains why the Sanktas' traits seem so unstable, as they are not biological traits, but grafted onto them. Admittedly, the existence of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ArknightsNationsAToM Cecilia]] from the Guide Ahead event throws a wrench into things, as she appears to be a Sankta/Sarkaz hybrid whose wings and halos are deformed, different from a Fallen Angel like Mostima. Due to the fact that she can ring the Bells of Revelations, she's most likely the exception however.



The conspiracy that orphaned her and left her to drift to Zeruertza was a reprisal by New Money nobles that was meant to warn the rest of the Old Money nobles to back off from attacking their interests and properties.

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The conspiracy that orphaned her and left her to drift to Zeruertza was a reprisal by New Money nobles that was meant to warn the rest of the Old Money nobles to back off from attacking their interests and properties.

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* Amiya's Module explores the Civilight Eterna. Theresa may have named her organization "Babel" because ''the name itself'' is connected to the relic (e.g., the city that created it, the city that was formed to protect it, or even the city that ''was destroyed by it'').

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* The answer, according to Darknights' Memoir and Birth of Tragedy; [[spoiler:Reunion's militarization is sometimes used by multiple nations as a part of proxy war against each other. Known nations that use Reunion are Kazdel and Ursus (against Lungmen) respectively]].

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* The answer, according to Darknights' Memoir and Birth of Tragedy; [[spoiler:Reunion's Reunion's militarization is sometimes used by multiple nations as a part of proxy war against each other. Known nations that use Reunion are Kazdel and Ursus (against Lungmen) respectively]].
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* The fact that [[spoiler:Amiya, a Cautus (Rabbit) has ties to, and is slated to be the heir to Sarkaz (Demon) Royalty as revealed in Chapter 7/Darknights' Memoir, further suggests that Sarkaz are not physical entities.]]

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* The fact that [[spoiler:Amiya, Amiya, a Cautus (Rabbit) has ties to, and is slated to be the heir to Sarkaz (Demon) Royalty as revealed in Chapter 7/Darknights' Memoir, further suggests that Sarkaz are not physical entities.]]



* UPDATE: As of Chapters 11 and 12, it turns out that [[spoiler:he really got the wrong Anti-Christ Sarkaz King, it would be the resurrected Theresa's Corpse brought back by the Confessarious who would kickstart the prophecy]].

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* UPDATE: As of Chapters 11 and 12, it turns out that [[spoiler:he he really got the wrong Anti-Christ Sarkaz King, it would be the resurrected Theresa's Corpse brought back by the Confessarious who would kickstart the prophecy]].
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* JOSSED by Dorothy's Vision lore; the Columbian Government was terrified of the weapons the Kazdel Commission and the Victorian Army unleashed over Londinium during the Victoria arc and sought to develop its own superweapons to compete.
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** His MaskOfSanity might have been a reflection of him having to adapt without the Sankta's racial empathy. Who else used to be a NaiveNewcomer before wising up? '''''Exusiai'''''.
* He was the point man of Hoederer's squad, and his obsession with "falling into traps" stemmed from his constant brushes with death. Possibly a ChallengeSeeker or AFatherToHisMen.
* He trained the current W, and planned to have her take his identity in advance. Hoederer seeing W as "the same type of person" as her predecessor wouldn't be a coincidence if she knew his mannerisms firsthand. (As an aside, it's actually odd that she spent several months with Hoederer's group without asking about her predecessor even once, but she could have any number of reasons for that.)

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** His MaskOfSanity might have been a reflection of him having to adapt without the Sankta's racial empathy. Who else used to be a NaiveNewcomer before wising up? to a non-Sankta society? '''''Exusiai'''''.
* He was the point man of Hoederer's squad, and his obsession with "falling into traps" stemmed from his constant brushes with death. Possibly a ChallengeSeeker ChallengeSeeker, AFatherToHisMen, or AFatherToHisMen.
even ''exploiting'' this via ObfuscatingInsanity (just like W).
* He trained the current W, and planned to have her take his identity in advance. Hoederer seeing W as "the same type of person" as her predecessor wouldn't be a coincidence if she knew his mannerisms firsthand. (As an aside, it's actually odd that This could also explain why she spent only broached the topic with Hoederer several months with Hoederer's group without asking about her predecessor even once, but after joining his group: she could have any number of reasons for that.)''already'' knew him.
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*UPDATE: As of Chapters 11 and 12, it turns out that [[spoiler:he really got the wrong Anti-Christ Sarkaz King, it would be the resurrected Theresa's Corpse brought back by the Confessarious who would kickstart the prophecy]].
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* Most damningly, Myrtle's E2 art is a reference to Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.

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* Most damningly, Myrtle's E2 art is a reference to Botticelli's The Creator/SandroBotticelli's ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus.
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* While Myrtle describes herself as a "generalissimo," her gameplay and story indicates that she's mostly a flagbearer who boosts morale for the team. This is emphasized further by her Epoque skin, which portrays her leading a marching band. This relates to a passage of The Iliad which depicts Zeus telling Aphrodite she isn't fit for war (despite archaeology pointing that Aphrodite is a war goddess in certain cultures like Sparta.)

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* While Myrtle describes herself as a "generalissimo," her gameplay and story indicates that she's mostly a flagbearer who boosts morale for the team. This is emphasized further by her Epoque skin, which portrays her leading a marching band. This relates to a passage of The Iliad which depicts Zeus telling Aphrodite she isn't fit for war (despite archaeology pointing that Aphrodite is a war goddess in certain cultures like Sparta.Sparta; this passage in turn is referenced by Pozymka treating her like a kid, which she naturally objects to.)
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While Columbia hasn't done anything yet in the main story, Theresis' upcoming actions could cause them to react similar to World War II and go as far as to use an Originium WMD to defeat Kazdel, similar to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Shard Tower falling and Theresis dying alone in the Cyclops prediction could also relate to Dublinn being nuked and possibly furthering Amiya's powers while Theresis slowly dies from the Terran equivalent of radiation poisoning.

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While Columbia hasn't done anything yet in the main story, Theresis' upcoming actions could cause them to react similar to World War II and go as far as to use an Originium WMD to defeat Kazdel, similar to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Shard Tower falling and Theresis dying alone in the Cyclops prediction could also relate to Dublinn being nuked and possibly furthering Amiya's powers while Theresis slowly dies from the Terran equivalent of radiation poisoning.poisoning.

[[WMG: Pozymka's noble family is Old Money.]]
The conspiracy that orphaned her and left her to drift to Zeruertza was a reprisal by New Money nobles that was meant to warn the rest of the Old Money nobles to back off from attacking their interests and properties.
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** This creates a possible alternate theory on Theresa's death, that the Doctor witnessed Theresa stabbing Amiya and not understanding fully what was happening, killed Theresa in response. It's already well established that even the pre-amnesia Doctor greatly cared for Amiya and undoubtedly would have protected her on reflex the same as the current Doctor would.
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* To give further credence to this theory, the [[https://youtu.be/mvivPy7j6_Q?t=115 Concept Trailer 2]] briefly shows a woman heavily resembling Theresa stabbing Amiya in the chest with a sword while cutting her own hand on the blade, thereby mixing their blood. There's then a brief shot of the irises of Amiya's eyes changing, similar to when she's using her Arts. While these scenes have not appeared in the final game so far, it does indicate what could have possibly happened between Amiya and Theresa.
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* As such, characters like Red the Redblade echo his legend, carrying similar curved swords and wielding blade Arts that light their swords on fire.

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* As such, characters like Red the Redblade echo his legend, carrying similar curved swords and wielding blade Arts that light their swords on fire.fire.

[[WMG: Columbia will nuke Kazdel or the Shard Tower and at least indirectly cause Theresis' downfall.]]
While Columbia hasn't done anything yet in the main story, Theresis' upcoming actions could cause them to react similar to World War II and go as far as to use an Originium WMD to defeat Kazdel, similar to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Shard Tower falling and Theresis dying alone in the Cyclops prediction could also relate to Dublinn being nuked and possibly furthering Amiya's powers while Theresis slowly dies from the Terran equivalent of radiation poisoning.
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* Zigzagged during Near Light, which is actually her backstory - She does quit the Armorless Union after finally being done with their forcing her to be their pretty-faced scapegoat, but gets bailed out from pursuit by Monique's kill team by Gravel, Hibiscus, and Touch, when she encounters Rhodes Island while on the run.

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