Hades <3

So you know that scene when you enter the Rak'tika Greatwood and you have the dialogue option "Kupo?"

I'm not saying that by choosing that it gave Emet Selch whiplash because Azem has most definitely put them in a situation where this exactly happened and they said something stupid like that too but...

Runar: SURROUND THEM

WoL: ...kupo?

Emet Selch: *goes through the 5 stages of grief immediately and has war flashbacks to Azem’s shenanigans*

Elidibus -The Seat of Sacrifice-

Azem: So, as you know, today is my nameday :))))

Emet: That it is...

Azem: And you know what that means right?

Emet: Unfortunately...I do...

Hythlodaeus: Come on Hades just spit it out! We've been waiting for this!

Emet: I don't recall it being your nameday as well, Hythlo.

Hythlodaeus: I get a free pass anyway :)

Azem: Also, you promised!

Hythlodaeus: Can't go back on a promise, can you? Not your style.

Emet: groans Alright, alright! But only this once...

Emet: ...now, who do we prank?

Azem and Hythlo: WOOOOOOOO

The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.

(wip that I’m too lazy to finish lmao)

I am screaming (again).

I cannot believe I did not realize this up until I saw this up-close.

The Fourteenth's crystal bears the magick to summon the "stars" to our side, that is, Azem's friends. It has etched the alchemical symbol of the Sun, that we know... but that symbol is actually this one. Can you spot the difference?

Aye, the symbol in Azem's crystal has two additional circles. An aesthetic choice to keep with the constellation theme, perhaps... except for the fact that the crystal was made to summon the stars to our side. That is, Azem's friends.

Three circles. Three stars. One in the middle and two circling it in perfect symmetry. As Hythlodaeus says before giving the crystal to us, he would see if we could reunite the wayward stars, and in his recording Emet-Selch says that though the world be sundered and our souls adrift, wherever we walk, fate will follow. This is the power of reunion. And the stars to be reunited as the crystal represents? None less than Azem, Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus. The original friend power trio.

And we, the WoL/D, kept this crystal. We have the means to reunite in our hands now. Something tells me that we have not seen yet the end of this power trio and the wish and friendship transcending time, space and lives the crystal embodies. A recurring line this patch: "May we meet again under a blue sky."

I want to see Azem, Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus reunite in the end of this tale even if just for a moment. I have a mighty need. For now, I will keep screaming and crying for their undying bond.

More 5.3 feels I had to draw out.

…yeah, this probably couldn’t have happened, but I can dream. (I’m also big on the G’raha-is-a-Hythlo-shard theory.) More pages behind the cut for length.

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Elidibus banishing the WoL/D to the Rift: Struggle all you like. Even should you break free, there is no way back.

Emet-Selch:

A gift from Emet-Selch. He knew of Elidibus’s plight. Forseeing his own death, he made provisions to bring Elidibus’s suffering to an end, lest his friend be left to continue the struggle alone.