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hey everyone i just wanted to give you
all a quick heads up that this is not
going to be your my
usual type of heavily edited video type
it's going to be a lot slower paced
because there's going to be a lot fewer
edits and it's going to be letting the
story breathe on its own for a bit
so yeah i just wanted to give you all
that heads up before diving into it just
in case that was or was not your cup of
tea but before we get to the actual
video
i would like to first give a very brief
synopsis as to how i feel about all the
scion so far
so first and foremost
warning for storm blood and heaven's
word
you have been warned of spoilers
miphilia oh crap she's a freaking
goddess and she's pretty much hiding
wow that's quite a big deal next you
have yida and lise
still not my favorite she just didn't
get any better
probably actually got a little worse
ever since she became a more prominent
figure
but overall my opinions on her kind of
me still papa limo
my thoughts on him are uh somewhere
along the lines of
next we have ariane j and as for him my
thoughts on him are uh along the lines
of uh
if i catch you doing that again i'll
probably have to kill you mine apologies
next we have yestala and uh yustola is a
person who uh can ruin a man so hard
that they named an entire freaking
country after her so uh
yeah i beg your pardon my thoughts on
yeshola have only gotten better ever
since i remember born because
on top of being competent in knowing
what to do when it comes to all this
ether stuff
she's also proven that she's not afraid
to take a sword to the chest for you so
yeah big props to you stoler for taking
the initiative in a lot of things
then we have thank rid who seemed more
like a broken man trying to find his way
in life
and uh to that i mostly just like salute
him and just try to let him cope with
the way he does because he seems really
lost and almost heartbroken about things
but
the guy is like cranking his skills to
overdrive it seems because the guy's
already infiltrated like garlamald
several times i could be a little wrong
on that i could have read that wrong or
my memory is hazy but i do believe he's
infiltrated garland
a few times already and i'm like wow
what the crap dude so yeah thank red
my opinions of him have changed for the
better i really like him and i think
he's
now the most reliable person of the
whole lot like it feels like he is
the safest guy to go to in a political
or action sense
next we'll have the leviers whom are my
favorite characters we'll start off with
alphano
and i really appreciate the whole
character development that you go with
alpha now he
starts off with a really really like
overconfident brand and then he fails
catastrophically
and gets humbled around by life a little
bit on the dirt and uh he becomes a lot
more
steady and more thoughtful about things
than the uh he was before
[Applause]
yeah and as for alissay
she is my official favorite character
out of the whole cast because out of all
of the articles of the science of the
seventh dawn i don't think you really
have the same type of like
heart-to-heart moments as you do
with alisay and out of all the scions it
feels like she is the most eager to get
into the fight
by your side she's a true sister in arms
and i respect that heavily now when it
came to the calling
as the msq calls it when everyone starts
fading away into
you know their souls getting sucked off
to another world i wasn't surprised by
that

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at all um because i saw the
shadowbringers trailer and i was like oh
so we're just going to be going to
another world i suppose we're going to
go to where the warriors of darkness are
so i was like oh so that's what's going
on
it's already been set up however seeing
alice say go was the one that got me the
most because before then we had some
serious bonding
and we pretty much hugged it out because
we were like the last ones to go and it
it sucks
having to see her witness all of her
friends just her their souls getting
sucked out
including her brother and that that was
that was kind of rough to go through and
seeing her go
was the one that got me the most because
that one felt like i was watching my
best friend just be sucked away from me
so
yeah that's my thoughts on things so far
and now we have to talk to tatru
and make our way through from there so
with all that said i will leave you with
the play through
starting with totoro so yeah we're going
to start off with shadowbringers and
this is my new look
going with a new look it's generic as
heck i know shut up good news
we've had a stroke of luck in our search
for that beacon
apparently our colleagues have stumbled
across a hidden path leading down into
the hollows around the base of the
crystal tower
i'll just talk really quick that's a
path i doubt we'd ever have
found had the ironworks and the sun's
not added their numbers to the party
thanks to them we have eager we have
eager eyes of plenty down there
checking under rocks and peering into
every nook and cranny still it sounds
like there's a lot of ground to cover
i better go give them a hand it sounds
like tedious work but not as tedious
just
waiting around so no we're gonna be
optimistic about this
let's give it a hand let's go
my thoughts exactly the sooner we find
this beacon the sooner you can travel to
wherever it is that this mysterious
voice is coming from
and the sooner we can work out how to
help our friends
we have to find a way to wake them up
and before the empire comes calling
again
meaning we have no time to lose it's
darn right
there's a boat nor in north shiva tier
waiting to ferry people to the site so
let's be on our way wait wait
wait wait
time out what was that sound that's
unlike any freaking quest except that
i've heard before going to the circus
trent
yes we're going to the circus all right
so take me take me take me there foreign
heading to the survey said site madam
it's on the eastern shore of the lake
and the swiftest way to get there is my
boat i
find that hard to believe i literally
just flew here
all right let's go
[Music]
whoa
[Music]
oh
oh yeah i also did reshade things here's
a reshade
yeah here are my presets yeah we're
gonna go we're gonna go like this now
uh hold on to tar hey hori what are you
doing
[Music]
yeah the search continues but i have no
doubt we shall find this beacon of yours
sweet how about you an ironworks
technologist
the ironworks is out in forests okay hey

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aaronor
the archons need our help next to that
even matters of the hearts don't seem to
matter
glad you have some type of leash going
on
i've detected no slaverying beast in the
vicinity my sister accepted
yeah um hello
that towering edifice is the outer wall
of the crystal towers foundation
the labyrinth of the ancients to be
precise
[Music]
tall tower yup hey colton how you doing
the air here weighs heavily upon me just
a little wonder i suppose when standing
in the shadow of such an imposing
structure
alright now we're talking to tater
i've heard this song so many times so
many times this is the wolves then
there's some this is this thing that
plays with the wolves then dagnabbit
i s i've listened to this so much look
how many people there are
oh yeah there's a lot of people let's
turn them off get to it then
pick up anything that seems the least
bit device-like and we'll make ourselves
a pile
well if it isn't the hero of the hour
maybe he'll change our look
we found bugger all without you that's
your voice okay
figs yeah aren't they great
aye aye well we could hardly say no to
call for aid from the scions
jesse called the chief of some other
business so we'll be working twice as
hard to make up for his not being here
yo thrice is hard even
you guys are work to the bone as is both
of you
i'm sure we'll find that beacon in no
time freaking love your voice actor
[Music]
it's a lot of rubble oh my what if we're
working looking in the wrong place all
the time we're not seeing anything out
here
well if it's literally at the doorstep
do you reckon you could squeeze in there
wedge
and get stuck halfway no thank you
do it i could try if you like
uh tataru no we couldn't ask you to do
that
oh i'll be fine this receptionist is not
afraid to get her hands dirty
oh i love that side dialogue with no
freaking
subtitles i see something what is it i
don't know like the camera is not
panning correctly
it's nothing oh it's freaky i meant to
say the scholars haven't finished their
preliminary assessment of the site yet
so
we're not supposed to venture too far in
all right that's so what's that you got

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there
probably the thing we're looking for now
that looks promising
it does it looks like a freaking
stopwatch isn't that the ironworks
symbol
counterfeiters
[Music]
okay we're doing this again now i have
you
you are right what's happening
not exactly with me
focus on my voice don't
i mean
[Music]
the gates that we may pass
i don't save journey warrior of light
find our friends and bring them home
i'm just gonna pass out aren't i
[Music]
okay we're back here again
[Music]
well it's rather spacious it's been it's
been a minute since i
wasn't standing on a ring
and now we're flying sweet we're falling
i can't tell anymore
[Music]
we did everything right everything that
was asked of us and
still still it came to this
almost
[Music]
okay i'm breaking the fourth wall
who am i falling to i don't trust this
it almost looked like an ophelia
that is rather heavenly looking with
your time
has not yet come
oh did you like stop me midway through
the transfer
this doesn't seem like real life where
am i

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there's a mist a black mist
is that that's the warrior darkness guy
yup that's him
i had a feeling i'd meet you again
it is very bright
neat place
kind of fell from space though
it is very bright from endless dreams i
[Music]
awake
something vague yet urgent
calls me to action once more
[Music]
the very heavy reverb in the music oh
who was that
what was that just gonna ignore it i
suppose
nope
who are to though
[Music]
hello oh hey
there's a caravan guy rare to meet
someone out here is not a peddler
themself
what brings you into the wilds this time
of night
night
what do you mean this time of night
well if it ain't the oldest joke in the
book
me god's rest is soul used to tell that
one to the barman at kicking out time
and when pray tell did we last have a
dark night
yeah rock no drunk yet he'd reply

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i see
so it's forever day here in the world
consumed with light
over 100 years ago
so this is his world then the warrior of
darkness is light
place you got that look down to a tee
i'd almost think you meant it
got to you poor beggar
that explains it then
who who's got to me
i'm fine with the drinks i have a bad
experience with those
well i've roads to travel and wares to
sell
but you you best hurry along to the town
nearby
just head east through the trees and aim
for the shining tower
you'll find the place soon enough it is
the biggest settlement for malms around
huh go on now friend
they'll take good care of you in the
crystarium
the crysterium huh
who's they who am i going to be looking
forward
to exactly
[Music]
there's the theme
[Music]
to dizzying heights it rises the
gleaming spire
it's tip threatening to pierce the
blinding canopy
oh it's their crystal tower
[Music]
there it will all begin in you
between dark and light the pure and the
corrupt
the one true struggle
the happy medium
here it is
[Music]
holt no why
[Music]
every face in this city i know yours i
do not

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okay this is the threshold of the
crystalline stranger
and i am its gatekeeper if you would
enter you will answer my questions
okay you're the first viewer i've seen
all game
laura wise at least from where do you
hail
another world
oh the source i technically am
what caught gradania keep it smooth
[Music]
do you take me for a fool no such place
exists
okay had you given me an honest answer
i would not have barred your way we care
little here for a person's place of
origin
but instead you chose concealment i
didn't and i will not suffer you to pass
oh you're a dancer
oh what a great showcase of both the
race and the class
i see what you did there square enix the
ground is moving weird
that one had eaten it must have gulped
down the whole hand
ring and all uh
[Music]
oh no no
what you're gonna pull that on me so
soon
everything all right captain that voice
quite all right my lord just the stress
and eater
and a weak one at that sin eater
i see weak or not we should be on the
lookout for more
but i see you've met my guest i will
escort her to the crystal myself
if you've no objections yeah no
objections huh
another off your mysterious friends is
it i should have known
another so the other ones are here very
well
i'll inform the others your guest is to
be given the run of the city
pray forgive my less than cordial
welcome may the rest of your stay with
us be a pleasant one
i heard that melody
[Applause]
come with me i will answer whatever
questions you have when we are somewhere
more private
gosh you're like part crystal what the
crap

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i'm gonna freaking call it and say
you're grow hatia aren't wait you don't
have a tail
[Music]
right then before we plunge into the
where's and wherefores let me first
thank you for answering my summons
i mean you kept really knocking on that
door there it was getting real annoying
i had intended to bring you directly to
my personal quarters
but i fear my aim was slightly off
that you're still able to make the
crossing unharmed is a great relief
yeah there wasn't really anything in the
way so yeah there's that and so
we come to the question of where the
realm in which you now find yourself
belongs to one of the 13 reflections or
shards
the first to be precise even if its
inhabitants are largely oblivious to the
fact
this is the first as to wherefore
having been awarded the rather grandiose
title of crystal exarch
i in my capacity as caretaker of the
christarium
thought to seek the aid of you and your
companions
music's a little loud compared to the
balance here but it's all right
so wait you're out there calling people
from different worlds
you have any idea how much trouble
you've caused
oh my lord i want to say this because oh
lord you just no
oh come on where am i
what happened am i dead did i actually
die
at last i found you okay listen you
annoying freaking prick
please there's no cause for alarm send
me back but the place of our meeting is
of no consequence
like the war you wage win or lose
the path you walk leads only to oblivion
he doesn't care
i remember whatever we're doing there
doesn't mean anything
are there other scions here
ah that is a question with no
simple answer but all shall be explained
in due course i promise you
[Music]
let us begin with the glaring skies up
above yeah i noticed that it was kind of
blinding my face for a while
you're blinding me some more with this
camera angle the world has been all but
consumed by primordial light
it began a century ago by this realm's
reckoning
a luminous flood swallowing everything
in its path
more than nine tenths of this star was
lost what
and the fortunate few who survived are
hounded by abominations born of that
catastrophe even now
so there you have a opposite version of
the calamity
but it was more grandiose we call them
the creature you saw earlier was one
such monstrosity
sin eater so anything that's not made of
pure light is a sin

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they see
it was to save the first from this
menace that i learned to bridge the rift
between worlds
that i might call upon the aid of the
greatest of heroes
and so you called me in the middle of
our war though it meant depriving a
world of its champion
i had to try for in saving the first
you would bring salvation to the source
as well
how would this work
[Music]
ah but what manner of host who ranks his
guests in the middle of the road
let us continue our talk within the
christerian
[Music]
so the crystal tower is open in this
world huh
[Music]
interesting is mr baja blast by chance
part of this cristarium
i enjoy this music it's very
[Music]
inspirational such a proud
vibrant city
the sole sanctuary for the living in the
world all but resigned to oblivion
each stone was laid with hope the town
itself a symbol
a monument to defiance in the face of
death
no would-be hero could fail to answer
its call
for who among us does not yearn for
salvation
[Music]
oh
it's quite a place
and here we are welcome my friend to the
custodial
[Music]
timeout i don't want experience with
this i want experience with something
else give me the
same eye
[Music]
and here i complete the quest
[Music]
that's a lot less bombastic than the uh
stormblood version
now what did you give me white oak
weapon

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turned by current i have this already
you can't fool me with this go away
aggressive x-ray has a request for me
another white oak thing
again with gear that i already outdo
now a full and frank discussion in the
privacy of my study what seemed to be an
order
let's turn this off
but i think our conversation would be
more meaningful when you first
go to gain a firmer grasp of the
situation here
to that end i would like you to visit a
few of the crystarium civic leaders
and glean something of this world in its
predicament basically it's shining
bright and everyone wants to turn the
lights off
is that it
as you can see this path will take you
directly to the etherite
a convenience with which i am sure you
are only too familiar
being the rightful object of my
summoning spell you should in theory be
able to reach all the way back
along your etheric trail and find a
connection to the source
believe it or not i strongly suggest you
complete this attainment before
venturing any further
[Music]
after you have done so to walk up the
steps next to the ether right and head
out to the left to arrive to the crystal
line mean
this is where you will find our
collective of crafters and gatherers as
well as their spokeswoman
catalysts one of the people i should
like you to meet
runs down there another is more to reach
him and his cabinet of curiosity
you'll want to avoid the aforementioned
steps and take the exit on the left and
simply continue straight down
straight along and down until you come
to the large doors the end of the end of
the path
and on the right the third and final
person i should like you to meet is
braggy
a man in charge of trade and
distribution used to be found in the
markets which you can access from
from the opposite side of the etherite
plaza
[Music]
in seeking out each of my colleagues you
will visit the major
districts of the city and hopefully gain
a feel for the place i trust my
directions were simply enough
to write it down no it's crystal clear
i get it puns
very good i concede the layer that i can
see
the layout of the crystalline owes more
to historic necessity than planning
but i'm sure you'll learn its twists and
turns before long
in all honesty the true challenge may be
finding the right way to approach its
citizens
as you discover during your encounter
with the captain the people of this
world are unaware of this existence of
other stars and will struggle
struggle to accept the truth of your
origin
[Music]
that being the case when they ask you
whence you hail as they inevitably
inevitably will i suggest you claim to
share a homeland with the crystal exarch
there is an unspoken rule here about
peering too deeply into that particular
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oh i take it you're not pulling my chain
there either
when you finish making the rounds pray
meet me in the large courtyard at the
center of town
until then
[Music]
it's [ __ ] guitar rift what happens if
i teleport out right now
no let's not do that that would be risky
business all right gonna tune this
i have a tune to the etherite by
focusing your senses you detect the flow
of vastly distant currents of ether
the connection to these energies is
faint but stable and should allow
teleportation to eat right in the source
ah i see hello
are you the crystarium is home to those
who choose to resist the light in the
and the ruin it threatens to bring
you've been invited into these walls
which means you are now one of us
will you ever find shade oh gosh [ __ ] i
can only
freaking imagine how blinding and
terrible it must be just to be in the
sun all day there's an ether right short
shard over here
oh clan nutsy
wow okay these etherite shirts are nice
and
concise with the way they look
interesting
i have access to temenos [ __ ]
there's the they're called nuts
they're not hunts they're nuts these
people are nuts what the crap
backflip and sprint sprint
oh right i forgot
my sprint is not a thing that's
currently available to me
because the reasons and things
[Music]
give me a moment folks i will figure a
thing out i'm having to stop right now
because i'm listening to this giant
crescendo part [ __ ] music
oh my lord this music is really
yes
[Music]
i skipped a etherite shot hey ethernet
shard
oh my lord
[Music]
oh
[Music]
hey quesh hi anthony yes may i
help you find something with all the
tones stored on our shelves i
understand that searching for any one in
particular can be a daunting task
please let me know if i can be of
service okay we'll never do
oh i should probably get rid of this
yeah um
you don't exist anymore see ya nope see
ya hello
lauren
excuse me miss are you recently come to
the city for a chance
i'm quite familiar with our civic roles
you see and well
[Music]

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what i mean to ask is have you brought
any books with you
a rumble scroll even a scrap of script
on parchment
um my apologies literature is something
of an
obsession of mine as well as a
profession
librarian morin at your service and this
humble collection is known as the
cabinet of curiosity
as your powers of perception have likely
informed you my colleagues and i are
responsible for curating all manner of
tones documents and other vehicles
for the written word
[Music]
as horrific as the loss of life and land
drawn by the flood
flood unquench unquestionably was the
damage to recorded knowledge was no less
catastrophic
we if you do all we can to preserve
preserve that wisdom survived
but tell me what brings you to the
cabinet today looking for any tile in
particular
may have a spot of academic research i
was actually recommended to you by the
progressive exact
oh also you have an interest in modern
history splendid
a thorough review of recent events can
often yield novel perspectives i quite
agree
if you would prefer something visual to
accompany their account then i think i
can have an illustrated history book for
children somewhere
just a moment and i'll fetch it for you
you're gonna give me a children's book
okay whatever and here we are would you
like to pull up a chair make yourself
more comfortable
home with a lesson then
[Music]
oh great he brought a children's book a
hundred years ago or near enough not to
matter
or near not near enough not to matter
villains known as the warriors of light
slew the shadow keeper the steward of
darkness
in the wake of this tainted deed light
began to pour into the world as if from
unseen cracks it pulled and swelled
without cease
until the day an enormous blinding wave
rose up and swept across our star
we called this calamity the flood of
light everything it touched was a leech
of life and vigor
leaving notch behind by a luminous
wasteland
[Music]
yet just when it seemed that all would
be lost a savior appeared before us
the oracle of light she stood twixed us
into approaching doom
and by her power did she stay in the
flood thus was norvrond
and norwant alone spared the fate of
erasure
[Music]
tragedy would however arrive in another
form from the blasted emptiness
descended
horrors of strange and terrible aspect
to be devil the new few folk who's
arrived these sin-eaters were light
incarnate
and their effulgent presence stole the
night from norron's sky
even now they circle the remaining
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ever on the hunt for us ever hungering
for our flesh
and thus did the world become what it is
should you ever wish to hear the tale
again i would be glad to retell it for
it to you
or if you would rather i speak for of
other matters that too would be my
pleasure
i should be glad of the company the
exchange of the [ __ ] has taught you
about the flood of light
thank you for telling me what i just
learned
the contents of a book may be immutable
yet depending upon one's perspective the
lesson one learns may be
different indeed in other words i am
very much in favor of revisiting a story
one has already read
i see well
okay let's see city of the first
that is the place that we're at indeed
wow what a way to
twist that melody into something more
positive hello cat
catless catalyst
oh you have a little orb thing over
there
this place looks fancy and comfortable i
want to eat here
rare to see a place so well stocked with
goods isn't it but not here
i'm going to guess you're new to our
fair city
well for what it's worth you've chosen a
fine sanctuary the x-ray can throw up a
barrier if the cine eaters come knocking
so it's a damn sight safer in here than
it is out here out there
safer and more civilized too thanks to
us and the mean we work together to
procur
cure materials and resources and craft
the goods which make the city life
possible
possible this is the place to visit if
you need a coat minded or cattle forged
just don't go thinking it'll all be
handed to you on a plate like those
you you mori you're [ __ ] you're more in
layabouts here in the crystarium we work
for a living
well i see you're no stranger to honest
labor you don't have that whiff of
indolence about you like
some [ __ ] i've met still i can't quite
pin down your profession
where is it you're from i am from where
the crystal x arc is from
one of the exorcs countrymen you say i
see
well then i'll work twice as hard to
make you feel welcome our city wouldn't
exist if it weren't for him and any
friend of his is a friend of ours
it's really quite incred quite
incredible when you think about it they
say his grand magic sum of the crystal
tower into existence
pulled the entire thing out of thin air
really
it wasn't long before droves of refugees
began congregating around its base
just before shelter after losing their
homes through the flood
and that's how the crystalline began at
the xrx invitation buildings started
growing going up
and with the help of some curious relics
brought forth from the tower
the place gradually expanded into the
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the city stood here for decades now yet
the elders among us where the x-ray
looks exactly the same as he did back
then he is indeed a man of many many
mysteries
but for all his secrecy he has never let
us down
so if he and you wish to remain silent
about your shared homeland
then the folk here will respect you for
uh your wish for privacy
i am however more than a little curious
to see any crafting talent you might be
hiding
if you've ought to contribute on that
front be sure to come back and visit
once you've had a chance to settle in
just ask for catalyst and i'll find you
a niche here in the crystalline
crystalline mean
you can help us keep the cogs in the
city greased and turning
to exchange the catalyst to tell you
about the life in the crystal
oh boy i'm going to be told what i just
learned aren't i
feel free to look around at the
workshops shops but try not to distract
the artisans if they fall behind in
their quotas other than everything one
separates for it
okay hello just calm down you got a
recording node what are you here for
okay fair enough i'm gonna go the omaro
launch
that's actually upstairs got a landing
here aged amaro
tamer oh
i'm also looking to pro procure yourself
in omaro
i reckon you've come to the right place
one second if you would and there we
have it i've added it to your vet into
our register
pray come back when you're in need of a
mount i don't need a match right now
but i technically do but for the
different different reasons
i'm actually just gonna pour it out of
here to
the east right plaza i believe it's down
here i think
i hope it is there it is
gosh this place reminds me of a place
i've been to in real life and i can't
put my finger as the witch
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very homely feeling
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look at all those particles the
particles
they're all over the place you to the
city friend
the spinning head and white eyes gave
you give you away
welcome my name is braggy and i'm the
master of these markets
they gave they gave this district
another official title but i'm not in
the habit of using it
to floor it by half in any case our
merchant stock a range of equipment
equipment for humans such as yourself so
find yourself in your
cells find some finding something in
your size shouldn't be a problem
sorry did you say humans
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hi something wrong
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let's see if we can straighten this out
see those two in front of us