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the one thing that is messing w me of dan heng terrae is that he waited for a thousand years. a thousand. dan feng and dan heng counted together didn't live that long! and i wonder if the writers will do anything with it. with dan heng having to wrestle with divinity in his own name like what sunk dan feng. with waiting, changed, for a thousand years for a single person that ties to his self and his world- even if not ren, would he understand more? would he value himself more? or would it just get swept aside like the amphoreus writers seem to do with him so much so far?

I think if nothing else, post-Amphoreus Dan Heng will be much more confident in wanting to spend time with people. Something like this has to have long-term effects on him. And now that he's a new limited character, they're basically required to explore his character, and I think they definitely will put the effort in given that even when he's not the main character, he gets little developments in the background (like the Wardance arc and Aquila arc).

I think you're right about this affecting his relationship with Blade especially, making him much more confident in wanting to approach Blade to start to try and fix things because being alone for so long would make him miss everything that was familiar, even the things he thought he hated. Especially since that unanchored loneliness spent waiting for someone to give them meaning would become something in common between them.

Most of all, though, he's going to have a lot of time to simply think. To learn about himself, even if not intentionally. I think that the longer his past is just there, existing in the background without hurting, the more he'll come to realise who's actually responsible for his pain, and so he'll become more comfortable with himself. That's really what his whole development has been so far: learning bit by bit to be okay with what he is.

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he’s waiting for the Trailblazer. Imagine if, after a thousand years, they didn’t recognise him. It’d destroy him. Of course he’d try to keep his appearance at least somewhat the same.

I'm so tired of the negativity about Dan Heng's new form. My only concern is whether or not it will work with how they're tying him in to Amphoreus as Terravox. Aesthetically and purely for Dan Heng himself it's perfectly lovely and makes perfect sense.

It's not ugly, it's not 'mid' or lazy. There's beautiful detailing on the jacket--the Dragon eye on the front, the gold markings on the coattails, the way he kept that silly poem. The hair may not be every player's taste but it certainly makes sense for our INCREDIBLY PRACTICAL guard and archivist who would NOT want his hair getting in his face during fights. We finally have an explanation for his earpiece that he was clearly attached to but that never sat properly on his ear in his 4-star form!

Don't get me wrong, I love IL as much as anyone else, but he's always been so viscerally uncomfortable in that form, and even Dan Feng was was extremely conservative in his own fashion choices. That particular outfit did not seem to be either of their preferred wear.

Let's just be honest here.

Y'all were never going to be happy with anything that got dropped.

Talk about overhype killing the vibes.

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dan heng new form!!!!!! desperately need blade’s live reaction to new dan heng and whatever the hell happened to cloudpiercer

If he has to wait 1000 years he might unironically be glad to see Blade. Just anything familiar would probably be amazing as far as he's concerned. I do really hope the new Cloudpiercer has some narrative to it rather than just being cosmetic though.

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part of me wonders if Dan Heng will see the Earth coreflame as a "redo" of sorts. Another chance at divinity, except this time he helps mortals instead of keeping his distance from them. That way he'd be overwriting Dan Feng's legacy in such away that he isn't just denying it.

In the new splash art, Dan Heng is seen tearing apart a red maple leaf with cloud piercer.

The "Feng" (枫) in Dan Feng means a maple. What's more, Dānfēng (丹枫) is a literary term for a red maple.

Take it as you wish.

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The dragon we were obviously expecting, but swallows?

In Ancient Greek folklore specifically, it was thought that gods could take the form of swallows. Between that and the character introduction, I do really wonder if Dan Heng is taking the place of the Earth Titan rather than its Chrysos Heir.

Additionally, sailors sometimes get swallow tattoos for every 5000 miles they sail. There are 6 swallows in Dan Heng's splash art, 5 if we ignore the one that makes up the title graphic. Given that he waited so long for the Trailblazer, it wouldn't be all that surprising if he did travel something like 25000 miles across Amphoreus.

In Chinese folklore, swallows are a sign of spring's arrival. This lines up pretty well with the story that Georios was the Titan that taught agriculture to humanity, blessing them with new life after the winter brought by Cerces.

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“his tits are staring at me” no not in a sexual way there’s literally an eyeball on them

I DO like his jacket detail. Looks like a dragon eye!

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Imagine Dan Heng keeping track of Amphoreus’ history while he waits for the flame-chase to begin. Continuing his duty as an archivist and witness because there’s nothing else he can do; keeping records of everything that happened as well as his own memories. Georios is said to be the god of history as well as the Earth Titan, as well as the Titan most benevolent to mortals. We know Dan Heng is the same, we know he values his own humanity highly. Even if he’s without the Trailblazer, he’ll still bear witness Amphoreus’ story and its people.

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In the Deliverer trailer, we see March 7th with motifs of both Enigmata and Voracity, and Cyrene turning into a puzzle piece like those on Xipe's body. Both of these characters, however, are described as "children of Remembrance".

Gameplay-wise, the Remembrance path is similarly inconsistent: Remembrance Trailblazer is more or less a Harmony unit, Aglaea and Castorice play like Destruction units, and Hyacine is basically an Abundance unit.

In the Fables About The Stars part 1 trailer, Fuli is hinted to be different to the other Aeons. THEY have the appearance of an emperor, and THEIR body is made of prisms, which could signify that THEY are a "whole" made of smaller parts, like how the spectrum of colours forms white light.

What is Remembrance is some kind of go-between for the other Paths? The space in between them? Memory encompasses everything, after all, so it could form the "unifying" path.

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ah yes the pros of the High Elder succession. Those. Yeah they totally exist. Yeah.

not like it's a terrible time for everyone involved. nope. not at all.

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this is so dumb it should not be nostalgic

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what uh. what happened here

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We're on the 33,550,3(37)th loop of Amphoreus. 3/7. In terms of date only (ignore the year) The Deliverer trailer (August 2nd) was released exactly 3 months and 7 days from the game launch trailer, Interstellar Journey (April 25th). March Star Rail.

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probably hot take but I don’t think Phainon is or will ever be an emanator, especially a Lord Ravager. Being consumed by Irontomb doesn’t count. Serving a higher power that doesn’t care for him goes against just about every facet of his character. Especially if that higher power was Nanook.

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I knew March with an umbrella looked familiar!!! (interstellar journey trailer). Wow they've been planning this for ages haven't they

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this shot does not really tell us anything but I wanted to point out that Dan Heng's new weapon is still definitely Cloudpiercer, with the shaft and core being virtually identical, so it seems like the breaking might have been important after all, it just has a really delayed payoff.

Cyrene appears, grabbing Trailblazer by the same hand that her puzzle piece fell into earlier, and helping them withstand Irontomb's attack

she makes this star thing (which notably has 12 segments, like the 12 coreflames) and the Trailblazer comes out of it to attack

More shots of Irontomb where it looks much more like Khaslana in terms of colour scheme and texture

Basically Phainon's ult finisher

Except the black hole seems to consume a whole lot of planets

ok trailer Analysis time. This isn't the 3.5 trailer, but seemingly the trailer for the entirety of the second half Amphoreus, so a lot of the things in here are likely to not show up in 3.5.

the trailer description seems to be a conversation between the Trailblazer and Cyrene. There isn't any super important meaning as far as I can tell, it's just saying that it's theoretically impossible to save Amphoreus but that they're going to try anyway.

to begin with, we get a recap of sorts of the first half, though out of order/

this hand, with armour similar to Mydei's, appears to attempt to break the chains of Castrum Kremnos. This probably symbolises him ending the dynasty.

next, Castorice and Pollux in Styxia, with the former's eyes covered.

Hyacine appearing to take flight, probably symbolising her return to the skies. Her eyes are covered too. The buildings in the corner look weirdly like the daytime version of Styxia shown in the special program.

the camera pans up through the clouds and we get March 7th, in her new form, eating Amphoreus. Given her jellyfish motif, this maybe symbolises Amphoreus being consumed by the Enigmata, which could also be related to the "forgotten years" ie. the chunks of simulation data that straight up went missing.

her sleeve zipper almost looks like a mouth, which could mean a lot of things but might be related to this idea of "consuming".

Also, in case the very edgy design didn't give it away: she'll evil now. But she probably won't be for long.

the logo appears, and then we go back to the recap: Aglaea with her garmentmakers holding her at swordpoint, referencing her suicide in order to turn Okhema against the Elders.

Tribbie "reuniting" with Trianne and Trinnon. There's also these coloured threads which seem to be the same ones that form Amphoreus' infinity symbol.

Next, Anaxa holding some kind of fire, with the same coloured threads around him. I think this is a reference to Plato's Cave, with him being the one to discover the source of what Amphoreus considered to be reality.

Cipher, laid to rest with Zagreus. There's one coin that keeps spinning, not decided between heads or tails, which could hint that her lies outlived her, but I'm pretty unsure.

And finally, Phainon fusing with the Flame Reaver before burning himself away.

There's a flashback to the Trailblazer returning the Deliverance Coreflame, since they are the Deliverer now, and then we see Lygus' boss form from the special program.

This shot is definitely from 3.5: The Trailblazer and Hysilens fighting Lygus in the Vortex Of Genesis.

Cerydra and Hysilens fighting together, establishing their relationship as girlfriends commander and knight.

and last but not least, Dan Heng, presumably with the Earth Coreflame. This is a bit of a weird shot but I wanted to get the whole of cloudpiercer 2.0 in because I think it's pretty important.

red March 7th again. Both her and Dan Heng's new forms are very similar to their bas appearances, looking more like evolutions then something completely new. We can also now be sure that the jellyfish are in fact jellyfish and not just flowers (though they might actually be both).

also, Herta and Screwllum. The special program suggested that they'll become much more involved in Amphoreus' second half.

All the Amphoreus-native Chrysos Heirs, minus cyrene, returning the coreflames- all twelve of them, even though three Heirs are missing. The monument in the background is new.

Cyrene in a new place that resembles parts of Elysium Everlasting. This could perhaps be where she waited each cycle while upholding her part of the plan.

Cerydra pointing a sword at her throat. It's made very clear that she'd gladly give her life for victory, so this alone isn't surprising. However, it goes against the admin entry claiming Hysilens killed her. This could be the work of the Enigmata?

March disintegrating into shards of ice while the ice around her turns red and begins to reflect the flower jellyfish. Cyrene did say that she could lose herself if she entered Amphoreus so that's probably what this shot depicts.

Dan Heng waiting somewhere for a very long time, long enough that this plant grows around Cloudpiercer. This makes sense if he ends up trapped underground with Terravox like the As I've Written entry implies.

Cyrene who is literally just Elysia now, joining hands with the Trailblazer, seemingly in the same location as her earlier appearance.

Cyrene then turns into this puzzle piece which the Trailblazer catches. Weirdly enough, puzzle pieces are associated with the Harmony, while Cyrene is connected to the Remembrance. We also had March becoming seemingly connected to the Enigmata. It could be that the simulation is starting to confuse Paths as Chrysos Heirs prove themselves too complex and human to be defined by a singular Primum Mobile.

Next there's a sequence of the Express Crew and Cyrene walking through many places. I'm not going to screenshot everything but I'll list everything.

Location 1: Aedes Elysiae.

-March 7th (not evil) doesn't walk forward, but takes a photo of everyone

-Welt pulls his cane out

Location 2: the abyss where the Express Car crashed

-Sunday appears and walks with the Express Crew

-Black Swan appears up ahead

-Dan Heng waves to March, and then she disappears

-the Stellaron Hunters appear in the background

-Aglaea appears to the side

-Tribbie appears behind Aglaea and runs forward

Location 3: Okhema

-Welt disappers

-Castorice appears in front, and Mydei behind near where Welt was and begins following

-Anaxa appears and walks forward, while Himeko, Dan Heng and Sunday disappear

-Cipher appears, runs forward and disappears

-Hyacine appears and starts walking forward

Location 3: Styxia (Or some other evernight ruin) - Tribbie and Aglaea disappear

-Dan Heng (new form) reappears

-Mydei, Anaxa and Hyacine disappear

Location 4: not sure where this is

-Phainon appears and greets the Trailblazer and Cyrene

-March 7th (new form) appears

-Hysilens, Cerydra, Herta and Screwllum appear

Location 5: Cyrene's realm from her earlier appearances (I think)

-Phainon disappears

Location 6: Phainon's ultimate territory

Cyrene says something to the Trailblazer and all the remaining characters run forward to attack.

This, combined with the fact that she walked alongside the Trailblazer, is why I think the new March will eventually regain herself in this form rather than it only being the "corrupted" version of her. The way she smiles is much more normal than the creepy smile earlier in the trailer.

They all rush forward to attack some kind of black hole, combining their powers for the Trailblazer to do a cool anime attack

We see a flash of Khaslana's halo before this creature appears. Most likely it's irontomb fused with Phainon, with gold armour and black hole attack really resembling Khaslana.

Also, March fights with the umbrella. Just thought that was neat.

I've run out of images. Part 2 in reblogs in like 20 minutes :(

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ok trailer Analysis time. This isn't the 3.5 trailer, but seemingly the trailer for the entirety of the second half Amphoreus, so a lot of the things in here are likely to not show up in 3.5.

the trailer description seems to be a conversation between the Trailblazer and Cyrene. There isn't any super important meaning as far as I can tell, it's just saying that it's theoretically impossible to save Amphoreus but that they're going to try anyway.

to begin with, we get a recap of sorts of the first half, though out of order/

this hand, with armour similar to Mydei's, appears to attempt to break the chains of Castrum Kremnos. This probably symbolises him ending the dynasty.

next, Castorice and Pollux in Styxia, with the former's eyes covered.

Hyacine appearing to take flight, probably symbolising her return to the skies. Her eyes are covered too. The buildings in the corner look weirdly like the daytime version of Styxia shown in the special program.

the camera pans up through the clouds and we get March 7th, in her new form, eating Amphoreus. Given her jellyfish motif, this maybe symbolises Amphoreus being consumed by the Enigmata, which could also be related to the "forgotten years" ie. the chunks of simulation data that straight up went missing.

her sleeve zipper almost looks like a mouth, which could mean a lot of things but might be related to this idea of "consuming".

Also, in case the very edgy design didn't give it away: she'll evil now. But she probably won't be for long.

the logo appears, and then we go back to the recap: Aglaea with her garmentmakers holding her at swordpoint, referencing her suicide in order to turn Okhema against the Elders.

Tribbie "reuniting" with Trianne and Trinnon. There's also these coloured threads which seem to be the same ones that form Amphoreus' infinity symbol.

Next, Anaxa holding some kind of fire, with the same coloured threads around him. I think this is a reference to Plato's Cave, with him being the one to discover the source of what Amphoreus considered to be reality.

Cipher, laid to rest with Zagreus. There's one coin that keeps spinning, not decided between heads or tails, which could hint that her lies outlived her, but I'm pretty unsure.

And finally, Phainon fusing with the Flame Reaver before burning himself away.

There's a flashback to the Trailblazer returning the Deliverance Coreflame, since they are the Deliverer now, and then we see Lygus' boss form from the special program.

This shot is definitely from 3.5: The Trailblazer and Hysilens fighting Lygus in the Vortex Of Genesis.

Cerydra and Hysilens fighting together, establishing their relationship as girlfriends commander and knight.

and last but not least, Dan Heng, presumably with the Earth Coreflame. This is a bit of a weird shot but I wanted to get the whole of cloudpiercer 2.0 in because I think it's pretty important.

red March 7th again. Both her and Dan Heng's new forms are very similar to their bas appearances, looking more like evolutions then something completely new. We can also now be sure that the jellyfish are in fact jellyfish and not just flowers (though they might actually be both).

also, Herta and Screwllum. The special program suggested that they'll become much more involved in Amphoreus' second half.

All the Amphoreus-native Chrysos Heirs, minus cyrene, returning the coreflames- all twelve of them, even though three Heirs are missing. The monument in the background is new.

Cyrene in a new place that resembles parts of Elysium Everlasting. This could perhaps be where she waited each cycle while upholding her part of the plan.

Cerydra pointing a sword at her throat. It's made very clear that she'd gladly give her life for victory, so this alone isn't surprising. However, it goes against the admin entry claiming Hysilens killed her. This could be the work of the Enigmata?

March disintegrating into shards of ice while the ice around her turns red and begins to reflect the flower jellyfish. Cyrene did say that she could lose herself if she entered Amphoreus so that's probably what this shot depicts.

Dan Heng waiting somewhere for a very long time, long enough that this plant grows around Cloudpiercer. This makes sense if he ends up trapped underground with Terravox like the As I've Written entry implies.

Cyrene who is literally just Elysia now, joining hands with the Trailblazer, seemingly in the same location as her earlier appearance.

Cyrene then turns into this puzzle piece which the Trailblazer catches. Weirdly enough, puzzle pieces are associated with the Harmony, while Cyrene is connected to the Remembrance. We also had March becoming seemingly connected to the Enigmata. It could be that the simulation is starting to confuse Paths as Chrysos Heirs prove themselves too complex and human to be defined by a singular Primum Mobile.

Next there's a sequence of the Express Crew and Cyrene walking through many places. I'm not going to screenshot everything but I'll list everything.

Location 1: Aedes Elysiae.

-March 7th (not evil) doesn't walk forward, but takes a photo of everyone

-Welt pulls his cane out

Location 2: the abyss where the Express Car crashed

-Sunday appears and walks with the Express Crew

-Black Swan appears up ahead

-Dan Heng waves to March, and then she disappears

-the Stellaron Hunters appear in the background

-Aglaea appears to the side

-Tribbie appears behind Aglaea and runs forward

Location 3: Okhema

-Welt disappers

-Castorice appears in front, and Mydei behind near where Welt was and begins following

-Anaxa appears and walks forward, while Himeko, Dan Heng and Sunday disappear

-Cipher appears, runs forward and disappears

-Hyacine appears and starts walking forward

Location 3: Styxia (Or some other evernight ruin) - Tribbie and Aglaea disappear

-Dan Heng (new form) reappears

-Mydei, Anaxa and Hyacine disappear

Location 4: not sure where this is

-Phainon appears and greets the Trailblazer and Cyrene

-March 7th (new form) appears

-Hysilens, Cerydra, Herta and Screwllum appear

Location 5: Cyrene's realm from her earlier appearances (I think)

-Phainon disappears

Location 6: Phainon's ultimate territory

Cyrene says something to the Trailblazer and all the remaining characters run forward to attack.

This, combined with the fact that she walked alongside the Trailblazer, is why I think the new March will eventually regain herself in this form rather than it only being the "corrupted" version of her. The way she smiles is much more normal than the creepy smile earlier in the trailer.

They all rush forward to attack some kind of black hole, combining their powers for the Trailblazer to do a cool anime attack

We see a flash of Khaslana's halo before this creature appears. Most likely it's irontomb fused with Phainon, with gold armour and black hole attack really resembling Khaslana.

Also, March fights with the umbrella. Just thought that was neat.

I've run out of images. Part 2 in reblogs in like 20 minutes :(

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irontomb fused with Phainon, if the gold/dark blue armour and black hole attack are anything to go off of. We’re gonna have to fight our boy 🥺

Irontomb??