#also apropos of nothing I found Real Peeled Credo Angelo

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On Credo Angelo and the Order's Armour

I brought this up with some buddies some time last year (or something to that effect, time just keeps on slippin'), but it's incheresting to me that the Bianco and Alto Angelos—the Biancos in particular—have a similar facial structure to Credo Angelo. I am gomen for the shoddy pictures, but there are limited angles of Credo Angelo's face in game, so I just skimmed through a cutscene compilation and did my best.

I don't quite remember exactly what it was I said now, but I think I talked a bit about how it's possible that the suits of armour weren't built as a reflection of Credo Angelo, but the other way around? All of what I'm about to say is 100% my own indulgent headcanon, so honestly, if nobody agrees, that's fine, this is all for my own benefit (and fics) anyway, but I HC that Credo and Kyrie's family name is Algiere. I know that kinda goes against the Alghieri Dante's Inferno schtick, but when you break the name down, it's composed of elements that mean "noble" and "spear". And you know who had a gigantic spear? Credo Angelo; the one he summons to toss at Nero periodically in his boss fight.

But like. Okay. So the Biancos and the Altos are actually using lances, but I think they're a similar enough weapon type to be able to say that maybe, just maybe, once upon a time, the Bianco's original design was based off something that the Algiere family used to actually own. Some kind of great suit of armour that served as a family heirloom/crest. And since I HC that the Algiere's were also the crème de la crème of nobles on Fortuna, their standing is why Credo—and his father before him—served as the Order's Supreme General. Makes sense then that the Order would then use that particular design of armour to create the Biancos. It would be a comforting image to any Fortuna citizen, wouldn't it? They see that, they think of the Algiere's, and they feel safe.

So when it comes time for Credo to undergo the Ascension Ceremony himself, what he reached for within himself, what lies at the very core of his being, is something that looks like the Biancos. He literally becomes the embodiment of his own family's crest. The purest form of what his family stood for.

That's it that's the post, thanks for coming. 🤣