#gilliath osborne

[princess-starscourge]

I love smart villains but if they’re so smart that the heroes NEVER pull one over on them, they annoy me to death. Specifically thinking of Otto Apocalypse (fuck that bitch omg) and the villain group in Trails of Cold Steel III and IV (fuck that bitch Osborne too lol).

[rehncohro]

This was the most shocking out of all of the reveals in this series.

[cuban-feminist-that-gives-a-hoot]

Trails of Cold Steel IV

Been about a week or so since I've beaten it and I have thoughts. Lots of them. I don't expect everyone to agree or for my thoughts to be fully coherent, but here we go:

1. Gilliath Osborne is a fucking asshole. Holy shit, he is the worst father of all Zemuria, hands down. Abandons his son at 5 years old after his push into politics got his wife killed and his son nearly killed, then doesn't even tell him that he's his father until a traumatic moment happens. Then, he proceeds to use his son as a tool in his expansionist policies, followed by using him to cause the end of the fucking world. On top of that, his wife was 10 years his junior, so we can potentially add him being a creep depending on how old he was when he met his wife. 0/10, complete and total fucking asshole to the very bitter end.

2. Black Alberich's an asshole too. Second-worst father of all Zemuria, if only for being responsible for spawning Alisa Reinford rather than being an absolute, complete dick (Not to say that he isn't, he is). A shame that we only get glimpses of Franz Reinford towards the end, as it would've been a lot more interesting to learn about him directly.

3. Cedric Reise Arnor is a dick. But he's an interesting, entertaining dick. He is someone that has a very interesting story development throughout the four games that make up ToCS and I'm fascinated by where he's going to go now that he's a member of Ouroboros. Plus, it's nice to see Shirley take him under her wings in solidarity with folks that underwent trauma.

4. Rufus Albarea is the worst brother in all of Zemuria. Like, holy shit, how much of a shitbag do you have to be to basically throw all that nobility out the door to stab a teammate in the back? Glad he got arrested. Also, an excellent performance from D.C. Douglas, who shows off why he's so good at playing upper-crust assholes, on top of robots. There's a reason why Legion and Albert Wesker are his best known roles and him playing Rufus and Valimar showcase both sides easily.

5. The Black Workshop level is one of the most fun levels to play in ever. You have to switch between three different parties, manage orbment levels, and get to see Rean at his most evil & lost-looking ever so far. Him looking all hollow-like? Niiice! But more importantly, the gameplay there was so much fun. The salt pillars are a close second for fun levels to play.

6. Fighting the true final boss was equally awesome. It reminds me of the Bizarro Sephiroth fight where you're fighting with 3 parties and you're fighting different sides of the final boss. It's an awesome mechanic and I love setting up my parties to kick ass. Roselia and Vita in the same party? Absolutely dangerous and fun.

7. Machia Regnitz is the most terrifying accountant-looking inspector from the Government Accountability Inspectorate one will ever meet. Imagine being a regular person working, only for him to show up to inspect your workplace. Then, when your workplace fails the inspection, he immediately starts blasting away with multiple guns. This is a PTO day if I've ever heard of one.

8. I'm honestly glad that we got to see the normal ending first before we can see the golden ending, as it allows us to see what happens if we don't get that Earthen Prison to trap Ishmelga in it.

9. Crow Armbrust is what I'm talking about when it comes to someone that is a likable character that did some really shady shit. Yes, he was a terrorist, but you understood and got why he did what he did. It didn't exactly justify his actions, but you got where he was coming from. On top of that, he holds a lot of respect for those that he works with, from his teammates in the Imperial Liberation Front to Class VII to even his peers with Towa, George, and Angelica. He never crossed what could be considered a moral event horizon, where he could be considered irredeemable. In short, he's not Goro Akechi.

10. The voice acting for all the games is top-notch. Props to the folks that did the voice casting for each and every role because every last one of the parts played by the actors was perfect. This was a voice dub that was done so perfectly that turning on the Japanese voices seems offensive in comparison, and not just for this game, but for all four games. This is a voice dub that deserves all the love and respect it earns because it is such a flawless performance from everyone. And even the voices that do falter a bit is not enough to take away from how good it is.

11. If you haven't played any of the Trails of Cold Steel games, what are you waiting for? They are worth it. All four are available on PS4 and PC. You owe it to yourself to play these games now. If you love a turn-based JRPG that will take a decent amount of time to play, then this is the game for you.

[asoulofatlantis]

Rean father promised him to tell him everything there is to tell about his past at the end of CS2, but didn’t manage to do so until 1 1/2 years later, despite the fact that Elise mentioned that Rean did visit them just half a year ago. I guess at the end of the day, with everything that happened and Rean giving away the vibes that he already knew, it was simply too hard for Tea to talk to Rean about it from face to face.

However... we now finally hear that Story. Teo Schwarzers father, was friends with a family of Commoners from North... or a northern region - not fully sure about it, as Rean doesn’t look like he is from the same North as Gaius. Anyway, said family was Osbornes family. And just as Rean was adopted into the family of the Schwarzers,so was our favorite Chancellor.

On first glance Rean really doesn’t look like Osborne at all. But as Claire mentioned in CS2 there are similarities. However... Reans mother must have been an absolute beauty, seeing what an attractive man Rean has become.

I love how, on one hand, Teo tells Rean that Gilliath, which he sees as his older brother, was no man who would have left his child like this without a good reason. Making sure Rean knows that Osborne did not simply throw him away. And yet, says pretty clearly with that sentence in the picture above alone “You are my son now and you will always stay my son”, which is really wonderful and just what Rean needs and deserves. Teo is a god man.

You will be sweetheart. You will be. Just be patient... and very strong.

Ah... despite everything, at least I can look forward to a date with Alisa after I take a short break...

[terriblepersonextraordinaire]

Rate Husbando: Gilliath Osborne

Nice smug portrait.

Is he a piece of shit? I get that feeling form that smug look on his face. I like his suit though, makes him look manly. That long hair, though. Get a goddamn hair cut. And goddamn, there’s too many colors.

7/10, I like his smug attitude and his voice is all right.

[princess-starscourge]

Now I love Trails of Cold Steel but really? Osborne gets to be a part of the motivational speech team? Fuck outta here with that shit 😑

[monasatlantis]

My Trails-Favorites...

Top 10 favorite Trails-Games characters:

 1.    Rean

1.    Olivert

3.    Alisa

4.    Alfin

5.    Tita

6.    Claire

7.    Jusis

8.    KeA

9.    Millium

10. Lechter

 (This was really hard... But I have all my blond angels in a row XD)

 Top 5 favorite „Ouroboros-Members” (This was named: „villain“/“enemy“/“antagonist“ but half of them is less a Villain than Osborne seemed to be ^^’)

 1.      Vita

2.      Duvalie

3.      Shirley

4.      Campanella

5.      Phantom Thief B

 Best written „villian“/“enemie“/“antagonist“

 Gilliath Osborne

(Nothing more to say here XD)

 Top 3 “Traitors”

 1. Claire

2. Crow

3. Sharon

(I have no idea why Crow has the second place because I still dislike his reasons...)

Top 5 favorite “Harem” – Waifus (Rean and Lloyd)

 1.      Alisa

2.      Elie

3.      Alfin

4.      Sara

5.      Rixia

 Top 6 favorite Trails-Games-Ships:

 1. Rean x Alisa

2. Tita x Agate

3. Millium x Jusis

4. Joshua x Estelle

5. Cedric  x Shirley

6. Lloyd x Elie

 Top 5 Non-Ship-Relationships

 1.      Renne and Estelle

2.      Lloyd and KeA

3.      Rean and Celine

4.      Claire and Millium

5.      Jusis and Machias

 Top 5 Trails Games

 1.      Trails of Cold Steel 3

2.      Trails of Cold Steel 4

3.      Trails in the Sky 1

4.      Trails of Azure

5.      Trails of Cold Steel 1

 Top 6 favorite scenes from all Trails-Games (SPOILER for Hajimari no Kiseki)

 1.      Epilogue of CS4 (Oliverts Wedding)

2.      Reunion-Hug between Rean and Alisa in CS3

3.      The meeting of the Liberl-, Crossbell- and Erebonia-Teams on the          Panthagruel in CS4

4.       Estelles and Joshuas reunion in Trails in the Sky 2

5.       Ball in CS3 (Dancing Scene)

6.       Rean FINALLY realizing that to make the people around him happy, he has to be happy himself (Hajimari)

 Top 3 most hated parts from any Trails-Game

 1.      Freeing Leeves (especially the Einhel Keep Part) in CS4

2.      Any Geofront-Section-Mission in the whole Crossbell-Saga

3.      The freaking whole Trails in the Sky 3 Game (with a few small exceptions)