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Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Travel Journal Entries [Chapter 4: Light and Darkness]

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Entry 71: This is Emil.

Just like Marta said, I feel like we've finally figured out exactly what we're supposed to be doing. Let's do our best!

When we got to Izoold, we immediately noticed the smell of something burning. It smells more like something's burning than the smell of cooking fish, so we decided to go and look for the source of the smell.

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Entry 72: The smell was coming from some crates in the village. It seems that someone set fire to some boxes of seafood gels. One of the villagers told us that they've had several cases of arson in the town recently. A bright light is seen every time before the arsonist sets fire to anything. They thought they'd caught the arsonist already, but this fire happened in the exact same way as the earlier ones, so the villagers have been talking about how the criminal might have escaped. I don't know what to believe, but I'm a little bit scared of another fire breaking out.

All of us would like to lend a hand if possible, but right now it's more important for us to get the Centurions' cores before Lloyd does, so we decided to head for the harbor. But that really just seems like a lame excuse for leaving the villagers to deal with their problems on their own. I mean, we don't live here, so there might be nothing we could do to help, and this doesn't even really involve us at all, but I still feel a little guilty about not helping.

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Entry 73: We went to the harbor, where a sailor told us that no ships are leaving thetown right now. They think the arsonist might have broken out of prison, and they don't want to give him the opportunity to stow away on any of the ships and escape from town. The sailor we talked to even accused us of being arsonists when we asked about leaving on a ship!

I understand now that he was only half-joking (though he might have been half-serious, too). But at the time, it really affected me. I got really mad at being treated like a criminal, and before I knew it I had my hands around the sailor's neck. If Marta hadn't stopped me, I might have killed him. Marta said that I've had a few incidents where I suddenly get really mad like this in the past (everyone calls it my "Ratatosk Mode"). So this is what they were talking about. I've finally realized that there's something not quite right with me. Maybe I'm just not strong enough to effectively use the powers of a Knight of Ratatosk. If that's true, then I need to try a lot harder. But I'm not really sure how I'm supposed to "try."

Anyway, no ships are leaving town right now, but they should start leaving port again if the arsonist is caught, so we've decided to look for the criminal ourselves. In order to see if we can find any clues, we decided we better go to the prison where the arsonist escaped.

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Entry 74: We went to the prison, and the arsonist was still there in his cell. What's more, his name was Regal Bryant, a companion of Lloyd's from the journey ofworld regeneration! According to Regal, his arrest for arson was a mistake, and he, too, was a victim. However, the only man who could attest to his innocence inhaled a lot of smoke in the fire, and is still unconscious. So Regal was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. We've decided to go and check on Berg in order to prove Regal's innocence.

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Entry 75: When we saw Berg's condition, Raine guessed that Berg had probably been poisoned by a monster called a light-frog (though its proper name is apparently"nazdrovie"). Tenebrae agreed. He explained that the light-frog gives off heat and light when it absorbs a lot of energy in its body. As soon as we heard that, we realized that the light-frog might be what had been causing all of the fires around town. In order to prove this, we need to help Berg regain consciousness, so that he can get Regal out of prison. However, Tenebrae says the only thing that can cure the light frog's poison is a rosemary plant. We decided to head for the Camberto Caves, where rosemary is said to grow.

I guess I should also write about an incident that happened. While we were talking about what to do next, I lost my temper again. Raine said that we should just forget about Regal and Berg, and I got angry.

Raine was actually lying, or maybe it'd be better to say "acting", to try to make me mad by saying something cruel. And I completely fell for it.

Why do I lose my temper so easily? Also, I wonder why Raine would go and do something like that.

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Entry 76: We got to the Camberto Caves, but due to the unusual weather, all of therosemary that should be growing here has withered and died. However, theremight be some left deeper in the cave, so we're going to keep looking.

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Entry 77: We kept looking and didn't give up, and eventually we found some rosemary deep within the cave. I thought that we were just wasting our time for a while there, but I'm glad we stuck it out and kept looking. It even occurred to me that refusing to give up when everything seems hopeless might be a type of courage, too. Of course, if I had been alone I would have surely given up. I wouldn't have had the courage to keep going if not for Marta, Raine, Genis, and Tenebrae.

All right, now we can go and cure Berg!

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Entry 78: Marta here.

Emil, I'm not sure if you realize it, but I think you were the one who was the most adamant about not giving up when we were looking for the rosemary. So have some self-confidence! You're getting braver all the time. Okay?

So, thanks to the strong effects of the rosemary that Emil found (with all of our help, of course), Berg was back to full health. Nearly right after he regained consciousness, he ran off to the prison to attest to Regal's innocence.

Come on, let's go after him! We also need to talk to him to learn more about the fire.

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Entry 79: When we got to the prison, Regal had been freed! And you know, he looked really handsome and refined. Quite the distinguished gentleman. He said that he was embarrassed to still be wearing a prisoner's uniform, and went to the inn to change clothes. But to tell the truth, there's something a little sexy about wearing a prison uniform.

(If anyone asks about this entry, you never saw it!)

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Entry 80: We met up with Regal in front of the inn. We managed to get some good information from Regal about Lloyd. He was last seen heading for Flanoir. Even though Regal had come to Izoold for work-related reasons, he seemed to become very concerned about Lloyd after hearing about him. After we told him of our journey, he asked if we would let him join up with us. Raine and Genismboth vouched for Regal, and he seems very polite and honest, so Emil and I quickly agreed. Now we have another companion in our party! It sort ofworries me that they're all old friends of Lloyd, but on the other hand, it seems like if we come face-to-face with Lloyd, the best way to get him to hear us out and give us the cores would be to have people who know him with us. (Though considering what happened in the Triet Ruins, it might not help at all.)

Well, anyway, the ships should be able to leave the town now, so we should go to Flanoir as soon as we can.

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Entry 81: When we got to the harbor, Emil suggested we should do something about the arsons (are they really "arsons" if they're caused by a monster?) before we leave Izoold. I was so surprised. I mean, the criminal is a light-frog! I was sure there was nothing we could do about it at all. But Emil said that he wanted to somehow stop the light-frog from causing any more fires. Hearing him say this, I suddenly felt very ashamed. All this time, I've been thinking of the town's fires as someone else's business, and nothing I should really care about. Emil is so considerate. I'm falling in love with him more and more every day.

But with the news that Lloyd's gone to Flanoir, and the fact that we can't waste any time in getting the remaining Centurions' cores, we decided to split up into two groups. Raine and Genis will go ahead to Flanoir, while Regal stays behind in Izoold with us to investigate the light-frog. I was sad to see Raine and Genis go soon after I realized that half-elves aren't really that bad, but I'm sure we'll see them again soon. Raine and Genis, good luck getting the Centurion's core! But make sure not to touch it. It's dangerous!

All right, now it's up to us to investigate just what exactly causes the light-frog to start fires around the town. Let's go and check the sites of previous fires first.

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Entry 82: After a lot of investigation, we learned that seafood gels were present in all of the places where there had been fires. This led us to the conclusion that the light-frog had absorbed large amount of energy from eating gels, and this energy was released in the form of bright light and heat.

But Tenebrae insisted it's ridiculous that a light-frog would enjoy eating gels. Emil lost his temple, and entered Ratatosk Mode. Then he said that he was going to use seafood gels to lure the light-frog out of hiding. Emil is a very angry person when he's in Ratatosk Mode! But Emil is normally way too restrained, so as long as his Ratatosk Mode doesn't go too far, I think it's all right.

Berg is the only one who can make seafood gels, so we're going to go to his house and talk to him.

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Entry 83: We went to Berg to ask for some seafood gels, but he told us that they had all been incinerated in the recent fires. He said he would make us some seafood gels if we brought him jellyfish (he needs it to make them). The oasis in Triet should be the nearest place around here where we can find jellyfish, which means we have to go all the way back to Triet! Helping people sure is a pain in the neck.

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Entry 84: We managed to catch a jellyfish in Triet!♡

I feel like drawing lots of little hearts right now!♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

I'm so glad we came to Triet! Now, let's hurry back to Izoold and get Berg to make us some seafood gels.♡

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Entry 85: This is Emil.

When I asked Marta if she preferred guys like Regal, it wasn't like I was jealous or anything. I was just, you know, curious. That's all! I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea.

Anyway, we got back to Izoold and gave the ingredients to Berg, and he got right to work on making the seafood gels. We thought it'd be dangerous to try our experiment in his house, so we asked him to bring the seafood gels to the harbor once he'd made them.

At the harbor Berg came with the freshly-made seafood gels. We placed them onthe ground and watched, and before long a light-frog appeared! Just as we'd predicted, the light-frog ate the gels and gave off a large amount of heat. So long as the town doesn't use any seafood gels for a while (or just to be safe, any gels at all), the fires should stop altogether.

Now we can go to Flanoir, worry-free.

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Entry 86: Hi, Marta here.

I'm a little ashamed of how out of it and useless I was on the ship, so I'm going to write this entry in the travel journal, even though it's not quite my turn to write it yet.

When we arrived in Flanoir, the city was in ruins, and countless people were lying injured in the streets. The townspeople said that Lloyd had done this. Regal seemed pretty shocked. Emil started to lose his temper again, and I was kind of surprised, too. I always thought of Lloyd as our enemy, but after getting to know so many of Lloyd's friends and seeing what nice people they are, I guess their unfaltering trust in Lloyd had started to rub off on me a little.

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Entry 87: But something even more shocking happened next. We ran into Lloyd in Flanoir! Regal asked if Lloyd was the one who had attacked Flanoir, but just like back in the Triet Ruins, Lloyd refused to give any answers, and ran off.

Regal said that he wasn't the Lloyd he knew, and he asked us to let him continue to travel with us, so that he could learn why Lloyd had changed, and how he could help him. Regal's words really impressed me. He's such a good friend! Or maybe it's just a reflection of Regal's selfless personality. Even after being betrayed by someone, he still wants to help him. I don't think I could do that for someone who betrayed me. I tried once, though.

Sorry, never mind about that. It's not important. Anyway, of course we welcomed Regal into our party with open arms. I wish that we -- that I -- could become the sort of person who can believe in my friends and help them like he does. Maybe I'll be able to someday.

The town of Flanoir is in shambles thanks to Lloyd's attack, so we decided to split up and go around helping the townspeople. All right, this is the timefor my healing artes to shine! Here I go!

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Entry 88: This is Emil.

Marta, if there's something that's bothering you, you can tell me about it. I think of you as my friend, and you've helped me so much, so I'd like to help you, too. Oh, but if you don't feel comfortable talking about it, that's fine too.

I searched in and around Flanoir's church to see if there was anyone injured orin need of help. While I was in the church, I met a very strange person. He stank of cologne. He reeked really bad and all he talked about was himself. He mistook me for his fan, I think. After all that he said goodbye and left. What was with him? I wasn't sure if it was worth writing about him in the journal, but he left a really strong impression, so I decided I might as well.

We ultimately spent the entire day running around Flanoir. Honestly, I'd like to stay longer helping the people, but we can't just forget about the Centurions' cores, so we'll need to go on to the Temple of Ice soon.

Come to think of it, Raine and Genis weren't in town. I wonder what happenedto them. I hope they're okay. Hopefully, they weren't in Flanoir when Lloyd attacked.

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Entry 89: It looks like I didn't need to worry about Raine and Genis, because they were at the Temple of Ice. It seems that they had already left Flanoir by the time Lloyd attacked the city.

When they heard about what had happened, they both turned pale. It makes sense. It was yet another massacre at Lloyd's hands, after all. Why does Lloyd have to hurt innocent people and make his friends suffer like this? It's reprehensible.

They also told us something pretty troubling. An accessory seller from Flanoir, picked up Glacies' core thinking that it was an expensive jewel. Centurions' cores are extremely powerful, and if they're held by normal people, they can warp their souls! (They make people extremely violent.) It seems that Marta and I don't need to worry about it because we have Ratatosk's protection, but the accessory seller is just a regular person, so he'll face the core's full effects.

After hearing all of this, Regal said something that really surprised us. He suggested that the changes in Lloyd's personality might have been caused by exposure to Centurions' cores. That might very well be the case. But I sort of get the feeling that it's something else.

However, even if Lloyd hasn't yet been affected by the Centurions' cores, there's no doubt that he will be sooner or later, as long as he has any cores in his possession. For this reason, we decided to split up into two groups again. Raine and Genis will follow Lloyd, and try to convince him to hand over his cores. The rest of us will go back to Flanoir and get Glacies' core fromthe accessory seller.

I was a little sad to have to say goodbye to Raine and Genis so soon after we joined them, but I guess this was our only option. Good luck getting the core from Lloyd, guys!

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Entry 90: We stopped by the accessory shop in Flanoir, but the shop owner with the core wasn't there. The man we talked to said that the owner couldn't find any buyers for the jewel (meaning Glacies' core), so he went to take it back to the Temple of Ice. We must have just missed him.

It's a real pain in the butt, but it looks like we're going to have to go all the way back to the Temple of Ice.

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Entry 91: The Temple of Ice has been affected by the recent unusual weather conditions aswell. Not only had the temperature gotten warmer and melted all the snow and ice, but the entire temple was covered in this strange type of plant called Celsius' Tear. The original cause for this was Ratatosk being asleep, but it seems that the accelerated growth of Celius' Tears is due to the core of Glacies, the Centurion of Ice, being dormant. Centurions' cores possess some incredible powers.

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Entry 92: We went to the altar where Glacies' core was supposed to be, but it wasn't there. If Lloyd had taken it, he would have put up one of those weird posters of his, so it probably wasn't him. I was thinking we might have just missed the accessory seller again, when Regal suggested that we had been tricked.

It seems that a while back, the Flanoir accessory shop owner helped Regal with something, and even though the shop should have still had the same people looking after it, he didn't recognize the old man we'd spoken to there. Of course, it might be strange to conclude we were being tricked just based on this, but it would be even stranger to have supposedly gone past this accessory seller so many times without having seen him.

Even if we haven't been tricked, there are a lot of people after Ratatosk's core, and we felt like Marta might be in danger, so we've decided to go back to Flanoir for now.

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Entry 93: In the end, we walked right into the Vanguard's trap. Thanks to them, Regal, Tenebrae and I were separated from Marta.

This was when I actually learned a little bit about Regal's past, and since I think Marta should know about it, too, I'm going to write it in this journal. (Don't worry, I got Regal's permission.)

A long time ago, Regal killed a woman he loved with his own hands. He was so overcome with remorse that he swore never again to use his hands to fight, even to defend his own life.

There's probably a lot more to the story that he didn't tell me. His words really gave me a lot to think about. I'm sure there are people who might say the whole thing is a little ridiculous since he still fights, only with his feet instead of his hands. But I think that Regal knew that when he decided to stop using his hands for fighting, and as far as I can tell, he is very honest and trustworthy. That's why I'm going to continue to put my trust in Regal,and respect his decisions.

Oh, and thanks to Regal, we broke out of the Vanguard's trap. We'll save you, Marta! Hang on!

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Entry 94: When we finally found Marta, I came across a sight that I never even wanted to imagine happening again, much less see in person. Richter was trying to kill Marta. Wait, so was Richter the one who tricked us and led us into the trap?

I ran to stop Richter, but I wasn't fast enough. Marta was killed right before my eyes, and Ratatosk's core was stolen.

Suddenly, I couldn't see straight. I could feel rage building up inside me,along with shame and frustration.

But then Marta appeared right in front of me, alive and well! Marta's death had actually been nothing more than an illusion created using something called "Igaguri ninja technique," in order to fool Richter into thinking he'd killed her. The person who fooled Richter and saved Marta was a woman named Sheena Fujibayashi. She told us she had been in Flanoir during the attack, and she witnessed the family that runs the accessory shop being kidnapped. She came to the Temple of Ice to save them, where she found us in the Vanguard's trap. Even more surprisingly, Sheena used to travel with Lloyd during the journey of world regeneration! If Regal hadn't been working together with us, Sheena might not have saved Marta from Richter. I'll have to remember to thank Regal and Sheena later.

Anyway, since it's not safe for us to hang around in the Temple of Ice, we all hurried for the exit. But it turns out that Sheena's surprisingly clumsy, and somehow managed to fall into a trap door. Of course we're going to try to help her out. She did save Marta's life, after all. But really, she's a much bigger klutz than she looks.

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Entry 95: While we were wandering around looking for Sheena, we ran into someone completely unexpected: the guy I met in the church in Flanoir, who smells like really horrible cologne! I'm pretty sure his name is Decus. And right there with him were Sheena and Alice. It seems that Decus, in all his foul-smelling horror, is a member of the Vanguard.

Alice wanted to fight us, but before she could, Sheena helpfully summoned a summon spirit which let us get away. (Though I guess I don't feel too thankful, since it was her fault we were in that mess in the first place.)

So Sheena's a summoner. Wow. There are Chosen Ones, half-elves, a company president, and a summoner among Lloyd's friends. Nothing but amazing people. I'll bet a regular guy like me wouldn't be up to a crazy challenge like regenerating the world.

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Entry 96: After a lot of hard work, we finally made it out of the Temple of Ice. Once we were safe, we got a chance to talk to Sheena, and it seems that she's just as worried about Lloyd as the rest of his friends. Also, she seemed shocked to find out that Lloyd was behind the attack in Flanoir. I can understand that. She saw the horrible sights in Flanoir with her own eyes. I can't imagine that a friend of Lloyd's would want to believe that their old friend had done something like that.

After we told her that Raine and Genis are following Lloyd, she told us that she wanted to join us in our journey. It seems that Sheena thinks she'll have a better chance of seeing Lloyd if she goes along with us to find the Centurions' cores, rather than going after Lloyd directly. And she said if there really is something the matter with Lloyd, she wants to knock some sense back into him.

I can't help thinking what good people all of Lloyd's friends are. It makes me really envious, and I feel like Lloyd's a horrible person for betraying such good friends. Seriously, why would Lloyd act like this? I still can't think of a good answer.

Right now, the most important thing for us to do is to start back at square one and look for Glacies' core. Let's hurry back to Flanoir and pay the accessory shop a visit.

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Entry 97: The old man running the accessory shop in Flanoir said that his son took Glacies' core to Meltokio to see if he could sell it to a noble there. We have to go to Meltokio as soon as possible!

Also, Marta: I told you in person back in the Temple of Ice, but when I thought that you'd died, I took it really hard. You'd listened when I told you not to tell me who I'm supposed to be, and you were so considerate. Thinking about it now, I think I said some truly horrible things to you after you told me how much you cared for me.

That's not the only reason, but I wanted to tell you, well this is so hard! I'm embarrassed to be writing this in a journal, and it's probably not coming out right, but I take back everything I said to you in Iselia. And if you'll forgive me, I hope that we can keep having a nice journey together.

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Hi hello? I heard you were the resident expert on Ratatosk :>

Any ideas/hcs on how he'd look in his true form squirrel coughhh anyway I am back to the DotNW fandom after 10 years and taking a swing at a fan design.

Your art is very beautiful 💜

Welcome to the Ginnungagap, how may I take your order? /lh

Your art is very beautiful 💜

Thankyou!

Any ideas/hcs on how he'd look in his true form squirrel coughhh anyway I am back to the DotNW fandom after 10 years and taking a swing at a fan design.

In the course of typing this out, this got very long, so it's under a read more for other's Dashboards sanity

I've drawn various versions in the past... oh god I'm old, this game needs to stop aging- 15 years. Imagined him in all sorts of ways. My favorite is personally the squirrel design another Artist made (I unfortunately don't have their username and nothing comes back when I reverse image search it so someone feel free to supplement that info if they know)

But we do know that on some level of Canon (Thanks to the manga), Ratatosk has a humanoid figure with a physique similar to Regal and Origin.

Isn't he sexy? /jk 🤣🤣

We also know, thanks to the manga, that the Sword Emil uses is not the same style blade Ratatosk is demonstrated as owning in the comics.

(Png Rendering I made ages ago for Cosplay referencing) Which leads to reason that Emil and Ratatosk developed a new fighting style over the course of the story and the only hints that the style Ratatosk knew are in Ain Soph Aur.

Emil likes to use the sword like an extra long fencing style sword, where Ratatosk winds up for the Ain Soph Aur attack like he's wielding a Back Handed Blade aka Reverse Grip sword. (which is just a sword with the grip handle that allows for it to be held backwards. You can see this technique in many Rogue type characters, and even in Naruto when they hold their knives backwards along their forearm) **Note that you can use backhanded blades forward like normal blades**

Richter mentioned (more like aqua but who's paying attention) that Ratatosk was very strong in whatever fighting technique he knew and that he had been injured going toe to toe with Ratatosk. And Before I go into my dissertation that Ratatosk would be an AMAZING volleyball player, I'll move on. >u>

Fortunately you won't have to labor too hard into imagining what Humanoid Summon Spirits look like as the First game gave us plenty of source material to work with.

As you'll see across the spread is that, except for Maxwell, Clothing is optional. Origin put on Boots and called it FUCKING GOOD ENOUGH. I also think it's interesting that Origin and Ratatosk have very similar looking blades.

Finally, I must Add that on the Centurions themselves (and I mean aqua and Tenebrae) you can See elements of their core on them. Color scheme, Markings bearing similar strokes etc. We also know that On Undine, Celsius, and Luna that they do have physical Markings.

We also Know what Tree Spirits look like thanks to Tales of Phantasia Narikiri dungeon.

Featuring Ratatosk's "Daughter" Norn. (She's made from the cuttings of his Tree)

So if you wanted to run off with a completely unique Idea, Here's a bunch of info that uses Canon source materials to help you along.

As for my Head canons... Cutie with red eyes, either Red or Raven Hair (but I like to draw him with white because that's fun too). Outfits I like to do a spin off of his Knight of Ratatosk attire that only the Darkness knows because I get the Sense Tenebrae fashioned it after something Ratatosk was comfortable wearing. Something that isn't super rough around the edges because Ratatosk's dissention into a harsh personality set was triggered by the death of his tree. Mithos (in Tales of the Rays) recalled him being a very Kind Summon Spirit, Seeing a lot of who Emil is in what he recalled of Ratatosk, but still sees that Kindness in Ratatosk. (That Ratty pants totally swears he doesn't have. And Nothing gets me more than Ratatosk having enough character growth to accept what happened and forgive his old Friend for what transpired. 😭I was expecting a hoe down drag out brawl and they gave me FEELS.)

I found One of the pieces where I based him more so off Norn's design elements. Old piece is old, made back in 2019. But I'm not seeing the other versions. I'll have to see if they are stored elsewhere.

#tales of symphonia dawn of the new world #tales of symphonia dawn #dotnw #ratatosk #emil castagnier #summon spirits #I cracked open my files like an ancient tomb of treasures which is only useful for art that isn't mine apparently #finding my own shit is like weeding through a sea of “1 2 3 4” “kajsdlfkjas” and “NameThatMeansNothingToAnyoneIncludingTheArist”#but also OMGAW blorbos #contains my art #but also contains not my art #the pear draws #tentative tag

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