#shabriri villain song... whyyyyyyyy

[val-of-the-north]

I had a weird dream today... basically Elden Ring as a freaking Disney movie (the cool animated ones). But not like, a movie about the plot of Elden Ring that we play in-game, but a movie set in its world, in the past lol

Now, I wish I actually remembered the finer details, but the gist of it is: This was at the time of Marika and Radagon, with the disney princess stand-in for the story being a Tarnished girl friends with many outcasts in the Lands Between. One of them was a Nomadic Merchant, so the whole thing with them had already happened. In fact, some people in the story mention Shabriri and how he got his eyes removed for being a lying asshole

The villain was Omenkiller Rollo (I don’t know if my brain made an association with Frollo and the fact Omenkillers basically slaughter those who don’t belong in the Golden Order), though he was somewhat nuanced because of the whole “destroy your own emotions to commit atrocities in the name of good”, and Godwyn seemed to have a more benevolent role. You know how sometimes, movies have this morally just person with great power that doesn’t intervene much in the plot and does only when it counts? I think he had the vibe of something like that. Sadly I do not remember much because a certain scene hoarded my entire attention sadly...

Speaking of... at some point the Tarnished girl is pursued by a mob and there’s no way to escape unless someone holds them off. So the Nomadic Merchant tells her to run as fast as she possibly can while he buys her time, knowing full well he would not survive the encounter. Of course she protests and he eventually screams at her with his eyes swelling with tears. Only then does she oblige and he erupts into a flurry of Frenzy at those who were pursuing her... However, he IS killed despite buying her the time she needed.

Yet it was not the end, as the guy’s body begins to twitch and his eyes open again... he would not be seen again for sometime, but when he finally does show himself the Tarnished girl is incredibly relieved... until it turns out it was fucking SHABRIRI possessing his body, and shortly after he breaks out into a full villain song and I felt my metaphorical dream jaw drop lmao. It probably sounded like musical and lyrical vomit to the waking mind, but in the dream it was catchy as hell, it was about what you would expect from Shabriri and the Flame of Frenzy. God damnit tho why did my brain fart out a Shabriri villain song???? What the actual fuck ahahah

Sadly I don’t remember much past this point, I don’t know how Shabriri or Rollo were defeated (and if Rollo was defeated at all honestly) and if the story really took a Disney turn making the Nomadic guy come back to life after Shabriri was repelled (he and the Tarnished girl had some sort of Disney paring vibe tbh) or if he was dead for good... again, that sudden villain song just threw me out for a loop. I have to wonder if I dreamed up other songs that I don’t remember. But yeah, I am still trying to process it ahahahah