#trails of cold steel 3

[zhainee]

art dump after being gone for so long teehee

[appelsider]

POV: you pissed off Tio

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[iwonn-arts]

Laura/Fie commission for @/Magpul21~!

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[morgenstern16]

[thaumana]

Trails of Cold Steel (2 & 3) - Easter Egg and Trivia Rambles

I just reached the first chapter of Cold Steel 3 and took a look around in the new the student dorm, where a certain sculpture in Aurelia's room caught my eye.

It's a good example that I specifically love about the series (especially since Cold Steel) how it sprinkles all kind of trivial dialogues and Easter eggs that hints some subtle background story about the characters in this world.

At first glance, one would think that the principal's private dorm room is filled with ordinary pomp and splendor copy&paste decoration. However, as my memories of Cold steel 2 were still fresh, this striking lion statue looked immediately familiar.

It was Clara's semester project, which she worked on for the majority of the time in Cold Steel 2!

During the epilogue part in the evening, after Thors Military Academy has been liberated, you can find her in the art classroom, where she's completely chill and just has finished her semester project, where you can see it turned out to be a nice-looking lion statue.

The following day after the party, there is a sidequest (the one called "Junk Wanted") where you have to gather all kinds of unwanted junk for the store owner Brandon who intended to sell stuff on the flea market. Clara was one of the donors who gave her finished sculpture away, much to Gaius' and Rean's astonishment.

This means that, whether directly or through detours, Clara's lion sculpture eventually ended up in Aurelia possession at some point, which is why you can now see it in her room a year later.

As a fine lady, Aurelia surely appreciates true art and had a good eye for Clara's craftsmanship!

I wonder how much she paid for it? Did Brandon get a good deal out of it? And will Clara ever find out about this appreciation? Not like she would be the type who cares, lol.

I finished Cold Steel 2 just a couple of weeks ago and jumped right into Cold Steel 3, so I'm not sure if they will refer to it later.

In any case, such quests and those kind of easter eggs are one of many main reasons why I love this series so much, since they add a lot of depth to every single character. Even if the details seem minor at first glance and even if most of them are side characters who are not an essential part of the main plot, their scenes and dialogues strongly contributes to my personal gaming experience and feelings I have for this series and its vivid world.

Edit: Since the game already placed a few of those lions here and there, it's more evident that it's just one of the game assets that have been reused for decoration purposes. So much about the storytelling part, lol. BUT I still like that aha moment since I knew from which scene this asset originated from.

[xspiderchloe]

That one Twitter trend

[foxghost]

This didn't jump out at me at all the first time i played this game but

is Cedric implying that Rean should have the first dance with a number of his male friends or what

also this is still the best jrpg series ever

and you should play it the whole things on pc these days

[marsaovo]

Just finished cold steel 3, and all I can think about is best boy. Going to print myself some charms of him

[masky-arts]

Cold Steel 3 commission for @lennyoh~ 

[talos-to-listens]

ToCS3 has bath bonding events, and after the characters come out of the bath they had this steam effect. All I can think of is that they look freshly steamed.

[blackartistik]

Trails of Cold Steel 3 not allowing me to romance Principal Aurelia is downright criminal.

[appelsider]

Trails of Cold Steel - Tita Russell

[corecamilo]

Crimson Blooming - Crimson Roselia

[morgenstern16]

love when trails has a fake out climax so you can spend hours and hours waiting for things to go horribly wrong after having fun with all your buddies

[childofpurgatory]

what have i done to him....

[xspiderchloe]

The Erebonian’ Trails arc becomes much better if, instead of worrying yourself with the whole “Rean’s harem problem” and whatever ship war may have come from there, you forget about all that jazz and just see Class VII; both og and new, as what they are: The funniest found family ever to exist.