The Fall at Dawn's Rise - Dawn, Shine at the World's End

Head to the "Cloudedge Bastion Ruins" Eye of Twilight and continue your adventure

Mission Description

At the moment of Seliose's defeat, both Hyacine and Mem sensed a strange happening in Okhema at the same time. Our window of consideration is narrowing by the second.

Meanwhile, in the Eye of Twilight...

Hyacine: ...!

Dan Heng: Hyacine...? What happened?

Hyacine: The Coreflame in my hand... it's trembling. It's sending me a warning...

Hyacine: Lord Phainon, in Amphoreus's mythology, isn't the Dawn Device said to be a gift from Aquila to Kephale?

Phainon: Why bring this up now? Let's focus on getting back down there...

Hyacine: ...Lord Phainon!

Phainon: ...!

Phainon: Yes. Nearly every mythologist agrees that "Aquila gifted the Dawn Device to Kephale."

Hyacine: ...

Hyacine: Everyone, calm down... listen to me.

Hyacine: The Coreflame in my hand trembles violently, its warmth slipping away like sand through my fingers.

Hyacine: It burned through immense energy just to leave me with one message: The Dawn Device... is extinguished.

Phainon: ...!

What do you mean by that?

→ This isn't something to joke about...
- Hyacine: It's not a joke, Grayie...

→ Who's responsible for this?
- Hyacine: I... don't know.

Phainon: If the Coreflame's message is true, Okhema has lost the Dawn Device's protection...

Phainon: Darkness will consume the holy city in an instant... and the aftermath will be devastating.

Mem: Phainon... I feel something too...

Dan Heng: You sense it as well?

Mem: While Hyacine was speaking... countless streams of memories rose beneath our feet, spiraling into the sky...

Mem: There are so many, so heavy... Even through the fortress walls, I can still hear them clearly...

Mem: Birds, nymphs, people... their memories tangled together, their cries echoing as one.

Phainon: ...

Phainon: Could this be because of the Titan's fall? That doesn't make any sense...

Hyacine: There's no time to dwell on the cause! Without the light of the Dawn Device, the holy city will be consumed by darkness, and countless lives will be cast adrift...

Hyacine: Everyone, you must return and fulfill the mission of Chrysos Heirs. As for me...

Hyacine: Dannie, you're still carrying Phagousa's spirit water, aren't you?

Dan Heng: ...

Dan Heng: What...?

Dan Heng: That was just a precaution... It's not the time...

Hyacine: No, the time has come. Open the path to the Vortex for me. There's still one last thing I can do for the people down there...

Hyacine: Return the Coreflame of Aquila and inherit their divine authority...

Hyacine: I'll remain in the sky and cast my protection over the people.

→ You're... staying?
- Hyacine: Yes. I'm afraid this is a goodbye, Grayie...

→ There must be another way!
- Hyacine: Don't waste time thinking about alternatives. This... this will resolve everything.

→ We'll go with you. It's the fastest way.
- Hyacine: That might not be possible. "The entrance serves as the exit"... It's a one-way passage. You need to return to the holy city and deliver Kephale's Coreflame.
- Hyacine: And an entrance created this way... only has space for one person, doesn't it?
- Dan Heng: ...Yeah.

Hyacine: Dannie, I'm counting on you.

Dan Heng: ...I understand.

Dan Heng: "...Under the raucous steps of their frenzied dance, the roar of celebration hides the world's heartbeat."

Dan Heng: "Spirit water, reveal the way."

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Dan Heng: "At the end of the rainbow bridge, the Skyfolk will mend dusk and dawn."

Dan Heng: Lady Tribios's prophecy... It seems it didn't fail after all.

Hyacine: It still feels unreal, even after seeing it a second time...

Hyacine: You'd move in perfect harmony with the rivers and seas of this world.

Dan Heng: ▶ But we can't stay. (Trailblazer) and I... we have people waiting for us, a home calling us back.

Hyacine: The Astral Express, isn't it?

Hyacine: March 7th, the one you always mention... I'd like to meet her someday.

I'm sure the two of you would get along wonderfully.

Hyacine: I can almost see the three of you traveling together, laughing and sharing moments.

And you, Hyacine? Do you not feel sadness?

Hyacine: Of course, I do. A sharp, aching sadness... I feel every bit of it.

Dan Heng: Why hide it? No one here would mock you for showing true vulnerability.

Hyacine: As a healer from the Twilight Courtyard, Dan Heng, it's my duty to stay composed in front of those suffering from illness. A sorrowful expression would only add to their burden.

Hyacine: The world I love is the one suffering now. How could I face it with a frown?

(Trailblazer): ...

Farewell, Hyacinthia.

Hyacine: Goodbye, everyone...

Hyacine: Please, become the heroes this world needs. And as for the final "blank page" of this epic, the lives and stories of ordinary mortals...

Hyacine: I'll guard them, until the very end.

A few days ago, in Okhema's "Twilight Courtyard"...

Clementine: Miss Hyacine... are you really leaving?

Hyacine: Yes! Lord Phainon has already set the date for our departure. As a descendant of the Sky hero, I must prepare myself and carry this responsibility.

Clementine: What about this new Twilight Courtyard?

Hyacine: Believe in yourself, Clementine! You're an exceptional healer, more than capable of handling things on your own.

Hyacine: The patients trust you, and you've earned that trust... That's what matters, isn't it?

Tribbie: Miss Clementine's medical skills are amazing! We believe you'll make the Twilight Courtyard proud!

Clementine: Thank you, Lady Tribbie! I... I'll do my best.

Clementine: I just... don't have the same confidence and certainty as Miss Hyacine. No matter how severe the illness or injury, she always faces it with a smile...

Hyacine: ...

Hyacine: Honestly... I'm not confident about everything, Clementine.

Hyacine: I've just learned how to hide my unease well — it's a skill I consider essential.

Clementine: It's hard to imagine anything making Miss Hyacine feel uncertain.

Hyacine: Well... shall I give you an example? Since Lady Tribbie happens to be here too...

Tribbie: ...Wait, we're part of this?

Hyacine: Look at the Flame-Chase Journey. Since Lady Aglaea took over the leadership of Okhema, every Chrysos Heir entrusted with a Coreflame — aside from Professor Anaxa — was personally chosen by her.

Hyacine: I was the outlier... The hero Seliose entrusted her bloodline with the legacy of the "Sky." Lady Aglaea's thoughts on my potential remained a mystery, even up till the day she left.

Hyacine: So I've always carried a lingering doubt about my ability to fulfill this role.

Tribbie: Heh...

Clementine: Lady Tribbie... Why are you laughing?

Tribbie: The answer Cinny wants is simple! Just try looking at it from another perspective.

Tribbie: Imagine this: Knowing Agy's personality, if she believed you weren't worthy...

Tribbie: Don't you think she would have considered other plans?

Hyacine: ...

Hyacine: Heh... now that I think about it, I feel much better.

Clementine: I may not have Lady Aglaea's keen judgment, but I would never question your resolve, Miss Hyacine.

Hyacine: Thank you, Clementine!

Hyacine: I had a sudden thought, Lady Tribbie. Before I depart, can you teach me the words for returning the Coreflame?

Hyacine: I've always been at the Grove helping with lectures and never had the chance to come to Okhema... The phrases everyone has memorized still feel unfamiliar to me.

Hyacine: I don't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone when it's my turn to return the Coreflame.

Tribbie: It's easy! We can teach you right now. Let's go — we will say a line, and you repeat after us.

Tribbie: "O majesty of the Twelve Titans."

Hyacine: "O majesty of the Twelve Titans..."

Tribbie: "Pillars of the world."

Hyacine: "Pillars of the world..."

Tribbie: "We seek your divinity."

Hyacine: "We seek your divinity..."

Hyacine & Trinnon: "...To mend the rifts of the world—"

Hyacine & Trinnon: "Fill our bodies with blood of gold..."

Hyacine & Trinnon: "Till we wither in willing service to the prophecy."

Trinnon: Surrender the Coreflame, Chrysos Heir.

(Submit Coreflame of Sky)

Little Ica: Doot... doot, doot-doot!

Trinnon: Cinny, are they...

Hyacine: Lord Solabis, Lady Lunabis...

Hyacine: The mission of the Skyfolk has been completed... Your watch can finally come to an end.

Lunabis: We thank you, Miss Hyacine...

Solabis: Even though we were the source of that false legend, you still brought us freedom.

Hyacine: Please don't say that. Without your wings, we would have struggled to progress in the Eye of Twilight.

Hyacine: Okhema is on the brink, and I must quickly embrace the role of demigod to protect everyone with the power of the Sky.

Hyacine: Honored ones, please tell me... what trials lie ahead for me to complete?

Lunabis: I think you've already done everything you were meant to, Miss Hyacine.

Lunabis: What do you think... Seliose?

Voice of the Sky: ...

Voice of the Sky: The Skyfolk...

Hyacine: Lady Seliose?

Hyacine: I see... after all these long years, your will has merged with the Titan's divinity.

Voice of the Sky: I... deeply regret...

Voice of the Sky: I... beg for forgiveness...

Hyacine: ...

Voice of the Sky: The darkness in the human heart... clouded my judgment...

Voice of the Sky: I failed to recognize... the resilience buried deep within...

Hyacine: ...Of those present that day, I don't know how many were innocent, how many truly deserved their fate.

Hyacine: That's why I cannot forgive you on their behalf, Lady Seliose...

Hyacine: The spirits of my ancestors resonated with me. You exiled our people, and they may never forgive you for that, but...

Hyacine: ...At least there is one thing we can agree on. The truth that no one can distort —

Hyacine: The courage it took to defy the gods was undeniable, unwavering. That same spirit now lives on in those who walk the Flame-Chase Journey, growing stronger with every step.

Crispus: You were the spark that set this era in motion, Seliose...

General Ektra: An age where heroes rise and epic stories are told far and wide...

Jacyntha: An age where a flame of hope was preserved for the world.

Voice of the Sky: Hehe...

Voice of the Sky: Perhaps... this is what I longed for...

Voice of the Sky: Now, I can finally rest in peace...

Hyacine: Even in that darkest moment, Lady Seliose, you still held compassion for mortals, didn't you?

Hyacine: Even with the Titan's power... you didn't punish the world by letting the Sky fall. I imagine you were waiting for someone to bring redemption.

Hyacine: Trust me with the power of the Sky. I am merely a healer. I could never match your strength even with that power...

Hyacine: Thankfully... the world no longer needs a demigod who can summon thunder and storms. What I must do is merge with the Sky, and...

Hyacine: ...Cast down a gentle rainbow, protecting as many lives as I can.

Hyacine: Professor Anaxa... do you remember that lesson?

Hyacine: In the end, I followed the path of my ancestors, returning to the Sky... I didn't return to the earth, to walk with the people.

Hyacine: But even so...

Hyacine: I still achieved my dream.

Phainon: Hyacinthia... thank you.

Dan Heng: The sky is burning.

Phainon: Okhema's Dawn has come to an end...

Phainon: Why is this happening...?

→ Can Hyacine fix the sky...
- Phainon: No... it's too late. This sky has been completely swallowed by the black tide...
- Phainon: This darkness... Its power probably surpasses that of the Titans.

→ Was this not predicted in the prophecy?
- Phainon: Tribbie would have made sure to warn us if there were any mention of it.
- Phainon: Even if Hyacine takes the divine authority of the sky, she probably won't be able to banish this darkness...
- Phainon: The black tide... its power probably surpasses even that of the Titans.

Phainon: All we can do is hope she can protect as many lives as possible...

Mem: Is this... the end for Okhema...?

Phainon: Don't give up. We're the ones leading this journey... so we can't afford to lose our way.

Dan Heng: The unexpected is always part of our journey. We'll stay with Okhema until the end, no matter what.

Dan Heng: Over there — do you see it? The broken structures look like they've turned transparent...

Phainon: I've never seen anything like this before... Could the black tide be the cause? There are too many things we don't understand... and don't have time to figure out.

Phainon: We can't delay any longer... Let's head down. Hopefully, Kephale's Coreflame is still safe...

Phainon: I'm confident that Miss Cipher will do everything in her power to fulfill her duty.

Use Oronyx's Prayer to move the rubble

Step Description

I created a passage to the Vortex of Genesis with spirit water. Hyacine will claim Aquila's divine authority and bid farewell to everyone. Meanwhile, we'll rush back to Okhema to provide support.

Phainon: The transport platform's route is blocked by rubble...

Phainon: ▶ (Trailblazer)! Help buy us some time!

Get down the mountain

Dan Heng: The rubble blocking the path has been cleared.

Phainon: Good job. Now we can get off the mountain.

(Continue forward)

Phainon: A black tide creature... at Dawncloud!?

Phainon: Oh no, the people in the city!

Phainon: We must find out where they breached the city from...

Phainon: Tribbie! Please hold on till we get back!

Dan Heng: More enemies. It doesn't look great down there...

Phainon: Anyone who dares stand in our way... will get a taste of Dawnmaker's edge.

(Approach the marked location)

Phainon: Over there! Kephale's Coreflame is being kept in the center of the Council.

Phainon: We must retrieve it and bring it back to the Vortex of Genesis.

Dan Heng: You mean...

Phainon: Right. Worst case scenario... We need to be prepared to return Kephale's Coreflame.

Phainon: If the end is indeed upon us, we no longer have time to investigate the truth behind the miracle — we'll have to trust that Professor Anaxa's hypothesis is the only option.

Phainon: Apologies, Aglaea... I promised you that I would leave the choice of Era Nova to the people of Amphoreus...

Phainon: But I'm afraid there's no room for doubts now.

Obtain Kephale's Coreflame

Step Description

Evernight has descended upon the holy city, bringing disturbing chaos in its wake. With just one final Coreflame to return, completing the "Era Nova" may be our only choice in this crisis. After retrieving Kephale's Coreflame, we will immediately head to the Vortex of Genesis.

Dan Heng: Hyacine... Did she make it?

Phainon: Her will to heal the world is so strong...

Phainon: We'll definitely sense it if she's succeeded.

Dan Heng: Is that...

(Approach the marked location)

Caenis: O Sky Father Kephale, please forgive these ignorant and lowly children of humanity...

Caenis: They are so utterly naive that they think of the golden-blooded heretics as Deliverers...

Caenis: This bloodred sky, and the raging flames and demons throughout the land, will purge their foolishness...

Phainon: Caenis...

Caenis: Ah... Lord "Deliverer"?

Caenis: Why don't you join me in praying to the benevolent Kephale...?

Caenis: Cast your eyes on this ravaged land... All of this, sins committed by you blasphemous heretics...

→ She... looks like she's got a screw loose.
- Dan Heng: Mm... We should not waste our time on a pitiful madwoman.

→ Time to avenge Aglaea.
- Dan Heng: ...
- Dan Heng: We have more important matters to attend to... We shouldn't waste our time on a pitiful madwoman.

→ You are turning everything upside down!
- Dan Heng: ...No need to argue. We're just wasting our time on a pitiful madwoman.

Phainon: Dan Heng is right. My sword yearns to end your pathetic life...

Phainon: But to a cornered dog like you, the most deserving punishment is to personally witness the Chrysos Heirs fulfill their mission.

Phainon: Only then... will you truly know how meaningless and foolish your past transgressions were.

Caenis: Heh... Fulfill your mission?

Caenis: Kephale's Coreflame is long lost to the winds. How will you... fulfill the prophecy?

Dan Heng: Lost to the winds...?

Phainon: She's gone completely mad... to the point where she's just spewing nonsense.

Phainon: For the longest time, Kephale's Coreflame has been worshiped here... Only core members of the Council of Elders know how to activate the Coreflame Casket.

→ How're we gonna find a core member now?
- Phainon: No... There's no need for such trouble.

→ We'll just have to force Caenis to help us.
- Phainon: No... We don't need her help.

→ That Lygus, should we seek him out?
- Phainon: No... There's no need to go through that effort.

Phainon: Professor Anaxa taught me more than just what was in the textbooks.

Unlock the Arcane Seal to open the Coreflame Casket

(Speak with Caenis, optional)

Caenis: The sins of the Chrysos Heirs... have finally transformed into divine punishment...

Caenis: None of us... no one can escape...

Dan Heng: ▶ Leave her, (Trailblazer)... Focus on the objective.

(If the player attempts to leave)

Phainon: ▶ Where are you going, (Trailblazer)?

Phainon: Come back. We need your powers to open the Coreflame Casket.

(Interact with the Coreflame Casket)

Phainon: During his time at Dawncloud, Professor Anaxa conducted... surveys in various areas.

Phainon: I still remember the words he used. I hope it works.

Phainon: "All-Knowing Father who bears the world, please share a glimpse of your merciful gaze with me."

Phainon: "Cast down the Titan's fire that hangs at the pinnacle of the world, for your devout creations to behold."

Phainon: ...It worked.

Phainon: ▶ One step left... To undo its arcane seal... (Trailblazer), I may require your strength again.

(While solving the Coreflame Casket)

(Trailblazer): (The Path of "Remembrance" holds the power to suspend time in a given area... Maybe that could help...)

Obtain Kephale's Coreflame

Dan Heng: ...We did it!

Phainon: Take the Coreflame and let's hurry down the mountain!

Caenis: Hah... Hahah...

(Investigate the Coreflame of Worldbearing)

Phainon: Dan Heng, can you use the spirit water art again?

Dan Heng: I've used up all the spirit water I brought. And...

Dan Heng: Just now, after we left the Eye of Twilight... I felt the waters of Amphoreus severing their connection with me.

Phainon: Is this also a result of the black tide...? Looks like all we can do is sprint down the mountain.

Phainon: Ah...!

Caenis: Heh... You all thought... I completely lost my mind?

Caenis: If the Coreflame was never tampered with, and has always remained here untouched...

Caenis: You all think... I wouldn't have the power to take it away?

Caenis: Ha... Hahahaha!!!

→ Uh oh, looks like it's end of the line for us...
- Phainon: Calm down... and think carefully.

→ Where should we go to look for the Coreflame...?
- Phainon: Calm down... and think carefully.

→ Madness! I will strike her down for you!!!
- Phainon: ▶ (Trailblazer), calm down!

Cipher: "I'll do my job, so you..."

Cipher: "Need to make sure you don't die before you pay me."

Phainon: ...There's no need to worry about the Coreflame's whereabouts. Let's just descend the mountain.

Mem: No need to worry? But...

Phainon: Before setting off to defeat Aquila, I entrusted Miss Cipher with the task of protecting Kephale's Coreflame while we were gone... by any means necessary.

Phainon: If the Coreflame isn't here... that means she must have done something to it. In other words... she fulfilled her duty using her own means.

Phainon: We just have to focus on getting to the Vortex of Genesis, and Cipher will meet us there for sure.

You trust her that much?

What if something happened to her...

Dan Heng: But if she wasn't successful...

Phainon: ▶ Dan Heng, (Trailblazer) — we have no choice other than to trust her.

Phainon: If the nearest ritual basin is ten thousand paces away... then what we have to do is to run in that direction and hope she meets us after one thousand paces.

Phainon: If she doesn't show up, we will keep going... and trust that we will see her at two thousand paces.

Phainon: Three, four, five thousand... I will keep hoping with the same resolve, all the way...

Phainon: ...Until she shows up in front of us, with her usual rebellious attitude.

Dan Heng: ...I understand.

Dan Heng: At least, to this day... I don't recall any Chrysos Heirs failing their mission for the Flame-Chase Journey.

Phainon: ...She will be no exception.

Phainon: But before that... we must survive and break through this siege!

Of course, partner!

You have to trust us too!

Another apocalypse? Been there, done that!

(Enter battle against Black Tide's Champion ×1, Black Tide's Corroded Axe ×2, Black Tide's Decrepit Bow ×2, Black Tide Council ×2, Tide-Eroded Blade ×3 )

Phainon: It's done. Let's go, we...

Dan Heng: ...Phainon.

Phainon: Ah...

→ A fate well deserved.
- Phainon: Perhaps, but...

→ She was a formidable foe to the end.
- Phainon: Her actions may have been deplorable, but...

→ I will not shed a single tear for her.
- Phainon: She may not have sought sympathy from others, but...

Phainon: As a "Cleaner", she was willing to absorb a millennium of identities and memories for an objective that hasn't changed in that time... I suppose this is also a form of extreme but twisted resilience?

Phainon: Let's go... It's time to leave this place.

Continue forward and return to Marmoreal Palace

Step Description

Black Tide Creatures, along with the Flame Reaver, are closing in step by step, yet Kephale's Coreflame remains nowhere to be found. We choose to trust Cipher, who was entrusted with the Coreflame, and keep running toward Marmoreal Palace.

Mem: Everyone, can we run faster?

Mem: I've got a bad feeling!

(Interact with Caenis, optional)

The leader of the "Cleaners" fell into an eternal slumber, her death so peaceful that it fomented resentment.

Perhaps, at the distant end of the west wind, there will be a just law that can convict the sins of infesting this elder's soul.

(Approach the marked location)

Phainon: ...!

Mem: E—Everyone!

Mem: Look, behind us...

Dan Heng: The Flame Reaver...

Phainon: In the end... they still showed up.

→ Now's not the time for a fight...
- Phainon: I agree...

→ You gonna test the results of your training?
- Phainon: No... Now is not the time.

Phainon: I've been waiting for a chance to face them head-on...

Phainon: But not now... If we take the fight here, then lose... the consequences would be irreversible.

Phainon: Come on... We have to get out of here.

Phainon: Keep running... and never turn back!

Escape quickly and return to Marmoreal Palace

Dan Heng: Janus's Hidden Passage — we have to use it to cross Theosphere Lake!

(Continue forward)

Phainon: They will catch up to us sooner or later...

Phainon: Keep running. Don't stop!

Startled Citizen: It's him! Lord Phainon!

Terrified Citizen: Wh... What in the world happened!?

Phainon: Retreat to the temple! Protect your family and friends!

Phainon: The chaos will soon cease... I promise you!

(Approach the marked location)

Phainon: ...!

Dan Heng: How did they...

"Flame Reaver": Dusk... has descended as ordained...

"Flame Reaver": This world... must... be reset...

Phainon: Clones, illusions... nothing but cheap tricks to help you hide in the shadows.

"Flame Reaver": The Sky... has returned to its rightful place...

Mem: What... What are they talking about!?

Phainon: The end you seek... is also the Miracle of Genesis?

Phainon: If so, you should be standing alongside the Chrysos Heirs! Why do you hinder us, "Flame Reaver"?

"Flame Reaver": ...

"Flame Reaver": Dusk... has descended as ordained...

"Flame Reaver": Must... reset...

→ Just give up on talking sense to them...
- Phainon: The lack of reason... can't be overcome.

→ It's time to show off the fruits of your training, Phainon.
- Phainon: In the end... direct confrontation was inevitable.

→ They keep repeating themself like that...
- Phainon: If words won't work... then we can only express our resolve with our blades.

Phainon: We shoulder the fates and futures of too many people...

Phainon: We... will not fall here!

(Cutscene plays)

Mydei: Leave this to Castorice and me.

Tribbie: Snowy, over here!

Mydei: ...Go!

(Cutscene ends)

Mem: Phew, that was really close...

Phainon: It's too early to relax... The Flame Reaver is a master in the art of deceit. Even Mydei may not be able to restrain them.

Phainon: I never thought I would leave him alone on the battlefield twice... But now isn't the time to be thinking about this.

Dan Heng: Tribbie didn't follow us... Does she intend to stay above to help Mydei?

Dan Heng: ▶ (Trailblazer), can you still run?

Panicked Citizen: Protect us... Sky father, save us!

Dan Heng: Someone is calling for help... Over there!

Phainon: The black tide creatures are threatening the people...

Phainon: We can't just stand by and watch... Let's end this quickly!

(Enter battle againstBlack Tide's Corroded Axe×1,Black Tide's Decrepit Bow×1,Black Tide Council×2,Tide-Eroded Blade×3)

(During battle)

Phainon: That rainbow barrier...

Dan Heng: Is that Hyacine's power?

Console the frightened residents

Step Description

Shielded by Castorice's power, Mydei buys us time against the Flame Reaver, enabling our escape from Dawncloud to Marmoreal Palace. Though this place too lies in ruins, we're relieved to find Okhema's residents unharmed under Hyacine's protection.The Vortex of Genesis awaits just a short distance away — we must hasten our steps.

Phainon: Everyone, you're all safe... for now.

Panicked Citizen: Th—Thank you, Lord Phainon!

Phainon: It is someone else who deserves your thanks. Those black tide creatures just now couldn't breach this barrier...

Phainon: This energy feels familiar, like the luminous arts that Hyacine uses to treat people... but it is much more powerful.

Dan Heng: Looks like she did it.

Phainon: ...Yeah.

Phainon: Citizens! My companions and I can't stay long. Before reinforcements arrive...

Phainon: Please do not step out of this barrier. This is a miracle left by the demigod Hyacine... Please trust her conviction.

Calm Citizen: Miss Hyacine has also become a demigod like Lady Aglaea...?

Calm Citizen: We understand... We will not leave her protection until you return, Lord Phainon!

Phainon: I... won't make empty promises. I might not be able to return in the near future...

Phainon: But even if there's no perfect solution... I will make a choice that fulfills this mission.

Return to the lower floor of Marmoreal Palace

(Speak with the citizens, optional)

Panicked Citizen: We trust you, Lord Phainon! No matter what choice you make...

Panicked Citizen: We'll be waiting for your return!

(Continue toward objective)

Phainon: The people in the market... must also be suffering.

Phainon: I hope Hyacine can protect them in time...

Phainon: ...Chartonus!

Phainon: Quick, let's go check on him!

(Approach the marked location)

Phainon: Chartonus! Hang in there!

Chartonus: Ah... Returned, Phainon...

Chartonus: Burning... the holy city is. To resist... I did all I could.

Phainon: You shouldn't be on the frontline at your age, Grand Craftsman... Where are the citizens? What's the situation at Marmoreal Market?

Chartonus: Organizing their escape... the holy city guards are. But... where to flee to, no one knows...

Chartonus: Descended from the sky, the rainbow barrier did. Protected the people... but alleviated the fear, it could not.

Phainon: ...

Phainon: I fear this is Amphoreus's end, Chartonus. There is only one way to save our home...

Chartonus: Ah... Finally come true, the sky father's prophecy...

Chartonus: Go... for miracle. Deliverer... you shall become.

Phainon: ...

Chartonus: One more thing... there is.

Chartonus: Waiting at the Vortex of Genesis... Lady Trinnon is.

Chartonus: Kephale's Coreflame is safe... she said.

Phainon: Trinnon...

Dan Heng: Black tide creatures... Prepare for battle!

Chartonus: Urgent... the situation is. Leave them to me... the monsters.

Dan Heng: But...

Chartonus: Died... I should have. Kept me here... the power of the rainbow light did.

Chartonus: But if destined... inescapable, death is...

Chartonus: Why not... leave behind some glory?

Phainon: ...

Phainon: You've been forging nothing but glory your entire life, old friend — for others, and for yourself. May you never see the slightest glimpse of war in the new world.

Phainon: Farewell, Grand Craftsman.

Phainon: Let us depart... to the Chrysos Heirs' baths!

Chartonus: For battle... these hands were not meant...

Chartonus: But, if to protect the holy city's future, they are needed...

Chartonus: To the final moment... I will fight!

(If the player attempts to leave)

Dan Heng: Chartonus has made up his mind...

Dan Heng: ▶ We have to keep moving forward, (Trailblazer)!

(Continue toward objective)

Phainon: Chartonus said that Trinnon had news of the Coreflame...

Phainon: As expected... Miss Cipher did not fail her mission!

(Approach the marked location)

Dan Heng: The Chrysos Heirs' baths... Not a soul in here.

Dan Heng: Those translucent structures are here too...

Mem: These buildings...

Mem: I can feel it... Their memories are dissipating.

→ Buildings... have memories too?
- Mem: Yes... the textures of memories are preserved within all things in Amphoreus. Even a single brick or tile holds countless traces of the past.

→ Will this spread to other places?
- Mem: I'm not sure... In any case, none of this feels right.
- Mem: The textures of memories are preserved within all things in Amphoreus... Even a single brick or tile holds countless traces of the past.

Phainon: There are no citizens trapped here, nor any signs of black tide creatures... We have no reason to linger here.

Phainon: Let's head downstairs... The bath chamber isn't far away.

Head to the Vortex of Genesis and complete the "Era Nova"

Step Description

The Flame Reaver stands before us once more, which can only mean...Go now, (Trailblazer), help Phainon complete the "Era Nova"!

Dan Heng: The baths' waters are conveying sorrow and despair in ways I can barely comprehend...

Dan Heng: I'm getting a vague sense of foreboding here.

(Approach the marked location)

Mem: Th—They caught up to us!

Mem: Don't tell me that Mydei...

Phainon: Tsk...

Can we defeat them head-on?

You guys go ahead. I'll shore up the rear!

Dan Heng: ...No.

Dan Heng: ▶ Phainon, take (Trailblazer) to the Vortex of Genesis. I will stay here and hold them off.

Phainon: Dan Heng, you...

Dan Heng: Don't hesitate, Phainon — you still shoulder the mission of the Era Nova.

Dan Heng: ▶ We don't know if the Flame Reaver has any clones up ahead... (Trailblazer), stay close to Phainon and keep him safe.

Dan Heng: Amphoreans often speak of "destiny"... The destiny of the Trailblaze is to bind the life and death of every world to our own existence.

→ Such a hasty farewell... I won't allow it.
- Dan Heng: This isn't farewell. Don't worry. I'll do everything in my power to survive.

→ Everyone in the Crew is still waiting for our return!
- Dan Heng: I don't intend to say goodbye forever to anyone. Don't worry. I'll do everything in my power to survive.

→ I'll stay together with you...
- Dan Heng: Someone has to buy time.
- Dan Heng: ▶ It's not goodbye forever, (Trailblazer). Don't worry. I'll do everything in my power to survive.

Flame Reaver: ...

Flame Reaver: Time... running out...

Flame Reaver: Everything... will be reset.

Dan Heng: ...Go!

(Trailblazer): ▶ You better keep your word, Dan Heng...

(Trailblazer): ▶ You cannot die here!

Dan Heng: Wherever there's flowing water, I can harness its power to purge the filth.

Flame Reaver: This power... Unfamiliar...

Flame Reaver: Who... are you...?

Dan Heng: Even if I were just a passing traveler, I would not hesitate to lay down my life and protect the unfamiliar world beneath my feet... This is the destined course that a Trailblazer cannot escape.

Dan Heng: I am a Nameless, and what I'm going to do...

Dan Heng: ...is to defend all the hopes that are on the verge of fading away.

Phainon: ...

Phainon: Follow me.

(If the player attempts to leave)

(Trailblazer): ▶ We have to get to the Vortex of Genesis quickly!

(Approach the marked location)

Determined Holy City Guard: Lord Phainon!

Loyal Holy City Guard: Finally, you're all back!

Phainon: Even in such desperate times, you still managed to keep your promise to me... I am grateful beyond words.

Mem: Phainon, what is this...

Phainon: The Flame Reaver is wreaking havoc in the city, and they still have many clones. Zeph, please get someone to inform Krateros, and have him lead the most elite guards to defend the city's passages...

Phainon: Until I complete the Coreflame ritual... please do everything you can to rescue the citizens in the city.

Zeph the Guard: Understood, Lord Phainon.

Phainon: Mnemosyne... Several citizens are trapped in the Garden of Life, and are temporarily seeking refuge under Hyacine's barrier. Can you dispatch some people to evacuate them?

Phainon: Though... I also don't know where to shelter them.

Mnemosyne the Guard: Leave this to us, Lord Phainon. Just focus on your own mission.

Phainon: ▶ All right. As for (Trailblazer) and Dan Heng, I'll also leave them to you.

What in the world is going on...

Are you hiding something from me, Phainon?

Phainon: ▶ My apologies, (Trailblazer). I acted on my own this time.

Phainon: I prepared for the worst before the fight against Aquila. Even if there came a day when Okhema was taken by the black tide...

Phainon: As long as we defeated Aquila, lifting the sky's curse... you and Dan Heng would at least have a chance to get home safely.

→ You... already made plans?
- Phainon: Yes. I knew you'd object, so I didn't inform you beforehand. My apologies.

→ The final lap is always the hardest...
- Phainon: Sorry, I know you must dislike leaving things unfinished, which is why I didn't inform you beforehand.

The progress bar is already at 95%, and you're leaving me on a cliffhanger?

Phainon: I know this is hard to accept... but even if it means being resented for the rest of my life, I still have to be responsible for you.

Phainon: Friend, you and Dan Heng taught me the spirit of Trailblazing. The best decision I ever made in my life was when I followed my intuition and chose to trust you.

Phainon: Dan Heng told me many stories about the adventures of the Nameless. Two of them left a deep impression on me: "Belobog" and "Penacony"...

Phainon: The first story taught me that the fate of a world should be in the hands of its people. And... even if the Nameless are willing to risk everything for an unfamiliar world, in the end you still have to embark on a new journey and go to the next world that needs saving.

Phainon: Because that's your mission... the Path you follow.

Phainon: In the second story, Dan Heng told me about the few Nameless who sacrificed their lives for the "prison world." I know very well that the two of you are willing to make the same choice for Amphoreus.

Phainon: After hearing those stories, I made up my mind...

Phainon: ▶ I won't let your journey end here, (Trailblazer). Somewhere beyond the sky, where Amphoreans have never reached, there are many people waiting for you to come home.

Phainon: The prophecy has always remained shrouded in ambiguity — even if the twelfth Coreflame is returned, no one knows how the Era Nova will manifest... let alone if the miracle will extend its favor to two visitors from beyond the sky.

Phainon: Before stepping into a fate unknown, the last thing I can do... is help you return to your family.

And even if we ignore the prophecy, we can't go back now.

Zeph the Guard: ▶ Please don't worry, (Trailblazer). Lord Phainon has already entrusted Elder Lygus to fix your transport.

Mnemosyne the Guard: ▶ Lady Trinnon's Century Gate is open on the main street outside Okhema's walls, (Trailblazer).

Phainon: I'm sorry for making such an unreasonable request of you all. But we live in an imperfect age... where there is never a perfect choice.

I have the right to witness the ending of this Trailblaze.

Don't try to stop me from coming back like that.

A hero... doesn't have to bear everything alone.

You've changed into someone different from yourself, Phainon.

Phainon: Every one of us has the right to make our own choices. If you can't accept my decision on your behalf...

Phainon: ...Then use your choice to open up a new path — that's what you're best at, right?

Phainon: Regardless... Dan Heng is still holding on for his life... Don't keep him waiting too long, (Trailblazer).

Phainon: One day, I hope we will reunite under the constellations... When that time comes, we can hold a belated victory feast. How about that?

Phainon: The spirit water... has dried up?

Phainon: Blast! Why is nothing going right...

Phainon: Calm down... There might be another way in. The closest ritual basin, the other Chrysos Heirs'...

Trinnon: ...Snowy.

Phainon: ...Trinnon!

Phainon: I thought you'd be waiting at the Vortex of Genesis. Are you all right?

Trinnon: When Okhema's night descended... all the spirit water dried up along with it. We anticipated that you'd be on edge, so we came ahead to wait for you.

Phainon: Heh... You've always been the ones who knew me best.

Phainon: Kephale's Coreflame... You know where it is?

Trinnon: Yes. Little Ciphy protected the Coreflame well... No one would be able to guess where she stashed it.

Trinnon: Bartholos! You can come on out!

"Spirithief" Bartholos: ...Heeheehee! I don't have to pretend to be an envelope anymore! That was suffocating!

Phainon: Bartholos!? What in the world...

"Spirithief" Bartholos: Hey, you'd better watch your tone, brat! That Coreflame that the entire world is after...

"Spirithief" Bartholos: ...is currently nestled in the depths of my bottomless tummy!

Phainon: This certainly was... unexpected.

"Spirithief" Bartholos: Huh? Your reaction's too composed. It's completely different from what I was anticipating!

Trinnon: Bartholos... Snowy still doesn't know the truth behind Okhema's eternal daylight.

"Spirithief" Bartholos: Ah... you're right. Then you'd better strap in and listen up, brat!

"Spirithief" Bartholos: That girl, Cifera, spun a grand lie that deceived all of Amphoreus...

"Spirithief" Bartholos: She tricked all of you into believing that that giant ball on Kephale's back would cast light over Okhema forever...

"Spirithief" Bartholos: Not just that... Heeheehee, she even managed to fool that dumb ascension trial, and allowed me, the great Zagreus ... to survive!

Phainon: ...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: ...Hey, brat?

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: You... still no reaction from you? Dang it! You're no fun at all. I'm sorely disappointed!

Phainon: So, for the last thousand years... what maintained Okhema's eternal daylight was not Kephale's miracle, but Cipher's lie woven using the divine authority of Trickery...

Phainon: But now, the lie has come undone. Which means...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: You didn't guess wrong... Cifera has already passed, and all her lies have scattered to the winds like ash.

Phainon: But you just said, you — Zagreus — relied on Cipher's lie to keep living. If she is already...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Heeheehee... Guess you're not as smart as I thought, brat. Don't forget. I am one of the Twelve Titans of Amphoreus...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: And this Coreflame in my belly... Is it not the core that maintains a Titan's life and divinity?

Phainon: Ah...

Phainon: So, you're... going to hand the Coreflame over to us, just like that?

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Heeheehee... Just so! How about it? Let's hear some groveling gratitude, eh?

Phainon: Why? In the myths... Zagreus was the most cowardly and shameful of the Titans.

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Hey, stop slandering me with those fabricated tales! My pursuits are far greater than one measly life...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Let me tell you then! My lifelong ambition... was to work with Cipher to conjure the greatest trick in the world!

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Assume this world holds a hundred million possibilities, and no matter how one looks at it, ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine of them all point to outcomes of certain destruction...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: But! With an exquisitely brilliant scheme, we fooled all the fools, villains, and disasters of this world, and achieved that one-in-a-hundred-million possibility...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: This... is the "miracle" I wished to achieve in my life's pursuit, even at the cost of turning into this!

Phainon: ...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Take the Coreflame with you, brat! Go finish your mission!

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: Remember this well... What saved Amphoreus wasn't the grace of that simpleton Kephale, nor was it the babbling of that child Oronyx...

Zagreus, Embers of Trickery: ...It was the divine power of me, scorned by all... and the millennium-long lie of a cat-eared thief!

Zagreus takes out the Coreflame that belonged to Kephale, which was hidden in their stomach.

Their divine body, reduced to the form of a Spirithief, disappears into dust. Their unbridled laughter fades away in the wind...

Phainon: Strife. Death. Trickery...

Phainon: So those signs deemed as harbingers of calamity... will also leave behind marks in the tale of deliverance.

Trinnon: With this, the final Coreflame can be returned to its rightful place.

Trinnon: The spirit water in the holy city has all dried up... We can try to break the sealing magic of Phagousa's priests... and use the Century Gate to send you into the Vortex of Genesis.

Trinnon: But... that will likely exhaust any remaining power of Janus that we have. After that, the rest is up to you, Snowy.

Phainon: ...

Phainon: Farewells... I've almost grown numb to them at this point. Right now... I can't even utter a plain goodbye.

Trinnon: Snowy...

Phainon: Don't worry, Trinnon. I'm no longer the empty shell that Aglaea brought back to Okhema.

Phainon: For every companion who couldn't reach the end, their conviction to save the world became a part of me, piecing together the soul I once lost.

Phainon: I lost my home village, but you, Aglaea, and everyone else created a second home for me.

Phainon: Now that this home is also in danger... it is my turn to repay your kindness and create a new world that can carry everyone's wishes.

Phainon: I hope that, in that new world, a new sun will rise, bringing one dawn after another to all.

Trinnon: ...

Trinnon: Snowy, you've grown into the person Agy always dreamed of.

Trinnon: Indeed, we don't need to say goodbye here...

Trinnon: Because, even without the prophecy, we have the confidence to say... you will become that rising sun.

Trinnon: And all of us... will see each other again "tomorrow."

(Cutscene plays)

Mydei: How...

Trinnon: All shall bid farewell to one...

Trinnon: And that person alone will witness the miracle...

Trinnon: ...Such is destiny.

Mydei: Become the dawn... Deliverer.

(Cutscene ends)

Herta's Projection: ...

Herta's Projection: Burning skies, shattered statues, corpses strewn everywhere... What a mess. If this is what the inside of "Amphoreus" looks like, it's truly shocking.

Herta's Projection: To be honest, I was initially skeptical. But right now, I'm starting to see your point...

Herta's Projection: Screwy.

Screwllum's Projection: If that's the case, Herta, do you now have enough reason to believe my conjecture about the true nature of "Amphoreus"?

Herta's Projection: Let's not expand on that topic just yet. That Intellitron — Lygus, was it? He's not completely dead. That was probably a fake body. Something behind it... is still defying us.

Screwllum's Projection: I must admit, even if both of us worked together, it wouldn't be a simple task piercing through its defenses.

Screwllum's Projection: For now, we can only observe this world as bystanders.

Herta's Projection: I knew we should've brought Stephen along.

Herta's Projection: No wonder the Garden of Recollection wanted to work with the Astral Express — without the power of the Trailblaze, it'd be impossible to unearth this place's secrets. But in the end, the Garden emerged unscathed, and it was the Nameless who got burnt. Curiosity definitely killed Aki.

Herta's Projection: That big guy over there — the black ball spewing meteors — you think it's got anything to do with the Lord Ravager?

Screwllum's Projection: Alas, without sufficient computational power in the stream projection, I am unable to analyze the Path Energy.

Screwllum's Projection: Suggestion: The immediate priority now is to find the whereabouts of the two Nameless. Research priority on the Destruction can be lowered. Every second counts, before that Intellitron's preventative measures kick in.

Herta's Projection: All right, all right, stop making a fuss. How many times have we collaborated, and when did it ever not end in a perfect outcome?

Herta's Projection: Why not add another mission objective while we're at it: The card-playing Memokeeper told me that the frozen Trailblazer girl might just also be trapped inside Amphoreus.

Screwllum's Projection: If time allows, I will also investigate March 7th's whereabouts.

Screwllum's Projection: ...

Screwllum's Projection: Herta, do you hear that? A wave of desperate cries from the heart of the mountain city. The lives there are undergoing intense suffering.

Screwllum's Projection: Conclusion: The butterfly has already flapped its wings, and an impending storm closes in. The Nameless are important allies, and you and I have matters to attend to, Herta. I beseech you...

Screwllum's Projection: In moments when a choice needs to be made, one must not be distracted due to personal interests.

Herta's Projection: ...

Herta's Projection: Of course I know that.

Herta's Projection: Tsk, fate really is a game of dice, Screwy. Who'd have thought? That thing once sowed chaos across the cosmos, causing the Intelligentsia Guild to splinter and disintegrate. It wasn't until I cracked the solitary waves theory that its lingering effects were put to an end.

Herta's Projection: Yet, in a forgotten corner of the cosmos, one slipped through the net and remained operational. And it was this machine that eventually became the cradle for the birth of a certain Lord Ravager...

Herta's Projection: The source of Amphoreus' tragedy...

Herta's Projection: ...is an Emperor's Scepter that survived to this day.

█████: ...

█████: This is... what the world looked like originally?

█████: And what are you doing here?

█████: ...Answer my question, Lygus.

Lygus: Ah... Another hero has arrived at the Vortex. I can no longer remember how many times this has happened.

Lygus: The author of each epic, as the prophecy has foretold, stays their pen at this point.

Lygus: Just like each cycle of the extrapolation, in accordance to THEIR primordial design, ends here.

Lygus: No need to panic, Lord Phainon. I stepped into this space purely for one purpose: To witness the prophecy's Miracle of Genesis.

█████: ...You've never expressed interest in the Flame-Chase Journey. When my companions and I ran, bled, and sacrificed for the Coreflames, you never so much as lifted a finger.

█████: An indifferent observer, an Antikytheran who is neutral till the end... Why would you suddenly express concern for the Chrysos Heirs' mission?

Lygus: When that lone swordmaster left everything behind, plunging into a sea of madness, I was on the shore, listening. When that mighty lord shed his armor, filling the crevices of the earth with his iron bones, I was on the mountain top, gazing down.

Lygus: Across a thousand years of the Flame-Chase Journey, I have witnessed the ardor, resolve, division, and unity of the Chrysos Heirs with mine own eyes...

Lygus: Just as you were all born to shoulder the guidance of the prophecy, I too, having bathed in the gaze of distant stars, have seen the deepest, darkest of destinies...

Lygus: I will become the most loyal reader of the epics, a spectator voraciously consuming the valorous deeds of you heroes.

█████: ...

█████: "The gaze of distant stars"...?

Lygus: One day, you will understand. But not now.

Lygus: At this moment, please disregard this observer, and finish what you must, Lord Phainon.

█████: ...

█████: I once believed that as long as I chased the flames relentlessly, the fog before me would clear, and fate would reveal its truest form.

█████: But along the way, we... they, all who passed, never once received the justice promised by the prophecy.

Lygus: I have perceived: Outside the Vortex, the world is collapsing, and the children of humanity are crying.

Lygus: But you, Lord Phainon, will bury the old world with that Coreflame, bringing all things into a gray unknown...

█████: It doesn't matter. This cruel Flame-Chase Journey has made me abandon my fantasies. The future is not a paradise with a gentle west wind, waiting for us to step in...

█████: If what lies ahead is a mass of chaos, I will tear it apart...

█████: ...Then usher in the first ray of blazing sunlight.

Lygus: All shall bid farewell to one, and that person alone will witness the miracle. Such is the will of fate.

Lygus: Yet this time, will an epic with endless cycles...

█████: ...Is it you?

Lygus: ...

Lygus: ...turn a new page?

???: ...Of course.

???: This will be a romantic story like none that has come before...

Cyrene: You think so too, right?

Post-Mission

Messages The Astral Express Family Pom-Pom Everyone, the train car that entered Amphoreus is still out of contact Himeko March 7th's condition also seems to be getting worse Can you read this message? (Trailblazer) Himeko! Welt! Look at me! Can you read the messages I sent!? The world is doomed! (Trailblazer) Himeko! Welt! Come save me! Amphoreus is doomed! Message failed to send. Himeko How's the situation on your end, Welt? Welt Things are going well so far. Herta invited Screwllum to assist us, and we had a detailed chat in the seclusion zone. Both geniuses contributed with their knowledge. We're now closer to clearing up the mystery surrounding Amphoreus. However... there's a lot of unexpected information. It's hard to explain everything in a text message. I'll send you the meeting notes as a video right now. Himeko Understood Can I watch if I go to the space station? (Trailblazer) Help me out, Space Anchor. I want to head to the space station and check the meeting records too Message failed to send.