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EP.31 Epic Quest Complete

EP.31 Existence of Mutants, and... is complete!

This one has got to be my favorite episode by far

On this episode of Elsword Online...

Harnier still doesn’t get her tiara back from Rose,

Ventus beats up Solace,

and the priestesses stop being useless.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y047i7DNU95Dj6Vh-M4aNjZabUhp2Pr0tIp5fznQY00/edit?usp=sharing

And as always, here’s the link to all the Epic Quests:

EP. 31 Existence of Mutants, and... - El Tower Defense (link)

EP. 30 Passage of Henir - Debrian Laboratory (link)

EP. 29 Invasion of the Order - Elrianode City (link)

EP. 28 Restored Elrianode - Water Dragon Sanctum (link)

EP. 27 The Boy and the El - Hall of El (link)

EP. 26 The Past and the Future - Halted Sun’s Memory (link)

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Elsword – Eve: INTJ / About Add

Code: Empress.

Introverted Intuition (Ni): Eve’s entire focus is on creating her ideal kingdom, not being content to live with the flaws of the existing one. She knows exactly what she wants to accomplish, and takes actions specifically for this purpose.

Extroverted Thinking (Te): Eve views her ideal kingdom as an achievable goal, not a fanciful dream. She works hard in creating her kingdom, even to the point of building a new Nasod servant to assist her and Oberon in battle. Eve always speaks directly, even when she offends people (In the Time Trouble Vol. 7).

Introverted Feeling (Fi): Eve hides her feelings, tends to be rather reserved about most of her life. Eve doesn’t naturally understand other people’s feelings and can’t cope. At the same time, her principles and feelings are the primary motivations behind everything she does. She is opinionated and always does what she believes to be most authentically right and true to herself, no matter the immediate cost.

Extroverted Sensing (Se): Eve’s showcase her taste for aesthetics in many ways; Eve's fighting style is elegant. Her servants are named after characters from Shakespearean plays. Her Nasod servant tend to be beautiful in appearance. Eve also wants to look her best herself; her clothing is stylish, and her hair, particularly neat, has an elegance to it. Moreover, Eve’s good at handling technology, she takes photos too realistically (El★Star Profiles- Eve).

Eve notices details in her environment that need to be pointed out to other companions at El Search Party. 

Beyond her exceptional focus, Eve takes the time to enjoy the beauty in her surroundings ("It is good to see diverse places and add various creatures to the database. …Though it is tiresome to fight anywhere I go… yeah…" and "A lake… it's been a long time that I am seeing a lake again. …I don't know anything about emotions but looking at a lake, I feel that my overheated circuits are being cooled."). She doesn’t dwell extensively on the past.

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Code: Nemesis.

Eve was a future, big-picture oriented person. Her focus was to revive the Nasod civilization, and did not allow anything to remove her from that path. (Ni)

Eve’s primary focus is on getting things done, and easily puts aside her emotions in order to make decisions. She doesn’t stop her plan to revive the Nasod civilization. (Te)

Eve’s internal principles are firmly laid out and she does not violate them to please others. She does what she feels is right, regardless of what Add tells her. She assumes an awkward poker face. She suppressed her emotion. At the same time, we can’t deny that she is extremely emotional. She has very few friends, but she would do anything for them, even sacrifice her life so that they could live. In the Time Trouble, the main way that Eve worried about Add is not through words, but by giving his a lemonade. (Fi)

[“I won’t go.” “You’ll only get attacked by demons if you remain in this time. Do you think I’m lying?” “Even if it’s true I won’t go.” Eve refused outright. She ignored the now stunned Add as she spoke coldly. “I have the mission to revive the Nasod civilization. I have no intention of stopping my search for El, or to travel to a different timeline.” “…..What about the demons that will attack you?” “Even if what you’re talking about is true. I don’t think it’s something that can be solved by running away. I must face them head on like Nasods should.” Add’s heart burned up because he knew all too well the result of what she just said. He just gave her all the information he had. He was even prepared to get treated like a crazy person. Despite all this effort Eve didn’t waver. Even if she believed Add’s words her decision wouldn’t change. Her course of action was firm. “…..Are you sure it’s not because you can’t leave Elsword?” “I don’t know why you’d bring up his name here.” ]

She understand her own emotions on a level that allows she to both put a name to them and to pin point exactly what she’s feeling, whereas an Fe user doesn’t always recognize immediately what they are feeling (or why they are feeling it). That’ s the difference between Eve (Fi user) and Add (Fe user). Check the Epic EP.41-42 Master Road Story Quest - Add & Eve (Bringer and Esencia)

Eve: Sigh... I already told Adrian I'm leaving. You don't have to overreact.

Add: O-over react? When did I?!

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I read the Time Trouble Vol. 6-7 Code: Empress's passage.

[Add changed the topic when the atmosphere inside the tent turned cold all of a sudden. “So why are you and Rena so wary of Lu? Although Lu is a demon she’s…..” “Isn’t it stranger to trust her?” Eve spoke sharply. “This case is different than Chung and Ara. Ara had her relative become a demon and Chung understood this. But Lu and Ciel are demon and her servant. Don’t you think it’s too much of an excessive request to ask someone who lost their own kind to demons to accept those two?” Add couldn’t answer because Eve’s response was very heated. “Demons destroyed the key to resurrecting the Nasod civilization. It was a really horrible event…. But I was alone in the first place anyways. But Rena is different.” “…….” “Demons brutally slaughtered Rena’s people. Asking her to trust and accept demons as comrades doesn’t make sense.” Eve continued speaking with an unusually passionate tone. She realized Add was only listening to her and lowered her voice a bit. “…..I don’t know much about people’s emotions and can’t understand them. But I think that Rena’s reaction is natural.”]

She's an INTJ with an extremely well developed Fi, and she doesn't feel their emotions the way an Fe user would. Her Ni lets she know intuitively what’s going on behind the lines and then she's able to logically put together what someone is feeling by using Te. She can understand, but she cannot empathize unless she has shared experience.

[“I won’t say that I know how you feel. I don’t know about emotions anyways. But what will you say to Elesis if you kill Lu like this?” / “Lu, what do you think you’re doing by provoking Rena? There shouldn’t be anything good for you even if you win or lose here.”] When it comes to arguments, the INTJ will more likely try to convince you using logical appeals, whereas the INFJ will use emotional appeals.

She’s also pretty cutting with her mode of speech, which isn’t necessary for Te, but it’s definitely more common in Te than Ti. Te prefers direct, blunt speech, while Ti is more concerned with exactness. The difference is subtle, but there.

Auxiliary Te: Eve was a planner. As soon as she knew what she wanted, there was a plan in place to fulfill that desire. Eve wasn’t particularly interested in kiss or anything even distantly hormonal. She was preferred to speak and type in logic, rather than feelings. Eve was consistent in her habits, blunt and honest in her speech.

Tertiary Fi: Despite the fact that Eve was extremely logical, she was deeply motivated by her feelings. She cares about Ara and Elsword. Eve will fully support Add in defeating D and returning to his universe. She had a strong sense of morality and didn’t trust Lu (a demon).

Elsword:El Lady

“Elsword. How can you trust those words without any proof?”

She thinks that Add needs to prove his words with actual evidence (Te).

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To inexperienced typers who think Eve is an INFJ, please understanding sympathetic INTJs and stop stereotyping everyone. Thanks. An Fi is always less comfortable expressing his/her emotions than an Fe. Esencia is easier to mistake as INFJ because she was a warm and loving queen and she is the only Eve to be depicted expressing emotion in her artwork. (Mature INTJs do not hide from their feelings. They face them without allowing the feelings to control them.) Generally, you don’t see this in a stereotypical INTJ girl, but you do see it in INFJ girls. Eve trust in 'friendship' and 'belief' from her friends, she develops a need for companionship, a connect with people on an emotional level and a deep selflessness. Has Esencia become an INFJ? Absolutely not. She may contemplate the same things an INFJ would, but she processes the information using NiTe logic, not NiTi logic. She may reach the same conclusions an INFJ would, but reaches conclusions the way an INTJ would. Esencia is an INTJ with the perspective of an INFJ. She still processes INTJ style. An INTJ with a well developed Fi will care deeply about how his/her actions and words affect other people. 

“...I want... as many of my people to wake up... and live freely without being used by anyone.”

At length.

Personality can change drastically as a result of trauma. It happens subconsciously, in a part of our minds that we have little control over. However, I don’t believe it’s possible to consciously change your personality.

Ultimate-Esencia-Sariel They haven’t changed personalities.

To be honest, Esencia strikes me as an extremely mature INTJ who has learned how to be emotional.

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Add: 

An ENTP who is depressed will very much likely either appear as though absolutely nothing is wrong, or will retreat into either an Ti/Si loop, or their shadow functions (INTJ).

Life experience often changes perspective without altering cognitive function.

He hasn't changed personality at all. By the end Dominator (initially ENTP) behaves more like an INTJ –he thinks about things that are more natural to INTJs, but his mode of thought still functions like an ENTP.

He hasn't changed thought processing style (personality type); he's changed perspective.

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Google Doc for Elsword Epic Quest Line Is Now Open?!

Sorry I’ve been MIA for a while now (not that I was missing out on anything important but)... I’ve had a very ambitious goal, and that was to... not only compile all of the relevant story quest line (by relevant I mean interesting) into google docs, but also localize everything properly without losing any of the tone/meaning of the Korean original. I had a several face palming moments from reading badly localized lines from the game (to understand my stance on translating/localizing, check out this post), and I thought it was such a shame that the original meaning 

was quite literally lost in translation

I’ve actually taken good long time to do this, and had several proofreaders and editors helping me, to make sure the lines flow naturally. I’ve completed EP26 (Halted Sun’s Memory) ~ EP30 (Debrian Lab), and am currently working on EP31, for Tower of El Defense dungeon. If at any point in time you weren’t sure what the hell you were reading, regardless of what server you’re playing on, I hope you can refer to this and understand the message the original Korean text was trying to convey. 

I’ve also put the Korean original side by side so you can always see what was being translated. Images were added to make the reading experience a bit more interesting, hoping you won’t get bored from just reading the endless wall of text.

The following link will take you to the list of Epic Quests, and you can click on the link to go to the episode you are looking for: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1stG7dT8LSenbxttZNkKlMIK7DH-8FctTzyf0AFnksic/edit?usp=sharing

Or you know, you can access them from this list:

EP. 30 Passage of Henir - Debrian Laboratory (link)

EP. 29 Invasion of the Order - Elrianode City (link)

EP. 28 Restored Elrianode - Water Dragon Sanctum (link)

EP. 27 The Boy and the El - Hall of El (link)

EP. 26 The Past and the Future - Halted Sun’s Memory (link)

The individual quests of the episode can be found in the link or on the sheets on the bottom of the google docs.  Of course, each doc is View Only, and each sheet is protected.

I apologize that the names of the sheets are in Korean; I put them in English and they took too much room so you couldn’t see the entire name on each sheet. 

Please check it out! Or not!

To tell you the truth, I did this for myself LOL so now I can easily ctrl+f around to find the exact passage I’m looking for and quote them directly. I didn’t do anything before EP26 because they’re all boring and quite frankly I think we’re all over Solace’s Fortress. I’ve also covered the important parts of the quests (that I haven’t included in this google doc) in my previous posts such as theories and what not... Most of them are just.. explanations of as to why you have to repeat the same dungeon over and over >_>;

I take about a week to finish localizing one episode, which is really slow, but that’s including writing down the Korean original, doing rough translation, localizing, handing them over to editors, we all cry over how dumb the original Korean sounds, play drinking game on how many times they repeat a certain phrase or word unnecessarily, die of alcohol poisoning, edit, edit, and edit some more, and then fix formatting, add colors, add images...

It’s a laborious process lol

But I enjoy it! It’s a pity I take too long to localize these but I really want people to get the same emotion/message that I got from reading the Korean original ;ㅁ;

Okay I’m tired now but I gotta finish EP31 

which I think.. is my favorite so far +ㅁ+

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Hey! I was browsing through your blog (like I do so often, I just love your content, especially your theories) and I've come across a post where you mentioned you wanted to write about Henir's inconsistency, multiverse and Herrscher vs Mad Paradox. What happened to that? Are you ever going to write it or is it so much that you are still working on it? Anyway, thanks for all these theories, hope with the upcoming content update, we can expect more theories from you <3

Ah sorry I did start writing but it was in a form of word vomit and not really organized... I didn’t want to ramble without having a clear point at the end and end with a question instead of a definite conclusion.I for one don’t believe that KoG actually has it all together, where all these tid bits of information fit together like a jigsaw puzzle to create one story because they have a history of retconning their story several times and I am under the impression that the reason why Elrianode epic quest didn’t have a voice over for the longest time is because they had to change the part about Rose in Elysion at the last minute because of her really bad popularity;

Like I have mentioned in Rose’s Source of the the Great Disaster post, Rose was supposed to, I believe, stop Elsword from restoring the El and warn him of the dangers that befell her own world because of this El

and if any of you remember, Rose finally CAUGHT UP with the El Search Party AT the Fortress of Solace (she was following behind them until now) and FOUGHT AGAINST SOLACE WITH THE EL SEARCH PARTY  

and walked into Solace’s memory together with Elsword

but we had to wait for EVER for the story update, and when it finally came out, Rose didn’t stop anybody, Elsword restored the El, and Rose was conveniently separated from the El Search Party she finally caught up with and did her own thing for several long quests until “casually” joining up with the El Search Party

and NO ONE WAS LIKE

HEY YOURE THAT BLONDE GIRL WE SAW THAT THE SOLACE’S FORTRESS YOU FOUGHT WITH SOLACE WITH US

like it was so underwhelming and not on the same page as all the hype they were creating with Rose when she first came out

^ none of this happened in Elysion, which I believe was SUPPOSED to happen

but Im under the impression that they scrapped the whole story because Rose’s popularity was so low, people were pretending she doesn’t exist and people hated KoG for forcing a Dungeon Fighter character join the canon plot and they knew they couldn’t go down that path so they had to lowkey everything with her to avoid incurring the wrath of Elsword players

so they probably got rid of the part where Rose stops Elsword, had to turn around the whole shit about how Rose was very antagonistic toward the El Search Party:

Solace to Rose in the Celestial Crossroads:

“Let me make an offer. If you help me, then I will help you achieve your goal”

help me = stop Elsword from entering (this was when Solace was telling Elsword to give up and go back if he wants to save his sister)

I’ll help you achieve your goal = you want to stop Elsword from restoring the El because it has brought disaster to your world so helping me means stopping Elsword

10-7 Dungeon Clear line:

Rose

재앙의 근원에 가장 가까운 사람이라고 생각해 그 흔적을 따라 가고 있어. 직접 만나지 못했지만 그 흔적만으로도 정말 재앙이라는 느낌이야…!!

I’ve been following him thinking that he’s the closest one to the source of disaster. I haven’t met him personally but just seeing the chaos in his wake I really do feel like he’s a disaster…!!

but yeah where is thiswhere is this any of this

NOWHERE.

I’m sorry I turned this ask into a “KoG backed out of the story and the hype they created because they got scared of all the Rose hate” post but yeah I’m just saying that everything on this blog just really me trying to make sense out of the shit they have created, like I’ve heard from credible sources that Transcendence update wasn’t even supposed to exist; they had to come up with 3rd job content but it wasn’t done but they are bound by Nexon’s way of doing things which includes having a huge major update every summer but 3rd job stuff was nowhere close to being completed for a release so they haphazardly mashed old content and slapped on Transcendence on it and released it (hence why a lot of the Transcendence portrait was really wonky quality, didnt even have full body image of them because they weren’t full body images in the beginning; they had to add that in later?)

but somehow I have weaved that into the overarching plot of Elsword I honestly dont know how I’ve managed that but sooooooooooooo uh

me trying to make sense out of Henir will be almost impossible because it’s full of inconsistencies like

1. how can Ain come out of a world of nothing as a something2. how does a realm of nothing exist3. how can you become a nothing to enter a world of nothing and then still have something to think “oh this is nice, I better tell everyone how great this is” and then come OUT of that world and pick up the physical form he had abandoned to enter the world of nothing

I can go on and on

I had a revelation but a lot of it makes no sense because KoG never bothered to think that deeply or at least never bothered to make everything clear for us so it will take some time... of thinking OTL

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Bluhen’s Journey

Let’sssssssssss dive into what Bluhen’s quest description says...

It’s nothing surprising or “whoa where did that come from” because we all kind of knew that he would choose the path of “I want to stay with the El Search Party even if I can’t be with them forever” but let’s just take a moment to appreciate

Bluhen’s, Erbluhen Emotion’s Lofty: Anpassen’s Ainchase’s journey

to this point

and what he went through to finally come to this resolution. When Ain was given his mission by the Goddess Ishmael and first arrived in Elrios to, now, say it with me, restore the energy to the unstable El, this was him:

Hear me, O creations of Ishmael: I was nothing but a single mass of light, before the will of God had reached me. Divine were the words that granted my form, and sacred was the mission my eyes opened to: “Thou shalt bestow energy on the weakened El.” To be born in the realm of God is to live by the words of God; I shall heed the call and accept the mission, to fulfill my purpose and return to the heavenly realm. I say again, By the sacred mission I have descended upon this land; My will is God’s will, and my existence is God’s wish.

Basically he’s saying

“Im getting the fuck out of here as soon as I do my job, which, the Goddess herself has given me, ehem, okay?”

And this mentality rings clear throughout the early stages of the Epic Quest in Ruben and Elder. Ain is eager to restore the shattered El and just get this shit done with as soon as possible. At first Ain couldn’t really understand why the ESP was helping the ungrateful human so much, and why they bother going through the trouble instead of focusing only on the objectives: restoring the El. Much to his dismay, everyone is a little too slow with the El Restoration business, and he’s beyond frustrated. 

Executor basically noped the fuck out of the party because they are too slow and he couldn’t stand human’s humanness (greed/incompetence/stupidity), Wanderer had a breakdown from all the lack of progress they were making with the mission. But Anpassen stayed, perhaps because he was fascinated by why and more importantly, how the El Search Party was finding the reason to do  things for others without expecting anything in return. 

What he discovered was altruism.

Ain becoming Lofty: Anpassen wasn’t because he was like “Oh cool so this is what human emotion is” or Lofty: Anpassen becoming Erbluhen Emotion wasn’t “I totally get human emotions now; so this is anger and this is happiness”

If you read his job descriptions carefully, you’ll learn that Ain was able to manifest El’s energy with something else; it wasn’t simply “human emotion” but compassion. Anpassen and Erbluhen is the product of Ain feeling compassion for his friends. The more he saw them helping each other even in times of hardship, he felt something within him. He was beginning to understand what it’s like to help someone and not expect anything for it. For Erbluhen, the ESP was in trouble and Anpassen desperately wanted to save them. It was something he never felt before. With his sincere desire to help his friends, he gained ability to control Eids even more effectively. So his entire character concept revolves around positive human social interactions like compassion, camaraderie, friendship, and such. It’s not “Oh yay I learned what sadness is today, I am so strong now.”

Now if this is a bit confusing from the way KoG throws around the word “emotion,” I understand. Sometimes I get the feeling they don’t know what they’re saying. This isn’t me saying I know their character more than them; I’m saying they blurred the line between compassion and “emotion” that it now all sounds really confusing and really what the f

I’m guessing they’re trying to say compassion and altruism are something only humans experience so a Celestial being such as Ain feeling altruistic is truly very “human” of him but we all know that’s not true; even animals can be altruistic and feel compassion for others. (See Elephants and Dolphins)

And they do try to draw a very distinct difference between Arme who loses even more “emotion” when he becomes Richter (reminiscent of Harnier losing herself as she becomes part of the El; Illuminos phenomenon, I guess it’s an effect of becoming more “God/Celestial”-like and less human), and Erbluhen Emotion becomes even more “emotional” when he becomes Bluhen. I guess being emotionally invested in others and helping each other is the concept KoG was trying to grasp. But simply saying “Emotion is Bluhen’s source of power” is really dodgy and confusing because malevolence and feeling murderous are also emotion...

So

Ain: I am going to finish my job and go back home to where I used to be a ball of light because humans are stinky

Anpassen: I don’t know why they’re wasting time; this is amusing. I wonder what motivates them to go out of their way to help each other. Oh hey what are these things they’re kind of cool; how do I use them???

Erbluhen Emotion: I am unsure exactly why but I want to help the party when they’re in trouble. I can control Eids however I want to and I can use them to make sure everyone in the party is safe... I want to be with them...? But they will forget me once I complete my mission and disappear. What’s the point of my existence, I wonder... Was I not created to fulfill an important mission? Am I allowed to care about my own well-being? For my own sake? I’ll leave my fate up to Elsword.

Bluhen: I thought I was going to disappear forever but I have been given another chance by the grace of Elia. I had fears and doubts about my future, as Henir’s influence weakened me. But my friends have not only saved me but also helped me find out who I am and what kind of future I want for myself. I want to be with the party as long as I could, even if the only thing left for me is regret because the times I have shared with them and will share with them is more important than the fear for my future.

I have skipped over a lot of Epic Quest existential crisis because I think we’ve all seen it before but... Man, Ain has come a loooooooooong way. I can’t wait to see how angsty Apostasia 3rd story is going to be.

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Strongest Character in the Story

If everyone can achieve their “final,” their most “ideal” form... Who would be the strongest?

And let’s leave out the NPCs...

How do I define “strong”?

In this context, being strong means that they have the potential to be a powerful character. They might not be particularly strong, but they could have the potential to be. You’ll see what I mean as we go down the list.

What do I mean when I say “final” and “ideal”?

I mean that it will most likely be their “canon” class, so it excludes classes such as Code: Nemesis line, because for Eve, her most ideal form is becoming the Queen of Nasod to rule over her race after its revival. Apostasia is excluded for the same reason; because that would not be his ideal form.

Now that we got that out of the way, let’s jump straight in!

1. Elsword

Obviously, he is the main character, but his strength has already transcended the limit of a mere human. He can do things even Ain cannot do. Hell, he can do things even ISHMAEL couldn’t (wouldnt?) DO. Remember that even Ishmael couldn’t completely restore El to its former glory. The best she could manage was to restore the rampant Giant El to a point where it won’t destroy all of Elrios, but it still ended up in a state where it requires constant check and service from periodical human sacrifices and messengers from the heaven coming down to recharge the battery every once in a while. But God-tier Elsword not only restored the completely shattered and EXPLODED El, but put it back in its perfect state which requires 0 sacrifice, excluding himself, of course. And his energy punched a hole through Henir’s timespace to save Ain. What the hell

And, now, this was all before he had even reached his “final” form. Imagine if he did.

I think the question of whether Elsword would consider his actual human power to be his ideal or this obviously Elia-related power to be ideal is... debatable.

2. Luciela R. Sourcream

Now, I had to think very carefully about who would be stronger... Ain or Lu? But I had to hand it over to Lu, because Ain’s main purpose, if not the sole purpose of his existence, was to simply restore energy to the unstable El. That was it. That may require a lot of energy but having a lot of energy that you’ll eventually have to give up in the end doesn’t mean much, especially Ain wasn’t exactly supposed to survive long enough to see the aftermath of the explosion of the Giant El...? I mean, he wasn’t equipped with the best tool to handle the situation. His job was supposed to end very briefly.

Whereas Lu... Lu was one of the lords of demons, and judging from the strength of demon commanders we’ve seen so far, and the remarks they make about her... I can only assume that her power must’ve been great, before she lost it all. She would not have been defeated if she was not betrayed by someone she trusted. She was in captivity for god knows how long, she survived AND had enough energy to escape and travel to another world, wow. We know from the story that one cannot simply just travel between dimensions and worlds. To do that, it requires an enormous amount of energy, and she managed that. By herself. Holy shit.

I know this is debatable but even with majority of her power lost, she can still hold a candle to the rest of the El Search Party members. Yeah, she probably needs Ciel to be just as good... as them... maybe...? But that’s probably just because of game design and I’m guessing story-wise Lu can fight alright on her own even without Ciel. Otherwise that would just mean Lu is half as good as other members without Ciel which... doesn’t make a lot of sense.

3. Ainchase Ishmael

Ain is no human, but a Celestial, sent by the Goddess herself. Although we’re not exactly sure who would be stronger, Ain or Lu, but even in his most ideal form, Ain might not be stronger than Lu. NOW, this can change, definitely, because we don’t know what Elia has in store for Ain, but with the information on Ain we have so far, he is strong, definitely strong, but probably maybe not stronger than Lu. What can he do? He’s managed to survive the full blast of the El Explosion, stayed in Henir’s Timespace for eons(?) without dying, closing dimensional rifts, blocking demon god’s attacks to save Elsword and many more...

4. Aisha Landar

Genius Magical Girl Aisha! I have ranked Aisha the strongest human in El Search Party team (minus Elboy for the obvious reasons), because... despite losing majority of her power to the Ring of Mimir... She can still fight and manage to pull her weight in the team without being a burden. Imagine if she can get her whole power back...

Before any of you say “Okay but what if she was only like.. strong as a Lv50 can get when she was Lv1, now she’s like Lv99, so even if she can get her power back, it might not be much to make a huge difference now because she’s stronger than she was before”...

This has been disproved by Hennon, our charming member of the Order of Henir. He stole the Ring of Mimir that contains Aisha’s magic, and said he’s already passed it to his superiors who will put it to a “much better use”. It reminded me of the scene from Starcraft 2, where the Xel’Naga artifact absorbed Kerrigan’s power, which was used to resurrect Amon, the Dark God. The Order is definitely up to no good, and they’re a group who wants to return everything to nothing (aka destroying the world?), just as Henir would’ve intended. If a dangerous group like that will put Aisha’s magic to... “better use”... then it’s definitely significant enough. She might never recover her old magic (otherwise she’d be way too OP by herself), but one can dream.

5. Elesis

The one who could have been the next Lady of El... I guess the question for Elesis is... Would being the Lady of El be considered her most ideal form? I’m guessing no. For her, her most ideal form would be to just... be a really strong knight. She became the captain of the Red Knights when she young, and even in the animated adaptation, you can see that she fights against monsters without breaking a sweat. She’s an experienced veteran, and commanded soldiers on the battlefield. She also has her own special ability, that’s apparently different from Elsword, to resonate with the power of El. We’re not sure how strong that can make her, but we all know the power of El in this universe is the be all, and end all of all power source. Why is she still weaker than Aisha then? Because Elesis did not lose any power or suffers from any sort of handicap unlike Aisha, aside from the minor headache she suffers in Elysion because of her connection to Harnier.

Also I like to think that, in the fictional world, the power of “magic” is almost limitless, whereas the power of you swinging a giant sword around definitely has its limits... Magic > Physics

6. Prince Seiker

Chung! He’s still a boy or at least he seems like one, but he has an extremely high potential of being very powerful. It has less to do with him and his own strength as a human, but more to do with his guardian stone. From the Hall of El epic quest, it is made clear that the guardian stone helps Chung manifest his will into power that he can wield. His guardian stone will help him become as strong as his will. The only reason I ranked him lower than Elesis is because, most of Chung’s motivation revolves around getting his father back, and protecting Hamel. I guess you can say now his motivation has been extended to protect all of Elrios, but you can see throughout the story that he’s motivated by the sole chance of saving his father and restoring Hamel. We all know Chung will probably accompany Elsword and the team to the end of their journey, but it’ll probably be out of duty and obligations (and a dash of friendship and gratitude). He’s still very attached and rooted to Hamel and consider the town as his identity. That is his limit. First and foremost he is a defender, a protector to Hamel and will always be one. I don’t think that can help him become as strong as he could be, but probably will not go after the whole “be the very best like no one ever was” idea. I guess I’m trying to say he wouldn’t pursuit stronger/more power for the sake of being more powerful.

But the power of his guardian stone cannot be underestimated...

It’s magic after all

7. Eve

Eve is not even human and she lost to the three 100%-confirmed-human characters on the list. Nasods can be powerful, because machinery can always be stronger and go above human’s physical limitations (realistically), but as stated earlier, Eve’s most ideal form is far from engaging battles. She wasn’t even created to be a battle-type Nasod in the first place. Her canon class, Code: Empress, has her summoning other Nasods to aid her in battle. Now, as the Queen of Nasod race, maybe she’ll have an army of Nasods to command, but that doesn’t mean she’s not slightly below the other human characters, who are far more suited to the battlefield. However, she’s still above other members of the party because, being a Nasod definitely has its perks. Again, you’re not bound by the physical limitations of a human anatomy if you’re Nasod. You would be capable of doing so much more.

For those of you who are confused, this is basically what I think Unexplained incredible magic > Nasod science power > Physics

8. Edward Grenore

Add uses a lot of Nasod technology in battle, and that makes him very powerful. I guess by now you can see why he’s ranked below Eve, and that’s because... he’s still a human, bound by the limitations of human anatomy. He can die from food poisoning for all we know. But I ranked Add higher than other human characters below, because Nasod technology can be really powerful, and Add is an expert in the field. What would be his ideal line? My brain says Mastermind, but his canon class is Lunatic Psyker... Which doesn’t matter much, I guess. They’re both Nasod-related.

9. Raven Cronwell/Ciel/Ara Haan/Anna Testarosa

Skilled veteran fighters, though I guess you can say that’s disputed. Raven and Rose definitely had served their time in battle, whereas Ciel was mostly an assassin if I recall correctly, and Ara is literally just starting out.

Let’s get the pink elephant in the room out of the way

Or should I say a giant Fox Demon God idk wtf she is anymore

Eun is one of the sacred beasts of Elrios, but we all know having body taken over by a creature that’s been both revered and feared enough to be sealed inside a hairpin is not something Ara would consider “ideal”. After all, Sakra Devanam is Ara’s canon class, and that relies far less on Eun’s power than her other classes. So, without Eun’s power, Ara is just a very well trained martial artist who hasn’t seen enough battle in her life to make her a veteran. But that doesn’t mean she’s any less strong...

I always considered Blade Master to be Raven’s canon class but it’s Reckless Fist instead, I don’t even know how that works... Our half-Nasod man is a veteran in the battlefield, having served as the captain of the Crow Mercenary Knights. back in his heyday, and as captain of the Blackcrows. I think only Elia knows what Raven would consider to be his most ideal form, but whether it is just a skilled swordsman or his half-Nasod relying classes, he’s just a human... without an expert knowledge on Nasod technology, at least not like Eve or Add.

For Ciel... I know he used to be an assassin, but.. would he consider being Lu’s butler/royal guard his most ideal form? Hmm... If so, then he definitely wouldn’t stand out so much on his own. I think. Though, I guess if Lu regains her full power, Ciel as her servant would be more powerful too but.. just looking at him by himself, I don’t really get the feeling that he’s any more powerful than Raven, Ara or Rose.

What would be Rose’s ideal form? UHHH isn’t she almost similar to Ciel, just in terms of.. being someone’s servant lol... They wouldn’t necessarily set out to become the best/strongest version of themselves, because they have dedicated their lives to serve someone else instead. I think. I guess this is all debatable. Which is why I ranked all four of them equally...

10. Rena Erindel

Rena is more well known for her ability to communicate with the nature, with the spirits of the world, and much less for her fighting abilities. Elves in Elsword universe is definitely the “hippie” race, and although there are elves like the Night Watcher who are more specialized in combat, I don’t think Rena in general is particularly strong or stronger than the other 12 mentioned above. Wow finally a character whose weakness in the plot matches her weakness in the game. Yeah, Renas can use magic too, but they don’t exactly scream “IM GOING TO DESTROY EVERYONE IN MY PATH”...

How was the list? Stupid? Dumb? Can’t agree? Tell me what you don’t agree with! All of this can be thrown out the window when the 3rd jobs for all chars and classes come out, but I think it would stay mostly the same...

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First of all, thank you so much for your translations and theories and thoughts. Theyre my favourite reading materials XD Secondly, my mistake, I shouldve specified my question. Why does knight's emperor only glow blue nOW. Is it an after effect of getting absorbed by the El? Or is Elia's power within him is getting more prominent as he gets stronger? Really, thanks again for everything. I can't express enough how much I appreciate your efforts! :D

Oh wow thank you for your kind words! They mean a lot... ;ㅁ;

And I think you already know a lot about Elsword to make an educated guess as to why his eyes are beginning to glow blue now. I think the fact that he was inside the El could definitely play a part, but you have to learn more about the place they went into to become 3rd Class: Forgotten Elrian’s Sanctum...

which you’ll learn more when I finish translating Episode 32 OTL

Let’s just say the power of the El in that hidden place awakens the power within each classes, helping each of them reach their own potentials. Denif mentions that the El manifests will power (or something along the line), so now that Elsword has fully realized the course of his path and the direction he should walk in, his will is stronger, strengthened by the bonds and friendships... yaddie yadda... which all can help him.. tap into the power within him maybe? This is all speculation but I don’t think we’re that far off the mark to be honest.

I can ramble on more but I think I should work on the 1st line’s 3rd Class description translations and Episode 32 of the Epic Quest (unless they are already translated by someone else; if so then by all means go check them out) before talking about it more. They do reveal a bit about a lot of things...

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Deus ex Machinas of Elsword

1. Diceon ores

According to Hugo, the Alchemist of Elysion:

You know, right? What Diceon ores are... They are amazing. El energy, you can save... also... as much as you want... you can amplify....And you can supply the Diceon energy remotely. It can make the Nasod soldiers stand up again and again, no matter how many times they are attacked, for however long you want them to.

According to Ain when he first encountered these ores:

Interesting. If there's a way to store enough El energy into the ore, then you can produce near-limitless El energy without the El.

These shits can store vast amount of El energy AND AMPLIFY THEM. What in the actual fuck

And these are ORES, and not some God-given holy gemstone. THEY ARE LITERALLY DIGGING IT UP FROM THE GROUND.

It is with this Deus ex Machina of an ore that Solace hatches a plan to replace the Giant El so that he can create a world where nobody has to rely on the El and sacrifice our loved ones.

He succeeds in creating a giant Diceon stone that can replicate the same wave pattern of the original Giant El before its explosion.

REPLICATE SAME WAVE PATTERN OF THE ORIGINAL GIANT EL

Giant El: Given by a fkng Goddess

Diceon Stone: Dug up from the ground

???????

2. Ain the Plot hole Eraser

Not exactly sure if he is a Deus ex Machina but the manner and timing of his arrival into the game seems to suggest that he was born just to tie loose ends and fill the plot holes... (also used to serve up some tear-jerking moments that are severely lacking in the game) So coming up with a new character that can allow the game to say “HA! Jokes on you! Because! Ain was in the game ALL along! And! the plot holes! Never really existed in the first place!”... was a stroke of genius. If KOG had to fix all the plot holes without this Deus ex Machina, then they would’ve had to go all the way back to the beginning and change. every. detail. of. all 10 11 character’s epic quests and lines and voice overs. 

I mean still, I don’t think he qualifies as a Deus ex Machina in terms of technical definition of it but fuck I’m going to talk about it anyway. He does some serious things that other normal players can’t do (singlehandedly closing dimensional rift, erasing people’s memories for the convenience of the plot for example) and calling it “well he can do that cuz he has god given power cuz god op”... is enough for me to call him a Deus ex Machina (and how he subsequently becomes weaker so that he’ll be more equal to other non-godly characters is hilarious lmao).

Plot holes Ain have erased so far:

He mentions Priestess of Earth in Velder. He’s the first one in the game to notice she’s missing. Before Ain’s release, Artea, the Priestess of Earth was suddenly mentioned in Lanox out of nowhere along with other Priestesses. 

And people were like, wait, there was El of Earth in Velder???

He mentions the El of Earth in Velder. He’s also the first one to notice it’s corrupted and being used to maintain the dimensional rift that connects the demon world to Elrios.

He’s the one who supposedly found the dimensional rift in Velder and singlehandedly closed it, thereby tying that loose end.

With his release, Elsword suddenly has a strong desire to restore the El from the beginning.

Originally, the entire crew didn’t even realize she was a living breathing person until they reached Hamel and learned that the reason Ran kidnapped the Priestess of Water was to find out the prophecy to the Lady of El, revealing her current location. That’s when the El Search Party realized they have a bigger fish to fry than to just simply recover Ruben’s El Shard and “stop the demons” from invading Elrios.

With his release, Ara and Chung are suddenly very negative about Lu and Ciel joining their team, because of their history with demons.

Before Ain, they were pretty meh about it.

3. The slave owners who chased after Add and made him conveniently fall into the ruins of Ancient Nasod knowledge

Okay, let’s face it, if Add didn’t fall into the ruins then he wouldn’t have even be able to come to present day Elrios or even survive for that matter...

What did you think? Agree or disagree? Have I missed anything? What are your thoughts? Things I wanted to include but couldn’t because of insufficient data/evidence and the fact that more could be explained with upcoming updates were Rose, and the demons that spewed out in her dimension which prompted the Imperial Princess to order Rose to come to Elrios.