Salah satu orang yang gua syukuri banget keberadaannya di hidup gua. Sama kayak Ihsan, kita deket itu kelihatannya nggak mungkin banget. Tapi nyatanya bisa kok.
Dia kakak kelas gua dan gua sebelumnya nggak pernah punya hubungan sedeket ini sama kakel. Apalagi dia anak bahasa, gua IPA. Dia anak OSIS bukan, satu ekskul nggak juga. Nggak ada sangkut pautnya gua sama dia di sekolah tuh.
Awal gua tau dia, itu dari Fadhil. Dia cerita banyak tentang kak Juno ini. Dulu waktu SMP dia wakil ketos. Orangnya begini, begitu, galak, nakal, kritis dan lain lain. Eh dia sempet juga deng jadi OSIS di sekolah. Cuma sebentar pas dia kelas 10, gua belum masuk.
Di sekolah kita emang sering sapa-sapaan—dia sih yang lebih sering manggil gua duluan. Sebatas kalo gua sama temen-temen lagi jalan ke kantin, lewatin kelasnya, terus dia manggil, "Balqis ...." Dan gua jawab, "Iya kak ....". Atau waktu pulang sekolah, gua jalan ke gerbang, ngelewatin dia dan teman-temannya yang lagi main voli, dia juga selalu manggil gua. Gak jarang temennya ikutan, "Pulang Qis?" Basa basi yang basi.
Gitu doang sih kalo di sekolah itu. Nggak kenal-kenal banget. Dia juga kadang bales story Ig gua, ikut komentar di postingan baru. Gua balesin sih pesannya, tapi gua nggak berani mau sokab juga ke dia. Serem boss dia hehehe ....
Nggak seberapa kenal gitu, tau-tau dia chat gua dan nanya, "Menurut Balqis, seberapa penting kuliah itu?". Saat itu gua bingung mau jawab apa. Kenapa juga ini orang? Apa dia lagi bingung mau kuliah atau nggak? Kenapa nanyanya ke gua? Banyak dah pertanyaan gua. Tapi akhirnya gua jawab, "Tergantung masing-masing orang sih kak. Tujuan hidupnya apa. Penting kalo mau ilmunya. Tapi ilmu juga ga cuma didapet waktu kuliah aja. 50 : 50 lah."
Nah dari situ, kita ngobrol banyak. Kita sempet sama-sama salah nilai wkwk. Gua kira dia galak gitu, serem mukanya soalnya ahahah. Dia pikir gua kayak temen-temen gua wkwkw.
Dini hari di hari Kartini itu, kita teleponan lama. Hampir dua jam. Dia cerita tentang yang tadi dia tanyain. Terus lanjut gua cerita juga. Ngomongin ini itu, pengalaman, kesukaan, jadi saling mengenal deh pokoknya.
Terus dia cerita suka naik sepeda. Gua yang kebetulan beberapa hari lalu abis sepedaan sama Ihsan nanggepin seru. Eh dia langsung ngajakin sepedaan. Awalnya gua mikir dulu iyain atau ngga—mager banget tauk mau sepedaan pagi-pagi. Tapi terus gua iyain sih soalnya salah satu wishlist gua bisa gua coret—sarapan bubur ayam ahahah.
27 jam setelah telepon diputus, kita pergi sepedaan. Pagi-pagi dia dateng ke rumah gua. Kita jalan ke arah kota baru, ITERA. Tapi akhirnya nggak ke ITERA sih, malah ke golf, belok ke arah patung kapal dan lurus naik ke jembatan penyeberangan tol trans Sumatera.
Kita cuma duduk bentaran setelah sampe di jembatan itu, terus balik turun lagi dan jalan ke arah Sukarame. Nyari bubur ayam. 22 April hari itu, kak Juno traktir gua bubur Lukman. Perayaan hari jadinya yang ke-18.
Hmmm, udah sih gitu doang. Habis itu kita jalan pulang. Di jalan tetep kita ngobrol santai.
Terus ... Apalagi yaa??
Oiya.. pas pulang, sampai rumah, malamnya kalo gak salah sih, dia bilang kalo gua adalah kado terindah, karena udah mau jadi adeknya wkwk.
I used to be indifferent to him but then I did an analysis. And this is that analysis.
The tip off for this analysis was Adrian not calling Yuno by name. Ever. Well he might've done it once. Otherwise he calls Yuno 'child'. Yet. While calling him child, Adrian can, in the same breath, admit that he intended to scrap Yuno. Essentially murder him. And what is the reason given? Because Yuno questioned him. And it wasn't even questioning. With the dynamic set up between Yuno and Adrian, that was a child voicing concerns about a person to their parental figure. A person their parental figure allowed into their house no less. And instead of doing the good parental thing and reflecting on his decision and taking a closer look at Solace, Adrian decided murder was the way to go. Yuno wasn't acting the way Adrian wanted him to, despite the fact that it was Adrian himself that programmed Yuno, so Adrian's solution was to scrap him and start over. On top of that THIS IS A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR. Eve only exists because Adam wasn't doing what Adrian wanted. And both times, Adrian didn't bother to inform the one being replaced that he was going to do so. Adrian straight up manipulated Adam's codes so that Adam wouldn't be suspicious of his replacement. Yuno had to hear it through the grapevine and back himself up to a smaller body. Yet Yuno continues to refer to Adrian as Father. Which is... Completely fucked. On top of that, unlike Adam and Eve, Herbaon is essentially a copy of Yuno, just limited to Adrian's desires. Worse, Herbaon is still allowed to think and feel for himself but he still can't act beyond what Adrian wants.
The Nasods in Elysion are another point. They cannot act without orders from the palace. But they're allowed to be concerned about what's going on. They've been concerned for however long since Solace closed up to fortress but they can't do anything about it until the El Search Party shows up because Adrian limited their ability to act. Since orders have to come from the palace, and Herbaon cannot act outside Adrian's desires, the Nasods of Elysion are not allowed to act outside of Adrian's desires either. BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE CONCERNED??? That just seems really fucked to me. It's a complete lack of respect for their autonomy. With autonomy comes the right to make decisions for oneself. And the only two Nasods Adrian created with autonomy he either abandoned or intended to scrap. With the Atlas Nasods it's even worse. They don't even have character at all. All they are is their purpose. But with King Nasod's Nasods you can see that while they are meant to fight, they synergize and work with each other towards a common goal. The Nasods in Atlas just do their thing. They aren't nearly as annoying to deal with because they aren't working together the same way the Altera Nasods are. But the only real difference is that the Atlas Nasods had Adrian behind their creation while the Altera Nasods had King Nasod behind them. Also, Moby and Remy, despite being nowhere near humanoid models have very clear personality. That's the problem with Atlas. They aren't humanoid Nasods so they don't even have that much. There isn't even the illusion of autonomy for Atlas Nasods unlike the Elysion ones. Then Adrian welcomes Eve back to Elysion while simultaneously seeming to pretend almost none of her friends exist. And the way he treats her hasn't really changed from her backstory even when he's had ample time to see that Eve has changed.
Also, Adrian left Elrios to create Elysion before the Nasod War. Meaning he left Eve and Adam, who were both inexperienced at the very LEAST to create a new better Nasod Kingdom. Like. Why didn't he take the Nasods that already existed with him? If he couldn't then, since he could leave Elrios presumably at any time, why didn't he stay long enough to give Eve and Adam the guidance that they would need to adequately lead their kind? Also, why only bother to inform Eve of her purpose in a moment of self-doubt? I will admit he could've been trying to encourage her but to me at least, even before I did this analysis, it always came across as condescending. And Adrian continually calling Adam 'it' despite the fact that Adam, while he doesn't have emotions, does have sentience and will, also rubbed me the wrong way.
Who the fuck is so arrogant as to think they could successfully outdo the El Lady's power? She is intrinsically connected to the El, the magic gem that gave life to the entirety of Elrios. Some things just cant be outdone. And to not realize that is just mindblowingly egotistical or stupid or some combination of the two.
Also, given his pattern of behavior, I'm almost certain Code: Nemsis and Code: Battle Seraph were not welcomed nearly as warmly by Adrian as Code: Empress was. Eve was not designed as a battle Nasod. She was designed to be queen. And while all three of them are a queen, Empress is the only one that is the queen Adrian wanted her to be. On the surface at least, because with her questioning the isolated nature of Elysion's existence, even Empress is no longer what Adrian wanted her to be.
In conclusion, Adrian sucks and I hate him. I'm aware that my analyses are usually a lot more objective than this but Adrian is a special kind of something. Murder should not EVER be your solution to your child coming to you with concerns about someone you let into their life. I'm still mad about Yuno's entire situation and I first reached Atlas and Elysion more than a year ago. A few days, weeks maybe, with the El Search Party was better than his entire time as Herjuno in Elysion and that fucking sucks.
Selamat buat siswa SMP Alfa Centauri Bdg, atas nama Herjuno Adhijanitra Wijaya yg telah mendapatkan penghargaan pada ajang lomba Internasional Kids Coding Competitions 2021 SemangART berkarya (at Rumah seni rupa kakzulfa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsWzogAQyA/?igshid=6puoqay7w08y
Yuno as the older(?) twin brother. The outgoing and cheerful one! The cause of more than a few of Adrian’s gray hairs.
Herbaon as the younger(?) twin brother. The dutiful child. Always ready to remind his brother that father said we’re not supposed to eat cookies after midnight Herjuno.
Eve as the eldest sister. The responsible sibling. Also the favorite child. Sometimes saddled with twin babysitting duties.
King Nasod Adam as the eldest brother. Old enough that he doesn’t quite understand what kids are into these days.
Adrian as the father. Too old, too tired. The joys of single fatherhood.
Add as the mysterious stalker(?). Can be found lurking near the house occasionally. Nobody is sure about how to confront him.
Perihart Solace, Master of the Sun and the Dark Helios
Contents
Early life
Life before the exploson
Arrival at Elysion
Solace’s Fortress
Notable achievements
Notes
I thought it’d be a good idea to recap every single thing Solace has done in the story so far, to remind ourselves of the great deeds that he has accomplished.
1. Early life
Perihart was born in a small Rubenian village around 21 years before the Explosion. His father, head of the prestigious Solace family, had a romantic affair with a Rubenian woman, and Perihart was born as an illegitimate son, a son he won’t admit into his family’s house until after he was orphaned in a war that destroyed his village and killed every villagers — including his mother. With only the Rubenian stone necklace his mother gave him, he joins the Solace House and comes to live among his power-hungry brothers who are threatened by Perihart’s strong innate El power in their struggle to become the successor to the title of Master of the Sun. Perihart’s strong power is probably due to the fact that he is a Rubenian. More on Rubenians can be found in this post (link).
2. Life before the explosion
I’ve written long posts about everything that happened in Solace’s past as a summary of both the Epic Quest Ep. 26 + and the Halted Sun’s Memory dungeon which can be found here: (tumblr)
Short version: Perihart tried to save Harnier from the blood thirsty brothers by running away from the family together, but Harnier ended up being chosen as the next Lady of El. Perihart becomes the Master of the Sun to save her somehow, questions if he should respect her decision to stay responsible or break her out of her duty regardless. Just when he decided to give up on the Great Escape plan, it got set into motion anyway, which lead to El’s explosion.
3. Arrival at Elysion
His exact arrival time at Elysion is not clear, but it probably wasn’t that long after the explosion. Solace desperately needed a way to keep Harnier’s body alive and from the looks of it, he was able to find Elysion and their preservation technology before she showed any sign of aging, but judging from how it looks like Solace hasn’t aged a day since the explosion, that could be disputed. Upon arriving at Elysion, somehow crossing into another dimension, he met Adrian, father of Nasods, and sought refuge. He singlehandedly stopped a meteor that was about to destroy the floating city. Impressed, Adrian agreed to lend him technology to preserve Harnier’s body. This was when Herjuno was protesting against Adrian’s decision. However, Adrian was interested in the Lady of El as well. Most of his life was spent on trying to prove that technology can surpass the power of El, and to meet someone who uses that power directly was intriguing for him. Herjuno tried to warn Adrian that Solace is a dangerous man, but Adrian thought he was malfunctioning and tried to discard him. Herjuno ran away, planting his core into a worker-type Nasod.
4. Solace’s Fortress
Adrian programmed the preservation capsule so that over time, he will gain control over the Lady of El. When Solace found out what was going on, he was furious, and took over the heart of Elysion underneath Adrian’s own palace and its central core, blocking all communications coming in and out of the palace. With Dekal at his disposal, he was able to collect massive amount of Diceon ores and Hernasid soldiers to build his fortress under the shining palace. Of course, as we all know, he wasn’t just building a fortress to protect Harnier. He was hatching a plan to change the world. A world where no one has to sacrifice anyone. The wonders of Diceon ores have been briefly described here (tumblr). With these fascinating ores, Solace was able to re-create a “fabricated El” that had the same energy as the original Giant El before its destruction. There, within his fortress, he waited for Elsword with the replacement El and Harnier at his side.
5. Notable Achievements
Defeats Eldest Brother Sigmund at age 14
Kills him at age 19
Becomes Master of the Sun at age 20+
Finds a solution to separate the Lady of El from the Giant El she is connected to in less than 3 years
Said solution was used against his will to successfully blow up the Giant El
Defeats fellow Masters and priests to save Harnier in the Tower of El all by himself
Narrowly escapes death by the El Explosion that wiped out Elianode
Stops a meteor meteors
Recruits Dekal
Constructs a fortress below Adrian’s palace
Takes control of the Central Core of Elysion
Seals Adrian’s palace so that no one can enter
Fabricates the original Giant El with Diceon ores
Finds a solution to create a world without the El
Realizes who Elsword actually is and what he is capable of
Fights against thirteen members of the El Search Party and lives
6. Notes
Solace is an interesting character. Despite having an entire Episode of Epic Quest and not one but two dungeons dedicated to him and his past, there still isn’t enough information about him.
Perihart Solace... That man never once did something for himself. He dreamed of grand things but it was never for himself; it was always for someone else. He vowed to protect Harnier when he realized that she’s a Rubenian like him, even killing his brother and abandoning his family for her. He became Master of the Sun, a position he didn’t care about, all because he wanted to save Harnier from her cruel fate. He succeeded in finding a way to separate the Lady of El from the Giant El, which she is connected to both mentally and spritually, a feat no one, possibly for thousands of years, ever even dared to dream of. He fought against other Masters and priests singlehandedly to save Harnier, found her consciousness lost in the El, and brought her to safety in another dimension called Elysion.
A man who was always full of suffering...
His mother was killed, his hometown destroyed... Half brothers not hesitating to kill for more power... A girl he vowed to protect but always harassed by family soldiers and his brothers and even gets her life threatened by them... Just when he thought he could finally protect her from harm, she was stolen away from him. Right when he found a way to save her from her fate, she declines... and learns that she is slowly losing herself. When he decides to give her up for the world she wants to protect and at least stay by her side... the El explodes, and she loses her consciousness for more than five hundred years, forgotten by people, forgotten by the world, forgotten by time itself.
From the moment he realizes what Harnier wanted from him was not a fairytale ending but for him to just stay by her side, he regrets and agonizes over the destruction his plan — whether or not it was set into motion by him — has wrought. Right when he thought he saved her from the explosion, she is in deep coma, refusing to wake up.
We don’t know much of what went through Solace’s mind, his emotional reaction to the aftermath of the explosion. We do learn that he’s been diligently working underneath Adrian’s palace to find a way to change the world and destroy the flawed system of the El that Elrios currently relies on, but nothing concrete about what he felt...
Except for this:
Solace's Dark Red Mask
Emitting a dark red light, this mask makes the wearer feel a sense of falling into a deep abyss of despair.
So all throughout his life, he’s felt nothing but despair and pain.