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The Self-Consuming Serpent

Submitted by Aliseyun

Since the times of Ancient Egypt there have been depictions of a serpent holding its tail in its mouth. The interpretation of the ancient Egyptian symbol is that it represents the cyclical nature of a year, a process that continues infinitely. The head of the serpent bringing the dawn of a new age, while the tail, which represents times past, is consumed. Bringing this into Kiseki terms…who is the harbinger of a new age, the head of the infinite serpent?

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Ein’s Sprite Design Part 2 – How Much Does it Tell Us?

Uhoh, we’re back on this theory again.

This is what happens when you give me time to think about a theory- and in this theory in particular, I couldn’t stop thinking about it, even after posting it. In fact, posting it got me to thinking even more.

Going through this theory does require additional reading, and for that, I point you to the original post I made on this subject.

This starts with a lot of observations to pull together to make the theory. There are definitely spoilers in this for Cold Steel II- especially its NG+ scene. I’m also using some minor info from the Crossbell Games to back this theory.

There are also lots of images behind the cut on this.

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