Tales of the Abyss

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Episode 11: City of Falling Snow

Recap from last time:

Tear and Luke return to the Outer Lands and the once split group is re-banded as one again as they rescue Ion (again) and Natalia from the Oracle Headquarters located at Daath.

Key plot points:

• While traveling at sea, the Tartanus is suffering from engine troubles, and the closest city with a port is Keterburg. A city completely covered in snow.
  
• Apparently, Keterburg is where Jade grew up as a child. Not only Jade, but also Dist and Emporer Peony, himself, spent their childhood there as well. Jade had good relations with Peony, not so much with Dist, as a child.
  
• Jade finds it disgusting that he is one of the two prodigies in Keterburg for research in Fomicry, the other being (runny nose) Dist.
  
• Jade was adopted into the famous Curtiss military family at a young age when he demonstrated vast knowledge of Fomicry after attempting to save his teacher, Professor Nebilim. However, he was the one who killed Nebilim after persisting to learn the Seventh Fonims from her resulting in a catastrophic explosion.
  
• Nephry Osborne, Viscount of Keterburg, or Jade's sister upon his adoption, tells Luke, in private, about Jade's past. Jade was a little terror, who went around killing harmless creatures, then creating copies of them. Hence, when he became older, he and Dist vowed they would create copies of soldiers who had already died to keep the armies' troop levels indispensable.
  
• Jade has since forbidden Fomicry or the act of creating copies because of one flaw: these replicas will not possess the memories of the original.
  
• With the Tartanus repaired, they set course for the capital city of the Mulkuth Empire, Grand Chokmah.
  
• In Grand Chokmah, sitting on his throne, Emporer Peony is seen grinning rather mischievously...
  

Episode thoughts:

So, this episode was all about the past of the one who comebacks with witty remarks, Jade Curtiss. Now we know how he got the title "Necromancer", anyone who has seen at least a couple of episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist may what Jade was doing before forbidding his practices to revive the dead.

Anyways, an update on Luke's attitude, the group are taking notice. Although, Anise and Jade are still skeptical, Ion feels that Luke has always been nice - it's just that he didn't have any good way of expressing it correctly, until now.

That last scene with Peony, I'm getting some bad vibes from him because of that shadow over his eyes. Maybe he's a good guy, who knows (unless if you already played ToTA)? We'll see, most likely Sunrise will end this year with a 13th episode cliffhanger leaving us hanging for another seven days to find out the exciting conclusion of said cliffhanger.

My apologies, I didn't insert a few scenes of Mieu being cute. Oh well, might as well watch the episode and find them all to win.

Next episode, Water Metropolis, the group reaches the heart of the Mulkuth Empire. But, first, some battle with Sync and Largo then Sync possibly taking control of Guy due to a fonic slot spell from an earlier episode. Then, some explosion and splitting of a city (or cities), and finally! They meet Emporer Peony himself, without the dark shadow over his eyes. YOU CAN SEE HIS EYES.