The characters in this article are the Round Table Hall "Mixed Blacksmith Shugu" and "Tuner Rodrika", these two can be said to be the NPCs who deal with our faded people the most, so for their origins, everyone has different conjectures, this article is only based on my personal understanding, will try to give relevant game text. The first part is still a side plot, and the second part is a personal conjecture of the world view. In fact, the side plot of Roderica in the game looks relatively complete, but if you carefully read the relevant equipment text, you can still speculate that there are some traces of the plot that has been cut, and if the friends are interested, I will slowly say it.
A mixture of round tables and halls
The Round Table Hall, a two-finger hiding place reflected in reality, is home to countless faded people who want to become kings. The sound of iron strikes was often heard in the side room of the hall, where the blacksmiths who provided weapons enhancements for the faded people were located. Shugu, an ugly-looking bastard, is shackled here, endlessly serving the faded. However, because of his ugly appearance and lowly status, Shugu suffered a lot of ridicule.
In ancient times, the hundred phases made life not distinguish between you and me, and the living beings with different characteristics lived in harmony, and the hundred phases were also hailed as the blessing of the crucible of life. With the golden tree replacing the furnace of life, the rise of the golden dynasty and ZTE, the golden forces decided to erase all evidence of the existence of the furnace of life. They slandered the power of the hundred phases, once hailed as a blessing, as a defiled curse, and regarded the innate horns as ominous omens. The race that had been blessed with life was named hybrid and claimed to be the punishment for contact with the furnace of life. Hybrids are inferior from birth, and natural slaves, seen as defilers of the Golden Law, are forced to devote their lives to serving humanity.
Shugu is a hybrid, no one knows his age, the horns on his body have been shaved a lot, and the gray beard is a proof of the years. He was shackled to the round table hall because of the night of the black knife that frightened the gods.
A weapon of god-killing
「...... Oh, please forgive me, forgive me. It's not enough to reach the gods. But I will, absolutely, get what you want... Forgive me, Queen Malika."
This is a prayer that Shugu often makes alone in the Round Table Hall, and when asked about the shackles by the faded, Shugu will silently reply, "No matter what my identity is, I can make weapons stronger - technology and time will not betray me." ...... And it also makes me forget for a moment how terrible that adult was."
When the Golden Tree is ignited by the ash fire, the blacksmith Shugu burns out his last life, telling the faded ones, "Challenge, kill the demigods, and the gods—as long as you follow through to the end, I will be willing to forge your weapons." I want to forge a weapon that you can use to kill the gods. Forging weapons capable of killing gods is my vow to Queen Malika."
All the dialogue seems to point directly to the night of the black knife, the conspirator hidden behind La ni, the only true god of the Golden Family, Queen Malika. After the "Princess of the Moon" La ni stole a part of the power of destiny death, Queen Malika, in order not to let the Ladagang in her body find out, did not ask the Blacksmith of the Royal City to help cast it, but found a hybrid blacksmith, Xiugu. Malika orders Shugu to forge a weapon capable of killing the gods. Shugu swung the hammer day and night, but he never reached the height that Malika was pursuing. However, time is looming, and in the face of Malika's step by step, Shugu can only present a semi-finished product - the black knife. I'm afraid that when Xiu Gu handed over the black sword, he vaguely understood in his heart that this sword, combined with the power of destiny death, might not be enough to kill the gods. However, Xiu Gu could not imagine that the knife he had forged had directly or indirectly triggered a shattering war, bringing the junction continent to the brink of shattering.
At the moment of delivery of the black knife, Queen Malika would not allow anyone to know about this earth-shattering conspiracy, and the blacksmith Shugu may have become the first ghost under the sword. However, the black knife only killed Shugu's body, but the soul was summoned by two fingers to the round table hall. Therefore, the blacksmith Shugu became a symbiotic being with the Round Table Hall, he could not die, nor could he go out, but could only live forever and strike the hammer.
Tuners Rodrika
Rodrika was in the broken house at Stonewell's front, trembling with fear. In order to cover her, the retinue is captured by the "pick-up nobles", and what awaits them will be stripped of their hands and siblings and become a human pupa. Just imagining this is enough to make people feel frightened, and when Rodrika is almost desperate, a faded person appears in front of her eyes. After giving the jellyfish that had been with her for a long time to the fader, Rodrika curled up in a corner, waiting for death to come. However, sooner than death came the news that the Faders had defeated "Pick-up" Greco. The Fader gave the relics of his entourage to Rodrica, and looking at the familiar objects, Rodrika wept bitterly: Why, I survived because I was cowardly and useless.
In stoneville, Rodrika knelt before the corpses of the pupae's entourage, removed her hood, and removed her former royal status. She wanted to do something for others, but she didn't know what she could do. After she followed the faded to the Round Table Hall, the blacksmith Shugu saw Rodrika's special eyes. It turned out that this weak and uncontrollable girl had an innate talent for tempering spirits. In fact, I can understand that being able to talk to the soul jellyfish, seeing and touching the soul, Rodrica does not realize what an excellent ability this is. Rodrika's eyes seemed to be able to really see through the essence, to see the gentle and kind heart of Shugu hidden under the appearance of the hybrid. At the instigation of the Faders, Rodrika studied tuning with the blacksmith Shugu, and from then on, a blonde girl was added to the Round Table Hall and became a "Tuning Intern". He and the blacksmith Shugu formed a father-daughter bond.
A sad ending
However, as the faded man's journey reaches the end, the gray fire ignites the golden tree, and the round table hall reflected in the real king city also begins to burn. In the midst of the falter, the blacksmith Shugu seemed to have a premonition of his own end. For Hugh, death is not terrible, but he does not want Rodrika to die like his daughter. After creating a weapon for the fader to kill the gods, the blacksmith Shugu firmly grasped the fader's hand, "Although use this weapon to kill the gods, I am dying soon, I hope you can take good care of the girl." Forgive me for calling it that at the last minute—you've always been my king."
In the face of Rodrika's bitter advice, the blacksmith Shugu still refused to leave the Round Table Hall. He couldn't leave, he couldn't leave, and if he really had a choice, who wouldn't want to take this human girl to a paradise and live in seclusion. As the fire ignited, Shugu's memory began to be missing, and in the face of the faded people who came to care, he asked blankly, "Why is there a flame here?" Why is the girl crying? Do you want to forge weapons..." Even if you forget the Round Table Hall, forget Rodrika, forget the Fader, Shugu still hasn't forgotten his identity as a blacksmith. Gradually, Rodrika was relieved, abandoning her plan to leave the Round Table Hall and safely accompanying Shuko, even though she had long been forgotten.
Two turbulent and displaced souls, crossing the prejudices of the world and the segregation of race, are bound together here as an unshakable bond, and here they face death together. Only the lonely fader silently walked to the throne that had been burned to the fading...
Conjecture one: reincarnation
The world is a cycle of reincarnation, like a ring, connected from end to end. The reason for this conjecture was a two-fingered prayer description given to the Faded by Sir Broad Wisdom.
A long time ago, everything had been destroyed. It wasn't the first time the golden tree had been burned down by the ashes, and even the fingers had passed away. So is what the fader goes through a loop of endless loops? Combined with the blacksmith Shugu mentioned, there was once a spiritualist who took care of himself. Could it be that the tuner was actually Rodrika from the previous reincarnation? And is Gideon's inconsistent behavior also due to a long conversation with two fingers? Unfortunately, only this one can be found in the relevant clues, so it is only used as one of the conjectures. Looking at the entire Falun World, only the "Dragon King" and the "Supreme Will" can achieve reincarnation, and perhaps DLC will also be related to reincarnation?
Conjecture two: Rodrika's sister
If you collect it more carefully, you can find that there are two styles of hoods in the game that are consistent.
Although the styles are consistent, the descriptions are very different, the former can not see the guidance of blessings, cut by the royal family, go to distant places, unable to shoulder the mission. The latter, on the other hand, is able to see the guidance of blessings, but also travels far away and embarks on a mission journey. Could it be that Rodrika also has a sister who, as an NPC who should appear in the game, was cut due to the construction period of the game project? In fact, the woman in the blue hood appeared in the trailer, and even fought with Guelled's great white dragon "Gui'or".
However, in the finished game, the spell acquisition method used by the woman who fought the white dragon "Guior" in the trailer was removed and could only be modified by special means. However, the blue hood was retained and placed in the royal city. With the game's sales reaching new highs, I don't know if Bandai, as a publisher, will urge Miyazaki to fill this pit.
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