Metem

• Title: Head of Strategic Management for Ascension Arcadia
• Character Details:
  • Metem was responsible for the “last-minute script” of an unenhanced match between Brute Bomber and Black Cat during the grand champion crowning ceremony. - (Glory Incarnate)
    • [Speculation/Commentary: Given this fact and that he states that “With the president no longer with us, it falls to my humble self to authorize matches,” it is implied that he is now the new president of Ascension Arcadia.]

Post-Questline Dialogue [Location: Solution Nine, Arcadion Greenroom]

Metem: Ah, Forename! What brings you to the Arcadion this fine day? Should you have anything you wish to discuss, I shall be happy to oblige. I have nothing left to hide, after all!

What will you ask about?

• How fares the business?

  • Metem: Oh, quite well, my friend. Contrary to our initial fears, the audience has only grown since we ended the use of feral souls. Each day, nigh every seat in the house is sold out. This unprecedented success, we of course owe to you. Your nail-biting bouts gave people a taste of the thrills that unenhanced battles have to offer. Even now, in this Arcadion reborn, fighters vie for victory, seeking to ascend as the first grand champion!

• What is the president’s story?

  • Metem: As you know, the president traced his lineage to Lindblum. His ancestor was a noble of that lost kingdom, and a patron of the theatrical arts. And it seems the president inherited his forebear's passion. For in a single generation, he revived the long-forgotten Ascension Arcadia and transformed it into the premier enterprise for entertainment in Alexandria.

  Alas, that revival came at a terrible price: psychonekrosis. The emergence of this terminal disease pained the president to no end, and in order to cure the fighters, he ultimately chose to make the greatest sacrifice. With his love for theater, he had originally pursued a career as a stage actor. I daresay none was better suited to the part of the villainous president. To perform the role of a lifetime on the grand stage that is the Arcadion may well have been a fulfillment of his heart's desire. What's more, in no small part thanks to you, the Arcadion is no longer dependent on feral souls to deliver thrills. Wherever the president is now, I am sure he has no regrets.

• Can you tell me more about the Lindwurm?

  • Metem: It is both the namesake of Lindblum itself, and the great serpent the president had become. I will share with you what he confided to me... Lindwurms once thrived in the lands where the nation of Lindblum was founded. Awed by the creatures' great size and regenerative abilities, the first settlers chose to name their home after them, in hopes that it might bloom eternal and undying. By the time of the Storm Surge, the Lindwurm had become little more than myth. But as the conflict raged on, a sole egg was discovered.

  In those troubled times, many suffered from excessive exposure to lightning aether, and developed symptoms such as debilitating paralysis. Seeking to deliver relief to the masses, scientists began conducting research on the Lindwurm egg, that they might develop a medicine that stimulates one's regeneration factor. Yet no matter what they tried, they could not hatch the egg. It remained unhatched as the nation of Lindblum collapsed, and was entrusted into the care of the president's ancestor when he fled his homeland.

  As the years went on, the egg was all but forgotten. But that would change when the first cases of psychonekrosis were diagnosed in Arcadion fighters. Seeking a cure for the affliction, the president enlisted a scientist acquaintance at Origenics. It was then that he unearthed Lindblum's abandoned research into the regeneration factor. The president would often say that he felt a sense of destiny in that moment, when he learned that he could put to use the egg he had inherited. The rest, you know as well as me. Thanks to the advent of soul technology, he was able to extract the Lindwurm's soul from the unhatched egg. And he injected it into himself, in a bid to cure his fighters. Alas, he found that his regenerative powers could not be used on others, and he was left with but one option: to see the Lindwurm slain, that a stimulant might be created from its heart.

Neyuni

• Background:
  • She and her sisters were born to two Turali parents:
    • “They happened to be in Yyasulani when the dome appeared, and ended up trapped. Here they took up work as hunters, but they were always opposed to regulators and never wore them. And one day, they went out and never came back…” - Neyuni (Yaana’s Yarn)
    • “So at our sister's [Eutrope’s] urging, we started wearing regulators after Mother and Father died. It's only because they weren't wearing regulators when they passed that we can still remember them. Whether we're better or worse off for it, I can't say...” - Yaana (Yaana’s Yarn)
  • Neyuni is skilled enough with Solution Nine’s technology and terminals to be able to use data shared by Oblivion to find a way to diagnose psychonekrosis, as well as retrieving data about the Tyrant’s battle specifications while being kidnapped and held in the Ascension Arcadia reception hall.
  • [Speculation/Commentary: Neyuni’s exact age is not given in the in-game text, but based on her appearance, the fact that Yaana is 16 as stated in a developer livestream, and that Neyuni “was too little to understand” when their parents died and had to understand their deaths secondhand from her sisters, it’s likely she’s younger than 12 years of age.]
• Character Details:
  • “I always carry a personal terminal with me, so we can check for the illness when we arrive at the apartment.” - (Souls Under Siege)
  • Neyuni consistently refers to other adults with the polite title of “Miss” or “Mister,” e.g. “Miss Honey” or “Mister Brute.”
  • After the Lindwurm battle, she chooses to stop using regulators: “Though it's taken some time, you've inspired me to change my view towards souls. Like Yaana, I've decided to remove my regulator as well.” - (Glory Incarnate)

Post-Questline Dialogue [Location: Solution Nine, Tritails Training Gym]

Neyuni: Hello, Forename. Ever since you became the eternal grand champion, we've had an endless stream of people eager to join Tritails Training. Unfortunately, with Yaana and Eutrope busy after taking to the ring again, we've had to limit the number of applicants we accept. One day, I hope we can expand the gym and train a lot of fighters. By the way, have you spoken with the others recently? If you haven't already, you should seek them out! You'll find them around the city, in the Arcadion, or even in Heritage Found. I'm sure they'd love to see you!