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DISCLAIMER: everything I put down in compilation posts is relevant information for Seth! This is actually a pretty broad range, since it covers her character, Crusnik specifics, Methuselah specifics, and Empire specifics-details relevant to most of the other Trinity Blood cast in camp. I've also included stuff on Abel's abilities and history. However, if there is any other stuff anyone wants me to look up/transcribe, feel free to ask. ♥
I) NEVER LAND
This was almost exactly the same as the anime episode, okay. :|b
p. 10-11: According to legend, vampires' victims also turned into vampires, and their numbers multiplied at the rate of rabbits accordingly. In reality, the probability that victims of blood-sucking behavior would turn into vampires wasn't quite one tenth of a percent. The post-birth vampire phenomenon, which was called "conversion," was very rare.
II) SILENT NOISE
Also nearly the same, except Noelle never confesses her feelings.
p. 68: When she'd been on active duty, there were many occasions in which she'd wanted to support him. She'd believed she wanted to be by his side forever. However, a dark shadow always hovered around Abel, and so she'd hesitated to express her feelings.
It was as if a pure black darkness always stalked him. He was harboring a dreadful secret. Noelle didn't have the self-confidence to ask him about it, although she loved him all the same. Therefore, Noelle left AX without telling him anything.
chapter 5: Abel gets his wrist skewered by Isaak's Sylphide (a giant jellyfish-like creature with multiple tentacles, invisible unless it feeds), and when he defeats it, it collapses on top of him, breaking both his legs. When he activates Crusnik 40% in response to Noelle's death, these injuries heal instantly.
III) OVERCOUNT
Isaak and Dietrich have a conversation right after Abel quits AX.
p. 101-102: "Although he looks so sad, he's still a god. He's one of the first gods we humans have contacted since the dawn of history. If we underestimate him, we'll be destroyed."
"He's a god? The god of what--poverty? He looks like a human to me."
"Humans can't take seven million lives. They can't turn the world into an enemy, turn their comrades into enemies, and turn themselves into an enemy, too. Yes, he..."
Puppeteer noticed that his companion's hand trembled as it pushed the cigarillo into the ashtray. His voice was dripping with delight and madness as the man spoke, "He's the god of slaughter."
Also, Caterina more or less persuading Abel to rejoin.
p. 148: Abel's back was gouged wide open. His burnt skin split, and his white spine peeked out from his seared flesh. A vampire would have died immediately from such a wound, never mind a mere human.
Yes, he heals that with 40% Crusnik too.
p. 153: "No, there is just one attack that could work: electrical discharge cutoff. This is a spark-gap impact?" A faint tinge of admiration appeared on Wizard's face.
A spark-gap impact is when the air becomes ionized thanks to a powerful electrical discharge between two electrodes, which converge in the surrounding airspace. The strength of the shock depends on the scale of the electrical discharge; theoretically, it was impossible to split the cathedral in two using such an attack. The monster looming over him seemed able to freely manipulate the concentration point of the discharge.
[...]
"A long time ago, I made a promise," the creature muttered painfully. "I won't kill anymore. I promised that."
(... I seem to recall Abel killing Methuselah previously, so, UH. Way to go, plot device promise.)
p. 163: "That priest believes in his own strength. But the time will come when they will point swords at themselves. Then, he'll be on our side. How about that, mein herr?"
The shadowed figure by the window didn't reply. Still silent, his golden, shining head simply turned to look at the two men. His handsome face stretched into a thin smile.
IV) SIDE STORY: SLING BLADE
MORE ON HUGUE DE WATTEAU'S REVENGE, JAN VAN MAYLEN, AND THE COUNT FOUR HERE. I'll do more than skim it when I have the chance, but--it sort of showcases just how human Hugue still is. And at the end--d'aww, Hugue doll.
V) EXTRAS
Leon Garcia de Asturias:
Under heaven,
an aloof lion is released from his cage…
Even if your body becomes
imprisoned in chains,
nobody can bind
your proud spirit.
Noelle Bohr:
What the voluptuous nun sees
are the secrets of criminals,
hidden by darkness,
and the memories of
irredeemably grave sins.
What you desire,
even if it can never be,
is for his scars
to someday heal…
Isaak von Kampfer:
Wizard’s fingers play
a symphony of
destruction and slaughter.
Accompanying him,
an apostate chants.
They will renew
the world by fire!
Cain Knightlord:
My epitaph is
"enemy of the world."
Beloved brethren, who dance
be held in my arms...
until the day everything rots away,
until the day everything decays,
until the day everything is destroyed.
I) NEVER LAND
This was almost exactly the same as the anime episode, okay. :|b
p. 10-11: According to legend, vampires' victims also turned into vampires, and their numbers multiplied at the rate of rabbits accordingly. In reality, the probability that victims of blood-sucking behavior would turn into vampires wasn't quite one tenth of a percent. The post-birth vampire phenomenon, which was called "conversion," was very rare.
II) SILENT NOISE
Also nearly the same, except Noelle never confesses her feelings.
p. 68: When she'd been on active duty, there were many occasions in which she'd wanted to support him. She'd believed she wanted to be by his side forever. However, a dark shadow always hovered around Abel, and so she'd hesitated to express her feelings.
It was as if a pure black darkness always stalked him. He was harboring a dreadful secret. Noelle didn't have the self-confidence to ask him about it, although she loved him all the same. Therefore, Noelle left AX without telling him anything.
chapter 5: Abel gets his wrist skewered by Isaak's Sylphide (a giant jellyfish-like creature with multiple tentacles, invisible unless it feeds), and when he defeats it, it collapses on top of him, breaking both his legs. When he activates Crusnik 40% in response to Noelle's death, these injuries heal instantly.
III) OVERCOUNT
Isaak and Dietrich have a conversation right after Abel quits AX.
p. 101-102: "Although he looks so sad, he's still a god. He's one of the first gods we humans have contacted since the dawn of history. If we underestimate him, we'll be destroyed."
"He's a god? The god of what--poverty? He looks like a human to me."
"Humans can't take seven million lives. They can't turn the world into an enemy, turn their comrades into enemies, and turn themselves into an enemy, too. Yes, he..."
Puppeteer noticed that his companion's hand trembled as it pushed the cigarillo into the ashtray. His voice was dripping with delight and madness as the man spoke, "He's the god of slaughter."
Also, Caterina more or less persuading Abel to rejoin.
p. 148: Abel's back was gouged wide open. His burnt skin split, and his white spine peeked out from his seared flesh. A vampire would have died immediately from such a wound, never mind a mere human.
Yes, he heals that with 40% Crusnik too.
p. 153: "No, there is just one attack that could work: electrical discharge cutoff. This is a spark-gap impact?" A faint tinge of admiration appeared on Wizard's face.
A spark-gap impact is when the air becomes ionized thanks to a powerful electrical discharge between two electrodes, which converge in the surrounding airspace. The strength of the shock depends on the scale of the electrical discharge; theoretically, it was impossible to split the cathedral in two using such an attack. The monster looming over him seemed able to freely manipulate the concentration point of the discharge.
[...]
"A long time ago, I made a promise," the creature muttered painfully. "I won't kill anymore. I promised that."
(... I seem to recall Abel killing Methuselah previously, so, UH. Way to go, plot device promise.)
p. 163: "That priest believes in his own strength. But the time will come when they will point swords at themselves. Then, he'll be on our side. How about that, mein herr?"
The shadowed figure by the window didn't reply. Still silent, his golden, shining head simply turned to look at the two men. His handsome face stretched into a thin smile.
IV) SIDE STORY: SLING BLADE
MORE ON HUGUE DE WATTEAU'S REVENGE, JAN VAN MAYLEN, AND THE COUNT FOUR HERE. I'll do more than skim it when I have the chance, but--it sort of showcases just how human Hugue still is. And at the end--d'aww, Hugue doll.
V) EXTRAS
Leon Garcia de Asturias:
Under heaven,
an aloof lion is released from his cage…
Even if your body becomes
imprisoned in chains,
nobody can bind
your proud spirit.
Noelle Bohr:
What the voluptuous nun sees
are the secrets of criminals,
hidden by darkness,
and the memories of
irredeemably grave sins.
What you desire,
even if it can never be,
is for his scars
to someday heal…
Isaak von Kampfer:
Wizard’s fingers play
a symphony of
destruction and slaughter.
Accompanying him,
an apostate chants.
They will renew
the world by fire!
Cain Knightlord:
My epitaph is
"enemy of the world."
Beloved brethren, who dance
be held in my arms...
until the day everything rots away,
until the day everything decays,
until the day everything is destroyed.