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slavonicrhapsody · 2 months

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rykard, lord of interior design

#elden ring #rykard #rykard lord of blasphemy #inquisitor ghiza #my art #he has an aesthetic and by god hes going to maintain it

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namelesswhitemask · 13 days

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I just got a random elden ring oc idea of an albinauric woman who becomes disillusioned with miquella and the haligtree and starts to resort to different paths to say fuck you to the golden order so she makes her way to Mt. Gelmir and becomes an inquisitor and since her legs don't work she gets a special wheelchair fashioned out of the iron virgin/ghiza's wheels or something lmao. And probably has some fucked up torturous prosthetics too I'm sure

#im enamored with the albinaurics bc like them i also have a fucked leg so yknow. disability rep i guess #but mt gelmir is like my favorite area in the game and im desperate for an oc from there anyway #txt

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miirshroom · 4 months

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Elden Ring: The Wheel of Fortune

"Great iron wheel lined with flesh-flaying blades. Device of torture used by Inquisitor Ghiza. As the wheel spins it causes severe pain and blood loss." ~ from the description of Ghiza's Wheel

The Wheel of Fortune is depicted on the 10th major Arcana of tarot. It is a symbol of the capricious nature of fate and associated with the goddess Fortuna, otherwise known by the Greek name Tiche.

On the Rider-Waite-Smith and Hermetic tarot decks, the Wheel of Fortune is representative of alchemy. The 8-spoked wheel has on 4 of its spokes the alchemical symbols for mercury, sulfur, water, and saltpeter.

I am very much of the opinion that Elden Ring is a game about alchemy. Not a game that happens to have alchemy in it - I mean that the history of the Lands Between is a record of an effort to achieve creation through alchemy.

Once upon a time the Nox of the Eternal Cities were experimenting with the creation of artificial life. The homunculus is an artificial life form that is one of the outcomes of alchemy. Later on, Godfrey and Marika wished to establish the Golden Age of the Erdtree and rid the Lands Between of Destined Death. The production of gold and achieving immortality are the two classic desired outcomes of alchemy from antiquity. Radagon and Marika seem to have achieved some semblance of the rebis - the alchemical marriage of red king and white queen. This is a concept that pop culture seems to take literally, but is more closely related to spirituality and psychological alchemy than the refinement of literal physical elements.

In Elden Ring, three times the alchemical process has been completed, three revolutions of the wheel and every time the fortunes of the Lands Between take a turn for the worse. Radagon and Marika have an unstable existence that led to Shattering themself and the Lands Between. Marika set the Golden Erdtree as an eternal symbol, but also seems to have trapped the people of the Lands Between in a cursed existence of immortal life, but not immortal health or youth. In my opinion, the Dragonkin Soldiers and mimic tears show that the Nox were responsible for creating the Giants as a form of artificial life form that terrorized the Land for a time before being defeated by Godfrey.

Anyways, the place I was going with this is that I find it very interesting that the origins of the popular Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck and the Hermetic tarot deck both have close ties to a group of occultists called the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. And here again we find an Elden Lord: Godfrey Dowson is the name of the man who illustrated the Hermetic Tarot deck. Sometimes, the answers are all there in the manual, once you start looking in the right places.

The tarot major arcana function as a prototypical Hero's Journey - from "The Fool" [#0] to attaining enlightenment and "The World" [#21]. The Golden Order had at the heart of it the prophesy of a new Golden Dawn at the end of the proscribed journey. All they had to do was keep faith in the process and keep spinning the Wheel. But if you pay attention there's something sinister about the way that wheels are used in Elden Ring. Devices of flesh rending torture and as a symbol of enslavement. A promised reward can easily become a curse. To quote from the Sandman: "The price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted". The World is not truely the end of the tarot anyways, it just re-sets to [#0/22], once again "The Fool".

"Even after exile, Corhyn refused to recant his prophecies. And for this, he was blessed with the guidance of grace.

Since then, the cart wheel draped on his neck has served as a reminder. That true guidance awaits those with iron wills. Those with unwavering faith." ~ from the description of Corhyn's Robes, recalling that there is no outcome to Corhyn's quest that results in him being rewarded for keeping his faith

#elden ring #media analysis #I know that the Greek goddess name is spelled Tyche I am making a point about themes #Fortuna climbing out of her well because alchemy stole her wheel and attempted to bind fate and she is pissed #FromSoftware metanarrative #Thinking really carefully about the years that 'Eternal Ring' and 'Elden Ring' were released

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blood-darkened-moon · 1 year

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Elden Ring

ER Trivia | This Sheep

#elden ring #tag list

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slavonicrhapsody · 1 month

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yeah I have no excuse for this

#elden ring #rykard #rykard lord of blasphemy #inquisitor ghiza #my art #i guess.

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slavonicrhapsody · 1 year

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rykard bisexual activity

#elden ring #rykard #rykard lord of blasphemy #tanith #inquisitor ghiza #ghiza #my art #i fully believe based on the daedicar’s woe 1.0 description that ghiza was intended to be rykard’s ‘paramour’ ok #he’s a murderous freak who loves murderous freaks

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slavonicrhapsody · 3 months

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Another one of Shirts Rykard would wear

agreed

#asks #elden ring #rykard lord of blasphemy #inquisitor ghiza #rykard #ghiza #my art #i guess

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slavonicrhapsody · 11 months

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#elden ring #mad tongue alberich #eleonora violet bloody finger #moongrum carian knight #inquisitor ghiza #festering fingerprint vyke #maleigh marais #preceptor miriam #anastasia tarnished eater #bloody finger okina #ensha of the royal remains

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slavonicrhapsody · 8 months

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*opens the sewer grate in leyndell main street in front of your carriage* ok so why are inquisitor ghiza's clothes in the sewer here? Dude's a rykard employee in gelmir.

an EXCELLENT question. In the Subterranean Shunning Grounds, we find the Bloodsoaked Mask and the Bloodsoaked Manchettes:

Bloodsoaked Mask

“Mask formed from tightly-wound bandages soaked through with blood. Even the most ghastly cover is more inviting than the festering face beneath.”

Bloodsoaked Manchettes

“Manchettes formed from tightly-wound bandages soaked through with blood. Any protection is welcome for the festering arms beneath.”

The third piece of the armor set is the Official’s Attire:

Interestingly, we don’t find it in the same place as the mask and the manchettes — it is found on a corpse in a hidden hallway from the elevator leading to the Forbidden Lands.

Given how specific this location is (in a hidden area leading out of Leyndell, which seems to have some connection to Melina through the Blade of Calling?), this specific iteration of the Official’s Attire that we pick up here might not actually belong to Ghiza? Since he was an inquisitor of Volcano Manor, it would be kind of a huge leap for him to have moved back to Leyndell and to be assigned to whatever specific duty the dead guy in the secret room was performing. Rather, I think this Official’s Attire is probably unrelated to Ghiza himself, and is instead just another example of a character wearing the same uniform — similar to how Maleigh Marais, an executioner, also wears the Official’s Attire. Yes, I know the bandages are built into the outfit, but that might just be how they created the asset to fit with the rest of the armor set and it isn’t meant to really affect the lore.

So, going back to the bandages in the sewer, since they’re separate from the Official’s Attire and found on a different corpse, I think it’s very possible that they aren’t meant to belong to Ghiza either and are just generic (their descriptions aren’t specific to Ghiza, too). I’m not sure why they’d be in the sewer though, unless Leyndell had kind of a leper colony situation down there, since the descriptions do mention the “festering” face and arms. I mean, it is called the Shunning Grounds! Perhaps in addition to shunning the omen, they also shunned people with fantasy leprosy

Anyway, these items could still have belonged to Ghiza, but there’s just a little too much going on here for one specific character I think. like… Ghiza on his way to leave Volcano Manor, become a spy keeping an eye on the elevator to the Forbidden Lands, die there, then somehow also go down into the Leyndell sewers for unknown reasons and die there as well but without his robe this time:

#elden ring #asks #inquisitor ghiza #ghiza

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slavonicrhapsody · 1 year

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Here's a theory I pulled out of my ass- if the portrait in the volcano manor has the official's attire rather than the noble attire Rykard wears in his own portrait...assuming that in the other portrait, the individual is wearing a mask...you think it's Ghiza- Rykard's inquisitor? He does wear just about the same thing when invading you. The only real difference is the bandages covering the face and hands.

Hi!! As you said in your other ask, I did already cover this topic, but I’m answering this anyway as an excuse to talk about it more lmao

Ultimately I still favor the idea that the portrait is an earlier depiction of Rykard, BUT I think the idea that it’s one of his inquisitors (like Ghiza) is equally likely. Someone pointed out to me a while ago that Maleigh Marais, who also wears the Official’s robe, wears bandages under his mask, so it’s possible that’s the case for this portrait too?

Anyway I love this idea because whoever this painting is of, it’s significant that the only other portraits in Volcano Manor are of Radahn and Tanith, two people extremely important to Rykard… so it makes sense that this person would also be important to him… and we know in a previous version of the canon that an inquisitor was “one of Rykard’s paramours.” All I’m saying is that there is actually a very plausible chance that they had some kind of dark, twisted romance. Do what you will with this information. I made fanart

#asks #ghiza #inquisitor ghiza #rykard #rykard lord of blasphemy #my art #diversity win! the inquisitors torturing you to death are in love!#also if anyone is curious why i think the portrait is of rykard i talked about it in my ‘unhinged elden ring fashion deep dive’ post

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slavonicrhapsody · 2 years

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An unhinged Elden Ring fashion deep dive

So yesterday, I had A Moment and I ended up feverishly researching every item description for the nobles’ embroidered robes for like 2 hours. While doing so, I discovered that there’s actually a pretty distinct culture around clothing for the nobles of the Lands Between! The costume design in this game is so outrageously good.

Putting this under the cut, as this is going to get long:

Robes

All robes are embroidered in a similar fashion, with slight variations that change with each color. It seems like the nobles who wear this style of robe are the nobles in regions sworn to Leyndell, including Limgrave and the Altus Plateau. The Carian royals in Liurnia notably dress differently, as they are independent and have their own distinct culture. Let’s look at each type of robe individually:

1. Upper-Class Robe: “Embroidered, bright green robe worn by noble children. Donning such a robe is traditionally the child's first show of burgeoning independence.”

Rya wears these robes, as she is Lady Tanith’s adopted daughter and thus a noble child.

2. Ruler’s Robe: “Luxurious robe worn by lords in a smaller nation. Its fine blue mantle serves to prove its wearer's status.”

I believe that “lords in a smaller nation” refers to the vassal lords of Leyndell and the smaller domains they rule over, such as Mt. Gelmir or Fort Haight. Kenneth Haight wears these robes.

I am assuming that the blue mantle serves to distinguish a fully fledged lord from a noble child, as the description says that the mantle proves the wearer’s status.

3. Consort’s Robe: “Fine robe of white silk worn by Tanith, Lady of the Volcano Manor.”

Though Tanith is our only example, I believe that the name implies that all consorts of lords would wear these white robes.

4. Official’s Robe: “Grubby blue robe worn by magisterial officials to carry out their grim tasks. Surveillance, executions, gruesome rituals... The darkest duties drive the wheels of mankind.”

These robes are worn by Inquisitor Ghiza, who served as Rykard’s executioner while he was Praetor.

5. Marais Robe: “Robe with a black mantle across the shoulders. Customarily worn by the head of House Marais.”

This robe, worn by Maleigh Marais, is exactly the same as the Official’s Robe, and indeed, the description for the Marais Mask adds that “The Marais family has a dual history spanning generations, serving as both executioners and castellans of the Shaded Castle.” House Marais is described as carrying out similar duties to Inquisitor Ghiza’s—both descriptions use the term “execution”. So it makes sense that they would wear the Officials’ Robes as a house that does dirty work for their domain.

The black mantle is probably an added flair piece to show that this is an old, long-lived family with a history.

Masks

Masks are surprisingly important to the culture of these nobles! Every image I’ve included at the top of the post (except for Rya) includes a mask or some kind of face covering. I think we can glean some information about the role of masks in society from this first mask:

1. Ruler’s Mask: “Mask in the image of a wizened sage. Customary dress among lords in a smaller nation. […] Such a mask illustrates the qualities of an ideal lord: chiefly, wise and possessing a certain defanged geniality. One at the center of society often finds these qualities most expedient.”

This description implies to me that the purpose of wearing a specific mask is to communicate the qualities that you desire to embody as a noble. Basically, it shows how you want to be perceived in society.

Again, it uses the phrase “in a smaller nation,” so it’s the noble vassals of Leyndell who are dressing like this.

2. Consort’s Mask: “Mask worn by Tanith, Lady of the Volcano Manor, in the image of a foreign queen. […] Long ago, when Rykard first set eyes on Tanith, she was working as a dancer in a foreign land. Soon, he made her his consort.”

It’s interesting that Tanith is common-born, but her mask is specifically in the image of a foreign queen. I think Tanith wears this mask to project an image of regal power, so that the nobles of the Lands Between are more likely to respect her despite her being both a foreigner and a commoner.

3. Marais Mask: “Mask in the image of a white-haired young noble. Customarily worn by the head of House Marais. […] The Marais family has a dual history spanning generations, serving as both executioners and castellans of the Shaded Castle. This mask bears the likeness of the first of their line.”

This mask is modeled off of the founding member of House Marais. Just as with the black mantle on the Marais Robe, this mask serves to highlight the longevity of House Marais. This mask tells us that this is a house that is proud of its history and forebears.

Image 6 - The Volcano Manor mystery portrait

This portrait can be found in Volcano Manor, and there have been many theories on who it depicts! This figure wears a mask that appears to have a beard, a crown with a red cowl, and a green Upper-Class Robe. After having done all this research, I think the most convincing theory is that this is… Rykard himself! Boring, I know. But I think the reasons why I believe it’s him have some interesting implications:

I think this portrait was painted when Rykard first established Volcano Manor, and was sworn to Leyndell. He wears the customary attire of a young noble—a green Upper-Class Robe and a mask that resembles his own face (he’s the only member of his family with a beard). In his early days as Praetor, this is how Rykard would have dressed to fit in with the Altus Plateau’s other nobility.

Rykard’s other portraits were clearly painted after he rebuked the Golden Order and committed blasphemy—he is decked out in snake-themed attire, and snakes are said to be enemies of the Erdtree. So he probably wouldn’t have always dressed like this.

Honestly I can’t think of anyone else who this person could be where it would make sense for them to be wearing a green robe. Rykard didn’t have kids at the time, there was no other lord of Volcano Manor, and if they were a consort or an official, they would be wearing white or blue. Unless the robe IS blue, and this is a case of Volcano Manor’s frustrating color-warping lighting.

And that’s it! Let me know if I missed anything! If you made it this far, thank you for indulging my mental illness

#elden ring #zorayas #tanith #rykard #costume design #elden ring lore #you know what brought this on?#i was drawing rykard in his snake fan era and i couldn't figure out what type of robe he should be wearing #and guess what. i STILL don't know

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slavonicrhapsody · 9 months

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I'm still trying to take in these complicated words like Praetor and Inquisition

I don't know all the words in English or other languages so sometimes there are old words I don't know

But Praetor is like a high ranked official in an Inquisition that's like a controlling government/organisation that would eliminate anything that threaten its ideals or its authority correct? The ideals,the power they enforce is a set of rules they created right?

I think I heard a few things about Rykard killing heretics before he became Snakey Ryck and from what I know,an Inquisition hates heretics so that might've been his job too,including various other tasks

Honestly you would be fucked too if killing people is a job you do

In real life, “praetor” was a magisterial title granted by the government of Ancient Rome. The main functions of a praetor were administration of civil law, military command, judges in courts of law, and the governing of provinces. From Gideon, we learn that “Praetor Rykard is the Lord of the Volcano Manor on Mt. Gelmir. He is a ruthless justiciar who commands a company of inquisitors,” so in the Elden Ring universe, we can assume that the duties of a praetor involve enforcing law. Additionally, we are told Rykard led an Inquisition: in real life, historically, “the Inquisition” referred to institutions of the Catholic Church which were created to combat heresy and conduct trials of suspected heretics. So not only was Rykard responsible for enforcing law, but it was specifically religious law. And given the fact that Rykard is specifically referred to as a “traitor” by those affiliated with the Erdtree, we can safely assume that he served the Golden Order before betraying it. We can also find several golden tree banners in some of Volcano Manor’s abandoned cells, suggesting that the castle was at one point Erdtree-affiliated:

Exploring Volcano Manor, there can be little doubt as to what Rykard’s duties as Praetor involved. On the upper floor, we can be invaded by Inquisitor Ghiza, who wears the blue Official’s Attire: “Grubby blue robe worn by magisterial officials to carry out their grim tasks. Surveillance, executions, gruesome rituals... The darkest duties drive the wheels of mankind.” The inquisitors who worked under Rykard were responsible for many such “grim tasks:” Ghiza’s Wheel, as well as the Inquisitor’s Girandole, are explicitly identified as weapons of torture:

“Great iron wheel lined with flesh-flaying blades. Device of torture used by Inquisitor Ghiza.”

“Instrument of torture used on nobles behind the curtain at the Volcano Manor of Mt. Gelmir. Its numerous spikes pierce the flesh, then singe the wounds with flame. The smell of burnt blood induces despair in the victim. A candlestick conceived by a thorough mind.”

The more you poke around Volcano Manor, the more instruments of torture you’ll find in the background too, like this lovely spiked chair:

There’s also the whole existence of “Prison Town” in the first place — filled with cells and cages, it’s clear where the Inquisition housed its unfortunate prisoners. And speaking of unfortunate prisoners, the dungeons are packed full of Albinaurics stuck in various torture devices, including the “Black Dumpling:”

“Mask forced on a victim's head to lend torture an extra degree of cruelty. It magnifies one's fears and makes them acutely aware of all forms of pain. […] When the Black Dumpling goes on, the torturer no longer seeks answers; only to inflict suffering without hope of relief."

Anyway, Rykard’s previous occupation is what makes his character arc ironic; he was the guy who enforced law, but ended up betraying it. The main takeaway is that everything I’ve talked about here is Golden Order-sanctioned violence… Rykard was always committing horrific acts of violence, but the Golden Order actively encouraged this violence until Rykard dared to turn it against them instead.

#elden ring #rykard #rykard lord of blasphemy #elden ring lore #asks #mt gelmir is not only a testament to rykard’s depravity but also the golden order’s #you might even say it was the golden order that encouraged him to be like that in the first place…#much to think about

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slavonicrhapsody · 6 months

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do you think rykard made the heros grave chariots? they seem like something he would and could have made, but they also don't seem as fancy as his other contraptions

interesting idea, but I’m inclined to think no… both the design and usage of the chariots don’t seem to be in line with Rykard’s practices to me.

If we take a closer look at the chariot models (screenshots taken from Zullie the Witch’s video), they seem to be made of stone with some metal decorative elements:

The figure appears to be a stone Erdtree knight covered in metal tree branches. The knight’s helm has a crest similar to the Leyndell knight helms, and they carry a shield extremely similar to the Erdtree Greatshield (carried by the order of the Tree Sentinels):

The Volcano Manor's handiwork, to me, looks very different from the chariot designs… it seems to be more complex, refined, and embellished, and exclusively uses metal. Here are some examples of metalwork found at Volcano Manor:

(Ghiza’s Wheel detail, Inquisitor’s Girandole, Abductor Virgin, the metal bridge that we raise near the Temple of Eiglay)

This metalwork is highly decorative, unlike the very practical, unadorned design of the chariot’s metal wheels. These objects also all have similar swirly embellishments, which are not found anywhere on the chariot design.

Examining the purpose of the chariots, they must have been made to protect the Hero’s Graves, tombs where distinguished people are laid to rest. So whoever made the chariots did so in service to the funerary practices of the Erdtree. I doubt this person was Rykard, because he already had a job: he was the head of the Inquisition, and an inquisitor would have been using his talents not for a nation’s funerary rites, but for torture and execution of prisoners. Indeed, Volcano Manor’s most infamous weapons of war, Ghiza’s Wheel and the Abductor Virgins, were originally designed as torture devices: the description of Ghiza’s Wheel outright says it was a “device of torture,” and the Abductors are based on the real-life iron maiden torture devices (which, side note, are actually thought to have been a myth created in the 19th century and were probably never actually used in the middle ages).

All of this is to say that the talents of Rykard and his inventors seem to have been laser-focused on torture devices (save for Rykard’s personal projects, such as his magma sorcery) and it’s unlikely to me that they’d have been brought in to invent anything else. I’m sure there are plenty of other capable inventors in the lands of the Erdtree!

#elden ring #rykard #asks #this answer definitely did not need to be this long but whatever i love talking about the implications of visual design #and also torture devices

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slavonicrhapsody · 1 year

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ive been considering doing a tanith build, what do you think i should use? no blasphemous blade tho.

imma keep it real with you I have no idea how to make a good character build so I’m just gonna list a bunch of weapons that are thematically appropriate and would be sexy if she used:

Magma Whip: I love the idea of a dancer fighting with a whip… definitely the sexiest option for Tanith. don’t read into that statement I also think the idea of Tanith using the man-serpent weapons when her daughter is a man-serpent is cute

Magma blade: Same as above but slightly less sexy

Serpentbone blade: A Tanith quest reward… a katana seems like a fitting weapon for a dancer as well

Serpent god’s curved sword: Tanith using an ancient weapon of the serpent cult to serve up sacrifices to the serpent god who is also her husband ok slay

Serpent bow: Same as above but less sexy

Inquisitor’s girandole: Do I think Tanith personally tortured people? No. Would it be sexy if she did? Yeah

Ghiza’s wheel: Tanith deserves to bisect her enemies with the pizza cutter ok

#asks #tanith #for actual help regarding making a character build please look elsewhere LOL #my elden ring play strategy is 1. have sword 2. swing sword 3. profit

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slavonicrhapsody · 2 years

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The unidentified Volcano Manor portrait UPDATE

A little while ago I made a post discussing the costume design of the nobles’ robes in Elden Ring, and I said that based on the robe’s green color, the unidentified person in this Volcano Manor portrait was likely Rykard. At the end of the post, I uttered this phrase:

WELL… as it happens, recently, a video came out that displays all the in-game portraits in neutral lighting, and guess what… the robe isn’t green, it actually IS blue! That means that this person isn’t wearing an Upper-Class/Ruler’s Robe, but an Official’s Robe… which means that they must be an executioner/torturer/inquisitor! Which opens up some more possibilities…

Putting this under the cut:

First of all, I think it could still be Rykard. The reason why I think so is because Maleigh Marais, who wears a blue Official’s Robe, is both the castellan of Shaded Castle AND its executioner. We know that Rykard was both Lord of Volcano Manor, and Praetor— a justiciar who enforced law. Rykard’s inquisition carried out surveillance, tortures, and executions in the name of the law. Taking that into consideration, Rykard’s position could’ve been similar to Maleigh’s—both a noble and an executioner, who wears both a noble’s mask and a blue Official’s Robe. The figure also wears an important-looking crown, which befits the status of a lord. Lastly, the central pattern on the figure’s robe is actually different than on the standard Official’s Robe. This could possibly indicate Rykard’s status as the official-in-chief, who commands the other blue robe-wearing officials.

But as you can see, there are other characters who wear blue robes, so this portrait could just as easily be of someone else… but first, lets establish some parameters:

The other portraits hung in Volcano Manor are Rykard himself, his brother Radahn, and the video also shows a portrait of Tanith that exists but must have been cut from the game for some reason. Anyway, this tells us that Rykard is inclined to own portraits of people he really cares about.**

So we know that this person must be a) an executioner/torturer/inquisitor, and b) someone important to Rykard. This description fits pretty nicely with the early version of the Daedicar’s Woe talisman:

Daedicar v1 was both a torturer, and someone important to Rykard, but since his character was changed into that of Rya’s mother, his status as a legit character is dubious.

However, the description says “paramours,” plural — Rykard could have been having relationships with any one of his inquisitors! We see Inquisitor Ghiza in-game, and he indeed wears the blue robes. He also wears bandages around his face, and we know that Maleigh Marais wears bandages underneath his mask — I wonder if the figure in the portrait has bandages under the mask too?

So, to recap, this person could still be Rykard, but they could also be Daedicar v1, Inquisitor Ghiza, or any other rando official in Rykard’s inquisition who he was romantically involved with. Honestly, I still think the portrait is Rykard. But I also think the idea that Rykard has a portrait of his ex hung up on the wall is really funny

**Conspicuously absent from Rykard’s portraits is Ranni. It should be obvious at this point that there’s no way this unidentified portrait is of Ranni. So, if Rykard cares for his sister, why doesn’t he have a portrait of her? Literally who knows. Personally, I think Ranni doesn’t have a portrait because she has bad feelings associated with her empyrean flesh and perhaps Rykard wanted to respect her wishes. He did help her kill that body, after all.

#REUPLOAD because tumblr hates me #elden ring #rykard #rykard lord of blasphemy #i cant believe the lighting actually was warping the color lmaooo #volcano manor lighting is also responsible for hiding the truth of blond rykard from us

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