I saw the A.B.A. gameplay video. I never played the old games since I started GG with SIGN, but that Jealous Rage, you have an idea on what is wrong with Flament? He looks sickly and disorientated and I am not sure if A.B.A. has done this before. Also, it looks like A.B.A. is more 'confident' and 'nonchalant' in her fighting stance compared to the older games, although she seems more aggressive and vicious in her attacks.
It's a tad early to speculate what is going on, but I suspect that Flament was exposed to the INSIDE OF THE GATE.
The story goes that the Inside of the Gate is embodied by "everything" that Homunculi do not possess that Humans "have".
"Jealousy" is one simple way to put it, but it is basically every aspect of what exists in terms of absolute opposition.
Greed, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Wrath, Sloth, Vanity, and also Despondency.
It's a little complicated to explain what I mean but...
With every "talent" that Humans have, there exists something that "lacks" that talent. Every skill, every blessing, every idea, every presence. Becomes a Burden, a Curse, a Vexation, an Obsession, and so on...
Getting caught up in the "darkness" (the thing that changed the Original Sage in to Happy Chaos), basically.
What makes us unique and special... the things we value... are all taken inside this gate in "equivalent exchange" (if we hope to gain something more than what we already have in our greed and hubris).
The Gate itself is similar to the Idea of "that which seeks to surpass humanity".
In simple terms it's similar to desire, once again using the word "jealousy" here in a vague way.
But just like how I-No was born from the world's desire for a better future... it was that "desire" that also broke the world (namely the Backyard).
Homunculi are, give or take, something of a "connection" between this world and the world beyond the Gate... similar to Boundary Contact Mediums like BlazBlue had.
As for Flament Nagel himself... he was originally a battle axe in the shape of a Key... after countless battles and engorging himself on bloodshed and conflict, he transformed in to the "goat face" with horns we saw in Accent Core.
However, this shape is formless... almost liquid-like. Similar in fact to Eddie and his formless body as a Shadow Organism.
Likely getting swept up in the Currents of the World beyond the gate has dismembered parts of Flament Nagel beyond recognition... though he still somehow "remembers" what he looked like (only just barely).
Probably A.B.A. is part of the reason he can still "revert" back in to his Key Form (an attachment to this world perhaps).
(Side note: Hoenheim is the Label on the tassel, which is a reference to the Alchemist whom created A.B.A.)
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