Da'rce realised in order to reach god accension, she has to get rid of that yee yee ass haircut

Enki’s S ending seems to imply that he followed Nosramus’ lead in his more controlled, more shared pursuit of knowledge. It’s Nos who gives Enki the Soul Anchor to keep him aground, resisting the temptation of godhood, and they probably met again as he walked back. Enki lost godhood, but found companionship. Someone to nerd out with, let’s say. It’s so beautiful.

Im surprised you didnt bring up ragna's S ending, which literally refers to him as the god of ultra violence. I think its a perfect mirror to his ascension ending, where his grief and rage consumed him, causing him unending torment, while his S ending is him turning that suffering into a drive to rid the world of monster's and darkness, making the world a better place, and saving lives in the process. Its ironically a very heroic ending, considering the name and reputation it earns him.

It says a lot that even Nas'Hrah thought that Godhood was a sham and warns people about pursuing it.

D’arce has to be among the greatest subversions of a “dominating soul” in fiction. I normally don’t care for ends justify the means villainy because of how incoherently outlandish they get, but everything she does is perfectly aligned with her devotion and her candidness is believable.

It's interesting how the characters are genuinely more happy and much of the time more powerful when they don't become Gods. Enki has more applicable knowledge and freedom, Ragnvaldr has a greater capacity for combat and justice and Cahara still his family and riches to buy their freedom. And Darce isn't bald!

Ragnvaldr is clearly the most powerful of the group, judging by the fact that he’s the only one with physical changes to his form, outside of going bald, getting a tattoo, or wearing a cool hat

Becoming a God when you're a woman in F&H is such a wild spectrum. Either you become a pillar of unwavering power that can kill with just a gaze as your form has lost all traces of ever being human Or you just get your wig snatched 🤣

I think it is important to note that the reality of the Golden Throne is even more bizarre and interesting than one might assume. See, it wasn't that the gods tired of humanity, but that they became afraid of humanity's potential. See, as humans understand a concept more thoroughly, it changes the god that concept is attached to. At some point, humanity killed two gods, once on accident and once on purpose, through this process. So the Golden Throne was used to stop humanity's progress. *It failed.* Before we begin, the nature of the Golden Throne is critical for understanding everything I'm about to say. In Termina, it is shown that the Golden Throne was created by the lizardmen, a race that existed before humanity did. What happened to the lizardmen, exactly, is unknown, but they are clearly extremely long-lived, since there is still at least a couple left alive by the time of Fear and Hunger with no evidence of them ever breeding in the area. They were the ones who originally created the Golden Throne, and it is possible that the Lizardmen were the first Old Gods, having ascended themselves to that position. Given that the throne was made for the lizardmen by the lizardmen, it is no mystery what the throne gives such limited godhood to humans: It was never meant for humans to begin with. After the cataclysm that all but annihilated the lizardmen, the Old Gods created humanity to fill the gap left by the lizardmen so they could continue to exist, since their existence is tied to a concept, and a concept can only exist if there is someone to conceptualize it. Without realizing it, however, with the creation of humanity the Old Gods sealed their fate for they knew not the terror that they had unleashed upon themselves. Now we being to explain why the Golden Throne is a trap, and why it was set. Per a Skin Bible written by Enki, the goddess of Nature died due to humanity coming to understand nature enough that it held no real mysteries anymore. Yes, there were things that weren't fully understood, but enough was understood that very few supernatural concepts of mysteries were attached to it anymore. The old gods are defined by humanity's understanding, or perhaps it would be better to say their misunderstanding, of what a concept is. So when that concept is understood enough, the god attached to that concept dies. A god of the gaps can only exist if there are gaps left that they can occupy, and when those gaps disappear, so to does the god. Alll-Mer's ascension revolves around the death of another god, the god of the sun. As demonstrated with the Girl's apotheosis, in order for an ascended god to rise, an old god has to die. Before the player can see reach the place where her apotheosis takes place, the hearts of the God of the Depths had to be pierced, killing the old god. The old god's death fuels the ascension. While we don't have every detail, it does give us a blueprint for how Alll-Mer would have ascended and what it cost. Alll-Mer's corpse is interred at Mahabre, and it is still reasonably fresh in the past when the throne is reachable, and despite the city having a sun underground, it is a cold thing that gives light but no heat, indicating that it died along with the god. This implies that the time loop was established shortly after Alll-Mer's death, when there wouldn't be a human-aligned god to prevent it. That timing is critically important, because the death of Alll-Mer marked the end of humanity having a god that had their back and could break the loop. In the aftermath of Alll-Mer's death, the Old Gods gave humanity the Golden Throne, a poison chalice that offered power but also extremely strict limitations. A leash to hold back the ambitious and to halt human progress. From the moment a human first sat upon the throne, a time loop began. A time loop meant to be perpetual, and very nearly was. From there, the pattern is simple enough: New god ascends, new world order established, time passes, new god becomes old and impotent, humans come to Mahabre in the past and kill the new gods, humans sit upon the golden throne, new god ascends, repeat. The new gods that sit in the hall aren't simply dead, but erased from the timeline, having been killed shortly after ascending, their reign having been ended before it began. Based on the seemingly endless number of new gods we see, this has been going on for countless iterations of the cycle... until Enki comes along, sees the cycle as the trap it is, and breaks it. From there, humanity begins to move forward once again. All of this was to halt human progress and give the Old Gods a chance to escape humanity before the old gods were erased utterly. The old gods left traces of themselves behind, like a divine automated answering service to answer prayers so no one would realize that the gods had left. That's because if humanity could kills gods, even if by accident, then there's no limit to their potential, and one day humanity might find a way to reach that place that the gods fled to, and in comprehending that much about the gods and divinity itself, humanity might very well destroy the gods themselves while trying to find them. Given that humanity broke free from this seemingly impossible to escape trap, and one of the endings of Termina is based on one of the characters looking to reach the moon and find answers about what happened with Rher, god of the moon, they were right to be afraid, because very little will stop human progress, and that progress will kill the gods without humanity ever realizing they are doing it. The old gods fear humanity, and they are right to do so.

The way you insulted D’arces bowl cut while still keeping the same flat tone of voice made me laugh

7:03 She may worship Alll-mer, but she couldn’t even tell she was in his tomb. Plus she called it a sinister presence. She’s probably corrupted by the sulphur god.

The topics usually covered in your videos are making it funnier and funnier that I listen to them at night because of your relaxing voice. Me when I listen to a video essay about trauma and pure destruction in an extremely dark game: 😴💤🛌

I love the way Ragnvaldr contrasts the previous Tormented One. Chambara has no skin at all, while Ragnvaldr is overburdened by skin

My first thought was that the crest on cahara's armor isn't his, he just stole the armor. This has a nice added bonus a branding theme to his ascension, sort of a "once a thief, always a thief" type deal, with the crest of the armor he stole being branded on his torso

in my opinion Enki's god form implies that the helmet is not allowing him to go further in knowledge, essentially making him a prisoner as a new god in contrast his s ending shows him going beyond the trap that's god-hood

Ending D fascinates me the most because it would've completely flipped the events of the sequel on it's head if it happened. Certain it's the only ending where there isn't the slightest hint of it in termina, and is the only ending where it isn't canon in the slightest.

How I think each of the player gods would go about their rule. Enki wouldn't share the gospel and wouldn't try to save humanity. Whilst a fun character, one would struggle to call Enki's motivation anything over than selfish. He comes to the dungeon after receiving visions of Le'Garde but his goals tie into his wish to become the god that golden haired Griffith is destined to become. Once achieving divinity, he tells us how the people aren't ready for the knowledge he's possessed. Additionally, his helmet also blocks the outside world, letting him pursue the further mysteries in solitude. I feel that Enki wouldn't particularly care about the wider world enough to create a religion. Instead, he would live through horrid times as a mysterious yet frighteningly powerful figure who would spread his teachings to only a select few that purposefully seek out his lessons. D'arce would share her gospel and would immediately help and rule over humanity. As said in the video, D'arce's dominating soul mainly leads to her loyalty to Le'Gard. Once the deadbeat dad is out of the picture, she would form her own goals and from what we see, they aren't pretty. Once D'arce's bitch ass haircut goes, so do her qualms. We see her speak of purest domination, appearing like a dark tyrant of fantasy, strong and ruthless enough to protect her subjects, yet selfish enough to believe that she's the only one worthy enough to rule. Upon ascension, she would immediately begin conquering cities and spreading her religion of dominance and strength above all. She would mercilessly stomp out any opposition, becoming a cruel god leading a religion of warmongering, bloodshed and control. Eventually, her own teachings would work against her as the strong would rise up against her. Some would seek to express their own dominance, some would fight to protect their friends and families but all of her enemies would fight to see D'arce's head on a spike. Cahara would seek freedom but eventually be drawn to help those in need. Throughout the journey, Cahara seems like someone who's fighting against himself. He plays as a callous thief, yet he's in the dungeon for altruistic reasons. He's a scoundrel, a cunning fighter, a total assface, certainly, but he's not an inherently evil person. Once ascending to godhood, I see Cahara as a mysterious wonderer, dropping in across villages and cities, taking in all there is to see and all there is to do before going off on his merry way, never wavering, never looking back. At least, he doesn't until the wars start. He doesn't want to, he wants to be free as a leaf on the winds of a storm, but something in him, something sickeningly human forces him to turn around to help someone who's screaming for help. Of course Cahara will play the callous card again. 'I was only here for the fight,' he would say unprompted. 'Your lives mean nothing to me.' Despite his dedication to appearing neutral and selfish, Cahara would help wherever he could. He would free prisoners, stop pillagers, save innocents. He would ask a price of course, but he would only take so much gold as his 'employers' could afford to give. Some say that after a while, he would pass the gold onto overs. Eventually, he would start spreading his teachings of freedom and of strength, the freedom to decide your own course, the strength to defend who and what matters most. Cahara insisted that he spread these teachings so that the people would defend themselves instead of relying on him, but those closest to him would think otherwise. Ragnavala- Ragen- Ragnv- Fuck it, Rag n Bone man would spread his religion before fucking off to god knows where. To say that Raggie had a tough life would be an understatement. In fact, it's better to say that he was the favourite pin cushion of Gro-Goroth. Destined to undergo a life of torment and suffering, it's no surprise that Ragtime was hardened by his experiences and became a monster of a man. He was prepared for life to hate him, he was prepared to lose over and over again, but he wasn't expecting to become a god. Having the power to protect innocents, Ragnar set off to make sure that what happened to him would never happen to anyone again. He found a village much like his own that was under constant attack from all manner of threats. For years, he stayed, slaying bandits, saving villagers and shedfing so much blood that locals began to call him a god of ultra-violence whilst others saw him as a demon. Rag against the machine had more goals he wanted to achieve: He would free Rondon from it's corrupt leaders, purify the country of Vinland and flay any creature that had ever tasted human blood. He was prepared for this, steadfast until he saw an act that disgusted him. On a calm, summer morning, a man came to Ragson and asked him to bring his family food. When asked why not find food himself, the man said Ragatha was their protector and should help him. There wasn't anything horrible in the man's words, but Raggie was infuriated with the realization that by protecting these people so fully, they had become reliant on him. If he were to leave, they would soon come under attack and would be utterly helpless. Rag refused the offer and later that day, he taught the village a lesson they would not soon forget. Another threat befell the village in the form of a hungry brown bear that came charging into the village. Livestock was eaten, men, women and children were attacked and injured, some even died and throughout all this, Ragnar simply sat back and watched until the bear had caused wounds that the people would not soon forget. Ragnakiri relented, grabbing the raging bear by the throat and snapping its neck with one hand. In a bizarre act of magic, Raggie merged himself with the beast, bringing it back to life with his head clasped firmly beneath its jaws. At this bizarre spectacle, Ragson saw how the people, bloodied and confused, winced at the sight of him. An old man fainted whilst a young woman threw up. It's here, that the religion of Ragagagaga was born. The torment that these people had faced has changed them forever, given them deep scars that will remain and change their lives. But these wounds weren't to be feared, they were to be welcomed with open arms and happy hearts for pain is the greatest teacher. Through their suffering, the would learn how to stop it from happening again, how to protect others and how to protect themselves. With this lesson, Reggie would depart and begin spreading his gospel. The bloodied bear would be seen by all, heard by all and feared by all. His teachings were of self-reliance, self-improvement and of acceptance. Suffering is a part of life, to think that a god will spare you of it is a fool's folly. Despair not, however, for the pain you feel will help you, so long as you accept it. When times grew worse, when warlords and monsters and every horrid thing under the sun plagued the lands, the tormented god was nowhere to be seen. And yet, all knew his teachings. Every town, every village and every home would have a statue of the red god, bloody tears flowing from the bear's teeth onto a content smile of a man. He was gone, but Ragnvaldr's teachings helped millions.

I'm SO excited you're doing more F&H reviews, you're exactly the kind of reviewer to interpret the open-endedness of the writing

D'Arce ascends to godhood: *Loses hair* Party: BALD!!! BALD!!!! BALD!!!! BALD!!! Moonless: *Howls* Translation: MY EYES!!!!!!!

6:48 gotta love the choices for the names

The symbol on Cahara is the sacrifice symbol found in Berserk. The game is heavily influenced by Berserk such as: D’arce and Casca, Le Garde and Griffith, and Ragnvaldr as Guts.

ascending in fear and hunger is like that one video of the guy going "ayo the pizza here" and he goes to run down the stairs but slips and tumbles down at the end proclaiming "oh my ears burn"

I don't think ascension is that doomed of a fate, if you do all the best choices in the D ending, you end up having about as much influence as the OLD gods, and your reign lasts pretty much forever. I think it's the fault of those who becomes New Gods themselves as to why they become irrelevant, living in seclusion or being way to specific in what their focus is to have mass appeal, like chambara living to torture people and himself or valtiel seeking knowledge only for himself and never sharing with the rest of humanity, while in the D ending, you can have the title of the "Merciful One" and give hope to the masses, which seems much more encompassing and thus a target of more praise which in turns keeps you in power. Grogoroth mentions that he gave us the power to become gods to solve our own issues since we blamed everything on the old ones I believe, aswell as nostramus saying it is the fault of humanity for their own problems. Sure their power is limited but that doesn't mean New Gods can't become worthy, everlasting deities in their own right.

This video was so well done! Immediately one of my favorites since WormGirl's stuff.

I think the symbol that Cahara wears on his armor and that is embroidered onto him isn't one of his biological family but for the family he intended to have with Celeste. Its more of a "wear this on your shoulder" type of deal where Cahara fights for the family he oh so wishes to have and preserve having it protect him quite literally during his time in the dungeons. Then maybe when he ascends to godhood and remains eternally trapped as a lapdog of the old gods, he would has that symbol as a reminder of something he could've obtained, had he not sat on the throne.

With the extended lore of Termina, I wonder if Ma'Habre had "temples" to each soul type and a new god associated in it's past. Like for example a"Radiating" temple, and beneath it a "Shadowed Pavilion" within a grotto or something.

obsessed w ur takes on the fear and hunger lore i could literally sit and listen to you talk about these games for hours

You are fast becoming my favorite F&H loremaster. Your pacing, delivery, and structure is somethings that I’ve been needing from other F&H vids

I love you Video Essays on Funger. Tackling new ideas and topics. Your moonscorched video is especially on point.

I loved seeing your Fear & Hunger videos on TikTok and I'm soooo glad you're making full length videos about it on KZfaq now!

one of the best fear and hunger studies ive seen!!

Based on your analysis of Ragnvaldr’s motivation, I’d be willing to bet that his new god form is a reference to the book/movie The Revenant, another story that deals heavily around revenge And of course there’s a bear

the gasp that i let out when i saw that you uploaded.... I've been waiting my Whole Entire Life for this. love your content!

I have followed you on tiktok so long and I never realized you had a KZfaq channel. Thank you for answering my prayers.

Happy new year, great vid!

I really love your fear and hunger videos :)

In 13 minutes you managed to tell me more about the Core 4's complete history/motivations than most 1+ long FaH videos, don't know if you have skill or are just Lucky :)

SO glad you started uploading funger videos on youtube! please make more of these.

Love these Funger essays

I could listen to you talk about Funger (and Termina) forever. Your voice is so soothing and your videos get right to the point. Incredibly underrated KZfaqr.

7:11 she put on the secret Armor and peeled off the helmet also looks like Franyboi Cahara looks like the "tormented one" Rag only has killing on the mind so he "looks" like Valti Enki too resembles Valti with the helmet of Allmer.

I really love your breakdowns and soothing voice

Very glad I found this! Well considered, and had me shocked how easy to digest all of this was!

Your content deserves 1Mi subs or even more. Amazing.

i mean this in the kindest most heart filled with love way possible but you sound like a college professor

This was so interesting to listen to! Thank you for you work. Plz make more Fear and Hunger content

yes! more fear and hunger content!!

2 funger bangers in a row

You have got an amazing voice. The video was a fun watch, and fun to listen to. Thanks for sharing!

I watched one of your Fear & Hunger videos (the one about the characters transformation) right before going to bed last night and I woke up in the middle of the night after having dreamed of an alternative version of myself shocking in a prairie. I was sleeping face up and was graving (although softly) my own throat… among the most terrifying nightmares of my life… Anyways, let me see what this one’s all about this fine evening

Im curious about Legarde’s new god form, since he lacks a soul when you use a soul stone on him and thus can’t become a concept like the other characters. Will you be making a video discussing that?

The more I learn about fear and hunger the more I see this game as a huge metaphor for life. We often enter “the dungeon” to exchange our sanity and even our body for our goals and aspirations. Just like the dungeon in fear and hunger our sacrifices can never be taken back. If we don’t enter “the dungeon” we often wake up one day and realize we were always there.

I would absolutely LOVE for you to cover more RPGMaker games, like LISA or OneShot, and the themes they portray. I loved your stuff on TikTok and i’m happy you’re making long form content on KZfaq!!!

Great explanation, I enjoyed it.

love your videos so much!

FEAR AND HUNGER VIDEO FROM LUCKY LEFTIE JUST DROPPED WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Video is of a high quality and exhibits a countenance of a video i do not regret watching.

Love the Fear and Hunger content!

very cool video very neat analysis just want to say 6:53 that joke came out of nowhere and is 10/10

This game is so artistically deep! :D

You earned my Sub.. Amazing explanation

Wow, great video, so interesting well written and beautifully spoken! :)

Its also interesting to note that for Enki's ascension, the background is darkened out, to help give the feeling of being a closed off prisoner

Soooo basically, becoming a new god is like becoming a middle manager at a grocery store and still being expected to stack boxes and work holidays. Got it.

i think cahara's symbol is something he came up whit and decided it would be his fmilie's crest; wich makes it all the more Heart-wrenching, since he uses it on his armour (the thing that helps keep him alive) and then carves it in his flesh. such is the importance of family to him.

It’s fascinating how darce and legarde are effectively casca and Griffith from berserk

What a beautiful video, good job

what great writing!

I would like to see you give ur analysis of new god legarde. Despite f&h 2 expanding in his transformation, I think it would still be interesting to cover

This is a banger

Ragnvaldr is surely a heavy reference to the origin of berserkers in legend, but I feel like maybe there's symbolism in how the bear is, visually, moments from consuming him, only his face that represents who he once was, much like how his own suffering would grow to consume him and reduce him to that state.

Enki is the kind of guy who would only rise up and break out of hell because his favorite manga got a new chapter.

Omg its so deep, i i cant comprehend it…..!!!!

gotta love how cahara is just walking menacingly for his new god sprite dude is fucking ballin

yet another banger

Cahara: shirtless D'arce: *bald*

YOOOO you have a channel let’s go

Omg I follow you on TikTok, I was really sitting here like ‘“She sounds just like Leftie, I wonder if anyone’s told her”😭

thanks for this video

Hell yeah more F and H

this is awesome ty!!

wohoooo new fear and hunger video

This is very helpful for my understanding of what changes during ascension, since I want to make a concept of what my own characters’ ascended forms would look like

I wonder how many people got severe Mikoshit PTSD after seeing ascended Enki for the first time

Cahara’s new form is just accepting he will always live like this and never retire his armor after achieving his goal but embracing it as his identity with no way to change his course so he just carved his identity onto himself.

Great video

Your voice is wonderful

YOU HAVE A KZfaq CHANNEL WHERE THE TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED LONGER, LE TSS GO

Thank you for the video, my hunger is satiated.................for now.

Would just like to add that in Ragnvaldr’s case, it’s highly implied he cannibalizes the corpses of his enemies…

You didn't cover the new gods, nosramus and Legard Cool video! The f&h community still yurns for content. Keep it up!

I think that a fundamental part of fear and hunger is its basis on Berserk. To not mention it leaves an incomplete evaluation of the story. D'arce is literally Caska (Except Caska is not with Griffith for necessarily moral reasons and does not love him, she is just obsessed.) Le'garde is literally Griffith. Ragnvaldr is literally Guts (Except he is like a bear instead of a wolf, and he suffers far less.) All the way down to how Ragnvaldr's new god form is so similar to the berserker armour/beast of darkness (Motifs of an animal biting down and consuming the host, forcing them to become lost in their own rage and wrath.)

I haven't played everything through just yet. But is it safe to say that the game does seem to imply that apotheosis is a soul-trap; or at the very least, comes with severe costs? I like the title for the video, is what I'm saying 😄

This mirrors the Berserk universe where anyone seeking quick power finds it to be impotent power where all their power is superficial, but they lost themselves and their true innerstrength and become both embodiments and slaves to their desires (apostles)

Dev: There's no deep meaning to the symbol, it's just like a family crest FaH community: OMG that add so much meaning!

It still makes me sad how Cahara is the only one who doesn't get out of the Dungeon for the God of Fear and Hunger to exist in Termina. The only thing left to hope for is that his family lives on anyway even without him, even more, so I hope his actions meant something and helped his family along the way so that he didn't die in vain.

Ive never played this game, it looks interesting. Just looking at the visual stylizations ive seen so far id say this game draws heavily off animes like Berserk and Claymore and games like silent hill.

His family crest scar on his body also looks like berserk brand of sacrifice

I wonder if there's a connection between Moonscorching and Ascension. They both transformations of a human, based upon their emotions, purpose, and trauma. We also see that each of the original F&H characters have a New God counterpart (D'arce and Francois's Domination; Cahara and Nilvan's Endlessness; Enki and Valtiel's Enlightenment; and Ragnvaldr and Chambara's Torment). Enlightenment seems to have the most counter parts: first Betel, then Nas'hrah, then Valtiel, then Enki. Further, in F&H2, we see more examples of souls and gods: then we have Karin, August, and O'saa, who are Endless, Tormented, and Enlightened; then we have the Radiating One and Samarie; and the Tainted One and Marcoh. When they Ascend or are Moonscorched, the characters embody these traits the same way the New Gods did, but with different aspects based upon each characters' individuality. However, the Girl, Alll-mer, the Sulfur God, and Reila do become new gods in ways that the Fellowship and the playable characters do not--they are completely unique, not just embodiment of their souls. And part of this is because their apotheosis requires the death of another god. The other New Gods don't die, they are sent to the Void Cafeteria; because of this, none of the player characters can become a new god because the old New Gods still exist. Going back to Moonscorching. The lizardmen made the Throne of Ascension, but where did the basics of that process come from? I wonder if, perhaps, they saw the phenomenon of Moonscorching by Rher and tried to harness that power for themselves. They refined Moonscorching into Ascension to access the power of being Moonscorched, but with mroe control over the process. Then, Le'garde refined the process further in F&H2, Basically, I wonder if Moonscorching is the raw process that was refined by the lizardmen's machines. They used the process of Moonscorching to base their throne around. Then later, Le'garde used that same process of Moonscorching, plus the schematics of the machine, to create the Telectroscopes and thus birth Logic.

Hard to argue that the symbol Cahara wears aint inspired by the mark of sacrifice from Berserk.