So I have a challenge to the mod developers whenever they have the time: make a portrait and animation mod for Sword Maiden from Goblin Slayer.
... I'm not sure I want to see my fav waifu subjected to this world. She has it bad enough already. x_x
... though if we must I nominate her wearing this:
For sure, Anyone claiming Rabiance lost has unintentionally overlooked her blessing and forgotten that the world of Sinisistar isn’t just filled with evil gods like those otherworldly monsters.
I hope for the day Nennai gives us more info on whom the sisters serve. At the very least their god hasn't completely abandoned them yet, otherwise its statues would hold no power. Same with the sisters, which leads to this thought:
Kessaria's fall is essentially complete, while the area focused on in the sequel still has hope of turning back from ruin.
In the case of Kessaria, Rabiane sought solace in an abandoned rural church, far from the heart of the region. It is perhaps the last known refuge that offers a glimmer of sanctity while everywhere else is lost. This is probably why it appears at the start of her journey because that's where Rabiane feels safe. So, when the Observer sought to strip even that from her while she suffered in its dream realm, it likely thought that was the last nail in the coffin to break her... and it almost did.
Granted, when she reached the tower at the peak of her journey, instead of pushing forward the entity made her believe she retreated back to safety, lowered her guard and just... gave up. She didn't try to fight off the slug. She accepted for that brief moment she was powerless and that if only she accepted her fate she could finally rest. Nothing made sense anymore.
Hence why I believe the holy sword she wields only truly manifested itself in reality at that precise moment to remind her not all was lost. That her god had been with her every step of the way, for the blade was its personification at that moment. Yes, Kessaria was lost, for the cult had long stripped every facet of holiness from that region already. It was truly damned... yet that blade... it gave her the strength she needed to endure long enough to thwart the entity's plans once and for all.
Seriously, the Observer was so smitten by Rabiane it FOCUSED on her rather than completing its ultimate goal.
And that's the lesson the game taught me. In the end the Observer was the greatest fool. It was THIS close to fulfilling its every desire yet it unintentionally gave that up to sate its lesser needs. In a sense, the god whom Rabiane served had laid out the ultimate bait to lower its guard instead and BAM. That's one less problem to deal with. Now onto Arcezon...
