Guilty Gear Xrd Story Thread

[Poultrygeist]

That's Sin, Ky, Elphelt and Ramlethal yall.  The "axe" is Magnolia Eclair in its sheath that Ky removes before the match.  

[Suzaku]

That's Sol in the foreground, with Sin, Ky, Elphelt and Ramlethal around the edges (left to right).

 

And this is Sol, Jack-O', Johnny, Jam, Kum, and Raven (front to back).

The "girl with the red eyes" in the trailer is Ariels, the Sanctus Maximus Populi.

 

[kylehyde]

I'd like to know who built Sol his new ride. 

[Solhunter]

Likely he did.

[kylehyde]

11 minutes ago, Solhunter said:

Likely he did.

Well he is smart enough, but then again when would he find the time. Unless there is a big gap in time between Xrd and Revelator. I was thinking maybe it was the person who made him the Junkyard Dog Mk III. At least I think I read somewhere that some resident of the backyard made it, and the sword and bike do have a similar appearance. 

Either that or Ky had some mechanic in Illyria make it for him. I find this a little hard to believe though.

[Tsuki Garyuu]

I'mma go with Zepp making him that motorcycle.

[churchblue]

I'm really looking forward in seeing Dizzy's new design.

I wonder how many characters can match Ariels's strength and intellect. Raven's probably one of them.

Also, I'm starting to think that Ky's Crimson belongs to his son, Sin. It's just too obvious.

[Suzaku]

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 6:35 PM, kylehyde said:

Well he is smart enough, but then again when would he find the time. Unless there is a big gap in time between Xrd and Revelator. I was thinking maybe it was the person who made him the Junkyard Dog Mk III. At least I think I read somewhere that some resident of the backyard made it, and the sword and bike do have a similar appearance.

The GGXrd library says that Junkyard Dog was designed by Sol and built by a dog-human gunsmith that Paradigm introduced to him. So, probably either a Gear or a Backyard resident like Izuna. The label on the motorcycle looks like it says "Fire-Wheel Mk-II" and it has the same logo as the Junkyard Dog, so it was probably designed by Sol and built by the same guy.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it also winds up being a housing for the OutRage or something similar.

[Lou_Cypher]

Fire-wheel eh? Isn't that the name of one of Sol's summonable servants in Overture? Might just be an extension of Sol's powers there if that's the case.

[rayplay]

Sol should have a second IK where he just runs over his opponent. 

[Tsuki Garyuu]

10 minutes ago, rayplay said:

Sol should have a second IK where he just runs over his opponent. 

And then picks up the motorcycle and transform it into a cannon

[CCVengeance]

Watching the arcade scenes was a mistake. I have no idea what is going on anymore. I need you experts to help me sort this shit out.

Should I make a post with every question I have or do you guys want me to ask one by one?

[kylehyde]

3 hours ago, CCVengeance said:

Watching the arcade scenes was a mistake. I have no idea what is going on anymore. I need you experts to help me sort this shit out.

Should I make a post with every question I have or do you guys want me to ask one by one?

It would be best if you just ask everything in one post. I probably won't be doing much answering since I'm just as lost as you.

[CCVengeance]

7 hours ago, kylehyde said:

It would be best if you just ask everything in one post. I probably won't be doing much answering since I'm just as lost as you.

Too lazy to make a long post for now but let's start with this one:

Is Kum korean, jap-korean or japanese with a korean sounding name?

[Suzaku]

It doesn't state outright that she's Korean, but yeah, she's probably Korean. Her name, her puppet's name, and several of her attack names make it very likely. It seems that the Koreans were nearly wiped out along with Japanese and have settled in Japanese colonies.

[Fenris]

There's just something I'd like your guys' input on. If I recall correctly, wasn't it stated at some point that part of the reason as to why Jack-O' dons a mask is because she has "Aria's face"? What a peculiar thing this could be if it turns out to be true, considering this woman--currently believed to be Ariels--looks an awful lot like Jack-O' as well.

[Fangs Of Despair]

She's probably Ariels... maybe she's a Valentine too or "Mother", who knows

[ChexGuy]

what if ariels is alternate universe aria

we blazblue now

[CCVengeance]

And your boy's back with follow-up questions:

.Clarification on the whole Justice-Aria-Universal Will plot. Is Justice Aria? How is Aria connected to the Will again? Why do 2(or is it 3?) Of the Valentine look like Aria and one(or 2) does not? Is the Will God? If so how can an event that ascends humanity as Raven implies happen without her consent? Is Ariels the will itself or is she a seperate entity altogether? Finally, did that wedding Elphelt mention really happen or were those just fake memories? I'm not even touching that Jack-o isnt born yet shit.

What is that thing Ky, Pot and Chipp are fighting over and how is it relevant to the plot.

Oh, and the Universal Will is a commonly known thing now? Fuck me this is Hunter x Hunter levels of backtracking right there.

[Fenris]

4 hours ago, CCVengeance said:

 Why do 2(or is it 3?) Of the Valentine look like Aria and one(or 2) does not? Is the Will God? I'm not even touching that Jack-o isnt born yet shit.

I've always seen Ramlethal's resemblance to Aria when I looked past the tan skin. I think it's in the eyes--which appear to be more relaxed and withdrawn than the other Valentines. It becomes more apparent once she opens her eyes wider. I can vaguely see it in the hair as well. That whole "Jack-O' not being fully born yet" thing might have something to do with the Scales of Juno--whatever that is. We can only assume that she awoke (or was awoken) before she reached her full power or whatever. In other words, she's incomplete.

[kylehyde]

1 hour ago, Fenris said:

I've always seen Ramlethal's resemblance to Aria when I looked past the tan skin. I think it's in the eyes--which appear to be more relaxed and withdrawn than the other Valentines. It becomes more apparent once she opens her eyes wider. I can vaguely see it in the hair as well. That whole "Jack-O' not being fully born yet" thing might have something to do with the Scales of Juno--whatever that is. We can only assume that she awoke (or was awoken) before she reached her full power or whatever. In other words, she's incomplete.

I dig all the color pencil illustrations Xrd had but they never really painted a clear picture as to how Aria really looks to me. Each illustration of her almost seemed like they were drawn by different artists. Hence why I can't really see any likeness to Ramlethal or Elphelt. Jack-O has her face, that much is clear but even then I still can't see the resemblance so I'm just gonna have to take Sol's word on it.

Only the original Valentine looked like an exact copy of Aria to me, and I was going off Ishiwatari's illustration that had her, that man, and Sol smoking a cig and looking all annoyed.

[noct76]

10 hours ago, kylehyde said:

I dig all the color pencil illustrations Xrd had but they never really painted a clear picture as to how Aria really looks to me. Each illustration of her almost seemed like they were drawn by different artists. Hence why I can't really see any likeness to Ramlethal or Elphelt. Jack-O has her face, that much is clear but even then I still can't see the resemblance so I'm just gonna have to take Sol's word on it.

Only the original Valentine looked like an exact copy of Aria to me, and I was going off Ishiwatari's illustration that had her, that man, and Sol smoking a cig and looking all annoyed.

I think it's supposed to be Ram has her body, El has her hair and jack O the full face. (El looks like a more sexualized version of her in general though).

[Tsuki Garyuu]

And yet the Valentine in GG2 has Aria's everything. She's literally Aria but younger.

[Suzaku]

Follow up to that previous question about Haehyun: Her profile on the official site states outright that she was born in Korea.

 

On Wednesday, March 09, 2016 at 3:38 PM, CCVengeance said:

And your boy's back with follow-up questions:

.Clarification on the whole Justice-Aria-Universal Will plot. Is Justice Aria? How is Aria connected to the Will again? Why do 2(or is it 3?) Of the Valentine look like Aria and one(or 2) does not? Is the Will God? If so how can an event that ascends humanity as Raven implies happen without her consent? Is Ariels the will itself or is she a seperate entity altogether? Finally, did that wedding Elphelt mention really happen or were those just fake memories? I'm not even touching that Jack-o isnt born yet shit.

Justice was created from Aria, somehow, but what exactly that means isn't clear yet. During the original phase of the Gear Project, after Frederick was converted into the first Gear prototype, there was an incident in the lab and Frederick, Aria, and That Man all went missing. About 30 years later the Gear Project resumed with That Man's involvement, and after another 30 years That Man completed Justice's exoskeleton (the Outrage Armor) and activated her.

They used Justice to explore the Backyard, but some sort of self-aware conciousness -- the Universal Will -- made contact with Justice and started using her DNA data to multiply (likely the first Valentines). During this incident, That Man called Justice "Aria" and tried to calm her by reminding her of Frederick. However, she was unable to resist the Universal Will, so That Man activated a manual override of Justice and attempted to to prevent the rapidly multiplying Aria/Universal Will copies from materializing in Japan by vaporizing it with her Gamma Ray.

After that Justice seemingly went nuts and took control of the Gears in an attempt to wipe out mankind, possibly under the influence of the Universal Will.

It's worth noting that the incident where the Universal Will contacted Justice and started multiplying was said to be the same as what happened during the Dawn of Revival in 1999, which resulted in the malfunction of all electronic technology and the proliferation of the knowledge of Magic by the Original and his five acolytes (Ariels and the four members of the Conclave). So it's entirely possible that Ariels knows something about the Universal Will or is somehow connected to it, though it's extremely unlikely she's a Valentine, since she was around decades before the Universal Will came into contact with Aria/Justice.

[Blade]

Just to remind everybody:

Jihi naku Keiji > Merciless Apocalypse > Universal Will (the thing that triggered the "Dawn of Revival" in 1999).

It's all the same term, just localized as "Universal Will" in English.

Also, to further elaborate on what Suzaku said about the whole Aria > Justice thing...

At some point in GG's history (somewhere between 2040 - 2073) "That Man" worked with the U.S. government to mass produce Gears... it was at this point he came up with the blueprints for Justice (Justice was completed and activated in 2073-74).  Those "blueprints" are known as the Gear Archetype.

Sol came across the Gear Archetype at some point during his attempts to sabotage the U.S. government's Gear production and decided to build his version of the OutRage, later known as the 8 Sacred Treasures.

Now, I don't know if the OutRage armor Justice was equipped with, and the OutRage Sol built are the same thing, probably not... but they both might be connected to the Saint Oratorio Project.

It was said that Frederick (Sol) was supposed to work on the Saint Oratorio Project at one point, but decided to stay on board the Gear Project for Aria's sake.