Fun fact: Currently this event is the third AK event with the most words (Near Light #1) We're nearing the end of the event and Gnosis banner, so how is your gacha results now👇
I see that Aurora is more rare than Gnosis. Cuz I also got micheal jackson in 30 pulls but no cute polar bear, oh well I'm not planning to build her anyways. But still thinking about building Kjera or wait for Goldenglow?
Sharp is built different, he took out Silverash's Elite Tschägättä troops with just a knife and Shield. Also the Duel between him and the Black Knight is just beautiful.
@@Mauguiltyspark nian and dusk are gods. As is ling, but she ain't here yet for us. Technically they are fragments of gods, but it is somewhat implied that kjera is another one of those fragments, so if shes a god then so are they.
@@Santisima_TrinidadKjera is the humanoid embodiment of Kjeragandr.She is a weakened noumenon rather than a fragment.In spite of this, Sui ’s fragments is still stronger than her. Kjera is young among the gods.
As Silverash said, he is willing to accomplish his plans slowly and peacefully, but alas, time is of the essence. He couldn't afford to wait any longer and decided to push through with his plans. Personally, I think what he did is for the betterment of his country considering they are surrounded by superpowers who, as explained, are more advanced than they are. Man was ready to spill his own blood for his country. If that ain't love, I don't know what is.
yeah, he is complex. He is willing to take extremes that could have resulted in big casualties, but only when he deems them really necessary to achieve his goals if the given circumstances doesn't allow him to take on alternatives
I like how this went from a Normal stay for a while in Kjerag turn into us the Dokutah got Drag by their Affairs, then us do pretty much anything to stop this then Sharp being the MVP of the Story got Drag more ways than one and Pretty Much the Only Person Doing the Heavy Lifting in the entire Story. Sharp Deserves a Double Pay for his Work
Degenbrecher/Black Knight and Monch definitely got the highest chance to be the new operator for the next Kjerag event since both are part of Karlan Trade, Black Knight name is so big at this point and Monch need more development. Also Doctor solving conflict but getting the short stick is always funny.
I enjoyed this event so much. Both gamplay and plotwise. So many interesting characters and amazing artworks with serene music befitting the snow mountains of Kjerag. The greatest plot driver was that no side was evil, they were just acting under different beliefs for the best of their country. We also got to see great character development of Enya and Encia too. I hope we get to hear or see other characters from the trio family in future too.
I also hope this will have a sequel event, making it trilogy at least, like the kazimierz. I really want the Silverash brother and sisters to get along again someday...
oh there are evils in this story.. browntails & paleroche planned to kill silverash's parents for their open-door policy (though it never happened, because the victim died unexpectedly.. they will definitely execute the plan, if the accident never happened).. then there's great elder that gave poison to valais's family member, saying the goddess say he is fated to not continue life.. lastly the great elder's before-death outrage, about how vine-bear court controls the nation, now and forever!.. the story is a long read, got bunch of stuffs going on
but she not do the 3 5 things that her sister do... i forgot but if i am not wrong, every 3 step you clap your hand and every 5 step you ring a bell while climbing the mountain.
That was a part of the test, since it is very time consuming and you are not allowed to eat or drink along the way. Pramanix as a young girl finished the test and was mainly motivated by her faith and anger.
This story is so realistic. No good end no bad end, just story to grow more. But one thing im sad about this story is relationship between enciodes and enya. I myself has a siblings, so it hit me real hard when they actually grow separately this much. Hoping that one day all three can finally sit together and relax. Anyway, those Silverash sibling do love to curve and touch their tail either hand or leg very much, isnt it?
Poor Ratatos, SA basically took everything from her, while she is even revealed to not be corrupt like her grandfather and actually would have welcomed change
well, silver lining Enciodes now knows she could have been on his side if he didn't misjudge her, and despite having her clan being now subordinates, he's more than willing to let her run the clan the way she always did
Yeah, you could feel the devastation after the House scene from the writing alone. Heck, Ratatos didn't even have the will to help the Doctor, so she let Sciurus take over and get that screen-time she always wanted
@@Madcat1331 yeah man, but the number of people who see ratatos (and the bear man forgot his name) as clear cut scheming backstabbing evil villains surprises me
The Browntails and Paleroche planned the assassination of Enciodes' parents but they died on the accident before the actual murder. Enciodes on the other had usurped the tri-clan's power since he wanted to develop Kjerag's economy without any opposition. Doctor played all of them.
I like that in-world SilverAsh's fears were not unfounded too, because beyond Kjerag we already know two nations that suffered similar fates. Gaul and Bolivar have been ravaged by surrounding countries that saw them as expansion targets
ngl, Doctor is basically has supernatural intelligence, he's capable of assessing very quickly the situation and come up with the best possible course of action. He's like Sherlock Holmes, but with the addition of battle strategy.
I think it was far more like Tibet than Scandinavia. Silver Ash represents the pro-industry and anti-religion Pro-China faction; The Browntails are the unaffiliated governmental element which hovers on the periphery and tries to play both sides; the Paleroches represent the Tibetan rebels and the religious devotees who follow the local religious customs and oppose the pro-China faction. And it was a good story (if long winded). Silver Ash is actually a villain of sorts. Pretty cool.
@@nahyanrajee198 People make excuses. But I loved that he was basically the villain and even Pramanix and Cliffheart acknowledged that fact. Silver Ash might not be an outright evil villain, but he was definitely not the hero. His and Gnosis betrayal of Monch pretty much proved that. Not to mention it revealed how he had basically screwed over Pramanix. He is more villain than hero for sure at this point. Also he is clearly modelled after the pro-China movement in Tibet. The pro-industry, anti-religion stance is 100% CCP.
@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 he really fucked over ratatos too. In the burning house scene it was shown that ratatos had more integrity than everyone thought. She also helped SA in the past, only to be screwed over
How is this pro-China, when SA clearly states, that he wants his country to be strong so it DOESN'T get invaded and occupied by neighboring countries? And the entire culture of Kjerag is clearly not asian. Arknights already has a China analogue - Yen and Lungmen, and the government of Lungmen isn't exactly shown in the best light. In fact the story low-key hints at Tiananmen massacre.
Add a bit of missing information here. Gnosis reveal to Valais that Great Elder killed her father by poisoning him probably because Valais' father went into arguing with vine-bear court. So Valais decided to take revenge by putting the same poison into a cup of wine that Great Elder have to drink during the ceremony.
I remember hating Silverash in the beginning with him pulling off coups, smear campaigns and literal assassinations in the name of his country. But then you look at the bigger picture and see that your neighbors are literally developing weapons of war and modern tech/medicine while your country is so conservative you can't even establish a proper rail system with secondhand outdated parts was quite jarring.
Yeah what he was doing is needed for the his country his method were pretty bad but he himself say that the country don't have time, they are in the middle of 3 big empires and a ww seem to coming to the ak world...
I still hate him for assassinations, smear campaigns, and coups, honestly i wanna see everything he worked for tore down and him humiliated I understand why he did it though as you said, Kjerag is underdeveloped af and this was for the greater good Edit: he reminds me of Funny Valentine minus the r#pe
ngl I feel bad for Arctosz,he must resign from his clan,one of his general don't trust him anymore,and he got framed(I think?) for killing the Great Elder. At least he came out alive from this situation because of the Doctor tho
I read all the story in one sitting. It was almost 4 hours of just reading. The story this time around is pretty nice though, (imo) cohesive politics that I could follow, nice character development, that burning house scene also really stunned me. I quite liked it. Unfortunately some characters like Valaise and Guro didn't get expanded upon. I thought the would be developed more since they had nice sprites.
Besides the Games of Thrones going on in Kjerag. I am more suprised that the "Goddess/Saintess" wasnt just another legend to establish the Tschägättä as yet another species of eldritch monsters on Terra BUT INSTEAD SHE IS THE REAL DEAL & the Tschägättä may or may not exist on the mountain somewhere. Tho that zero catastrophes happen in Kjerag is also reallllly interesting. Is it because of the region itself/Goddess or could there be a story hint regarding the cold&ice // Originium particles.
I'm so so sad they didn't dive into that even a bit. I was really invested in the young doctor's graphic death and self sacrifice in AWITD. I think I would have enjoyed learning more about Catastrophes, Oripathy, and the land of Kjerag than read a mini GoT.
@@tempota7792 My ongoing theory is that because of the mountains/height the originium crystals we seen in terra grow from the earth cant reach the same amount of particles up there/dont grow in the mountain region. (as far as i understood the only originium found is in the mines) The cold/ice may or may not play a role but what this also suggets is that Originium wasnt always the status Q on Terra. If there are regions besides Kjerag who arent affected by Originium besides in peoples blood its really interesting.
An interesting event overall, here's hoping that when the follow-up releases some of the loose ends will see proper closure. I had a fun time in Kjerag personally. Cheers everyone!
Im wondering if karma eill rightfully bite Enciodes in the ass like he deserves for manipulating his family and countrymen and tearing down the reputations of rival families Assassinations, coups, smear campaigns
This event is the first event story that I took time to read as SilverAsh is a main character in this story and it is a beautiful story. Came here for a recap and more insight to what I didn't understand and thank you for delivering it.
Arknights are really different with how they handle their story and characters. Most gacha games shows a character bs they will be playable later on, in arknights they are an actual character with motives and emotion, not just a potential new playable characters
Thankfully Kjerag won't forget their faith or tradition anytime soon. We already seen the country that end up forgetting their tradition and glory, Kazimierz. And i guess Silverash is pretty much to make Kjerag like Kazimierz
Yeah, we have seen how Silverash forced to choose between faith and progress. But now, with the supervision from the saintess, hopefully, he will change his mind by realizing that faith can go alongside with progress.
I guess you don't watch the whole cutscenes yourself. But SA said that he doesn't mind the religion and he doesn't hate the other clans or plans to take over Kjerag. However the situation has become too dire and the change has been too slow. If possible he wants to slowly change the opinions of the people and the other clans. That's why he thanks the doctor for providing a more peaceful solution.
@@traveleramongstars4600 yeah. He had plans to take a more slow, peaceful and gentle approach to achieve his goals. However the current political turmoil in Terra yells at him that he may not have enough time achieve them that way before Kjerag's neighbors decide to compete in making his homeland their bitch. So he resorted to extreme, questionable tactics to get the change he wants and prepare the nation as fast as he can. He was fortunate to have the Dokutah around to use his godly brain and scheme out a way to make his plan conclude in a more peaceful manner, avoiding the possible bloodshed
theres only doctor and sharp (elite operator) in this story.. imagine the whole Rhodes Island make an appearance.. enciodes would fly a white flag, lol
Oh a side note, I believe different translators worked on diff characters. You could by the tone and word choice that who/which ever team did Sharp and Aurora wasn't a native English speaker(s). Felt entirely different from the prose used in the political intrigue parts of the script.
Gnosis be like that one kid in class who is both smart and likes to stir up a shit storm just for personal gains. . . Also Aw c'mon.... Hope monch going sudden AWOL situation is just like how horn survived thus becoming an operator by the future (๑´•.̫ • `๑)
Waaaah I've been long waiting for this. As a busy person irl I barely have time to read the story and I feel sorry for the writers about it but I'm highly invested to Arknights lore and sub stories. Thank youu
I also have no time to read but finally give it a last minute shot, lol. Just here to confirm that the story is pretty much like this oversimplified video so you havent missed anything.
Yeah, I've pretty much skipped every story after Under Tides. Just way too wordy. But gave this one a try bc of cute Enya and Ensia. Took me 2 evenings to rush thru it. Did not expect reading a bunch of words on 20 PowerPoint presentations would take so damned long lol
welcome to Rhodes Island, we are pharmaceutical company with a really close ties to the leader of one of the most bountiful resource country in Terra and recently employ a literal GODDESS of said country.
Dude the real MVP in this event is Sharp, my man just trashed the tschaggatta on his own and hold the Dark Knight like the absolute chad he is. We need him being playable asap pls HG I'm begging here. I want playable Degenbrecher as much as the next person but c'mon on my man Sharp deserves it I WOULD WHALE FOR HIM
Well, iirc Sharp and other Elite Operators are playable...as exclusive for the upcoming Integrated Strategies 2 mode One of the strongest ops you can get if you are very, very lucky
So Kjerag is reverse Wano in One Piece with a sprinkle of Game of Thrones. Instead Orochi being jerk and close the border, we get drip SilverAsh who wants to open the border by any means necessary.
Thanks for the summary! I've been sick for the last 2 weeks and I really didn't have the energy to read several hours of story. Now I at least didn't miss the story entirely! Thanks again! Edit: I guess we have another Goddess in RI! Also, playable Monch and Degenbrecher when?!
Its interesting that the doctor rarely takes direct action to influence the outcomes of events, but he more acts as a catalyst for things to move forward on their own
the story really looks like it didn't finish properly.. could be like Nearl's event? got part 2 and part 3.. what happened to monch? valais? degenbrecher? that degenbrecher got high chance to be limited operator lol
This whole Break the Ice event is a bit similar to Japan opening up to Foreigners in 18th century, especially after seeing China being brutally "Opened" up by the West. Japan knew they are the next so they just cooperate with the foreigners.
If I had a nickle for everytime a person who is secretly or openly a literal God deity come to Rhode Island looking for a job, I'll have more than 3 nickles, which is quite a lot.
17:52 that is what Arknights is all about.. we plan our moves like Chess, with our operators as Chess Pieces.. against.. Dragons, or something even more nasty hahaha
So is that mean SilverAsh army is weaker than one-man-army "Sharp"? Damn, he is really strong by only using his sharp blade Anyway really great story and conflict inside Kjerag, which doctor and saintess appearance became the resolution for all of it Also, please... I need Ratatos as playable OP 😭
May I say, I love this story and its moral thereof. To move forward in faith and believe in a better tomorrow. To change in improving ourselves. Even if catastrophes and perils may soon come to pass. The characters shown here, including Sharp, SA, Saintess, Kjera, and others have their own brightest moments. Even though SA was a bit of an ass. The chapters were quite fun, but sad I couldn’t auto-farm the grindstones on the 8th chapter without a support unit from my buddies. But overall, Break the Ice was a good event. May we see Kjerag once again.
Kjerrag prototype/ref was Scandinavia (except Finland=Sami), Swiss (mainly Valais it seems) and Tibet (perhaps the main ref for the political-religion situation). it was a mess of ref but not as much as Sargon, and they still did it so well with the story. a what if series based on this with Doc ended up being a warlord here would be awesome. and ofc BK, i fcking love her. tall, officer suit, powerful af, and simply exquisite
From what I've heard, the main reference for the political situation was the meji restoration, which was bassically Japan going from samurai to a more modern industrialised economy, and was as bloody as kjerag was going to be before we stepped in to ease the transition and ensure things were less weighted in favour of silverash. There is a bit of tibet thrown in as well due to religion and geopolitical location, but it's mostly meji.
@@Santisima_Trinidad nah ppl only think is meiji just bcs on industrialization side, which is just too shallow. why meiji? bcs it got pressure from outside world? the why not russian empire in 19-20th century? or bunch of other european nation which also got pushed by external forces, directly even unlike japan. those who thought of meiji forget the main features of it, Imperial restoration not industrialization, Kjerrag doesn't have royalty and SA are more leaning to outright state controlled capitalism, pure business and military. THAT is the main point industrialization is such a common theme in 18-20th century, it's not a special case unless a more specific circumstances paired with it. and what set Kjerrag apart from that all is the religion, paired with such a mountainous culture, Meiji ref as main already fall apart when there's no royalty included. if it's industrialization alone then why not Swiss which is already an apparent ref? Swiss industrialized quicker than most mainland european nation in 19th century and quickly became such prosperous nation. paired by how it's a democratic state which is closer to Kjerrag than the absolute monarchy Meiji govt gas
@@hermanwillem7057 intresting. Now, we could say that the vine bear court and the saintess are royalty, but thats a bit of a strech. Still, as you so rightly pointed out, from the start of the 18th to the 21st century a shift towards industrialisation was the norm, with more and more very traditional country's being forced to embrace it due to actual or perceived outside pressure. Which means what we can most rightly say is that the story was inspired by that theme of industrialisation, rather than by any specific instance of it, whilst the location is seemingly a hodgepodge of Scandinavian and tibetan aspects.
I have a headcannon lore about Sharp being Ace's little brother For one those two are strong as fuck and can hold out against elite soldiers, and Two they can 1v1 bosses
And the sui siblings are pieces of Sui who was destroyed, Kjera on the other hand is a full goddess however she is relatively younger than the siblings.
Fun fact: Currently this event is the third AK event with the most words (Near Light #1)
We're nearing the end of the event and Gnosis banner, so how is your gacha results now👇
got gnosis but no aurora😭
Got gnosis on 2nd pull but no aurora
Got no Aurora, but somehow got pot 2 Gnosis
Off banner Aak lol
I see that Aurora is more rare than Gnosis. Cuz I also got micheal jackson in 30 pulls but no cute polar bear, oh well I'm not planning to build her anyways. But still thinking about building Kjera or wait for Goldenglow?
Sharp is built different, he took out Silverash's Elite Tschägättä troops with just a knife and Shield. Also the Duel between him and the Black Knight is just beautiful.
O P WHEN HG
@@bombfrost5058 he’d be too op
Well that means Elite Ops deserve to not look like NPC
Is Elite Ops obtainable?
IIRC he's part of the playable but not recruitable gacha pool in Fungimist and IS 2.
Silverash : give me that chair
Browntails : you already have one
Silverash : but i want yours too
Marking his territory
i pity monch in this event. she trusted gnosis so much and when he told every single detail everything just fall apart for her
Our girl monch really needs some headpats.
@@-thepatriot-9719 yes let's use headpats as bait so she would appear in future event
@@-thepatriot-9719 no it's not enough she need a BIG huge
@@raffibagus3035 And headpat too
Not as bad as Platinum's in Near light event, but for sure I pity her too
and like that,we add kjera as another living god aboard rhodes island
Another?
Nian, dusk and Ling are pretty much gods in their own right. Even though they are fragments of a bigger one
@@Mauguiltyspark nian and dusk are gods. As is ling, but she ain't here yet for us. Technically they are fragments of gods, but it is somewhat implied that kjera is another one of those fragments, so if shes a god then so are they.
I thought you were talking about Godsenger 😂
@@Santisima_TrinidadKjera is the humanoid embodiment of Kjeragandr.She is a weakened noumenon rather than a fragment.In spite of this, Sui ’s fragments is still stronger than her. Kjera is young among the gods.
As Silverash said, he is willing to accomplish his plans slowly and peacefully, but alas, time is of the essence. He couldn't afford to wait any longer and decided to push through with his plans. Personally, I think what he did is for the betterment of his country considering they are surrounded by superpowers who, as explained, are more advanced than they are. Man was ready to spill his own blood for his country. If that ain't love, I don't know what is.
yeah, he is complex. He is willing to take extremes that could have resulted in big casualties, but only when he deems them really necessary to achieve his goals if the given circumstances doesn't allow him to take on alternatives
It's as complex as real life.
I like how this went from a Normal stay for a while in Kjerag turn into us the Dokutah got Drag by their Affairs, then us do pretty much anything to stop this then Sharp being the MVP of the Story got Drag more ways than one and Pretty Much the Only Person Doing the Heavy Lifting in the entire Story. Sharp Deserves a Double Pay for his Work
he deserve a raise.
It's coming out of the doktah salary
Basically, everything the doctor leaves the ship, he solves a national conflict
@@enzoongweekiat1711 ah yes the good old let the player do the fixing :kekw:
At least this time we didn't have Tomimi shoot our VTOL out of the air with Saint Javelin.
"don't say it"
"its Arknin' time"
Lol 0 sanity doctah
16:33 honestly, that Enya smile is probably the best thing we got out of this event.
UWOOOOGGHHH
Sharp: “ Don’t say it… “
Doctor: “ It’s Arknin’ time “
I lost my sides to be honest
Context please? I saw it but didn't understand the joke
@@sneakyivy i think its from
It’s morbin time from mobius meme
@@grildrago I know it's from it's morbin time joke, but what's the context from that scene to insert that joke
@@sneakyivy just randomly, nothing more
Arctosz = smol brain
Ratatos = medium brain
Gnosis = Big Brain
Enciodes = Mega Brain
Doctah = Giga Brain
Degenbrecher/Black Knight and Monch definitely got the highest chance to be the new operator for the next Kjerag event since both are part of Karlan Trade, Black Knight name is so big at this point and Monch need more development.
Also Doctor solving conflict but getting the short stick is always funny.
Well, degenbrecher indeed became a operator lol
I enjoyed this event so much. Both gamplay and plotwise. So many interesting characters and amazing artworks with serene music befitting the snow mountains of Kjerag.
The greatest plot driver was that no side was evil, they were just acting under different beliefs for the best of their country. We also got to see great character development of Enya and Encia too.
I hope we get to hear or see other characters from the trio family in future too.
I also hope this will have a sequel event, making it trilogy at least, like the kazimierz. I really want the Silverash brother and sisters to get along again someday...
oh there are evils in this story.. browntails & paleroche planned to kill silverash's parents for their open-door policy (though it never happened, because the victim died unexpectedly.. they will definitely execute the plan, if the accident never happened).. then there's great elder that gave poison to valais's family member, saying the goddess say he is fated to not continue life.. lastly the great elder's before-death outrage, about how vine-bear court controls the nation, now and forever!.. the story is a long read, got bunch of stuffs going on
12:52 as a malaysian that was hilarious. Truly came out of nowhere.
Yeah wtf hahaha... As a Malaysian myself, that is kinda true
Nah, man. Needs more "PAKYU!" being thrown around.
One thing to notice, technically speaking, Clifheart could also be considered a Saintes, as she too climbed the mountain.
but she not do the 3 5 things that her sister do...
i forgot but if i am not wrong, every 3 step you clap your hand and every 5 step you ring a bell while climbing the mountain.
@@aadipdip1326 True, but was that really part of the test? Or was that added with time?
That was a part of the test, since it is very time consuming and you are not allowed to eat or drink along the way. Pramanix as a young girl finished the test and was mainly motivated by her faith and anger.
@@V-Oblivion .
"Monch is no match against an elite op, so she leapt off the cliff." xD idk why that part made me laugh. Sounds like a rage moment in a video game.
This story is so realistic. No good end no bad end, just story to grow more. But one thing im sad about this story is relationship between enciodes and enya. I myself has a siblings, so it hit me real hard when they actually grow separately this much. Hoping that one day all three can finally sit together and relax.
Anyway, those Silverash sibling do love to curve and touch their tail either hand or leg very much, isnt it?
Poor Ratatos, SA basically took everything from her, while she is even revealed to not be corrupt like her grandfather and actually would have welcomed change
well, silver lining Enciodes now knows she could have been on his side if he didn't misjudge her, and despite having her clan being now subordinates, he's more than willing to let her run the clan the way she always did
@@granmastersword yeah
Yeah, you could feel the devastation after the House scene from the writing alone. Heck, Ratatos didn't even have the will to help the Doctor, so she let Sciurus take over and get that screen-time she always wanted
@@Madcat1331 yeah man, but the number of people who see ratatos (and the bear man forgot his name) as clear cut scheming backstabbing evil villains surprises me
@@nahyanrajee198 Zamn, Silverash tricking Doctors too
The Browntails and Paleroche planned the assassination of Enciodes' parents but they died on the accident before the actual murder. Enciodes on the other had usurped the tri-clan's power since he wanted to develop Kjerag's economy without any opposition. Doctor played all of them.
I like that in-world SilverAsh's fears were not unfounded too, because beyond Kjerag we already know two nations that suffered similar fates. Gaul and Bolivar have been ravaged by surrounding countries that saw them as expansion targets
ngl, Doctor is basically has supernatural intelligence, he's capable of assessing very quickly the situation and come up with the best possible course of action.
He's like Sherlock Holmes, but with the addition of battle strategy.
I wish I felt as smart while playing... heh...
I think it was far more like Tibet than Scandinavia. Silver Ash represents the pro-industry and anti-religion Pro-China faction; The Browntails are the unaffiliated governmental element which hovers on the periphery and tries to play both sides; the Paleroches represent the Tibetan rebels and the religious devotees who follow the local religious customs and oppose the pro-China faction.
And it was a good story (if long winded). Silver Ash is actually a villain of sorts. Pretty cool.
everyone thinks SA "did everything for the future" but yeah i agree he did some inexcusable things in the name of progress
@@nahyanrajee198 People make excuses. But I loved that he was basically the villain and even Pramanix and Cliffheart acknowledged that fact. Silver Ash might not be an outright evil villain, but he was definitely not the hero. His and Gnosis betrayal of Monch pretty much proved that. Not to mention it revealed how he had basically screwed over Pramanix. He is more villain than hero for sure at this point.
Also he is clearly modelled after the pro-China movement in Tibet. The pro-industry, anti-religion stance is 100% CCP.
@@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 he really fucked over ratatos too. In the burning house scene it was shown that ratatos had more integrity than everyone thought. She also helped SA in the past, only to be screwed over
How is this pro-China, when SA clearly states, that he wants his country to be strong so it DOESN'T get invaded and occupied by neighboring countries? And the entire culture of Kjerag is clearly not asian. Arknights already has a China analogue - Yen and Lungmen, and the government of Lungmen isn't exactly shown in the best light. In fact the story low-key hints at Tiananmen massacre.
Add a bit of missing information here. Gnosis reveal to Valais that Great Elder killed her father by poisoning him probably because Valais' father went into arguing with vine-bear court. So Valais decided to take revenge by putting the same poison into a cup of wine that Great Elder have to drink during the ceremony.
I'm surprised Sharp can even move at all with his balls of titanium ingot.
I remember hating Silverash in the beginning with him pulling off coups, smear campaigns and literal assassinations in the name of his country.
But then you look at the bigger picture and see that your neighbors are literally developing weapons of war and modern tech/medicine while your country is so conservative you can't even establish a proper rail system with secondhand outdated parts was quite jarring.
I understand why he did it but he definite lost my trust for thinking he can use us however he want
Yeah what he was doing is needed for the his country his method were pretty bad but he himself say that the country don't have time, they are in the middle of 3 big empires and a ww seem to coming to the ak world...
Nothing can slow the never-stopping Wheels of progress!!!
I still hate him for assassinations, smear campaigns, and coups, honestly i wanna see everything he worked for tore down and him humiliated
I understand why he did it though as you said, Kjerag is underdeveloped af and this was for the greater good
Edit: he reminds me of Funny Valentine minus the r#pe
when you think about it, the last gen of other 2 clan planned to assassinate Silverash family... and for what?
ngl I feel bad for Arctosz,he must resign from his clan,one of his general don't trust him anymore,and he got framed(I think?) for killing the Great Elder. At least he came out alive from this situation because of the Doctor tho
Yes finally the story teller that I follow because I'm too lazy to read the story my self.
each stage story take me about 20 minutes to read. toooo loooong
I read all the story in one sitting.
It was almost 4 hours of just reading.
The story this time around is pretty nice though, (imo) cohesive politics that I could follow, nice character development, that burning house scene also really stunned me. I quite liked it.
Unfortunately some characters like Valaise and Guro didn't get expanded upon. I thought the would be developed more since they had nice sprites.
12:52 as Malaysian i can confirm this
True... lmao
this one got me good.....too true
When doctor and Elite Operator involved in sidestory , its guaranteed to be a good story.
That moment when the actual "Goddess" is just vibing
12:52 was not expecting this roast ☠☠☠
Besides the Games of Thrones going on in Kjerag.
I am more suprised that the "Goddess/Saintess" wasnt just another legend to establish the Tschägättä as yet another species of eldritch monsters on Terra BUT INSTEAD SHE IS THE REAL DEAL & the Tschägättä may or may not exist on the mountain somewhere.
Tho that zero catastrophes happen in Kjerag is also reallllly interesting. Is it because of the region itself/Goddess or could there be a story hint regarding the cold&ice // Originium particles.
I'm so so sad they didn't dive into that even a bit. I was really invested in the young doctor's graphic death and self sacrifice in AWITD. I think I would have enjoyed learning more about Catastrophes, Oripathy, and the land of Kjerag than read a mini GoT.
@@tempota7792 My ongoing theory is that because of the mountains/height the originium crystals we seen in terra grow from the earth cant reach the same amount of particles up there/dont grow in the mountain region. (as far as i understood the only originium found is in the mines)
The cold/ice may or may not play a role but what this also suggets is that Originium wasnt always the status Q on Terra. If there are regions besides Kjerag who arent affected by Originium besides in peoples blood its really interesting.
I loved Ratatos in this event, really hope we see more of her in the future.
I can not imagine the work you had to make this video. Thank you so much
God I want one of the Browntails (Ratatos) to be playable. But also holy moly Sharp is a Gigachad.
12:52 Frost's saying the truth. Malaysian parliament is as same as COD lobby. Too much "heat".
If Sharp and Degenbrencher had almost the same then…why HG doesn’t implement the duel of the fate when it’s an actual 1 vs 1
*_Duel of the fates intensifies_*
Probably staged since SA aim is to become dokutah best friend.
@@danielmick5236 Close but really his entire objective was get dokutah and Saintess to fall in love. :3
@@EternalGaming786 he approved? Must be in that new contract
@@EternalGaming786 There is zero Canon support for that. Please do not spread blatantly false information.
Useless fun fact:
Yucatan is the name of a state of Mexico, where the asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs hit (Chicxulub crater).
An interesting event overall, here's hoping that when the follow-up releases some of the loose ends will see proper closure. I had a fun time in Kjerag personally. Cheers everyone!
Im wondering if karma eill rightfully bite Enciodes in the ass like he deserves for manipulating his family and countrymen and tearing down the reputations of rival families
Assassinations, coups, smear campaigns
This event is the first event story that I took time to read as SilverAsh is a main character in this story and it is a beautiful story. Came here for a recap and more insight to what I didn't understand and thank you for delivering it.
Arknights are really different with how they handle their story and characters.
Most gacha games shows a character bs they will be playable later on, in arknights they are an actual character with motives and emotion, not just a potential new playable characters
Thankfully Kjerag won't forget their faith or tradition anytime soon.
We already seen the country that end up forgetting their tradition and glory, Kazimierz.
And i guess Silverash is pretty much to make Kjerag like Kazimierz
for the better
Yeah, we have seen how Silverash forced to choose between faith and progress. But now, with the supervision from the saintess, hopefully, he will change his mind by realizing that faith can go alongside with progress.
I guess you don't watch the whole cutscenes yourself. But SA said that he doesn't mind the religion and he doesn't hate the other clans or plans to take over Kjerag. However the situation has become too dire and the change has been too slow. If possible he wants to slowly change the opinions of the people and the other clans. That's why he thanks the doctor for providing a more peaceful solution.
@@traveleramongstars4600 yeah. He had plans to take a more slow, peaceful and gentle approach to achieve his goals. However the current political turmoil in Terra yells at him that he may not have enough time achieve them that way before Kjerag's neighbors decide to compete in making his homeland their bitch.
So he resorted to extreme, questionable tactics to get the change he wants and prepare the nation as fast as he can. He was fortunate to have the Dokutah around to use his godly brain and scheme out a way to make his plan conclude in a more peaceful manner, avoiding the possible bloodshed
During this event Silverash and co learn what it feels like to be facing the doctor as the enemy.
theres only doctor and sharp (elite operator) in this story.. imagine the whole Rhodes Island make an appearance.. enciodes would fly a white flag, lol
@@darkomega6597 Why waste the precious time of other operators when he can use the current "assets" he has to make the Silverash fear him?
It caught me off guard when you mentioned the Malaysian parliament 😭🤣
Thank you Sir FrostByte.
Hope your day good.
Always waiting for the another content.
Keep Up!
Oh a side note, I believe different translators worked on diff characters. You could by the tone and word choice that who/which ever team did Sharp and Aurora wasn't a native English speaker(s). Felt entirely different from the prose used in the political intrigue parts of the script.
Thank you for making these story summed up videos, we love it!
Thank you for the summary, I was like 1/4 way through the story and got really busy to read till the end and the event was ending. so this was great
Nicely done. You did justice to a great story
ah yes finally, I have been waiting for this 🙏
I love you man
Gnosis be like that one kid in class who is both smart and likes to stir up a shit storm just for personal gains. . .
Also
Aw c'mon.... Hope monch going sudden AWOL situation is just like how horn survived thus becoming an operator by the future (๑´•.̫ • `๑)
Thank you for always making story summary
also, Dibs on Monch being playable in future Kjerag event
Waaaah I've been long waiting for this. As a busy person irl I barely have time to read the story and I feel sorry for the writers about it but I'm highly invested to Arknights lore and sub stories. Thank youu
I also have no time to read but finally give it a last minute shot, lol. Just here to confirm that the story is pretty much like this oversimplified video so you havent missed anything.
Yeah, I've pretty much skipped every story after Under Tides. Just way too wordy. But gave this one a try bc of cute Enya and Ensia. Took me 2 evenings to rush thru it. Did not expect reading a bunch of words on 20 PowerPoint presentations would take so damned long lol
Dokutah: I play both sides so I always comes out on top
We had a date with a Goddess.
chad dokta strike again.
We got kabedon'd by Kjera lol
welcome to Rhodes Island, we are pharmaceutical company with a really close ties to the leader of one of the most bountiful resource country in Terra and recently employ a literal GODDESS of said country.
These videos are really helpful. I love arknights story but I have a hard time tapping through the story my self. Thanks
"...heated discussion more than Malaysian parliament."
Me : Could this man be one of my people?
Close, but actually he's one of your neighbor I think.
Yeah frost is neighbor. But as a neighbor too myself, I like them Malaysian parliament.
Dude the real MVP in this event is Sharp, my man just trashed the tschaggatta on his own and hold the Dark Knight like the absolute chad he is. We need him being playable asap pls HG I'm begging here. I want playable Degenbrecher as much as the next person but c'mon on my man Sharp deserves it I WOULD WHALE FOR HIM
Well, iirc Sharp and other Elite Operators are playable...as exclusive for the upcoming Integrated Strategies 2 mode
One of the strongest ops you can get if you are very, very lucky
It was a great story, really Nice to see the silverash trio together in it.
So Kjerag is reverse Wano in One Piece with a sprinkle of Game of Thrones. Instead Orochi being jerk and close the border, we get drip SilverAsh who wants to open the border by any means necessary.
Really big thanks for making the summary of the events Break the Ice
Thank you for doing these
Thanks for the summary! I've been sick for the last 2 weeks and I really didn't have the energy to read several hours of story.
Now I at least didn't miss the story entirely! Thanks again!
Edit: I guess we have another Goddess in RI! Also, playable Monch and Degenbrecher when?!
Love this. Enjoy every seconds
Its interesting that the doctor rarely takes direct action to influence the outcomes of events, but he more acts as a catalyst for things to move forward on their own
Finally Thank you!
If only Monch didn't leaving first, she will go to Rhodes Island with Gnosis.
maybe she will reappear in the future. Maybe she's on some form of journey of self-discovery or something to help herself
the story really looks like it didn't finish properly.. could be like Nearl's event? got part 2 and part 3.. what happened to monch? valais? degenbrecher? that degenbrecher got high chance to be limited operator lol
12:53 boi you make me laugh like maniac in the office 😂 greetings from Malaysia btw
Why the heck 12:49 reminds me of a dog which are wearing a hat sitting down with a coffe and saying "this is fine"?
THANKS A LOTTT
This whole Break the Ice event is a bit similar to Japan opening up to Foreigners in 18th century, especially after seeing China being brutally "Opened" up by the West. Japan knew they are the next so they just cooperate with the foreigners.
Your oversimplifications are getting a lot better
If I had a nickle for everytime a person who is secretly or openly a literal God deity come to Rhode Island looking for a job, I'll have more than 3 nickles, which is quite a lot.
17:52 that is what Arknights is all about.. we plan our moves like Chess, with our operators as Chess Pieces.. against.. Dragons, or something even more nasty hahaha
Thank you for the chess link! I was too dumb to understand why it ended in tabs
Sharp fight equally with The Black Knight with only knife and shield is just pure badassory
15:34
I'M THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING
So is that mean SilverAsh army is weaker than one-man-army "Sharp"?
Damn, he is really strong by only using his sharp blade
Anyway really great story and conflict inside Kjerag, which doctor and saintess appearance became the resolution for all of it
Also, please... I need Ratatos as playable OP 😭
to be fair there was some level of pulling back as they weren't aiming to kill each other. Still though that's still quite an accomplishment
@@granmastersword Yup, it's just the difference in vision between the two sides, but actually there is no intention to destroy each other
The strom is approaching.
In my head : I AM THE STROM THAT IS APPROACHING!!!
Absolutely one of the best events. You guys missed the fun if you skipped the story. Highly recommend to read it in the event records
May I say, I love this story and its moral thereof. To move forward in faith and believe in a better tomorrow. To change in improving ourselves. Even if catastrophes and perils may soon come to pass. The characters shown here, including Sharp, SA, Saintess, Kjera, and others have their own brightest moments. Even though SA was a bit of an ass. The chapters were quite fun, but sad I couldn’t auto-farm the grindstones on the 8th chapter without a support unit from my buddies. But overall, Break the Ice was a good event. May we see Kjerag once again.
Kjerrag prototype/ref was Scandinavia (except Finland=Sami), Swiss (mainly Valais it seems) and Tibet (perhaps the main ref for the political-religion situation). it was a mess of ref but not as much as Sargon, and they still did it so well with the story. a what if series based on this with Doc ended up being a warlord here would be awesome.
and ofc BK, i fcking love her. tall, officer suit, powerful af, and simply exquisite
From what I've heard, the main reference for the political situation was the meji restoration, which was bassically Japan going from samurai to a more modern industrialised economy, and was as bloody as kjerag was going to be before we stepped in to ease the transition and ensure things were less weighted in favour of silverash. There is a bit of tibet thrown in as well due to religion and geopolitical location, but it's mostly meji.
@@Santisima_Trinidad nah ppl only think is meiji just bcs on industrialization side, which is just too shallow. why meiji? bcs it got pressure from outside world? the why not russian empire in 19-20th century? or bunch of other european nation which also got pushed by external forces, directly even unlike japan. those who thought of meiji forget the main features of it, Imperial restoration not industrialization, Kjerrag doesn't have royalty and SA are more leaning to outright state controlled capitalism, pure business and military. THAT is the main point
industrialization is such a common theme in 18-20th century, it's not a special case unless a more specific circumstances paired with it. and what set Kjerrag apart from that all is the religion, paired with such a mountainous culture, Meiji ref as main already fall apart when there's no royalty included.
if it's industrialization alone then why not Swiss which is already an apparent ref? Swiss industrialized quicker than most mainland european nation in 19th century and quickly became such prosperous nation. paired by how it's a democratic state which is closer to Kjerrag than the absolute monarchy Meiji govt gas
@@hermanwillem7057 intresting.
Now, we could say that the vine bear court and the saintess are royalty, but thats a bit of a strech. Still, as you so rightly pointed out, from the start of the 18th to the 21st century a shift towards industrialisation was the norm, with more and more very traditional country's being forced to embrace it due to actual or perceived outside pressure. Which means what we can most rightly say is that the story was inspired by that theme of industrialisation, rather than by any specific instance of it, whilst the location is seemingly a hodgepodge of Scandinavian and tibetan aspects.
i wouldnt mind if theres another kjerag event, monch or even black knight wuld be playable
I like this story, the characters often throwing sarcasms to each other lol
Thank you FrostByte, i love your sense of humour
I have a headcannon lore about Sharp being Ace's little brother
For one those two are strong as fuck and can hold out against elite soldiers, and Two they can 1v1 bosses
15:31 “The strom is approaching”
So basically kjera is just the same like the sui siblings?🤨👀
Well, Kjera is not jobless and watching her whole land that's the difference
@@FrostByte262 oh THAT too🤣🤦♀️
Kaltsit: Are there any more goddess I should know about?!
Skalter: Hi
And the sui siblings are pieces of Sui who was destroyed, Kjera on the other hand is a full goddess however she is relatively younger than the siblings.
Kjera is the humanoid embodiment of Kjeragandr.She is a weakened noumenon rather than a fragment.
19:40 But Frost Degenbrecher never came in the banner, its all your fault for giving us hope x)
nice story summary
It was not for naught
I, too, am waiting for Degenbrecher to become playable
My sides went suborbital when I read the lines at 12:52. It's so funny and true. -Needs more "PAKYU!", though.-
the storm is approaching
By name alone my favorite NPC in the event is Ratatos and I'm sure you know why
Frost byte, did u hear about "nine-colored deer" collaboration?
Thank you frostbite262 I was wondering when will this thicc black knight bodyguard to be playable Hypergryph?
Dangit can’t believe frost already called dibs on degenbrencher
Operator Sharp: "Doctor No"
Dokutah: "DOCTOR YES!"
I also hope that degenbrecher becomes anniversary operator welp only time will come