White Cat Troupe names are inspired by Gemstones

??? -> Narida

Taaffeite -> Taffett

Kashmir Sapphire -> Kasimira (this one im not sure)

Benitoite -> Benito

Chaton (a type of gemstone cut) -> Chaton

Amber (gemstone) -> Amber

When 3-4 names all sound similar to gemstones, its probably intentional.

That said, not sure about Narida or Kasimira in general, but based on the naming scheme its probably related. Feel free to correct me if the naming scheme might be wrong, but I think Taaffeite and Benitoite should be correct assumptions.

For Ruby and Sapphire, who knows, maybe they are related in some way.

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u/BlackberryCooky — 5 days ago

Apparently ??? owned the bishop seal of grace

Someone on twitter just pointed it out, not sure how many people didn't know

u/BlackberryCooky — 6 days ago

Stella Sora Kokusai-Tenjijō Station Ads

Sourced from twitter, comiket 108 is tomorrow so yostar set up a lot of ads for Stella Sora

u/BlackberryCooky — 6 days ago

Future Main Story Speculations (After Chapter 8)

Now that chapter 8 is over, I would like to give my own theories on what chapter 9 or future chapters may cover.

1)The butterfly in the prologue

Based on the timeline, Tyrant was found in the monolith in Floris (May) and the current chapter is in Nebula (November). The monolith re-appeared 6 months ago and nobody noticed? Why did the new star guild go to the desert to even locate a monolith despite 5-6 years of the monolith not being there? In addition, how would there be a random butterfly appearing in the desert of all places?

https://preview.redd.it/mo9qihla0ajh1.png?width=515&format=png&auto=webp&s=11a342d4f8bf972fd742e96df7d1c17e7c181255

  1. Creta Trading

According to what happened to Creta Trading, 5 years ago (could be around the 6 year mark in Mirage), something happened which caused a huge chunk of Creta Trading's savings to vanish. In addition, her relation to the city of Philae was never ever actually disclosed, especially in the end where Allie moved her orphanage to Mirage, which does beg the question: Why mention Philae?

Could the savings be related to the Monolith in Mirage vanishing? What ever happened in Philae?

(Will Faegin ever regain her memories? Note: after 6+ months she's still broken, but still does mention Philae after all this time)

https://preview.redd.it/1gt2tghw0ajh1.png?width=980&format=png&auto=webp&s=03fbadc1bb4b9f5649611be3b2cf624e3aabc2ac

3)Allie's Seal of Grace

Creta Trading's seal of grace originally belonged to Allie, and according to the info we got from Meikyo, its franchise patents are strictly for mining. Could we possibly be giving her back the seal of grace back to her by the end of the next few chapters I wonder? What is the possible reason Allie gave up her Seal of Grace?

https://preview.redd.it/at5it0491ajh1.png?width=1132&format=png&auto=webp&s=3f42eadcc09d26e963724982020ac717d3b50f31

Speaking about mining, I wonder what caused that mines in Nova to be gone. In the BE route for chapter 8, the residents were did put aside their differences and try to mine a new crystal ore vein in the crystal mines...

https://preview.redd.it/6vom0gmk6ajh1.png?width=977&format=png&auto=webp&s=887832b50f5c696718932a3dd22abffd0a9f27b8

4)Runic Discs and Vita

According to what Runic Discs are, they are formed from sacrificed memories. As we all know, Runic Discs do have memories stored in them, with all discs having some Disc Story and certain discs also having some memory recollection as well.

Is Vita's reward for Acquiring a monolith be the canon reason how Runic Discs work in game? In addition, the place where the tyrant was stored (all the way in the prologue) resembles the disc gacha animation. To further back up this theory, Amber implied that its also different from the other rooms she has seen.

https://preview.redd.it/sma5xwyn1ajh1.png?width=1217&format=png&auto=webp&s=57b44db129ae4a0f66cf762868d5486c70e22608

  1. Arbiters Theory

With the introduction of Number 160 and Gerie being chief arbiter, is it implied that Arbiters aren't exactly human, as they feel a strong sense of pleasure from pain?

Based on Gerie's profile, she has the following symptoms: diminished pain perception, decreased vision and hearing, dulled tactile sense, and near-total loss of taste.

Is it possible that Arbiters are artificial superhumans created by the Grace Emporium? That said, Gerie might make an appearance next chapter.

A theory of mine would be the name Gerie itself. While Gerie is the English localized name, in other languages she is actually called 'Gray'. Could it be important?

https://preview.redd.it/w0q8y6xc2ajh1.png?width=1061&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc39936cd6a1fcbc3ebaad0eac537dfe3a1b29f1

In addition to Gerie, we could also see the first appearance of Tessa, who is Gerie's friend who also designed her weapon. The other time Tessa was mentioned is during Ann's lobby audio, who had mentioned Tessa by name but had told Ann to not tell anyone about it.

6)Sentinel of Dawn

Gunhild and Wraith are part of the Sentinel of Dawn.

Since they are going to be involved in chapter 9, it means it is possible for Wraith to make an appearance in chapter 9, especially when Kasimira did make a comment on Wraith in her character profile.

https://preview.redd.it/k2obngoi4ajh1.png?width=1074&format=png&auto=webp&s=f550519df35e3fecc9fe3fbb05dafd48e3699dca

(Extra)Playable Tyrant?!?!

According to Chapter 8, Noya taught Tyrant how to swing swordplay. Since tyrant is able to rewind time basically, they currently have several months of experience even if they experience a bad ending. Is it likely we might see Tyrant playable as a sword user someday?

https://preview.redd.it/bmh2iy5q4ajh1.png?width=903&format=png&auto=webp&s=688b7678bbb21c601a3b6d9a3fbe94dd9d5d06d5

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u/BlackberryCooky — 6 days ago

Arcanadea Gleam Gatherers Characters and Game info Reveal

No gameplay yet but they shown off cosmetic system for now

Shown off via Arcanadea Livestream

u/BlackberryCooky — 17 days ago

Returning Slash nerf revert in unlimited?

Is it likely they will revert Returning Slash's cost (2pp to 1pp) back when Omens rotates next month? Or is it likely some future-proof nerf with set 9 if they were to bring back loot architype?

Is this the first card they nerfed that is leaving rotation?

Edit: Forgot Benison.

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u/BlackberryCooky — 29 days ago

Speculation of what we can expect for set 8 legendries (CoD)

Since most cards are returning cards from classic and evolve to some extent, we can expect them to be similar in some way when they return in set 8.

Forestcraft

For the forest legendary card, we have Setus Law and Maisha. Since Setus is from Forestcraft and Maisha is Portalcraft, Setus is likely to be the main focus here.

What's common about Setus cards in classic that he usually has some trigger to provide a token spell, Righteous Evocation. (2 PP, Deal 3 damage, Combo 3 If you have played 2 cards this turn (Heal leader for 3) In both appearances for classic, he also has ward as well. (Also worth nothing, in the Arisa card style, its a 7pp 4/6 with ward)

Speculation: Setus is a utility card which gives you a ward + token which helps to synergize with combo forest.

Swordcraft

For the sword legendary card, we have Bunny & Baron. Both are from swordcraft. Unlike the other cards from this list, it is a bit hard to speculate since the Maneuver keyword is used for both cards.

What's common from their cards from both classic and evolve is that both typically have some trigger to give you a shot card of some kind depending on the variant you play as well as a Val, Trusty Getaway Car token which also changes based on the variant as well. In addition, both cards commonly use the Maneuver keyword, which is not yet mentioned to be returning from classic yet. In both appearances for classic, they also have some sort of rush/storm ability.

Speculation: Possible midrange card?

Runecraft

For the rune legendary card, we have Tetra and Ladica. Since Tetra is from Runecraft and Ladica is from Forestcraft, Tetra is likely to be the main focus here.

What is common about Tetra is that she uses the Machina trait a lot. This is a problem for WB since it is not available in the game yet. (even inside evolve she uses the Machina trait)

Associating her with Ginger, the legendary card revealed for Rune, I think we can speculate she will have some synergy with spellboost.

Dragoncraft

For the dragon legendary card, we have Drache and Aluzard. Since Drache is from Dragoncraft and Aluzard is from Bloodcraft, Drache is likely to be the main focus here.

What is common about Drache is that he typically has rush and deal damage to all enemy followers, or provide a token called Howling Conflagration (handbuff to either atk or def, deal damage to enemy follower) Note: Most likely to be 4pp 4/4 with ward.

Speculation: Flex card?

Abysscraft

For the Abysscraft legendary card, we have Itsurugi and taketsumi. Since Itsurugi is from Bloodcraft and Taketsumi from swordcraft, Itsurugi is likely to be the main focus here.

What he does is to provide a token called Wolfling's Struggle (Draw a card, deal 1 dmg to leader. If you have evolved 5 times, deal 4 damage instead)

Speculation: Some sort of evo abyss support.

Heavencraft

For the Heavencraft legendary card, we have Verdilia and Castelle. Since Verdilia is from Heavencraft and Castelle from forestcraft, Verdilia is likely to be the main focus here.

Verdilia is synergistic with Academic cards in particular where she requires a fusion in order to provide a token spell called cyclical Guidance (0pp deal 1 dmg to a random enemy follower 4 times or 10pp enhance deal 5 damage to all enemies)

It is worth nothing that the Academic cards trait doesnt exist for WB yet.

Speculation: ???

Portalcraft

Asher and Asher don't appear as cards so honestly we are left in the dark here. Eudie being the other card means this must be a 5pp 5/5.

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u/BlackberryCooky — 2 months ago

Arcanadia - Gleam Gatherers Announced

Genre: RPG

Game will be inspired by the Arcanadea model kit figure line by Kotobukiya.

No gameplay trailer announced just yet, pre-release playtest will be available later this year at an Arcanadea event (more details will be shared on August 29th)

Edit: I don't know why the same image keeps being posted twice even though I posted it only once. (tried deleting and reposting multiple times)

Edit 2: Post title name is supposed to be Arcanadea

Source: https://x.com/Arcanadea_Game/status/2064662321973371184?s=20

u/BlackberryCooky — 2 months ago