The team gassing a bug and shoving a Drive Blade up it's ass
Welp, my EO4 run is done until I rerun it for a let's play forum style deal. I might as well make a little epilogue for my party on what they get up to after defeating the Warped Fraud.
Listen to this if you want to read this entire essay if you want.
The shadow that found light, Shade Samuel: After the Warped Saviour fell, tears came to his eyes, the cult that made him into a killing machine, who's only goal was to bring dread and suffering upon the people of the empire, had their false messiah slain. No traces of the horrific organization now remained in this world. He was truly free from all the suffering he had endured all those years ago. Bridget hugged him as joyful tears fell down his face like a stream that brought life to the people who came to collect it's refreshing waters to drink from, washing away their anxieties and allowing for a brighter future to be achieved. He looked upon the medic, who so many years ago, teased him as a small child, now hold him within her arms, rejoicing in the joy he felt, she shed a tear knowing that the man she cared for so much could finally live happily with her sister, having shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was worthy of marrying such a beautiful woman.
The wedding day came for Samuel to wed his fiancee and all the companions they made along the way were there, Vessel, Sentinel and Imperial alike, alongside a group of adventurers who was run by a girl who started out as a mere pickpocket on the streets, trained by Samuel into becoming a high-class adventurer who could lead her clan into victory against any monster who dared stand in their way. That girl offered to walk beside him as he walked down the aisle to his wife with unshakable pride that her mentor could have such a joyous face after all the tribulations he faced. The ceremony was joyous and filled with life as the guild and all their friends celebrated the occasion.
Afterwards, he settled down with his new wife, opening up a academy for people to learn his Nightseeker fighting style, as he guided those who felt lost and alone to find new purpose in their lives as he was able to find all those years ago.
The Farming Link Daniel: After defeating the Warped Saviour, he was able to use the vast amounts of wealth he had gained from exploring Yggdrasil to expand his family's once meager and humble farm in the countryside of Euchronia into a vast field with an abundance of crops and animals to raise, bringing them greater fortune than before he set off with his little sister Elizabeth. He laid down his sword and took up the hoe again as the farmer he was before he became a world-renowned Landsnechkt. He never did marry, but he did adopt a little eugief girl he found on the streets one day as his daughter and loved her very much, even as he grew old and she took over the farm.
Runic Prodigy Elizabeth: Even though she wasn't a part of the final delve into the Hall of Darkness, taking up an apprenticeship just after the guild beat Kibagami and obtained the Twin Fang Scroll, she showed a level of magical aptitude that was unexpected for somebody who had hitherto never cast a tune before even once in her life. This piqued the interest of a witch who lived on the outskirts of Tharsis and offered to train her to become the best Runemaster in all the lands. At first she was skeptical, but the offer turned out to be genuine as it showed she was a true prodigy in the art of casting spells and her skill became known all across the lands after she was finished with her tutelage under the witch. Her skill became so well known that after many years, a noble family hired her to teach their son the ways of Alchemy to become a great mage like her.
Graceful Dancer Samia: With her adventuring career now properly over, she got married to her Sentinel husband she met when the guild first arrived in the Sentinel Village in the Sacred Mountains. She opened up a college of arts to help spread the joys of music, dance and various creative arts to more people who weren't born in such a privileged position as herself. This college would come to be well-renowned across the world for the quality of their alumni and for taking in promising students no matter their background. This helped raise the number of Dancers and Troubadours spreading joy across the world.
Miracle Worker Bridget X Binding Shepherd Mizang: After everything they had gone through, the Heavenbringer, the dragons and the Warped Saviour, they truly felt they were both each other's soulmate, brought together after Mizang saw her beauty and resolved to aid her help Samuel get the blessing needed to marry her sister, in the end, she ended up finding her own sweetheart on the journey to help two lovers be able to get together. Their days were spent ever so joyful within each other's presence, watching as their children grew up, eyes looked up at the air in nostalgia as they recounted their journey with wonder in the kids' eyes. They could've never asked for a greater reward than each other's love for conquering Yggdrasil.
The legend of the guild Einherjar would be spoken of for many more years to come, even after most of the members had breathed their last and left the mortal coil, their names would still be spoken of. Many would wish to brave the path they had walked down and came to Tharsis in hopes of walking in their shadows. The tale of Einherjar even inspired Samuel's own daughter to explore the world before she eventually took up control of the trading company her grandfather controlled. The effect of their assistance in creating the new generation of explorers was so immense that a new fighting style was creating as an offspring from Nightseekers, the Dark Hunter, focused on binding an enemy's body parts to prevent dangerous attacks from going off, inspired by the torture that Samuel suffered whilst he was still in the cult. An unlikely origin, but the class was strong enough that Dark Hunter style of fighting is offered alongside the Nightseeker style of fight if one so desires.
Many years later, as the tale of Guild Einherjar became a song told on the lips of Troubadours as they travelled across the lands, a new set of explorers came upon the island town of Etria. A disgraced Ronin eugief who was the only surviving member of a dead clan, a spiteful Alchemist who wandered the lands alongside a joyful Clemar Troubadour who was always in the brightest of moods, a Dark Hunter who was the granddaughter of Samuel and a mustari Medic who had lived in the town prior, would meet up one fateful day, and rediscover a secret held underground for millenia within another Yggdrasil that contained echoes of a time long lost. But that is a tale for another time
Bridget, Leader of Guild Einherjar - "Pleased to serve!"
Hope you enjoyed my long-winded fanfic of my guild, I'd love to hear what your guild got up to after beating the EO4 Yggdrasil.