Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140806122913/@comment-6192846-20140902165447

Some info on Chapter 6, Scene 2. It is pretty much a pure exposition scene. It has no dialogue and is just a backstory following Elluka. Here's what I got so far:


 * The Clockwork Secret Art (can also simply be referred to as "Clockwork") is a technique that manipulates space and time.


 * After Elluka's death, it seems Kiril used Clockwork to try reversing time on the forbidden "white" ark, Sin; it had long since been broken and Kiril attempted to use the technique to try and revive Sin, thereby letting him use it to revive Elluka.


 * However, Sin went out of control and what resulted was the rebirth of Levia-Behemo. The twin-headed dragon appeared in the sky and (I assume the explosion) was their destruction after being revived.


 * However, the twin gods' revival was incomplete and they disappeared. But, fragments of the dragon descended into Held's Forest where the twins lived; these fragements turned the twins into degrading copies of the dragon, and they later created the vessels of sin.


 * The narration supposes that, while the vessels of sin would certainly bring disasters, the twin gods' would've spread their destruction across the entire world. The Magic Kingdom Levianta's destruction was just a small sample of what they could do to the world.


 * Whether it be an effect of Sin or of Clockwork, Elluka ended up with eternal youth.


 * Elluka accepted Held's quest to collect the vessels partially out of boredom and partially out of feeling a bit responsible for what transpired.


 * Elluka eventually decided to just disappear from the public eye; "Elluka Clockworker" was becoming too famous in the newly evolved human society and culture (especially after being famed as one of the "Three Heroes").


 * Shaw's great-grandchildren, the real Hanne and Heidemarie, had both died of disease during their childhoods. Shaw allowed Elluka and Gumillia to replace their identities and so "Elluka Clockworker" was gone.


 * However, this caused problems. Another "Elluka Clockworker" started popping up, having burned Lioness and causing an uproar at different times and places. At that point, Elluka lost the opportunity to go back to her true name of "Elluka Clockworker".


 * The mystery for Elluka is who is behind this; she suspects it's Julia Abelard, who should've possessed Germaine's body. However, she doesn't know how the mage with a red cat could've revived Margarita (Clockwork and Swap can't do that and none should know how to use it).

We'll have to check the translations for Wiegenlied and Gloom of Held to confirm how mentions of Elluka doing it are done. It might be a mistranslation on our end.