[Arknights] What are the inspiration for the Sarkaz?

[@m_imran7957]

A few things to add up if anyone interest: - The vampire in Arknights is not really a vampire, their original form is a blood sucking leech. - 14:15 There actually 3 Diablo we knew so far. The one inside Ifrit only normal Diablo as far as we know, 2nd one was DOS boss where his description said he's the last of his kind and guard of previous Diablo king. The 3rd one mention by Tin Man in Rhine Lab Manhua. The strongest Diablo and the strongest in Sarkaz Royal Court said still to be missing up until now. - This one is CN Spoiler about Anasa subrace. Anasa not really a race but more of group or religious like Buddhism that follow teaching of previous Lord of Fiend, Qui'lon. Any sarkaz can be come Anasa and gain black halo as long you follow his teaching

[@SotonyaAcckaya]

Modern day pop fiction vampire is a sort of amalgamation of different folklore monsters tied to bloodsucking. Word vampire derived from slavic folklore, and original slavic vampire is closer to zombies than to modern pop fiction vampire. It was described as a someone who died in sin (either being a sinner themselves like thief, or someone young who was killed) - so their corpse will reanimate to do all sorts of bad things - bloodsucking is one of those. So there were some special rituals for burial of such people to prevent reanimated corpse from getting out of their graves. But then once again many similar myths could be found all around the world even in prehistoric times. I've listened to lecture of a famous anthropologist who mentioned burial site of some human ancestors where there are signs that they've tied up hands and legs of a corpse and add extra stones above - theorizing that the myth of reanimating corpses was already common

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

I found it funny that Buddhism in Terra is like a not very touchable yet till CHONGUS event then we get dedicated Buddhism IS patched that I hope explain why Buddhism for some sarkaz is hard to achieve some can but they prefer following the court and Theresa instead then end up getting lost. We already got Christian and Buddhism. I hope we could get Muslim to Terra which isn't exist yet but again Muslim is actually the youngest known and approved religion in history irl. I hope some prophet from sankta goes to Buddhism sarkaz to learn more about teekaz and way of enlightenment to turns out creating new way of teaching. (Although it is impossible due to Islamic behavior that they don't like to be reference because it's playing god and stuff) but it's just opinion guys please don't take this personally

[@jjnmanfredlover]

The third Diablo was named Balor'sača, and he wasn't missing, in the lorebook it was said that he got killed by Qui'lon

[@SotonyaAcckaya]

@@abrahamwijaya6631 welp, ppl from western counties usually treat Buddhism, almost as an esthetic, not as sacred, lacking heavy historical baggage. I may be wrong but i guess Asian countries have more or less the same view towards Christianity. Islam on other hand is rather touchy subject both in the west and in the east, so i feel like it is natural that games made by Chinese company would treat Christianity rather freely, Buddhist with somewhat more respect, and Islam with caution

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

@@SotonyaAcckaya yeah it's hard to learn Islamic ways where none of the reference to the teaching rather the bad one always like djinn or so. I really learning religion but I'm not betraying my own.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

Small thing about the banshees actually: in the Babel event, Logos mother, Laqeramaline actually mentions that she makes herself look younger than she actually is. Which might reference the part about Banshees being able to look Young or old. The odd part about the Diablo is that Sverdsmeltrs name suggest a Nordic inspiration, literally meaning sword melter

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

Reason to look young for her not because to achieve such eternal youth... It's so simple yet a motherly right, to make sure Logos never forget his own mom. A true mom😢

[@ReinTenebres]

Spoiler Turns out Wis'adel's Launcher is inhabited by the same Revenant that inhabited Theresis' Airship. The identity of the Revenant is Farchaser, the First King of Sarkaz who initially became the Revenant that was the Soul Furnace of Kazdel.

[@ReinTenebres]

Lord of Fiends / King of Sarkaz The original owner of Ch'en's sword, Chi Xiao, was also among their number. We also know about Farchaser now, the Revenant inhabitting Wis'adel's Launcher, and also once inhabited Theresis' Airship and the Soul Furnace of Kazdel.

[@andrewlekhnovskyi]

Ah yes, Sarkaz My most beloved Arknights race

[@davidm4171]

Back then Sarkaz are only imagined like a bunch of bull looking humanoid mercenaries But how come they're now being the face of hatred, War, Witchcraft, and also weirdass names 😅 Ngl tho, Sarkaz having lots of fractions and different kind making them so much more complicated than their rivals, the Sankta

[@Giovansbilly]

And Sankta themselves are just transformed Sarkaz

[@davidm4171]

@Giovansbilly the only differences on Sankta for now are only tied to rules, like how you got Black Halo and a Horn like Sarkaz when you unalive another Sankta, and the Black Halo with Device when you're become an agent like Executor (Idk about that one Sankta Patriot on IS tho)

[@gaerekxenos]

An interesting and very hot take would be to compare the Sarkaz to the Jewish people and Sankta to Christianity. Jewish people being the origin, Christians diverging. Also with the Jewish people constantly wandering until Israel. And... well... Israel constantly embroidered in war and conflicts... =_=;; that's about as far as the similarities go though, I think... everything else doesn't really line up, so that's maybe as much inspiration that might have come up from the entire thing -- though it could have totally been a coincidence and completely irrelevant Probably moreso that it is the entire Middle East and the piles of history rather than the Jewish themselves honestly. But there are bits and pieces from there. And quite a lot of inspiration seems to come from all over Europe, soo.... =/ meh. Then again, it is only inspiration and not a faithful representation/recreation anyway, so they can do whatever they want Oh. Right. I forgot about Babel.

[@davidm4171]

@gaerekxenos everythings wasn't about Jews, dude. It could be just from the classic Devil vs Angel kind of stuff Well... Somehow Arknights kind of making it a lot more complicated with how Kazdel works (still no Sarkaz VS Sankta war currently btw) And no, I'm not hearing any of your crap about Isreal

[@kidalangsamezu6021]

Fun fact: Slime and Doppelganger are the only members of the "Foul" group / race in Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey. The fact that they might be the combined inspiration for a sub-race of Sarkaz in AK is interesting

[@minhtritranhuu748]

21:11 Anasa can be found in IS 5 ending 4, where in another universe the ancient Sarkaz exiled themselves from the race to find the Nirvana, then later became Ansasa. And the ancient Sarkaz became the Morden Sarkaz we see in the story.

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

I kinda forget how this nirvana works on Buddhism (I'm catholic btw) but I have multiple friend in group that luckily having separate belief which I can share some and gain some from them. What I learn from Buddhism teaching, when you died unlike Christianity that go to either hell or heaven nope you going to reincarnated back to the world or earth simply... And this cycle is eternal except you must achieve enlightenment. (And yes this is the reason why we get so many Isekai stuff because of this teaching). Which beg question I forgot it that what is Nirvana?🤔

[@ryanraendric4739]

@@abrahamwijaya6631 I'm not a Buddhist myself , but from what I know , Nirvana is the state of freedom from cycle of reincarnation . So if you reach enlightenment , you can chose to remove yourself from the cycle of reincarnation and don't have to reincarnate ever again , or in Mahayana Buddhism , you can be Bodhisatva that already enlightened with all their power but chose to not enter Nirvana and stay at the world then reincarnate again with special power to help other people reach enlightenment

[@holmesholmes.8784]

@@abrahamwijaya6631transcends humanity by being enlightened essentially

[@fernandobraga8455]

I knew you were alive. Wait, I mistook you with another lore youtuber. Aaaahaaaaaaaa. Time to commit sudoku.

[@SirGacha]

Lol

[@zudoka1772]

the writing in this video is peak

[@yammoto148]

I wouldn't use Ghoul's as a side inspiration for Nachzerherer, in Arknights most of the ones we know of are covered in bandages and associated with decay, they can even manipulate their bandages using Arts so I would say they are closer to Mummy's minus the curse of the Pharaoh although being in their domain is akin to being cursed to be chased by them as they can hunt you down no matter what. Plus I believe there is mention of some Nachzerherer emerging from a Ziggurat which is a pyramid like tomb. So while they use a Germanic creature's name they are more closely associated with Mummy's and life after death considering Nachzertherer even when rotted till nothing but bone can still move and consume other Nachzerherer.

[@dokutahblob]

I did think about mummies, but seen how they will have their time with Pepe, I doubt they would double-dip on them.

[@MajorLawliet]

Ziggurats are not Egyptian only, though. That's like, one of the big reasons why the idiots with some precursor civilization conspiracy theories for the real world use the fact that "oh wow, so many places used similar constructions! What could it mean!!" as one of their foundational arguments.

[@nooneatall1830]

There's still the factor that somehow, their race is depicted as withered trees with cloth in medieval Sarkaz art released for IS 5's opening. Indeed, the race seems awfully woody at times, ranging from pets made out of wood, to actually turning into a dead tree

[@yammoto148]

@@nooneatall1830 Yeah the bramble and Briar seem to be another trait too, but I imagine thats probably the more Germanic side coming through as old school German folklore took place in the Black Forest a place filled with bramble and briar.

[@wollyram6248]

So this is what you've been working on for so long. Well done!

[@dokutahblob]

What is your favorite Sarkaz so far?

[@martimsousa2601]

W

[@D.A.B75]

The friend whom we never met

[@SLNT7734]

Nachzehrers for me, their vibe is on another level. Their design is also amazing.

[@kaboose7293]

my number one spot is split between Amiya and Theresa. I really like the whole idea of she being a half blood/ Chimera; but i also really like Theresa as Theresa. She as character is so good.

[@TitanNova90]

Mudrock, shes hot and badass with her armour

[@hijiriyukari]

Dokutah is a Sarkaz all along

[@dokutahblob]

You can prove nothing!

[@kotyara85]

Either some kind of teekaz or just a human (like Friston before the... the.)

[@beatdragonvn4002]

i just got walter after watching this video

[@sbadigliodallanoia3963]

Question: what about all the "Confessarii", the organization operator Shining should have been, as we know thanks to the game's lore? What's their race (or rather, sub-race)? And what's W's and Hoederer's? I still can't give those two a clear classification...

[@yammoto148]

The Confessarii don't have a clear race but its hinted that they may all be Chimera, especially when one of the members can mimic the Arts of other Sarkaz. Chimera is the act of merging multiple pure blooded Sarkaz bloodlines to create new beasts. Its also why they are the only faction who can seal the influence of the Sarkaz king as they have the secrets of all Sarkaz witchcraft's. They are meant to serve the Sarkaz king but also seek to improve the Sarkaz beyond their current status they would be akin to researchers or a high governing priesthood. Which is why the current generation allies itself with Theresis as they see Babel/Rhodes Island as a sort of direct competitor with their wishes. They also experiment with orginum and have a very tight leash on their bloodline which is why Shining I believe wanted to get away from them. They also made those things W encounters when she enters the Sarkaz tomb of heroes.

[@yammoto148]

As for W and Hoederer, I believe Hoederer is a Goliath like W's mercenaries but I could be wrong as for W herself its not clear as her arts and fighting methods are unconventional compared to other Sarkaz. I believe she might just be a base Sarkaz but with unique horns that look like antenna.

[@Jikuri]

Just a wild guess. If you play BG3 there is a kind of demons that watch over the sealing of contracts. I think Confessarii can fit that.

[@yammoto148]

Ah it deleted my other comment. I believe the Cofessionarii probably started as a variety of Sarkaz but ended up becoming Chimera down the line due to keeping things in house, experimentation and controlled which is probably why Shining tried to leave them as we see one of them being able to use all the types of Arts the other races are specialized in.

[@Giovansbilly]

​@@yammoto148according to the lorebook, there used to be more than a hundred Sarkaz tribes in the distant past, but they were reduced to only the 10 courts and even less since Diablos and pure blooded Wendigos went extinct, so the base Sarkaz we see may be mix bloods like Goliaths or Sarkazes with different demon traits that don't correspond to any of the pure blooded races and could be mixed descendants of some of the many extinct tribes

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Ideas for future Sarkaz sub-race inspirations: Mummy Zombie Golem Grim Reaper Jersey Devil Chupacabra Mothman (the original sightings said that it didn’t look like a moth) Goblin Gremlin

[@VectoRaith]

There are already some: Mummy, Zombie, Grim reaper (for some extent): Nachzehrer Golem: Gargoyle Jersey Devil: currently none, but the og Teekaz looks like one prior to originium contact Mothman: again, currently none, but Confessarii chimera has insectoid wings, and Salus commented that they're based on og Sarkaz tribes characteristics mashed into one. Dunno about chupa, goblins, and gremlins

[@nooneatall1830]

I have one for a crossover fic idea I was writing. A Boogeyman, specifically a Southern German one called the Nachtkrapp, basically, big scary birds used to put children to bed. Variations mention that some have no eyes, and staring that those empty eye sockets cause instant death, while others say it has wings with holes and staring at those holes will result in illness instead. My idea is that this Sarkaz sub-race has a stare that is fear-inducing to the point that they can give you a heart attack if they glare at you too long, that or they can make you feel sick if your will is strong enough and you don't have heart conditions. Another thing is they look like Liberi, which will play an important role in my fic

[@FilthyGaijin]

me gustó mucho el altar de muertos en el fondo. Muy buen video

[@axios4702]

"One of the 2 races in the game to be based entirely on mythical creatures" Uh... Durin are dwarves, Mumu is literally an elf, the Lung and draco are dragons, vouivre are wyverns, Nian and her siblings are all based on a mythological creature from chinese mythology, Utage is based on another mythological chinese creature... There are a lot pf mythology based races on arknights other than the Sarkaz and Sankta.

[@dokutahblob]

Ok fine, I may have jumped the gun.

[@mammothmk3355]

​@@dokutahblobErm.... Muelsyse Elf aren't real. It's a complete make up from Tolkien for his Lord of the Rings. IIRC the entire elf race are cobbled from British Islands folklore creature, fairy for example. Because LOTR are extremely popular ( To the point amost all Western fantasy work are influence by LOTR), people start to believe Elve are from actual real life folklore.

[@MajorLawliet]

But the Durin ARE Sarkaz, or rather, some Sarkaz off shoot that changed massively over time being separated. Or maybe I misunderstood that part of the Lore book.

[@loristnorton3723]

Iberians (aegir) and abyssal hunters(Undisclosed) have some weird races too.

[@axios4702]

@@loristnorton3723 Yeah but he said "based entirely" I didn't want to mention any races with real life inspirations since many AEgir are just fish.

[@dekisatria1233]

wendigo, buldrokastee (sorry if i missed him mentioned)

[@wendya881]

Thanks for the video

[@kiarime]

Thank you

[@WinterHE]

Doesn't IS5 have now a Sarkaz King as the boss of the last ending? Wis'adel stepped on his gear at the cave 👀

[@Gaiou0331]

I FUCKING LOVE THE SARKAAAAAAZ RAAAAAAAGH

[@bishamon1075]

Honestly, i dunno why when i see title i expect the breakdown of sarkaz history instead of its subraces. Maybe babel screw me more than i expected, good video nonetheless...

[@dokutahblob]

It screw all of us...

[@martimsousa2601]

GG new video LESTGO

[@conqueror_the_based]

Uh oh, I thought they’re somewhat based on Jews ngl LMAO

[@dokutahblob]

They are, but is not the only inspiration.

[@conqueror_the_based]

@@dokutahblob great video, thank you ❤️

[@MajorLawliet]

Far as I remember, some people guess that the dispersed diaspora of the Sarkaz like the Anasa near Yan and the Oni of Higashi mirror accounts of Jews having a very dispersed diaspora as well, as far as in places like China and India.

[@echo_a1m4]

@@MajorLawliet as well as Europe, Japan, the Middle East and America. also the Sankta being Sarkaz.

[@alicjacaban2226]

I think than most time Kazdel get destroyed becouse Wendigo,Wampires or Nachtzerer.they piss off others a lot i guess.probably wrong person is snacked or taken as bride by wampire. Their relatives will raze some willages in Kazdel.and later things will escalate Quickly .and lord of fiends will loose his head.and some King or family of Hunters will have have new trophy😅

[@AntiNihilist]

This is the kind of voice only appreciated in AI translation

[@dokutahblob]

Thanks... I guess

[@karkar3647]

ngl the uses of serifs font really hurt my eyes, especially when this particular serif fonts has thin line for the words, it would be preferable to use thick sans serif instead, the thin line of black stroke didnt help either especially when used for serifs instead of sans serif

[@TheVandive]

Question, wasnt mudrock defined as goliath due to the E2 art ?

[@shadymann9468]

No besides most bloodlines nowadays are diluted to the point where some physical traits aren't present.

[@tuanahmadkurniaillahi6864]

syaiton nirojim

[@aereonexapprentice7205]

Still early in the video, really like your breakdown, but by god the text choice is abysmal. The background really is not doing favors and the color and font choice demands viewers to squint. I would even prefer non-arknights background if it means better visibility. Maybe try contrasting font colours again just a simple plain one colour background. Other than that so far enjoying the vid!

[@echo_a1m4]

is there a reason why you didn't mention the Sankta?

[@dokutahblob]

@@echo_a1m4 After much though and consideration, I come to one sad conclusion: While related, they are not demons.

[@echo_a1m4]

@@dokutahblob yet according to Judaism and Christianity demons are originally angels. (this appears to be reversed in arknights) and we have characters like mostima.

[@naueosiek1599]

so, what kind of sarkaz W is? roach demon?

[@nyarlathotep-thecrawlingch6335]

She looks like an Imp, but we might never know because in the context of Terra she's just a Sarkaz, they don't have our Myths, legends and history books to look at her and say something specific to us

[@edhikurniawan]

Maybe Beelzebub?

[@aperson336]

Gun

[@ryanraendric4739]

If W is a roach , does it means that Wisadel is a winged roach ? I mean , those launcher in her back is arranged in a fashion similar to a wing

[@aperson336]

@ryanraendric4739 pretty sure all roaches have wings

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

I really hope HG can pulled a sankta that became prophet of Islamic belief.... Just hoping imo🙏