Lore Theories - The Butcher of Ark

The 'Butcher of Ark' is a man who lived and terrorized the denizens of Enderal several decades before the game's story. His tale is recorded in Enderal's famous collectible book series, but there is more to this character than first meets the eye...
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[@the-chillian]

You know, they TELL us the book is banned and you can get into a great deal of trouble for owning a volume -- but you find copies of this thing all over the place, including on the temple grounds. The "ban" seems to exist more in theory than in practice.

[@Lioness2895]

A potentially overlooked piece of evidence here is the strong implication that Nailaq is 'fleshless' given that he had a body to bury from his old life with the Black Libra.

[@nskzshow6543]

Yes, I actually forgot to mention that lol. The only reason I was hesitant to include it is that Qalian is already supposed to be fleshless, so that makes Nailaq double-fleshless? Also, the in-game helmet named 'Qalian's Absolution' looks suspiciously like a mask (hides Red Madness eyes?)

[@Sassy_Witch]

@@nskzshow6543 wait are we certain he's felshless? And Nailaq being fleshless makes a lot sense now holy shit

[@Blackmusic97]

What if they actually don‘t get fleshless, but the room of paintings is created by the veiled woman and itself has the power to resurrect you in another version? To me it seems like the high ones want that circle to happen and the libra wants to balance out the people that would make it happen. Like they are a tool of the veiled women. And I currently believe the veiled woman is not good or bad, her aim is balance and a society that balances itself. While the high ones create disbalance via manipulation of thoughts to result in another cleansing. In the veiled woman’s point of view a society is not worthy, if it drifts towards cleansing and is ok when it happens. The society itself has to stop it from happening. And the black libra is like a little help for society she implemented. Ok while writing it I actually have another idea.. the veiled woman even created the high ones as a test and therefore the blackstones too. She’s just waiting for the one circle where they are worthy. She’s not in a hurry. She has seen the first generation fail, startet the first cleansing. Which would mean she fooled the first generation or had some people who saw it the same way, because the first beacon had to be without an essence of a high one and thus creating the first high one. And to balance his negative impact people like the prophet and the black libra were implemented. ...that escalated real quick

[@mybrickhead]

hey man how ya doin? I know this year's been fuckin nuts. just wonderin if you're planning on making anymore content on Enderal. gonna sub anyway just in case you do. god bless edit: an exploration/discussion/theorizing of the father and the room of paintings would be really interesting to see. I felt so bloody cheated by not even being allowed a glimpse of it or the father's face... based on what he tells you about his goals for his cult, I can only imagine he must be fleshless, or at least trying to become fleshless

[@samsonthemanson]

this is a genuinely good video.

[@journey2finland595]

Please continue this series I'll watch it!

[@subowicz8255]

Lovely

[@АзизбекГаниев-р2п]

Don't stop

[@88loaded32]

Hello! I’ve discovered Your channel around 2 years after finishing the game. I’ve noticed that You stopped creating Enderal content, but I really wish there was more that You could cover. Your analysis is amazing to watch!

[@ForeverTraitor]

My favourite theory is that Qalian was never real, and Nailaq is actually fleshless Jael. It explains why Nailaq is so guilt ridden (Qalian never displayed any regret in the book) and buried his old body with the missing pages he wrote in his previous life. Nailaq being fleshless also explains how he can still 'get it up' despite being in his 80s at least, and how it's implied that he knows the prophet is fleshless and Tharael's soul was transmuted into a new body.

[@jacinmay2312]

This is really cool, I've been hunting for some enderal lore vids. I hope you keep up the awesome work!

[@overdev1993]

Cool that you make new Enderal videos :) Would be cool if you could get a better mic ;)

[@nskzshow6543]

A better mic is like 2-3 months away TBH. I'm recording on a laptop for now, because that's just the set-up I've been stuck with because of quarantines. Once I upgrade to a PC I'll be able to plug in a better microphone, and both the audio and video quality will go way up :) (all footage present here is filmed on basically the lowest in-game graphical settings).

[@Saucevxl]

Nice, your voice is so soothing to listen to, you deserve more subs tbh.

[@MjollTheLioness-o4y]

You know a mod is good when it has it's own deep lore dives on YT.

[@szykowny6017]

Story of Butcher and Black Libra is very fascinating and creepy. One thing that I wonder is who translated books from language of the Black Libra to Inal (english :p)? Qalian says that even he doesn't know it (but somehow he knew which pages contained the description of the Room of Paintings and also Jael somehow knew the language). Did Qualian really forget it when he "became" Nailaq? And where and how did Rhalata's Father learn it? Also, do all members of the Libra see Veiled Woman in their dreams so she can tell them to "follow the fire" like Jael did? Your videos are really great. Liked all of them and subscribed. It's just sad that Enderal is so underappreciated (just as you've said), so those vids also won't get much traction. You should share them on Enderal reddit if you haven't already. My only suggestion is not to use this blinking text, it's a bit annoying.

[@sidoso9810]

finally i found a enderal lore video, please keep doing this kind of videos

[@Galimeer5]

Is it confirmed that the blind daughters were going to be (or give birth to) emissaries? The Rhalâta quest line just describes them as "sinners"

[@FerunaLutelou]

It's likely they were supposed to do that. Think about it, all of the Emissaries are supposed to end up in the same place to reenact the same old story, so it would be much more convenient if they were all born in the same place. But with the mothers dead before it can happen the end of the world is delayed for a few years as new Emissaries are chosen.

[@DottorIndigo]

Hey why did you stop making videos?

[@andrejzizenstock9067]

Great summery about the butcher. I have an idea for a video. On reddit i read that the veiked woman created thy cycle, i nusst have missed some crucial information. Maybe make a video about that

[@nskzshow6543]

There is a sequence, when visiting the abandoned castle (I forget its name) during the quest "A Mark on Our World" where you get to see into the past. Seven cult members are reciting a sermon, in which the Veiled Woman first created a utopia where everyone lived forever, but saw that without the possibility of death and failure, this utopia was hollow and the people who lived in it were for truly happy. Thus, they claim, that the Veiled Woman "created the cycle, and with it, hope." As far as I'm aware, this is the only piece of information about the Veiled Woman creating the cycle, but I can definitely do some more digging.

[@sengan2475]

Wish you'd come back

[@RedrickURL]

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[@BBQDanTheMan]

Please upload another video soon :)

[@mikekertis4478]

Also I would welcome anything you wish to share insofar as secrets and hidden areas actually anything. I am so caught up with this story. Thanks.

[@mb_1984]

I know it's been a while but your videos are great, so i'll be waiting for the next one :)

[@anezkaknezkasnezka]

Thank youuu! I never have the patience to read anything in the game but it's cool that you narrated and explained the story. thank you

[@absolutelysanedefinitelynormal]

amazing video! I hope you will continue this series

[@mikekertis4478]

There is so much content to Enderal. I am in awe to the effort put into this. So much detail. Every other will be compared tp Enderal and probably be found lacking. But there is so much that can be developed further, I hope the developers realize that and continue the Enderal saga?

[@sengan2475]

You should play their previous game nehrim, it is of a similar quality in my opinion

[@朋希-b2u]

もっと作ってください。

[@khamok6916]

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