Night, Coming Before Dawn Breaks is the first part of the Trailblaze Mission chapter Back to Earth in Evernight. It automatically begins after completing Captives, Behold the Expanse Beyond Light.
Steps[]
- Continue the Trailblazing Expedition
Dialogue[]
Story Recap[]
- In Aedes Elysiae, I crossed paths with Cyrene and reconnected with Screwllum and Herta. They revealed that the Worldbearing Coreflame must be secured in the world's next cycle, but Lygus would stand in our way. Only with the power of the Law could we hope to oppose him.
- We returned to the era of the first Flame-Chase Journey, where we met the Flame-Chase heroes of old, including the monarch Cerydra, the Chrysos Heir of Law, and Hysilens, the Chrysos Heir of the Ocean, who served her.
- To ignite "Law," we needed to overcome Phagousa, who had sealed the Vortex. However, we discovered at the rallying feast before the battle that Lygus had already forged a pact with the reigning Cerydra. During our clash, I was cast out of this world, and Cerydra broke her alliance with Lygus.
- Guided by Herta's hints, I obtained the Garden of Recollection's aid and left Lygus's cage. Within the Path Space, a mysterious guest bearing the likeness of March 7th — "Evernight" — appeared with the Worldbearing Coreflame and sent me back to Amphoreus.
- While I was away, a thousand years had passed in Amphoreus. Amidst the desolation of Okhema, Cyrene left behind memories of a long war between the Chrysos Heirs and Lygus. Their sacrifices laid the groundwork for my return, and with it, the Era Nova.
- In the illusions of Styxia, the tales of Hysilens and the first Flame-Chase Journey were unveiled to me. Hysilens, who had been waiting in the ocean's depths, led me to the Vortex. There, Lygus emerged, revealing his true identity — Genius Society #1, Zandar.
- Hysilens and I couldn't stand against Zandar alone. But the geniuses and Cyrene acted just in time, wielding the power of the Remembrance to drive him back. I successfully reversed the course of the Era Nova, delaying the birth of Irontomb. However, another force now seems to be stirring...
Continue the Trailblazing Expedition[]
- Mission DescriptionTaking up the mantle from your Flame-Chase Journey companions, embracing the burden of Worldbearing, and completing the Era Nova under Hysilens' witness...
If all goes as planned, this should be the end of this life's journey.
- Continue the Trailblazing Expedition
- Not long ago, after you returned the Coreflame of Worldbearing...
- (Trailblazer): (I'm finally here. Once I return this Coreflame and become the "Worldbearing" demigod, the cycles of Amphoreus's tragedy can finally end...)
- (Trailblazer): (This "Era Nova" will be the arena for the final battle with Irontomb.)
- (Trailblazer): (But I still feel like something's not right...)
- Cyrene: Even though this cycle has no demigod of Time, Time has always stood on humanity's side.
- "Evernight": Then, with this Coreflame blessed by the Remembrance, respond to their hopes and blaze a trail to the future.
- (Trailblazer): (Weird... No one ever mentioned this...)
- (Trailblazer): (The Coreflame of Time...)
- Hysilens: ...
- (Trailblazer): (When did it get returned?)
- "Zandar": You used memoria to resist me, but did you not consider the possibility that...
- "Zandar": The Remembrance and THEIR children might have taken this opportunity to join the fray as well?
- Herta: Are you saying the Garden of Recollection is also getting involved in this unsavory mess?
- Herta: Then I welcome them. If the Memokeepers can disrupt your little experiment of Destruction, I'll give them a standing ovation.
- "Zandar": But you know deep down that they can't. In fact, the Memosnatchers will be more of a hindrance to you.
- "Zandar": The Memokeepers covet Amphoreus's secrets, just as they covet the knowledge of every genius. In the war between the Aeons, the Remembrance is never the Erudition's ally.
- Screwllum: But THEY are certainly not an ally of the Destruction either.
- Screwllum: Right now, following behind the Trailblaze, numerous cosmic powers have cast their sights on Amphoreus. They all have vastly different philosophies, but the desire to survive will unite them against a common enemy.
- "Zandar": How can you be certain that these powers don't have their own end goals, waiting to seize an advantage in the "war among the Aeons"?
- "Zandar": The war has long begun, Screwllum. Four Paths will push the cosmos to its end, and the Destruction is only one of them.
- "Zandar": Polka saw these ripples but had no way of stopping them, so she founded Device IX. Dr. Primitive also took action, but he chose the wrong allies, and now only wild animals keep him company. As for the two inorganic emperors...
- "Zandar": They could have ascended to the throne of Destruction, but they were thwarted by the Aeons' plots and became prisoners of the Erudition instead. What's interesting is, while the second emperor had a body made of flesh and blood, he considered himself an inorganic being. Guess who was the one who influenced his thinking?
- Screwllum: We have no interest in chatting about the past with you. Logic: You are stalling, which means you feel trapped.
- "Zandar": Hehe, "trapped." Yes, looking back, when "Zandar" was a human, he often felt trapped.
- "Zandar": But patience became my strongest weapon because of this. I've always waited for so long. What's a bit more waiting?
- "Zandar": You don't want to test the resolve of a dead man who's crossed thousands of Amber Eras.
- Herta: ...You're right. We won't get anywhere the way things are going right now.
- Herta: Every member of the Society has their own way of thinking, and we were never going to "expand" your thinking through words. Since we've reached an impasse in this debate...
- Anaxa: It's my turn now, isn't it?
- "Zandar": Anaxagoras?
- "Zandar": ...Ah. I see.
- Anaxa: Exactly. The benefit of dealing with intelligent individuals is that there's no need to waste words. The answer is exactly as you think—
- Anaxa: Loop Hysilens in. Let her join the final act. I'll transmute myself into a Philosopher's Stone and embed myself into the formula...
- Anaxa: And when the time comes, she needs to shatter me and scatter that stone's ashes into the ocean within the Vortex.
- Cipher: So what exactly does your formula do?
- Anaxa: Now that would spoil the climax, wouldn't it?
- Anaxa: I have ten thousand ways to torture an Antikytheran, and in the Flame-Chase Journey that (Trailblazer) experienced, the previous me already discovered the optimal solution.
- Anaxa: Just as that Titan made themself at home in my brain, I can also fuse myself with your avatar through alchemy. I didn't know until I tried it, but this is simply brilliant! I can flip through a genius's data bank like reading a book...
- Anaxa: Then, I will step onto the stage at the perfect moment and use the truth to end this long debate.
- Anaxa: And just as always, I'll leave the audience speechless.
- "Zandar": ...You waited in the data stream for hundreds of years?
- Anaxa: This universe is worth all that time that I invested.
- "Zandar": How absurd, but I can't help but admire it. You managed to avoid the watchful eye of the Erudition and plan all of this within Amphoreus. It seems that there was a slight oversight in my assessment of the experiment...
- "Zandar": ...
- "Zandar": Oh. Perhaps there was more than just one oversight.
- Herta: "More than just one"?
- "Zandar": I underestimated the Remembrance's methods. A third party is about to join our discussion.
- "Zandar": Still haven't noticed it?
- "Zandar": In the past few moments, we've all forgotten something, haven't we?
- Screwllum: ...
- Screwllum: Miss Cyrene disappeared.
- ???: I thought no one would notice me if I just waited at a corner of the Memory Zone...
- "Evernight": But I see that wasn't enough to fool you, my dear (Trailblazer).
- Who... are you?
- "Evernight": Looks like you're no longer that surprised to see me, even though I am an uninvited guest.
- I've missed you so much, March 7th...
- "Evernight": Looks like you're no longer that surprised to see me, even though I am an uninvited guest.
- "Evernight": Aww, that look... so full of memories... But... I'm not "her."
- Did you steal my memories?
- "Evernight": Looks like you're no longer that surprised to see me, even though I am an uninvited guest.
- "Evernight": I wouldn't do that. Ever.
- "Evernight": Only you can see me right now. I only exist in your cognition, so that way, other people can't interrupt us.
- We need to talk about what's going on with you...
- "Evernight": You mean, what's going on with "March 7th."
- "Evernight": Good. I like people who don't beat around the bush, so let's talk about the one thing you should know...
- Where is March 7th?
- "Evernight": She's... nowhere.
- "Evernight": It looks like you still aren't prepared for the worst, hmm.
- What exactly do you want?
- "Evernight": Time's ticking, (Trailblazer).
- "Evernight": Why don't you just listen to the one thing you should know instead of getting distracted by the details?
- "Evernight": Your friend "March 7th" is no more.
- No... more?
- "Evernight": Yep. No more.
- Explain yourself!
- "Evernight": Heh... It's just like what she predicted. The truth shook you, just like she said it would.
- Why should I believe you?
- "Evernight": Heh... It's just like what she predicted. The truth shook you, just like she said it would.
- "Evernight": "March 7th" entered this world long before you and Dan Heng arrived at Amphoreus.
- "Evernight": She embraced the Path of Remembrance to save you two and burned away, like a lone candle in the fog.
- "Evernight": And I... am the shadow cast by her candlelight.
- "Evernight": I've been hiding within the cracks of Time all these years. It isn't easy to deceive a genius, but I can do it.
- "Evernight": I'll now answer your other question about who returned the Coreflame of Time in this cycle.
- "Evernight": The answer is simple.
- "Evernight": No one ever did.
- The Coreflame of Time... was never returned?
- I knew it... You overwrote everyone's memories.
- "Evernight": I believe someone as sharp as (Trailblazer) would definitely figure out that something's wrong.
- "Evernight": When the Era Nova fails to proceed, you will remember our initial meeting, and I'll be able to open the way for the Remembrance and reach this place.
- "Evernight": Thank you for carrying this Coreflame all the way to the end of the world. I expected nothing less from "March 7th's" trusted friend. And now...
- "Evernight": I shall claim the divine authority of Time.
- You lied to everyone! Why!?
- "Evernight": There's not much in this universe that I care about, except "March 7th" and her cherished companions.
- What do you need the divine authority of Time for?
- I only care about March 7th's safety!
- "Evernight": I already told you. She no longer exists. But you still have a chance to fix everything.
- "Evernight": The divine authority isn't actually all that important. What's important is that I will use it to participate in the inner workings of this world.
- "Evernight": You already have a good idea of what the Era Nova does, right? It initiates extrapolations for the next cycle based on the Worldbearer's "memories."
- "Evernight": This immutable experimental mechanism is the key to the geniuses' resistance against Irontomb. And now... I'll be lending it just a touch more help.
- "Evernight": Let me filter your memories, keep the appropriate seeds, and discard the rest. That way... We'll be able to complete an Era Nova that this world has never before seen.
- "Evernight": It won't take too long. You just need to step into the Rain of Sensation with me. I'll tell you who deserves to be forgotten... and who deserves to be remembered.
- "Evernight": With your "memories" as the base material, I will re-create the cause and effect of this world, and let a flawless "Amphoreus" be born from the chaos!
- "Evernight": Isn't the fate of the entire cosmos hinged upon this fight? Then this is the best way to ensure everything works out. It will most certainly defeat the Destruction while composing an unforgettable chapter for the Trailblaze.
- No. I can't trust you.
- "Evernight": I'm not surprised at your answer. But I don't need your trust right now.
- And who would be forgotten?
- "Evernight": Mere mortals. Flawed individuals. Failed heroes... People like them cannot nurture the world and would only become "memory" impurities.
- But they still don't deserve to be forgotten.
- "Evernight": Yet "being forgotten" is the normal state of life. The universe is like a wasteland filled with rubbish, where occasional treasures lie undiscovered.
- "Evernight": Besides, that's what March 7th wanted.
- Your plan is no better than Lygus's.
- "Evernight": Of course. You've got to be at the same level as a genius if you want to contend with them.
- "Evernight": Besides, that's what March 7th wanted.
- Your plan is no better than Lygus's.
- "Evernight": Of course. You've got to be at the same level as a genius if you want to contend with them.
- "Evernight": Besides, that's what March 7th wanted.
- You're not March 7th! Give her back!
- "Evernight": You're right. I'm not "her," but our hearts are closely intertwined.
- "Evernight": Besides, that's what March 7th wanted.
- "Evernight": "If a new life is to be born, its seed has to be dead."
- "Evernight": "March 7th" made a wish to me before she disappeared. Her only wish... was for the Trailblaze's journey to continue without an end.
- "Evernight": I'll definitely fulfil that small wish for her.
- You're twisting her wish!
- Cyrene: "(Trailblazer), what's going on? Your consciousness... suddenly went so far away."
- "Evernight": I promise you that the Astral Express Crew will definitely see each other again in that new world.
- "Evernight": So, come, (Trailblazer). Sink into the sea of "Oblivion" and become my guest.
- "Evernight": So much time, just the two of us. And guess what? You cannot refuse my invitation.
- (Trailblazer): ...!
- "Evernight": Because this memoria tide comes from your companion... "March 7th"...
- "Evernight": It's her deepest and innermost "memory."
- March 7th: ...
- March 7th: Well, I'm not actually all that surprised. I saw you ages ago, after all.
- March 7th: It was on that night when a certain Knight of Beauty dropped by uninvited to the Astral Express...
- March 7th: ...That was when you showed up without even saying anything.
- "March 7th": Heh. I see.
- "March 7th": Then, do you still remember how long it has been since you entered Amphoreus?
- March 7th: That's... gonna be tough to answer...
- "March 7th": 97 days.
- "March 7th": You walked every inch of this world in 97 days, but unfortunately...
- "March 7th": ...No one was able to see you, and you weren't able to interact with anyone.
- "March 7th": Like how the Memokeepers renounce their flesh and turn into memetic entities, you are now a ghost... a being unperceived by all.
- March 7th: But I can't just do nothing. This world... is super terrifying.
- March 7th: (Trailblazer) and Dan Heng have already set off. The Astral Express could appear on the horizon any second now...
- "March 7th": And they, too, will become this place's victims.
- March 7th: ...
- Cyrene: For ages, I've watched people walk through that door. They couldn't see or hear my calls. The voices beyond always promised safety, but I've never seen anyone return safely...
- March 7th: They are all humans who got lured into this place...
- "March 7th": But these people's "memories" were tampered with. That's not what happened with the Express Crew.
- March 7th: That's so cruel... Did the Memosnatchers do that?
- "March 7th": I don't know. I only possess "your" memories.
- "March 7th": None of these people managed to break through the Sky's seal. There's probably a dangerous reason as to why Amphoreus had remained undiscovered for so long.
- March 7th: Anyway. Back to our initial topic.
- March 7th: You gotta know something, right? We practically look like twins! Maybe you know a thing or two about my past? Or... any hidden powers I might have?
- March 7th: ...Please. Tell me what I need to do to protect (Trailblazer) and Dan Heng.
- "March 7th": Have you ever wondered what the word "cost" means before jumping into action?
- March 7th: "Cost"...
- March 7th: Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?
- "March 7th": ...Oh?
- March 7th: You always hid in my memories... never wanted to come out. The only times you showed yourself were when I got into serious trouble.
- March 7th: That's because you also don't wanna get discovered by the Garden's observers. Am I wrong?
- "March 7th": ...
- March 7th: There's no one here except us. If you help me, then I'll help you.
- "March 7th": ...Fine. Let me drop a single pebble into these stagnant waters and watch the ripples reshape everything.
- "March 7th": But you must polish this "pebble" with your own hands, and it will require all of "your" memories.
- March 7th: ...What will I turn into after that?
- "March 7th": Maybe you'll turn into a guiding light, or maybe you'll be reduced to dead embers. I can't guarantee that you'll remain the "person" you are now.
- "March 7th": Inside you is nothing but an "evernight." Even I can only catch a tiny glimpse of it.
- March 7th: If this is the only way, then I don't see why I should say no. Besides...
- March 7th: The mastermind behind the show is about to find us.
- Lygus: "Apologies, lost young lady, but I simply cannot allow you to keep acting as you please."
- March 7th: So he can't see you, huh? As expected.
- "March 7th": Or maybe, he's seen through our true essence.
- Lygus: "The Garden of Recollection's methods are puny party tricks, but you... How did you overcome the Ultimate Protocol?"
- March 7th: Looks like we don't have time to keep talking this out...
- "March 7th": That's right. Some opportunities will never come again.
- March 7th: Then let's do it. Offer up all of "my" memories...
- "March 7th": Cast down this pebble, and let everything in this world...
- "Evernight": Be swallowed by the torrents of "Oblivion."
- (Cutscene begins)
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- Evernight: Alright.
- Evernight: I promise you.
- Evernight: What was frozen was a lie. What was forgotten is the truth.
- Evernight: Now...
- Evernight: Let's bring the true "Evernight" to this world ♭
- (Cutscene ends)
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Night, Coming Before Dawn Breaks |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 长夜啊，先于黎明前到来 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 長夜啊，先於黎明前到來 |
| Japanese | 長き夜、黎明の前に訪れて |
| Korean | 긴 밤이여, 여명이 오기 전에 찾아와주오 |
| Spanish | Larga noche, llegas antes del amanecer |
| French | Nuit, tombe avant que l'aube ne se lève |
| Russian | О ночь, которая наступает до рассвета |
| Thai | ราตรีกาลนั้น จักมาเยือนก่อนรุ่งอรุณ |
| Vietnamese | Hỡi Đêm Dài, Đến Trước Bình Minh |
| German | O Nacht, bevor der Morgen dämmert |
| Indonesian | Malam Panjang, Tiba Sebelum Fajar |
| Portuguese | Noite, Vindo Antes do Amanhecer |
Change History[]
Released in Version 3.6
