Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters is a Relic Set that can be obtained from trailblazing and challenging Cavern of Corrosion in 2-5
rarities.
Lore[]
This Relic Set's story is based on Frebass and Acheron.
Pioneer's Heatproof Shell
Clouds accumulate over Orkron's night sky, and shimmering planetary rings are concealed within them. Scarlet snowflakes fall on the heavy helmet, quietly filling the grooves of rusted iron, covering the traces of erosion. The two girls sit in the cedarwood forest... taking a momentary break in their journey.
"Look! The air in Orkron smells like raspberries." Scarlet snowflakes fall on the soft, cloud-like sugar threads and quickly disappear. The little Nameless from Toyro laughs and then bends over, holding her stomach. She laughs at her own choice of words — how can one see a scent with one's eyes? After a moment of shared laughter, the silence cuts like a sharpened blade, and the air seems to frost over in an instant.
"Frebass, are you still going to the depths of IX?" The question comes from her companion who is always carrying a long blade. She is a good companion, but no one knows where she comes from.
The little Nameless hides inside her bulky diving suit. A long pause later, she hands the companion a slightly burnt marshmallow, her eyes narrowed like the silhouette of a fully opened sail:
"Of course — because I will walk on a road deeper and further than Akivili's!"
Pioneer's Lacuna Compass
"The undercurrent in the sea,
Whispering as it pecked at her bones, in one rise and fall of time,
She experienced the stages of old age and youth,
And entered the vortex."
The girl has heard a story like this. In the story, the world people inhabit is depicted as a towering tree, composed of ownerless energy. "This kind of energy is invisible, intangible, incomprehensible, and meaningless," she thought, "just like how IX has no meaning."
The little Nameless is somewhat melancholic, worrying about how she would orient herself after stepping into the depths of "Nihility." But soon, she had an inspiration — on her fourteenth birthday, her mother left her with one last gift... a small compass.
"If that's the case, as long as the compass senses not the magnetic field but 'energy,' wouldn't that solve the problem?"
The little Nameless removed the magnetic needle from the compass, but when the girl descended into the darkness, she realized that the compass' only direction was down.
Pioneer's Sealed Lead Apron
"Frebass, the Nameless from Toyro, died for fourteen days and nights.
She forgot the cries of seagulls, the roar of the abyss,
The gains, and the losses."
The little Nameless gazed at the planetary ring wider than the boulevards of Toyro. She decided to launch herself into the singularity in the black hole.
"Even Akivili didn't manage to go there." The girl could always hear the distant sound of waves echoing in her heart. "I will walk on a road deeper and further than Akivili's." She prepared herself thoroughly — unidentified rusty metal plates, used oxygen tanks, discarded gyroscopic posture control devices, a self-circulating life support system, and a rectifying hood... She soldered all the materials together, ensuring that the entire suit was airtight. She believed it would protect her from the harm of Nihility.
She picked up the diving helmet her father left behind and wore a self-made "Medallion of Honor." Before leaving, she and her companion once again went to the cedarwood forest, toasting marshmallows one last time.
Later, when Frebass' spacecraft approached the edge of the black hole, this was all she could recall about Orkron.
Pioneer's Starfaring Anchor
"O, you who turn the wheel and watch the wind,
Think of Frebass,
And how she was once as beautiful and stood as tall as you."
The lead boots, like iron anchors, drag the girl down further and further. They are dutifully carrying out the task bestowed upon them from the beginning of their conception.
The girl never closes her eyes, fighting boldly against the cold and lonely darkness. She remembers the first time she heard stories about Akivili. She remembers the first day she set upon the journey and the "Medallion of Honor" she forged for herself. She remembers the 30 days she spent journeying with her companion. She remembers the forest glade they gathered in for the first and last time, and how the air there tasted like raspberries. She remembers whistles, guitars, and the flute, and the songs they sang together. She remembers scarlet snow falling on slightly burnt marshmallows and disappearing.
The vast void looms near the end of the vivid memories, yet she suddenly sees a dash of crimson blinking briefly into existence in the center of the pitch-black world.
Therefore, the little Nameless remembers the smile she gave from the bottom of her heart when the girl with the sword took the marshmallows for the final time.
"I never thought I would meet anyone similar to me. You've walked so much further on this road than me.
Therefore, you will surely walk with me till then end, right?"
"Of course. Our end has already been determined... However, just like you said —
Even though I may turn into a shallow puddle of dead water in the end, there is still a lot I can do on my journey toward that moment. Therefore, no matter what, I have to go try it—
— Because I will walk on a road deeper and further than Akivili's!"
Trivia[]
- Parts of this relic set quote the Death by Water section of T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land.
| Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters | The Waste Land |
|---|---|
| "The undercurrent in the sea,
Whispering as it pecked at her bones, in one rise and fall of time, She experienced the stages of old age and youth, And entered the vortex." |
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell He passed the stages of his age and youth Entering the whirlpool. |
| "Frebass, the Nameless from Toyro, died for fourteen days and nights.
She forgot the cries of seagulls, the roar of the abyss, The gains, and the losses." |
Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell And the profit and loss. |
| "O, you who turn the wheel and watch the wind,
Think of Frebass, And how she was once as beautiful and stood as tall as you." |
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. |
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 死水深潜的先驱 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 死水深潛的先驅 |
| Japanese | 死水に潜る先駆者 |
| Korean | 사수에 잠수한 선구자 |
| Spanish | Buceadora pionera del agua muerta |
| French | Exploratrice des abîmes |
| Russian | Первооткрыватель мёртвых вод |
| Thai | Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters |
| Vietnamese | Tiên Phong Trong Nước Chết |
| German | Pioniertaucherin toter Gewässer |
| Indonesian | Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters |
| Portuguese | Mergulhadora Pioneira de Águas Mortas |
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