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Frenzied Flame
◇ CONCEPT / FORCE

The Frenzied Flame and the Three Fingers

Primal Chaos · Antithesis of Order

The Frenzied Flame is a cosmic concept antithetical to the Golden Order: the primal yellow chaos that preceded all differentiation. Shabriri (the spirit of the Bloody Finger who inhabited Yura's body) articulates its ideology: "All that exists came from One Great. Then came fractures, births, souls. But the Greater Will erred. Torment, despair, affliction, every sin, every curse, born from the error. What was borrowed must be returned. Melt all with the yellow flame of chaos. Until all is One again." The Three Fingers, burned and misshapen analogs of the Two Fingers, reside in the depths below the Capital (Forsaken Depths, behind the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds) and transmit the flame to those who strip themselves of everything before their door, literally naked. Hyetta, the blind Finger Maiden who guides toward them, eats Shabriri Grapes (eyeballs from the Flame's victims) to "feel the distant light" and orient herself. Melina firmly rejects the Flame: "It is chaos, devouring life and thought without end. As ruined as this world has become, life endures, births continue, there is a beauty in that." The Lord of Frenzied Flame ending: the Tarnished becomes the torch, burning all, and Melina vows vengeance with her left eye open. Fingerprint Stones armor and the Frenzied Flame Seal are its relics.

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NPC DialoguePreceptor Seluvis (Dialogue)
Go to the door ahead, after divesting yourself of your possessions. It will surely open, and the Three Fingers will welcome you. May the flame of chaos find purchase within you. Ahh, the flame of chaos has nestled within you. Could you please rest your hand upon me? Burn me with the flame, to make me your maiden... I have touched them. The words of the Three Fingers. As your maiden, allow me to divine them. All that there is came from the One Great. And so, what was borrowed must be returned. Melt it all away, with the yellow chaos flame. Until all is One again. Those who gave me grapes howled without words. And melt it all away. As the Lord of Chaos. No more fractures. No more birth... ...
NPC DialogueShabriri (Dialogue)
Descend into the depths, far below the Erdtree Capital. Seek audience with the Three Fingers, and the flame of frenzy. If you inherit the flame of frenzy, your flesh will serve as kindling, and the girl can be spared. ...setting you on the righteous path of lordship. The path of the Lord of Chaos. Burn the Erdtree to the ground, and incinerate all that divides and distinguishes. Ahh, may chaos take the world! May chaos take the world! Chosen Tarnished, and would-be Lord. Ugh. That will be quite enough. I did not take you for a fraud. Shabriri is chaos incarnate. I cannot die. Until we meet again, in another place or time. There's no mistake, is there? Death has left its mark once again.
NPC DialogueScribe Corhyn (Dialogue)

Then where is he? Our true Lord, our Lord of Frenzied Flame. We beg of you, incinerate all that divides and distinguishes. Ahh, may chaos take the world! ... Ahh, the puppets... The puppets besiege us... ... Ahh, the poor fellow...gone perfectly mad. Love...revenge...the frenzied flame melts it all away... ... ... It's there, somewhere. Another path, leading back to the foot of the Erdtree.

NPC DialogueMerchant Kalé (Dialogue)
They're hardly human anymore. They think we worship the Three Fingers? That we called the maddening sickness down upon them? Well. And the Order, entire. The yellow flame of chaos... Oh, that's it... That's what I need... O Three Fingers, throw wide the door. Please, bestow unto me the yellow flame of chaos. A frenzied flame to melt away the curses, suffering, and despair. May chaos take the world. The frenzied flame...burned me... I was not... a suitable home. Unknown warrior... You, who reached the Three Fingers' abyss... Tell the one... Who will become Lord... May chaos...take the world. ... Dear Lord, Lord of Chaos... Melt away the curses, suffering, and despair. May chaos...take the world. ... 8001 Are you offering that drink to me? Oh, no, what do you take me for? I am an honest merchant of good standing! [pause] Oh, for heaven's sake, I jest. Your kind...will all be razed clean. By the frenzied flame...of chaos... 8009
NPC DialogueRemembrance Duplication Menu (Dialogue)

They're hardly human anymore. They think we worship the Three Fingers? That we called the maddening sickness down upon them? Well. And the Order, entire. The yellow flame of chaos... Oh, that's it... That's what I need...

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