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  • Interesting fictional characters that I have used/I am using as profile pictures here, part 2:
    Messmer the Impaler (Elden Ring)

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    Messmer the Impaler is the character I've chosen for my profile picture for now.
    His story is tragic, but it's a bit out of topic as there are not great parallels to Spiritual Satanist knowledge in it.

    The reason why I chose him (other than he looks badass) is that his character design and themes are actually based on something we know very well: the Kundalini Serpent.
    You can see 2 striking characteristic when looking at Sir Messmer: his 2 Winged Serpents and the fact that he can wield Fire. Obvious relation, fire and serpents → Kundalini, but there's more.

    Let's not kid ourselves: of course there is some inspiration from the "christanity devil" in his design, this is not the first instance where Elden Ring does that, but I still think that the Kundalini references are very interesting since they're so obvious and direct. Also, Messmer is not an evil character, he did evil things and is presented as a villain in the trailer, but when you get to know the lore behind him he's just as morally grey and fucked up as literally any other character in a Souls game. These games typically don't have good/bad characters, except some very rare cases.
    But this is not what I wanted to talk about anyway, even if I like this aspect of the games, so let's continue.

    Messmer is a "boss" enemy, and as many other bosses do, he has a "phase transition" when you get him to half health.
    In Souls games, once a boss changes phase (there's typically just 2), it almost always changes name in the UI.
    In the first phase, Messmer is called "Messmer the Impaler", because he impaled his enemies, so a very shallow title, based only on outside evidence and public actions.
    When you reach second phase, a cutscene plays out, and he says some lines, and some of them are very interesting:
    Soon, Tarnished. ["Tarnished" is the title of the player character]
    Wilt thou be taken in the jaws...
    Of the Abyssal Serpent, shorn of light.
    In the cutscene, before this lines, Messmer removes the fake golden eye (which was put there by his mother, out of topic) and we can see that inside him there's yet ANOTHER Serpent, coiled in his eye socket. This is what he looks like after this painful process:
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    I also forgot to mention: as he (and many other characters in Elden Ring) has one eye completely shut, and the other was fake, and now he has even removed it, we can assume he's basically blind.
    Except one thing, when you enter his boss room, he looks at you through one of his Winged Serpents:
    (I don't know if this might have some further parallels, I just thought it was cool to point out. Also, the snake is cute. I guess you could make a parallel between this and Odin removing His eye to gain Knowledge, Messmer removes his eye and frees the Kundalini, so raising the Kundalini is similar to gaining Knowledge, it is positive.)
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    Anyway, back to his second phase.
    In this phase, Messmer in the UI is called in a most direct reference to the Kundalini: "Base Serpent Messmer".
    Surely I don't need to explain it, "Base Serpent" is one word away from "Base Chakra Serpent", the Kundalini as in the current fallen state of Humanity.
    So Messmer has actually 3 Serpents: 2 Winged Serpents and 1 Abyssal Serpent.
    The main difference in the lore is that the 2 Winged Serpents are his loyal and benign companions, that help him to keep in check the malignant Abyssal Serpent.
    Why "malignant" though? We already said that there is no good/bad in these games, right?
    It's called malignant because it is considered so by the society in that universe, which is somewhat based off a christian society (monotheistic cult etc) and they really, really hate snakes.
    So the game isn't really telling us that the Abyssal Snake is malignant, it's just telling us that society in that universe saw it as malignant and something to be hidden.
    Further, I think that the 2 Winged Serpents might be a reference to Ida and Pingala.
    So we have Ida, Pingala and the Kundalini all represented in this character.

    In this phase, Messmer can do some attacks in "serpent form", truly displaying that the Abyssal Serpent is free and risen. He also summons a Fire Orb, further solidifying the relation between the Abyssal Serpent, the Serpent which stays in the Abyss, the lowest part, with Fire, the Base Chakra, which is also the lowest chakra.
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    While there may be nothing in Messmer's character that's as subsersive to the enemy control as the elements of Rudol von Stroheim, the previous character I've talked about, I still find him very interesting and cool, because the spiritual references are very much blunt and you can be sure this was at least partly intentional.
    It feels good to see bits of spiritual knowledge surviving in one of the most significant and influential games of these last years, and the highest rated DLC of all time.
    Even if most of our knowledge has been suppressed, it can't be forever and it will surface in the minds and souls of good creators, as we are working towards the full awakening of the Soul of Egypt, the Soul of Mankind.

    Base Serpent Messmer is just one badass instance of this.
    Interesting fictional characters that I have used/I am using as profile pictures here, part 1:
    Rudol von Stroheim (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures)

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    At the time of writing this, I have used him as my profile picture for at least 3 years. I felt like changing it after so long but I wish to write something to remember it.
    Rudol von Stroheim is, as you can see, a National Socialist soldier, specifically, a "Nazi Major" according to the JoJo wiki.
    He's featured in the second part of JJBA: "Battle Tendency".
    Why do I think he's interesting?
    Because this is the only Nazi character that I have ever seen in fiction who is portrayed as one of the "good guys" through the later stages of the story.
    Actually, the entire Nazi Army (yes, we can say Nazi, remember there is a Goddess named Nazi, although I can't find the related thread) becomes a major force for good as it helps the protagonist save Humanity from annihilation/slavery.
    Although (of course) the Nazi presence starts as antagonistic (I mean, the writer had to, it would've been "suspicious" to the public if he didn't), in the course of just 2 episodes, it turns into positive, when Stroheim proudly sacrifices himself to kill an almost unkillable monster that has entered his body, by blowing himself up with a grenade.
    Stroheim is later reintroduced as a badass cyborg, saved from death by German science.
    Literally, his most popular line is: "You fool! German science is the world's finest!".
    In the final battle against Kars, a superhuman evil being who has achieved genetic perfection and is actually unkillable, Stroheim delivers critical assist to the protagonist.
    Without Stroheim, the protagonist would've never saved the world from Kars. His role was objectively critical.

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    And even his sendoff was great. The story tells us Stroheim died proudly and valorously, fighting for his country against the USSR, at the battle of Stalingrad in 1943.

    It fills me with joy to know that Stroheim has reached the heart of many, even with the stigma and hate towards National Socialism.
    It is a true display that Humanity has nothing to hate about National Socialism when it is devoid of the hoax of the Holocaust, as the series never mentions it, not even once.
    I am aware that the concept of cyborgs is wrong and unnatural, but in this case I let it slide, as it is a plot device to give him a comeback and superpowers, and also a way to praise Nazi science.
    OttoHart
    OttoHart
    Other than a throwaway line from Joseph of: "I guess I can't exactly meet him anymore, since we're apparently at war with the Germans", there is no negative portrayal of the SS in Part 2. Partly because it's a japanese work, and partly because Hirohiko Araki is a very studied man. He portrays a lot of cultures neutrally and realistically, and I'm almost sure that he has a far more down to Earth and neutral view of World War 2.
    Stroheim was a great character, I hope he gets more content in the future. Far more minor characters got one-shot manga and spin-offs in the past, so here's hoping.
    OttoHart
    OttoHart
    The SS is portrayed slightly more negatively at the start, only in the anime. Partly because of ominous visuals, Stroheim being a bit of a dick early on, the ominous music. The manga actually (obviously, no music) keeps a far more neutral attitude in colors and portrayal down from the start.
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    Demonic Tech
    Demonic Tech
    Thing is, nowadays, they'd just make some bullshit "redemption arc", were they to do more with Stroheim. I have already seen that there is a fan fiction of this.
    Some people can't cope with Stroheim being SS.
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Al Jilwah: Chapter IV

"It is my desire that all my followers unite in a bond of unity, lest those who are without prevail against them." - Satan

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