The Epic of Zektbach

[TATSH]

Originally Posted by afex.racer_X

Sounds a lot like Lord of the Rings. But it's cool. I really like the site and the music on it is absolutely amazing.

Actually sounds more like The Kingdom of Heaven Sountrack

[zonic505]

Originally Posted by D.J.JSRF

*The story thus far....*

Sounds like it could be made into a video game.

Hear that, Konami? A Zektbach video game (that isn't a Bemani music game) featuring his music & be able to play as the characters from the videos!

[DMW7243]

I'll settle for an album...

[D.J.JSRF]

Well,that's not the story thus far.

It's only the beginning of the prologue...

-the story continues-

After the war,two races of mankind still existed,although had lost most of their people.

One race was called "Rufina".They are the most intelligent race in that world.In order to live forever,they had created a memeplex named "Σ"(Pop'n character,along with ZETA) and sealed themselves off from the world.Σ slept deeply under the ground for a long time,until a talented mathematician(whose name is Lien,the hero of ZETA's story) found it.

One race was called "Humina"(Human?).Knowing the great power of Ristaccia,they kneeled before Ristaccia and offered their prayers just like before.They asked for the prosperity of the race and the flourish of the planet.After a long time,a religion system was formed.The center of the religion is the Holy Kindom Of Noigallado,which is the largest and the most poweful kingdom in that world.

A holy sword named "Trisagion"(which was being wielded by Matin Catorce in Blind Justice and Ristaccia's background video,and of course,Matin Catorce is the empress of the Holy Kindom Of Noigallado) is the symbol of the religion.It is said to be borned out from one piece of Ristaccia and had been inserted another piece of Ristaccia.

And then,the story begins...(Sota Fujimori vs. SADA,oh yeah )

BTW,this is not translation.I'm telling the story...

I hope you guys enjoy the story.Santa Ristaccia!

[Light Yagami]

Thanks a lot for posting that.

Zektbach songs all some of my fav from all BEMANI.

Goodbye (^^)v

[DJ OMiY]

The video game idea would be fantastic, but only if they make something truly groundbreaking. I could see a great Zektbach RPG or maybe something along the lines of Castlevania (although I prefer the RPG). However, like DeadManWalking said, an album would be just as nice. Long version of Apocalypse please!

[AceJay]

Haha a Zektbach game.

MORE LIKE A MAYA CHARACTERS/XEPHER/ZENIUS GAME

[Shigekix]

Originally Posted by DJ OMiY

The video game idea would be fantastic, but only if they make something truly groundbreaking. I could see a great Zektbach RPG or maybe something along the lines of Castlevania

IMO, this is a terrible idea.

[Poroksy]

A RPG game might be too heavy. I'm expecting a space-channel-five-like game in the Zektbach world or a fighting game with MAYA characters.

[Metra]

As a book, it would be awesome.

About the story:

Well, the eight races can be seen early in the Ristaccia video, with the hands holding the Ristaccia's pieces. One seems to be a giant race, other, a lizard race, a fish race, a small race, and some more human ones, only different by size and some muscles. And there is... A tree (?!) holding a RIstaccia piece... Wtf, a dryad race?

I also find it funny how Hannes' story is portrayed on Ristaccia. She looks like a flying nun coming from the heavens with her sword. Flying nun gonna getcha.

And Nox looks so damn evil in the Ristaccia video. He scares me with his bishounenness of doom and cutting braids from hell. But he and Hannes holding the sword with the Ristaccia piece... Well, I find it kinda cute, even if they look insane and evil there.
(But Nox really looks like a valkyrie with that braids. And Hannes, with a female pope.)

The Blind Justice video also has a lot of things that can be only seen pausing it, like a scene where a female thief-like thing is putting her hand on Nox's (?) face, and all the ships that appear in the video... Interesting. It remembers me of Final Fantasy V... Excellent.

Also, I wonder if the necklace Matin was born with (In the Blind Justice video, it shows Nox with a sword and Matin with a necklace, you know...) is made from a piece of Ristaccia or something like that, later put into Matin's Trisagion.

And I finally wonder HOW THE HELL can Matin fight with that dress.

I wonder where's the Ristaccia piece on Shamshir's shamshir in PoMu... XDD

(Whoa, I wonder a lot.)

Random time: Nox means "Darkness" or "Night" in Latin, Matins is the morning prayers, Shamshir is a type of sword (Orly?) and Hannes is a short form of Johannes, which I think is a feminine form of Joan. Well, that remembers me of Joan D'arc.

[D.J.JSRF]

The thief-like female is the king of pirates,named Malacia.She appreciated Nox for his talent and his beautiful face and wanted to help him to take his country back.

Well,let's talking about "what" Nox and Matin exactly are.According to previous story,Nox and Matin maybe some kind of test-tube baby created by the talented mathematician Lien (whose name means "Link" in French").They are a symmetric pair.Nox is a left-hander when Matin is a right-hander.Nox always wear earings in his left ear and Matin always wear earings in her right ear.Their personalities are not similar,but opposite.But their face just looked the same.

For some reason,the twins were created.Luckily,Matin got the ablility to wield Trisagion - "the sword of hope",and ascended the throne of the holy kindom of noigallado.Unuckily,Nox got the ablility to wield Tyrfing - "the sword of despire",and got abandoned with Tyrfing.

MAYA's Puzzle is just great for introducing the storyline of Blind Justice.So,let's talk about the further story next time.

[Metra]

W00ts, this is getting interesting...

I wonder why the Blind Justice piano mix is called "The Last Twins". Maybe something about Lien creating them? Maybe something about an apocalypse?

I really want to know how their personalities are... I see Nox as an impulsive kid, like a FF hero, maybe Zidane... And I see Matin as a more calm person that cares deeply for her brother, as seen in Blind Justice, where she cries as he flees, when they were just children.

Is there some info on Hannes or Shamshir? Or about Nox getting his country back -- I think he succeeds in the Ristaccia video, with Hannes' help, and Matin is thrown apart.

Is it just me or Nox seems really evil? I have a feeling that Matin is the "right one" or the "less bad one" in the story...

Funny thing is that everything I tought real wasn't, or it was different. Zektbach, you win internets for this. Now book please.

[kannazuki]

It's interesting how the character names give a possible clue to the characters personalities.

Nox: Darkness (Latin), alternatively also refers to Nyx, greek goddess of the night.
Matin: Morning (French)
Catorce: Fourteen (Spanish), possible reference to the fact that these two first appeared in IIDX 14 GOLD.
Hannes: God is gracious (Scandinavian origin)
Shamshir: A type of curved sabre (Persian origin), these are the swords that she uses.
Zeta: Sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, taking into account the song that Zeta first appears in, it's also a possible reference to the Riemann zeta function which involves prime numbers.

And has anybody noticed the song order which appears on the Zektbach site here? The Epic of Zektbach / Introduction

I think that's the proper chronological order of the songs.

[D.J.JSRF]

Then,let's talk about the characters.

First,Shamshir.She is a heroin who saved her motherland - The Kindom Of Azuelgatt(check the map on Zektbach's page) from the invading of Noigallado,using her Ristaccia piece inserted shamshir - Colada D'el Cid(yes I do know the sword really existed and it is not a shamshir,but...yeah you can ask to Zektbach for that).But after the war,the king was frightened by her power and wanted to get her expelled.Later,she was arrested when she was performing battle dance for citizens.At that time,the piece of Ristaccia began to flash brightly,and then,Shamshir killed all the people there in a flash.Several days later,the kingdom doomed,and Shamshir had became a marionette of Ristaccia.

Second,Lien.He is a talented mathematician who had known too much thing from Σ.He felt the existence of Σ when he was working at a puzzle which is about prime numbers.When he was taking his Journey in the fantasy world of numbers,he found a shorter way to get the puzzle solved.He named the way "The Lane Of Zeta"(the Riemann Zeta-function).Then,he met Σ in the lane.Σ threw seven of the world's hardest puzzles to Lien to test his talent,and finally,Lien got all puzzles solved.At that time,he had his idea straightened out and began to know the ultimate truth of the world and.With Σ's guiding,he got himself "evoluted".Afer that,he "created" a pair of twins to keep the evoluted gene passing down,and then,he went to the ruins,in order to find out the true color of Ristaccia.But unfortunately,he was killed by Shamshir in the ruins.

The first part of the story ends here.

I would introduce the story of Blind Justice later.Please wait.

[Metra]

Oh, and that's why Shamshir appears with all that blood and corpses in a dancing stance in Ristaccia... But WTF SHAMSHIR WHY DID YOU KILLED THE GOOD DUDE.

Kannazuki, I dunno... There are two Apocalypses there (I know they are from different games and different mixes), but the music is the same, overall.

Also, I find it wonderful on how there are so many female warriors in Zektbach's Epic.

D.J.JSRF, thanks a lot for doing all the translations! It's really cool of you to do that for us people that don't understand japanese~