The Epic of Zektbach

[Spiritsnare]

Originally Posted by kannazuki

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.

That would be correct:

Originally Posted by Introduction page

Who's Zektbach?
A conspicuously conspicuous writer for Konami's Bemani series.
In each song, every single phrase, word, and feeling is chained in unison to create a sweeping epic.


1. Ristaccia [from beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ Troopers]
- Excerpted from the Epic of Zektbach, Prologue: "Ristaccia"

2. Shamshir's Dance [from pop'n music 14 FEVER!]
- Excerpted from the Epic of Zektbach, chapter 1, section 4: "Azelgato's Disaster"

3. Zeta -The World of Prime Numbers and the Transcendental Being- [from pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE]
- Excerpted from the Epic of Zektbach, chapter 2, section 5: "The Path of Zeta"

4. Blind Justice -Torn Souls, Hurt Faiths- [from beatmaniaIIDX14 GOLD]
- Excerpted from the Epic of Zektbach, chapter 3, section 5: "Parting from the Pedigree"

5. Apocalypse -dirge of swans- [from beatmaniaIIDX13 DistorteD]
- Excerpted from the Epic of Zektbach, chapter 4, section 8: "Swansong Knoll"

6. Apocalypse -memento mori- [from pop'nmusic 15 ADVENTURE]
- Excerpted from the Epic of Zektbach, chapter 8, section 4: "Hannes' Reflection"

Excerpts from the songs' respective verses can be found on their respective song pages in both IIDX (Apocalypse 1, Blind Justice, Ristaccia) and pop'n (Shamshir's Dance, Apocalypse 2, Zeta).

Also, DJ JSRF - I've cleaned up your translation and crossposted it onto VJ Army with proper credit. Let me know whether or not you would prefer for me not to do that.

[D.J.JSRF]

Yeah,my honor.

I'm a big fan of Zektbach so I would like to introduce the story and the materials to you.Too bad that I can't introduce all I know about Zektbach's epic and translate them into English because of my poor English,but I'll try to translate as much as I can.

Then,let's talk about Blind Justice and the last twins.

First,I have to say that I do not exactly know whether Lien created Nox and Matin themself or their ancestors,because Zektbach did not tell us how many years had passed between the two chapters.But if Lien created the first twins,then Nox and Matin are the "last" because Zektbach said that the pedigree of The Transcender ended here(to translate the title of ZETA,it would be "ZETA～The World Of Prime Numbers And The Transcender～",and of course,"The Transcender" refers to Lien,who had knew the ultimate truth and transcended the Humina race)

Then,let me introduce the last twins.

Matin Catorce,14 years old(for IIDX 14th Style),right-hander,the "positive" one of the twins,the wielder of The Sword Of Hope - Trisagion.Though she had became the empress of Noigllado for having the ability to wield Trisagion,it's still too young for her to have enough authoritativeness that few ministers and knights swore their oaths of allegiance to her.

She grew up in the palace,the fabulous life made her heart full of love.She did not even know how to hate another one.When she was taught that she had a brother who was abandoned few years ago and he's still alive,she instantly began to pray for him and tried to find him.Though she could feel Nox's hatred from her Ristaccia piece inserted necklace(I believed that Matin had at least three pieces of Ristaccia),she still loved Nox and wanted to save him from hatred.But this does not mean that she is a weak girl.Her heart is adamant enough,and she had a strong sense of justice.She could do anything if it is for her country and her people,even that means to sacrifice herself or to kill her loved one.To safeguard her justice,finally,she put her customized armor(which had one piece of Ristaccia inserted) on,brought the sword of Trisagion up,to fight her loving brother.


Nox Catorce,14 years old,left-hander,the "negative" one of the twins,the wielder of The Sword Of Despair - Tyrfing.He was supposed to be a prince,but had been abandoned for having the ability to wield another Ristaccia piece inserted sword - Tyrfing.Matin and Nox are one pair of perfect symmetric,and so does the two swords too.To avoid the possible conflict between the positive one and the negative one,Nox must be abandoned.

But the royal sword instructor Adhuc did not want that to happen because He was such a kind man who had already adopted two orphans.He took Nox and the sword of Tyrfing away,escaped from the palace,and then,Nox became the third child adopted by Adhuc.He grew up in countryside,lead a poor life with Adhuc and the other two children.Adhuc taught his swordmanship to Nox.With his talent,Nox became an outstanding swordman.Knowing Nox is a Prince,Adhuc tried his best to economize the use of money to buy some gorgeous suits for Nox,for that,though he lead a tough life,Nox never looked shabby,but always as beautiful as his sister.

The Holy Kingdom Of Noigllado was the largest country on the continent,the dominators(of course,not Matin,she just could not control the situation) were always eager to expand their own sphere of influence to expand the territory.That made both the peoples of Noigllado and other country got resentful about it.And finally,the Anti-Noigllado Alliance was found.Unluckily,Nox had a strong sense of justice too.He wanted to fight against the Holy Kingdom in order to save the poor people,so he joined the Alliance.Later then,he was taught his antecedent.He felt happy for owning an outstanding sister at first(he kept his braid to show his respect to Matin),but finally,with the implacable ressentiment,he had his heart occupied with hatred,and the hatred was amplificated day by day under the influence of the piece of Ristaccia which was inserted in Tyrfing.The Alliance hailed Nox as their leader,but Nox had not interest in taking his country back.He just hated Matin and wanted to kill her.

The later story is yet to be reviewed.Let's talk about it next time.

[Spiritsnare]

Man, you have this all sorted out, do you?

In any case, three updates.

The first is the entry for Epic Poetry in pop'n music 16 PARTY, which contains an excerpt from Chapter 3, Verse 3: The Battle of Tetroa Sea. In addition, the official site has been updated with Nyoah Log 2 and Nyoah Log 3.

Oh, and a translation for Nox/Matin's intro -

Is torturing the weak a form of 'justice'...?
Is continuing the futile war's cycle of destruction a form of 'justice'...?
Nox and Matin. Two twins who possess the same face, yet carry out their own brand of justice.

[D.J.JSRF]

I just translated some parts of the introduction words.MAYA's Puzzle is just amazing.

I knew almost all of the story so far(including the "fragments of the story" which were on TOMOSUKE's blog).You can ask me whatever you wanted to know about the epic and I will try my best to answer you,but it's hard for me to tell the story from beginning.

So you had seen the new chapter of the epic.It said that Nox and Malacia had made a fortress on the Tetroa Sea and led the pirates to fight against Noigllado.Matin was so sad that she had to fight against Nox,but if it's for the justice,she will do it.Just like what I had introduced before.

[XDManda]

Maybe the EMPRESS song will add another storyline sequel to these Zektbach's stuffs.

[TATSH]

Ristaccia - Zektbach Philharmonic Orchestra is now avaiable on Konami Full Music :

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Hmmm that means the overture in the Zektbach site = Ristaccia full ??

[factorx1112001]

Zektbach's site has been updated as of August 1st...and I'd say the update is not that light, mainly all of it is in the Story section. Battle of Doroah's music is great.

Edit: I guess the point of this post is a plea for translation if possible?

[tomokosasaki]

Next to music "on/off" it says FRAGMENT. is that the name of the song?

Originally Posted by zonic505

Anyone know what you're suppose to enter at that password-ish screen?

It's just "enter name", no?

[zonic505]

It's just a name entry? What's the point of that?

That music during Story fits perfectly. It reminds me of a Final Fantasy overworld theme when you're traveling from one place to another on the map.

[factorx1112001]

Originally Posted by tomokosasaki

Next to music "on/off" it says FRAGMENT. is that the name of the song?

If you go into the Story section and click on the glowing "Doroah Front" it will pop up what looks like more poetry (and load a new song..well, re-visioned song) and background of Shamshir and Isfaphan. There is also another glowing 'clickie' that portrays what looks like the original site of where the Ristaccia was found (the place with the different race's weapons sticking out of the ground in the Ristaccia video).

[TATSH]

Yeah the Zektback site is awesome, now i'm looking foward this... Turii is a island and there's another hidden continent

[D.J.JSRF]

No.You just didn't see the big tree there.

If you spell the word "Tree" with Japanese Romaji,it would be "Turii" or "Tsurii".You should have known it just after the location test because there was a tree design in the title art.

[TATSH]

Yeap I see the tree

[DeadManWalking7243]

OK, I'm confused...does this mean there is a Zektbach album coming, or is that list just listing his songs? Or are we just discussing story? What's going on?!? :P

[XDManda]

Zektbach has a story in his site about his world with songs description relating to histories and happenings in his world.

Looks very interesting imo.