Sea of Flowers, Adored Only by Death
Last updated 2025-12-14
Sea of Flowers, Adored Only by Death is a sub-mission of Trailblaze Mission Ferryman, Ferry Me Across the Stream of Souls in the chapter Through the Petals in the Land of Repose.
Steps
- Move forward with Thanatos
Gameplay Notes
- This sub-mission is considered a challenge, and pressing Esc offers the option to "Pause and Save" or "Quit Completely" to exit.
- If "Quit Completely" is selected, the sub-mission may be restarted through the Mission menu.
- This mission requires the use of Castorice, and provides her for use as a Story character.
Dialogue
Move forward with Thanatos
Mission DescriptionJust as the legends say... The nether realm is truly a sea of flowers.
Everyone knows of the Hand of Shadow, but few know of Thanatos's other hand — And now, you have finally met each other.
Proceed with Thanatos, and behold the sea of flowers that she watches over.
- Oh, you sit in your little dinghy
Eager to hear my song and follow closely behind
Please, turn back, return to the homeland you know so well - Venture not with me into the vast sea, for perhaps
Without seeing me, you will lose your way in the ocean
The ocean I cross has never been sailed by anyone - ???: After all that...
- ???: You still ended up back here.
- Castorice: ...
- Castorice: So the legends were true. The nether realm really is a sea of flowers.
- ???: Yes.
- ???: Just like the flower fields we tended to back then...
- Castorice: ...
- Castorice: Is that you... Polyxia?
- ???: Do you remember me?
- Castorice: ...I don't have the memories from that time, but I've seen you before during an experiment.
- ???: I see.
- Thanatos: Call me Thanatos then. It'll be easier.
- Castorice: ...
- Thanatos: However, since you recognize the name, you must already know everything about Thanatos, right?
- Castorice: Yes....
- Castorice: I'm... here to reforge the order of life and death in Amphoreus.
- Thanatos: You know, my sister was a sympathetic but rather sensitive person. Whenever she didn't want to say what was on her mind, she would avoid eye contact and look off into the distance...
- Thanatos: Just like what you are doing now.
- Castorice: Can you tell me... about the last Era Nova?
- Castorice: What did you do, Polyxia?
- Thanatos: Where should I begin...? I suppose we can start from the beginning.
- ???: Alright, my dear Polyxia...
- ???: It's time to extract my heart and light the flame of Death...
- ???: After that, use it to plant the first bud in the prophesied new world.
- Thanatos: A long, long time ago, there were a pair of like-minded twins. As foretold in the prophecy, they were chosen to be successors to the god of "Death."
- Thanatos: But fate was cruel. The price of attaining divinity was to take the life of a family member with our own hands.
- Castorice: That trial... was indeed recorded in that memory.
- Thanatos: Then you should already know that my sister voluntarily gave up her own life so that I could ascend as the demigod of "Death."
- Thanatos: But I couldn't accept that. Why did we have to kill each other for a future she'd never see herself? That's not fair.
- Thanatos: So, while weaving the laws of the new world... I shattered the forbidden bottom line for "life" and "death."
- Castorice: ...
- Thanatos: I reshaped my sister's soul and took the form of the great dragon Pollux to carry her up the River of Souls and back into the mortal realm.
- Thanatos: But our fates were already decided... and manifested in unexpected ways in response to my futile actions.
- Thanatos: Aging is an unbreakable law of nature laid upon humankind, created at the same time as "Death." When the living die, their souls will meet Thanatos, who would determine where every soul goes...
- Thanatos: If the Reaper raises their left hand, the soul is granted death and allowed to enter the nether realm to await reincarnation. If they raise their right hand, the soul is rejected by the nether realm and returned to the mortal realm to continue walking the earth.
- Castorice: That's why the "Hand of Shadow" can only lay down judgment... and not embrace another being.
- Thanatos: Yes. "Death" was originally a pair of hands, but they were split in twain when we reached the mortal realm, never to touch each other ever again...
- Thanatos: The half of Thanatos that represents life, the undying human who "grants death"... That was the curse I forced upon you.
- Castorice: Then... What about you?
- Thanatos: As the half of Thanatos representing death, I shoulder the fate of "defying death." I died the moment I entered the world of the living.
- Thanatos: From then on, my Titan also no longer existed in this world. The cycle of life and death stopped. Souls were denied their audience with death, and were left stranded within an ever-rising river of the dead....
- Thanatos: What irony. My selfish desire to save your life gave you and the world a fate far worse than death instead.
- Thanatos: Then, what was left of my reason was left behind in the nether realm...
- Thanatos: Where I've been taking care of these flowers day after day, until there is now a sea of them....
- Thanatos: ...All while mulling over the subject of life, death, partings, and enduring an endless loneliness.
- (Approach the marked location)
- Castorice: ...Fate is absurd indeed.
- Castorice: Our lives were a mirrored image of one another, like a pair of hands... Even so, we arrived at the same destination.
- Castorice: We walked different paths, yet experienced the same pain.
- Thanatos: I had hoped that maybe you would at least have a good life in this cycle...
- Thanatos: ...I'm sorry.
- Castorice: I lived my life well. It didn't go to waste. As far as I'm concerned, you did nothing wrong.
- Thanatos: Even though I forced the authority of "granting death to humanity" upon you, a total stranger?
- Castorice: Too many responsibilities were forced upon me in the course of this long journey. I was once lost, even upset...
- Castorice: But I realized recently that if it weren't for your blessing, I wouldn't have understood the source of these emotions, nor would I have realized my purpose...
- Castorice: I wouldn't have made it here to reunite with my missing half, and we wouldn't be discussing our past while sharing the same view of this landscape...
- Castorice: I wouldn't have understood the meaning of our "existence."
- Thanatos: The meaning of our existence...
- Castorice: This sea of flowers blooms on dead land because we sowed it with the seeds of our separation and watered it with our tears of loneliness... Yes, the only thing "Death" is allowed to create are flowers that bloom from blood and tears.
- Castorice: That's why Thanatos cannot create living beings at will, nor can the "Hand of Shadow" determine a person's remaining days...
- Castorice: Because the life and death of mortals should never be dictated by another's will.
- Thanatos: Are you saying there's no point in Thanatos' existence...?
- Castorice: No. No single being can bear the scales of life and death on their own, not even a god.
- Castorice: Life and death weigh equally heavy... We both know that now, don't we?
- Thanatos: ...
- Thanatos: You, too, must have had a difficult life...
- Thanatos: We've taken quite the ridiculous journey together, haven't we?
- Thanatos: I had a feeling even back then that we would meet again one day...
- Thanatos: Not to embrace one another after a long separation, but to come in search of retribution.
- Thanatos: Tell me the answer that's already been written... and let us draw this seemingly endless fate to a close.
- (Approach the marked location)
- Thanatos: It's been far too long. I've waited here for centuries, watching day after day as desperate spirits are denied by this lonely wasteland...
- Thanatos: I always hoped I would see you among them, but I was also afraid of seeing you. I didn't know how I could possibly face you again...
- Thanatos: But... more than anything, I was afraid that you might have forgotten all about me.
- Castorice: ...I know. But don't you see, Polyxia? I made it back anyway.
- Castorice: You don't have to shoulder Death's authority on your own anymore... It was always meant to be held in two hands anyway.
- Castorice: So, let's give our Coreflame to (Trailblazer) and have (him/
her) take it back to the mortal realm. Give humanity back their cycle of life and death. - Castorice: Our responsibility as Thanatos was never about picking out favorite souls. We were only meant to watch over life.
- Castorice: Let's tend the field together and create a warm sea of flowers for all the souls to come.
- Thanatos: ...
- Castorice: What do you think, Polyxia?
- Thanatos: Yes. Just... one last step.
- Thanatos: "You shall wither, and through that, the dead will sprout again from the remains, and be reborn with the dead flame"...
- Thanatos: As foretold by the prophecy, Thanatos' authority is only destined for only one person to wield. As the Chrysos Heir of "Death," as their demigod, as a Titan...
- Thanatos: ...Our fated moment has arrived once again.
- Castorice: Just like before...
- Thanatos: Yes, just like before.
- Thanatos: But unlike that time, the ones undergoing the trial this time are prepared.
- Castorice: You've... made up your mind?
- Thanatos: Yes... as dictated by fate. But I won't be afraid, as long as you're here with me.
- Thanatos: Complete your trial in this life. Grant me the embrace of "Death" and light the spark of "Life" ablaze.
- Thanatos: You've been tempered by life and death. I know you'll be able to give this wasteland its first breath of life...
- Thanatos: Like a raven butterfly flying swiftly into the nether realm, perching on the twig of death.
- Castorice: ...
- Castorice: ...I will. After this, I will remain permanently in the nether realm. The River of Souls shall return here and rain down from the sky, scattering souls across the earth...
- Castorice: The cycle of life and death will flow once again. This sea of flowers you sowed shall bear countless joyous or sorrowful souls, and bloom evermore.
- Thanatos: ...Thank you.
- Thanatos: Just one last thing. Can you... grant me one wish?
- Castorice: Of course. What is it?
- Thanatos: ...
- Thanatos: Please... don't forget me.
- Castorice: ...I promise you.
- Castorice: When we meet in the next world... Even if I have endured another reincarnation...
- Castorice: ...Even if we do not know each other's names...
- Castorice: ...I will still hold you tightly in my arms, just like what I did when we were born.
- Thanatos: Castorice... Castorice...
- Thanatos: You're as beautiful... as a fleeting butterfly.
- (Cutscene begins)
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- Castorice: I will bring rest to Death.
- Castorice: And from now on... stagnant life will once again flow.
- (Cutscene ends)
- Switching to Anaxa's POV...
- Knowledge is a scholar's second sun, and it is only right that they shine its light equally upon all the fools seated before them...
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Sea of Flowers, Adored Only by Death |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 花海啊，只为死之神垂怜 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 花海啊，只為死之神垂憐 |
| Japanese | 花海よ、死の神のためだけに憐れめ |
| Korean | 꽃바다여, 오직 죽음의 신만을 동정하라 |
| Spanish | Mar de flores, adora solo a la diosa de la muerte |
| French | Ô mer de fleurs, offerte à la clémence de la mort |
| Russian | О море цветов, услаждающее взгляд лишь смерти |
| Thai | ทะเลบุปผาเอ๋ย จงเมตตาเพียงเทพแห่งความตาย |
| Vietnamese | Biển Hoa, Chỉ Thương Xót Cho Vị Thần Tử Vong |
| German | O Blumenmeer, nur vom Tod geschätzt |
| Indonesian | Lautan Bunga, Welas Asih untuk Dewa Kematian |
| Portuguese | Mar de Flores, Adorado Somente pela Morte |
Change History
Released in Version 3.2
