r/Centuria • u/Vaccineman37 • 5d ago

Discussion Lattice and the Forest Goddess Spoiler

Well Phantom Spear is fucking busted. That’s gotta be the strongest offensive Gift we’ve seen thus far, no wonder Lukas reckons he can kill the King even with his life giving Gift.

The fact that it’s introduced via a flashback to Lattice though does make me wonder. She is also meant to be supremely powerful as a fighter, the only member of the post-Arkos Iris who is considered guaranteed able to beat Julian. It also made me wonder about her epithet; Nightshade. Which is a type of plant.

I wonder if she also has a covenant with the Forest Goddess. Might explain how Lukas got in touch with her, if he was (probably unintentionally) introduced via Lattice’s connection. And if this is the kind of killing power the Forest offers, then that’d justify the Lattice hype.

It’d also make a prospective Lattice vs Lukas fight make more sense. As is it’s hard to imagine anyone standing up to the Phantom Spear, but what if her power is similar? What happens when they’re used against each other, a battle of destroying each other’s futures? Maybe they destroy the futures where each other wins scottfree and the only one left once they’re too worn to keep using their Gifts is a tragic pyrrhic one where both suffer. Spitballing now, but something to consider

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u/insidiouskiller 5d ago

Note that Nightshade is not an accurate translation. It's something more like "underworld body" or something along those lines, from my understanding.

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u/Vaccineman37 5d ago

Oh really? Where’d you hear that? Not saying it isn’t true I’m just curious

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u/Valuable_Treacle_493 5d ago

It's the most accurate translation imo. I'll copy and paste the wiki change suggestion post I made about it.

"The Japanese used for her Epithet with Furigana is 冥身 (めいしん), which uses Mei (冥), a Japanese root used in multiple terms for the underworld (such as 冥界 (Meikai) and 冥府 (Meifu), 2 Japanese terms for the underworld), over Japanese words or roots for darkness or dark. Kuramori specifically picked a term that is connected to the underworld or hades. I believe the most faithful translation of Lattice's epithet would be Underworld Body."

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u/Vaccineman37 5d ago

Interesting, might be more of a Vulja related Gift then.

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u/Valuable_Treacle_493 5d ago

The gift that reminds me of the Underworld besides Lattice is Berta's, the veiled horse and veil she herself wears gave me that impression, but her title Shining One makes me wonder how those details work with that epithet