Four-hundred Roses

Overview

Enemy

Four-hundred Roses (F-04-16-04) is a WAW-class Abnormality that was presumably contained in the L Corp. Branch in P Corp. built on top of La Manchaland and later overtaken by the amusement park. It is fought on Station 11 (the Terminus) of Line 5: Merry Go Round.

It can also be encountered in the Mirror Dungeon through Abnormality events and as a potential boss.

A number of Bloodfiends and Fixers underwent E.G.O Corrosion while trying to utilize its E.G.O, and are encountered in the Canto VII dungeon.

It is the source of the E.G.O Yearning-Mircalla.

Appearance

Four-hundred Roses has the appearance of a giant rose. The Abnormality possesses a pair of thin, crooked arms covered in thorns, almost as long as its stem (also thin, crooked, and thorns-covered). Numerous beady red eyes can be seen in the crevices between the large, dark petals of the flower, which is crowned with wilted, thorny sepals. A mouth rests in the center of the flower, lined with sharp teeth. A spring of blood can be seen dripping from the mouth.

Observation Logs

Four-hundred RosesCorroded Entities

Log Writer: Don Quixote

Level 1Level 2Level 3

The smell of blood is suffocating.

It looks like an average rose at a glance, indeed…

… but there are eyes glistening between each petal. Eyes with looks that I find familiar.

Glinting eyes of insurmountable desire, the eyes not so dissimilar from those of my blood-starved Family.

It desires not to slay, nor does it to harm. That creature… it merely yearns for blood.

I don’t suppose that flower was always such a beastly thing.

… Hah. It’s not like I’m in any position to pity that creature.

Hm. Let’s see what we’re working with… Shall it strike us with its vines? Yet such simple strategies will pose little to no risk to us.

Indeed, the red, blood-drenched petals most likely will utilize its sanguine resources to attack us. We will have to watch out for that angle.

Hm, how should I word these observations to naturally convey these findings to Manager Esq—

… Hold on. I-is this thing— Halt, hath this contraption already begun… recording?

Y-young Faust, I must bid thee a favor—perchance, wouldst thou avail me a chance to discard this record in favor of a new…

→ With good reason, yes. It is possible. (Faust)

→ Ooh! Then prithee, young Faust! A teeniest mistake was made here, on account of mine inexperience with this particular method of vocal recording. (Don Quixote)

→ Denied due to insufficient cause. This record will be maintained as-is. (Faust)

→ (Following are several dozen requests from Don Quixote to re-do this recording, every single one of them followed by Faust’s messages of denial.)

For-sooth! There was a battle of most epic proportions!

The beast seeketh in desperation to wound us!

‘Tis clear as the blue sky that this foe maketh use of spilled blood for the purposes of zapping us with them!

Alas, thus all would come to believe that it should be inadvisable to feed this terrible foe blood… yet I, Don Quixote, have devised an idea most splendid!

Heh heh. Gird thy loins, for I am to suggest a new strategy…

This foe… forsooth, it groweth increasingly docile by imbibing more blood!

Marry, 'tis plain that the creature may become slightly harder to slay, yet this appeareth to be a most wonderful opportunity to strike two birds with one stone; to protect our allies while bringing judgment to this evil Abnormality!

‘Twas quite the impressive display of intelligence, wouldst thou not say?

→ Uh, I think the creature’s becoming exceptionally harder to slay the more blood it drinks. (Ishmael)

→ Yeah… W-what if we just… put it down as fast as we can and not feed it any blood? (Sinclair)

→ Mm. However, the entity has been observed to become highly aggressive in lieu of blood. (Meursault)

→ Hm. Then we can feed it just the right amount of blood. How about that, fellas? Giving it so much blood was a pain anyway. (Gregor)

Hm… forsooth, young Gregor’s suggestion that we feed the beast just the right amount of blood was most helpful.

Aha! Of course, I, Don Quixote, have unearthed a rather significant intelligence as well!

The head! Of this rose! Is its weakness! Lo, behold its petals!

It seems that with the destruction of its head, the beast cannot well drink blood!

‘Tis a most auspicious finding, is it not? For striking its body was a painful toil for us as well.

I sayeth with great certitude that thou shalt suffer no more from thine wounds rupturing with every strike against its body!

Heh heh… The time is nigh for the vile rose to be added to mine list of vanquished foes!

Ah, young Faust, I must make a request of utmost importance to thee…

Once this battle is over…

Prithee, wilt thou not allow me to edit the foremost record…?

→ You are more persistent about this than it was previously assumed. Denied, for the twenty-sixth time. (Faust)

→ Her first report was pretty good though, right? Honestly, I think that one seemed a bit more like an actual report than… the rest. (Ishmael)

→ I like these kinda casual reports waaaaaay more. I can’t help but start yawning when reading Ishy or Fau’s reports, ya know? It’s too darn dry. (Rodion)

→ What…? Shouldn’t we maintain a degree of professionalism when writing a report? I mean, I guess Don Quixote’s usually pretty good about her reports, but… (Ishmael)

→ Hoh? I am lost, for I fail to understand the pair of thee! The style of my records hath always been consistent, just as stars do rise at night! (Don Quixote)

→ Donqui… are ya just gonna pretend it never happened? (Rodion)

→ … The, uh. Your tendency to bury your head in the sand like an ostritch didn’t go away, huh? Even with your memory coming back. (Gregor)

Log Writer: Meursault

Level 1Level 2Level 3

- No meaningful distinguishing features could be identified when comparing this entity to sub-entities of other Abnormalities.

- Their exteriors, while partially hinging on the host's original appearance, share the following commonalities: bodies bound by vines and a flower bloomed upon their heads.

- Upon corrosion of the hosts, the following symptoms could be observed: major loss of rationality and a constant yearning for blood.

- However, another observed aspect of this corroded state is that their consciousness is not completely lost, and a rudimentary level of communication could be established.

- In the case of corroded humans, transformation into a state similar to that of ravenous Bloodfiends could be observed; it was also observed that corroded humans' ability to maintain consciousness was relatively diminished compared to corroded Bloodfiends(however, due to the small sample size, contradictory findings may be present in future research).

- In the case of Bloodfiends, uncorroded subjects have also demonstrated the blood-craving characteristic. It appears that the long period of starvation lowers their ability to rationalize.

- Thus, a deeper level of observation of study is required to determine the distinguishing factors between ravenous Bloodfiends and rose-corroded Bloodfiends.

- Will note new discoveries in a future report.

- Other Sinners have posited that the corroded entities would attack utilizing their roses or briar vines.

- It has been confirmed, however, that they employ the same method of combat prior to their corrosions.

- The entity who wielded a greatsword continued to wield it, and entities wielding umbrellas continued to wield them.

- Their combat capabilities do not appear to have changed in a meaningful metric when compared to themselves prior to corrosion.

- There have been two discoveries of note: all corroded entities were surrounded by lights of unidentified sources, and they have been observed to siphon a portion of blood lost from the Sinners.

- The siphoned blood is used to reconstruct itself, but a part of it seems to be channeled to a separate entity.

- Will note new discoveries in a future report.

→ It is likely that the entity that receives the channeled blood is the Abnormality itself. (Faust)

- After compiling and referencing all available data that has been gathered through encounters, it can be concluded that these entities are very similar to Bloodbags.

- There is a high probability that siphoned blood is channeled to the source Abnormality that corroded them.

- Sinner #11 made the following query: what happens when a corroded Bloodfiend attempts to create a Kindred or a Bloodbag?

- However, as corroded Bloodfiends have not attempted such activities, no further deductions could be made in that avenue.

- Upon post-mortem inspection of deceased entities, small roses could still be observed on their bodies.

- The roses subsist on the remaining blood on the cadaver; upon exhaustion of such subsistence, it is likely that they will begin to wither.

- No further discoveries are to be made. This observation log is concluded.

→ As the rose is also categorized as an Abnormality, it is reasonable to assume that the entity would not necessarily follow the natural law. (Faust)

→ Corrections to the report will be made, should we discover a sample disproving my statement. (Meursault)

Mirror Dungeon Event

Mirror Dungeon Event

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This flower was once a rose that could have been tiny and beautiful.

But now, the blood it holds gives off a cruel smell.

Drinking and growing giant, it sucked in blood that overflowed from a spring.

Without an end.

It greedily gobbles up the stream of blood with its branched roots.

Plug the spring to stop it from drinking blood. The spring was blocked so that it can't drink the overflowing blood. However, it's an unfair action for the rose. The rose wasn't responsible for causing the spring to overflow. It simply took root here because it liked blood. Now that the source of its favorite thing is gone, it will try to take our blood. All Allies took 24 HP Damage! All Allies lost 16 SP!

Break the spring's entryway to let more blood out. Select to gain a Keywordless E.G.O Gift When the spring's entryway was broken, the blood that must've belonged to someone in the past flows like a waterfall and onto the rose. As if overjoyed, the rose waves its roots and lies in the pool of blood. Like that, the rose drooped low and sank into blood. At the center, a small flower bloomed. Could this be its reward? We carefully picked it up. E.G.O Gift Carmilla obtained!

Feed it the blood of the Sinners Select to gain a Bleed E.G.O Gift What is the nature of the blood that fills the spring? Who—or what—is it from? Instead of feeding it that mysterious blood, I decide to feed it blood of the Sinners. The bloodsteeped rose extends its petals, yearning for our blood nevertheless. The rose drinks the blood of the Sinners, and a smaller flower blossoms next to the base of its stem. Perhaps it is giving us a gift in return for our blood. I carefully pick up the flower. E.G.O Gift Millarca obtained! All Allies took 24 HP Damage!

The following event is only available within the Line 5 Theme Pack.

Refracted Four-hundred Roses

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The bloodsteeped petals are so crimson that one might almost mistake it to be bleeding.

Its stems, siphoning blood from somewhere to feed the petals, are twisted, dark, and red.

Vicious and sharp thorns riddle its skin.

But curiosity takes hold—perhaps breaking off a thorn might cause it to bleed?

Break off a thorn. Lust & Envy Advantage check. Pass to gain a Bleed E.G.O Gift. Its thorns are even uglier and sharper up close. Who will break off its thorn? Lust / Envy Advantage: ≥ 12 No Advantage: ≥ 24 Check Passed [Sinner] snuck up to the rose, and with a fell swoop of their weapon... ... cleanly sliced a thorn off the stem. Bright red blood glugs out of the hole left behind. Despite our concerns, it doesn't seem very irked by the fact that we had just cut off one of its thorns. Relieved, we take the ominous thorn and leave the scene. E.G.O Gift Coveting Thorn obtained! The Selected Identity healed for 15 SP. Check Failed [Sinner] snuck up to the rose, and with a fell swoop of their weapon... ... struck the thorn and failed to chop it off. It was sturdier than any of us expected. The rose, noticing the disturbance, immediately bound the Sinner with its thorny stem. I don't think it's necessary to recount what happened to the Sinner thereafter. The Selected Identity takes 100% HP Damage!

Don't do that. Everyone knows what killed the cat. Let's not provoke it unnecessarily this time. Nothing happened.

E.G.O Gifts

Mirror Dungeon Encounter:

Tier: II Cost: 217

Carmilla At the start of a non-Focused Encounter, all enemies take fixed damage equal to 20% of their Max HP.

Tier: II Cost: 204 Bleed BleedThe next Y time(s) this unit tosses an attack skill Coin, take X fixed damage.

Millarca Skills that inflict Bleed BleedThe next Y time(s) this unit tosses an attack skill Coin, take X fixed damage. Potency, Count, or 'Unique Bleed' gain Clash Power +1.

Tier: IV Cost: 397 Bleed BleedThe next Y time(s) this unit tosses an attack skill Coin, take X fixed damage.

Coveting Thorn Every 3 turns, inflict 2 Gluttonous Thorn (貪食棘) Gluttonous Thorn (貪食棘)Max Stack: 9 Turn End: gain Bleed Count equal to Lust Reson., then lose 1 Gluttonous Thorn (貪食棘). (max Bleed Count gain: 5) While this unit has this effect, if it gains Bleed Potency beyond 99, increase Bloodfeast equal to the excess Bleed Potency; then, gain Defense Level Down next turn equal to Bloodfeast increased (max Defense Level Down gain: 5) against enemies(or Parts) with Bleed BleedThe next Y time(s) this unit tosses an attack skill Coin, take X fixed damage.. If all enemies(or all Parts) have Bleed BleedThe next Y time(s) this unit tosses an attack skill Coin, take X fixed damage., inflict 4 Gluttonous Thorn (貪食棘) Gluttonous Thorn (貪食棘)Max Stack: 9 Turn End: gain Bleed Count equal to Lust Reson., then lose 1 Gluttonous Thorn (貪食棘). (max Bleed Count gain: 5) While this unit has this effect, if it gains Bleed Potency beyond 99, increase Bloodfeast equal to the excess Bleed Potency; then, gain Defense Level Down next turn equal to Bloodfeast increased (max Defense Level Down gain: 5).

E.G.O

The Yearning-Mircalla E.G.O is extracted from Four-hundred Roses.

Meursault and Don Quixote's E.G.O were added in the Season 5 Battle Pass and are obtainable through the Dispenser from Season 6 onward.

Yearning-Mircalla E.G.O	Meursault Don Quixote

Gallery

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  Idle Sprite
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  All parts broken
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  Evade
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  Guard
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  Hurt
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  Roaring
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  Suppressed Core
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  Idle Animation
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  All Parts Broken Animation
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  Depicted in Meursault's Yearning-Mircalla
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  Depicted in Don Quixote's Yearning-Mircalla
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  Battle Background

Trivia

• This Abnormality makes references to Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 gothic novella Carmilla, one of the earliest works of vampire fiction.
  • The Abnormality's first E.G.O Gift is directly named after the novella, as well as its titular character Carmilla, a female vampire.
    Its second E.G.O Gift, "Millarca", is another pseudonym the vampire used in the novella.
  • The E.G.O "Yearning-Mircalla" is named after Carmilla's original human self, Countess Mircalla Karnstein, before her death. The term 'yearning' may be in reference to the final chapter of the novella which describes the patterns of vampire behavior, recounting how at times, a vampire will "husband and protract its murderous enjoyment" and "yearn for something like sympathy and consent" from its victims.
• Four-hundred Roses has two unique battle themes that play during its encounter.
  • The first, which plays during its first phase, is titled Me relinque. This roughly translates to "Leave me" from Latin.
  • The second, which plays during its second phase, is titled Ne me relinque. This roughly translates to "Don't leave me" from Latin.
• While it is not seen directly in the L Corp. branch, many large roses can be seen growing around the backgrounds of the Canto VII dungeon. It is also mentioned in the observation logs of corroded entities.
• The Abnormality has a strong connection to Bloodfiends, both being characterized with an intense desire for blood.
  • Another Abnormality, Nosferatu from Library of Ruina, is tied to the lore of Bloodfiends. Though it is unknown if the two Abnormalities are related to each other.

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