So sometime between the coup and the start of the game, which is a span of 12 years, bart and his crew learn the truth. Hmm... (this is fanfiction territory)

So, i wonder about his feelings when Etrenank gets completely obliterated. Maybe a mixture of long overdue satisfaction, and concern about the surface dwellers who were trapped in there, since they were kidnapped and forced into the empire through no choice or fault of their own...

which then gives a credible reason for how Sigurd discovered the plans about Aveh in the jugend data network, rather than him just casually browsing files for no reason. does this feel canon? it feels canon (theorycrafting for fun)

Until the split between the Church and Gebler, after which the Elements just became Ramsus's personal guard and the church popes oversee the naval bases. Not sure how the original Elements falling apart (sig & jessie leaving) plays into this, but im sure it had a part.

(im just having fun) snake is yin (feminine, moon) and horse is yang (masculine, sun). its a reversal of bart being the sun and sig being the moon, but its nice that these two zodiacs still fit together in the whole duality theme (further cementing the fact that sig & bart must never be separated)

UFOs - check (the eldridge, etc)
Nuclear apocalypse- check (eh, close enough)
Dolphins - check (hanz and franz)
Communism - bart being a liberatory political figure, and also because i love him, will be the leader 😌

- captain and first mate
- prince and knight
- secret prince and an even more secret bastard prince
- the love between them, did i mention how much love and trust they have for one another?
- strong, self-sacrificing sigurd
- cheerful but quietly troubled bart
- two halves of a whole, a forever pair

this is the face he had up until age 27, before the engine room accident