on kore going into the spirit world after the events of dawntrail and dawntrail patch stuff with thaliak's journal (this is a copy and paste from my notes so if i sound insane talking to myself, thats why):
"i feel like during kores fight with his wrath, he merges with his wrath. because he cant get rid of his wrath. his depression, he also cant get rid of, but he can soothe it with the help of loved ones. his denial he can heal, his bargaining he can heal, but his wrath wont ever go away.
kore goes through the part of the spirit world influenced by his emotions, each holding a manifestation of him that was conjured by his emotions. it takes the form of like a large animal or smth probably. idk how id want the fights to go though. theyre less like fights and more like... trials? like his denial would be reminded of his mother through the sound of her windchimes and bells and come to realize she really is dead, memories would flood in and force the truth to the surface and his denial manifestation would fade. and his depression trying to consume him in the form of a giant eel, being stricken by the light of a giant bird as it flies underwater alongside kore to help guide him out of the water caverns that are depression. and the bird would be a reference to daphne, nophica's first ever gift to kore. and the eel of depression would be forced to return to the depths because the depression can be pushed back but never really defeated.
then wrath, which was basically a giant him that crushed his mothers statue and began consuming the spirit world, filling it with corrupted dynamis similar to the endsingers song. im thinking... kore sings the song his mother used to sing to him (or tried to... he's not very good at singing) and the statue of his mother suddenly opens its eyes and sings back. it helps push back whatever darkness wrath is. but i feel like this wouldnt be the end so easily.
now hear me out, itd be pushed back but itd screech and crack the statue again, incapacitating cerberus, silencing the memory of nophica's voice, and manifesting into a form thats kore's size but is like a completely black "shadow" him, like a dark reflection. theyd fight, cerberus gets up, kore and cerberus finish wrath together, well, they think thats the end but it grabs kore by the face, kore reacts quickly and hits it back to keep it off him. they fight a bit, it wounds cerberus very badly, almost corrupting him, and kore doesnt want to risk him getting hurt further so they fight 1 on 1.
kore decides fighting isnt working because anger + fighting doesnt ever make things better. so he lowers his scythe and says like... yknow corny movie stuff... like, "i know youre angry... im angry. what they did to you wasnt right! they used you, abandoned you, youre hurting. and i get that... i know that. blah blah blah smth smth inspirational speech blah blah" thats not what he'd actually say but... yknow, and "but we dont have to forgive. we dont have to forget the pain they inflicted on us... but we can still love them... and we can learn to open up again, love others again. we can grow and we might not ever heal and thats okay but... we cant keep this up. this barrier... this lashing out at others... we cant keep pushing them away, they need us... me... they need me. blah blah blah" or smth. i feel like kore would be crying again and his manifestation would stand still and take a step towards him and slowly walk to him and theyd hug and itd slowly enter him as if symbolizing that wrath will always have its place in him but he accepts that now. kore will help cerberus up, help him heal and go home."
idk, lately my lore has NOT been written perfectly but i feel like scrambled notes are better than not writing anything down and forgetting. still working on that google doc but without any inspiration lately, its just been draining. hopefully it'll be done soon.
pre-spirit world/timeline sickness ideas:
