Blood Rapture ⚕️

ansbach is not a blindly devoted follower. he is mohg's knight. we know how powerful mohg is, and who knows, he may have actually been even more powerful before miquella's enchantment. we never see him pre-enchantment after all

"Once, in an attempt to free Lord Mohg from his enchantment, I challenged Tender Miquella, only to have my own heart rather artfully stolen."

yet as mohg's knight, he still tried desperately to fight for his lord's freedom, even going so far as to challenge miquella directly-

sorry. his dear lord's freedom

the only thing this says to me is that ansbach is loyal but not deluded or blinded by it. ansbach was more than willing to throw down, but miquella basically said "nuh uh. potion of you forget how to fight and now you view yourself as nothing more than a feeble old man"

but in the end, ansbach overcomes that. he becomes a summon in the final fight of the dlc, against consort radahn and thus miquella by extension

upon entering the final boss arena, ansbach addresses radahn and miquella directly, "General Radahn. A pleasure to see you, after all this time. But those remains do not belong to you. Lord Mohg will have his dignity."

im just obsessed with this old man yaoi.... the whole lord x knight, the blatant softness whenever ansbach talks about mohg, "dear lord", fighting for him even after death to restore his honour....... im frothing at the mouth over them

and because of all this, ansbach strikes me as the type of knight to see mohg at not only his best but also his worst. my hc is like. with how gently he speaks of mohg, how he talks like he saw even the slightest change in behaviour in his lord... he probably saw mohg and helped him through these moments of depression, mania, or lashing out

‘Ansbach understood that keeping his oath to his old master was not an act of logic, nor would it bear any justice, but it was for these very reasons he was unable to let go.’

He knew risking his life to confront Miquella would change nothing in the end. It knew it wouldn’t benefit anyone, least of all Mohg. But he couldn’t LET GO.

like between ansbach truly understanding mohg and immediately spotting when his behaviour has changed at the time of enchantment plus the fact that he just dearly loves his lord. GOD

Think about Ansbach’s fear when the charm is broken. He is terrified of Miquella. Miquella 100% tampered with Ansbach’s memories. He says once or twice his ‘faculties are muddled’. This he blames on his age.

But imagine all the memories that came flooding back. All the memories of him being more than just a servant to Mohg. The memory of why he ‘left’ Mohg’s service. Just a rich and vital part of him utterly excised. The grief that comes flooding in now that he remembers it all.

i think the worst part is that ansbach doesnt really truly forget about mohg himself. pre-enchantment being lifted, he talks about how he was in service to mohg. the parts that he forgets, however, are 1. how dear mohg was to him and thus how loyal he was (which then manipulates him to being somewhat loyal to miquella) and 2. basically how to fight. he blames it on his age and for a hot moment he still believes it even after the enchantment was lifted, but then Enir-Ilim seems to snap him back as solid 'proof' that yes he still knows how to do battle. it's basically magic-based gaslighting

ansbach did not forget about mohg in specific despite the enchantment. we know this because the very first thing ansbach says when he meets us is this

"You must be the Tarnished. I am Ansbach. Formerly in service to Lord Mohg. But now, like you, another soul guided by Kindly Miquella. I am hardly the steady hand I once was. My fighting days are far behind me. Which is why I have chosen to dedicate myself to investigation. To discern Tender Miquella's ultimate purpose. I'd rather not volunteer a service to a new master unless I can be of use."

the only thing keeping ansbach from immediately swearing fealty to miquella is that he feels... lost. he feels like he's lost his use and is searching for another. but despite trying all this time, he can't actually find any valid 'use' for his services to miquella. imo, this might be because his services in the past were in part directly connected to his knighthood, and thus fighting and protecting mohg. thus violence

miquella enchants people with love, a sort of "if you're under a love-spell, then you wont want to fight and all will be peace and love" among other things, but he fails to understand that doing so basically strips the identities - the purpose - of people who had the potential for combat and violence in defence of another. or perhaps he does understand... considering that ansbach literally tried to square up with him...

and so to me... it would actually be far more merciful to strip ansbach of his memories altogether. at least then ansbach (and many others) could start fresh and anew. but instead they're left... lost. crying out for a purpose. it's like their subconscious knows that they have it in them, that there's just something suddenly missing and that it's wrong, because they still have most of their memories from before and why would they suddenly change why but their brains cant actually compute

Tonic in a small brass vial. Banishes distress and bitter memories.  A gift bestowed by Rykard, sworn to blasphemy, to Lady Tanith, who unfortunately had no use for it. "My Lord, there could be no greater distress than to forget you."

Like he says "General Radahn. A pleasure to see you, after all this time."

Like, does he mean after all this time anticipating this fight? All this time I've heard about you? Or like, actually after all this time since I last saw you??

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