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FINAL FANTASY XV Western RPG

WITCHER 3

What makes the 2nd witcher sequel the game of the year?

PERSONA5 Ready To Take Your Heart on Febuary 2017

Japanese RPG

BRAVELY SECOND Is it the best 3DS JRPG titles yet?

RPG WORLD Best place for RPG fans During the Production of this month issue me and my team has done lots of research onto game fanbases and communities in order to gain perspective of the fans the game fatured in this issue. In this issue me and my team wanted to focus on reviewing the big titles such as the witcher 3, disagea, and Persona 5. We also concluded extra lores and facts into each game in order to give more insight on the games.

PG.4: Persona 5

PG.10: Witcher 3

I hope that everyone likes what me and my team have worked on this month

Farhansyah Mochtar-Editor

PG.19: Bravely Second

Table of Content

UPCOMING RPG.....6

EXTRAS........26

WESTERN RPG.......10

CREDITS.......30

JAPANESE RPG......18 3

UPCOMING RPG News,Info,Opinion

Atlus once again surprise us with a whole new style of RPG gameplay in the 5th Persona Sequel

Shin Megami Tensei:

PERSONA 5

Developer: Atlus, Publisher:P1 Works, Format: PS4, Release: Feb 2017

The protaganist summon his persona during combat 4

Casino level from beginning of the game

Will it be the Best persona game yet? Persona 5 follows a group of troubled high school students - the protagonist and a collection of compatriots he meets in the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story - who live dual lives as Phantom Thieves. They undertake fantastical adventures by using otherworldly powers to enter the hearts of people in order to reshape and transform them. The Phantom Thieves realize that society forces people to wear masks to protect their inner vulnerabilities, and by literally ripping off their protective mask and confronting their inner selves do the heroes awaken their inner power, and using it to help those in need. Ultimately, the group of Phantom Thieves seeks to change their day-to-day world to match their perception and see through the masks modern society wears.

Fan Opinion

This game will be another huge step in the persona series due to the fact that this game is created with a whole new style of gameplay as a fan i canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to play this game when it comes out next year

The Persona Game Compedium Get To Know The PERSONA Series History

The 4th Persona game has a simillar battle system to the 3rd game, however it features some new mechanic such as freely controlling your party during combat.

The 3rd Persona game feature a whole new style of gameplay and social link system. The game is huge stepping stone from the last two persona game.

While the focus and main theme of Persona 3 is death and the focus of Persona 4 is identity and seekinWWg truth, the main theme of Persona 5 will be slavery whether it be in the form of slavery

to countries, government, authority figures, rules and laws, societal expectations, media, money, bills, debt, school, jobs, etc. Persona 5 will discuss the hardships of modern-day 21st century society and feature

Persona 4 Cover Art

Persona 3 Cover Art

What To EXPECT!

from the trailer we can expect that we will play a new style of persona games compared to the 3rd and 4th persona game. ATLUS also shown that we will see the social link system again in the 5th game , will it be as emotional as the previous 2 games?

The protaganist awanken his persona powersindustry.

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characters that are restrained by the rules set by this society, eWspecially in Japan where the game is set. As a result, players will be confronted with trials and chains that they will have to overcome.

Atlus expects and wants players of Persona 3 and Persona 4 to feel at home with this game. Persona 5 is meant to be an emotional experience that stirs up its audience and

However, the mood and tone will be different. Persona 5 is about how humanity is engaged in a system of slavery, and about a kind of freedom that is different from the

finally lets them go with a strong message of catharsis after everything is said and done.

other games in the series. This freedom is meant to liberate those who â&#x20AC;&#x153;are bored and discontent with their livesâ&#x20AC;?.

You are slave,Want Emancipation?

Persona Fun Fact

When the first time the Persona 5 main protaganist was revealed in the trailer. The persona community nicknamed him harry potter due to the fact they have simmilar looks from its nerdy looks too its rounded glasses.

UPCOMING RPG News,Info,Opinion

Enjoying The View

Battling a giant snake monster

FINAL FANTASY XV

Developer: Square Enix, Publisher: Capcom, Format: PS4, Release: Sept 2016

Final Fantasy XV, originally known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, is the fifteenth installment in the main Final Fantasy series. It was introduced as another installment of the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series alongside the Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Type-0 games, though that connection has been reduced to a thematic base upon which original lore has been built.

The game is currently under development for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game will support PlayStation 4 Pro, but is optimized for the standard version.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journey Once More In The World Of Final Fantasy....â&#x20AC;?

What To EXPECT!

For a final fantasy game judging from the trailers it will possibly be the most rich and biggest final fantasy game yet. In the trailer they show how rich the game enviroment is and also packed with many sidequest and minigames to satisfy player.

The History of Final Fantasy It all began in 1987. Square was almost on the edge of going out of business after releasing several unsuccessful games for the Famicon

The Squad is having a good ride when suddenly a monster appeared.

The latest demo features the beginning of the full game, which arrives November 29 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A brief flashfoward scene shows older versions of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protagonists battling an unidentified enemy in a burning throne room. Then the screen goes black. Two paragraphs of text appear. I expected a typical loading screen providing gameplay tips. But the text felt familiar. The first paragraph prophesied a war between dark and light. The second told of four heroes embarking on a quest. This is a blue screen. That would be the Blue Screen of Text that appeared at the start of the first three Final Fantasy games on the NES. W

Fan Opinion

(NES). Hironobu Sakaguchi developed a game based on Enixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dragon Quest and named it Final Fantasy, while it might be the last game Square would be develoing. The game became

New Character REVEALED!

A new character has been revealed in their 3rd Tg Trailer, however they haven;t reveal her name yet nor role in the game.

I think that the game will be awesome just by judging by the trailer. I can tell that this game will be the biggest final fantasy game yet.

a massive success. Since the first Final Fantasy was a great success, Final Fantasy II was released a year later at 17/12/1988. The game begins with four youngsters who are fle eing for the Palamecian empire, but they were attacked and left for dead. They are being rescued by Princess Hilda and join a rebel group. This game was the first game to introduce elements (like chocobos and Cid as character) that were also used in the later FInal Fantasy games. The original never reached the United States till remakes were released.

Western RPG News,Info,Opinion

The 2nd THE WITCHER sequel is a true Triple A Masterpiece

Gerart is having a good time riding that horse

Gerart Slaeying some peasents during combat

also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It five centuries, but also the leap into

THE WITCHER 3 Wild Hunt

Developer: PROJEKT RED, Publisher:CDPL, Format: PS4,XBox, PC Release: out now

Unlike the previous games, The Witcher 3 is set in a multiregion open world, featuring over 100 hours of content. Several early articles mentioned that the developers planned to have an open world similar to that in Skyrim but 20% larger. The devs were quick to point out that while there was much to appreciate in Bethesda’s open world concept, they were also making an effort not to repeat what they perceived as the flaws in-game. As with earlier games, the consequences of Geralt’s actions will impact how the narrative progresses. The game has been built using the new

REDengine 3 and was designed with player feedback from fans of previous Witcher games in mind . With the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, CD Projekt Red’s saga has grown into something magnificent. It’s a game of truly epic scale that still displays an eye for every minute detail. It’s one that sees its hero, Geralt of Rivia, fully transformed from the swordswinging Mr Loverman of the first game into a mature, reflective hero, and one where story, systems, art, music, action and lore all seem to mesh together into one dazzling whole.

“The Richest Open world Game Yet”

Player Experience The game is Definitely a masterpiece with its huge world explore this game more likely the biggest RPG ever. The game also allows the player to explore while doing some quest along the way.

The Witcher History 1

Yeah. About a thousand and a half years before the events in the books/games, The Continent saw an event called The Conjunction of the Spheres. It was a mystical happening that united a whole bunch of parallel dimensions and loosened the walls between worlds. It opened portals that allowed the first demons and beasts to cross over from their dimensions to this one, and ever since then, The Continent has been populated by unnatural beasts.

Humans also arrived during the Conjunction of Spheres, which led to them colonizing, populating, and eventually dominating The Continent.

3 Yet CD Projekt Red is just getting you used to the systems; to finding noticeboards and taking on pest-control contracts, to getting from A to B on horseback and discovering what perils and hidden treasures lie en-route. You’re being eased into the game’s combat – fast, smart and tactical – and into its research and crafting: two things that other games make a chore, but Wild Hunt makes an integral

part of the fun. There’s been a lot of talk recently amongst the gaming literati about whether systems engage players more than storyline, but Wild Hunt binds the two together in ways that make the question seem nonsensical. Geralt has evolved from a surly young blade to a would-be father figure, on the trail of the woman he once loved and

Witcher Fact

Geralt and Ciri is not actually blood related but since Gerart trained her in combat when she was little, he treated her not only as a disciple but also his own daughter.

the closest thing they have to offspring. To find them, he’ll have to battle men, beasts, spirits and otherworldly forces, while getting involved in intrigues that affect the fate of nations, yet it’s always clear what you’re doing and how it contributes to your aims overall. And if that means collecting herbs to brew potions to give you a fighting chance of taking on a murderous griffin, then that’s something you’re willing to do. Even levelled up, Geralt is a professional rather than a superhero. While you can win some battles just by wading in, hacking away and dodging quickly, you’re more likely to succeed if you go in prepared, stocked with potions and with your target’s weaknesses in mind. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Wild Hunt is how it makes light work of its most mundane elements. It still has the classic hook of every RPG – fighting monsters to gain experience and loot to level up and upgrade to make you even better at fighting monsters – but it has other pleasures too, with incredible scope for exploration and quests that are well-scripted, varied and full of personality. Your faithful steed works brilliantly both as a transport and as a means of charging headlong into combat, and even here the game shows intelligence, both by limiting its effectiveness in battle through a fear gauge, and in having what’s effectively a cruise mode for gently cantering along the paths.

Fan Opinion

What are the Witchers? Witchers are a rare breed of genetically mutated monster-killer. They were born as ordinary humans, and were taken in at a young age and more or less forced to undergo years of intense mental and physical training before eventually undergoing a mysterious ritual known as The Trial of the Grasses. Those who survive the Trial are permanently changed. Their eyes turn yellow and cat-like (an easy way to identify a Witcher), they gain heightened senses, strength, and reflexes, and they become able to heal extremely quickly. They become immune to almost all forms of disease and resistant to toxicity and poison.

This game is a huge stepping stone for the franchise because its a far better improvement from the last two games. The third installment help the franchise to stand out and compete with other famous RPG franchises such as The elder scrolls series and the soul sereis.

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Western RPG News,Info,Opinion

co-op fight against the Dancer

battle against the lothric Knight

Dark Souls 3

Developer: From Software, Publisher:Bandai Namco, Format: PS4, XBOXone, PC, Release: Out

If the first Dark Souls depicted a world gracefully drifting towards the apocalypse, Dark Souls 3 shows one on a spiraling, feverish descent directly into it. It’s a fierce and punishing behemoth that dares you to take a step forward before knocking you back, again and again and again. But with a bleak, yet beautiful world that’s enthralling to explore and packed with secrets to find, I always felt compelled to come back, eager for that familiar thrill of overcoming even the most exacting challenges.

The Kingdom of Lothric and the lands that lie beyond contain some of the most visually striking places developer From Software has ever crafted. Even though many of its locations do recycle ideas from familiar locales (like the Catacombs and yet another poison swamp), they’re distinguished well enough to feel distinct from their past game

Prepare To Die! Once again

Exploration of the aforementioned places is the cornerstone of this series, and Dark Souls 3’s world does a lot to reward an inquisitive and thorough nature. You could spend hours in a single area, diligently investigating every dark corner or side road, and be consistently rewarded with some interesting story revelation, new gear, mini bosses, and even entire secret areas. Illusory walls make a triumphant return, driving me to compulsively slash away at suspicious-looking dents or bricks in search of precious equipment. I got a pretty high rate of return on doing

Souls Fact

The weapon in the game called “moonlight Greatsword” is the only weapon that made an apearrence in all the souls game. From the soul predecessor “Demon Souls “ to all three dark souls game and also the spin-off souls game “Bloodborne”

Compare To past souls Series While it is good they tried to use the best features, it seems to make Dark Souls 3 have a bit of an identity crisis. As mentioned previously, the game mechanics seem to have been stripped in complexity a bit, similar to how Bloodborne was a bit more shallow to allow more people access.

Dark souls 1

PVP gameplay

Dark souls 2

Player Experience

Gameplay wise this game is far better than its predecessor thanks to its new weapon art system which gives more variety in the combat. However the level design and boss design are lackluster compare to its previous installment .

AMAZING!

Western RPG News,Info,Opinion

co-op fight against the Dancer

Fallout 4

co-op fight against the Dancer

Developer: Bethesda, Publisher:Bethesda, Format: PS4, XBOXone, PC, Release: Out

Fallout 4 ticks each of those boxes. Still, there are enough unexpected changes in the game that it doesn’t just feel like Fallout 3 with Massachusetts references. This latest Fallout adventure takes us to the Commonwealth, 16

the post-apocalyptic remains of the Boston metropolitan area. It’s by far the most striking setting for a Fallout game yet because it manages to look ruined but beautiful at the same time. There’s rubble everywhere but it’s still a colorful place with grand buildings and gorgeous sights.

Fallout Vault Lore The post-apocalyptic world of Fallout is home to some truly terrifying things. Around every corner is a Deathclaw waiting to dismember you. In every abandoned factory, a pack of raiders eager to shoot you dead and steal your precious coffee cups and pencils. It’s a bleak existence for any lone wanderer, but for Fallout fans, these horrors are commonplace - almost runof-the-mill

Visuals are really important for a game like this because aimless exploration is the most fun part. You’re walking to a quest marker when suddenly some building on the horizon catches your idea. You decide to stop there quick and that detour turns into a two-hour treasure hunt or kicks off a quest that will take you across the entire Commonwealth. By littering the landscape of Fallout 4 with so many visually interesting locations, Bethesda coaxes the player into wandering. vthat’s enthralling to explore and packed with secrets to find, I always felt compelled to come back, eager for that familiar thrill of overcoming even the most exacting challenges.

Player Experience

Fun Fact

Fallout 4 Sets 20 years after the event of project purity and the enclave in fallout 3.

The Game is very fun when it comes to exploration and building the settlements. However the combat in this game is still clunky just like its predecessor. Ihope that they improve their combat system in their next fallout installment.

If you want truly terrifying post-apocalyptic tales, you have to look inside your would-be shelters: The Vault-Tec Vaults. Each of these tombs carries a dark secret; an experiment engineered by the twisted minds at Vault-Tec.

FLAWLES!

Japanese RPG News,Info,Opinion

“At last the sequel to one of the best 3DS titles has arrived”

Bravely Second 19

Japanese RPG News,Info,Opinion

Developer: Silicon Studio, Publisher: Atlus, Format: 3DS, Release: Out Now

“A new unique Style of JRPG” Bravely Second offers the opportunity to experience how the world of Luxendarc has changed since players saw it in Bravely Default, peppering that journey with just enough new enemies, new activities and new classes to keep things from feeling stale. At the same time, the Bravely world may have changed, but the game itself absolutely hasn’t. It revisits a lot of old enemies, old activities and old classes, meaning that if this is your introduction to the 20

series (as it was mine) then you’re going to have a lot of catching up to do. The mechanics for accomplishing both of those things are pretty similar to those established in Bravely Default. In addition to your typical JRPG staples — like random encounters and turn-based combat the returning ‘Brave’ and ‘Default’ options allow each character to bank combat

Fun Fact This Game is a direct continuation from the ending of the first game, which can be confusing for new playesr to follow the story.

Combat System

actions or spend them in advance. Combined with the programmable auto-battle commands, this allowed me to make quick work out of the average random encounter. Then there’s the Bravely Second system, which was also present in the first game, despite sharing a name with this sequel. Using Bravely Second doesn’t consume a turn, and al-

lows a selected character to make as many actions as you have Sleep Points to spend. Moreover, attacks made while this system is active can surpass the 9,999 HP per-turn cap on damage, which can be handy when you want to take a boss down in a hurry. But SP — unlike BP, their Brave counterpart — are accrued in real time..

Player Experience

Gameplay wise this game is the same as the first game with a twist from a new combat mechanic that allows the player to deal damage over 9.999 damage cap. This is useful against post game bosses who have an enormous Health pool.

Bravely Default's combat was defined by items called asterisks, and that continues in Bravely Second. Asterisks act as jobs or classes that can be acquired by defeating powerful enemies presented to the player through the course of the story. Any character can equip any asterisk and level it up, in addition to slotting certain abilities from other asterisks that the party possesses at the same time.

AMAZING!

Japanese RPG News,Info,Opinion

DISAGEA 5

Developer: Nippon Ichi, Publisher: Atlus, Format: PS4, XBOXone, PC, Release: Out nowt

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is old enough by now to be considered an SRPG classic. Still the most famous game in Nippon Ichi Software’s growing catalog, the title introduced players to the Netherworld and Celestia, two mystical realms populated by fallible angels and loveable demons. But that was twelve years and two console generations ago. It’s easy to look at screenshots of the newest title in the series-still sporting grid-based combat and the same general art style on the PlayStation 4 as ever-and wonder if the franchise has anything worthwhile left to say. 22

With Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance, the development team proves it hasn’t run out of new ideas. Numerous elements from past installments return, from general narrative themes to time-worn mechanics, and the ability to design your own maps to challenge friends and

Player Experience

This game is really fun for both long time fans and newcomer. Its unique tactical RPG mechanic is really interesting. They apply lots of different tactics mechanic like the one from fire emblem.

strangers online, mostly without ever feeling like a copy-paste job. The usual elements are all still here, but they’re augmented by numerous new systems that should surprise even franchise veterans. In fact, the game’s primary weakness is that there’s now more to see and do than feels practical. In general, the game progresses the same way Disgaea games

Whats New? There's another new feature called Squads. As you progress through the campaign, you'll eventually meet certain requirements and divide your characters into specialized groups. Doing so doesn't mean you have to rely on a particular squad in battle, but each team member gains different perks. For example, members in one unit will gain experience points without battling, as long as their leader is out in the field and doing damage. Another can learn the ability to capture weakened enemies, which another squad can then interrogate back at base. From there, it's possible to recruit a former enemy to serve as your ally.

always have: players meet a group of semi-heroic demons and guide them through battles, with heaps of anime-influenced dialogue filling in the plot between each strategic skirmish. A series of five or so battles serves as an episode, and then there’s a preview of coming events before the process repeats.

Normal Skrimish

Fun Fact

The main charavter of this series was actually devil trying to take revenge on anyone who murdered his master.

“Command a roster of demons to victory!”

Conversation session in the game

FLAWLESS!

Japanese RPG News,Info,Opinion

Command system during combat

Posing after doing a dinishing move

TOKYO MIRAGE SESSION #FE

Developer: ATLUS, Publisher: Nintendo, Format: 3DS, Release: Out now

Tokyo Mirage unapologetically embraces the goofier side of the Japanese entertainment industry by squeezing out every bit of silliness it can find and then dialing it up to 11. Throughout the nearly 60 hours of gameplay I was treated to a parade of razzle-dazzle vignettes that include flashy music videos, a snicker-inducing commercial where a girl rides a wave of nuclear-colored soda, and a goofy reenactment of a costume hero show. Usually all at once, since these over-the-top animations are part of Tokyo Mirageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enormously fun combat.

Fun Fact

This game features the mechanic of different shin megami tensei game mechanic , one of the most noticable one was the persona games mechainic.

What Them Unique

Battles take place on a circular stage, where flamboyantly dressed teens call upon otherworldly beings known as Mirages to help them fight ghoulish versions of Fire Emblem enemies like Dark Clerics and Bloodwing Knights. On the surface, the combat mechanics are a straightforward mix of Fire Emblem’s rock-paperscissors weapons triangle and Shin Megami Tensei spinoff Persona’s fusion system that

lets you swap out upgradable skills The secret ingredient to Tokyo Mirage’s success are the wacky combo attacks known as Sessions. Sessions are triggered by exploiting an enemy’s weakness to spells or weapon types, and can be strung together by learning passive skills that allow characters to do a follow-up attack based on the type of attack that prec eded it.iceaffiliated session.

Adding to the crazy shenanigans are randomly triggered buff attacks called Ad-Libs and finishing moves called Special Performances, both of which come with plenty of visual flourishes. Combining all these special attacks makes each battle feel like a pop culture extravaganza, especially when a cheering audience showers you with extra loot every time you successfully pull off a flashy move. It’s all part of a deliberately in-your-face presentation, and I love it. More importantly, they come in handy against tough bosses like a trio of strange-looking creatures that will continuously revive themselves unless you manage to defeat them all in the same round.

Player Experience

Even with the lack of story this game still has the charm of both fire emblem in terms of looks and shin megami tensei in terms of gameplay.

“The most unexpected Crossover Yet”

AMAZING!

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5 OF THE BEST

RPG LAUNCH TITLES The RPG games that exceeds the bars of expectation

Final Fantasy VII

Riding high on a series of successes, in 1997, Square went all out and released a game that brought RPGs to the height of popularity in the U.S.: Final Fantasy VII. This massive epic featured an enormous world, an all-powerful evil corporation, a scraggly rebellion, and by far the best looking cinematic cutscenes ever to grace a video game up to that point.

Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim skyrim is one of the biggest game of 2011 with its huge and rich open world which total into 100+ hours of gameplay. for the pc players with the help of the modding comunity this game can have the best gameplay

Chrono Trigger With a plot that leaps from the Stone Age to the distant future, and characters from each time period in between, Chrono Trigger is one of the most creative RPGs around. It’s also so full of charm and wit that it’s virtually impossible not to love it from the minute you boot it up.

Mass Effect 2

Mass effect 2 was a huge step for the mass effect franchese, which led to the franchise fame. The second game features a solid gameplay and a strong story that keep gamer on playing for hours and hours

Vagrant Story

Another incredible RPG release for the original PlayStation is Vagrant Story, a game that pushes against the expectations of what an RPG can be. It’s a solo outing, so for once you don’t control a team as you take on the bad guys. Mostly what you do is go from room to room, dispatching enemies and solving puzzles to move into the next room.

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5 OF THE MOST

HARDEST RPG BOSS FIGHTS Boss fights that makes Rage Quit from time to time

Sephiroth Kingdom Hearts 2 Stepping into the coliseum with Sephiroth meant that you had to bring your ‘A’ game, because one misstep would mean your doom. Like most bosses, he follows a pattern that can be exploited for openings. But every once in a while he’ll yell, “Descend, Heartless Angel!” and your HP/MP will

Elizabeth PERSONA 3

Everyone’s favorite Velvet Room attendant is also everyone’s greatest nightmare. This cheery, bob-sporting young woman is also available as an Ultimate Boss in Persona 3: FES. If you’re sadistic enough to want to fight her, you’ll have to seek her out first by wading your way through a dungeon, all by your lonesome.

DEMIFIEND SMT: Digital Devil Saga There’s two things about the Demi-Fiend that make him so infuriating. One is his just out-and-out power. Nearly every one of his attacks, in addition to hurting like hell, will inflict a crippling status effect on your

YIAZMAT Final Fantasy XII In a game with more bonus bosses than regular bosses, this dragon still manages to stand out. He’ll probably take the longest amount of real time to kill, seeing as how he boasts a whopping 50,000,000 HP. Which means, even if you’re at the damage cap of 9,999 per hit, it’s still

Ornistein & Smough Dark Souls

CREDITS

People Behind The Scene This Month: Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been bravely venturing in different rpg game fanbases and communities in order to learn what the game is from the fans and the players themselve.

Editor in chief:

Farhansyah Mochtar

Assistant Editor:

Journalist 1:

Journalist 2:

Emanuel.P

Naufal Heradi Putra Wildan Helmi

Journalist 3: Kelvine Designer 1: Nabila

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Yang

Andarish

Fladea Miyora

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