Even after my many months of culting the lamb, I can NOT sacrifice Ratau. In general, in games, I'm very soft, but in cotl, I do get more silly with it. I've sacrificed a couple of followers, and I find talisman very precious to me. I have all but one shard.
Ratau is the first in the game that guides you. And he's certainly much easier to contact than Narinder. He teaches us how to play knucklebones, and it's not too wild to assume he even goes easy on us at times. He's expresses pride in us and a kindness that's nowhere else in the game. Even if you do sacrifice him, his words come off as more concern for You. He's not angry at you or scornful but rather worried. I am just physically incapable of harming someone who is so truly a friend of the lamb.
When someone who is considered a terrifying, fearsome demon is disgusted because of you, know that you're doing something wrong…
In fact, the most jealous character in Cult of the Wrath is Wrath themself - who can't stand that Sozo is friends with someone other than Wrath. But I didn't want to repeat the character, so I chose a second one who committed the grave sin of envy. It's a good thing that Ratau wears green - I can't imagine any other colour for envy. Time for spoilers!
Long, long before the Lamb, Narinder chose Ratoo as his vessel, and he took his role with due dedication and was a really good leader. Ratoo had one flaw: an irritating little brother who was always overshadowed by his older brother - and now he was overshadowed even more. And in the end he couldn't bear it anymore…
Yes. Many Ratau fans may hate me now - but in my AU Ratau has his issues and is not an innocent being. Of course, with time, he become wiser, he changed, regretted his actions, but… what he did, he did, what happened, was happened.
A fun fact you may have noticed or not: Ratau is totaly drunk here. According to the Cult of the Wrath storyline, Ratau challenged his big brother to a drinking match (which he won - the only thing he always had an advantage over his brother was a strong head) just to gouge out brother's eye. The eye of someone whose blood runs through Ratau veins (i.e. his or his family member) was part of the deal with the Fox. In the story, the scene drawn here looks a bit different - a bit more words are said, which is summed up by the comment of a slightly amused Fox, which said: "I'll tell you something, Ratau, I'll tell you, because you're completely drunk and you have no right to be offended… You are the biggest bastard I've dealt with in the last hundred years. You're a greedy little pest who hardly deserves to live, and oh, I cannot wait for our next meeting and final deal. But we'll talk about that when you're sober."
Beast of Darkness is a character from Berserk manga.
Resin, fabric fur, wire+plastic armature, primer, acrylic paint, varnish. Posable neck has plastic ball-and-socket armature inside and can be posed. Tail is also posable and has wire armature inside. Legs contain wire armature inside, so you can carefully and slightly move it to find perfect balance if you keep the doll on uneven surface.