As gamers, we tend to embody beings who start out as weak, and who over combats, face enemies and lead battles that from the start seemed impossible to win. This creates a great sense of idealism in us.

But!!! Once we get out of there, we face the harshness of life and ‘‘realism’’ that the world throws in our faces, which creates in us a kind of dissonance that we constantly seek to balance. No longer knowing where begins Realism and where idealism and honor end.

The game therefore depicts a conflict between honor and realism, two values which are embodied by two main characters of the game : Enzo (Enkwo) and his ju'u (master) Nama Yode.
• Enzo (Enkwo) is an idealistic and optimistic hero, who believes in justice, freedom and fraternity between people. He is guided by his honor, which requires him to respect his commitments, to protect the innocent and to fight evil.

But his idealism borders on utopia and even naivety. Knowing nothing other than his peaceful and sweet city of Zama, he is brutally confronted with the reality of the "outside world" and will face its harshness and the titanic challenges that his rank as King of Zama implies. And his master Nama yode will make it clear to him.


• Nama Yode, on the contrary, is an Aurionic master who has renounced her candor to access a higher level of power. She embodies realism which is one of the primary socles in the Yode clan, that is to say objective and rational knowledge of the world.

For her it is necessary to take things for what they are and not for what we think they are (difficult to do, right !?).

She considers that honor is a luxury that only those who have the means to keep it can afford. So one must be strong, very strong in the face of adversity to claim it. Through her power she wants to impose her ideal on the whole world, and she believes that there is no right way to get there, there is only the way that wins.
The game thus offers a reflection on the meaning of life, on the choice between the ideal and the real, between faith and skepticism. The player is led to question his own values, what constitutes his dignity and his greatness of soul.
The game also shows that honor and realism are not necessarily incompatible, but that they can complement and reinforce each other.

Enzo (Enkwo) learns throughout his adventure to be realistic, to recognize his limits and his errors, to accept the complexity of the world and its geopolitical issues. Nama Yode, for her part, teaches her student that his honor is sure a beautiful thing, but it must be sublimated with a layer of realism, this to cultivate pragmatism, in order to be able to face evil without ever losing the light that shines in his soul.


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When we grow up, almost all of us find ourselves having to choose between our education or drastic change in order to adapt and survive. In the Aurion universe, we wanted to highlight this moral dilemma through Enkwo's battle against Ngarba.

On one side, we have Enkwo, who embodies the honour that drives him to preserve traditions and defend ancestral values for the collective good. On the other, we have Ngarba, who embodies the Revolution, representing the urgency of change and the sacrifice of the past for the survival of the group.

(Enkwo versus Ngarba in the PC game)This very first major battle in Aurion: The Legacy of the Kori-Odan sees much more than two Aurionics and their swords clashing. This battle symbolises the confrontation between honour and revolution.

The newly crowned King Enkwo is as devoted to his cause as he is doubtful of his ability to rise to the occasion. Faced with Ngarba's attack, Enkwo feels a mixture of courage and integrity, but also a need to prove his legitimacy. These feelings are transmuted into his Aurion when he gathers his Aurionic base, the Honour of the Kori-Odan.

(Enkwo performing the "Honour of the Kori-Odan" in PC game and in the graphic novel)Ngarba is carried along by the fire of anger at seeing his people driven into the wall by a king with no knowledge of the outside world. He is not seeking a crown just for the pleasure of being king. His coup d'état was more an act of education for the people of Zama (hence the importance for him not to kill any citizens during his putsch).

He had travelled outside Zama and seen the cruelty of the world and knew that if this cruelty reached the gates of his city, the city would be lost. His revolution should be a wake-up call, enabling Zamians to come to terms with the reality of the world and its ills. His experience can be compared to Itachi's one in Naruto (more on that in a later article).

(Ngarba carrying out "the revolution")The fight between Enkwo and Ngarba transcends simple swordplay, and is in fact the manifestation of the existential war in the Aurion.

(the ancestor who questions himself during the fight)
We are facing an Aurionic dialogue where two people who want the best for their community are fighting while talking to each other, but ironically, the nature and motivations of each prevent them from listening to each other. Makes you think, doesn't it?

Which choices do you generally make? Between Honour and Revolution, which do you lean towards for the good of those you love? We'd love to know in the comments.

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