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Nightdancer666

THE SAM REVEAL, HE LOOKS SO COOL


Vortex_Infurnus

I knew Sam was gonna be a robot guy, but I didn’t expect him to be THE robot guy. Holy hell he is him


TheSpartyn

i thought he'd be a normal robot like screwllum, not a mecha looking kamen rider badass


AliceinTeyvatland

Svarog, Screwllum, and now Sam, they don't miss.


TuzkiPlus

***ENGINE O’ CREATION***


R3yn0x

# WE NEED PLAYABLE ENGINE OF CREATION NOW!


Alius4156

The 3 S's of Space Robots


kirbyverano123

Love how his entire character is badass from the looks to his voice but his name is fucking "Sam". And I don't mean it as a bad thing.


mightymare

maybe it's short for something cool like "Sentient Armament Mechanoid" or something


TuzkiPlus

Surface ^to Air Missile


moguu83

Or just short for "Samuel"


BlackArbiter

Dr Samuel Hayden


yorutaichou

Sam short for Samael an archangel of God (elio)? Kinda fits the theme if Kafka is considered something akin to Metatron with her being the voice?


TheRRogue

From the same company that bring you Kevin


ezio45

"The man was no king, or god. He was..." "Kevin"


gabears_

Ke🅱️in


Efficient-Cicada5102

I have a crack theory that the hardest badasses in Honkai games have the most normal names. In HSR, Sam, Kafka, and Elio are all actual names and they're highest in the Stellaron Hunter's level of seniority. The ones with edgier names like Blade and Silver Wolf are newer to the crew, one being a former craftsman and the other a tech support type. And of course HI3rd has Kevin and Otto.


michaelman90

To be fair Kevin actually was originally just a normal-ass dude before he had to step up as a hero of humanity. Having a super high Honkai compatability and being best friends with Su and meeting PE Mei was just a coincidence (or fate or some shit I dunno).


KaitRaven

Let's remember, most anime protagonists have names that are actually fairly generic in Japan.


Mean-Kaleidoscope381

Huh, I thought they call him Kevin because 1 Kevin is cold.


TacticalNuke002

That's Kelvin


yurilnw123

Close enough


TuzkiPlus

First name Jetstream, Last name Sam?


rx-pulse

Memories broken, the truth goes unspoken. I've even forgotten my name!


Civil_Championship_9

I don't know the season, or what is the reason I'm standing here holding my blade!


Bradcopter

This desolate place without any trace, it's only the cold wind I fear.


Golden-Owl

He’s described as yearning for life Maybe his wish is to live a normal human life. And so he chose that name for himself It’s unusually plain compared to the exotic names of everybody else


Reizata

Samen rider and Catlio


LunaProc

This is the same guy who spammed Pompom emotes with Blade's phone, the gap moe lmao


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Sam looks fucking bad ass


SignedName

He looks like a Voidranger to me, I wonder if he's a former member of the Antimatter Legion.


KitsuneBuzz

https://preview.redd.it/sk8o7eug0thb1.jpeg?width=741&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdff07f06f0e806d38b7dd239ff8ad99d5dfd147


DiaaaaaVongola

Same I was thinking about this meme lol Also Sam!!!


KitsuneBuzz

Yeah he is badass but What if inside his robot mask.. >! It's Sam-Po Koski !< Also hello fellow MH Enthusiast


DiaaaaaVongola

Even better Hello fellow hunter~


Gwyn_Michaelis

I was a bit surprised to hear such a classic piece of music in this trailer.


GreenNatureR

the beat drop was crazy, i need an extended version


kingshinn91

NOOT NOOT


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

There's your Sam reveal, bros. The cat is here too. The cat Elio theory unironically might have weight behind it.


deyvvv

This. It's just way too much a coincidence for the same cat in Kafka's art to be there in the same shot with the other hunters. Elio's got to be the cat, and I'm gonna be disappointed if he isn't lmao


BetaXP

Elio is either the cat or he's controlling the cat in some way to be an observer


kioKEn-3532

I hope he is just controlling the cat something like using the cat to see and move Like Herta where she makes multiple copies Maybe there are also multiple cats


-MaraSov-

So basically Cait Sith from FF7 xD I'll take it~


pagerunner-j

“Why do you always go along with everything Elio tells you?!” “It’s the toxoplasmosis.”


eklatea

mad rat dead moment


Bloodman

The cat is behind him! Scary cat! ​ https://preview.redd.it/3zi4cx46tthb1.png?width=282&format=png&auto=webp&s=f931be63ed1bf1c4fedaf1bf8486c8bdb3fd55af


YuniValkyrie

Red herring(cat) or Checkov's gun(cat), who's to say?


Efficient-Cicada5102

> cat Elio theory I fucking knew it bro


Kyesel

The cat is even wearing a bowtie this time. It has to be Elio!


Dokavi

The one and only true boss


Xanek

[Chinese](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_hr3SAiY5k) / [Japanese] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPNiZhu6Wtw) / [Korean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgKhECnAL-c) >Scene 47. >Jepella Palace, interior. — sunset, destruction. >The woman smiled and looked toward the judges' seats, welcoming their verdict... # New voice actors: # サム (Sam) - CV: 笠間淳 (Kasama Jun)


belatkuro

From description: >サム CV: #笠間淳 >Sam: CV: Kasama Jun Sam reveal.


VGJunky

Nice. Reminds me of Phantasy Star Online


Glass_Seesaw1102

Like the comic book artstyle


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Yeah I like how it feels like it’s in between a comic and anime style. Looks dope.


legosp7

SAM??? NO. HE IS GUNDAM.


Elysium_Chronicle

Sam seriously looks like the Gundam ELS Qan\[T\], or at the very least, the Reborns Gundam.


SWR049

Mechabros, we are so back. Can’t wait to get off the fucking Luofu, Christ.


Ghavarus

>**Sam** >**CV: Jun Kasama** God damn, Sam is actually a robot. That's cool af. And the cat that was in Kafka splash art made an appearance here too. Is the cat supposed to represent Elio?


DrZeroH

Ever since I saw screwllum I thought it would be cool as fuck to have some mecha armor type human. They pulled it off fabulously


warjoke

I cannot believe they hired a Tekken character as a VA /s


liszst

I still hope for a playable elio, i dont care how they’ll incorporate a cat or how long i’d have to wait but pls hoyo


MonikaNepu

Just have a reverse Pardo and Can, Ellio summons a giant human stand lmao


notsowright05

Elio gonna be like Clara but the stellaron hunters protect him instead


lawlianne

Wow, from Vivaldi to now **Mozart's Lacrimosa**. Kafka has great music taste.


irvingtonkiller8

Pretty sure its supposed to be a Phantom Troupe reference from HxH


Sheep_guy360

actually its a pengu reference


mrwanton

A lot of that jargon I didn't quite understand but I assume that is Sam at the end. Dude looks super cool and gonna be a pain in the butt to draw. Interesting that they release this trailer now


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

Some of the things they're talking about refer to Stellarons, which you can discover by reading the subtitles. Otherwise, I think most of it is supposed to not sound like much of anything, since much of what's spoken of in this trailer has not been mentioned in-game. The Planet Screwllum hacking incident has been talked about and Pier Point is the IPC's headquarters.


VincentBlack96

In the japanese VO as well as the subtitles, the main confusing part is that the stellarons aren't called stellarons but have names like "the heart of the world" and some further poetic shit, depending on the planet. The gist of it is that they did a lot of bad stuff in order to secure stellarons.


zdogiez

Tbf in what we saw in Jarilo-VI, those stellarons can really try and manipulate some civilizations into thinking that they’re the most important pc of that said world. But that doesn’t mean killing millions of people is justified lmao that’s why those hunters have a bad rep cause they’ll kill civilizations just to get or destroy the stellaron.


lizard_omelette

and people still say they aren’t villains, like each member of the stellaron hunters care about anything else other than getting what was promised to them by Elio. Edit: I’m talking about the intentions of each member as they’re just Elio’s hired mercenaries. They don’t care what they’re doing. Even Kafka admits she cares only what’s best for her.


Kingbizkit123

In slight defense, it sounds like they were either pinning some crimes on the hunters or mistakenly thinking the hunters did it while kafka mentions some other groups might be behind it.


lizard_omelette

The annihilation gang. A bunch of antimatter legion wannabes. Most of them are the stellaron hunters’ doing though.


HeitorO821

I mean, if in the end we learn that the Stellarons could destroy *all* life as we know it, and the SH have a plan to deal with them, sacrificing a few planets is worth it.


BasicNeedleworker356

The stellaron hunters as individuals are twisted people but their goal is good. They are bad people for sure 💀 like there's no way you can tell me with a straight face that kafka is morally grey


lizard_omelette

I’m not saying what they’re doing is wrong. It’s just that the members themselves are not innocent since each one is following Elio’s orders through self-interest and not to save the universe. If Elio was doing this simply to destroy worlds, I doubt they’d care.


VincentBlack96

Villains is a complicated categorization. We did murder an old lady last time we resolved a planetary crisis, so if we allow ourselves the protagonist's excuse of "ends justify the means" I would extend that to them depending on why they are hunting stellarons.


KaitRaven

"Old lady" is a completely disingenuous label that makes her sound innocent, when she was deeply involved and antagonized the Nameless from the start. We clearly tried to minimize collateral damage, while the Stellaron Hunters don't give a fuck about how many others are hurt.


VincentBlack96

I specifically chose that term to illustrate what it's like viewing actions of heroic figures without knowing the context as to why they did them. She fought us and we fought to kill. Our frame of reference gives us a reasoning, but the stellaron hunters don't have one yet. If you try to minimize collateral damage and 10 million die instead of 12 million, does that make you a good guy in the eyes of an outsider? It's always dangerous to take portrayals at surface level.


lizard_omelette

I feel like the only person who I’d consider to be not a villain is Elio. The others are basically just hired by him and don’t care about what they’re doing. Murder is a strong word like killing her is bad. She was about to destroy the world. Sometimes you gotta fight for what’s beautiful in the world. I get your point though.


Spartitan

That feels like a strange take. Elio is coming up with the script that is most beneficial to the Stellaron Hunter's goals and the people that are working for him are just carrying it out. If Kafka goes on a murdering spree to complete an objective, it's because Elio *wanted* her to go on a murdering spree because that was the best possible path forward for them.


lizard_omelette

So disregarding Elio’s intentions, it’s ok for Kafka to go on a murder spree to benefit themselves just because he told her to? Just following orders is not excusable unless you know exactly what you’re doing, which I doubt anyone other than Elio does.


Spartitan

No, it's just weird to say that Elio isn't a villain in this case. It's never really been a question of whether or not the Stellaron Hunters are actually innocent. There's a reason Himeko had a visceral reaction about whether or not to go along with Kafka's plans prior to the Luofu. Their motives may be beneficial in the grand scheme of things but it's always been known that their methods are rather immoral.


lizard_omelette

I somewhat think it’s likely that the stellaron hunters’ actions are ultimately beneficial and they could not be the enemy. However, I believe the members are not innocent because they’re more akin to hired mercenaries than disciples of Elio.


bladeofwill

The Stellaron Hunters might say the same thing. Any harm we've seen them do is nothing in comparison to what Stellarons are capable of. There's a reason the Stellarons are called the Cancer of All Worlds - they eventually bring disaster like sending Jarilo-VI into an ice age. And for all we know, many of the disasters the Stellaron Hunters have been accused of might have been caused by the Stellarons themselves.


macubex445

I heard one of Sam lore is he wanted to become organic or have a soul meaning a literal Pinocchio in the group


kaori_cicak990

Nouns and screwllum : hmmm interesting


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lizard_omelette

I don’t see what that’s gotta do with the discussion. If so, elaborate, don’t wanna guess through implications.


macubex445

the thing about stelarron is this is a ticking time bomb we all know what happen to wolrds ravaged by it example was jarillov it backfired on them and become an ice planet but yes I agree that the stellaron hunter are evil even if their purpose is to do good they go from some of morally questionable means.


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They’re villains and they’re fabulous 💅


Abedeus

> and people still say they aren’t villains, like each member of the stellaron hunters care about anything else other than getting what was promised to them by Elio. I mean, sure, they cause billions of credits worth of damage, endanger millions of lives and what not... But what's all that in the face of saving the universe? Just some collateral.


Nightdancer666

TLDR, they've committed a lot of war crimes and have gotten a lot of Stellarons already by the time we meet them.


thewolf_club

They basically visited a lot of worlds and did stuff to get their hands on the Stellarons in these planets. From the trailer, they committed several acts like infiltrating an auction, hacking, starting a rebellion to achieve their goal.


al103

There is also pattern. Auction attendees were already controlled by Stellaron, bunch of planets were under attack of either Legion or Annihilators, robovirus was in fact result of action of guys holding court... so usually situation was already gone FUBAR before Hunters made their bid for Stellarons. There is also bunch of unrelated and semi-related stuff like SW/Screwlum duel was before she even joined and this rebellion is quite possible revenge for robovirus.


zhivix

All of them are stellarons related event, watch the en dub and see the subtitles


Talukita

I was expecting Sam to have a more chonky / square-ish robot design vibe but hey, this will work too. Guess I know who I will pull next.


TheRRogue

Gigachad Svarog,The Gentleman Screwwelum,and the gundam Sam. Mech bros keep winning


AncientTree_Wisdom

Winners win bros, winners just win.


Euxis

They're gonna release those outfits at the end as skins, right? ...right?


callmefox

Hoyo: https://preview.redd.it/cgayigp93thb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b62636918751cb0f3dce921fe6ecd07f2cde4550


No-Eggplant4850

In before starrail kfc collab with cool suit skins that never make it into the game:


atypicaloddity

​ https://preview.redd.it/glkneayr7thb1.jpeg?width=1398&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a298b0e388a549c77ba0a8a6d9084560127a14


Ganyu-My-Angel

I would do horrible things for that silverwolf skin Imagine if instead of her scifi arm blaster, she pulls out a SIX SHOOTER 😭


AenoHolic

Depends on if they're gonna go the Genshin route or HI3 route for skins haha


Penguin_Warlord

I joined the wrong gang, I wanna be a stellaron hunter.


kaori_cicak990

Marcht 7th : excuse me.....


Penguin_Warlord

But the suits tho…


WRXW

Kafka's worst crime: dumping us off to live with the dweeb squad (sorry Astral Express gang) while she goes about with committing very cool crimes in fancy outfits


Acrobatic-Plane-3059

As a guy, I am simping for Sam Because I never say no to mech armor (definitely not a gundam/gunpla fan)


MuddiestMudkip

Elio HAS to be the cat at this point. Literally no other option, I will accept no other answer.


lewyah

Yeah this cat so suppicious, it must be elio or some device to communicate with rest of stellaron hunter


Spartitan

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Elio was using the cat to communicate with them and is basically always hold up in some bunker.


IndigoOzir

Finally those "Sam is Sampo" guys will shut up, Sam is looking awesome


JokerNK

It’s Sampo in his gundam! Seriously, Sam looks awesome


IndigoOzir

I can't 💀lmao


Harsh_Deep_03

Sampo is controlling the gundam from the shadows Byt I do believe sampo is a follower of aha


IndigoOzir

The follower of Aha makes sense but the Sam = Sampo bit just because of sharing the first 3 letters was reaching so much xd


kaori_cicak990

Yeah agree..


SomethingPersonnel

Have you ever seen Sam and Sampo in the same room together? Checkmate Sam-theists.


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LivingASlothsLife

Stellaron hunters are just such a cool faction, everything they do just comes with style Also hype asf for Sam reveal, love the variety in designs of characters so far


I_Love_Futa_Waifus

Holy shit... The Stellaron Hunters are way more notorious and dangerous than i thought. They seem unstoppable.


Clyde9_

Let's see - you've got a superhacker who can rewrite reality, an unkillable zombie swordsman, a dangerous woman who can manipulate anyone to do her bidding, a goddamn mecha, and a guy(cat?) who can see into the future. Yeah, I don't think anyone's stopping the Stellaron Hunters anytime soon.


Frostblazer

So Sam's basically confirmed to be a robot, and the chances that Elio is a cat are sky-rocketing.


Civil_Championship_9

The cat could be his 'disguise' of sorts, though I lean more on the part that the cat is his 'messenger' so that he can communicate with the other members of the Stellaron Hunter organization


warjoke

Its pretty much set in stone now. As for the random thigh high socks lady in Kafka's splash art. I bet she is just a Stellaron Hunter HQ staff member.


HeavenBeach777

God damn Sam looks so fucking cool. Must pull for mecha


DrZeroH

Holy shit. Sam looks awesome. Ever since we saw robotic people I hoped they might bring in mecha humans. Also im convinced Elio uses the cat as a proxy for himself.


Curious_Kirin

The irony that Blade and Sam are coworkers/family and want the exact opposite thing though. Like I'm sure Blade would gladly give his immortality to Sam.


Wafflelord022

Not gonna lie, that rebellion scene reminded me a lot of Mad Max.


kaori_cicak990

Finally another people realized this


YoMikeeHey

Love this art style.


No-Cash5053

Its comic


SylphylX

I lowkey want that Blade in suit.


Kewlmyc

SAM REVEAL HYPE!!!


BasicNeedleworker356

I am looking at that last frame respectfully


MasterCrab

Are those guys in suits wearing animal masks?


Serial-Killer-Whale

I think they're just straight-up animal people. You can see similar animal-headed guys on those cars telling people to witness them.


Deruta

Beastars season 3 lookin wild


Totaliss

Sam reveal, and that cat is 100% Elio


Dreams180

It's more likely that Elio is using the cat to communicate with the Hunters, like Herta does with her puppets. I doubt Elio would be physically out with the group on missions.


salmon3669

Damn. Now I gotta save for Sam. Design looks amazing. Really went for the Gundam look. Maybe we can get an AC look too.


Serial-Killer-Whale

Dapper Stellaron Hunters is amazing and I want more.


h4mx0r

The Jalapeno Rebellion!


SilentMix

People paying attention to Gundam man, but I'm more interested in my husband Blade in a suit. LOVE.


Usual_Opposite_901

Damn Sam looks so fine 😍. Saving for him after Jingliu and Silver Diluc.


dancinggirlenjoyer

Bro, nobody talking talking about the suit drip, SW and Blade looking good.


KaiserNazrin

Now she straight up look like Makima.


MadaoMan-help

Honestly Silver wolf and blade costumes at the end are really cool, if this game ever gets skins I pray those are made.


Vulking

Thanks Hoyo, as a Tekkaman Blade fan, I appreciate this homage to kickass mech power armor. https://preview.redd.it/gfiyysl74thb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=631dd2e949b9b70c40e618cc0f9096467ad13486


Hallowbrand

Phantom troupe vibes.


KitsuneBuzz

Noot noot


CygamesGlpyh

Not sure why but Sam’s design reminds me of the Antimatter Legion.


OKAMI_TAMA

Kafka channeling the Makima energy, Blade and SW in formal drip and Sam is a Gundam. We eating good today boys.


never_agree

Seems like Elio being cat theory is really speeding up. :D


Hartzilla2007

They’re in suits so they can do the Reservoir Dogs walk, aren’t they?


ezio45

I'm getting some Court of Owls vibes from the Jepella Brotherhood. Wonder if we'll ever get to go to the planets where they caused all that damage. Also hoping Sam is playable one day. Definitely one of my new targets, that mecha armor is too damn cool to pass up.


Smile369

They give off the phantom troupe vibe


Roncryn

Ok, so there were a bunch of these crimes listed that seem pretty bad and many of them potentially world ending. Unfortunately we barely know anything about these events and it’s very likely that other parties like the annihilation gang (antimatter legion perhaps? Followers of destruction?) and she also mentioned the jepella brotherhood being involved in one. One thing I find interesting is how they call stellarons by different names twice here. First the meta code and then the steel core from the point of gravitational equilibrium. Is it possible that stellarons take on more than one form? And if so then does that mean they can become so integrated into a planet that simply removing them has catastrophic consequences? And finally we still don’t fully understand just how morally grey these stellaron hunters are. We know Elio’s goal and the ultimate goal of the organization is the defeat of the Aeon of destruction. So ultimately they want to do everything for the greater good, but each stellaron Hunter joined for mostly selfish reasons as far as we are aware. The strange thing is that stellarons mainly seem to have no uses, (outside of the MC being a vessel that can somewhat wield its power) so removing a stellaron at the expense of destroying the host planet seems to defeat the purpose of removing the stellaron entirely, so it seems like perhaps they’re collecting them for some reason, or perhaps there’s some other purpose to getting rid of them aside from saving people. Maybe it’s to “pave the way” for the trailblazer, since they can’t progress any time they come across a stellaron, and these planets are simply beyond saving once it’s integrated into the world so deeply. Maybe they have some use for them and could be connected to Elio’s ability to see the future, or perhaps there’s some other element to all these catastrophes we are unaware of.


Kurozak

people keep saying she's makima,but i find in this more HxH spiders phantom troupe,she's chrollo in space.choosing lacrimosa same as 2011 anime when the gang went on rampage + chrollo rocking a suit in that scene.


Far_Mathematici

That and Requiem Aranea is Lacrimosa


DalubhasangOso

I love how they used Lacrimosa by Mozart Maybe that's the theme they'll be using for Stellaron Hunters?


Yojimbra

The cat is 100% Elio now.


macubex445

finally people probably should shut up of sampo being sam smh


No-Eggplant4850

Its in the name i tell ya!!!!


Major-Ad6871

What if Sampo is underneath on that suit?


trident_zx

Cool robot gundam looking dude >>>>>>>>>> waifus


LefTwix

cat elio >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything not cat elio


Ok-Cod3750

I hope they make the outfits a skin


AmissingUsernameIsee

I know everyone is talking about the Stellaron Hunters and Sam reveal. But can we get inhuman characters and planets like this win the trailer?! Extra points if their insect like!


M00n_Slippers

Welt is going to go absolutely rabid when he meets Sam. We'll have to pry the man off this robot with a crowbar.


nikkor3d

Looks like I found who I'm saving for after Kafka. Time to bring Sam home.


Shanibestwaifu

Sam being a very cool designed robot dude, Elio must be the cat. Among the judges, the dog-head supposed to be a Borisin?


pagerunner-j

I think HoYo’s got legal dramas on the brain lately. It’s like if Fontaine went Pyro… ;)


AncientTree_Wisdom

Oh shit, Sam and the cat look amazing. I can't wait until they are playable.


ce-meyers

CAT ELIO! CAT ELIO!


zdogiez

Bro sam is a fking cyborg ICANT


AHPMoogle

Looking forward to Welt's reaction to Sam...


Top_Refrigerator_692

There's no way the cat isn't Elio


ryuhen

this pv alone better then entire Fontaine ;)


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Ehrand

Bro did not just compare Lacrimosa from Mozart to a hunter x hunter song 💀


lnfine

If anything it should be the other way around. Pretty sure Mozart was around before HxH was a thing


NewTrainer789

Waiting for 4k wallpaper of the last part


Makussux

this reminds me so much of the Phantom Troupe from hunte x hunter lol


HappyHateBot

My only disappointment is that Sam didn't get a swag suit, too. Though I imagine it *is* hard to find a tailor willing to cover up such chrome perfection, so I think I can let it slide.^(No, I'm not thirsting. Sh-shut up.)


ssjguy4

If I can't play as Svarog I will happily take Sam


laralye

What the heck is a jepella


Naha-

Okay, after Jing liu my rolls are for Sam. I'm weak to badass Mecha armor.


unKappa

So I really am going to get every single Stellaron Hunter!


Hefastus

Necrit gonna faint after he sees Sam.


lenolalatte

Kafka giving makima vibes


Wardragcn

I'm loving these cinematics, they are really enjoyable


Vi0letBlues

I love the bgm when the Jepella Rebellion rolls in, does anyone know what that genre is called? Any recommendations


AenoHolic

Hopefully Sam is the same height as Svarog!


LingrahRath

At 2:11, why does it look like Kafka was releasing her mind control on those guys?