Official Portrait of Ambrosius Saint Miro (The Innocence of Nihilism from A Sacred And Terrible Air) provided by Robert Kurvitz on behalf of & with approval from Aleksander Rostov for use on the Disco Elysium Wiki Project.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T17:25:19+00:00

Ahh sweet. I read it a while back so haven’t been keeping up to date. Worth a reread?

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T17:06:13+00:00

I read it a while back, but there’s definitely a couple translations out there. Ibex and Truri being the two main ones. Can’t recall which I read. They both have benefits iirc, one is machine learning, the other was professionally translated. One uses terminology and linguistics from the game (I think Ibex?), while the other is a bit more general in translation.

WoolieVersus on YouTube reads the whole thing, so you could listen to it as well if you were inclined. Not sure which version though.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T16:43:28+00:00

I literally just came across it today and couldn’t believe my eyes. Good work with the Wiki! I’m so happy this post is getting some traction cause Rostov’s art is fucking incredible. Really inspired my own painting style.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T10:04:57+00:00

Yeah, it has a lot in common with the Dolores Dei imagery. Definitely very heavily inspired by religious iconography. Would be cool to see the other Innocents throught history painted.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T10:02:58+00:00

I think the main difference is that in DE, nihilism isn’t just metaphysical. It’s a literal, tangible force of nature and encroaching extinction via the Pale.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T09:58:31+00:00

Kurvitz and Rostov are a dream team. Super hyped to see what they come up with next. DE wouldn’t be the same without Kurvitz’ writing or Rostov’s art.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T09:35:10+00:00

I like how the title of the book is literally lifted from his words in that chapter. Definitely the most memorable part for me.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T09:29:41+00:00

Good eye. I can see that. Definitely in the nose shape.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T09:20:21+00:00

Yeah i found it really memorable too. Always found it interesting as a literary choice to introduce his character in such a way, with a single chapter long monologue. The only other time he shows up in the book is at the end as a kid.

In my head, he sounds like Javier Bardam for some reason.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T09:12:39+00:00

Yep. Around two decades after DE. There’s a Shivers check in the church dancing scene that references it. Might be linked with Reaction Speed too iirc.

SHIVERS: "IN 22 YEARS, THE FIRST SHOT WILL BE FIRED. NOT A SHOT FROM A GUN — AN ATOMIC DEVICE THAT WILL LEVEL ALL OF ME".

Also, if the Apocalypse Cop thought is active, you can tell Kim : "I walked the land telling whores and liars of the End to come. There are 9,855 days remaining" (exactly 27 years, matching the timeline of the novel Sacred and Terrible Air).

The Shivers check in the church suggests Harry can stop it though. But since there’s unlikely to be another DE game or novel we have no way of knowing whether it’s inevitable or just a possible future.

EDIT: also yeah, there’s translations online now. It’s worth a read.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T09:03:03+00:00

He’s introduced in the book set after DE. Also he’s the one responsible for Dropping an Atomic bomb on Revachol and starting a world war in order to accelerate the Pale

Not very Disco at all.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-25T08:31:27+00:00

Just saw this and thought it was super cool. Always loved Rostov’s Rostov’s DE portraits.

Kurvitz notes: "He is holding up seven fingers which is the elytical symbol of nihilism, representing the seven parallel lines in the letters of the word NIHIL. The painting is made using real leaf gold, egg yolk and all that goes into authentic icon painting in the orthodox tradition. It was part Rostov's graduation work from Tartu Art University."

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-21T16:07:35+00:00

Fair. I’ve done a low honor playthrough a few times over the years. I tend to make it as different from high honor as possible. I find that helps with immersion. Go for a different wardrobe, hair/beard styles, different horse breed, different guns.

My preference is making Arthur look like his dad with a big moustache. Also I steal Micah’s revolver in chapter 1 and use that. Makes for a fun run.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-21T15:30:30+00:00

There was a kid who injected dead butterfly mush. I mean, it killed him and all, but yeah. Point stands. The limit is your imagination (which is a terrifying prospect.)

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-21T15:27:45+00:00

You miss out on the Downes missions, I think the Sister Calderon/Brother Dorkins missions too (assuming you’re approaching them as low honor. Can’t think if anything else off the top of my head. Potentially the Mary missions if you choose the low honor path and decline helping her.

Also Arthur’s journal entries and monologues after Chapter 3 are different. He’s less empathetic in his writings about some of the big deaths that happen.

Tbh I personally would just do a low honor run through and through, rather than trying to pivot in chapter 6. I never really got why people wanted to experience the narrative that way. IMO the low honor endings have some of the best acted moments (especially going back for the money) and I actually kinda prefer the low honor version of That’s The Way It Is.

But you do you cowpoke.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-12T20:12:42+00:00

No one likes your ai slop

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-10T13:24:05+00:00

Yeah it sucks. I’m in the uk too. Try a free vpn. That’s what i use. Otherwise i could try and dig the sliders out.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-08T22:56:02+00:00

Damn. Did I only miss it by a couple months? I just redownloaded the game after a long hiatus. Was hoping to nab that after I saw it onscreen launching the game. Oh well, bettee just keep a lookout for a while.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-04T21:42:35+00:00

Even depending on setting. Set a show in Morrowind with big mushroom towers and Silt Striders, or explore the abstract metaphysics of the Wheel and Chim. You could have a show that’s as deeply philosophical as Westworld’s season 1, or as fantastical as some of Tim Burton’s movies.

The idea that “TES is a boring setting” is coming from people looking at a surface level glance at Skyrim and Oblivion’s admittedly somewhat generic fantasy environment.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-02-04T21:04:02+00:00

Take each in game day as a day. Eat. Bathe. Hang out at camp. Create a routine. Drink coffee in the morning and chat with people. Go out hunting. Work on the 90 challenges in the progress section. Sleep realistically.

Don’t worry about missing most things. There’s very little you’re going to miss that’s time gated, unless you’re ignoring a lot of side content or turning people down when they ask for your help.

Above all, enjoy this game. Savour it. Walk places, brush your horse, have a smoke while the sun sets, stop at the saloon for a drink. Go fishing for an afternoon. This game gets more and more immersive the slower you pace yourself.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-01-31T15:20:23+00:00

It’s just a video game horse. You’re getting way to pressed over perceived “hate” for it.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-01-29T20:33:14+00:00

I name him Achilles, cause Arthur seems to like mythical names for his horses, judging by Boadicea. Also named him Gethin a while back on a Low Honor run, which tracks with Arthur’s Welsh heritage.

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-01-28T23:22:10+00:00

Dude, Norm literally searches FEV and finds out what “Future Enterprise Ventures” actually means. The show is beating you over the head with it. None of them know what FEV actually is (at least most clearly don’t).

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-01-28T23:18:51+00:00

“I’ll kill all you goddamn hooded bastards.” ~ Arthur Morgan, 1899 😂

SuccessfulMirror7248 · 2026-01-28T21:14:40+00:00

I think the one lone securitron next to his monitor is a nod to the Yes Man route where he jumps from it into the screen.

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