Ceaseless Discharge

Lore

Ceaseless Discharge is the only known son of the Witch of Izalith. He was born with sores inflamed with lava from birth, so his sisters gave him the Orange Charred Ring to ease his pain. He eventually dropped the ring, leading to the creation of the Centipede demon. When the Chaos Flame was created he was transfigured into a gigantic tentacled creature and this emphasized his already crippling physical condition such that he now constantly oozes lava. His one comfort in life is watching over the grave of one of his sisters.

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Design Works Interview

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Otsuka: Personally I'd really like to know more about the Ceaseless Discharge.

Miyazaki: As with Priscilla, I had a pretty clear image of how I wanted the character to look and behave so I entrusted his design to an out-of-house artist.

All demons are born from the fire of chaos, but he was the first, born so long ago, when the fire wasn't yet stable. He possesses it, but he can't control it and it burns him constantly. Despite his size, he's actually the youngest of Izalith's children, he stands gazing up at the ruins where his sisters live. The only source of comfort in his pitiful, painful existence is the belief that they are watching over him.

Waragi: Do you think people would have been able to guess all that simply by looking at the boss room?

Miyazaki: I don't think so. There are a huge number of things, that, while present in the game, we make no attempt to explain to the player, and many more that they simply have no way of finding out. The Ceaseless Discharge's story is just one of these. I recall the main difficulty designing the character was trying to get across that sense of sadness. People just couldn't see past the fact that he's a flaming giant.

Satake: Poor guy, everyone just wanted to attack him.

Miyazaki: It's not difficult to see why, but simply giving him a melancholic expression or making him weep would have been taking it too far in the opposite direction. It was a very difficult balance to achieve.

Otsuka: So in a way, by killing the him, you are doing him a kindness?

Miyazaki: Probably, relief from his pain at last… Although it's extremely difficult and I doubt anyone will ever discover it, I seem to recall there being a way to progress through the game without killing him, although in truth, it's more of an exploit than a valid method.

Theories

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