Nocturne’s Albion is pretty convoluted for a boss who pops up out of nowhere, but the summary is basically that he’s a reference to two giants: the Cerne Abbas nudist and William Blake’s Albion.
“The ruler of ancient Britain. He is the first giant of Britain. It is said that he was born from Amphritite, the wife of Poseidon.” (Nocturne profile)
So think of his words as those of a booming giant, playful but also forceful.
“Line up the fleet” when he summons the zoas might be a reference to the most notable things about Britain, which is that there were (are?) boats there. It’d be interesting to know what it was in the original Japanese.
There is a story behind the last shot. I wanted to make a private Rust server with my friend so she and I could play together and not have to worry about anyone doing terrible things to us: that way we could just do terrible things to each other. So I made the server and got on before her making a home. Turns out I did not know how to make a server private.
