Bonjour, my friends! It is wonderful to see your smiling faces again! Welcome to the finals week of Season 23. It has been a most wonderful and amazing journey for everyone, I am very glad to have been here to see it. You may find the Results of last week right there. Now, let me go over the finalists for this week. Ryu and Melfice are both quite familiar with getting to the finals. Both of them are known for their very unique forms of battle, as well as their impressive array of skills. This battle will come down to a test of endurance for the two fighters. If Melfice can manage to hit Ryu faster than Ryu can transform, well, it all goes downhill. But if Ryu can unlock the power of Kaiser, can Melfice stop him? KOS-MOS has been waiting for a chance to show off her superior combat abilities. All of her opponents have fallen to her deadly X-Buster, S-Chain, and F-Scythe. Fenril, someone who has managed to get further than even Fogel could, stands ready to put a stop to KOS-MOS. Fenril will strike as quickly at KOS-MOS with her sword and then try to finish her with an Iainuki. These two brutal females will have much to overcome if they want to win! Lyon's control over the Demon King has proved to be quite useful this season. He has been able to obliterate each of his opponents with his mighty Naglfar spell. Antenora has also proven how truly fearsome the Cocytus members can be. In this finale, these two tough bosses will battle it out for the title of champion. Jaffar was once known as the Angel of Death, murdering and assassinating as he was told. His contract with those days has been severed, and now he fights for what he believes in. Artur doesn't have such a history himself, but he will certainly continue to fight for what he believes in, as well. It will be a battle of swords versus sorcerty, a match which will go down in the days of history. If you wish to have some say in this, then please, hurry to The Arena and put your vote in. Every single vote counts, so make sure you do your part. Please head to The Forums this week, as there are several important things you should be looking into. The Season 23 Finals Topic is one, but also of note are next season's Nomination Pools , as well as the booting topic for this season. Please feel free to go and vote as you see fit, this all should be up to you, not us. Let your voice be heard! As always, the The Not Ranked Arena remains open until this Sunday, so cast your votes when you can! Now, Chisato and her friends are at it again in this week's Behind the Scenes! Enjoy, and I hope to see you all again next week, my friends. Ah, the chamionships. Another faceless Ryu in Godlike, FE people in the lower two divisions, and all the robotic Ice Queens you can handle. It's great to be alive, or in my case undead. I've wondered about that. Would you take damage from healing spells? No, nobody does that silly stuff anymore. Besides, I'm more than enough for any pasty-faced Cleric berk anyway. I've been sharpening my teeth! Why? You're never gonna fight anymore anyway. You're one to talk. At least I had a battleform! Not that it did you much good. At least <>I<> was in Godlike and managed to have some history. You crashed and burned. He's got a point. ....Gah. Owned by Odin. Can this day get worse? Yes. We have to begin the show and I need a paperweight. Float on over here, skull. Ultros, ready the cameras. Odin, ready the...whatever you do when you're not being killed. Gilgamesh, hold up all the mikes with your arms. We're on. Hello, and welcome to the Season 23 Championship edition of Behind The Scenes! 23 seasons will soon be in the recordbooks and the fun, laughter, and homicidal mania just keeps getting stronger and stronger. Almost as strong as the smell in here. Whose bright idea was it to hire smelly seafood and a God who's afraid of water? I'm not afraid, I have delicate skin! I blister faster than a..really...fast...thing...Stop laughing! While Odin's pain is endlessly moving, let's visit with our Godlike Finalists, Ryu III and Melfice! Pleasure to be here. ... Ryu, you're considered to be one of the strongest participants in the entire DL. How do you handle the pressure? ... ...Have you ever considered sign language, Mutey? ... Well, he does know one sign. Angry little fellow, isn't he? How uncouth! Ah, Melfice. Any secrets on how to beat Ryu? Wailing Soul Slash. What else have I got? Speed, and refined tastes. Not that'll help you. Heavy Finalists! Hello again. Greetings. Fenril, you know what I'm going to ask. Do you think it can happen? That KOS-MOS and Shion can become even more fanservicey? I'm sure that the Japanese can think of something. Any and all appearance changes are purely economical. Whatever. All I know is that back in my day females in RPG's wore clothing that was actually functual in battle. Well, except for needy cases like Rosa. But she was so hung up on Cecil she'd ride into battle naked if that's what she thought it would take. Interesting, but what I was asking was if you could take the championship. That's an inevitability. No way she's gonna take me down. I have complete and total confidence in any battle. Fenril is no exception. Funny how robotic senses bring up the nerve. Hmm. Let's mix things up and bring out the Lights. What? You're totally messing up the order! I have get out of here in like 20 minutes! Pipe down, crybaby. Crybaby!? I could mash you into a fine paste! I'm the King of my strereotypically evil country! I'm master of my domain! That's not what Eirkia said after your date. Ooooooooooooooh! Meow! Saucer of milk for Ms. Artur! Okay, settle down ladies. Life has been good recently for Fire Emblem, Artur. Do you think this is just a recent trend or something that will last? Oh, I think we FE'ers will be winning championships for Season's to come. Wait till FE9 gets in! That will be a sad, boring, weapon triangle saturated day. Brrr. Makes me shiver just thinking about it. Well, let's wrap this up. Antenora, I can see you peeking out of the guest room. How's your chances of ending Lyon's win run? Although I have a experience with evil pretty boys, Lyon's still going to be a challenge. Hopefully my magic will be enough. Magic? Good luck. We Boss Mages have pretty high Res. Shouldn't you be off apologizing to Eirkia now? All life is suffering. Now that is what BtS is about! Indeed. Well, that's all we have for you today, dear Readers. Tune in next week when we moc-I mean converse with the winners and losers of the championship matches! From all the slaves in Chisato's sweatshop we wish you a productive post-holiday! Camera's...off! Would you like to change your skin to Silver?