Next week, the final wave of DLC (as far as we know) will be released for Three Houses. Recently, the official Japanese Twitter account has been sharing details for the Cindered Shadows side story from the DLC.

In case you missed it, here’s what they posted earlier: 1st set of profiles / 2nd set of profiles (includes details about the save file interactions).

Now, onto the new stuff!

Alphard

Not to be mistaken with a well known YouTuber, Alphard appears to be an important NPC within Abyss. It seems he’s the 38 year old male found via data-mining.

* Although we’ve currently given him the name “Alphard”, based on his Japanese name, there’s a high chance that his name in the English version is “Aelfric”.

If you enable English subtitles (not the auto-generated ones) in the American trailer for Cindered Shadows, around the halfway mark, some of the lines come from a person called “Aelfric”. These lines seem like something Alphard would say.

Thanks to u/Crazydjs on Reddit for pointing this out!

In addition, we have a few more general gameplay tidbts.

Unlike the main story, where you can raise your skill levels and pass examinations to change class, in Cindered Shadows, each character has preset classes that you can choose from. New classes will also appear, so please stay tuned!

Also, skill levels are fixed, so each character will have preset skills and combat arts. Maps in Cindered Shadows have more gimmicks and the difficulty is a bit higher than the main story. You’ll need to plan around each character’s role, as well as the situation in front!