Paracelsus & Azoth

[Mass Distraction]

Yasuhisa Kawamura, a designer who worked on the Sega game Rise of Nightmares for Xbox 360, has stated in a recent interview that he named a weapon found during the latter half of the game as a kind of an inside joke of his own. This weapon is Azoth, a mystical weapon, whose name originates from the same mythos as the name of the railcannon called Paracelsus' Sword used near the end of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Kawamura was the scenario writer of that game.


Here's the article: [link] It's mentioned in Q21, near the end of the interview.

Azoth from RoN: http://riseofnightmares.wikia.com/wiki/Azoth

Demon Sword of Paracelsus from RE3: http://residentevil.wikia.com/Demon_Sword_of_Paracelsus


The myth about the alchemist Paracelsus and the mysterious Azoth he achieved, whose name is often seen engraved in his sword in the pictures depicting him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azoth#Life_...e_Universe