Advent

The Advent is an event in Tales of Berseria. It was on this day the humanity started to see malakhim.

History
Three years prior to the game Laphicet Crowe talks with Artorius Collbrande about a Scarlet Night that is soon to happen. He says that by reading his book he learned from his notes that to resurrect Innominat two souls with strong resonance and hearts free of malevolence are required. Artorius explains that his unborn child was a sacrifice that half-completed the ritual and the ritual's completion will spur the creation of many new exorcists. Laphicet requests to be the second sacrifice that will resurrect Innominat reasoning it that he's going to die soon due to having Twelve Year Sickness and it causes him to be a liability to his sister and all around him. Artorius agrees and promises to keep this conversation secret from Velvet Crowe on Laphicet's request. The night the Scarlet Night happens Artorius takes Laphicet to the shrine intending to sacrifice him. Velvet soon arrives, relived that "Arthur" kept her brother safe. Just when she is to approach them, Artorius binds Velvet with an arte and proceeds to sacrifice Laphicet, much to Velvet's horror, ultimately dropping him into the shrine's depths. Velvet frees herself from the arte's binding and leaps into the shrine, catching Laphicet with one hand, while holding the shrine's edge with the other. Artorius remarks how the girl acts according to her emotions and that nothing can save her brother now, dropping the two into the depths. A mysterious being devours Laphicet resulting in Innominat resurrecting and marking Velvet his first therion due to being receptive to his powers, likely due to the deep hate and resentment that was born in her seeing her brother murder by the man who cared for them so much. Velvet emerges from the shrine and devours daemons. When asked by Artorius to look around she notices that she killed her entire village. Just as she collapses malakhim start to descend. Seres, the malak reincarnation of Celica Crowe, regains her counciousness with her memories. Velvet is then taken by Artorius to Titania to devour malevolence in order to complete Innominat's resurrection. Starting that they people's resonance was further boosted and they started to see malakhim.

Trivia

 * The localized release of the game tones down the violence regarding Laphicet: in the Japanese release Artorius is causing Laphicet to trip when he tries to approach Velvet and then stabs him through his chest and drops into the shrine, while the the localized release he is using an arte to sacrfice him.