Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-25941257-20170924103337/@comment-29984007-20171221205614

Scol wrote: I think you're confusing Chosen and Adventurers here. Those guys that keep talking about killing rats and and taking quests from message boards are not the chosen - they are just some classical adventurers. Ralke doesn't share anything with chosen, he's similar to those adventurers.

I think Chosen might not be intentionaly created, they might be a side effect of the goddes being trapped one of Incubus Kings. Something like her divine essence with some addition of IK's magic seeping through to the world and affecting random people.

There were a lot of theories that Xerces will be the true vilian of the game. I'd like to propse alternative theory. Xestris implies that Xerces will have yet to decide how to deal with Simon. That, together with the fact he seemed the most reasonable of all Incubus Kings on gathering in my opinion implies he actually might become an ally after all. I think he might end up playing similar role to Noln from Desecration of Wings - If Simon can push his ambition by himself he will do so but If the can't he'll have to depend on Xerces.

chosen are choose among the adventurers. if you check the first dialogues with tal:

T:"We're just destroying some old fortress? Lame." S:"What would you rather be doing?" T:"I dunno, something worthy of my awesomeness. Do you have any idea how many rats I've slain?" S:"How many?" T:"Like, a bunch." S:"Yes, you do seem overqualified." T:"Killing rats is serious business!"

the chosen hang around the yhilin cathedarl's entry hall had a dialogue of similar meaning. but yes ralke is 'based' on 'ralph' the message board quest boy. the succubus near the gathering' village optional boss

Y:"What's this little shrine?" S:"It's not a shrine, actually, but an ossuary." S:"Some time ago, a strange fool claiming to be the "Hand of the Goddess" tried to attack us." S:"He was oddly strong, though of course the Lustlord crushed him easily." Y:"Did he say which goddess?" S:"No. He was very passionate about some pretty vague goals." S:"Anyway, the Lustlord said something about his power not being allowed to return and bound the corpse here, as if he thought it might come back." S:"On bright days, this place sends a chill down my spine..."

don't think the chosen are a involuntary creations, perhaps the chosen can be a step for a greather (and more sinister) scheme, but i don't think this teory is correct either. the power for making chosen is a finite quantity, can be more of one, but they still a finite number. the 'ivala's wall' show during the war can be a manifestation of divine more active now respect to the recent past (the mother guard is recent, antiala show herself after the cration of zirantia kingdom, the goddess of magic is totaly unaccounted in the past... )