Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27460754-20160124200151/@comment-27460754-20160329013702

I have to say I feel veddy vindicated about The Ardan king having pulled a Denethor, just was off about what it contained. I'm guessing he was being given a form of divine blessing which allowed him to see the strife in the Divine Realm (temp name until we get an official one.) and that's what allowed him to make Simon 'shoo' away.

I'm guessing that Mithyn is the goddess of magic who's cult was started in Yhilin and I have to say that she certain did a good job of giving us an idea of what's going on.

As for Ivala...I say the reveal blows a lot of the speculation about the Chosen and Unpeople out of the water in regards to how much control she has over the process and kinda puts more validity into the "Church messing with forces they really don't understand." position. Also starting to feel that the goddesses and the Lustlord being one grouping/pantheon/harem is starting to look a bit more likely as well. And she's evidently putting her hopes into Simon, which is a sensible position for the game. :P

Seems like Tertia isn't a prisoner as we thought, she's just apathetic to the extreme, thus proving the dwarves right that she left them. Wonder what caused it myself, although I'm putting my idea on the Lustlord being broken.

Zelicia I'm going to go with being the Anak's prisoner that he's harvesting her theoson for, possibly to get to the other goddesses for his harem? Would certainly be an interesting take on his having an interest in 'theology'. Also would make the title of 'monster' for the person holding her fit, as it's hard to find another way to describe a being that's imprisoning a goddess, siphoning her power and doing so to gain lordship over her sisters.

I don't think it's the Fucklord as I'm still attached to the idea that the guy managed to get a dragon under his control. Not to mention if he couldn't handle Ginasta, an albeit powerful human, he would certainly not be able to take control of a goddess before that.

Speaking of the Unpeople, I love Dari. She's batshit crazy, firey, and determined to get herself whole again...the whole undead zombie look is interesting to say the least. She's a lot more sympathetic than Vhala, not in the least because Vhala's sacrifice isn't a sacrifice. She doesn't miss the part she had ripped away, she just considers it an inconvienent part of her she's better off without. While still her choice to be respected, it's not a legitimate sacrifice in that she isn't giving up something great or of close personal value for a cause or a purpose. She's an ally but a distant one at best.

Still, looks like I was wrong about the Ardan King being involved in the Unpeople mess or the cults. But his apathy did allow them to develop and flourish for a time, so he's still responsible as with other things thanks to his giving up. He is actually up there with the Arsehole of Arclent and the Fucklord in the "Kings to be deposed pronto" list. The former two because, well, they are megalomaniacal idiots and the latter because he's letting decay and corruption overtake his kingdom.

And with that note, I LOVED shitting on the Varion or w/e his name was. That was soo much fun just crushing his hopes more and more throughout the summit. Talk about a "kingdom for a horse." as it were. Wonder how that'll affect the imminent conquering of the AoA, maybe some legitimacy over the area that the deed controls?

The War Vaults seems like a lot of work for essentially a plot related helmet and other loot that even the other characters go 'wow...this was not what I was expecting.'. Still, good to get it out of the way and have it than not.

I think not supporting the extermination will end up being a good thing, both from the troops not lost trying to root them out, the minions they'll be when Orcent gathers them up, and finally because there'll be less international foot stepping on in trying to get to them. Yeah they cause a lot of damage but they are almost like rats and Simon gathering them will still lower their numbers so it's not like they aren't going to be affected at all.

What do you think will be the point where Simon will be able to heal Dari and how? I think it'll be when he gains control of another shard and Carina will have a part to play.