Plot Theories [Spoilers, Possible Spoilers, Misleading Info]

[contributor]

I'm pretty sure that I've got Fang's identity figured out. I'm still in the Sea Road, after the start of the quest, but it's pretty clear who he must be.

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Wyatt

[fallen]

contributor - haha, I was expecting a big chunk of text under the Spoiler tag, pretty funny to see just one word

[anrdaemon]

contributor: next time make a picture of that word and post it under spoiler. 'cuz picture worth a thousand words!

[anrdaemon]

It is just occured to me, I don't know if there's any base in it, but…

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it is possible that the gods of the Steel are akin to Naaru of the WoW universe, in that they can not "die" by themselves? They just live as they are, as they chose to be, as long as their powers protect them, but once power is not enough, they become corrupt manifestations of darkness, basically lose themselves, their sanity and sanctity.
That would explain both Vurnak's insanity and Hagathrun's acceptance.
And the reason Ryethin follows her chosen closely.
I only hope she have a plan in motion about herself, if that true. Following Hagathrun's example may be?

[bobsoup]

Regarding the 4 chosen.

A couple of "possible hints" at Gholla.

1) Baron Taz says Something along the lines of no "mortal heroes" could have such strength.

Does that imply they are not completely mortal? I guess not since they can resurrect with retry last turn. Ultimate immortality that!

I think I read that in Religious Ed back in school... Jesus was asked: you are being crucified, replay last 15 mins or go to restore point in heaven?

Also.

2) One of the NPCs in that scene (forget which one) says something along the lines of " the old Gods must eventually die" (not verbatim).

Does that imply there are new Gods?
Or simply that the gods are old?

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Mar 26, 2015 13:14:47 GMT -5 bobsoup said:

A couple of "possible hints" at Gholla.

1) Baron Taz says Something along the lines of no "mortal heroes" could have such strength.

Does that imply they are not completely mortal? I guess not since they can resurrect with retry last turn. Ultimate immortality that!

You can see others marveling at your power as early as the siege at Red Hill ... Barnett Giova says its impossible that you four broke the Baron's army single-handedly ... that does sound a little amazing, doesn't it?

[bobsoup]

Imagine what they could do with 2 hands!

[hissrad]

Now that you mention it...Barnett did say something like that after we volunteered to clear the storeroom.0_o

[bobsoup]

It is specifically the word " mortal" that Taz says that caught my eye.

He had been discussing the four with a God and then said " no mortal heroes".

Perhaps he was just being dramatic.

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Mar 27, 2015 6:49:43 GMT -5 bobsoup said:

Perhaps he was just being dramatic.

bobsoup - it's definitely another log to throw on the fire of suspicion

[contributor]

I've been stewing on something for awhile. I think that Karjtan/Vincent is still lying to the team about his origins. Crafty magical folks. First he tricks the team into helping him kill Lazzon. That just shows his shady character. It's in Granthorn that his fibs become really evident. How come nobody seems to remember him? As a mage, you'ld think people would have at least been aware of his presence in the town earlier, but I don't think there's any indication from other characters that they are familiar with him or his master. At the same time there is all this dialogue in the Fang quest about how there are regular krete attacks on the town and all that. Yet way back in Oskahold he was asking "what can you tell me about the krete?" like he's pretty unfamiliar with them.

[bobsoup]

Personally, I'm wondering if by end of Ep4 all the Gods are killed. Except Ry.

The chosen 4 of death. Chosen with the purpose of killing the Gods. That is what they are chosen 4. To bring in the replacement of the Gods by killing the existing ones.

Whether that means replacing them or not is uncertain.

[En1gma]

Which leads me to wonder... How do we really know that Ryethin is actually a good guy? We still don't know exactly why the Four rose up to strike down the All Father, maybe Ryethin is the reason, and now she's gotten power hungry and wants ALL the gods dead. We already know there will be an EPIC showdown against Ravenna, but I don't think we'll get to all the gods in this game, there's just too many of them- we've only killed Vurnak and Hagathrun at this point (correct me if I'm wrong). Cortias went to the monastery, Ellista escaped, Rabiel is in hiding, and we have yet to meet any of the others (that we know of, Balgair strikes me as someone who could be Logar...)

[matrim]

In the kickstarter it said that they were making a heroes of steel trilogy. I think we are playing through the first part of that trilogy so logically I would assume that some gods are going to live through this first part. I for one am looking forward to meeting Weigarn and learning that he was actually the good guy all along and that the All father was going crazy.

[contributor]

Mar 30, 2015 17:10:52 GMT -5 matrim said:

In the kickstarter it said that they were making a heroes of steel trilogy. I think we are playing through the first part of that trilogy so logically I would assume that some gods are going to live through this first part. I for one am looking forward to meeting Weigarn and learning that he was actually the good guy all along and that the All father was going crazy.

It doesn't seem like it's going in that direction, what with him coming down and leading the Orcin to raise all the human cities and all. Unless maybe it's all the humans that are bad and the Orcin that are the good guys. Or maybe "good" and "bad" are silly concepts made up by spooky religious types and it's all blind power and ambition behind it all.