Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
I suspect that the player character and Azem are possibly the same person, but by the reverse explanation. My prediction is that Azem will end up travelling forward in time sometime either during the events of Pandaemonium or shortly afterwards, which is why they seemingly disappear after stepping down from the Convocation. I also predict that our foray into Pandaemonium will put us at odds with Lahabrea (possibly over killing Athena a second time after she gets turned into a hemitheos), end up with Azem taking the blame on our behalf, and result in Elidibus making his famous promise to his idol to protect the world in their stead. Bonus points if the entire Convocation shows up for one last time to mistakenly condemn Azem. I also wonder if Venat's project on Elpis with her friend involving 'concept crystals' is to create the Convocation's soul crystals, which is why an unfinished Lahabrea crystal also ends up adrift in the future in our current timeline.

I think that the alternative (i.e. the player character travelling back in time to become Azem) is less likely because it creates a Captain America situation where you permanently retire the character off.
That’s a pretty interesting idea. Definitely could fit in with current patches (:

How do we get Azem split up in the sundering? Do they/we go back in time again?

I like that it’s an unexpected move to have Azem hop forward instead of us going back. Would our WOL still literally be Azem somehow, or would you consider Azem to their own character, unrelated to us except by soul-chunks?

I agree with the Captain America issue - although it wouldn’t be a problem if that’s how the writers plan to end the MSQ (a loooong time from now). Or, if they do it sooner, the writers might have a plan to somehow alter the timeline so Azem/Us stays back in time, the Sundering happens, and we get to keep our WOL to continue playing in expansions going forward. I’d guess we accomplish this using some combination of Soul Crystals (with help from Venat) and perhaps Alexander.