I hope the Writing doesn't remain like it did from Post 5.0 to Now (post 6.0)

[Iscah]

I would be mostly okay with the whole Azem business if they weren't so intent on the "Azem is like you so we will dance around the subject of giving them any solid traits or even a gender" – doubly so when it comes between the very solid and not-you character of Ardbert also having Azem's soul, and Amon not identifying with Hermes despite having the same soul.

From those other cases we can extrapolate:
1. Being a shard of an ancient soul does not guarantee you will physically resemble the original bearer.
2. This is not just a difference between soul-shards from the Source and the reflections.
3. Being a shard does not make you the same person as the original.

So there is no need for Azem to be like our character, except in basic personality. It would be better to make them more of a distinct individual.

On a separate note, I don't particularly feel like I'm the chosen one because of Azem. It's convenient that we have personal connections back to all these plot-important characters but that isn't quite the same thing.

[Shookbeast]

I would be mostly okay with the whole Azem business if they weren't so intent on the "Azem is like you so we will dance around the subject of giving them any solid traits or even a gender" – doubly so when it comes between the very solid and not-you character of Ardbert also having Azem's soul, and Amon not identifying with Hermes despite having the same soul.

From those other cases we can extrapolate:
1. Being a shard of an ancient soul does not guarantee you will physically resemble the original bearer.
2. This is not just a difference between soul-shards from the Source and the reflections.
3. Being a shard does not make you the same person as the original.

So there is no need for Azem to be like our character, except in basic personality. It would be better to make them more of a distinct individual.

On a separate note, I don't particularly feel like I'm the chosen one because of Azem. It's convenient that we have personal connections back to all these plot-important characters but that isn't quite the same thing.

If the story goes the way it seems to be pointing - then our characters will probably time travel back to a time before Elpis, meet our Ancient frenemies, and gain the title of Azem. The big twist is that we’ll actually be our Azem - and we’ll get to play a bunch of adventures as “Azem.” I’m cool with this, as our character stays in the driver seat - or something this game deems close enough.

Later on we’ll travel back to the future, (explaining our absence during the Sundering), but we’ll probably have to leave some portion of our self behind to become the sundered “Azem” shards. (Or this will literally be the final part of the game and we’ll just reboot on the cart with the twins).

If this is indeed the end-point of the Azem adventure, I kinda dig it - as it centers the story on our character, not some stranger we inherit all our personality from - and the (admittedly limited) decisions we get to make along the way are decisions made by us and us alone.