Well... truthfully I'm at a loss for words. I'm sitting here at my computer wanting to express just how much I disliked the MSQ and I find myself speechless. I had no expectations and yet Dawntrail still failed to meet them. I am absolutely not canonizing Dawntrail in my WoL's story. I'm sorry to be so harsh, but it's actually offensive and insulting to me and my character's intelligence.

The story is awful. The characters are cardboard cutouts. I didn't mind Wuk Lamat at first but then she became the worst character in the game, easily. Do the writers think we're 10 year olds? It's baffling how this happened after coming off of deep and mature expansions like ShB and EW. There's no nuance to the story. No one acts like humans. Seriously, everyone got lobotomized. I don't have a problem with low stakes; I read contemporary fiction and there's no cosmic world ending threats in contemporary fiction. I don't have a problem with the WoL becoming a mentor character; after all, in my canon she has already retired and it was a good option to have the WoL become a mentor with how powerful they are. But wow they dropped the ball here. I'm completely unable to suspend disbelief!

The plot just can’t keep the momentum up at all. Something exciting happens and then the pace completely drops when we have to go cheer people up or learn about a culture or make dinner when people are dying. The dialogue options are baffling. We all just stand there when we could be murking people on the spot. The Scions don't do anything. We are shown no history between the Promises and their dynamics are not believable. The sudden raise in stakes is offensively bad. The writing is just nonsensical. Bakool Ja Ja 180° personality change and instant forgiveness after his crimes. Zoraal Ja starts a war because war is bad and he wants everyone to know that war is bad... but also because daddy issues. Huh? The only portion I liked was Shaaloani because it was just the WoL and Erenville having a chill adventure. I cared about the town and its problems and I loved learning about them and helping them. There was combat sprinkled in and the WoL had the most agency/dialogue options out of any portion of the MSQ. It wasn't just a wiki page lore dump or Wuk Lamat saying "I LOVE PEACE!!!!!!!" for the thousandth time. (1/2)