The Final Chorus

[MilesSaintboroguh]

What I am also wondering is how Dark Dorklander is going to fit with the rest of the story? We run into him in 3.1 and he sods off.

[Morningstar1337]

What I am also wondering is how Dark Dorklander is going to fit with the rest of the story? We run into him in 3.1 and he sods off.

Maybe they (The Warriors of Darkness) was meant to be like Ysayle, Aymeric and "The Mask" (the guy at Ala Mhigo, not Unukalhai)? Characters introduced a few patches early but remain in the background or as enigmas until the next expansion?

[CyrilLucifer]

What I am also wondering is how Dark Dorklander is going to fit with the rest of the story? We run into him in 3.1 and he sods off.

Keep in mind Elidibus was introduced in 2.1 and has only directly interacted with our character once, despite us having about 6 different scenes from his PoV. Like Elidibus, the WoDs are meant for the longer term, not the shorter term.

However, I believe we have a Nabriales thing here more than an Elidibus one; Nabriales was shown a few times on and off throughout 2.X, first being introduced in 2.0, then shown quite strongly in 2.1, then less so in 2.3 and 2.4 before finally taking an active role in 2.5. What Nabriales did was not kill Moenbryda in the overall plot, but open the plot to further developments regarding Ascian mortality and how active/passive Elidibus is.

The WoD will do is the same; they themselves may not be as relevant as we'd like to believe, they're probably not going to be game changers that destroy the world, but what they reveal and the side effect of their defeat/existence in general will be what changes things. It's that suspiciously unnamed Overlord, I swear.

I wouldn't put my money on Darklander until the end of 3.4 or 3.5 - if there is a 3.5.

[Kallera]

I wouldn't put my money on Darklander until the end of 3.4 or 3.5 - if there is a 3.5.

That would be a shame, I know there is a need of not wasting his menace on weaker plots, but there is so much that could be done with Derplander it isn't even funny.

[Alberel]

I wouldn't put my money on Darklander until the end of 3.4 or 3.5 - if there is a 3.5.

Agreed. He's not a part of the Dragonsong War story arc, he's just been revealed to us early to make his presence feel more organic when we reach the point that he becomes significant. I'm currently expecting we'll have a confrontation with him and his group during whatever events lead into 4.0 following the defeat of Nidhogg.

[Dualblade]

Lahabrea is defintely coming back, with somewhat of a chance of possessing Estinien and thus we have to save him---again.

[CyrusArjuna]

Lahabrea is defintely coming back, with somewhat of a chance of possessing Estinien and thus we have to save him---again.

I kinda hope when we free Estinien from Nidhogg it's without Lahabrea attached. I'd find it darkly humorous if Thancred got posessed again...but to make it a bit more dramatic maybe for good?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Laha's role is over I think. He was already brought back after 2.0, why bring him back yet again? Why can't a dead character STAY dead for once?

[Morningstar1337]

Laha's role is over I think. He was already brought back after 2.0, why bring him back yet again? Why can't a dead character STAY dead for once?

Because his fate, unlike Gaius (arguably), Teledgi and Hauchefaunt's is very ambiguous. Ascians are incorporeal beings that need a specific item (that was used on Igeyorm instead) or else they can potentially escape death.

Plus at this point people are gonna be just as skeptical of character deaths unless they are A: Killed on screen, and B: had their body be damaged beyond all repair with visible effects (Like Teledji who was chapped in half by Tizona). I imagine at this point comic book and Disney fans are making jokes about the whole thing now

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So that begs the question why that Sahagin priest, who got eaten in a similar fashion, hasn't come back yet either.