The Rising Event 2022 (New Minion)

[ElizanderNorisse]

No Hythlodaeus one yet. I hope we get one of him, Hermes, Eric and Themis one day.

Also he's cute and if you think he's ugly then you're confusing it with his grumpy look. And if somehow you still think he's ugly whilst knowing that he's supposed to be looking grumpy then um you can either just not do the event. Or do the event but not drag him to enjoy the swing set in what's left of the park named after him. I do wonder what the little description about why there's a minion of him will be.

Spot on. Except I think he’s cuter when he’s grumpy.

[TMW001]

Wonder what his interactions will be like among other minions.

[Hyperia]

We’re finally getting emet-selch as a minion! Hopefully Zenos will be next then^^ I’d also love a Hades in the future but baby steps.

Watch it be the Zenos Chicken

[Hurlstone]

Watch it be the Zenos Chicken

I would be OK with that.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Watch it be the Zenos Chicken

The bird let out a slow chicken cackle. It sounded like a chicken, but in her heart she knew it wasn't. In that instant, she completely understood the concept of a chicken that was not a chicken. This looked like a chicken, like most of the Mud People's chickens. But this was no chicken.

This was evil manifest.

Sorry, had a Sword of Truth flashback for a minute there.....

[Unholychinchilla]

It's all about the labelling. There's nothing inherently spoilery about the fact that Garlemald has an Emperor Solus and that this is a model of how he looked as a young man. There's already a portrait to the same effect.

It only gets hazy in conbination with other spoilers or talk from the fandom.

A lot of new player reactions when he shows up tend be along the lines of "Oh it's that dude everyone is obsessed with!" so yeah I think it's fine.

Slightly disappointed it's not called Mammet-Selch but I guess this is a slightly less spoilers name.

[P0sitr0nic]

Slightly disappointed it's not called Mammet-Selch

That would be too good.

[Packetdancer]

to quote a friend from discord, how is the minion this guy for an event where lvl 15 sprouts can join! lmao

Solus is in fact part of the storyline even in ARR; he's the Garlean emperor in 1.x and even in ARR, only passing away in the post-Praetorium storyline, if I recall right. At which point there is a succession crisis; Solus' grandson (Varis, at the time the High Legatus of the first legion) and Solus' youngest son started a civil war over who would get the crown. And in the end Varis wins -- thus why he's the emperor we deal with later.

I swear I remember a cutscene in the post-ARR slog where Varis literally walks up and spits vindictively on Solus' casket.

[Rannie]

Solus is in fact part of the storyline even in ARR; he's the Garlean emperor in 1.x and even in ARR, only passing away in the post-Praetorium storyline, if I recall right. At which point there is a succession crisis; Solus' grandson (Varis, at the time the High Legatus of the first legion) and Solus' youngest son started a civil war over who would get the crown. And in the end Varis wins -- thus why he's the emperor we deal with later.

I swear I remember a cutscene in the post-ARR slog where Varis literally walks up and spits vindictively on Solus' casket.

That cut scene does happen I believe I'd have to watch again but it's either him spitting or him staring angrily at the casket

[TheMightyMollusk]

That cut scene does happen I believe I'd have to watch again but it's either him spitting or him staring angrily at the casket

Varis's default expression is an angry scowl, but yeah, he stares at the casket while the Scions are giving voiceover exposition, then spits on it and walks away.