CG Midlander

[HiirNoivl]

DUMPTRUCK POST 1 of 3: PARAGON GENDER

We have two path companions who are shamelessly gender biased and making assumptions. What's odd is that a bunch of them refer to the paragon as a "he"/"him" earlier in the very same quest. Almost all of them, in fact. I only listed a few of the nine.

Do we conclude with the majority and assume it is a him? Possibly Urianger?

Or do we take this ambiguity as a sign to leave it alone until they flat out tell us who it is?

Thanks for bringing this one to the table, Hiir. Something tells me it would have thrown a wrench in a discussion someday if we hadn't checked it out XD

;~; Or maybe it's a translation glitch? **Backs away slowly.** (kowai..)

EDIT: Woah! I fell blessed with a post from Ferny-poo! *blush-blush* I'm glad that it wasn't a glitch and you guys were just trying to mess with our heads again. ^^/

Meanwhile back at the ascian, I couldn't find any more shadowless people other than Slenderman Elezen and the Grim Reaper. But there are lots of references to shadows in the dialogue. So maybe they are there in the background. For example, in the Grand Company quests, you're sent by random NPCs to "get" Urianger, who later turns out not to be a baddie. Or at least to be "anti-Imperial", since his motivations aren't really known.

Since it's obvious that the Circle of Knowing and the Ascians are not friends and are against each other, perhaps they are the true source of the orders to "get" Urianger.

Urianger: I have sensed the hand that guideth thee and know of its intent. Full oft, truth lieth not in that which is spoken, but that which is left unspoken. Refuse to open thine eyes and thou shalt linger in darkness for eternity. Or mayhap the dark shadow cast upon thy soul hath rendered it unable to accept the dawn. But first thou must cast off the shadow which defiles it....


Also, The Legatus seems annoyed at their own shadows.

Van Baelsar (Futures Perfect): The cloying stench of shadow lingers still....

Van Darnus (It Kills with Fire): Oh, but what manner of foul shadow will the unredeemed souls of your countrymen cast by the light of judgement! The mere imagining of it cuts me to the quick.

And we are talking about the Umbral era after all.