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>>So, weak guess at Blacksoul.
Correct. bf1e7e is right about it not being Marvels or Soulfire. It could have been Sorrows, but it's basically a crippling disadvantage that makes the Adept mostly useless. Blacksoul was really the only one who actively screwed over his Adepts like that.
>>How would the story have most likely changed/ended if things went on autopilot? If there had been no Spikesby?
Well, in a true autopilot with no input whatsoever, nothing changes. The system maintains an equilibrium like it is. Hopefully a Wizard finds the Soul Armor stuff, otherwise Oblivion Ending or Marvels ending.
>>What was K'Shaara doing all that time between the intermission and suddenly ZOMG! HUBBY IS DEAD!
Getting her stuff together to kill Lord of Marvels. Basically waiting for a good opportunity to strike and making sure that her intel on what everyone else was doing was accurate. She was trying not to draw any attention to herself because she didn't want to get in trouble for violating another Wizard's territory, so she was mostly laying low and gathering forces.
>>Can you briefly summarize what happened to the other wizards that were not specifically mentioned in the end?
>>Especially K'shaara and the Ophians, how she felt about Ryxix's death, etc. And what happened with Suri?
K'shaara regretted Ryxix's death, but blamed herself instead of Blacksoul (as indicated in the Glory denouement). She destroyed her newer Magical Creatures and was on board for working with Blacksoul to rebuild what they could of the pre War political structure. After Glory Ascended, she apprenticed under K'shaara, probably somewhat out of spite. She advanced very quickly and the Ryxix tower within sight of Suri, probably also out of spite. As Glory grew older, she mostly forgot what had happened and became cold and calculating like old K'shaara until the Heartsbane denouement.
K'shaara always struggled between her calculating, powerhungry nature, and what she saw as the just deserts she received from giving in to it. She martyred herself (not literally) by rebuilding Suri and remaining there and working directly with refugees/the restoration efforts, but she probably still ate people when she could get away with it.
Queen of Sorrows had to dismantle her territory completely. She apprenticed Wizards just like everyone else.
Childless Meg and Blacksoul worked together to sort of try to un mess her up. They failed. She got some small measure of horrid transmutation and some awful, cursed thaumaturgy, but it only decreased the radius of the terrible poison she leaked. She was a giant liability to every living thing, so she snuck away into the Wasteland before anyone could decide it would be easier to just off her. Some Ascendant Wizards would feel compelled to journey into the wasteland to go apprentice under her and learn how to make themselves into cursed witches.
>>Why did Lord of Marvels attack K'Shaara anyway? Seems like that was his first mistake.
He had no idea what the spears he made would do to other Wizards. Moriga would have been an easy target, but she was so weak that it might not generate good data. He also knew what K'shaara had been up to, and if the Spears had killed her, thought he could collect them again. If somebody found out, he could say that he found out about her transgressions and she was gunning for him. Once he realized she had to stay pincusioned, it made things tricky but not impossible. People probably wouldn't find out. Hopefully Ryxix would start killing other Wizards. Marvel's plan required that the remaining Wizards started fighting and dieing again. There would always be significant risk with any such plan.
>>What would have happened if Marv succeeded? He seemed to think he was doing the right thing, calling the other wizards villains and such. And on that note, what were his real motives? Was he really just power mad, or did he think he was doing the right thing?
Basically what Blacksoul said. No new Wizards would ever be created, and he would have almost unlimited power. He hated being bossed around and thought the pre-War Wizards that were in control were resistant to change and unnecessarily restrictive in the use of magic. He thought he could make the world a better place, but he was basically not all that stand up of a guy.
>>What would have likely happened if Sky had went in and spoken with Marvels? And why was he all cryptic instead of lying like a smooth operator?
He was cryptic because he couldn't tell the future and was therefore more likely to be right with vague predictions based off of good intel. He built an aura of power and mystique around himself to make him look very strong and also benevolent. Trying to convince someone implies that you are not in a position of power over them - they have some leverage to bargain. He was slick and smooth with the other Wizards though, although Blacksoul was suspicious and Moriga totally didn't buy it at all.
Also, he lied about basically everything to everybody. I'll have to double check to make sure I didn't slip up, but I'm pretty sure he never said anything that was true.
If Sky went in, he couldn't have let her leave. She would have told Blacksoul on him.
>>Would Blacksoul's "grand reaping" plan have worked? I can't quite tell, but by the way he described Marv's machine and how magic works with the world it seems like it would've been a temporary patch at best, totally ineffective at worst.
A patch. It would have killed everything in the Sea, destroyed the Wall, and then Antithesis would have begun spilling everywhere and Progenitors and Windborne showing up all over the place. Bad End.
>>I'm guessing Glory's wizard was either Marv and she was a sleeper agent or something, or she belonged to Sorrows. In any case, why can't she remember?
She can't remember because Golden were given to a Wizard as children. They grow up as Adepts, which is one of the reasons (along with the mask) that they are so strong. Most of them have no idea who they were apprenticed to.
>>What became of Last Hraru?
She lived very near Spikesby and Ria and was their buddy and stuff. She dealt with a lot of the people that would pilgrimage to visit him. She became mortal and died eventually, but outlived both Spikesby and Ria.
>>What if spikesby had chugged of that progenitor blood? Or consumed some of Marvels' meaty shrapnel?
Nothing bad or good.
>>How did you decide which characters would be playable each chapter?
Most of the time it was when I would need input on one matter because it would affect what Spikesby was doing next, or, towards the end, whether or not a character was going to survive the Endgame. I tried to keep things chronological, although Ryxix dies significantly earlier than the chapter before Glory's. I tried to make sure there was player input whenever possible for almost every major event. Often times, I would have to use the other characters to accomplish this. Once the players split the party up, this became really easy and useful.
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