Flabagast
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So the Aequilibria are the original gods of order that created the Exalted and after that didn't work out too well, the Dragon duo and the Avatars? And the "Whispers" are their doom/destruction alternative? And as per Remthalas there are primordial gods even aside the Aequilibria and Whispers? I'd assume it would be beings like Kathool and some kind of gods of the void. Pretty much, yeah! quote:
Is Myalos from before the reset? Just what level of strength is he on? Myalos is definitely pre-reset. They're one of the Dragonoids, which were ancient even in Mechquests time. As for their power level? Well Notha was able to get them working using Exalted technology, so it's hard to say whether that may have given them a boost. Either way, they were a match for all eight Avatars at once so... yeah. Absurdly powerful. Although now that the Dragonoid body is laying in pieces in the Deadlands, we have no way of knowing what their android form is capable of at the moment. Maybe we'll have them available as a guest one day? quote:
Are the Tytans we fight in the current storyline war tools and war beasts that were used by the Exalted in their war, like the ones Caeternam talks about? Yup. Cryohem was probably an Exalted construct, given that we fight something just like it in the Exaltia Tower. The big light whale above Swordhaven on the other hand was likely peaceful until it was enslaved. I don't know about the fungus in Dragesvard though... I had a feeling that it might be an Exalted-engineered biological weapon, but maybe it fought against them considering its mimicry abilities? It's weird to think that the Exalted and Aequilibria may have been in some kind of elemental arms race. quote:
Are we sure Notha is correct when she talks about the Avatars? Are the Avatars of Fire and Darkness really beings of Order and Destiny and not Doom? Fiamme and Voidstar are- uh were definitely as pro-Destiny as the other Avatars; not all elemental beings represent the will of their respective Avatar. Even with that said, the Shadowscythe are a special case of Darkness spirits that exist despite the Avatars' attempts at keeping the balance. They probably hated Voidstar just as much as the others. Maybe even more so. quote:
If the original gods created two dragons, one of creation and one of destruction, wouldn't the Avatars also reflect that? Even if we look at the great dragons that the Avatars created, Akriloth doesn't exactly strike me as something created by a being of Destiny. Or am I just still not getting something about Destiny and Doom? This is where things get a little messier, I think. Though Akriloth probably wasn't the first Great Fire Dragon; I find it more likely that he's a descendent of the original, given that GenoKratos is much older and waaayyy bigger than Akriloth probably ever hoped to be. Regardless of that though, the Great Dragons and their creators are flawed beings. GenoKratos made that clear, and we straight up see the Avatars' flaws throughout the Malerous saga. They interrupt each other, they bicker and argue, they're short-tempered (thanks Nythera) and they're unsure of themselves. Heck, it was even implied that they forget stuff. I didn't buy into Notha's arguments, but I could certainly see her point of view. One might ask "If you're going to go to sleep for forever, why would you leave the governance of the world to beings that are imperfect?" Well... who's to say Aequilibria isn't imperfect? Their first creations, the Celestials and Infernals, rebelled against them and nearly destroyed them. Maybe this idea of "perfect order" is what they were rebelling against. Maybe the gods had that in mind when they created the Avatars. If you can't have perfection, then you may as well create things and have faith that they won't annihilate each other or world they're trying to protect. I dunno. I should stop before I get too carried away. I do get hyped up about this stuff and I'm happy to see more players talk about the lore now that we've had some of the bigger revelations recently.
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