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The Maleurous: Reawakening 25%

Hey there, heroes!

Congratulations on reaching 25% and freeing Uaanta from her dream! ...But there's a long way to go until you can reach Remthalas.



Lock and Key have done a good job of guiding your path so far, but as you ascend the depths, their influence can only help so much.

Somehow, Myalos has been pulled into the dream as well. And you'll need their help to proceed.



What dreams and nightmares await further within?

Reach 50% to unlock a Defender Medal shop full of new Maleurous themed cosmetic items... And then push further beyond.

And if you still haven't caught up with the Book 3 Maleurous Saga, now's a good time to visit Uaanta in Book 3 Falconreach (next to the glowy shrine!) and catch up!

Keep up the good work, heroes!

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Some common questions/issues with this war:

• Is there a time limit?
  • No. However, as this is the grand finale of the entire Maleurous saga, we're spending a lot of time on the milestones and war finale. We're working hard to stay ahead of you, but there's a lot of waves left! Once we finish our work on the war, we'll continue with our regularly scheduled releases. Our current estimation is that next week will have the Reforged Archivist release/Archivist class update while we finish the finale quest.
    
  • We will also continue to work on adding more wave variations as time permits.
• These rare waves are too rare!
  • The chances for the new rare waves have been doubled.
• These waves are taking a while to load...
  • Due to the sheer number of wave variations, sometimes waves can take a bit longer to load. We're trying something this week to help alleviate that situation, although we may need to take more action.

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Remthalas, the inception schtick is getting old. I don't think that offing something conceptual is gonna be a great idea.

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Remthalas has invaded our mind and and pitted us against our memories of previous enemies. The figments of Sinnocence, the puppets of nameless, the Murmurs of Lock and Key, the possessed bones of the...possessed dragon-killer-woman whatwashername, the awakened crusher of Myalos, Nothas creations from her and the Pasikdrar are from Old Remy himself. All to grind us down. To force us to do his bidding.

Seriously? He saw what we heroes are capable of. We finished every war thanks to the power of the allmighty Com-mun-neh-teh. And he still tries that?

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The Hero and Uaanta calling out Remthalas on his absurd magic/motivation is a treat (especially after speedquesting through the first part of the storyline like a week ago). Really makes it seem as though they are ono the same done with this guys nonsense wavelength

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That part with Lock&Key hacking the insta-defeat message was hilarious. It took me a little while to understand what's happening, but it was great when I did.

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To start it's good to see Myalos' repair is well under way, though I must admit I wasn't expecting Remthalas to show himself so abruptly but I suppose now would have been as good of time as any while we were comfortable again. It does beg the question of what he was doing while we we made our way to Falconreach in the aftermath of the conflict with Notha being resolved. He had to have something up his sleeve beyond waiting around for everyone else to look for answers with him as to the nature of Aequilibria, a means of cutting out the thread. To free it.

And now we're getting a closer look as to what the Aequilibria are or could potentially be. I was actually surprised to realize that Notha did know something about their existence as it seemed she didn't really understand much about Draco and yet did understand the nature of the Avatars considering both were supposedly created by the Aequilibria before they were put to sleep (although that could be because she simply put more time and research into understanding what the Avatars were). On that note, I'm not sure what to make of Notha's comment on the Aequilibria being just concepts, our label of conceptual gods sounds more fitting, but still it's odd considering that the Exalted clearly recognized the need to point a giant magical gun at it that could quite literally level an entire plane of existence to the point of being almost beyond some form of stability. Seems like a concept would be immune to such a feat until I remembered the Exalted poured a lot of magical energy into the artillery to the point where even they were used up to power up and fire the weapon. So what if that was the point? Bring so much power to bare to the point where even reality itself could be fractured even if only a little? After all that is what magic in theory is supposed to do and they would have had more than enough to spare at that point.

This also begs the question of how the Aequilibria are supposedly still influencing Lore at least in the way Remthalas seems to be implying in their state. We know now that Lore is subjected to the seemingly eternal cycle of Fluffy and Draco constantly putting the world into balance with the Avatars watching over them as was imposed by the Aequilibria. So perhaps it's that subtle control to adhere to cycles that's the issue here. Then again, that still doesn't seem to fit with what Remthalas is saying because it's almost like he's suggesting that not even basic choices are within Loreian control and with all this talk of Destiny and Doom, two words for fate....hmm

Whatever the case Remthalas being has already revealed too much of his desires in the past to know him succeeding in getting to the Aequilibria would be chaos and I'm too inclined at the moment to believe that he himself wants to play at being a god regardless if he has to choose between bending Aequilibria or crushing them completely.

Also I find it curious that in that classroom box that Remthalas had us all trapped in their was the display case. In it was obviously Draco's box but it also contained the same Exalted container Notha had discovered back in Lhe'Shiyac, the Globus Lux artifact that was held by Braytes San (the villian that Uaanta saved the world from), and lastly I assume some sort of Mechquest material designated for Myalos. These are essentially items that have played some fundamental role in each character's life, but I cannot help but wonder if Remthalas sees these as clues or pieces that are vital in pulling off his plans. As opposed to operating solo with his Kathool dream magic.

Furthermore, are these dream fragments. So far only flavors of Madness, Doom, and Depths have appeared in these waves. I was surprised not to find one corresponding with Destiny until I realized that all of these likely only pertain to Remthalas himself and given that he is no way affiliated with Destiny or Order it'd make sense for why it hasn't shown up. Which probably means Depths are in relation to the fact that Remthalas was from the Abyssal Water tribe for the water elves, Madness must be in relation to Kathool or at least the power he gleamed from Kathool, and Doom is probably in relation to his goals or that he stands firmly opposed to ideas of Destiny and Order.


Either way it's going to be fun uncovering the answers in this war.

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Let us find tranquility.

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To challenge the Avatars is one thing, but to mess with the actual gods is another level of bonkers. What Remthalas seeks to "free" us from is the very fundamental nature of Lore itself - and if I'm right about the Aequilibria, its very Core as well.

I do find it interesting that Remthalas' ideology is similar to Notha's but even more extreme. Notha's was influenced by her personal grudge against the Makers, and while we don't know as much about Rem it's clear enough that his former loyalties to Kathool and perhaps the Stranger were probably formative to his aspirations. Notha seems to understand her limits, where as Remthalas thinks he can succeed where the Exalted themselves failed.

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Furthermore, are these dream fragments. So far only flavors of Madness, Doom, and Depths have appeared in these waves. I was surprised not to find one corresponding with Destiny until I realized that all of these likely only pertain to Remthalas himself and given that he is no way affiliated with Destiny or Order it'd make sense for why it hasn't shown up. Which probably means Depths are in relation to the fact that Remthalas was from the Abyssal Water tribe for the water elves, Madness must be in relation to Kathool or at least the power he gleamed from Kathool, and Doom is probably in relation to his goals or that he stands firmly opposed to ideas of Destiny and Order.

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I do find it interesting that Remthalas' ideology is similar to Notha's but even more extreme. Notha's was influenced by her personal grudge against the Makers, and while we don't know as much about Rem it's clear enough that his former loyalties to Kathool and perhaps the Stranger were probably formative to his aspirations. Notha seems to understand her limits, where as Remthalas thinks he can succeed where the Exalted themselves failed.

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Maybe this war will reveal some insight about him. After all, if this is a shared dream as Lock and Key said, we might be able to into peer into his past while fighting through our own.

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It's a dream figment of Tomix.

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So that's how Uaanta looked like in her... younger... days. And no, Remthalas. Taking over the simulacrum of Voyna was jarring, but at least you're amateur to make us battle that without the 50% autoheal the original had.

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Man Uaanta was looking super fine in her youth. Though I am curious as to what she did during this time that made her not so proud of herself. Given that she mentioned Voyna's unrelenting fury and the length she went to get justice I have to wonder if she's referring to the lengths she went to in order to get to Ly'Vhil and subsequently execute her. And Voyna faces breaking into Dream Voyna was freaky.

Also I just found a rare wave with Serenity's Mirage (although all of the texts from her attack dialogue has changed to show Remthalas is clearly speaking through this one like Voyna so that was a nice touch), and given someone mentioned Tomix popping up in the rare waves I think I can safely say Remthalas is about to drag us through plenty of our old hurts.

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I feel the "dream realm" has become somewhat of a common trope in games, but I really like the team's take on it with Remthalas. Seeing Uaanta chilling with an imagined Voyna that she used to escape her nightmare, then Remthalas suddenly and jerkingly possess it, then Uaanta wrestling some agency back to make it lower its stun resist to zero was really neat. This is shaping up to a great finale and I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest pans out.

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Normal wave: Serenity's Memorial full with dream fragments and 1 destiny figment

Rare Wave: Dream Serenity at the Inn. Remthalas dialogues:"Things could have been different. If only you understood sooner...".
Basically it's a mirage Serenity boss
Remthalas gave her new lines:Interesting, I need heroes, Open your eyes, This is for eternity, You will be free, Don't you see?, Again again and again, You will understand, Let me in. She has +70 Immobility and +10 All resistance 2500 health, nothing difficult

Rare Wave: Dream Tomix (OUCH) in the void, his face and hands fully obscured. Remthalas dialogue:"Ah what's this? Destiny has not been kind to you...".
It's basically the Tomix boss from the end of Tomix saga It can give itself +180 defense,+ 20 boost,+200 crit and +100 bonus and give you -30 boost and soul torn and has 2500 health
New lines given by Remathalas: You were too late, Don't let me fall, You can stop this from happening again, Join Remthalas and you will understand, You will be free, Let me show you

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IMO Serenity and Tomix is a much better enemy/boss for rare waves than the energetic sheep is. Afterall Remthalas is trying to crush us with nightmares in this war and what's better than make us fight with personal enemies/friends from the past. Sadly 8 out of 10 times i get the sheep as rare wave boss :(

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Aequilibria

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We got a cutscene with Uaanta and a boss! I was expecting a bomb run at most. I guess the next is Myalos and after that it's Notha. I wonder who will the boss those times.

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Disregarding potential god complexes that others are speculating here, Remthalas has an eschewed sense of freedom and anti-authoritarianism. At the end of the day, there is some grain of truth to Loki's words when he said in the Avengers film, "You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel." He seeks to potentially commit deicide in a vain attempt to try to liberate Lore from an authority figure just because they have the passive capability to influence Order and Chaos (this is where the point I refrain from using the Destiny/Doom syntax that Notha started), as there are implications that Aequilibria is just the Lorian term to what residents of the Planes/Wastes would call the Exalted. Potential political spectrum talks aside, there's always the risk that we just got lucky with just rendering the Avatars/Makers inert and not making hell break loose. I don't think that going for representations of fundamental concepts, even more fundamental than the elements, is going to be a good idea.

Plus, since one of his (former) job descriptions is devout of Kathool, he is pretty much having way more loose screws than the Hero considering canonically that Kathool did a number on us that lingers to this day.