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Originally posted by: DenisDyack
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Uh, Dennis, I think I might have missed something.
Yes, yes you did.
Watch the cinematic when Pious gets teleported from the desert into the first room for one example. The magick is yellow.
Denis.
SPOILERS...
Yeah, I actually noticed this when I was playing the game and I found it rather unusual, but never really classified it as a magic type associated with a god whose name goes unmentioned, but I assume that this would be the "Marduk" or "Enkidu" of the game, just like most of the other god type characters in this game are heavily influenced by Lovecraft's mythos.
It would also mean that the deity trinity depicted all over the place in the game doesn't accurately represent what's going on, and that you'd actually need a 3 dimensional symbol or perhaps a "Star of David" type symbol to more properly describe the entire mythos that the game represents, allowing for the formation of a second, unbroken trinity and possibly a sequel but I'll leave that to the creators.
Interestingly enough, this could answer quite a few plot holes, like what Pious means when he says "My death is only the beginning". He could know of this particular God's existence and actually be a servant of THAT god sent for a similar purpose to what Alex was meant to do, only more sinister. (As depicted by a certain wall painting in Lindsey's chapter) The war, apparently still rages on in spite of what Alex meant to have happen.
It could also answer why there is a many armed "Vishnu" type god symbol that is used in several parts of the game but isn't referred to by name at any point during the game.
Anyway, on to the part where I see if I can glean some answers here, if you have some time- I know you're a busy dude...
Our favorite fireman says "I have something I need to accomplish before... I won't survive the night" at the end of his chapter. Now it seems pretty obvious that he had to mail the sword, but why? It's obvious he didn't hand deliver it since he would have been dead by then, but what purpose would mailing it serve over just giving it to Alex's grandfather? It seems to me that entrusting him wth the essence was a greater risk. I'm probably just missing something obvious here.
Is Pious' quote "this is only the beginning" just an obvious tie in for a sequel, or am I missing something there, too? Certain people have tried to tell me that it only refers to specific paths, but he still says it when you finish the third one. Once again, probably just missing something obvious here.