Dahaarkan said:
(spoilers)
Lucian was godwoken, aka chosen by one of the gods, however it’s hinted that he had a connection to all 7 of the gods.
He got his power from the source well on the island, the same island that you go on to also become a god by infusing yourself with a vast quantity of source.
In last segment of the game, he states that he too will forfeit his source and become mundane, he said he’ll return again to the people, you and him will be heroes for repairing the veil, he also states that the people would not know that he’s a mundane so he’d stay in power.
Dahaarkan said:
If they have technology to drain source without destroying an individual's soul then why do they have entire underground prisons run by sadists and such?
Yea, I’m not too sure about this, it may be limited to the writer’s mundane understanding of the soul.
However those sorcerers that got purged by the purging wand remained as ‘silent monks’ who were pretty much lifeless, basically the perfect goy. Striped of all emotions and feelings, they’re just automations for the magisters, I’d say that fid the description of soulless, also the source vampirism skill destroyed the soul entirely, I assume the purging wand would do the same, as the soul is entirely made up of source.
I don’t know if Lucian would’ve became a silent monk or not, he made it sound like he wouldn’t.
The other source draining device I know of, is the antenna (I forgot the name I’ll just call it that)which has an infinite capacity for source, however when it was used on Alexandra it killed him, however in the last segment you can see that it was absorbing source form the atmosphere.
I actually wanted to think that Lucian was a good guy, as his name is reminiscent to the name Lucifer.
It was hinted that after he left and dallis took over that she perverted everything.
But when reaching the final levels, you can see that he instead would fit the description of jewsus, right before the last segments you see his statute, which asks you a bunch of questions that require you to be the perfect goy to pass, they’re also a lot of people coming to take this ‘rite of passage’ but they all die, and their blood flows into the outer part, and they’re people bathing in the blood, I’m like yea, I see where this is going, it also undoubtedly harvests their souls, just like when some xtards die irl they’re assimilated and used as a battery.
and it turns out that he was also indeed aware of all those sadistic magisters, dallis herself a sadist, I also recalled the literal sadistic guy in the 1st level had a kid locked up in a cage.
Also Alexander had one of those source collar, in his diary it’s hinted that dallis purposefully kept him from his true potential, and was pretty much just killed off like he was noting by dallis, but yea I never felt sorry for her either, she also didn’t suffer, she was imprisoned in a coffin like the other eternal found in the ruins, she's just deluded thinking she's doing 'right thing', even though she's a sadistic bitch.
Dahaarkan said:
There's no real reason to consume people's souls other than one being cruel as there are other ways to fill up your source without destroying people.
Yea the ironic thing as well is that it isn’t even a reliable way of getting source, as most people you kill don’t leave their souls behind, making the amount of souls available for consuming very limited, opposed to the source fountains that seem to have an unlimited supply, they’re also source orbs.
However spells like “Apotheosis” with the description of – ‘a taste of goodhood’ which lets you use unlimited amounts of source for the duration as well as turning you golden.
There’s also a guy disguised as a kid locked in a cage, when you free him he attacks you, but he’s has permanent ‘Apotheosis’ applied to him, and from talking to the souls who’re keeping him bound in the cage you learn that he is pretty much a god.
But it shows that source isn’t a limited quantity, the ‘gods’ are just blatant vampires that never really reached godhead, also they don’t seem have any corporal body as far as I know, besides transforming into a physical source titan, so they’re pretty much weak in that they don’t have physical bodies.
Dahaarkan said:
There is no real ending imo it's incredibly lazy
I agree that it was pretty much lazy, I forgot about malady, however it seems that the only cannon ending that would have continuity with malady’s story is the one where you take all source for yourself becoming a god, as that was the reason why she helped you to begin with, to have a powerful ally.
Malady herself is pretty powerful, as she pretty much can open a rift between the ‘astral’ and physical reality, so whoever has her in whatever predicament must be quite powerful as you said.
Besides feeling the consequences for you decisions you hardly feel any reward, having helped garret and that other women, they showed up at the end to ‘pray’ for you, aka channeling source to you, however malady alone can give you unlimited source, they don’t really give any benefits.
Shame Lucian turned out to be like jewsus instead of being a Satan figure, he even looked pretty kool.
However the god king pretty much fits the Satan figure, as he’s pretty much the GOD KING, and his race the eternals who’re immoral built those highly advanced megalithic structures, they also had small capacitors with an unlimited electrical charge.
The god king is also seems somewhat omnipotent as he knows who all your companions are, and can speak to you telepathically.
Those who join his covenant and become ‘sworn’ also have their souls saved from consumption, and are reincarnated to fight for him, like that windego woman.
Joining him also gives you the curse ability that does not consume source if I recall correctly.
Theoretically he can’t be stopped either, even if you repair the veil, he has high ranking members all hidden in plain sight, like the head paladin, they’d find a way to just undo the veil again.
As well as in the other endings he can’t be stopped, he is relentless.
He’s considered the absolute bad guy in the game, however when you get his ending, it says the original sin was undone and the godking reclaimed his world.
Which is true, because he was betrayed and cast into the void, by those power hungry parasites called ‘gods’ and his kingdom ruined as all the eternals were also thrown into the void.
Also his giant ‘kraken’ serpent, reminiscent of the kundalini.
Source is also much like ether.