Some questions to the developers about in-game lore.

[Syrex]

After some hours of gameplay i came to realize that the Varatha (Spear) has the aspect of Guan Yu.
Acording to the history books, Guan Yu was a general of a chinese army from the 200AC's and considered the Daoist God Of War From the buddist religion that has literally nothing to do with greek mythology.

I Really appreciate the references for those who like mythology and history such as myself, but may i ask.
What is the meaning of making a god appear out of nowhere, when you already had gods that weren't even featured in the main game, that is Apollo (The Sun God), Hera (The Goddess of marriege) and many others...

Also Since we are on the subject of lore questioning, How come that Thesius his the champion of elysium when in reality he became the King of Athens After slaying Asterius?
Shouldn't the title be King of Athens?

And for the last little side note, Are we ever gonna see Hestia and Hera Added to the game?
[Hestia and Hera were 2 daughters of Cronos and Rhea, and siblings to Zeus, Hades, Poseidon and Demeter.]

Thanks for reading and comment if you have any thing you wanna say <3

[Cowblitz]

All of the hidden aspects are not Greek in origin, hence why they are "hidden" perhaps, because no NPC really knows who these people are. The way each of them is unlocked is by talking to specific NPCs with specific requirements met, who will then tell you about a vision or a dream they had, then give you a waking phrase (I believe was the term used) to unlock this hidden aspect. The NPCs who gave you the phrase will comment on it once you confront them again after unlocking/doing a run with them. Hades will also comment on it when you face him with the aspect for the first time. I just see it as fun little easter eggs for history/mythology nerds.

As far as Thesius goes, him and Asterius have a lot of dialouge regarding their relationship and several other NPCs also have dialouge regarding him, some of which mentions his status as a former king, iirc (it's hard to remember all the details), just play enough and mostly all questions will be answered in due time. He is also not a king anymore since he's well...dead.

There's no plans of adding any more gameplay features to the game, as far as I know, the game is fully complete with just small patches and bugfixes down the line, so the chance of more gods being added are basically 0.

[Syrex]

i guess that makes sense. Still i feel that as an excuse and not an answer...
Still i guess i can live with that.
After all we are just a bunch of nerds who creep around the forums so the devs spot us. still it would be interesting to have some dialogue regarding their existence at least.
Since as far as i am aware, Zeus never spoke about her wife/sister neither has Poseidon about hestia...
Oh well what can we do right?
Thanks for the comment <3

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by 💗 Syrex 💗:

i guess that makes sense. Still i feel that as an excuse and not an answer...
Still i guess i can live with that.
After all we are just a bunch of nerds who creep around the forums so the devs spot us. still it would be interesting to have some dialogue regarding their existence at least.
Since as far as i am aware, Zeus never spoke about her wife/sister neither has Poseidon about hestia...
Oh well what can we do right?
Thanks for the comment <3

There is dialogue about Hestia and Hera, at least (examples below), as well as about other gods that don't even have weapons like Helios and Hephaestus. You have to call a game complete at some point though, every god you add is more art, writing, voice acting, etc., and I'm pretty sure Supergiant hasn't done DLC for their games in the past, so I doubt there will be anything here either.
Demeter: "My sisters Hestia and Hera surely would assist as well, young sprout. Except they and our foster-brothers haven't been getting along of late. Though as for me? I'll never leave this mountaintop of mine."
Demeter: "Why, isn't that there Sister Hestia's oddly constructed armament you bear? She always was so predisposed to flame; I thought she'd never give it up! If it's to be in any hands, then may as well be yours."
Artemis: "Say, that's the bow Stepmother Hera herself once wielded, isn't it? Her aspect of Coronacht! I'd know it from the... frankly rather sinister skulls all over it. It's very Hera, trust me."
Zeus (medium ending/epilogue spoiler): "Zagreus, you have a clever mother in Persephone! A very clever mother. And a lordly father! They make quite the team, that's evident! True rivals for Hera and me!"

As for the other things, as mentioned the hidden aspects are meant to be references to other mythologies/religions. The idea is that the Infernal Arms are passed down from user to user, irrespective of mythological bubbles, and change form based on their wielders. Due to timey wimey fate stuff, they also know who has/will wield them in the past/future, which is how those aspects came to be; the Aspect of Guan Yu is how Varatha will look when wielded by Guan Yu in the (assumably) future.

Theseus was King of Athens, but he is also dead, so I would assume someone else is king now, no? Moreover, he has made a new "life" for himself in Elysium, unrelated to Athens, in which he is the strongest shade in Elysium and fights anyone coming for his title. Why call him by his old title if his new one is both current and relevant?