[SPOILERS] What is a Biawac?

[MrFrengLitch]

Hey

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So I just finished the game. Now I get that Thanos created mechanic Gods in order for people to believe in something . However it is not mentioned what a Biawac is and it seems to be an important element to the game. I'm not sur If I missed something or didn't understand something.

So I'm asking, what is a Biawac exactly? Anyone know?

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

http://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/B%C3%AEa%C5%B5ac

[ppaladin123]

When they turn on the machiens to suck souls out of people it causes a biawac. These also caused the hollowborn. He was collecting more souls to funnel into Woedica...the gods aren't mechanical, they are made out of many thousands of souls.

[DOZAH]

phonetically it reminds me of Beowulf (also: Buick, lol). if you've done any research into backward speech analysis and it's metaphors, storms and wolves are common and commonly tied together images. I would guess it's literal meaning in the game is something akin to 'violent resurgence of ancestral spirits'. to:

be a wick.

[DOZAH]

it could also mean 'righteous return of hidden insight'. words are funny twisting, turning things like flames themselves. i was writing chinese last night and came up with the literal english word translation into confucianism and can't remember for the life of me what it was. 'energy storm to release death's potential', ok that's my final unleadened, unbooked, untelevised answer.

[Behindthebandit]

In simple terms, it's a magical wind storm that can tear the souls out of living beings

[anfindel13]

Originally posted by Behindthebandit:

In simple terms, it's a magical wind storm that can tear the souls out of living beings

So, someone who ate too many beans for dinner?