Ending

[Jayol]

I just finished the main quest... I got the shards and returned to the Elf to get the compass but when I wanted to leave I couldn't do so without saying "We are the champions of Zorya and therefore will not let the tree regrow" - so I had to settle for one of the other endings... the elf vanished and after killing zmey I could only choose to burn the seed or hide it with the orc lady...

I really wanted to save the tree ^^ - can someone enlighten me as to what event set that off? I am sure there was some reason for that but I can't figure out what it was and I'd like to avoid that on my next playthrough.

[Jayol]

Ah ok thanks. So it's up to the God I chose? I need to unlock another one then ^^ I only have Zorya and Morena so far...

[Shelliedza]

Have fun in unlocking new gods

[Jayol]

I just finished the Giants questline so I'm gonna start a new game... for some reason I have two new gods though... I have Zorya at lvl 4 now, never played a game with Morena... shouldn't it have only unlocked one new God?

[Yuuki]

You unlocked Lada, for completing the Cosmic Tree quest and then another for leveling. (unless you didn't unlock Lada, then I don't know ;) )

[Jayol]

Ah, yeah, that was it. I didn't know about Lada unlocking for finishing the Treeline quest :)
Well, two new gods to check out ;) - or lvl Zorya to 5... and then another zorya game to find out what this "Son of Zorya" can do... tough choices xD

[Jayol]

thanks :) - I have another question although this is more of a "design choice" or lore question...
and actually it's 2 questions ^^

1) I perfectly understand that some gods like Zorya don't want Thea to go back to the way it was but there was no hint of it in the story up until the point where I had to tell the Elf that I wouldn't help him. In fact, up to that point I had told both the mage in the tower and the Elf that I would restore the Tree and I also told the group of the orc lady that I wouldn't join them.

It just felt a little unorganic, maybe the fact you won't help the elf should be reflected earlier or at least hinted at in some way. You shouldn't be able to run around, telling everyone you'd restore the tree and then suddenly have no way to actually do that. I don't know how hard it would be to make changes to that now though so please don't worry if that's not possible.

In the end it kinda worked out in my game, because I had always tried to make friends with orcs, goblins, etc. and had several "dark" creatures in my parties and for the future I will just make sure I follow this "RP-style" when playing Zorya or Morena but it still felt "forced" and not flowing out of the rest of the game.

2) This is a lore question: What is the reasoning for Horos not wanting to burn the seed? He seems to be the God who's best adapted to the darkness.

[Yuuki]

In regards to the first part of your question, I do agree in part, as retrospectively, we could have added more hints throughout to strengthen these positions, alas, it is not something that can be changed at this point. But, as far as going around telling people we will restore the seed goes - the thinking behind it was that firstly, you needed the Elf's help, so you would not tell him before you were absolutely sure he is no longer necessary, secondly, in other instances, you say you're going to restore the balance, and how you do that is open to interpretation. Still, as I said, I should have fleshed this out better.

For the second question, like steven said, Horos' creatures are largely 'made of magic' and so destroying magic would kill most of his 'children'. So, restoring the way things were would return his domain (if you remember, his domain was stolen by the Dankness in some ways) but keeping the status quo would potentially strengthen Horos in the long run as all creatures would eventually become creatures of dusk.

I will soon make the lore-book for Thea available on Steam, so hopefully you can have a read about all the gods and their domains, if that is of interest.

[Jayol]

Thanks for the replies. That makes a lot of sense. I haven't dug into Horos so much yet since I only just unlocked him and also thanks for the honesty about my first question and of course I fully understand that at this point it's too late to change these things :)

Originally posted by Yuuki:

I will soon make the lore-book for Thea available on Steam, so hopefully you can have a read about all the gods and their domains, if that is of interest.

That would be very appreciated. I love digging into the lore behind a good game story!

[Meroveeus]

Originally posted by Yuuki:

I will soon make the lore-book for Thea available on Steam, so hopefully you can have a read about all the gods and their domains, if that is of interest.

Novel or do we get some kind of book about the real life history, legends / folklore on which Thea is based on?
I really hope for the latter!

[Yuuki]

The lore-book is a setting book for Thea, thus a certainly a fictional text. Despite my academic background, I am certainly no historian and have no plans to delve into non-fiction writing any time soon. Sorry ;)

[Meroveeus]

Thanks for the answer ;)